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BBC News", "Terence Davies: Screenwriter and film director dies aged 77 - BBC News", "Scarborough road resurfaced around parked car - BBC News", "Levi Bellfield confesses to Lin and Megan Russell murders, lawyer says - BBC News", "Rugby World Cup: Ireland 36-14 Scotland - Imperious Irish crush Scots to reach quarter-finals - BBC Sport", "Picasso painting displayed in London could fetch £98m - BBC News", "Amber rain warning extended for north and east of Scotland - BBC News", "Lady Ferguson: Tributes paid as wife of former Manchester United manager dies - BBC Sport", "Levi Bellfield allegedly confessed to Russell murders - BBC News", "Dale Vince: Major Labour donor to stop funding Just Stop Oil - BBC News", "Keir Starmer grapples with how to keep Labour ahead - BBC News", "Massive explosion as Gaza high-rises destroyed by jets - BBC News", "Israel-Gaza: More than 250 bodies found at site of Supernova festival - BBC News", "Keir Starmer pledges 2m extra NHS appointments a year - BBC News", "Delay in school indecent images case 'inexcusable' - BBC News", "Inquiry ordered over England schools funding blunder - BBC News", "World Conker Championships: What makes for an all-conquering horse chestnut? - BBC News", "Calls for more action on Brightlingsea's mystery stench - BBC News", "Juan Carlos: Court throws out ex-lover's €145m legal case - BBC News", "Tourists using sat-nav jam car in narrow Tenby footpath - BBC News", "HS2: How the North has reacted to Sunak’s U-turn - BBC News", "Disability: Supported living and its unlikely student digs origins - BBC News", "Talks after US fighter jet shoots down armed Turkish drone in Syria - BBC News", "Hamas attack shocks Israel, but what comes next? - BBC News", "Lin and Megan Russell: Michael Stone's murder convictions reviewed - BBC News", "Footage emerges of 'gunmen in Sderot' - BBC News", "Fred the pig caught after mischief rampage - BBC News", "Israel attack: PM says Israel at war after 250 killed in attack from Gaza - BBC News", "Tories copying Reform UK rhetoric, not actions - Nigel Farage - 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BBC News", "Man who murdered new girlfriend jailed for 23 years - BBC News", "Big banks linked to products with pangolin and leopard parts - BBC News", "Bianca Williams: 'I'm always on edge' - BBC News", "Yousef Makki: Teen deleted phone records after stabbing - inquest - BBC News", "Class sizes grow to keep up with GCSE resits - BBC News", "Met Office to review warnings after East of England floods - BBC News", "Richard Roundtree: Shaft actor dies at 81 - BBC News", "Scientists: Allow forbidden 28-day embryo experiments - BBC News", "BBC chief grilled by Conservative MPs over Israel-Gaza coverage - BBC News", "Fidias: YouTuber sorry for freeloading stunt video in Japan - BBC News", "Jason Donovan's bike ride interrupted by Jeremy Vine... and a bus - BBC News", "Bristol grandma climbed M25 gantry 'in climate emergency protest' - BBC News", "Northern Ireland bus and rail unions to ballot members over strike action - BBC News", "Lianne, Noiya and Yahel Sharabi: Funeral held for mother and daughters killed by Hamas - 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BBC News", "I went through hell, says elderly hostage released by Hamas - BBC News", "Peter Bone suspended as Tory MP after bullying probe - BBC News", "Bianca Williams: 'I get anxious whenever I see a police car' - BBC News", "UK house prices to fall until 2025, predicts Lloyds - BBC News", "PMQs: Sunak and Starmer clash over no-fault evictions and mortgages - BBC News", "Bianca Williams and partner Ricardo dos Santos stopped by Met Police - BBC Sport", "Yousef Makki: Boy's stab death unlawful, new inquest concludes - BBC News", "Black models boycott Melbourne fashion week citing racism - BBC News", "Speaker vote live updates: Trump ally Mike Johnson wins House ballot - BBC News", "Man found guilty of murdering Claire Inglis in her Stirling home - BBC News", "Spider-Man 2 fastest-selling game made by PlayStation - BBC News", "Ozempic: Several taken to hospital in Austria after taking fake drug - BBC News", "World's first ever bungee jumper David Kirke dies - BBC News", "Israel-Gaza war: The brutal impact on Gaza's children - 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checked against a national database following similar moves in other parts of the UK.", "The PGMOL releases the audio recordings between the match officials for Liverpool forward Luis Diaz's disallowed goal against Tottenham.", "The boy, who cannot be named, ran over and killed Marcia Grant in Sheffield when he was 12.", "Easy life say they are \"certain\" it has never affected the easyGroup's business.", "A mother tells BBC Spotlight she fears her son could die waiting for life changing surgery", "Downing Street continues to insist no final decision on the high-speed rail link to Manchester has been made.", "Dale Houghton was pictured laughing as he brandished the image during a match against Sunderland.", "The home secretary pledges tougher action on small boats in a hard-hitting Tory conference speech.", "A 14-year-old is held on suspicion of opening fire at the iconic Siam Paragon mall in the Thai capital.", "Fondly called 'Stoneman Willie,' the mummy is an icon in the history of Reading, Pennsylvania.", "The Siam Paragon shopping centre is a luxury mall in the centre of the Thai capital.", "The Republican says the vote was \"personal\", lashing out at his political nemesis, Matt Gaetz.", "Ex-Sunderland player condemns Sheffield Wednesday fan who mocked boy's death.", "The Californian Mike Jeffries had a clear vision when he took over - \"We go after the cool kids.\"", "A note on a Home Office data release questions whether some of the figures should be released.", "Images and video shared online show the sky to the north-west of Oxford light up with flames.", "Rachel Maclean defends plans to strengthen renters’ rights at the Conservative Party conference.", "Rishi Sunak declines to say whether he agrees with his home secretary that multiculturalism has failed.", "Some customers say their trolley came to a sudden halt, causing them to crash into it.", "The new space observatory sees pairs of Jupiter-sized objects floating free between the stars.", "Sir Patrick Vallance writes of No 10 \"chaos as usual\" in diary extracts released to the Covid inquiry.", "The secretary general says further investment in oil is needed to meet rising global energy demand.", "The pair, aged eight and nine, were hurt in an incident on a village road on Sunday afternoon.", "Rishi Sunak is expected to set out alternative projects in his Conservative Party conference speech.", "A man in his 50s is taken to hospital with serious injuries and a dog is \"destroyed at the scene\".", "Some 4,500 women were fitted with coils as part of attempts to limit the territory's population.", "A US watchdog cited a risk of crashes causing serious injuries, and the firm confirmed the global recall.", "The Ceredigion Talking Newspaper was established in 1970 for blind and partially-sighted people.", "The Supreme Court says it lacks the power to make such a ruling but directs the government to give more rights to LGBTQ+ couples.", "The 97-year-old presents Planet Earth III, the third instalment of the landmark award-winning programme.", "Seagreen, off the Angus coast, can generate enough electricity to power two-thirds of Scotland's households", "The ATACMS weapons were reportedly used in air strikes that destroyed Russian helicopters.", "Noiya, 16, and Yahel, 13, are from Kibbutz Be'eri, near the Gaza border.", "Two died and one person was injured in the Monday attack coinciding with a Sweden football match.", "An 89-year-old man believes his health has been deteriorating because of the mould and damp.", "Scotland's First Minister Humza Yousaf gives his first conference speech as leader of the SNP.", "The party says the government's alternative plans after scrapping the northern leg of HS2 are an \"insult\".", "The streaming site introduces features including voice-activated \"sparkles\" for the famous buttons.", "Jim Jordan says the House won't vote on his candidacy again tonight, reconvening on Wednesday morning.", "The UK intelligence boss says his agency is watching a \"large cohort\" of people with extremist mindsets.", "Firms are turning to tech - both old and new - to catch outbreaks early, which is vital to stopping the spread.", "A gas pipeline between Finland and Estonia is believed to have been damaged at the same time, Sweden says.", "A coroner rules out speculation that 10-year-old Oscar Roome was doing a dare before he died.", "In footage from Saturday, people can be seen walking through huge piles of rubble.", "Average pay growth outpacing inflation suggests the squeeze on living costs may be starting to ease.", "Hamas officials say 500 people have been killed; the Israeli military says a rocket barrage fired by militants is to blame.", "Ahmed Alid is accused of killing a 70-year-old in Hartlepool and trying to murder a second man.", "Tony Fernandes shared a picture of himself attending a meeting while getting a massage.", "Zaka volunteers are used to being called to traumatic scenes, but nothing prepared them for the past week.", "Glue traps and snares are to be banned in Wales with fears of \"cat-sized\" rats running free.", "The singer has \"learned to quietly embrace\" Never Gonna Give You Up after not singing it for years.", "A group of writers have accused OpenAI of unlawfully training its chatbot ChatGPT on their work.", "The engineering giant says redundancies will be made worldwide as part of a move to cut costs.", "Palestinians with dual citizenship have headed to the border ahead of Israel's expected ground operation.", "It emerged last week the couple have been living apart since 2016, despite regularly appearing together.", "The streamer releases images of the final season of the royal drama, which is set in the late 1990s.", "The US safety regulator is looking into GM's Cruise self-driving cars after reports of pedestrian injuries.", "Conservative MP Crispin Blunt says the allegation from Mr Bridgen is \"not correct\".", "The government says EU rules banning low-alcohol wine being marketed as wine should be scrapped.", "One man is trying to piece together what happened to loved ones based on live streams made by Hamas.", "China's leader has renewed his pitch for an alternative to Western-led development.", "Unions say consumers will lose out if the deal to create the UK's biggest mobile network goes ahead.", "The government is urged to include legislation in the King's speech to outlaw \"harmful\" practices.", "Keren Shem appeals for her daughter to be freed immediately with all the Hamas hostages in Gaza.", "Some 600,000 Palestinians are sheltering in the south after an Israeli order to evacuate the north.", "Artificial intelligence has the potential for \"huge breakthroughs\" across industries, Matt Brittin says.", "Almena Amica, 77, dies from her injuries after a bus crashed into a bubble tea cafe in Manchester.", "The Tories remove the whip from the Wellingborough MP, who is facing a six-week Commons suspension.", "The pop star was in her late teens and dating Justin Timberlake at the time, according to memoir extracts.", "The think tank warns that \"ill-timed\" pre election tax cuts could prove \"unsustainable\".", "Academics at Aberystwyth University say its composition does not match that of similar stones.", "Ahmed Alid is due in court later over the death of 70-year-old Terrence Carney in Hartlepool.", "A weather warning is in place for Northern Ireland, while the army is deployed in Cork amid flooding.", "The first minister says rates will not rise next year as he closes the SNP conference in Aberdeen.", "Yahel, who went missing with sister Noiya, was killed in the assault on Israel, her family have said.", "Former president says he wants to give evidence in London over \"egregiously inaccurate\" 2017 dossier.", "The British Medical Association says strikes will be paused to allow time for the two sides to meet.", "Pepper X registers at 2.69 million Scoville Heat Units - pepper spray is about 1.6 million units.", "The Swedish climate campaigner was with other activists at a protest outside a central London hotel.", "Belfast City Council says five dual language street signs are being replaced after errors were found.", "Prof Neil Ferguson denies he \"stepped over the line\" as a government adviser on Covid.", "Wadea al-Fayoume was laid to rest in a Chicago suburb as the family's landlord was charged with murder.", "They are meant to be going to Strasbourg but a signalling error takes them to the theme park instead.", "Russian President Vladimir Putin makes a rare overseas trip to visit his most important ally.", "The BBC understands the German chancellor may turn down his invitation to the event on 1 November.", "Belgium's Euro 2024 qualifier against Sweden is abandoned at half-time for security reasons after two Swedish people are shot dead in Brussels.", "England qualify for next summer's European Championship in Germany after coming from behind to beat Italy at Wembley.", "Campaigners say some Afghans who worked with the British military have not been allowed to come to the UK.", "A Cabinet Office minister says there is no justification for Stormont to be boycotted over the plan.", "Dure Ahmed was held in a Syrian camp for more than three years, but has now been repatriated to Canada.", "The boxer says he had a tough time being \"a cuddly dad\" and training \"to rip someone's head off\" at the same time.", "Eight years of rule under the right-wing Law and Justice party could soon come to an end.", "Parliament's behaviour watchdog says drinking was at the heart of many accusations of bad behaviour.", "Israeli-French woman Mia Shem said she was taken hostage in a video released by the militant group Hamas.", "The UK government is proposing gambling companies contribute 1% a year of what they make.", "A football match between Belgium and Sweden is called off after two Swedes are killed.", "A desperate and destitute tide of humanity has washed into Khan Younis. And there is no help.", "The coins will enter circulation at the end of the year and are likely to help children with maths.", "In a BBC interview, Christian Lindner invites the UK to discuss a closer relationship with the EU.", "Alan Scott has not responded to a church review that identified manipulation and public shaming.", "Activists at the event held for Shaun Bailey's campaign team were invited to \"jingle and mingle\".", "\"Gone but you'll never be forgotten,\" says Bradley McIntosh of late bandmate Paul Cattermole.", "Messages reveal how trapped families called for help and shared words of comfort as militants killed 100 in their kibbutz.", "The legal move follows a year-long investigation into the so-called 'Moonies' church.", "The US space agency's latest mission will investigate a mountainous object made mostly from iron.", "Llinos Griffin-Williams's departure comes after alleged incidents in two bars in Nantes, France.", "The Republican lawmaker failed to gain enough votes to secure an overall majority in the chamber.", "It is still unclear whether the Ohio congressman has enough support to win a majority in the House.", "Meet the team protecting the hundreds of sunken ships and planes around NI's coast.", "Two ships, surveillance aircraft, helicopters and a detachment of Royal Marines are being dispatched.", "Some Palestinians are leaving in vehicles and on foot for the south after Israel warned 1.1m people to flee.", "A trailer is released of Coleen Rooney's documentary on the highly publicised libel case.", "Palestinian militants are thought to have built hundreds of kilometres of tunnels underneath Gaza.", "Find out how much has changed in the Gaza Strip since Israel began its military response to Hamas's attacks on 7 October.", "Lisa Cameron MP defected from the SNP to the Conservatives amid claims of toxicity in the party.", "Lucy Williamson visits the site of the Israeli music festival where 260 bodies were discovered.", "An S4C boss allegedly told rugby star Mike Phillips his Welsh language skills were not good enough.", "Tony Young took on the role during a recruitment freeze, but doesn't want to do it long term.", "Roberto Saviano's comments were made in relation to Italian leader Giorgia Meloni's views on migration.", "It comes after the UK approved the $69bn takeover of Activision Blizzard, which makes Call of Duty.", "The escapologist was doing rehearsals in October 2021 when he was seriously injured.", "A selection of your pictures of Scotland sent in between 6 and 13 October.", "Scotland's bid to reach Euro 2024 is agonisingly prolonged as a frustrating night in Spain sends them to a first defeat of the campaign.", "Prof Graham Medley said that civil servants would have been aware of those concerns at the time.", "Conditions for people in Gaza are worsening, with water, food, power and medicines in scarce supply.", "Nigel Hunt loses his university role after saying Welsh road signs are \"potentially dangerous\".", "Roberto di Maio says he hopes to \"inspire people\" after making his San Marino debut at the age of 40.", "Pembrokeshire council says it is a \"bit behind\" in £12m plans to revitalise a town centre.", "The ex-F1 boss is given a suspended sentence and will pay back £653m to HMRC over a tax case.", "The star sang on the group's biggest hits including Summer Breeze, Fight The Power and That Lady.", "Scotland's first minister had shared an emotional plea for help from his mother-in-law in Gaza.", "The BBC’s Gordon Corera investigates exactly how the Palestinian militant group was able to launch its surprise attack on Israel.", "Support worker Aidan Ormsby says the drug is available pretty much everywhere these days.", "England and Essex legend Alastair Cook announces his retirement from professional cricket, ending a record-breaking 20-year career.", "The schools in north London are shut due to planned protests in support of Palestinians.", "A judge says doctors can withdraw life support from seven-month-old Indi Gregory.", "Yaz Ashmawi regrets \"compromising\" the Labour leader's safety but says throwing glitter was \"fine\".", "Chancellor Jeremy Hunt says \"we need to do everything we can\" to disrupt Russia's ability to fund the war.", "Tear gas is used after pro-Palestinian rallies are banned as a possible threat to public order.", "Jamie Dimon says conflicts in Ukraine and Israel may hit energy and food markets, and global trade.", "Adil Iqbal is handed a longer term on the day his victim, Frankie Jules-Hough, was due to give birth.", "Three years on from Jacinda Ardern's sweeping victory, polls indicate voters will desert Labour.", "Cecil Frances Alexander works include All Things Bright and Beautiful and Once in Royal David's City.", "Northern Lights? Aliens? There is a more earthly reason why the strange hue has illuminated the sky.", "The East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow representative is being urged to quit to allow a by-election.", "France is put on its highest counter-terrorism alert, following the death of a teacher stabbed at a high school.", "The family of the NHS charities fundraiser tells TalkTV of an \"underbelly of hate\" they endure.", "The ex-cricketer came to the settlement with BBC Studios, after being hurt while filming the show.", "Food and water are running out in the enclave, while the Israeli defence chief says the military fell short on Saturday.", "Glück won a Nobel in 2020 and was the first American poet to win the prize since TS Eliot in 1948.", "\"I keep saying I'm going to retire,\" the 90-year-old screen legend tells the BBC. \"Well, I am now.\"", "Rishi Sunak condemns \"disgusting\" rise in antisemitism since the Hamas attacks on Israel.", "Counter terror police are investigating a speech made at a protest in Brighton after the Hamas attacks.", "The independent reviewer of terrorism says speeches and acts supporting Hamas's attack are against the law.", "\"I took my pistol, my clothes, my bulletproof vest and the other thing was cigarettes,\" says Adam.", "A BBC Arabic team was driving to back to a hotel when they were stopped and dragged from their car.", "Terry Martin thought the rubies in the slippers were real gems, but they were in fact made of glass.", "The first flight is set to leave Tel Aviv later on Thursday, the Foreign Office says.", "Two other people have been seriously injured in the knife attack in the northern city of Arras.", "X, formerly Twitter, is being investigated by the EU over the possible spread of terrorist and violent content.", "He will take on the top role temporarily until a permanent chief constable is recruited.", "The family tells TalkTV the books were nothing to do with charity fundraising.", "The Covid inquiry releases messages between civil servant Simon Case and No 10 adviser Dominic Cummings.", "Palestinian Americans wait for news of loved ones still in Gaza as Israel strikes back at Hamas.", "Authorities said the driver of a \"suspected smuggling vehicle\" attempted to evade police before losing control.", "BBC Arabic reporter Adnan El-Bursh visits the main hospital in Gaza City, which is at breaking point.", "The high street retailer says it can no longer take over the former Wilko site in Aberdare.", "It is thought more than 100 Israelis are still being held hostage in Gaza after the 7 October attacks.", "The TV presenter said the show's editor Biddy Baxter was \"incredibly cruel\" and left her crying.", "A woman who was paid in cigarettes to do her mum's ironing is one of the first to have a lung check.", "Singers have proved a hit in Bordeaux, Nice, Lyon and Nantes as Wales fans follow their team.", "The landmark Voice referendum could shape Australia's relationship with its Indigenous peoples for generations.", "The surface of the walking area crumbled, and the vehicle subsided into it up to its headlights.", "Police Scotland says it is treating the Amber weather warning in some parts of the west as a \"major incident\".", "Rescuers try to reach survivors after the quake reduced villages to rubble in western Afghanistan.", "Angela Rayner sets out plans to \"get tough\" with developers in a speech to Labour's conference.", "The dancer gave an update on her chemotherapy treatment, saying she is \"doing really well\".", "A new TV drama sees Steve Coogan play Jimmy Savile, one of the UK's most notorious paedophiles.", "The family of legendary black footballer Jack Leslie present his FA cap to Plymouth Argyle.", "The Epsom and Ewell MP and former Transport Secretary says he will step down at the next election.", "Risk of flare-up between Palestinian militants and Israel has been deepening for months, writes Jeremy Bowen.", "Hosts France cruise to top spot in Pool A at the Rugby World Cup as they beat Italy, and will face one of South Africa, Ireland or Scotland in the quarter-finals.", "Wales complete a clean sweep of World Cup pool matches with a bonus-point 43-19 victory over Georgia, topping Pool C and advancing to the quarter-finals.", "Dr Amy Kavanagh, who has a guide dog, said patients intervened after a guard kept saying \"no dogs\".", "The BBC finds that there have been a record number of days in 2023 that breached the 1.5C temperature limit.", "Watch the footage of unprecedented scenes in Israel and Gaza, verified and explained by the BBC.", "Pictures of the latest violence between Palestinian militants and Israel.", "Keelen Morris Wong, 22, was killed on Coldharbour Lane in Brixton on Tuesday evening.", "Other regeneration plans for Llandudno include restoring sand to North Shore beach.", "Davies, known for films such as Benediction and A Quiet Passion, died after a short illness, his manager confirms.", "North Yorkshire Council say they will return to complete the work at a later date.", "Lin Russell and her daughter Megan were attacked and killed in 1996 in Kent.", "Ireland dismantle Scotland to reach the World Cup quarter-finals and send their opponents crashing out of the tournament.", "Picasso's 1932 masterpiece, Femme A La Montre, depicts his \"golden muse\" Marie-Therese Walter.", "It now goes to 14:00 on Sunday for parts of Angus, Perth and Kinross, Aberdeenshire, Moray and Highland.", "Tributes paid to 'Lady Cathy', wife of former Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson.", "Serial killer Levi Bellfield has confessed to one of the UK's most notorious murder cases, it is claimed.", "Businessman Dale Vince says the group's tactics have become \"counterproductive\" for the green cause.", "The Labour leader won't be short of advice in Liverpool - but how does he convert a commanding poll lead into a general election victory?", "The IDF says it struck military infrastructure belonging to senior Hamas terrorist organization operatives.", "The victims are among at least 700 people killed on the Israeli side - with more than 400 also dead in Gaza.", "The Labour leader says funding out-of-hours appointments will help more people return to work.", "The investigation into a primary school worker has lasted 18 months, with the accused suspended.", "Schools in England will receive less than they expected after an accounting error is uncovered.", "Conker players from across the globe gather in Northamptonshire for the the World Championships.", "The smell has been blighting the seaside town of Brightlingsea for some time.", "A court in London has thrown out a legal case brought by a former lover of the ex-king of Spain.", "\"No-one's ever got a vehicle down there before,\" says the mechanic who helped free it.", "What does this week’s HS2 announcement mean to those who banked on the Northern Powerhouse promises?", "A ground-breaking house share of students and disabled people paved the way for supported living.", "Ankara vows to continue targeting Kurdish groups but the US calls for more coordination between the Nato allies.", "Tensions had recently risen in Gaza - but this attack was unexpected on a Jewish holiday.", "Michael Stone's case is to be looked at again after Levi Bellfield reportedly confessed to the murders.", "The white truck is thought to be carrying Palestinian militants through the Israeli town.", "Colorado officials say the captured 400-lbs Fred is \"always hungry\" and \"loves his belly scratches\".", "Palestinian militants take dozens of Israelis hostage as they launch biggest attack in years.", "Reform UK's former leader Nigel Farage attacks the Tories in a speech to party's annual conference.", "Israeli officials tell BBC an investigation into Gaza's surprise attack will go on for years.", "Red Bull's Max Verstappen clinches a third world title by finishing second in a chaotic and incident-packed sprint race at the Qatar Grand Prix.", "Serial killer Levi Bellfield's alleged confession to one of the UK's most notorious murders cases", "Narges Mohammadi is currently serving a 10-year sentence in Iran's notorious Evin prison.", "Climate change means creatures like Portuguese man o' war, are more likely to wash up, says expert.", "The rapper said he might take \"a year or something\" away from music, in part to address stomach issues.", "A 36-year-old man is accused of soliciting to murder and incitement to kidnap.", "American Simone Biles becomes the most decorated gymnast in history after winning her second gold medal at the World Gymnastics Championships.", "Palestinians are seen jumping on the military vehicle, as smoke pours from it.", "But it is unclear if the fourth candidate in three weeks can win the gavel amid party infighting.", "A second inquest is under way into the death of Yousef Makki, stabbed to death in 2019 aged 17.", "Hundreds of supporters held up the flags before the Champions League game against Atletico Madrid.", "Athletes Bianca Williams and Ricardo Dos Santos say they were racially profiled by officers.", "Christopher McGowan murdered Claire Inglis in her Stirling flat after he was released there on bail.", "The companies include UK multinationals such as HSBC, Prudential, and Legal & General.", "Two Met Police officers have been sacked after carrying out a stop-and-search in July 2020.", "A fresh inquest is being heard into the death of Yousef Makki, who was stabbed in Greater Manchester.", "Colleges say lower grades and more teenagers mean they are struggling to cope with compulsory resits.", "The national weather forecaster says it will conduct a \"full review\" after major flooding hit Suffolk.", "Roundtree was seen as a ground-breaking player with his portrayal of detective John Shaft.", "Many UK scientists want to double the time allowed for embryo research - and there could be public support.", "Tim Davie was questioned by backbench Conservative MPs over the BBC's coverage of the Gaza conflict and migration.", "Fidias Panayiotou filmed himself dodging train fares and a five-star hotel breakfast bill.", "The Australian pop star was spotted by the BBC's Jeremy Vine while cycling in central London.", "Retired teacher Gaie Delap, from Bristol, is one of 12 Just Stop Oil protesters appearing in court.", "The three unions say an \"insulting 0% pay offer\" has led to the co-ordinated decision.", "Lianne and her daughters Noiya and Yahel Sharabi were killed during Hamas's 7 October attack.", "On an emotional night at Old Trafford, Manchester United pay tribute to club legend Sir Bobby Charlton in their first home game since his passing.", "David Holmes says the film will show his stunts and \"attitude to life after suffering a broken neck\".", "António Guterres denies he justified Hamas's attacks by saying they \"did not happen in a vacuum\".", "Michael Cohen tells a fraud trial he valued property based on \"whatever number Trump told us to\".", "Paul Bryan is standing trial for the murder of Roman Szalajko who was fatally stabbed in 1984.", "With fighting intensifying in Donetsk and Kherson, officials are forcibly ordering people to leave.", "Lawyers for Trump tried to undermine Michael Cohen's credibility during high-stakes fraud case.", "Charity finds dark web forums sharing thousands of new abuse images made with bespoke AI software.", "Bianca Williams and her partner were stopped and searched by police in west London in July 2020.", "The vote will almost certainly lead to a by-election in Peter Bone's Wellingborough constituency.", "Hospitals warn that life-saving equipment will soon stop working without fuel for their generators.", "A man says windows collapsed in his hotel as people sheltered from the storm's path.", "On the Isle of Wight many roads are impassable and trains are unable to run with flooded lines.", "Former Natwest boss Alison Rose should not have shared information on Nigel Farage, watchdog says.", "Patients are still dying due to failings highlighted more than a decade ago, the health ombudsman says.", "In a landmark ruling the court says it is unconstitutional to require a trans person to undergo surgery.", "\"We do not rest,\" says ambulance driver Mahmoud Badawi as medical supplies in the Strip run low.", "US company Axiom may need one experienced astronaut among four-strong crew, with Tim Peake tipped for role.", "Paris's Grevin Museum says it has \"remedied the skin tone\" of the life-sized wax figure overnight.", "Lewis Edwards targeted more than 200 girls and blackmailed them to send sexual images.", "Hamas-run ministry says deadliest Israeli strikes in war have pushed total killed to nearly 5,800.", "Former crypto boss Sam Bankman-Fried testifies to fraud trial judge after jury sent home.", "The PM says a \"safer environment\" is necessary to deliver aid but rejects calls for a ceasefire.", "Louisiana's Mike Johnson won with 220 votes in his favour in the lower chamber of Congress.", "The actor on self-help, his terrible mistakes and why he'd make a good president if he was allowed.", "The grim old routines that had settled on this conflict have been swept away, says Jeremy Bowen.", "A report finds 11 trees at the Dark Hedges beauty spot made famous in the series should be cut down.", "Yocheved Lifschitz says she was kidnapped and taken into a \"spider's web\" of tunnels underneath Gaza.", "The Tories remove the whip from the Wellingborough MP, who is facing a six-week Commons suspension.", "Athlete Bianca Williams says her family's ordeal with the Met Police has left her \"on edge\".", "The UK's largest mortgage lender expects prices to drop over the next two years, before recovering.", "Starmer attacks the government for delaying a ban on \"no-fault\" evictions in England, but the PM says he's helping renters.", "British sprinter Bianca Williams tells BBC Sport that she feels \"hurt and scared\" after she and her partner Ricardo dos Santos were stopped by police.", "Yousef Makki, 17, was stabbed to death in 2019 and his friend was cleared of murder and manslaughter.", "They hope the stance will draw attention to mistreatment they say black models experience in Australia's industry.", "Johnson was the Republicans' fourth choice for Speaker, after previous candidates failed to unite the party.", "Christopher McGowan murdered Claire Inglis after he was released from prison to stay in her flat.", "The PlayStation 5 exclusive sold more than 2.5 million copies in its first 24 hours.", "Several patients reported serious side effects including seizures, authorities say.", "David Kirke performed the world's first bungee jump in a top hat and tails, holding a bottle of bubbly.", "The BBC's Fergal Keane reports on the young lives shattered by violence.", "The MP's ex-assistant spoke anonymously to the BBC’s Hannah Miller. His testimony has been voiced by an actor.", "The former president's team were called before the judge after Trump's comment during a court break.", "Christopher McGowan is on trial accused of the murder of Claire Inglis in her flat in Stirling.", "Labour leader meets Muslim MPs amid calls from some in his party to be more critical of Israel's conduct.", "Joseph Emerson tried to shut off fuel to the jet's engine after suffering a breakdown, court documents say.", "New guidelines aim to ensure traditional dancing is \"safe, comfortable and inclusive\".", "Supergrass Gary Haggarty tells a murder trial he told police where the accused was hiding in 1994.", "Ex-staff member describes \"physical, emotional and psychological abuse\" by the MP in BBC interview.", "It is thought more than 100 Israelis are still being held hostage in Gaza after the 7 October attacks.", "The former prison was purchased for more than double the price developers bought it for a year before.", "Ricardo dos Santos has been \"repeatedly\" stopped and searched by police, a misconduct hearing is told.", "The parents of Claire Inglis want to know why a violent offender was bailed to her address.", "Villagers are disappointed after part of a damaged stone wall was replaced with a wooden fence.", "Demonstrators hold photos of Israelis held in Gaza since the 7 October Hamas attacks.", "It is the first time for more than 30 years that the two rivals have released games in the same week.", "The IDF's spokesman says attacks targeting Hamas will now ramp up and tells civilians remaining in northern Gaza to leave \"for their safety\".", "Volunteers in Ukraine say it is harder to access Chinese-made drone parts after Beijing clamped down.", "A joint statement from Unicef, the World Food Programme and the WHO calls the situation \"catastrophic\".", "BBC Verify’s Merlyn Thomas examines video of the explosion.", "TV's Georgia Harrison, a violence against women campaigner, hopes to inspire young girls.", "Patsy the dog dived in into the water to herd the ewes after heavy rain caused flooding in Wales.", "The Israeli military says space under a mosque was being used by Hamas to prepare \"imminent\" attacks.", "A severe flood warning meaning a \"danger to life\" is issued for villages on the banks of two rivers.", "The new school will allow pupils to study safely in Kharkiv during Russian attacks, the city mayor says.", "As the Israel-Hamas war continues into a third week, doctors in Gaza battle to save who they can.", "Suffolk Police warn the public not to approach the men and contact officers if they see them.", "Emergency services evacuated 250 people in Catcliffe near Rotherham.", "The actress apologises after her remarks about a waitress's weight resurface on social media.", "England flanker Tom Curry reported that South Africa hooker Bongi Mbonambi used a racial slur towards him during the Springboks' Rugby World Cup semi-final win.", "A homeowner in Leicestershire is left bemused as his Ring doorbell alerts him to the intruders.", "Vicky Hills says the bites were \"incredibly itchy, incredibly painful\" and she needed antibiotics.", "Ed Currie describes eating peppers \"all day long\", and his record-breaking feat.", "David Nugent-Malone captures the ground \"moving like sea\" while walking his dog, Jake.", "England fall agonisingly short of a supreme upset and a fifth Rugby World Cup final as South Africa snatch victory in Paris.", "The Welsh Ambulance Service declared an extraordinary incident due to delays handing over patients.", "Noiya Sharabi, 16, disappeared after Hamas attacked Kibbutz Be'eri, killing her mother and sister.", "Residents of 500 Nottinghamshire homes are among those told to move, as communities across the UK endure more flooding.", "Nurit Cooper and Yocheved Lifshitz have been freed by Hamas but their husbands are still being held.", "Ministers say the long-promised ban will not work until the court system is reformed.", "The protests come as aid deliveries reach Gaza for the first time since the Hamas attack on Israel.", "Frankie Dettori claims a fairytale final win on his last British ride as King Of Steel takes the Champion Stakes at Ascot.", "Israel's defence minister says the country's long-term plan is to cut ties completely with Gaza.", "The world of football has united in tribute to Manchester United and England legend Sir Bobby Charlton, who died on Saturday.", "Sir Bobby Charlton, one of the key players in England's 1966 World Cup victory and a Manchester United legend, dies at the age of 86.", "Palestinian families say they have been intimidated and displaced in the wake of Hamas's attack on Israel.", "Thrills and spills as kayakers use pumpkin power in a competition near the city of Antwerp.", "The regional governor Oleh Syniehubov says a further 16 people have been taken to hospital with injuries.", "Joseph Garrett, better known as Minecraft's Stampy Cat, broadcasts his final episode in the series.", "It is thought more than 100 Israelis are still being held hostage in Gaza after the 7 October attacks.", "The UK has some of the world's most powerful tides - and is well placed to exploit their power.", "An outspoken anti-establishment economist has put his two main rivals on the defensive in the campaign.", "Ukrainian troops believe their advance across the Dnipro River could help them launch a larger offensive.", "Robert Jenrick says PM Rishi Sunak has the \"right priorities\" despite his party's by-election losses.", "The Philippines armed forces said their video showed a Chinese vessel colliding with a Philippine ship.", "Four severe flood warnings remain in place in England and Wales, along with travel disruption.", "Crew members have been taken off Stena Spey, east of Aberdeen, after it lost anchors during Storm Babet.", "Bowler Reece Topley is ruled out of the rest of the World Cup with a broken finger, leaving England to ponder his replacement.", "Activists say morality police assaulted her for not wearing a hijab, but officials say she fainted.", "British-Israeli woman calls on the UK government to do \"everything in its power\" to secure their release.", "The Real Madrid footballer said he has also been sent a video of a second fan being abusive towards him.", "Kent Brushes, which makes hairbrushes for royalty, says it was tricked into giving thieves access to its account.", "Unverified video of a \"free Palestine\" chant on the train's intercom is investigated by authorities.", "Victoria Derbyshire speaks to guests about the war in Israel and Gaza.", "Unscrupulous employers and agents are charging workers thousands to plug gap in social care.", "The Treasury is understood to be considering extending a low deposit mortgage scheme for a year.", "Lewis Hamilton is disqualified from second place in the US Grand Prix after running Max Verstappen's Red Bull close for victory.", "Storm Babet has brought another day of high winds, heavy rain and flooding to parts of Scotland.", "Samantha Woll was stabbed to death in Detroit but antisemitism does not appear to be a motive, police say.", "Coastguard aircraft and RNLI lifeboats search for the crew member off the coast at Ramsgate.", "Kyran will need a skin and muscle graft to restore his palm, doctors have said.", "Glück won a Nobel in 2020 and was the first American poet to win the prize since TS Eliot in 1948.", "Updates as they happened as the party leader addressed the DUP's party conference in Belfast.", "Lisa Cameron MP defected from the SNP to the Conservatives amid claims of toxicity in the party.", "The JET laboratory, the focus of European fusion experiments for decades, carries out its last test.", "\"I keep saying I'm going to retire,\" the 90-year-old screen legend tells the BBC. \"Well, I am now.\"", "In a BBC interview, Christian Lindner invites the UK to discuss a closer relationship with the EU.", "The country has overwhelmingly voted No to a proposal aimed at elevating First Nations voices.", "Chris Luxon to form a centre-right coalition with his allies as Labour PM Chris Hipkins concedes defeat.", "Irish rugby fans living in the home of the All Blacks hope for historic success later in Paris.", "The independent reviewer of terrorism says speeches and acts supporting Hamas's attack are against the law.", "Thousand of fans have descended on Ahmedabad to watch the India v Pakistan match.", "A BBC Arabic team was driving to back to a hotel when they were stopped and dragged from their car.", "An S4C boss allegedly told rugby star Mike Phillips his Welsh language skills were not good enough.", "Tony Young took on the role during a recruitment freeze, but doesn't want to do it long term.", "Police warn that anyone showing support for Hamas, a proscribed terrorist group, could face arrest.", "Australian national broadcaster ABC has projected three states voted No, effectively defeating the referendum.", "Neta Portal describes the horror of a Hamas attack after being shot in the legs six times.", "There were more flu deaths than Covid ones last winter - but for some, the fear remains. Why?", "It comes after the UK approved the $69bn takeover of Activision Blizzard, which makes Call of Duty.", "The escapologist was doing rehearsals in October 2021 when he was seriously injured.", "WW2 spy Phyllis Latour has died aged 102. Now the full story of her wartime career can be told.", "Zaka volunteers are used to being called to traumatic scenes, but nothing prepared them for the past week.", "The Covid inquiry releases messages between civil servant Simon Case and No 10 adviser Dominic Cummings.", "Charlotte Walker says she is \"so proud\" of Amy Dowden after the heartbreak of losing her own hair.", "New Zealand end Ireland's World Cup dream and set up a semi-final against Argentina with a 28-24 win at Stade de France.", "A selection of your pictures of Scotland sent in between 6 and 13 October.", "Conditions for people in Gaza are worsening, with water, food, power and medicines in scarce supply.", "Ireland chase history as New Zealand look to avoid more misery at the hands of Andy Farrell's side in Saturday's unmissable World Cup quarter-final in Paris.", "Messages reveal how trapped families called for help and shared words of comfort as militants killed 100 in their kibbutz.", "Former SNP MP Dr Lisa Cameron says she has received threatening messages since switching party.", "It is thought more than 100 Israelis are still being held hostage in Gaza after the 7 October attacks.", "Qatari banker Sheikh Jassim bin Hamad Al Thani withdraws from the process to buy Manchester United.", "Pyongyang supplied up to 1,000 containers of \"equipment and munitions\" in recent weeks, officials said.", "Sir Jeffrey Donaldson tells his party's conference that direct rule is not a better option for NI.", "The annular solar eclipse crossed North, Central, and South America on Saturday.", "Scotland's first minister had shared an emotional plea for help from his mother-in-law in Gaza.", "Argentina ended Wales' World Cup journey in controversial fashion during an enthralling quarter-final in Marseille.", "Support worker Aidan Ormsby says the drug is available pretty much everywhere these days.", "FM suggests a majority of seats in a general election would provide a mandate for independence negotiations.", "Warren Gatland's side have navigated the pool stage and enter the quarter-final as favourites.", "Find out how much has changed in the Gaza Strip since Israel began its military response to Hamas's attacks on 7 October.", "The ex-cricketer came to the settlement with BBC Studios, after being hurt while filming the show.", "The DUP leader has told delegates at the party's conference that power-sharing is \"essential\" for securing Northern Ireland's future within the UK.", "The landmark Voice referendum could shape Australia's relationship with its Indigenous peoples for generations.", "The animal, thought to be an American bully XL, has been ordered to be destroyed.", "Lawyers for the United Nations' Refugee Agency issue a warning during a Supreme Court appeal hearing.", "Robert McLean, 29, will be released to see his baby under \"stringent\" conditions, a court hears.", "The party has a understated confidence but shadow ministers also want a clear a vision to sell.", "The ruling military junta has been accused of carrying out the artillery strike in the north-east.", "More than 260 bodies have reportedly been recovered from the festival in the desert in southern Israel.", "The Irish-American businessman's foundation donated about $570m to causes in Northern Ireland.", "The unusually mild weather has led to fewer people buying Christmas puddings and seasonal biscuits.", "Despite the vote Labour leadership say proposals will not be in the next manifesto.", "They speak of police patrols, cancelled trips and no school blazers as fears for their children grow.", "Timelapse footage shows the animals moving like a murmuration of birds near the city of Othello, in Washington state, USA.", "The Rolling Stones star on re-learning his instrument, Lady Gaga, and going back on the road.", "The lender raises extra funds from investors after a weekend of intense speculation about its future.", "Chief constable Jo Farrell intends to drive \"an anti-discriminatory agenda\" at Police Scotland.", "Kelsey Hasson, 13, has pleaded with those behind the theft to return her Charolais calves.", "Ricardo dos Santos and his partner, sprinter Bianca Williams, were stopped by police in July 2020.", "The indie band easy life make the announcement after a \"whirlwind\" 10 days.", "The Home Office says it is notifying migrants they will be moved back on to the Bibby Stockholm.", "Rimal, Gaza City's wealthiest area, was a safe haven before a wave of Israeli strikes overnight.", "Sinn Féin's Michelle O'Neill says it is time to move forward with the redevelopment of Casement Park.", "Almost half the world's known flowering plants could be threatened by extinction, scientists warn.", "The Labour leader says he will \"bulldoze through\" the planning system in England if his party wins power.", "Network Rail says the Reading footage follows a rise in the number of trespass incidents on the line.", "Commercial flights restart after a huge fire ripped through a multi-storey car park.", "Iran has long backed Hamas, and questions are being asked about its role in the militant group's attack on Israel.", "Ex-cabinet secretary says 'under no circumstances' should lockdown parties have taken place.", "Former Bank of England head Mark Carney endorses Rachel Reeves as she emphasises economic security at Labour conference.", "A fundraiser was set up after a crucial advertiser pulled out, threatening the paper's future in print.", "Unity powers hit games including Pokemon Go, and had wanted to charge developers extra fees.", "The Mock the Week star says he first noticed his neck seemed \"much bigger than normal\" when shaving.", "Yossi Sneider says his cousin and her two children were taken from their home in southern Israel.", "Officers were searching a man suspected of threatening security staff when he fell and hit his head.", "The BBC's Ione Wells conveys the atmosphere at Labour party conference ahead of Keir Starmer's speech.", "The chief rabbi calls it a time of mourning, deep grief and enormous worry for the whole community.", "The country is adjusting to a new reality as the conflict enters uncharted territory", "The UK and Republic of Ireland will host the 2028 European Championship, Uefa confirms at a meeting in Switzerland.", "The UK welcomes their release after they were held for allegedly breaking the country's laws.", "A man disrupts the start of Sir Keir Starmer’s speech approaching the Labour leader on the podium.", "Anthony Thomson says the bank's strategy of continuing to focus on High Street branches is \"flawed\".", "The stars hope to turn a historic cinema in St Andrews into a luxury gastro pub with a golf simulator.", "The pair were filmed on the rail line at a site that sees 130 trains a day pass at up to 100mph.", "James Milward went high tech in his quest to stop the animals fouling in his Surrey garden.", "Jake Marlowe is among those who are missing and the family of Dan Darlington believe he is dead.", "Hundreds of millions of birds die in building collisions across the United States each year.", "An emotional crowd held pictures of those killed or taken hostage at the candle-lit gathering.", "The 1975 frontman read a prepared speech from his phone as the Dallas crowd cheered and applauded.", "Scotland's first minister says he is \"worried sick\" for his wife's parents who are in Gaza visiting family.", "More than 12,000 tonnes of material have been removed from the A83 in Argyll and Bute so far.", "It is still unclear what caused a leak on the Baltic-connector, which is shared with Estonia.", "Residents in Trevalga fear now being evicted and say a sale is against its late owner's wishes.", "A profile of the former lawyer hoping to return his party to power after 13 years in opposition.", "Spanish TV shows a statement to prosecutors where Jenni Hermoso says she felt clearly disrespected.", "After being disrupted by a protester, the Labour leader tells his party's conference he would focus on NHS reform and home building as PM.", "His portrayal of the sexual predator is \"chillingly\" accurate but the show adds little, critics say.", "President Biden has been interviewed by officials investigating classified files found in his home.", "Party activists in Liverpool are daring to dream about victory, but caution is never far away.", "Food and water are running out in the enclave, while the Israeli defence chief says the military fell short on Saturday.", "Medway Council says the move will save £75,000 to help reduce its potential overspend of £17m.", "The US president pledges support for Israel as details emerge of a massacre by Hamas in one border village.", "Villagers are searching through what is left of their homes with shovels and bare hands.", "Entire villages were levelled after a 6.3-magnitude earthquake struck the province of Herat in Afghanistan.", "Police in San Francisco said the unidentified man was killed after officers arrived at the scene.", "British doctor Abdul Qadir Hammad was in Gaza a day before Hamas launched its deadly attack on Israel.", "Nathanel Young was serving with the Israeli military when he was killed on the Gaza border.", "In Kfar Aza, Israeli soldiers tell the BBC they have uncovered a massacre of civilians, including children and babies.", "It is thought more than 100 Israelis are still being held hostage in Gaza after the 7 October attacks.", "The Labour leader won't be short of advice in Liverpool - but how does he convert a commanding poll lead into a general election victory?", "Dave Holmes sued Coldplay for unpaid commission, now the band are accusing him of mismanagement.", "The influential group rejects suggestions that its latest assessment of the UK economy is too downbeat.", "A man is arrested after a protester demands electoral reform in a stunt at Labour's conference.", "Sadiq Khan says he does not think a bedbug infestation will spread to London's transport network.", "It took two full days for Israel to clear Hamas fighters from its land - and some are asking why.", "Things got too close for comfort when police received this call about an animal in distress.", "The former UKIP leader has been welcomed with open arms by right-wing Tories in Manchester.", "CCTV footage shows the moment an e-bike battery explodes, sparking a fire in the suburb of Darlington.", "FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried's trial has begun where he is accused massive financial fraud.", "The nation has reeled from disaster to disaster in recent years, as it feels the effects of climate change.", "The Red Cross writes rules of engagement for civilian hackers as numbers rise", "The move is part of efforts to target the supply chain of the drug amid the opioid crisis in the US.", "Conservative conference attendees bat around ideas for changing Parliament's upper chamber.", "The prime minister is trying to grab the political initiative and redefine his message to the electorate.", "Victoria speaks candidly about her husband David's highly-publicised alleged affair 20 years ago.", "Rishi Sunak is taking an economic risk by spending money on everyday transport upgrades instead of a grand project.", "Gen Sir Mark Carleton-Smith says the independent audit will \"reinforce the best and weed out the worst\".", "Jack Benham and Sian Hedges are accused of murdering 18-month-old Alfie Phillips during lockdown.", "A rights group alleges Armita Geravand, 16, was attacked on Tehran's metro for not wearing a hijab.", "Republican Kevin McCarthy accuses his political nemesis, Matt Gaetz, of attention-seeking.", "It comes after the section of the HS2 high-speed train line between Birmingham and Manchester was scrapped.", "The pace of price rises will continue to ease this year, says chief of UK's biggest supermarket.", "Maternity services at Altnagelvin are still available but the trust is addressing a midwife shortage.", "Sara's father, stepmother and uncle are due to stand trial at the Old Bailey in September 2024.", "Fox was initially suspended for asking what \"self-respecting man\" would \"climb into bed\" with Ava Evans.", "Their getaway car was stranded halfway up a police vehicle after their escape was blocked.", "Roly Bardsley said plans for the high speed route through his property created a decade of hell.", "Cheshire Police begins a corporate manslaughter inquiry at a hospital after the conviction of Lucy Letby.", "Dish Network will have to pay $150,000 for failing to move an old satellite far enough away from the Earth.", "Garry Jones sabotaged hummus and salad dressings with rubber gloves and ring pulls.", "Flowers, cards and teddies are laid at the spot where the 15-year-old was killed a week ago.", "He would take on the temporary role after Simon Byrne quit last month following a series of crises.", "The former crypto billionaire is accused of \"one of the biggest financial frauds in US history\".", "The UK and Nato say ammunition production must be ramped up so Ukraine can defend itself against Russia.", "BBC News NI looks at the pollution issues facing the UK and Ireland's largest lake - and how to fix them.", "North leaders have reacted angrily to plans to axe high speed rail between Birmingham and Manchester.", "The UK and Republic of Ireland are now the only bidders for Euro 2028 after Turkey withdraws to focus on a joint bid with Italy for Euro 2032.", "The government wants to allow police to search all passport images to catch criminals.", "Children are among the victims after a bus fell from an overpass and caught fire.", "France is alarmed as \"les punaises\", as they're known in French, spread fear and loathing.", "Charlotte Sena, 9, was located after a round-the-clock hunt aided by the suspect's ransom note.", "Measure aims to ensure children of today would not be able to buy cigarettes in future.", "Parents are warned to check formula temperature as a study shows most machines do not kill bacteria.", "The PGMOL releases the audio recordings between the match officials for Liverpool forward Luis Diaz's disallowed goal against Tottenham.", "The 2030 World Cup will be held across Uruguay, Argentina, Paraguay, Spain, Portugal and Morocco, Fifa confirms.", "Continuing double doctor strike is compromising urgent care, bosses say, but union blames bad planning.", "In his first speech as PM to the Conservative Party conference, he also proposes trying to create a \"smoke-free generation\".", "The home secretary pledges tougher action on small boats in a hard-hitting Tory conference speech.", "Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp says a replay of the match against Tottenham \"would be the right thing\" after Luis Diaz's goal was wrongly disallowed.", "Bradley, eight, was out playing with a friend when they picked up the firework which blew up.", "Pentagon spokesman says he can \"neither confirm or deny\" reports about the most-talked-about NFL romance.", "The Republican says the vote was \"personal\", lashing out at his political nemesis, Matt Gaetz.", "The presenters are fired following a row over sexist comments Fox made about a female journalist.", "Hospital worker Fred Leparan attempted to sell a baby boy to an undercover BBC reporter.", "Police have launched a murder investigation after Ian Langley, 54, was attacked and killed.", "His bodyweight has risen nearly 7,000%, but does \"806 Jr\" have what it takes to win Fat Bear Week?", "The rise in the cost of borrowing comes as chancellor, Jeremy Hunt prepares for the autumn statement.", "Some compared the home secretary's rhetoric to the Tory MP known for his \"Rivers of Blood\" speech.", "Andrew Boff said he was removed for challenging the Home Secretary on her gender ideology views.", "A 23-year-old man is arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to commit arson with intent.", "Three children including a baby are among the 21 dead after a bus plunged off a flyover.", "The prime minister wants more students to study maths and English until the age of 18.", "Sir Patrick Vallance writes of No 10 \"chaos as usual\" in diary extracts released to the Covid inquiry.", "A judge says the star does not need to pay $500,000 to a woman after her dogs were stolen in 2021.", "HS2's northern leg is scrapped, but Rishi Sunak plans to use cash to electrify the north Wales line.", "A billionaire's daughter and fashion designer who has divided her life between three continents.", "Rishi Sunak is expected to set out alternative projects in his Conservative Party conference speech.", "A man in his 50s is taken to hospital with serious injuries and a dog is \"destroyed at the scene\".", "In his first speech as leader to Tory conference, the PM also makes pledges on smoking ban and new post-16 qualifications.", "The evening performance, in London's West End, was halted and did not resume.", "The photo, showing the combination of numbers 6 and 4 , has been scrubbed on Chinese social media.", "The four officers received a settlement from Police Scotland after they were told to shave their facial hair.", "More than two dozen people were killed as the powerful storm swept through Guerrero, officials say.", "A global chip shortage has led to long waits for the console with resellers demanding sky-high prices.", "Dragon's Den star Steven Bartlett and model Munroe Bergdorf also feature on 2024's Powerlist.", "Hundreds of supporters held up the flags before the Champions League game against Atletico Madrid.", "Athletes Bianca Williams and Ricardo Dos Santos say they were racially profiled by officers.", "Avoiding public places, moving home... how the threat of random gunfire is changing the way people live.", "An email reveals Liz Truss wanted a group of stranded asylum seekers to be brought to the UK for their safety.", "Amina Noor is the first person to be convicted of assisting a non-UK person to perform FGM.", "An inquiry into how an innocent man was jailed for 17 years will examine the police investigation.", "Tim Davie was questioned by backbench Conservative MPs over the BBC's coverage of the Gaza conflict and migration.", "The Australian pop star was spotted by the BBC's Jeremy Vine while cycling in central London.", "The idea came about when Shrigley heard an Oxfam shop had stopped accepting copies of Dan Brown's book.", "The three unions say an \"insulting 0% pay offer\" has led to the co-ordinated decision.", "The Reigate MP confirms that he was arrested but says he is confident there will be no charge.", "David Holmes says the film will show his stunts and \"attitude to life after suffering a broken neck\".", "A gunman opened fire at a bowling alley and a restaurant, killing 18 people and injuring 13.", "Rédoine Faïd is given another 14 years in jail for a spectacular escape involving a helicopter.", "Several of the victims died in a restaurant at a cornhole tournament with deaf competitors.", "António Guterres denies he justified Hamas's attacks by saying they \"did not happen in a vacuum\".", "Constance Marten and Mark Gordon are accused of manslaughter over the death of baby Victoria.", "With fighting intensifying in Donetsk and Kherson, officials are forcibly ordering people to leave.", "Lawyers for Trump tried to undermine Michael Cohen's credibility during high-stakes fraud case.", "The White House says heavy losses and poor morale are leading to mutinies in some units.", "England accuse World Rugby of denying Tom Curry a fair hearing over his allegation of an on-field racial slur by South Africa's Bongi Mbonambi.", "Get all the latest news, live updates and content about the Climate from across the BBC.", "Hospitals warn that life-saving equipment will soon stop working without fuel for their generators.", "Stormont remains suspended while a delegation of US business officials visit Northern Ireland.", "The 1978 John Lennon composition, Now and Then, has been completed with the assistance of AI.", "\"We do not rest,\" says ambulance driver Mahmoud Badawi as medical supplies in the Strip run low.", "Two women among thousands to have their smears reviewed say they fear for their future.", "Facing a multimillion pound shortfall, councillors suggest removing rather than replacing equipment.", "Rishi Sunak warns AI could help terrorists spread fear but urges the public not to lose sleep.", "Israel's prime minister says the decision on when to launch an invasion will be taken by the country's war cabinet.", "One survivor described hiding in a bowling lane while the shooting unfolded.", "Labour's shadow chancellor admits some sections of her new book \"were not properly referenced\".", "Rep Jamaal Bowman is expected to plead guilty and pay a fine for the misdemeanour charge.", "Louisiana's Mike Johnson won with 220 votes in his favour in the lower chamber of Congress.", "Washington hopes to use a delay in Israel's incursion into Gaza to shore up protection for its interests.", "Communications go down in Gaza, leaving residents uncontactable. Hamas says clashes are taking place in northern areas.", "The German Bundesliga club beat Newcastle United 1-0 in Wednesday's Champions League tie.", "Kay has 6.9 million listeners after replacing Bruce in Radio 2's mid-morning slot earlier this year.", "A report finds 11 trees at the Dark Hedges beauty spot made famous in the series should be cut down.", "Yocheved Lifschitz says she was kidnapped and taken into a \"spider's web\" of tunnels underneath Gaza.", "The government may face a judicial review after excluding outsourced workers from a one-off bonus.", "The UN says it has enough to maintain water supplies for a day, after reducing support for hospitals.", "Athlete Bianca Williams says her family's ordeal with the Met Police has left her \"on edge\".", "David Hunter was convicted of the manslaughter of his ill wife but could be tried again for murder.", "The UK's largest mortgage lender expects prices to drop over the next two years, before recovering.", "The TikTokker faces a custodial sentence after posting videos of people without their consent.", "As it gets colder here are some tips to help you stay warm while trying to keep your energy bills down.", "Dr Glory Valthaty was understood to have been visiting relatives with her two children and husband.", "More than 300,000 people attended song contest-related events in the city in May, the council says.", "Newcastle and Italy midfielder Sandro Tonali is banned for 10 months by the Italian Football Federation for breaching betting rules.", "Qatar has a unique role leading sensitive negotiations but it comes with a huge risk.", "The former BBC Radio 1 DJ is interviewed again under caution but no arrest has been made.", "Wael Al-Dahdouh's wife and children are among those to have died at a refugee camp.", "The BBC's Fergal Keane reports on the young lives shattered by violence.", "Thursday's summit is overshadowed by Hamas's war with Israel and a failure to project a united front.", "After years of counting the dead, Mark Bryant says he's grown numb to the toll of US gun violence.", "The shootings in Lewiston, a small city in the north-east US, happened in a restaurant and bowling alley.", "Supergrass Gary Haggarty tells a murder trial he told police where the accused was hiding in 1994.", "Jason Breen was wing foiling in the sea when he was dragged underwater by the young mammal.", "It is thought more than 100 Israelis are still being held hostage in Gaza after the 7 October attacks.", "By 2025 AI could increase cyber-attack risk, and help plan physical attacks, report warns.", "Chris Heaton-Harris made his remarks as a senior judge ordered a review of the incident.", "Villagers are disappointed after part of a damaged stone wall was replaced with a wooden fence.", "A lawyer for the UK Covid Inquiry says it is surprising that so many messages have been deleted.", "Storm Babet is forecast to bring \"unprecedented\" heavy rainfall for some parts of Scotland.", "The UN humanitarian chief, Martin Griffiths, says about 100 lorries of aid a day will be required in the territory.", "Jenni Hermoso is named in Spain's squad for the first time since Luis Rubiales kissed her on the lips during the World Cup trophy presentation.", "The ATACMS weapons were reportedly used in air strikes that destroyed Russian helicopters.", "Around 2,000 treasures are thought to have been stolen from the British Museum.", "Rishi Sunak says Israel \"has a right to defend itself\" as more than 40 MPs support the calls.", "US spies and informants could have been directed to hostile nations through a CIA mistake made on X.", "Star-studded France roar back from a goal down to inflict a heavy friendly defeat on much-changed Scotland.", "England outlawed Botox for under-18s two years ago, but there is no law stopping it in Wales.", "She speaks to the BBC ahead of a new Disney documentary about her legal battle with Rebekah Vardy.", "Salman Abedi died when he detonated a home-made device at an Ariana Grande concert in 2017.", "The first of more than four hundred ferret traps have been activated on Rathlin Island, in world first.", "Police say the UK and South Africa citizens and a local guide died in a \"cowardly terror attack\".", "The BBC announces it will stop making the medical drama show, which is filmed in Birmingham.", "Emergency crews in Iowa did not have ladders tall enough to reach the top and put the fire out.", "The UK intelligence boss says his agency is watching a \"large cohort\" of people with extremist mindsets.", "Andrew Miller, also known as Amy George, subjected the schoolgirl to a 27-hour ordeal in his Borders home.", "Those who repeatedly misuse nitrous oxide will face up to two years in prison, the Home Office says.", "The advertising authority in the UK says the retired footballer has \"strong appeal\" for under-18s.", "The Court of Appeal has detailed its reasons for reducing the jail term for Carla Foster in July.", "In Tel Aviv, Mr Biden says Israel has a right to hit back for the Hamas attack that triggered fighting.", "A gas pipeline between Finland and Estonia is believed to have been damaged at the same time, Sweden says.", "The gang is suspected of illegally importing more than 400 animals into Spain from eastern Europe.", "Some 22 Republican holdouts voted against the Ohio Congressman, throwing the chamber into limbo.", "Laura Rose had a double mastectomy after her breast cancer diagnosis in 2021.", "Tens of thousands of British businesses are warned of the risk of having their innovation stolen.", "After the destruction of the Al-Ahli hospital, hopes for an end to the war are even fainter.", "Sir John Armitt tells the BBC the decision to sell the property is a \"mistake\".", "Hamas officials say 500 people have been killed; the Israeli military says a rocket barrage fired by militants is to blame.", "The climate campaigner is accused of breaching the Public Order Act at a demonstration in London.", "Tony Fernandes shared a picture of himself attending a meeting while getting a massage.", "The US president's trip was always going to be a diplomatic risk. Now the situation is even more volatile.", "Controversial firm, which acts as a search engine for faces, wins appeal against a watchdog.", "Israel's military denies claims it struck the Al-Ahli Arab hospital and blames a Palestinian rocket.", "Andrew Malkinson says he is still awaiting compensation after spending 17 years behind bars.", "A total of 23 paedophiles had their jail terms increased on review in England and Wales last year.", "Officers say they are concerned for the safety of the 21-year-old, who was last seen on 7 October.", "Palestinians with dual citizenship have headed to the border ahead of Israel's expected ground operation.", "Hundreds of Palestinians are feared dead after a huge blast at a hospital in Gaza City.", "The music video for Everytime is being interpreted in new ways by some after news Spears had an abortion.", "Rishi Sunak holds talks in Saudi Arabia, after meeting Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu on a two-day trip.", "The government says EU rules banning low-alcohol wine being marketed as wine should be scrapped.", "One man is trying to piece together what happened to loved ones based on live streams made by Hamas.", "China's leader has renewed his pitch for an alternative to Western-led development.", "The presenter, who has a condition affecting her womb, tells MPs her problems were repeatedly dismissed.", "Keren Shem appeals for her daughter to be freed immediately with all the Hamas hostages in Gaza.", "Divided Republicans consider a stand-in as the Ohioan's bid to lead Congress's lower chamber falters.", "Some 600,000 Palestinians are sheltering in the south after an Israeli order to evacuate the north.", "The King makes an impassioned plea for religious tolerance and mutual respect.", "The pop star was in her late teens and dating Justin Timberlake at the time, according to memoir extracts.", "Experts welcome the recommendation but ask if it is feasible for such a stretched health service.", "Academics at Aberystwyth University say its composition does not match that of similar stones.", "England will be regarded as one of the favourites to win Euro 2024 - but do the Three Lions really have what it takes?", "Hewa Rahimpur is given 11 years for heading a gang that brought 10,000 people to the UK in small boats.", "Analysis of satellite images provides evidence that dozens of Darfur villages have been burned down.", "A weather warning is in place for Northern Ireland, while the army is deployed in Cork amid flooding.", "The first minister says rates will not rise next year as he closes the SNP conference in Aberdeen.", "The US president will stress \"ironclad\" support for Israel's security when he visits on Wednesday.", "A group of leading scientists have said the current levels of PFAS could be damaging to human health.", "Overall, prices are still rising at the same rate as the previous month.", "Gareth Southgate believes there is more to come from his England side after sealing Euro 2024 qualification with two games to spare.", "The British Medical Association says strikes will be paused to allow time for the two sides to meet.", "The Swedish climate campaigner was with other activists at a protest outside a central London hotel.", "Prosecutors drop their inquiry into a woman's allegation the UFC fighter attacked her at a Miami arena.", "Belfast City Council says five dual language street signs are being replaced after errors were found.", "A grand jury will be asked to consider \"additional facts\" in the on-set shooting, prosecutors say.", "The couple have been named locally as David and Celia Barlow, from near Newbury in Berkshire.", "People are still recovering body parts from the Al-Ahli Arab hospital, reports Rushdi Abu Alouf.", "The company released untreated sewage at dozens of sites, including near a bottlenose dolphin habitat.", "The Trump ally postpones plans for another vote as holdouts to his bid for the speakership dig in.", "Manchester United's hopes of a first appearance in the group stage of the Women's Champions League end with defeat by Paris St-Germain in the second round of qualifying.", "England qualify for next summer's European Championship in Germany after coming from behind to beat Italy at Wembley.", "It's the final PMQs before voters head to the polls in two by-elections on Thursday.", "Israeli-French woman Mia Shem said she was taken hostage in a video released by the militant group Hamas.", "The streaming giant raises monthly charges in the US, UK and France after gaining millions of new subscribers.", "A desperate and destitute tide of humanity has washed into Khan Younis. And there is no help.", "Packages and holdalls believed to contain cocaine are washing up on England's south coast.", "The Grade II-listed Old Courthouse in Cockermouth was badly damaged early on Sunday.", "The US president pledges support for Israel as details emerge of a massacre by Hamas in one border village.", "Gabriel Martinelli hits the late winner as Arsenal earn a statement victory over defending Premier League champions Manchester City at Emirates Stadium.", "Conor Boyle, 20, says he keeps his Conservative credentials on the down low when he visits home.", "Rescuers try to reach survivors after the quake reduced villages to rubble in western Afghanistan.", "The dancer gave an update on her chemotherapy treatment, saying she is \"doing really well\".", "The key architect of New Labour says the party needs to ensure it can attract private investment.", "Despite a recent spike in interest in bedbugs, their interaction with humans is nothing new.", "\"A council house changed my life,\" she tells the audience in Liverpool as she outlines housing policy.", "WBA champion Leigh Wood makes a dramatic comeback to stop Josh Warrington in Sheffield.", "The family of legendary black footballer Jack Leslie present his FA cap to Plymouth Argyle.", "Risk of flare-up between Palestinian militants and Israel has been deepening for months, writes Jeremy Bowen.", "Militants are still fighting in Israel, says the military, after an unprecedented Hamas attack.", "A video of clips of accidents at the crossing in Bradford gained more than 13 million views online.", "Watch the footage of unprecedented scenes in Israel and Gaza, verified and explained by the BBC.", "Nathanel Young was serving with the Israeli military when he was killed on the Gaza border.", "Former Bank of England head Mark Carney endorses Rachel Reeves as she emphasises economic security at Labour conference.", "Discussions over the site are ongoing but the issue is not simple, Hexham MP Guy Opperman says.", "The Labour leaders says NHS staff in England will volunteer for longer hours to cut waiting lists.", "Davies, known for films such as Benediction and A Quiet Passion, died after a short illness, his manager confirms.", "Marina Wheeler KC is looking at how to strengthen the law to protect women who are bullied at work.", "Ireland dismantle Scotland to reach the World Cup quarter-finals and send their opponents crashing out of the tournament.", "Two winners emerge from more than 200 people cracking conkers at the world championships in Oundle.", "Distressing footage emerged of people fleeing an outdoor party near a kibbutz after Hamas launched a major offensive.", "It now goes to 14:00 on Sunday for parts of Angus, Perth and Kinross, Aberdeenshire, Moray and Highland.", "St Machar Thistle AFC started with just eight players and lost 51-0 to AC Mill Inn Academy in the first round of the Scottish Amateur Cup.", "Mercedes drivers Lewis Hamilton and George Russell collided at the start before Max Verstappen went on to dominate the Qatar Grand Prix.", "Partygoer describes how she survived gunmen at an Israeli festival by lying in a field as shots rang out.", "More than 1,000 are feared dead after the 6.3-magnitude quake hit remote villages in western Afghanistan.", "Kenyan Kelvin Kiptum shatters the men's marathon world record in Chicago as he beats compatriot Eliud Kipchoge's previous mark by more than 30 seconds.", "Workers and shoppers tell us what they'll miss about the brand as the final stores close.", "The lender raises extra funds from investors after a weekend of intense speculation about its future.", "Videos have been shared on social media seemingly showing people celebrating the attack by Hamas.", "The victims are among at least 700 people killed on the Israeli side - with more than 400 also dead in Gaza.", "The Labour leader won't be short of advice in Liverpool - but how does he convert a commanding poll lead into a general election victory?", "A BBC reporter in Gaza says there is almost no power and hospitals are overrun after Israeli air strikes.", "The remains of cars can be seen after militants attacked people attending an outdoor party.", "The Labour leader says funding out-of-hours appointments will help more people return to work.", "The smell has been blighting the seaside town of Brightlingsea for some time.", "Wayne Rooney leaves his role as coach of MLS side DC United by mutual consent after they fail to make the play-offs.", "A \"significant number\" of Israelis are being held by Hamas in the Gaza Strip, the Israeli military says.", "New synthetic opioids Nitazenes are \"500 times stronger than morphine\", coroner Joe McCrisken says.", "Tensions had recently risen in Gaza - but this attack was unexpected on a Jewish holiday.", "Michael Stone's case is to be looked at again after Levi Bellfield reportedly confessed to the murders.", "The white truck is thought to be carrying Palestinian militants through the Israeli town.", "Shani Louk's family believe she was taken away by Hamas militants in the back of a pick-up truck.", "Reform UK's former leader Nigel Farage attacks the Tories in a speech to party's annual conference.", "Another Israeli was wounded in the attack in the city of Alexandria, Israel's foreign ministry says.", "Red Bull's Max Verstappen clinches a third world title by finishing second in a chaotic and incident-packed sprint race at the Qatar Grand Prix.", "Festival-goers describe mass panic as they fled and hid in bushes as a trance music party came under attack.", "River levels are continuing to rise and the ground is saturated, increasing the risk of flooding.", "Motorists duck for cover as multiple shots are fired during a gun battle on Route 4, between Ashdod and the Gaza border.", "Things got too close for comfort when police received this call about an animal in distress.", "Jaswant Singh Chail was caught with a loaded crossbow at Windsor Castle on Christmas Day 2021.", "Jaswant Singh Chail was caught with a loaded crossbow at Windsor Castle on Christmas Day 2021.", "If the money cannot be raised then passengers travelling to and from central London will have to change.", "This year is on track to be the warmest on record after September temperatures alarm scientists.", "There were \"real concerns\" over security and public safety, the Metropolitan Police says.", "AI-powered facial recognition has been used in real time by police forces and private companies.", "Ashley Dale was killed in Liverpool after a feud between two groups at the festival, a court hears.", "The military says 'terrorist' drones targeted the event at a military academy near the city of Homs.", "With the House in limbo, the odds of approving aid for Ukraine or avoiding a shutdown have fallen.", "Stephen Dalton, 39, attacked the woman who was walking home from a night out with friends in 2021.", "The SNP leader admits to a \"disappointing night\" in Rutherglen and Hamilton West but points to \"reckless actions\" of Margaret Ferrier.", "The prime minister tells the BBC he backs the move because there is \"no safe level of smoking\".", "A support service for NHS staff reports a 77% rise in doctors seeking help for mental health issues.", "The prime minister is trying to grab the political initiative and redefine his message to the electorate.", "Moderna is hoping to make its Covid jab available privately in the UK.", "A rights group alleges Armita Geravand, 16, was attacked on Tehran's metro for not wearing a hijab.", "The Swedish Academy rewards his \"innovative plays and prose which gives voice to the unsayable\".", "It comes after the section of the HS2 high-speed train line between Birmingham and Manchester was scrapped.", "Jaswant Singh Chail was caught with a loaded crossbow at Windsor Castle on Christmas Day 2021.", "Maternity services at Altnagelvin are still available but the trust is addressing a midwife shortage.", "Historic England says damage to the ancient wall was found after the Sycamore Gap tree was cut down.", "A long-running internal party feud is putting an increasing strain on Labour's election finances.", "US officials say they are legally obliged to move ahead with a new section of the southern border wall.", "Fosse - who was praised for his innovative plays and prose - takes a prize of more than £800,000.", "The Legends of the Fall star says her agents failed to protect her from the disgraced film mogul.", "He would take on the temporary role after Simon Byrne quit last month following a series of crises.", "The attack in the Kharkiv region is described as one of the area's \"bloodiest crimes\".", "BBC News NI looks at the pollution issues facing the UK and Ireland's largest lake - and how to fix them.", "Floorboards that are thought to have been acted on by William Shakespeare are uncovered in King's Lynn.", "The number of prisoners could hit record levels after falling during the pandemic, BBC News has learned.", "Despite practical issues, ministers in Scotland and Wales are on the same page on phasing it out.", "England's defence of their World Cup title begins with a nine-wicket hammering at the hands of New Zealand in Ahmedabad.", "The chief medical officer says as a doctor he sees people in hospital desperate to stop smoking.", "Measure aims to ensure children of today would not be able to buy cigarettes in future.", "Five Israeli men deny attacking the British woman at a pool party in Ayia Napa last month.", "The 2030 World Cup will be held across Uruguay, Argentina, Paraguay, Spain, Portugal and Morocco, Fifa confirms.", "At a summit in Spain, Europe's leaders discussed how to lower irregular migration to the continent.", "Raising the legal smoking age until it is banned sounds simple, but there are some big challenges.", "Calls are made for moves to keep bullocks that graze near residential properties under better control.", "The US military says the rounds were confiscated from a ship taking arms to Yemeni rebels last year.", "Jaswant Singh Chail is the first person to be sentenced for treason in the UK for more than 40 years.", "Its shares sank by as much as a third in early trading, after reports it needs to raise £600m.", "After 50 years of the Charles Rennie Mackintosh Society, the architect's buildings are still at risk.", "Keir Starmer's party hopes it is on the verge of a breakthrough in Scotland, as the Rutherglen poll nears.", "A council reverses a decision in a conflict-of-interest investigation involving DUP MLA Edwin Poots.", "The presenters are fired following a row over sexist comments Fox made about a female journalist.", "The competition watchdog is investigating the tech giants' cloud computing dominance.", "Scotland's justice secretary confirms that the extradition of the American fugitive Nicholas Rossi can go ahead.", "His bodyweight has risen nearly 7,000%, but does \"806 Jr\" have what it takes to win Fat Bear Week?", "The makers of the latest in the stealth action series have put Arabic front and centre of the project.", "There will be no new money for displaced people and firms along the scrapped route, the government says.", "Doctors are encouraged to identify problem gamblers and those at risk at the earliest possible stage.", "The driver of the coach was seen slumped at the wheel before it crashed, a court hears.", "Three children including a baby are among the 21 dead after a bus plunged off a flyover.", "A judge says the star does not need to pay $500,000 to a woman after her dogs were stolen in 2021.", "Art meets science as Prada designers help create the spacesuits for the 2025 Moon mission.", "Ukraine’s leader has always been comfortable campaigning for help - now he’s having to negotiate.", "Three days of mourning have been declared in Kharkiv after the attack, which killed at least 51 people.", "The women travelled from the USA to study and believe college staff were \"dismissive\" of them.", "Jaswant Singh Chail is the first person to be sentenced for treason in the UK in more than 40 years.", "Catherine Hudson gave pills to patients, including Aileen Scott, to \"keep them quiet\", a court is told.", "Racism meant ethnic-minority doctors felt unable to challenge poor PPE, the Covid inquiry hears.", "In his first speech as leader to Tory conference, the PM also makes pledges on smoking ban and new post-16 qualifications.", "Selma Taha, the director of Southall Black Sisters, says she had her hair ripped out and was bitten.", "The evening performance, in London's West End, was halted and did not resume.", "The Dutch government confirms the late Prince Bernhard had a Nazi party card in his belongings.", "He came second in the triathlon despite overheating and stumbling towards the finish line.", "The Palestinian Red Crescent says people cannot call the emergency 101 number due to the outage.", "Dragon's Den star Steven Bartlett and model Munroe Bergdorf also feature on 2024's Powerlist.", "The two PCs were fired for gross misconduct after a stop and search of Bianca Williams and her partner.", "Medics say moving patients from Al-Quds in Gaza City is impossible. Around 14,000 civilians are also thought to be sheltering there.", "A woman accused of fraud and kept on bail says the experience led her to try to kill herself.", "An email reveals Liz Truss wanted a group of stranded asylum seekers to be brought to the UK for their safety.", "A brash Tyson Fury leans on and prods Francis Ngannou as the pair weigh in for their heavyweight fight in Saudi Arabia on Saturday.", "Residents are being told to stay indoors as police search for Robert Card, suspected of killing 18 people.", "The Reigate MP confirms that he was arrested but says he is confident there will be no charge.", "England complete their Rugby World Cup campaign by overcoming a proud Argentina performance in the third-place play-off in Paris.", "Paul and his husband Martin live in Belfast and adopted their son just before the Covid pandemic.", "Constance Marten and Mark Gordon are accused of manslaughter over the death of baby Victoria.", "Jenni Hermoso scores a late winner for Spain against Italy in the Nations League on her return to the squad.", "The White House says heavy losses and poor morale are leading to mutinies in some units.", "Keir Starmer is coming under increasing pressure to call for a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war.", "A judge ruled Ivanka Trump must testify in a case that accuses her father and brothers of financial fraud.", "Patrick McCabe, 28, and Ronnie Beckett, 19, have both been jailed following the police chase.", "Stormont remains suspended while a delegation of US business officials visit Northern Ireland.", "Gaza resident Jumana Emad describes being in labour “among continuous shelling”.", "Glow worms are a rare sight in the UK but one young conservationist is trying to bring them back.", "Based on latest trends, yet more patients will be forced to wait, even if doctor strikes cease, projections suggest.", "The owner of The Range is planning to launch hundreds of Wilko shops after it bought the brand.", "A mural in memory of Caitlin McLaughlin, who died after taking ecstasy, has been unveiled where she grew up.", "Two women among thousands to have their smears reviewed say they fear for their future.", "Scotland's first minister reacted after Elon Musk commented on a clip of a speech he gave in 2020.", "Antisemitic and Islamophobic hate crimes recorded by Met Police have risen dramatically since 7 October.", "Sixteen people are sentenced for their roles in the \"sophisticated\" scheme at HMP Lindholme.", "Labour's shadow chancellor admits some sections of her new book \"were not properly referenced\".", "Former crypto boss Sam Bankman-Fried testifies to fraud trial judge after jury sent home.", "Washington hopes to use a delay in Israel's incursion into Gaza to shore up protection for its interests.", "Investigators have reportedly found a suicide note from the suspect addressed to his son.", "Communications go down in Gaza, leaving residents uncontactable. Hamas says clashes are taking place in northern areas.", "Many Afghans who fled the Taliban after working with the UK government are waiting for relocation.", "They say their routes from Pakistan are “safe”, with one claiming “hundreds” are transported daily.", "The German Bundesliga club beat Newcastle United 1-0 in Wednesday's Champions League tie.", "Victims of Joshua Hunt said he \"was writhing and crawling as if in a military fashion\".", "The bank's shares tumble after it lowers profit expectations and admits failings in how it treated Nigel Farage.", "The UN says it has enough to maintain water supplies for a day, after reducing support for hospitals.", "The UN General Assembly has called for an immediate humanitarian truce between Israel and Hamas.", "A coroner says the infant died after a \"gross failure in medical care amounting to neglect\".", "The TikTokker faces a custodial sentence after posting videos of people without their consent.", "The manhunt - which is taking place over land, water and air - has now entered its third day.", "As it gets colder here are some tips to help you stay warm while trying to keep your energy bills down.", "Some people are unhappy there is no plan to have a memorial to the Ugandan guide killed in the attack.", "It follows a series of recent attacks on US bases in Iraq and Syria by Iranian-backed militia, officials say.", "Qatar has a unique role leading sensitive negotiations but it comes with a huge risk.", "Israeli aerial strikes on the Palestinian territory have reduced parts of the north to rubble.", "Sharone Lifschitz is calling on the Israeli government to prioritise the release of hostages held by Hamas.", "A woman says she came across the ewe at the foot of a cliff two years ago before seeing it again this year.", "Former crypto boss Sam Bankman-Fried says he made many mistakes when running the cryptocurrency exchange.", "A boy is charged over chants about the Manchester United legend at a Manchester City match.", "Johnson, who stepped down as an MP earlier this year, will present and make his own programmes.", "Bringing previously extinct native species like beavers back to England is not on the Environment Secretary's priority list.", "This is the worst power cut for two years, coming amid a serious economic crises in the country.", "They were not expected to survive but Ruby and Rosie, now 11, are celebrating with five other sets.", "The shootings in Lewiston, a small city in the north-east US, happened in a restaurant and bowling alley.", "Labour leader meets Muslim MPs amid calls from some in his party to be more critical of Israel's conduct.", "A number of Maine communities have been under lockdown orders since Wednesday's deadly shooting.", "Lawyers for the United Nations' Refugee Agency issue a warning during a Supreme Court appeal hearing.", "Carralyn Parkes loses her argument that the Government requires planning permission.", "Power runs out in Gaza after another night of massive destruction by Israeli forces.", "England defender Harry Maguire says former captain David Beckham has urged him to focus on career positives after fan criticism.", "Robert McLean, 29, will be released to see his baby under \"stringent\" conditions, a court hears.", "A BA flight was diverted back to the UK amid security concerns, not long before it was due to land.", "The prison has seen \"violence levels continue to rise\" in the past year, with assaults up by 20%.", "More than 260 bodies have reportedly been recovered from the festival in the desert in southern Israel.", "The journalist has arrived home in Melbourne, three years after she was imprisoned by Chinese authorities.", "The Labour leader tells the BBC he is a \"yes in my back yard\" advocate - not a Nimby - on housing.", "Experts aim to keep it in \"as large sections as possible\" but it is too big to move in one piece.", "The state visit will come on the 60th anniversary of the country's independence from the UK.", "As the German sandal maker lists publicly, are the best days of the centuries-old brand behind it?", "Timelapse footage shows the animals moving like a murmuration of birds near the city of Othello, in Washington state, USA.", "Just over half of girls in secondary school enjoy PE lessons, compared with 84% of the boys.", "More than 1,000 people have already died following Saturday's 6.3 magnitude quake.", "In the hours after Saturday's Hamas attack, tens of thousands of Israelis prepared to go back to duty.", "Scientists begin their analysis of the dusty fragments brought back from the Bennu space rock.", "The death toll in Israel from Saturday's attack by Hamas is now more than 1,200.", "The indie band easy life make the announcement after a \"whirlwind\" 10 days.", "Rimal, Gaza City's wealthiest area, was a safe haven before a wave of Israeli strikes overnight.", "Sinn Féin's Michelle O'Neill says it is time to move forward with the redevelopment of Casement Park.", "The Labour leader says he will \"bulldoze through\" the planning system in England if his party wins power.", "Israeli flags flown in a \"show of solidarity\" were removed in Sheffield and Rotherham, the councils say.", "Commercial flights restart after a huge fire ripped through a multi-storey car park.", "Scientists have been holding a news conference to show off material brought back to Earth by the Osiris-Rex mission.", "The star's musical director Stuart Price shares some of the secrets of her long-awaited world tour.", "A fundraiser was set up after a crucial advertiser pulled out, threatening the paper's future in print.", "Shadow health secretary Wes Streeting says a Labour government would raise the \"healthiest generation that's ever lived\".", "The Republican faces 23 charges - including running up charges on the credit cards of campaign donors.", "Sarah had asthma and was a heavy vaper when she was rushed to hospital with breathing problems.", "The shadow education secretary pledges to tackle a 'cultural problem' with the subject in schools.", "Scotland's First Minister Humza Yousaf says his wife's parents stuck in Gaza are \"safe for now\".", "Counterfeit stock with a street value of about £800,000 was found at the badging facility in Manchester.", "The British actress had sued her ex-husband, saying he refused to send their children back to the UK.", "Hundreds of millions of birds die in building collisions across the United States each year.", "The 1975 frontman read a prepared speech from his phone as the Dallas crowd cheered and applauded.", "Experts from the University of Essex and University of Adelaide have shared results of a study.", "The club pays tribute to a \"wonderful wife, mother and daughter\" after losing \"a very dear friend\".", "At least 60 people have killed themselves in India after being extorted by a global racket.", "Scotland's first minister says he is \"worried sick\" for his wife's parents who are in Gaza visiting family.", "It is still unclear what caused a leak on the Baltic-connector, which is shared with Estonia.", "The piece has returned to Glasgow Museums, after being put up for auction by an unsuspecting seller.", "The EU has written to Mark Zuckerberg warning him that the platform is being used to spread illegal content.", "Sean Hogg had been found guilty by a jury of attacking the girl twice in Midlothian in 2018.", "Thousands of children have still not returned to lessons in school because of unsafe buildings.", "Jada Pinkett Smith reveals in a new interview that the pair have been living separate lives since 2016.", "Food and water are running out in the enclave, while the Israeli defence chief says the military fell short on Saturday.", "High Street chain Next is understood to be close to buying rival fashion chain Fat Face.", "But Israel's PM describes any claim it received a specific warning as \"totally fake news\".", "His distinctive tones will be heard on Greater Manchester's Metrolink tram network.", "From flying a plane that allegedly weighs less than Wales' scrum to cycling more than 1,600 miles.", "No collapse-prone Raac has been found in the first 30 schools surveyed by officials.", "The Prince and Princess of Wales are \"profoundly distressed\" by events in the region, a spokesman says.", "In Kfar Aza, Israeli soldiers tell the BBC they have uncovered a massacre of civilians, including children and babies.", "Figures say one in six secondary school pupils in Wales is now persistently absent.", "Jennifer Lee, Disney's creator of Frozen, reveals who inspired characters Elsa and Anna", "Study shows quality and quantity of hops - a crucial ingredient - are falling with hotter weather.", "Former prime minister tells Covid inquiry he was worried UK could look like a mini-EU.", "Winners of the Natural History Museum Wildlife Photographer of the Year have been revealed.", "It is thought more than 100 Israelis are still being held hostage in Gaza after the 7 October attacks.", "It's simply not the BBC's job to tell people who to support and who to condemn, writes the BBC's World Affairs editor.", "A top detective says the UVF and INLA are working \"hand in hand\" with criminal gangs dealing drugs.", "Tens of thousands of passengers are thought to be affected after a fire at a terminal car park caused all flights to be cancelled.", "Muslims complained it was blasphemous to ask students to colour in a picture of the Islamic prophet.", "The influential group rejects suggestions that its latest assessment of the UK economy is too downbeat.", "A man is arrested after a protester demands electoral reform in a stunt at Labour's conference.", "It took two full days for Israel to clear Hamas fighters from its land - and some are asking why.", "Kyran will need a skin and muscle graft to restore his palm, doctors have said.", "The party has voted for a strategy based on winning a majority of Scottish seats at a general election.", "Hundreds attended call for the release of more than 100 hostages taken during the attack on Israel.", "A group of young people worked from dusk until dawn to build a tiny house on common land.", "Owen Farrell's boot takes England to the Rugby World Cup semi-finals with a 30-24 victory against Fiji in Marseille.", "Chris Luxon to form a centre-right coalition with his allies as Labour PM Chris Hipkins concedes defeat.", "Police warn that anyone showing support for Hamas, a proscribed terrorist group, could face arrest.", "Somers was best known as one of the stars of the US sitcoms Three's Company and Step by Step.", "Neta Portal describes the horror of a Hamas attack after being shot in the legs six times.", "There were more flu deaths than Covid ones last winter - but for some, the fear remains. Why?", "Wooden crates still packed with dynamite sticks and even graves have been among his discoveries.", "Scotland qualify for Euro 2024 as Norway's loss to Spain secures a top-two finish in Group A for Steve Clarke's men.", "Zaka volunteers are used to being called to traumatic scenes, but nothing prepared them for the past week.", "The foreign secretary says he has \"raised this in every conversation\" he has had with the Israeli government.", "New Zealand end Ireland's World Cup dream and set up a semi-final against Argentina with a 28-24 win at Stade de France.", "Charlotte Walker says she is \"so proud\" of Amy Dowden after the heartbreak of losing her own hair.", "The issue, which has been resolved, is causing major disruption at one of London's busiest stations.", "Conditions for people in Gaza are worsening, with water, food, power and medicines in scarce supply.", "Donald Tusk's centrist opposition has a better chance of forming a coalition if the poll is right.", "The 67-year-old is alleged to have made racist comments during London's pro-Palestine rally.", "Emergency services have now handed back control of the multi-storey car park to the airport.", "Messages reveal how trapped families called for help and shared words of comfort as militants killed 100 in their kibbutz.", "Tommy Fury beats fellow social media star KSI on points in their boxing fight in front of a capacity 20,000 crowd at Manchester's AO Arena.", "The social media firm lists what it is doing to tackle misinformation after a warning by the EU.", "Qatari banker Sheikh Jassim bin Hamad Al Thani withdraws from the process to buy Manchester United.", "Oil prices have dropped this year but are above the long-term average, the Consumer Council says.", "A 51-year-old man could face life in prison after the discovery by Hong Kong airport officials.", "South Africa keep the defence of their title alive with a thrilling quarter-final victory over France in one of the greatest matches in World Cup history.", "The annular solar eclipse crossed North, Central, and South America on Saturday.", "England suffer a major shock at the hands of Afghanistan as a sorry 69-run defeat leaves their World Cup defence in real jeopardy.", "Audiences are lapping up televised orchestra performances reviving Somali music for a new generation.", "Women and children were killed in Friday's strike on vehicles that were heading away from northern Gaza.", "The three-time Oscar nominee was also known for her campaigning for the civil rights movement.", "FM suggests a majority of seats in a general election would provide a mandate for independence negotiations.", "BBC Verify has confirmed women and young children were among those killed.", "Authorities in Iran say seven people have been arrested in connection to the killing of the couple.", "Warren Gatland's side have navigated the pool stage and enter the quarter-final as favourites.", "The magnitude 6.3 quake struck the Herat province, which has already been devastated by recent tremors.", "The Rafah crossing on Gaza's border with Egypt is currently the only route out of the territory.", "A mother and son in Illinois were allegedly targeted because of their faith and conflict in the Middle East.", "The ring is engraved in French, the language of courtly love, and reads: \"I desire to serve you\".", "Find out how much has changed in the Gaza Strip since Israel began its military response to Hamas's attacks on 7 October.", "A desperate and destitute tide of humanity has washed into Khan Younis. And there is no help.", "The animal, thought to be an American bully XL, has been ordered to be destroyed.", "Neil Jones spent many hours sharpening his pool-playing skills to qualify for England call-up.", "A 43-year-old is charged with being in charge of a dog dangerously out of control causing injury.", "The Guinness World Record holder, from Portugal, lived to be 31 years and 165 days old.", "Gary Dunmore, 57, and son Josh, 32, were found dead in two Cambridgeshire villages in March.", "The man was held on suspicion of criminal damage after the fire which destroyed more than 1,400 cars.", "Noiya Sharabi, 16, disappeared after Hamas attacked Kibbutz Be'eri, killing her mother and sister.", "A major search for a male crew member who fell overboard a ship in the English Channel ends.", "Our team of reporters around the region are answering your questions after more than two weeks of conflict.", "The plans risk excluding some passengers from the railway, warns a committee of MPs.", "Israel's defence minister says the country's long-term plan is to cut ties completely with Gaza.", "Chinese state media reports some of the Taiwan-based firm's mainland operations are being investigated.", "The Sherlock and Mr Selfridge actress missed last weekend's show for medical reasons.", "A court has heard from former UVF leader Gary Haggarty about the murder of two Catholic men in 1994.", "Afghanistan beat Pakistan for the first time in one-day internationals with a brilliant eight-wicket win in Chennai.", "British-Israeli woman calls on the UK government to do \"everything in its power\" to secure their release.", "The PSNI's chief says it was wrong to appeal a ruling that two officers were unlawfully disciplined.", "Dave Courtney, who claimed to be an associate of the Kray twins, was found dead at his home.", "Lewis Hamilton is disqualified from second place in the US Grand Prix after running Max Verstappen's Red Bull close for victory.", "Samantha Woll was stabbed to death in Detroit but antisemitism does not appear to be a motive, police say.", "Using existing drugs differently may be the biggest treatment breakthrough for decades, say scientists.", "Stephen Alderton, who shot dead a father and son, was stopped in a motorhome on the M5.", "The investigation led by West Midlands Police focuses on an incident over two days in Holywood.", "The police face questions over why chanting at a pro-Palestinian rally did not lead to arrests.", "The Welsh Ambulance Service declared an extraordinary incident due to delays handing over patients.", "A coroner has concluded Jasper's death was \"wholly avoidable\".", "Comedian Jack Carroll, who will play Carla Connor's nephew, shot to fame on the talent show at age 14.", "Eve McIvor says she's \"loving it\" after returning to her former school to teach Makaton.", "UK Labour leader says he wants to preserve jobs, amid looming cuts to Port Talbot steelworks.", "A series of \"stark failures\" contributed to the murders of a mother and three children, a coroner says.", "Retailers will help fund a specialist police unit to target gangs fuelling thefts in England and Wales.", "Lewis Edwards, who is refusing to attend court, was a serving police officer at the time.", "A memorial clock is unveiled with the hands stopped at 13:06, the time the bomb detonated.", "The PM says UK concludes that blast at Al-Ahli hospital was caused by a missile fired from within territory.", "Unscrupulous employers and agents are charging workers thousands to plug gap in social care.", "A 2% rate on the world's wealthy could raise as much as $250bn a year, a report suggests.", "Yosef Guedalia \"literally saved people minutes before he got shot\", his brother says.", "A Tube driver appeared to be heard chanting \"free Palestine\" over the train's public address system.", "Demonstrators hold photos of Israelis held in Gaza since the 7 October Hamas attacks.", "A joint statement from Unicef, the World Food Programme and the WHO calls the situation \"catastrophic\".", "The Israeli military says space under a mosque was being used by Hamas to prepare \"imminent\" attacks.", "The collectable coin celebrates Raymond Briggs' classic 1978 children's book.", "As the Israel-Hamas war continues into a third week, doctors in Gaza battle to save who they can.", "The former double Olympic gold medallist revealed the news on her Instagram account.", "The British government confirmed that \"at least\" seven people have died and a further nine are missing.", "Hundreds of thousands of people told to flee south are struggling to find shelter, food and water.", "Residents of 500 Nottinghamshire homes are among those told to move, as communities across the UK endure more flooding.", "Education Secretary Gillian Keegan tells schools copyright is no barrier to viewing sex education material.", "An outspoken anti-establishment economist has put his two main rivals on the defensive in the campaign.", "Activists say morality police assaulted her for not wearing a hijab, but officials say she fainted.", "World Rugby confirms it will formally review Bongi Mbonambi's alleged use of discriminatory language towards England's Tom Curry.", "Future sea-level rise may have been underestimated, a new study warns, with more melt \"locked in\".", "Katrín Jakobsdóttir is refusing to work on Tuesday in protest at the gender pay gap.", "Figures from the last two years show about 30% of pupils have chronic levels of not attending class.", "Greater Manchester Police say a 31-year-old woman was also hurt in the attack in Oldham.", "The country is set for a presidential run-off contest between Sergio Massa and his rival Javier Milei.", "BBC Verify’s Merlyn Thomas examines video of the explosion.", "There is a call for more men in England and Northern Ireland to have access to the treatment.", "A wax figure unveiled in Paris appeared to present the mixed race actor with a lighter skin tone.", "With the scars of past entanglements in the region still being felt, there are limits to US involvement.", "A homeowner in Leicestershire is left bemused as his Ring doorbell alerts him to the intruders.", "Ministers say the long-promised ban will not work until the court system is reformed.", "The BBC's Adnan El-Bursch is at a hospital where children are being treated after Israeli air strikes.", "Sir David Attenborough's latest series shows animals fighting for survival amid environmental change.", "Thrills and spills as kayakers use pumpkin power in a competition near the city of Antwerp.", "The Israeli military screened 43 minutes of raw footage from bodycams, dashcams and CCTV.", "Abdesalem Lassoued shot dead two Swedes before a Euro 2024 qualifier game last week.", "It is thought more than 100 Israelis are still being held hostage in Gaza after the 7 October attacks.", "Seven people are believed to have died across the UK, with parts of England braced for more heavy rain.", "The man found in Marykirk, Aberdeenshire, is the third death in Scotland during Storm Babet.", "The officer was filmed arresting and handcuffing a bus passenger as her young child cried.", "The show at London's Old Vic Theatre will feature songs which were played on the day of the concert.", "The Oscar-winning actor has faced criticism for playing Israel's first female PM Golda Meir in a new film.", "Rishi Sunak arrives in Manchester for his party's annual meeting but faces pressure over tax cuts and HS2.", "Turkey conducts air strikes in northern Iraq, hours after a suicide blast hit the interior ministry in Ankara.", "South Yorkshire Police say the arrests are part of its investigation into alleged public order offences.", "Kieran Chapman says he's \"devastated\" a sapling he planted near the much-loved felled tree has been removed.", "Polystyrene cups and balloon sticks are also banned in England as part of efforts to cut waste.", "Once a desolate rock, the island of Redonda is now a protected area bursting with biodiversity.", "A huge fire tears through two disused buildings in the French city, with flames and smoke rising high into the sky.", "Once a desolate rock, the island of Redonda is now a protected area bursting with biodiversity.", "The comedian's wife says the issues are the \"most significant\" symptom of his Parkinson's disease.", "President Biden signs a bill to keep the government funded for 45 days - but Ukraine aid is not included.", "The prime minister says the money will regenerate high streets but opposition parties are sceptical.", "Europe need four points from Sunday's 12 singles matches against the United States to regain the Ryder Cup after a scintillating Saturday in Rome.", "The defence secretary is speaking about the war in Ukraine and UK defence spending.", "Karen Bonella recreates the Barrowland and the pubs and clubs where she worked for 20 years.", "A three-day walkout by junior doctors and consultants began on Monday as the pay dispute escalates.", "The actor was best known for his roles in Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels and Channel 4 drama GBH.", "The comedian was on Sunday With Laura Kuenssberg, so Laura asked him to do some impressions.", "At least 13 people are so far known to have been killed in a blaze in the Spanish city of Murcia.", "The comedy writer tells a free speech debate his views on gender have made it hard to find places to speak.", "The prime minister again refuses to say if high speed rail link will run from Birmingham to Manchester.", "Darren England is replaced as the fourth official for Sunday's match between Nottingham Forest and Brentford after his VAR error during Liverpool's defeat at Tottenham.", "Dale Houghton, from Rotherham, will appear in court on Monday and faces a football banning order.", "Vivienne Westwood's widower chose clothes she wore and made over 30 years for the brand's new collection.", "The annual energy bill for a typical household falls on Sunday but is high by historical standards.", "Stephen Pennington, 35, has links to Blackburn, Blackpool and Wigan, police say.", "A study says taxes will reach 37% of national income by next election - the highest since 1948.", "People were led from the 16-storey block after 50 firefighters were sent in, the fire service says.", "Nazmush Shahadat was accepted on to a UK university course but he couldn't find a house to live in.", "The PM says his focus is easing living costs, amid Tory unrest on day one of the party's conference.", "Ex-PM Robert Fico, who opposes military support for Ukraine, will try to form a government.", "The third rise in 18 months comes as Royal Mail seeks to cover higher delivery costs while letter numbers fall.", "The move will help two million of the lowest-paid workers, the chancellor tells the Tory conference.", "US support \"cannot be interrupted\" after military aid was excluded from a budget deal.", "Jessica Baker, 15, and driver Stephen Shrimpton died when the school coach overturned.", "Stephen Shrimpton and passenger Jessica Baker, 15, died when the coach overturned, police say.", "Richard Walker had tried to become a Tory MP but has quit the party on the eve of the annual conference.", "Chris Heaton-Harris addresses unionist concerns as a new system for post-Brexit trade is implemented.", "Comedian Katherine Ryan tells Radio 4 it was a difficult decision to work with a man she considered \"dangerous\".", "Brian Blessed says the cut down Sycamore Gap tree could still regrow and become \"very bushy\".", "Kurdish militants say they carried out the attack in which one man blew himself up.", "About 350 people gathered on Sunday to remember the 15-year-old schoolgirl who was fatally stabbed.", "Former two-weight world champion Carl Frampton discusses his split and subsequent legal battle with Barry McGuigan and Cyclone Promotions.", "A persistent shoplifter says stealing is easy and that police could do more to stop people like her.", "Families who lost loved ones criticise a \"lack of co-operation\" by the Department of Health.", "England's Tommy Fleetwood secures the winning point as Europe regain the Ryder Cup in dramatic fashion in Rome.", "Two men are in custody after supporters appeared to taunt opposing fans with a picture of Bradley.", "Michael Beale has been sacked as Rangers manager after slipping seven points behind Celtic after seven games of the season.", "PGMOL admits the decision to disallow Luis Diaz's goal in Liverpool's 2-1 defeat at Spurs was \"a significant human error\".", "The Grade II-listed Old Courthouse in Cockermouth was badly damaged early on Sunday.", "Gabriel Martinelli hits the late winner as Arsenal earn a statement victory over defending Premier League champions Manchester City at Emirates Stadium.", "Macy and Maya put Carol Vorderman's maths to the test on the Pride of Britain red carpet.", "The key architect of New Labour says the party needs to ensure it can attract private investment.", "More than 260 bodies have reportedly been recovered from the festival in the desert in southern Israel.", "The Irish-American businessman's foundation donated about $570m to causes in Northern Ireland.", "Prof Arif Ahmed wants to encourage debate - even on inflammatory subjects like Brexit, pronouns and abortion.", "Despite the vote Labour leadership say proposals will not be in the next manifesto.", "Catherine Sheldon says she is now having to leave the property, with nowhere else to go that she can afford.", "Kenyan Kelvin Kiptum shatters the men's marathon world record in Chicago as he beats compatriot Eliud Kipchoge's previous mark by more than 30 seconds.", "Abdelkader Hammad is a surgeon currently stuck in Gaza, and was speaking to the BBC when two explosions went off in the building next door.", "The lender raises extra funds from investors after a weekend of intense speculation about its future.", "Chief constable Jo Farrell intends to drive \"an anti-discriminatory agenda\" at Police Scotland.", "Shani Louk's family believe she was taken away by Hamas militants in the back of a pick-up truck.", "Motorists duck for cover as multiple shots are fired during a gun battle on Route 4, between Ashdod and the Gaza border.", "The Liverpool singer, who lives in Fermanagh, was caught driving 30mph over the speed limit.", "The UK and Republic of Ireland are set to be announced as hosts of the 2028 European Championship at a meeting in Switzerland on Tuesday.", "Iran has long backed Hamas, and questions are being asked about its role in the militant group's attack on Israel.", "The 18th-Century bath may be the only one of its kind in an assembly room, experts say.", "Former Bank of England head Mark Carney endorses Rachel Reeves as she emphasises economic security at Labour conference.", "The Labour leaders says NHS staff in England will volunteer for longer hours to cut waiting lists.", "Two winners emerge from more than 200 people cracking conkers at the world championships in Oundle.", "Distressing footage emerged of people fleeing an outdoor party near a kibbutz after Hamas launched a major offensive.", "Wegovy, which is delivered via injection, makes people feel fuller and more satisfied so they eat less.", "Partygoer describes how she survived gunmen at an Israeli festival by lying in a field as shots rang out.", "Jo Farrell, who joins from Durham Constabulary, is the first woman to lead the Scottish force.", "The chief rabbi calls it a time of mourning, deep grief and enormous worry for the whole community.", "The country is adjusting to a new reality as the conflict enters uncharted territory", "Lord Mandelson says the DUP should not rely on a future Labour government to fix the stalemate.", "Veterans minister Johnny Mercer suspected UK special forces may have unlawfully killed unarmed Afghans.", "Mark Drakeford said he was appalled by the attacks carried out by Hamas, which have killed hundreds.", "Jake Marlowe is among those who are missing and the family of Dan Darlington believe he is dead.", "American Claudia Goldin is only the third woman to receive the prestigious economics prize.", "Rushdi Abu Alouf was speaking to the BBC News Channel when a loud explosion was heard.", "An emotional crowd held pictures of those killed or taken hostage at the candle-lit gathering.", "The 17th Century coins were found hidden beneath a fireplace at the site of a ruined house.", "Scotland's first minister says he is \"worried sick\" for his wife's parents who are in Gaza visiting family.", "More than 12,000 tonnes of material have been removed from the A83 in Argyll and Bute so far.", "President Biden condemns the \"unprecedented and appalling assault\" as US sends military aid.", "Many people are shocked at how their powerful security forces were overwhelmed by Hamas.", "Three people died and six were hurt after a train hit a landslide south of Stonehaven in 2020.", "A BBC reporter in Gaza says there is almost no power and hospitals are overrun after Israeli air strikes.", "The remains of cars can be seen after militants attacked people attending an outdoor party.", "After being disrupted by a protester, the Labour leader tells his party's conference he would focus on NHS reform and home building as PM.", "It took two full days for Israel to clear Hamas fighters from its land - and some are asking why.", "Another Israeli was wounded in the attack in the city of Alexandria, Israel's foreign ministry says.", "Festival-goers describe mass panic as they fled and hid in bushes as a trance music party came under attack.", "Medway Council says the move will save £75,000 to help reduce its potential overspend of £17m.", "The US president pledges support for Israel as details emerge of a massacre by Hamas in one border village.", "Villagers are searching through what is left of their homes with shovels and bare hands.", "The reality show divides opinion as it returns to British TV for the first time in five years.", "Nathanel Young was serving with the Israeli military when he was killed on the Gaza border.", "Marina Wheeler KC is looking at how to strengthen the law to protect women who are bullied at work.", "Israel has announced a \"complete siege\" on the Strip in response to Saturday's attacks.", "Rico Andrews was killed in Battersea on Thursday night, prompting a murder investigation.", "More than 1,000 are feared dead after the 6.3-magnitude quake hit remote villages in western Afghanistan.", "Workers and shoppers tell us what they'll miss about the brand as the final stores close.", "It is thought more than 100 Israelis are still being held hostage in Gaza after the 7 October attacks.", "The Labour leader won't be short of advice in Liverpool - but how does he convert a commanding poll lead into a general election victory?", "Crude climbs on fears the situation in Israel and Gaza could disrupt output from the Middle East.", "Amy Dowden appears on Strictly Come Dancing with a shaved head after her cancer diagnosis.", "Dave Holmes sued Coldplay for unpaid commission, now the band are accusing him of mismanagement.", "A number of those identified as dead or missing since Hamas launched attacks on Israel are from overseas.", "Greta Gerwig speaks about the smash hit summer blockbuster at this year's London Film Festival.", "The UN humanitarian chief, Martin Griffiths, says about 100 lorries of aid a day will be required in the territory.", "Omid Djalili was due to appear at the Festival Drayton Centre on Thursday evening.", "Storm Babet is forecast to bring \"unprecedented\" heavy rainfall for some parts of Scotland.", "A new ratings system from the regulator gives information on whether optional extras are effective.", "Charles Minto fought for the rights of the back community during the 1930s and 1940s.", "More than 400 animals, mainly cats and dogs, were seized from a trafficking network in Spain.", "It is the latest in a row between the two nations over the murder of a Sikh separatist leader on Canadian soil.", "Rishi Sunak says Israel \"has a right to defend itself\" as more than 40 MPs support the calls.", "Star-studded France roar back from a goal down to inflict a heavy friendly defeat on much-changed Scotland.", "England outlawed Botox for under-18s two years ago, but there is no law stopping it in Wales.", "Malcolm Stern has spent three years restoring the 1930s Talbot Darracq his father once drove.", "The comment was made in a WhatsApp exchange after the public had been encouraged to \"eat out\" to help the economy.", "The US tech giant is looking at ways it can automate more of its operations.", "The government wants to streamline post-16 education, but colleges say some students could be left behind.", "Officers investigating the disappearance of Lee Johnston have found a body in the Maghera area of County Londonderry.", "Emergency crews in Iowa did not have ladders tall enough to reach the top and put the fire out.", "The league table measures the change in a graduate's socio-economic situation.", "The Bibby Stockholm was evacuated in August after Legionella bacteria was found in the water supply.", "The IDF's spokesman says attacks targeting Hamas will now ramp up and tells civilians remaining in northern Gaza to leave \"for their safety\".", "In Tel Aviv, Mr Biden says Israel has a right to hit back for the Hamas attack that triggered fighting.", "Laura Rose had a double mastectomy after her breast cancer diagnosis in 2021.", "New York's top lawyer called it \"another example of bad actors\" in the crypto industry.", "Freddie Steward, Joe Marler and George Martin come into the England side to take on South Africa in the Rugby World Cup semi-final on Saturday.", "Sidney Powell will now testify for prosecutors at the trial where Donald Trump is a defendant.", "After the destruction of the Al-Ahli hospital, hopes for an end to the war are even fainter.", "Residents of about 400 homes in Brechin are told to leave as flood defences in the town are threatened.", "The PS5 game's creative director Bryan Intihar talks about crafting a follow-up to a beloved hit.", "Wark made the announcement exactly three decades after she first presented the BBC Two news show.", "HM Coastguard knocks doors in Angus urging people to evacuate as flood defences are due to be overwhelmed.", "The Ohio congressman forges ahead as defectors hold firm and proposals to empower a stand-in collapse.", "Israel's military denies claims it struck the Al-Ahli Arab hospital and blames a Palestinian rocket.", "Jordan McSweeney was handed a minimum prison term of 38 years for murdering the law graduate.", "Parents say discipline at a Lincolnshire school is damaging children's mental health and education.", "An all-female team of Israeli soldiers monitors cameras along Israel's volatile northern frontier.", "Officers say they are concerned for the safety of the 21-year-old, who was last seen on 7 October.", "Hundreds of Palestinians are feared dead after a huge blast at a hospital in Gaza City.", "Rishi Sunak holds talks in Saudi Arabia, after meeting Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu on a two-day trip.", "Young was nominated for an Oscar for playing Rocky's brother-in-law Paulie in the film franchise.", "The presenter, who has a condition affecting her womb, tells MPs her problems were repeatedly dismissed.", "The Met Office has issued a new red \"danger to life\" weather warning for some eastern areas on Saturday.", "Yunchan Lim, once called \"classical music’s answer to K-pop\", signs to the UK's Decca Records.", "London's John Morden Centre wins the Riba Stirling Prize for its approach to elderly living.", "Divided Republicans consider a stand-in as the Ohioan's bid to lead Congress's lower chamber falters.", "The King makes an impassioned plea for religious tolerance and mutual respect.", "Yonatan Rapoport was described as 'a lovely man' with a 'wonderful sense of humour'.", "The British government confirmed that \"at least\" seven people have died and a further nine are missing.", "Layla Moran says her relatives have no food, water and electricity as she fears escalating violence.", "Voters will elect new MPs to replace Nadine Dorries in Mid Beds and Chris Pincher in Tamworth.", "Police arrest 22-year-old who is accused of posing in a shop window before taking jewellery.", "South Africa name an unchanged side to face England in their Rugby World Cup semi-final in Paris on Saturday.", "A weather warning is in place for Northern Ireland, while the army is deployed in Cork amid flooding.", "The actress says she doesn't like the \"judgement that exists around kids of famous people\".", "Ukraine appears to be expanding its forces on the Russian-occupied left or eastern bank of the river.", "Sir Keir Starmer hails victories in Tory safe seats Tamworth and Mid Bedfordshire, saying people \"want change\".", "Jayne Etherington said her daughter Caitlin fell ill after swimming in the sea off the Welsh coast.", "Prosecutors drop their inquiry into a woman's allegation the UFC fighter attacked her at a Miami arena.", "Mohamed Salah calls for \"world leaders to come together to prevent further slaughter of innocent souls\" amid the ongoing Israel-Gaza conflict.", "One lawmaker received \"a barrage of threatening calls\". Another says his wife received anonymous texts.", "The couple have been named locally as David and Celia Barlow, from near Newbury in Berkshire.", "People are still recovering body parts from the Al-Ahli Arab hospital, reports Rushdi Abu Alouf.", "The climate activist is part of a Fossil Free London protest at JP Morgan's Canary Wharf office.", "The company released untreated sewage at dozens of sites, including near a bottlenose dolphin habitat.", "Manchester United's hopes of a first appearance in the group stage of the Women's Champions League end with defeat by Paris St-Germain in the second round of qualifying.", "The singer was given six months to live when he was diagnosed five years ago, his wife Suzan says.", "About 20 trucks may cross into Gaza, but aid organisations warn it is not enough.", "The Finnish telecoms giant reported a fall in sales due to slowing demand for 5G equipment.", "Owner Recharge hopes to close a deal on the Northumberland site to make batteries for export.", "The streaming giant raises monthly charges in the US, UK and France after gaining millions of new subscribers.", "Images shared by Israeli police show the two ancient Roman sculptures lying broken on the floor.", "Fans are watching the threads after the rapper flashed an oddly-Belfast inspired fit on social media.", "If the money cannot be raised then passengers travelling to and from central London will have to change.", "This year is on track to be the warmest on record after September temperatures alarm scientists.", "AI-powered facial recognition has been used in real time by police forces and private companies.", "Singer Emaza Gibson claims the star signed her to his label then demanded sex, which he denies.", "Newly released bodycam footage shows the 60-year-old former gang leader getting handcuffed in Las Vegas.", "The contest in Rutherglen and Hamilton West was triggered by the removal of MP Margaret Ferrier.", "The military says 'terrorist' drones targeted the event at a military academy near the city of Homs.", "Rhun ap Iorwerth says Plaid Cymru is for everyone in Wales, at his first conference as party leader.", "The SNP leader admits to a \"disappointing night\" in Rutherglen and Hamilton West but points to \"reckless actions\" of Margaret Ferrier.", "Tributes paid to 'Lady Cathy', wife of former Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson.", "Businessman Dale Vince says the group's tactics have become \"counterproductive\" for the green cause.", "Climate change means creatures like Portuguese man o' war, are more likely to wash up, says expert.", "American Simone Biles becomes the most decorated gymnast in history after winning her second gold medal at the World Gymnastics Championships.", "Common 'long cold' symptoms people reported include a cough, stomach pain, and diarrhoea.", "The film of the Eras tour is due to be released in cinemas in more than 100 countries next Friday.", "Emergency crews sprang into action as the plane skidded along the tarmac in the US state of Tennessee.", "A long-running internal party feud is putting an increasing strain on Labour's election finances.", "The new party leader faced his first electoral test and things did not go well, writes the BBC's Philip Sim.", "The Epsom and Ewell MP and former Transport Secretary says he will step down at the next election.", "The BBC saw first-hand how Chinese ships were manoeuvring in the South China Sea to block Philippine vessels.", "US officials say they are legally obliged to move ahead with a new section of the southern border wall.", "A Brooklyn resident accidentally took a special plus one to a wedding venue three hours away.", "Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko says every family in Hroza has been affected by Thursday's missile strike.", "A new British satellite is showing the world's hot and cold spots in extremely fine detail.", "An amber rain warning is in place for Scotland, while warm weather is forecast in other parts of the UK.", "People found not guilty of crimes say winning their freedom has left them financially devastated.", "Government officials meet as teachers refuse to work following the latest reported infestation.", "The flame will be lit at Stoke Mandeville from the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games onwards.", "The attack in the Kharkiv region is described as one of the area's \"bloodiest crimes\".", "At least 52 people, including a child, were killed in Thursday's Russian missile strike, Ukraine says.", "The number of prisoners could hit record levels after falling during the pandemic, BBC News has learned.", "Labour's victory in Rutherglen and Hamilton West allows them to dream of a Scottish revival.", "A selection of your pictures of Scotland sent in between 29 September and 6 October.", "Emily Hunt says her own experiences of abuse and the UK courts have pushed her to leave for the US.", "It resulted in an encounter that lasted several hours before the Philippine ships turned back.", "North Yorkshire Council say they will return to complete the work at a later date.", "Musk accused the Securities and Exchange Commission of \"harassment\" in the two sides' latest battle.", "Autumn Variations divided the critics but fans are all still firmly behind the singer-songwriter.", "Jaswant Singh Chail is the first person to be sentenced for treason in the UK for more than 40 years.", "Pura Luka Vega, 33, faces up to 12 years in jail under the Catholic-majority country's laws.", "After 50 years of the Charles Rennie Mackintosh Society, the architect's buildings are still at risk.", "Keir Starmer's party hopes it is on the verge of a breakthrough in Scotland, as the Rutherglen poll nears.", "Michael Shanks won the Rutherglen and Hamilton West by-election with double the votes of the SNP.", "Ankara vows to continue targeting Kurdish groups but the US calls for more coordination between the Nato allies.", "Colorado officials say the captured 400-lbs Fred is \"always hungry\" and \"loves his belly scratches\".", "Scotland's justice secretary confirms that the extradition of the American fugitive Nicholas Rossi can go ahead.", "The rapper said he might take \"a year or something\" away from music, in part to address stomach issues.", "Narges Mohammadi is currently serving a 10-year sentence in Iran's notorious Evin prison.", "Schools in England will receive less than they expected after an accounting error is uncovered.", "Tom Robinson, 24, had been hoping to become the youngest person to row across the ocean.", "Angusina Maceachan's routine trip in the Western Isles ended up with an overnight stay in Glasgow.", "The driver of the coach was seen slumped at the wheel before it crashed, a court hears.", "The BBC finds that there have been a record number of days in 2023 that breached the 1.5C temperature limit.", "The Green co-leaders tell their conference the move would combat climate change and lower bills.", "The NFL's social media quickly seized on the player's alleged romance with singer Taylor Swift.", "Other regeneration plans for Llandudno include restoring sand to North Shore beach.", "Art meets science as Prada designers help create the spacesuits for the 2025 Moon mission.", "The victory over the SNP in Rutherglen and Hamilton West exceeded the party's wildest expectations.", "Catherine Hudson gave pills to patients, including Aileen Scott, to \"keep them quiet\", a court is told.", "Mustafa Momand, 17, was stabbed to death in Brighton on Thursday, prompting a murder inquiry.", "New analysis suggests the Treasury will now net £40bn as a result of freezing tax thresholds and inflation.", "The women's rights campaigner, serving a lengthy sentence in a notorious Tehran prison, is awarded the prestigious prize.", "A 36-year-old man is accused of soliciting to murder and incitement to kidnap.", "The app is offering a new feature which lets other people help you decide when to swipe right.", "The Guinness World Record holder, from Portugal, lived to be 31 years and 165 days old.", "Lewis Edwards, who refused to go to his sentencing, groomed 200 girls and got photos while on duty.", "Colleges say lower grades and more teenagers mean they are struggling to cope with compulsory resits.", "The German coastguard said search efforts were suspended on Tuesday night and \"will not be resumed\".", "The veteran republican's funeral sparked a major political dispute during the Covid-19 pandemic.", "The national weather forecaster says it will conduct a \"full review\" after major flooding hit Suffolk.", "The Sherlock and Mr Selfridge actress missed last weekend's show for medical reasons.", "The lawmaker dropped out of the race after it became clear he did not have the votes to win the gavel.", "It is believed hundreds of juvenile salmon died after a nearby slurry spill in County Armagh.", "Almost 3kg of cocaine was found in 25-year-old Modou Adams' suitcase, officials say.", "A rape survivor tells BBC Newsnight she was quoted £7,500 for a transcript of her trial by a firm.", "On an emotional night at Old Trafford, Manchester United pay tribute to club legend Sir Bobby Charlton in their first home game since his passing.", "Michael Cohen tells a fraud trial he valued property based on \"whatever number Trump told us to\".", "Paul Bryan is standing trial for the murder of Roman Szalajko who was fatally stabbed in 1984.", "Jason Grant was pursuing a claim under the Equality Act after the period dignity role was scrapped.", "A coroner has concluded Jasper's death was \"wholly avoidable\".", "Darwin, a city shaped by war, is the focus of Australian and US efforts to deter another conflict.", "The carvings of human faces on the shore of the Amazon are thought to be at least 1,000 years old.", "Paris's Grevin Museum says it has \"remedied the skin tone\" of the life-sized wax figure overnight.", "Israel's prime minister says the decision on when to launch an invasion will be taken by the country's war cabinet.", "The PM says UK concludes that blast at Al-Ahli hospital was caused by a missile fired from within territory.", "Scientists found signs of degenerative disease in professional as well as club players' brains.", "A Tube driver appeared to be heard chanting \"free Palestine\" over the train's public address system.", "Steven Nelson aimed an object at officers who went to his aid at the side of a busy motorway.", "A fellow MP says the singling out of Mohammad Yasin was \"racist and Islamophobic\".", "Hamas-run ministry says deadliest Israeli strikes in war have pushed total killed to nearly 5,800.", "Drone video shows the extent of the car park fire, which destroyed more than 1,400 vehicles.", "A joint statement from Unicef, the World Food Programme and the WHO calls the situation \"catastrophic\".", "Daisy Souster says she provided public relations services to the family for the fundraising appeal.", "Just over 1,000 civilians remain in Avdiivka, focus of a bloody Russian assault in eastern Ukraine.", "The Israeli military says space under a mosque was being used by Hamas to prepare \"imminent\" attacks.", "The Carmarthen funny man says getting the news was \"the best day of my life\".", "Yocheved Lifschitz says she was kidnapped and taken into a \"spider's web\" of tunnels underneath Gaza.", "Hundreds of thousands of people told to flee south are struggling to find shelter, food and water.", "Nurit Cooper and Yocheved Lifshitz have been freed by Hamas but their husbands are still being held.", "The actress expresses her \"deepest regret\" after withdrawing five weeks into the dance competition.", "Education Secretary Gillian Keegan tells schools copyright is no barrier to viewing sex education material.", "Meta, the parent company of Instagram and Facebook, is facing legal action from dozens of US states.", "Officers found the body of 61-year-old Peter Pelling after a three-day search during Storm Babet.", "Katrín Jakobsdóttir is refusing to work on Tuesday in protest at the gender pay gap.", "Dense fog caused a pile-up of more than 150 vehicles near New Orleans, killing seven and wounding 25.", "There is a call for more men in England and Northern Ireland to have access to the treatment.", "The world is shifting rapidly to clean energy but still investing too much in fossil fuels, the IEA says.", "A wax figure unveiled in Paris appeared to present the mixed race actor with a lighter skin tone.", "With the scars of past entanglements in the region still being felt, there are limits to US involvement.", "The guitarist died on Monday evening after saying in July he had been diagnosed with lung cancer.", "The band mistakenly wore vintage jerseys of the Scottish football team instead of local baseball team the Texas Rangers.", "The BBC's Fergal Keane reports on the young lives shattered by violence.", "The former president's team were called before the judge after Trump's comment during a court break.", "The plan is part of a post-Brexit shake-up of City rules, but unions call it \"obscene\".", "Families are angry at the lack of action to shut it, despite multiple concerns from police and coroners.", "Ministers say the long-promised ban will not work until the court system is reformed.", "Joseph Emerson tried to shut off fuel to the jet's engine after suffering a breakdown, court documents say.", "The BBC's Adnan El-Bursch is at a hospital where children are being treated after Israeli air strikes.", "New guidelines aim to ensure traditional dancing is \"safe, comfortable and inclusive\".", "Everton chairman Bill Kenwright, an acclaimed West End theatre and film producer, dies at the age of 78.", "The Israeli military screened 43 minutes of raw footage from bodycams, dashcams and CCTV.", "The former prison was purchased for more than double the price developers bought it for a year before.", "It is thought more than 100 Israelis are still being held hostage in Gaza after the 7 October attacks.", "Seven people are believed to have died across the UK, with parts of England braced for more heavy rain.", "The man found in Marykirk, Aberdeenshire, is the third death in Scotland during Storm Babet.", "BBC Sport looks at what having more teams, more games and more flights in men's European club football could mean for the climate crisis.", "The activists are ordered to carry out unpaid work for disrupting an Ashes Test match.", "The Atlanta resident's house was mistakenly torn down by a demolition company with the wrong address.", "Food-safety experts are concerned about long-term use causing liver problems.", "Accountancy firm given £21m fine for \"exceptional\" failures in work for collapsed construction giant.", "The coins will enter circulation at the end of the year and are likely to help children with maths.", "A Jewish security group says incidents are up compared with the same period last year.", "Alan Scott has not responded to a church review that identified manipulation and public shaming.", "Yaz Ashmawi regrets \"compromising\" the Labour leader's safety but says throwing glitter was \"fine\".", "The star greeted fans for the world premiere of the film Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour in Los Angeles.", "But Israel's PM describes any claim it received a specific warning as \"totally fake news\".", "The tree has been cut up in what is hoped will be \"a turning point\" in the history of the site.", "The first flight is set to leave Tel Aviv later on Thursday, the Foreign Office says.", "His distinctive tones will be heard on Greater Manchester's Metrolink tram network.", "The plane was intercepted by RAF fighters and landed \"safely with Essex Police in attendance\".", "X, formerly Twitter, is being investigated by the EU over the possible spread of terrorist and violent content.", "He will take on the top role temporarily until a permanent chief constable is recruited.", "Higher borrowing costs are weighing on the UK, say analysts, after the economy grew just 0.2% in August.", "The family tells TalkTV the books were nothing to do with charity fundraising.", "The star's musical director Stuart Price shares some of the secrets of her long-awaited world tour.", "No collapse-prone Raac has been found in the first 30 schools surveyed by officials.", "Experts aim to keep it in \"as large sections as possible\" but it is too big to move in one piece.", "The Labour leader tells the BBC he is a \"yes in my back yard\" advocate - not a Nimby - on housing.", "Rosheen and Eleeza say being on stage as Uefa announced Euro 2028's hosts was \"once in a lifetime\".", "Scotland's bid to reach Euro 2024 is agonisingly prolonged as a frustrating night in Spain sends them to a first defeat of the campaign.", "Prof Graham Medley said that civil servants would have been aware of those concerns at the time.", "Jockey Frankie Dettori abandons plans to retire later this year and will continue his career in the United States", "Sarah had asthma and was a heavy vaper when she was rushed to hospital with breathing problems.", "BBC Arabic reporter Adnan El-Bursh visits the main hospital in Gaza City, which is at breaking point.", "Gaza City's hospital is over full capacity and relying on generators to keep the wounded alive.", "The UK's energy watchdog is considering a rise to bills to help prevent companies going bust.", "The Prince of Wales picked up the phone at an Indian restaurant - and booked a table for a couple.", "The director of Frozen warns strikes may hit Disney animation production by the end of this year.", "The ex-F1 boss is given a suspended sentence and will pay back £653m to HMRC over a tax case.", "Robert Brown was set to be freed after killing his wife Joanna Simpson with a claw hammer in 2010.", "The Grand National will be reduced to a maximum of 34 runners from 40 as part of measures designed to improve safety.", "There is no mains power and fuel for generators could run out in hours, the humanitarian group says.", "Jes Staley can no longer hold senior positions in the UK and has been fined £1.8m.", "The TV presenter said the show's editor Biddy Baxter was \"incredibly cruel\" and left her crying.", "Cecil Frances Alexander works include All Things Bright and Beautiful and Once in Royal David's City.", "It's simply not the BBC's job to tell people who to support and who to condemn, writes the BBC's World Affairs editor.", "Scotland's First Minister Humza Yousaf says his wife's parents stuck in Gaza are \"safe for now\".", "The EU has written to Mark Zuckerberg warning him that the platform is being used to spread illegal content.", "Kelsey Hasson, 13, has pleaded with those behind the theft to return her Charolais calves.", "A top detective says the UVF and INLA are working \"hand in hand\" with criminal gangs dealing drugs.", "Former Patriots player Sergio Brown's mother was found dead near her home in Chicago last month.", "A car park by the terminal has reopened for the collection of vehicles only, the airport says.", "The East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow representative is being urged to quit to allow a by-election.", "The Labour leader says new developments need infrastructure as he defends his housebuilding plans.", "Scientists begin their analysis of the dusty fragments brought back from the Bennu space rock.", "Education minsters have written to vice-chancellors over the welfare of Jewish students on campus.", "Two ships, surveillance aircraft, helicopters and a detachment of Royal Marines are being dispatched.", "Health and animal welfare campaigners say the overuse of antibiotics by UK farmers should be banned.", "Jada Pinkett Smith reveals in a new interview that the pair have been living separate lives since 2016.", "The death toll in Israel from Saturday's attack by Hamas is now more than 1,200.", "The move is a precautionary measure, the Foreign Office says, as it stresses the embassy remains open.", "Swift's concert film receives a star-studded premiere in LA, with box office records already broken.", "A BA flight was diverted back to the UK amid security concerns, not long before it was due to land.", "Cartoon of Israeli PM Netanyahu was pulled following a row over its meaning.", "Former president says he wants to give evidence in London over \"egregiously inaccurate\" 2017 dossier.", "The charity says the TV star was a \"champion of the underdog\" as it names vet hospital after him.", "A group of young people worked from dusk until dawn to build a tiny house on common land.", "The party has voted for a strategy based on winning a majority of Scottish seats at a general election.", "The 97-year-old presents Planet Earth III, the third instalment of the landmark award-winning programme.", "Rishi Sunak condemns \"disgusting\" rise in antisemitism since the Hamas attacks on Israel.", "As Book Week starts, we speak to a librarian whose other job is judging some of the UK's best authors.", "The student asked about a question he found online while revising - which came up in his exam.", "In footage from Saturday, people can be seen walking through huge piles of rubble.", "Find out how much has changed in the Gaza Strip since Israel began its military response to Hamas's attacks on 7 October.", "Screenshots appear to show Fadzai Madzingira describing Israel as an \"apartheid state\".", "Neta Portal describes the horror of a Hamas attack after being shot in the legs six times.", "Seagreen, off the Angus coast, can generate enough electricity to power two-thirds of Scotland's households", "The ex-Oasis star says his 2024 shows will be a celebration of \"the most important album of the '90s\".", "Somers was best known as one of the stars of the US sitcoms Three's Company and Step by Step.", "Szabolcs Fekete claimed two coffees, two sandwiches and two pasta dishes were consumed solely by him.", "Noiya, 16, and Yahel, 13, are from Kibbutz Be'eri, near the Gaza border.", "The North East Ambulance Service apologises to the patient's family and begins an investigation.", "Hamas officials say 500 people have been killed; the Israeli military says a rocket barrage fired by militants is to blame.", "The Tartan Army celebrates qualifying for the 2024 tournament in Germany.", "Parliament's behaviour watchdog says Wellingborough MP Peter Bone should be suspended for six weeks.", "Aine Davis pleads guilty to possession of a firearm and two charges related to terror funding.", "Wooden crates still packed with dynamite sticks and even graves have been among his discoveries.", "Pamela Redmond says if she had been screened at 50 her tumour could have been picked up.", "Scotland qualify for Euro 2024 as Norway's loss to Spain secures a top-two finish in Group A for Steve Clarke's men.", "Zaka volunteers are used to being called to traumatic scenes, but nothing prepared them for the past week.", "Rishi Sunak reiterates support for the Jewish community before addressing MPs on Israel-Gaza crisis.", "Humza Yousaf sought to temper expectations of SNP members at the party's annual conference.", "Conditions for people in Gaza are worsening, with water, food, power and medicines in scarce supply.", "Donald Tusk's centrist opposition has a better chance of forming a coalition if the poll is right.", "The prime minister says a further 10 Britons are missing as he calls for the immediate release of hostages.", "The driver has been arrested after the bus veered into a bubble tea cafe in Manchester city centre.", "The 67-year-old is alleged to have made racist comments during London's pro-Palestine rally.", "The party says the government's alternative plans after scrapping the northern leg of HS2 are an \"insult\".", "The BBC understands the German chancellor may turn down his invitation to the event on 1 November.", "Australia finally get their first win of the World Cup, but only after surviving some nervy moments against Sri Lanka.", "Belgium's Euro 2024 qualifier against Sweden is abandoned at half-time for security reasons after two Swedish people are shot dead in Brussels.", "Ex-chief scientist says only extracts of his evening notes should be released to the Covid inquiry.", "Stephen Camley, waiting for the procedure since 2019, says he was told he may have to go private.", "The return, part of a deal mediated by Qatar, could lead to the return of thousands more children.", "Ahmed Alid is due in court later over the death of 70-year-old Terrence Carney in Hartlepool.", "Ricardo dos Santos has been \"repeatedly\" stopped and searched by police, a misconduct hearing is told.", "A 51-year-old man could face life in prison after the discovery by Hong Kong airport officials.", "Palestinians with dual citizenship have headed to the border ahead of Israel's expected ground operation.", "It emerged last week the couple have been living apart since 2016, despite regularly appearing together.", "The sci-fi animated comedy returned for its seventh season with a new cast voicing its leads characters.", "Mr Noboa will govern until May 2025 after beating Luisa González in the second round of voting.", "Authorities in Iran say seven people have been arrested in connection to the killing of the couple.", "Eight years of rule under the right-wing Law and Justice party could soon come to an end.", "A weather warning is in place for Northern Ireland, while the army is deployed in Cork amid flooding.", "What happens next in Gaza? What is Israel's aim? Jeremy Bowen, Lyse Doucet and others answer now.", "The Rafah crossing on Gaza's border with Egypt is currently the only route out of the territory.", "Firms are turning to tech - both old and new - to catch outbreaks early, which is vital to stopping the spread.", "A football match between Belgium and Sweden is called off after two Swedes are killed.", "Conservative MP Crispin Blunt says the allegation from Mr Bridgen is \"not correct\".", "Coca-Cola hopes to cut its carbon footprint with fossil-free plastic trial at Swansea University.", "Six-year-old Wadea Al-Fayoume was laid to rest in Illinois on Monday, a day after he was fatally stabbed.", "A mother and son in Illinois were allegedly targeted because of their faith and conflict in the Middle East.", "The second named storm of the autumn will bring heavy rain and strong winds from Wednesday to Saturday.", "Brussels has been deeply worried about this election, even if little was said in public.", "A desperate and destitute tide of humanity has washed into Khan Younis. And there is no help.", "Will Jordan scores an impressive hat-trick as seven-try New Zealand crush Argentina at Stade de France to reach a record fifth Rugby World Cup final.", "Storm Babet is forecast to bring \"unprecedented\" heavy rainfall for some parts of Scotland.", "The president says an expected $105bn funding request would bolster US security \"for generations\".", "Omid Djalili was due to appear at the Festival Drayton Centre on Thursday evening.", "It is the latest in a row between the two nations over the murder of a Sikh separatist leader on Canadian soil.", "Gaza's war could spread and the region is on the \"edge of an abyss\", Philippe Lazzarini tells the BBC.", "Stars are banned from wearing outfits based on hit TV shows and films under the Hollywood strike.", "The comment was made in a WhatsApp exchange after the public had been encouraged to \"eat out\" to help the economy.", "The parish priest said he would have acted differently had he known they were carved by children.", "The US tech giant is looking at ways it can automate more of its operations.", "Israel's defence minister says the country's long-term plan is to cut ties completely with Gaza.", "Kenneth Chesebro admits conspiracy charge in 2020 election interference case in Georgia.", "Officers investigating the disappearance of Lee Johnston have found a body in the Maghera area of County Londonderry.", "The PSNI's chief says it was wrong to appeal a ruling that two officers were unlawfully disciplined.", "Record label 1501 Certified Entertainment say they wish Megan \"the very best in her life and career\".", "Charges against Travis King reportedly include desertion and possessing sexual images of a child.", "The figures have prompted debate over how much \"wiggle room\" the chancellor has for tax cuts.", "Jim Jordan, the party's Trump-backed nominee, is removed by Republican colleagues in a secret vote.", "Giorgia Meloni says the relationship is over after a TV show airs her partner's off-air comments.", "The IDF's spokesman says attacks targeting Hamas will now ramp up and tells civilians remaining in northern Gaza to leave \"for their safety\".", "In Tel Aviv, Mr Biden says Israel has a right to hit back for the Hamas attack that triggered fighting.", "The investigation led by West Midlands Police focuses on an incident over two days in Holywood.", "The latest change to the platform will see two layers of subscriptions - one with adverts and one without.", "Residents of about 400 homes in Brechin are told to leave as flood defences in the town are threatened.", "Wark made the announcement exactly three decades after she first presented the BBC Two news show.", "In Hastings, 500 homeless families are in temporary accommodation, costing the council £5.6m this year.", "The Ohio congressman forges ahead as defectors hold firm and proposals to empower a stand-in collapse.", "Hundreds of homes have been evacuated and thousands left without power as Storm Babet batters the UK.", "Former British number one Emma Raducanu says she is constantly asking questions and challenging her coaches.", "He is reported to have gone under the water on Friday morning when a brook breached a road.", "The BMA says it will hold talks with the government to avert strikes by junior and specialist doctors.", "Rishi Sunak holds talks in Saudi Arabia, after meeting Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu on a two-day trip.", "Record Labour gains could spell disaster for the Conservatives at the general election, says the BBC's Henry Zeffman.", "The football idol on singing about his kung fu kick and why his debut album will be recorded live.", "The Met Office has issued a new red \"danger to life\" weather warning for some eastern areas on Saturday.", "The PM met Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas and Egypt's president, calling for the Gaza border to reopen.", "The ban comes after \"dangerous behaviour\" by a group of students on a Students' Union club night.", "Overturning huge majorities in Mid Beds and Tamworth shows Labour \"can win anywhere\", Sir Keir says.", "London's John Morden Centre wins the Riba Stirling Prize for its approach to elderly living.", "People evacuated from their flooded properties fear they may not be back in their homes by Christmas.", "MPs approve Lib Dem workplace plan but only after the House of Lords make significant changes.", "Polling expert Prof Sir John Curtice says the results corroborate the message that the Tories are in electoral trouble.", "Fears fighting could erupt between Hezbollah and Israel are seeing communities on both sides evacuate.", "Figures from the last two years show about 30% of pupils have chronic levels of not attending class.", "Duane Davis is accused of arranging the killing of the hip-hop legend in 1996 in Las Vegas.", "A fall in the number of avian influenza outbreaks is welcomed by the UK's Christmas turkey farmers.", "BBC Verify’s Merlyn Thomas examines video of the explosion.", "Shoppers reined back spending on colder weather gear amid unseasonably hot temperatures last month.", "There has been a rise in antisemitic and Islamophobic hate crimes since the Hamas attack on Israel.", "Dame Helen Mirren leads the tributes to \"a delight as a person and a consummate dedicated actress\".", "Ukraine appears to be expanding its forces on the Russian-occupied left or eastern bank of the river.", "Israeli communities are struggling as bodies continue to be found after Hamas attacked on 7 October.", "The actress says she doesn't like the \"judgement that exists around kids of famous people\".", "Sir Keir Starmer hails victories in Tory safe seats Tamworth and Mid Bedfordshire, saying people \"want change\".", "Three people have died since Thursday, when the storm first took hold.", "Ratings agency says \"predictability has been restored\" following last year's mini-Budget.", "It is thought more than 100 Israelis are still being held hostage in Gaza after the 7 October attacks.", "Jim Jordan's sudden demise shows how hard it will be for any candidate to unite the party in the House.", "The singer was given six months to live when he was diagnosed five years ago, his wife Suzan says.", "Huge by-election swings to Labour raise parallels with Blair in 1997 but these are very different times.", "TUI says it is \"fully assisting\" air crash investigators after a Boeing 737 came off the runway.", "Trump was fined $5,000 for the breach. But the judge has threatened jail time if it happens again.", "Liverpool say \"sporting integrity has been undermined\" by the VAR error in Saturday's 2-1 Premier League loss to Tottenham.", "The show at London's Old Vic Theatre will feature songs which were played on the day of the concert.", "Turkey conducts air strikes in northern Iraq, hours after a suicide blast hit the interior ministry in Ankara.", "Stunning cell phone video captured a meteorological phenomenon: lightning beside a double rainbow.", "Rachel Maclean defends plans to strengthen renters’ rights at the Conservative Party conference.", "Deals are in place to make 100 million doses of the vaccine each year to fight the complex disease.", "The new school will allow pupils to study safely in Kharkiv during Russian attacks, the city mayor says.", "A three-day walkout by junior doctors and consultants began on Monday as the pay dispute escalates.", "Some customers say their trolley came to a sudden halt, causing them to crash into it.", "The parents of Oscar are taking legal action after the incident at London Bridge station.", "The head teacher of Calday Grange Grammar says there is \"angst about travelling to school\".", "Europe's players want Luke Donald to remain their Ryder Cup captain after regaining Ryder Cup with a 16½-11½ victory over the United States in Rome.", "The actor was best known for his roles in Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels and Channel 4 drama GBH.", "The education secretary says pupils in England should be banned from using phones during the school day.", "Police launched a manhunt after sex offender Stephen Pennington breached his licence conditions.", "The new space observatory sees pairs of Jupiter-sized objects floating free between the stars.", "The comedy writer tells a free speech debate his views on gender have made it hard to find places to speak.", "The alleged leader is accused of illegally harvesting kidneys from more than 300 people in Pakistan.", "Three children are among those killed during the ceremony in the coastal city of Ciudad Madero.", "Companies in England and Wales want to charge up to £84 a year more in 2025, rising to £156 extra by 2030.", "The French star breaks his silence on assault allegations, accusing \"media court\" of \"lynching\" him.", "Dale Houghton, from Rotherham, will appear in court on Monday and faces a football banning order.", "At least seven people have died and 30 are in hospital following a roof collapse in a church in Ciudad Madero.", "The prime minister again refuses to say if high speed rail link will run from Birmingham to Manchester.", "Ryan Reynolds, Blake Lively, Sophie Turner and Hugh Jackman turned out to watch Swift's rumoured beau.", "Trump faces a ban on doing business in NY as a trial gets under way that places his real estate empire in jeopardy.", "Thames Valley Police says it is looking into a woman's complaint of harassment and stalking.", "Downing Street continues to insist no final decision on the high-speed rail link to Manchester has been made.", "The third rise in 18 months comes as Royal Mail seeks to cover higher delivery costs while letter numbers fall.", "Ariel, an 11-week-old spaniel, faces surgery in order to remove her extra limbs.", "Dale Houghton was pictured laughing as he brandished the image during a match against Sunderland.", "A woman known as Alice says Russell Brand's denial of sexual assault is laughable but unsurprising.", "Andrew RT Davies attacks Labour for introducing what he describes as a \"blanket\" 20mph speed limit.", "The PM says his focus is easing living costs, amid Tory unrest on day one of the party's conference.", "Katalin Kariko and Drew Weissman developed the technology which led to Moderna and Pfizer/BioNTech vaccines.", "Michael Beale has been sacked as Rangers manager after slipping seven points behind Celtic after seven games of the season.", "A study says taxes will reach 37% of national income by next election - the highest since 1948.", "Ricardo Dos Santos and Bianca Williams were stopped by police in west London in July 2020.", "The actor says he is the latest celebrity to fall victim to a deepfake scam, and has \"nothing to do with it\".", "Dame Sue Carr makes history as she is sworn in as the first Lady Chief Justice in England and Wales.", "The move will help two million of the lowest-paid workers, the chancellor tells the Tory conference.", "Temperatures through September were well above average following a heatwave early in the month.", "No 10 insists no \"final decision\" has been made as reports say the PM is poised to axe the Manchester leg of the rail link.", "Green algae, sewage and litter in rivers mean there may be nothing to catch in future, fishers say.", "Sheffield's Streets Ahead programme aimed to fell 17,500 street trees, leading to sustained protest.", "Lucy Owen on how a casual approach almost cost her the sight in an eye, and why she feels lucky now.", "Detectives continue to investigate after the world-famous Hadrian's Wall tree was cut down.", "Regulator Ofwat orders companies in England and Wales to cut bills after missing targets.", "BBC Africa Eye speaks to more than 30 witnesses about a network of abuse that continued for decades.", "Jessica Baker, 15, and driver Stephen Shrimpton died when the school coach overturned.", "The Californian Mike Jeffries had a clear vision when he took over - 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She's now under house arrest until Monday.\n\nAccording to her lawyer, Abeer Baker, she was accused of \"disruptive behaviour\" by police officers, who said her posts could incite violence among her followers.\n\nThe post that attracted police attention was an image of the Palestinian flag with the Arabic motto: \"There is no victor but God.\"\n\nMs Baker says the singer, who is well known across the Arab world for her songs about Palestinian heritage, was expressing a religious sentiment. Israeli authorities interpreted the singer's post as a call to arms for Palestinians.\n\nSince the start of the war between Israel and Hamas, police in Israel have adopted what they call a \"zero tolerance policy\" towards social media activity deemed to express support for Hamas, an Islamist group which is committed to the destruction of Israel and designated as a terrorist group by Israel, as well as the US, UK, and many other countries.\n\nMs Abu Amneh is one of dozens of Arab citizens of Israel arrested in connection with social media posts about the war.\n\nMany others have been suspended or sacked from their jobs or face disciplinary action from their universities.\n\nIsraeli Arabs - many of whom prefer to be called Palestinian citizens of Israel - make up a fifth of the country's population.\n\nSince Hamas's attack, police say they have investigated and detained more than 100 people for their social media activity. Sixty-three have been arrested and questioned in Jerusalem alone.\n\n\"Anyone inciting against the State of Israel, its government symbols, elected officials, military personnel and police, should be aware that the Israel Police will respond firmly and without leniency,\" said Israel's Police Commissioner, Yaakov Shabtai, at a meeting with senior leaders this week.\n\nAdalah, the Legal Centre for Arab Minority Rights in Israel, believes the number of detained is higher as more arrests have been made recently.\n\nBy comparison, during the Israel-Gaza conflict in May 2021, only 16 people - 15 of whom were Arab - were charged with inciting violence, according to a report released by Adalah.\n\nHuman rights activists worry this spike in detentions is due to the police adopting a wider interpretation of what constitutes incitement to violence.\n\nIn the Bedouin city of Rahat, for example, police have detained a former mayoral candidate, Dr Amer al-Huzail, who shared on social media a map of the Gaza Strip with an analysis of possible scenarios for an expected ground operation by Israeli forces.\n\nThis has led him to be accused of aiding the enemy in a time of war.\n\nBut even when no criminal charges are filed, some people in Israel are still facing heavy consequences for their social media activity.\n\nLawyers working for Adalah say they have received more than 40 cases of Israeli Arab workers suspended or fired from their workplaces overnight.\n\n\"People are getting their livelihood threatened sometimes just for liking a post,\" says Salam Irsheid, a lawyer at the organisation. \"We even have a case of a worker who is at risk of being fired for liking a news report on the situation in Gaza on social media.\"\n\nArab students in Israel are also facing disciplinary actions from their universities.\n\nLast week, Ariel Porat, the president of Tel Aviv University, said that a few students had been flagged for expressing \"support for the atrocities of Hamas\".\n\n\"We will be very strict with this handful of students,\" he wrote in a statement on the university's website, \"and when we feel the offence is criminal in nature, we shall report them to the police. We will act swiftly, as required in this sensitive situation, but will not deny any student the right to a fair investigation.\"\n\nLawyers from Adalah say they have received complaints from 83 students who have been suspended from schools across the country and, in some cases, told to leave their accommodation at short notice.\n\n\"None of the cases are about actions, demonstrations or participating in illegal things. They're all about posts on social media,\" says Dr Hassan Jabareen, the general director of Adalah.\n\n\"More than 90% of the posts are clearly against the war, against Israel's actions in Gaza, supporting the victims of war in Gaza,\" he adds.\n\n\"Ten percent of the posts fall in a vague area that may be interpreted as indirectly supporting the acts of Hamas against civilians.\n\n\"In normal times, they wouldn't be interpreted like that, but these days Israel tends to give the harshest interpretation to these posts.\"\n\nNazareth, in northern Israel, is a major centre of the country's Arab population\n\nPublic outrage at the attack by Hamas, which killed more than 1,400 people, mostly civilians, in areas near the Gaza Strip, has also led to anger at Jewish Israeli voices calling for de-escalation.\n\nLast Sunday, a prominent left-wing ultra-Orthodox Jewish journalist, Israel Frey, had to be escorted by police away from his home in Tel Aviv for his own protection.\n\nProtesters had gathered outside the building and shot flares at his apartment after he posted on social media a video where he was praying for civilians in Gaza.\n\nAnd on Wednesday, Ofer Cassif, a Jewish lawmaker for the Arab-led Hadash-Taal alliance, was suspended from the Israeli parliament for 45 days after he strongly condemned the bombing of Gaza.\n\nIn one of his most recent posts on X, formerly known as Twitter, he criticised the police who, he said, hadn't intervened promptly in Mr Frey's defence.\n\n\"Armed police forces are sent to arrest anyone who shows a trace of empathy for the massacres in Gaza,\" he wrote.\n\n\"But the police have no desire to protect a left-wing journalist whose life is in danger.\"", "I’ve just chatted to Natalie Raanan’s father, Uri Raanan, in Chicago - he moved here from Israel 40 years ago.\n\n“I did not lose hope. I spoke to my daughter for two minutes yesterday on the phone, she is feeling very good and looking forward to coming home,\" he told me.\n\nHe said it’s Natalie’s 18th birthday on Tuesday and he hopes she’ll be back by then.\n\nNatalie and her mother Judith yesterday became the first hostages to be freed by Hamas. They were received by the Israel Defense Forces at the Israel-Gaza boundary, before being taken to a military base to be reunited with family members.\n\nI asked Uri what his thoughts were when he saw the first pictures of his daughter and ex wife after they were held captive for nearly two weeks by Hamas.\n\n“She looks very well, they look very well. I was so happy,\" he said, adding that his daughter is a \"tough girl\".\n\n\"It’ll take time for her to get back to normal after this, but she’ll be fine.”\n\nHamas says Natalie (left) and her mother Judith were freed for \"humanitarian reasons\" Image caption: Hamas says Natalie (left) and her mother Judith were freed for \"humanitarian reasons\"", "An explosion at the Al-Ahli Arab hospital in Gaza on Tuesday evening is feared to have killed hundreds of people.\n\nIt is still unclear exactly what happened. BBC Verify’s Merlyn Thomas examines the video we’ve been able to verify to unpick what we know so far.", "UN agencies say children, women and the elderly \"remain the most vulnerable\" in Gaza\n\nA group of UN agencies have called for a humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza as conditions worsen in the territory.\n\nThe World Food Programme (WFP) and the World Health Organization (WHO) were among five agencies who described the situation in Gaza as \"catastrophic\" in a joint statement.\n\nThe UN's plea for a de-escalation of the conflict comes as Israel warns of intensified strikes on Gaza.\n\nOn Saturday, 20 aid trucks crossed from Egypt for the first time in two weeks.\n\nBut campaigners said the aid that flowed through the Rafah crossing represented a \"drop in the ocean\" of what was needed.\n\nPrior to the war, about 500 aid trucks a day were entering Gaza, said a spokesman from ActionAid Palestine.\n\nA significant proportion of those living in the territory - some 1.2 million people - already relied on aid before the recent conflict erupted, according to the UN.\n\nIsrael began retaliatory air strikes on Gaza after an unprecedented assault on 7 October by Hamas's military wing on Israel. About 1,400 people were killed in that attack - many of whom were in their homes near Gaza or at a music festival in southern Israel.\n\nMore than 4,300 Palestinians have been killed in the last two weeks in Gaza, according to the Hamas-run health ministry.\n\nIsrael is widely expected to launch a ground offensive into the Gaza Strip, but the timing remains unknown. In the meantime, it has put Gaza under siege, cutting off essential supplies.\n\nSaturday's aid delivery included medicines, food, water and coffins, but not fuel.\n\nThe UN agencies highlighted that children, pregnant women and the elderly were the most vulnerable - and that nearly half of the population of the Gaza Strip were children.\n\nThe UN's Development Programme (UNDP), its Population Fund (UNFPA) and its International Children's Emergency Fund (Unicef) put forward the statement alongside the WFP and the WHO.\n\nAs well as calling for a ceasefire, they said \"immediate, unrestricted humanitarian access throughout Gaza\" was necessary to \"allow humanitarian actors to reach civilians in need\".\n\nThey added that \"more than 1.6 million people in Gaza are in critical need of humanitarian aid\".\n\nThe Gaza Strip is a densely-populated enclave bounded by the Mediterranean Sea on one side and fenced off from Israel and Egypt.\n\nHome to 2.2 million people, the region is 41km (25 miles) long and 10km wide.\n\n\"Gaza was a desperate humanitarian situation before the most recent hostilities,\" the UN agencies said. \"It is now catastrophic\".\n\nAlso on Saturday, leaders of the Arab world rejected the forced displacement of Palestinians into the Sinai peninsula.\n\nSpeaking at a summit in Cairo, Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said the only solution was an independent state for Palestinians.\n\nUS Secretary of State Antony Blinken urged Israel and Egypt to allow the Rafah crossing from Egypt to remain open to allow sustained supply of aid.", "Residents of a neighbourhood in central Gaza say it was completely destroyed by Israeli airstrikes overnight, leaving thousands homeless.\n\nBBC Arabic's Adnan El-Bursh met people who lived there. While he was in the neighbourhood, a warning came from the Israeli army telling people to evacuate.\n\nPalestinian officials say more than 4,000 people have been killed in Gaza.\n\nIsrael is continuing its strikes on Gaza and has insisted that it is striking Hamas targets.\n\nThe bombardments are a response to attacks by Hamas gunmen on Israel on 7 October, in which at least 1,400 people were killed and 203 taken hostage. Israel is now poised to launch a ground offensive.", "There is evidence that intervening very early on may help stop conditions arising or worsening\n\nMore support is needed to prevent babies and young children developing mental health problems in later life, leading doctors say.\n\nTheir report shows there is growing evidence that intervening very early on - from conception to the age of five - may help stop conditions arising or worsening.\n\nThe Royal College of Psychiatrists is calling for more specialist services.\n\nThe government says the mental health of children and parents is paramount.\n\nOfficials say they are investing more in expanding NHS services, alongside funding programmes designed to support children and caregivers.\n\nNHS data shows about 5% of two to four-year-olds struggle with anxiety, behavioural disorders and neurodevelopmental conditions including ADHD.\n\nThe Royal College of Psychiatrists' report suggests half of mental health conditions arise by the age of 14, and many start to develop in the first years of life, making early action \"vital\".\n\nDr Trudi Seneviratne, from the Royal College of Psychiatrists (RCPsych), said the majority of under-fives with mental health conditions were not receiving the level of support needed \"to help them become productive, functioning adults and reach their full potential\".\n\nShe added: \"The period from conception to five is essential in securing the healthy development of children into adulthood.\n\n\"Unfortunately, these years are often not given the importance they should be, and many people are unaware of what signs they should be looking out for.\n\n\"Parents, carers and society as a whole have a critical role to play. This includes securing positive relationships and a nurturing environment that supports the building blocks of a child's social, emotional and cognitive development.\"\n\nDr Seneviratne says anyone concerned about a child's persistent behavioural issues or eating and sleeping problems should seek health advice.\n\nRCPsych experts suggest a number of ways to prevent mental health issues in babies and children, including providing support for the mother in pregnancy, working with parents to promote attachment to their child and recommending parenting programmes in the early stages of a child's life.\n\nThey say many factors can increase the risk of problems developing in childhood, such as alcohol or substance misuse during pregnancy and adverse experiences in childhood including domestic violence, physical and emotional neglect and abuse.\n\nThe wide-ranging report is backed by a number of organisations including Unicef UK, the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, and the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists.\n\nJoanna Moody, from Unicef UK, said: \"Mental health in infancy and early childhood is often overlooked, yet it lays the foundations for a child's future.\"\n\nShe said the report provided \"a strong evidence base for action to prioritise mental health right from the start of children's lives\".\n\nShe added many services have a \"vital role\" in supporting children's mental health, including early education, social services, maternity, health visiting and primary care.", "Haydn Gwynne was highly respected for a career that spanned dramas, comedies and musicals\n\nEnglish actress Haydn Gwynne, known for roles in TV shows including Drop the Dead Donkey, Peak Practice, Merseybeat and The Windsors, has died aged 66.\n\nShe also had an acclaimed stage career, being nominated for both Olivier and Tony awards in the West End and on Broadway for Billy Elliot the Musical.\n\nShe was Queen Camilla in TV royal spoof The Windsors, and played ex-PM Margaret Thatcher on stage in The Audience.\n\nHer co-star from that 2013 play, Dame Helen Mirren, led the tributes.\n\n\"Haydn was a delight as a person and a consummate dedicated actress,\" she wrote on Instagram.\n\nReferring to Gwynne's performance in The Audience, Dame Helen added: \"She was both funny and serious at the same time, a brilliant balancing act that her whole career exemplified.\n\n\"We will miss her very much.\"\n\nDame Helen Mirren, who played Queen Elizabeth II in The Audience, pictured with Gwynne on its opening night\n\nIn a statement on Friday, her agent said: \"It is with great sadness we are sharing with you that, following her recent diagnosis with cancer, the star of stage and screen Haydn Gwynne died in hospital in the small hours of Friday 20 October, surrounded by her beloved sons, close family and friends.\n\n\"We would like to thank the staff and teams at the Royal Marsden and Brompton Hospitals for their wonderful care over the last few weeks.\"\n\nGwynne broke through in TV drama Nice Work in the late 1980s before finding wider fame and a Bafta nomination for playing cynical and stoical journalist Alex in topical satire Drop the Dead Donkey.\n\nGwynne said she portrayed Camilla as \"the soap opera villainess\" in The Windsors\n\nTwo decades later, she was back on Channel 4 in comedy The Windsors, playing Camilla as \"clearly the soap opera villainess\".\n\nThat was reflected in her costumes, which were designed \"as if she were played by Joan Collins in a 1980s version\".\n\n\"In a way that was very freeing, because it meant I didn't have to go off and do serious research,\" Gwynne said. \"I could just have full fun with it.\"\n\nAnother royal TV show came along when the actress portrayed Lady Susan Hussey, who resigned from the royal household following a racism row, in the fifth series of Netflix's The Crown.\n\nShe starred in The Great British Bake Off Musical earlier this year\n\nHer other TV parts included Dr Joanna Graham in Peak Practice, Supt Susan Blake in Merseybeat, and Julius Caesar's wife Calpurnia in the BBC's Rome.\n\nPaying tribute, playwright Jonathan Harvey described her as \"a gifted and versatile all rounder\".\n\nFellow writer Jack Thorne said she was \"the kindest, loveliest soul and a wonderful performer\", adding: \"She gave everything to everything.\"\n\nMusical star and radio presenter Elaine Paige called Gwynne \"so young, so talented\", adding she had known the actress for 30 years. \"There'll be a bright star in heaven tonight. RIP dear Haydn.\"\n\nShe appeared in three series of ITV's Peak Practice in 1999 and 2000\n\nHercule Poirot actor David Suchet worked with Gwynne in an episode of the ITV detective show, and called her \"an extraordinary person and brilliant actor\" .\n\nActor Samuel West also paid tribute, saying: \"This is a terrible loss. One of the nicest and one of the best.\"\n\nNational Theatre artistic director Rufus Norris, who directed her in The Threepenny Opera in 2016, said she was \"an amazing woman and artist\" who was \"universally beloved and respected\".\n\nHe said: \"Her unique combination of wit, wickedness, grace and fearless craft was a complete joy to be in a room with.\"\n\nGwynne grew up in rural Sussex and her father was an Irish printer called Guy Thomas Hayden-Gwynne.\n\nShe studied French at university before moving to Italy, where she lectured in English at the University of Rome.\n\nActing initially seemed too insecure to pursue professionally, but she eventually \"came out of the closet\" - as she once put it - and decided to go for it. \"I gave up my job, got rid of my apartment, gave away all my furniture, and came home.\"\n\nReturning to England, she wrote to every theatre company she could and was eventually offered a break in 1984 by writer and director Alan Ayckbourn in His Monkey Wife.\n\nGwynne with the young cast of Billy Elliot the Musical at London's Victoria Palace Theatre in 2006\n\nThat led to more shows including West End musical Ziegfeld, an expensive flop in 1988.\n\n\"My biggest regret is that I didn't keep a daily diary,\" Gwynne once said. \"The most extraordinary things happened.\n\n\"The star and the director were fired after press night, it was rewritten. It did have its moments - my costume was worth £10,000 - but mainly it was agony. I cried myself to sleep most nights.\"\n\nBut things got better - she received her first Olivier nomination for the musical City of Angels in 1994, and spent seasons with the Royal Shakespeare Company in 94 and 95.\n\nSir Elton John wrote the music for Billy Elliot the Musical, seen here with Gwynne at its 2008 Broadway opening night party\n\nShe played dance teacher Mrs Wilkinson when Billy Elliot the Musical launched in the West End in 2005, and stayed on when it transferred to Broadway.\n\nThe role was originally played by Julie Walters on screen, but on stage Gwynne said the character was \"very upfront and quite rude, a bit more so than I remember from the film\".\n\nSpeaking about her varied career, Gwynne told the Telegraph in April she could sing and dance - but doing them together was the hardest part.\n\n\"They say tragedy is tough? Forget Medea, two shows of Billy Elliot a day is the very definition of gruelling!\"\n\nWith Tamsin Greig and Pedro Almodovar after the Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown press night in 2015\n\nGwynne received two more Olivier nominations - for the stage version of Pedro Almodóvar's film Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown in 2015 and The Threepenny Opera.\n\nHer versatility was again demonstrated earlier this year when she played a version of Dame Prue Leith in The Great British Bake Off Musical, and was Stanley Baldwin - prime minister in the 1920s and 30s - in a play called When Winston Went to War with the Wireless.\n\nThe actress was due to appear in a new London production of Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends in September, but withdrew nine days before the first preview because of what were described at the time as \"sudden personal circumstances\".\n\nThe show's producer Sir Cameron Mackintosh said Friday's performance would be dedicated to Gwynne, who he described as a \"truly wonderful person, as well as a phenomenally talented actress and singer\".", "Georgia Harrison is a campaigner on tackling violence against women and girls\n\nTV personality Georgia Harrison has said she has had \"serious conversations\" with Labour MPs about a bid to represent the party in Essex.\n\nThe former Love Island star, 28, told the Sun she felt Britain needed \"more normal people going into politics\".\n\nMs Harrison has campaigned on violence against women and girls - and hopes a run for Parliament would inspire girls.\n\nHer ex-partner Stephen Bear was jailed earlier this year for posting intimate footage of her online.\n\nSpeaking to the Sun about the possibility of becoming a Labour candidate, she said: \"I had serious conversations with a couple of Labour MPs about if I could run for Essex, and they said it would be possible.\n\n\"They told me to go away and think about it. They said if I was being serious about running for an MP it is something that they would support me with.\n\n\"I think also for little girls growing up seeing someone like me running for an MP would be quite inspiring.\n\n\"We need more normal people going into politics.\"\n\nIt has not yet been confirmed whether Ms Harrison will become a parliamentary candidate, nor which constituency she might run in.\n\nEach of Essex's 18 parliamentary constituencies are held by Conservative MPs, including Foreign Secretary James Cleverly and former Home Secretary Priti Patel.\n\nShe started criminal proceedings against Bear in 2020. He had used CCTV cameras in his garden to capture them having sex before sending it to a friend and uploading it to OnlyFans - none of which Ms Harrison consented to.\n\nAt his sentencing hearing in March, he was jailed for 21 months for voyeurism and disclosing private, sexual photographs and films.\n\nSpeaking at the Labour Party conference in Liverpool earlier this month, Ms Harrison said the years waiting for her case to be heard had been \"detrimental to my career and my mental health, which was really hard for me\".\n\nShe also called for sexual assault victims to be prioritised in the justice system to prevent them going through the same wait as her.\n\nThe Online Safety Bill was amended in June, meaning it will become easier to prosecute people for sharing so-called revenge porn - the sharing of an intimate image or video without consent.\n\nThe amendment removed the requirement for prosecutors to prove perpetrators intended to cause distress to secure a conviction.\n\nTo become a Labour MP, prospective candidates need to be party members and win a selection process, determined by the party, for a particular seat, before they are able to stand at a general election.\n\nLabour did not wish to comment when approached by BBC News. Ms Harrison's representatives have been approached for further comment.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.", "Last updated on .From the section Rugby Union\n\nWill Jordan scored an impressive hat-trick as seven-try New Zealand crushed Argentina at Stade de France to reach a record fifth Rugby World Cup final.\n\nThe three-time winners were disciplined in defence and ruthless in attack as Jordan, Jordie Barrett and Shannon Frizell scored first-half tries.\n\nAaron Smith added a fourth after the break before Frizell crossed again and Jordan became the leading try scorer.\n\nThe All Blacks will face either South Africa or England in next week's final.\n\nArgentina, playing in their third World Cup semi-final, saw lots of the ball in the opening stages without penetrating the New Zealand defence.\n\nMichael Cheika's side were limited to two Emiliano Boffelli penalties as the All Blacks soaked up the early pressure before cutting loose on the counter-attack.\n• None How England can upset odds and beat South Africa\n• None All Blacks tell Test rugby's oldest tale to make final\n\nThe All Blacks could have surpassed their own record for the biggest winning margin in a World Cup semi-final late on, but Richie Mo'unga spurned the opportunity.\n\nThe fly-half could have thrown a simple pass for Jordan to score a fourth try, which would have levelled the 43 point difference in the 1987 win over Wales with a conversion to come, but Argentina overturned the ball after he opted to carry into contact himself.\n\nThe Pumas will have the chance to equal their best ever finish from the last time the tournament was staged in France in 2007 with victory in the third/fourth place play-off, against the loser from the other semi-final.\n\nNew Zealand, meanwhile, could become the most successful nation in World Cup history with a fourth title when they return to the Stade de France next weekend.\n\nSlick All Blacks too good for Pumas\n\nArgentina secured a first away win over New Zealand in August 2022 but they were huge underdogs in the latest of their 37 meetings.\n\nThe All Blacks have been in scintillating form since their opening game defeat by hosts France, scoring more points and more tries than any other team in the tournament.\n\nThe Pumas also improved after losing their first pool game against England and they started on the front foot in Paris as they looked to roll through the phases early on.\n\nBoffelli kicked them on to the scoreboard but they lacked a cutting edge in attack and were second best at the breakdown.\n\nJordan scored the first try out wide after the forwards kept it tight and punched holes in the Argentina defence before Mo'unga threw the wide pass to the wing.\n\nArgentina continued to push forwards despite going behind, but the All Blacks stole the ball at the breakdown to turn defence into attack. Rieko Ioane made an excellent break and the All Blacks defied the greasy conditions in the Parisian rain to offload and keep the ball alive for Barrett to finish.\n\nBoffelli's trusted boot added another three points from the tee, but Frizzell crossed in the corner to make the Pumas' already arduous task even more difficult.\n\nA minute after the break victory was all-but sealed as the elusive Smith stepped his opposite number Gonzalo Bertranou from the back of the maul before waltzing over for the fourth.\n\nFrizell powered over to double his tally before Jordan took centre stage once again. Much like his first, the wing crossed unopposed after neat build-up out wide to become the tournament's leading try scorer with his second.\n\nBut he saved his best till last, breaking the gain-line from a planned line-out before clipping the ball over the top and gathering his own kick to take his tally for the competition to eight.\n\nThe wing could have some choice words for his team-mate Mo'unga, who denied him the record for the most tries in a single World Cup with a walk-in for his ninth.\n\nJordan and the best-in-class All Blacks, who lead the way with 48 tournament tries, will be looking to add to their tallies with one final hit out on 28 October.", "The government's reforms give councils the flexibility to choose how many bins and bags they collect\n\nLong-awaited plans to reform recycling in England have been announced by the government.\n\nMost households will have a weekly food waste collection by early 2026 and there will now be a standardised list of items that councils must recycle.\n\nThe government says the new rules are designed to make recycling simpler and to avoid people needing what it called an \"excessive number of bins.\"\n\nCritics called it \"fiddling with a system that's fundamentally broken\".\n\n\"Simpler recycling will help us all recycle more easily,\" environment secretary Therese Coffey said.\n\n\"Alongside weekly food waste collections, we are ending the postcode lottery of what you can put in your bin so that wherever you live in the country, you will be able to recycle the same products with confidence.\"\n\nEngland currently recycles about 44% of its household waste, a figure that has changed little since 2010. That's compared to 57% in Wales, 48% in Northern Ireland and 42% in Scotland.\n\nThe new proposals state that English councils must - with a few exceptions - make a food waste collection every week by March 2026. That represents a change and a cost as at the moment only about half of English councils collect food waste separately.\n\nThere was speculation earlier this year that these reforms would stipulate that different types of dry recycling would have to be collected separately from households. Last month Prime Minister Rishi Sunak even raised the possibility - to some derision - that a \"seven bin\" policy was being considered and that he had stopped it.\n\nUnder the new plans, councils will continue to have the flexibility to choose whether to ask people to lump all their dry recycling together, or separate it for example into glass, paper or metal.\n\n\"Today's announcement that councils will be able to collect waste materials however they decide is a victory for common sense,\" said Councillor Sarah Nelmes, environment spokesperson for the District Council's Network. \"We can continue to rely on the local solutions which have increased recycling rates.\"\n\nTo make recycling simpler, there is now a list of items which all councils will have to recycle. It includes things like aluminium foil, and several different types of plastic packaging.\n\n\"The government is fiddling with a system that's fundamentally broken,\" Nina Schrank from Greenpeace told BBC News.\n\n\"The government needs to get serious and back measures to cut the amount of plastic packaging we produce as a country in the first place.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Sheepdog Patsy has to swim across this flooded field to reach three stranded ewes\n\nA severe flood warning meaning a \"danger to life\" has been issued for villages on the banks of two rivers.\n\nNatural Resources Wales (NRW) issued the severe warning for Llandrinio in Powys where the Severn and Vyrnwy meet.\n\nStorm Babet caused flooding on Friday in parts of mid and north Wales, and disruption continues with several roads still closed.\n\nNRW's severe flood warning advises people to \"stay in a safe place with a means of escape\".\n\nIt covers the village of Llandrinio, as well as isolated properties in the Severn-Vyrnwy confluence area including Hendre Lane, Haughton and Haimwood.\n\nThere are also six flood warnings and 12 alerts in place elsewhere in Wales on Saturday.\n\nFlood waters left three ewes stranded on a farm in Llanfihangel Glyn Myfyr, Conwy, where a sheep dog swam to the rescue.\n\nLlandrinio councillor Lucy Roberts told BBC Wales she had been out to check on flooding on Saturday morning and it was \"not as bad as previous years\".\n\n\"There is some water coming over the flood defence, but I don't think any properties are at risk at this stage,\" she said.\n\n\"The community is quite resilient and deal with the flooding amazing well.\"\n\nIoan Williams, from NRW, said it could take a day for water from upper catchment areas to reach flood plains.\n\nYoung people on a Duke of Edinburgh trek had been due to stay at Boat House Farm caravan and campsite in Llandrinio\n\n\"We've heard already of people being stranded in their cars,\" he told BBC Radio Wales Breakfast.\n\n\"So just be really careful when you are out and about.\"\n\nHe said the situation was improving in some place but NRW still had \"concerns\" in communities around the River Dee and River Severn.\n\nFarmer Llŷr Jones said his sheepdog Patsy dove into flooded fields to rescue part of his flock.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\n\"She had no fear\", he said, adding she had earned herself an extra biscuit for her efforts.\n\nElsewhere, a second red \"danger to life\" weather alert in a week has taken effect in eastern parts of Scotland, with torrential rain and high winds forecast across parts of the UK.\n\nIn Wales, a Met Office weather warning for rain was lifted on Saturday morning.\n\nThe River Clwyd remained high at Rhuddlan, Denbighshire, on Saturday morning\n\nTransport for Wales warned passengers to check before travelling on the Wales and Borders network with \"disruption expected to continue\".\n\nAvanti West Coast services are unable to run between Crewe and Holyhead.\n\nSome cancellations on Great Western Railway between Swindon and Bristol Parkway due to flooding are affecting journeys to south Wales.\n\nFloodwater submerged the road through Llandrinio in Powys\n\nPeople had to be evacuated from flooded homes and many schools were forced to close, 52 in Flintshire alone.\n\nNorth Wales Fire and Rescue Service said there had been more than 60 flood reports.\n\nSome were in Flintshire, in places like Mold, and in Denbighshire towns including Denbigh, Prestatyn, St Asaph and Rhyl.\n\nMid and West Wales Fire and Rescue Service said the floods kept staff \"extremely busy\" on Friday.\n\nBronwen Hughes, head teacher at Ysgol Maes Garmon in Mold, told Radio Wales Breakfast it had to close due to the severity of Friday's flooding.\n\n\"It was wasn't an easy decision but the waters were rising,\" she said.\n\nThe traffic and travel agency Inrix reported the main Wrexham to Mold road remained closed due to flooding on the A541 at Pontblyddyn on Saturday.\n\nThe A5 was also closed between Llangollen and Froncysyllte.\n\nHomes as well as roads were flooded on Friday", "Rishi Sunak has met the Palestinian Authority president in Egypt as part of a tour of the Middle East.\n\nMr Sunak and Mahmoud Abbas jointly condemned Hamas's attacks on Israel and the PM \"expressed his deep condolences\" for civilian deaths in Gaza.\n\nHe also met Egyptian President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi, agreeing the need to avoid a \"contagion of conflict\".\n\nThe PM called for the swift reopening of the Egypt-Gaza border, where some 20 aid trucks are poised to enter.\n\nIn a summary of the conversation between Mr Sunak and Mr Abbas, Downing Street said they \"condemned Hamas's terrorism and stressed that Hamas do not represent the Palestinian people\".\n\n\"The prime minister underscored his commitment to opening up humanitarian access to Gaza to alleviate the suffering of thousands of people who desperately need food, water and medicine,\" the statement added.\n\nMr Abbas is head of the Palestinian Authority, which has control over areas of the occupied West Bank, but not the Hamas-run Gaza Strip.\n\nIn his earlier meeting with President El-Sisi, Downing Street said Mr Sunak \"praised Egypt's efforts in attempting to secure the delivery of aid\" through the Rafah border crossing with Gaza.\n\nThe statement also noted the pair agreed \"global leaders should do everything possible to avoid a contagion of conflict in the region\" as well as make \"every effort\" to stop terrorism and protect civilians.\n\nSpeaking to reporters ahead of boarding a plane back to the UK, Mr Sunak said getting humanitarian aid to those in Gaza is an \"immediate priority\" and the UK has been in discussions with Egypt on how to provide \"practical assistance on the ground\".\n\nHe also said the reopening of the border had been part of his conversations with Middle East leaders, adding that he was \"very pleased that that will now imminently happen\".\n\nShortly after Mr Sunak spoke, US President Joe Biden said aid trucks were likely to cross into Gaza within the \"next 24 to 48 hours\".\n\nBefore travelling to Egypt on Friday, Mr Sunak thanked the emir of Qatar for his efforts to help secure the release of hostages taken by Hamas.\n\nMeeting in Saudi Arabia's capital Riyadh, Mr Sunak and Qatar's leader Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani agreed to do \"everything possible\" to avoid an escalation of violence across the region, Downing Street said.\n\nThe United Nations says the first aid delivery into Gaza via the Rafah border crossing in Egypt is expected to take place \"in the next day or so\".\n\nThe territory has been under a \"complete siege\" since last Monday, with Israel blocking cross-border supplies of water, electricity and fuel.\n\nIsraeli warplanes and artillery have been bombarding the territory after more than 1,400 people were killed in Hamas's attack on Israel on 7 October. Palestinian officials say more than 4,000 people have since been killed in the Gaza Strip.\n\nDozens of trucks are backed up at the crossing on the Egyptian border, carrying food, water, and medicine but no fuel. It is believed only 20 will initially be allowed to cross.\n\nMr Sunak began his Middle East tour on Thursday, starting in Israel, where Mr Sunak said he was proud to support the country in its \"long war\" against Hamas.\n\nOn Thursday, Mr Sunak urged Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to support stability in the region.\n\nDowning Street said the pair agreed the \"loss of innocent lives in Israel and Gaza over the last two weeks has been horrific\" and \"underscored the need to avoid any further escalation in the region\".\n\nIt came after a short visit to Tel Aviv, where he met with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and said he was \"proud\" to stand with Israel in its \"darkest hour\" - declaring the UK's backing for its fight against Hamas.\n\nOn Saturday, Egypt will host a summit on the future of the Palestinian issue, with Arab and UN leaders attending.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.", "Critics say the new Super Mario Bros game \"disobeys the laws\" set by previous games over decades\n\nThe Super Mario franchise is set to continue its domination of the Nintendo platform with the release of its new instalment, according to critics.\n\nSuper Mario Bros: Wonder is a psychedelic take on the traditional 2D platformer that jazzes up Mario's usual Bowser-thwarting adventure with Wonder Effects that, as Polygon's Chris Plante put it, sees \"the levels themselves collapse and contort, disobeying the laws established by decades of Mario games\".\n\nIt's as if developers unearthed the \"stuffed notebook of chaos\" of every wacky idea ever rejected from the series and turned it into a single game, Plante said.\n\nThe new story once again gives players the task of defeating Bowser, who is looking to exploit the new Flower Kingdom's powers for his gain.\n\nIt's a tale as old as virtual time, but the game offers \"so many different looks and wild hooks that the typically forgettable story simply didn't matter,\" said IGN's Ryan McCaffrey, who enthused: \"Every frame oozes joy.\"\n\nThe Wonder Effects were \"like dessert in the middle of the main course of each stage, they were irresistible and always put a smile on my face,\" McCaffrey said.\n\nThe game features elements that warp the level\n\nOne of the challenges facing developers of a series spanning four decades is how to appeal to newcomers and veterans alike, but critics suggest this new instalment has hit the Goomba on the head perfectly.\n\nThe Guardian's Keza McDonald says the game carries the sort of fun expected by Mario fans, \"but with enough novelty and unexpected twists to prevent it from feeling over-familiar\", and at the same time for newcomers \"is a wonderful introduction to the fizzy creativity and attention to detail that has made Mario a family staple\".\n\nThis is the first time the Mario developers have delved into online multiplayer in the traditional 2D space, where previously co-op play required players to share a console in person.\n\n\"It feels more like you're working together,\" McDonald said. \"Characters can revive one another if someone falls foul of a Bullet Bill or flaming pit, making the game much easier to get through as a team.\"\n\nGamesRadar's Sam Loveridge noted that there were also new details for players to look for in-game: \"Whether it's the snot bubble on a sleeping Goomba or the fact each character's face changes when they start dashing.\n\n\"There's also an attention to detail here that just heightens that magic playfulness,\" she said.\n\nThese new details also offer an answer to a question long-plaguing the series: Why does Mario take damage when he collides with a Goomba? It's because they bite him.\n\n\"Due to hardware limitations (in earlier games), the graphics weren't capable of showing that much detail,\" game director Shiro Mouri revealed.\n\n\"But now we are able to show those expressions,\" said art director Masanobu Sato, adding that now: \"When they bite you, they'll do it with a smile on their face.\"\n\nThe latest addition to the Super Mario Bros franchise has garnered a score of 93 on Metacritic, securing it a third-place spot among the best-rated Mario games on the Nintendo Switch platform.", "Marie Anderson has been NI's Police Ombudsman since 2019\n\nAn English police force has been asked to investigate an alleged incident at the home of Northern Ireland's Police Ombudsman Marie Anderson.\n\nThe Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) has asked West Midlands Police to lead the investigation.\n\nNo further details have been released but it is understood it relates to an incident over two days at her home in Holywood, County Down, last month.\n\nUnionist parties have called on Ms Anderson to step aside from her role.\n\nThe Police Ombudsman's office said it would not comment on the matter.\n\nThe office of the Northern Ireland's Police Ombudsman holds the PSNI to account and investigates claims of misconduct made against PSNI officers.\n\nRather than investigate the watchdog itself, the PSNI has called on the services of another force.\n\nIn respect of an alleged domestic incident in Holywood on 23 September, the PSNI said at the time that a 63-year-old man was arrested for common assault and interviewed on 24 September.\n\nHe was released and a file was being forwarded to the Public Prosecution Service, added the force.\n\nIn its latest statement, a PSNI spokesperson said: \"The Police Service of Northern Ireland have asked West Midlands Police to lead an investigation and assess whether there are any further criminal offences following an alleged incident in County Down in September 2023.\n\nThey added: \"As this investigation is now live we will not be providing any further comment.\"\n\nThe Democratic Unionist Party's (DUP) deputy leader Gavin Robinson said he welcomed the involvement of the West Midlands Police over the \"serious allegations\" that had been made.\n\nHe said Ms Anderson should step aside until the investigation had concluded.\n\n\"A number of high-profile events have recently impacted on morale within the PSNI,\" said the East Belfast MP.\n\n\"At a time when they crave stability, they do not believe the current situation is tenable.\"\n\nUlster Unionist leader Doug Beattie also called on Ms Anderson to temporarily step down from her position until the findings of the investigation are published.\n\nSpeaking on Thursday, he said: \"In light of the investigation announced tonight, I feel it would be appropriate that Ms Anderson step down from her role with immediate effect.\n\n\"This will allow for the office of the ombudsman to continue their existing work without distraction or challenge during the necessary process of the investigation.\"\n\nMs Anderson is the fourth person to hold the position of Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland since the office was established in November 2000.\n\nShe has a background in law, having qualified as a solicitor in 1985 after graduating from Queen's University Belfast.\n\nDuring a career spanning almost 40 years, she has held a number of high-profile public service positions.\n\nIn 2003, she became the first assistant information commissioner for Northern Ireland.\n\nShe served a five-year term in the role, during which time she established the Information Commissioner's Office in Northern Ireland.\n\nIn 2016, she was appointed as Northern Ireland Public Services Ombudsman, a watchdog role which investigates complaints about public service providers.\n\nWithin that role she also held the position of Northern Ireland local government commissioner for standards, leading investigations into complaints about the conduct of local councillors.\n\nMs Anderson took up her role as police ombudsman in July 2019.\n\nShe is married with three grown-up sons.\n\nThe investigation follows a period of significant separate controversies within Northern Ireland policing.\n\nThe force is currently recruiting a new chief constable following the resignation of Simon Byrne on 4 September.\n\nMr Byrne quit in the wake of a major data breach and a separate High Court judgement that ruled two PSNI officers had been unlawfully disciplined.\n\nThe data breach happened in August when surnames, and initials of 10,000 police employees were accidentally included in a freedom of information response.\n\nLater that month, Mr Byrne was criticised over the treatment of two junior PSNI officers who had made an arrest at a Troubles commemoration in Belfast in 2021.\n\nBBC News NI understands that two applicants have been shortlisted for the job of chief constable - Interim Chief Constable Jon Boutcher and Assistant Chief Constable Bobby Singleton.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The Labour leader says the by-election results are a \"game changer\".\n\nRecord-breaking wins in two by-elections are a \"game changer\" which shows Labour can now win anywhere, Sir Keir Starmer has said.\n\nLabour secured two new MPs on Friday, by overturning huge Tory majorities in Mid Bedfordshire and Tamworth.\n\nThe Labour leader said his party was \"redrawing the political map\" ahead of a general election, expected next year.\n\nRishi Sunak said the results were \"obviously disappointing\" but it was \"important to remember the context\".\n\nSpeaking to reporters from Cairo, where he was holding meetings on the crisis in Gaza, the PM said mid-term by-elections were \"always difficult for incumbent governments\" and that there had been \"local factors at play\".\n\nHe added that he was \"committed to delivering on the priorities of the British people\".\n\nAs is often the case turnout was down at the by-elections, but the results were no less historic.\n\nLabour overcame a 24,664 Tory majority in Mid Bedfordshire to win the seat for the first time - the largest numerical majority ever overturned in a by-election in history.\n\nIn Tamworth, there was a 23.9% swing to Labour from the Tories - the second-biggest swing from the Conservatives to Labour at a by-election since 1945.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: The prime minister described the by-election results as \"obviously disappointing\"\n\nSpeaking in Mid-Bedfordshire, Sir Keir said the result was \"a game changer\" and showed Labour could \"win seats we've never won before\".\n\n\"I know there are people who probably voted Tory in the past who vote for a changed Labour Party this time because they despair at the state of their own party,\" he told party activists.\n\nThe Labour party is now \"the party of the future, the party of national renewal,\" he added.\n\nThe largely rural constituency of Mid Bedfordshire has had a Tory MP since 1931 and has never been held by Labour in its century-long history.\n\nIn a three-way fight for the seat, Labour's Alistair Strathern secured a swing of 20.5% to win by 1,192 votes.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: What happened in Tamworth and Mid Beds in 85 seconds\n\nThe Conservative candidate Festus Akinbusoye, Bedfordshire's Police and Crime Commissioner came second with 12,680 votes and Lib Dem Emma Holland-Lindsay came third with 9,420 votes.\n\nLib Dem deputy leader Daisy Cooper said her party \"played a crucial role in defeating the Conservatives\" in the constituency.\n\n\"We nearly doubled our share of the vote which would see the Lib Dems win dozens of seats off the Conservatives in a general election,\" she said.\n\n\"We can play a crucial role in getting rid of this Conservative government at the next election.\"\n\nBoth by-elections were triggered by resignations from the previous MP, with some anger locally at the circumstances of their departure.\n\nIn Mid Bedfordshire, former Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries stood down after her name was not included on Boris Johnson's resignation honours list.\n\nThe Tamworth by-election followed the resignation of former Tory MP Chris Pincher, after he lost his appeal against a proposed suspension from the House of Commons for drunkenly groping two men.\n\nTamworth voted strongly for Brexit in 2016 and Labour will be hoping this means it can win in other leave-supporting areas in a general election.\n\nThe Conservative candidate Andrew Cooper, who was ushered out of a side door seconds after his defeat was confirmed, was 1,316 votes behind his Labour opponent.\n\nReform UK, previously known as the Brexit Party, came third in Tamworth, with their candidate securing 1,373 votes.\n\nThe Tories stressed the result was based on reduced turnout, as only 35.9% of the electorate voted in Tamworth and 44% in Mid Bedfordshire.\n\nConservative Chair Greg Hands told the BBC \"the biggest problem was previous Conservative voters staying at home\".\n\n\"It was principally a problem we need to find better ways to energise our Conservative voters to come out and support the government.\"\n\nHe also sought to blame the \"legacy issues\" from the chaotic end of Liz Truss and Boris Johnson's time in office, which he said predates Rishi Sunak's premiership.\n\nSpeaking on her TalkTV show, Nadine Dorries said Mr Sunak was \"absolutely to blame\" for the losses adding: \"It's desperately sad that the party has got itself into this potentially catastrophic mess.\"\n\nCampaigners on the right-wing of the Tory party have been quick to seize on the results, which they say should act as a wake-up call for the party to return to traditional conservative policies - such as tax cuts and reducing immigration.\n\nThe party's core voters have \"gone on strike\" according to the Conservative Democratic Organisation (CDO) to a grassroots right-wing campaign group.\n\nJohn Hayes, Chair of Common Sense Group of Tory MPs and a close ally of Suella Braverman, said the party needs to \"lean into the priorities of people who vote Tory.\"\n• None History in the making, says Starmer after double by-election victory", "British actress Emily Blunt has apologised after an interview in which she mentions a server's appearance resurfaced on social media.\n\nIn the clip from the The Jonathan Ross Show, first aired in 2012, Blunt describes a waitress as \"enormous\".\n\nThe video was widely shared online this week, with some criticising Blunt for being \"fatphobic\".\n\nThe Oppenheimer star has since said she was \"appalled\" to have said \"something so insensitive\" and \"hurtful\".\n\nDuring the interview, Blunt recalled making the film Looper in the United States and detailed her encounter with the restaurant server in a local restaurant.\n\nOn visiting a branch of the Chili's restaurant chain, show host Jonathan Ross says: \"If you go to Chili's you can see why so many of our American friends are enormous.\"\n\nBlunt replies: \"Well the girl who was serving me was enormous. I think she got freebie meals at Chili's.\"\n\n\"Nothing wrong with that,\" Ross replies.\n\nThe actress, 40, goes on to further describe the encounter and how the waitress recognised her.\n\nBlunt, who also starred in The Devil Wears Prada and A Quiet Place, issued a statement on Friday apologising for the remarks.\n\n\"I just need to address this head on as my jaw was on the floor watching this clip from 12-years ago,\" she said in a statement to People magazine.\n\n\"I'm appalled that I would say something so insensitive, hurtful, and unrelated to whatever story I was trying to tell on a talk show.\"\n\nShe adds: \"I've always considered myself someone who wouldn't dream of upsetting anyone so whatever possessed me to say anything like this in that moment is unrecognisable to me or anything I stand for.\n\n\"And yet it happened, and I said it and I'm so sorry for any hurt caused. I was absolutely old enough to know better.\"", "Last updated on .From the section Premier League\n\nArsenal staged a stunning late fightback to earn a point at Stamford Bridge just as Chelsea looked about to enjoy their finest victory under manager Mauricio Pochettino.\n\nChelsea were in complete control after Cole Palmer put them ahead from the penalty spot in the 15th minutes, with William Saliba penalised for handball following the intervention of the video assistant referee.\n\nArsenal looked certain to slump to their first Premier League defeat of the season when Mykhailo Mudryk's speculative effort from out wide caught Arsenal keeper David Raya stranded and out of position three minutes after the break.\n\nArsenal were sloppy and struggled to create anything until they were gifted a lifeline with 13 minutes left, Declan Rice sending Chelsea keeper Robert Sanchez's poor clearance back past him into the net.\n\nAnd, remarkably, they were level seven minutes later when substitute Leandro Trossard made a decisive first contribution, stealing in at the far post to score as Chelsea hesitated in dealing with Bukayo Saka's cross.\n• None Reaction to Chelsea's draw with Arsenal and the rest of Saturday's Premier League action\n• None How did you rate Chelsea's performance? Have your say here\n• None What did you make of Arsenal's display? Send us your views here\n\nArsenal will be delighted to have secured a point at Chelsea after struggling for their usual fluency. The Gunners deserve full credit for sticking in there to maintain their unbeaten Premier League run with a result that looked unlikely for most of the game.\n\nManager Mikel Arteta was berating his players regularly for their carelessness, but there can be no questions about their character as they snatched a point with that late rally.\n\nIt was not a display without question marks, though, and the biggest will be over David Raya's poor performance in goal.\n\nArteta took a big decision when he replaced long-time first choice and England keeper Aaron Ramsdale with his summer signing from Brentford for the visit to Everton in September.\n\nFor all Arteta's talk of competition for places, it is clear he was installing the 28-year-old Spain international as his main keeper and much was riding on his choice.\n\nIt is a move that has not yet worked as Arteta hoped, with Raya looking uncertain in recent games, at fault for a goal in the Champions League defeat away to Lens and getting away with moments of hesitation in the win against Manchester City.\n\nHere, he cut a nervous figure throughout and was embarrassed when he was caught badly out of position as Mykhailo Mudryk's delivery from the left flew over his head for Chelsea's second.\n\nRaya almost made matters worse when he passed the ball straight to Cole Palmer in front of goal shortly afterwards, but Chelsea let him off the hook.\n\nArteta appears to have backed Raya but certainly needs the keeper to start performing better - and quickly - to deliver any sort of convincing case that he is a genuine upgrade on Ramsdale.\n\nChelsea looked like winners of this game for so long that to let it slip so late and so carelessly will almost feel like a defeat for Mauricio Pochettino and his players.\n\nFor long periods, Chelsea impressed and looked like a side finally heading in the right direction after a horrendous period on and off the pitch.\n\nThe goals from Palmer and Mudryk looked to have them on course for a third successive league win as Chelsea produced their best performance since Pochettino was appointed in the summer.\n\nMudryk looked like a player with increasing confidence, while Moises Caicedo was doing that understated but so effective job as a holding midfield man which persuaded Chelsea to pay Brighton £115m to secure his services.\n\nIronically, given Raya's struggles in the Arsenal goal, it was the poor clearance from his opposite number Sanchez that gifted Rice the goal that changed the whole emphasis and tone of the game.\n\nThose in blue at Stamford Bridge were suddenly nervous, Arsenal were invigorated, and the equaliser soon came from Trossard.\n\nThere was so much to admire in this Chelsea performance, and when the disappointment subsides Pochettino may be able to appreciate this, but there is no doubt the dramatic conclusion here at Stamford Bridge provided a bitter pill for the home side to swallow.\n• None Attempt saved. Nicolas Jackson (Chelsea) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Enzo Fernández.\n• None Attempt saved. Eddie Nketiah (Arsenal) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Bukayo Saka.\n• None Ben White (Arsenal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.\n• None Eddie Nketiah (Arsenal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.\n• None Attempt missed. Eddie Nketiah (Arsenal) right footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Ben White.\n• None Goal! Chelsea 2, Arsenal 2. Leandro Trossard (Arsenal) right footed shot from the left side of the six yard box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Bukayo Saka with a cross. Navigate to the next page Navigate to the last page\n• None Our coverage of your Premier League club is bigger and better than ever before - follow your team and sign up for notifications in the BBC Sport app to make sure you never miss a moment", "The BBC's Vince Rogers discovered Greenwich Council had not contested any appeals when he investigated his own penalty charge notice\n\nDrivers appealing against penalty notices in a London borough were successful every time for more than a year, the BBC has found.\n\nFigures showed that, from July 2022 to September this year, Greenwich Council did not contest a single appeal - citing \"no evidence\" in every instance.\n\nIn such circumstance, the adjudicator must quash the driver's penalty charge.\n\nGreenwich Council said it had not been able to supply any evidence during that period because of staff shortages.\n\nThe figures emerged after I successfully challenged their penalty charge.\n\nHowever, the council said it had now addressed the shortage and has this month resumed submitting evidence to the tribunal service that handles appeals.\n\nAcross the other London borough councils, Transport for London (TfL) and the collective borough representative organisation London Councils, 48% of appeals are successful.\n\nBetween them, they have successfully defended themselves over the past year against 17,188 appeals out of 33,153 that were administered by London Tribunals\n\nPenalty charge notices are issued for parking offences, breaking traffic rules and low-emissions violations\n\nI uncovered Greenwich Council's 0% success rate after I received a penalty charge notice of £130 in June, for driving in a bus lane in Kidbrooke.\n\nI was sure I was not in the wrong.\n\nUnfamiliar with the area, I had been preparing to turn left as directed by my sat-nav. But I was then horrified to see the words \"bus lane\" suddenly appear from under the bus in front of me and then disappear under my front wheels before I could take evasive action.\n\nI later went back to the bus lane to find it was undotted and had no advance warning lettering on the road - a requirement to indicate the beginning of a bus lane.\n\nThe site in question had no dotted line indicating an upcoming bus lane\n\nCurious as to whether others had made an appeal about this same lane, I decided to look it up on the London Tribunals website.\n\nIt was at this point I learned that not only had others made appeals over the bus lane and won, Greenwich Council had not contested any appeal of any kind since 28 July 2022.\n\nDespite saving £130, I felt oddly disappointed that I did not get my day in court to show that my penalty notice was unfair. And there must be others who are guilty of traffic infractions in Greenwich who have got off scot-free.\n\nA spokesperson for the Royal Borough of Greenwich said: \"It is correct to say that for a period, due to staff shortage, we were unable to compile and submit evidence packs to the tribunal service in the required timeframe.\"\n\nThe south-east London council's spokesman said that a recent round of recruitment had resolved this issue, adding: \"We can confirm we now have two officers working full time on tribunal appeals and have contested every appeal received in October.\"\n\nListen to the best of BBC Radio London on Sounds and follow BBC London on Facebook, X and Instagram. Send your story ideas to hello.bbclondon@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Relatives of Hamas hostages Avera Mengistu and Hisham al-Sayed campaigning for their release in 2018\n\nThe anguish over some 200 people kidnapped by Hamas in its brutal attack on Israel is in the spotlight - but Hamas has been holding at least two Israelis for years.\n\nVery little has been heard about Ethiopian-Israeli Avera Mengistu and Bedouin Arab Israeli Hisham al-Sayed, seized in 2014 and 2015 respectively.\n\nThe relatives of two dead Israeli soldiers are also tormented by the fact that Hamas has been holding their remains in Gaza since 2014. Hadar Goldin and Oron Shaul were killed during a war between Israel and Hamas that year.\n\nHamas - backed by Iran and regarded by Western nations as a terrorist group - has previously demanded a high price for releasing captive Israelis. They are used as Hamas bargaining chips.\n\nAviram Shaul, brother of Oron, says that for nearly 10 years his family has had no news from Hamas about where it is keeping Oron's body, no sign that Oron will be returned.\n\nIn 2014 the army found Oron's helmet and bulletproof vest in a Hamas tunnel in Gaza. But since then, Aviram told the BBC, \"I feel Israelis forgot about them [the two dead soldiers]\".\n\n\"Now is a good chance to bring my brother back, because we're talking about 200 families with relatives held hostage in Gaza. The government did not do enough to bring my brother back, but now they have to make a big effort.\"\n\nHe said now \"Israel needs to do a humanitarian deal to get the hostages out\". \"If Hamas wants electricity, water, they must give us the hostages and soldiers' bodies and Israel does nothing if they don't want to.\"\n\nIsraeli campaigners urge the release of Avera and the bodies of dead soldiers Oron Shaul (C) and Hadar Goldin (R) - August 2022\n\nAfter secret negotiations in 2011 Israel got the abducted soldier Gilad Shalit back - but in exchange for 1,027 Palestinian prisoners held in its jails.\n\nIsrael is now determined to wipe out Hamas and is inflicting huge casualties and damage on Gaza with air strikes. So any new prisoner swap would be both difficult and controversial. As the Gaza death toll mounts, Palestinian fury at Israel intensifies.\n\nHagai Hadas, formerly an Israeli military commander and Mossad intelligence officer, played a key role in negotiating Shalit's release.\n\nHe told the BBC that such prisoner deals with Palestinian kidnappers were \"a political issue\" and in the current emergency, with so much Israeli anger directed at Hamas, \"it's not going to happen, it's impossible\".\n\nHe stressed that the controversial Shalit swap was possible politically for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the time - he felt secure enough - and the deal had been finalised two years before Shalit's release.\n\nIn October 2011 Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu (2nd from left) greeted soldier Gilad Shalit on his release by Hamas\n\n\"Now I think the price won't be Hamas prisoners - it's to be paid using different tools,\" Mr Hadas said.\n\nHe stressed that Israel now had various options: direct military rescues if the intelligence on the captives' locations was precise; use of \"economic assets\" - that is, payment; humanitarian options; or \"to let Hamas leaders escape from Gaza, say to Qatar\".\n\nOn the latter option, he said, \"you have to put them under stress, give them the idea that to save their lives they can make such a deal\".\n\n\"I believe the majority [of hostages] are in Hamas hands, but several are not. I'm almost sure that Israel is making every effort to locate them and try to bring them out by military means.\"\n\nHe said that \"even in a full-scale war in Gaza, Israel will push for a deal to get the hostages released, it will try to the last second to find a solution\". \"We value life and are willing to pay for life.\"\n\nThe two Israeli civilian hostages held by Hamas since 2014 \"were not kidnapped\", Mr Hadas said, but \"they went to Gaza, they were not mentally fit\". \"It's a big difference - we've had nothing similar to what we experienced on 7 October,\" he said, referring to the massacre by Hamas.\n\nAvera Mengistu's mother and brother have been highlighting his plight for years\n\nHamas claims that Avera Mengistu and Hisham al-Sayed are soldiers, but official Israeli documents seen by Human Rights Watch show that both are civilians who were exempted from military service.\n\nTila Fenta has led a campaign to get Avera released and feels let down by the Israeli state - though she says the international spotlight on Gaza hostages now might help her cause.\n\n\"I want to believe that the chances for Avera have improved, but I say that in all sorrow,\" she told the BBC. She stressed that \"we are still in shock - all Israelis are\" since the Hamas attack and mass hostage-taking that killed about 1,400 Israelis.\n\nShe said the campaigners felt \"devastated\" by Israel's failure for all these years to secure the return of Avera and Hisham.\n\n\"They're not soldiers, both are sick - they have mental issues - and Hamas captured them against all humanity,\" she said.\n\nShe linked the lack of progress over Avera and Hisham to their disadvantaged background and discrimination in Israeli society towards Ethiopian Jews and Bedouin Arabs.\n\n\"I think Avera is a man who society doesn't like so much, because of his colour, mental illness problem and having grown up in a poor area of Ashkelon.\n\n\"I think all this made him not wanted in society. If he was a bit brighter, or from a good area the treatment would be different. I know this isn't the time to say something wrong about my country, but the truth must be told.\" She said big human rights organisations should also have done more. \"The same goes for the Bedouin - both are disadvantaged.\"\n\nA third young Israeli citizen, Jumaa Abu Ghanima, is believed to have crossed into Gaza in 2016 and is still missing. A Bedouin Arab, like Hisham, he may be in Hamas hands, but there is no confirmation.\n\nBefore illegally entering the Gaza Strip, both Avera and Hisham had gone missing repeatedly, and had had psychiatric treatment, Human Rights Watch research shows.\n\nIn January Hamas released a short undated video clip of a man who mumbled in Hebrew: \"I am the captive Avera Mengistu. For how much longer will I remain in captivity with my friends.\" The Mengistu family confirmed his identity, the Free Avera campaign told the BBC.\n\nPrime Minister Netanyahu told Avera's mother Agurnesh that the government had \"confirmation\" that her son was still alive. He said Israel \"does not stop its efforts to return Avera Mengistu and the rest of our captives and missing persons\".\n\nIn June 2022 Hamas released a video showing Hisham al-Sayed in captivity. Hisham's father Shaaban al-Sayed confirmed his identity.\n\nHamas said only that Hisham's health had deteriorated - no more details were given. He could be seen lying attached to a ventilator beside what appeared to be his Israeli-issued ID card.\n\nHisham al-Sayed's mother holds up a photograph of her son in April 2016\n\nTzur Goldin, brother of the late Hadar Goldin, whose remains are still in Gaza, has urged Israel to adopt a clear policy to tackle Hamas kidnapping.\n\n\"Kidnapping is directed against families and is designed to break up societies. We have become accustomed to a certain security situation, to a certain conduct. We have become accustomed to it being convenient for the captives and the missing to be on the sidelines,\" he said, quoted by Israel National News - Arutz Sheva.\n\n\"There is a round of fighting, followed by silence, followed by another round and more silence.\"\n\nFreeing any of the Hamas hostages looks likely to be a messy, controversial affair. \"It's a dilemma everywhere in doing deals with terrorists,\" Hagai Hadas told the BBC. \"You have contradictory options, they can be good or bad.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: Emergency services surround plane at Leeds Bradford Airport after it skidded off the runway\n\nLeeds Bradford Airport (LBA) has reopened after a \"huge team effort\" to recover a plane that skidded off a runway during Storm Babet.\n\nThe TUI flight from Corfu came off the runway while landing amid heavy rain and wind on Friday afternoon.\n\nPassengers were evacuated and the site was closed to allow for recovery. The airport reopened at 11:30 BST.\n\nLBA warned there would be \"continuing disruption\" and urged passengers to check with airlines before travelling.\n\n\"The LBA team and partners have worked tirelessly throughout the night in torrential conditions to recover the aircraft in order to safely reopen the runway and airport,\" a spokesman said.\n\n\"It has been a huge team effort from all corners of the airport and our partners.\n\n\"We want to express our sincere gratitude to everyone involved in supporting the effort dealing with the incident, disruption and recovery of the aircraft in exceptionally difficult conditions.\"\n\nThe landing gear of the aircraft was heavily entrenched in the ground after skidding off the runway\n\nTUI customers who were due to travel from Leeds Bradford Airport on Saturday morning were directed to Manchester.\n\nThe operator said it was assisting the Air Accidents Investigation Branch with its investigation.\n\nStorm Babet continued to affect parts of the UK on Saturday, with high winds, torrential rain and widespread flooding.\n\nFire crews have been at the scene to help evacuate passengers\n\nPassengers arriving at Leeds Bradford Airport on Friday evening were faced with departure boards filled with cancelled flights, and queues for taxis and buses in pouring rain.\n\nCustomers were also arriving on coaches from other airports, having been diverted.\n\nOne group said their flight from Majorca had been diverted to Manchester and they had just arrived at Leeds Bradford on a coach.\n\n\"We hoped to be back home and having a cup of tea by 2.30pm,\" one of the women said.\n\n\"But we're still here, drenched, waiting for another bus into town.\n\n\"It's not a great end to the week.\"\n\nAre you a passenger who is affected by the incident at Leeds Bradford Airport? Email: haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.\n• None More than 150 properties flooded in Lincolnshire\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Last updated on .From the section Rugby Union\n\nEngland fell agonisingly short of a supreme upset and a fifth Rugby World Cup final as South Africa came on strong to snatch victory in Paris.\n\nEngland were canny and committed in the first half, raining down kicks into the South Africa backfield, forcing a steady supply of penalties.\n\nOwen Farrell converted four to send his side into the break with a 12-6 lead.\n\nThe Springboks chopped and changed their line-up after the break, but a Farrell drop-goal edged England further clear and to the brink of a seismic shock.\n\nHowever, an RG Snyman try 10 minutes from time cut the underdogs' lead to 15-13 before the Boks' scrum power earned Handre Pollard the match-winning penalty in the 77th minute.\n\nIt was a brutal ending for an England team who had led from the third minute until three minutes from time.\n\nWhite shirts slumped to the sodden Stade de France turf, while elsewhere the tension and physicality of the contest spilled over with groups of players confronting each other.\n\nIt was characteristic of an England side who never took a step back and took the fight to their fancied opposition.\n\nThe performance was also vindication for coach Steve Borthwick, who turned Leicester from relegation candidates to Premiership champions in 18 months and has produced another spectacular salvage job to guide England within a whisker of a final.\n• None England lose a match, but find a spark to give hope for future\n• None England fall to agonising defeat - how it happened\n\nAfter beating hosts France by a similarly small margin on the same stage last weekend, South Africa will return to take on New Zealand in the showpiece match with both sides chasing a record fourth title.\n\nEngland will face Argentina in the third-place play-off on Friday.\n\nEngland had been outfoxed and outmuscled by the Springboks in the last Rugby World Cup final and at Twickenham last autumn, but they started like the favourites, setting about South Africa with confidence and a clear plan.\n\nJoe Marchant nearly got hold of Farrell's opening drop-out after England split their forward chase to keep the Boks guessing.\n\nElliot Daly soared over Kurt-Lee Arendse to tap back an Alex Mitchell box-kick, Courtney Lawes snaffled loose ball on the floor and Freddie Steward, back in the starting line-up for the purpose, gobbled up anything kicked into England's own backfield.\n\nReferee Ben O'Keeffe, under the microscope after his controversial handling of the Boks' last-eight win over France, pinged Pieter-Steph Du Toit and Siya Kolisi in quick succession.\n\nFarrell kicked penalties from both for a 6-0 lead inside 10 minutes.\n\nSouth Africa tried to fall back on their staples: one-out runners, driven line-out, scrum pressure and low-risk percentages. But England denied them a toehold.\n\nA Springbok rolling maul was sent into tailspin. George Martin, in for his physicality, forced a knock-on from Franco Mostert with a juddering hit.\n\nManie Libbok nibbled three points back for South Africa, but after full-back Damian Willemse had slung a loose pass to put his team under pressure, Farrell restored the six-point difference from the tee.\n\nTrailing 9-3 with 32 minutes gone and mistakes littering their play, South Africa swapped out Libbok at fly-half in favour of Pollard.\n\nThe momentum switch was slow coming though. England, bristling with belief, headed down the tunnel 12-6 up - the same interval lead South Africa had enjoyed in Yokohama four years ago - after another exchange of penalties.\n\nSouth Africa's replacements helped them reel in the hosts a week ago and they continuted to empty their bench, searching for a solution.\n\nFaf de Klerk, Willie le Roux and Snyman were introduced inside six minutes of the restart, with the totemic Eben Etzebeth among those to give way.\n\nEngland's own replacements had the bigger impact initially though. Ellis Genge thundered into contact to set up a perfect platform for Farrell to drop a goal to move his side 15-6 clear and more than a converted score out of reach after 53 minutes.\n\nEngland's fans, who seemed outnumbered around the stadium before kick-off, were suddenly outsinging the champions' support, with Swing Low sweeping the stands.\n\nUltimately, though, it was Springbok fans who cheered last and loudest.\n\nSouth Africa second row Snyman barged over close to the posts to slash England's lead to two points and his team's strength in depth ultimately wrestled a nerve-shredding finale their way.\n\nReplacement props Ox Nche and Vincent Koch milked the set-piece for a penalty and Pollard, as in 2019, was rock-steady off the tee.\n\n'Gutted we don't have a crack at the big one'\n\nEngland captain Owen Farrell on BBC Radio 5 Live: \"I am unbelievably proud of this group and what they have done over this past few months together.\n\n\"It has not all gone our way as everybody knows, we have had everything thrown at us - it has been a rollercoaster.\n\n\"I'm glad about where we have built to, but gutted we don't have a crack at the big one next week. I am massively proud of this group and I hope everyone back home is as well.\n\n\"We came up with a plan during the week and the weather conditions played a part in it. We started the game really well, we shocked them at times and they made a few changes to change what they were doing.\n\n\"But credit to them fighting their way back into it and finding a way to win at the end.\"\n\n'It was really ugly but that is what champions are made of'\n\nSouth African captain Siya Kolisi: \"It's honestly all the hard work we have put in which came off. It was really ugly but that is what champions are made of.\n\n\"Credit to England, they have worked hard. They were written off before the World Cup but have pulled themselves together and shown who they are.\n\n\"They are not a team you take lightly, all credit to them for being in the semi-final. To my team as well, it was ugly like it was last week but we found a way to fight back.\n\n\"I am really proud of the fight we showed, especially the guys who came off the bench once again.\"\n\n'England will be inconsolable for a long time'\n\nEngland's 2003 World Cup winner Matt Dawson on BBC Radio 5 Live: \"Talk about fine margins and opportunities. One opportunity from South Africa and they have taken the spoils, they should be applauded for it.\n\n\"England were magnificent. They will be inconsolable for a long time - they have given everything. South Africa had no idea what they were doing until they just caught a tiny bit of a spark in that scrummage and it gave them some momentum.\"\n\nFormer South Africa captain Bobby Skinstad on BBC Radio 5 Live: \"The scrum was everything. South Africa clawed their way back, they got back to their feet gently and close to a 50-yard penalty from Handre Pollard - a match-winning penalty.\n\n\"Hats off to England but part of what we watch in this game of rugby is that winners find ways to win. South Africa found a chink in the armour and exploited it.\"\n\nReplacements: Care for Mitchell (53), Genge for Marler (53), Chessum for Martin (53), Sinckler for Cole (56), Vunipola for Curry (69), Lawrence for Tuilagi (74), Ford for May (78). Not Used: Dan.\n\nReplacements: Pollard for Libbok (32), De Klerk for Reinach (43), Le Roux for Willemse (44), Snyman for Etzebeth (46), Nche for Kitshoff (49), Smith for Kolisi (51), Fourie for Vermeulen (51), Koch for Malherbe (56).", "A dog walker in Stirlingshire captured footage of winds lifting a forest floor as Storm Babet moved across Scotland - bringing high winds, heavy rain and flooding.\n\nDavid Nugent-Malone was walking his dog Jake in Mugdock on a path the pair often visit.\n\n\"We’ve walked through that particular section literally hundreds of times before and have never seen anything like that\", Mr Nugent-Malone told the BBC.\n\nThe forest around them was relatively calm after the strongest winds hit through the night before, but that particular pocket of woods seemed to \"focus the wind to allow it to lift up the woodland floor,\" he added - saying the meshed together tree roots lifted like a \"muddy table cloth\".", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: Inside the affluent Gaza neighbourhood where 32 high-rises were destroyed\n\nContinuing Israeli air strikes on Gaza have destroyed most of a neighbourhood and officials from the Hamas-run health ministry say the overall death toll has risen to more than 4,300 people.\n\nMore than half of those killed are women and children, the ministry says.\n\nAbout 1.4 million Gazans have been displaced with more than half a million people in 147 UN shelters, the UN says.\n\nOn Saturday the first aid trucks entered Gaza. Israel's military said the aid was for southern Gaza only.\n\nIt has told all residents in the northern Gaza Strip to leave and move south of Wadi Gaza in the centre of the territory.\n\nHowever Israeli air strikes have also continued in southern Gaza and some people have refused to leave their homes, saying nowhere is safe.\n\nIsrael cut off supplies of fuel, electricity and water to Gaza after Hamas's military wing broke through the border into Israel, killing more than 1,400 people and taking more than 200 hostages into Gaza.\n\nThe UN's Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said \"intensive bombardments\" were continuing on Gaza, as were Palestinian armed groups' \"indiscriminate rocket firing towards Israeli population centres\".\n\nUN officials describe the situation in Gaza as catastrophic. Israeli military spokesman Daniel Hagari said humanitarian conditions in Gaza were \"under control\".\n\nThe latest Israeli airstrikes destroyed the al-Zahraa neighbourhood in central Gaza, with more than two dozen blocks of flats razed to the ground overnight into Friday.\n\nImages and footage posted on social media showed plumes of smoke rising above the neighbourhood and lines of flattened buildings along rubble-lined streets.\n\nResidents told the BBC that they had not expected the bombing as the area had been relatively calm. They said they were told to evacuate on Thursday evening at around 20:30 to 21:00 local time (17:30-18:00 GMT).\n\n\"We ran through the streets. then Israel started bombing this area non-stop, from 9pm to 7am this morning,\" one woman told the BBC on Friday.\n\nThe bombing there has left thousands of people with nowhere to go. On Friday another resident told the BBC people were trapped under the rubble of their homes.\n\n\"Ambulances cannot get here. People are screaming but we cannot pull them out,\" he said.\n\nMuch of the al-Zahraa area in central Gaza has been completely flattened\n\nIn northern Gaza, the Palestinian Red Crescent said Israeli forces had ordered the evacuation of the Al-Quds hospital.\n\nThe hospital is currently home to more than 400 patients and 12,000 displaced civilians, according to the Red Crescent.\n\nThe humanitarian organisation called on the \"international community to act urgently\".\n\nA doctors' group, Physicians for Human Rights Israel, said it filed a petition to Israel's Supreme Court warning that Al-Quds hospital could not be evacuated.\n\n\"In its response, the state announced that it would not attack the hospital for the time being,\" the group said, as it warned against harming civilians during combat, violating international law, and damaging medical services.\n\nMeanwhile the NGO Save the Children has warned that the lives of a million children in Gaza \"hang in the balance\".\n\nThe aid agency has called for the urgent medical evacuation of ill and injured children from the enclave, and warns of increased deaths as a direct result of severe medical supply shortages and power blackouts.\n\nIsrael says it is investigating after the compound of a Gazan church was damaged by an air strike against Hamas on Thursday.\n\nA building near to the Saint Porphyrius Church in Gaza City partially collapsed in the attack.\n\nHamas officials said 16 people died, while Israel said it was aware of reports of casualties.\n\nUS congressman Justin Amash said several of his relatives who had been sheltering in the church compound were killed as a result of the Israeli air strike.\n\n\"The Palestinian Christian community has endured so much. Our family is hurting badly,\" he wrote on X.\n\nMourners attend a funeral for Palestinians killed in an Israeli strike that damaged the Greek Orthodox Saint Porphyrius Church\n\nThe Israel Defense Forces said its fighter jets had hit a nearby Hamas command and control centre that was being used to carry out rocket attacks.\n\n\"As a result of the IDF strike, a wall of a church in the area was damaged. We are aware of reports on casualties. The incident is under review,\" it said.\n\n\"The IDF can unequivocally state that the church was not the target of the strike.\"\n\nBased on images released on Friday, it appeared that while the main building of the church suffered some damage, it was the adjacent building within the compound that suffered a collapse.\n\nPhotos seen by BBC Verify show a large amount of debris spilling onto the road.\n\nThe Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem expressed its \"strongest condemnation of the Israeli air strike that has struck its church compound\".\n\nSaint Porphyrius is the oldest church still in use in Gaza, with the current structure dating back to the 12th Century. There are around 1,000 Christians in Gaza, most of whom are Greek Orthodox.\n\nHamas said that up to 500 people were sheltering at the site, although this number cannot be verified.", "The carved pumpkins were pictured earlier this week before they were smashed on two days running\n\nA Czech parish priest has apologised to local children after stomping on Halloween pumpkins near his church.\n\nFather Jaromir Smejkal destroyed the carved pumpkins on two successive days in a park in Kurdejov, a village in the wine-making region of South Moravia.\n\nHe has apologised for the vandalism in an open letter to the mayor and published on the village Facebook page.\n\nHe said he would have acted differently had he known they were carved by children.\n\n\"Leaving the rectory on Sunday evening, I saw numerous symbols of the satanic feast of 'Halloween' placed in front of our sacred grounds,\" he wrote.\n\n\"I acted according to my faith and duty to be a father and protector of the children entrusted to me and removed these symbols,\" said Father Smejkal, parish priest at the Roman Catholic Church of St John the Baptist.\n\nHe added that in his view the modern tradition of Halloween had been conceived in a \"heathen, contemporary world\", as a counterbalance to the Catholic feast of All Souls' Day.\n\nBreclavsky Denik newspaper, which first reported the story, said the local children had carved the pumpkins as part of Halloween festivities organised by the village.\n\nSome children are said to have been in tears when they were told their creations had been destroyed. New pumpkins were left in the park but were found scattered and stomped on the next day, reported the paper.\n\nFather Smejkal said it had not been his intention to harm anyone, especially not children.\n\n\"But try to remember that my duty as a figure of authority and a priest is to protect children and families from hidden evil,\" he went on.\n\nThe Czech Republic is considered to be one of the least religious countries in the world. However, some traditional religious feasts - including All Souls' Day - remain popular, and are marked by both believers and atheists alike.\n\nSome Czechs complain their traditions are being eroded by highly commercialised imports from the West, with Halloween being a prime example.\n\nSign up for our morning newsletter and get BBC News in your inbox.", "Thousands of people have taken part in a pro-Palestinian protest in London for the second consecutive weekend.\n\nThe Met Police estimated up to 100,000 people had joined the march, which ended in a rally near Downing Street.\n\nMore than 1,000 officers were involved in policing the demonstration, and 10 people were arrested.\n\nSmaller demonstrations also took place on Saturday in Birmingham, Belfast, Cardiff and Salford.\n\nAfter Saturday's march in London, the Metropolitan Police said arrests were linked to possession of fireworks, public order and assaulting an emergency service worker.\n\nThe Met said on Sunday it was taking no further action after footage appeared online of a man at a smaller rally close to the main march chanting \"jihad, jihad\". A statement from the force said it \"had not identified any offences arising from the specific clip\".\n\nIt also said no further action would be taken after it reviewed photographs of protesters holding banners referring to \"Muslim armies\".\n\nThe government intends to hold talks with the Met over the decisions after Immigration Minister Robert Jenrick said \"a lot of people\" would find the Met's analysis \"surprising\".\n\n\"That's something that we intend to raise with them and to discuss this incident with them,\" he said.\n\nProtesters on the London march were heard chanting a slogan that some use to call for Palestinian control of all land between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea, including Israel.\n\nA protest also took place in Birmingham on Saturday\n\nHome Secretary Suella Braverman has said the slogan \"from the river to the sea, Palestine will be free\" calls for the destruction of Israel.\n\nShe has previously urged police chief constables to \"consider... whether its use in certain contexts may amount to a racially aggravated\" offence, although the Met has said the chant alone does not constitute a criminal act.\n\nPeople Before Profit assembly member Gerry Carroll said they aimed to \"challenge\" how the BBC had covered the conflict in the Middle East.\n\nA BBC spokesperson said the corporation had provided audiences around the world with coverage and first-hand testimony \"of the atrocities committed by Hamas, and the suffering in Gaza\".\n\n\"We have made clear the devastating human cost to civilians living in Israel and Gaza, and the unprecedented nature of what has happened,\" the spokesperson added.\n\nThe demonstration in Salford was held outside the Media City complex, where the BBC has its offices - with protesters there also criticising the corporation for its reporting of the conflict.\n\nIn Cardiff, around 1,000 protesters waving Palestinian flags and supportive placards took part in a march towards the Welsh Parliament.\n\nThe demonstration was organised by several groups who are calling on the British and Welsh governments to insist on an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and for \"full humanitarian aid\" to be sent in.\n\nMaggie Morgan, from the Palestinian Solidarity Campaign Cardiff, said: \"We are taking to the streets as a show of solidarity to the people of Gaza, to show our support for them, but also to make the government listen, and say 'not in our name, we're not having this.'\"\n\nThe central London march attracted up to 100,000 people, police said\n\nAll crossings between Israel and Gaza have been closed since the Hamas attack on Israel. The Rafah crossing, which is controlled by Egypt, has also been largely closed, but an aid convoy was permitted to enter on Saturday.\n\nHamas - a proscribed terrorist organisation in the UK, US and European Union - launched a deadly attack against Israeli civilians on 7 October.\n\nMore than 1,400 people were killed when gunmen breached security at the Gaza barrier and raided communities in southern Israel, with survivors reporting widespread atrocities including torture and bodies being burnt. More than 200 people were taken to Gaza as hostages.\n\nOfficials in Hamas-controlled Gaza say more than 4,600 people have been killed over the last two weeks after Israel began retaliatory air strikes.\n\nOn Saturday, a spokesperson for the Israeli military said it would \"deepen\" and \"increase\" the strikes, in order to allow Israel to \"minimise the risks to our forces in the next stages of the war\".\n\nThe UN says strikes on Gaza, a densely-populated enclave bounded by the Mediterranean Sea on one side and fenced off from Israel and Egypt, have displaced around 1.4 million people, with more than half a million staying in shelters.\n\nAbout 200,000 Israelis have been displaced, according to the Israeli government.\n\nDemonstrators gathered outside the BBC's headquarters in Belfast on Saturday\n\nPrime Minister Rishi Sunak said there should be increased humanitarian access to Gaza.\n\nWriting in the Sunday Telegraph, Mr Sunak - who this week visited Israel, Saudi Arabia and Egypt - said the UK supported Israel's right to defend itself against a \"murderous enemy\" but the area faced an \"acute humanitarian crisis\".\n\nHe said people in Gaza were suffering and he wanted to see a \"stream of trucks\" passing through the Rafah crossing with Egypt, and the restoration of water supplies to Gaza \"where physically possible\".\n\nEarlier on Saturday, UK Foreign Secretary James Cleverly warned the conflict is threatening to engulf the Middle East.\n\nMr Cleverly has visited Israel, Turkey and Qatar as part of diplomatic efforts around the worsening crisis in Israel and the Occupied Territories.\n\nSpeaking at the Cairo Peace Summit, he said: \"This has been an issue which has long stimulated passions and we are now all seeing on social media and in our communities how divisive and polarising the current situation has become.\n\n\"So we have a duty to work together to prevent instability from engulfing the region and claiming yet more lives.\"", "The influential Moody's credit rating agency has dropped its negative outlook on the UK, saying that \"policy predictability has been restored\" following last year's mini-Budget.\n\nIt follows S&P, which dropped its negative outlook in April.\n\nMoody's also noted the UK's \"more conciliatory\" approach to EU trade.\n\nCredit ratings agencies assess how likely a country is to repay its debts, based on the strength of the economy and the effectiveness of government.\n\nMoody's said that Chancellor Jeremy Hunt's decision to reverse most of his predecessor's tax cuts helped to inform its decision.\n\nIt said increased friction due to Brexit had slowed the UK's bid to reduce inflation, which it sees returning to its 2% target in 2026.\n\nIt said greater co-operation with the EU may reduce Brexit-related uncertainty and boost the UK's economic growth.\n\nThe three main credit ratings agencies cut their assessments of the UK's creditworthiness in the wake of the disastrous mini-Budget last September, which included £45bn of unfunded tax cuts, without forecasts from the government's spending watchdog, the OBR.\n\nLower credit ratings reflect a higher risk, which usually means borrowers will have to pay higher interest rates.\n\nAa3 is the fourth-highest rating on Moody's scale - which means debts are \"very high quality and subject to very low credit risk\". Moody's gave the UK the highest-possible rating of AAA from 1978 to 2013, until it was downgraded while George Osborne was chancellor.\n\nS&P removed its negative outlook on the UK in April, and gives the country an AA rating, the third-highest level on its scale.\n\nThe third rating agency, Fitch, still has a negative outlook on the UK - it will publish its next assessment on 1 December.", "Last updated on .From the section Horse Racing\n\nFrankie Dettori's reaction after celebrating his farewell to British racing with a fairytale double triumph at Ascot.\n\nThe 52-year-old jockey made his last ride in Britain a winning one with an inspired last-to-first victory on King Of Steel in the Champion Stakes.\n\n\"Oh, Frankie Dettori, Oh Frankie Dettori\", rang out from the stand as he saluted spectators.\n\nHe had earlier sealed an epic triumph on Trawlerman in the opening Long Distance Cup on Champions Day.\n• None All the results from British Champions Day\n\nWho writes this guy's scripts? The chapters in his racing story have always felt like a movie plot.\n\nIt's just the most recent one which has proved to be the hardest of all to finish - performing a late U-turn on retirement plans to embark on a spell in the United States from next year.\n\nHe said Champions Day at Ascot would be his last riding in Britain and he began his swansong with a captivating victory aboard Trawlerman, which demonstrated just why that change of plan may have been the correct decision.\n\nAfter 37 years based here, in a career which has yielded more than 3,300 winners, it was one of his most dramatic victories.\n\nHe was passed by old rival Ryan Moore on Kyprios in the Long Distance Cup before galvanising Trawlerman, who had hit 999-1 in running on Betfair, to a stirring triumph.\n\nThere was more to come. Guiding 3-1 favourite King Of Steel, trained by Roger Varian for football adviser Kia Joorabchian's Amo Racing, from an unlikely winning position, to beat Via Sestina in the day's feature race.\n\nWith horse racing the second biggest spectator sport in Britain behind football, there are few sports personalities who have been seen live by so many people over the last four decades, and he had one more chance to milk the applause.\n\nNo-one in racing can make the crowd crackle like Frankie. Whether it's punching the air, jumping through the air, kissing his horse, kissing the camera or blowing kisses to spectators.\n\n\"My head is completely full of emotions. I'm speechless,\" he said, before speaking a little more.\n\n\"The crowd got the horse over the line. I've been riding at Royal Ascot for over 30 years but I've never heard an atmosphere like it. It was off the charts, crazy, like Wembley Stadium.\"\n\nHe nearly had a treble - just beaten into second in the Champions Sprint Stakes on favourite Kinross by 40-1 outsider Art Power, ridden by David Allan for trainer Tim Easterby.\n\nDettori was fifth on Free Wind in the Champion Fillies and Mares Stakes, as 22-1 shot Poptronic won under Sam James for trainer Karl Burke.\n\nAnd he finished 10th with Chaldean in the Queen Elizabeth II Stakes where French challenger Big Rock was an impressive six-length winner.\n\nThe three-time champion jockey's British goodbye came at the course where he claimed his 'Magnificent Seven' in 1996 - all seven winners on the card at odds of 25,000-1.\n\nThe statistics tell only one aspect of his tale - 281 wins at the top Group One level and victories in 24 countries.\n\nCurrent champion jockey William Buick was not born when Dettori rode his first winner, while top apprentice Billy Loughnane's father is younger than the Italian.\n\nAside from the longevity and partnerships with equine greats such as Dubai Millennium, Golden Horn, Stradivarius and Enable, he has shown an outstanding capacity for recovery.\n\nDettori survived a plane crash which killed pilot Patrick Mackey in 2000, recovered from a high-profile split with powerful owner Sheikh Mohammed in 2012 and a six-month ban after testing positive for cocaine.\n\n\"Nobody's had a perfect life. I've had my ups and downs. I've tried to be very resilient, strong, to fight back, and have a smile on my face,\" he told BBC Sport.\n\nJohn Gosden, a mentor who trains Trawlerman with son Thady, said: \"When he's at his peak, there's no greater and he lets the crowd carry him.\n\n\"He operates on that enormous energy. He's a fabulous talent but Alex Ferguson would've found him hard to manage at times.\"\n\nDettori had announced in December 2022 his intention to retire at the end of this year and his farewell tour has not enamoured everyone - critics seeing it as an extended marketing opportunity that has boosted the jockey's coffers.\n\nBut his value to racing as a crossover star who has transcended the sport cannot be overestimated.\n\nHe once presented Top of the Pops, was a team captain on A Question Of Sport and took part in Celebrity Big Brother.\n\nAmong those raising a glass to the rider were racegoers Tirion Yeoman, 40, and Jaanika Hanslip, 38, on their first visit to Champions Day.\n\n\"It's a privilege to be here. Frankie is a racing icon, a personality - full of vigour and determination,\" said Tirion, from Bournemouth.\n\nActual royalty was on hand with racing royalty as Queen Camilla watched a new sculpture of Dettori on horseback being unveiled. He must be good - this is the second statue of him at the Berkshire course.\n\nYou could have forgiven a few tears but Dettori said: \"I'm too happy to cry.\"\n\nThis still may not be the final furlong. Bookmakers make him an odds-on shot to be back at Ascot for the Royal meeting next year.\n\nFor now, he will head for races in the United States, Melbourne and Hong Kong before an extended stint based in the United States from the start of next year.\n\nLittle time to relax then before next stop California. One racing chapter ends, and perhaps the last one begins. Frankie goes to Hollywood.\n• None Could the death penalty ever die out? Join Livvy Haydock as she takes us deep into Death Row in the USA\n• None What happens when you get too close to Madonna's fire? Annie and Nick share their experience of the opening night of The Celebration Tour", "A video shared by the al-Qassam Brigades - Hamas's military wing - showed two the release of two hostages.\n\nUS nationals Judith Raanan and her daughter Natalie had been among about 200 people abducted during Hamas's deadly raid on Israel.\n\nWorkers wearing International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) uniforms were seen accompanying the freed hostages.\n\nNatalie's uncle, Avi Zamir, said the family were \"extremely joyful\" and US President Joe Biden said he was overjoyed at their release - confirming he had spoken with the Raanans on the phone.\n\nRead more about the release here.", "Israel has suggested that the long-term aim of its military campaign in Gaza is to sever all links with the territory.\n\nIsraeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant said that once Hamas had been defeated, Israel would end its \"responsibility for life in the Gaza Strip\".\n\nBefore the conflict, Israel supplied Gaza with most of its energy needs and monitored imports into the territory.\n\nThe statement comes as Israel continues its strikes on Gaza and aid remains blocked on the border with Egypt.\n\nThe bombardments are a response to attacks by Hamas gunmen on Israel on 7 October, in which at least 1,400 people were killed and 203 taken hostage. Israel is now poised to launch a ground offensive.\n\nOn Friday, Mr Gallant told a parliamentary committee that the first stage of the campaign was meant to destroy Hamas's infrastructure, according to a statement from his office.\n\nIsraeli forces, he added, would then launch \"operations at lower intensity\" to eliminate \"pockets of resistance\".\n\nThe third phase, he said, \"will require the removal of Israel's responsibility for life in the Gaza Strip, and the establishment of a new security reality for the citizens of Israel\".\n\nThere has been no let-up in Israeli air strikes across the Gaza Strip\n\nAlthough Israel withdrew from Gaza in 2005, the UN regards the strip - along with the West Bank and East Jerusalem - as occupied land and considers Israel responsible for the basic needs of its population.\n\nIsrael has previously allowed Gazans to cross the border for work. It has also overseen imports into the territory to prevent weapons from reaching Hamas.\n\nFollowing the 7 October attacks it cut electricity supplies, as well as deliveries of food and medicines. The UN calls the situation there \"beyond catastrophic\".\n\nThe US and Egypt have reached a deal allowing some supplies to start bringing relief Gaza's 2.2 million residents.\n\nAn initial convoy of 20 trucks had been expected to enter southern Gaza through the Rafah border crossing on Friday, but they are still stuck on the Egyptian side.\n\nHumanitarian organisations say much more aid is needed.\n\nA humanitarian convoy is still waiting to be allowed through the Rafah crossing\n\nOn Friday UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres visited the crossing with a plea for aid trucks to be allowed into the territory.\n\n\"These trucks are not just trucks - they are a lifeline, they are the difference between life and death to many people in Gaza,\" he said. \"What we need is to make them move.\"\n\nMeanwhile Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas has confirmed that he will join several world leaders at a summit in Cairo on Saturday aimed at achieving a ceasefire.\n\nThe event, hosted by Egyptian President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi, will involve talks on trying to end the Israeli-Palestinian conflict based on a two-state solution.\n\nThose attending will also include Mr Guterres and representatives from the EU, as well as several Arab and European countries.", "The two weeks since Hamas's attack have seen a sharp increase in settler violence in the West Bank\n\nAbed Wadi was getting dressed for the funeral when the message arrived.\n\nIt was an image, forwarded to him by a friend, of a group of masked men posing with axes, a petrol canister, and a chainsaw, with text printed on the image in Hebrew and Arabic.\n\n\"To all the rats in the sewers of Qusra village, we are waiting for you and we will not mourn you,\" the text said.\n\n\"The day of revenge is coming.\"\n\nQusra was Wadi's village, in the northern part of the West Bank near Nablus. The funeral that day was for four Palestinians from the village. Three had been killed the previous day - Wednesday 11 October - after Israeli settlers entered Qusra and attacked a Palestinian family home.\n\nThe fourth was shot dead in clashes with Israeli soldiers that followed.\n\nThe following day, the Qusra villagers were preparing to set out for a hospital half an hour away and return with the bodies of the dead. To do so, they would need to travel across land that is dotted with Israeli settlements, where the risk of violence, high even in ordinary times, has risen dramatically in the two weeks since the Hamas attack that launched a war with Israel.\n\nWadi put his phone down and continued getting dressed. There were four men in refrigerators in the hospital who needed to be brought home. He was not going to be deterred by a threat, he said. He had heard too many.\n\nThere was no way for Wadi to know that, in a few hours' time, hardline Israeli settlers would confront the funeral procession and his own brother and young nephew would be shot dead.\n\n\"If we had delayed one or even two days, what good would it have done?\" Wadi said, sitting in the shaded courtyard of his family home in Qusra.\n\n\"Do you think that the settlers would have left this place on the second day?\"\n\nAbed Wadi on his rooftop in Qusra. \"We wanted hope for our children, but it has gone,\" he said.\n\nAccording to the UN's humanitarian office, the week that followed Hamas's murderous attack was the deadliest for Palestinians in the West Bank since it began reporting fatalities in 2005, with at least 75 Palestinians killed by the Israeli military or settlers, and incidents of settler violence up from an average of three a day to eight.\n\nIn one raid on a Palestinian refugee camp, and a rare air strike in the region, on Thursday 12th, Israeli forces killed at least 12 people, Palestinian officials said, and Israeli police said one officer was killed.\n\nThere was \"a real risk\" of the occupied territory \"spiralling out of control\", the UN said this week.\n\nPalestinian residents of the West Bank say that while the world's attention is drawn to the unfolding disaster in Gaza, Israeli settlers are taking advantage by entering villages and expelling, and even killing, Palestinian civilians.\n\nIn at least three cases, according to video footage or eyewitness testimony from villagers, the settlers have been wearing military uniforms or accompanied by the Israeli military in their attacks.\n\nThe first three men who died in Qusra had gone to defend a family in a house on the outskirts of the village, after settlers approached the house and began throwing rocks at it, several residents told the BBC.\n\nA still from a video shows the masked settlers who fired at Qusra residents\n\nThey say the settlers then opened fire at the Palestinian neighbours who came to assist, killing two teenagers and a young man - Hasan Abu Sorour, 16, Obayda Abu Sorour, 17, and Musab Abu Reda, 25 - and gravely wounding several others. Moath Odeh, aged 21, was killed later in clashes with soldiers.\n\nAmong the wounded were a father and his six-year-old daughter, who lived at the house, who were shot in the face and in the abdomen respectively, according to two people who received the dead and wounded at a nearby medical clinic.\n\nOne of those assisting at the clinic was Amer Odeh, a cousin of two of the victims. It fell to Amer to call Said Odeh, the father of 17-year-old Obayda.\n\n\"I told him, your son is lightly injured,\" Amer said, in an interview alongside Said in Qusra on Tuesday. \"I could not give him this shock over the phone.\"\n\nSaid rushed to the medical centre. \"They told me that my son was injured but there was no way for me to see him at that moment,\" he recalled, his eyes shiny with tears.\n\n\"I told them I wanted to see my son now, and I entered that room and I saw that by the grace of God he had been martyred.\"\n\nSaid Odeh lost his 17-year-old son last week. \"This sadness will remain in all of our people,\" he said.\n\nThe following day was set to be the funeral for the four victims. Abed Wadi put the image of the masked men with axes and chainsaws out of his mind and joined the funeral convoy bringing the bodies back from the hospital to Qusra.\n\nAs the cars and ambulances made their way along the Nablus-Ramallah road, the convoy was ambushed by hardline Israeli settlers. In the clash that followed, according to video footage and eyewitness testimony, settlers pelted the convoy with stones, some members of the funeral convoy threw stones back, and the Israeli settlers and soldiers responded with live fire.\n\nIn the \"chaos and heavy, random gunfire,\" Abed Wadi lost track of his brother, Ibrahim, a 63-year-old local politician with the Fatah Movement, and Ibrahim's son Ahmed, a 24-year-old law student. Video footage of part of the confrontation appears to show Ahmed and others running away from the gunfire, before Ahmed is cut down by bullets on the road.\n\n\"They told me my nephew was shot twice in his stomach and once in his neck, and my brother was shot in his waist, towards his heart,\" Wadi said.\n\n\"There were no weapons in our funeral convoy,\" he said. \"Usually we would fly the Palestinian flag from the cars but we did not even fly our flag, because of the fear.\"\n\nAbdel Wadi stands next to a poster of his relatives Ibrahim and Ahmed Wadi, who were killed last week\n\nResidents in Qusra told the BBC this week that fear had permeated the village. Last weekend was the beginning of olive season in the area, but residents who depend on the harvest for their income said they would not go to the groves on the outskirts of the village for fear of settlers shooting.\n\nThere had already been a significant increase in violence by Israeli settlers this year, even before the Hamas attack, according to UN data, with more than 100 incidents reported each month and about 400 people driven from their land between January and August.\n\nIsraeli human rights organisation B'Tselem told the BBC that since the attack, it had documented \"a concerted and organised effort by settlers to use the fact that the entire international and local attention is focused on Gaza and the north of Israel to try to seize land in the West Bank\".\n\nPartial data compiled by B'Tselem, covering the first six days after the Hamas attack, recorded at least 46 separate incidents in which it said settlers threatened, physically attacked or damaged the property of Palestinians in the West Bank.\n\n\"A lot of shepherding families and communities have fled because they were threatened in the past week by settlers,\" said Roy Yellin, a spokesman for B'Tselem. \"Settlers have been giving residents a deadline to leave and telling them if they don't they will be harmed. And some villages have been totally emptied out.\"\n\nOne of those villages was Wadi al-Siq, near Ramallah, previously home to a Palestinian Bedouin community of about 200. \"For months we have been facing harassment and attacks from settlers day and night, but since the start of the war the attacks increased,\" said Abdul Rahman Kaabna, 48, a farmer from Wadi al-Siq.\n\nOn 9 October, a group of approximately 60 settlers, many dressed in military uniforms, attacked the community, according to three now-exiled residents. \"They attacked us with weapons and terrified everyone,\" Kaabna said. \"Then they gave us one hour to go out with our sheep and threatened us to death if we didn't leave.\"\n\nThe residents walked more than 10km (6.2 miles) to escape, said another resident, Ali Arara, 35. \"The settlers stole everything from our homes,\" he said. \"My daughter was terrified. They beat us and left us with nothing.\"\n\nAccording to B'Tselem and Yesh Din, another Israeli human rights group which monitors West Bank violence, the intimidation and forced displacement reported in Wadi al-Siq has been repeated in communities across the territory since 7 October.\n\nA Palestinian saying - \"We will stay here as long as there are thyme and olives\" - on a wall where Moath Odeh was killed\n\nIn one of the most shocking incidents caught on film in the past week, an Israeli settler entered a Palestinian village called At-Tuwani near Hebron and shot an unarmed Palestinian resident in the stomach at point blank range, while an Israeli soldier appeared to look on.\n\nThe incident began when two armed settlers, accompanied by a soldier, attacked a home on the outskirts of the village, according to three residents including the homeowner.\n\n\"Three Israelis came to my house, they were armed, and one was wearing the uniform of the army,\" said Musab Rabai, 36.\n\n\"One of the settlers came into the house, pushed me and beat me on the head with the gun and told me he was going to shoot me.\"\n\nNeighbours responded to Rabai's shouts for help, he said. Among them was Zakriha Adra, a father of four. Video footage filmed by Adra's cousin, Basel, shows the settler who allegedly beat Rabai and the Israeli soldier standing a short distance away from the group of Palestinian neighbours. The armed settler then suddenly approaches Adra, strikes him with his rifle and shoots him in the stomach from just a few feet away.\n\nThroughout the encounter, Adra appears to be holding his arms by his sides in a non-threatening manner.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Zakriha Adra was wounded by a shot to his stomach at close range. Video courtesy of B'Tselem\n\nAccording to the family, Adra is now in hospital in critical condition. \"He survived but the bullet has done a lot of damage inside his stomach,\" said Basel, his cousin.\n\nMusab Rabai, whose house was attacked, said the shooting had been a culmination of days of threatening behaviour and property destruction by the settlers.\n\n\"Since Saturday they have been standing around the village armed with guns and using a bulldozer to destroy trees,\" he said. \"The men here in the village have been sleeping in shifts, only a few hours each, so there is always someone awake in case the settlers attack.\"\n\nThe BBC asked the Yesha Council, the umbrella organisation for the settlers in the West Bank and elsewhere, to comment for this story but they declined. Moti Yogev, the acting head of the Binyamin Council, which also represents settlers in the region, said that violent settlers \"belonged to the fringes\" of the settler community. \"If they do exist, they should be dealt with like any other criminal,\" he said.\n\nThe Israeli military and Israeli police force did not respond to multiple requests for comment.\n\n\"The most tragic thing is that the violence by these extreme settlers does not produce any response from the Israeli military,\" said Dov Khenin, a former Israeli politician turned peace activist. \"And the violence has its own purpose, to get rid of these small Palestinian communities, to eject them from their homes.\"\n\nAbed Wadi, at home with his cousin Abdel Wadi, centre, and nephew Mahmoud Wadi, whose father was killed last week\n\nThe fear for many Palestinians now is that the situation in the West Bank will only get worse. Israel's National Security Minister, Itar Ben Gvir, announced last week that the government would purchase 10,000 rifles to arm Israeli civilians, including those in West Bank settlements - a move that threatens to further blur the lines between armed settlers and members of the military in the occupied territory.\n\nIn Qusra, Abed Wadi said he had heard the news about the 10,000 rifles. He shook his head. \"It won't change anything for the people of Qusra,\" he said.\n\nWadi was sitting in his courtyard, surrounded by posters bearing the image of his brother, his nephew, and the four other men from the village who were killed last week.\n\n\"We have always seen the rifle in the hands of the settlers, they have been shooting at us for a long time,\" he said.\n\nBut something had changed, he said. It seemed as though the settlers had become more aggressive, more radical. \"Farm houses are being burned, olive trees cut down, cars broken into, land is being stolen,\" Wadi said.\n\n\"And this is just our village. If you were to look to the next village and the next village, you would find anger and pain in every one,\" he said. \"And you would see no end to it.\"\n\nAlla Badarna contributed to this report. Photographs by Joel Gunter.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nSix postal workers have been killed and a further 16 injured after a missile hit a distribution centre in eastern Ukraine late on Saturday night.\n\nUkrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Telegram the Nova Poshta sorting office was struck in Kharkiv.\n\nPictures from the scene posted on President Zelensky's account showed the building with windows blown out.\n\nKharkiv's regional governor Oleh Syniehubov said the victims all worked for the postal company.\n\nPolice said 22 people were inside when the suspected S-300 rocket hit the building just before 22:30 local time (20:30 BST).\n\nInvestigators, together with criminologists and forensic experts, are conducting an examination of the bodies of the dead, police added on social media.\n\nWriting on Telegram himself, Mr Syniehubov said the victims were aged between 19 and 42, with some suffering shrapnel wounds from the blast.\n\nHe said the private delivery company in the western Kharkiv suburb of Korotych was \"strictly a civilian site\".\n\n\"The Russians have inflicted more terror on Kharkiv's peaceful population,\" he added.\n\nKharkiv's regional governor Oleh Syniehubov said the youngest victim was 19 years old\n\nPresident Zelensky said a rescue operation was continuing, with emergency services working at the scene.\n\nRussia has not yet commented on the alleged strike, but has previously denied targeting civilians during its invasion of Ukraine.\n\nMr Syniehubov said seven people were in hospital in a \"moderate condition\" and seven men were in a \"serious condition\".\n\nKharkiv, which is Ukraine's second largest city, is located only 30km (19 miles) from the Russian border.\n\nSpecialists of the explosive management removed the fragments of the S-300 rocket, Kharkiv police said in a Telegram post\n\nThe north-eastern city was heavily bombed during the first weeks of the war in February 2022.\n\nEarlier this month, Kharkiv Mayor Ihor Terekhov said Ukraine's first underground school would be built in the city to allow children to continue in-person education safely.\n\nMeanwhile in the south, Ukraine has been waging a counter-offensive campaign since June.\n\nThe war-torn country aims to sever Russia's land corridor to the Crimean peninsula - which Russia illegally annexed in 2014.\n\nBut the counter-offensive has so far proven slow, bringing only limited territorial gains.", "Last updated on .From the section Cricket\n\nEngland's World Cup defence is hanging by a thread after a horrible 229-run thrashing by South Africa in Mumbai.\n\nThe world champions can still qualify for the semi-finals but will likely have to win all five of their remaining group matches to guarantee doing so.\n\nIn one of their all-time worst defeats, England struggled with illness and injury in sweltering heat and the Proteas crashed 399-7 - the most England have ever conceded in a 50-over game.\n\nHeinrich Klaasen hit a 61-ball hundred and Marco Jansen 75 from 42 balls as England lost all control.\n\nHaving been battered in the field, England's batters were then blown away in what became in an increasingly ugly night.\n\nThey were 68-6 and then 100-8 - only some slogging from Mark Wood and Gus Atkinson preventing an even more humiliating margin of defeat.\n\nStill, it is the largest in their history in terms of runs in one-day international cricket, with Jos Buttler's side 170 all out in 22 overs.\n\nTheir floundering campaign continues against Sri Lanka on Thursday before meetings against India and Australia that could end their chances.\n• None 'England crumble as a golden era threatens to fall apart'\n• None Archer will not replace Topley if bowler ruled out\n\nEngland came into this game needing a statement win to resurrect their campaign.\n\nInstead, it has been left in a sorry mess after one of their all-time lows on this stage.\n\nThey won the toss and rung the changes - Chris Woakes, Sam Curran and Liam Livingstone all dropped and Ben Stokes finally fit - before Reece Topley had Quinton de Kock caught behind with the second ball.\n\nThat was as good as it got.\n\nTopley went off with an injured finger on his bowling hand in the seventh over, Adil Rashid battled admirably through illness for 2-61, only for their problems to deepen when David Willey, one of the three replacements, went down with cramp after 36 overs.\n\nThe result was a team that looked utterly frazzled.\n\nThe last 10 overs went for 143 runs, including 84 from the final five, as Klaasen and Jansen brutally combined for a partnership of 151 in just 77 balls.\n\nThat left England needing to pull off their highest chase in ODIs and the highest by any team at a World Cup - but, faced with a wave of momentum, they did not get close.\n\nUnless they can produce one of the most unlikely turnarounds, their reign as world champions will be over before the tournament really hots up.\n\nEngland's slide started as early as the third over when Jonny Bairstow, having flicked one leg-side six, was caught at fine leg after sending the ball high into the night sky off Lungi Ngidi.\n\nWhen Joe Root flicked Jansen into the hands of leg slip and Dawid Malan was caught down the leg side on review to start the left-armer's next over the writing was already on the wall.\n\nStokes was playing his first match of the tournament after hip injury. Even he could not pull England out of this mess.\n\nHe drove straight back to Kagiso Rabada and was caught and bowled for five before 23-year-old seamer Gerald Coetzee nicked off Buttler for 15 and pinned Harry Brook lbw for 17 in the space of three balls.\n\nWood and Atkinson had some fun in their partnership of 70 in 32 balls.\n\nWood was dropped on 10 and hit five sixes in his 43, while Atkinson struck seven fours in a 21-ball 35.\n\nBut defeat was confirmed when Atkinson was bowled by left-arm spinner Keshav Maharaj, with Topley not able to bat because of his injury.\n\nAfterwards, England coach Matthew Mott said early indications are Topley has suffered a broken finger and added travelling reserve Jofra Archer will not be considered for selection, with any potential replacement for Topley to be flown in.\n\nSouth Africa actually made a careful start after the loss of De Kock by reaching 18-1 off six overs. Reeza Hendricks, who was called in on the morning of the game to replace ill captain Temba Bavuma, took 13 balls to get off the mark.\n\nBut the injury to Topley, suffered fielding a drive off his own bowling, proved to be the catalyst, as measured aggression became all-out attack. His next two deliveries were hit for four before Root had to complete the left-armer's over.\n\nHendricks struck 85 from 75 balls before being bowled by Rashid as the Proteas reached 200-3 in the 31st over.\n\nTopley eventually returned after lengthy treatment and when he had Aiden Markram caught at deep mid-wicket and David Miller taken at mid-on there was a chance for England to limit the damage.\n\nKlaasen, though, took 21 balls to go from 50 to 100 by crashing anything short and driving high down the ground while also struggling with the heat and humidity.\n\nWilley, by now battling the effects of cramp, bowled a waist-high full toss that was thrashed for six while Topley conceded 26 from the 49th and Wood's seven wicketless overs went for 76.\n\nPlayer of the match, South Africa batter Heinrich Klaasen: \"That hundred is up there with my best ever. The conditions were brutal.\n\n\"The defeat to the Netherlands was a tough loss but one defeat does not make a bad team. This was a fantastic performance.\"\n\nEngland captain Jos Buttler: \"Incredibly disappointing. We came here with high hopes, we wanted to play our best cricket but we were well short of that and really well beaten in the end. Potentially we should've batted first in this heat.\n\n\"It leaves us with no room for error. We probably have to win every other game we play from here on.\"\n\nSouth Africa stand-in captain Aiden Markram: \"A fantastic all-round performance from us. A great way to bounce back from the defeat to the Netherlands. You couldn't have asked for bigger efforts and the skills on top of those efforts, too.\"\n\nEngland coach Matthew Mott, speaking to BBC Sport: \"It is a real low point for us. It felt like a bad dream.\n\n\"It's really clear for us now. We just need to win every game we're in.\n\n\"We've got a lot of work to do, we know that. We're not happy with where we are at but we're going to have to turn it around.\"", "Amiram Cooper, Guy Gilboa-Dalal and Tsachi Idan are being held in Gaza\n\nIsrael says 132 people remain unaccounted for after they were abducted and taken to Gaza during the October 7 attacks by Hamas.\n\nAn estimated 240 people were taken prisoner, but 105 were later released by Hamas during a six-day ceasefire at the end of November.\n\nThe Israeli military said it mistakenly killed three hostages in northern Gaza who had escaped from their captors and expressed \"deep remorse\" over the incident.\n\nOf the 132 still unaccounted for, Israel says that 20 of them are believed to be dead.\n\nThese are the stories of those hostages who are still being held, which have either been confirmed by the BBC or credibly reported.\n\nThis list is regularly updated and names may change, as some people feared kidnapped are confirmed to have been killed or released.\n\nLast updated on 19 December 2023 at 10:33 GMT\n\nYagev Kirsht, 34, was taken from his home in Kibbutz Nirim, alongside his wife, Rimon Buchstab Kirsht. She has now been released.\n\nAlexander Trupanov, was taken hostage with his mother Lena Trupanov, 50, his partner Sapir Cohen, 29, and his grandmother Irina Tati, 73. All were abducted from Kibbutz Nir Oz as they spent the Sabbath together, according to a statement by Canada's Raoul Wallenburg Center for Human Rights. Irina and Lena were released on Wednesday 29 November and Sapir was freed the next day.\n\nAriel Cunio, his girlfriend Arbel Yahud and her brother Dolev are also thought to have been abducted in the same attack on Nir Oz. Eitan Cunio, Ariel's brother who escaped Hamas, told the Jewish Chronicle that his last message from Ariel said: \"We are in a horror movie.\"\n\nDavid Cunio, 33, another of Ariel's brothers, was also kidnapped from Nir Oz, family say. David's wife Sharon Aloni Cunio and their three-year-old twin daughters Ema and Yuly were released on 27 November. Sharon's sister Daniele Aloni, and her six-year-old daughter Emilia were both released on 24 November.\n\nDoron Steinbrecher, 30, a veterinary nurse, was in her apartment in Kibbutz Kfar Aza when Hamas attacked, the Times of Israel reported. At 10:30 on 7 October, the newspaper said, she sent a voice message to friends: \"They've arrived, they have me.\"\n\nItzhak Gelerenter, 53, was taken from the Supernova festival. His family said the IDF found his phone was located in Gaza, the Times of Israel reported. His daughter Pivko told the paper: \"I'm trying to think good thoughts, I have a powerful, smart, resourceful father.\"\n\nDoron Steinbrecher sent a voice message to friends during Hamas' attack\n\nNaama Levy, 19, was filmed being bundled into a jeep, her hands tied behind her back. The footage was released by Hamas and circulated widely on social media. According to her mother, the teenager had just begun her military service.\n\nYousef Zyadna, a 53-year-old Bedouin dairy farmer, was abducted from Kibbutz Holit and taken to Gaza along with his sons Hamza, 22, and Bilal, 18, and his daughter, Aisha, 16. Aisha and Bilal were released on Thursday 30 November.\n\nElad Katzir, 47, was abducted from Nir Oz with his mother Hanna. Hanna has now been released.\n\nOhad Ben Ami, 55, was kidnapped from Be'eri with his wife, Raz. She was released by Hamas on 29 November.\n\nTwin brothers Gali and Ziv Berman, 26, were taken from Kfar Aza. Ziv was messaging a friend as the attack happened. Their family said the IDF has told them the brothers are being held in Gaza. Their brother Liran told CBN news the pair had \"twin power\" and were the centre of attention wherever they went.\n\nIraq-born Shlomo Mansour, 85, was taken captive from Kibbutz Kissufim, where he lived and worked as a chicken coop manager. His wife, Mazal, managed to escape.\n\nMichel Nisenbaum, 59, is a dual Brazilian-Israeli citizen who has lived in Israel for 45 years and works as a computer technician, his family told Brazilian media. They also say he is diabetic and has Crohn's disease. On 7 October, they say, someone claiming to be from Hamas answered his phone when they tried to call him.\n\nDaniela Gilboa, 19, sent messages saying that Kibbutz Nahal Oz, where she was staying, was under attack and asked her mother to pray for her. Her boyfriend, Roy Dadon, told the Economist 1843 magazine that he believes he saw a glimpse of her in a video showing three girls being driven away in the back of an SUV.\n\nItay Chen, 19, a dual US-Israeli citizen and IDF solider, was on active duty with a tank unit on 7 October, according to the Times of Israel. The paper reported that his family was notified by the IDF that he is officially considered missing in action and probably being held hostage. Another soldier in his unit, Matan Angrest, 21, is also presumed to be in Gaza.\n\nYosi Sharabi, 51, was taken from Be'eri with his brother, Eli Sharabi, 55. Eli's wife and two daughters were murdered in the attack. Ofir Engel, the boyfriend of Yosi's daughter, Yuval, was also taken, but released on 29 November.\n\nAgam Berger, 19, was kidnapped from Nahal Oz. She was seen being taken away in videos released by Hamas.\n\nEdan Alexander, 19, is an Israeli-US citizen who volunteered to join the Israeli army. He was serving near the Gaza border at the time of Hamas's attack. Edan's family said they had been told by Israeli officials that he had been taken to Gaza as a hostage.\n\nKaid Farhan Elkadi, 53, lives with his family south of Rahat and worked as a security guard, according to Israeli media. Reports said his family believes he was kidnapped and taken to Gaza, based on images shared by Hamas.\n\nIlana Gritzewsky and Matan Zanguaker were captured near the Gaza border, family say\n\nMatan Zanguaker, 24, was taken with his partner Ilana Gritzewsky, 30, from Nir Oz, according to Ilana's father. Ilana, a Mexican national, was released on Thursday 30 November.\n\nThe family of Eitan and Yair Horn believe they were taken from Nir Oz kibbutz\n\nEitan Horn, 37, and his brother Yair, 45, both Argentinian citizens, were also in Nir Oz at the time of the attack. Their father Itzik said he believes they were kidnapped. Yair is a construction worker while Eitan works in education.\n\nItai Svirsky, 38, is thought to have been abducted when his elderly parents were killed in Be'eri. He had been visiting them for the holiday of Simhat Torah.\n\nKeith Seigel, 64, and his wife Adrienne - often known as Aviva - Seigel, 62, were taken from their home in Kfar Aza, Keith's brother Lee Seigel told the BBC. Adrienne was released on 26 November.\n\nOmri Miran, 46, lived in Nahal Oz with his wife and two daughters. Omri was led away by Hamas with his hands tied, his wife Lishay told the Guardian newspaper. She told him not to be a hero, urging: \"Do whatever they want because I want you back.\"\n\nBipin Joshi, 23, a Nepalese student, is believed to have been taken from Kibbutz Alumim. Nepalese newspaper Setopati says he was one of 49 university students studying agriculture in Israel. It says 10 students were killed in the attack.\n\nIlan Weiss, 58, went missing from Kibbutz Be'eri after he was last seen leaving the house to defend the community. On 25 November, his wife Shiri Weiss, 53, and their daughter, Noga, 18, were freed from captivity in a hostage deal.\n\nAmiram Cooper, 85, and his wife Nurit, 80, were taken from their home in Nir Oz, their daughter-in-law Noa told the BBC. The family last spoke to the couple during the Hamas attack, Noa said, when the couple were in their safe room. The family later traced Amiram's phone to Gaza. On Monday 23 October, Nurit was one of two women to be released.\n\nAmiram and Nurit Cooper, pictured with their granddaughter, Gali\n\nOded Lifshitz, 83, and his wife Yocheved, 85 were taken hostage from Nir Oz. On Monday 23 October, Yocheved was one of two elderly women to be freed. After hearing the news of her mother's release, their daughter Sharone - a London-based artist - said: \"While I cannot put into words the relief that she is now safe, I will remain focused on securing the release of my father and all those - some 200 innocent people - who remain hostages in Gaza.\"\n\nHaim Peri, 79, was taken from his home in Nir Oz, reports the Times of Israel, and freed hostage Yocheved Lifshitz said she saw that he was alive and well. His son Lior Peri told Talk TV that Haim had locked his wife inside the safe room before giving himself up to kidnappers.\n\nAvraham Munder, 78, was kidnapped from Nir Oz, Israeli officials say. His wife Ruthi, daughter and grandson have since been released.\n\nOmer Neutra, a 22-year-old Israeli-American and grandson of Holocaust survivors, put off plans to go to college in the US to study in Israel, and eventually joined the IDF. He was serving as a tank commander near Gaza when Hamas attacked. Omer's parents say they were told by the Israeli embassy that he had been kidnapped.\n\nRon Benjamin's vehicle was found empty following the attacks\n\nRon Benjamin, 53, had been taking part in a group cycle ride near the Gaza border when the Hamas attack began and he decided to drive home, his family told Israeli media. Days later, his vehicle was found empty and his family believe he was kidnapped.\n\nLouis Har, 70, is believed to have been taken from Nir Yitzhak. His partner Clara Marman was released on 28 November along with her sister Gabriela Leimberg, 59, and Gabriela's daughter Mia Leimberg,17. Clara and Gabriela's brother Fernando Simon Marman, 60, also remains in captivity.\n\nJudith Weinstein Haggai, 70, and her husband, Gad Haggai, 73, also went missing from Nir Oz after the Hamas attack. Ten days later, the Israeli military confirmed to the family they had been taken hostage, CTV News in Canada reported.\n\nAlex Danzig, 75, a scholar and historian of the Holocaust, was at his home in Nir Oz, when it was attacked by Hamas. \"We know for sure he was kidnapped,\" his son Mati told the BBC. Alex - whose older sister Edith is a Holocaust survivor - has spent the last 30 years working for Yad Vashem, Israel's Holocaust remembrance centre. His disappearance has triggered a campaign for his release, both in Israel and in Poland, the country of his birth.\n\nAlex Danzig has spent decades educating people about the Holocaust\n\nItzhk Elgarat, 68, was kidnapped at the same time as Alex Danzig, his brother Danny Elgert told Israel's Kan 11 TV station, adding that he had tracked his brother's phone to the border with Gaza.\n\nGadi Moses, 79, was also abducted during the same attack on Nir Oz, according to relatives and the Israeli aid agency where he worked as an agricultural expert. Efrat Katz, his partner, was initially thought to have been captured as well, but she was later found dead, the Times of Israel reported. Efrat was the mother of Doron Asher, who was taken hostage and later released with her two daughters. Ravid Katz, 51, Doron Asher's brother, was originally thought to have been taken hostage from Nir Oz, but on 28 November his family confirmed that he had been killed on 7 October.\n\nYair Yaakov, 59, is listed among the hostages. His partner Meirav Tal, 53, was released on 28 November. Yair's children Yagil, 13, and Or, 16, were released on 27 November.\n\nYair Yaakov was pictured being held captive by a gunman in a video shared online\n\nNimrod Cohen, 19, had studied software engineering in high school, according to reports. After he was kidnapped, his father was invited to meet Pope Francis in Rome along with other hostages' families.\n\nTsachi Idan, 51, was last seen by his wife, Gali, as he was taken away by Hamas gunmen. Their family had been ambushed in their safe room in Nahal Oz. Their ordeal was live-streamed by Hamas. Their eldest child, Maayan - who had just turned 18 - was shot dead, Gali told the BBC.\n\nTsachi Idan was ambushed with his wife and children and then led away\n\nYarden Bibas, 34, was abducted from Nir Oz. His wife, Shiri, and their two young children, Ariel and Kfir, were also taken hostage, but on 29 November, Hamas claimed they had been killed in an Israeli air strike while in captivity. The Israeli government has said it is checking the claim.\n\nRonen Engel, 54, was taken from Kibbutz Nir Oz along with his wife, Karina Engelbert, 51, and their two daughters, Mika, 18 and Yuval, 11. On 1 December, the organisation representing the families said he had been murdered. Karina, Mika and Yuval were released on 27 November.\n\nKarina Ariev, a 19-year-old soldier, was serving at an army base near Gaza when she was kidnapped. Her sister Alexandra told the BBC she heard shooting as Karina called her during the attack, and later saw a video showing Karina being taken away in a vehicle.\n\nKarina Ariev was at the Nahal Oz military base, which was among the first to be attacked\n\nOfer Kalderon, 53, was taken by Hamas from Nir Oz. On 27 November his two children, Erez, 12, and Sahar, 16, were released. Two other relatives, 80-year-old Carmela Dan and her granddaughter, Noya, 12, were also believed to have been taken, but Israeli authorities later announced they had been found dead.\n\nYoram Metzger, 80, was a resident of Nir Oz. He has diabetes and broke his hip six months ago, his daughter-in-law said. Yoram's wife Tamar was released on 28 November.\n\nNadav Popplewell, 51, and his mother Channah were taken hostage by Hamas, said Channah's daughter Ayelet Svatitzky, who was speaking to them on the phone when the gunmen burst in. She said the captors sent pictures of her two relatives, who both have diabetes, with armed men in the background. Channah has now been released.\n\nOmri Miran, 46, was abducted after his family opened the door to their secure shelter to an Israeli child, who said he would be killed otherwise. Omri's wife, Lishay Lavi, said she saw him being taken away in handcuffs with three other hostages from Nahal Oz.\n\nLiri Elbag, 18, had just started military training as an Army lookout near the Gaza border when Hamas attacked, her father Eli told the Associated Press. Eli said he saw her in a video circulated later by Hamas, crowded with others on the back of a military truck which had been seized by the gunmen.\n\nLior Rudaeff, 61, was taken from Nir Yitzhak during the attack. His family have heard nothing from him since then.\n\nA number of people are believed to have been abducted from the Supernova music festival in southern Israel. Among them:\n\nShlomi Ziv, 40, was part of the security detail at the festival and was initially in contact with his sisters as the attack unfolded, according to an interview with The Times of Israel. A few weeks later the family learned he was officially considered to be a hostage, the report says.\n\nAlexander Lobanov, 32, is a Russian-Israeli citizen who was kidnapped at the festival.\n\nOri Danino, 25, is reported to have got away from the festival in his car, but it's believed he was captured after turning back in an attempt to save some people he had met there.\n\nAlmog Sarusi, 26, was kidnapped from the music festival and his partner Shahar Gindi was killed, according to Israeli media. Almog's father, Yigal, was among the relatives of hostages who met with Israel's prime minister in October.\n\nOmer Shem Tov, 21, called his parents as he was running away from gunfire and managed to get into a friend's car. His parents, Shelly and Malki Shem Tov, told Israeli media they lost contact with their son and the live location on his phone showed he was beyond the border in Gaza.\n\nIdan Shtivi, 28, an environmental sciences student, was attending the festival to take pictures at music and yoga workshops being held by friends. He escaped the site in his car but was attacked by Hamas along the route. The bodies of two of his passengers were found, and his family told the Jerusalem Post they suspect he was kidnapped.\n\nYosef Ohana, 24, had been at the festival with a friend, who told his mother he and Yosef had remained to help people escape the gunfire before running themselves. Yosef was last seen hiding under a car, and Israeli authorities have visited his mother to say he was kidnapped.\n\nAndrei Kozlov, 27, a Russian who moved to Israel in 2022, is missing from the Supernova festival, where he was working as a security guard. His mother told the De Taly publication the family was told by the IDF on October 26 that he was being held hostage.\n\nElyakim Libman, 23, was working as a security guard at the festival. In a Facebook post his father Eliyahu Libman said another guard told him his son had helped rescue others before trying to escape. He was last seen trying to help two badly-injured women.\n\nNoa Argamani, a Chinese-born Israeli citizen, was also kidnapped from the festival. Video footage - verified by her father Yaakov Argamani to Israel's Channel 12 - shows the 25-year-old being taken away on the back of a motorbike screaming, \"Don't kill me!\" Her boyfriend Avinatan Or, 30, also appears in the video being marched away from her by Hamas, the Times of Israel reported.\n\nEden Yerushalmi's family say they were told she had been taken hostage\n\nEden Yerushalmi, 24, called her family during Hamas's attack on the festival, her sister May told CBS News. The family say they were subsequently informed by the IDF that Eden had been abducted.\n\nChanan Yablonka, 42, is a father-of-two from Tel Aviv. According to reports, he attended the festival with friends and was due to celebrate his birthday a few days after the attacks.\n\nJonathan Samerano, 21, has been missing since 7am on the morning of the festival. His family have been told to presume he is being held in Gaza, Israeli media reported.\n\nGuy Gilboa-Dalal was filmed in captivity in Gaza, his family say\n\nGuy Gilboa-Dalal, 22, attended the festival with his brother. Guy appears in a hostage video that his family say confirms he is in Gaza.\n\nUriel Baruch, 35, was injured during the attack on the festival, his wife said on Facebook. Reports in Israeli media say his mother, Naomi, has heard from the IDF that he is a hostage.\n\nMaxim Kharkin's mother described speaking to him on the morning of 7 October\n\nMaxim Kharkin is aged 35 and a Russian speaker, his mother told Russian media. She added that he had called her at 07:00 on the morning of the attack.\n\nElkana Bohbot was seen in a video posted by Hamas\n\nElkana Bohbot, 34, had gone to the party with friends and, before losing contact, he spoke to his wife and mother telling them he was helping to evacuate the wounded, the Times of Israel reported. Hours later, his family found a video of him posted online by Hamas, which has been seen by BBC Verify.\n\nRom Braslavski, 19, was working on security for the festival. According to an account published by Hostages and Missing Families Forum, he was trying to rescue an injured person in the attack when he was caught in a volley of fire. He has not been heard from since.\n\nOmer Wenkert, 22, a restaurant manager, sent a message to his family to say he was going to a safe shelter but then lost contact, his father Shai Wenkert told the BBC's Today Programme. Shai Wenkert said he had seen footage of his son in captivity, including a photo of him handcuffed and wearing only underwear.\n\nEvyatar David's family say they were sent a video of him in captivity\n\nEvyatar David, 23, was at the festival and on the morning of the attacks, described fleeing from gunfire before losing contact with the outside world, his brother says. Later, his family say, Evyatar's sister posted on Instagram appealing for information about his whereabouts. She then received a text from an unknown number, which contained video footage of Evyatar handcuffed on the floor of a dark room. According to Israel's foreign ministry he is being held captive by Hamas in Gaza.\n\nEitan Mor, 23, lives in Jerusalem, and was working as a security guard at the festival, the Times of Israel said. He reportedly texted his uncle after Hamas arrived and was last seen with a friend bringing others to safety.\n\nAlon Ohel, 22, a Serbian citizen, took refuge in a shelter after the festival came under attack, his family say. They have seen footage of him being dragged away after a grenade attack.\n\nAlmog Meir Jan, 21, tried to flee the festival. He and a friend made it to the friend's car but only managed to drive a short distance before being forced to stop. Almog's family say they have seen a hostage video in which he appears.\n\nInbar Heiman, a student aged 21, was seen by two young Israeli men being taken away from the festival on a motorcycle. Hamas have released a video in which she is seen very briefly.\n\nHersh Goldberg-Polin, 23, a dual US-Israeli citizen, was badly injured in the attack, his family told the BBC. Eyewitness accounts say he was seen being forced onto a white pick-up truck - the last-known signal from his phone came from just inside Gaza.\n\nSegev Kalfon, 26, was running away from the festival, across the highway, when he was captured by Hamas, according to the Hostages and Missing Families Forum.\n\nOrión Hernández Radoux, 30, from Mexico, attended the festival with his girlfriend, Shani Louk. He has not been seen since. The Sun newspaper says it has seen threatening messages written in Arabic sent from his phone. Shani, a tourist from Germany, was initially thought to be among those seized. But on 30 October, her mother Ricarda told German media that the family had been informed by Israeli military of her death following DNA identification.\n\nRomi Lesham Gonen, 23, was on the phone to her mother as she tried to escape from the Supernova festival. Merav Leshem Gonan has recounted a conversation in which her daughter begged for help after being shot. ABC News reports that Romi's phone is now in Gaza.\n\nBar Kuperstein, 21, last spoke to his family early on the morning of 7 October, as the attack unfolded. Later the same day, his family say they identified him in a video of Israeli prisoners, posted by Hamas. Since then, they say they have had no further information.\n\nEliya Cohen, 26, was hiding with his girlfriend Ziv from the attack, when Ziv felt him being pulled up and driven away by the gunmen, Eliya's mother has told the video initiative #BringThemHomeNow. The family then found a photo of Eliya in Gaza, the Times of Israel reported.\n\nAmit Buskila, 28, from Ashdod, was last heard of making a call to her uncle, Shimon, as Hamas overran the festival. Her family say they have now been told by the government that she is being held in Gaza.\n\nCarmel Gat, 39, is Jordan's sister-in-law, and also was seen by her father being taken by gunmen from Kibbutz Be'eri, Haaretz newspaper reported. She has not been heard from since.\n\nOhad Yahalomi, 49, was abducted from Nir Oz, along with his 12-year-old son, Eitan, who was released during the November ceasefire.\n\nDror Or, 48, was seen by a neighbour being dragged out of his home in Be'eri, according to their nephew Emmanuel Besorai, along with his son and daughter. On Saturday 25 November Dror's son Noam, 17, and daughter Alma, 13, were released from captivity. The body of Yonat, 50 - Dror's wife and the children's mother - was identified among the 120 people murdered at the kibbutz, Yonat's brother told the Guardian newspaper.\n\nTal Shoham, 38, was taken from Kibbutz Be'eri. His wife Adi, also 38, her mother Dr Shoshan Haran, 67, were released by Hamas on 25 November, along with the couple's children Nave, eight, and Yahel, three. Dr Haran's husband, Avshalom - an economist and dual German/Israeli citizen - was killed on 7 October.\n\nTamir Adar, 38, who defended Nir Oz as part of the kibbutz's emergency squad, was taken to Gaza, the Times of Israel reported.\n\nSagui Dekel-Chen, 35, an American-Israeli citizen, has been missing since Hamas's attack on Nir Oz, his father Jonathan told the BBC. He said his son was not found among the dead and the \"only reasonable explanation\" is that he was taken to Gaza.\n\nSagui Dekel-Chen's father has not heard from him since Hamas attacked the kibbutz where he lived\n\nThailand's ambassador to Israel says 26 of its citizens were taken hostage, 23 of whom have now been released.\n\nThose still being held are believed to include Watchara Sriuan, 32. His mother, Viewwaew, told the Thaiger news site that the family had been informed he was being held captive.\n\nKiattisak \"Top\" Patee and a Mr Pongtorn (no first name given) have also been named by the Thai foreign ministry as hostages.\n\nA number of other people thought to have been held hostage are now confirmed to have died, either during the 7 October attack or while in captivity.\n\nAs well as Ron Scherman and Nik Beizer, four bodies were identified this week. They were Tal Chaimi, an Israeli-Romanian citizen aged 41, and Joshua Mollel, a 19-year-old Tanzanian student. Also, 27-year-old Eden Zecharya, who was kidnapped from the Nova music festival, and 36-year-old Ziv Dado, who had already been declared dead by the Israeli military.\n\nOthers known to have died include Dror Kaplun, 68, Aviv Atzili, 49, Arye Zalmanovich, 85, Ronen Engel, 54, Maya Goren, 56, Guy Iluz, 26, Ofir Tzarfati, 27, Ofra Keider, 70, and Eliyahu Margalit, 75.\n\nThe bodies of 19-year-old soldier, Noa Marciano, and 65-year-old Yehudit Weiss were found by Israeli troops in buildings close to Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City.\n\nOn Saturday 9 December Kibbutz Bari announced that Sahar Baruch, 25, had been killed in Gaza.\n\nOther hostages whose death has been reported, but not confirmed include Shiri Bibas, 32, and her two young children, Ariel and Kfir.\n\nAre you personally affected by the issues raised in this story? If it is safe to do so, please get in touch by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nHamas has released two US hostages who were abducted during the Palestinian group's deadly raid on Israel this month.\n\nIsrael confirmed they had received mother and daughter Judith and Natalie Raanan from Hamas at the Gaza boundary.\n\nThe pair were freed for \"humanitarian reasons\", Hamas said.\n\nUS President Joe Biden said he was overjoyed at their release and confirmed he had spoken with the Raanans on the phone.\n\nThey were the first captives released since the gunmen raided Israel on 7 October, killing 1,400 people and taking around 200 hostages.\n\nPalestinian officials say more than 4,000 people have been killed in Gaza, which has been under Israeli bombardment.\n\nPresident Biden released a photo of Judith and Natalie Raanan speaking with him on the phone after their release\n\nBrig Gen Gal Hirsch, together with members of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), received the two hostages from Hamas at the boundary of the Palestinian enclave on Friday evening, said the Israeli prime minister's office.\n\nThe Raanans were taken to a military base in the centre of the country, where family members were waiting, said the PM's office.\n\nThe mother and daughter were staying at Kibbutz Nahal Oz in southern Israel when they were abducted during the Hamas incursion.\n\nThe 59-year-old Illinois mother and her 17-year-old daughter, who recently graduated from high school, are both residents of Evanston, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago.\n\nNatalie's half-brother, Ben Raanan, told the BBC he felt an \"overwhelming sense of gratitude to the large community of people around the world who have put my sister at the forefront of their thoughts, of their prayers, of all religions and all beliefs\".\n\nNatalie's uncle, Avi Zamir, said the family were \"extremely joyful\".\n\nEvanston Rabbi Meir Hecht told the BBC the Jewish community in the suburb was \"elated\", adding that his phone had been constantly ringing since they were freed.\n\n\"We have so much gratitude to the almighty God for this miracle,\" said Rabbi Hecht, adding: \"We still have deep pain for all those hostages that are still there.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Rabbi of released hostages says congregation is grateful\n\nAt a Friday night vigil in Evanston for the hostages held by Hamas, a close friend of Judith, Yehudis Hecht, said their lives had been \"turned into a nightmare\" when they heard the two had been taken.\n\n\"We are praying that they have quick healing from all that they have endured and we are praying for all Israel and a safe return of all hostages,\" she said.\n\nThe Raanans were taken hostage while celebrating Natalie's graduation and the 85th birthday of her grandmother, Tamar Ranaan, who survived the Hamas attack.\n\nTamar Ranaan and her partner, Yehiel, survived by hiding in the safe room of their home.\n\nMr Biden thanked the Qatari government for its mediation efforts in the release of the two women on Friday.\n\nUS officials have been \"working around-the-clock to free American citizens who were taken hostage by Hamas\", he said.\n\nA Hamas spokesman, Abu Ubaida, said the mother and daughter had been released \"for humanitarian reasons, and to prove to the American people and the world that the claims made by Biden and his fascist administration are false and baseless\".\n\nCNN reported that the mother had been suffering poor health and was receiving treatment from the Red Cross.\n\nJudith Raanan was born in Israel, worked in the US as an aesthetician and life coach, and often used her Hebrew name, Yehudit, reported the Chicago Tribune.\n\nIllinois Governor JB Pritzker released a statement saying: \"I cannot wait to welcome them back home after demonstrating immense strength and bravery in the face of unthinkable terror.\"\n\nAs of Friday, at least 32 American citizens had been confirmed dead this month in the Israel-Hamas conflict, while 10 remained unaccounted for, according to the US state department.\n\nThe US and UK have each said they are working with Qatari officials to help secure the release of their own citizens.\n\nQatar's Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement: \"We will continue our dialogue with both the Israelis and Hamas, and we hope these efforts will lead to the release of all civilian hostages from every nationality.\"\n\nOther countries with nationals being held in Gaza include Argentina, Germany, France, Thailand and Portugal.\n\nThe Ranaans were part of an extended family caught up in the attack.\n\nAnother eight family members are missing from Kibbutz Be'eri. Three were killed, including a carer.\n\nBBC News has verified the identities of the other relatives who are feared kidnapped in Gaza.\n\nDr Shoshan Haran, 67, her daughter Adi Shoham, 38, Adi's partner, Tal Shoham, 38, and their children, Naveh, 8, and Yahel, 3, are believed to have been snatched from their home.\n\nAccording to Fair Planet, the non-profit that Dr Haran founded, a phone that belonged to her husband, Avshalom, was tracked to Gaza and they believe the whole family was taken.\n\nAvshalom Haran - an economist and dual German-Israel citizen - is now dead, the BBC has confirmed. He was 66.\n\nSharon Avigdori, 52, her daughter, Noam, 12, and Lilach Kipnis, 60, are also believed to have been abducted.\n\nLilach's husband, Eviatar Kipnis, who was 66 and had Italian citizenship, was killed, the family said.\n\nPaul Vincent Castelvi, who was Eviatar Kipnis's carer, was also killed.", "Lydford Gorge in Devon: One of the few temperate rainforests in the UK\n\nConservationists are racing to protect rare flora and fauna clinging to survival in the UK's last temperate rainforests.\n\nThese lush, humid woodlands, mostly along the UK's western coasts, are home to weird and wonderful lichens not found anywhere else on Earth.\n\nThe historic decline of rainforests has put some globally important plants and fungi at risk of extinction.\n\nOne rare lichen is only thought to exist in a single wood in Somerset.\n\nThreats to the habitats include deforestation, climate change, air pollution and ash dieback.\n\nThis rare lichen is confined to rainforest in Britain and Ireland\n\nTemperate rainforests are woodlands found in the middle latitudes of the Earth that receive heavy rainfall.\n\nThese wet, mild, humid places create a special place for rare plants and fungi.\n\nPockets of temperate rainforest are found to the west of Scotland and north Wales, as well as in the Lake District and south-west England.\n\nThe ancient woodlands have shrunk to a fraction of their former size after years of deforestation and over-grazing.\n\nCoral lichen living on the bark of trees\n\nConservation charities, The National Trust and Plantlife, are working to protect these hotspots of biodiversity.\n\nAccording to Dartmoor ranger, Demelza Hyde, this \"miniature world of mosses and lichens\" is the \"lifeblood of temperate rainforests\".\n\nTemperate rainforests are made up of oak, birch, ash, pine and hazel woodland\n\nMany rare species at Lydford Gorge have been identified only in the past few years, she said. Work is underway to save lichen growing on dying trees by transplanting them to other parts of the forest and by planting new trees.\n\n\"Because of ash dieback and the changes in climate - the crisis that we're facing - we have a very finite amount of time to do something about it,\" she told BBC News. Ash dieback is a fungus that spread from Asia and has devastated European ash trees in recent decades.\n\nLichens are a particularly unusual class of organisms found in temperate rainforests.\n\nThe plant-like living things are made up of fungi growing in association with other life forms, such as algae. There are more than 2,000 species in Britain and Ireland alone, many of which are found in temperate rainforests,\n\nThe horsehair lichen Bryoria smithii is known at only two rainforest sites in Britain and Arthonia thoriana, a rare comma lichen, is not known anywhere else in the world other than at Horner Wood in Somerset.\n\nWistman's Wood in Devon is known for its fragile mosses and lichens\n\nApril Windle, a naturalist from Devon who specialises in lichens, says these tiny, obscure species deserve as much attention as bigger, flashier ones.\n\n\"In conservation, it tends to be the big, fluffy, very charismatic species that get a lot of the attention,\" she explained.\n\n\"But for me, within a habitat like this, it's the small things that make these habitats so incalculably important: the lichens that you find in these woodlands are as rare, if not rarer, than the habitat in which they're found.\"\n\nUntil recently, few people were aware of temperate rainforests in the UK and the need to protect them.\n\nThe project in Devon focusses on restoring the existing woodlands to safeguard important plant and animal species, by:", "Republicans are back to square one. It's a game of congressional snakes and ladders, where every space on the board is a serpent.\n\nMore than two weeks after a handful of House conservatives ousted Kevin McCarthy from the speaker's chair, the party is still looking for a someone who can successfully reach the top of the board.\n\nNo one yet has even come close.\n\nJim Jordan is only the latest, most determined casualty of a leadership drama that at every turn seems to get more chaotic and acrimonious.\n\nHis week-long quest to win the top job in the House ended up as futile as his party's first pick, Steve Scalise, who threw in the towel before any ballots had been cast.\n\nMr Scalise may have seen the writing on the wall more quickly because he is a traditional Republican legislator, who had come up through the ranks of his party's leadership. He had made deals and built relationships to become the second-ranking Republican in the House.\n\nMr Jordan, on the other hand, is a different character. He made his name in Congress as a political bomb-thrower. He co-founded the House Freedom Caucus, which has used political brinksmanship - under threat of government shutdowns and even a national default on the debt - to bend centrist and establishment Republicans farther to the right.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: Jim Jordan: Three things to know about the conservative firebrand\n\nHe also has the backing of Donald Trump and his right-wing populist movement. He is embraced by a conservative media ecosystem anchored by Fox News evening talk-show hosts like Sean Hannity.\n\nWhere Mr Scalise's motivations were to cut his losses and maintain his position within the Republican hierarchy, Mr Jordan's incentives were to damn the political torpedoes and forge ahead.\n\nBut the qualities that made him successful as an insurgent ultimately created the kind of intra-party enemies who could block him from the prize.\n\nAfter three very public failures in balloting before the full House, his end came quietly, by secret ballot, in a basement meeting with his fellow House Republicans. It is a fate that will make him a martyr for the party's right wing, which will view his defeat as further evidence of a party establishment that is insufficiently dedicated to conservative values.\n\n\"The most popular Republican in the United States Congress was just knifed by a secret ballot,\" Congressman Matt Gaetz, whose objection to Mr McCarthy started this whole crises, told reporters on Friday. \"It's as swampy as the swamp gets.\"\n\nHouse Republicans now head home for the weekend to lick their wounds. A grab-bag of politicians have already either declared their bids for the speakership or are seriously considering them.\n\nWith Mr Scalise and Mr Jordan - two of the most high-profile House Republican names - off the board, Monday's candidate forum promises to be a raucous affair, where dark-horse candidates with little political baggage might find success.\n\nWhen one candidate ultimately emerges from closed-door Republican meetings as the pick of the party, the slow grind to get to 217 votes - and the speaker's gavel - begins again.\n\nWith a Republican caucus so fractured, and nerves so raw at this point, it won't be an easy task. The snakes on the board aren't going away anytime soon.", "Ukrainian fighters on the front line say troops have not only crossed into Russian occupied territory but held a position, apparently for the first time, on the fiercely defended east (or left) bank of the Dnipro River in Kherson region.\n\nThe development is potentially significant. Ukraine's counteroffensive aims to slice through Russian occupied territory, severing a land corridor to the Crimean peninsula which Moscow annexed - illegally - in 2014.\n\nIn a text exchange, the 46th brigade told the BBC that troops were engaged in heavy fighting as they try to take full control of the village of Krynky.\n\nIf successful, the force said, the settlement would give advanced units a base from which to launch a larger offensive aimed at dividing Russian troops and cutting off their supply lines.\n\nThe US-based Institute for the Study of War (ISW) said that Ukrainian forces were continuing larger than usual ground operations on the east bank and Russian military bloggers have also noted fighting in Krynky.\n\nAnd the action is being closely scrutinised - success here would be seized upon by Ukraine's military chiefs. Their counteroffensive, launched in June, has made slow progress, with limited territorial gains.\n\nBut the fighters we spoke to acknowledged that, even if the troops were to take Krynky, a modern day \"Normandy landings\" style attack was unlikely.\n\nAnd they gave us a glimpse of the dangers and challenges they face, particularly as winter approaches.\n\nThe 46th brigade is fighting further along the vast front line in the Zaporizhzhia region with the same aim in mind - to cut off Russian access to the Crimean peninsula.\n\nThey told us they had just managed to partially breach the first line of Russian defence near the village of Verbove - and that they'd successfully targeted some ammunition depots and bases, but that progress was limited.\n\nThey described heavily mined Russian fortifications and daily air attacks on their logistics routes without, they complained, air support of their own.\n\nRussian troops, they said, had been on the defensive but were now on the attack.\n\nAnd, as winter approaches, conditions are deteriorating - for both sides.\n\nRainy weather is affecting the work of drones, reconnaissance equipment and aviation, the soldiers said. But they did not anticipate any let-up in the fighting.\n\n\"Winter will not be a time for respite,\" they said.", "I type these words having just wandered across Tamworth FC's artificial grass pitch, amid the red placards and cheering smiles of a second Labour victory rally in just one morning.\n\nYes, governments often get a kicking in by-elections.\n\nBut where these two Labour victories happened - and the kind of numbers involved - are worth a closer look.\n\nAs I wrote the other day, this corner of Staffordshire has a rich political history.\n\nIn 1996, a similar seat, including Tamworth, had a by-election. Labour took it from the Conservatives with a 22% swing.\n\nA year later, Labour - or New Labour as it had been rebranded by leader Tony Blair - won a landslide general election victory.\n\nBrian Jenkins, who won that by-election in 1996, was in the stands this morning, cheering Keir Starmer and Sarah Edwards, the town's new Labour MP.\n\nMs Edwards won on a colossal 23.9% swing from the Conservatives to Labour.\n\nTony Blair had less of a mountain to climb in 1997\n\nIn Mid Bedfordshire, Labour won with a swing of 20.5%, overturning a 24,664 vote Conservative majority - the largest such reversal in by-election history.\n\nSir Keir told me he'd allowed himself a jig around his front room in the middle of the night when the results came in.\n\nAt his first victory rally of the morning, in Marston Moretaine near Bedford, the red placards and Labour smiles amid the greenery of the Home Counties were quite a spectacle.\n\nEven the place names sound double-barrelled here.\n\nAs he addressed activists, Sir Keir seemed to say the word \"change\" in every other sentence. Victories like these proved Labour could now win anywhere, he told them.\n\nThe swing in Mid Beds was almost identical to the 20.4% Labour managed from the Scottish National Party in Rutherglen and Hamilton West a couple of weeks ago.\n\nIt was similar too in Selby and Ainsty in North Yorkshire in the summer.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: What happened in Tamworth and Mid Beds in 85 seconds\n\nThe only recent exception to this trend was Uxbridge and South Ruislip, where Labour failed to take the seat on a more modest seven point swing, as a row raged over the London Labour Mayor's Ultra Low Emissions Zone (Ulez).\n\nThe parallels with the 1990s are clear - 20% by-election swings, a Conservative Party trailing badly in the polls, beset by angst and bickering after more than a decade in government.\n\nBut there are two very big reasons why things in the 2020s are very different from the 1990s.\n\nOne is economic. The other is political.\n\nBy the time of the 1997 general election, despite plenty of turmoil earlier in the decade, the economic backdrop was benign - the economy was growing.\n\nThings are rather different now: the economy has been flatlining and the tax burden is at a record modern high.\n\nPolitically, Labour was starting from a much stronger position in the 1997 general election, having closed the gap on the Tories at the previous general election.\n\nLabour's performance in the 2019 general election was their worst since 1935, leaving them with a colossal mountain to climb to even win a very small majority to call their own.\n\nKeir Starmer needs a bigger swing than Tony Blair managed in 1997 to gain the keys to Downing Street.\n\nNot as big a swing as he has managed in some of these by-elections. But by-elections are not general elections, and plenty on all sides expect the opinion polls to tighten.\n\nAll that said, days like this explain why Labour now believe they can actually win and even more Conservatives are increasingly resigned to being doomed.", "The Stena Spey is the focus of the incident\n\nCoastguard helicopters have airlifted 45 workers off a North Sea drilling platform after it lost anchors during Storm Babet.\n\nStena Drilling said four of the eight anchors detached themselves from Stena Spey due to the \"severe weather\".\n\nAll 89 personnel are accounted for on the rig, which is 146 miles (235km) east of Aberdeen.\n\nA HM Coastguard spokesperson said the platform faced strong waves in the North Sea.\n\nStena later said non-essential personnel were transferred from the semi-sub drilling unit to neighbouring platforms and to Sumburgh on the Shetland Islands.\n\nTwo Coastguard helicopters and a search and rescue helicopter were involved in the operation.\n\nA further 44 crew members remain on the platform, which it described as \"stable\".\n\nThe company added the well remains secure.\n\nA response number has been set up for concerned relatives on 01224 455199.\n\nStena Drilling said the incident involving its semi-sub drilling started at about 06:45.\n\n\"All support services are being co-ordinated through the shore-based incident response team and every possible effort is being made to safeguard risk to personnel at the scene and resolve the situation,\" a company statement said.", "Javier Milei wielded a chainsaw at one of his rallies to symbolise his plans to slash spending\n\nArgentina votes on Sunday in one of the most open presidential elections for decades. The effects of a deep economic crisis have proved fertile ground for an unorthodox far-right front-runner, with wild hair, big sideburns and a totally radical approach to ruling the country.\n\nJavier Milei was, until recently, a relative unknown. An economist, pundit and rock fan, he came top in recent primaries and polls now put him ahead in Sunday's first round.\n\nHe is very clear about wanting to shake things up. At one campaign event, he wielded a chainsaw to send a message that he intends to slash spending to improve Argentina's economy.\n\n\"We want an outsider who actually has the guts to fight the mafias in this country,\" says Alejandro Lazcano, one of thousands of supporters queuing up to get a ticket to Milei's closing campaign event six hours before it started. \"Who actually has the guts to be able to make the changes that are needed?\"\n\nJavier Milei, who's often compared to former US president Donald Trump, certainly claims he will. He's said he wants to blow up the central bank and introduce the dollar as the country's official currency to put an end to inflation that is running at well over 100%.\n\nWith Argentina teetering on the edge of economic collapse, that is a message that resonates with millions.\n\n\"Milei's mighty candidacy reflects regional anti-establishment sentiment, after a decade of sluggish growth and an economic bludgeoning from the pandemic,\" says Benjamin Gedan, who heads up the Wilson Centre's Argentina Project.\n\n\"Voters seem genuinely intrigued by Milei's promise to dollarise the economy. They are ready to drop the peso like a bad habit, whether or not Milei could effectively adopt the US currency.\"\n\nThey're bold promises that are making a noise here, but go on to the streets of Buenos Aires and you'd be hard-pushed to know he even exists.\n\nThe walls and billboards are full of posters with smiling candidates asking people to vote. But none of them have Javier Milei's face on.\n\nAnd that's because he's campaigning with an army of influencers, spreading his word, mostly on TikTok.\n\nIñaki Gutierrez is one of them - a 22-year-old law and economics student, he saw Brexit as inspiration for how to run a political campaign.\n\n\"I saw lots of campaigning on Facebook - there was a lot of money for the Leave campaign and it blew my mind in communication terms,\" Iñaki says.\n\nSo he went to see Javier Milei and convinced him that he needed to be on social media. Iñaki and his girlfriend have since spearheaded Javier Milei's campaign on TikTok. The couple have their own massive fan base too.\n\nIñaki Gutierrez and his girlfriend have been leading Javier Milei's campaign on Tiktok\n\n\"It's changing the way people inform themselves,\" says Iñaki.\n\n\"You don't have to have big structures any more to do politics, to go to towns [to campaign] - you can, with a phone, reach the whole country in hours and talk to everyone.\"\n\nUp against Javier Milei are Peronist Economy Minister Sergio Massa and former security minister, conservative Patricia Bullrich: two candidates from Argentina's traditional ruling classes.\n\n\"Milei's vote cuts across all socio-economic levels,\" according to political analyst Ana Iparraguirre.\n\nShe says these elections are not, as they so often have been in the past, about Kirchnerismo (the populist political movement formed by supporters of Nestor Kirchner and his wife Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner) or Argentina's most famous and enduring political movement, Peronism.\n\n\"He's talking about a political caste against everyone else,\" says Ana Iparraguirre. \"That's why it changed how the whole political system is organised.\"\n\nJavier Milei paints himself as the outsider, one with very strong opinions: he wants to loosen gun laws and restrict abortion.\n\nAnd in a recent debate, Javier Milei also disputed the widely accepted figure of 30,000 people who were disappeared during Argentina's brutal dictatorship between 1976 and 1983, arguing the number was a much lower 8,753.\n\n\"People see him as someone authentic who says what he really thinks even if what he says is politically incorrect,\" says Ana Iparraguirre. \"I think that is a big part of why people vote for him.\"\n\nCaro says her TikTok account is working to break down \"baseless proposals\" that have come up during campaigning\n\nBut for Massa supporter Malena Haboba the future is worrying.\n\n\"Everything is at risk, even the most simple things,\" she says of a Milei presidency. \"I'm worried about persecutions for women who choose to abort - it'll be a return to the kitchen for women.\"\n\nJavier Milei's critics are trying to break down the political debate and demystify the sound bites and fake news that has come to shape so many political campaigns. And many are responding through the medium his supporters know best - TikTok.\n\n\"With our content we're trying to debunk some baseless proposals, they're just spouted in the media,\" says Caro, who makes videos for the TikTok account @indisciplinadxs, which was set up in response to Javier Milei's rise.\n\n\"For us, it's really important to bring Argentina's political history to the fore - the social history, economic history, to realise that what he is proposing isn't anything new, in fact it's already happened and it didn't work - and had many economic and social implications for our country.\"\n\nBut if the polls are right, voters don't care. As he addressed a packed stadium for his closing campaign event on Wednesday, the crowd clearly identified with this rebel politician in a well-worn leather jacket.\n\nWith their fists in the air, they energetically chanted \"Freedom\" in response to his campaign promises. In a country where millions struggle each and every day, the opportunity to try something radically different - no matter the uncertainty that comes with it - is appealing.", "A man has died after being swept away in flood water when a brook breached a road in Shropshire.\n\nThe victim, in his 60s, was reported to have gone under the water near Cleobury Mortimer at about 10:40 BST on Friday.\n\nPolice officers, paramedics and firefighters were called to the scene and found his body at about 12:35.\n\nHis death came as Storm Babet swept across the UK, battering the West Midlands with rain.\n\nThe family of the man, who was from the area, were being supported by specialist officers, West Mercia Police said.\n\nHomes and businesses by the River Severn in Bewdley, Worcestershire, flooded after work to install barriers was abandoned on Friday\n\nElsewhere, a pub manager said flood barriers were not put up in time to protect homes and businesses along the River Severn in part of Bewdley, Worcestershire.\n\nStaff at The Mug House, on Severn Side North, had to get sandbags in place and move furniture out of the ground floor as it became \"a little bit of a panic situation\", Eddie Hill said.\n\n\"It's a massive surprise to everybody because normally the Environment Agency (EA) are very good, very on the ball,\" he added.\n\nThe EA confirmed that installing barriers had become dangerous as the flood waters rose.\n\n\"It became unsafe for [workers] to continue, and the flood barriers were not deployed,\" said the agency's Marc Lidderth.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nIn Staffordshire, a woman was rescued from fast-flowing water after she was swept 100m from her car, having tried to drive through a ford in Wombourne.\n\nShe got out of the vehicle and was then swept downstream before managing to grab a tree branch, the fire service said.\n\nA woman was rescued in Wombourne, Staffordshire, after her car got stuck in a flooded ford and she was swept downstream\n\nIn Northfield, Birmingham, a man had to climb on to the roof of his car when it was pushed 30 metres down a fast-flowing river.\n\nThe fire service said he had a \"lucky escape\" after he used a tree branch to get to the embankment.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThe storm brought significant rainfall to the region over 24 hours, with the Met Office recording 43mm (1.7 inches) of rainfall in Shawbury, Shropshire.\n\nMany roads across the region were left impassable, while more than a dozen schools were closed, mainly in Worcestershire.\n\nBy Friday evening, 28 flood warnings had been issued by the EA for waterways across the West Midlands, along with 17 flood alerts.\n\nFollow BBC West Midlands on Facebook, X and Instagram. Send your story ideas to: newsonline.westmidlands@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Around 100,000 people travelled to central London to show solidarity with Palestinian civilians\n\nPolice and Transport for London (TfL) are investigating after a London Tube driver appeared to chant pro-Palestinian slogans on a train.\n\nAn unverified video circulating online appears to show a Central line driver chanting \"free Palestine\" over the train's public address system.\n\nBritish Transport Police (BTP) and TfL said they were urgently investigating the incident.\n\nOn Saturday, an estimated 100,000 gathered in central London to show solidarity with Palestinian civilians.\n\nIn the video being investigated, the driver can be heard saying \"hope you all have a pleasant day today\" and \"keep all those people in your prayers\".\n\nIt comes as the first aid deliveries have reached Gaza since Israel imposed a blockade after a Hamas attack on 7 October killed 1,400 people in Israel.\n\nIsrael cut off supplies of fuel, electricity and water to Gaza after the attack. Palestinian officials say more than 4,000 people have been killed in Gaza since then.\n\nThe UN says about 1.4 million Gazans have been displaced with more than half a million people in 147 UN shelters.\n\nThe Met Police this week issued updated guidance around certain pro-Palestinian chants because of the strength of feeling they can evoke.\n\nBTP assistant chief constable Sean O'Callaghan said: \"BTP are aware of footage circulating on social media which suggests chants are led by driver of a train in London earlier.\n\n\"BTP are working with Transport for London and investigating the matter.\"\n\nTfL said it was \"committed to providing a safe network for everyone\".\n\n\"We want to make it clear that London is open to everyone,\" a spokesperson said.\"We are aware of footage circulating on social media that suggests political comments may have been made by one of our Tube drivers. We are working to scrutinise the footage and ensure the circumstances are urgently investigated.\"\n\nListen to the best of BBC Radio London on Sounds and follow BBC London on Facebook, X and Instagram. Send your story ideas to hello.bbclondon@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Uniformed officers arrested a man at the memorial on Belfast's Ormeau Road in February 2021\n\nThe Police Service of Northern Ireland will not appeal a ruling that two officers were unlawfully disciplined after a Troubles' commemoration event.\n\nThe event marked the anniversary of the 1992 Sean Graham bookmakers attack, in which five people were killed.\n\nThe then chief constable Simon Byrne said he was considering an appeal to the ruling, but subsequently resigned.\n\nOn Friday, the interim police chief said he accepted the judgment and would be apologising to the officers.\n\n\"I have communicated my position to the chair of the Police Federation who will inform both officers,\" said interim Chief Constable Jon Boutcher.\n\n\"I acknowledge that our judgment was wrong and unlawful and I have offered to meet both officers to apologise.\"\n\nHe said he realised the judgment has had a \"significant impact both within and outside the organisation\".\n\nFive people were killed and several others injured in the 1992 gun attack\n\nThe disciplinary action happened after a service marking the anniversary of the Sean Graham bookmakers attack by loyalist paramilitaries, which was held on the Ormeau Road in Belfast in February 2021.\n\nAbout 30 people attended that event, amid restrictions on public gatherings due to Covid-19 regulations.\n\nOne man who had been shot and injured in the 1992 attack was detained on suspicion of disorderly behaviour and put in handcuffs. He was later released without charge.\n\nMr Byrne, the chief constable at the time, apologised for the incident and confirmed the disciplinary steps taken against the two recently-recruited officers.\n\nAlthough the suspension and re-positioning decisions were lifted later that year following a review, both constables remained aggrieved at their treatment.\n\nBacked by the Police Federation, the pair applied for a judicial review into the lawfulness of the disciplinary moves.\n\nIn his ruling in August, the judge said the officers had been disciplined to allay any threat of Sinn Féin abandoning its support for policing in Northern Ireland. Sinn Féin denied that.\n\nHe quashed decisions to suspend one probationary constable and re-position his colleague.\n\nThe ruling prompted the Police Federation and unionist political parties to criticise the leadership of the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI).\n\nA few weeks later, Mr Byrne resigned following that incident and a series of other controversies.\n\nIn a statement, the Police Federation said it was a \"positive and welcome\" development that there will no longer be an appeal.\n\nIts chair, Liam Kelly, said: \"I have personally spoken to both officers and this decision has come as a great relief both to them and indeed their colleagues in the wider service.\n\n\"They were found to have been scapegoated for real or perceived political reasons and were treated disgracefully. Thankfully, Mr Boutcher has taken this very significant step to right the wrong.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: Emergency services surround plane at Leeds Bradford Airport after it skidded off the runway\n\nA holiday jet skidded off a runway as it came in to land amid wet and windy conditions as Storm Babet swept the UK.\n\nThe TUI flight from Corfu \"moved off the runway whilst landing\" at Leeds Bradford Airport (LBA) on Friday afternoon, an airport statement said.\n\nFirefighters attended the scene but all passengers had been safely taken off the plane and the airport had closed, it added.\n\nTravel firm TUI apologised to all passengers affected by the closure.\n\nLeeds Bradford Airport said it hoped to reopen at 10:00 on Saturday, but bosses warned the updates are subject to change.\n\nWest Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service said there was no fire and that crews assisted \"in evacuating all persons from the aircraft to the terminal\".\n\nA TUI flight from Corfu \"moved off the runway whilst landing\", Leeds Bradford Airport said\n\nAn LBA spokesperson said: \"We can confirm there are no reported injuries from this incident and that all passengers have now safely disembarked the aircraft. The airport is now closed.\n\n\"We are working with the airline, relevant operations teams and emergency authorities to resolve this situation and return services safely as quickly as possible.\n\n\"We ask passengers to contact their airline to check the status of their flight before travelling to the airport.\"\n\nA spokeswoman for TUI said: \"We would like to apologise to all those impacted by the closure of Leeds Bradford Airport on Friday following an incident that took place shortly after landing on TOM3551 from Corfu.\n\n\"The safety of our customers and crew is our number one priority and we can confirm there were no reported injuries, with all passengers disembarking the aircraft via the steps.\"\n\nAll bags had been removed from the aircraft and TUI had teams \"on hand to support customers\".\n\nPassengers due to depart on Friday would be taken to Manchester Airport, where an aircraft was ready to take them on holiday as planned, the company said.\n\nTUI said it is assisting the Air Accidents Investigation Branch with their investigation.\n\nOne person believed to have been on the stricken jet posted pictures from the plane on social media and said they were \"going to be here a while\" after commenting on the \"interesting landing\".\n\n\"Oops overshot runway at Leeds Bradford airport, bogged down on the grass - interesting landing greeted by fire engines and airport authorities,\" they said.\n\n\"Going to be here a while.\"\n\nAnother eyewitness posting on Facebook said she was at the airport when the \"TUI plane skidded off [the] runway\" with \"a bumpy hard landing\".\n\nFire crews have been at the scene to help evacuate passengers\n\nPassengers arriving for flights from Leeds Bradford Airport on Friday evening were faced with departure boards filled with cancelled departures, and queues for taxis and buses in pouring rain.\n\nCustomers were also arriving on coaches from other airports, having been diverted.\n\nOne group said their flight from Majorca had been diverted to Manchester and they had just arrived at Leeds Bradford on a coach.\n\n\"We hoped to be back home and having a cup of tea by 2.30pm,\" one of the women said.\n\n\"But we're still here, drenched, waiting for another bus into town.\n\n\"It's not a great end to the week.\"\n\nAre you a passenger who is affected by the incident at Leeds Bradford Airport? Email: haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Former President Donald Trump has attended several days of his New York fraud trial\n\nA New York judge has fined Donald Trump for violating a gag order in his civil fraud trial.\n\nMr Trump was fined $5,000 (£4,100) by Judge Arthur Engoron on Friday.\n\nThe judge said in court that the former president had failed to remove an online post mocking a clerk at the court.\n\nHe also threatened Mr Trump with jail time, and demanded he take down the \"untrue and disparaging\" post made about the clerk earlier this month.\n\nJudge Engoron said the post was deleted on social media, but remained on his website.\n\n\"Incendiary untruths can and have led to serious physical harm,\" Judge Engoron said in court on Friday.\n\n\"I will now allow the defendant to explain why this should not end up with serious sanctions or I could possibly imprison him.\"\n\nMr Trump's lawyer, Christopher Kise, apologised on his client's behalf and said it was an \"inadvertent\" mistake because while the post was deleted from social media, aides forgot to remove it from the campaign website.\n\nLater in the day, Judge Engoron ruled that Mr Trump pay a fine given that \"the violation was inadvertent, and given that it is a first time violation\".\n\n\"Make no mistake: future violations, whether intentional or unintentional, will subject the violator to far more severe sanctions, which may include, but are not limited to, steeper financial penalties, holding Donald Trump in contempt of court, and possibly imprisoning him,\" Judge Engoron said in his ruling.\n\nMr Trump and several of his family members are on trial for fraud, falsification of business records, issuing false financial statements and conspiracy.\n\nJudge Arthur Engoron issued the gag order on former president Donald Trump on 3 October\n\nThe non-jury, civil trial is focused on determining damages for the fraud that Judge Engoron has already determined Mr Trump committed by inflating his personal net worth to secure favourable loan agreements.\n\nNew York Attorney General Letitia James, who brought the case, is seeking $250m (£205m) in penalties and severe restrictions for Mr Trump's businesses.\n\nJudge Engoron issued a gag order against Mr Trump on 3 October after he made a post on his social media site Truth Social disparaging the judge's clerk.\n\nIn the post, Mr Trump, a Republican, had shared a picture of the clerk alongside Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer, claiming she was his \"girlfriend\".\n\nIt was not the first time this week that the judge admonished the former president, who attended several days of the trial.\n\nOn Wednesday, Judge Engoron told Mr Trump and others to be quiet during a real estate appraiser's testimony on the witness stand. Mr Trump was reportedly shaking his head and throwing his hands in the air in frustration.\n\nAfter a request from a lawyer with the New York Attorney General's Office, Judge Engoron asked people to keep their voices down, \"particularly if it's meant to influence the testimony\".\n\nThe same day, a New York court employee was arrested after she shouted out to Mr Trump, \"indicating she wanted to assist him\", said court officials.\n\nShe was escorted out of court, placed on administrative leave and charged with contempt of court.\n\nThe New York fraud case is one of several legal battles that the former president faces this year, including both federal and state criminal charges.", "Consultants and junior doctors went on a co-ordinated 72-hour strike earlier in October\n\nJunior and specialist doctors in England will hold talks with the government to avoid strikes in their pay dispute, a union has said.\n\nJunior doctors and consultants have been co-ordinating action as part of a long-running pay dispute.\n\nThey staged three days of strike action at the start of October.\n\nBMA members working as specialist doctors overwhelmingly voted in favour of industrial action in an indicative ballot\n\nA formal strike ballot will be held if no progress is made by 6 November.\n\nSeparately, the BMA body representing junior doctors said it had agreed to talks with the government next week.\n\nThe government has said pay would \"not be on the table\" at any talks.\n\nOn Wednesday, the government agreed to meet NHS consultants for talks aimed at resolving strike action.\n\nThe walkouts have meant more than one million appointments and treatments, including some cancer care, have been postponed because of industrial action since December last year.\n\nMany health bosses have urged both sides to enter talks, with concerns raised over the prospect of further industrial action during the winter period.\n\nMost specialist doctors work in hospitals, alongside junior doctors and consultants, but some also work in the community.\n\nWriting on X (formerly Twitter), the British Medical Association account representing junior doctors said: \"We have agreed to talks with [the government]. We will be meeting with them next week and will listen to what they have to say.\"\n\nDr Ujjwala Mohite, chair of the specialist doctors committee UK at BMA, said the government \"cannot ignore the strength of feeling on the ground\" among medics.\n\nShe said four months of \"stagnant talks\" meant doctors were prepared to strike, despite hoping industrial action can be avoided.\n\n\"[Specialist] doctors are overworked and exhausted, and have had enough of not being properly valued for the vital work they do - something we have been hearing at a grassroots level for a long time and which was strongly echoed in the overwhelming indicative ballot results.\"\n\nA Department of Health spokesperson said the government was pleased the BMA had agreed to talks over the dispute with junior doctors \"in the hope we will find a resolution and end the dispute\".\n\nThe spokesperson also said the government was pleased the BMA decided to delay moving to a formal ballot of specialist doctors to allow time for talks.\n\n\"We have been clear headline pay will not be on the table. Doctors have already received a fair and reasonable pay rise as recommended by the independent pay review body, which we've accepted in full,\" the spokesperson added.", "Almost two million people in Gaza - more than 85% of the population - are reported to have fled their homes in the two months since Israel began its military operation in response to Hamas's deadly attacks of 7 October.\n\nThe Strip has been under the control of Hamas since 2007 and Israel says it is trying to destroy the military and governing capabilities of the Islamist group, which is committed to the destruction of Israel.\n\nThe situation for ordinary people in Gaza - a densely populated enclave 41km (25 miles) long and 10km wide, bounded by the Mediterranean Sea on one side and fenced off from Israel and Egypt at its borders - is \"getting worse by the hour\", according to United Nations aid agencies.\n\nIsrael warned civilians to evacuate the area of Gaza north of the Wadi Gaza riverbed, ahead of its invasion.\n\nThe evacuation area included Gaza City - which was the most densely populated area of the Gaza Strip. The Erez border crossing into Israel in the north is closed, so those living in the evacuation zone had no choice but to head towards the southern districts.\n\nThe Israel Defense Forces (IDF) are now focusing its operations on southern Gaza and have told Palestinians that even Khan Younis - the largest urban area in the south - is not safe and they should move south, or further west to a so-called \"safe area\" at al-Mawasi, a thin strip of mainly agricultural land along the Mediterranean coast, close to the Egyptian border.\n\nFighting in Khan Younis has pushed tens of thousands of people to flee to the southern district of Rafah in recent days, the UN said.\n\nAccording to the UN, just over 75% of Gaza's population - some 1.7 million people - were already registered refugees before Israel warned Palestinians to leave northern Gaza.\n\nPalestinian refugees are defined by the UN as people whose \"place of residence was Palestine during the period 1 June 1946 to 15 May 1948, and who lost both home and means of livelihood as a result of the 1948 War\". The children of Palestinian refugees are also able to apply for refugee status.\n\nMore than 500,000 of those refugees were already in eight crowded camps located across the Strip.\n\nFollowing Israel's warnings, the number of displaced people has risen rapidly and 1.9 million have fled their homes since 7 October, the UN says.\n\nOn average, before the conflict, there were more than 5,700 people per sq km in Gaza - very similar to the average density in London - but that figure was more than 9,000 in Gaza City, the most heavily populated area.\n\nThe UN warns that overcrowding has become a major concern in its emergency shelters in central and southern Gaza, with some housing at four times its capacity.\n\nMany of these emergency shelters are schools and in some there are dozens of people living in a single classroom. Other families are living in tents or makeshift shelters in compounds or on waste ground in open spaces.\n\nIsrael has already launched hundreds of airstrikes across Gaza and says it has used more than 10,000 bombs and missiles, causing extensive damage to buildings and infrastructure.\n\nGazan officials say more than 50% of housing units in Gaza have been destroyed, left uninhabitable or damaged since the start of the conflict.\n\nThe map below - using analysis of satellite data by Corey Scher of CUNY Graduate Center and Jamon Van Den Hoek of Oregon State University - shows which urban areas have sustained concentrated damage since the start of the conflict.\n\nThey say over 100,000 buildings across the whole Gaza Strip have suffered damage. North Gaza and Gaza City have borne the brunt of this, with around half the buildings in the two northern regions believed to have been damaged, but their analysis now suggests up to 20% of buildings in Khan Younis have also been damaged.\n\nEven healthcare facilities have been left unable to function as a result of bomb damage or lack of fuel.\n\nThe UN says hospital capacity in the enclave has more than halved from 3,500 beds before 7 October to about 1,500 now - and \"hardly any\" in the north.\n\nMore than 1,200 Israelis and foreign nationals were killed during the Hamas attacks on 7 October. More than 18,000 Palestinians - including about 7,700 children - have been killed in Israeli airstrikes and operations since then, according to Gaza's Hamas-run health ministry.\n\nIt is difficult for the BBC to verify exact numbers, but the UN's World Health Organization (WHO) has said it has no reason to believe the figures are inaccurate.\n\nThe airstrikes were accompanied by a \"complete siege\" of Gaza by Israel, with electricity, food and fuel supplies cut, followed by military action on the ground.\n\nThe IDF began its ground operations by moving into Gaza from the north west along the coast and into the north east near Beit Hanoun. A few days later Israeli forces cut across the middle of the territory to the south of Gaza City.\n\nArmoured bulldozers created routes for tanks and troops, as the Israeli forces tried to clear the area of Hamas fighters based in northern Gaza.\n\nHaving cut Gaza in two, the Israelis pushed further into Gaza City, where they faced some resistance from Hamas.\n\nThe image below, released by the IDF, shows tanks and armoured bulldozers on the beach near Gaza City.\n\nA photo of the same beach from last summer shows people making the most of a hot day in Gaza, families splashing in the sea or sitting on fanning out along the beach.\n\nEven before the current conflict, about 80% of the population of Gaza was in need of humanitarian aid, and although Israel has been allowing some aid in from Egypt, aid agencies said it was nowhere near enough.\n\nA seven-day ceasefire at the end of November allowed agencies to deliver an average of 170 trucks and 110,000 litres of fuel a day but that has since fallen to about 100 trucks and 70,000 litres of fuel, the UN's Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) says.\n\n\"It's too little, it's way too little,\" the WHO's Dr Rick Peeperkorn said.\n\nMeanwhile, the WHO has warned that renewed fighting is making the distribution of aid in most of Gaza \"almost impossible\" and will \"only intensify the catastrophic hunger crisis\" that already threatens to overwhelm civilians.\"\n\nAre you personally affected by the issues raised in this story? If it is safe to do so, please get in touch by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "The BBC's Rushdi Abualouf with his family during a recent holiday\n\nTwo days ago, my wife and children nearly died.\n\nThey were on the ground floor of a four-storey building in Khan Younis, Gaza, near a hospital where I'm sleeping in a tent.\n\nThey were about to leave for the day to meet me when an Israeli drone attack punched through the top floor.\n\nMy nine-year-old twin daughters ran out into the street screaming, separated from their mother, who was struck in the head by a piece of rubble.\n\nMy wife's injuries were, thankfully, minor. But my daughters were traumatised. That night, they stayed up crying, and I had to call up a doctor to ask them what we could do to help them sleep.\n\nMy family now spends their nights just a few doors down from the building that was struck, not knowing if they're safe as they close their eyes.\n\nMe, my wife, our daughters and our 18-year-old son have been displaced four times in the two weeks since this war erupted, moving from place to place to heed Israeli warnings of air strikes, our mattresses strapped to the roof of our car. My daughters have had to leave behind everything they love in Gaza City and head south - their school, their friends, their horse riding club, their favourite pizza shop.\n\nDeath and life have become equal in Gaza. Bombardment from above is constant. It's all too much for many adults, let alone a child: no nine-year-old on Earth should have to go through this.\n\nMy daughters keep trying to hold on to my leg, to hug me, to do anything to feel safe. It will take them a long time to recover, and they will need a lot of support.\n\nBoth of them are constantly asking to go back to Gaza City, to relative normality.\n\nBefore this latest escalation, we lived a better life than 99% of Palestinians. Electricity here is limited, most of the water was unclean, and getting out - even for a short vacation - is difficult. There are 40-year-olds who have never left this tiny strip of land.\n\nBut we have been lucky enough to be able to take holidays abroad sometimes for a month or more at a time. This summer we toured Istanbul, Cyprus, Egypt, and Jordan - my children nearly cried when I told them we had to go back to Gaza.\n\nIn Gaza City, we had a large flat 400 metres from the beach. My wife and I often walked together on the sand in the morning.\n\nMy son went to university and my daughters went to a good school - they go swimming at a club and ride horses. They have their own tablet where they can watch YouTube. I bring them sweets home from work and play with them in the evening - sometimes, they fall asleep in my bed and I carry them to their room in the dark.\n\nNow, the neighbourhood where my children grew up in deserted and flattened by bombs.\n\nMost nights, I visit a friend's house, playing cards and drinking coffee. As a family, we try to go to a nice restaurant once a week, normally the pizza shop or a nearby restaurant that cooks meat in a special pot. We all love it there.\n\nNow, that pizza shop is rubble.\n\nRushdi Abualouf, reporting for the BBC in Gaza\n\nDespite all the difficulties, we try to enjoy ourselves. Gaza is not always a war zone and when there is any chance for joy, we take it. We stick together, and it's that connection - the love of my wife, my daughters, and my son - that keeps me strong, whether the situation is good or bad.\n\nEven today in the middle of this war, we still try to find moments of happiness whenever we can. My children visit me when I'm working - they put on my flak jacket, my helmet, and we laugh together. They pick up the microphone and pretend they're correspondents.\n\nBut life for them will never be the same. My daughters keep asking about the places they remember from before, about the market we used to shop in. They are begging to go back. They don't understand that we cannot return.\n\nEvery day, doctors and others who remain in the north tell me about another building destroyed - another road cratered, another petrol station blown up.\n\nAfter their building was struck, I made a promise to my family that I will get them out of Gaza when this is all over, away to a safe place. They have sacrificed enough.\n\nJust before we fled Gaza City to head south with hundreds of thousands of other people, I walked around our flat, cherishing all the memories my family and I made there.\n\nI turned to my wife and said: \"Have a look at this lovely home. We might not ever come back.\"\n\nToday, I'm sleeping in a tent, thinking of my normal bed, of drinking coffee by the sea. These are now just dreams.", "Absences could be linked to mental health issues and long-term effects of lockdowns during the pandemic\n\nSchool attendances in Northern Ireland over the past two years have been the worst on record.\n\nIn both the 2021/22 and 2022/23 school years, about 30% of pupils had absence rates classed at \"chronic\" or \"severe chronic\".\n\nThat is according to figures provided by the Department of Education (DE).\n\nThe rate of persistent absence among pupils in Northern Ireland is also significantly higher than in England or Wales.\n\nThere are likely to be a range of reasons for the high absence rates, including:\n\nSome principals have also identified more pupils with emotionally-based school avoidance, which is linked to mental health and wellbeing.\n\nThe number of primary school pupils being withdrawn from schools for family holidays during term time has also risen to high levels.\n\nKevin McArevey, principal of Holy Cross Boys' Primary School in north Belfast, said he did not agree with taking children out of school for holidays.\n\n\"The link between attendance and academic success is undeniable,\" he told BBC NI's Good Morning Ulster programme.\n\n\"What parents need to understand is that when their child is not here, the rest of the class is surging ahead.\"\n\nThe DE classes chronic absence as a pupil being absent for between 10% and 20% of days during a school year - from 19 to 38 days.\n\nSevere chronic absence is when a pupil missed more than 20% of days in a school year - more than 38 days.\n\nIn 2021/22 almost 100,000 pupils had absence rates that were classed as chronic or severe chronic, which is about a third of all pupils.\n\nThat absence rate fell during 2022/23 but almost 30% of pupils still had absence rates classed as chronic or severe chronic.\n\nThe absence rates are \"clearly a concern\", Claire McClelland, from the Department of Education, told BBC News NI.\n\n\"Over the past number of years we have seen a number of challenges, particularly post-Covid, around attendance,\" she said.\n\n\"10% absence equates to 19 days of school, or every other Friday for a whole school year.\"\n\nClaire McClelland said parents need to take school absence seriously.\n\nMs McClelland, who is the department's director of raising aspiration, supporting learning and empowering improvement, said there were a range reasons for high absence rates.\n\n\"Perhaps we've had quite a long period of time where we've had lockdown, we've had remote learning - and that importance of attending school, perhaps there's some complacency around that.\"\n\nShe added a number of children and young people find it difficult to attend school due to emotional health and wellbeing issues, amongst others, which makes it difficult to pinpoint individual cases.\n\nMs McClelland said pupils' level of achievement is impacted by a lack of attendance and it affects their social and emotional connections, such as how they make friends.\n\n\"We need parents and communities to take this seriously and recognise the importance of attending school,\" she added.\n\nDespite the figures, a number of schemes for schools to provide pupils with counselling or help those struggling after the pandemic have been cut.\n\nIn addition, more than 200,000 school days in 2022/23 were missed by primary school pupils withdrawn from class for family holidays that were not agreed with the school.\n\nMs McClelland said that was 27% more days missed for that reason since 2018.\n\n\"I recognise that in terms of the cost of living it is expensive to go on holiday outside term time,\" she said.\n\n\"But what I would say to parents is that we'd really discourage going out of school during term time unless it's absolutely necessary.\"\n\nIn England, parents can be fined £60 or more if their child is persistently absent from school, but that is not the case in Northern Ireland.\n\nHowever, some experts have said that fining parents does not work and can make the problem worse.", "In Catcliffe Memorial Hall, families sit huddled in blankets, cats and dogs on laps and in boxes. Many tell me their pets are still trapped in their homes - they had to leave so quickly.\n\nOne lady says they just didn’t get any warning.\n\n“I went to bed last night thinking everything was fine. At 5am my neighbour’s banging on the door and the police are telling us to get out of the house.”\n\nNow her home is under six feet of water – for the second time.\n\nThis south Yorkshire village was severely flooded in 2007. “I had to buy a caravan and lived in it for a year. £700 is all I got. I’m disgusted this has happened again.”\n\nThe water level hasn’t even peaked yet and the rescue operation is still underway.\n\nA yellow dingy pulls up on the pavement and a woman in wet pyjamas is helped out. Barefoot, she and her soaking dog make their way up the street to join her neighbours in the memorial hall\n\nThey know from experience, it will be long after Christmas before they return home.\n\nCatcliffe in South Yorkshire has seen severe flooding Image caption: Catcliffe in South Yorkshire has seen severe flooding", "Last updated on .From the section Football\n\nSir Bobby Charlton, the Manchester United legend who was a key figure in England's 1966 World Cup victory, has died at the age of 86.\n\nCharlton won 106 caps for England and scored 49 international goals - records for his country at the time.\n\nDuring a 17-year first-team career with United he won three league titles, a European Cup and an FA Cup.\n\nCharlton's family said he \"passed peacefully in the early hours of Saturday morning\".\n\nHe was hailed as \"England's greatest player\" and \"an undisputed legend\" as tributes flowed.\n\nIn November 2020, it was announced Charlton had been diagnosed with dementia.\n\nHe died surrounded by his family, who said in a statement they wished to \"pass on their thanks to everyone who has contributed to his care and for the many people who have loved and supported him\".\n\n\"We would request that the family's privacy be respected at this time,\" the statement added, as the family said his loss was felt \"with great sadness\".\n\nUnited said Charlton ranked as \"one of the greatest and most beloved players in the history of our club\".\n\n\"Sir Bobby was a hero to millions, not just in Manchester, or the United Kingdom, but wherever football is played around the world,\" the club said.\n\n\"He was admired as much for his sportsmanship and integrity as he was for his outstanding qualities as a footballer; Sir Bobby will always be remembered as a giant of the game.\n\n\"His unparalleled record of achievement, character and service will be forever etched in the history of Manchester United and English football and his legacy will live on through the life-changing work of the Sir Bobby Charlton Foundation.\n\n\"The club's heartfelt sympathies are with his wife Lady Norma, his daughters and grandchildren, and all who loved him.\"\n• None Sir Bobby 'one of the greatest of all time' - McIlroy\n\nErik ten Hag's current United team wore black armbands for Saturday evening's Premier League game at Sheffield United, with home and away supporters applauding in a tribute ahead of kick-off.\n\nCharlton's death leaves Sir Geoff Hurst - the striker who scored a hat-trick in England's 4-2 win over West Germany in the 1966 final - as the sole surviving member of the triumphant team.\n\nHurst posted on X , formerly Twitter: \"Very sad news today. One of the true Greats Sir Bobby Charlton has passed away. We will never forget him and nor will all of football. A great colleague and friend, he will be sorely missed by all of the country beyond sport alone. Condolences to his family and friends.\"\n\nCharlton's older brother Jack, who died in July 2020, and their fellow World Cup winner Nobby Stiles, who passed away in October 2020, had also both been diagnosed with dementia.\n\nBorn in Ashington, Northumberland on 11 October, 1937, Charlton joined Manchester United as a schoolboy in 1953, turning professional the next year and making his first-team debut against Charlton Athletic in October 1956, aged 18.\n\nIn February 1958, he was a survivor of the Munich air crash in which 23 people died, including eight of his United team-mates. The accident had a profound impact on the rest of Charlton's life.\n\n\"There isn't a day that goes by I don't remember what happened and the people who are gone,\" he said on a visit to Munich many years later.\n\n\"Manchester United at that time were going to be one of the greatest teams in Europe. The accident changed everything. The fact that the players are not here and are never going to be judged is sad. They'll never grow old.\"\n\nHe became a focal point of manager Sir Matt Busby's rebuilding effort.\n\nJoined by Denis Law and George Best, Charlton inspired United to a first European Cup win in 1968, scoring twice in the final against Benfica.\n\nHe had been awarded the Ballon d'Or in 1966 after playing every minute of England's World Cup victory.\n\nCharlton went on to break United's scoring and appearance records - netting 249 goals in 758 games to cement his status as one of British football's all-time greats - before leaving the club in May 1973.\n\nThose long-standing records were eventually broken, with Ryan Giggs finishing on 963 games and Wayne Rooney scoring 253 goals.\n\nAfter leaving Old Trafford, Charlton spent two years as manager and player-manager at Preston North End before resigning in August 1975.\n\nIn the following year, he played briefly in the Republic of Ireland before moving into the boardroom at Wigan Athletic, where he also had a spell as caretaker manager.\n\nIn June 1984, he became a director at United and 10 years later he was knighted, having previously been awarded an OBE and CBE.\n\nCharlton came second in the BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award in 1958 and 1959. In 2008, he received the Lifetime Achievement award.\n\nUnited renamed Old Trafford's South Stand in his honour in 2016 as it became the Sir Bobby Charlton Stand.\n\nA wreath has been laid at the United Trinity statue at Old Trafford on behalf of the club, with a book of condolence to be open to fans and the public from Sunday. The bronze Trinity statue immortalises Charlton, Best and Law.\n\nTalks continue about how best to commemorate Charlton's life ahead of Tuesday's Champions League game against Copenhagen in Manchester.\n\nNews of Charlton's death was met with sorrow across the football world.\n\n\"It is with a heavy heart that we have learned of the passing of Sir Bobby Charlton,\" said the Football Association through England's X account.\n\n\"An integral part of our 1966 FIFA World Cup winning campaign, Sir Bobby won 106 caps and scored 49 times for the Three Lions.\n\n\"A true legend of our game. We will never forget you, Sir Bobby.\"\n\nEngland manager Gareth Southgate added: \"One of our most iconic players, Sir Bobby Charlton's impact on our only World Cup triumph is there for all to see.\n\n\"The privilege of meeting him on several occasions allowed me to understand his personal pride and emotion in having represented England and simply confirmed in my mind his standing as one of the gentlemen of the game.\n\n\"The world of football will unite in its sadness at losing an undisputed legend.\"\n\nFormer England captain and Manchester United star David Beckham was given the middle name Robert as his father so admired Charlton.\n\nBeckham said: \"Today isn't just a sad day for Manchester United and England, it's a sad day for football and everything that Sir Bobby represented. Today our hearts are heavy.\"\n\nBeckham's former club and country team-mate Gary Neville, speaking on Sky Sports, remembered Charlton as \"England's greatest player and greatest ambassador\".\n\nNeville said: \"He used to come into the changing room after a match - win, lose or draw. Something when I was a player at the club you maybe would take for granted - this legend would be walking around your changing room saying 'well done' or offering his commiserations.\n\n\"He was the golden thread through from Sir Matt Busby to Sir Alex Ferguson, two golden eras in Man Utd's history and he was the constant through both of them.\"\n\nEuropean football's governing body Uefa added: \"On behalf of the entire European football community, we are deeply saddened to hear of the passing of Sir Bobby Charlton, one of the game's true greats. Rest in peace, Sir Bobby.\"\n\nCharlton, who made his international debut against against Scotland at Hampden Park in April 1958, just over two months after the Munich air disaster, was the fifth member of England's 1966 World Cup-winning side to be diagnosed with dementia.\n\nIn addition to his brother, Jack, and Stiles, both Ray Wilson, who died in 2018, and Martin Peters, who died in 2019, had the condition.\n\nStiles, Peters and Wilson were diagnosed with it while still in their sixties.\n\nCharlton's wife, Lady Norma, expressed the hope that the knowledge of his diagnosis could help others.\n\nSir Bobby was the best player in the world - Beckenbauer\n\nCharlton's stature in Sir Alf Ramsey's England team led to him being given a special role in the 1966 World Cup final at Wembley.\n\nHe was one of the team's key attacking talents - scoring three times in the earlier rounds, including two in a 2-1 victory over Portugal in the semi-final - yet he was asked to man-mark West Germany's playmaker Franz Beckenbauer.\n\n\"I had waited my whole life to play in a World Cup final and I am asked to man-mark, which I had never done before,\" said Charlton. \"But when the whistle went, Franz Beckenbauer came straight to me - he had been given the same instruction.\"\n\nWhile Ramsey was concerned about the potential impact Beckenbauer might have on the final, the West Germany manager Helmut Schon had the same fears about Charlton.\n\nThe pair effectively cancelled each other out - Charlton acknowledged that neither player \"had much impact on the final\".\n\nBut the tactic gave other England players, such as hat-trick hero Hurst, the chance to make their own mark on history.\n\nAnd Beckenbauer saw at close quarters just why his manager had been so concerned.\n\nHe said: \"In this game I realised how difficult it is to follow him and to mark him because in my opinion, in 1966 in the World Cup, he was the best player in the world.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. William and Kate met members of the Windrush generation\n\nThe Prince and Princess of Wales are celebrating Black History Month by meeting Afro-Caribbean and African communities in Cardiff.\n\nThis year marks the 75th anniversary of HMS Windrush docking in Tilbury, Essex, carrying passengers from the Caribbean.\n\nThe couple met people from the Windrush Cymru Elders, Ethnic Minority Youth Forum and Black History Cymru 365.\n\nSomali residents also talked to them about their work from football training to tackling youth unemployment.\n\nThe royal couple were greeted by the Lord Lieutenant Morfudd Meredith and cheering schoolchildren when they arrived at the Grange Pavilion in Grangetown.\n\nThe building and grounds are home to a cafe, office space, gardens and a community allotment.\n\nThe couple received a boisterous welcome from their host, Professor Uzo Iwobi, founder of the African Community Centre Wales and Race Council Cymru.\n\nThe royal couple also had a go at some table tennis at the Grange Pavilion\n\nLater, when the guests posed for a group photograph, the couple moved to a back row and ushered the Windrush veterans forward, but the room erupted when Prince William joked: \"Who's pinching my bottom?\"\n\nThe royal couple showed off their table tennis skills when they joined members of the Grange Pavilion Youth Forum for a game of table tennis.\n\nWilliam had promised Prof Iwobi he would travel to Cardiff and meet the elders, after she insisted the prince visit when he made her a CBE earlier this year for services to race equality and championing diversity and cohesion.\n\nThe Prince and Princess of Wales receive flowers from Akachi, 6, Humzah, 6, Ayla-May, 7, and Mazin, 8 after a visit to the Grange Pavilion\n\nProf Iwobi received a hug from William for her efforts organising the day.\n\nShe said: \"Today he saw me and said 'I promised you, and I keep my word.'\n\n\"It was just so heart-meltingly beautiful for our elders to hold the hand of the future King.\"\n\nPupils from Fitzalan High School also got to meet the royal couple and they presented Prince William with a gift bag.\n\nHe said: \"I love Welsh cakes. They always go down very well.\"\n\n\"They're not very good for our teeth though.\"\n\nStudents spoke to Prince William and Kate about the future of e-books and paperbacks\n\nThe Princess of Wales told students she studied art and psychology at A-level\n\nThe Princess of Wales spoke to students about the new Fitzalan High School\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Stunning cell phone video captured a meteorological phenomenon: lightning beside a double rainbow. The dramatic combination happened during a sunset over the Great Plains in the US.", "A cheap malaria vaccine that can be produced on a massive scale has been recommended for use by the World Health Organization (WHO).\n\nThe vaccine has been developed by the University of Oxford and is only the second malaria vaccine to be developed.\n\nMalaria kills mostly babies and infants, and has been one of the biggest scourges on humanity.\n\nThere are already agreements in place to manufacture more than 100 million doses a year.\n\nIt has taken more than a century of scientific effort to develop effective vaccines against malaria.\n\nThe disease is caused by a complex parasite, which is spread by the bite of blood-sucking mosquitoes. It is far more sophisticated than a virus as it hides from our immune system by constantly shape-shifting inside the human body.\n\nThat makes it hard to build up immunity naturally through catching malaria, and difficult to develop a vaccine against it.\n\nIt is almost two years to the day since the first vaccine - called RTS,S and developed by GSK - was backed by the WHO.\n\nDr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director-general of the WHO, said it was a moment of \"great pleasure\".\n\n\"I used to dream of the day we would have a safe and effective vaccine against malaria, now we have two,\" he said.\n\nThe WHO said the effectiveness of the two vaccines was \"very similar\" and there was no evidence one was better than the other.\n\nHowever, the key difference is the ability to manufacture the University of Oxford vaccine - called R21 - at scale.\n\nThe world's largest vaccine manufacturer - the Serum Institute of India - is already lined up to make more than 100 million doses a year and plans to scale up to 200 million doses a year.\n\nSo far there are only 18 million doses of RTS,S.\n\nThe WHO said the new R21 vaccine would be a \"vital additional tool\". Each dose costs $2-4 (£1.65 to £3.30) and four doses are needed per person. That is about half the price of RTS,S.\n\nThe two vaccines use similar technologies and target the same stage of the malaria parasite's lifecycle. However, the newer vaccine is easier to manufacture as it requires a smaller dose and uses a simpler adjuvant (a chemical given in the vaccine that jolts the immune system into action).\n\nIn 2021, there were 247 million cases of malaria and 619,000 people died, most of them children under the age of five. More than 95% of malaria is found in Africa.\n\nDr Matshidiso Moeti, the WHO regional director for Africa, said: \"This second vaccine holds real potential to close the huge demand-and-supply gap.\n\n\"Delivered to scale and rolled out widely, the two vaccines can help bolster malaria prevention, control efforts and save hundreds of thousands of young lives.\"\n\nData that has been published online, but has not been through the usual process of scientific review, shows the R21 vaccine is 75% effective at preventing the disease in areas where malaria is a seasonal.\n\nThe WHO's strategic advisory group of experts said that figure was comparable to the first vaccine (RTS,S) in seasonal areas.\n\nThe effectiveness of malaria vaccines is lower in areas where the parasite is present all year round.\n\nProf Sir Adrian Hill, director of the Jenner Institute in Oxford where R21 was developed, said: \"The vaccine is easily deployable, cost effective and affordable, ready for distribution in areas where it is needed most, with the potential to save hundreds of thousands of lives a year.\"\n\nGareth Jenkins, from Malaria No More UK, said: \"The reality is that malaria financing globally is far from where it needs to be and annual deaths from malaria rose during the pandemic and are still above pre-pandemic levels, so we cannot afford to be complacent as new tools are developed.\"\n\nSign up for our morning newsletter and get BBC News in your inbox.", "Nigel Farage has been welcomed with open arms by many Conservatives in Manchester - leading some to wonder if he could re-join the party after decades of campaigning against it.\n\nOn Sunday night, the former UKIP and Brexit Party leader was cheered to the rafters at a gala dinner for grassroots Conservatives, after Priti Patel hailed his role in delivering Brexit - and helping Boris Johnson win the 2019 general election by standing candidates down.\n\nThen he received a hero's welcome from right wing Tories' at Liz Truss's conference fringe event on Monday. Footage of him partying with Ms Patel later that night has been widely shared on social media.\n\nHaving observed Farage-mania at close quarters at this year's conference, Tory commentator Tim Montgomerie said: \"I'm convinced party members would choose him as leader if they could.\"\n\nMr Farage told BBC News he has been \"overwhelmed\" and \"gobsmacked\" by the reception he has had, which he says proves Tory activists are \"desperate for ideas, desperate to believe in something\".\n\nThis is the first Tory conference Mr Farage has attended since 1988. He was \"utterly barred\" from the annual gatherings when he was a leading light in UKIP, he says, although he often used to turn up anyway.\n\nOn one memorable occasion in Manchester he rolled up to the security gates in an armoured personnel carrier, to show he was \"parking his tanks on the Tories' lawn\". Subtle it was not.\n\nFarage parks his tank outside the 2006 Tory spring conference\n\nMr Farage tore up his Tory membership card in the early 1990s in protest at then leader John Major signing the Maastricht Treaty, which created the European Union. He then became a founder member of what would become UKIP.\n\nSince leaving frontline politics after the 2019 election he has become a presenter on GB News, allowing him access to the conference as a journalist.\n\nHis friend Jacob Rees-Mogg told the BBC's Politics Live Mr Farage has always been a Tory at heart and suggested the party should \"roll out the red carpet\" if he ever wanted to rejoin.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Greg Hands and Jacob Rees-Mogg are asked about Nigel Farage at the Tory conference and if they want him back\n\nConservative Party chairman Greg Hands seemed deeply unimpressed with this idea, saying the former UKIP leader had campaigned against the Tories for years and did not want them to succeed.\n\nRishi Sunak dodged the issue when asked if Mr Farage could ever be allowed back in, telling GB News: \"Look, the Tory party is a broad church. I welcome lots of people who want to subscribe to our ideals, to our values.\"\n\nMr Farage told the channel he could not join a party that had \"put the tax rate up to the highest in over 70 years\", allowed net migration \"to run at over half a million a year\" and not \"used Brexit to deregulate to help small businesses\".\n\nSpeaking later to the BBC, he said he would not join the Conservative Party \"as it currently is\", but added: \"Never say never.\n\n\"If after the next election they reset and realign then I might.\"\n\nBut maybe the Tory party shouldn't start printing a new membership card yet.\n\nOne long-term ally of Mr Farage was sceptical about whether he would ever return to the Tory fold.\n\n\"There is no way he would ever join the Tories after the way they have treated him,\" he said.\n\n\"He just enjoys winding them up.\"", "Bianca Williams and Ricardo Dos Santos accuse the officers of racially profiling them\n\nA police officer thought he could smell cannabis coming from the car of two top athletes when he and his colleagues stopped and searched them, a misconduct hearing was told.\n\nSprinter Ricardo Dos Santos and his partner Bianca Williams were handcuffed and searched outside their home in Maida Vale, west London, in July 2020.\n\nNothing untoward was found in the car.\n\nPC Allan Casey and four other Metropolitan Police officers deny gross misconduct.\n\nMr Dos Santos, a Portuguese sprinter, and Ms Williams, a Team GB athlete, believe they were victims of racial profiling.\n\nThey were followed by police as they drove home from training and searched on suspicion of carrying drugs or weapons.\n\nMs Williams previously told the hearing the couple's then three-month-old son cried in the back of the car as the search took place.\n\nThe incident, a video of which was circulated on social media, led to the Met Police referring itself to police watchdog the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC).\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Police bodycam footage played at the hearing showed the sprinter being handcuffed\n\nThe hearing in central London was shown PC Casey's body-worn camera footage, in which he was heard telling a colleague \"there's certainly a whiff of something\".\n\nHe told the disciplinary hearing: \"I thought I could smell cannabis and I thought it was coming from the car.\"\n\nThe IOPC alleges some of the officers \"lied\" in saying there was a smell of cannabis when they stopped the car, the hearing was previously told.\n\nThe panel also heard that PC Casey was asked by another colleague about Mr Dos Santos's driving and whether he thought there could be any offences prosecuted.\n\nPC Casey said: \"At the time I didn't think we could prove any offences under the road traffic act, driving offences.\n\n\"I could see there was rapid acceleration, heavy braking, but I couldn't tell you what speed the driver was driving at.\"\n\nActing Sgt Rachel Simpson and PCs Casey, Jonathan Clapham, Michael Bond and Sam Franks all face allegations that they breached police standards regarding equality and diversity during the stop and search.\n\nActing Sgt Simpson and PCs Clapham, Bond and Franks are accused of breaching standards over use of force and respect.\n\nPCs Casey, Clapham, Bond and Franks also face allegations over the accuracy of their account of the stop.\n\nListen to the best of BBC Radio London on Sounds and follow BBC London on Facebook, X and Instagram. Send your story ideas to hello.bbclondon@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The arrests were made during protests over the weekend, police say\n\nSix people have been arrested after two fires broke out during protests at a hotel earmarked for asylum seekers.\n\nLarge groups of people gathered outside the Stradey Park Hotel in Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, over the weekend and gained access by pushing down security fences.\n\nDyfed-Powys Police described the scenes as \"another concerning escalation in behaviour\".\n\nPolice said further arrests were expected.\n\nThe Home Office plans to use the hotel to house up to 240 asylum seekers, the Local Democracy Reporting Service (LDRS) has said.\n\nSupt Ross Evans said police always tried balance people's right to protest peacefully with the rights of others and with preventing crime and disorder.\n\n\"However, the behaviour of some individuals has gone far beyond this over the past few days,\" he said.\n\nPolice said officers put out a vehicle fire in the hotel grounds late on Saturday, 30 September. A 48-year-old man from Caerphilly, and two women, aged 53 and 52, from Cleveland and Peterborough, were arrested on suspicion of arson and other offences.\n\nThe statement said a planned \"drive-by\" on Sunday, 1 October at the hotel resulted in several motorcyclists forcing their way through the main entrance, despite officers standing in their way.\n\nA large number of protesters then pushed over security fences and forced their way into the hotel grounds, where some caused damage to the hotel by smashing windows.\n\nStradey Park Hotel in Llanelli is earmarked by the Home Office to house asylum seekers\n\nOn Sunday night a fire was reported in a stairwell at the hotel.\n\nAt the same time, said police, fireworks and other missiles were fired towards officers while vehicles were moved in an attempt to block access for the Mid and West Wales Fire Service. The fire was extinguished.\n\nA 40-year-old man and a 44-year-old woman, both from the Carmarthen area, were arrested on suspicion of arson and a Llanelli man, aged 66, was arrested on suspicion of obstructing emergency services.\n\nSupt Evans said: \"These latest arrests come following another concerning escalation in behaviour of some protesters, which has once again resulted in significant damage to the hotel property.\n\n\"Dyfed-Powys Police will not tolerate unlawful behaviour - a protest does not provide an excuse to commit criminal offences. Where an offence is committed, we will take all reasonable and proportionate steps to bring offenders to justice.\"\n\nHe added: \"I'd like to take this opportunity to thank those who have demonstrated peacefully over the past few weeks, and appeal for calm to resume.\n\n\"I would also like to thank the team who have dealt with the disorder at the hotel site over the past few days - they have done so in very difficult circumstances.\"\n\nThe fire service said it attended the hotel late on Sunday after police put out the stairwell fire.\n\nFootage shared on social media showed dozens of protesters within the hotel grounds on Sunday, including outside the reception area.", "Firefighters inspect the smouldering remains of the food waste recycling plant that exploded after a lightning strike.\n\nThe strike caused a biogas tank to explode at about 19:20 BST on Monday. There are no reported injuries from the blast at the facility near Yarnton, Oxfordshire.", "A council has sent personal apologies to campaigners who fought against its tree-felling programme.\n\nIn a public apology, Sheffield City Council conceded protesters had suffered \"physical, emotional and, for some, financial stress\".\n\nIt also acknowledged the city had suffered reputational damage.\n\nGraham Wroe, who has received an apology, said he hoped lessons had been learned and he would continue holding the council to account.\n\nThe \"Streets Ahead\" programme aimed to fell 17,500 trees as part of a £2.2bn contract between the council and contractor Amey.\n\nAn inquiry report, published earlier in the year, found the council overstretched its authority in taking drastic action against campaigners, had serious and sustained failures in leadership and misled the public, courts and an independent panel it set up to deal with the dispute.\n\nThe long-running row dated from 2012 when tree-felling work started in the city\n\nIn its apology, the council said: \"Protesters and campaigners were maligned, injured and experienced physical, emotional and, for some, financial stress.\n\n\"The action the council took damaged Sheffield's reputation in a way that cast a long shadow.\"\n\nAs part of efforts to recover from the scandal, the council promised to make personal apologies to those affected.\n\nMr Wroe, chair of Save Norfolk Park Trees and committee member of Sheffield Tree Action Group (STAG), published the letter he received online on 29 September.\n\nIt was written by James Henderson, the council's director of policy and democratic engagement, who started by apologising for the apology taking longer than expected.\n\nHe said the impact of the dispute on the city and campaigners was \"significant and unwarranted\" and it caused \"substantial harm\" to those who fought against it.\n\nMr Henderson acknowledged it will take time and concerted effort to recover from the dispute and for some it may prove impossible to regain trust.\n\nMr Wroe said he was surprised to find the apology in his inbox.\n\nHe said: \"It is good that the city council has moved on and now has a much more satisfactory tree policy. I really hope they have learned the lessons from the Lowcock report.\n\n\"Some of the protagonists of the dispute are still councillors. They really should have resigned long ago.\n\nBut it is clear they now have little influence in the Labour Party, so I am accepting this apology but will continue to hold the council to account at every opportunity.\"\n\nFollow BBC Yorkshire on Facebook, X (formerly Twitter) and Instagram. Send your story ideas to yorkslincs.news@bbc.co.uk.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Aki and Hikari have been together for seven years but have kept their relationship secret from many people\n\nWhen Aki and Hikari were looking to rent a house together in Tokyo, they were told by real estate agents that the places they liked \"were for couples\".\n\n\"We are a couple,\" they would respond. The answer they were given: \"This is a house for a man and woman couple.\"\n\nThe women, both in their 30s, have been together for seven years - now they are mothers to a baby. They coo and fuss over the infant, swap feeding and nappy-changing duties, and take turns to stay with him so one of them can get some sleep. They can't stop talking about their new baby formula machine.\n\nYet, in the eyes of the law, the government and a conservative Japanese society, they're not a legitimate couple. Despite the support around them, they have kept their relationship a secret from many people. It's why they don't want to reveal their real names. They say they are being extra-cautious for their son given that taboos around same-sex couples still persist.\n\n\"We're not recognised as a family of three,\" Aki says.\n\nJapan is the only G7 country not to fully recognise same-sex couples or offer them clear legal protection, leaving the country's LGBTQ+ community feeling vulnerable and nearly invisible. We've changed Aki and Hikari's names to protect their identities.\n\nPressure has been growing to legalise same-sex unions after several district courts ruled that a ban on them was unconstitutional. But Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has struggled to pass reforms in the face of opposition from traditionally-minded political leadership.\n\nThere has been some progress in a nod to younger, louder voices demanding change. Some municipalities have introduced partnership certificates, but they are not legally binding. A new government post that mainly focuses on LGBTQ+ rights has been created, and a new law targets discrimination against sexual minorities.\n\nBut the community is disappointed because the law, which met stiff opposition from conservative lawmakers, stops well short of recognising marriage equality.\n\nActivists were also infuriated because of language in the bill which said that in taking measures to \"promote understanding\" of sexual minorities, \"all citizens can live with peace of mind\".\n\nIt drew angry reactions from critics who say it prioritised the rights of the majority, and implied that the existence of the LGBTQ+ community could be a threat to others' peace of mind.\n\n\"There are already many politicians that want to use this law as a deterrent to restrict education and activities at schools and companies - so I'm very afraid of those intentions,\" says Akira Nishiyama, deputy secretary general of the Japan Alliance for LGBT Legislation.\n\nSame-sex couples like Aki and Hikari say the lack of legal recognition is far from an abstract concern - it makes life harder for them every day.\n\nAki and Hikari say they want their son to grow up in a world where he can talk about his parents' relationship\n\nOne of the things they are struggling to get used to, for instance, is the fact that only Aki, who gave birth, has parental rights. \"When I gave birth, I wrote a will to appoint my partner as our son's legal guardian in case I died during labour. And even that didn't guarantee her custody,\" Aki says.\n\nIf one of them is hospitalised, the other has no legal right to fill paperwork or sign consent forms on her partner's behalf. Many couples cannot get a joint mortgage to buy a house. And if one partner dies, the other has no right to inherit.\n\nThey could apply for special permissions to circumvent each of these circumstances, but the decision depends on the discretion of officials.\n\nIt was parenthood that encouraged Hikari and Aki to come out to their families and their close circle of friends, and to consider marriage.\n\nThey wanted their son to be able to explain his mothers' relationship when he grows up. They knew they couldn't get married in Japan, but they filled out a marriage application anyway.\n\nWhen their application was rejected in Japan, they got married in Canada where Hikari went to university.\n\n\"We wanted to show we exist,\" Aki says. But in Japan, she says she and Hikari feel like they are being made invisible.\n\n\"I grew up in a small, conservative town,\" Aki says. \"I knew I was gay from a young age and felt strongly that I had to fix it. I lived in hiding… I've given up so much. I don't want to do this anymore.\"\n\nThere is room for progress, Ms Nishiyama says, but those in power are strongly resistant to change: \"Conservative politicians who want to protect the idea of traditional family… or the patriarchy.\"\n\n\"I have been actively working for the protection of LGBTQ+ people for almost 10 years - that's why I'm really frustrated because I feel that I need to really fight and I need to work hard every single day. I could live in other countries where LGBTQ+ people's rights are protected by law, but I have not chosen that path yet because I want to change Japanese society and I want to protect my own rights.\"\n\nJapan is the only G7 country not to fully recognise same-sex couples\n\nShe says she will never stop fighting, but she is also exhausted and disheartened by the meagre progress.\n\nOlder gay couples are more hopeful. Keitaro and Hideki met at a ballet class more than a year ago and have been inseparable since then.\n\nThey were excited to get a partnership certificate. Even though it gives them no legal protection, they see it as a symbol of their union. \"A true bond is beyond legal marriage. If you find one, it matters less how society labels it,\" Keitaro said.\n\nNow in his early 40s, Keitaro came out when he was a teenager and has since lived openly as a gay man.\n\nHideki, who's 10 years older, has not come out to his family. He lives in a conservative rural area near Tokyo and commutes regularly to see his partner - he doesn't want to shock his 90-year-old mother whom he takes care of often.\n\n\"I think that discrimination is still very strong in Japan, as is the environment that surrounds me,\" Hideki says.\n\n\"I wish that more people would not have to live a double life,\" Keitaro says. \"I think [legal protection] matters, if there's recognition... and less prejudice people will feel safe to come out.\"\n\nAnd that's what Aki and Hikari want too - they are hopeful that one day they'll be legally married in Japan and their son will be at their wedding.\n\nThey worry for their child and wonder how he will navigate school and society. Aki says that's why she wants more not just for her family, but for others like them.\n\n\"Our wish is to have a society which is easier to live in for children of same-sex parents,\" she says. \"We want LGBTQ people to be protected, now and in the future. It is not right that we keep hiding ourselves.\"", "Video caption: The moment McCarthy is removed as House speaker The moment McCarthy is removed as House speaker\n\nIt's been a historic day in US politics with Republican Kevin McCarthy ousted from his role as House Speaker.\n\nThe House voted to remove McCarthy by a tally of 216 votes to 210.\n\nA group of eight Republicans ultimately decided his fate, defecting from their party and voting to vacate the office of the Speaker of the House.\n\nHis removal was sparked by a group of ultra-conservatives, led by Matt Gaetz, who were frustrated by McCarthy's leadership. It boiled over at the weekend when he struck a deal with Democrats to fund government agencies.\n\nWhat happens next is uncertain. Patrick McHenry is the interim Speaker, and the House will need to figure out who gets the permanent gig.\n\nFor the moment, McCarthy says he has no plans to seek the Speaker's gavel again and refused to confirm at an evening news conference that he will even remain a congressman.\n\nFor a recap of what happened today, you can read this article.\n\nAnd if you want to delve into the feud that started this situation, you can watch this video.\n\nOur writers today have been Kayla Epstein, Mike Wendling, Gabriela Pomeroy, Lisa Lambert, Ali Abbas Ahmadi, Emily Atkinson, Marita Moloney and Max Matza.\n\nThis page was edited by Marianna Brady, Matt Murphy and myself.\n\nThanks for joining us.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nFormer President Donald Trump has attacked a judge and prosecutor in a day of courtroom drama as he attended the opening of a fraud trial that could threaten his business empire.\n\nOn entering the room on Monday dressed in a blue suit, Mr Trump - who turned up voluntarily - looked ahead as he walked past the prosecutor who brought the case.\n\nState's attorney general Letitia James, sitting in the front row, averted her gaze.\n\nTheir paths did not cross for the rest of opening statements as both sides laid out their case.\n\nMr Trump, the Trump Organization, several executives and two of his children - Donald Jr and Eric - are the defendants in the civil trial in New York Superior Court.\n\nThey are accused of fraud, falsification of business records, issuing false financial statements and conspiracy.\n\nAs the trial got under way, the former president occasionally glanced in the direction of Judge Arthur Engoron as he addressed the court.\n\nMoments beforehand, in a tirade outside court that echoed across the chamber, Mr Trump had called the judge a \"rogue adjudicator\".\n\nMs James was not spared either in his remarks to reporters at the top of the courtroom steps.\n\n\"It's a scam, it's a sham. Just so you know, my financial statements are phenomenal,\" Mr Trump added. \"There was no crime - the crime was against me.\"\n\nGiven the former president's personal attacks, observers expected a tense atmosphere in the cramped confines of the court. But the three key figures in the legal drama had minimal direct interactions.\n\nWhile prosecutors set out their case, Mr Trump for the most part sat still, occasionally whispering to his legal team.\n\nMs James kept her eyes on the lawyer unveiling a visual presentation that accompanied her team's opening statements.\n\nProceedings began with her team accusing Mr Trump and his co-defendants of intentionally and persistently committing fraud, which reaped Mr Trump over $100m (£83m).\n\nLast week Judge Engoron ruled against Mr Trump in a central claim of the lawsuit, finding that he had overvalued his properties by hundreds of millions of dollars in order to get favourable bank loans.\n\nMr Trump's lawyers addressed the court shortly afterwards, attacking the New York attorney general's arguments. Alina Habba said Ms James' goal as attorney general was to \"go to work, get Trump and go home\".\n\nShe claimed that Mr Trump did not inflate the value of his assets - including his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida.\n\nReal estate was malleable, she said, and his properties were \"Mona Lisas\" - Mar-a-Lago would sell for at least a billion dollars, she argued.\n\nMr Trump's attorney, Chris Kise, argued with Judge Engoron about issues including whether expert opinion counted as testimony.\n\nAnd Ms Habba's attacks on Ms James drew Judge Engoron's ire. The judge said he had already dismissed claims that the suit was politically motivated.\n\nThe afternoon in court proved calmer, with former Trump accountant Donald Bender testifying as the first witness called by the attorney general's office.\n\nMr Bender said he had worked on Trump's tax returns and completed accounting work for Mr Trump's corporate entities.\n\nHe testified in a criminal trial against the Trump Organization in Manhattan last year, claiming the company sought to evade taxes on bonuses and other luxury benefits.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nHis two-hour testimony on Monday - largely focused on technical questions about his work for the Trump Organization - capped off the first day of the three-month long trial.\n\nThe case will be decided by Judge Engoron, not a jury.\n\nNone of the defendants will face jail time if convicted, because this is a civil case not a criminal one.\n\nMs James is seeking $250m (£207m) and sanctions that could prevent the Trumps from doing business in the state of New York.\n\nThere is even the possibility that Mr Trump could lose some of the properties that have become a signature part of his brand.\n\nThe stakes could not be higher.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nResidents of a street at the centre of a school-run parking row say issues at pick-up and drop-off times are persisting 18 months after a protest.\n\nPeople living on Lon Derw, Tondu, Bridgend, blocked the cul-de-sac in January 2022, claiming cars and property had been damaged.\n\nThey said the issues have continued outside Brynmenyn Primary School, describing the situation as \"carnage\".\n\nBridgend council said obstructions should be reported to the police.\n\nMal Harris, a resident of Lon Derw, said the situation had not improved at all.\n\n\"We've been dealing with this issue since I moved here in 2018, and there is still no solution to the problem with inconsiderate parking on Lon Derw during school drop-off times,\" he told the Local Democracy Reporting Service (LDRS).\n\n\"It's really causing residents to suffer now and we think something has to be done,\" he said.\n\nResidents say parents on the school run park \"wherever they can\"\n\nHe said the housing estate was a small cul-de-sac with one road in and one road out, and because there is nowhere to park, parents come in to the estate and park wherever they can.\n\n\"It can be carnage out there at times, with dozens of cars lining the pavements and roads, blocking people in to their driveways, and causing tensions to flare,\" he said.\n\n\"Obviously it's very stressful to the people who live here when they can't get in or out of their properties, but to have this amount of traffic coming in to a small estate like this is unsafe for the children and pedestrians as well,\" Mr Harris said.\n\nHe said police had been in the area which provided temporary relief, but once they leave \"it goes right back to how it was before\".\n\nAnother resident who lives on the estate but did not wish to be named said they had considered moving in order to get away from the issue.\n\nThey said: \"We find it really hard here at the moment, as at least twice a day it's like you're living in a car park and it just isn't fair.\"\n\nParents say there has been a police presence at Brynmenyn Primary School during drop off times\n\nBridgend councillor Tim Thomas said he had been dealing with complaints for years from angered residents.\n\n\"While I am aware there remains concerns over the safety of the school drop-off point in Brynmenyn Primary, the council must adopt measures to resolve this.\n\n\"This could include parking marshals or considering lockdown periods. There would likely be a financial cost to this, but that would be a small price to pay for the safety of pupils within the school and outside in the community.\"\n\nBridgend council said: \"If any vehicle causes an obstruction by parking inconsiderately on a public highway, it should be reported to South Wales Police so officers can assess whether an obstruction has occurred.\n\n\"Safety is paramount and there are parking restrictions on the access road to the school to assist with road safety and to facilitate access to residential properties in the area.\"\n\nIt added parking enforcement officers patrol the area and enforce restrictions where appropriate.", "An email is shown to the inquiry dated 25 January 2020 from epidemiologist Mark Woolhouse to Catherine Calderwood, Scotland's former chief medical officer.\n\nWoolhouse said that if the early infection numbers were to be put into an epidemiological model for Scotland, in over a year or so \"at least half the population will become infected\".\n\n\"The gross mortality rate will triple and the health system will become completely overwhelmed,\" Woolhouse wrote.\n\nHe stresses though, at the time of writing, this is based on official WHO central estimates and is not a worst case scenario.\n\n\"The worst case scenario is considerably worse,\" he adds.", "Not all Police Scotland officers have vetting records, a review has found.\n\nAn inspection by the police watchdog also revealed some officers and staff had not been vetted since they started their careers.\n\nThe force is now being advised to carry out an urgent review to make sure all of its officers and staff have been through the proper process.\n\nHis Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary in Scotland wants vetting to be repeated at least every decade.\n\nPolice Scotland's Deputy Chief Constable Alan Speirs said the safeguarding of the force's values and standards \"has never been stronger\" and that HMICS \"rightly highlights the high standards of our vetting\".\n\nThe convictions of Sarah Everard's killer Wayne Couzens and multiple rapist David Carrick led to a nationwide check of all police officers in the UK.\n\nThat process is still under way in Scotland, but in the meantime HMICS has found gaps in Police Scotland's vetting system.\n\nHMICS is now calling for the Scottish government to introduce legislation which would allow Police Scotland's chief constable to \"dispense with the service of an officer or staff member who cannot maintain suitable vetting\".\n\nIt is also recommending \"an annual integrity review\" for all staff, to highlight issues such as convictions and misconduct.\n\nA report on designated posts which require working with vulnerable people should be carried out \"as a priority\", according to the report.\n\nThe inspection followed the sacking of Met officer David Carrick in January after he pleaded guilty to 49 offences against 12 women over two decades.\n\nDavid Carrick used his role as a Met police officer to put fear into his victims\n\nPrime Minister Rishi Sunak said the 48-year-old officer's crimes were an \"absolutely despicable\" abuse of power which needed to be \"addressed immediately\".\n\nPolice Scotland then announced that it would now check all 22,000 staff against national databases.\n\nThe force said the move would \"further enhance\" its vetting measures.\n\nFollowing publication of the latest report, HM Chief Inspector of Constabulary in Scotland Craig Naylor said effective vetting was \"vitally important to assess a person's integrity\".\n\nHe added: \"There is no doubt the public's confidence in and the reputation of policing has been damaged by officers who have behaved inappropriately and broken the law.\n\n\"Significant steps have been undertaken following recent high profile cases in England to ensure that officers and staff have been checked and any risks identified, highlighted and managed appropriately.\n\n\"Vetting should not be viewed in isolation or as a standalone process and must be part of an overall system to identify and manage potential risks posed by officers and staff.\"\n\nDeputy Chief Constable Alan Speirs said more than 5,000 officers and staff had been vetted to an enhanced level with annual reviews.\n\nHe added that the force would now ensure all roles \"have the right clearance levels\".\n\n\"We've invested to enable additional checks for new recruits before they are sworn into office and, working with staff associations and unions, we are introducing a programme of re-vetting,\" he said.\n\n\"We know the onus is on us to earn public confidence and will carefully review this report to identify any further improvements which can strengthen our vetting.\"\n\nCabinet Secretary for Justice and Home Affairs, Angela Constance, said: \"It is vital the public have confidence in policing. Vetting is a key strand in providing that assurance and we welcome the work Police Scotland are already taking to address the review's recommendations.\n\n\"We are committed to exploring the legislative basis for vetting and are considering the report and all its recommendations.\"\n\nThe Police (Ethics, Conduct and Scrutiny) Scotland Bill introduced to Parliament earlier this year aims to further improve police complaint and misconduct systems and processes.\n\nIt's important to stress that the Inspectorate of Constabulary is not saying that these Police Scotland officers and staff were never vetted when they started their careers.\n\nThey would have been, when they joined one of the eight legacy forces that were replaced by the single national service in 2013.\n\nThe problem is, in some cases, there's no record to show that it happened and what was done.\n\nPutting that uncertainty to one side, the force, inspectorate and the Scottish Police Federation all point to the extra checks that were ordered after Wayne Couzens killed Sarah Everard in London.\n\nPolice Scotland scrutinised the police national database to see if any of its 23,000 officers and staff had criminal convictions. Further checks were carried out in its internal systems and against a database of vulnerable persons.\n\nThe force, inspectorate and federation all say that exercise has not identified significant issues with any Police Scotland officers and staff and that that should reassure the public.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Rishi Sunak and his government ministers have been busy giving interviews and making speeches at the annual Conservative party conference - we've looked at some of their claims.\n\nUnder pressure from some in his party to cut taxes, the prime minister said: \"The best tax cut I can deliver for the British people is to halve inflation.\"\n\nWhen challenged on this he repeated: \"Inflation is a tax.\"\n\nInflation is not a tax, although high inflation can clearly make people worse off because it means higher prices.\n\nDoes HS2 cost 10 times more than similar projects in France?\n\nChancellor Jeremy Hunt said that \"it costs 10 times more\" to build high speed rail in the UK than France.\n\nThere are no recent comparisons between the cost in France and the UK.\n\nBut in 2015, a House of Lords report estimated the cost of building HS2 at \"up to nine times higher than the cost of constructing high speed lines in France\".\n\nIt said possible reasons included expensive tunnelling needed in the UK, the cost of a new station and renovation another, and the state of the UK railway construction industry.\n\nRead more about claims made on climate action, fracking, and military aid to Ukraine in our full article here.", "Two Class A drug dealers trying to escape police were caught when their getaway car ended up wedged in the air between a lamppost and an unmarked police vehicle.\n\nArif Ali, 21, and Tanvir Ali, 20, were arrested after crack cocaine and heroin with a street value in excess of £11,000 was found inside their cars.\n\nUndercover officers approached a VW Polo when it then made an attempt to evade police.\n\nDriver Tanvir Ali drove dangerously, narrowly missing pedestrians and parked vehicles, before colliding with an unmarked police car.\n\nBoth were convicted of two counts of intent to supply Class A drugs, and were jailed on 22 September at Swansea Crown Court.\n\nTanvir Ali, who was also convicted of violent disorder and dangerous driving, was sentenced to three years and four months. Arif Ali was sentenced to three years and nine months.", "Strike action was due to take place on Wednesday and Friday\n\nPlanned strikes on the London Underground have been called off following \"significant progress\" in talks over jobs and conditions.\n\nAbout 3,000 Rail, Maritime and Transport (RMT) union members were due to strike on Wednesday and Friday.\n\nIt is in dispute with Transport for London (TfL) over 600 post closures.\n\nThe cuts are part of a savings programme that was required by the £1.2bn government funding deal agreed in August 2022.\n\nRevenue is guaranteed until 2024 but TfL has to look for about £230m of savings.\n\nA spokesperson for the RMT said after talks with conciliation service Acas, it had managed to \"save jobs, prevent detrimental changes to rosters and secure protection of earnings around grading changes\".\n\nThe union added: \"The significant progress means that key elements have been settled although there remains wider negotiations to be had in the job, pensions and working agreements dispute.\"\n\nNick Dent, London Underground's director of customer operations, said: \"We are pleased that the RMT has withdrawn its planned industrial action this week and that the dispute on our change proposals in stations is now resolved.\n\n\"This is good news for London and we will continue to work closely with our trade unions as we evolve London Underground to ensure we can continue to support the capital in the most effective way.\"\n\nThe RMT union had fears over lone working and the workload, while TfL said no station would be left unstaffed and no-one would lose their job.\n\nEither way, now a resolution appears to have been found which it seems to mean fewer post closures and enough protections to keep union reps happy.\n\nAs transport systems continue to be messed up with strikes, here at least there's some good news for passengers.\n\nLondon Mayor Sadiq Khan, who has overall responsibility for TfL, said: \"There's no winners when it comes to industrial action which is why I'm so pleased that this industrial action has been called off.\n\n\"I'd like to thank the RMT and TfL for their hard work over the past few days. It shows the difference talking can make.\"\n\nListen to the best of BBC Radio London on Sounds and follow BBC London on Facebook, X and Instagram. Send your story ideas to hello.bbclondon@bbc.co.uk\n\nSign up for our morning newsletter and get BBC News in your inbox.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The BBC's royal correspondent Nicholas Witchell is to retire after nearly five decades with the corporation.\n\nWitchell, who joined the broadcaster as a trainee in 1976, has covered the Royal Family for the last 25 years.\n\nHe reported on the deaths of Queen Elizabeth II and Diana, Princess of Wales, as well as multiple royal weddings, births and funerals.\n\nThe BBC confirmed Witchell, 70, will depart next year. \"It's time I shoved off to focus on other things,\" he said.\n\n\"It has been a huge privilege for nearly half a century to work for simply the best news broadcaster in the world alongside some of the very finest producers, camera operators, editors and others,\" Witchell wrote in an announcement sent to BBC staff.\n\n\"I hope Britain realises what it has in the BBC and cherishes it.\"\n\nThe BBC's director of news content, Richard Burgess, said Witchell's \"consummate reporting\" on the death of the Queen last year \"defined much of the BBC's coverage, combining insight with expertise and sensitive commentary\".\n\nWhile he was thanked by his BBC colleagues this week for his \"remarkable service\", Witchell once famously proved to be less popular with one top royal.\n\nIn 2005, at a photoshoot in the Swiss Alps, the then Prince of Wales, now King Charles III, was heard on mic making disparaging remarks about the journalist, after he had asked a question about his upcoming marriage to Camilla Parker Bowles.\n\n\"Bloody people,\" said the royal. \"I can't bear that man. I mean, he is so awful, he really is.\"\n\nSix O'Clock News presenters Sue Lawley and Nicholas Witchell, pictured in 1984\n\nA few years after having joined the BBC fresh from Leeds University, in 1979, Witchell joined its Northern Ireland newsroom, reporting on the hunger strikes, the murder of Earl Mountbatten and the killing of 19 British soldiers on the same day at Warrenpoint.\n\nHe later moved to London, covering the Falklands war, as well as UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher's successful 1983 general election campaign.\n\nHe then returned to Belfast the same year to become the BBC's Ireland correspondent.\n\nAlongside Sue Lawley, Witchell became one of the founding presenters of the Six O'Clock News in 1984, before going on to front another new current affairs show, BBC Breakfast News, with the late Jill Dando.\n\nHe returned to frontline reporting for Panorama, and then as the BBC's diplomatic correspondent from 1994.\n\nDuring a trip to south east Asia in 1997, Witchell became one of the first journalists to learn of the death of Princess Diana in a car crash in Paris in 1997.\n\nHe also provided live radio commentary from outside Westminster Abbey at her funeral.\n\nWitchell took on the role of royal correspondent the following year.\n\nOver a period of quarter of a century, he reported on the deaths of the Queen, the Queen Mother and Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh; as well as the weddings of Prince William and Prince Harry, and the births of royal babies including Prince George and Princess Charlotte.\n\nThe BBC has not yet announced who will replace Witchell when he leaves early next year.\n\nSign up for our morning newsletter and get BBC News in your inbox.\n\nThe BBC's Senior Royal Correspondent on what covering The Queen's death was like for him.", "Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has again refused to say if the Birmingham to Manchester leg of HS2 will be axed.\n\nAsked by the BBC's Laura Kuenssberg if the high-speed line would reach Manchester, he said: \"We're getting on with delivering [the project], I'm not going to comment on this speculation.\"\n\nRising costs have led to growing doubts over this second leg of HS2.\n\nThe first leg, between London and Birmingham, is already under construction.\n\nHS2 is seen as key to the government's pledge to \"level up\" the country. Labour and some Tory MPs have warned against scaling it back.\n\nOn Saturday, former PM Theresa May became the latest Conservative voice to warn against downgrading the project.\n\nAndy Street, the Tory mayor of the West Midlands, has also criticised the idea, while London mayor Sadiq Khan warned it could make the UK a \"laughing stock\".\n\nBut Mr Sunak said he \"completely\" rejected the criticism, telling Kuenssberg that the government was \"absolutely committed to levelling up across this country\".\n\nHe highlighted a levelling up fund for 55 towns, adding that the UK was attracting \"billions of pound of investment into this country, creating jobs everywhere\".\n\nOn Sunday, Transport Minister Richard Holden said the government was right to keep the HS2 leg to Manchester under review as it had a \"big impact\" on cost.\n\nHe told BBC News: \"It is right we properly look at it and the chancellor and prime minister really dig into the detail of it.\"\n\nAsked if the government was saying it could not currently commit to the line coming to Manchester, he said: \"Exactly. There is a lot of detailed work going on.\"\n\nHe added: \"With any large project you'd obviously want to keep it constantly under review... this is one of the biggest projects the country is looking at at the moment.\"\n\nSpeculation around the future of HS2 has been swirling for weeks, with the PM and other ministers repeatedly declining to confirm whether the project will be scaled back.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: Ros Atkins on… How the HS2 plan changed over the years\n\nMany in Westminster had expected an announcement to have happened before the start of the Conservative Party Conference in Manchester, which kicks off on Sunday.\n\nNo 10 appears to have concluded it can get through the four days of conference without clarifying its position.\n\nA senior government source told the BBC: \"We are in Manchester - but we are not speaking to Manchester, we are speaking to the country.\"\n\nWith no announcement this week, it may be that the fate of HS2 is not clarified until Jeremy Hunt's Autumn Statement - which won't take place until 22 November.\n\nThe HS2 scheme has already faced delays, cost increases and cuts. The planned eastern leg between Birmingham and Leeds was axed in late 2021.\n\nIn March, the government announced that building the line between Birmingham and Crewe, and then onto Manchester, would be delayed for at least two years.\n\nThe last official estimate on HS2 costs, excluding the cancelled eastern section, added up to about £71bn. But this was in 2019 prices so it does not account for the rise in costs for materials and wages since then.\n\nThe possible scrapping of the leg to Manchester has also raised concerns over other plans to improve rail services across northern England.\n\nThe Northern Powerhouse Rail (NPR) scheme plans to speed up links between Liverpool, Manchester and Leeds through a mixture of new and upgraded lines.\n\nHowever, these plans include a section of the HS2 line from Manchester Airport to Manchester Piccadilly, as well as planned upgrades to Manchester Piccadilly station.\n\nEarlier this week, the mayor of Greater Manchester, Andy Burnham, said scrapping the HS2 extension to Manchester risked \"ripping the heart\" out of the NPR scheme.", "John Smith Pool in Airdrie was one of the 39 facilities under threat\n\nNorth Lanarkshire Council has reversed its decision to close 39 local facilities including swimming pools, libraries and community halls.\n\nThe Labour-run local authority said the move would have saved £4.7m a year as it aimed to plug a budget shortfall of £64m over three years.\n\nThe council said its finances remained \"dire\" despite the U-turn.\n\nScottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar blamed a lack of Scottish government funding for the initial decision.\n\nFirst Minister Humza Yousaf had called the decision to close facilities \"short-sighted\".\n\nHe said voters in Rutherglen and Hamilton West, who are going to the polls this week in a Westminster by-election, would be \"watching closely\". The constituency is in neighbouring South Lanarkshire, which is also Labour-run.\n\nNorth Lanarkshire Council had planned to shut 12 of its Active NL leisure buildings, six libraries and its mobile library service.\n\nThe review also identified 25 community facilities to close as part of a phased two-year process.\n\nMore than 21,000 North Lanarkshire residents signed various online petitions against the closures, with a public protest also planned.\n\nCouncil leader Jim Logue said the U-turn was made \"despite a total lack of support\" from the Scottish government.\n\n\"The SNP has refused to offer a single penny more to support these facilities despite receiving £6m to support swimming pools from the UK government.\"\n\nScottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar has blamed the Scottish government for council cuts\n\nHe said the local authority would protect the facilities for the rest of the council term but that its \"financial situation remains dire\".\n\n\"It remains the case that North Lanarkshire Council will face difficult budget decisions as a result of failure of the SNP to properly resource local government,\" Mr Logue added.\n\nThe SNP group submitted a motion to the provost to hold a vote of no confidence in the council leader.\n\nSNP group chief Tracy Carragher accused Mr Logue of \"forcing\" through the cuts at a policy and strategy committee, rather than at full council.\n\n\"He has lost the support of at least half of his group and it is our opinion that he no longer commands the confidence either of North Lanarkshire Council or the people of North Lanarkshire, it is time for him to go,\" she said.\n\nMr Sarwar said he had made it \"very clear\" he wanted to protect local services \"where possible\".\n\nHe told journalists on Tuesday: \"The blame lies squarely with an SNP Scottish government who is not giving a fair funding deal to local government.\"\n\nScottish Conservative deputy leader and local MSP Meghan Gallacher said the closures would have been a \"hammer blow\" for the community.\n\nShe said: \"SNP-Green ministers have savagely cut local budgets year after year putting them beyond breaking point and having to make impossible decisions.\"\n\nScottish Liberal Democrat economy spokesperson Willie Rennie said real-term funding cuts were \"tearing into the hearts of communities\".\n\nHe added: \"Voters are running out of patience with the nationalists.\"\n\nGreen MSP Gillian Mackay welcomed the U-turn but said the cuts should never have been sanctioned by the council.\n\n\"The decision to reverse them is down to the mobilisation of local groups, sports teams and residents who have made their voices heard,\" she said.\n\nThe Scottish government has said it is for councils to make decisions on the priorities for their areas and consider how facilities are used.\n\nA spokesperson added: \"While Scotland is facing the most challenging budget settlement since devolution due to ongoing UK government austerity, this year North Lanarkshire Council will receive £779.7m to fund local services - which equates to an extra £25.4m on last year.\"\n\nThe North Lanarkshire Council closures would have included the Matt Busby Sports Centre in Bellshill and the John Smith Pool in Airdrie.\n\nAffected staff were likely to be offered redeployment.\n\nThe announcement comes after the Accounts Commission warned that Scotland's local authorities must radically change how they operated to maintain the services they offered.\n\nBBC research found Scotland's councils faced a £700m funding gap in their budgets this year.", "The US government has issued its first ever fine to a company for leaving space junk orbiting the Earth.\n\nThe Federal Communications Commission fined Dish Network $150,000 (£125,000) for failing to move an old satellite far enough away from others in use.\n\nThe company admitted liability over its EchoStar-7 satellite and agreed to a \"compliance plan\" with the FCC.\n\nSpace junk is made up bits of tech that are in orbit around the Earth but are no longer in use, and risk collisions.\n\nOfficially called space debris, it includes things like old satellites and parts of spacecraft.\n\nThe FCC said that Dish's satellite posed a potential risk to other satellites orbiting the Earth at its current altitude.\n\nDish's EchoStar-7 - which was first launched in 2002 - was in geostationary orbit, which starts at 22,000 miles (36,000km) above the Earth's surface.\n\nDish was meant to move the satellite 186 miles further from Earth, but at the end of its life in 2022 had moved it only 76 miles after it lost fuel.\n\n\"As satellite operations become more prevalent and the space economy accelerates, we must be certain that operators comply with their commitments,\" said FCC enforcement bureau chief Loyaan Egal.\n\n\"This is a breakthrough settlement, making very clear the FCC has strong enforcement authority and capability to enforce its vitally important space debris rules.\"\n\nThe $150,000 fine represents a tiny proportion of Dish's overall revenue, which was $16.7bn in 2022.\n\nHowever, the fine may still have an impact on other satellite operators, according to Dr Megan Argo, senior lecturer in astrophysics at the University of Central Lancashire.\n\n\"The fact that they've actually used their regulatory powers for the first time is certainly likely to at least make the rest of the industry sit up and pay attention,\" said Dr Argo.\n\n\"The fact that they have used it once means that they are likely to use it again.\n\n\"The more things we have in orbit, the more risk there is of collisions, causing high-speed debris. [This could] go on and potentially hit other satellites, causing yet more debris and potentially cause a cascade reaction,\" she added.\n\nIt is estimated that more than 10,000 satellites have been launched into space since the first one in 1957, with over half of them now out of use.\n\nAccording to Nasa, there are more than 25,000 pieces of space debris measuring over 10cm long.\n\nNasa boss Bill Nelson told the BBC in July that space junk was a \"major problem\", which has meant that the International Space Station has had to be moved out of the way of debris flying past.\n\n\"Even a paint chip… coming in the wrong direction at orbital speed, which is 17,500 miles an hour [could] hit an astronaut doing a spacewalk. That can be fatal,\" he said.\n\nSign up for our morning newsletter and get BBC News in your inbox.", "Garry Jones admitted sabotaging the products at Harvey & Brockless, in Evesham, last year\n\nA factory worker who put plastic bags, rubber gloves and ring pulls in food destined for Nando's has been jailed.\n\nGarry Jones \"knowingly and maliciously\" contaminated the products while working at a Worcestershire food manufacturer.\n\nHe admitted contaminating goods supplied to Nando's, after adding items to hummus and salad dressings, and was jailed for three years.\n\nManufacturer Harvey & Brockless said no products that were tampered with in October 2022 reached \"end\" customers.\n\nThe 39-year-old was a \"picker\" at the firm in Evesham and responsible for collecting the required ingredients for the next day's cooking, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said.\n\nBut from 28 October last year, the company was made aware dozens of its products which are supplied to restaurants across the country had been contaminated with the gloves, plastic bags and metal ring pulls.\n\nRubber gloves were found in some food products\n\nAn internal investigation revealed other boxes had also been tampered with, leading to the firm concluding an employee was responsible and police were alerted.\n\nThe use of a metal detector on products before they left the kitchen area meant any contamination could not have taken place during production and must have occurred in the storage area of the factory, the CPS said.\n\nCCTV cameras inside the factory went to show Jones, from Larch Road, Evesham, deliberately tampering with tubs of hummus and salad dressings when he was alone.\n\nHe was arrested on 10 November and questioned by West Midlands Police, where he later admitted to officers he had combined fish sauce with soy sauce on one occasion.\n\nHarvey & Brockless has said the vast majority of the products involved did not reach their destination, adding \"any items that did were quickly returned before reaching the end consumer\".\n\n\"This swift action meant all end consumers were fully protected from any contaminated products,\" it added.\n\nManufacturer Harvey & Brockless said no products that were tampered with between 1 October and 1 November 2022 reached end customers\n\nFollowing the incident, the manufacturer said it had invested in extra CCTV cameras to ensure all areas were \"fully covered\".\n\nMehree Kamranfar, senior crown prosecutor for CPS West Midlands, said the case was \"extremely disturbing\" and could have had had far-reaching implications had Jones not been caught.\n\n\"Jones knowingly and maliciously contaminated food products that were going to be distributed to some of the most popular high street restaurants across the country.\n\n\"The cross-contamination caused alarm both within the company and externally, as Jones's utter disregard, particularly in mixing fish sauce with raw ingredients, could have threatened serious harm to those with allergies.\n\n\"In addition, sabotaging the food products supplied by Harvey & Brockless not only cost the firm thousands of pounds, it also threatened to destroy the company's reputation.\"\n\nJones was sentenced to 33 months imprisonment for contaminating goods, and nine months to run consecutively for a charge of burglary after he admitted breaking into a colleague's house through a window and stealing a pink hairbrush.\n\nUpdate 4th October: An earlier version of this article reported that the CPS had said that food products contaminated in this case were destined for Nandos and Ivy Group restaurants. The CPS have since confirmed that although the Harvey & Brockless Fine Food Company produces large quantities of items for restaurants across the country, including Nando's and The Ivy Group, none of the products in this case were destined for Ivy Group restaurants.\n\nFollow BBC West Midlands on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Send your story ideas to: newsonline.westmidlands@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nA fire at a food waste recycling plant that started after lightning sparked a gas explosion has been brought under control.\n\nA tank at the Severn Trent Green Power site in Cassington, Oxfordshire, was hit on Monday at 19:20 BST, causing the gases within it to ignite and explode.\n\nWitnesses reported seeing a huge fireball light up the night sky.\n\nThe blaze was contained without any injuries and some crews have been seen leaving the site after almost 24 hours.\n\nEarlier, the fire service confirmed some crews would remain at the scene while the plant, which was severely damaged, was made safe.\n\nDaylight revealed the damage caused to the three units at the recycling plant\n\nOperator Severn Trent Green Power Limited praised emergency services and said it was \"relieved that no-one has been hurt\".\n\nThe waste firm said it was working to assess the damage and urged people not to come to the site.\n\nA spokesperson said: \"Following the lightning strike at our plant in Cassington last night, the site has been fully contained and made safe.\n\n\"We'd like to thank the emergency services for their support and will continue to work with them throughout the day.\"\n\nThree of the five tanks at the plant were damaged.\n\nFirefighters have been there all night and helped ensure the blaze did not spread, Oxfordshire Fire and Rescue Service said.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nChief Fire Officer Rob MacDougall told BBC Radio Oxford: \"They are a concrete cylinder and they have a plastic top to them.\n\n\"Those three plastic tops have been completely destroyed by the fire hence the gas came out and so we were dealing with a fire inside those three cylinders.\n\n\"A fire investigation and monitoring will continue for the next few days. We're scaled right back now, we only have one fire engine down there.\n\n\"It's quite a rare occurrence but it's not the first time we've had a situation of this type so we will make sure we look into it and understand these two very freak occurrences to make sure this doesn't happen again.\"\n\nIn 2016, a lightning strike ignited methane stored in a waste digester, operated by company Agrivert, at Benson, near Wallingford, Oxfordshire, causing a fire which burned for 20 minutes and destroyed the roof.\n\nBBC correspondent Sean Coughlan said firefighters were monitoring the site from above in a cherry picker.\n\nHe said: \"As well as the unit in the biogas plant hit by lightning, it's understood that other adjacent units were also damaged by the explosion.\n\n\"But it's calm here now, with lorries rolling in and out of the waste recycling plant, on an industrial site outside Oxford.\n\n\"The next question is likely to be a safety investigation to understand more about last night's spectacular explosion.\"\n\nA Health and Safety Executive spokesperson said it was aware of Monday's incident and was making inquiries.\n\nA fireball lit up the night sky after the explosion\n\nStewart Reid and his wife saw the explosion as they were travelling on the A34 near Oxford.\n\nHe said: \"There was lighting and thunder, [it] kept lighting up the sky the whole time we were driving. Then there was a bright orange light and we could see something had burst into flames.\n\n\"You could tell it was an explosion - flames were going up at such a velocity, you could tell it was gas. It was a bit crazy.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. In 2016, a food waste plant containing methane was struck by lightning\n\nAt its height, 40 firefighters in six fire engines, police and several ambulances were sent to the plant.\n\nThames Valley Police shut the A40 between Wolvercote and Eynsham, and urged residents to stay home and shut windows and doors overnight.\n\nThe road has since reopened and restrictions for residents lifted.\n\nPeople also reported lights flickering in their homes at the time of the strike and power outages in Witney, Burford, Chipping Norton and Milton-under-Wychwood.\n\nSevern Trent Green Power said the local power company confirmed this was due to the weather and not with its site.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by BBC Weather This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThunderstorms developed on Monday afternoon across central southern England which travelled north eastward.\n\nBBC Weather's Simon King said: \"Some of these storms tracked to the north of Oxford with frequent lightning.\n\n\"Overall there were around 1,400 lightning flashes detected across southern England before they cleared late on Monday.\n\n\"For an October day, this is quite a significant number but in comparison, on a thundery summer's day there could be as many as tens of thousands of flashes.\"\n\nDo you live near the food waste recycling site? Did you witness the explosion? Please email: haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.\n\nFollow BBC South on Facebook, X, or Instagram. Send your story ideas to south.newsonline@bbc.co.uk.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Ukraine fires thousands of shells every day in defence of its territory\n\nWestern military powers are running out of ammunition to give Ukraine to defend itself against Russia's full-scale invasion, the UK and Nato have warned.\n\nAdm Rob Bauer, Nato's most senior military official, told the Warsaw Security Forum that \"the bottom of the barrel is now visible\".\n\nHe said governments and defence manufacturers now had to \"ramp up production in a much higher tempo\".\n\nUkraine fires thousands of shells every day and most now come from Nato.\n\nThe admiral, who chairs Nato's Military Committee, said decades of underinvestment meant Nato countries had begun supplying Ukraine with weapons with their ammunition warehouse already half-full or even emptier.\n\n\"We need large volumes. The just-in-time, just-enough economy we built together in 30 years in our liberal economies is fine for a lot of things - but not the armed forces when there is a war ongoing.\"\n\nUK Defence Minister James Heappey told the forum that Western military stockpiles were \"looking a bit thin\" and urged Nato allies to spend 2% of their national wealth on defence, as they had committed to do.\n\n\"If it's not the time - when there is a war in Europe - to spend 2% on defence, then when is?\" he asked.\n\nHe, too, said the \"just-in-time\" model \"definitely does not work when you need to be ready for the fight tomorrow\".\n\n\"We can't stop just because our stockpiles are looking a bit thin,\" Mr Heappey said. \"We have to keep Ukraine in the fight tonight and tomorrow and the day after and the day after. And if we stop, that doesn't mean that Putin automatically stops.\"\n\nAnd that meant, he said, \"continuing to give, day in day out, and rebuilding our own stockpiles\".\n\n\"The elephant in the room is that not everyone in the alliance is yet spending 2% of their GDP on defence. That must be the floor for our defence spending, not the ceiling.\"\n\nHe added: \"When it comes to the alliance, the US is increasingly looking east and west, and I think justifiably our colleagues in Congress need to see the European powers are spending their 2% to resource Nato equitably.\"\n\nOn Monday, EU foreign ministers held first ever summit outside the bloc in Kyiv, pledging continuing support to Ukraine\n\nSwedish Defence Minister Pol Jonson said it was vital for Europe to get its defence industrial base in shape to support Ukraine for the long term.\n\n\"Because we're digging pretty deep now into our pockets, into our stocks,\" he said.\n\n\"And in the long run, I think it's crucial that Ukrainians also can procure defence material from the industrial base in Europe. We learned some hard lessons here about scale and volume, not at least when it comes to artillery ammunition.\"\n\nThe UK defence ministry says that since the start of the invasion in February 2022, the UK has given more than 300,000 rounds of artillery ammunition and is committed to giving \"tens of thousands more\" by the end of the year.\n\nThe US state department says that over the same timescale, America has given Ukraine more than two million Nato standard 155mm artillery rounds.\n\nSuch is Kyiv's dependence on US ammunition that there are real concerns among Nato allies about the possibility of Donald Trump being re-elected president next year.\n\nThey fear that US military support for Ukraine might diminish if Mr Trump were to seek some kind of political settlement with Moscow.\n\nThe difficulty is that despite attempts to ramp up production, Ukraine is using the ammunition faster than Western powers can replace it.\n\nNato and EU countries have agreed various plans to share expertise, agree joint contracts with defence manufacturers, subsidise production as much as they can.\n\nBut it appears that they are still struggling to meet the need.\n\nAnalysts say that in contrast, Russia appears much more able to gear up its wartime economy to replenish its own stockpiles.\n\nSign up for our morning newsletter and get BBC News in your inbox.", "Transgender people may be banned from single-sex hospital wards under plans to restore \"common sense\" in the NHS, the health secretary says.\n\nSpeaking at the Conservative party conference, Steve Barclay announced a consultation on strengthening the protections in place for women.\n\nNHS guidance issued in 2021 said trans people may be placed on wards according to the gender they identify as.\n\nThe change would stop that with trans people given their own rooms and areas.\n\nBut doctors have questioned whether there are the facilities available to achieve that.\n\nAnd the move would have to meet the legal threshold set by the Equality Act.\n\nThat allows trans people to be excluded from single-sex spaces if there is a proportionate means of achieving a legitimate aim, such as privacy or safety.\n\nMr Barclay said he wanted to make sure the \"dignity, safety and privacy\" of all patients was respected, while the rights of women are protected.\n\nThe health secretary also said sex-specific language has been fully restored to online NHS advice pages about cervical and ovarian cancer and the menopause.\n\n\"We need a common-sense approach to sex and equality issues in the NHS - that is why today I am announcing proposals for clearer rights for patients.\"\n\nBut Cleo Madeleine, a spokesperson for the trans-led Gendered Intelligence charity, said: \"It's disappointing.\n\n\"The NHS has always adopted a common-sense approach based on patients' wants and needs, and there have been no issues with this system. It is not something that has led to widespread complaints.\n\n\"Trans people already are less likely to seek medical care because they are concerned they will be judged and announcements like this just reinforces those fears.\"\n\nHowever, Maya Forstater, of the Sex Matters campaign group, described the announcement as \"fantastic news\".\n\n\"Staff transactivists have been wreaking havoc across the health sector, from the removal of sex-based language in women's health to insisting that the identity of NHS workers trumps patients' rights to single-sex care.\n\n\"After years of gender ideology indoctrination through training and accreditation programmes, transactivists have captured leaders right across the NHS.\n\n\"Undoing the damage will take years of concerted effort, but will bring huge benefits for all patients and staff, most especially women.\"\n\nAnd Dr Vishal Sharma, of the British Medical Association, questioned how practical the move would be.\n\nHe said some hospitals would find it \"very challenging\" as single rooms were limited and often reserved for infection control purposes.", "Hunter Biden was flanked by Secret Service agents as he entered the Delaware courtroom\n\nHunter Biden, the son of President Joe Biden, has entered a not guilty plea to charges of illegally owning a handgun at a Delaware courthouse.\n\nProsecutors allege that Mr Biden, 53, lied about his drug use on application forms when he purchased the weapon in 2018.\n\nMr Biden has acknowledged that he was a heavy user of crack cocaine at the time, but denies breaking the law.\n\nHe faces up to 25 years in prison if convicted of the three federal counts.\n\nThe charges could also lead to fines of up to $750,000 (£621,000).\n\nClad in a dark suit and flanked by Secret Service agents and his defence team, Mr Biden did not speak during the brief arraignment, other than to acknowledge the charges against him and his rights as a defendant.\n\nThe plea was entered on his behalf by his attorney, Abbe Lowell. In a statement afterwards, Mr Lowell said he believes the charges are the result of \"political pressure\" by right-wing Republicans.\n\nCameras were not allowed inside the courtroom at the J Caleb Boggs Federal Building in Delaware\n\nMr Biden appeared to be relaxed, laughing and smiling with his defence team before proceedings began and waving to an acquaintance in the room. As he exited, he waved to reporters and said \"thank you\".\n\nWhile no date has been set for the beginning of the trial, prosecutors and Mr Biden's defence team have been given a 30-day deadline to file any pretrial motions they might have.\n\nAs part of the judge's conditions for his remaining free pending trial, he was ordered to abstain from drugs and alcohol, seek employment and clear any travel with a probation officer.\n\nA proposed plea deal to resolve the charges abruptly fell apart in July, meaning Mr Biden was indicted shortly after.\n\nHe was charged with two counts of making false statements and one count of illegal gun possession. The charges all relate to his purchase of a revolver at a Delaware gun store in October 2018, which he kept for around 11 days.\n\nBy Mr Biden's own admission - published in a 2021 memoir - he was in the throes of a \"full-blown addiction\" at the time.\n\nTwo of the criminal counts against him, each punishable by up to 10 years, stem from the allegations that Mr Biden lied about his drug use on the forms. A third count, related to his possession of a firearm while a drug user, is punishable by up to five years.\n\nKevin McMunigal, a former federal prosecutor who now teaches law at Case Western Reserve University in Ohio, said that while the basic facts of the prosecution's case \"will be quite easy to establish\", they by no means ensure a successful prosecution.\n\nFor example, Mr McMunigal noted that all three charges require that Mr Biden was \"using or addicted\" to drugs when he filled out the form on 12 October 2018.\n\n\"Apparently he was in and out of drug rehabilitation during that year....a question may arise as to whether he was using or addicted at that point in time,\" he said. \"This could be tricky for the prosecution to prove if he claims he was clean during the key time period in mid-October\".\n\nSecurity was tight for Mr Biden's arraignment in Wilmington\n\nAdditionally, Mr McMunigal said that Mr Biden's lack of a criminal record \"is a major factor in his favour in terms of avoiding jail time\", and that the non-violent and victimless nature of the allegations \"make prison time less likely\".\n\nIn court, Mr Lowell said that Mr Biden's defence team would seek to have the charges dismissed, arguing that they are both unconstitutional and barred by the previous agreement made with prosecutors.\n\nThe argument over the constitutionality of one of the charges - a ban on gun possession for drug users - rests on a Supreme Court ruling that expanded gun rights last year.\n\nIn the ruling, the conservative-leaning court said that firearms restrictions must be consistent with the \"historical tradition of firearm regulation\" in the US.\n\nLauryn Gouldin, a law professor at Syracuse University, told the BBC that under that criteria, the court would \"likely\" find the charge against Mr Biden unconstitutional.\n\nIn early November, the Supreme Court will also hear another case in which it will hear arguments over whether the government can prohibit gun ownership by people with domestic violence restraining orders.\n\nThe outcome of that case, she added, \"is likely to be a very clear signal\" for the Biden case.\n\nMr Biden appeared on Tuesday in a federal courthouse in Wilmington, Delaware - which is the hometown of the Bidens.\n\nSecurity was tight during the brief court appearance in Wilmington, which lasted less than 30 minutes. Mr Biden was escorted into the courtroom by Secret Service agents, while outside, police used dogs to inspect bags and nearby bushes.\n\nOne protester - dressed in a striped prison costume - stood outside the courthouse holding a sign that read \"lock Biden up\", occasionally eliciting profanities from passing motorists.\n\nThe gun at the centre of the case was found by Hallie Biden, the widow of Hunter's brother Beau, in his vehicle. Ms Biden threw the weapon into a rubbish bin, reportedly because she feared he might use it to hurt himself.\n\nIt was later discovered and returned to the store, but not before it prompted separate investigations by both Delaware police and the US Secret Service.\n\nIn June, a two-part agreement was reached between prosecutors and Hunter Biden's legal team in which he agreed to admit illegal possession of a firearm and undertake addiction treatment and monitoring. Under that agreement, he would also be charged with two misdemeanour counts for failing to pay his taxes on time in 2017 and 2018.\n\nBut the deal, which would have allowed Mr Biden to avoid felony charges and potential imprisonment, fell apart in July. The judge in the case, Maryellen Noreika, said she could not \"rubber stamp\" the agreement. She also called the deal's proposed resolution of the gun charge \"unusual\".\n\nWhile the tax charges were dismissed in August, prosecutors are expected to refile the charges, or file new ones, in Washington DC or California.\n\nEarlier in September, Mr Biden filed a lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service, alleging that two of its agents \"sought to target and embarrass\" him by sharing private tax information.\n\nThe case could mean that Hunter Biden faces a criminal trial while his father campaigns for re-election as president.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: Why Hunter Biden is important to Republicans", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Police video showed the flyover barrier the bus crashed through\n\nAt least 21 people including several children have died after a bus crashed off a flyover near Venice and burst into flames, officials say.\n\nThe electric bus broke through a barrier and plunged almost 15m (50ft) near railway tracks in Mestre, which is connected to Venice by a bridge.\n\nFive Ukrainians, one German and the Italian driver were among the dead, city prefect Michele Di Bari said.\n\nVenice Mayor Luigi Brugnaro said a \"huge tragedy\" had taken place.\n\n\"An apocalyptic scene, there are no words,\" he said on social media.\n\nCCTV footage of the flyover from Tuesday night showed the vehicle driving past another bus, before toppling off the carriageway.\n\nOne rescuer spoke of a \"tragedy of young people, if not very young people, except for a few adults\".\n\nThree children including a baby were among the dead, emergency services said. Interior Minister Matteo Piantedosi said that the toll could rise.\n\nFifteen people are known to have been injured, five of them seriously. Venice officials said they included Ukrainians, Austrians, Spaniards and other foreign tourists.\n\nAmong the injured were two 16-year-olds and two younger children, the local governor said.\n\nTwo German brothers, aged seven and 13, were being treated for broken bones in hospital in nearby Treviso. Their parents were killed in the accident and the boys were being given counselling.\n\nVenice prosecutor Bruno Cherchi said identifying the victims was proving difficult because many were not carrying personal documents. Only three or four survivors had so far been able to talk to investigators by Wednesday afternoon, he added.\n\nThe bus, carrying 39 people, crashed at around 19:45 (17:45 GMT) on Tuesday. It had apparently been rented by a local company to pick up tourists from the historic centre of Venice to a campsite in the nearby Marghera district.\n\nThe bus was seen by witnesses scraping along the guard-rail on the flyover for 50m, before tumbling to the ground, the prosecutor added.\n\nThe bus company emphasised that the 13-tonne vehicle was electric, discounting earlier reports that it also ran on methane gas. Fire brigade commander Mauro Longo told Il Gazzettino website that the bus's batteries caught fire and made the task of clearing the bus a complex operation.\n\nWitnesses said they could hear people screaming but the flames were too high to intervene.\n\nA 27-year-old Gambian worker and a colleague were among the first people to reach the scene. He told how he had pulled three or four people from the bus, including a young girl.\n\nOne man called Leonardo said he heard the sound of strong braking before the sound of the crash, and he rushed to find out what had happened. \"I wanted to help,\" he told La Presse website, \"but I was prevented by a friend of mine and a policewoman because the bus was still in flames and in danger of blowing up.\"\n\nWhat is unclear is why the bus left the flyover on a downhill stretch of the road and careered through a guard rail and metal barrier. Police are looking at video from security cameras near the crash site.\n\nThe 40-year-old driver, Alberto Rizzotto, had worked for the bus company for seven years and there was no indication on the road that he had tried to brake before the crash.\n\nIn his last Facebook post, he said he was running a \"shuttle to Venice\".\n\nThe head of the Veneto region, Luca Zaia, said \"everything points\" to the driver taking ill in the moments before losing control of the bus. However, he added that it was prudent not to yet speculate on the causes of the accident.\n\nMassimo Fiorese, from La Linea bus company, said the vehicle was less than a year old and the driver highly experienced.\n\n\"There's a video of the bus just before it falls,\" he told the Ansa news agency. \"The vehicle arrives, slows down and brakes. It's almost at a standstill when it crashes through the guard-rail. I think the driver must have fallen ill, because otherwise I can't explain it.\"\n\nFirefighters eventually removed the wrecked bus from the scene early on Wednesday.\n\nA reception point staffed by psychologists and psychiatrists has been set up at a nearby hospital to provide support for the victims' families.\n\nItaly's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said the country's thoughts were with the victims and their family and friends.\n\nThe flyover can be seen directly above the wreckage of the bus in Mestre", "The Illegal Migration Act aims to stop small boats crossing the English Channel\n\nThe government's Illegal Migration Act is facing a court challenge from the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission (NIHRC) on the ground that it breaches the Windsor Framework.\n\nThe framework is the revised post-Brexit deal for NI, which was agreed by the UK and EU earlier this year.\n\nIt deals mostly with trade issues but also includes a human rights element.\n\nIt commits the UK not to water down the human rights provisions that flow from the Good Friday Agreement.\n\nThe move from the NIHRC comes as the Home Secretary Suella Braverman prepares to address the Conservative party conference.\n\nHer speech is expected to touch on migration issues.\n\nSince January 2021, the NIHRC has had powers to monitor, advise and enforce the UK Government's human rights commitments which are covered by Article 2 of the framework.\n\nThe Illegal Migration Act is central to the prime minister's pledge to stop small boats crossing the English Channel.\n\nUnder the new law the home secretary has a legal duty to detain and remove anyone entering the UK illegally.\n\nThe centrepiece of the plan - sending migrants to Rwanda - can't happen yet as it has been challenged at the Supreme Court, with a ruling due before the end of the year.\n\nWhile the legislation was going through Parliament, the NIHRC advised the government that it believed the law was incompatible with obligations set out in Article 2 of the framework.\n\nIt also advised that it was incompatible with the European Convention on Human Rights and other international standards.\n\nAlyson Kilpatrick, chief commissioner of the NIHRC, said that taking the legal action was \"a measure of last resort, but a necessary step\".\n\n\"We are concerned that the Act will effectively make it impossible for people who arrive in the UK irregularly to present as refugees,\" she added.\n\n\"The act creates sweeping new detention powers, with limited judicial oversight. Proposed removal of vulnerable people seeking refuge to a third country without a guarantee of them necessarily accessing protection is deeply problematic.\"\n\nA government spokesperson said: \"Tackling illegal migration is a top priority for the government, and there are an unacceptable number of people risking their lives, making dangerous crossings on small boats.\n\n\"The Illegal Migration Act will play an important part in our collective effort to break the cycle, end exploitation by gangs and prevent further loss of life.\"\n\nThis is the first challenge to the government under Article 2 and is taking the form of an application for judicial review at the High Court in Belfast.\n\nIt is understood that the government regards the claim as speculative and will argue there is no basis for asserting that the act has diminished any of the rights under Article 2.\n\nIf the NIHRC should ultimately win its case it could see the disapplication of parts of the law in Northern Ireland.\n\nA similar case is already in its preliminary stages.\n\nLast month, the Belfast solicitors Phoenix Law issued proceedings against the home secretary on behalf of a minor asylum seeker who arrived on a small boat.\n\nHis legal representatives are awaiting a case management direction from the court.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The Reform UK leader says Labour would bankrupt Britain and the Conservatives have broken the country.\n\nType \"Reform UK\" into a search engine and the first question that comes up is \"does Reform UK still exist?\"\n\nThe party that emerged from the ashes of the Brexit Party nearly three years ago - minus leader Nigel Farage - has had little mainstream media coverage.\n\nYet someone is paying attention because Reform UK has consistently been in fourth place in the opinion polls, at around 6%, just ahead of the Green Party.\n\nReform's leader Richard Tice grabbed some headlines at the start of this year when he declared his aim was to wipe out the Conservative Party.\n\nHe sounds more even-handed in his disdain, when I ask if he still feels that way.\n\n\"The Tories have broken Britain and we believe Labour would bankrupt Britain - and the country has never been in such a terrible state,\" he says.\n\nMr Tice claims that Rishi Sunak's recent policy shifts on net zero and Home Secretary Suella Braverman's criticisms of the UN's refugee convention - not to mention the government's apparent rethink on HS2 - are a direct result of pressure from Reform.\n\n\"Imitation is a great form of flattery and what's happened is they are terrified of the number of people up and down the country who recognise that we actually stand up for the common sense solutions to the massive challenges that have resulted from Tory mismanagement.\"\n\nReform UK campaigns to scrap the 2050 target for achieving net zero carbon emissions - and Mr Tice says the UK should take the lead on reforming the \"outdated\" 1951 refugee convention.\n\n\"We should say to the UN, as one of the most respected nations in the world, either we amend this or give a clear six month deadline or we are out,\" he says.\n\nHe has also called for HS2 to be scrapped altogether, branding it a \"grotesque waste of taxpayers' cash\".\n\nBut it is the net zero issue - he calls it \"net stupid\" - that he hopes will get his party noticed.\n\n\"The vitriol that I get is far greater on net zero than it ever was on Brexit,\" he says.\n\nHe has called on Rishi Sunak to hold a referendum net zero - a plea that has fallen on deaf ears.\n\n\"Do you know why? Because he's terrified he'd lose it. And that a referendum on net zero, led by Nigel Farage and myself, would win.\"\n\nNigel Farage is the ghost at the table in any interview with Ricard Tice. The former UKIP leader's profile has rarely been higher after his battle with the banking industry.\n\nMr Tice presents a programme on GB News (he was quick to condemn fellow presenter Laurence Fox's recent comments) which he says gets him recognised by voters.\n\nBut he is hardly a household name. Will Mr Farage come out of retirement one final time to lend his profile to the party he founded?\n\n\"Nigel and I are great friends, we speak to each other frequently, every week, He is doing a great job at GB News.\n\n\"He has said he wouldn't want to stand again under first-past-the post but any help that he is able to give us, if we move towards PR, fantastic.\"\n\nRichard Tice seems convinced that the UK will soon ditch first-past-the-post elections in favour of some form of proportional representation.\n\nWithout such a change, he concedes that smaller parties like his will always struggle to get MPs elected to Westminster.\n\nReform has so far been unable to convert its polling figures into electoral success, performing poorly in May's local elections.\n\nBut Mr Tice emphatically rules out trying to use Reform's influence in other ways, such as by striking a deal with Conservatives that support its agenda, as Nigel Farage did in 2019 with the Brexit Party.\n\nMr Farage was cheered by Tory MPs at a gala dinner in Manchester on Sunday, not far from the Tory conference, as he was praised for helping Boris Johnson win the 2019 general election by not contesting more than 300 seats.\n\nAsked about the prospect of a similar deal next year, Mr Tice says: \"We are standing 630 candidates in the whole of England, Scotland and Wales. Every single seat. I've already got over 400 lined up and there's a few more hundred going through the process. We are standing everywhere.\n\n\"And anybody who thinks we are standing down and doing deals with anybody - they can forget it.\"\n\nReform is holding its party conference in London at the weekend. It will be a modest affair compared with the Tory get-together in Manchester, with 1,100 attendees, but its leader is keen to point out that at £12.50 a ticket is \"much better value\" than the Tory conference.\n\nHe insists Reform is \"neither to the left or the right\", although he attacks the party's bigger rivals from the right, branding Rishi Sunak and Jeremy Hunt \"consocialists\" who he says are no different to the \"socialist Labour Party\".\n\nHe also expresses some sympathy for Liz Truss's \"tax cutting, high-growth agenda\", arguing that the short-lived Tory PM's mistake was not to link it to a plan to \"cut wasteful government spending in order to pay for it\".\n\nBut his strategy is to attack what he sees as the mainstream political consensus, in the hope of striking a chord with voters - or ex-voters - who have had enough of conventional politicians.\n\n\"We've got a country that is broken after years and years of promises and manifestos by both main parties and they have let everybody down and it's time for change, it's time for something different. We represent that different alternative.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Recent videos like these circulating on social media show the bedbugs on a train seat and in a sofa\n\nA plague of bedbugs has hit Paris and other French cities, provoking a wave of insectophobia and raising questions about health and safety during next year's Olympic Games.\n\nThat's broadly how the phenomenon has been described in the French - and now international - news media.\n\nIn part it is true. But in another part it isn't.\n\nWhat is the case is that the number of bedbug sightings has increased over the last weeks - and that that upward trend goes back several years.\n\n\"Every late summer we see a big increase in bedbugs,\" says Jean-Michel Berenger, an entomologist at Marseille's main hospital and France's leading expert on les punaises.\n\n\"That is because people have been moving about over July and August, and they bring them back in their luggage.\n\n\"And each year, the seasonal increase is bigger than the last one.\"\n\nEvery late summer we see a big increase in bedbugs... And each year, the seasonal increase is bigger than the last one\n\nIn Paris, to the long-standing fear of infestation felt by flat-dwellers (one in 10 of whom have experienced bedbugs in the last five years, according to official figures) have been added new sources of angst.\n\nReports that punaises have been recently seen in cinemas have not been proven, but are taken seriously. Likewise claims that people have been bitten on trains.\n\nAnd now both Paris City Hall and President Emmanuel Macron's government are calling for action. It is a measure of how seriously they take the issue - and of how they need to protect the image of Paris ahead of the 2024 games - that they are not dismissing the bedbug panic as a social media invention.\n\nBecause that is also part of the story.\n\nScare stories are flashing across the internet so fast that they are turning what was once for newspapers a reliable slow-day chestnut into a national emergency.\n\nCinema-owners - already worried about declining attendance - are seriously spooked when videos circulate showing unidentified mites on a seat. People on metros have started checking their upholstery. Some prefer to stand.\n\n\"There is a new element this year - and that is the general psychosis which has taken hold,\" says Mr Berenger.\n\n\"It is a good thing in a way because it serves to make people aware of the problem, and the sooner you act against bedbugs the better.\n\n\"But a lot of the problem is being exaggerated.\"\n\nFrench residents are calling in exterminators to tackle the problem\n\nThe fact of the matter is that bedbugs are making a comeback, and have been for perhaps 20 or 30 years. But that is not just in France, but everywhere.\n\nThere are several factors, of which globalisation - container trade, tourism and immigration - is the most important. Climate change can be ruled out. The bedbug - cimex lectularius to give its Latin name - is a domesticated creature. It goes where humans go. Weather doesn't come into it.\n\nAfter World War Two, bedbugs - like many other beasties - were massively reduced in number by the widespread used of the insecticide DDT. But over the years, DDT and many other chemicals have been banned because of their effect on humans.\n\nAnd in the meantime, the bedbug population has been altered by the elimination of those creatures who were genetically susceptible to chemical eradication in the first place. Those that survived the DDT blitz are the ancestors of today's breed, who are as a result far more resistant.\n\nA third factor may be the decline in cockroaches, thanks largely to cleaner homes. Cockroaches are a bedbug predator. Fear not: no-one is suggesting reinfesting homes with cockroaches in order to deal with les punaises!\n\nAccording to Mr Berenger, in the developed world, people are liable to panic about bedbugs because we have lost the collective memory of them. In other parts of the world, they are still common - and people keep the threat in proportion.\n\nThe truth is that bedbugs are indeed a menace - but the danger is more psychological than physical. Cimex lectularis may be revolting, but as far as is known it cannot transmit disease. Its bites are loathsome, but they do not last very long.\n\nIt sheds its exoskeletons at regular intervals; it leaves faeces in the forms of black dots (digested blood); it wiggles in delight at the scent of a human; and it can last for a year without food. All horrors to contemplate.\n\nBed bugs - shown here on a display screen at a Marseille hospital - are spreading across France\n\nBut the real damage is to an infestee's mental health.\n\nA year ago, my 29 year-old son found bedbugs in his flat in the 20th arrondissement. He threw out his bed; washed all his clothes; scrubbed the place from top to bottom. But still he could not sleep. He began imagining things crawling over his skin. It became an obsession.\n\nOnly after an expensive steam-treatment of his flat by a respected anti-pest company was he able to breathe again. Some pest-controllers use sniffer dogs to track them down.\n\n\"Having bedbugs is no laughing matter,\" says Berenger. \"But there are a lot of far-fetched stories out there, about how easily they can spread from A to B.\n\n\"In my view the way to tackle bedbugs is not to target everyone - but to go for super-spreaders.\"\n\nThese are the people, he says, who though few in number can cause the most problems. They are often at the bottom of society's ladder, marginalised, poor, already ill and unable to look after themselves.\n\nWhen called to a super-spreader flat, he and his team find truly revolting spectacles - hundreds of bedbugs crawling over each other, in clothes, in the floorboards, behind pictures. Eggs are everywhere too.\n\n\"Every time one of these people leaves his or her home, they are spreading bedbugs. They are the ones that need help.\"", "A missing girl has been found safe after police used fingerprints left on a ransom note to track her down.\n\nCharlotte Sena, 9, disappeared on Saturday while riding her bicycle in New York state, triggering a huge 48-hour search by hundreds of people.\n\nA ransom note was later delivered to the family home, which officials said contained the suspect's fingerprints.\n\nPolice were able to identify him, as the print was on their database linked to a drink-driving incident from 1999.\n\nHe was located at a property owned by his mother and arrested.\n\n\"After some resistance, the suspect was taken into custody and immediately the little girl was found in a cabinet,\" New York Governor Kathy Hochul said at a news conference on Monday night. \"She knew she was being rescued. She knew that she was in safe hands.\n\n\"What happened was extraordinary,\" she said.\n\nThe governor named the suspect as Craig Nelson Ross Jr, 47, and said he was still being questioned. Police said the investigation was still active.\n\nCharlotte's family were on a camping trip when she went missing on Saturday in a wooded area of Moreau Lake State Park, a popular site about 45 miles (72km) north of Albany.\n\nIt was \"every parent's worst nightmare\", Gov Hochul said, adding that she had received anxious phone calls from around the country during the hunt.\n\nAfter Charlotte's disappearance, a ransom note was dropped through the letterbox of her family home in the early hours of Monday. Police who were monitoring the building collected it and identified the fingerprints.\n\nThe investigation was further assisted by mobile phone data and park visitor records, Gov Hochul told CNN.\n\nCharlotte was \"safe and in good health\", officers said, but had been taken to hospital as a precautionary measure.\n\nCharlotte may have experienced \"immense\" trauma, commented Callahan Walsh from the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children, speaking to the BBC's US partner CBS.\n\nDuring the hunt, police said 400 search and rescue personnel from law enforcement agencies such as the FBI were involved, along with volunteer fire departments and private groups.\n\nIssuing an Amber Alert for a missing child, they asked for the public's help in locating the \"bright and adventurous girl who loves to be outside\".\n\nCharlotte's aunt appealed for information via TikTok, and a man who knew the family voiced his shock to the New York Times, saying the Senas were \"wonderful, wonderful people\".\n\nThe search operation unfolded over a distance of nearly 50 miles (80km), police said. The park was closed off as state troopers set up nearby road checkpoints and reportedly asked some drivers to allow their cars to be searched.\n\nThe FBI have also been assisting with the case, Gov Hochul said.\n\nSign up for our morning newsletter and get BBC News in your inbox.", "Pope Francis has suggested he would be open to having the Catholic Church bless same-sex couples.\n\nResponding to a group of cardinals who asked him for clarity on the issue, he said any request for a blessing should be treated with \"pastoral charity\".\n\n\"We cannot be judges who only deny, reject and exclude,\" he said.\n\nHe added, however, that the Church still considered same-sex relationships \"objectively sinful\" and would not recognise same-sex marriage.\n\nThe request was one of a number sent to the Pope ahead of a weeks-long global gathering to discuss the future of the Church, set to get under way at the Vatican on Wednesday.\n\nIn the Catholic Church, a blessing is a prayer or plea, usually delivered by a minister, asking for God to look favourably on the person or people being blessed.\n\nBishops in a number of countries, including Belgium and Germany, have begun to allow priests to bless same-sex couples, but the position of Church authorities remained unclear.\n\nThough this seems a significant change in tone, it has to be remembered that as recently the spring of 2021, the same pope approved a decree from the Vatican's doctrinal office forbidding priests from blessing same-sex unions.\n\nThen, it was stressed that such partnerships are sinful and as such could not be blessed. Earlier this year, when Pope Francis talked of homosexuality not being a crime, he still talked of it as being a sin.\n\nIn referring to blessings now, Pope Francis has not expressly talked of what would be blessed: the unions or the individual or group wanting to be blessed.\n\nHe talked more generally of those asking for blessing as expressing a request for help from God to be able to live better, something he said should not be denied them.\n\nThe Pope said the Church understood marriage to be an \"exclusive, stable, and indissoluble union between a man and a woman\" and should avoid \"any type of rite or sacramental that might contradict this conviction\".\n\nBut he added that \"when a blessing is requested, it is expressing a plea to God for help, a supplication to live better\".\n\n\"Pastoral prudence must adequately discern whether there are forms of blessing, requested by one or more persons, that do not convey a mistaken concept of marriage,\" he said.\n\nAppearing to suggest that requests for blessings should be considered on a case-by-case basis, he said that \"decisions that may be part of pastoral prudence in certain circumstances should not necessarily become a norm\".\n\n\"Canon law should not and cannot cover everything,\" he said.\n\nHe added that the Church should always approach its relationships with people with \"kindness, patience, understanding, tenderness and encouragement\".\n\nWhile this does not mark a doctrinal departure, Pope Francis' papacy has been characterised by moves to soften the Church's language on sexuality and other key issues.\n\nThat is something that, throughout, has angered those conservatives who look to hold more strictly to the historic teachings of the faith.\n\nIn February, a vote of senior figures in the Church of England backed proposals to allow prayers of blessing for same-sex couples.\n\nThe move would mean a same-sex couple could go to an Anglican church after a legal marriage ceremony for services including prayers of dedication, thanksgiving and God's blessing.", "Police Scotland is to check staff against national databases as it steps up vetting of its officers.\n\nIt follows the case of David Carrick who admitted dozens of rape and sexual offences as a Met police officer.\n\nIn response, police forces in England and Wales were asked to check officers using UK-wide data on previous offences.\n\nPolice Scotland said the new measure will \"further enhance\" its vetting measures.\n\nThe checks will apply to 22,000 officers and civilian workers.\n\nDeputy Chief Constable Fiona Taylor said Police Scotland was determined to address sexism, misogyny and violence against women in the force and across society.\n\n\"Police Scotland has already strengthened vetting measures, introducing an additional check for new recruits just before they are sworn into office and we will commence a rolling programme to review vetting decisions this year,\" she added.\n\n\"We have recently invested in our vetting team and take relevant action where concerns emerge.\n\n\"To further enhance our ability to safeguard our values and standards, all officers and staff will be checked against national systems, in line with work being taken forward in England and Wales.\n\n\"It is right policing is held to high standards. We will always support officers and staff acting with our values and standards at heart.\n\n\"Those who reject what we stand for don't belong in Police Scotland.\"\n\nDavid Carrick admitted dozens of rape and sexual offences as a Met Police officer\n\nIt follows a warning from the former assistant chief constable of Tayside that Police Scotland would look \"stupid\" if it did not follow the measures announced in England and Wales.\n\nAngela Wilson, who now chairs the Women's Rape and Abuse Centre in Dundee, also called for an independent body to be set up to look at complaints against officers.\n\nThe National Police Chiefs' Council, which asked forces in England and Wales to step up vetting, said earlier this week it was also holding talks with Police Scotland and Police Service of Northern Ireland.\n\nCarrick, 48, was officially sacked on Tuesday after he pleaded guilty to 49 offences against 12 women over two decades.\n\nPrime Minister Rishi Sunak said his crimes were an \"absolutely despicable\" abuse of power which needed to be \"addressed immediately\".", "Last updated on .From the section Liverpool\n\nThe audio recordings of discussions between the match officials around Luis Diaz's disallowed goal against Tottenham have been made public.\n\nLiverpool asked referees' body PGMOL for the audio after the controversy in the first half of their 2-1 defeat.\n\nVideo assistant referee Darren England did not overrule when Liverpool's Diaz was wrongly flagged offside.\n\nIn the audio, England says the check is \"perfect\" before swearing when he realises a mistake has been made.\n\nAfter releasing the audio on Tuesday, PGMOL said the error was a result of a \"lapse of concentration and loss of focus\".\n\nThe Premier League added that the incident in Saturday's game, and the subsequent review of what led to the incorrect decision, highlighted \"systemic weaknesses in the VAR process\".\n\nWhat the officials said as they analysed the incident\n\nThe match between two of the Premier League's leading teams was goalless - with Liverpool down to 10 men after Curtis Jones' red card for a tackle on Yves Bissouma - when Diaz thought he had put the visitors ahead after 34 minutes.\n\nBut the flag was immediately raised for a possible offside against the Colombian before he ran to a collect a pass from Reds team-mate Mohamed Salah.\n\nThe VAR team - England, his assistant Dan Cook and the replay operator - begin to evaluate the replays, starting with Diaz collecting the ball and the moment which it is released by Salah.\n\nVAR: Give the kick point, let's go. Kick point please\n\nReplay operator: So here we are\n\nVAR: Yeah give me a 2D line ready after this one for frame two after that\n\nReplay operator: So frame two there?\n\nReplay operator: Let me just switch angles\n\nVAR: Romero I think it is?\n\nReplay operator: I think it might be this angle better? Happy with this angle?\n\nReplay operator: 2D line on the boot. Yep ok.\n\nAt this point, England tells on-field referee Simon Hooper the check is complete - which means he indicated the offside call was correct and the match could be restarted with a Spurs free-kick.\n\nVAR: Check complete, check complete. That's fine, perfect (showing Diaz is clearly onside). Off.\n\nHooper restarts the game after indicating to the players that Diaz was ruled offside by the VAR.\n\nThe realisation that this was a mistake dawns on the VAR team.\n\nThe replay operator alerts England that Diaz was flagged offside, meaning that the check was to see if he was onside, and assistant VAR Cook confirms they have made the wrong decision.\n\nReplay operator: Wait, wait, wait, wait. The on-field decision was offside. Are you happy with this?\n\nReplay operator: Are you happy with this?\n\nReplay operator: On-field decision was offside. Are you happy with this image? Yeah it's onside. The image that we gave them is onside.\n\nAs England realises an error has been made, Liverpool are on the attack through left-back Andy Robertson and Diaz.\n\nSpurs defender Cristian Romero slides in before the ball reaches Salah, clearing the ball into touch and play stops before the Liverpool throw-in.\n\nAt this point Oli Kohout - the VAR Hub operations manager, who was in a different room to the VAR team - communicates the game should be delayed in a bid to rectify the decision.\n\nReplay operative: Delay delay. Oli [PGMOL Hub Ops] saying to delay. Oli's saying to delay.\n\nReplay operator: Oli's calling in to say delay the game. The decision is onside\n\nVAR: Can't do anything\n\nReplay operator: Oli's saying to delay. Oli's saying to delay\n\nReplay operative: Delay the game, to delay the game? Stop the game.\n\nVAR: They've restarted the game. Can't do anything, can't do anything.\n\nVAR: Can't do anything.\n\nVAR: I can't do anything. I can't do anything.\n\nThe game continued with the Liverpool throw-in and, two minutes later, Son Heung-min slid Spurs in front.\n\nLiverpool responded with an equaliser in first-half stoppage time through Cody Gakpo but the visitors, who went down to nine men following Diogo Jota's red card, lost when Joel Matip sliced into his own net in injury-time.\n\nHow did we get to the point of the audio being released?\n\nFollowing the incident in Saturday's Premier League game, Liverpool said \"sporting integrity has been undermined\".\n\nIn a statement on Sunday, the club said they will \"explore the range of options available given the clear need for escalation and resolution\".\n\nPGMOL said the decision to disallow the goal was \"a significant human error\".\n\n\"In a lapse of concentration and loss of focus in that moment, the VAR lost sight of the on field decision and he incorrectly communicated \"check complete\", therefore inadvertently confirming the on-field decision,\" added PGMOL in a statement accompanying the release of the audio on Tuesday.\n\n\"He did this without any dialogue with the Assistant VAR (AVAR). The match then restarted immediately.\n\n\"After a few seconds, the Replay Operator and then the AVAR queried the check-complete outcome with the VAR and asked him to review the image that had been created, pointing out that the original on-field decision had been offside, but this was not communicated to the on-field team at any point during the match.\n\n\"The VAR team then gave consideration as to whether the game could be stopped at that point.\n\n\"However, the VAR and AVAR concluded that the VAR protocol within the Laws of the Game would not permit that to happen, and they decided intervention was not possible as play had restarted.\"\n\nLiverpool also appealed against Jones' red card, which was given after VAR intervention, but were unsuccessful meaning the midfielder will serve a three-game ban.\n\nWill this lead to changes in VAR?\n\nPGMOL said it recognised standards \"fell short of expectations\" in the incident, having acknowledged the error to Liverpool shortly after Saturday's match.\n\nIt added a \"detailed\" report, including the \"key learnings and immediate actions taken\" had been shared with Liverpool and the other 19 Premier League clubs.\n\nThe \"key learnings\", which it said would \"mitigate against the risk of a future error\", are:\n• None Guidance to Video Match Officials has always emphasised the need for efficiency, but never at the expense of accuracy. This principle will be clearly reiterated\n• None A new VAR Communication Protocol will be developed to enhance the clarity of communication between the referee and the VAR team in relation to on-field decisions\n• None As an additional step to the process, the VAR will confirm the outcome of the VAR check process with the AVAR before confirming the final decision to the on-field officials\n\nThe Premier League said it has accepted the recommendations from the PGMOL, but planned a comprehensive review alongside the referees' body to \"seek consistently higher standards of VAR performance\".\n\n\"Where necessary further recommended actions will be brought forward and implemented,\" added the league.\n\nThe incident has further scrutiny on the effectiveness on VAR - which was introduced to the Premier League at the start of 2019-20 season - and the effect it has had on the game for players and fans.\n\nFormer Chelsea and Scotland winger Pat Nevin says VAR is \"not a nonsense\".\n\n\"VAR works 99% of the time it has given us more good decisions than referees ever have,\" he told BBC Radio 5 Live.\n\n\"They get it right much more often than not, but we don't want to talk about that - we want to spend time talking about the times they have got it wrong.\"\n\nPremier League officials being allowed to travel abroad to officiate matches in other leagues will also be reviewed.\n\nCook, England and Michael Oliver, who was the fourth official at Spurs, were also part of a match officiating team in charge of a league game in the United Arab Emirates on Thursday.\n\nIt is a major error, but as PGMOL said right at the start of the process it is a major human error.\n\nThere have been all sorts of conspiracies that have come out and PGMOL will hope this audio puts some of those to bed.\n\nThe interesting thing is when they say 'delay, delay, delay' after the game has restarted.\n\nCould they have stopped the match when the ball was out for a throw in? Could they have said 'we have got this wrong, we need to go back and give the goal'?\n\nUnder the laws, no.\n\nOnce they had worked that out they realised they made a catastrophic mistake.\n• None Listen to the latest The Red Kop podcast\n• None Our coverage of Liverpool is bigger and better than ever before - here's everything you need to know to make sure you never miss a moment\n• None Everything Liverpool - go straight to all the best content", "Marcia Grant died outside her Sheffield home on 5 April\n\nA 13-year-old boy has admitted causing the death of a grandmother by driving over her in her own car.\n\nMarcia Grant, 60, died outside her home in the Greenhill area of Sheffield on 5 April.\n\nThe teenager, who cannot be named due to his age, pleaded guilty to causing death by dangerous driving at Sheffield Crown Court.\n\nHe also admitted possession of a bladed article, namely a kitchen knife. He will be sentenced on 1 December.\n\nAppearing by video link, the boy, who was wearing a white shirt and black tie, only spoke to confirm his name and to enter his plea.\n\nThe boy, who was 12 at the time of the incident, had previously pleaded not guilty to murder and was due to go on trial this week.\n\nHis guilty plea to causing death by dangerous driving on Tuesday was accepted by prosecutors.\n\nNo details of the incident were given during the brief court hearing on Tuesday.\n\nA car was left at the scene on Hemper Lane, Greenhill, Sheffield, following the incident\n\nHowever, during the boy's appearance at Sheffield Youth Court in April, prosecutor Gary Crothers said police at the scene noted the boy had asked: \"Is she dead?\", \"looks like I got my first kill?\", and \"it was an accident, I swear\".\n\nBen Campbell, defending, said the issue in relation to these comments was \"what you can infer from them in all the circumstances\".\n\nMr Crothers said CCTV footage showed the defendant attempting to take Mrs Grant's car. She is then said to have tried to stop him by going behind it.\n\n\"The vehicle reverses, causing her to fall on her back and her head impacts with the ground,\" said Mr Crothers.\n\n\"She was trapped under the vehicle, her husband tried to break the window of the car to get the defendant out of the car.\"\n\nThe prosecutor said the vehicle then reversed \"at some speed causing the catastrophic injuries to Mrs Grant\".\n\nIn a statement released following her death, her family said: \"Marcia was a warm, loving and dedicated wife, mother, grandmother, sister and friend and a pillar of her community.\"\n\nIn a statement read outside court, Det Ch Insp Andrea Bowell said: \"Since Marcia's death, our thoughts have been with her family and friends who have lost a loved one in the most tragic of circumstances.\n\n\"They will have to live with the heartbreaking consequences of that evening for the rest of their lives.\"\n\nFollow BBC Yorkshire on Facebook, X (formerly Twitter) and Instagram. Send your story ideas to yorkslincs.news@bbc.co.uk.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Easy life said it might have to change its name due to the threat of legal action\n\nA band say they are being forced to change their name by the brand owners of airline easyJet, who have started legal action against them.\n\nEasy life said the easyGroup was suing them because their name was too similar.\n\nThe Leicester band said they were certain they had never affected the company's business.\n\nEasyGroup said it would be \"unfair\" to let the band use the \"easy\" brand name without royalty payments.\n\nIn a statement on social media, easy life said the band were being sued because of the similarity of their name to the company.\n\n\"We've worked hard to establish our brand. I'm certain in no way have we ever affected their business,\" the band said.\n\n\"Although we find this whole situation hilarious, we are virtually powerless against such a massive corporation.\"\n\nDocuments filed with the High Court featured a poster for the band's tour\n\nIn its claim lodged with the High Court, easyGroup said the band had promoted their Life's a beach tour, in 2021 and 2022, with a poster showing a plane in the style of easyJet's orange livery but substituting the airline's name with its own.\n\nThe company also said the band had produced T-shirts bearing their name in the firm's branded style and their website infringed its trademark with its similarity to easyJet branding.\n\nThe document stated: \"By wrongly creating a link with the claimant, the defendant benefits from an association with that positive view and vast brand recognition, regardless of whether the link was intended to be provocative or humorous.\"\n\nIt said the band was \"riding on the coat tails of the valuable reputation\" of the company's brand, adding it was \"not presently able to estimate the financial value of this claim, but considers that it will be substantial\".\n\nEasyGroup said other companies - including one of the UK's largest catalogue retailers, also called Easylife - paid for the use of its brand name.\n\nA spokesperson added: \"Stelios [Haji-Ioannou] and easyGroup founded and now own the right to the easy brand name.\n\n\"Other companies, including Easylife [the catalogue company], pay annual royalties for its use as part of their business strategy.\n\n\"We cannot allow others to simply use it free, gratis and for nothing. That would be unfair.\"\n\nEasyGroup is the brand owner of airline easyJet\n\nLeanne Hall, trademark specialist at Serjeants in Leicester, said easyGroup had a history of taking \"a lot of action\" to protect its brand.\n\n\"EasyGroup has done a lot of work around the word easy and building up their reputation of it,\" she told BBC Radio Leicester.\n\n\"It's one of those David vs Goliath fights which always gets the media interested because it's almost not fair that this is happening, but because of their reputation that does mean that they almost have some rights in just the word 'easy'.\n\n\"It doesn't mean they'll be successful, but they have the reputation to try and do it.\"\n\nThe easyGroup has previously taken legal action against a number of companies over the use of the \"easy\" brand.\n\nIn 2008, a Northampton-based restaurant changed their name from easyCurry under the threat of legal action.\n\nIn 2018, The Guardian reported the company took legal action against Netflix over its comedy series Easy, claiming its use of the name breaches its European trademarks.\n\nFollow BBC East Midlands on Facebook, on X, or on Instagram. Send your story ideas to eastmidsnews@bbc.co.uk.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThe mother of a four-year-old boy with complex needs said she fears he could die waiting for life-changing surgery.\n\nCollette Mullan made the claim to BBC Spotlight as it examined the scale of hospital waiting lists.\n\nNorthern Ireland has the worst waiting times in the UK, with more than half a million cases queued for an outpatient or inpatient appointment.\n\nThe Department of Health has described current waiting lists as \"entirely unacceptable\".\n\nÓisín, from County Londonderry, has a number of health conditions including cerebral palsy, and is currently waiting for two procedures.\n\nHe is fed with a tube that carries his food through his nose into his stomach, but since it was inserted six months ago, his mum Collette said he has struggled to breathe.\n\n\"His breathing has been horrendous, choking all the time.\"\n\n\"He would choke until he vomits. It's very scary\" she said.\n\nÓisín's parents hope his nasogastric tube can be replaced to aid his breathing\n\nÓisín is now waiting to have the nasogastric tube removed and replaced by a different feeding system which goes directly to his stomach.\n\nCollette said she was told it could be a three-year wait for the procedure.\n\nShe is concerned that Óisín's cerebral palsy puts him at a greater risk of complications, saying she had been warned there was a danger he could aspirate.\n\n\"He could die. Anything going into his lung really, it could be very dangerous,\" she said.\n\nThe Belfast Health and Social Care Trust, where the specialist surgery is to be carried out, told Spotlight the wait should be no more than two years.\n\nCollette Mullan says she is constantly worried about her son Óisín's health\n\nIt apologised for the time Óisín has had to wait, adding that there was a limited number of paediatric surgeons who fit the tubes.\n\nIt said 75 children were currently waiting for the surgery.\n\n\"It is extremely difficult to prioritise these children based on clinical need due to the complex nature of their care plans\" the trust said.\n\nÓisín has spent almost half of his life on waiting lists for various health conditions\n\nCollette told Spotlight Óisín is also waiting for surgery on his hip.\n\n\"His right hip is completely out of socket; it is just completely out,\" she said.\n\n\"Because this is out, then we have to match the two up together. It's not going to make him walk but it's to prevent pain.\n\n\"Pain will eventually come at some stage. Thank goodness it hasn't come yet.\"\n\nÓisín was placed on the list for this procedure last year but Collette said she had no idea when it was likely to be carried out.\n\nThe Belfast Trust said demand for such surgery was outstripping capacity, and that it was exploring options to alleviate waiting lists across paediatric orthopaedic services.\n\nBBC Spotlight also spoke to Taylor Clark, a 30-year-old former coffee-shop manager who has had to give up work due to poor mobility and severe pain.\n\nThe Bangor woman has Ehlers Danlos syndrome, which affects the tissues supporting her joints and muscles.\n\nTaylor Clark lives with Ehlers Danlos syndrome, which causes severe pain\n\n\"The ligaments and tendons and muscle are all affected by that because they're not being held like a structure - they're sort of swimming around,\" she told the programme.\n\n\"I'm just in pain constantly - everything hurts.\"\n\nTaylor said she was referred for an outpatient rheumatology appointment two years ago.\n\nWhen she phoned in January this year to check her progress on the waiting list, she said she was told it could be approximately another six years.\n\nThe South Eastern Trust said it could not comment on individual cases.\n\nIn a statement the trust said it was \"very conscious that patients have to wait for a significant time to receive a first outpatient rheumatology appointment\" and that it understood the \"distress\" this could cause for patients.\n\nAs part of the programme, Spotlight brought together a panel of health experts to come up with ways to try and tackle Northern Ireland's waiting list crisis.\n\nThey included the former director of public health, Professor Gabriel Scally, health economist Professor Dame Carol Propper and former chief executive of the Northern Ireland Health and Social Care Board John Compton.\n\nThe panel agreed that more accountability within the health service was needed, along with the introduction of a performance management regime.\n\nIt also recommended greater involvement with the public and strong political leadership, which the experts said were all required to try to fix the current waiting list crisis.\n\nThe Department of Health told Spotlight that Northern Ireland's hospital waiting times were \"entirely unacceptable\" and had been \"made significantly worse by the pandemic\".\n\n\"Far too many people in our community [are] waiting far too long for assessment and treatment\" the department said.\n\nIt said a key component in tackling waiting times was a greater separation of elective care from urgent and emergency care.\n\n\"This ringfences staffing, bed capacity and theatre capacity for elective treatments, helping to increase the number of patients treated and reducing cancellations due to emergency cases,\" the department said in a statement.\n\nIt added: \"Reconfiguration of our hospital services is under way with the establishment of day procedure centres and elective overnight stay centres.\"\n\nSpotlight How Do We Fix Our Waiting Lists? Watch now on the BBC iPlayer, or on BBC One Northern Ireland Tuesday 03 October 22.40 BST.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Stick to your word on HS2, Andy Street urges ministers\n\nWest Midlands Tory mayor Andy Street has said Rishi Sunak would be \"cancelling the future\" if he \"gives up\" on the Manchester leg of HS2.\n\nIt comes amid speculation that the prime minister is about to announce the axing of the high speed rail line.\n\nDowning Street has insisted \"no final decisions have been taken\".\n\nBut Mr Street made an impassioned plea to the PM to \"stay the course\" or risk damaging the UK's international reputation \"as a place to invest\".\n\nReports a decision had been taken have been circulating at the Conservative party conference in Manchester.\n\nAt an impromptu press conference, Mr Street warned the PM: \"You will be turning your back on an opportunity to level up - a once-in-a-generation opportunity.\"\n\nHe said he had been working on a new funding model for the project with more private sector involvement.\n\n\"We all know the costs are escalating well beyond the budget and indeed he is right to try to get a grip of this situation - I fully accept that.\n\n\"But gripping this situation means re-examining it, it does not mean giving up, admitting defeat you could say, or even, you could say, cancelling the future.\"\n\nAsked about Mr Street's intervention, Conservative Party chairman Greg Hands told the BBC ministers were still looking at the evidence.\n\n\"We're looking at the value for money cases,\" he added.\n\nThe prime minster and his chancellor Jeremy Hunt have spent the past few days declining to answer questions about the future of HS2.\n\nMr Hunt did not mention the project in his keynote speech to conference earlier, focusing instead on announcing a freeze in civil service expansion, a rise in the living wage and tougher sanctions for benefits claimants.\n\nLabour's shadow transport secretary Louise Haigh said: \"This fiasco shows the Conservatives are too divided and too distracted to take this country forward.\n\n\"After weeks of chaos and indecision on the biggest infrastructure project in the country, Rishi Sunak's relaunch is now coming off the rails.\"\n\nThe Labour mayor of Manchester Andy Burnham, who was speaking at a fringe meeting at the Tory conference, described reports of the project being axed as \"profoundly depressing\".\n\n\"This will be remembered as the conference when they pulled the plug on us.\n\n\"What gives them the right to treat people here in Greater Manchester and the north of England as second-class citizens?\"\n\nPhase 2 of the project is now in doubt\n\nFormer prime ministers Boris Johnson, Theresa May and David Cameron have all issued warnings against scaling the high-speed line back.\n\nThe line aims to cut journey times, creating more space on the rail network and more jobs outside London. But HS2 has faced delays, spiralling costs and cuts.\n\nThe first estimate in 2010 was for about £33bn; and the government's most recent official estimate about £71bn.\n\nA long-time critic of HS2, Buckingham MP Greg Smith, said it had caused \"abject human misery\" in his constituency, and that a remaining line that went from not quite central London to not quite central Birmingham would be an \"offense\".\n\nAnother Tory MP, Chris Loder, a former supporter of HS2, said the case for the line had not been made to the rest of the country, and something had gone \"very wrong\".\n\nConservative Tees Valley mayor Ben Houchen told a conference fringe event that the \"indecision\" on HS2 was causing a \"distraction\" as he urged ministers to commit to Northern Powerhouse Rail.\n\nThe BBC's chief political correspondent Henry Zeffman points out that if the HS2 leg from Birmingham to Manchester was going ahead as planned, ministers would have said so by now.\n\nSpeculation about the future of HS2 started a few weeks ago, with a long-lens photo of a briefing document being carried into Downing Street.\n\nWhile HS2 is clearly set for big changes, the internal government process for rubber-stamping those changes is messy and is beginning to spill out into the public view, dominating the Tories' annual party conference.", "Dale Houghton will be sentenced next month\n\nA Sheffield Wednesday fan who used a photo of Bradley Lowery to taunt opposition supporters has admitted a public order offence.\n\nDale Houghton, 31, was pictured laughing as he brandished the image of the six-year-old during a match against Sunderland - the team Bradley supported before he died of cancer in 2017.\n\nHe pleaded guilty at Sheffield Magistrates' Court on Monday.\n\nDistrict judge James Gould described his actions as \"utterly deplorable\".\n\nHoughton, of Black Carr Road, Rotherham, was released on bail ahead of a sentencing hearing on 17 November.\n\nThe judge said all sentencing options were open, including a prison term.\n\nHoughton was charged after pictures circulated on X, formerly Twitter, showing two men laughing at Wednesday's Hillsborough stadium on Friday, as the defendant held up a photo of Bradley on his phone.\n\nDuring a police interview Houghton described his behaviour as \"enjoyable banter\" and said he had \"found it funny,\" prosecutor Jade Scott told the court.\n\nBradley's mother Gemma Lowery, who saw the picture of Houghton on Facebook the day after the match, said his actions were \"unforgivable\" and \"disrespectful\" not only to her son but also other children suffering from cancer.\n\nIn a handwritten statement read out in court, she said: \"This image has made me feel so many emotions, I find it hard to put into words.\"\n\nShe added she had \"nothing but loving memories\" of her son and felt \"upset\" that his image had been used \"in order to get a reaction\".\n\nBradley, of Blackhall Colliery, County Durham, was diagnosed with neuroblastoma - a rare type of cancer - when he was 18 months old.\n\nHe went on to be the club's mascot and became \"best mates\" with his hero, striker Jermain Defoe, before his death.\n\nConstance Coombs, Houghton's solicitor, said the defendant was \"disgusted by what he did\" and was \"very remorseful\".\n\nShe said Houghton accepted he had \"gone too far\" during \"mutual goading\" between the two sets of football fans and had searched for the image of Bradley after \"being shown a Sheffield United badge\" by Sunderland supporters.\n\nMs Coombs told the court Houghton's behaviour had caused \"considerable uproar\" and led to him losing his job as a window-fitter.\n\nShe said his \"totally unacceptable\" actions were \"out of character\" and may have been influenced by alcohol.\n\nBradley Lowery was supported by former England striker Jermaine Defoe during his illness\n\nJudge Gould told Houghton his actions were \"utterly deplorable\" and the photo posted online showed him \"plainly revelling in what he did\".\n\nHoughton, who admitted one count of intentionally causing harassment, alarm or distress, also faces a football banning order when he is sentenced next month.\n\nHe left the court by a back door with security staff helping him to get into a waiting car as he concealed his face.\n\nHoughton's bail conditions stipulate he must not attend any football matches or come within a mile of Hillsborough on match day.\n\nSheffield Wednesday's chief operating officer Liam Dooley condemned Houghton's \"utterly deplorable behaviour\" which he said \"in no way represents the values of the club\".\n\nMore than £18,000 has been donated to an appeal set up by Owls fans after Friday's match to raise money for a charity founded in Bradley's name.\n\nThe Bradley Lowery Foundation, set up by his parents, said the money raised would help to build a holiday home in Scarborough \"for sick children to be able to go and make memories\".\n\nIn an interview with BBC Radio Tees, Bradley's mother said the support was \"overwhelming\".\n\n\"Times are tight and all charities are struggling at the moment, so the fact that people are donating these funds to put a positive spin on the situation is just incredible,\" Ms Lowery added.\n\nShe said Houghton's actions had been \"really upsetting for myself and my husband\".\n\n\"We don't ever want to see Bradley's image portrayed in such a negative, awful light,\" she added.\n\n\"It has really hit us hard.\"\n\nLeanne Wood, from Sheffield Wednesday Women's Supporters' Group, said she set up the fundraising page in response to being \"absolutely disgusted\" by Houghton's actions.\n\nShe added: \"Wednesday fans actually have hearts of gold.\"\n\nFollow BBC Yorkshire on Facebook, X (formerly Twitter) and Instagram. Send your story ideas to yorkslincs.news@bbc.co.uk.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Suella Braverman has said politicians have been \"too squeamish\" to take action on immigration, in a hard-hitting Conservative conference speech.\n\nIn an address to party activists, the home secretary said moving to a richer country had become a \"realistic prospect\" for \"billions of people\".\n\nShe also said a \"hurricane\" of migration is coming to the UK.\n\nTwo MPs from a different wing of the Tory party queried her comments, with one saying they weren't helpful.\n\nTo a packed conference hall, Ms Braverman promised to do \"whatever it takes\" to stop small boat crossings, adding immigration was \"already too high\".\n\nThe home secretary's speech was big on room-rousing rhetoric but lighter on new policy.\n\nFor most of her speech though, she appeared to relish her self-proclaimed role as someone who tells it as she sees it.\n\nShe drew cheers for announcing the government would soon start closing asylum hotels.\n\nAnd she told the conference that politicians had failed to properly manage migration, and had been \"far too squeamish about being smeared as racists\".\n\n\"Unprecedented\" migration, she added, was \"one of the most powerful reshaping our world\".\n\n\"The wind of change that carried my own parents across the globe in the 20th Century was a mere gust compared to the hurricane that is coming.\n\n\"Because today, the option of moving from a poorer country to a richer one is not just a dream for billions of people, it is an entirely realistic prospect.\"\n\nLast year, over 81,130 applications were made for asylum in the UK, while 1.2 million people migrated into the UK.\n\nWith 557,000 people emigrating from the country, leaving a net migration figure of 606,000.\n\nMs Braverman will have deliberately chosen provocative language for her keynote conference speech.\n\nHer description of potential migration as a coming \"hurricane\" is likely to draw particular criticism, including from Labour and those who disagreed with her recent speech to a US think tank, in which she questioned whether the application of the UN's 1951 Refugee Convention is \"fit for our modern age\".\n\nAddressing the American Enterprise Institute, she warned that countries faced an \"existential\" threat unless they were able to control their borders.\n\nFormer justice secretary Robert Buckland said politicians needed to be responsible about language, saying: \"I think talking about hurricanes or weather extremes isn't helpful unless you explain the why.\n\n\"We know what's happening in the world, with climate change, with war in the sub-Saharan part of Africa - we are seeing mass movements of population, there is no doubt about that.\n\n\"But we need to talk about the why before we start using alarmist language. Let's do so in a way that really understands the breadth of the problem.\"\n\nAnother Conservative MP, Alicia Kearns, said: \"I recognise there are legitimate concerns but I think we have to be very careful we don't create a situation where we are either demonising minorities or those who are vulnerable.\"\n\nSpeaking shortly before Ms Braverman, Justice Secretary Alex Chalk announced that the government would explore options to to rent out prison spaces in foreign countries for prisoners who cannot be accommodated in UK prisons.\n\nThe speech also saw a fellow Tory politician kicked out of the conference hall for heckling her, after she described \"gender ideology\" as \"poison\".\n\nAndrew Boff, a Conservative member of the London Assembly, was filmed describing the comments as \"trash\", before being escorted out of the conference hall by security.\n\nThe incident came during a section of the speech in which she said that \"gender ideology, white privilege, anti-British history\" had become \"embedded\" in corporate Britain and parts of the public sector.\n\nSpeaking to the BBC after being removed, Mr Boff, a patron of the LGBT+ Conservative group, called her comments \"disgusting\", adding he hoped they don't \"become part of the rhetoric\" in the run-up to the next general election.\n\nMr Buckland has since said Mr Boff has had his conference pass removed - but the home secretary has called for him to be \"forgiven and let back into conference\".\n\nMr Buckland questioned the security response, adding he hoped the situation could be resolved.", "A suspect was apprehended by police after surrendering\n\nA 14-year-old boy has been arrested after two people were killed and five others injured in a shooting at a luxury shopping mall in the centre of Bangkok, police say.\n\nThe shooting happened at the Siam Paragon, one of the city's most famous shopping centres.\n\nThe victims were from China and Myanmar, Thailand's police chief said.\n\nThe suspect, whose motives are unclear - surrendered to officers and had been using a handgun, police said.\n\nFive other people - one Lao national, one Chinese and three Thais - were injured.\n\nOne of the victims was Chinese and the other, who worked at the mall, was Burmese, national police chief Torsak Sukvimol told a news conference.\n\nFootage showed shoppers inside the Siam Paragon mall running for the exits after they heard multiple shots being fired.\n\nBy the time police arrived on the scene at 17:10 local time (10:10 GMT) and were able to disarm the assailant, several people had been hit.\n\nAmbulances had to battle with the notoriously busy rush hour traffic in this part of Bangkok to carry the victims to hospital.\n\nThe teenaged suspect has been transferred to Pathumwan police station.\n\nHe attended a school close to the mall and had a record of getting treatment for a mental health condition at Rajvithi hospital, but had recently stopped taking his medication, Mr Sukvimol said.\n\nThe headteacher of the private school, named The Essence, wrote to parents confirming the suspect was a pupil and said the school would cooperate with police.\n\nEyewitnesses inside the mall said they hid inside shops and bathrooms.\n\nJakkraphan Nakharisi, 29, an ice cream seller who has worked at the mall for two years, told the BBC that he did not realise at first that the noises were gunshots.\n\n\"There were four to five of them. And then silence. Then there were probably another two shots. Then I heard someone in my shop shout, 'There's some shooting!'\n\n\"I ducked behind the ice cream tank immediately. I didn't know where to run. I thought I couldn't just go out recklessly.\"\n\nHe said he heard security guards escort people off the premises, before he left \"no more than 10 minutes after the shooting\".\n\nPalmyra Kownack, a 61-year old UK resident currently in Bangkok who was at the Paragon when the shooting took place, told the BBC she had been left shaken.\n\n\"There was a lot of shouting and shots,\" she said. \"It was difficult to know what was happening. We didn't know if it was one person or a gang.\"\n\n\"We could see military walking by. We stayed there for about an hour until we finally got the all clear to leave. We were escorted out by the back exit. It was chaos with so many people.\"\n\nIn a statement, a Siam Paragon spokesperson expressed condolences to the victims.\n\n\"As soon as the incident occurred, the police and Siam Paragon's security team immediately evacuated customers and employees from the building, prioritising the safety of all customers, employees, and tenants,\" the statement said.\n\nMass shootings in Thailand are rare, although gun ownership rates are relatively high for the region.\n\nAn ex-policeman killed at least 37 people, most of them children, in a gun and knife attack at a childcare centre in in Nong Bua Lamphu province in north-east Thailand in October last year.\n\nIn 2020, a soldier killed 29 people and injured dozens more in the city of Nakhon Ratchasima.", "A funeral home in Pennsylvania has said they have finally identified the remains of a petty thief, known to locals as 'Stoneman Willie'.\n\nOne of the US's oldest mummies, he had been on display in the funeral home in the small city of Reading.\n\nHe was accidentally mummified when a mortician tried to preserve a corpse in 1895.\n\nBefore he died he gave authorities a fictitious name upon his arrest, and his true identity remained hidden.\n\nNow, locals gave 'Willie' an elaborate send-off, carrying his hearse in the parade marking the 275th anniversary of the city's charter.", "As it approaches 23:30 in Bangkok and 17:30 here in London, we're going to pause our live coverage of today's shooting.\n\nTwo people have been killed and five others have been injured in the incident in the popular Siam Paragon mall in the heart of Thailand's capital. A 14-year-old suspect has been arrested.\n\nAs the BBC's South East Asia correspondent Jonathan Head reported from the scene earlier, access to firearms is relatively easy in Thailand, and gun crime is quite common. But such shootings in central Bangkok are rare.\n• You can read more on the story here, and we also have a country profile on Thailand here.\n\nToday's page was a team effort between our reporters in London and Thailand, and brought to you by: Emily Atkinson, Thomas Mackintosh, Rachel Russell, James Fitzgerald, Emily McGarvey, and myself, with Thanyarat Doksone, Lulu Luo, and Jonathan Head in Bangkok. Thanks for joining us.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: The moment McCarthy is removed as House speaker\n\nKevin McCarthy has been toppled in a right-wing revolt - the first time ever that a US House of Representatives Speaker has lost a no-confidence vote.\n\nThe final tally was 216-210 to remove the congressman as leader of the Republican majority in the lower chamber of Congress.\n\nHardliners in his party voted against him after he struck a deal with Senate Democrats to fund government agencies.\n\nThere is no clear successor to oversee the House Republican majority.\n\nCongress has just over 40 days to agree on a deal to avoid another potential government shutdown.\n\nFlorida Republican Matt Gaetz, a Trump ally, filed a rarely used procedural tool known as a motion to vacate on Monday night to oust Mr McCarthy.\n\nHe accused the Speaker of making a secret deal with the White House to continue funding for Ukraine, amid negotiations to avert a partial government shutdown at the weekend. Mr McCarthy denies it.\n\nAt a private meeting of Republican politicians on Tuesday evening after losing his job, Mr McCarthy told colleagues he did not plan to run for Speaker again.\n\nHe later took aim at his political nemesis, Mr Gaetz, accusing him of attention-seeking.\n\n\"You know it was personal,\" Mr McCarthy told a news conference, \"it had nothing to do with spending.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nHe said fundraising emails sent by Mr Gaetz amid the infighting were \"not becoming of a member of Congress\".\n\nThe hardliners who ousted him \"are not conservatives\", Mr McCarthy added.\n\nHe only became Speaker in January after a gruelling 15 rounds of voting in the chamber as Mr Gaetz and other right-wingers refused to support him.\n\nTo win over those hardliners Mr McCarthy agreed to make it possible for a single member to put forward a motion to oust him, which is exactly what Mr Gaetz ultimately did.\n\nMr McCarthy was supported by 210 Republicans but eight voted against him in Tuesday's vote, joining all Democrat members.\n\nThey were Mr Gaetz, Eli Crane, Andy Biggs, Ken Buck, Tim Burchett, Bob Good, Matt Rosendale and Nancy Mace.\n\nOne vote against Mr McCarthy that surprised many came from Ms Mace - a moderate Republican from South Carolina.\n\nShe said afterwards: \"I am looking for a Speaker who will tell the truth to the American people, who will be honest and trustworthy with Congress, with both parties.\"\n\nDemocratic House Leader Hakeem Jeffries had said in a letter to colleagues that he would not provide the votes needed to rescue Mr McCarthy.\n\nCongresswoman Pramila Jayapal, a left-wing Democrat from the north-western US state of Washington, said before the vote: \"Let them wallow in their pigsty of incompetence.\"\n\nDespite Mr McCarthy's recent efforts to help the government avoid a federal shutdown, Democrats said they viewed Mr McCarthy as untrustworthy.\n\nIn May, he backed out of a spending deal with President Joe Biden following pressure from the Republicans.\n\nSome had considered saving Mr McCarthy in return for concessions but the now former Speaker later ruled this out.\n\nDemocrats also felt betrayed by Mr McCarthy's U-turn in the days after the storming of the Capitol, when he first condemned Donald Trump's role and then backed him.\n\nThe packed chamber - which Republicans control by a 221-212 majority - was mostly silent as members awaited the result of the roll call vote.\n\n\"The office of Speaker of the House is hereby declared vacant,\" said Arkansas Republican Steve Womack with a bang of his gavel, to audible gasps.\n\nEarlier in the day the former president, Donald Trump, said on social media that the party should be \"fighting the Radical Left Democrats\" instead of each other.\n\nNorth Carolina Republican Patrick McHenry, who supported Mr McCarthy, is now the interim Speaker. He put the House in recess for a week.\n\nIt is unclear if he will have the full powers of the office, or merely administrative powers and the ability to supervise a new election.\n\nThe rules do not state how long a person could fill in as an interim, though a vote on a new Speaker is planned for 11 October.\n\nLouisiana Republican Steve Scalise and Minnesota Republican Tom Emmer have been mentioned as potential replacements for Mr McCarthy. Neither has expressed any interest in the role.\n\nRepresentative Nancy Mace before voting Kevin McCarthy out as Speaker\n\nWhite House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said in a statement that President Biden is hoping the House would quickly elect a new Speaker, and noted that the \"challenges facing our nation will not wait\".\n\nThe last two Republican Speakers - Paul Ryan and John Boehner - left Congress after repeated tangles with their more conservative colleagues.\n\nThe so-called motion to vacate had only previously been used twice in the past century to remove a Speaker - in 2015 and 2010 - though never successfully.\n\nSign up for our morning newsletter and get BBC News in your inbox.", "Bradley Lowery formed a close bond with Jermain Defoe before his death in 2017\n\nJermain Defoe has said he was \"appalled and saddened\" by a Sheffield Wednesday supporter who mocked the death of Sunderland mascot Bradley Lowery.\n\nDale Houghton, 31, taunted opposition fans with an image of the six-year-old when the two teams played on Friday.\n\nHe admitted a public order offence before Sheffield magistrates on Monday.\n\nEx-Sunderland striker Defoe formed a close bond with Bradley, who he called his \"best mate\", before his death from cancer in 2017.\n\nBradley, of Blackhall Colliery, County Durham, was diagnosed with neuroblastoma - a rare type of cancer - when he was 18 months old.\n\nDefoe said he was \"one of the most inspirational children this world has ever seen, and he will never stop inspiring us\".\n\nHoughton, from Rotherham, was charged after pictures circulated on X, formerly Twitter, showing two men laughing at Wednesday's Hillsborough stadium on Friday, as the defendant held up a photo of Bradley on his phone.\n\nDale Houghton will be sentenced next month\n\n\"I'm appalled and saddened by the actions of the individual in question,\" Defoe told Mail Online after Houghton appeared in court.\n\nHe added: \"My thoughts at this time go out to [Bradley's parents] Gemma and Carl, who shouldn't have to deal with incidents like this, but rather be praised for the amazing work they are doing with the Bradley Lowery Foundation in their son's memory.\n\n\"I urge the public to stand behind the family and continue to support the Foundation and its projects.\"\n\nMore than £22,500 has been donated to an appeal set up by Sheffield Wednesday fans after Friday's match to raise money for the charity.\n\nLeanne Wood, from Sheffield Wednesday Women's Supporters' Group, said she set up the fundraising page in response to being \"absolutely disgusted\" by Houghton's actions.\n\nBradley's mother has said the support was \"overwhelming\" and \"incredible\".\n\nShe described Houghton's actions as \"unforgivable\" and \"really upsetting\" for the family.\n\nHoughton is due to be sentenced on 17 November, when he faces a possible jail term.\n\nFollow BBC Yorkshire on Facebook, X (formerly Twitter) and Instagram. Send your story ideas to yorkslincs.news@bbc.co.uk.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "If you were an American teen or pre-teen in the early 2000s, you knew Abercrombie & Fitch.\n\nWhether you loved or hated it, the brand was everywhere - its glossy adverts featuring low-cut jeans and graphic tees, its pungent cologne, its loud and poorly lit stores that anchored mainstream malls around the US.\n\nAnd if you did love it, Abercrombie was the entry point to a particular type of all-American cool, a preppy utopia for the young and thin.\n\n\"They were selling the most popular people in class - the quarterback and the head cheerleader,\" says psychologist and author Cooper Lawrence.\n\nThis particular version of Abercrombie came to life under the guiding hand of CEO Mike Jeffries, who stands accused of exploiting men for sex, in a BBC investigation.\n\nDuring his two decades in charge, Mr Jeffries turned the brand into a cultural phenomenon and took it into the retail stratosphere. But he also oversaw its downfall, resigning in 2014 amid a cloud of controversy over allegations of racial discrimination and a toxic work culture.\n\nIn 1992, when Mr Jeffries officially took over, Abercrombie was a 100-year-old company with a reputation for safari wear. A few years earlier, the company had been bought by retail magnate Les Wexner, who moved its headquarters to Columbus, Ohio, and handed control to Mr Jeffries.\n\nThe Californian had a clear, if exclusionary, vision.\n\n\"In every school there are the cool and popular kids, and there are the not-so-cool kids. Candidly, we go after the cool kids. We go after the attractive, all-American kid with a great attitude and a lot of friends,\" he told Salon in a now-infamous 2006 interview.\n\n\"A lot of people don't belong [in our clothes] and they can't belong. Are we exclusionary? Absolutely.\"\n\nWatch Panorama's The Abercrombie Guys: The Dark Side of Cool, on BBC iPlayer now and on BBC One on Monday at 21:00 BST.\n\nListen to the podcast series, World of Secrets: Season 1 - The Abercrombie Guys, available on BBC Sounds from 21:00 BST.\n\nThe Abercrombie Guys: the Dark Side of Cool will be releasing in the US on October 6 on BBC Select, available to audiences via Amazon Prime Video Channels, the Apple TV app and The Roku Channel.\n\nAnd throughout Mr Jeffries' reign, Abercrombie's every detail seemed to deliver on that promise.\n\n\"Sexy clothes on sexy people was what they were after,\" Katie Hertert, an assistant to Mr Jeffries from 2004 to 2006, told the BBC.\n\n\"The merchants and designers and everybody were trying to get in front of Mike to have him say, 'Yes, this is sexy.' That was entirely the goal.\"\n\nShirtless male greeters stood sentry outside stores, beckoning shoppers inside a nightclub-dark interior, with the A&F Fierce cologne liberally hosed across the racks of clothes - intentionally distressed denim, cotton polo shirts and pullovers, all branded with the ubiquitous moose.\n\nAbercrombie advertisements were shot primarily by Bruce Weber, the celebrity photographer. His signature image for the brand featured black-and-white photographs of partially dressed young people. Jamie Dornan, Channing Tatum, Olivia Wilde and Jennifer Lawrence are all former models for the brand.\n\nStores did not sell clothes for women larger than a US size 10 (roughly a UK size 14) until 2014, after Mr Jeffries had left the company.\n\n\"Abercrombie was the deification of this extremely conventional, preppy, affluent, ultra-white lifestyle that really had not been considered all that cool [earlier in the '90s],\" said Maureen Tkacik, a journalist for The Prospect who has reported extensively on the brand.\n\nThe apparently casual style of store employees was the product of a rigid dress code.\n\nAccording to an employee style guide from Mr Jeffries' tenure, denim shirts were to be worn with three buttons open, skinny jeans were to be cuffed at 1.25 inches and hairstyles had to be \"neat, clean, natural, kempt and classic\".\n\nNearly every part of Abercrombie and its image bore Mr Jeffries' fingerprints.\n\nEmployees at Abercrombie speaking to US media described Mr Jeffries as a reclusive, mercurial and obsessive boss, prone to superstitious rituals. But, above all, colleagues said he was dedicated to the brand. Even corporate employees were encouraged to wear Abercrombie branded clothing to make their CEO happy.\n\nMr Jeffries' business strategy proved lucrative. From 1994 to 1999, sales jumped from $165m (£135m) to $1.04bn. At its height, Abercrombie had more than 1,000 stores in the US, Canada and the UK.\n\nBut about 10 years into Mr Jeffries' tenure, Abercrombie's shine began to fade - in large part due to the exclusionary practices that the CEO had championed.\n\nIn 2002, Abercrombie faced protests over a line of Asian-themed T-shirts replete with racist stereotypes, including men in rice-paddy hats and the words \"two Wongs can make it white\". It was quickly recalled.\n\nOne year later, the company faced a class action lawsuit brought by several thousand former employees and job applicants, who alleged the company had discriminated against African Americans, Latinos and Asian Americans in its hiring and advertising.\n\nAccording to the plaintiffs, Abercrombie turned down racial minorities for sales positions, relegated them to backroom jobs and had their hours reduced when managers decided their look was not \"Abercrombie enough\".\n\nThe company settled for $40m, but did not admit wrongdoing.\n\nYears later, in 2015, Abercrombie would argue before the Supreme Court that it was legal to deny employment to a Muslim woman with a headscarf because the garment violated its \"look policy\" which banned hats. Abercrombie lost 8-1.\n\n\"Abercrombie was exclusionary, it wasn't just exclusive,\" said Cooper Lawrence. \"Abercrombie & Fitch didn't figure that out on its own, they had to get sued.\"\n\nThrough a 2023 lens, it's shocking, she said.\n\nBy the time Mr Jeffries stepped down in 2014 as CEO and chairman, with a multi-million dollar retirement package, the company had also lost its financial momentum. Sales and stocks were falling.", "The Home Office has released one of its most politically sensitive data sets with a note attached describing some of the figures as \"dodgy\".\n\nThe note, spotted by BBC Verify, was on a Home Office spreadsheet about the number of people arrested after being stopped and searched by police.\n\nIt said: \"Reason for arrest data is dodgy so maybe we shouldn't publish it.\"\n\nThe note was removed after we contacted the Home Office.\n\nThe data was about the number of people stopped and searched in England and Wales under Section 60. This means that police do not need to have reasonable suspicion to carry out a search.\n\nThe orders give the police powers to stop people within a designated area, such as the Notting Hill Carnival.\n\nThe arrests were broken down into those \"for offensive weapons\" or those \"for other reasons\".\n\nAttached to the offensive weapons column was the note from an \"author\" asking whether the figures should be published.\n\nThe official data said that in the year ending 31 March 2023 there had been 4,280 searches under Section 60, with 43 people found to be carrying offensive weapons.\n\nAs a result, there had been 52 arrests for carrying offensive weapons.\n\nWe don't know why there were more arrests than people found to be carrying offensive weapons. This has not been the case in previous years, according to the available data.\n\nWe asked the Home Office whether this was the reason the note's author thought the data was 'dodgy' and how long the data had been considered 'dodgy'.\n\nIt did not respond to these questions and referred to another note accompanying the data which said:\n\n\"Data quality checks showed that some forces will by default provide the same reason for arrest as for reason for search or they record all reasons for arrest as other. For the first time this data has been presented in the summary tables as experimental statistics to denote that there are known data quality issues.\"\n\nThe Home Office says it has been collecting the \"reason for arrest\" data to understand how effectively the police are using stop-and-search powers.\n\nBut Dr Simon Harding, director of the National Centre for Gang Research, says different forces have different ways and procedures for recording their data.\n\n\"There is data coming in from 43 different constabularies and there are varying levels of quality,\" he said. \"These things ought to be ironed out before they get to the Home Office.\"\n\nWe showed the note to Habib Kadiri, director of StopWatch, a campaign group which focuses on police stop and search and the \"overpolicing of marginalised communities\".\n\nHe said: \"The comment in question is indicative of a long history of questionable recording practices by police forces.\"\n\nMr Kadiri said police forces should be forced by law to provide comparable data, adding: \"We have received anecdotal evidence in the past to suggest that searches are not recorded properly or at all, in ways that indicate the issue of data quality may be more than simply a technical matter.\"\n\nLabour MP Dame Diana Johnson, who chairs Parliament's Home Affairs Select Committee, told us: \"This highlights the difficulties in getting standardised data and it does worry me because the Home Office has got into bother before with its stats and data. You would think they'd want to be careful to check and double-check all of this before it goes out.\"\n\nThe Office for Statistics Regulation said it recognised the Home Office \"could be clearer\" that the data was experimental, but that it was \"common practice\" to publish newly-introduced breakdowns with official statistics.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nA lightning strike has caused a huge gas explosion at a food waste recycling plant in Oxfordshire.\n\nWitnesses reported seeing a fireball light up the night sky after the blast at the Severn Trent Green Power Plant at Cassington, north of Oxford.\n\nThe company said the strike caused one of its biogas tanks to explode at about 19:20 BST.\n\nIt said nobody had been injured and staff were working with emergency services to secure the site.\n\nA fireball lit up the night sky after the explosion\n\nSix fire engines, 40 firefighters, police and at least four ambulances have been deployed to the plant, which processes food waste turning into biogas.\n\nSouth Central Ambulance Service confirmed paramedics were at the scene, but that they were there on standby to assist police and the fire service.\n\n\"There are no reports of any casualties at this time,\" a spokesperson for the ambulance service said.\n\nOxfordshire County Council said fire crews were using an aerial appliance and water tank as they fought the flames.\n\nMultiple police vehicles are at the entrance of the Severn Trent Green Power Plant site\n\nJack Frowde, 34, who works at Oxford University, said: \"I was sitting in my kitchen when the whole room lit up with a brilliant white light, then followed by a huge crack which sounded like really heavy thunder.\n\n\"I looked out of the kitchen window and it was as if the sky was pulsating orange.\n\n\"I ran to the back to capture the orange glow as it faded after about 20 seconds.\"\n\nStuart Hosking, a business owner from Oxford, said: \"We were pretty close. I thought it was the sun setting, until I saw the flickering and smoke.\n\n\"The lights flickered in the house then a flash, then a rumble like thunder, but a single bang.\"\n\nResidents across the Oxford area reported seeing the sky go orange at about 19:20 BST\n\nIn a statement, Thames Valley Police said: \"It is believed that lightning struck gas containers at the site during bad weather this evening, causing a large fire.\"\n\nThe force said the A40 had earlier been closed between Wolvercote and Eynsham as a result of the incident. The road has since reopened.\n\n\"To ensure public safety, nearby residents are asked to stay at home, to shut windows and doors and not to attend the scene,\" a police spokesperson added.\n\nResidents have reported power outages in Witney, Burford, Chipping Norton and Milton-under-Wychwood.\n\nFollow BBC South on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram. Send your story ideas to south.newsonline@bbc.co.uk.\n\nSign up for our morning newsletter and get BBC News in your inbox.", "Not all renters are \"bad people\" who smoke weed or are in gangs, the housing minister has said as she defended plans to strengthen renters' rights.\n\nRachel Maclean said the government was committed to the Renters Reform Bill and she hoped it would make progress in Parliament soon.\n\nThe bill would ban landlords in England from evicting tenants with no justification.\n\nSome Tory MPs are concerned the changes will see more landlords sell up.\n\nThey argue this will reduce the number of rented homes available and push up prices.\n\nThere have been reports opposition from Conservative backbenchers is delaying the bill's progress.\n\nThe legislation was introduced in Parliament in May but no date has been set for its second reading, when MPs get a chance to debate the bill.\n\nIt needs to be approved by both the House of Commons and the Lords before it becomes law.\n\nOn Sunday, Housing Secretary Michael Gove told a fringe event at the Conservative Party conference the bill should have its second reading in the autumn.\n\nSpeaking at a fringe event on Monday, hosted by the Bright Blue think tank and the National Residential Landlords Association, Ms Maclean said a lot of people had suggested to her that the Renters Reform Bill was \"not Conservative\" and no Tory supporters would vote for it.\n\nHowever, she said all four of her children, who are in their late 20s or 30s, were private renters as well as Conservative voters.\n\n\"There are plenty of young people who are in the [private rented sector] who are not weed-smoking bad people, in gangs and crack dens and everything else and smashing up the neighbourhood,\" she said.\n\n\"There's lots of decent people, hard-working people in the [private rented sector] and we need to do the right thing for them.\"\n\nMs Maclean said there were also \"a lot of very good landlords\" and she did not want them to \"lose confidence\" in the market.\n\n\"If people are renting a property out they need to be able to get it back if they need to, they need to be able to evict bad tenants so we have taken the time to work through how that would work in practice,\" she added.\n\nUnder the current version of the bill, landlords will still be able to evict tenants in certain circumstances, including when they wish to sell the property or when they or a close family member want to move in, after six months.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. What can you do about rent increases? Watch the BBC's Lora Jones tell you, in a minute.\n\nBen Beadle, chief executive of the National Residential Landlords Association, said many landlords were still concerned about whether they would be able to get their property back quickly enough if they needed to.\n\nHe told the BBC there was a lack of clarity about how possession cases would be processed by the court system, which he described as \"on its knees\".\n\nHowever, Mr Beadle said he was a \"pragmatist\" and supported a \"viable alternative\" to so-called no-fault evictions.\n\nSome Tory MPs are worried the bill could have unintended consequences.\n\nFormer housing minister Brandon Lewis said he supported the \"fundamental principle\" of the legislation but that ministers needed to get the \"balance right\".\n\nHe told a fringe event at the Tory Party conference he had concerns about parts of the bill.\n\n\"There is a risk if we don't get it right... more landlords [will leave] the market, which will put up rents even further,\" he said.\n\nMeanwhile, campaigners representing renters are concerned about the possibility of further delays to the changes becoming law.\n\nThey say more than 20,000 households have been kicked out of their homes since the Conservatives first promised to ban no-fault evictions in 2019.\n\nBen Twomey, chief executive of campaign group Generation Rent, said: \"Prioritising the rights of landlords over the past 30 years has led to tenants living in fear of a sudden notice that uproots our lives and forces us to find a new home.\n\n\"Under the government's proposals, landlords who have a valid reason to evict will still be able to do so, and tenants will know where we stand. Opponents of the bill need to explain why the worst landlords should be allowed to continue to bully and mistreat their tenants.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Sunak: UK has done incredible job on integration\n\nRishi Sunak has repeatedly declined to say if he agrees with his home secretary's view that multiculturalism has \"failed\" in the UK.\n\nIn a speech on Tuesday, Suella Braverman said multiculturalism was a \"misguided dogma\" which had allowed people to \"live parallel lives\".\n\nAsked if she was wrong, the PM told the BBC the UK had \"done an incredible job of integrating people into society\".\n\nHowever, he added that \"there's always more progress we can make\".\n\nAddressing a US think tank in Washington earlier this week, Mrs Braverman said: \"Multiculturalism makes no demands of the incomer to integrate.\n\n\"It has failed because it allowed people to come to our society and live parallel lives in it... And, in extreme cases, they could pursue lives aimed at undermining the stability and threatening the security of society.\"\n\nShe added: \"We are living with the consequence of that failure today. You can see it play out in the streets all over Europe from Malmo to Paris, Brussels to Leicester.\"\n\nBishop of Leicester Martyn Snow and local Labour politicians were among those to criticise her comments, with Leicester MPs Jonathan Ashworth and Liz Kendall describing them as \"ignorant and offensive\".\n\nLast September disorder broke out in Leicester, involving mainly young men from sections of the city's Muslim and Hindu communities.\n\nIn an interview with BBC East Midlands Political Editor Tony Roe, the prime minister was asked if he agreed with his home secretary that multiculturalism had failed in cities like Leicester.\n\nIn response, he said: \"My mum's from Leicester so it's a place that I know incredibly well… I think this is something that is incredible about our country is that it is a fantastic multi-ethnic democracy.\"\n\nMr Sunak, who is the UK's first British Asian prime minister, added: \"We have done an incredible job of integrating people into society and one of the lovely things about getting the job I have as the first person from my background to hold this job, that's a wonderful thing, but it's also not a big deal in our country.\n\n\"I think that speaks to the progress we've made over the years and how far we've come and something we should all be collectively incredibly proud of.\"\n\nPressed if he believed Mrs Braverman was wrong, the prime minister said: \"I'm saying our country has done an incredibly good job of integrating people from lots of different backgrounds.\n\n\"It's important that everyone subscribes to British values. That's the thing that unites us and binds us together.\"\n\nDowning Street has previously said Mr Sunak signed off the home secretary's speech.\n\nMrs Braverman was also criticised by charities and some Conservatives for comments in her speech that the international asylum system was no longer fit for purpose and that fearing discrimination for being gay or a woman should not be enough to qualify for refugee protection.\n\nThe United Nations refugee agency rejected her argument, saying the 1951 Refugee Convention \"remains a life-saving instrument\" and did not need \"more restrictive interpretation\".\n\nThe prime minister was speaking to local BBC political editors and radio stations in a series of interviews ahead of the Conservative Party conference this weekend.\n\nEarlier, he repeatedly refused to say whether the HS2 high-speed rail line would run to Manchester, amid speculation the second leg of the line is to be scrapped.\n\nA previous version of this story incorrectly quoted the prime minister as saying \"I think that this is something that is incredible about this country, is that it is a fantastic multicultural democracy.\" This has been corrected to: \"I think this is something that is incredible about our country is that it is a fantastic multi-ethnic democracy.\"", "The trolleys stop at the exit if sensors detect they have not passed a payment zone\n\nCustomers at a supermarket say they have been left injured or in pain after their trolley wheels were suddenly locked by a security system.\n\nAsda in Llandudno, Conwy, has fitted \"gatekeeper\" devices to its trolleys.\n\nThe devices stop trolleys at the exit to the store if sensors detect they have not passed a payment zone, or need a security check.\n\nAsda said it would be happy to discuss the problem with anyone who has experienced problems.\n\nSome shoppers said the sudden stop caused them to crash into the trolley they were pushing, leaving them in pain or throwing children forward suddenly in the trolley seat.\n\nLucy Cousins, from Llandudno, was hurt on Saturday.\n\nShe said because she had scanned her own shopping, the system stopped her trolley with no warning for a security check, and the impact triggered a pre-existing back condition.\n\nMs Cousins said she had health issues including adhesions causing chronic pain in her abdomen and slipped discs in her back.\n\n\"The pain in my back hit instantly and the alarms suddenly going off scared me,\" she said.\n\n\"I had a horrible shock when it happened - I'd been having physio to improve my back and was suddenly in agony again.\"\n\nShe said a member of staff came to look at her receipt.\n\nLucy Cousins said the alarms scared her\n\n\"I told him how much it hurt and he agreed that it was painful when it happened.\n\n\"He indicated a warning sign to the side of the door behind a product display,\" she said.\n\nMs Cousins said she left in tears and unable to stand upright.\n\nShe said the pain in her back was easing, but added the whole experience was upsetting.\n\nOther shoppers said they had had similar experiences.\n\nHollie Roberts from Rhos on Sea, Conwy, said the supermarket needed to make the signs more prominent, warning people that their trolley wheels might suddenly lock.\n\n\"It stopped so suddenly I went into the trolley, really hurt my stomach and winded me as I wasn't walking slowly.\n\n\"The security guy rushed over and could see I was upset so was really nice, but he did say it happens a lot because people don't know about it,\" she added.\n\nAsda in Llandudno, Conwy, has fitted \"gatekeeper\" devices to its trolleys\n\nAn Asda spokesman said: \"To ensure colleague and customer safety and to prevent theft, we have a number of security measures in place at all of our stores.\n\n\"We'd be happy to take this customer's details so that we may get in touch to discuss their concerns.\"", "At just 1,400 light-years from Earth, the Orion Nebula, M42, is visible to the naked eye as a faint smudge\n\nJupiter-sized \"planets\" free-floating in space, unconnected to any star, have been spotted by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST).\n\nWhat's intriguing about the discovery is that these objects appear to be moving in pairs. Astronomers are currently struggling to explain them.\n\nThe telescope observed about 40 pairs in a fabulously detailed new survey of the famous Orion Nebula.\n\nThey've been nicknamed Jupiter Mass Binary Objects, or \"JuMBOs\" for short.\n\nOne possibility is that these objects grew out of regions in the nebula where the density of material was insufficient to make fully fledged stars.\n\nAnother possibility is that they were made around stars and were then kicked out into interstellar space through various interactions.\n\n\"The ejection hypothesis is the favoured one at the moment,\" said Prof Mark McCaughrean.\n\n\"Gas physics suggests you shouldn't be able to make objects with the mass of Jupiter on their own, and we know single planets can get kicked out from star systems. But how do you kick out pairs of these things together? Right now, we don't have an answer. It's one for the theoreticians,\" the European Space Agency's (Esa) senior science adviser told BBC News.\n\nProf McCaughrean led the team that produced the new Orion survey.\n\nUsing JWST's remarkable resolution and infrared sensitivity, the astronomers have added substantially to the information already mined by older telescopes, including Webb's direct predecessor, the Hubble Space Telescope.\n\nThe Orion Nebula, also known by its sky catalogue name of M42, is the nearest, large star-forming region to Earth.\n\nAlong with the quartet of bright suns at its centre called the Trapezium, this region of space is visible to the naked eye as a smudge on the sky.\n\nIf you don't know it, it can be found low down in the constellation of Orion, which is named after a mythical Greek hunter. The nebula forms part of the hunter's \"sword\", hanging from his \"belt\".\n\nPlanetary discs: Newborn stars in the nebula are busy making the next generation of planets\n\nThe new JWST image is actually a mosaic of 700 views acquired by Webb's NIRCam instrument over a week of observations.\n\nTo give a sense of scale, it would take a spaceship travelling at light speed a little over four years to traverse the entire scene. The nebula itself is about 1,400 light-years from Earth.\n\nTucked away in this vista are thousands of young stars, spanning a range of masses from 40 down to less than 0.1 times the mass of our Sun.\n\nMany of these stars are surrounded by dense discs of gas and dust which may be forming planets, although in some cases, these discs are being destroyed by the intense ultraviolet radiation and strong winds from the most massive stars in the region, in particular from the Trapezium.\n\nYour device may not support this visualisation\n\nThe slider tool on this page shows the same nebula scene at shorter and at longer wavelengths. Using different filters in this way emphasises items of interest.\n\nLook at the longer wavelength version to examine the sculpted green clouds of gas that contain polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. PAHs are ubiquitous compounds in space produced by stars.\n\nLook also at the many-fingered red feature that dominates the background.\n\nKnown as the Orion Molecular Cloud 1 outflow, this is a mass of molecular hydrogen that has been shocked by the the immense energy streaming away from the site of a cataclysmic collision of two giant stars. The speed of the outflow at more than 100km/s indicates the star merger occurred just a few hundred years previously.\n\nNotice the fingertips are tinged with green - a marker for gaseous iron.\n\nOrion Molecular Cloud 1 outflow: The \"fingertips\" are tinged with iron\n\nThere is so much to peruse and probe in the full-sized survey image which is 21,000 by 14,500 pixels. But it is the JuMBOs that have caught the immediate attention of astronomers.\n\n\"My reactions ranged from: 'Whaaat?!?' to 'Are you sure?\" to 'That's just so weird!' to 'How could binaries be ejected together?'\" recalled Dr Heidi Hammel who was not on the survey team.\n\nShe said there were no models of planetary system formation that predicted the ejection of binary pairs of planets.\n\n\"But... maybe all star formation regions host these double-Jupiters (and maybe even double-Neptunes and double Earths!), and we just haven't had a telescope powerful enough to see them before,\" the multidisciplinary scientist on JWST told BBC News.\n\nEsa will be posting the full image of M42 on its EsaSky portal which allows anyone to explore publicly available astronomical data. Initial papers describing the survey and the JuMBO discovery will be posted on the arXiv shortly, but can also be accessed here.\n\nThe Webb survey covers a tighter region of space than a major Hubble effort in 2006\n\nJWST is a joint venture between the US, European and Canadian space agencies.\n\nSign up for our morning newsletter and get BBC News in your inbox.", "Sir Patrick Vallance (centre) was a regular participant in televised news conferences during the pandemic\n\nThe government's former chief scientific adviser criticised Boris Johnson's \"impossible flip-flopping\" and \"bipolar decision-making\" in diary entries released to the Covid inquiry.\n\nSir Patrick Vallance also wrote of \"chaos as usual\" in Downing Street after a meeting on social-distancing.\n\nThe entries were read out at the start of stage two of the inquiry, which will examine the political decision-making.\n\nThe government has said it acted to save lives and protect the nation.\n\nMr Johnson will give evidence in person to the inquiry later this year, along with other ministers, advisers, civil servants and health officials.\n\nSir Patrick served as the government's chief scientific adviser from 2018 to 2023 and was a familiar face at the podium for Covid news conferences.\n\nExtracts of daily diaries he wrote during the pandemic were read out by the inquiry's lead counsel, Hugo Keith KC, as part of his opening statement on Tuesday.\n\nIn one note Sir Patrick wrote: \"Number 10 chaos as usual.\n\n\"On Friday, the two-metre rule meeting made it abundantly clear that no-one in Number 10 or the Cabinet Office had really read or taken time to understand the science advice on two metres. Quite extraordinary.\"\n\nIn other entries Sir Patrick described how he felt scientists were \"used as human shields\" by ministers.\n\nOn 19 September 2020, around the time a possible \"circuit-breaker\" lockdown was being discussed, he wrote: \"[Johnson] is all over the place and so completely inconsistent. You can see why it was so difficult to get agreement to lock down first time.\"\n\nMeanwhile, long Covid support groups said Mr Johnson used colourful language to describe the condition in October 2020.\n\nSpeaking on behalf of the groups, Anthony Metzer KC said that when the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) was publishing guidance for people with long Covid the former prime minister dismissed it as \"bollocks\".\n\n\"Mr Johnson has admitted in his witness statement that he didn't believe long Covid truly existed, dismissing it as 'Gulf War Syndrome stuff',\"Mr Metzer said.\n\nMr Keith also said WhatsApp exchanges between ministers and advisers in Downing Street painted a \"depressing picture\" of factional infighting and a \"toxic atmosphere\" during the pandemic.\n\nHe said messages showed \"disharmony\" between Number 10 and the DHSC, and contained repeated references to Mr Johnson's loss of confidence in former Health Secretary Matt Hancock.\n\n\"It appears to be the case that the prime minister and a number of officials and advisers held him in low regard,\" said Mr Keith.\n\n\"In particular, on account of his apparent tendency to get over-excited and then make stuff up.\"\n\nThe inquiry has now received messages from more than 250 different WhatsApp groups in addition to thousands of pages of one-to-one chat conversations, Mr Keith confirmed.\n\nPrime Minister Rishi Sunak told the BBC in an interview that \"of course\" he was helping the inquiry after it was claimed he was unable to provide some of his messages after swapping his phone a number of times.\n\nThe Guardian newspaper had reported that he had written in a witness statement that he did not have access to the messages because he did not back them up.\n\nAt the Conservative Party conference, Mr Sunak said: \"This is the legal inquiry, there's a full process. I submit a lot of different evidence and documentation. I will be interviewed. All of that will be transparent and public.\n\n\"And of course I'm helping with all of that, as people would expect. We want to learn the lessons from Covid.\"\n\nThe Guardian also reported that Mr Johnson had been unable to access messages sent earlier than 7 June 2020 because of an unspecified technical issue.\n\nThe Covid-19 Bereaved Families for Justice group said the loss of these messages was a \"remarkable and unfortunate coincidence\" and called for experts to examine the phone to see if the messages could be recovered.\n\nMr Keith told the hearing that although it was right to say the inquiry had not received all the messages asked for, \"we have a very good picture of what happened\".\n\n\"There are unlikely to be any hidden corners which have escaped the inquiry's attention,\" he added.", "Demand for oil will continue to grow and remain \"resilient\" this year, according to the secretary general of Opec+.\n\nOpec+ is a group of 23 oil-exporting countries which decides how much crude oil to sell on the world market.\n\n\"We see demand growing about 2.4 million barrels a day,\" Haitham Al Ghais told the BBC.\n\nSaudi Arabia said it would be cutting its production of crude oil by a million barrels a day to boost prices.\n\nThe International Energy Agency (IEA) said the decision by Saudi Arabia and Russia - two major oil producers and members of Opec+ - to cut production could cause a \"significant supply shortfall\" by the end of this year.\n\nMr Al Ghais said: \"This is a voluntary decision taken by two sovereign nations, Saudi Arabia and Russia. This decision can be described as precautionary or pre-emptive because of uncertainties\".\n\nHaitham Al Ghais said Opec was taking pre-emptive, precautionary measures by cutting oil production\n\nFollowing Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, oil prices soared, hitting more than $120 a barrel in June last year. They fell back to a little above $70 a barrel in May this year, but have steadily risen since then as producers have tried to restrict output to support the market.\n\nBrent crude, a benchmark for prices, breached $95 a barrel on Tuesday amid predictions of shorter supplies, with fears the price may breach $100 per barrel. The rise prompted a warning to drivers that fuel prices could rise in the coming 10 months, and stoked fears that inflation in key economies could be prolonged.\n\nBut Mr Al Ghais said Opec was more concerned about \"under investment\" in the oil sector.\n\n\"Some have called for stopping investments in oil. We believe this is equally dangerous. It will lead to volatility in the future, possible supply shortages. And therefore we at Opec have always advocated for the importance of continuing to invest in the oil industry as we also invest in decarbonising the industry and move on to adding other forms of alternative energy such as renewables\".\n\nAsked if he was concerned about rising oil prices affecting inflation around the world if it goes above $100 a barrel, Mr Al Ghais said it was \"important not to look at things in a short-sighted manner\".\n\n\"For next year we see demand continuing to grow north of 2 million barrels a day - of course, all subject to some of the uncertainties in the global market. Nevertheless, we still feel quite optimistic... that global oil demand is going to be quite resilient this year\".\n\nMr Al Ghais said that the oil industry would need close to $14tn in investment to the year 2045.\n\n\"Energy demand will grow by nearly 25% by the year 2045 compared to what it is today - and all forms of energy will be required\", he said.\n\nHis comments come ahead of a meeting of key oil players on Wednesday in Abu Dhabi for the International Petroleum Exhibition and Conference (ADIPEC).", "Two ambulances and an air ambulance were sent to Hengoed Road in Caerphilly\n\nTwo boys are in hospital after they were injured by an exploding firework.\n\nThe pair, aged eight and nine, were hurt in Caerphilly county on Sunday afternoon.\n\nIn a Facebook post, a family member said one of the boys was awaiting an operation to reconstruct his hand.\n\nSupt Mike Richards of Gwent Police said officers had a report of \"a medical emergency\" in Hengoed Road, Hengoed. Two road ambulances and an air ambulance were sent to the scene.\n\n\"Two boys, aged eight and nine, remain in hospital receiving treatment for injuries believed to be linked to an explosion of a firework,\" he said.\n\n\"Anyone with information is asked to call 101 or send us a direct message on social media, quoting log reference 2300332856.\"\n\nA Welsh Ambulance Service spokesperson said they were called shortly after 14:00 BST.\n\n\"We sent two emergency ambulances, one duty operational manager, one Cymru high acuity response unit and one air ambulance to the scene where we were assisted by colleagues from the Emergency Medical Retrieval and Transfer Service who travelled by air.\n\n\"We conveyed one patient by road to University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff, and one patient by air to the Bristol Royal Hospital for Children for further treatment.\"\n\nPlaid Cymru MS Delyth Jewell called for a ban on firework sales to members of the public following the incident.\n\nSpeaking in the Senedd on Tuesday, she said: \"Bonfire night is still a month away and every year we seem to hear horrible stories about lifechanging injuries that are suffered by fireworks.\"\n\n\"Surely isn't it time that the sale of fireworks should be banned except for professional displays,\" she added.\n\nResponding for the Welsh government, Lesley Griffiths - who hold the position of Trefnydd - said the powers to make such a move were a matter for the UK government.\n\nShe added that there were currently discussions between the two governments over fireworks sales, and she would ask the relevant Welsh government minister to provide an update.", "Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is set to announce the scrapping of the HS2 high-speed rail line from the West Midlands to Manchester.\n\nIn his Conservative Party conference speech later, the PM is expected to set out a range of alternative projects in the north of England and Wales.\n\nHe is likely to argue these projects will be better value for money and can be delivered more quickly.\n\nIt comes after weeks of speculation about the future of the line.\n\nAppearing on BBC Breakfast, Defence Secretary Grant Shapps effectively confirmed a new high-speed rail line would not be built to Manchester but said HS2 trains would still run to the city and to Leeds, albeit on existing tracks.\n\nThe London to Birmingham leg of HS2 is already being built.\n\nMr Shapps, who was transport secretary under Boris Johnson, said there would \"still be a much faster journey time\" to Manchester.\n\nHowever, he said that changes to travel patterns following the Covid pandemic meant the government had to consider whether whether the \"billions of pounds\" for HS2 could be better spent on other projects.\n\nHe added that full details of alternative transport schemes would be set out in the prime minister's conference speech in Manchester later.\n\nThe reports have already prompted anger among local leaders and businesses.\n\nThe Labour mayor of Greater Manchester, Andy Burnham, accused the government of \"disrespecting people across the whole of the North\".\n\n\"It just proves there are so many people in politics - many in the Tory party - that think they can treat the north of England differently to the way they treat other parts of the country,\" he told BBC Breakfast.\n\nThe Conservative West Midlands mayor Andy Street, who on Monday called an impromptu press conference to warn Mr Sunak that getting rid of HS2 would amount to \"cancelling the future\", is said to be distraught by the news of the prime minister's decision.\n\nFormer prime ministers Boris Johnson, Theresa May and David Cameron have also issued warnings against scaling the high-speed line back.\n\nHowever, some Tory MPs oppose HS2, arguing it is a waste of money and there are better ways to improve transport links.\n\nThe football club Manchester United was among 30 businesses who wrote to the prime minister urging him to commit to the line and avoid \"economic self-sabotage\".\n\nIt was hoped HS2 would cut journey times, create more space on the rail network and boost jobs outside London.\n\nBut there had been concerns about the mounting costs of the infrastructure project, with the latest estimates for the project amounting to about £71bn.\n\nEven that figure was in 2019 prices so it does not account for the spike in costs for materials and wages in recent months.\n\nRishi Sunak with his staff the day before his speech to the party conference in Manchester\n\nOn Tuesday, the prime minister had insisted he would not be \"forced into a premature decision\" on the future of HS2, amid growing pressure to make an announcement.\n\nThere has been frustration from both Tory supporters and opponents of HS2 that the issue has been allowed to overshadow the party conference in Manchester, the city that will feel it is losing out most.\n\nIf Mr Sunak confirms in his speech later that HS2 trains will go to Manchester using existing tracks, it follows that no extra space would be created and journey time benefits would be reduced.\n\nIn recent days, there have been suggestions that instead of building HS2, money could be put towards improving east-west rail links across the north of England.\n\nFor example, Northern Powerhouse Rail (NPR) aims to improve connections between Leeds, Manchester and Liverpool.\n\nHowever, the project has been designed to intersect with HS2, using a section of the high speed line, and if HS2 does not continue to Manchester this would increase the costs of NPR.\n\nHenri Murrison, chief executive of the Northern Powerhouse Partnership, called the scrapping of the HS2 line \"a national tragedy here in the north of England, economically at least\".\n\nHS2 was initially proposed in 2010, and given the go-ahead in 2012, when then-Conservative Transport Secretary Justine Greening called it \"the most significant transport infrastructure project since the building of the motorways\".\n\nThere have already been delays, disruption, a big cut to HS2's Eastern leg, and salami slicing on HS2 - but this latest decision would change the project and its outcomes beyond recognition.\n\nAt least £22.5bn has already been spent building the London-Birmingham section, while £2.3bn has gone towards the second phase, on things such as buying up land and property.\n\nThirty-thousand people are already working on HS2, mostly in the supply chain.\n\nThere are also people whose lives have already been uprooted by property purchases along the planned HS2 route north of Birmingham.\n\nMr Sunak will be delivering his conference speech at a tricky time for the Conservatives, who have been lagging behind Labour in the polls for over a year.\n\nSpeaking from the Manchester Central Convention Complex - an old railway turned into a conference venue - he will tell the audience that he is the man to \"fundamentally change our country\".\n\nIt may be his last conference speech before the next general election, due in 2024, and his team will hope that it can help change the fortunes of the prime minister and his party.\n\nSign up for our morning newsletter and get BBC News in your inbox.", "Police at the scene of the dog attack in Shiney Row\n\nA man has been arrested after another man was \"seriously injured\" by a dog, Northumbria Police said.\n\nOfficers were called to a report of a dog attack on Maple Terrace, Shiney Row, near Houghton-le-Spring, Wearside, just before 19:00 BST.\n\nIn a statement, the force said the animal was \"destroyed at the scene\" and \"there is no wider risk to the public\".\n\nA second dog was seized as a precaution, police said, and they urged people not to speculate online.\n\nThere has been no information released about the breed of the dogs.\n\nThe man who was arrested is 44 years old and \"remains in custody at this time\", police said.\n\nMeanwhile the man in hospital, who is in his 50s, suffered \"serious injuries\".\n\nThe North East Ambulance Service (NEAS) told BBC News it was called to the area just after 19:00 BST.\n\n\"We dispatched two double-crewed ambulances, a specialist paramedic and a clinical team leader,\" it said.\n\nIt added that a patient had been taken to the Royal Victoria Infirmary in Newcastle.\n\nA large police presence was at the scene on Wednesday morning, with officers stationed in Maple Terrace and neighbouring Lowerson Avenue.\n\nAround half of Maple Terrace was cordoned off at the side of the street which overlooks a grassy area popular with dog walkers.\n\nThere was a large police presence on Wednesday morning\n\nOne man said he had heard about the attack, and that a window had been broken during the incident. He said: \"There's dogs all over here.\"\n\nPolice have urged anyone with information \"to speak to an officer on duty\".\n\n\"Members of the public can also get in touch using the 'Tell Us Something' page of the Northumbria Police website,\" the force said.\n\nFollow BBC North East & Cumbria on X (formerly Twitter), Facebook and Instagram. Send your story ideas to northeastandcumbria@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "A group of 67 women from Greenland are seeking compensation from the Danish government over a campaign of involuntary birth control.\n\nAt least 4,500 women, some teenagers, were fitted with coils to limit birth rates among the indigenous population.\n\nAn inquiry is due to conclude in 2025, but the women, some of whom are in their 70s, want compensation now.\n\nGreenland, now a semi-sovereign territory of Denmark, was a Danish colony until 1953.\n\nThe scale of the campaign was exposed last year in a podcast published by Danish broadcaster DR.\n\nRecords from the national archives showed that, between 1966 and 1970 alone, 4,500 intrauterine devices (IUDs) were fitted into the women, some as young as 13, without their knowledge or consent.\n\nThe government of Greenland estimates that, by the end of 1969, 35% of women in the territory who could potentially have borne children had been fitted with an IUD, according to DR.\n\nThe practice is known to have continued until 1975 but the BBC has learned that it lasted for many years after that.\n\nOne woman discovered she had been fitted with a coil when she struggled to become pregnant in 2009. Another told the BBC she had been injected with a contraceptive in 2014 without her consent.\n\nA commission set up by the Danish and Greenlandic governments to investigate the programme is not due to deliver its findings until May 2025.\n\n\"We don't want to wait for the results of the inquiry,\" said psychologist Naja Lyberth, who initiated the compensation claim.\n\n\"We are getting older. The oldest of us, who had IUDs inserted in the 1960s, were born in the 1940s and are approaching 80. We want to act now.\"\n\nMs Lyberth said that, in some cases, the devices fitted had been too big for the girls' bodies, causing serious health complications or even infertility, while in others the women had been unaware of the devices until they were discovered recently by gynaecologists.\n\nShe accused the Danish government of the time of wanting to control the size of Greenland's population in order to save money on welfare.\n\n\"It's already 100% clear that the government has broken the law by violating our human rights and causing us serious harm,\" she said.\n\nThe women are seeking 300,000 kroner (£34,880; $42,150) each.\n\nMads Pramming, the lawyer representing the women, sent a claim on their behalf to the office of Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen on Monday.\n\nMs Lyberth said she expected the government to refuse the request pending the results of the commission, and that if it did the group would take the matter to court.\n\nLast year, Denmark apologised and paid compensation to six Inuit who were taken from their families in the 1950s as part of an attempt to build a Danish-speaking elite within Greenland.\n\nGreenland has a population of just 57,000 and is both the largest island and the northernmost area of land in the world.\n\nThe territory has its own flag, language and prime minister, and it took control over its health system in 1991. Its currency, justice system, and foreign and security affairs are still run by Denmark.\n\nGreenland's health minister told the BBC last year she was unaware that contraception was still being given to women without their consent, and in contravention of the law and ethics of care.", "All Onewheel electric skateboards sold worldwide will be recalled after four people died while riding them.\n\nUS watchdog the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) recalled all 300,000 devices sold in the US, citing a risk of crashes causing serious injuries.\n\nFuture Motion, which makes Onewheels, told the BBC the recall applies to all customers, not just those in the US.\n\nA UK government spokesperson told the BBC it would make enquiries and \"take action swiftly\" if required.\n\nFuture Motion said that UK customers could visit its website to view their options, which range from a software update to a $100 (£82) store credit, depending on the make and model of their skateboard.\n\nRecall requests must be submitted through a link on Future Motion's website.\n\nIn the recall notice, the CPSC said there were four reported deaths involving Onewheels between 2019 and 2021, as well as significant injuries such as \"traumatic brain injury, concussion, paralysis, upper-body fractures, lower-body fractures and ligament damage\".\n\nThe watchdog said the four deaths were a result of head trauma, and the reports showed that in at least three of those incidents the rider was not wearing a helmet.\n\nFuture Motion and the CPSC both encourage people to wear protective equipment while riding, such as helmets and knee pads.\n\nAccording to a legal document filed by the firm in September, it is facing 31 lawsuits in the US from people who \"allege that they fell because the Onewheel stopped or shut off unexpectedly\".\n\nIt said in the filings that no case relating to the electric skateboards had ever been tested in court.\n\nThe recall involves all models of Onewheel electric skateboards, which includes the original Onewheel, as well as the Onewheel+, Onewheel+ XR, Onewheel Pint, Onewheel Pint X and Onewheel GT models.\n\nIt is legal to buy electric-powered devices such as e-skateboards and e-scooters and ride them on private land, but it is currently illegal to use privately owned ones on roads, pavements and cycle lanes.\n\nIt comes after one UK store - The Snowboard Shop - pulled the electric skateboards from sale.\n\nIt said people who had purchased Onewheels would be notified while it looked into the issue, and it had approached the manufacturer for clarification.\n\nIt has chosen to keep the products on its website in order to provide a link to the product recall notice, but there is no \"buy\" button. Would-be customers can instead only \"enquire\" about them, and it is responding to enquiries with information about the recall.\n\nOther distributors of Onewheel electric skateboards in the UK have also been approached for comment.\n\nLast year, the CPSC urged people to stop using Onewheels. At the time, Future Motion objected and said they were safe \"when operated following basic safe riding principles common to any board sport\".\n\nIt said there was no reason for people to stop using their devices.\n\nIn a section of its website dedicated to the recall, Future Motion said it had \"an innovative new safety alert feature\" which some Onewheel owners could install via a firmware update in the coming weeks to make their devices safer.\n\nThe feature, named haptic buzz, is an alert that electric skateboard riders can \"hear and feel when experiencing certain situations that can result in a crash\", according to the firm's website.\n\n\"Haptic buzz is designed to work in conjunction with the existing pushback safety feature to help riders further recognize that the board's ability to balance may soon be exceeded so they can lean back and slow down to avoid crashing,\" it reads.\n\nHowever, it can only be used by customers with Onewheel GT, Pint X, Pint, and XR devices.\n\nThose with original Onewheel and Onewheel+ electric skateboards, which have since been discontinued, are instead entitled to a $100 (£82) credit towards a new device - which retail between $1,050 and $2,200.\n\nDo you own a Onewheel electric skateboard? You can get in touch by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "Gordon Harries lost his sight 26 years ago and is glad to have the talking newspaper back\n\nBlind and partially-sighted people are getting a talking newspaper back after it stopped during the Covid pandemic.\n\nThe Ceredigion Talking Newspaper was established in 1970 and led to more being set up around the UK.\n\nIt relies on volunteers looking through newspapers, editing pieces for people to listen to and voicing articles.\n\nGordon Harries lost his sight 26 years ago and said he has only just realised how much he missed the paper.\n\nMr Harries, from Aberaeron, had been using the talking newspaper for about three years before it stopped in 2020.\n\nHis wife usually reads the paper for him but said she only goes over the main headlines.\n\nHe said: \"But like everything else, you take it for granted and you don't realise how much it comes to mean to you, until this week when I had my first memory stick through the post and I actually used it yesterday and listened to it.\n\n\"The information that was coming out, it made me realise how much I'd missed it.\"\n\nThe Ceredigion Talking Newspaper is back after a three-and-a-half year break\n\nCeredigion Talking used to provide free bilingual spoken news highlights from the Cambrian News, Y Cymro and Golwg to almost 150 blind and partially sighted people.\n\nIt service stopped when Covid-19 closed the paper's home at the Ceredigion council offices.\n\nNow, it is being recorded again at the new home in HAHAV centre in Aberystwyth.\n\nAnne Knowles, one of the service's volunteers, said she started voicing the articles after seeing an advert.\n\nShe said: \"I thought it was a really good thing to do because it's bringing a community of people who are visually challenged together and its connecting them through local stories as well.\n\n\"It's a very enjoyable process, talking to people that you can't see, and of course, I just like to feel that it's a bit of humanity, a little bit of human connection for the people who are listening.\"\n\nAnne Knowles said she's glad to be back reading the news for the talking newspaper\n\nThe team record about an hour of news and articles cut from local newspapers before it is copied on to memory sticks, ready to be delivered to listeners across Ceredigion.\n\nSyd Smith, the service's chairman, is the person responsible for bringing it all back to life.\n\nHe lost his eyesight temporarily more than 70 years ago when a car battery blew up in his face.\n\nMr Smith said the relaunching of the paper brought him joy as he knows \"exactly what being blind means\".", "'Court can't give LGBTQ+ people right to marry'\n\nWe just heard from Justice S Ravindra Bhat. He said that he agreed with the Chief Justice that queerness is neither an urban nor an elitist concept and that the judiciary cannot add words into the Special Marriage Act. However, he disagreed with several other points, including giving LGBTQ+ couples the right to jointly adopt children. Justice Bhat added that LGBTQ+ people have the right to choose their partners under Article 21 of the Constitution. \"But if it is agreed that marriage is a social institution, does it mean that any section of the society which wishes for the creation of a like institution, can seek relief by court?\" He said that the court cannot create a legal framework for queer couples as that is the job of the legislature. \"The state cannot be obligated to recognise the bouquet of rights flowing from such a union,\" Justice Bhat added.", "Sir David Attenborough, 97, will present Planet Earth III, the third instalment of the landmark award-winning programme.\n\nThe eight-part series follows some of the world’s most amazing species and aims to \"look at the world through a new lens\".\n\nThe BBC's climate editor Justin Rowlatt discusses what's in this new series.\n\nPlanet Earth III will begin on Sunday 22 October on BBC One and iPlayer.", "Seagreen's offshore wind farm is made up of 114 giant turbines\n\nScotland's biggest offshore wind farm has begun operating at full capacity, removing emissions from power supply.\n\nSeagreen, off the Angus coast, can generate enough electricity to power two-thirds of Scotland's households.\n\nThe £3bn project, comprising 114 giant turbines, has been more than a decade in the making.\n\nBut operator SSE says the consenting time needs to be halved if there are to be enough turbines to meet the government's climate change targets.\n\nThe company says Seagreen will displace more than two million tonnes of CO2 each year, helping reduce the UK's reliance on fossil fuels for generating electricity.\n\nIt takes an hour for boats to travel between the furthest turbines\n\nThe array sits about 17 miles from the coast and in 58 metres of water, making it the deepest fixed wind farm in the world.\n\nThose in deeper waters, like the Hywind project off Peterhead, are engineered using floating turbines.\n\nOriginally planned with 150 turbines, the number was reduced because larger generators made it possible to harvest the same amount of electricity with fewer structures.\n\nThe company is now exploring the feasibility of another phase of development by adding a further 36 turbines.\n\nThe first power was generated in August 2022 but it has taken another year for it to be fully completed.\n\nAbout 700 long-term jobs will be supported by Seagreen, half of which are based in Scotland.\n\nAround 60 full-time positions in operation and maintenance are to be based at the service facility in Montrose port.\n\nSeagreen is a joint venture between TotalEnergies and SSE Renewables.\n\nSSE Renewables' director of offshore wind, Paul Cooley, told BBC Scotland News that decisions taken now will determine whether 2030 targets for cutting greenhouse gas emissions will be met by the Scottish and UK governments.\n\nHe said: \"I think if we don't speed things up we'll just not hit the targets.\n\n\"That's the reality so there's a real imperative now to move much faster in terms of hurdles like grids, like consents and like pricing in the supply chain.\"\n\nJust last week, the first electricity was generated from SSE's 277 turbine Dogger Bank project off the coast of East Yorkshire.\n\nFinal construction is also under way on the Neart na Gaoith (NnG) wind farm off Fife which has faced a legal challenge by RSPB Scotland because of concerns over migratory birds.\n\nClaire Mack from the industry body Scottish Renewables said there was a huge pipeline of projects in Scotland thanks to an abundance of wind.\n\n\"We've got over 20 offshore wind projects leased within Scotland which is one of the largest commercial leasing sites that we have across the world.\"\n\nSign up for our morning newsletter and get BBC News in your inbox.", "A yacht club and sailing school in Odesa were hit by debris from falling drones, Ukraine said\n\nUkraine has used US-supplied long-range missiles for the first time, President Volodymyr Zelensky has said.\n\nHis comments follow reports the weapons, known as ATACMS, destroyed nine helicopters at Russian bases in the east of the country. Ukraine has not confirmed the missiles were used.\n\nUkraine said an air defence system and other equipment were among the targets hit in Berdyansk and Luhansk.\n\nDozens of Russian troops were killed or injured in the operation, it added.\n\n\"They have performed very accurately. ATACMS have proven themselves,\" Mr Zelensky said in an evening address posted on social media, without giving details of when or where they were used.\n\nThe Biden administration had previously refused to provide ATACMS to Ukraine, but had decided \"in recent weeks\" to send them quietly, US media outlet CNN reported, quoting two US officials.\n\nIt said that Washington wanted to take Moscow by surprise, in case Russia moved equipment and weapons out of reach before the projectiles could be used.\n\nBecause of concerns about tensions with Russia, the missiles provided to Ukraine have a lower range than the maximum the system is capable of, according to the Associated Press.\n\nThe variant delivered to Kyiv carries cluster munitions which release hundreds of small bombs from the air rather than a single warhead, AP reported.\n\nCluster munitions are controversial and are banned by more than 100 states due to their threat to civilians.\n\nVladimir Rogov, the Russian-appointed governor of the occupied part of Zaporizhzhia region, said air defence systems \"successfully intercepted enemy rockets\" over Berdyansk, adding that information about casualties and damage was being checked and would be provided later.\n\nBut an unverified video on a pro-Russian social media account - said to have been filmed in Berdyansk - appears to show explosions and flying rockets, while a voice explains that an ammunition dump has been hit.\n\nAnother Russian blogger has written of an attack on an airfield with ATACMS rockets, inflicting what the author described as a \"serious blow\", with losses of people and technology.\n\nATACMS did not appear in a list of military aid for Kyiv published by the US in September.\n\nBut unverified pictures posted on social media Tuesday suggest the Russian bases were hit using the early MGM-140A variant of ATACMS - a shorter-range version of the family of weapons with a striking distance of around 100 miles (160km).\n\nIn particular the contract number stamped on the side points towards a contract for missiles that was due to be completed by 1997.\n\nKyiv gaining the ATACMS systems represents a significant boost to its abilities to strike deeper into Russian-held territory.\n\nUkraine released a video which it said shows the launch of ATACM missiles\n\nThe Ukrainian military said the attack on Berdyansk happened at 04:00 local time (01:00 GMT) and on Luhansk at 11:00 local time.\n\nBerdyansk is approximately 85km (53 miles) from the nearest front line, and is strategically important because it stands between Mariupol and Crimea. Luhansk is almost 100km from the front line.\n\nClashes have continued to be reported along the front line, including around the Ukrainian-held towns of Avdiivka, Kupyansk and Lyman, which have been coming under heavy bombardment from Russian forces in recent days.\n\nUkraine's emergency services say a dormitory building has been destroyed in a Russian attack on the eastern city of Slovyansk, with two people believed to be trapped under the rubble.\n\nIn Odesa, the authorities say debris from Russian drones that were shot down has damaged a yacht club and several yachts, but caused no casualties.\n\nUkraine has been trying to take back territory occupied by Russia in the east and south of the country through a major counter-offensive, but has so far made slow progress.\n\nIt has also made frequent air attacks on Russian positions as it aims to undermine Moscow's war effort.\n\nRussia has also been attacking Ukrainian positions in the east around Avdiivka and Kupyansk, but according to Ukrainian reports has suffered heavy casualties in recent days.", "Yahel, left, Noiya, right, and their mother Lianne\n\nTwo British teenage sisters are among those missing after last weekend's Hamas attack on Israel.\n\nThe family of Noiya, 16, and Yahel, 13, say the sisters are from Kibbutz Be'eri.\n\nTheir mother Lianne, who was born in the UK, was murdered in the 7 October attack, it was confirmed on Sunday night.\n\nThe family has not released the girls' surname.\n\nThe British family of their mother said she was \"a beloved daughter, sister, mother, aunt and friend who enriched the lives of all those lucky enough to have known and loved her\".\n\n\"She lived a beautiful life and will be sorely missed by the heartbroken family and friends she leaves behind.\"\n\nTheir father, Eli, is also missing.\n\nSharon, a relative, told the BBC that Noiya is always happy and loves to cook, while Yahel is \"funny, all the time. She likes to hear music, singing for us, dancing.\"\n\nHe said he hoped \"to find any sign of life of [Lianne's] daughters\".\n\nHe added: \"It is difficult for me to talk about Lianne in the past. It is necessary to be strong for the family. We are strong. We will rebuild.\"\n\nOn Monday, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said six British citizens had been killed in the attacks, and a further 10 were missing.\n\nIn a statement to MPs, Mr Sunak called for the immediate release of the 199 people taken hostage.\n\nWith the families of some of the missing watching the session in Parliament, Mr Sunak said the \"terrible nature of these attacks means it is proving difficult to identify many of the deceased\" but that at least six Britons were killed.\n\nOf the further 10 missing, he said some are feared to be among the dead, and the UK was working with Israel to establish the facts and support the families through their \"unimaginable pain\".\n\nHe said eight flights so far have brought back 500 British nationals from Israel, with more expected to leave on Monday.\n\nAt least 1,400 Israelis were killed, many of them civilians, in the Hamas attack when gunmen infiltrated communities near the Gaza Strip in the early hours of 7 October.\n\nMore than 2,700 Palestinians have been killed in numerous air strikes against Gaza by the Israeli military, which is also blocking fuel, water, food and medical supplies from entering the territory.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Footage shows the Brussels gunman, wearing orange, opening fire in street on Monday\n\nBelgian police have shot dead a man who killed two Swedish nationals in the capital, Brussels, on Monday evening.\n\nThe 45-year-old man, named in Belgian media as Abdesalem, was shot in a café in the Schaerbeek neighbourhood.\n\nA third Swedish citizen was seriously injured in the attack, which took place 5km (3 miles) from the stadium where Belgium was playing Sweden to qualify for the Euro 2024 football tournament.\n\nThe victims are all men in their 60s and 70s, Swedish officials said.\n\nThe attack began at 19:00 (17:00 GMT) on Monday, when a man opened fire with an automatic rifle on the Boulevard d'Ypres - north of the city centre.\n\nVideos shared online showed a man on a scooter, dressed in an orange fluorescent jacket, pull up and start shooting passers-by.\n\nHe then chases people into the hallway of an apartment building to gun them down. Four gunshots can be heard.\n\nShortly after the attack, he filmed himself admitting to the killings.\n\nIn the video, the Arabic-speaking gunman refers to fighting for God and says he has killed Swedish people.\n\nThe suspect was tracked down on Tuesday morning following an overnight manhunt, during which France also stepped up security measures at the Belgian border.\n\nHe was found after a witness informed the police that he had seen the suspect in a café near his accommodation in Schaerbeek, north of Brussels, and that he was carrying a military weapon and a bag of clothes.\n\nThe suspect was shot in the chest and sent to hospital, where he received intensive care treatment but died from his wounds.\n\nHe is believed to be a Tunisian man who was in Belgium illegally, after his asylum application was rejected in 2020. Sweden's prosecutor's office said it believes he was inspired to commit the killings by the Islamic State (IS) group.\n\nBelgian Interior Minister Annelies Verlinden said the automatic weapon found on him was the same as the one used in the attack.\n\nA police handout of the suspect, named in Belgian media as Abdesalem\n\nThe country's threat risk was raised to four, its highest level, following the killings. This was lowered to three on Tuesday after the authorities assessed that the imminent threat had disappeared following the suspect's killing.\n\nBelgian prosecutors initially said there did not appear to be any links between the attack and the Israel-Gaza war, but later said they could not exclude that possibility.\n\nPrime Minister Alexander De Croo called the shooting \"a harrowing act of terrorism\" in a press conference and prosecutors said the victims were probably targeted because they were Swedish.\n\nThe Swedish authorities have urged their citizens in Belgium and abroad to be vigilant.\n\n\"Everything suggests this is a terror attack targeted at Sweden and Swedish citizens,\" said the country's Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson.\n\nHe later wrote on X, formerly Twitter, that he would travel to Brussels on Wednesday to attend a ceremony commemorating the victims alongside Mr De Croo.\n\n\"Sweden and Belgium mourn the victims of yesterday's attack together,\" posted the Belgian leader.\n\nThe Euro 2024 qualifying match in which Belgium was playing Sweden was abandoned at half-time for security reasons. Some 35,000 supporters had to wait for hours in the King Baudouin Stadium before being evacuated.\n\nDespite the gunman being killed, some people in Brussels and elsewhere in Europe said they are nervous about the threat of more attacks.\n\n\"I'm scared,\" Latifa, a local resident, told the BBC. \"I don't feel safe. When I saw the police here, I felt relief.\"\n\nTop asylum official Nicole de Moor said the suspect, who applied for asylum in November 2019 but was rejected the following October, had gone off the radar.\n\nIn February 2021, he was removed from the national register and a month later was ordered to leave the country.\n\nJustice Minister Vincent Van Quickenborne said the man was considered a threat to national security, suspected of human trafficking and known to police in connection with people smuggling.\n\nSweden raised its threat alert to the second-highest level in August after a series of Quran burnings, which triggered protests and condemnations by several Muslim-majority countries.\n\nThe captain of Sweden's football team, Victor Lindelof, wrote on X that he was \"shocked and devastated\" by Monday night's attack.\n\nFrance's interior minister said in a radio interview that security would be doubled for Tuesday night's football match between France and Scotland in the French city of Lille, which is roughly 100km from Brussels.\n\nUEFA said a moment of silence would be observed at all Euro 2024 qualifying matches on Tuesday, in memory of those killed in Brussels.\n\nMeanwhile in France on Tuesday, an anti-terror prosecutor said that a man who fatally stabbed a teacher at a school in the northern city of Arras last week declared allegiance to IS before the attack. There is no suggestion this was directly connected to the Brussels incident.\n\nSign up for our morning newsletter and get BBC News in your inbox.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Angus Sinclair, 89, says mould in house is starting to go for his chest\n\nAn 89-year-old man living in a house with \"unacceptable levels of black mould\" has said it and damp are contributing to his ill health.\n\nAngus Sinclair has been admitted to hospital several times in recent months, including for chest complaints.\n\nA housing expert said nobody should live in such conditions after finding \"unacceptable levels of black mould which are a serious risk to health\".\n\n\"The way this house is, it's not doing me any good,\" Mr Sinclair told the BBC.\n\nBlack mould is a microscopic fungus - people living with it are more likely to suffer from respiratory illnesses, infections, allergies or asthma.\n\nHowever, despite this, a shortage of suitable social homes nearby means that has not been possible.\n\n\"I'm in and out of the hospital with pains,\" said Mr Sinclair, who lives in Derrymacash, County Armagh.\n\n\"It is beginning to go for my chest.\n\n\"But at the same time, where can I go, what can I do?\n\n\"I'm not looking for a palace, I'm just looking for some place where my daughter can come up and check on me.\"\n\nBlack mould can contribute to a number of health issues\n\nThe pensioner said it was important to be close to his doctor and daughter in Lurgan because of his age and vulnerabilities.\n\nHe added that if he lived somewhere else, he believes his health and wellbeing would be \"a thousand times better\".\n\nThe property is rented from a private landlord.\n\nThe landlord said he acknowledged the conditions are not appropriate within the property.\n\nHe issued an eviction notice several months ago and has plans for a replacement dwelling but said he cannot put Mr Sinclair \"out on the street\".\n\nThe pensioner is now considered homeless; one of almost 2,500 people in Northern Ireland between April and June this year.\n\nThe NIHE said it has found a number of places it believes meets Mr Sinclair's needs but these are outside the area where he currently lives.\n\n\"We will continue to work with Mr Sinclair, as we fully understand his situation and the need to get it resolved as soon as possible,\" a spokesperson said.\n\nA damp reading of 40% was recorded in the bathroom of Mr Sinclair's home\n\nMr Sinclair has turned down offers of accommodation in Dromore and Armagh, which are approximately 10 and 16 miles away, because of his age and wish to be close to his GP.\n\n\"North Lurgan is the applicant's area of choice and we currently have 259 applicants on the waiting list for this area, requiring one bedroom, ground floor accommodation,\" the NIHE spokesperson added.\n\nAn expert who has researched the impact of indoor air quality on health visited the property in September.\n\nHe described the conditions as \"very serious\".\n\nDr Tom Woolley, a former professor at Queen's University Belfast, used a damp meter in the bathroom where he immediately got a reading of 40%.\n\n\"That is over double what would normally be acceptable,\" he said.\n\n\"The health effects of this kind of mould growth are very serious. They can cause serious respiratory and mental health problems.\n\n\"Nobody should be living in these conditions.\"\n\nDr Woolley said Mr Sinclair should be moved out immediately.\n\n\"He's sleeping and breathing this dangerous toxic material. This is a serious health problem that shouldn't be allowed to drift on month after month.\"\n\nThe Housing Executive said: \"In February 2022, Environmental Health carried out an inspection at Mr Sinclair's property and their report deemed it to be fit for habitation.\n\n\"A year later, a second inspection was carried out and the property was again deemed fit for habitation.\"\n\nA spokesperson for Armagh, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council said this was in accordance with Article 46 of the Housing (NI) Order 1981, as amended in 1992.\n\n\"Whilst condensation mould and disrepair were evident, the property was deemed to be fit in accordance with the above legislation.\n\n\"However, the council, following discussion with the tenant, highlighted the issues identified during the inspection with the landlord and outlined the remedial works to be carried out.\n\n\"The report to the NIHE also highlighted the issues identified.\"\n\nThe Southern Trust said its social work team has been working with Mr Sinclair and the Housing Executive to find a suitable solution.\n\nA spokesperson added: \"Health and social care trusts have a duty to prioritise residential, nursing home and hospital care for those whose needs cannot be supported in any other way.\n\n\"For Fold accommodation, the service user will apply to the Northern Ireland Housing Executive who will assess if they are eligible for housing benefit.\"", "Humza Yousaf’s speech went down very well with those in the conference hall. There were whoops, standing ovations and applause aplenty.\n\nBut there’s no denying the SNP conference is smaller (and perhaps feels a bit flatter) than previous years.\n\nNot only has the conference been moved to a smaller hall than last year, but there were still quite a few empty seats for Humza Yousaf’s speech.\n\nAberdeen can be a long journey for many delegates, and attending any political party conference isn’t cheap.\n\nBut the SNP will hope that a quieter conference won’t mean fewer activists willing to put a shift in for the party at the next election.", "Labour has criticised the government's \"Network North\" alternative to HS2 as a \"back of the fag packet plan\".\n\nThe prime minister scrapped the northern leg of the high speed rail line earlier this month, promising to invest the money saved in other transport projects across the country.\n\nBut Labour said the new plan included projects which had already been announced or do not exist.\n\nShadow transport secretary Louise Haigh said it was an \"insult\" to the North.\n\nRishi Sunak confirmed HS2 would not continue from Birmingham to Manchester in his speech at the Conservative Party conference, after the cost of the project soared.\n\nThe first estimate for the line was about £33bn in 2010, but this later soared and the most recent official estimate was £71bn in 2019. The cost would have risen further since then, due to inflation.\n\nInstead, the prime minister said the £36bn saved would all be reinvested in smaller transport projects, including improving connections between towns and cities in northern England, electrifying train lines in north Wales and upgrading the A1, the A5 and the M6 roads.\n\nMPs had their first opportunity to question the transport secretary on the decision in the Commons on Monday.\n\nMs Haigh said the prime minister \"should take responsibility for the sheer chaos, incompetence and desperation\" surrounding the announcement.\n\n\"Only he would insult the north with the back of the fag packet plan he's announced in its place,\" she told MPs.\n\nShe said the decision would have \"profound consequences\", with businesses losing out and jobs being lost because of the cancellation of the northern leg of HS2.\n\nMs Haigh added that the Network North plan announced instead was made up of \"projects that have already been built, projects that have already been announced and projects that do not exist\".\n\nShe said examples included extending the Manchester Metrolink line to Manchester Airport, a project which opened in 2014, and an upgrade to the A259 to Southampton, a route which does not exist.\n\nOn the tram announcement, Transport for Greater Manchester said an extension to the line outside Terminal 2 was being looked at and on the A259, the government has since confirmed the improvements are actually towards Littlehampton, which is in a different direction.\n\nLast week, Mr Sunak said a list of transport projects the government said would get funding as part of the plan was only \"illustrative\" and ultimately local leaders would be in charge of how the money was spent.\n\nBut Ms Haigh said this was \"illustrative of the sheer incompetence of this government\" and \"the contempt with which they treat the North\".\n\nTransport Secretary Mark Harper told the Commons Network North \"creates more winners in more places\" than HS2 and \"prioritises people's every day journeys\".\n\nHe said the benefits of the high speed line were \"dwindling\" after the decline in business travel post-pandemic and \"risked crowding out investment in other transport areas\".\n\nMr Harper added that regional mayors would be working with the government on the detail of transport plans for their areas.\n\nThe high speed rail project was intended to link London, the Midlands and the north of England. Now only the line from London to Birmingham, where work has already started, will be built in full.\n\nIn the Commons, several Conservative MPs praised the move to ditch the Birmingham to Manchester leg and welcomed investment for other transport schemes in their areas.\n\nGreg Smith, who represents Buckingham and whose constituency the line will pass through, called for HS2 to be scrapped entirely, saying the leg between London and Birmingham was already bringing \"daily misery to my constituents\".\n\nHowever, Conservative former Business Secretary Greg Clark expressed \"dismay\" and \"shame\" that the UK is unable to \"connect our great cities when other major countries around the world are able to do so\".\n\nLabour has said it cannot commit to building HS2's northern leg if it wins power, with leader Sir Keir Starmer saying the government has \"taken a wrecking ball\" to the project and was \"already talking about releasing the land that would have been needed\" to take the line to Manchester.", "The new subscribe button has \"playful sparkles\" that appear when you click it\n\n\"Thanks for watching! Don't forget to like and subscribe.\"\n\nYouTubers urging fans to click the thumbs-up button is almost a cliche by now, and the website's unofficial slogan is about to get an update.\n\nThe site's adding animations that flash up when a content creator says the words \"like\" and \"subscribe\" in a video.\n\nAnd when you \"smash that button\", according to Google, you'll be rewarded with a shower of \"playful sparkles\".\n\nIf you think that sounds like a feature that people might overuse, you're not alone.\n\nYouTube told tech website The Verge the animations could only be triggered three times each per video, and with at least three minutes between them.\n\nThe animations, spotted by some users as part of a test last month, were officially announced with other features that had been rumoured or previewed.\n\nWhether they'll all be a hit with users remains to be seen, but they include:\n\nThe full list has been published in a YouTube blog post.\n\nSocial media sites announce new features all the time, and YouTube is facing fierce competition from TikTok.\n\nIn return the Chinese-owned video app previously extended its maximum video length, and has been boosting topics like gaming, which YouTube currently dominates.\n\nYouTube said all its new features were \"shaped by the feedback we received from our viewers and creators\".\n\nListen to Newsbeat live at 12:45 and 17:45 weekdays - or listen back here.", "Lots of 'yelling and screaming' expected before next vote\n\nIt’s back to the drawing board for Jim Jordan and his team. Their decision to hold a public vote for speaker today even though they were not certain they had the votes may have turned out to be a damaging miscalculation. Their goal was to flush the opposition out, expose them as just a handful of holdouts and put them on the record where they would wilt under the spotlight. Instead, the vote showed that there is substantive opposition to Jordan - more, even, than those who initially opposed Kevin McCarthy during his speaker bid at the beginning of the year. There is strength in numbers. With 20 Republicans opting for someone other than Jim Jordan as speaker, it will be easier for them to resist what is sure to be the intense pressure that is coming their way, both from their fellow House Republicans and from the conservative grassroots. “There’s going to be a lot of yelling and screaming,” Ken Buck, one of the 20 Republicans who opposed Jordan, told CNN. He predicted that while there may be some shifts in Jordan’s support ahead, further rounds of balloting will produce a similar level of opposition. If that turns out to be the case – and Buck says he remains firmly opposed to Jordan – Republicans may start looking for another speaker candidate or, perhaps, giving serious consideration to electing a temporary speaker to handle pressing legislation until the current Republican leadership drama can be resolved.", "MI5 boss Ken McCallum says a major challenge is detecting when people with extremist mindsets might turn to violence\n\nMI5 is monitoring for increased risks to the UK as the Israel-Gaza war continues, its head has told the BBC.\n\n\"One of the things that concerns me most right now, is to understand quite what the shape of the UK impact will be,\" Ken McCallum said in an interview.\n\nHe also warned there was a risk that events in the Middle East could radicalise people towards violence.\n\nHe was speaking at an unprecedented public appearance of security chiefs of the Five Eyes alliance in California.\n\nThe heads of US, UK, Australian, Canadian and New Zealand security agencies were appearing together for the first time to warn of technological innovation being stolen by China.\n\nIn an interview with the BBC, Mr McCallum said \"the scale and monstrous nature\" of the Hamas attack on Israel had come as a \"shock\".\n\nDiscussing the possibility of the Israel-Gaza conflict radicalising people in the UK towards violence, he said: \"That is certainly a risk.\"\n\n\"It has always been the case that lots of would-be-terrorists in the UK draw inspiration through their distorted understanding of what is happening in other countries.\"\n\nHe said he could not comment on specific intelligence relating to any threats the Security Service is currently seeing.\n\nBut he said that MI5 was already watching a \"pretty large cohort\" of people with extremist mindsets and that one of the most challenging parts of its work was trying to detect when these people, often acting alone, suddenly moved towards violence in new or unpredictable ways.\n\nThe Israel-Gaza war has been reverberating around the world\n\nIn recent years, MI5 has seen a shift toward lone-actors inspired by events but not formally part of any organisation or group. They can be harder to spot and to work out when they are about to act, Mr McCallum said.\n\nUS officials say they have already seen a rise in reported threats in the wake of events in the Middle East.\n\n\"We cannot and do not discount the possibility that Hamas or other foreign terrorist organisations could exploit the conflict to call on their supporters to conduct attacks on our own soil,\" FBI Director Chris Wray, told reporters.\n\n\"We are also particularly alert to the potential these events have to inspire violence against Jewish Americans or Muslim Americans, institutions and houses of worship.\"\n\nA six-year-old Muslim boy was stabbed to death in Illinois on Saturday in what has been described as a hate crime.\n\nStanford University in California was chosen as the venue for this unprecedented first public meeting of the Five Eyes because it lies in the heart of Silicon Valley and the security chiefs are issuing a public warning about China stealing innovation.\n\nBut in private meetings together, the Middle East will be high on the agenda.\n\n\"As you'd expect, we will also use our time together to discuss a range of other issues in private, including what Hamas's attack means both in the region and in our homelands,\" Mr McCallum said.\n\nThe MI5 head told the BBC that one of the most difficult aspects of the role was to balance resources against different types of threats which were equally concerning.\n\n\"How do you balance the ability to track a teenage would-be terrorist consuming extreme right-wing and hateful material in his bedroom and potentially considering buying a bladed weapon with the longer term risks posed by fast or precious cutting edge research from one of our universities? They both matter to our national security.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\n\"A fortnight ago we had a detection of a bedbug and it's frightening,\" says Max Malka, owner of the Montlhery Paris Sud Hotel, 15km south of Paris.\n\nYou don't know if bugs are moving between rooms, he said, and you risk being sued if a guest is bitten badly.\n\nHis is one of many firms seeking solutions amid a rise in reported outbreaks in France and the UK.\n\nAnd firms are turning to tech - both old and new - to catch outbreaks early, which is vital to stopping the spread.\n\nThere is growing public concern about the insects, with hotels, transport companies and local governments all facing enquiries about the issue.\n\nPest control company Rentokil said it saw a 65% jump in cases of bedbugs in the UK in the second quarter of 2023, compared with a year earlier.\n\nAnd Luton Council issued guidance to local residents this week on how to handle an outbreak, after dealing with an \"alarming number\" of calls about bedbugs.\n\nMr Malka points out that hotels in Paris can expect to get a case once a year. Guests bring them as they travel, usually in the summer season.\n\nIn the end, he paid a pest control firm €1,500 (£1,300) to eradicate the bugs before they spread.\n\nThis was after he invested in a new kind of monitoring technology developed by a UK start-up called Spotta. It enabled him to detect his case of bedbugs early.\n\nHe is so proud of his system that he has stickers in his hotel telling customers it is in place for their reassurance.\n\nSpotta's boss Robert Fryers says it's vital to catch an outbreak before it spreads, \"because you can go from two bedbugs to thousands in the space of months.\"\n\nAn adult female can lay around 400 eggs in her short lifespan - a matter of months, depending on the temperature. The eggs take about two weeks to incubate.\n\nMr Malka's Spotta device is a small plastic box that contains a pheromone chemical designed to attract bedbugs. In hotels, the devices sit between mattresses and bedframes.\n\nIf a bug crawls inside, a small camera takes a picture and sends it over the internet to a central database.\n\nA combination of artificial intelligence software and the human eye confirms whether a bedbug has indeed been caught. If so, a mobile phone alert warning is sent to relevant managers.\n\nIt's important to catch bedbugs early, says Spotta's boss Robert Fryers\n\n\"It's a bit like a Covid test for bedbugs,\" says Mr Fryers.\n\nOnce a bug has been detected, chemical pesticide or heat treatment pest control measures can be taken, before the problem has spread. Hopefully this means few customers will see the bugs, or share their experience on social media.\n\nThe company that pioneered this early-detection approach is Finland's Valpas, founded in 2013. It has signed deals with many luxury hotels across Europe.\n\nIt has designed a digitally-connected bug trap that is integrated into the custom legs it makes for beds. It has raised more than $2m (£1.6m) in venture capital funding.\n\nBugs crawling up the bed to bite humans are caught in a cavity and the traps then send a signal over the internet to alert hotel owners.\n\nLike Spotta, Valpas has had to overcome the stigma around the idea of a hotel needing to have \"pest control\" in the first place - it's not the first thing you put on adverts.\n\nHowever, as the bedbug issue is becoming more prominent in the news and on social media, many hotel chains now see merit in showing that they are being proactive about it.\n\nAnother popular way to get an early alert about bedbugs comes not from high tech, but man's oldest friend.\n\nIt takes from around six months to train up sniffer dogs who specialise in bedbugs. But once they've graduated, they are highly effective.\n\nThe dogs don't require any maintenance and they don't risk any technical faults or going offline. However, they can't be onsite every day and it takes them a long time to check a large hotel, room by room.\n\nRentokil uses sniffer dogs to detect the scent of bedbugs\n\nRentokil is using sniffer dogs in the fight against bedbugs. Using a backpack vacuum, trained technicians collect an air sample from, for example, a hotel room. The samples are then sent to a facility where Labrador Retrievers, German Shepherds, Beagles or Belgian Shepherds smell them and alert their handlers.\n\nPaul Blackhurst, head of Rentokil Pest Control's Technical Academy, told the BBC that dogs \"detect the presence of bedbugs, often long before a human would be able to spot any warning signs\".\n\nBedbug numbers have been steadily rising for the past decade, and after a dip during Covid, when people weren't travelling, there has been a marked spike in the last year. Bugs can travel on our clothes or in our luggage. Rising global temperatures are also likely a factor.\n\nHowever, despite a jump in enquiries \"above expected seasonal patterns\", Mr Blackhurst thinks the panic in the UK is \"slightly overblown\".\n\n\"The risk of encountering bedbugs for those visiting UK venues remains low, and by taking some simple precautions when staying overnight then travellers can help to protect themselves, such as carefully examining the bed, mattress and surrounding areas for any signs of bedbugs, such as dark stains, faecal pellets, shed exoskeletons, or even live bugs.\"\n\nKate Nicholls, boss of trade group UK Hospitality, told the BBC there was \"no indication\" UK hotels were facing the same problems as French ones and said the sector had \"robust cleaning and hygiene processes\" in place.\n\nNevertheless, any anxiety caused by outbreaks will be worrying for an industry that has been under huge financial pressure due to issues like the pandemic and the cost-of-living squeeze.\n\nFinding money to pay for bedbug detection systems may seem like a stretch too far for many hotel owners. Yet the potential fall in revenue if you gain a reputation for a bedbug outbreak also needs to be taken into account, argues Spotta's Mr Fryers.\n\nIn fact, one method the firm uses to detect new potential customers among hotels is by trawling TripAdvisor to find customer reviews complaining about bedbugs.\n\nHow are bedbugs affecting your life? Share your experiences by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "The incident comes after a pipeline under the Baltic Sea was damaged in September\n\nAn undersea telecoms cable connecting Estonia and Sweden has been damaged, the Swedish government has announced.\n\nCivil defence minister Carl-Oskar Bohlin said the cable was damaged but not completely destroyed.\n\nThe cable is believed to have been affected at the same time as a gas pipeline connecting Finland and Estonia was damaged earlier this month.\n\nSources told the BBC Finland suspects Russian sabotage in \"retribution\" after the country joined Nato.\n\nRussian President Vladimir Putin denied the accusation, calling it \"rubbish\". Finland said last week that the pipeline was likely intentionally sabotaged.\n\nAt a press conference on Tuesday, Mr Bohlin said the cause of the damage remains unknown. Swedish investigators will cooperate with their Finnish and Estonian counterparts, he added.\n\nDamage to the natural gas pipeline between Estonia and Finland was detected on 8 October. Finnish authorities said the pipeline, as well as a telecoms cable, were damaged in two places.\n\nFinnish investigators separately identified two ships they said were operating on the day of the incident in the area where the damage was discovered. One ship was Russian-flagged and the other was Chinese-owned, they said.\n\nMr Bohlin said the damage happened \"at a similar time and in physical proximity\" to the previously reported incident. Swedish network Arelion confirmed that one of its fibre optic cables had been damaged.\n\nCountries on the Baltic Sea have been in a state of heightened vigilance regarding potential sabotage of undersea infrastructure since last September, when the Nord Stream 2 undersea pipeline was rendered inoperable by a series of explosions.\n\nIt remains unclear which state or actor was responsible for the attack on Nord Stream 2, which was built to transport natural gas from Russia to Germany - though it was never put into service.\n\nUkraine has denied reports that a pro-Ukrainian group was responsible for the blasts. Russia has also denied any involvement.\n\nAt a meeting of the British-led Joint Expeditionary Force last week, Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson warned that undersea data cables were liable to sabotage.\n\n\"There is a spaghetti of cables on the seabed,\" Mr Kristersson said on Friday, adding that the infrastructure was both essential to the modern economy and vulnerable to attack.\n\nSweden applied to join Nato in 2022, at the same time as Finland. But while Finland's accession was approved in April, Sweden's bid has been held up by opposition from Hungary and Turkey and the country remains outside the alliance.", "Oscar Roome was pronounced dead in hospital a day after choking\n\nA 10-year-old boy choked to death after placing \"a number of cherry tomatoes in his mouth\" while eating lunch at school, an inquest has heard.\n\nOscar Roome, from Chazey Heath, Oxfordshire, had been having his packed lunch in the playground of Kidmore End CE Primary School on 23 June.\n\nOxford Coroner's Court heard speculation Oscar had been dared to put multiple tomatoes in his mouth had been ruled out after an investigation.\n\nThe death was recorded as an accident.\n\nCoroner Darren Salter said: \"It was something that Oscar chose to do but clearly not in the knowledge it would be such a tragic consequence.\"\n\nKidmore End CE Primary School created a mural for Oscar that it said was \"very much a feature of everyday life at school\"\n\nDuncan Roome, Oscar's father, said his son always had six cherry tomatoes in his packed lunch and that putting several in his mouth \"wasn't the kind of thing he would do as a dare\".\n\nMr Roome thanked school staff and paramedics who performed first aid and prolonged CPR at the scene.\n\nIn a statement, Oscar's family said he would be remembered for his \"kindness, cheeky smile, sense of humour and humble intelligence\".\n\n\"We, his parents, and his siblings, are heartbroken,\" they added.\n\nStaff and pupils at the school, which is near Reading, have created a mural for Oscar that they described as \"very much a feature of everyday life at school\".\n\n\"We have an incredibly strong school community and we will be doing our utmost to support Oscar's family, our pupils and staff as we come to terms with what has happened together,\" a school spokesperson said.\n\nFollow BBC South on Facebook, X, or Instagram. Send your story ideas to south.newsonline@bbc.co.uk.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "A large number of buildings in a refugee camp in northern Gaza have been destroyed by Israeli strikes.\n\nCivilians had been told to leave the area and head to southern Gaza ahead of the strikes.\n\nMore than 1,400 people in Israel were killed in Hamas attacks just over a week ago. Nearly 2,700 people in Gaza have been killed in Israel's retaliatory bombardment.\n\nIn footage taken on Saturday, people can be seen walking through the rubble in Jabalia.", "Average pay growth rose above inflation for the first time in almost two years, in a sign that the squeeze on living costs may be starting to ease.\n\nWages rose at an annual rate of 7.8% between June and August, figures show.\n\nThat was higher than average inflation over the same three months, which measures the rate at which prices rise.\n\nRevised figures showed pay overtook inflation in the three months to July, meaning wages are outpacing prices for the first time since October 2021.\n\nHowever, the rise in wages is an average and does not mean that cost of living pressures are subsiding for everyone.\n\nThere continues to be a big gap between public and private sector pay.\n\nWage growth for public sector workers reached 6.8% between June and August, which the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said was the biggest increase since comparable records began in 2001.\n\nBut the average pay rises for private sector employees was 8%.\n\nPeople employed in finance and business services saw the largest rise in annual pay, followed by those in the manufacturing sector.\n\nThe rate of inflation has been slowing but, at 6.7% for the year to August, it remains more than three times higher than the Bank of England's 2% target.\n\nNew inflation figures will be released on Wednesday, which are expected to show price rises are continuing to slow.\n\nChancellor Jeremy Hunt, said: \"It's good news that inflation is falling and real wages are growing, so people have more money in their pockets.\"\n\nThe Bank of England has been increasing interest rates in an attempt to curb inflation.\n\nHowever, it held borrowing costs at 5.25% last month and, following the latest wage growth figures, analysts at Capital Economics believe rates will not rise any further for now.\n\n\"Cooling labour market conditions appeared to start feeding through into an easing in wage growth in August,\" said Ashley Webb, UK economist at the research firm. \"That supports our view that interest rates have peaked at 5.25%.\n\n\"But as we suspect wage growth will fall only slowly, interest rates will probably stay at their peak until late in 2024.\"\n\nThe number of job vacancies in the UK continued to fall, dropping by 43,000 to 988,000 between July and September.\n\nReal estate companies had the sharpest fall in available jobs compared to other industries, with vacancies plunging by almost 30% compared to the previous three months.\n\nDespite the decline in overall figures, the total number of vacancies remains 187,000 above that seen in January to March 2020 before the Covid pandemic hit the economy.\n\nAs inflation eases and employers grapple with the impact of higher interest rates, economists expect wage rises to slow.\n\nMore comprehensive unemployment figures next week are expected to add to the picture of a weaker jobs prospects; previous releases have already revealed 200,000 posts lost over the early summer.\n\nAnd the freezing of personal allowances and tax brackets, at which the basic and higher rates of income tax become payable - a policy dating back to 2021 - are siphoning more money out of pay packets.\n\nBy 2028, the Institute for Fiscal Studies is warning this will equate to a tax rise of £50bn.\n\nMoreover, Dr Swati Dhingra, one of the Bank of England's rate-setting committee, warned the BBC last week that the bulk of the impact of interest rates has yet to filter across the economy, via changes in spending and so employment.\n\nIt may ultimately be younger and less skilled workers who are worst affected, she said.\n\nWhile some sectors had seen average pay growth rise sharply, others did not fare so well, the ONS said.\n\nAverage wage growth for construction workers was the lowest compared to other industries at 5.7% between June and August.\n\nWages are a concern for Alex Patrick-Smith, the executive chairman of Dudley brick-making firm Ketley Brick.\n\nHe told the BBC that after overcoming soaring energy prices, demand has now fallen by 30%.\n\nKetley Brick's Alex Patrick-Smith says demand is falling but wages are rising\n\nMeanwhile, Ketley Brick's commitment to paying the living wage, which is set to increase to £11 an hour from next April, has had a knock-on effect for all employees across the company.\n\n\"This has unfortunately arrived at a time where it's been very, very difficult for us because demand has fallen and we've got this cost increase that's put upon us,\" Mr Patrick-Smith said.\n\nBut he is reluctant to lay off any of his 64-strong team.\n\n\"Without a workforce that is going to be here when we come through the other side, we're not going to be able to produce at the level that we would like to, and so we're doing everything we possibly can to maintain the levels of employment,\" Mr Patrick-Smith said.\n\nAre you feeling the benefit of a pay rise? How is the rising cost of living affecting you? Share your experiences by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.\n\nSign up for our morning newsletter and get BBC News in your inbox.", "One of the Anglican Church’s leading figures in Jerusalem has called the huge blast at a hospital in Gaza City \"an unmitigated disaster\".\n\nHundreds of people are feared dead after the blast at the Al Ahli hospital, which is fully funded by the Anglican Church.\n\n\"It is absolute horror show which is unfolding,\" Canon Richard Sewell, dean of St George’s College, told BBC Radio 4’s World Tonight programme.\n\n\"I have no way of proving who did it, that will transpire in time.\n\n\"But we deal with the tragedy, we deal with the disaster and the recriminations will have to run their course.\"\n\nHe said the international community \"needs to learn the lessons and to see exactly the nature of the disaster that is unfolding\".\n\n\"There is also no justification for this type of attack, accidental or deliberate.\"\n\nHamas have blamed an Israeli air strike for causing the explosion at the Al Ahli hospital. Israel denied its military was involved and said the blast was caused by rockets fired by Palestinian Islamic Jihad. The militants have also denied blame.", "A man has appeared in court charged with the murder of a 70-year-old in Hartlepool.\n\nTerrence Carney died where he was attacked on Tees Street on Sunday and the case is being investigated by counter-terrorism police.\n\nAhmed Alid, 44, appeared at Westminster Magistrates' Court via video link charged with murder and the attempted murder of a second man.\n\nThe case was adjourned until Thursday when it will be heard at crown court.\n\nThe hearing was held in London because it is being handled under the Crown Prosecution Service's counter-terrorism protocol.\n\nMr Alid, a Moroccan man, was remanded in custody having appeared on the video link from Middlesbrough police station.\n\nCleveland Police were called at 05:17 BST on Sunday to an address in Wharton Terrace, Hartlepool, which houses asylum seekers amid reports of a fight.\n\nOfficers found a man called Javed Nouri with stab wounds to his chest, legs and mouth and he was taken to hospital.\n\nThey arrested Mr Alid on the corner of Victoria Road and York Road.\n\nOn nearby Tees Street, police found Mr Carney lying injured with stab wounds to his chest and neck. It is thought he had recently used a nearby cashpoint.\n\nChief magistrate Paul Goldspring told Mr Alid that his case must be tried in the crown court and he would be held in prison until his next appearance, which will be at the Old Bailey.\n\nDeputy Chief Constable Victoria Fuller said \"some of our local communities have concerns\", but added that it \"continues to be treated as an isolated incident\".\n\nShe said neighbourhood policing teams were in the area \"to provide reassurance\" and urged anyone with concerns to report them.\n\nFollow BBC North East & Cumbria on X (formerly Twitter), Facebook and Instagram. Send your story ideas to northeastandcumbria@bbc.co.uk.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Tony Fernandes appears without a shirt in the now-deleted post\n\nAirAsia's boss Tony Fernandes has drawn criticism after he posted a picture of himself getting a massage without a shirt on, while attending a management meeting.\n\nIn a post on LinkedIn, which now appears to have been deleted, the entrepreneur wrote it had been \"a stressful week\".\n\n\"Got to love Indonesia and AirAsia culture that I can have a massage and do a management meeting,\" he wrote.\n\nAirAsia has been contacted for comment.\n\nThe picture sparked an uproar on social media, with many users criticising Mr Fernandes' decision to post it.\n\nOne wrote it was \"inappropriate and absurd\", and a second said it was \"unprofessional\".\n\n\"He should be setting an example of good work ethics and culture, not flaunting his body and privilege,\" the user added.\n\nAnother person simply commented: \"Some CEOs need to stay off LinkedIn.\"\n\nHowever, others were less critical, saying it was a good example of how \"working from home\" should always be.\n\nMr Fernandes, 59, has been dubbed Malaysia's answer to Richard Branson.\n\nEducated at Epsom College, one of Britain's top fee-paying schools, Mr Fernandes bought the budget airline AirAsia from the Malaysian government for less than a dollar in 2001.\n\nHe was the founder of the former Caterham F1 Formula One team, and was also the majority shareholder of Queens Park Rangers Football Club until July this year.", "Zaka volunteer Israel Hasid awaits the arrival of hundreds of bodies at a morgue in Tel Aviv\n\nWarning: This article contains details that some readers may find distressing\n\nBehind the tall, barbed-wire gates of a military base in central Israel last week, away from the public eye, soldiers, police officers, and forensics experts were working diligently on a task that was almost impossible to imagine from the outside - the mass identification of the victims of Hamas's murderous attack.\n\nWorking alongside them late into the night, under the harsh glare of floodlights, was another group, identifiable by their bright yellow vests. They were Zaka, a religious organisation which, since the attack, has been responsible for some of the toughest work taking place in Israel.\n\nZaka's job is to collect every part of the remains of the dead, including their blood, so that they can be buried in accordance with Jewish religious law. The organisation is called on to deal with the most traumatic events, including natural disasters, suicides from buildings, and terrorism.\n\nIts members are almost all ultra-orthodox Jews, and they are all volunteers.\n\nWhen Hamas began its rampage through southern Israel last Saturday, Zaka volunteer Baroch Frankel, 28, was observing the Sabbath as usual at his apartment in Bnei Brak, an orthodox city near Tel Aviv where many of the volunteers live. About mid-morning, he heard over his Zaka walkie-talkie that there was some kind of emergency under way.\n\nThe walkie-talkie was allowed to be on because the Sabbath can be broken for matters of life and death, but it wasn't until sundown that Frankel could look at his phone and he fully understood the scale of the attack. He grabbed his kit, containing body bags, surgical gloves, shoe covers and rags for soaking up blood, and jumped in his car. \"I just drove,\" he said.\n\nBaroch Frankel in his synagogue in Bnei Brak\n\nZaka was formally established in 1995 but has roots dating back to 1989, when its founder was one of a group of religious volunteers who gathered to recover remains after a suicide attacker seized the wheel of a public bus in Israel and drove it into a ravine.\n\nThere is no equivalent organisation in the UK, where professional police teams recover human remains. But in Jewish custom, bodies should be collected to the fullest extent possible and all the available remains buried together. The volunteers from Zaka ensure that this is done properly and, as their motto states, with \"true grace\".\n\nAt the site of the music festival on Saturday, the volunteers would face a sprawling scene daunting even to them. It was still dark when Frankel arrived, and Israeli soldiers were still exchanging gunfire with Hamas, so he lay on the sand waiting until it was safe. Then he went to work.\n\nZaka volunteers have been working since at all the sites of the attack. They retrieve the bodies in two-hour shifts because the work is so tough. Dealing with the remains of the children was the worst, Frankel said. As he moved from the festival site to a nearby kibbutz on Saturday, the police warned even the Zaka teams - who are widely known to be experienced in this work - that what was inside was difficult to see.\n\nInside, Frankel found burned children, people blown up with grenades and families gunned down in their homes. \"You don't understand how many babies, how many burned people I counted,\" he said. \"When I talk to you now I see these images again in front of my eyes.\"\n\nFor this work, particularly in this moment, the Zaka volunteers are sometimes praised by people who see them in the street in their yellow vests. Walking through his neighbourhood in Bnei Brak this week, Frankel shrugged off the praise.\n\n\"Zaka is a sacred service because you ask no thanks,\" he said. \"The dead cannot pay you back.\"\n\nFrankel, breaking to smoke outside the walls of the army base where the bodies are processed\n\nOn Wednesday evening, the Zaka volunteers had just finished the last of their work collecting remains in southern Israel and Frankel was driving an hour north to the military base where the bodies were being processed.\n\nInside the base, there were about 20 massive cold storage units, like shipping containers, lined up to hold the bodies. The rabbis and Zaka volunteers were doing everything in their power to preserve the dignity of the dead, despite the scale of the operation and the condition of some of the remains. They took care to pause and say prayers over each person, where possible, and the orthodox among the workers gathered every 15 minutes to say their own prayers while the work continued around them.\n\nYacoub Zechariah, 39, the deputy mayor of Frankel's home city of Bnei Brak, was on his fifth straight overnight shift for Zaka at the base. \"Physically, it's hours upon hours without sleep and carrying corpses is hard work,\" he said. \"But we overcome it.\"\n\nZechariah, a father of five, had seen bodies of children brought in with terrible injuries and burns, he said. Some had been decapitated, although it was not clear how. Some of the dead children had their hands and feet tied with phone cables.\n\nZechariah pulled a body bag from a truck with a family name written on it in marker. The next bag had the same name, and the next. Eventually he had pulled five members of the same family from the truck. They were two parents and three young children who had been murdered by Hamas in their home in the kibbutz in Kfar Azza.\n\n\"Seeing an entire family killed is something that breaks a human being,\" Zechariah said. \"I have five children of my own. We are people of faith and we know that everything comes from God, but this is difficult for us to understand.\"\n\nWhen Zechariah had checked the faces of the family and they had been moved into storage, he walked to the edge of the area where the bodies were being processed and wept. A few hours later, at 5am, he finished his shift and sat quietly in his car to drink a coffee and smoke a cigarette. Then he drove half an hour home to his family in Bnei Brak, slept for two hours and drove to City Hall to begin his day as deputy mayor.\n\nOutside the gates at the base, away from the horrors inside, family members of the dead were camped on lawn chairs on the roadside, supported by food trucks and donations from local residents. Ortal Asulin had been sleeping on the roadside since she first learned on Saturday that her brother, a famous ex-footballer called Lior Asulin, had been caught up in the attack.\n\n\"No one will give us answers, it is a big mess inside,\" she said, looking totally shattered. \"We go to ask every five minutes, everyone here knows us, our names, our phone number, my brother's name, and his picture. He was a famous footballer, only one person needs to see him inside there to know it is him.\"\n\nAt that moment, Frankel overheard her and recognised her brother's name. \"I saw him,\" Frankel said. \"I saw his face, I'm sure.\"\n\nOrtal crumpled onto the pavement in tears. The rest of the family rushed around Frankel as he tried in vain to reach a colleague inside to confirm that Lior had been seen. The police said they had no information and they would not let the family inside.\n\n\"It is not possible to locate the body at the moment,\" said a tired but kind police sergeant. \"In the end they will remove it, they are doing everything they can but they must be given some time.\"\n\nMany similar conversations had been had outside the base, said the police sergeant, who was not permitted to give her name. \"There are a lot of dead people inside and we need to make sure 100% sure that we have the correct person before we tell the family,\" she said. \"We are five days now after the event and this has an effect on the bodies, you understand? We cannot have any mistakes.\"\n\nA room at a Zaka centre in Tel Aviv where the bodies are brought to be purified, according to Jewish custom\n\nFor Jewish people, a delay in burying a body can add enormous pain to the loss. They believe that a person should be buried as soon as possible so that their soul can rise up to heaven. And until the dead are buried, the family cannot begin formally to grieve. Like the soul of the person who has died, they are in limbo.\n\nLior Asulin, the football player, was finally identified and buried on Thursday. Zaka is also involved in these final stages of the process. Many of the bodies go from the military base to a Zaka-run centre in Tel Aviv, where on Thursday volunteer Israel Hasid was painstakingly preparing to receive them. He expected that the work would continue around the clock and through the weekend, so he had sought special permission from a rabbi to work on the Sabbath.\n\nThere will be some police presence at the centre for technical exams involving DNA and dental records, but otherwise Hasid and the other Zaka Tel Aviv volunteers will take responsibility for all of the purification necessary before burial. They will wash the bodies in water taken from a river that runs alongside the building and gently clean them with cotton. They will cut their hair and nails if needed.\n\n\"In these circumstances, because of the nature of this attack, in many cases the job cannot be perfect,\" Hasid said. \"But we will do everything we can.\"\n\nAt the end of the process, the Zaka volunteers would wrap each person's remains carefully in a white linen sheet and pass them on to undertakers to be buried, he said, so that the souls of the dead could escape and their families could begin to grieve.\n\nIdan Ben Ari contributed to this report. Photographs by Joel Gunter.", "The glue trap ban has come into play to protect wildlife but Gareth Davies says it will make the jobs of pest control harder\n\nA new ban on glue traps will allow \"cat-sized rats\" to run free in the streets, a pest controller has claimed.\n\nGareth Davies said the ban, starting on Tuesday, would be \"catastrophic\" for homes and businesses.\n\nHe said professionals only used it as a \"last resort\" but worried amateurs would still use them incorrectly and make his job more difficult.\n\nThe Welsh government said the decision was made to protect all wildlife and prevent \"immense suffering\".\n\nGlue traps, or boards, are sticky tiles that are placed on the floor for rats to stick to and eventually die.\n\nThe ban, which also includes the use of snares, was part of the Agriculture Bill which went through the Senedd and is a first for the UK.\n\nThe glue traps are sticky tiles that are placed on the floor for rats to stick to\n\nGareth has worked in the industry for 34 years and said the rat problem has never been so bad.\n\n\"I was in a city centre restaurant on Tuesday and got called in by a customer... I located this rat wedged up inside between an oven and a fryer, and it was huge. It's the biggest rat I've seen.\"\n\nThis rat, caught on a glue board, was 64cm long, says Gareth Davies\n\nHe said it was about 64cm and the size of a small cat.\n\nHe called the ban \"catastrophic for the city centres\" and that professionals checked traps regularly to ensure there was not any unnecessary suffering.\n\nHe agreed the traps were \"barbaric\" but were always used as a last resort.\n\n\"But when you've got a rat running round in a restaurant, that is the only option you have to catch it.\n\n\"What's going to happen in situations like that now?\"\n\nGareth says the damage can be huge if rats are not caught efficiently\n\nHe said in cities including Cardiff and Wrexham, rats were becoming increasingly \"trap-shy\" and cited one example where they avoided traps and poison for weeks before he put down sticky boards \"and I went back at 06:00 and I caught 15\".\n\nHe added in densely populated student areas, he does two to three call outs a day and feels in cases where traps or poison fails, businesses will be forced to close to deal with the problem.\n\nHe believed an alternative would be banning the retail sale of glue boards and giving professionals extra training on how to use them properly.\n\n\"We're trying to do our jobs with at least one arm behind our back at the moment because we've got nothing else to help us.\"\n\nGareth Davies has been a pest controller for 35 years\n\nBillie-Jade Thomas, from RSPCA Cymru said the organisation welcomes the ban as they \"cause immeasurable suffering to animals\".\n\nShe added: \"Too often, our officers have dealt with animals in severe pain and misery at the hands of these devices which are cruel, indiscriminate and totally unnecessary.\"\n\nShe said the ban followed a consultation period, supported by organisations, including the RSPCA and British Veterinary Zoological Society, and that some councils had already imposed the ban and had seen \"no negative\" consequences.\n\nRats have \"diamond sharp teeth\" that cause damage if used consistently, says Gareth\n\nA Welsh government spokeswoman said: \"Rodents can sustain serious and painful injuries and suffer greatly before they die and in some cases an animal may try to chew its own limb to break free.\n\n\"Trapped animals frequently suffer from exhaustion, dehydration and starvation and can drown in the glue.\n\n\"There are more efficient and humane ways to control rodents, which are widely used.\"", "Astley said he had \"reconnected\" with the song \"in a kind of way\"\n\nRick Astley has said he has \"learned to quietly embrace\" Never Gonna Give You Up after he admitted he \"had 15 years of not singing it\".\n\nLaunching his new album, Are We There Yet?, he said the 1987 smash hit had taken on a life of its own in recent years, thanks to the Rickrolling trend.\n\nThe resulting attention threw him back into the spotlight and catapulted him to a triumphant set at Glastonbury.\n\nHe said he \"reconnected\" with the song, which he now saw as a \"door opener\".\n\nThe Newton-le-Willows-born singer enjoyed huge success in the 1980s after Never Gonna Give You Up, his debut single, topped the charts across the world.\n\nHowever, he became disillusioned with the music business and stepped away from in it in the 1990s.\n\nHis return in the following decade delighted his fans, but he did not quite touch the same level of fame he had previously - until Rickrolling became a thing.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: The BBC showed Rick Astley round at his first Glastonbury back in June\n\nThe internet prank, which saw people tricked into clicking on a hyperlink that led to the video for his debut single, has seen the song receive 1.4 billion views on YouTube to date.\n\nIt also forced Astley to reconsider how he thought about it.\n\n\"I had 15 years of not singing it,\" he told BBC North West Tonight.\n\n\"I can understand some artists would be freaked out about [the success of] it and run a mile, but I've learned to quietly embrace it.\n\n\"I have reconnected with it in a kind of way.\"\n\nHe said it did not matter where he now went in the world, \"people kind of know that tune\".\n\n\"I don't want to shake it off because it has opened so many doors,\" he said.\n\n\"I wish I had five more [songs like it] to be honest.\"\n\nAstley used to serve tea and sandwiches to other popstars in his early days with Stock, Aitken and Waterman\n\nHe said he was delighted where the song had now taken him, such as his trip to Worthy Farm in June.\n\n\"Without my old songs and without the Rickrolling thing with its own little universe, I wouldn't have got the invite to Glastonbury,\" he said.\n\n\"It was really, really special [and] I defy anybody to be on the Pyramid stage and not feel the enormity of it.\n\n\"Twelve o'clock on a Saturday [afternoon] could have been a nightmare, because people are still rolling out of their tents, but we got a great audience, some fantastic weather and we really got into it.\"\n\nHe said the experience was a long way from how he started out, acting as \"tea boy\" for the other acts being produced and promoted by legendary 1980s pop trio Mike Stock, Matt Aitken and Pete Waterman.\n\n\"They were just so busy, I ended up making tea and getting sandwiches for acts like Bananarama, Mel & Kim, [and] Dead Or Alive like every other kid in the building,\" he said.\n\n\"What was great is that I used to get to do my demos late at night and at weekends.\n\n\"The engineers would be working on number one records in the week and helping me at the weekends.\n\n\"Where else would that have happened?\"\n\nAstley has been able to embrace a wilder side in his most recent shows\n\nHe said his music had changed since those days, but he remained grateful for the experience and happy to include some of those songs, including Never Gonna Give You Up, in his shows now.\n\n\"Without my old songs and without the Rickrolling thing... I wouldn't have got the invite for Glastonbury,\" he said.\n\n\"I do get to sneak in a new song every now and again when no-one's looking, but without the back story, I wouldn't be there.\"\n\nAstley's new album, Are We There Yet?, is out now.\n\nWhy not follow BBC North West on Facebook, X and Instagram? You can also send story ideas to northwest.newsonline@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Bestselling thriller writer John Grisham says the \"threat\" to his profession from AI cannot be \"truly appreciated... explained or predicted\".\n\nHe is among a group of writers who have accused OpenAI of unlawfully training its artificial-intelligence-based chatbot ChatGPT on their work.\n\nJonathan Franzen, Jodi Picoult and George RR Martin are among those joining the recent group legal action.\n\nGrisham told BBC One's Breakfast programme: \"It's my turn to file suit.\"\n\nHe said: \"For 30 years, I've been sued by everyone else - for slander, defamation, copyright, whatever - so it's my turn.\"\n\nOpenAI said last month it respected the rights of authors, \"they should benefit from AI technology\" and the company was \"optimistic we will continue to find mutually beneficial ways to work together\".\n\nCruise landed the leading role in the 1993 film adaptation of The Firm\n\nIn a wide-ranging interview, Grisham also discussed his long-awaited sequel to his hit second novel, The Firm.\n\nPublished in 1991 and turned into a Hollywood blockbuster starring Tom Cruise, The Firm is an intriguing tale about a Memphis law firm set up by the Mafia to launder money and enable tax evasions.\n\nThe Exchange follows protagonists Mitch and Abby McDeere after they exposed the firm and fled the country.\n\nSo why did it take more than 30 years to write?\n\n\"I can't just sit down and force a story to happen,\" Grisham told the Breakfast.\n\n\"I have to be inspired... to write the novel. In the meantime, there are so many other books to write. I kept thinking about Mitch and how much fun it would be to bring him back. I had no idea it would take so long.\"\n\nBut will Cruise reprise his role as Mitch?\n\n\"I hope so - it's not in the works yet,\" Grisham told the Breakfast.\n\n\"If Tom wants to do it, it will be done. If Tom doesn't want to do it, it probably won't be done.\"\n\nThe fascination with crime and legal drama was because \"we have an addiction to violence\" and people \"love big sensational trials\", Grisham told the Breakfast.\n\nBut he was \"more pessimistic\" about the legal system today.\n\n\"For the past 15 years, I've served on two boards dedicated to exonerating innocent people who are in prison,\" Grisham told the Breakfast.\n\n\"I've come to realise there are are thousands of innocent people in prison - they all go back to a bad verdict.\"", "Rolls-Royce has announced plans to axe up to 2,500 jobs globally to create a \"more efficient and effective\" company.\n\nIt is the first major move by Tufan Erginbilgic who, on becoming chief executive in January, described Rolls-Royce as a \"burning platform\".\n\nThe company, which makes engines for aircraft, is based in Derby. It employs 42,000 people around the world with about half based in the UK.\n\nIt was hit hard by the pandemic when air travel was grounded for months.\n\nRolls-Royce did not give details of where the job cuts will fall, but reports have suggested that hundreds of back-office posts will be affected in the UK.\n\nThe engineering giant said it needed to engage with unions before making further announcements.\n\nSharon Graham, general secretary of Unite, said the union had only learned about the cuts via the media and that Rolls-Royce staff would have to wait another three months to find out if their jobs were safe.\n\n\"This announcement appears to be about appeasing the markets and its shareholders while ignoring its workers. Attempting to bypass unions will not be allowed,\" she said.\n\n\"This approach only serves to create more stress and uncertainty and Unite will be seeking reassurances on jobs.\"\n\nRolls-Royce employs 13,700 people in Derby, 3,400 in Bristol, and has smaller bases in Lancashire, Glasgow, Tyne & Wear and Rotherham.\n\nIt is understood its submarines division in Derby, which is funded by the Ministry of Defence and employs 3,600 people, will be unaffected by the cuts. The company's Small Modular Reactor nuclear programme - a joint venture with partners in Qatar and the US - will also be untouched.\n\nHowever, operations in Germany, where the company employs 11,000 people, are expected to be badly hit - particularly the Power Systems engine-building operation in the south of the country.\n\nRolls-Royce said the planned changes would \"remove duplication and deliver cost efficiencies\".\n\n\"We are building a Rolls-Royce that is fit for the future,\" said Mr Erginbilgic.\n\n\"That means a more streamlined and efficient organisation that will deliver for our customers, partners and shareholders.\"\n\nThe company struggled during the Covid pandemic when it was forced to raise billions of pounds to support the business, and in 2020 it cut 9,000 jobs.\n\nWhen Mr Erginbilgic, a former executive at oil giant BP, took over at Rolls-Royce he told staff the company's performance was \"unsustainable\".\n\nUnder the new plans, Rolls-Royce will merge its engineering technology and safety teams, with its chief technology officer Grazia Vittadini stepping down.\n\nThe company plans to cut costs by improving its procurement and supply chain management processes. Its finance, legal and human resources teams will also be brought together across the group.\n\n\"This is another step on our multi-year transformation journey to build a high performing, competitive, resilient and growing Rolls-Royce,\" Mr Erginbilgic said.", "Thousands of people in Gaza have gathered at the Rafah border crossing with Egypt, as diplomatic efforts continue to open it before Israel starts its expected ground operation.\n\nBut the United Nations said there had been no progress in negotiations on reopening of the crossing.\n\nAll routes out of Gaza are closed, as Israel continues its air strikes in response to Hamas' attack of 7 October.\n\nUS Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Israel on Monday for the second time in less than a week.\n\nAfter his tour of six Arab states in the region, he returned to the country in an attempt to push for the reopening of the crossing to let in humanitarian aid and evacuate foreign passport holders.\n\nBoth Mr Blinken and UK Foreign Secretary James Cleverly said they were working with Israel, Egypt and \"other leading political voices in the region\" to re-open the crossing.\n\nThe Israeli military ordered a blockade of Gaza and cut off the supply of water, food and fuel last week before launching a wave of air strikes in retaliation to Hamas' deadly attack on Israel during which militants raided communities, kidnapped civilians and soldiers and killed more than 1,400 people.\n\nOn Monday morning, thousands of civilians rushed to the Rafah crossing following reports that it would be temporarily re-opened during a brief ceasefire on Monday.\n\nBoth Israel and Hamas swiftly denied that any such agreement had been made.\n\nLater, a BBC correspondent in southern Gaza confirmed an air strike had hit the area around the crossing, damaging a building on the Palestinian side of the crossing as well as the road.\n\nVideo analysed by BBC Verify appeared to show a strike on the crossing on Monday.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: Explosion at Rafah crossing between Gaza and Egypt\n\nIsrael has hit the area around the Rafah crossing point at least three times since it began its air campaign on Gaza.\n\nThe crossing represents the only potential exit point from Gaza while the Israeli siege of other entry points to the Hamas-controlled territory continues.\n\nDozens of lorries carrying fuel and aid supplies remain on the Egyptian side of the Rafah crossing, waiting for permission to enter, as the humanitarian situation in Gaza deteriorates.\n\nIsrael says the siege will not end until Hamas releases the hostages it seized from Israel on 7 October. The Israelis believe 199 people are being held in Gaza, up from an earlier estimate of 155.\n\nAround 2,750 people have died in Gaza since the Hamas assault and more than one million people have been displaced.\n\n\"There is an urgent need to alleviate the suffering of Palestinian civilians in Gaza,\" Egypt's Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry said on Monday morning, adding that talks with Israel had been fruitless.\n\nCairo has been focusing on getting humanitarian aid for civilians into Gaza. Mr Shoukry said Egypt could allow medical evacuations and let in some Gazans with permission to travel.\n\nA number of countries, including the US and the UK, have recommended that its citizens head towards the Rafah crossing, ready for its possible reopening.\n\nAlthough Egypt appears to be prepared to re-open the Rafah crossing to allow foreign passport holders out and humanitarian aid in, it fears a massive influx of Palestinian refugees fleeing the war.\n\nEgypt and other Arab states say a this would be unacceptable because it would amount to the expulsion of Palestinians from their land.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: I have the thought of me dying in a bomb in Gaza - British-Palestinian girl\n\nAre you in the area? If it is safe to do so, please share your experiences. 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Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "Jada Pinkett Smith has said she and Will Smith are \"working very hard\" on their marriage after revealing last week that they separated in 2016.\n\nThey have been living separately, she said, despite regularly appearing together.\n\nPinkett Smith told NBC they were really concentrating on \"healing the relationship\".\n\nThe couple made headlines last year when Will Smith stormed the stage at the Oscars and slapped host Chris Rock.\n\nHe yelled \"keep my wife's name out of your [expletive] mouth\".\n\nPinkett Smith's revelation around the Hollywood actors' relationship made headlines across the world.\n\nSpeaking to NBC's Today Show, she said: \"We are in a place now that we are in a deep healing space.\n\n\"And we are really concentrating on healing the relationship between us...\n\n\"We are working very hard at bringing our relationship together back to a life partnership.\"\n\nShe explained: \"He can't be this perfect idealised husband. I have to be able to accept him for the human he is.\n\n\"He has to accept me for the human I am. And we want to love each other there.\"\n\nWhen asked if the couple might live in the same house again, she agreed they might.\n\nOn Wednesday, as part of a book launch, she said she had considered a legal divorce but could not go through with it because she was determined to work through it.\n\nShe put the relationship breakdown to \"a lot of things\" and by 2016 they were \"exhausted with trying\".\n\nPreviously there had been speculation about the couple's marriage in 2020 after the pair discussed on her Facebook show Red Table Talk that Pinkett Smith had been in an \"entanglement\" with artist August Alsina.\n\nThe actors met in 1994 when she auditioned for The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, and later married in 1997.\n\nThe pair have two children together - Jaden Smith and Willow Smith - along with Trey Smith, Smith's son from his first marriage.", "New images show Elizabeth Debicki as Princess Diana and Khalid Abdalla as Dodi Fayed sitting in a car\n\nPrincess Diana's relationship with Dodi Fayed is one of the storylines Netflix has teased in a series of images ahead of the show's sixth season.\n\nThe forthcoming series will dramatise the events of the late 1990s including the last days of Princess Diana's life.\n\nAustralian actress Elizabeth Debicki said it was a \"unique challenge as an actor\" to portray her final weeks.\n\nSeason six will be split into two parts, with the first four episodes released on 16 November.\n\nIt will once again be written by Peter Morgan, who created the hugely popular series which began in 2016.\n\nDebicki said: \"I really just trusted in Peter's emotional blueprint that he created for us to follow. It's his interpretation and I think it made emotional sense to me, so I clung to that. Because, obviously, it's devastating and it's fraught and we can never know.\"\n\nAustralian actress Debicki, who plays Princes Diana, has also appeared in Tenet, The Great Gatsby and Guardians of the Galaxy\n\nFflyn Edwards (left) and Rufus Kampa play Princes Harry and William respectively in the first part of the sixth season\n\nAt the end of season five, viewers saw Tony Blair become prime minister and Prince Charles go to Hong Kong.\n\nIn the images from season six, Diana (Debicki) is seen in a car with Dodi (Khalid Abdalla). Both died on 31 August 1997, when their car crashed in a tunnel in Paris as they were being chased by paparazzi photographers on motorbikes.\n\nSpeaking at the Edinburgh TV Festival earlier this year, producers said they will handle the subject of Diana's death \"sensitively\".\n\nOther images from season six show scenes on a yacht belonging to Dodi's father, business tycoon Mohamed Al Fayed, who is played by Salim Daw. Al Fayed died in September aged 94.\n\nPrince Charles, as he was then, is once again played by Dominic West, while his sons William and Harry are played in the first half of the season by Rufus Kampa and Fflyn Edwards respectively.\n\nSalim Daw as Mohamed Al Fayed, who died earlier this year aged 94\n\nSome scenes appear to take place on the super yacht belonging to Mohamed Al Fayed - Dodi's father\n\nThe streamer has previously been criticised by some who feel it doesn't make clear enough to viewers that not everything portrayed in the show is historically accurate.\n\nBut Netflix has countered that The Crown has always been presented as a drama based on historical events.\n\nIt describes the royal series as \"fictional dramatisation, imagining what could have happened behind closed doors\".\n\nImelda Staunton will reprise her role as Queen Elizabeth II for the sixth season. The monarch has previously been played by Olivia Colman and Claire Foy.\n\nStaunton said: \"I've been living with her for a long time so, if anything, I felt more comfortable this time.\n\n\"I love her stillness and her ability to not be thrown by everything that must have constantly - throughout her whole life - gone on around her.\"\n\nThe Wire star Dominic West reprises his role as Prince Charles, as he was then, in the show's sixth season\n\nImelda Staunton reprises her role as Queen Elizabeth II, who has previously also been played by Claire Foy and Olivia Colman\n\nWest said Charles has \"got real sadness to him and real compassion\" and that The Crown gives viewers the opportunity to \"see these public figures in private\".\n\nProducers have said Prince William will be seen trying to integrate back into life at Eton following his mother's death.\n\nSeason six will also see the Queen celebrate her Golden Jubilee, and the courtship of William and Kate - now the Prince and Princess of Wales - at the University of St Andrews.", "A Cruise car on the street in San Francisco\n\nAbout 600 self-driving cars made by a unit of General Motors are being investigated by regulators after reports of injuries to pedestrians.\n\nSelf-driving cars made by Cruise may have been \"encroaching on pedestrians\", according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA).\n\nThe NHTSA said it had received two reports involving pedestrian injuries.\n\nCruise says its safety record \"continues to outperform comparable human drivers\".\n\nThe NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation said the reports were related to self-driving cars hitting pedestrians on crossings in San Francisco.\n\nBoth the reports submitted to the NHTSA involved pedestrians crossing after the cars' traffic lights had turned green.\n\nIn one incident from August 2023, the self-driving car hit someone at 1.4mph.\n\nIn the other incident another car, which was being driven by a person, hit a pedestrian crossing the road, which knocked the person in front of the driverless car.\n\nThe October 2023 report says that the driverless car \"braked aggressively\" but was not able to stop in time and hit the pedestrian.\n\nBoth the incidents happened at night time.\n\nA view from the passenger seat of a Cruise robotaxi\n\nThe NHTSA added that it was also looking into two videos involving pedestrians which have been posted online.\n\nIn August, the California government voted to allow two cab companies - Waymo and Cruise - to run a 24-hour service using driverless cars. Previously, they had only been allowed to operate paid rides at night.\n\nThe decision was controversial in San Francisco, with some saying that the vehicles are safer than those driven by human drivers - while others say that they pose a safety risk by blocking fire trucks.\n\nCruise, which is a subsidiary of General Motors, says that its safety record \"over five million miles\" is better in comparison to human drivers.\n\nIt adds that it \"has consistently cooperated with each of NHTSA's requests for information - whether associated with an investigation or not\" and will continue doing so.", "Andrew Bridgen called for an apology for the \"chop\" in Parliament on Monday\n\nNorth West Leicestershire MP Andrew Bridgen has reported a fellow member to parliamentary authorities for allegedly slapping him on the back of the head.\n\nMr Bridgen, who joined the Reclaim Party after being kicked out of the Conservatives, demanded that Tory Crispin Blunt apologises for the \"chop\" in Parliament on Monday.\n\nWhen asked about the reports, Mr Blunt said the allegation was \"not correct\".\n\nParliamentary officials confirmed they were aware of an incident.\n\nThe alleged slap is said to have taken place in the atrium of Portcullis House.\n\nReigate MP Crispin Blunt said the allegation was \"not correct\"\n\nMr Bridgen also claimed the Reigate MP called him a \"bastard\".\n\nHe told the PA news agency he believed the incident was \"completely unprovoked\", apart from him having questioned to a newspaper why he had the whip removed by the Tories but Mr Blunt had not for past comments about Hamas.\n\nAsked about reports that he had slapped Mr Bridgen round the head and sworn at him, Mr Blunt told the BBC it was \"not correct\" and that he had \"spoken briefly\" to Mr Bridgen in the Chamber to \"try and understand what he thought happened that led to his report\".\n\nMr Blunt said he did not intend to take matters further.\n\nMr Bridgen said he was not injured in the incident and claimed a \"number of witnesses\" who saw the incident had spoken to Parliament's authorities after he reported it to security.\n\nHe told the PA news agency: \"I was sitting at one of the round tables in Portcullis House and he went by the back of me and hit me on the back of the head with his hand and said, 'You're a bastard' and then legged it off.\n\n\"I was just completely shocked. That's not the behaviour you would expect from a Member of Parliament.\n\n\"I'm asking for an apology, it's just unbelievable behaviour.\"\n\nA Parliamentary spokesperson said: \"The Behaviour Code makes clear the standards of behaviour expected of everyone in Parliament - whether MPs, staff, members' staff, members of the House of Lords, press, contractors or visitors.\n\n\"There is zero tolerance for abuse or harassment.\"\n\nFollow BBC East Midlands on Facebook, on X, or on Instagram. Send your story ideas to eastmidsnews@bbc.co.uk.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The government plans to change the legal definition of wine following Brexit, to reflect demand for low-alcohol versions of the drink.\n\nUnder rules the UK inherited from the EU, wine typically has to contain at least 8.5% alcohol by volume (ABV) to be marketed as such.\n\nIt means low and alcohol-free versions have to be sold as a \"wine-based drink\", or a similar product name.\n\nThat rule will now be scrapped in England next year.\n\nThe change is part of a wider package of measures designed to boost British winemaking in the wake of the UK's exit from the EU.\n\nThe government says Brexit presents a \"unique opportunity\" to review \"overly complex\" EU-era regulations governing the sector.\n\nLegally, wine must be produced by the alcoholic fermentation of grape juice. Alcohol-free and low-alcohol versions are made by removing the alcohol afterwards through a variety of techniques.\n\nHowever, in order to be labelled as \"wine\" it currently needs to have a minimum 8.5% ABV, or 4.5% for certain brands of wine that can only be produced in certain regions.\n\nSuch naming rules do not apply to low or alcohol-free beer or cider, which are easier and cheaper to produce and have grown in popularity in recent years.\n\nNow, the government has confirmed it intends to lower the minimum ABV to 0% for all types of wine, following a consultation on the plans.\n\nA spokesperson for the environment department told the BBC it would respond to increasing demand for low-alcohol alternatives, and give consumers more choice.\n\nThe change, expected to be made next year following a further consultation, would allow low and no-alcohol wine to be legally described and marketed as \"wine\" in England.\n\nWine produced in England would be able to be marketed as such around the UK, under post-Brexit internal market rules.\n\nA policy document announcing the move said it would also allow the production of wines with a \"naturally lower\" level of alcohol.\n\nGovernment research published earlier this year found naming alcohol-free versions after the original drink did not generally confuse consumers.\n\nIt said that this was often the \"most natural way\" to refer to such drinks, and descriptions such as \"wine-based drink\" could be more confusing.\n\nHowever, some respondents to the study thought it could increase the risk that consumers might buy a non-alcoholic version by accident.\n\nAn analysis also found \"alcohol free wine\" was regularly used in marketing online already, unlike for gin, where similar rules apply but \"botanical spirit\" was often used for low-alcohol versions.\n\nThe EU relaxed its rules on the definition of low-alcohol wine in late 2021 - a change that did not apply in the UK because it copied over EU laws after it officially left in 2020.\n\nThe requirement for foil wrapping on sparkling wine bottles is also set to be dropped\n\nThe Wine and Spirit Trade Association, an industry body, said it wanted to work with the government to agree new labelling rules to ensure consumers are fully informed.\n\nPolicy director Simon Stannard said the sector was working hard to produce lower and no-alcohol wines to respond to consumer demand, and the reforms would make current production rules easier to understand.\n\nHowever, he added that \"further description\" of low-alcohol wine would be needed to maintain consumer confidence.\n\n\"We need to think about the potential for consumers being misled,\" he added.\n\nOther changes announced by the government include ending the EU ban on the sale of piquette, a low-alcohol French drink made from fermenting crushed grape skins and water, by the end of the year.\n\nIt added the move would give vineyards \"more options to improve profitability\", and respond to a \"growing market\" for lower-alcohol products.\n\nIt also wants to relax EU-derived rules on the shape of bottle that wine can be sold in. Certain types of long-necked thin bottles, for example, can only be used for certain wines.\n\nThe mandatory use of mushroom-shaped corks with foil sheaths for sparkling wine will also be dropped, in a move that government said better reflected market trends and would help cut waste.", "The attackers live-streamed Noam Elyakim and his family as they held them captive\n\nVideos have emerged from the 7 October attacks by Hamas on civilians in southern Israel, showing some of those targeted being held in their homes and live-streamed by the attackers themselves.\n\nMore than a week on from the attacks, relatives of the victims desperate for information are using these videos to try to piece together what happened to them, and some have expressed frustration with the Israeli authorities' lack of progress in finding their loved ones.\n\nOne of those is Nir Darwish, a UK-based relative of a family of five who disappeared from the Nahal Oz kibbutz.\n\nThe family - Noam Elyakim, his partner Dikla Arava, her 17-year-old son Tomer, and Noam's two daughters Daphna, 15, and Ella, 8 - are seen apparently being held in their home by the attackers. The girls, who live with their mother, were thought to be visiting their father to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the kibbutz.\n\nBut on Monday this week, the extended family got news from the authorities that Dikla and Tomer had been killed and that their bodies had been found outside the kibbutz.\n\nMr Darwish says that several photos posted by Hamas show Ella and Daphna in captivity. The BBC has been unable to independently verify this.\n\nOn Tuesday, Mr Darwish told the BBC that it had been confirmed that Noam - who is seen in the live-streamed video with a leg wound - was dead. The last photo of him appears to show him being led down a dusty road by the attackers.\n\nNir Darwish said he found the video of the girls heart-breaking\n\nNir, a cousin of the Elyakims, believes the girls are in Gaza, and that Hamas is keeping them in a tunnel somewhere.\n\n\"They are sitting [in the photos] on a mattress and there is no natural light, so that's 100% in Gaza,\" he tells the BBC.\n\nHe adds that some time passed between the live stream and the photos being posted, which would have given the attackers time to get back to Gaza.\n\nMr Darwish said he and other family members found the video of the girls heart-breaking. He was very pessimistic about what would happen to them.\n\n\"Nobody wants to go through this and especially when it's two little girls and especially when you know what's going to happen to them, because they're not going to give them water and food and treat them nice,\" he says.\n\nHe said the planned Israeli ground operation was a \"big mistake\" and believes the military will never find the hostages.\n\nThe Israeli military says it is using \"all intelligence and operational measures\" for the return of the captives, whose presence at unknown locations in Gaza will greatly complicate any operation.\n\nFamily members posted pictures of the five on social media\n\nThe girls' mother Maayan, however, is trying to stay upbeat. She spoke to the BBC from her home in Israel.\n\n\"Stay strong, look out for one another. Look out for daddy - daddy will look after you, and take care of you,\" she says in a message to her daughters. \"We are doing everything to bring you back. We are very strong here. We will bring you back.\"\n\nShe described the girls, saying one loved to sing, the other to dance, and that they were inseparable.\n\nDaphna and Ella pictured with their mother when they were younger\n\nThe BBC has been unable to access the full half-hour of the live stream of militants inside Noam and Dikla's house, but has seen extracts of it.\n\nFilmed on Dikla's phone, it appears to show the family sitting on a bench in their home. As it is streamed, shocked messages from friends and family can be seen on her screen.\n\nNoam is injured, and losing a lot of blood from what looks like a serious leg wound. At one point, he limps away, escorted by one of the militants after they ask him for his ID card. His partner and daughters are clearly frightened.\n\nNir Darwish talks through with the BBC another part of the video, in which the attackers take Tomer out of the house to knock on doors of neighbours, to persuade them that the danger has passed and that they can come out.\n\nHe believes that this is to \"make life easier for the terrorists... to capture them, kill them or whatever it is\".\n\nNo-one does come out of the house shown, but Nir says that later the attackers threw flaming tyres into the house to burn it down.\n\nIt is not clear if anyone died in this incident, but it is possible that these types of tactics were used elsewhere and did contribute to the loss of life.\n• None Stories of the hostages taken by Hamas from Israel", "While the BRI is Xi Jinping’s signature policy, it is striking to see how he is sharing the summit’s limelight with Vladimir Putin, with whom Xi famously declared he had a “no limits friendship”.\n\nEvidently the biggest VIP in the BRI party, Putin entered the summit hall shoulder-to-shoulder with Xi. He was front and centre along with the Chinese president for the group photo op, and was second to speak after Xi.\n\nAll these things happened as well in previous Belt and Road summits – but those took place before Russia began its war on Ukraine.\n\nChina since then has come under criticism from the West for standing by Russia, even as it has also tried to show support for Ukraine. By rolling out the red carpet for Putin this week, it is reaffirming this support.\n\nPutin is clearly keen on returning the favour. Mindful not to upstage Beijing in his speech, he effusively praised China for its achievements in the BRI and pledged support for the initiative, saying it was “in tune with Russian ideas”.\n\n“We have repeatedly pointed out that Russia and China and the majority of states in the world share aspirations for mutual cooperation, for comprehensive and sustainable economic progress, and social well-being,” he said.\n\nHis presence could be seen as Moscow’s wish to play a key role in the new world order China is advocating . But it also stokes fears that the two major powers are building their own bloc to rival the West.", "Representatives from Vodafone and Three have told MPs their planned merger will not increase prices, despite it reducing the number of competitors in the mobile market.\n\nThe firms plan to merge their UK-based operations, creating the biggest mobile network in the UK with around 27 million customers.\n\nThe deal still needs to be approved by regulators.\n\nBut the Unite union says bills could rise by £300 per year if it goes ahead.\n\nThe UK currently has four major mobile operators - Vodafone, Three, EE (which is part of BT), and Virgin Media O2.\n\nSpeaking to the Business and Trade Committee on Tuesday, Unite's investigative researcher George Stevenson said combining Vodafone and Three would be bad for consumers.\n\n\"The UK is perfectly capable of supporting four or many other mobile network operators,\" he said.\n\n\"But if we have this merger take place, we're going to see price rises, we're going to see profits go up.\"\n\nBut Three general counsel Stephen Lerner said there were \"no merger related price rises\" in the firms' joint business plan.\n\n\"I want to make it clear: it's not part of the transaction rationale, and we are not planning any increases in prices,\" he said.\n\nThe firms said they were in talks with the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), which will review the potential impact of the merger.\n\nMr Lerner said he was \"confident\" the CMA would approve the merger, which the firms say will lead to £6bn of investment in its first five years, and £11bn in total.\n\nVodafone argued that bills could actually come down if the merger was allowed, because the new company would be able to invest more in the UK and drive down the price of internet access.\n\nAndrea Dona, network and development director of Vodafone UK, said the combined firm planned to use 5G to deliver fibre broadband equivalent internet access to 82% of UK households.\n\n\"We've done a study that shows that can bring up to a £15 reduction in the bill a month... by simply having an alternative to what today is just fibre to the home,\" he said.\n\nHe also argued that the deal could actually increase competition, by enabling the new firm to compete with other mobile operators in the so-called \"mobile virtual network operator\" (MVNO) marketplace.\n\nInstead of spending millions establishing their own infrastructure of masts and systems, MVNOs license segments of other operators' networks and offer their own cut-price deals.\n\nIn the UK, there is a significant marketplace in this area - Tesco Mobile, Lycamobile, Giffgaff each use networks provided by EE or Virgin Media O2.\n\n\"90% of all those players today rely on two networks, because they have the scale and the economics to offer wholesale deals to these MVNOs,\" said Mr Dona.\n\n\"With our entry, we will have the scale to be able to offer additional wholesale competition, providing more choice for the MVNOs on where to go, creating more competition and more opportunities to our customers.\"", "Baroness Falkner, head of the Equality and Human Rights Commission, has written to Women and Equalities minister Kemi Badenoch\n\nBritain's equality watchdog has called on the government to ban \"harmful\" conversion-therapy practices.\n\nThe Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) says legislation to outlaw conversion therapy should be included in the King's Speech next month.\n\nConversion therapy is a practice which seeks to change or suppress someone's sexual orientation or gender identity.\n\nCampaigners have stepped up demands for a ban in the past five years.\n\nThe government first promised the practice would be outlawed in England and Wales in 2018.\n\nBut since then there have been several delays and U-turns, with the government saying in January 2023 that it would \"shortly\" publish a draft bill.\n\nBaroness Kishwer Falkner, who chairs the commission, has now written to Women and Equalities Minister Kemi Badenoch insisting the legislation \"is needed\".\n\nThe letter states: \"Legislation to ban harmful conversion practices is needed, and... thorough and detailed scrutiny remains imperative to ensure that any ban is fully effective in protecting people with the protected characteristics of sexual orientation and gender reassignment from harm, while avoiding any unintended consequences.\n\n\"As such, I hope to see this legislation in the forthcoming King's Speech.\"\n\nBaroness Falkner acknowledged it was a \"complex and sensitive area, with the potential to have wide-ranging impacts\", and said therefore, any legislation should be \"carefully considered to ensure it uses clear terminology and definitions and is proportionate and evidence-based\".\n\nShe added that she hoped any legislation would be mentioned in the next King's Speech, due to take place in November, when the government highlights its priorities for the months ahead.\n\nResponding to the government's consultation to ban conversion therapy in 2022, the EHRC previously recommended that any legislation should initially focus on practices that aimed to change a person's sexual orientation, rather than gender identity, due to what it called a \"lack of evidence\" and concerns that it could prevent people accessing \"appropriate support\".\n\nTheresa May's government first vowed to ban conversion practices in July 2018 after a survey of 108,000 members of the LGBT community suggested 2% had undergone the practice and another 5% offered it.\n\nIn March 2022, then-Prime Minister Boris Johnson dropped plans for the legislation, later defending a decision not to include trans people by saying there were \"complexities and sensitivities\" to be worked through.\n\nIn January of this year, the government said it would ban conversion therapy for \"everyone\", including transgender people.\n\nThe Scottish government has promised to launch a consultation into banning the practice.\n\nSome groups, including the Evangelical Alliance, which says it represents 3,500 churches, have argued a ban on conversion therapy could restrict religious freedoms. However, many other religious leaders support a ban.\n\nEarlier this month, shadow women and equalities secretary Anneliese Dodds said a \"no loopholes\" trans-inclusive ban on conversion therapy would be introduced under a Labour government.\n\nA government spokesman said: \"No-one in this country should be harmed or harassed for who they are, and attempts at so-called conversion therapy are abhorrent. That is why we are carefully considering this very complex issue.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: 'Bring my baby back home' says mother of Israeli-French hostage\n\nThe mother of Mia Shem, seized by Hamas gunmen and held hostage in Gaza, has appealed for her immediate release along with at least 198 other hostages.\n\n\"I'm begging the world to bring my baby back home,\" Keren Shem told reporters in Tel Aviv, holding up a picture of her French-Israeli daughter.\n\nThe Islamist militant group released a video on Monday night, in which Mia Shem appeared with a wounded arm.\n\n\"She only went... to a festival party to have some fun,\" her mother said.\n\n\"And now she's in Gaza and she's not the only one.\"\n\nThe Hamas hostage video is the first of its kind to be aired since they abducted Israelis, dual nationals and foreign citizens on Israeli soil on 7 October.\n\nHamas's armed wing said in a separate video that the non-Israeli hostages were \"our guests\", who would be freed when circumstances allowed.\n\nMia Shem, 21, is shown being treated for her injury and asking in Hebrew to be returned as quickly as possible to her family.\n\nThe French foreign ministry condemned the video as vile and President Emmanuel Macron demanded Mia Shem's immediate release: \"It is an ignominy to take innocent people hostage and put them on show in this odious way.\"\n\nFrance has said it is working to secure the release of all 13 hostages with French nationality. Another 19 French citizens were among the 1,400 people killed when Hamas gunmen attacked more than 20 Israeli communities as well as the Tribe of Nova music festival.\n\nIsrael's military denounced the Hamas video as \"psychological terror against Israeli citizens\", adding that it was in constant touch with the young woman's family. Hamas had murdered and abducted babies, women, children and the elderly and was now \"trying to portray itself as a humane organisation\", it added.\n\nKeren Shem told a press conference on Tuesday that \"babies, children and old people, Holocaust survivors\" had been kidnapped.\n\n\"This is a crime against humanity and we should all gather and stop this terror, and bring everybody back home.\"\n\nIsrael's military says at least 199 hostages are now thought to have been seized by Hamas, which claims to have hidden them in \"safe places and tunnels\". Israeli medical officials who are in touch with their families have said many have medical conditions requiring immediate access to life-saving medicines.\n\nCitizens from a number of countries are being held, including up to 10 from the UK, and Foreign Office Minister Andrew Mitchell has said the government is doing all it can to get them back as soon as possible.\n\nHowever, one senior Hamas figure has insisted that \"foreign prisoners\" cannot be freed because of the Israeli military's continuing air strikes on the Gaza Strip.\n\nHamas's military wing said on Monday that 22 hostages have been killed in the bombardment, but there has been no independent confirmation of that.", "More than 600,000 displaced people are sheltering in Khan Younis and other southern communities\n\nMore than 100 Palestinians have been killed in air strikes in southern Gaza, officials say, as the Israeli military continues to target the area despite ordering civilians to shelter there.\n\nMost of the dead reportedly fled their homes in the north ahead of what is expected to be a major ground offensive against the militant group Hamas.\n\nThe military said it struck a series of Hamas targets in the south.\n\nThere is also mounting concern about humanitarian conditions in Gaza.\n\nThe US said it had agreed to develop a plan with Israel that would enable aid to reach civilians in the Hamas-governed territory, as UN aid agencies warned that hospitals' fuel supplies were unlikely to last more than 24 hours, water was extremely limited and shops only had a few days of food left.\n\nThere have been hopes of opening Egypt's Rafah crossing to let lorryloads of urgently needed aid in and Palestinians with foreign passports out. But an Israeli strike reportedly damaged a building at the crossing on Monday.\n\nIsrael cut electricity and most water and stopped deliveries of food and medicine through its crossings in response to an unprecedented cross-border attack by Hamas militants on 7 October in which at least 1,300 people were killed and 199 others taken hostage.\n\nAround 3,000 people have been killed in Israel's bombardment of Gaza since then, according to health officials.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: 'Where would we go?' - the families staying in Gaza City\n\nThe BBC's Rushdi Abu Alouf in Khan Younis says that what happened overnight in southern Gaza is very worrying for the hundreds of thousands of people who have complied with last Friday's order from the Israeli military to evacuate northern Gaza for their \"own safety\".\n\nLocal officials in Khan Younis said three Israeli air strikes left more than 100 people dead, most of whom were displaced.\n\nAmin Hneideq said his daughter was wounded by a bomb that destroyed a nearby home and killed a family who had fled southwards. \"They brought them from the north just to strike them in the south,\" he told Reuters news agency.\n\nThe Israeli military said on Tuesday morning that it had struck operational command centres, military infrastructure with operatives inside, and hideouts belonging to Hamas in Khan Younis and Rafah, to the south, as well as two northern areas.\n\nLater, it announced that a strike had killed a top Hamas military commander, Ayman Nofal, who it described as \"one of the most dominant figures in the terrorist organisation\". Hamas said he died in a strike in Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza.\n\nMany displaced people in Khan Younis told the BBC that they were planning to pack up their belongings and return to their homes.\n\nOne man said he had been sleeping in the street for the last couple of days, and that he would prefer to die in dignity than to die from thirst.\n\nKhan Younis, Rafah and other southern communities have been overwhelmed by the need to accommodate and feed more than 600,000 displaced people. Another 400,000 people have sought shelter elsewhere in the Strip.\n\n\"Every day it's a daily mission for everyone to go to find things to feed their children,\" filmmaker Yousef Hammash told BBC Radio 5 Live, adding that everyone was suffering extreme stress and were existing in \"survival mode\".\n\nSome water was brought to Khan Younis from a store in Gaza City on Tuesday, which was risky because there was no guarantee the lorries would not be targeted by Israeli forces.\n\nThe UN's agency for Palestinian refugees, Unrwa, said Israel opened one line of water to southern Gaza for three hours on Monday, but that only 14% of the Strip's 2.2 million population were able to benefit.\n\nGaza's last functioning seawater desalination plant was also forced to shut down due to a lack of fuel, increasing concerns over dehydration and waterborne diseases.\n\nThe hospital in Khan Younis, which has been struggling to treat some of the 12,500 people so far wounded in air strikes, said it would run out of fuel for its back-up generators at midnight, placing the lives of patients at serious risk.\n\nPeople have been trying to secure additional fuel at local petrol stations and companies, which would allow the hospital to keep functioning.\n\nThe World Food Programme also said that food shops in Gaza had just four or five days of supplies left. It added that there might be a few days' more in warehouses, but the Israeli strikes were making access very difficult.\n\nDespite such warnings, an Israeli military spokesman insisted that \"there is no humanitarian crisis right now in Gaza\".\n\n\"We do not have the commitment to supply Hamas electricity,\" Lt Col Richard Hecht told BBC Newsnight.\n\n\"People who attacked us, they've been in control for multiple years already in the Gaza Strip. They have electricity... I also see water in the south of Gaza.\"\n\nThe UN human rights office meanwhile said Israel's order for 1.1 million civilians to evacuate, combined with the imposition of its \"complete siege\" on Gaza, could constitute the \"forcible transfer of civilians in violation of international law\".\n\nA spokeswoman also said reports of attacks on civilians attempting to flee had to be investigated independently and warned that \"we cannot have collective punishment of an entire population because of an attack by militants.\"\n\nShe appealed again for Hamas and other Palestinian militant groups to immediately and unconditionally release all of the hostages being held in Gaza and to stop firing indiscriminate rockets at Israeli cities and towns.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: 'Bring my baby back home' says mother of Israeli-French hostage\n\nOvernight, Hamas released a video of a 21-year-old Israeli-French woman, Mia Shem, who said she was captured at a music festival where at least 260 other partygoers were massacred.\n\nOn Tuesday, her mother Keren told a news conference: \"I'm begging the world to bring my baby back home. She only went to a party to have some fun. And now she's in Gaza and she's not the only one.\n\n\"There are babies and children and old people, Holocaust survivors, who were kidnapped... This is a crime against humanity.\"\n\nIn a separate development, the Israeli military said it had carried out new strikes on targets belonging to the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah in response to cross-border anti-tank missile fire.\n\nTroops also killed four militants who attempted to infiltrate Israeli territory and plant an explosive device, it added.\n\nThe Israeli military and Hezbollah have been exchanging fire almost daily since Hamas's attack, raising fears of a regional war.", "Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology is \"too important not to get right\", a top Google executive has told the BBC.\n\nIt has the potential for \"huge breakthroughs\" across industries, said Matt Brittin, president of Google for Europe, the Middle East and Africa.\n\nThere has been a long-running global debate about the risks and rewards of AI.\n\nMr Brittin was speaking as Google agreed a joint research partnership with the University of Cambridge.\n\nAs part of it, the tech giant will provide a grant for the university's new Centre for Human-Inspired AI, where academics and scientists from Cambridge and Google will come together.\n\nThe long-term agreement will focus on a number of areas including robotics, healthcare and climate change.\n\nThe partnership comes ahead of the UK's AI safety summit at Bletchley Park, at which the government hopes some of the biggest names in the industry will convene.\n\nIt has been prompted by an intensifying debate about the potential benefits of AI - and attempts by regulators in multiple countries to devise regulations for the rapidly advancing field.\n\n\"If we get it right, there could be huge breakthroughs in health, the potential for unlimited, clean energy, and a society where everyone has opportunities through education and powerful, intelligent tools.\n\n\"So this is a huge opportunity for us to do that,\" said Mr Brittin.\n\nVice president of research at Google DeepMind, and professor of information engineering at Cambridge University, Zoubin Ghahramani told the BBC the research the new centre would do could help address climate problems.\n\nRobotics and AI research is already under way at Cambridge's Centre for Human-Inspired AI\n\nAI tools have been used to optimise flight paths to reduce the amount of contrails - vapour trails left across skies by aeroplanes.\n\n\"It may not seem like an obvious use, but it is actually very valuable to address the impact of air travel,\" Prof Ghahramani said.\n\nMr Brittin said sustainability and solutions for addressing a climate crisis had been a long-term focus for Google and its AI arm, DeepMind, saying its research helped reduce energy consumption and costs in the tech giant's data centres.\n\n\"I joined the company in 2007, and that was the year we became carbon neutral - we became one of the world's biggest purchasers of renewables,\" Mr Brittin said, adding that Google's recent UK power purchase agreements will see services used in the country running on almost entirely carbon-free energy by 2025.\n\nHe also pointed to global projects such as sequencing traffic lights to reduce pollution, and using Google Maps to find fuel-efficient routes or the best place for solar panels.\n\nOthers, though, have raised concerns that the AI revolution Google is helping to fuel is causing great environmental damage, with one academic calling it \"an enormous extractive industry for the 21st Century\".\n\nA recent study suggested the sector's explosive growth could soon see it use as much energy as a country the size of the Netherlands, leading its author to say AI should be used only where absolutely necessary.", "Almena Amica was described as \"dedicated to her family, friends and faith\"\n\nA woman has died after a bus crashed into a cafe in Manchester, injuring 11 other people.\n\nAlmena Amica, 77, died in hospital after the bus struck the T4 bubble tea cafe in the Piccadilly Gardens area of the city centre on Monday afternoon.\n\nA 64-year-old man has been questioned on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving and was later bailed.\n\nPaying tribute to her, Ms Amica's family said her presence would be \"hugely missed\".\n\nMs Amica was among pedestrians who were injured when the bus crashed at about 13:15 BST, with several passengers also hurt.\n\nHer family said: \"She loved music, gardening, TV soaps and nature. She was the senior member of our family, the eldest sister and great-great aunt.\n\n\"She was well-loved, our matriarch, and her presence will be hugely missed.\"\n\nThey added that Ms Amica, who was known to many as Mena, was \"dedicated to her family, friends and faith\".\n\nThe bus crashed into a bubble tea cafe at Piccadilly Gardens in the city centre\n\nGreater Manchester Police said the other causalities were either treated at the scene or in hospital for minor injuries.\n\nSgt Louise Warhurst said: \"This was a tragic incident witnessed by a lot of people in a busy area of the city centre.\n\n\"The investigation is progressing thanks to many calls with information received from the public.\"\n\nShe urged anyone with information to get in touch with the force as investigations continue.\n\nWhy not follow BBC North West on Facebook, X and Instagram? You can also send story ideas to northwest.newsonline@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Peter Bone has been suspended as a Conservative MP after an investigation found he had bullied and was sexually inappropriate around a former member of staff.\n\nParliament's behaviour watchdog found Mr Bone had exposed himself to an aide and physically struck him.\n\nThe watchdog recommended suspending him from the Commons for six weeks.\n\nMr Bone has denied the allegations, calling them \"without foundation\", and is appealing the decision.\n\nThe Conservative Party has now withdrawn the whip from the MP, meaning he will sit as an independent and will not be able to stand for re-election as a Tory candidate.\n\nIf MPs approve the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards' recommendation of a six-week Commons ban for Mr Bone it could lead to a by-election in his Wellingborough constituency - a Conservative safe seat with a vote majority of nearly 20,000.\n\nParliament's Independent Expert Panel (IEP) found Mr Bone broke Parliament's sexual misconduct rules by indecently exposing himself to the staffer during an overseas trip.\n\nThe investigation was based on a complaint made to the body by a former member of staff, over alleged behaviour which took place more than 10 years ago.\n\nThe panel also upheld five allegations of bullying, including \"instructing, or physically forcing, the complainant to put his hands in his lap when Mr Bone was unhappy with him or his work\".\n\nIt also found he \"verbally belittled, ridiculed, abused and humiliated\" him, and \"repeatedly physically struck and threw things\" at him, including hitting him with his hand or an object such as a pencil or a rolled-up document.\n\nThe panel also upheld an allegation that Mr Bone \"repeatedly pressurised\" the staffer to give him a massage in the office. It found this was bullying, but not sexual misconduct.\n\nA spokeswoman for government Chief Whip Simon Hart said: \"Following a report by the Independent Expert Panel, the chief whip has removed the Conservative whip from Peter Bone MP.\"\n\nAny suspension for Mr Bone would have to be approved by his fellow MPs via a vote in the House of Commons.\n\nIf approved, this would trigger a recall petition that could potentially lead to a by-election in Mr Bone's Northamptonshire constituency.\n\nThe seat is due to become a target for Labour at the next general election, when the constituency boundary changes to take in the nearby towns of Rushden and Higham Ferrers.\n\nLiberal Democrat Chief Whip Wendy Chamberlain said: \"This is too little too late, it shouldn't have taken this long for (Rishi) Sunak to act.\"\n\nShe added that \"serious questions remain\" over the handling of the case by the Conservative Party \"and what successive prime ministers knew about Peter Bone's conduct\".\n\nThe Conservative Party launched an investigation into Mr Bone's conduct in 2018, but the party says \"the complainant withdrew from the process before the case was heard\".\n\nIn July 2022, then Prime Minister Boris Johnson appointed Mr Bone to the job of deputy Commons leader, which involves handling how complaints of bullying are dealt with. He was sacked from the role by Mr Johnson's successor Liz Truss.\n\nThe Lib Dems are calling for Rishi Sunak to order a Cabinet Office inquiry \"to get to the bottom of this matter once and for all\".", "Britney Spears and Justin Timberlake dated in their late teens\n\nBritney Spears had an abortion after getting pregnant with Justin Timberlake, according to excerpts from her upcoming memoir.\n\nThe pop star's new book, The Woman in Me, focuses in part on her 13-year conservatorship under her father James Spears.\n\nJustin was \"not happy\" about Britney being pregnant, according to parts of the book published in People magazine.\n\n\"He said we weren't ready to have a baby in our lives,\" she says.\n\nThe pop star duo dated in their late teens between 1999 and 2002.\n\nJustin was \"so sure that he didn't want to be a father\", Britney writes.\n\nShe says she did not know if having the procedure was the right decision, and that she would not have had an abortion if the choice was \"left up to me alone\".\n\n\"For me, it wasn't a tragedy. I loved Justin so much. I always expected us to have a family together one day. This would just be much earlier than I'd anticipated.\"\n\nThe BBC has reached out to Justin Timberlake for comment.\n\nBritney has since gone on to have two children - Sean Preston, 18, and Jayden James, 17 - with her second husband, Kevin Federline. Justin is married to actress Jessica Biel and they have two sons.\n\nThe 41-year-old's book is set to be published on 24 October - two years after the end of her conservatorship which she says \"stripped her of her womanhood\".\n\nThe singer has previously called the arrangement abusive. It was set up by her father in 2008 after she experienced a public breakdown, during which she shaved her head.\n\nShe testified in court in 2021 that she had been drugged, forced to perform against her will and prevented from having more children.\n\nHer father had power over her finances and career decisions as well as major personal matters, such as her visits to her teenage sons and whether she could get remarried.\n\nIn her book, she offers more insights into the \"soul-crushing\" arrangement.\n\n\"The woman in me was pushed down for a long time,\" Britney writes. \"They wanted me to be wild onstage, the way they told me to be, and to be a robot the rest of the time.\"\n\nShaving her head and \"acting out\" were her ways of pushing back. \"But under the conservatorship I was made to understand that those days were now over,\" she says.\n\nAmong several allegations, she says her father repeatedly told her she looked fat and infantilised her. She claims the conservatorship eventually stripped her of her passion for performing.\n\nThe book also features more joyous moments from her childhood, including when she went back to high school in Kentwood, Louisiana, in search of normalcy.\n\n\"There was something so beautifully normal about that period of my life: going to homecoming and prom, driving around our little town, going to the movies,\" she writes.\n\nThe normalcy would be short lived. Britney says she was quickly called back to performing, signing a deal with Jive Records at age 15, later going on to release hits Baby One More Time and Oops!... I Did It Again.\n\nSince the end of her conservatorship, Britney has recorded several more hits. She also married her boyfriend Sam Asghari, though the couple divorced after a year.\n\nShe says the years after her conservatorship have allowed her to construct a new identity.\n\n\"I've had to say, Wait a second, this is who I was - someone passive and pleasing. A girl. And this is who I am now - someone strong and confident. A woman,\" she writes.", "There is \"no room\" for tax cuts or spending increases before an election, an influential think tank has warned.\n\nIn its annual health check of UK tax, spend and borrowing, the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) says the country is \"in a horrible fiscal bind\".\n\nThe warning comes as the tax burden rises significantly, with 4.5 million more people dragged into higher income tax thresholds by 2028, the IFS says.\n\nThe IFS calculates that the tax revenue raised by the prime minister's decision to freeze tax thresholds for six years is effectively a tax rise worth £52bn a year by 2028.\n\nThe very high rates of inflation since the policy was announced have pushed up the original forecast of £8bn a year for revenue raised in 2026.\n\nThe institute warns that pre-election tax cuts could prove \"unsustainable\" and \"ultimately mean a protracted recession\" as interest rates are forced even higher.\n\nThe next general election must be held by January 2025.\n\n\"With taxes at record levels, and government revenues forecast to exceed non-interest spending for the first time in a generation, you might expect plenty of room for either tax cuts or spending increases.\n\n\"But poor growth and very high spending on debt interest over the next few years mean that the national debt is stuck at close to 100% of national income, even with tight spending settlements and further big tax rises in the pipeline,\" he adds, warning of \"a protracted period of high taxes and tight spending,\" says Paul Johnson, IFS director.\n\nA rise in the cost of government borrowing, because of higher interest rates than forecast at the Budget, is likely to significantly increase overall levels of borrowing, the IFS says.\n\nThe economy is also forecast to grow slowly or even endure a shallow recession next year, according to the Green Budget.\n\nAll of this occurs against a backdrop of significant long-term pressures on public finances, from spending on social care to the NHS.\n\nThe IFS estimate that the government's recently announced NHS workforce plan could, by itself, cost £50bn a year long term.\n\nThe official forecasts used by the government are to be released next month alongside the Autumn Statement.\n\nChancellor Jeremy Hunt told the BBC that the UK had to be \"prudent with the public finances\" and \"prepared for volatility and shocks\".\n\nHe said instability from Russia's invasion of Ukraine was \"proving much more protracted than people hoped\" and that \"we have to be honest with people that this is going to take some time\".\n\nBut he faces pressure from within his own party and from the opposition.\n\nThe former PM Liz Truss is planning to release what her allies call a \"Growth Budget\" ahead of his Autumn Statement.\n\nLabour believes that the economy needs more investment, and plan to spend £20bn more by the end of the next Parliament, if they win the next election.", "Stonehenge's Altar Stone may not be from Wales, as had been thought\n\nThe largest \"bluestone\" at the heart of Stonehenge may not be from Wales, according to new research.\n\nThe Altar Stone was believed to be from old red sandstone in south Wales - rocks that extend in the east across Britain.\n\nThis was assumed to be near the Preseli hills, in Pembrokeshire, where most of Stonehenge's bluestones come from.\n\nAberystwyth University researchers now say its origins could be from northern parts of the UK.\n\nThe six-tonne Altar Stone had traditionally been grouped with the other, smaller, igneous bluestones, although when it arrived at Stonehenge is unclear.\n\nThe bluestones are believed to have been among the first erected at the Wiltshire site about 5,000 years ago.\n\nNow Aberystwyth scientists have compared analysis of the Altar Stone with 58 samples of old red sandstone from across Wales and the Welsh borders.\n\nThey found the Altar Stone's composition could not be matched with any of these locations.\n\nAccording to the researchers the Altar Stone contains a lot of barium - a kind of metal.\n\nThe university said this was unusual and could help reveal its source.\n\nProfessor Nick Pearce said: \"The conclusions we've drawn from this is that the Altar Stone doesn't come from Wales.\n\nAttention could now turn to areas like northern England and Scotland to find the Altar Stone's origin\n\n\"Perhaps we should also now remove the Altar Stone from the broad grouping of bluestones and consider it independently.\n\n\"For the last 100 years the Stonehenge Altar Stone has been considered to have been derived from the old red sandstone sequences of south Wales, in the Anglo-Welsh basin, although no specific location was identified.\n\n\"The altar stone appears not, in fact, to come from the old red sandstone of the Anglo-Welsh basin - it is not from south Wales.\"\n\nHe said attention could now turn to areas like northern England and Scotland to try and find its origin.\n\nThe research was published in the Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports.", "Flowers have been left on Wharton Terrace next to a police cordon\n\nA man has been charged with murder after a 70-year-old died in Hartlepool, counter-terrorism police said.\n\nTerrence Carney was found seriously injured on Tees Street on Sunday morning and died at the scene.\n\nAnother man was found with non-life threatening injuries at a property half a mile away.\n\nAhmed Alid, from Wharton Terrace, has been charged with murder and attempted murder.\n\nThe 44-year-old is due to appear at Westminster Magistrates' Court in London on Tuesday.\n\nHe was charged on Monday evening following an investigation by Counter Terrorism Policing North East and Cleveland Police.\n\nPolice were called to a property in Wharton Terrace at around 05:17 BST on Sunday, and found the man with non-life threatening injuries. He remains in hospital.\n\nShortly after, officers found Mr Carney half a mile away in Tees Street, where he died despite efforts from the emergency services.\n\nDet Ch Supt James Dunkerley, head of Counter Terrorism Policing North East, said the force was \"satisfied that this was an isolated incident and are not seeking anyone else in connection with this matter.\n\n\"We are grateful for the support and understanding of the local community during this investigation, which has caused understandable concern among local people.\"\n\nDeputy Chief Constable Victoria Fuller, from Cleveland Police, added: \"I am extremely proud of the bravery of the attending officers, that enabled the incident to be dealt with swiftly.\n\n\"We would also like to add our thanks to the local community for their support during this investigation.\n\n\"Our thoughts remain with the family of Mr Carney, and the second man involved in Sunday's incident.\"", "Midleton in County Cork was \"impassable\" as a month's worth of rain fell\n\nA yellow weather warning for rain is in place for Northern Ireland as Storm Babet is due to bring heavy and prolonged downpours.\n\nThe Met Office warning began at 14:00 BST on Wednesday and will end at 10:00 on Thursday.\n\nThe main focus is on counties Antrim and Down, where the heaviest rain is most likely on high ground.\n\nIn the Republic of Ireland, the army has been deployed in County Cork as weather conditions worsen.\n\nMore than 100 homes have been flooded in the town of Midleton, Cork County Council said.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Cork County Council This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThe road network has been severely disrupted and the council is asking drivers to make only essential journeys.\n\nIrish Defence Forces have been deployed to the area to provide support.\n\nThere are also reports of homes being flooded in a number of other areas across the county. The council estimates that a month's worth of rain has fallen in the last 24 hours.\n\nIt is expected rainfall will vary quite a bit in Northern Ireland, with the Mourne Mountains expected to be hit with heavy downpours.\n\nHigher ground to the east could see up to 100mm of rain, close to what is expected during the whole month of October.\n\nAbout 30-50mm of rain can be expected over some lower areas of Northern Ireland.\n\nAlthough rain is expected to be the main impact of Storm Babet, some very strong and gusty winds from the south east are also forecast.\n\nTogether with the rain, the wind could make impacts worse, especially around the east coast.\n\nThe Met Office is warning of possible flooding, difficult travel conditions, and that power and other essential services could be affected.\n\nStorm Babet would be the second named storm of the season after Storm Agnes caused disruption in parts of Northern Ireland last month.\n\nIn the Republic of Ireland, a Status Orange rain warning has been issued for counties Cork, Kerry and Waterford.\n\nPedestrians may need their coats and umbrellas as Storm Babet moves towards Northern Ireland\n\nGardaí (Irish police) said Midleton was \"impassable\" to traffic due to ongoing adverse weather conditions.\n\nIn a statement, Cork County Mayor Cllr Frank O'Flynn said: \"I am calling on the people of Cork to please avoid unnecessary travel, take extreme care if you must set off on a journey and please think of vulnerable road users, especially pedestrians and cyclists.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The SNP leader said the council tax freeze show his party is \"delivering for people when they need it the most\"\n\nCouncil tax rates are to be frozen across Scotland, First Minister Humza Yousaf has announced.\n\nThe SNP leader made the announcement during his closing speech at his party's conference in Aberdeen.\n\nThe Scottish government had previously proposed raising council tax rates by as much as 22.5% for homes in higher bands.\n\nBut Mr Yousaf has pledged they will remain at the current levels when councils set their budgets for 2024-25.\n\nHe described the proposed freeze as evidence of \"the SNP delivering for people when they need it most\".\n\nMr Yousaf did not set out how the government would make up the budgetary shortfall for councils who would have raised taxes.\n\nThe levy generates about 13% of local government funding, with most of their cash coming from Holyrood funding.\n\nCouncil tax had either been either frozen or capped at 3% since the SNP came to power in 2007, with the Scottish government providing local authorities with extra funding in return.\n\nBut councils have been allowed to use new powers to set their own rates for the past two years, with most areas seeing rises of between 4% and 7% this year - although residents of Orkney saw their bills increase by 10%.\n\nThe SNP had a long-standing commitment to scrap and replace council tax and Mr Yousaf said he remained committed to reforming local taxation.\n\nCosla, which represents local authorities, said it had not been warned about the council tax freeze in advance.\n\n\"This has longer term implications for all councils right across the country, at a time when we know there are acute financial pressures, and where we are jointly looking at all local revenue raising options,\" a spokesperson said.\n\nMr Yousaf also said his government would spend an additional £300m on tackling NHS waiting lists in the next three years and raise arts and culture funding by £100m over the next five years.\n\nThe first minister, whose has family members are trapped in Gaza, called on the UK government to create a refugee resettlement scheme for those caught up in the conflict.\n\nHe said Scotland would be \"willing to be the first country in the UK to offer safety and sanctuary to those caught up in these terrible attacks\".\n\nHe condemned the Hamas attack in Israel and the \"collective punishment\" of people in Gaza and called for the UK government to support medical evacuations of injured civilians from Gaza.\n\nThe tearful Mr Yousaf issued an emotional call for unity as he said there was \"no room\" for hatred of any kind in Scotland.\n\nFollowing the SNP's heavy defeat to Labour in the Rutherglen and Hamilton West by-election, the first minister told party members they could \"either spend time feeling sorry for ourselves\", or \"roll up our sleeves and work harder than ever before for the people of Scotland\".\n\nHe urged delegates to unite behind the party's independence strategy, based on winning a majority of seats at the next general election, to help build a \"sustained majority\" for Yes.\n\nMr Yousaf said independence was \"neither untested nor unobtainable\" as he insisted a united SNP could \"make it happen\".\n\nThe most eye-catching announcement in what was a policy rich speech was the decision to freeze council tax next year.\n\nThat means that whoever you are, wherever you live, your council tax bill will not increase in the 2024/25 financial year.\n\nThat is a far cry from the possibility of big tax rises for those in more expensive proprieties - an idea that the Scottish government and councils have been consulting on.\n\nHumza Yousaf did not spell out how the freeze would be funded at a time when councils are under major financial pressures. That is to be negotiated with local government.\n\nThe announcement has taken councils by total surprise despite them striking a recent agreement with the Scottish government on joint-working.\n\nIt should be seen as a political response to the electoral pressure the SNP is under, as demonstrated by their defeat in the Rutherglen and Hamilton West by-election.\n\nParty sources say they want to recover popularity by focussing more on key issues of public concern like the cost of living and the NHS.\n\nThere was a time when the SNP sought to abolish council tax. Humza Yousaf now talks about reforming it to make it fairer. But in the short term it will just not be allowed to increase.\n\nOther key announcements included plans to issue the first ever Scottish government bonds on the international bond market to raise funds for infrastructure projects, and plans to \"anchor a new offshore wind supply chain\" in Scotland with up to £500m in funding over five years - with the government aiming to ensure vital parts such as turbines are made at home instead of being imported from abroad.\n\nThe SNP leader said issuing the first ever Scottish government investment bonds by 2026 - subject to \"due diligence and market testing\" - would help enhance Scotland's global standing.\n\n\"This will bring Scotland to the attention of investors across the world,\" he said.\n\n\"We will also demonstrate the credibility to international markets that we will need when we become an international country.\"\n\nThe first minister also announced a pilot scheme for £1,000 to be given to domestic abuse survivors fleeing their partners as part of a £500,000 \"fund to leave\" which will be distributed to Women's Aid groups for pilot schemes in Glasgow, South Lanarkshire, North Lanarkshire, Edinburgh and Fife.\n\nNicola Sturgeon has backed the SNP's new independence strategy\n\nMr Yousaf said the government will commit £400,000 to the redevelopment of Union Street in Aberdeen city centre, as well as supporting the Eden Project in Dundee, the Clyde Mission in Glasgow and improvement works in the St James Quarter in Edinburgh.\n\nHe pledged ministers will invest an extra £100m in each of the next three years to cut NHS waiting lists by an estimated 100,000 patients by 2026, when the next Holyrood election is scheduled to take place.\n\nThe number of patients on hospital waiting lists in Scotland has increased to 667,746, quarterly figures to June showed. That was up from almost 625,000 in February.\n\nHome Secretary Suella Braverman came in for criticism during the speech as Mr Yousaf criticised the UK government's immigration policy.\n\nHe condemned Ms Braverman for warning of a \"hurricane\" of migration coming to the UK and said that with independence Scotland could decide its own immigration policy.\n\nReferencing a viral social media post from the Tory conference, he said: \"Suella Braverman's most compassionate moment came when she stood on the tail of a guide dog.\"\n\nTaking aim at Labour, the first minister told delegates he had \"no idea what Keir Starmer stands for\".\n\nHumza Yousaf's speech went down very well with those in the conference hall. There were whoops, standing ovations and applause aplenty.\n\nBut there's no denying SNP conference is smaller (and perhaps feels a bit flatter) than previous years.\n\nNot only has the conference been moved to a smaller hall than last year, but there were still quite a few empty seats for Mr Yousaf's speech.\n\nAberdeen can be a long journey for many delegates, and attending any political party conference isn't cheap.\n\nBut the SNP will hope that a quieter conference won't mean fewer activists willing to put a shift in for the party at the next election.\n\nThe SNP's new independence strategy, agreed by delegates on Sunday, has ditched Nicola Sturgeon's plan for a de facto referendum.\n\nHowever, arriving at the conference on Monday, she gave her \"full unequivocal support\" to the new plan.\n\nIn his keynote speech Mr Yousaf thanked Ms Sturgeon, who he credited with having \"transformed Scotland\".\n\nThe top line of the party's manifesto will be \"vote SNP for Scotland to become an independent country\", the conference was told.\n\n\"And that's because independence is about building a better Scotland,\" Mr Yousaf said.\n\n\"It's about raising living standards. It's about protecting our NHS. Above all, it's about a stronger economy.\n\n\"An economy that works for everyone who lives here.\"", "Yahel, left, has been confirmed as dead. Mother Lianne, centre, was also killed - sister Noiya, right, is missing.\n\nA British teenager who went missing after Hamas's attack on southern Israel was murdered, her family have told BBC News.\n\nYahel, 13, disappeared after militants attacked Kibbutz Be'eri and killed her British-born mother Lianne.\n\nFamily members have now confirmed to BBC News that Yahel was also killed. Her sister Noiya, 16, and Israeli father Eli are still missing.\n\nYahel's family said she was \"full of adventure and mischief\".\n\nIn a statement to BBC News, they said: \"Beautiful Yahel. A bundle of unbridled energy and joy, with a cheekiness that you could not help but smile at and a brain which was sharp as a tack.\n\n\"Full of adventure and mischief, we will forever miss her, but are grateful for the light she brought into our lives in the too short time she was with us.\"\n\nRelatives based in the UK said the family visited at least once a year, and spoke of the \"joy on [the girls'] faces as they ripped open gifts\".\n\nOn Monday, Lianne's British family said she was \"a beloved daughter, sister, mother, aunt and friend who enriched the lives of all those lucky enough to have known and loved her\".\n\nLianne, 48, first moved to Israel as a volunteer on a kibbutz when she was 19, before relocating there permanently.\n\n\"She lived a beautiful life and will be sorely missed by the heartbroken family and friends she leaves behind,\" her family added.\n\nThe family has not released the girls' surname.\n\nYahel, pictured here with climbing and diving equipment, was described as \"full of adventure\"\n\nRaz Matalon, Eli's brother-in-law, said he had a great relationship with Yahel, who he described as the \"funny one\" of the girls in their family.\n\nHe told the BBC he was still holding out hopes the rest of the missing family members would be found safe, adding that he did not know how he was going to manage the funeral arrangements.\n\n\"Now I have to arrange the funeral of... Lianne and Yahel and I don't know even how to do it because I never did one funeral. How can you arrange two or three or four? What do you say?\"\n\nHe called on Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to visit Israel like the leaders of the US, France and Germany had, adding: \"I think it's the right thing to do.\"\n\nWhatsApp messages seen by the BBC reveal the chaos that engulfed the Be'eri community when Hamas militants began targeting southern Israel with rockets at around 06:30 local time on 7 October.\n\nLianne messaged family members to say she could hear gunfire and shouting in Arabic nearby. Living so close to the Gaza barrier, she was no stranger to security alerts. But \"this is a whole other story\", she told them.\n\nHer husband's brother Yossi, his wife Nira, and their three daughters were also caught up in the attack.\n\nExtended family members who were trying to contact their relatives in the kibbutz refrained from sending messages because they feared the sound of their phones could give them away if they were hiding from the gunmen.\n\nSeven hours passed before they received word from Be'eri about the scale of the attack.\n\nYossi and one of his children have officially been declared as hostages.\n\nYahel, right, with sister Noiya, who is still missing\n\nRishi Sunak said on Monday that \"at least\" six British citizens have died, with a further 10 people missing.\n\nThe prime minister said during a cabinet meeting on Tuesday that Hamas was responsible for the \"murder and suspected abduction of British nationals\", Downing Street said.\n\nAsked if the government fears some of the 10 missing British citizens are being held captive, Mr Sunak's official spokesman said: \"It's a dynamic situation.\n\n\"I think sadly the full details of this attack are still becoming clear.\"\n\nInternational development minister Andrew Mitchell earlier told BBC Radio 4's Today programme the government was \"extremely concerned\" about missing British nationals in Israel.\n\nHe would not be drawn on whether discussions were taking place about the return of hostages via direct channels with Gazan authorities, but said the UK was doing \"everything\" it can to secure their release.\n\nAt least 1,400 Israelis were killed in the Hamas attack when gunmen infiltrated communities near the Gaza Strip.\n\nMore than 2,700 Palestinians have been killed in numerous air strikes against Gaza by the Israeli military that were launched following the attack.\n\nAround 500 British nationals have left Israel in recent days on flights chartered by the British government.\n\nSign up for our morning newsletter and get BBC News in your inbox.", "Christopher Steele, a former MI6 agent, wrote the dossier that alleged collusion\n\nDonald Trump's lawyer says he wants to give evidence in the British courts as he sues over the \"Steele Dossier\" that alleged he bribed officials and took part in sex parties in Russia.\n\nThe former president's lawyers told the High Court he is seeking \"vindication\" for the false allegations from 2017.\n\nMr Steele's company, Orbis Business Intelligence, says it did not make the document public.\n\nThe case stems from 2016, when a US political consultancy asked Mr Steele's company to produce a report into potential Russian interference in that year's US general election.\n\nThe project was reportedly paid for by Hillary Clinton's Democrats and other political opponents of Mr Trump.\n\nMr Steele, the former head of MI6's Russia desk, later sent his findings to the FBI, a British national security officer and an aide to a senior US senator.\n\nThe dossier, later obtained and published by BuzzFeed News, detailed uncorroborated intelligence claims that Mr Trump had a \"compromising relationship with the Kremlin\".\n\nOn Monday the High Court was told in written submissions that the dossier detailed untrue allegations that Mr Trump had \"engaged in perverted sexual behaviour\".\n\nHugh Tomlinson KC, for the 77-year-old former president, said the dossier also falsely claimed he had \"paid bribes to Russian officials to further his business interests\" and \"took part in sex parties in St Petersburg\".\n\n\"[He] intends to discharge his burden by giving evidence in this court,\" the lawyer said, should the case go to full trial in the future.\n\nThe allegations, the court heard, were at the heart of the claim for damages because they amounted to a breach of the UK's strict data protection laws that govern what can be done with personal information, even if the information is not true.\n\n\"The [dossier] contains shocking and scandalous claims about the personal conduct of President Trump,\" Mr Tomlinson said. \"The defendant has never sought to qualify or withdraw the allegation.\"\n\nHe said that Mr Trump \"often expresses himself in very strong language and his interactions with the US legal system have been many and varied.\"\n\n\"None of this is relevant to the question of whether the personal data is accurate.\"\n\nHe said Mr Trump \"begins this case because he seeks a vindication of his legal rights… that the statements in these memoranda are false.\"\n\nIn his witness statement, Mr Trump told the court he had not had time to sue in the UK before now because he had been busy being president.\n\n\"None of these things [in the Steele dossier] ever happened,\" the statement said.\n\n\"I can confirm that I did not, at any time engage in perverted sexual behaviour including the hiring of prostitutes to engage in 'golden showers' in the presidential suite of a hotel in Moscow.\n\nHe said the defendant \"has made no attempt and provided no evidence to prove that the allegations I complain of are true\".\n\nMr Trump said official investigations had debunked the dossier but it continued \"to cause me significant damage and distress\" because people still believed it.\n\n\"The only way that I can fully demonstrate the total inaccuracies … is to begin these proceedings. A judgment of the English court on this issue will be an immense relief to me.\"\n\nAntony White KC, for Orbis, told the court that Mr Trump had accepted that the company was not responsible for BuzzFeed's publication of the document.\n\nWatched on by Mr Steele, Mr White told Mrs Justice Steyn the case had no realistic prospect of winning and the former president had run out of time to even start it.\n\nOrbis had never intended the dossier to become public and had long ago destroyed its own copies of the research.\n\n\"The claim for compensation is principally based on reputational damage allegedly suffered by the claimant,\" Mr White said.\n\n\"Any reputational damage, and any resulting distress, allegedly suffered will have been caused by the BuzzFeed publication, for which the claimant accepts Orbis is not liable.\"\n\nThe hearing before Mrs Justice Steyn concluded today. Judgment has been reserved.", "Junior doctors and consultants joined a picket line at London's Queen Elizabeth Hospital earlier this month\n\nThe government has agreed to meet consultants in the hope of resolving a dispute which has led to strikes in England.\n\nThe British Medical Association (BMA), which represents consultants, said it would not call any more strikes until November to allow time for talks.\n\nThe government says wage rises are not up for negotiation - but it has not ruled out other incentives.\n\nA wave of NHS strikes has led to more than a million appointments and operations being rescheduled.\n\nConsultants and junior doctors in England staged a three-day joint strike at the start of October.\n\nMany health bosses have implored both sides to enter talks, with concerns raised over the prospect of further industrial action during the winter period.\n\nA Department of Health and Social Care spokesperson said it would meet the BMA following its commitment to pause strike action, but consultants had already received a \"fair and reasonable pay rise\" which had been recommended by the independent pay review body, \"alongside generous reforms to their pensions - the BMA's number one ask\".\n\nThis year, consultants have been given a 6% pay rise by the government - as recommended by the independent pay review body.\n\nIt brings their basic salary to between £93,000 and £126,000 depending on experience. But consultants also earn extra - about a quarter more - for things such as being on-call, additional hours and bonuses, according to the Nuffield Trust.\n\nHowever, the 6% pay rise was rejected by the BMA with the union indicating that a figure around 12% would be acceptable, as this would restore pay that has been lost once inflation is taken into account.\n\nDr Vishal Sharma, chair of the BMA consultants committee, said it was \"good to see the government is willing to come to the table\" but added the pay review body needed reform to \"correct the losses that consultants have experienced that have resulted in the current workforce crisis\".\n\n\"We will be expecting to discuss and explore other solutions in the forthcoming talks,\" he added.\n\nIt is thought the refusal of the government to discuss \"headline pay\" may prove a stumbling block in the talks, but the NHS Confederation representing employers said the latest development was a positive step in the right direction.", "The Guinness World Records has crowned Pepper X as the hottest chili pepper in the world, dethroning the Carolina Reaper chili pepper after 10 years.\n\nFor comparison, a habanero pepper typically hits 100,000 Scoville heat units, but Pepper X registers at 2.69 million units.\n\nAs a proprietary pepper, Pepper X pods and seeds will not be sold.\n\nMr Currie cultivated Pepper X for a decade on his South Carolina farm, but remained tight lipped about his project to protect his intellectual property.\n\n\"This was a team effort,\" Mr Currie said in a statement. \"We knew we had something special, so I only let a few of my closest family and friends know what was really going on.\"\n\nIn lab tests at Winthrop University in South Carolina, Pepper X registered an average of 2,693,000 Scoville Heat Units (SHU), which is more than one million units hotter than Mr Currie's previous innovation, the Carolina Reaper which averaged 1,641,183 SHU.\n\nIn 1912 pharmacist Wilbur Scoville invented the Scoville Scale, which measures how many times capsaicin needs to be diluted.\n\nCapsaicin is the chemical that gives humans that burning sensation of peppers - which can release dopamine and endorphins into the body.\n\nAfter overcoming drug and alcohol addictions, Mr Currie started growing peppers as a hobby and says peppers act as a natural high.\n\nThough people tend to believe the spice of a pepper comes from its seeds, capsaicin is contained in the placenta, the tissue which holds the seeds. Because of Pepper X's curves and ridges there is more surface area for the placenta to grow, according to the Guinness World Records.\n\nMr Currie is one of only five people who has eaten an entire Pepper X.\n\n\"I was feeling the heat for three and a half hours. Then the cramps came,\" Mr Currie told the Associated Press.\n\n\"Those cramps are horrible. I was laid out flat on a marble wall for approximately an hour in the rain, groaning in pain.\"\n\nMr Currie said Pepper X is a crossbreed of a Carolina Reaper and a \"pepper that a friend of mine sent me from Michigan that was brutally hot\".\n\nMr Currie's lawyer said 10,000 products used the Carolina Reaper name, without permission.\n\nIn an effort to protect his intellectual property and see profits this time, Pepper X pods and seeds will not be released.\n\nThe only way to taste Pepper X will be through sold hot sauces.", "The 20-year-old activist could be seen being led away by police officers\n\nGreta Thunberg has been detained during a Fossil Free London protest.\n\nThe Swedish climate campaigner had joined other activists outside the InterContinental Hotel on Park Lane where oil executives were meeting.\n\nThe protesters attempted to block access to the hotel by occupying the area by the entrance.\n\nFossil Free London posted on X, formerly known as Twitter: \"Breaking - Greta Thunberg has just been arrested.\"\n\nImages on social media showed the 20-year-old activist being led away by police officers and placed in the back of a marked van.\n\nIn a statement, the Met Police said it had imposed conditions on the activists under Section 14 of the Public Order Act, to \"prevent serious disruption to the community, hotel and guests\", and had asked them to move from the road and on to the pavement.\n\nIt said that \"a number of protesters failed to do so\", which resulted in six arrests for obstruction of the highway, a further 14 arrests for Section 14 breaches and one for criminal damage.\n\nDozens of protesters blocked Hamilton Place, near Park Lane, at both ends. They carried banners and pink umbrellas with eyes painted on, shouting \"oily money out\" and \"cancel the conference\", while some lit yellow and pink smoke flares.\n\nA white fence surrounded the hotel entrance keeping protesters out while police smuggled conference attendees through the crowd of chanting activists.\n\nFossil Free London's protest was organised for the first day of the three-day Energy Intelligence Forum - formerly called the Oil and Money conference - where bosses of Shell and Total were due to speak.\n\nSpeaking at the rally, Ms Thunberg said: \"Behind these closed doors at the Oil and Money conference, spineless politicians are making deals and compromises with lobbyists from destructive industries - the fossil fuel industry.\n\n\"People all over the world are suffering and dying from the consequences of the climate crisis caused by these industries who we allow to meet with our politicians and have privileged access to.\"\n\nShe added: \"That is why we have to take direct action to stop this and to kick oily money out of politics.\"\n\nThe activists accuse fossil fuel companies of deliberately slowing the global energy transition in order to make more profit\n\nDuring the demonstration, activists from Greenpeace abseiled down from the roof of the hotel with a banner reading \"make big oil pay\".\n\nMaja Darlington, from Greenpeace UK, said: \"Oil bosses are toasting each other in a luxury hotel and plotting how to make even larger profits, while millions struggle to rebuild after a summer of extreme weather.\n\n\"Big oil is profiting from humanity's loss and those who have done the least to cause climate change are being forced to pay the price.\"\n\nSpeakers at the conference include the chief executives of Saudi Arabia's Aramco and Norway's Equinor, the German ambassador to the UK and Graham Stuart, Britain's energy security and net zero minister.\n\nMr Stuart has previously said that allowing oil and gas companies to continue drilling the North Sea for resources is necessary for energy security.\n\nListen to the best of BBC Radio London on Sounds and follow BBC London on Facebook, X and Instagram. Send your story ideas to hello.bbclondon@bbc.co.uk\n• None Who is Greta Thunberg and what has she achieved?", "Misspelled dual-language signs have been erected at Haypark Avenue in south Belfast\n\nSpelling mistakes and grammatical errors in dual language street signs are embarrassing for Belfast City Council, a local councillor has said.\n\nSéamas de Faoite was speaking after five misspelled dual language signs were erected in south Belfast.\n\nThe Irish translation of the word park - páirc - has been spelled with an 'e' instead of a 'c'.\n\nMr de Faoite said the mistake occurred when the sign was being printed.\n\n\"It's a pretty obvious mistake that could have been caught before these signs were erected,\" he told BBC News NI.\n\nCouncillor Séamas de Faoite says the mistake is frustrating\n\n\"It appears that the problem here has been when the signs have gone out to print.\n\n\"This shouldn't have happened and the fact that it happened at the last stage of the process is the most frustrating thing for language rights activists, local residents and councillors.\"\n\nHe said he had asked for measures to be put in place to make sure printing errors do not happen again.\n\nBelfast City Council said it is aware of spelling errors on five dual language street signs in three different streets across the city.\n\nIt said the signs are currently in the process of being replaced at no additional cost to the council.\n\n\"We apologise for this error and will be urgently reviewing our quality assurance processes to ensure this does not happen again,\" a spokesperson said.\n\nA new council policy on bilingual street signs came into effect last year.\n\nThis policy allows residents to apply for a dual language street sign in any language where they live.\n\nAlthough Irish is the most popular choice for an alternative language in Belfast, applications can be made for any language including Ulster Scots and Chinese.\n\nIf the application gains the support of 15% of residents on the electoral register it can go forward for approval by the council.\n\nStreet signs are translated by Queen's University Belfast before being installed.\n\nCuisle Nic Liam says the errors are not good enough\n\nHowever, despite a lengthy council approval process, some Irish translations on signs across Belfast have been printed incorrectly.\n\nCuisle Nic Liam, from Irish language campaign group Conradh na Gaeilge, said the mistakes were \"extremely frustrating and disappointing\".\n\n\"The policy that we now have in place in Belfast took decades to get over the line,\" she said.\n\n\"We thought we had tackled all the hurdles and now we're in a position where we are being approached by residents saying signs are going up after a long wait full of spelling mistakes and grammatical errors.\n\n\"It's simply not good enough.\"", "There was a \"lack of urgency\" in government as coronavirus started to spread across the UK, a senior scientific adviser has told the Covid public inquiry.\n\nProf Neil Ferguson said he had become \"extremely concerned\" by 10 March 2020 - two weeks before the first lockdown.\n\nSome officials did not understand the data and \"did not think it was as bad as it was going to be\", he added.\n\nHe wrote directly to a Downing Street adviser to try to raise the alarm.\n\nThe government announced the first UK lockdown on 23 March 2020.\n\nSenior officials, including then-Prime Minister Boris Johnson and then-Health Secretary Matt Hancock, will give evidence to the inquiry in December.\n\nProf Ferguson, director of the school of public health at Imperial College London, became a household name in the early stages of the pandemic with his modelling of the spread of Covid and as a member of the expert committee, Sage.\n\nGiving evidence to the inquiry on Tuesday, he said he realised by late January 2020 that the government's early policy of trying to contain the virus would not be possible with the limited border checks and other measures in place at the time.\n\nIn an email to chief medical officer Sir Chris Whitty on 2 February, he said it was already \"quite likely\" the virus had been imported into the UK from China.\n\nAround the end of February he said he knew that the number of hospital cases was likely to overwhelm the NHS without stronger action to reduce transmission.\n\nBy 10 March he said he was \"extremely concerned\" about the latest data. He told the inquiry he had been \"frustrated\" that some government officials had not \"comprehended the figures\".\n\n\"There was a lack of urgency, let's put it that way,\" he said.\n\nHe emailed Ben Warner, a data scientist brought in to Downing Street by Dominic Cummings, asking him to make sure the prime minister was shown graphs with projections of between 4,000 and 6,000 deaths a day \"under the strategies being considered\".\n\n\"This event is in the natural-disaster category, and the cure (eg massive social distancing, shutdowns) could be worse than the disease,\" he said in the email.\n\nAsked why he sent the message, Prof Ferguson said: \"It felt uncomfortable, but at the time it felt like it needed to be said. I was increasingly concerned about this disconnect between the numbers we were actually presenting, and the reality of what that would actually look like.\"\n\nAround that time the government shifted to a mitigation strategy - advising hand-washing and asking people to work from home if possible and self-isolate if they had a fever or cough.\n\nMitigation was designed to slow the rate of infection and spread the number of cases over a longer period of time - or \"squash the sombrero\" on a graph, as Boris Johnson called it - in an effort to protect the NHS.\n\nProf Neil Ferguson being sworn in at the Covid inquiry in west London\n\nOn 16 March Prof Ferguson and his team published new research suggesting that 250,000 could die without more drastic action.\n\nThe government started to impose stricter measures around that time.\n\nOn 16 March the public were asked to stop all non-essential contact and on 18 March schools were closed, before the full lockdown was announced on 23 March.\n\nProf Ferguson, who apologised to the inquiry for breaching Covid rules himself, denied stepping \"over the line\" as an adviser and telling ministers they needed to shut down the country.\n\n\"I know I'm very much associated with a particular policy... but the reality was a lot more complex,\" he said.\n\n\"What I tried to do was... focus people's minds on what was going to happen and the consequences of current trends.\"\n\nThis second stage of the Covid Inquiry is examining political decision-making during the pandemic, including the timing and effectiveness of lockdowns and other social-distancing restrictions.\n\nIt is taking witness evidence in London until Christmas, before moving to Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland to look specifically at the decisions made by administrations in those parts of the United Kingdom.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: US-Palestinian family mourns: 'We're not in war'\n\nThe last words of a six-year-old Muslim boy stabbed to death in a suspected hate crime over the weekend were \"Mom, I'm fine\", his uncle said as hundreds gathered at the child's funeral.\n\nOn Monday, the Mosque Foundation in the Chicago suburb of Bridgeview was overflowing, with some paying their respects on the pavement outside.\n\nPolice say Wadea al-Fayoume was attacked because he was Muslim. His funeral was held as the family's landlord appeared in court charged with the boy's murder. The 71-year-old suspect was allegedly upset about the Israel-Hamas war.\n\nMourners came from all over the area, some from much farther away, to express their grief and anger over the killing.\n\nWadea's mother, 32-year-old Hanaan Shahin, was seriously injured in the attack and was unable to attend her son's funeral as she is recovering in hospital.\n\n\"I'm shocked but I'm not surprised,\" said Sadia Nawab, a mother-of-three who lives near the mosque. \"We're worried about our children, and more worried about the powerless kids around the world that are in Palestine now, that are in Gaza.\"\n\nMourners prayed outside the mosque where the funeral was held\n\nMs Nawab said local schools had taken extra precautions because of events in Israel and Gaza. And in a theme that many mourners repeated, she accused government leaders and media organisations of being biased against Palestinians and encouraging an atmosphere of hate.\n\nAn uncle and family spokesman, Yousef Hannon, said that before the killing \"there was no signs of anything wrong\" between the alleged perpetrator, Joseph Czuba, and the victims.\n\nThe boy and his mother lived in two rented rooms in a house owned by Mr Czuba, who had even come to Wadea's birthday just a few weeks ago, Mr Hannon said.\n\n\"He was friendly to the whole family, but especially to the kid, who he treated like a grandson,\" Mr Hannon told the BBC. \"He brought him gifts, he brought him some toys.\"\n\nMr Hannon said Wadea \"loved his school, loved his teachers, loved his mother\".\n\n\"He loved life,\" he said. \"He was acting like a normal six-year-old child, always with a smile.\"\n\nAnother uncle, Mahmoud Yousef, said: \"When he [Wadea] was stabbed his last words to his mom were, 'Mom, I'm fine.' You know what, he is fine. He's in a better place.\"\n\nA prosecutor said in a court filing that the landlord was angry at Wadea's mother \"for what was going on in Jerusalem\".\n\n\"She responded to him, 'Let's pray for peace,'\" wrote Assistant State's Attorney Michael Fitzgerald. \"Czuba then attacked her with a knife.\"\n\nProsecutors say Mr Czuba had been listening to conservative talk radio and had become increasingly paranoid about the presence of the Palestinian-American family in his home. Wadea was born in the US after his mother came to the country 12 years ago.\n\nAccording to court documents, Mr Czuba's wife told police that her husband feared they would be attacked by people of Middle Eastern descent and, worrying that catastrophe would strike the US power grid, had withdrawn $1,000 (£820) from a bank.\n\nOn Saturday morning, police were called to his house in Plainfield, Illinois, about 40 miles (64km) south-west of Chicago.\n\nAccording to text messages shared by the family with the local chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (Cair), Mr Czuba attempted to choke Ms Shahin and said: \"You Muslims must die.\"\n\nMr Czuba appeared in court on Monday charged with murder, attempted murder, aggravated battery with a deadly weapon and two hate crime counts.\n\nDressed in red jail clothes and with matted, white hair, he was held without bail and ordered to have no contact with Ms Shahin. He spoke only briefly to confirm that he would need a court-ordered public defender and that he understood the charges against him, before he was shackled and led back to the county jail.\n\nSeparately, the US Department of Justice said it was opening a hate crimes investigation.\n\nOn Monday, the yard outside Mr Czuba's house, one of a row of homes along a busy road, was dotted with handmade signs and wooden crosses. Piles of children's toys were visible in the backyard, evidence of the play area that family members said the landlord had built for the boy.\n\nAfter the arrest, neighbours created a makeshift memorial outside the house, with stuffed animals, a Spider-Man pillow, balloons and a sign that read: \"Rest in peace precious boy!\"\n\nWooden crosses outside the house where the stabbings occurred\n\nThere was a heavy security presence at the funeral, which was held in a neighbourhood known as Little Palestine. In this corner of the suburb of Bridgeview, local shops have signs in both English and Arabic and businesses fly the Palestinian and American flags side by side.\n\n\"This child should be in school and instead we are here today for his funeral,\" said Syed Khan, vice-chairman of the Council of Islamic Organizations of Greater Chicago.\n\nMore than 1,400 people in Israel have been killed by Hamas since it launched an unprecedented attack on 7 October. Israel says at least 199 people are being held hostage in Gaza.\n\nIn Gaza, more than 2,700 people have died in Israeli retaliatory strikes.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: Palestinian resident in tears after killing of Muslim boy\n\nSign up for our morning newsletter and get BBC News in your inbox.", "Hundreds of members and staff of the European Parliament had a surprise when their train from Brussels to the French city of Strasbourg ended up at Disneyland Paris instead.\n\nThe special train is chartered once a month to get MEPs between parliament's seats in Brussels and Strasbourg.\n\nBut a signalling error on Monday meant they briefly ended up with an unexpected view of rollercoasters.\n\nOne MEP posted: \"We are NOT a Mickey Mouse parliament.\"\n\nWhile many made light of the mix-up, some said it highlighted the need to stay in Belgium to do business rather than travelling to the north-eastern French city.\n\n\"Could a new Disneyland be a suitable use for the Strasbourg buildings?\" asked Pelle Geertsen, press aide to a Danish MEP, on the issue of whether the European Parliament could permanently settle in Brussels.\n\nThe stopover was not long enough for the MEPs and their aides to sample the rides as the delay lasted just 45 minutes.\n\nFrench railway company SNCF told AFP news agency a track signalling error had made the train miss an interconnecting line it was meant to take as it approached the greater Paris region.\n\nIt was eventually put back on to the correct track for Strasbourg.", "Vendors in the Chinese border city of Heihe complain of a shortage of business\n\nPresident Vladimir Putin has arrived in China, Russia's most important ally, for a key trip that will seek to shore up an alliance against the West and celebrate ties between Beijing and Moscow. But how strong are relations between the two countries?\n\nThe small city of Heihe sits along China's border with Russia. Local tourists come here to peek into neighbouring Blagoveshchensk, just across the river, but there are not many of them.\n\nA tour boat sits idle on the water, pumping out happy-sounding Chinese songs in an attempt to attract customers, but with nobody buying tickets it doesn't look like it's going to move all day.\n\nAcross the water, a Russian coastguard ship is parked, and officers pass the time doing exercises on deck in the autumn sun.\n\nWhen Vladimir Putin visited Beijing for the opening of the Winter Olympics at the beginning of last year, he and Xi Jinping announced a new \"no limits\" partnership between their countries.\n\nNow, with Russia's leader back in the Chinese capital, China's state media has been hailing the fruits of this relationship.\n\nIn one way, it has been beneficial for both governments. They can reassure one another when they are frozen out on the world stage, and images of their handshakes are useful to try to show their own people that all is normal, with such powerful friends standing together. However, business activity in their border zones does not appear to live up to the political rhetoric.\n\nA newly-built bridge into Blagoveshchensk from Heihe was celebrated as the symbol of a new era in cross-border trade yet you can observe it for an hour and not see a single vehicle driving in either direction.\n\nIn the heart of the city, behind the small clusters of tourists taking photos across the river, two large multi-storey shopping centres have been closed due to a lack of patronage. One shut just months ago, and we're told the other has been empty for seven years.\n\nSome of the former stallholders are parked in front of the first building selling Russian gifts and gadgets out of the backs of their cars.\n\n\"Business isn't good. There aren't enough tourists,\" one woman says.\n\n\"After Covid, the borders haven't been open for long. There aren't enough Russians coming across. They're poor and they're at war.\"\n\nOthers selling goods nod along as she says this.\n\nIn a street nearby, a woman in a small shop is selling hats made in China, using Russian fur. She says they were once very popular with both Russian and Chinese customers but that recently her business has been struggling.\n\n\"You can't compare now to the past,\" she says. \"Just take a look at the streets. They're empty. In the past they were filled with potential buyers.\"\n\nThis lorry driver says he transports more Russian goods than before\n\nThere is however, one group which is more upbeat about Russia-China trade: the lorry drivers waiting to enter the riverboat port.\n\n\"I'm carrying soybeans, wheat and barley, all from Russia, and it's busier than before,\" says one driver.\n\n\"I'm transporting sand and coal from Russia. Others are moving containers with food,\" says another.\n\nAnd the entrance to the port does look busy, with all manner of materials being hauled in and out. Cranes are lifting steel frames, coal and sand off ships and lowering them on to the waiting lorries.\n\nThe drivers say that crossing between the countries by boat is cheaper than using the new bridge, which could partly explain why it's more used.\n\nOther businesspeople in Heihe say that new Russian tariffs on some Chinese goods have dampened the trade atmosphere.\n\nAnd yet China has been helping out its partner, hit by sanctions following its invasion of Ukraine, by piping more Russian natural gas into its north-eastern province of Heilongjiang.\n\nIn addition, Xi Jinping's administration has swung most of the Chinese population behind Vladimir Putin's war effort.\n\nIt has done this via state-controlled media, which do not speak about an \"invasion\" or even a \"war\" in Ukraine but rather a Russian operation that is justified to counter the expansionary tendencies of Nato and, in particular, the United States.\n\nTo gauge the success of this propaganda strategy, you only have to speak to people on the street in Harbin, the regional capital of Heilongjiang.\n\nThere is praise for Vladimir Putin on the streets of the formerly Russian-populated city of Harbin\n\nA century ago, it was dominated by Russian people and Russian culture, but even the descendants of these families have now left. It is a completely Chinese city these days with only remnants of its Russian past.\n\nIn front of the beautiful Russian Orthodox cathedral, tourists arriving from other Chinese provinces pose for pictures.\n\n\"Russia and China have a good friendship,\" one woman says.\n\nThe man next to her adds: \"Putin is a responsible leader. A man with a sense of justice.\"\n\nAnother, visiting with his friend, says: \"Putin is a man with iron fists. He's tough, and tough is good.\"\n\nBut does he know why Russia's leader is at war with Ukraine?\n\n\"Ordinary people like us shouldn't comment on that,\" he replies.\n\nRussia's war could be assisting Beijing's geostrategic aims by eating up Nato resources and - in the eyes of some - promoting a view that association with the US brings potential danger and even chaos.\n\nThe flip side of this is that the Ukraine conflict could also lead to an increase in Nato's power, while degrading an already struggling Russian economy. What's more, it has also given China's Communist Party a taste of the personal misery and economic pain which might come with a move to take Taiwan by force.\n\nIt is Mr Putin's first trip outside the ex-USSR since the International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant for him\n\nOfficially, Vladimir Putin is in China this week to attend the forum considering the progress of Xi Jinping's pet project, the Belt and Road Initiative. It is a global transport infrastructure programme linking China with countries to its west, but which has been criticised for, at times, locking poorer nations into debt traps.\n\nWhen the leaders of China and Russia meet on the sidelines of this conference, they will celebrate the strengthening of their ties, as they attempt to build a broader coalition against the West with other like-minded governments.\n\nAnd you can see the benefits of this, for them.\n\nHowever, there is still a long way to go for China's trade with Russia to match its trade with many of the same Western countries that are decried as ideological enemies.", "German Chancellor Olaf Scholz may turn down his invitation to a major UK summit on artificial intelligence, the BBC understands.\n\nThe government is hosting an event aimed at tech leaders, academics and political leaders to discuss AI safety on 1 November.\n\nThe agenda will focus on specific future threats posed by the rapidly evolving tech, such as cyber security.\n\nBritain has mooted setting up a global AI watchdog to monitor developments.\n\nWhile no guest list has been published of an expected 100 participants, some within the sector say it's unclear if the event will attract top leaders.\n\nA government source insisted the summit is garnering \"a lot of attention\" at home and overseas.\n\nThe two-day meeting is due to bring together leading politicians as well as independent experts and senior execs from the tech giants, who are mainly US based.\n\nThe first day will bring together tech companies and academics for a discussion chaired by the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, Michelle Donelan.\n\nThe second day is set to see a \"small group\" of people, including international government figures, in meetings run by PM Rishi Sunak.\n\nIt will be held in Bletchley Park, the Buckinghamshire country house which was once the top-secret headquarters of World War Two codebreakers.\n\nThough no final decision has been made, it is now seen as unlikely that the German Chancellor will attend.\n\nThat could spark concerns of a \"domino effect\" with other world leaders, such as the French President Emmanuel Macron, also unconfirmed.\n\nGovernment sources say there are heads of state who have signalled a clear intention to turn up, and the BBC understands that high-level representatives from many US-based tech giants are going.\n\nThe foreign secretary confirmed in September that a Chinese representative has been invited, despite controversy.\n\nSome MPs within the UK's ruling Conservative Party believe China should be cut out of the conference after a series of security rows.\n\nIt is not known whether there has been a response to the invitation.\n\nChina is home to a huge AI sector and has already created its own set of rules to govern responsible use of the tech within the country.\n\nThe US, a major player in the sector and the world's largest economy, will be represented by Vice-President Kamala Harris.\n\nIn what was seen as a political win for Downing Street, the UK-hosted AI summit was announced during an overseas trip by PM Rishi Sunak to the US in June.\n\nBritain is hoping to position itself as a key broker as the world wrestles with the potential pitfalls and risks of AI.\n\nHowever, Berlin is thought to want to avoid any messy overlap with G7 efforts, after the group of leading democratic countries agreed to create an international code of conduct.\n\nGermany is also the biggest economy in the EU - which is itself aiming to finalise its own landmark AI Act by the end of this year.\n\nIt includes grading AI tools depending on how significant they are, so for example an email filter would be less tightly regulated than a medical diagnosis system.\n\nThe European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen is expected at next month's summit, while it is possible Berlin could send a senior government figure such as its vice chancellor, Robert Habeck.\n\nThe UK is currently planning to fold AI regulation into existing bodies: so for example, if a person feels discriminated against by an AI tool, they would contact the Equalities Commission.\n\nBut many experts in the space are calling for an international, UN-style regulator to oversee AI on a global level.\n\nA source from the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology said: \"This is the first time an international summit has focused on frontier AI risks and it is garnering a lot of attention at home and overseas.\n\n\"It is usual not to confirm senior attendance at major international events until nearer the time, for security reasons.\"", "Last updated on .From the section Football\n\nBelgium's Euro 2024 qualifier against Sweden was abandoned at half-time for security reasons after two Swedish people were shot dead in Brussels.\n\nThe killings happened in the city hours before the game and are being treated as terrorism.\n\nThe decision to abandon the game was confirmed at about 21:30 BST.\n\nWith the gunman still at large, fans and players were ordered to stay in the King Baudouin Stadium for their safety.\n\nAn evacuation of the stadium began at about 22:45.\n\nThe Sweden team were given a police escort to the airport, while Sweden fans were accompanied by the police into the city.\n\nOn Tuesday police in Brussels shot the attacker dead.\n\nSweden manager Janne Andersson said he and the players only found out about Monday's shooting at half-time.\n\n\"When I came down for the break, I got this information. Immediately, I felt that it was completely unreal. What kind of world do we live in today?\" he said.\n\n\"I came into the locker room and when the team started talking, we agreed 100% that we didn't want to play on out of respect for the victims and their families.\"\n\nIt is not yet known whether the victims were in Brussels to watch the match.\n\nA Swedish FA social media post said: \"Our thoughts go out to all the relatives of those affected in Brussels.\"\n\nThe Belgium team's account posted a statement that read: \"Our thoughts are with all those affected.\"\n\nA video posted on social media showed an Arabic-speaking man claiming he carried out the attack in the name of God.\n\nFollowing the shooting on Boulevard d'Ypres, which happened at about 18:00 BST (19:00 local time), police and emergency services cordoned off nearby roads.\n\nBelgian Prime Minister Alexander de Croo \"offered my sincere condolences to the Swedish PM following tonight's harrowing attack on Swedish citizens in Brussels\".\n\nHe added: \"Our thoughts are with the families and friends who lost their loved ones. As close partners the fight against terrorism is a joint one.\"\n\nThe game was 1-1 when it was abandoned.\n\nSweden captain Victor Lindelof said: \"Belgium are already qualified and we don't have the opportunity to get to the European Championship, so I see no reason to [replay the game].\"", "Last updated on .From the section Football\n\nEngland confirmed their qualification for Euro 2024 in Germany next summer after coming from behind to beat Italy at Wembley inspired by another Jude Bellingham masterclass.\n\nGareth Southgate's side only needed a point to secure their place and it briefly looked like the celebrations may be delayed when former West Ham United striker Gianluca Scamacca gave Italy the lead from close range after 15 minutes.\n\nBellingham was England's talisman once more as the 20-year-old Real Madrid star led the comeback, winning the penalty that brought captain Harry Kane's equaliser.\n\nKane scored his 60th goal for his country after Bellingham ran through and was fouled by Giovanni di Lorenzo after 32 minutes.\n\nAnd it was Bellingham's surging run and pass that set up Marcus Rashford to cut inside and beat Italy keeper Gianluigi Donnarumma just before the hour before Kane extinguished any hopes of an Italy recovery when he raced clear to score England's third with 13 minutes left.\n\nThe win was England's first home victory over Italy since November 1977 and completed a double in the group after victory in Naples in March.\n\nEngland are top of Group C with 16 points, while the defeat means Italy are third and will play Ukraine in their final qualifier in what will be a decisive match to determine who finishes second.\n• None Reaction and analysis as England qualify for Euro 2024\n• None Pick your England XI for first match at the Euros\n• None Do England have what it takes to win Euro 2024?\n\nBellingham's performances for England and Real Madrid this season have fully justified all the superlatives aimed in his direction and this was another magnificent display from the youngster.\n\nThe midfielder was involved in everything, from being at the heart of most good things produced by England to even orchestrating the Wembley crowd when the atmosphere threatened to become subdued.\n\nHe is the real deal and already marked down as England's superstar.\n\nBellingham's relentless running and fierce determination was instrumental in England's recovery from that early blow of conceding, with Italy unable to cope with his energy and creation.\n\nHis two bursting runs led to England's first two goals, fully deserving the standing ovation he was afforded when he was substituted late on with the game won.\n\nBellingham also feeds off the growing adulation from England's fans and he rightly lapped up their cheers after the final whistle.\n• None 'More to come' from England after Euro 2024 qualification\n\nAs England's thoughts now turn to Germany next summer, manager Southgate will know he has a truly special talent at his disposal that will make him the envy of every other country in the tournament.\n\nManchester City pair Phil Foden and Kalvin Phillips were given the chance to push their claims for starting places in Southgate's plans as he rang the changes following the friendly against Australia.\n\nThere were contrasting fortunes as Foden excelled but Phillips struggled, betrayed by his lack of game time at City.\n\nFoden, as usual, was busy and creative. Bellingham, understandably, received much credit for setting up Rashford's crucial second goal but Foden's determination to regain possession to set up the attack should not be under-estimated.\n\nIt may be that he ends up in a straight battle with another City team-mate, Jack Grealish, for a place in England's starting line-up and he will have impressed Southgate with this display.\n\nPhillips, meanwhile, struggled to get up to speed and there has to be a measure of sympathy for him because he is desperately short of match sharpness. He looked exactly what he currently is - someone who has not had much football in the last year, an early yellow card not helping.\n\nThis will be a dilemma down the line if Phillips continues to be marginalised at City but for now England can celebrate another smooth, untroubled qualification for a major tournament.\n• None Attempt blocked. Giacomo Raspadori (Italy) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Moise Kean with a cross.\n• None Attempt blocked. Moise Kean (Italy) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Nicolò Barella.\n• None Attempt saved. Moise Kean (Italy) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Riccardo Orsolini.\n• None Goal! England 3, Italy 1. Harry Kane (England) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner.\n• None Attempt blocked. Stephan El Shaarawy (Italy) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Davide Frattesi. Navigate to the next page Navigate to the last page", "Campaigners have called on the government to make it easier for Afghans who worked with the British military to be resettled in the UK.\n\nThe main resettlement scheme is restricted to those deemed at significant enough risk, such as interpreters and translators.\n\nHowever, it does not cover jobs such as mechanics, chefs and drivers.\n\nThe Sulha Alliance charity said such individuals were also at risk of attacks by the Taliban.\n\nUnder the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy (ARAP) scheme, Afghan citizens who worked with the UK government in \"exposed or meaningful roles\" may be eligible to be relocated to the UK, along with their family members.\n\nThe Sulha Alliance - which supports Afghans who worked for the British Army - has given evidence to MPs on Parliament's Foreign Affairs Select Committee, which is looking at the government's response to the UK withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021 after the country fell to the Taliban.\n\nDocuments sent to MPs on the committee include the story of a 35-year-old former mechanic who worked with the British military in Afghanistan - and was refused resettlement by the UK government under the ARAP scheme.\n\nThe Sulha Alliance says that last month, members of the Taliban found his 87-year-old father and demanded to know where his son was hiding.\n\nThey say he refused to tell them and was beaten to death.\n\nThe evidence claims that before he died in hospital, he said the Taliban had told him they would kill him because his son was a \"traitor\" for working with the West.\n\nThe documents were submitted ahead of an appearance by Foreign Office Minister Lord Ahmad before the Foreign Affairs Select Committee later.\n\nPeter Gordon-Finlayson, a former army captain who co-founded the Sulha Alliance, said he was concerned about how the government is assessing the levels of risk involved for Afghans wishing to be resettled in the UK.\n\nHe said the government argues that Afghans working in roles other than interpreters were not on the ground with British troops and so were not directly seen by the Taliban and the local community as working alongside the UK, putting them at less risk.\n\n\"Unfortunately that is not quite true,\" he told the BBC.\n\n\"The reality is that those who were recruited to be mechanics and chefs and so on and support the British Army, were recruited locally from the areas around where the British military camps were - and so they were known within the community - and they were seen every day going in and out of British army bases, so they are very much at risk.\"\n\nIt is understood the government has indicated to campaigners there are no plans to change the ARAP scheme to include more professions.\n\nThousands of people were evacuated from Afghanistan to the UK in August 2021\n\nMr Gordon-Finlayson said if the government would not change the ARAP scheme, they should adapt other schemes to make it easier for people like the mechanic highlighted by the Sulha Alliance to be resettled in the UK.\n\nThe government runs a second scheme for vulnerable Afghan refugees known as the Afghan Citizens' Resettlement Scheme (ACRS) - but at the moment the only way to apply is through a recommendation from one of a number of specific organisations such as the UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency.\n\nMr Gordon-Finlayson said: \"We'd like to see a scheme where individuals can apply directly to that pathway to be able to be brought to the UK in a safe and legal way.\n\n\"Those who worked with us are now in hiding permanently, not able to work, therefore not able to support their families and that also plays havoc with mental health,\" he said.\n\n\"So there's a lot of desperate people out there who are feeling very isolated and like their service to the UK was the worst mistake that they could make for both them and their family.\n\n\"I fear for the next major military operation that we as a country embark upon, that we will struggle to recruit brave men and women from the local community to do these crucial role to support us.\"\n\nThe charity's evidence also raises concerns among campaigners about why some applications are taking so long.It believes some former interpreters are finding it difficult to have their resettlement confirmed because their contracts with British forces were previously terminated.\n\nMr Gordon-Finlayson said: \"I know from my time in Afghanistan that interpreters had their employment terminated because of petty squabbles amongst the interpreters - who owned the TV in the interpreters' tent - or something like that...\n\n\"Some people who were let go for reasons that were not genuine national security threats are now stuck in Afghanistan because of the way that their contract with the UK forces ended, and that strikes us as unfair.\"\n\nA government spokesperson said: \"The UK has made an ambitious and generous commitment to help at-risk people in Afghanistan and, so far, we have brought around 24,600 people to safety, including thousands of people eligible for our Afghan schemes. \"We continue to honour our commitments to bring eligible Afghans to the UK.\"", "The aim of the framework is to reduce the level of controls on goods coming from Great Britain which are intended to be sold in NI\n\nConcerns about the practical impact of the Windsor Framework have not materialised and cannot be used to justify not restoring Stormont, a Cabinet Office minister has said.\n\nBaroness Neville-Rolfe's comments were made in a letter to a Lords committee.\n\nThe framework is the revised Brexit deal for Northern Ireland.\n\nShe said ministers are aware that some sought to justify not forming an executive over concerns it would be \"disruptive and unworkable\".\n\nThe Windsor Framework began its first major implementation stage at the start of this month with a new 'red and green lane' system for the movement of food products from Great Britain to Northern Ireland.\n\nThis also included a new trusted trader scheme and the introduction of 'Not for EU' labels on some Great Britain food products being sold in Northern Ireland.\n\nBefore the new system began operating supermarkets had indicated that not all outstanding issues had been addressed.\n\nThe first 'Not For EU' labels on food started appearing in supermarkets in August\n\nHowever, temporary workarounds and an initial light touch approach to enforcement means that consumers have not experienced any impacts and Baroness Neville-Rolfe's comments suggest ministers are confident that the implementation is going to plan so far.\n\nIn her letter, she added that Booker, a wholesaler owned by Tesco, has told NI customers they have been able to reintroduce some product lines as a result of the framework.\n\nThe BBC has asked Booker to comment.\n\nThe Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) walked out of Northern Ireland's power-sharing government 20 months ago with the resignation of then-first minister Paul Givan in protest over the Northern Ireland Protocol, the predecessor to the Windsor Framework.\n\nThe party has said the framework is not sufficiently different from the protocol and continues to undermine Northern Ireland's place in the UK.\n\nOn Saturday, DUP leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson told his party conference he still believes in devolved government and was continuing to negotiate with the UK government\n\nHe said: \"We are making progress, but there remains more work to do. I am hopeful that remaining concerns can be addressed as quickly as possible.\"", "Dure Ahmed is living with her mother in Toronto\n\nA Canadian woman has spoken for the first time about her marriage to one of the IS \"Beatles\" and her time living with him in Syria.\n\nDespite global news coverage of savagery by the Islamic State (IS) group, Dure Ahmed claims she was \"oblivious to what was going on\" while her then-British husband El Shafee Elsheikh was committing atrocities.\n\nHe was part of a murderous IS cell linked to the abduction, torture and beheading of Western hostages.\n\nThe mother of two claims she wasn't radicalised, but was just \"a dumb girl in love\".\n\nShe agreed to answer questions from the BBC and Canadian broadcaster, CBC. \"I'm not looking for sympathy or pity,\" she explained.\n\nAhmed expects a backlash for speaking publicly, she says, but wants to highlight the plight of the women and children of suspected IS fighters still stuck in Syrian camps. She was held in such a camp for more than three years.\n\nShe says she now needs to accept that her time with Elsheikh was part of her life \"whether I like it or not\".\n\nAhmed claims Elsheikh had not told her he had joined IS before she left to be with him. She insists she was unaware of the group's jihadist ideology when she travelled from Canada to Syria in 2014. She claims she barely recognised the controlling and violent figure her now ex-husband had become.\n\nThe IS cell's victims included, clockwise from top left, aid workers Kayla Mueller and Peter Kassig, and journalists Steven Sotloff and James Foley\n\nElsheikh and the others in his IS cell were nicknamed the \"Beatles\" by their captives because of their British accents. The men were responsible for the deaths of several hostages - most of whom were beheaded - with the deaths filmed and posted on social media.\n\nAt his 2022 trial in the US, prosecutors said Elsheikh's actions resulted in the deaths of four Americans - journalists James Foley and Steven Sotloff, and aid workers Kayla Mueller and Peter Kassig. They said he also conspired in the deaths of two British aid workers, David Haines and Alan Henning - as well as Japanese journalists Haruna Yukawa and Kenji Goto.\n\nThe bodies have never been found.\n\nElsheikh - from west London - is now serving eight life sentences in a US supermax prison. The UK stripped him of his citizenship before his conviction.\n\nBut, while he is in jail, questions remain about how much others - such as his wife Ahmed - knew about what IS were doing.\n\nAhmed joined Elsheikh in Syria two months after the murders carried out by his IS cell had caused outrage around the world. It was also just after IS had committed numerous atrocities while seizing the northern Iraqi city of Mosul, and started a genocide against Iraq's Yazidi religious minority.\n\nDuring Ahmed's time out there, she gave birth to two sons. She and her boys were among a group of women and children repatriated to Canada in April.\n\nWhen we first met Ahmed in 2022, we had no idea of her connection to Elsheikh\n\nThe 33-year-old was arrested upon arrival on a \"terrorism peace bond,\" and later granted bail with conditions. On Monday, those conditions were reviewed in a court in Brampton, Ontario.\n\nThe Crown lawyer argued that Ahmed had been \"steeped\" in IS ideology and it would have been \"likely\" that she knew of her husband's role with the group before leaving Canada in 2014.\n\nThe Crown and Ahmed's legal team put forward a joint proposal with conditions that would include her being monitored by GPS - and being subjected to a curfew between the hours of 22:00 and 06:00. The judge said he would deliver his ruling on 19 October.\n\nWe interviewed Dure Ahmed twice - most recently in Toronto last week, where she spoke more freely. But our first meeting was in the detention camp in Syria last November. There, she had offered to speak to us about a missing British child we were searching for, as part of an upcoming BBC-CBC podcast series - Bloodlines.\n\nAt first, we had no idea of her husband's identity - but, after investigating further we learned about the connection. We then wanted to know about Elsheikh's radicalisation, his victims and his fellow IS \"Beatles\".\n\nAhmed and Elsheikh met in Toronto in 2007. She was 17, he was 19. We asked how they had first connected as teenagers in Canada.\n\n\"Smoking weed,\" she laughed. \"He didn't care about God, it was nothing to do with IS.\"\n\nElsheikh travelled to Syria in 2012 and joined IS a year later\n\nThe pair kept in touch when Elsheikh - the son of Sudanese refugees - returned to London. In 2010, they were married in an Islamic ceremony - but the relationship remained largely long distance, as Ahmed stayed in Toronto where she was studying for an English degree.\n\nIn London, Elsheikh became drawn to extremism and met the men who would become his fellow IS militants.\n\n\"He wasn't a social person. He's such an introvert. So he had all the qualities that can lead somebody into that dark path of radicalisation,\" she explains.\n\nIn 2012, Elsheikh travelled to Syria to fight in the country's civil war - he then joined IS. He was constantly encouraging his wife to join him.\n\n\"'Come check it out. You could go back.' As if it was so simple,\" she told us.\n\nElsheikh refused to give her details of what he was doing in Syria - she claims - and says she didn't even know which city he was living in.\n\n\"For the most part, I thought that not knowing was better than knowing.\"\n\nBut, as she pondered making the trip, she claims members of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service - CSIS - questioned her about her husband.\n\n\"They [CSIS] did explain in Syria that there are things happening where it's not as black and white as I thought it was. [But] they didn't show me video.\"\n\nAhmed claims she had nothing to tell CSIS and that she told Elsheikh that agents had contacted her. CSIS told the BBC it was not able to comment on the specifics of any case.\n\nAs Islamic State group fell, what became of the children of its fighters?\n\nAhmed was 24 and a jobless graduate when she did finally travel. She claims she had not seen the horrors of the IS beheadings which were being reported widely at the time. \"It might be really hard to think, but it's honestly the truth.\"\n\nWe put to her that she was a smart woman who had been on a Middle Eastern studies course - surely she would have been aware of what was happening to Muslims across the world at that time?\n\n\"I distanced myself from what was happening in Syria,\" she replied. Her study topics included the hieroglyphics of ancient Egypt, she told us, not current affairs.\n\nAccording to Ahmed, Elsheikh arranged everything - all she had to do was \"hop on a plane\" to Turkey.\n\n\"I just carried a carry-on. Three pairs of pants and two T-shirts.\"\n\nIn our years of reporting on IS, we've both found that most women don't want to talk about why or how they got involved with the group. Everyone's got their own story.\n\nSome were victims of domestic abuse, some were duped or trafficked. Some came willingly as adventure seekers. Some followed their husbands and children. Some were children themselves.\n\nAnd then, of course, there were all those women, who were committed, hard-core adherents to the IS ideology.\n\nAhmed denies having supported IS. In her answers to us, she preferred to paint herself as a naive romantic. When we spoke to her in the Syrian detention camp, she condemned IS - even though it was risky to do so in such a place.\n\nFlag-waving IS supporter in Raqqa in 2014 - where Ahmed told us daily life involved doing normal things with female friends\n\nElsheikh and Ahmed lived in Raqqa - Islamic State group's de facto capital in Syria - where summary killings at a city centre roundabout became commonplace, with severed heads put on display afterwards.\n\nDuring our interview in the Syrian camp, Ahmed told us daily life had involved doing normal things with female friends, including going to restaurants or taking children on ferris wheels.\n\nWhen we talked again - in the safety of Toronto - about life under IS rule, she denied Elsheikh's prominent role allowed them to have a lavish lifestyle. In fact, she claimed, her house in Raqqa had felt like a prison - they rarely went out. No phone or internet - just her, her children and Elsheikh's other wife. Polygamy was common. We asked if they'd had Yazidi slaves in the home - she said they hadn't.\n\nHer husband was \"so private\", she claimed. \"We couldn't even pull up the blinds.\"\n\nShe told us she believes her children are lucky to be alive, given the violence Elsheikh inflicted on her while she was pregnant.\n\nAhmed claims she tried to run away many times but her only option was to return - there was no family or support system under IS. She eventually left after he divorced her, seeking refuge with her boys in a guest house for women.\n\nWe pointed out that she had disclosed additional information during our second interview - and asked if it was just convenient for her to say these things now because she was back in Canada and at risk of going to jail.\n\n\"If I'm going to be charged, I'm going to get charged regardless. So it doesn't really make a difference,\" she replied.\n\nBeing physically away from Syria \"looking at it from the outside… I think it just gives me more clarity\".\n\nCarl Mueller, father of US aid worker Kayla Mueller, hugs her friend after a jury convicted El Shafee Elsheikh in 2022\n\nElsheikh was captured in early 2018 by Syrian Democratic Forces, a US-backed Kurdish-led militia alliance, but it would be another year before Ahmed surrendered with her boys in the village of Baghuz - not long before IS made its last stand there.\n\nCanada is one of the nations which has repatriated some of the families of IS fighters. The US, Spain, Sweden, Germany and France are doing the same.\n\nThe UK, meanwhile, has stripped citizenship from people who travelled to live under IS.\n\nThese individuals include Shamima Begum, one of the schoolgirls who went to Syria in 2015. She went on to marry an IS fighter and now lives in the same camp in Syria that Ahmed was in.\n\nLeaving women and children in the Syrian camps, claims Ahmed, won't help conquer the \"radical path a lot of people go down\".\n\nShe claims she isn't simply seeking to smooth her public image - but rather, she is speaking publicly because she is grateful she and her children have been given a second chance.\n\nElsheikh was convicted, but he had pleaded not guilty in court. Ahmed says he needs to admit what he did for the sake of his children and the families of his victims.\n\n\"This is something he has to talk to my kids about. It can't just stop at his sentence.\"\n\nShe claims that when court restrictions allow, she will speak to her ex-husband in jail - having offered to ask him questions on behalf of the victims' families including the locations of their loved ones' bodies.", "He's just won one of the most talked about boxing matches, and now Tommy Fury has been talking about how hard it is being \"a cuddly dad\" while \"wanting to rip someone's head off\".\n\nThe boxer said he moved out of the home he shares with influencer Molly-Mae Hague and their baby Bambi to prepare for the fight with YouTuber KSI.\n\n\"I've been seeing Molly and the baby once a week for 10 weeks,\" he told ITV.\n\nFury and KSI fought it out in Manchester on Saturday night, with Fury winning on points after six rounds.\n\nSpeaking to Good Morning Britain, Fury said he felt he had to move out of the family home to concentrate on the fight.\n\n\"It's been so tough, but I can't switch from being a super-dad, a cuddly dad and fiancé, giving kisses and cuddles out, to then a few hours later going to training and wanting to rip someone's head off.\n\n\"It's very difficult to get out of those different spaces.\"\n\nHe said his fiancee could not look up from the floor during the match.\n\n\"I'm the father to our beautiful daughter and she doesn't want me taking punches. She tolerates it because she knows how happy it makes me.\"\n\nMeanwhile, his opponent KSI, whose real name is Olajide William Olatunji, has called for a rematch after describing the result as \"a robbery\".\n\nBut Fury had choice words for the social media star accusing him of doing star jumps and running around the ring.\n\n\"It made me look bad in the process, but at the end of the day he should have just stood there and had a fight.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.", "Donald Tusk's liberal Civic Coalition party is now most likely to be able to form a broad coalition\n\nOpposition parties have secured enough votes in Poland's general election to oust the ruling right-wing populist Law and Justice (PiS) party, results have confirmed.\n\nPiS won the vote with 35.38%, ahead of Donald Tusk's centrist opposition Civic Coalition with 30.7%.\n\nBut Mr Tusk is now most likely to be able to form a broad coalition.\n\nThat would end eight years of rule under PiS leader Jaroslaw Kaczynski.\n\nThe final result of the count came from the National Election Commission on Tuesday.\n\nAlthough the winning party is expected to be offered the chance to form a government, Mr Kaczynski will fall well short of the 231 seats he needs to form a majority in parliament.\n\n\"This is the end of the bad times, this is the end of the PiS government,\" Mr Tusk - a former president of the European Council - declared on Sunday night.\n\nMr Tusk could muster 248 seats in the 460-seat Sejm if he forms a government with the centre-right Third Way and New Left parties. Third Way was one of the big winners of the election, with 14.4% of the vote.\n\nPiS has lost 41 seats since the last election and even if it did form a coalition with the far-right Confederation party, it would be 19 seats below the required number.\n\nThe opposition had already warned Poles it was their \"last chance\" to save democracy. The election commission put the turnout at 74.38% , the highest since the fall of communism in 1989.\n\nAfter the results were officially confirmed, Mr Tusk said the \"winning democratic parties\" were in constant touch and ready to start governing at any time.\n\nPresident Andrzej Duda, a Law and Justice ally, has until 14 November to convene parliament and is expected to give PiS the first chance of forming a coalition, even though it has very little chance of succeeding. The opposition leader called on him to make \"energetic and quick decisions\".\n\nWarsaw Mayor Rafal Trzaskowski praised the \"enormous power of civil society\" after it emerged that 84.92% of the capital's 1.35 million registered voters had taken part.\n\nPoland's stock market surged by more than 6% and its currency, the Zloty, also rose on the expectation of a new government.\n\nSpeaking after the exit poll on Sunday night, Mr Kaczynski warned voters he did not know if the party's \"success will be able to be turned into another term in power\".\n\nInternational observers said on Monday that parties had been able to campaign freely before Sunday's vote, but PiS had enjoyed a \"clear advantage\" through biased state media coverage and the misuse of public funds.\n\nState TV's election night coverage broadcast Mr Kaczynski's address to supporters in full, but gave little room to his main rival.\n\nAlthough polls closed at 21:00 local time on Sunday, voters queued well into the night in Warsaw and Krakow, and into the early hours in Wroclaw.\n\nPollster Ipsos said the proportion of 18-29-year-old voters was bigger than those aged over 60.\n\nLaw and Justice came to power in 2015, and it has emphasised Catholic family values, increasing the minimum wage and raising child support and pensioner payments.\n\nIt also imposed a near-total ban on abortion in 2021 and has been accused of politicising the judiciary, by staffing top courts with judges sympathetic to the ruling party.\n\nMr Tusk has vowed to improve relations with the EU and unlock €36bn (£30bn) of EU Covid pandemic recovery funds frozen in a row over the PiS judicial reforms. His coalition has also vowed to liberalise abortion laws.\n\nPoland has also been a staunch supporter of Ukraine since Russia's full-scale invasion last year and has taken in a million refugees.\n\nPiS leaders did show signs of wavering in recent weeks, but that was seen as an attempt to court far-right voters and whoever leads the next government is expected to maintain Poland's support for its neighbour.\n\nPoland may not get a new government before December, if President Duda does hand PiS the opportunity to try to form a government.\n\nAssuming the PiS candidate chosen by the president fails to win a vote of confidence in parliament, the Sejm would then appoint a candidate who would also try to form a coalition and win a confidence vote.", "A culture of drinking is fuelling inappropriate behaviour in Westminster, according to Parliament's behaviour watchdog.\n\nThe Independent Complaints and Grievance Scheme (ICGS) found drinking in Parliament's many bars often led to \"intimidating behaviour\".\n\nThe findings were based on 30 ICGS investigations between 2021 and 2022.\n\nBlurred personal and professional boundaries were also a common cause of complaints, the ICGS added.\n\nThe ICGS, set up in 2018 in the wake of sexual misconduct allegations against MPs, said alcohol was a \"frequent factor\" in its investigations.\n\nIts annual report, published on Tuesday, said regular theme in its investigations were Parliament's many bars, where alcohol consumption is \"leading to intimidating behaviour like shouting and swearing\".\n\nAlcohol was affecting the ability of witnesses to recollect incidents, it said.\n\nOne former parliamentary staffer called the findings \"unsurprising\", as \"everyone there knows it is bad\".\n\nThe staffer, who said he left parliament in part due to the \"toxic\" culture driven by alcohol, said Westminster's many bars sometimes made it a \"fun place to work\".\n\nSpeaking to the BBC on the condition of anonymity, the ex-staffer said the drinking culture \"is a symptom of a much, much larger problem of the lack of professionalism from MPs and staff\".\n\n\"That's what leads to an abuse of power and ultimately a poor use of taxpayers' money in the bars of Parliament,\" he added.\n\nThe Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards, Daniel Greenberg, said in July there had been \"behaviour problems\" linked to drinking in Westminster.\n\nHe told Times Radio that \"it is something that again requires to be kept under review\" but argued \"individual MPs will obviously decide what works for them\".\n\nThere are lots of bars and restaurants in the Palace of Westminster, which is situated in central London, for the use of MPs, peers, staff and other passholders.\n\nAnd there are dozens of clubs, bars and restaurants in Whitehall attended by MPs and their staff.\n\nThe ICGS report also said the \"blurred boundaries\" between personal and professional life were at the heart of multiple complaints about inappropriate behaviour.\n\n\"A lack of professional boundaries resulted in incorrect assumptions being formed about acceptable behaviours,\" the report said.\n\n\"Examples include invitations to events where the purpose or connection to parliamentary work may not be clear, overly frequent calls/messages and at unreasonable hours, and overly familiar behaviour.\"\n\nThe report found \"most cases\" the ICGS dealt with related to a power imbalance, with the person being complained about having direct power over a complainant. This power gap was often \"amplified where staff were in their first job or at very early stages in their career\", the report added.\n\nThe report also noted that including cases where \"managers were bullied\" by the staff they managed.\n\nElsewhere in the report revealed the ICGS helpline got fewer calls this year - 479 compared to 701 last year - but the number of formal complaints was in line with last year.\n\nThe ICGS budget was increasing 13.3% to £1.87m in 2023-24, the report revealed.", "Hamas' armed wing, the al-Qassam Brigades. have released a video of a 21-year-old Israeli-French woman, Mia Shem, who was abducted from a party in Israel.\n\nShe said was one of those taken hostage at the Supernova music festival in southern Israel on 7 October and brought back to Gaza.\n\nFollowing the release of the video, Mia's family held a news conference in Tel Aviv where they called for her to be freed.\n\nHolding up a photo of Mia, her mother Keren Shem said: “I’m begging the world to bring my baby back home.\"", "A levy on gambling companies that would bring in £100m a year to fund NHS treatment is being considered by the UK government.\n\nIt wants all operators \"to pay their fair share\", instead of the current voluntary scheme.\n\nThe money will be invested in treatment and support for people harmed by gambling in England, Scotland and Wales, ministers say.\n\nThe body that represents the industry said it supported the new levy.\n\nBut the Betting and Gaming Council also said funds from the levy must be given only to \"genuine\" charities and organisations tackling problem gambling and related harms.\n\nThe idea of a statutory levy on operators was published in a White Paper on gambling reforms earlier this year.\n\nCulture Secretary Lucy Frazer said: \"The introduction of this levy will strengthen the safety net and help deliver our long-term plan to help build stronger communities, while allowing millions of people to continue to gamble safely.\"\n\nA consultation on the plans will gather views from industry, doctors, academics as well as those with experience of harmful gambling, and the general public. It will last for eight weeks.\n\nThere has been a sharp rise in people gambling online on their smartphones in recent years.\n\nThis means they can gamble any time of day and anywhere, increasing the likelihood of addiction, experts say.\n\nIn the summer, NHS England announced specialist gambling addiction clinics would open this year in:\n\nThere is also a national clinic treating gambling and gaming addiction in children and young people, in London.\n\nHealth Minister Neil O'Brien said: \"Harmful gambling can affect people's savings, ruin relationships, and devastate people's lives and health.\n\n\"Gambling companies should pay their fair share towards the costs of treatment services but we want to hear from as many people as possible about how the new statutory levy should work.\"\n\nNHS mental-health director Claire Murdoch said it was only right \"that this billion-pound industry steps up to support people suffering from gambling addiction\".\n\nThe Betting and Gaming Council said its members had already pledged £100m over four years to fund research, education and treatment services, through the voluntary levy scheme.\n\nThe new levy should apply to all operators, including the National Lottery, on a sliding scale, to protect High Street betting shops that struggled during the pandemic, it added.\n\nMeanwhile, doctors are being urged to ask people with a mental-health problem about their gambling habits.\n\nThe draft health guidance is currently open for consultation.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Two Swedish nationals have been shot dead and a third person injured in Brussels, in an attack which prosecutors are treating as terrorism.\n\nThe Belgium-Sweden Euro 2024 qualifier football match being played in the city was abandoned.\n\nBrussels is on its highest terror alert as the gunman, who appeared to have an assault rifle, remains at large.\n\nFrench President Emmanuel Macron, who was on a visit to Albania, said: \"Europe has been shaken.\"\n\nFederal prosecutors say a terrorism inquiry has been opened over the shooting on Boulevard d'Ypres, 5km (3 miles) from the King Baudoin Stadium.\n\nA spokesman for the prosecutor, Eric van Duyse, urged the public to \"go home and stay at home as long as the threat has not been eradicated\".\n\nHe said a man claiming to be the attacker had said in a video on social media he had been inspired by the Islamic State group.\n\nA video shows an Arabic-speaking man saying he carried out the attack in the name of God and that he killed three people.\n\nThe video and others uploaded during the attack are being verified by police, the BBC has been told.\n\nA social media video shared by newspaper Het Laatste Nieuws on Monday, but not verified by BBC News, shows a man wearing a fluorescent jacket get off a scooter armed with what appears to be an assault rifle and enter a nearby glass-fronted building.\n\nHe appears to then shoot at least one person.\n\nPolice and emergency services cordoned off nearby roads following the shooting which happened at around 19:00 (17:00 GMT).\n\nBelgian media outlets report that the two people killed were wearing football shirts of the Swedish national team.\n\nSwedish footballers told Uefa they did not want to play the second half of the match and the Belgian team agreed, according to Swedish broadcaster TV6.\n\nBelgian Prime Minister Alexander de Croo went on social media to offer his \"sincere condolences to the Swedish PM following tonight's harrowing attack on Swedish citizens in Brussels\".\n\n\"Our thoughts are with the families and friends who lost their loved ones,\" he said. \"As close partners the fight against terrorism is a joint one.\"\n\nEuropean Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on social media her thoughts were \"with the families of the two victims of the despicable attack in Brussels\".\n\n\"I extend my heartfelt support to the Belgian police, so they swiftly apprehend the suspect,\" she said. \"Together, we stand united against terror.\"\n\nAdditional reporting by Bruno Boelpaep in Brussels and Rob Corp in London", "Palestinians fill up at one of the few water stations in Khan Younis\n\nA tide of humanity has washed into Khan Younis.\n\nHundreds of thousands fled here from the north on whatever could carry them - cars if there was fuel, horse and cart if one could be found, their own feet if there was no other option.\n\nAnd what they found was a city on its knees, ill-prepared for its population to literally double overnight.\n\nEvery room, every alley, every street is packed with men, women and the young. And there is nowhere else to go.\n\nHamas say 400,000 of the 1.1 million people who call northern Gaza home headed south down the Salah al-Din Road in the last 48 hours, following Israel's order to leave.\n\nI was among them, along with my wife and three children, and two days' worth of food.\n\nFor many, the threat of Israel's bombs and impending invasion - which comes after gunmen from Gaza killed 1,400 in Israel - cancels out Hamas's order to stay put.\n\nBut in this narrow strip of land, blockaded on all sides and cut off from the rest of the world, options for where one ends up are limited. Safety is never guaranteed.\n\nAnd so a teeming mass of Gazans, many already bombed out of their homes, all lost, all afraid, all knowing nothing of what comes next, converged here.\n\nThis city, normally home to 400,000 people, has ballooned to more than a million overnight. As well as the north, they have come from the east, which suffered terribly in the 2014 war.\n\nHundreds of thousands of people have fled north Gaza\n\nEvery single one of them needs shelter and food, and no one knows for how long.\n\nScarce resources are running out, fast. This is a city that was already exhausted. And the tide was too strong, and things are starting to fall apart.\n\nThe main hospital here, already low on essentials, has not only taken in sick and injured from the north - it has now become a refuge.\n\nRefugees line the corridors as doctors work on new arrivals injured by Israeli bombs. The din of competing voices fills the air.\n\nYou cannot blame people for coming here.\n\nHospitals are among the safest places to be in a time of war, protected by international law.\n\nBy some measures these people are perhaps the lucky ones, at least for now.\n\nDoctors say they have almost nothing to give the stream of new casualties - water is rationed to 300ml a day for patients. Refugees get nothing.\n\nElsewhere, residents take in new arrivals. Many in Khan Younis lived in cramped conditions to begin with. Now they are cheek by jowl.\n\nI have seen small apartments, which already housed more than they could comfortably hold, becoming \"homes\" for 50 or 60 people - no one can live like this for long.\n\nMy family now shares a home with four others in a flat with two small bedrooms. There are metres of personal space for us. I consider us among the lucky ones.\n\nSchools across the city, also \"safe\" from war, are filled with a multitude of families - tens of thousands perhaps, but who knows? You'd never stop counting if you began.\n\nAt one school, run by UN relief agency UNRWA, every classroom is filled, every balcony space criss-crossed with clothes lines.\n\nMothers and grandmothers cook on park benches in the courtyard as their hungry children wait impatiently.\n\nSome of those fleeing northern Gaza have taken shelter at a UN school in Khan Younis\n\nBut when there is no more room - and there is no more room - humanity inevitably spills out onto the streets, fills the alleyways and the underpasses, and lives and sleeps in the dirt, the dust, the rubble, waiting for something better that might never arrive.\n\nThere's little food, little fuel. There is no water in the shops. Water stations are the best hope. It is a catastrophic situation.\n\nAnd it is not as if this city is safe from harm. It is regularly bombed - it is still in a warzone. Collapsed buildings and piles of rubble litter the streets.\n\nI heard rocket launches from near the hospital, as Hamas continues to strike inside Israel. That is an open invitation for retaliation.\n\nThe hum of Israeli drones looking for their next target is ever present.\n\nAnd bombs drop, and buildings fall, and the morgues and hospitals fill with more people.\n\nA bomb fell near my family's flat this morning. Because all telephone services are out or severely disrupted, it took me 20 minutes to contact my son.\n\nPeople cannot live like this. And the invasion has yet to begin.\n\nPalestinians pick though a building hit by an Israeli strike in Khan Younis\n\nI have covered four wars here in Gaza, my home. Never before have I seen it like this.\n\nFor however bad the previous wars were, I had never seen people starve or die of thirst in this place. This is now a real possibility.\n\nThe only option out of Gaza, the Rafah crossing into Egypt, remains closed. And Cairo knows that to open it would usher in a new humanitarian disaster.\n\nThere are now one million Gazan refugees waiting 20km from Rafah. Once the crossing is open, there will be chaos.\n\nI saw the same thing in 2014, when thousands tried to escape the war. This time it would be much, much worse. This is what Egypt fears.\n\nThe flood of humanity will simply wash over the border, and it will be catastrophe and chaos again.\n\nAre you in the area? If it is safe to do so, please share your experiences. Share your experiences by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "The new set of coins will be struck as demand requires\n\nLarge numbers on an entirely redesigned set of UK coins will help children to identify figures and learn to count, The Royal Mint has said.\n\nThe coins will enter circulation by the end of the year, marking the new reign of King Charles III and celebrating his love of the natural world.\n\nThe tails side of every coin from the 1p to the £2 will feature the country's flora and fauna.\n\nOld coins can still be used, with the new set struck in response to demand.\n\nRebecca Morgan, director at the Mint, told the BBC: \"The large numbers will be very appealing to children who are learning to count and about the use of money.\n\n\"Also the animals and everything you see on these coins will appeal to children. They are great conversation starters.\"\n\nAnimals ranging from the red squirrel to the capercaillie grouse are depicted on the new designs. The King's now-familiar portrait will be on the front of each coin - many for the first time.\n\nAlthough cash use - and especially the popularity of coins - has been in decline in recent years, the Mint says heritage and need mean this change is still required.\n\n\"We know a large proportion of the country are still heavily reliant on cash,\" Ms Morgan said.\n\n\"It is also tradition to mark the moment of a monarch coming to the throne with a new set of coinage, so it is important that we carry on that tradition.\"\n\nThe reverse side of the £1 coin features bees\n\nThe BBC was given an advance viewing of the new coins, the size and shape of which remain unchanged.\n\nAlthough there have been commemorative coins circulating featuring King Charles, these new designs - officially known as definitives - mark the final chapter of the King's transition onto coinage.\n\nDefinitive coins feature the standard designs seen on the majority of official currency. These designs stay the same for years or even decades.\n\nThe previous set featured a shield formation and was introduced under Queen Elizabeth II in 2008, and will still dominate the 29 billion coins in circulation in the UK for some time yet.\n\nThe reverse, or tails side, of the new coins will be the matter of most interest to collectors and for quizmasters. They are designed to show the importance, and precariousness, of the natural world:\n\nThe coins are designed to show the importance of the natural world\n\nThey feature flora and fauna found across Britain\n\nKevin Clancy, director of the Royal Mint Museum, said: \"People who remember pre-decimal coins might recall the wren farthing, or the thrift design on the 12-sided thrupence, but it wasn't lots of natural world.\n\n\"What is different about these coins is that they are all about the natural world.\"\n\nThere are also links to history and the changing of the monarchy.\n\nThree interlocking Cs feature on the coins, representing the third King Charles, and taking its inspiration from the cypher of Charles II.\n\nThe edge inscription of the new £2 coin was chosen by the new King Charles and reads: \"In servitio omnium\", which means: \"In the service of all\".\n\nIt was taken from his inaugural speech in September last year.\n\nThe King's image will also appear on banknotes, due to enter circulation next year\n\nThe coins follow centuries of tradition with the monarch now facing left - the opposite way to his predecessor. Profiles are alternated between left and right for successive monarchs. As with previous British kings, and unlike the Queen, he wears no crown.\n\nThe Royal Mint is based in Llantrisant, Rhondda Cynon Taf in Wales.\n\nNew banknotes featuring the image of King Charles are being printed in their millions but will not enter circulation until the middle of next year - some months after the coins.\n\nNew notes will replace damaged or worn older ones, but their introduction is slow because machines such as self-service tills need to recognise the new image.", "Christian Lindner: \"I don't think [the] United Kingdom is benefiting from Brexit\"\n\nThe German finance minister has extended a surprise invite to the UK to take \"new steps\" on post-Brexit trade relations with the European Union (EU).\n\nIn a BBC interview, Christian Lindner said: \"If you want to intensify your trade relationship with the EU - call us!\"\n\nA government spokesperson said the UK was open to \"new opportunities\" across the globe.\n\nMr Lindner also said the German economy and energy supplies remain strong.\n\nHe is the leader of the German liberals, part of the ruling coalition led by the centre-left SPD of Chancellor Olaf Scholz.\n\nDuring the discussion on the margins of the IMF and World Bank's annual meetings in Marrakech, Mr Lindner said that the UK had a \"standing invitation\" on future talks aimed at reducing trade barriers, or \"obstacles in daily business life\" that had arisen.\n\n\"In the daily life of German corporates, there are new obstacles since Brexit... I don't think [the] United Kingdom is benefiting from Brexit,\" he told BBC News.\n\n\"We really appreciate the United Kingdom and its values, its people... and I would really, really appreciate it if we can intensify [the trade relationship] again,\" he added.\n\nAccording to the German Chamber of Industry and Commerce, German goods exports to the UK were 14.1% less in 2022 than in 2016 - the year of the Brexit referendum.\n\nThe UK slipped from third most important export partner to eighth. Combining trade both ways, the UK is no longer in the top 10 of German trade partners.\n\nCar exports from the EU to the UK have nearly halved in number since Brexit, falling by €10bn (£8.6bn) in value.\n\nGerman and British industry has complained about extra red tape - not just for goods exports but also for worker travel.\n\nOne of the most immediate new trade barriers could be an imminent imposition of tariffs on the trade of some electric vehicles, which do not qualify for the post-Brexit Trade and Co-operation Agreement with the EU.\n\nAsked if he could help solve the issue, which is also a concern for German carmakers, Mr Lindner said that the UK is now a third party country.\n\nThis refers to any country outside the EU, and in this case outside its economic structures - the single market and the customs union.\n\nBusinesses in a third country have to fill in customs declarations, for example, when they import from and export to the EU - whether there is a trade agreement or not.\n\nMr Lindner said: \"And so, if [the] United Kingdom decides for a special relationship with the European Union and our single market, you are invited... But at the moment, the United Kingdom decided for its own way and so these are these obstacles in the daily life. I regret it\".\n\nA decision on the tariffs is expected by the end of the year.\n\nMr Lindner also held meetings with his UK counterpart, Chancellor Jeremy Hunt, in Morocco.\n\nConversations about reducing post-Brexit red tape could be seen as a fruit of the calmer relationship with the EU since the prime minister's Windsor Agreement over Northern Ireland trade rules.\n\nLabour Party leader Sir Keir Starmer is known to have developed a close working relationship with Chancellor Scholz, and now openly advocates renegotiating the Brexit deal to make it work.\n\nA scheduled review of the post-Brexit deal is due in 2026, but Mr Lindner's offer suggests that Germany is willing to move more quickly.\n\nA Foreign Office spokesperson said: \"The Trade and Cooperation Agreement is the world's largest zero-tariff, zero-quota free trade deal. It secures the UK market access across key service sectors and opens new opportunities for UK businesses across the globe.\"\n\nThey added that both the UK and EU have \"publicly committed\" to maximising the opportunities of that agreement.\n\nSpeaking more broadly about the German economy, Mr Lindner denied it was in weak shape.\n\n\"The German economy proved its resilience,\" he said.\n\nGermany entered recession earlier this year, as its industry was hit with the consequences of the surge in gas prices and the cut-off of Russian supplies following the invasion of Ukraine.\n\nBut he said Germany could reassure its European allies that it has diversified its energy supplies and filled up stores of gas, and had \"solved the problem\" of Russian gas imports.", "Pastor Alan Scott, who now leads Dwelling Place Anaheim, has not responded to requests for comment\n\nAn investigation into allegations against a former pastor of a County Londonderry church, and counselling for those affected, will cost about £30,000.\n\nCauseway Coast Vineyard (CCV) is an evangelical church based in Coleraine and has about 1,400 members.\n\nAccording to CCV the allegations primarily relate to Alan Scott, a senior pastor there until June 2017.\n\nThe church said he \"did not respond\" when the allegations were put to him.\n\nAn interim review commissioned by the church identified \"manipulation, inappropriate comments, narcissistic behaviour, and certain occurrences of public shaming and spiritual abuse\".\n\nAlthough Alan Scott did not respond, the current pastor at the church, Neil Young, has apologised for \"any of my actions that have caused pain\".\n\nSome of the details are contained in the church's annual accounts, which have just been published.\n\nThe accounts said that the trustees of CCV had allocated £15,000 to cover the cost of the review and \"counselling to those impacted\".\n\nIt said the umbrella organisation Vineyard Churches UK and Ireland (VCUKI) had also set aside about £15,000 towards the review and counselling.\n\nThere are 120 Vineyard churches in the UK and Ireland and about 1,500 worldwide.\n\nThe Causeway Coast Vineyard (CCV) church is one of 1,500 vineyard churches worldwide\n\nSome of the allegations against Alan Scott were first reported by the Roys Report website in the United States.\n\nPastor Scott now leads Dwelling Place Anaheim, a church which recently disaffiliated from the Vineyard USA movement.\n\nThat decision is currently the subject of a legal challenge in the USA.\n\nThe just-published annual accounts for Causeway Coast Vineyard said concerns had been raised about \"Alan's conduct in the US and from his time in the UK\".\n\n\"In response, CCV and Vineyard Churches UK and Ireland (VCUKI) commissioned an independent review process of the complaints relating to CCV in February 2023.\n\n\"That process is ongoing and primarily relates to Alan Scott's time as senior pastor.\"\n\nA statement on its interim findings of the review was read out at a Sunday service at the Coleraine church on 2 July.\n\nIt was delivered by Peter Lynas, who is a trustee of CCV, and John Wright, the national director of Vineyard Churches UK and Ireland.\n\nThe statement said that CCV and VCUKI \"acknowledge that wrong and hurtful conduct has occurred at CCV, and apologise to all those who were hurt, harmed, mistreated or in any way negatively impacted by their time at Causeway Coast Vineyard\".\n\nIt said the review had \"identified themes and repeated patterns of behaviour including examples of manipulation, inappropriate comments, narcissistic behaviour, and certain occurrences of public shaming and spiritual abuse\".\n\n\"The allegations primarily relate to Alan Scott and have been put to him, but he did not respond,\" the statement continued.\n\n\"The trustees of CCV acknowledge that they are responsible for the governance and oversight of CCV.\n\n\"They accept that they failed to spot some of the warning signs and did not have sufficient structures in place to ensure complaints came to the attention of trustees, and they apologise to those who have been hurt.\"\n\nWhen contacted by BBC News NI about the allegations and ongoing review, Causeway Coast Vineyard and Vineyard Churches UK and Ireland issued a joint statement.\n\n\"CCV and VCUKI have set aside a fund for those who attended CCV, have engaged with this process and would like to access counselling,\" they said.\n\n\"A number of people have made use of this fund, which is being facilitated by the independent body conducting the review.\n\n\"The trustees of CCV and VCUKI expect to receive the report by the end of October.\n\n\"This will then be published on both CCV and VCUKI websites.\"\n\nThe response did not specify how many people had availed of the counselling offered.\n\nBBC News NI also contacted Alan Scott via Dwelling Place Anaheim to ask if he had any comment to make regarding the allegations against him or the ongoing review but did not receive a response.", "Police have made referrals for 24 fixed penalty notices for people who attended a Christmas party at Conservative Party HQ in 2020, for breaching Covid rules.\n\nThe event was held for Tory activists involved in Shaun Bailey's unsuccessful campaign to become London mayor.\n\nLord Bailey has previously apologised for the gathering, at which people were invited to \"jingle and mingle\", while indoor socialising was banned.\n\nAn inquiry into an event in Parliament six days earlier is continuing.\n\nThe Metropolitan Police reopened an investigation into the 14 December party earlier this year after the Daily Mirror published video footage of the \"jingle and mingle\" event, which took place in the basement of Matthew Parker Street.\n\nIn a statement, the Met said they would not be confirming the identity of anyone involved or providing further details of their findings \"in line with the approach we took throughout the pandemic\".\n\nIn June, Lord Bailey, who was given a peerage in Boris Johnson's resignation honours list, apologised \"unreservedly\" for the 14 December event, describing it as a \"serious error of judgement\".\n\nBoth Lord Bailey and Tory aide Ben Mallett - who became an OBE in Mr Johnson's honours list - attended the gathering while Covid restrictions were in force. Both have been approached for comment.\n\nAt the time, London was under Tier 2 rules, which barred indoor socialising between people from different households.\n\nA Conservative Party spokesman said on Friday: \"Senior CCHQ staff became aware of an unauthorised social gathering in the basement of Matthew Parker Street organised by the Bailey campaign on the evening of 14 December 2020.\n\n\"Formal disciplinary action was taken against the four CCHQ staff who were seconded to the Bailey campaign.\"\n\nLabour's party chair, Anneliese Dodds, said: \"While the British people made huge sacrifices to save lives during the pandemic, we've seen countless examples of Conservatives thinking the rules simply don't apply to them.\"\n\nShe added that Prime Minister Rishi Sunak allowing Lord Bailey to enter the House of Lords despite the incident \"clearly demonstrates his promise of professionalism, integrity and accountability is nothing more than a hollow joke.\"\n\nOfficers had previously concluded an investigation into the party without referring people for fines.\n\nThey reopened the inquiry in July this year after a video clip published by the Mirror showed staff appearing to dance and raise drinks alongside buffet food.", "Photos and videos of Paul were shown on the big screen at Manchester Arena\n\nS Club began their reunion tour with an emotional on-stage tribute to bandmate Paul Cattermole, six months after he died suddenly.\n\nFootage of the late singer performing Good Times was mixed with a montage of clips from his time in the pop group.\n\n\"That's our brother right there, man. Gone but you'll never be forgotten. We miss you every single day,\" said Bradley McIntosh, his voice breaking.\n\nPaul died at the age of 46 in April from an underlying heart condition.\n\nHis death came weeks after they announced their first tour for eight years, to mark their 25th anniversary.\n\nThe group opened and closed the show with S Club Party\n\n\"You know what we've been through this last year,\" Bradley added later. \"It's been so tragic, it's been so sad.\n\n\"But we've got you guys,\" he told fans. \"And we're here for you and we could not have done it without you guys.\"\n\nThursday's show at Manchester's AO Arena was officially billed as a preview of the Good Times tour to raise funds for the British Heart Foundation.\n\nAfter Paul's death, bandmate and former girlfriend Hannah Spearritt dropped out, leaving five of the original seven members to go on the road.\n\nThey appeared in brightly-coloured outfits to perform hits like S Club Party and Don't Stop Movin', before leaving the stage when video of Paul singing Good Times was played.\n\nThey reappeared in black sequinned costumes to accompany him on vocals at the end of the track before each paying their own tributes to him and their fans.\n\nThey changed into black outfits before reappearing for the tribute to Paul\n\nJo O'Meara told the crowd: \"Thank you so much [for] all the messages and love and support you've all shown all of us and to Paul's family.\n\n\"We are so grateful for every single one of you,\" Jo added before asking fans to make heart shapes with their hands \"for our Paul\".\n\nJon Lee said: \"Thank you so much, it's very special for us this evening obviously, we dedicate this performance to Paul and to the British Heart Foundation so thank you so much for being here.\"\n\nRachel Stevens said: \"Thank you so much from the bottom of our hearts for all the love and support, all the incredible messages you've sent through this time, and all your support always. We love you so much.\"\n\nTina Barrett added: \"Thank you so much Manchester. Tonight is a celebration so let's bring it all back for Paul.\" They then sang their 1999 debut single Bring It All Back.\n\nIt was a poignant moment in an otherwise feelgood and energetic return to the stage.\n\nJo told the crowd: \"This is so exciting for us, we're so grateful that we can still stand here and do this all these years later so thanks so much to every one of you.\"\n\nYou may also be interested in:\n\nHits like Reach, Have You Ever and Never Had A Dream Come True took an enthusiastic audience back to what feels like a more innocent era.\n\nThey also played their first new song for 20 years, These Are The Days, which came out in July. \"We dedicated this song to Paul and all of the memories that we shared,\" Bradley told fans.\n\nThe tour includes 15 UK arena dates before moving to the US and Canada next month\n\nThey finished the night by aiming to prove there still ain't no party like an S Club Party by playing that song for a second time, this time as a dance remix.\n\nThe original was one of the 11 UK top 10 hits the group enjoyed between 1999 and 2003.\n\nHannah recently told the Sun she had been excited about the reunion, but \"everything changed\" after Paul's death, and she struggled with her mental and physical health.\n\n\"It gave me time to reflect on whether it was the right thing for me to do,\" she told the paper.\n\nHannah (bottom centre) has signed up to take part in the next series of ITV's Dancing on Ice\n\n\"I hadn't been in the best of health - I've got a compromised immune system and stress makes it worse.\n\n\"My body just couldn't cope with everything that was happening. I wasn't myself. I was getting these crippling panic attacks, was suffering from really bad vertigo and was tired all the time.\"\n\nShe added: \"The more I started to think about what it was that I wanted, the more I realised that I just couldn't go back. It was causing me a great deal of stress.\"\n\nHannah has instead signed up to take part in the next series of ITV's Dancing on Ice.\n\nHer bandmates will begin their tour in earnest in Liverpool on Friday before 13 more dates including a return to Manchester and three shows at London's O2.", "Shortly after sunrise on the morning of Saturday 7 October, a message pings on 200 phones of the Be'eri mothers' WhatsApp group.\n\nMinutes later another message lands: \"We have a terrorist on the stairs. Call someone.\"\n\nWARNING: Some readers may find details in this article distressing.\n\nHamas gunmen had just begun a day-long rampage through this kibbutz in southern Israel, and over the next 20 hours the women channelled their horror, disbelief and reassurances through the chat - as militants roamed the neighbourhood shooting residents dead and setting fire to homes.\n\nHiding in their safe rooms these women - some huddled with their families - described the shouts and explosions they heard outside, told each other where gunmen were, shared tips on coping with smoke that filled their rooms, and repeatedly called for help. In some cases, that help never came.\n\nAs the hours ticked by, they asked questions. Where was the army? Why was help taking so long? Can somebody please look for my mother? How do I lock my safe room? Should we open the door to a man claiming to be a soldier?\n\nAt some point, somebody changed the name of the group to \"Be'eri Mothers Emergency\".\n\nThis group chat was shared with the BBC by a woman put forward by the community to speak to the media in the wake of the attacks. She is one of the mothers on the chat and shared the details with us so we could see how the terror of the day unfolded - and what a lifeline these women were in the most desperate and sometimes final hours of their lives.\n\nWe could not seek the permission of all 200 members, but three of them agreed to tell us their stories in detail, and we have anonymised all other exchanges, being careful to ensure nobody can be identified to protect their privacy.\n\nSome members are unaccounted for, presumed dead or missing. Survivors estimate that about 100 people were killed and many were taken away as hostages.\n\nMinute-by-minute, this chat reveals in detail not seen before how Hamas stalked, murdered and burned people in their own homes, coming back again and again. It is an insight into what it felt like across southern Israel as Hamas gunmen crashed across the border and tore through dozens of communities.\n\nIt shows how residents survived and supported one another - but it also documents, hour by hour, their growing desperation, as it became clear they would not be rescued by the Israeli state anytime soon.\n\nDafna Gerster, 39, was visiting from Germany and had spent Friday night with family in the kibbutz she grew up in. They had gathered at her father's house, playing the board game Camel Up into the night - and then she and her husband slept at her brother's apartment nearby knowing the next day was Saturday, the Jewish day of rest, when the families could be together again.\n\nThe community is next to the Gaza border and is used to missiles - but when Dafna awoke to the scream of rockets at 06:30, she knew immediately that something was different.\n\nDafna, centre, was visiting Israel from Germany and staying with her brother, left, when Hamas attacked\n\n\"Usually you have an alarm and a boom of the iron dome [Israel's missile defence system]. This time, there was no alarm, and it was so loud. It's a sound we could not identify.\n\n\"I went to my brother's room and asked him 'what is this?'\"\n\nLike others in the kibbutz they rushed to the safe room or mamad - a room made of reinforced concrete with airtight steel doors and windows designed to withstand rocket attacks.\n\nBut it soon became clear that rockets were not the only threat. News spread on the WhatsApp group that someone had been shot - and that there were armed men in the streets.\n\nCCTV footage verified by the BBC shows a small group of Hamas militants arriving at the gate of the kibbutz before 06:00. A car arrives, the gate opens, and the militants run inside after shooting dead the occupants of the vehicle. Video from a few minutes later shows the same two Hamas militants walking through a square, guns by their side.\n\nFast forward to 07:10, as the first messages on the WhatsApp group are being shared. Video shows three motorbikes, each carrying two heavily armed Hamas militants, leaving the area by the same gate.\n\nOther footage, which is too graphic to include here, shows militants in the kibbutz at 09:05 - three hours after first entering. It shows the same car that was shot at in the first clip with at least one body dragged out, lying in the road.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nAcross the kibbutz, as the community collectively barricaded themselves into their own mamads, a rising sense of dread on the chat preceded a horrible realisation: many people were struggling to lock their safe room doors.\n\n\"How do you do an emergency lock? And how do we know that it is really locked?\" one asked.\n\n\"Can you lock the safe room?\" asked another.\n\n\"To missiles yes, not to terrorists.\"\n\nPictures shared on the WhatsApp group offered tutorials on locking the doors. Those who couldn't feared Hamas would just walk in.\n\nAt the house of Michal Pinyan, 44, her husband had run out of the safe room to lock the front of the house. The family heard shouting in Arabic outside, followed by gunshots.\n\nAfter rushing back to the safe room, Michal's husband built a locking device with ropes and a baseball bat, which he gripped for the almost 19 hours they spent in the room.\n\nIn the terrified silence of these safe rooms, where people would not dare scream, they typed frantically. Michal watched the messages stream in.\n\nThey could not hear what was going on outside except via muffled sounds through the thick walls. But from what little they could make out, they collectively tried to understand what was going on.\n\nThey shared messages of \"frantic knocking\" on their doors as gunmen went house to house.\n\n\"Not knocking - it's gunfire,\" one said.\n\nDuring the first hour of the attack, people would tell the group they could hear shooting in their neighbourhood, or outside a particular house. The replies inevitably poured in: \"So do we.\"\n\n\"We understood it wasn't just one terrorist, it was a massive attack,\" Michal says. \"In each neighbourhood of the kibbutz we heard 'they're here, they're here' so they were in each neighbourhood at the same time.\"\n\nAs the scale of the assault became clear, frustrated, fearful posts flooded the chat asking when the army was arriving - and why it wasn't there already.\n\n\"You can hear shooting close by. Hoping it's the first response squad firing,\" one woman wrote, referring to a small unit in the kibbutz that responds to intruder alerts before handing over to the military.\n\nDafna's brother, Eitan Hadad, was part of that unit and rushed to help, leaving the couple in the safe room.\n\nIt would be the last time she saw him.\n\n\"He went out and we stayed in the safe room and it was just horror,\" she says.\n\n\"You didn't know what was going on, you just hear shooting all the time, bombs, a fight. And it doesn't stop for a minute.\"\n\nThe response unit of roughly 10 people was clearly no match for the Hamas militants.\n\nOn WhatsApp, people reported more and more gunshots - and men speaking Arabic outside. The desperate pleas for help became more frequent.\n\n\"I'm home alone and I'm really scared,\" one resident wrote.\n\nElsewhere in the kibbutz, Shir Gutentag was trying to quietly comfort her eight-year-old and five-year-old daughters, while following the WhatsApp chat in disbelief.\n\n\"At first when I realised we have terrorists in the kibbutz I shook. I was in shock. But very quickly I thought to myself 'you have to stay calm', because they're looking at me, my children, and they see my reactions and they're starting to panic,\" she says.\n\n\"So I told them it's OK. It's going to be OK.\"\n\nHours had passed since the attack started, and the crisis was only worsening. Hamas were breaking into people's homes and threatening safe rooms as members of the chat begged for help.\n\nMichal was reading these pleas for help while also messaging her own family in a separate WhatsApp group. She shared the contents of this group with the BBC, giving a terrifying insight into one family's despair as they detailed the Hamas attack in real-time.\n\nAt around 09:30, Michal's mum wrote on the family chat that she could hear voices in Arabic outside their house. Within 15 minutes another message confirmed that Michal's dad had been hurt.\n\nMichal, who had been trying to stay silent in her safe room until this point, simply could not keep quiet anymore and rang her mother. Her mum picked up the phone and whispered.\n\n\"'They're here, they shot Dad, he's not OK.'\n\n\"And then she hung up,'\" Michal says.\n\nHer mother continued writing on the family chat: \"Help. Help.\"\n\nHamas gunmen had used a weapon to break through the safe room door and had shot Michal's father as he tried to fight back. They then threw grenades.\n\nHer mum wrote a final plea for help at 10:15. After that, messages from her children went unanswered. She had been killed too.\n\nMichal's mother and father were both killed in the Hamas attack\n\nAs her parents were being attacked, Michal was desperately messaging in the mothers' chat, calling for someone to help them. She would continue posting messages about them throughout the day hoping that, somehow, they had survived.\n\nShe was not the only one. Others were continuously begging for someone, anyone, to check on their parents, friends, cousins. But nobody could: everyone was in the same situation, barricaded in their own mamads.\n\nGuns and grenades were Hamas' weapons, but they also set homes on fire.\n\n\"The entire house is smoke,\" one resident wrote. \"What should I do… tell me what to do.\"\n\n\"We have a fire inside the safe room\", \"The entire window of the safe room is black\", other messages read.\n\nOn the row of houses closest to Gaza, the home of Dafna's disabled dad, Meir Hadad, was being burned down.\n\nIn their own family chat, Meir's Filipina carer, 52-year-old Bhing Sol, pleaded with his children to find help.\n\n\"They're here,\" she wrote, referring to Hamas, in a message at 09:44.\n\n\"It was full of terrorists,\" Bhing later said, saying they looted the home before setting it on fire.\n\n\"The safe room was full of smoke. I keep on asking everyone to help us because maybe we'll be burnt alive. But nobody could help us because everyone is terrified.\"\n\nIn the mothers' group, others also asked for help to be sent to Meir.\n\nWith little anybody could do to answer all these pleas they offered each other practical suggestions - small, homespun survival tips that sustained them, and perhaps even saved lives, in their most powerless moment.\n\nThis was the spirit of the WhatsApp group - not just today, but for the years it had existed. It was a place for mothers to vent, to give advice, to support one another.\n\n\"Entire house is full of smoke what should I do?\" someone asked. \"Try to put a wet cloth on your face. Or urine,\" another resident responded.\n\nIn another exchange, a resident wrote: \"I can't breathe in the house I think there's a fire here help urgently\".\n\n\"Stay in the safe room don't go out put a piece of cloth on your nose,\" a neighbour replied.\n\nWhile 44-year-old Golan Abidbol's wife and children took shelter in the family's safe room, he stood with a gun in his kitchen, watching Hamas militants throw a molotov cocktail at another building. As he watched, he saw a family jump from the second-floor window and hurry to a neighbour's safe room.\n\nGolan Abidbol, bottom right, stood guard as his family hid in their safe room\n\n\"I was pumped up with adrenaline. If someone came to my house I would give them the fight of my life,\" he says.\n\n\"I sent pictures to the neighbour downstairs because his house started to burn. I told him: 'Now. I don't see anyone. It's a good time.' So he moved to another neighbour's shelter.\"\n\nGolan says this is the \"essence of the kibbutz\".\n\n\"We are one big family. If we need to open our door when there are terrorists outside and let the neighbours get in so they can survive, we will do it. No one even hesitated,\" he says.\n\nAt around midday, two or three men tried to enter Golan's house. He pulled the trigger. \"They returned a burst of fire on the house and then they left. I don't know why they decided to do it but they decided to leave and not engage me anymore,\" he says.\n\nAt the same time, harrowing messages in the group continued to show that Hamas were breaking into houses and trying to breach safe rooms. \"Firing at our safe room's door,\" one message read. \"Helppp. Anyone.\"\n\nMeanwhile, at the burning house of Bhing Sol and Meir Hadad, gunmen had begun shooting at the safe room as it filled with smoke.\n\n\"I took a risk - I opened the window of the safe room, thinking even a little bit of space and the air will come,\" Bhing says.\n\n\"They kept bombing, with a grenade or something, inside our house. I knew it was burning because the door was so hot it was like fire. But I kept holding the door with a blanket because I didn't know if they could open the door,\" she says.\n\nLater in the day, in what Bhing describes as a miracle, a crack formed in the ceiling of the room and water started dripping through onto Meir's head. She grabbed his cheeks in joy after the first drops fell and rubbed her hands over her face.\n\nAs they waited, the pair could hear hostages being taken past them towards Gaza.\n\n\"I heard so many people that they brought outside, then I heard shouting, and then Hamas was laughing and rejoicing that they got someone,\" Bhing says.\n\nThe first reference on the mothers' chat to someone being kidnapped was at 12:09.\n\nThe BBC has verified footage taken on the day that shows Hamas militants leading five hostages, including an elderly woman, down the road in Be'eri kibbutz - we do not know what time this footage was taken. Israel says that in total 150 people have been kidnapped and taken to Gaza and it is unclear how many were taken from Be'eri kibbutz.\n\nAs some people were led away by Hamas, others wondered when the army would arrive.\n\nShir Gutentag was reading the messages, while trying to comfort her daughters by continually placing a hand on each of them.\n\n\"I heard voice messages of terrible things,\" she says. \"There was a woman saying her baby daughter was dead. She was crying for help. Another one saw her mother getting killed, and she's waiting in the safe room for many hours whispering for help saying 'save me, I don't want to die.'\"\n\nOther WhatsApp messages in the group tell of horrific injuries - including a family member bleeding from a massive wound.\n\nThere are many messages on this chat, including some describing injuries, but we have not been able to ascertain the fate of everyone who posted.\n\nAs they sat waiting in the safe rooms for Israeli soldiers to arrive, the residents continued to support one another.\n\nShir made quiet calls to neighbours who had posted messages showing they were in distress, saying \"breathe in with me\".\n\n\"I posted mainly encouraging things - I'm sure the army's there, I'm sure they're coming. Be patient. Breathe,\" she says.\n\nOthers in the group did the same.\n\nIn one exchange, someone asked: \"Is there something someone can say to calm us down?\" Within seconds a neighbour responded: \"I'll tell you,\" before describing how the army would be able to handle it.\n\nAt around 15:00, Shir got a call from neighbours asking to come into her home because theirs was filling with smoke.\n\nShe rushed over to her front door, and began dismantling a stack of furniture she had put against it to stop anyone entering and let the family of four through, ushering them to the safe room before reassembling the barricade. A few minutes later, another woman got in touch to ask to enter and Shir began the process again.\n\nAs her family waited for a rescue they weren't sure would happen, Michal said she put her hands on her three children and \"gave them little kisses, but quietly\".\n\nA message on the WhatsApp group offered advice about how to keep children calm. The message said that fear is normal, and to calm children with a hug.\n\nIn the afternoon, updates shared in the group suggested that IDF soldiers had arrived, and were beginning to make headway. \"The soldiers are now fighting... Two other forces are on their way,\" one message just after 15:30 said.\n\nPeople continued to post their addresses in the hope that someone would come to save them, adding brief information, such as \"terrorists hiding\".\n\nBut confusion continued to dominate and nobody seemed to know how many soldiers had arrived, or if they were an organised group who could begin to control the situation.\n\nPeople reported hearing shouts of \"IDF, IDF!\" outside, but did not know whether this could be trusted. It could be Hamas in disguise, trying to tempt residents to open up.\n\nGolan had continued standing with his gun in his kitchen and he said he could see militants with RPGs shouting \"IDF, IDF.\"\n\n\"I text my neighbours saying I didn't think it was IDF, they had an accent and they didn't dress appropriately - they wore the uniforms, but they didn't wear them right.\"\n\nThis message was also being passed around in the group.\n\n\"They're also disguised as soldiers, do not answer anyone outside,\" one said.\n\nAs evening approached, messages became more hopeful. The sounds people were hearing from the safe rooms were shifting. Many were hearing more Hebrew voices.\n\nThey had been waiting for almost an entire day for help. In one of the first messages on the chat one member says people should not worry and that they didn't need the army - it would be all over soon. But a few minutes later, people were begging for soldiers to come.\n\nNow that help had finally arrived, residents tried to coordinate with soldiers, calling out locations for IDF troops to be sent to fight.\n\nShortly before 18:00, a message was circulated saying the most senior forces in the army were handling the incident. \"Until now you were brave and amazing, keep staying in the safe rooms and the incident will end. Everyone is aware of the situation and information is coming through all the time.\"\n\nIt was around this time that Bhing and Meir were rescued from their safe room. The house around them - where the family were playing board games the night before - was now ashes. Somehow, they had survived, trapped inside a tiny room as all their belongings burned.\n\nBhing turned as soldiers escorted them away, and took a photo on her phone of the remains.\n\nBefore and after: Meir's house burned by Hamas\n\nBack in the group, a message was sent at 18:08 saying: \"They're beginning a process of evacuation.\" This was followed by the first messages from people saying they had been saved.\n\nBut the process was slow. Many continued to plead for help long into the evening. \"Lots of bullets here too. It doesn't stop. Please they're here,\" one message just after 19:00 said.\n\nThe military arrived at Dafna's brother's apartment at 20:00, telling Dafna and her husband they would be rescued within an hour.\n\nMembers of the mothers' group began sharing code words the soldiers should say so residents could trust it was really them. People continued to worry that it was really Hamas trying to get into their homes.\n\nMeanwhile, the sounds of gun battles continued. They were being told it was over but as they had spent a day seeing nothing but hearing everything, they felt they could not distinguish anything or trust anybody.\n\n\"They're not saying the code help us,\" one resident wrote.\n\nWhen the military came to Michal's home, she initially refused to open the door. One of the people from the kibbutz's emergency call-up unit called Michal's husband to assure him it really was the IDF.\n\n\"They told him they're going to come back and they're going to shout. And he said tell them to shout our name and we will open,\" Michal says.\n\nThe soldiers formed a circle around the family and their pet dog, as they escorted them from the kibbutz.\n\n\"They told us 'we're going to go quiet and at some point you've got to cover your kids' eyes because there are a lot of bodies outside'.\n\n\"So we walked, with the dog and he was really, really quiet. It took us I think 15 minutes to get outside of the kibbutz where they gathered all the people. The soldiers came to each family like this, so it took a lot of time.\"\n\nShe covered her children's eyes, but Michal kept hers open.\n\n\"I wanted to look. I saw bodies. My husband said he saw bodies of people from the kibbutz, but I saw bodies of terrorists,\" she says.\n\nOthers couldn't bear seeing the remains of their community. \"I was looking down,\" says Shir. \"I think this saved my soul.\"\n\nAs they waited to be taken away, a gunman opened fire nearby. It wasn't completely over.\n\nThe residents were brought on army trucks to a nearby town, before being moved on to a hotel at the Dead Sea.\n\nDafna, who had first seen the military at 20:00, wasn't rescued until after 01:00. She had spent the past 19 hours in such a heightened state of stress and horror that she had not worried too much about her brother. Later, she learned that he had died.\n\nOne woman who has been calling for help the entire day after Hamas broke into her house sent a flurry of posts around 17:00. They began with a haunting, whispered voice note: \"I need help.\"\n\nOthers told her to hang in there.\n\nAt 18:00, she posted again.\n\n\"We must be evacuated,\" she said.\n\nThese were the last messages from her that the BBC saw on the WhatsApp chat. Her friends say she is either dead or kidnapped.\n\nThey look back to life before that first message - \"God forbid\" - to a time where their community was what they call a paradise. They describe a beautiful landscape, a community of mothers and friends that relied on each other and looked out for their neighbours.\n\nSurviving residents say they are drawing strength from their broken community - but cannot forget those who have been lost.\n\n\"They are our friends, they are our family, they are everything to us,\" Golan says.\n\n\"We know them. They have been part of our lives since we were born and we want them back.\"\n\nThe residents had built a community in kibbutz Be'eri over decades. To them, it felt unbreakable. Now, many do not know where to go and what to do.\n\n\"I don't know if we'll even have a home to go to after this,\" Dafna says.\n\n\"We were living in an illusion that we were safe.\"\n\nTranslation by Shaina Oppenheimer, Jonathan Beck, Liora Schurr, Jonathan Shamir, and others\n\nDesign and visualisation by Tural Ahmedzade and Joy Roxas", "The Unification Church, founded in South Korea, has around 100,000 followers in Japan\n\nThe Japanese government has asked a court to order the dissolution of a church that was investigated after the assassination of former prime minister Shinzo Abe, local media reports.\n\nAbe's shock killing last July put the spotlight on the Unification Church, more popularly known as \"Moonies\".\n\nHis assailant, Tetsuya Yamagami, said the church bankrupted his mother and blamed Abe for promoting it.\n\nThe church says it has been unfairly vilified over Abe's assassination.\n\nThe investigation, which was ordered by Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, ran for a year.\n\nIf dissolved, the Unification Church will lose its tax benefits but it will still be able to operate as an organisation.\n\nYamagami claimed his mother was forced to donate to the church, where she was a member for three decades. Similar allegations have been the subject of lawsuits worth millions of dollars.\n\nUnder Japan's Religious Corporations Law, a religious order can be dissolved if its actions are \"clearly recognised as being substantially detrimental to public welfare\".\n\nJapan's education ministry earlier asked the Tokyo District Court to fine the church for failing to answer queries about its activities.\n\nAbe's relationship with the church was the subject of much speculation before his death, especially on social media.\n\nHe appeared remotely as a speaker at a church-related event in 2021. His grandfather - also a former PM - was said to have been close to the church due to its anti-communist stance.\n\nFounded in South Korea in 1954, the Unification Church is known for holding mass weddings. Its members are more commonly known as 'Moonies', after its late founder Sun Myung Moon.\n\nIt entered Japan in the 1960s and cultivated ties with politicians to grow its following and reputation, researchers say.\n\nThe church has been mired in controversy for years, being described by critics as \"cult -like\".\n\nIt has faced multiple lawsuits from members who claim that they were forced to donate to the church. Their lawyers say the complainants lost at least 5.4bn yen ($39m; £33m) in the past five years.\n\nAn internal investigation by incumbent Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's Liberal Democratic Party found that 179 of its 379 lawmakers had interacted with the Unification Church.\n\nMr Kishida subsequently ordered LDP lawmakers to cut ties with the Unification Church, and also stressed that he had no personal connections to the group.\n\nLast October, he ordered an investigation into the church - after previously resisting calls to do so - and said he was \"taking seriously\" accusations that the church had exploited its followers for money.\n\nThe power of the \"highly problematic\" church could be diminished considerably, said Professor Yoshihide Sakurai of Hokkaido University, who has written a book on the Unification Church and is an expert on cult issues.\n\nThe public will become wary of it, while it will be considered scandalous for politicians to have a relationship with it, Prof Sakurai said.\n\nHowever, the group still has dozens of affiliated political and business organisations, including newspaper publishing companies, travel agents and retailers, and their operations cannot be stopped by the court order, he said.\n\nProf Sakurai said the court may not even grant the dissolution order.\n\n\"Tens of thousands of followers still assert that they joined the church by their own choice and continue to participate in its activities. With both victims and followers existing at the same time, it will be quite difficult for the court to find the organisation to be completely criminal,\" he said.", "An American space agency (Nasa) probe has left Earth to visit one of the most unusual objects in the Solar System.\n\nThe craft is heading to a metal world - an asteroid called 16 Psyche - which telescopic observations suggest is made from up to 60% iron and nickel.\n\nScientists think it may be the remnant core of a planet-like object that had its outer rocky layers stripped off.\n\nThe launch of the investigating spacecraft, also named Psyche, took place from Cape Canaveral in Florida.\n\nA Falcon-Heavy rocket left the ground at precisely 10:19:43 local time (14:19 GMT; 15:19 BST) to hurl the probe on what will be a six-year, 3.5 billion km (2.2 billion miles) journey to its destination, out between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter.\n\nScientists expect their quarry to be full of surprises. Of the estimated million and a half asteroids in the Solar System, only nine discovered so far seem to share something of Psyche's properties - and of those, the targeted body is by far the biggest, at about 280km (175 miles) at its widest point.\n\nArtist's impression. It's called 16 Psyche because it was the 16th asteroid to be discovered, in 1852\n\n\"The big thrill is that we're going to go see a kind of world that humans have never seen before,\" said principal investigator Prof Lindy Elkins-Tanton from Arizona State University.\n\n\"We don't have any close up pictures of it; we do not know what it looks like. To me, that's the essence of exploration, that people always want to see what they haven't seen yet,\" she told BBC News.\n\nWhen the spacecraft arrives at the asteroid in August 2029, it will orbit at various distances - the shortest being roughly 75km (47 miles) - to map the metal world's shape and decipher its internal structure and composition.\n\nNasa is investing approximately $1.2bn in the Psyche mission which will conclude in November 2031\n\nThe pictures are sure to be fascinating.\n\nMetal objects hit by the small, high-speed micrometeoroids that zoom around in space are expected to develop a spiky appearance over time. These impacts may even have produced a kind of metal sand that now covers Psyche's surface.\n\nAlthough scientists have determined the object to be dominated by iron and nickel, telescopes also spy additional components. These could be yellowish-green, sulphur-rich rocks. One bizarre feature could be the presence of metal cliffs that formed as Psyche cooled, shrank and cracked over the 4.6-billion-year life of the Solar System.\n\nDeputy principal investigator, Ben Weiss, said there were two leading ideas for how Psyche came to exist.\n\nThe best telescopic observations have enabled models of Psyche's broad shape to be constructed\n\n\"One is that it's a core of a body analogous to like what is inside the Earth - the molten metallic centre of the Earth and other large planets. But in this case, Psyche had its outer layers stripped off by asteroid impacts in the early Solar System, so we can see its surface today,\" the Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor explained.\n\n\"And the other idea is that Psyche is a kind of primordial unmelted body, basically formed of the very first materials in the Solar System that came together under gravity and it was then preserved in this primordial state ever since.\"\n\nAll four of the 2.7-tonne Nasa spacecraft's instruments will be needed to establish the true story, but if Psyche really is the exposed core of a failed planet it might be expected to display a \"fossil\" magnetic field - an imprint from the time when its metal was molten and convecting, behaving just like the dynamo that produces the magnetic field in Earth's liquid core today.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: Psyche's outer rock layers may have been removed through impacts\n\nThere are metal meteorites that fall to Earth that are presumed to come from objects like Psyche.\n\nTheir composition has prompted many people to think we could eventually go into space to mine them. As a resource, Psyche could be worth trillions of dollars.\n\nBut Dr Helena Bates, a meteorite expert from London's Natural History Museum, said the emergence of such an industry was a way off yet.\n\n\"I think asteroid mining is most valuable if you think about it in terms of extending space missions,\" she told BBC News.\n\n\"So you send a spacecraft up to a near-Earth asteroid where it picks up some material that it can convert into fuel, and then it can transfer on to a deeper space mission. That's where I think asteroid mining could be really important for the future of space travel.\"\n\nIron meteorites that have fallen to Earth are presumed to have come from bodies like Psyche\n\nPsyche is probably too distant, anyway. Even at its very closest, it's still 250 million km (155 million miles) from Earth, which is three times farther than Mars is at its closest, and when the metal world is on the far side of the Solar System to Earth, it's 650 million km (405 million miles) away.\n\nNasa will be trialling two technologies on the mission it hopes to make greater use of in the future.\n\nOne is electric propulsion. The spacecraft will use solar power to excite and accelerate a stream of xenon gas to provide persistent thrust.\n\nThe other involves the use of laser beams to increase the rate at which data can be transmitted.\n\nThe mission team is promising to make all imagery of Psyche available to the public within half an hour of it arriving at Earth.\n\nThe spacecraft comes off the top of the rocket to head to the asteroid", "Llinos Griffin-Williams has been S4C's chief content officer since April 2022\n\nA senior boss at Welsh-language broadcaster S4C has left the channel after allegations of \"inappropriate incidents\" in a bar in France, BBC Wales understands.\n\nLlinos Griffin-Williams had been S4C's chief content officer since last April.\n\nHer departure comes after reported heated exchanges with production staff in two locations in Nantes, where Wales faced Georgia in the Rugby World Cup.\n\nMs Griffin-Williams and S4C have been approached for comment.\n\nNewyddion S4C has previously reported allegations of \"bullying\" behaviour at S4C.\n\nMs Griffin-Williams' comments were allegedly made to members of independent production company Whisper TV, which is responsible for the channel's coverage of the Rugby World Cup in France.\n\nAccording to information shared with Newyddion S4C, Ms Griffin-Williams was in Nantes for the Wales v Georgia match last Saturday in her role as S4C's chief content officer.\n\nThe disagreement allegedly began at a special gig arranged to mark Cardiff music venue Clwb Ifor Bach's 40th birthday.\n\nThe altercation is said to have continued at a second bar in the city.\n\nA report is due to be published investigating allegations of bullying at S4C. This investigation was announced at the start of May.\n\nA former member of staff who did not want to be named before the report was published said the allegations were \"all too familiar\".\n\nNo date has yet been announced for the publication of that report.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nRepublican congressman Steve Scalise has dropped out of the race to become Speaker of the US House of Representatives just a day after his party nominated him.\n\nMr Scalise, 58, had struggled to gain enough votes to secure an overall majority in the chamber.\n\nThe announcement came after a last-minute meeting of Republicans in the House of Representatives on Thursday.\n\nIt is unclear who the party will now nominate for the position.\n\nSpeaking to reporters following the meeting, Mr Scalise said that \"we have to have everybody put their agendas on the side and focus on what this country needs\".\n\n\"This House of Representatives needs a Speaker and we need to open up the house again. But clearly, not everybody is there. And there's still schisms that have to get resolved,\" he said.\n\nDespite defeating right-wing rival Jim Jordan in a secret ballot on Wednesday, Mr Scalise faced growing dissension from rank-and-file Republicans.\n\nEfforts to sway them enough to gain the 217 votes he needed to secure a win as Speaker were unsuccessful on Thursday.\n\nIn his remarks that night, Mr Scalise acknowledged that \"it wasn't going to happen\".\n\n\"There were people who told me they were fine with me three days ago who were moving the goalpost and making up reasons... that had nothing to do with anything,\" he said. \"Look, there were games being played and I said I'm not going to be part of it.\"\n\nBut he did vow to stay on as majority leader of his party, telling reporters that he had \"a job that I love\".\n\nCompared to Mr Jordan, Mr Scalise was considered a more traditional candidate in the race. He worked his way up through the Republican party's leadership, building a reputation as an effective legislator and fundraiser along the way.\n\nUntil a Speaker is chosen, the House of Representatives is unable to pass any bills or approve White House requests for emergency aid - including potentially for Israel.\n\nAdditionally, it means that Congress is unable to pass any spending bills that would allow the government to avoid a potential shutdown in mid-November.\n\nBefore Mr Scalise's withdrawal from the race, House Republicans had made a number of proposals to end the turmoil on Capitol Hill.\n\nOne option would see the House's Acting Speaker, Patrick McHenry, given additional powers for a temporary period that would allow the chamber to function, and, crucially, avoid a government shutdown.\n\nDoing so, however, would require opposition Democrats to co-operate. Lawmakers on Thursday were split about whether the move would be a viable solution.\n\nA second option would see Democrats come together with Republicans to successfully elect a consensus candidate.\n\nSome Democrats have also suggested that a few Republicans could cross the aisle to vote for Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries to become Speaker - although that option is seen as a long-shot by many on Capitol Hill.\n\nThe Speaker position has been vacant for 10 days since Kevin McCarthy was ousted by Republican hardliners who voted against him after he made a deal with Senate Democrats to fund government agencies.\n\nMany of those same lawmakers refused to vote against Mr Scalise on Wednesday and Thursday.\n\nFollowing the announcement, some lawmakers suggested that they hoped Mr Jordan - who had backed Mr Scalise after Wednesday's ballot - would now become the nominee.\n\nBut Mr Jordan too faces an uphill climb in uniting the Republican caucus behind him, with one lawmaker - Ann Wagner - telling Politico that the Ohio congressman's concession to Mr Scalise earlier in the week had been so \"ungracious\" it evoked \"gasps in the room\".\n\nWhen asked if he would support Mr Jordan after dropping out of the race, Mr Scalise replied pointedly that \"it's got to be people that aren't doing it for themselves and their own personal interest\".\n\nMr McCarthy, for his part, said only that House Republicans have to \"figure out their problems, solve it and select the leader\".", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: Jim Jordan: Three things to know about the conservative firebrand\n\nConservative firebrand Jim Jordan has been chosen as Republican nominee to become Speaker of the House.\n\nThe Ohio congressman won 124 votes from party members in the secret ballot held on Friday afternoon, with 81 against.\n\nBut Mr Jordan, who has the backing of former president Donald Trump, is already facing mounting opposition from the ranks of his own party.\n\nThe week ends with Republicans no closer to successfully installing a Speaker amid continued infighting.\n\nThe House has now gone 10 days without a Speaker. Until a new candidate is chosen it will be unable to pass any bills, approve White House requests for emergency aid or pass short-term spending motions.\n\nWhile Mr Jordan emerged victorious from Friday's secret ballot against Georgia lawmaker Austin Scott, he quickly failed to consolidate support in the wider party.\n\nImmediately following the vote, Republican representatives held a second motion to determine whether members would support him in a floor vote, before breaking up for the weekend.\n\nThe second vote saw 55 members vote \"no\" on Mr Jordan. As things stand, he has no clear path to the Speaker's office, leaving House Republicans leaderless and wracked by uncertainty.\n\nSeveral supporters of Steve Scalise - who was nominated as the party's candidate for Speaker on Wednesday before withdrawing - have vowed to oppose Mr Jordan at all costs.\n\nMr Jordan only narrowly expanded the fragile margin Mr Scalise earned on Wednesday of 113 votes to 99.\n\nAmong those still opposed to Mr Jordan was Florida's Mario Díaz-Balart, who told reporters that he faces a \"very, very big hurdle\" to become Speaker.\n\n\"I don't think he is the one,\" Mr Díaz-Balart said. \"Ultimately, we're going to have to have someone who can truly unify us.\"\n\nAhead of Friday's secret ballot, Mr Jordan expressed confidence, telling reporters that he felt \"real good\" about the vote.\n\n\"I think I can unite the conference,\" he said. \"I think I can go tell the country what we're doing and why it matters to them.\"\n\nBut like Mr Scalise - and ousted Speaker Kevin McCarthy before him - Mr Jordan's path faces significant challenges.\n\nWith the Republicans controlling the House by a very narrow margin, he will need 217 of 221 Republican members to vote for him. He can only afford to lose five votes.\n\nSome of his supporters expressed optimism that over the coming days that Mr Jordan would be able to sway many of those who voted against him.\n\n\"I think Jim can get there,\" said Florida Representative Brian Mast, adding that the weekend would give him additional time to lobby detractors. \"Jim has people to speak to.\"\n\nAnother Florida Representative, Byron Donalds - who is supporting Mr Jordan - said he was surprised that he lost so many votes to Mr Scott, who only decided on and announced his candidacy earlier on Friday.\n\n\"I thought it would be higher,\" Mr Donalds said.\n\nWhen the Speaker vote will head to the House floor remains unclear, but multiple lawmakers said they were leaving for the weekend and that the earliest the vote could take place was Monday 16 October.\n\n\"I think we should stay and finish this, but it's up to him,\" Mr Donalds said. \"There's a lot of work that can be done in a short amount of time.\"\n\nSpeaking before the vote was held on Friday, Mr McCarthy expressed his support for Mr Jordan, saying: \"I think Jordan would do a great job.\"\n\nThe Republican conference is also suffering from attendance issues, with only 209 of 221 members currently in Washington DC. Breaking for the weekend allows missing members to return to the city.\n\nMr Jordan, a co-founder of the far right Freedom Caucus, is known for his close ties to Mr Trump, especially in the days after the 2020 election when he was contesting the vote result.\n\nMr Trump awarded him the Medal of Freedom before leaving office.\n\nThe Democrats, for their part, will nominate Hakeem Jeffries, but as they are the minority party in the chamber, he stands no chance of getting elected.\n\nIn a news conference on the steps of the Capitol after Mr Jordan's nomination, Mr Jeffries lambasted the Republicans for choosing what he termed the chairman of the \"Chaos Caucus\" - a reference to Mr Jordan's role as a leader in the Freedom Caucus.\n\n\"House Republicans now have a choice,\" he said. \"On the one hand, House Republicans continue to triple down on the chaos, the dysfunction and the extremism that has been visited upon the American people.\"\n\n\"On the other hand, traditional Republicans can break away from the extremism, partner with Democrats on an enlightened bipartisan path forward so we can end the recklessness and get back to doing the business of the American people,\" Mr Jeffries said.\n\nThe previous Speaker, Kevin McCarthy, was ousted from the job on 4 October after striking a deal with Senate Democrats to fund the government.\n\nHardline Republicans, led by Florida Congressman Matt Gaetz, invoked a rarely used procedural tool known as a motion to vacate to oust Mr McCarthy.\n\nAlthough he was the first Speaker in US history to be voted out of the chamber, the last two Republican Speakers - John Boehner and Paul Ryan - were also forced to leave after repeated clashes with conservative members.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Meet the team protecting the hundreds of sunken ships and planes around Northern Ireland's coast\n\nColin Dunlop is not your typical civil servant.\n\nOn the day we join him, his commute is not by car or bus, his working environment is not a hot-desking city centre office and what he's searching for does not, for the most part, come via email or spreadsheet.\n\nInstead, his nine-to-five is on the sea, where his job is to find, map and help protect Northern Ireland's hidden marine heritage. That includes hundreds of sunken ships and crashed planes that litter the seabed off the coast.\n\nThat's why we're here, bobbing about off the coast of Rathlin Island, about 30 minutes sailing from Ballycastle.\n\nWe're just above the wreck of the SS Lochgarry, a merchant vessel that took part in the Dunkirk evacuation of World War Two and later sank off the island's coast, killing 23 crew members.\n\nThe Lochgarry, which was recently given protection under law, is just one of the wrecks that Colin and his team are scanning and mapping.\n\n\"We've located hundreds of wrecks, but there are thousands of vessels scattered off our coast that are yet to be found and are hidden by the sea,\" he says.\n\nThe teams use a mixture of old maps, historical accounts, local knowledge and sonar to locate and record the wrecks.\n\nSo far, 384 sunken ships and crashed planes have been located around Northern Ireland's shoreline.\n\nThe earliest shipwreck is a Spanish Armada vessel from the 1500s, but most are wooden sailing merchant vessels from the 19th Century and World War One and Two vessels.\n\nBut marine heritage isn't just shipwrecks. Northern Ireland's inshore and offshore regions contain a rich archaeological record spanning the previous 9,000 years.\n\nAircraft and shipwrecks off the coast of Northern Ireland are recorded and mapped\n\nIt includes material ranging from prehistoric flint tools and log boats to historic harbour installations.\n\nThese artefacts are recorded and monitored through a partnership between the Department for Communities' Historic Environment Division and the Department of Agriculture's Marine and Fisheries Division.\n\nThey also maintain a live map of every recorded wreck around Northern Ireland and ensure these heritage sites are appropriately protected.\n\nTo date only 1% of the wrecks have been given special designated protection under law, similar to that of a listed building.\n\nBut officials are trying to raise awareness about the historical significance of such vessels, regardless of their protection status.\n\nColin, the project's historic environment adviser, said the team is responsible for \"protecting historic assets within Northern Ireland's territorial waters\".\n\n\"But we have limited resources, so raising awareness about why these wrecks are valuable is really important.\"\n\nHe added: \"Most people probably don't realise that our waters are filled with this rich history, but hopefully we can change that.\"\n\nAuthorities say that while most sea divers in Northern Ireland act responsibly, there have been instances when wrecks have been damaged and had pieces taken from them.\n\nThe Lochgarry was a World War Two merchant vessel adapted for military use\n\nThe SS Lochgarry was a World War Two merchant vessel adapted for military use - originally launched in 1898, it was used for many years as a passenger and cargo vessel around the Scottish Islands.\n\nIt was requisitioned for the war effort in 1940 and took part in Operation Dynamo, the evacuation of British and French troops from the beaches of Dunkirk.\n\nDuring this operation it was damaged by enemy bombs, but still returned to England safely with more than 1,000 troops on board.\n\nThe wreck of Lochgarry currently sits in more than 30m of water near the east coast of Rathlin Island\n\nOn 21 January 1942, the Lochgarry sailed from Glasgow to pick up a group of soldiers bound for the Faroe Islands - 50 people were on board.\n\nThe weather turned and it strayed significantly off course and struck rocks. The crew abandoned ship half a mile from Rathlin Island.\n\nOf the crew, 27 made it to the shore - however, one of the lifeboats hit a rock and 23 died.\n\nThe wreck of Lochgarry currently sits in more than 30m of water near the east coast of the island.\n\nTim Mackie is a senior scientific officer for the marine and fisheries division\n\nNow, floating above the Lochgarry's resting place on the seabed, the team are here to undertake the first survey of the wreck since it received official protection.\n\nTim Mackie, the senior scientific officer on the project, said it involved going to the wreck and taking detailed sonar scans.\n\n\"We get resolution down to about 5cm, so we will pick it up every lump and bump,\" he said.\n\n\"The scan is that detailed that you could 3D print a real-to-life model of the wreck.\"\n\nThe team take detailed sonar scans of Lochgarry to check on its condition\n\nScans like this allows the team to assess if anything has changed with the wreck over time.\n\nTim said that diving is still permitted around Lochgarry, but on a \"look, don't touch\" basis and any damage is a criminal offence.\n\nHe added: \"It's a bit like going to Scrabo Tower and hammering chunks of it, you wouldn't do it, so why would you do it to something under water.\n\n\"These are hugely important heritage assets that tie us to our past.\"", "No 10 said Royal Navy ship RFA Argus would be deployed (file photo)\n\nThe UK will send two Royal Navy ships and surveillance aircraft to the eastern Mediterranean in plans to \"bolster security\", No 10 says.\n\nIt comes after six days of violence following the surprise attack on Israel by Hamas.\n\nThe aircraft will begin patrols on Friday to \"track threats to regional stability such as the transfer of weapons to terrorist groups\".\n\nThree Merlin helicopters and Royal Marines are also being dispatched.\n\nThe government is also arranging flights for British nationals stranded in Israel. The first plane was expected to leave Tel Aviv on Thursday, but as of Friday morning it had not yet left.\n\nA Foreign Office spokesperson said the situation around departure was \"fluid\", and it was \"currently working to ensure the flight can proceed as soon as possible\".\n\nSpeaking in Sweden on Friday, Rishi Sunak said the UK was monitoring the situation in Israel closely, adding \"humanitarian concerns and protection of civilians are very important\".\n\nThe prime minister said Royal Navy assets were being moved to the Mediterranean over the coming week so they can \"provide humanitarian support as required\".\n\nOn Thursday he spoke to Israel's prime minister to reaffirm the UK's support for Israel following Hamas' appalling terrorist attack\", Downing Street said.\n\nDefence Secretary Grant Shapps earlier said the Royal Navy vessels were not warships, but \"ships that can assist with hospital facilities\".\n\nHe told BBC Breakfast sending the boats was also about \"deterring others from getting involved in the region\" and \"maligning external influence\".\n\nWhen asked about Israel's response to the attacks, the defence secretary said \"Israel has the right to defend itself\" and added that, \"unlike Hamas\", it was giving warning \"that it's coming after Hamas terrorists\" which was the right thing to do.\n\nMr Sunak also spoke to Egyptian President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi on Thursday morning to discuss the importance of opening the Rafah crossing into Gaza to allow for humanitarian access and provide a route for British and other nationals to leave.\n\nSpeaking on Thursday, he said the UK's military and diplomatic teams across the region would support international partners to \"re-establish security and ensure humanitarian aid reaches the thousands of innocent victims of this barbaric attack from Hamas terrorists\".\n\nHamas launched an unprecedented attack on southern Israel on Saturday, killing at least 1,300 and taking around 150 hostages to Gaza.\n\nMore than 1,300 have also been killed in Gaza since Israel launched retaliatory air strikes.", "This week, 24-year-old US-Palestinian Zarefah Baroud who lives in Seattle, Washington, lost six members of her extended family.\n\nThey were in Khan Younis in southern Gaza during bombardments on Monday afternoon.\n\nFive of them were under the age of 18.\n\n\"They were having a party, they had just gotten out of the celebration. My cousin Anas was 18, he had just finished high school and started his first semester at the university,\" she recalls.\n\n\"My other cousin Walid, who was 15, had just finished memorizing the entire Quran. They were very intelligent and very motivated and an incredible family.\"\n\nThrough tears she tells of how other young relatives had to pull the bodies from the rubble.\n\nShe believes many other relatives have been killed, after losing communication with family on Wednesday. She says that phone battery life is \"like gold\" as there is no electricity in the areas they are in.\n\nBaroud explains why her relatives did not want to leave Gaza City despite Israeli warnings to evacuate northern Gaza: \"They believed this was either to be a trap, as they would be hit in their cars en route, or that they preferred to be murdered in their home than to live perpetually as refugees.\"", "Coleen Rooney said she stuck by her post that sparked Rebekah Vardy to take legal action\n\nColeen Rooney broke down in tears discussing her dispute with Rebekah Vardy in a trailer for a documentary on the Wagatha Christie trial.\n\nDescribing her struggles during the famous libel case, she said her family noticed a change in her: \"My dad said 'you're just not you any more'.\"\n\nRooney, the wife of ex-England captain Wayne Rooney, had accused Vardy of leaking stories about her to the press.\n\nThe series will be released on Disney+ on Wednesday.\n\nColeen Rooney: The Real Wagatha Story will feature Rooney talking for the first time on camera in-depth about the highly publicised case, in which the High Court concluded her accusation was \"substantially true\".\n\nIn a dramatic trailer released on Friday by Disney+, she could be seen breaking down in tears while discussing the case.\n\n\"It was just constantly on my mind,\" she said.\n\nSpeaking about her original words on Instagram accusing Vardy of leaking private posts to the Sun newspaper, Rooney said in the trailer: \"I stick by them.\"\n\nThis YouTube post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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End of youtube video by Disney Plus UK & Ireland\n\nRooney, 37, came up with a sting operation in 2019, planting fake stories on her Instagram account in an effort to find out who was leaking private information about her to the press.\n\nAfter clamping down on her privacy settings, Rooney said the only account which had viewed the stories, which later ended up in the Sun, was Vardy.\n\nThe sleuthing prompted a huge reaction on social media and led to the case being dubbed \"Wagatha Christie\" - a reference to Wags (footballers' wives and girlfriends) and the writer Agatha Christie.\n\n\"Someone on my personal account was informing the Sun newspaper of my private posts and stories,\" Rooney told Disney+. \"I needed evidence. I had to set a trap.\"\n\n\"Don't play games with a girl who can play better,\" she warns at the end of the preview.\n\nVardy, wife of Leicester striker Jamie Vardy, denied the allegations and brought the defamation claim against Rooney resulting in the trial last year.\n\nAfter losing the case, Vardy, 41,was expected to pay an estimated £1.5m towards Rooney's legal costs following the ruling.\n\nThe highly edited trailer - weaving clips of the documentary's interviews and news footage from the court case - precedes the release of three-part series in which her husband Wayne and her family speak publicly on the case for the first time.\n\nDisney say their \"highly anticipated\" series will reveal the circumstances leading to Rooney's \"infamous Instagram post that broke the internet all the way to Coleen successfully defending herself in one of the UK's highest-profile High Court defamation cases of recent years\".", "The leader of Hamas in Gaza has previously claimed that it has 500km of tunnels\n\nIsrael says it is striking parts of a secret labyrinth of tunnels built underneath the Gaza Strip by Hamas, as it continues to retaliate for the Palestinian Islamist militant group's unprecedented cross-border attack on Saturday.\n\n\"Think of the Gaza Strip as one layer for civilians and then another layer for Hamas. We are trying to get to that second layer that Hamas has built,\" an Israel Defense Forces (IDF) spokesperson said in a video on Thursday.\n\n\"These aren't bunkers for Gazan civilians. It's only for Hamas and other terrorists so that they can continue to fire rockets at Israel, to plan operations, to launch terrorists into Israel,\" they claimed.\n\nIt is very difficult to assess the size of the network, which Israel has dubbed the \"Gaza Metro\" because it is believed to stretch beneath a territory that is only 41km (25 miles) long and 10km wide.\n\nFollowing a conflict in 2021, the IDF said it had destroyed more than 100km of tunnels in air strikes. Hamas meanwhile claimed that its tunnels stretched 500km and that only 5% were hit. To put those figures into perspective, the London Underground is 400km long and is mostly above ground.\n\nTunnel construction began in Gaza before Israel withdrew its troops and settlers in 2005.\n\nBut it was ramped up after Hamas took control of the Strip two years later, which prompted Israel and Egypt to begin restricting the movement of goods and people in and out for security reasons.\n\nAt its peak, almost 2,500 tunnels running underneath the Egyptian border were used to smuggle in commercial goods, fuel and weapons by Hamas and other militant groups.\n\nThe smuggling became less important to Gaza after 2010, when Israel began allowing more goods to be imported through its crossings. Egypt later shut the smuggling down by flooding or destroying the tunnels.\n\nTunnels were dug under the Egyptian border to bring in all kinds of goods and weapons\n\nHamas and other factions also started digging tunnels to attack Israeli forces.\n\nIn 2006, militants used one underneath the border with Israel to kill two Israeli soldiers and seize a third, Gilad Shalit, who they held captive for five years.\n\nIn 2013, the IDF discovered a 1.6km-long, 18m-deep tunnel lined with a concrete roof and walls leading from the Strip to land near an Israeli kibbutz after residents heard strange sounds.\n\nThe following year, Israel cited the need to eradicate the threat of attacks by militants using such \"terror tunnels\" under the frontier for a major air and ground offensive in Gaza.\n\nThe IDF said its forces destroyed more than 30 tunnels during the war. But a group of militants were also able to use one to mount an attack in which four Israeli soldiers were killed.\n\n\"The cross-border tunnels tend to be rudimentary, meaning they have barely any fortification. They are dug for a one-time purpose - invading Israeli territory,\" says Dr Daphné Richemond-Barak, an expert on underground warfare who teaches at Reichman University in Israel.\n\n\"The tunnels inside Gaza are different because Hamas is using them on a regular basis. They are probably more comfortable to be in for longer periods of time. They are definitely equipped for a longer, sustained presence.\"\n\n\"The leaders are hiding there, they have command-and-control centres, they use them for transport and lines of communication. They are equipped with electricity, lighting and rail tracks. You can move around more and stand.\"\n\nShe says Hamas appears to have \"perfected the art\" of tunnel building and warfare in recent years, having learned a huge amount by observing the tactics of Syrian rebel fighters in Aleppo and jihadist militants from the Islamic State (IS) group in Mosul.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. News report, February 2015: Quentin Sommerville was blindfolded before gaining access to a Palestinian Islamic Jihad tunnel\n\nThe tunnels inside Gaza are believed to be as much as 30m (100ft) below the surface and have entrances located on the bottom floors of houses, mosques, schools and other public buildings to allow militants to evade detection.\n\nBuilding the network has also come at a cost to the local population. The IDF has accused Hamas of diverting millions of dollars given to Gaza in aid to pay for the tunnels as well as tens of thousands of tons of cement intended for rebuilding homes destroyed in previous wars.\n\nIt is possible that a cross-border tunnel was used by Hamas militants during last weekend's attacks in Israel, in which at least 1,300 people were killed, most of them civilians, and more than 150 others were taken as hostages. There were reports that a tunnel exit was discovered near the kibbutz of Kfar Aza, where dozens of civilians were massacred.\n\nIf that is confirmed, the tunnel would have been built beneath the underground concrete barrier studded with sophisticated anti-tunnel detection sensors which Israel finished installing at the end of 2021.\n\nDr Richemond-Barak says it would be a shock, but stresses that no tunnel detection system is fool-proof. \"This is why tunnels have been used for time immemorial in war, because is there no way to prevent them.\"\n\nShe also cautions that it is unrealistic for the Israeli establishment and general public to believe it will be possible for the IDF to destroy Hamas's entire network of tunnels in Gaza, as hundreds of thousands of troops mass nearby for a possible ground operation.\n\n\"There will be parts of the network where civilians, for whatever reason, will not evacuate... Some parts of the underground network are unknown. And for some of them the collateral damage will be too high.\"\n\nDestroying the tunnels will also lead to a significant loss of life - among Israeli forces on the ground, Palestinian civilians and the hostages, she warns.\n\nMore than 1,500 Palestinians in Gaza, many of them civilians, have already been killed in retaliatory Israeli air strikes since Saturday.\n\n\"Hamas is very good at using human shields. Once a strike is imminent and they know it, they will put innocent civilians on top of buildings. That has forced Israel to cancel strikes many times,\" Dr Richemond-Barak says.\n\n\"Having mastered the technique, Hamas could easily use it in the context of the tunnels and simply put Israeli, American and other hostages inside them.\"\n\nDuring the 2021 conflict, a series of devastating air strikes in Gaza City brought three residential buildings crashing to the ground, killing 42 people. The IDF said it targeted underground tunnels, but that when they collapsed the building's foundations collapsed too.\n\nThree Buildings collapsed in Gaza City in 2021 after tunnels nearby were hit in an Israeli air strike\n\nThe tunnel network will also negate the advantages that the IDF has in terms of technology and intelligence, magnify the difficulties of urban warfare, and pose a lethal threat to Israeli troops, according to Dr Richemond-Barak.\n\n\"First of all, Hamas has had plenty of time to booby-trap the entire network,\" she says. \"They could just let the soldiers enter into the tunnel network and then eventually blow the whole thing up.\"\n\n\"They could kidnap [the soldiers in surprise attacks]. And then you have all the other risks - running out of oxygen, fighting the enemy in one-on-one combat, and rescuing wounded soldiers becomes virtually impossible.\"\n\nShe adds: \"Even if you don't go inside the tunnel, to secure an area where you suspect that tunnels might be present is very different from just securing an area in general. Here, you have to secure something that is invisible.\"\n\nThe Israeli forces will, however, have some ways to mitigate the risks.\n\nAccording to Colin Clarke, director of research at the Soufan Group security consultancy, these might include sending drones and unmanned vehicles into tunnels to map them and identify booby traps before soldiers clear them.\n\nWarplanes could also drop \"bunker busting\" bombs, which penetrate deep into the ground before detonating. However, they would pose a risk of collateral damage due to the dense urban terrain.", "Almost two million people in Gaza - more than 85% of the population - are reported to have fled their homes in the two months since Israel began its military operation in response to Hamas's deadly attacks of 7 October.\n\nThe Strip has been under the control of Hamas since 2007 and Israel says it is trying to destroy the military and governing capabilities of the Islamist group, which is committed to the destruction of Israel.\n\nThe situation for ordinary people in Gaza - a densely populated enclave 41km (25 miles) long and 10km wide, bounded by the Mediterranean Sea on one side and fenced off from Israel and Egypt at its borders - is \"getting worse by the hour\", according to United Nations aid agencies.\n\nIsrael warned civilians to evacuate the area of Gaza north of the Wadi Gaza riverbed, ahead of its invasion.\n\nThe evacuation area included Gaza City - which was the most densely populated area of the Gaza Strip. The Erez border crossing into Israel in the north is closed, so those living in the evacuation zone had no choice but to head towards the southern districts.\n\nThe Israel Defense Forces (IDF) are now focusing its operations on southern Gaza and have told Palestinians that even Khan Younis - the largest urban area in the south - is not safe and they should move south, or further west to a so-called \"safe area\" at al-Mawasi, a thin strip of mainly agricultural land along the Mediterranean coast, close to the Egyptian border.\n\nFighting in Khan Younis has pushed tens of thousands of people to flee to the southern district of Rafah in recent days, the UN said.\n\nAccording to the UN, just over 75% of Gaza's population - some 1.7 million people - were already registered refugees before Israel warned Palestinians to leave northern Gaza.\n\nPalestinian refugees are defined by the UN as people whose \"place of residence was Palestine during the period 1 June 1946 to 15 May 1948, and who lost both home and means of livelihood as a result of the 1948 War\". The children of Palestinian refugees are also able to apply for refugee status.\n\nMore than 500,000 of those refugees were already in eight crowded camps located across the Strip.\n\nFollowing Israel's warnings, the number of displaced people has risen rapidly and 1.9 million have fled their homes since 7 October, the UN says.\n\nOn average, before the conflict, there were more than 5,700 people per sq km in Gaza - very similar to the average density in London - but that figure was more than 9,000 in Gaza City, the most heavily populated area.\n\nThe UN warns that overcrowding has become a major concern in its emergency shelters in central and southern Gaza, with some housing at four times its capacity.\n\nMany of these emergency shelters are schools and in some there are dozens of people living in a single classroom. Other families are living in tents or makeshift shelters in compounds or on waste ground in open spaces.\n\nIsrael has already launched hundreds of airstrikes across Gaza and says it has used more than 10,000 bombs and missiles, causing extensive damage to buildings and infrastructure.\n\nGazan officials say more than 50% of housing units in Gaza have been destroyed, left uninhabitable or damaged since the start of the conflict.\n\nThe map below - using analysis of satellite data by Corey Scher of CUNY Graduate Center and Jamon Van Den Hoek of Oregon State University - shows which urban areas have sustained concentrated damage since the start of the conflict.\n\nThey say over 100,000 buildings across the whole Gaza Strip have suffered damage. North Gaza and Gaza City have borne the brunt of this, with around half the buildings in the two northern regions believed to have been damaged, but their analysis now suggests up to 20% of buildings in Khan Younis have also been damaged.\n\nEven healthcare facilities have been left unable to function as a result of bomb damage or lack of fuel.\n\nThe UN says hospital capacity in the enclave has more than halved from 3,500 beds before 7 October to about 1,500 now - and \"hardly any\" in the north.\n\nMore than 1,200 Israelis and foreign nationals were killed during the Hamas attacks on 7 October. More than 18,000 Palestinians - including about 7,700 children - have been killed in Israeli airstrikes and operations since then, according to Gaza's Hamas-run health ministry.\n\nIt is difficult for the BBC to verify exact numbers, but the UN's World Health Organization (WHO) has said it has no reason to believe the figures are inaccurate.\n\nThe airstrikes were accompanied by a \"complete siege\" of Gaza by Israel, with electricity, food and fuel supplies cut, followed by military action on the ground.\n\nThe IDF began its ground operations by moving into Gaza from the north west along the coast and into the north east near Beit Hanoun. A few days later Israeli forces cut across the middle of the territory to the south of Gaza City.\n\nArmoured bulldozers created routes for tanks and troops, as the Israeli forces tried to clear the area of Hamas fighters based in northern Gaza.\n\nHaving cut Gaza in two, the Israelis pushed further into Gaza City, where they faced some resistance from Hamas.\n\nThe image below, released by the IDF, shows tanks and armoured bulldozers on the beach near Gaza City.\n\nA photo of the same beach from last summer shows people making the most of a hot day in Gaza, families splashing in the sea or sitting on fanning out along the beach.\n\nEven before the current conflict, about 80% of the population of Gaza was in need of humanitarian aid, and although Israel has been allowing some aid in from Egypt, aid agencies said it was nowhere near enough.\n\nA seven-day ceasefire at the end of November allowed agencies to deliver an average of 170 trucks and 110,000 litres of fuel a day but that has since fallen to about 100 trucks and 70,000 litres of fuel, the UN's Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) says.\n\n\"It's too little, it's way too little,\" the WHO's Dr Rick Peeperkorn said.\n\nMeanwhile, the WHO has warned that renewed fighting is making the distribution of aid in most of Gaza \"almost impossible\" and will \"only intensify the catastrophic hunger crisis\" that already threatens to overwhelm civilians.\"\n\nAre you personally affected by the issues raised in this story? If it is safe to do so, please get in touch by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "Dr Cameron was facing a selection contest to remain as SNP candidate\n\nAn MP who defected from the SNP to the Tories over bullying claims was having a \"tantrum\", the SNP president says.\n\nMike Russell rejected Lisa Cameron's claims that a \"toxic\" culture in the party had affected her mental health.\n\nDr Cameron was facing an SNP selection contest to remain as candidate for East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow at the next general election.\n\nMr Russell said her constituency party lost faith in and her \"unsubstantiated\" claims should be examined.\n\nPrime Minister Rishi Sunak welcomed Dr Cameron - a former NHS clinical psychologist - after she announced she had joined the Conservatives on Thursday.\n\nSNP leader Humza Yousaf called on her to step down to allow a by-election.\n\nIn her departure statement, Dr Cameron rowed back on her support for Scottish independence and described it as \"divisive\".\n\nMr Russell told BBC Radio's Good Morning Scotland programme that Dr Cameron's relationship with the SNP had \"become more and more fraught over the years\".\n\nHe said: \"Lisa's decision is her decision, but I regard it as absolutely bizarre and I think it does call into question all sort of things.\"\n\nMike Russell rejected claims of toxicity in the party\n\nMr Russell said the SNP needed to focus on the big issues in Scotland and \"not what seems to be a rather odd tantrum from somebody who was going to lose their seat and lose their nomination.\"\n\nHe added: \"That was absolutely clear - the constituency party had lost faith in her, and I think that kind of ego-driven politics is deeply unattractive.\"\n\nDr Cameron's defection came after the SNP were defeated by Labour in the Rutherglen and Hamilton West by-election last week.\n\nShe said a \"toxic and bullying SNP Westminster group\" resulted in her requiring counselling for a year and caused \"significant deterioration\" in her health including the need for GP-prescribed antidepressants.\n\nHowever, the SNP president challenged this.\n\nMr Russell told the BBC: \"I think Lisa's claims are unsubstantiated and what we need to focus on is reality.\n\n\"I have the greatest sympathy for anybody in those circumstances, but their claim for how they arose, when they make that claim publicly, has to be regrettably examined.\"\n\nHe said the East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow MP should stand down to allow for a by-election in the constituency.\n\nMeanwhile, Mr Russell said Western Isles MP Angus MacNeil should also stand down for a by-election to be held.\n\nIn August, Mr MacNeil announced he would stand as an independent candidate after he was expelled from the SNP.\n\nMr Russell said: \"He has changed his position and that requires a new mandate, just as the people in East Kilbride are entitled to ask to exercise their mandate.\"\n\nLisa Cameron claimed previously that she had been \"ostracised\" by the SNP after speaking out over the handling of allegations against former Westminster chief whip Patrick Grady.\n\nAt the time, she did not rule out standing down and triggering a by-election if she did not win the SNP nomination.\n\nScottish Conservatives chairman Craig Hoy told the BBC that Mr Russell was \"dismissing the concerns raised by Lisa Cameron in the most high-handed of ways\".\n\nHe added: \"She is a brave and committed constituency MP and I think she's been right in saying we need to show more empathy in politics and focus on less division.\"\n\nHe said that there was no need for a by-election as \"other parties have welcomed new MPs without one\".\n\nMr Hoy added: \"The party that loses an MP in a defection always demands a by-election, but it's not always a necessary part of our constitution.\n\n\"She will continue to represent her constituents in the same way she has done in the last four years.\"", "The BBC's Lucy Williamson has been to the site of the Israeli music festival where 260 bodies were discovered following an attack by Hamas militants on Saturday.\n\nGun shots rang out as journalists were allowed in the area for the first time, accompanied by the Israeli military.", "Mike Phillips is a regular presenter for S4C and has fronted a television show about his life in Dubai\n\nA TV boss allegedly told a rugby star his Welsh skills were not good enough and that she could end his career.\n\nFormer Wales scrum-half Mike Phillips has been part of the S4C team providing coverage of the Rugby World Cup.\n\nThe Welsh language broadcaster's chief content officer, Llinos Griffin-Williams, was sacked by the channel following the allegations.\n\nIt is understood two incidents took place in France on Saturday.\n\nS4C said: \"Llinos Griffin-Williams has left her role as S4C chief content officer after her dismissal following allegations of gross misconduct.\n\n\"We will not comment further on the matter.\"\n\nThe first incident is alleged to have happened at a concert, arranged in Nantes to celebrate 40 years of Cardiff music venue Clwb Ifor Bach.\n\nNewyddion S4C understands Ms Griffin-Williams verbally abused Phillips, claiming his Welsh language skills were not good enough and that she could end his career.\n\nLlinos Griffin-Williams has been S4C's chief content officer since April 2022\n\nSources have told Newyddion S4C that members of Whisper TV production company were also \"threatened\" by Ms Griffin-Williams as to how much future work they could expect from S4C.\n\nWhisper TV is responsible for the channel's coverage of the Rugby World Cup.\n\nAccording to information shared with Newyddion S4C, Ms Griffin-Williams was in Nantes for the Wales v Georgia Rugby World Cup fixture in her role as S4C's chief content officer.\n\nThe second altercation is alleged to have happened at another bar in the city.\n\nMs Griffin-Williams and Phillips have been approached for comment.\n\nS4C's annual report for 2022-23 lists Ms Griffin-Williams' gross pay as £124,000 per annum.\n\nMeanwhile, S4C staff were sent an email from HR on Friday afternoon letting them know that chief executive Sian Doyle was away from work on sick leave.\n\nDirector of content and publishing strategy, Geraint Evans, and chief operating officer, Elin Morris, will share responsibilities during Ms Doyle's absence.\n\nStaff have been asked not to contact Ms Doyle.\n\nPhillips, a first language Welsh speaker who earned 94 caps for Wales, is from a farming family in Bancyfelin, Carmarthenshire.\n\nHe began his professional rugby career at the Scarlets and had spells with Cardiff Blues, Ospreys, Bayonne and Racing 92 in France.\n\nThe scrum-half was a mainstay of Warren Gatland's Wales sides during his first stint in charge, winning Grand Slams in 2008 and 2012, a Six Nations title in 2013, and helping the side to the semi finals of the 2011 World Cup.\n\nPhillips, who previously dated the singer Duffy, also won five caps for the British and Irish Lions.\n\nHe was suspended from the Wales team in 2011 for what was described as \"a late night incident\" in Cardiff.\n\nAfter retiring from rugby, he moved to Dubai and has starred in an S4C programme about his life there.\n\nNewyddion S4C has previously reported allegations of \"bullying\" behaviour at S4C.\n\nA report is due to be published into these allegations, following an investigation which was announced at the start of May.\n\nA former member of staff, who did not want to be named, said previously that the bullying allegations were \"all too familiar\".\n\nNo date has yet been announced for the report's publication.", "With the jacket he's the lollipop man; take it off and he's in a shirt and tie, ready to be principal again\n\nThe principal of a county Antrim primary school who is waiting to get a crossing patrol to help pupils cross the busy road outside his school has taken the lollipop into his own hands \"for the safety of the children\".\n\nThe previous lollipop man at Crumlin Integrated Primary retired in June.\n\nAnd because of money saving measures the Education Authority (EA) had put a freeze on schools employing new ones.\n\nSo principal Tony Young stepped forward to don the distinctive coat and hat.\n\nWhen the BBC went to visit the school last month Mr Young and parents talked about how worried they were that a child was going to be killed if something wasn't done.\n\nA week later the Education Authority reversed its policy and allowed some schools to resume recruitment of \"lollipop\" crossing patrols.\n\nMr Young said he was contacted the day after the new policy came in but was told that it would take time to do an assessment and get a new crossing patrol in place.\n\nHe said he was asked if there was anyone in the school who could take on the role on a temporary basis.\n\nHe decided he and the vice principal would share the role - but there was a bit of training to do.\n\n\"There's a full guide book which has instructions of how you get the children across the road\" as well as information on how to use the lollipop and what you should be wearing.\n\n\"The coat and the hat - those are the statutory items you have to wear.\"\n\nThere was a bit of surprise among parents, guardians and pupils when the principal first appeared on the crossing patrol - but they seem to be getting used to it.\n\n\"I've had parents thank me,\" said Mr Young, \"because they know it's not part of my job\".\n\nHeather who was out collecting her grandson Finn said she thinks he's \"doing a great job\" but admitted there are probably other things he could be doing \"inside school\".\n\nFinn said he found it hard to decide if he was a better teacher or lollipop man but plumped for teacher in the end.\n\nBut it isn't something Tony Young wants to do long term and he's made that clear to the Education Authority.\n\nHe said the only thing that annoys him is that they \"could have had this in place over a month ago and the children would have been crossing the road safely\".", "A prominent Italian journalist has been found guilty of libel after insulting Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni in a television interview.\n\nRoberto Saviano used a swear word to describe Ms Meloni while attacking her stance on migration in December 2020.\n\nHe has been handed a suspended fine of 1,000 euros (£864).\n\nThough he will only have to pay it if he repeats the offence, campaigners said the verdict sent a \"chilling message\" about press freedom.\n\nSpeaking to reporters outside the court, Mr Saviano said Ms Meloni's government had sought to \"intimidate\" him for calling out \"lies\" about migrants, news agency AFP reported.\n\nMs Meloni's lawyer said his words were an \"insult\", not criticism, accusing him of \"excessive, vulgar and aggressive language\", the agency added.\n\nThe incident happened in a December 2020 television interview, before Ms Meloni became prime minister.\n\nIn the interview, Mr Saviano criticised Ms Meloni and fellow right-wing leader Matteo Salvini for their comments on migrant rescue charity vessels.\n\nAs opposition leader, Ms Meloni had said that boats carrying rescued migrants ought to be sunk.\n\nThe Pen International writers' association had urged the prime minister to drop the case, but Ms Meloni said she saw no reason to, adding that it was up to the judges to decide.\n\nThe association said the judgement was an \"alarming setback for free speech\" and sent a \"dangerous warning to writers and journalists across the country\".\n\nMr Saviano's lawyer said he would appeal the verdict.\n\nUnder Italian law, some defamation cases can be criminal and carry a custodial sentence up to three years in jail.\n\nMs Meloni has filed similar lawsuits in the past, including against the editors of Domani newspaper, for alleging she had tried to help an MP from her own party win a government contract to procure face masks during the Covid-19 pandemic.\n\nEarlier this year, it was revealed that she is also suing Placebo singer Brian Molko for defamation, after he called her a fascist and racist during a gig in Turin.", "Microsoft has completed its $69bn (£56bn) takeover of Call of Duty maker Activision Blizzard in the gaming industry's biggest ever deal.\n\nIt comes as Microsoft, which owns the Xbox gaming console, was given the green light for the global deal after UK regulators approved it.\n\nThe Competition and Markets Authority said its concerns had been addressed, after it blocked the original bid.\n\nFollowing the announcement of the deal, Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick confirmed in a letter to staff that he would step down at the end of 2023.\n\n\"I have long said that I am fully committed to helping with the transition,\" he said. \"[Phil Spencer and I] both look forward to working together on a smooth integration for our teams and players.\"\n\nDespite concerns from rivals such as PlayStation-maker Sony, and regulators over competition in the gaming industry, Mr Spencer, who is chief executive of Microsoft Gaming, sought to reassure gamers.\n\n\"Whether you play on Xbox, PlayStation, Nintendo, PC or mobile, you are welcome here - and will remain welcome, even if Xbox isn't where you play your favorite franchise,\" Mr Spencer said in a statement following the takeover.\n\n\"Because when everyone plays, we all win. We believe our news today will unlock a world of possibilities for more ways to play.\"\n\nUnder the re-worked deal, Microsoft has handed the rights to distribute Activision's games on consoles and PCs over the cloud to French video game publisher Ubisoft.\n\nBut while a concession has been made, Microsoft will now control games such as Call of Duty, World of Warcraft, and Candy Crush that will provide the firm with huge revenues.\n\nThe CMA said the revised deal would \"preserve competitive prices\" in the gaming industry and provide more choice and better services.\n\nBut despite approving the takeover, the watchdog criticised Microsoft's conduct over the near-two year battle.\n\n\"Businesses and their advisors should be in no doubt that the tactics employed by Microsoft are no way to engage with the CMA,\" said chief executive Sarah Cardell.\n\n\"Microsoft had the chance to restructure during our initial investigation but instead continued to insist on a package of measures that we told them simply wouldn't work. Dragging out proceedings in this way only wastes time and money.\"\n\nAfter the competition watchdog blocked the takeover earlier this year, Microsoft's president Brad Smith hit out at the CMA's decision, which it said was \"bad for Britain\" and contradicted \"the ambitions of the UK to become an attractive country to build technology businesses\".\n\nIt has proved controversial and received a mixed response from regulators around the world, but has already been passed by regulators in the European Union. The US competition watchdog recently saw its attempt to pause the purchase rejected by the courts.\n\nBut the CMA's Ms Cardell said with the sale of Activision's cloud streaming rights to Ubisoft, which makes Assassin's Creed, \"we've made sure Microsoft can't have a stranglehold over this important and rapidly developing market\".\n\n\"We were clear that that deal couldn't go ahead, because it would have harmed competition, and that would have been bad for UK gamers,\" she added.\n\n\"We take our decisions free from political influence and we won't be swayed by corporate lobbying.\"\n\nMr Smith said Microsoft was \"grateful for the CMA's thorough review and decision\".\n\nMicrosoft is paying cash for Activision at a premium price of $95 per share, meaning Mr Kotick, Activision's outgoing chief executive, is set for a $400m payday, with chairman Brian Kelly earning $100m, based on the shares they own.\n\nUnder the restructured agreement, Microsoft has agreed to transfer the rights to stream Activision games from the cloud to Ubisoft for 15 years outside the European Economic Area (EEA). This includes EU countries as well as Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway.\n\nAfter the 15 years are up, Ubisoft will no longer hold the cloud gaming rights for Activision's content, but it is understood the regulator believes the time span will see rivals become established for the cloud gaming market to be more competitive.\n\nMicrosoft is hopeful the takeover will boost demand for its Xbox console and enable the tech firm to add more titles to its Xbox Game Pass service, where members pay a subscription fee to access a catalogue of games from the cloud - either by downloading or by streaming.\n\nThe deal with Activision also means Microsoft will own its studio solely purposed for mobile games, with hopes of expanding on the successes of titles such as Candy Crush.\n\nThe takeover further cements Microsoft as a video game giant and could catapult it ahead of Nintendo to become the third-biggest player in the industry behind Sony, the owner of the PlayStation console, and market leader Tencent.\n\nSony strongly opposed this deal over concerns that big Activision titles like Call of Duty could become Xbox exclusives over time.\n\nThe PlayStation currently outsells Microsoft's Xbox but like all entertainment platforms, the key to success is access to the best content, though Sony is also not averse to buying up successful studios.\n\nNicky Stewart, a consultant and former commercial director of cloud services provider UK Cloud, said the decision to approve the takeover was \"great news for gamers\".\n\n\"[It will lead to] more choice, more innovation, better value and improved gaming experiences and a healthy, competitive market,\" said Ms Stewart, who is also a former head of ICT at the Cabinet Office government department.\n\n\"The CMA has forced Microsoft to make concessions in the UK that other regulators have not. This is good news for the UK's nascent gaming industry.\"", "Jonathan Goodwin was left paralysed after a stunt went wrong, his fiancee said\n\nAn escapologist who was left paralysed during rehearsals of America's Got Talent: Extreme has begun legal action against the show's producers.\n\nJonathan Goodwin was left with life-changing injuries in October 2021, after getting crushed between two burning cars.\n\nIn a statement his lawyer said the production was \"rushed, chaotic\" and staff lacked experience and expertise.\n\nFremantle Media has said it does not comment on litigation matters.\n\nNBC has also been asked to comment.\n\nThe accident happened on 14 October 2021 at the Atlanta Motor Speedway in Hampton, Georgia, during rehearsals for the spin-off show.\n\nHe was supposed to escape a strait jacket while upside down 30ft in the air in between two suspended cars.\n\nInstead, Mr Goodwin became crushed between them as they caught on fire and he fell to the ground.\n\nHe was left with a dislocated spinal cord, which left him a paraplegic.\n\nHe also had internal organ injuries, lost his left kidney and had fractures to his legs, ribs, and shoulders as well as third-degree burns.\n\nPrior to accident, the stunt ace had appeared in Britain's Got Talent in 2019.\n\nMr Goodwin has performed in London's West End as one of The Illusionists\n\nHe also starred in an award-winning Broadway theatre show for six years.\n\nHis lawyer Stuart Fraenkel, said: \"This is yet another example of the entertainment industry putting profits and ratings before safety.\n\n\"It is the Rust and Resident Evil sets once again.\n\n\"The producers and staff working on this show could have taken a number of simple steps to ensure Jonathan's safety. Instead, the production was rushed, chaotic and staffed by a team that lacked the necessary expertise and experience.\n\n\"Jonathan will be in a wheelchair for the rest of his life because there were inadequate safety practices, protocols and procedures in place to protect him.\n\n\"He is bringing this claim to bring attention to an ongoing lack of safety problem in the entertainment industry.\n\n\"He hopes that by bringing this claim, lessons will be learned, changes will be made and others in the future will not be exposed to unnecessary risks and danger.\"\n\nThe stunt ace is engaged to Sherlock actress Amanda Abbington.\n\nSpeaking about his injuries, Ms Abbington told Jay Rayner's Out To Lunch podcast: \"Unless there's a kind of stem cell surgery, or that thing that Elon Musk is designing with the little chip, he'll be like that forever.\"\n\nMr Goodwin, originally from Pembrokeshire, has remained \"positive and upbeat, and so strong\", she added.\n\n\"His courage and his strength is something that I just aspire to be like.\n\n\"He's just incredible, honestly, like so happy, just like a very happy, positive human being, just liquid sunshine. He's amazing.\"\n\nJonathan has since retrained as a hypnotherapist and is an ambassador for the Spinal Injuries Association in the UK.", "Barry Hughes was out for an early morning run when he took this photograph of a sunrise over the Forth at Stirling. He said the floods made it look more like a loch than a river.", "Last updated on .From the section European Championship\n\nScotland's bid to reach Euro 2024 was agonisingly prolonged by their first defeat of the qualifying campaign on a frustrating night in Spain.\n\nNeeding a point to reach consecutive European Championships, a combination of steely focus, last-ditch blocks and some Spanish profligacy meant the home side were scoreless before Alvaro Morata's ghosting run and header deep into the second half.\n\nMinutes earlier Scott McTominay had triggered revelry among the Scots as he lashed a wonderful free-kick past Unai Simon, only for the goal to be ruled out after a VAR review.\n\nScotland's anguish was compounded in the closing moments as Spain grabbed a second via a Ryan Porteous own goal.\n\nScotland, who lost captain Andy Robertson to injury in the first half, sit top of Group A, three points above their hosts, and will qualify for Euro 2024 on Sunday if Norway fail to beat the in-form Spanish.\n\nOr, if needed, they can get the job done next month when they travel to Georgia for their penultimate game.\n• None Reaction & all the drama as it happened\n\nScotland left the pitch to a rapturous reception from a huge travelling support in Spain. This had all the hallmarks of a famous night, only for it to be laced with the harshest of sucker punches.\n\nScotland's challenge at the start of the evening? Take a point, or hope Norway would drop the ball in Cyprus. The latter always looked unlikely - and so it proved as Norway eased to a 4-0 win - and from kick-off in the sweltering Seville heat, the heft of the task facing the Scots was evident.\n\nSpain are far from the husk of a side who wilted at Hampden in March. Barcelona's Ferran Torres steered a shot wide when through on Angus Gunn after just a minute.\n\nA series of corners somehow flew across the Scotland goal, which was starting to lead a charmed life. None more so than when Mikel Merino's slashed shot hit a post, flew between goalkeeper and line, before spinning out.\n\nThe booming gasp which met that Merino chance was loud, but nothing compared to the roar midway through the second half courtesy of McTominay.\n\nOn a rare chance for a Scotland shot at goal, the Manchester United midfielder, the thorny thistle in the La Roja side in March, whipped a glorious free-kick high into the far corner from a tight angle.\n\nBut jubilation turned to jaw-smacking agony as VAR intervened and the goal was ruled out, initially, it seemed, for a foul by Jack Hendry on the goalkeeper.\n\nThat was what the flashed up on the screens in the stadium, but Uefa later said it was because Hendry was offside and interfering with play.\n\nConfusion reigned and the debate about that whole process will linger unless and until Scotland have booked their place in Germany.\n\nIt changed the game, and on 73 minutes Morata's drifting run pierced the Scotland defence, leaving Gunn helpless.\n\nSubstitute Che Adams prodded at Simon when he should have done better late on, and that profligacy was punished as Porteous slid the ball into his own net after an Aaron Hickey slip caused panic at the back.\n\nScotland are far from done in this run, but this one will sting for some time.\n\nScotland did everything that was asked of them in Spain, although that will be little consolation as the attention now turns to Norway hosting Thursday's winners in Seville.\n\nIt was a bruising night. Firstly losing Robertson after being clattered by Simon, then the nature of Scotland's goal being disallowed. Furious debate raged after the game, but regardless of the rights or wrongs, it triggered a brutal ending.\n\nIt came at a point when you just thought Scotland had weathered the worst of the Spain storm, only for Morata to show nous and spark which had gone unrewarded up to the point he nodded Spain in front.\n\nScotland have two games left to get over the line. Let's hope they don't need them.\n\nScotland travel to France for a friendly on Tuesday (20:00 BST), but all eyes will be on Norway v Spain on Sunday in Oslo.\n• None Attempt saved. Rodri (Spain) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Aymeric Laporte.\n• None Attempt missed. Ché Adams (Scotland) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Kenny McLean with a headed pass following a set piece situation.\n• None Aymeric Laporte (Spain) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.\n• None Scott McTominay (Scotland) wins a free kick on the right wing.\n• None Goal! Spain 2, Scotland 0. Oihan Sancet (Spain) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner.\n• None Attempt blocked. Oihan Sancet (Spain) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Joselu.\n• None Attempt blocked. Joselu (Spain) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked.\n• None Attempt blocked. Stuart Armstrong (Scotland) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Navigate to the next page Navigate to the last page", "Prof Graham Medley being sworn in at the Covid inquiry\n\nA senior government science adviser during the pandemic has told the Covid inquiry that it was clear as early as February 2020 the NHS was going to be overwhelmed.\n\nProf Graham Medley said that civil servants would have been aware of those concerns at the time.\n\nThe government ordered the first national lockdown on 23 March 2020.\n\nIt has said that it always acted to protect lives and livelihoods through the pandemic.\n\nFormer ministers including then-prime minister, Boris Johnson, and then-health secretary, Matt Hancock, will give evidence to the inquiry later this year.\n\nProf Medley, professor of infectious disease modelling at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, was a member of the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (Sage) and co-chaired the influential SPI-M-O subgroup which calculated and modelled the spread of the virus during the pandemic.\n\nGiving evidence, he said it was \"no secret\" by the end of February 2020 that the NHS would be overwhelmed by Covid cases.\n\n\"The extent of the epidemic became very clear during February. By that point we had established the infection fatality rate, that's the proportion of people dying following infection, at around 1%,\" he said.\n\n\"If 80% of the population were infected in a single wave, then we could calculate the numbers who would die.\"\n\nProf Medley was then asked why the formal minutes of the Sage group of advisers did not record a high level of concern about the impact on the NHS over that period.\n\nHe said civil servants responsible for the minutes would have \"completely understood\" the views of scientists on Sage.\n\nHe recalled an account named \"Dominic Cummings iPhone X\" also dialled into remote meetings of the SPI-M-O subgroup at the time.\n\n\"Even if it is not in the paperwork, it was known,\" he said.\n\nThe government permitted mass gatherings to go ahead through the first part of March 2020, including a Six Nations rugby match at Twickenham on 7 March and the Cheltenham horseracing festival from 10-13 March.\n\nA full national lockdown with a mandatory stay-at-home order was announced on 23 March that year.\n\nWhatsApp exchange released by the Covid inquiry between Boris Johnson, Sir Patrick Vallance and Matt Hancock\n\nThe inquiry was also shown WhatsApp messages exchanged between Mr Johnson, Mr Hancock and Sir Patrick Vallance in June 2020.\n\nMr Johnson wrote: \"These Sage geezers now saying we should have gone into lockdown earlier. Can we gently ask them why they didn't make their anxieties public at the time???\"\n\nSir Patrick, the government's chief scientific adviser from 2018 to 2023, replied: \"I think there's too much enthusiasm for the camera at the moment and will speak to them again.\n\n\"All the minutes of Sage are published and so data recommendations are clear.\"\n\nMr Hancock then replied to the messages saying it was \"exceptionally unhelpful having individual members of Sage making comments like this, it undermines us all\".\n\nAsked about the exchange, Prof Medley said the whole area of media appearances was a minefield.\n\n\"I think this is a difficult area in terms of the kind of inside/outside government and independence [of scientists],\" he added.\n\n\"Clearly the government values independence and wishes to have independent people giving advice and providing evidence. And of course, if we're independent then we can say what we like.\n\n\"In an epidemic, one of the key things that determines outcome is the coherence of the population. And we're very well aware of that.\"\n\nThis second stage of the Covid Inquiry is examining political decision-making during the pandemic, from January 2020 until February 2022, including the timing and effectiveness of lockdowns and other social-distancing restrictions.\n\nIt is taking witness evidence in London until Christmas, before moving to Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland to look specifically at the decisions made by administrations in those parts of the United Kingdom.", "Ayman Safadi has warned of the conflict escalating to the wider region Image caption: Ayman Safadi has warned of the conflict escalating to the wider region\n\nJordan’s Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi has said that Palestinians being moved from Gaza to Egypt would be “unacceptable” to his country.\n\nSpeaking to Newshour on the BBC World Service, he said that “population dispersion and transfer will not solve the problem” and called for Gazans' safety in Gaza to be ensured.\n\nSafadi said that people need to stand with the right of all people to live with peace and dignity, and said that the world needs to condemn the killing of both Israeli and Palestinian civilians.\n\n“Why is it a war crime to deny food and water to Ukraine but it is not the same when it comes to Gaza?” he added.\n\nJordan is working with other Arab countries including Egypt and Qatar to help bring the hostages home. When asked about the possibility of elderly hostages and children being freed, Safadi said that a lot of work is being done behind the scenes.\n\n“We are hopeful that we should get to a place where those hostages are released and the escalation will stop and we will be able move forward.”\n\nHe also warned of the conflict escalating to the wider region.\n\n“If this conflict escalates and there’s a real threat to escalation, then we’ll be talking about a nightmare that will engulf the whole region.”", "Dr Nigel Hunt described Welsh language road signs as \"unintelligible\" and \"potentially dangerous\"\n\nA professor has lost a university role after he described the use of the Welsh language on road signs as \"potentially dangerous\".\n\nNigel Hunt, a visiting psychology professor at Wrexham University posted the comments on social media.\n\nHe said he got a letter from the university's vice chancellor, dismissing him from the honorary position.\n\nThe university confirmed Prof Hunt no longer worked there.\n\nProf Hunt, who lives in Derbyshire, said he was \"disappointed\" by the college's \"knee-jerk\" reaction, branding it a \"free speech issue\".\n\nHe was 13 months into a three-year role as a visiting professor.\n\n\"They were saying they were going to do an internal inquiry into it, which seems to be on all the media around, and there doesn't seem to have been an internal inquiry,\" he said.\n\n\"I was driving back from Wales when this all blew up and the following morning I received the letter saying my contract was terminated.\"\n\nProf Hunt said his view that road signs should only be in English was based on science, not any feelings against the Welsh language.\n\n\"Having complicated, dual-language signs is actually detrimental to driving,\" he said.\n\n\"There is evidence it does affect your driving behaviour… which was totally ignored by the university.\n\n\"I really believe that academics ought to be able to put their point of view forward without having a negative reaction from their employer.\"\n\nIn her letter to Prof Hunt, seen by the BBC, the university's vice chancellor, Maria Hinfelaar, said there had been \"several complaints\" about the social media posts, with the university being tagged more than 100 times online.\n\n\"The university acknowledges you have the right to freedom of expression; however, we consider that the affiliation to our university within the media posts has brought our name into disrepute,\" it read.\n\n\"Therefore a decision has been taken to withdraw your visiting professorship association forthwith. Please delete this association from your social media profiles.\"\n\nProf Hunt, who is undergoing treatment for cancer and is based at Nottingham University, said it had been some time since he had taught at Wrexham because of his condition.\n\nWrexham University said: \"We have ended our visiting arrangements with Prof Hunt, and he no longer has a relationship with the university.\"", "Life begins at 40, the saying goes.\n\nWhile that's usually not the case in professional football, San Marino defender Roberto di Maio is still going strong and enjoying new experiences.\n\nWhen he started their Euro 2024 qualifier against Northern Ireland in March, he became the oldest man to make his senior international debut in Uefa competition aged 40 years and 193 days.\n\nThe subsequent 2-0 loss was no surprise. The rank minnows of international football have not won in 132 games and are positioned 207th and last in the Fifa world rankings.\n\nBut that has not deterred Di Maio, with the 41-year-old now set to feature in Saturday's reverse fixture at Windsor Park.\n\n\"I was hugely proud to play for San Marino,\" he said. \"It was one of those games where I didn't need to psyche myself up. My adrenalin was so high, I could have run for two hours without stopping.\n\n\"Perhaps some people might think 'what on earth are you doing, playing for San Marino who lose all their games?' But whoever says that doesn't know what it means to play international football.\"\n• None Euro 2024: Who needs what to qualify?\n\n'We certainly don't do it for the money'\n\nDi Maio settled in the tiny, mountainous republic, surrounded by Italy, in 2003 and met his wife Cristina, one of 33,700 Sammarinese citizens, while playing domestic football.\n\nIt was the beginning of a journeyman career in which the centre-back has played more than 560 games, notably lining up in Serie B with Nocerina and also turning out for Lecce and Catanzaro.\n\nDi Maio was officially naturalised in January 2023 after the requisite 10 years of marriage, plus another year's delay because of administrative reasons.\n\nHe now plies his trade for SS Cosmos in San Marino's amateur league championship. Only two current national squad members are professional. Training regularly takes place in the evening as the others have jobs - such as car salesman, accountant and painter-decorator - or attend university.\n\n\"We certainly don't do it for the money, it's for a passion we have,\" he said. \"I've lived here for many years, San Marino adopted me and has become my home.\"\n\nHe works at the country's football federation as an academy coach, overseeing the under-17 team. When he first joined the San Marino team for training, he encountered several of his former pupils. \"In the first session, I told them: 'From now on, you don't have to call me gaffer, it's Roberto,'\" he said.\n\n'If we sacrifice we can get a positive result... like losing 4-0 to Denmark'\n\nDi Maio has played all six of San Marino's Euro 2024 qualifiers this year. In front of 36,000 fans in Copenhagen, he came up against Manchester United midfielder Christian Eriksen, an example who, he tells his younger charges, \"embodies football\".\n\nThe centre-back knows he is always in for 90 minutes of one-way traffic.\n\n\"Mentally, we prepare for a defensive game and go in with a different spirit. Without that, we'd let in 10 goals,\" he said.\n\n\"If we can focus, sacrifice and help one another, we can get a positive result. That could be losing 4-0 to Denmark or only conceding 60 minutes in against Slovenia,\" he added, referring to Euro 2024 qualifying games this year.\n\nSince making their official debut in 1990, San Marino's only victory was a 1-0 win against Liechtenstein in 2004. There was hope they could add another against fellow underdogs Seychelles and St Lucia last year, but the three friendlies ended in two draws and a defeat.\n\n\"It's been an eternity,\" Di Maio said. \"The players and staff are eagerly awaiting a moment of joy that we can celebrate. It would be huge.\"\n\n\"In the qualifiers, it's difficult because we're playing top and second-rung teams. It's damage limitation in these. So the expectation will probably be higher in the Nations League, where maybe we're against teams who are closer to us. Even if they're ahead of us, we can play in a different way.\"\n\nIt will be a massive ask to end their winless streak against Northern Ireland at Windsor Park on Saturday.\n\n\"Like every team facing San Marino, Northern Ireland will want to not just win, but have a landslide victory,\" Di Maio added. \"It's down to us to exploit that. The more time goes by, the more nervous they'll get. If we manage to hold the match in deadlock, maybe we can come away with a good result. That would be a dream.\"\n\n'There's always a romantic part that can't be forgotten in football'\n\nTheir abject record has led to some people questioning their presence in competitions.\n\nAfter England beat San Marino 5-0 in a World Cup qualifier in 2021, Gary Lineker called the contest \"pointless\" and suggested that that lowest-ranked nations should face off to earn the right to play at that level.\n\n\"I don't think it's fair to take away the dream of any nation,\" Di Maio said. \"In my view, there's always a romantic part that can't be forgotten in football. San Marino has every right, like many other little nations, to play against big countries.\n\n\"They still have to win games on the field and show they're the champions they are.\"\n\nWith a population smaller than that of Accrington, there are limits on how far San Marino can progress. Di Maio believes the answer lies in building their youth base and sending players to Italy to gain professional experience.\n\n\"We need to slowly improve to be a bit more competitive, at least with those teams closer to us in size and population,\" he said. \"To try to get better in some way, playing friendlies and getting results. Seeing it from the inside a bit, we are making positive changes.\"\n\nAs for the veteran's own future, he is determined to enjoy every moment in San Marino's sky blue kit.\n\n\"I hope that I can inspire people who see me, with this passion and desire to play and train hard at 41, and pass that on to the youngest kids who want to be footballers,\" he said.\n\n\"The moment I realise my body can't do the things my mind asks, I'll pack it in. I'm taking it day by day, match by match - and I'm loving it.\"\n• None Our coverage of your Premier League club is bigger and better than ever before - follow your team and sign up for notifications in the BBC Sport app to make sure you never miss a moment", "Hundreds of remains and artefacts were unearthed in 2022\n\nNo businesses have confirmed they will lease a site where 240 skeletons were found that is being redeveloped for £12m to revitalise a town centre.\n\nPembrokeshire County Council wants to open a food emporium, a restaurant, bar and roof-top terrace at the Ocky White development in Haverfordwest.\n\nBut the council's deputy leader said in a meeting they were a \"bit behind\" on finding businesses.\n\nThe discovery of the ancient remains pushed up costs by about £2m.\n\nThe original budget was £6m but costs had gone up due to coronavirus, the war in Ukraine alongside last year's archaeological discovery, the council said.\n\nDuring the meeting earlier, councillors were told the aim was to open the facility in summer 2024.\n\nIt was due to open at the end of this year.\n\nDeputy leader Paul Miller said the council had received \"a positive number of expressions of interest\" but \"no one has signed on the dotted line yet\".\n\nHe admitted the council was a \"bit behind\" on securing tenants.\n\nConservative councillor Diane Clements said that she was hoping that contracts had been secured by now.\n\nOcky White was a popular shopping mainstay for more than a century before its riverside premises closed in 2013\n\nMr Miller said a mixture of local and national businesses had expressed interest and discussions were now at a \"more formal stage\".\n\nHe added that the £12m budget for the development included fit out costs for the building and the contracted works had finished on time.\n\nThe next stage of the project is due to start shortly.\n\nMr Miller told the meeting: \"2024 is going to be the year when everyone starts to see it come together and recognise that the town is changing significantly and for the better.\"\n\nIn October 2022 the remains of more than 240 people, including children, were unearthed by archaeologists.\n\nArchaeologists believe the ruins are from St Saviour's Priory, founded in about 1256, and a \"window into medieval Haverfordwest\", according to one expert.\n\nIt is believed that the graveyard could have been used until the early 18th Century.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Ecclestone agreed to repay almost £653m to HM Revenue and Customs\n\nBernie Ecclestone, the former boss of Formula 1, has been given a suspended sentence after pleading guilty to fraud.\n\nThe 92-year-old did not declare more than £400m held in a trust in Singapore when asked by tax authorities in 2015.\n\nEcclestone has agreed in a civil settlement to repay almost £653m to HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC), a court heard.\n\nHe was sentenced to 17 months in prison, suspended for two years.\n\nThe billionaire had originally been due to stand trial next month after initially pleading not guilty.\n\nThe settlement covers Ecclestone's tax affairs over the past 18 years, including interest and civil penalties.\n\nThe court was told that a meeting took place between Ecclestone and HMRC officers in July 2015.\n\nIt heard that Ecclestone was \"seeking to a draw a line under investigations into his tax affairs\" because he \"was fed up of paying huge bills for advice\".\n\nAt the time, he declared he had only one trust which was established on behalf of his daughters.\n\nAccording to the charge, he had told HMRC he was \"not the settlor nor beneficiary of any trust in or outside the UK\".\n\nBut following an investigation which HMRC has previously described as \"complex and worldwide\", that answer proved to be inaccurate.\n\nOn Thursday, Ecclestone arrived at Southwark Crown Court with his wife Fabiana and spoke only to tell the judge \"I plead guilty\" and to confirm basic details.\n\nHe appeared frail as he rose to address the judge in court.\n\nHis legal team argued that the former F1 boss should not face a prison term, owing to his advanced age, medical issues, and low level of risk to the public.\n\nDefending Ecclestone, Clare Montgomery said the defendant \"bitterly regrets the events that led to this criminal trial\".\n\nSpeaking in court following Ecclestone's guilty plea, prosecutor Richard Wright said the defendant had knowingly given an \"untrue or misleading\" answer to HMRC when he told them he had no further trusts outside the UK.\n\nHe continued: \"As of 7 July 2015, Mr Ecclestone did not know the truth of the position, so was not able to give an answer to the question.\n\n\"Mr Ecclestone was not entirely clear on how ownership of the accounts in question were structured.\n\n\"He therefore did not know whether it was liable for tax, interest or penalties in relation to amounts passing through the accounts.\n\n\"Mr Ecclestone recognises it was wrong to answer the questions he did because it ran the risk that HMRC would not continue to investigate his affairs.\n\n\"He now accepts that some tax is due in relation to these matters.\"", "In the 1970s, the Isley Brothers were known for their lavish outfits: (left-right) Rudolph Isley, Ronald Isley and O'Kelly Isley Jr\n\nRudolph Isley, whose smooth vocals graced Isley Brothers hits including Summer Breeze and That Lady, has died at the age of 84.\n\nThe musician, who also co-wrote many of the band's biggest songs, died in his sleep, his brother Ernie said.\n\n\"There are no words to express my feelings and the love I have for my brother,\" added Ronald Isley in a statement.\n\n\"Our family will miss him. But I know he's in a better place.\"\n\nAlthough Rudolph largely sang harmonies with the band, he took lead vocals on such tracks as I've Got to Get Myself Together and It's a Disco Night (Rock Don't Stop), which reached the Top 20 in the UK.\n\nHe also played a pivotal role in writing songs such as Harvest For The World, Fight The Power and Shout - an enduring party anthem that became a major hit in Europe through Lulu's cover version.\n\nThe band first found fame as a gospel trio\n\nFirst formed in the early 1950s, the Isley Brothers were among the most influential bands in pop music, successfully shifting from gospel to Motown soul, and later gritty R&B and politically-motivated funk.\n\nHailing from Cincinnati, Ohio, the young group were initially a quartet comprised of Ronald, Rudolph, O'Kelly and Vernon Isley.\n\nThey briefly stopped performing in 1955 after Vernon, who sang lead vocals, was killed while riding his bicycle. He was just 13 years old.\n\nEventually persuaded to continue, the others moved to New York and left gospel music behind.\n\nOn tour in 1959, they covered Jackie Wilson's Lonely Teardrops - drawing out the closing call-and-response section and whipping the crowd into a frenzy.\n\nBy the end of the tour, \"audiences were coming to the theatre and waiting for the song\", Ronald later recalled.\n\nThey quickly began developing the outro into a song of their own and, when they returned to New York, went straight to the studio to cut it, bringing in dozens of friends to capture the energy of their concerts.\n\nThat song was Shout, which became the Isley Brothers' first million-selling record. It was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1999, but at the time church groups objected to it.\n\n\"We turned a song with a gospel feel into an R&B hit, and the groups began writing [to] disc jockeys asking them to stop playing our record,\" Ronald told the Wall Street Journal in 2015.\n\n\"They felt Shout should have been a church record.\"\n\nThe group expanded to a sextet in 1973, inspiring the album title 3+3\n\nDespite the criticism, the brothers knew they'd found a successful formula, and scored another hit in the early 60s with the equally-spirited Twist and Shout.\n\nThe song was a cover, originally recorded by the Top Notes, but the band's new arrangement was like a shot of adrenaline to the heart. The Beatles loved it so much, they made it a staple of their lives shows and recorded it the closing track of their debut album.\n\nIn 1964, the Brothers recruited a young Jimi Hendrix to their line-up, with his guitar work livening up hits like Testify before he left to go solo.\n\nA year later, the band signed to Motown Records, but found the label's production line approach stifling.\n\nDuring their brief spell there, they only scored one hit, This Old Heart of Mine (Is Weak for You), written by the celebrated Holland-Dozier-Holland team with input from Sylvia Moy.\n\nLeaving to form their own label, they welcomed younger brother Ernie to the band, and his hard-edged guitar lines gave them a new lease of life.\n\nIn 1969, they scored a major hit with It's Your Thing and started covering rock anthems like Stephen Stills' Love The One You're With and Bob Dylan's Lay Lady Lay.\n\nThat triggered a dramatic rebirth, with a run of gold and platinum albums that fused soul melodies with spacey psychedelia and the hard-edged funk of Sly Stone and James Brown.\n\nThe transformation was made explicit on 1973's 3+3 album, where they retooled the jaunty 1964 single Who's That Lady with a searing fuzztone guitar line, taking the song to number six in the US charts.\n\nMore hits followed - Summer Breeze, Harvest For The World, Fight The Power, The Pride - with Rudolph credited as a writer on the latter three.\n\nThe band were inducted to the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame in 1972\n\nOn record sleeves, Rudolph stood out for his flamboyant outfits - a combination of hats and furs accentuated by a bejewelled cane.\n\nThe second-eldest son of the Isley clan, he was nonetheless the unspoken \"overseer\" of the band, daughter Elizabeth Isley Barkley wrote in her memoir.\n\nBut, as with all families, relationships were often complicated.\n\n\"At times, it got pretty heated within the family, and they'd be yelling at each other,\" recalled engineer John Holbrook, who worked on several Isley Brothers albums in the late 70s.\n\n\"They were big, scary guys. Rudy was the giant and kind of intimidating.\"\n\nAfter O'Kelly died of a heart attack in 1986, Rudolph decided to follow his long-held ambition to become a Christian minister, leaving the band and passing the cane on to brother Ronald.\n\n\"Music and faith, they just run through our blood,\" Rudolph said in the liner notes for a 1999 Isley Brothers box set.\n\n\"I may have stopped singing pop music, but I will always be an Isley Brother.\"\n\nHe continued to sing, however, releasing a religious album called Shouting for Jesus in 1996, and was inducted to the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame with his brothers in 1992.\n\nThis March, Rudolph sued Ronald, claiming his brother had tried to secure a trademark for the Isley Brothers' under his own name, effectively excluding his sibling from the partnership.\n\nThe lawsuit claimed that the founding members were \"at all times\" a \"common-law partnership\".\n\nHis death leaves Ronald and Ernie as the only remaining brothers from the band.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Scotland's FM Humza Yousaf says the situation in Gaza, where he has family, is \"a human catastrophe\".\n\nScotland's first minister has said Israel is \"going too far\" and that innocent civilians in Gaza can not simply be \"collateral damage\".\n\nHumza Yousaf had earlier shared a video of his mother-in-law, Elizabeth El-Nakla, describing the situation on the ground.\n\nShe issued an emotional plea for help after Israel warned more than a million people to flee north Gaza.\n\nMr Yousaf said she was in a \"real state of distress\".\n\nHe said it was \"really difficult\" to watch the video, and spoke of his sense of \"helplessness and distress\".\n\nMr Yousaf added that it was important to share the video so people could see that his mother-in-law, like ordinary citizens of Gaza, had nothing to do with Hamas.\n\nCalling on the international community to \"step up\", he said there needed to be a ceasefire and a humanitarian corridor to allow supplies and to allow people out.\n\n\"There is a humanitarian catastrophe that is unfolding and the collective punishment of 2.2 million Gazans just can not be justified,\" he said.\n\nMr Yousaf stressed he had \"entire and absolute sympathy\" with the men, women and children who lost their lives in Israel.\n\nHumza Yousaf comforted Bernard Cowan's mother at an event on Thursday\n\nAt least 1,300 people were killed when Hamas launched an unprecedented attack on 7 October.\n\nThe victims included grandfather Bernard Cowan, who grew up in the Glasgow area before moving to live in Israel.\n\nOn Thursday, Mr Yousaf comforted Mr Cowan's mother when they both attended a service of solidarity at Giffnock Newton Mearns Synagogue in East Renfrewshire.\n\nThe UN said Israel was telling everyone to relocate to the south of Gaza in the next 24 hours, a move it warned would have \"devastating humanitarian consequences\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Ms El-Nakla's mother, Elizabeth, with her twin grandsons, who had their ninth birthday on Wednesday\n\nPalestinian health officials say 1,400 people have died in Israeli retaliatory airstrikes in Gaza as the death toll continues to rise in the conflict.\n\nEarlier this week Mr Yousaf's wife, Nadia El-Nakla, told BBC News her family were \"terrified\" and some of her relatives' homes have already been destroyed.\n\nElizabeth El-Nakla and her husband, Maged, had travelled to the south of the Palestinian enclave last week to see a sick relative.\n\nThe couple, from Dundee, are now trapped in a war zone with no way out.\n\nOn Friday, Mr Yousaf shared a moving 40-second video from his mother-in-law on X, formerly known as Twitter.\n\nElizabeth El-Nakla and Maged El-Nakla, who are from Dundee, were visiting family in Gaza when the Hamas attacks happened\n\nLooking directly into the camera Ms El-Nakla said: \"This will be my last video.\n\n\"Everybody from Gaza is moving towards where we are. One million people. No food. No water.\n\n\"And still they are bombing them as they leave. Where are we going to put them?\"\n\nThe grandmother became tearful as she continued: \"But my thought is all these people in the hospital cannot be evacuated. Where's humanity? Where's people's hearts in the world to let this happen in this day and age?\n\nMr and Mrs El-Nakla are in Gaza visiting their son - a father-of-four - and Mr El-Nakla's 92-year-old mother, who is ill.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Nadia El-Nakla tells of her fears for the future of her family trapped in Gaza\n\nAsked how his family were coping, Mr Yousaf said: \"There is a sense of helplessness and distress and every day that goes on you fear the situation.\n\n\"I just had a message from my mother-in-law, all of 15 minutes ago, to say that there is now bombing in their neighbourhood.\"\n\nThe first minister added that with every passing day the family's meagre rations diminish and they will be placed under further strain when relatives flee the north of Gaza to join them.\n\nMr Yousaf said: \"That house of 10 could potentially have 40 people in it by the end of this day with just a few plastic bottles of clean drinking water and rationing of supplies.\n\n\"So it is a human catastrophe and the international community really needs to step up.\"\n\nAll movement into and out of Gaza is controlled by the Israeli authorities, except the pedestrian-only Rafah crossing between Gaza and Egypt's Sinai peninsula, which is controlled by the Egyptian authorities.\n\nThis has come under bombardment from Israel in recent days and, according to the BBC's Egypt correspondent Sally Nabil, Egyptians are concerned about being dragged into the conflict.", "Israel is still reeling from Saturday’s attack, when members of Palestinian militant group, Hamas - designated as a terrorist group by countries including the UK - infiltrated the country from Gaza.\n\nBut how did they manage to carry out such a brazen operation? The BBC's security correspondent Gordon Corera looks at Hamas' own videos, to find out what it tells us about the shock attack.", "Aidan Ormsby is a drugs and alcohol support manager in Irvinestown,\n\nCocaine use is now so prevalent in rural communities that it has become \"normalised\".\n\nAidan Ormsby, a drugs and alcohol support manager in Irvinestown, said it is now easily accessed in towns and villages across rural Northern Ireland.\n\n\"It's not the preserve of the cities or the urban districts any longer,\" he said.\n\n\"We're seeing it in all arts and parts of society and in all arts and parts of rural areas as well.\"\n\nMr Ormsby works at the ARC Healthy Living Centre which provides support services to people throughout Fermanagh and parts of Tyrone.\n\n\"We know anecdotally from lots of stories, right across the rural geography, right across Fermanagh and Tyrone, that it's available pretty much everywhere,\" he added.\n\nHe also expressed concern about the level of acceptance around the growing use of the Class A drug.\n\n\"It's been nearly, to a large extent, normalised in that people nearly have got to the point where young people and people who are using it don't even see it as a drug.\n\n\"It's become normalised for a normal night out.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nHe also thinks many people are not aware of the full extent of its availability and use in rural areas.\n\n\"We cover Fermanagh, the most rural part of Northern Ireland, and you know I don't think there's anywhere in Fermanagh or Omagh, or in the surrounding hinterlands of Omagh, that you couldn't get it, and that has become normalised, really,\" he added.\n\nIn the past, cocaine was often regarded as the illegal drug of choice of some middle class people because they could afford it.\n\nBut an increase in supply, demand, and falling prices has made it more available and affordable across all socio economic groups in recent years.\n\nA leading academic researcher on substance use and abuse has said a public health campaign is needed to address the widespread and growing use of cocaine across society.\n\nProfessor Anne Campbell, from the Drug and Alcohol Research Network at Queen's University Belfast, has told BBC News NI that a \"harm reduction message\" is needed around cocaine, similar to smoking and alcohol awareness campaigns.\n\n\"If we don't tell people about these dangers, they can not make an informed choice about what they take and what it does to their body,\" she added.\n\n\"In the same way that we do with alcohol, we tell people about the potential dangers. In the same way that we do with smoking.\n\n\"The difficulty with cocaine is that it's an illegal drug, it's a class A drug, so we will not see a public health campaign to educate our young people and our older people about the possible negative effects.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. 'Don't stick head in the sand about illegal drugs'\n\nProf Campbell believes this position is no longer sustainable.\n\n\"Society has a responsibility and I do think our organisations in power have a structural responsibility to educate people, in the same way as we do about alcohol, we talk about it freely.\n\n\"Why can we not have these open conversations?\"\n\nDespite the challenges around the issue, she believes public awareness is essential.\n\n\"People will say that I condone the use of that illegal drug. I'm not saying that, it's an illegal drug,\" she added.\n\n\"But increasingly more and more people are taking it. So, what do we do, stand by and let our young people suffer, and our older people not have the information?\"\n\nProf Campbell believes the growing prevalence of cocaine across Northern Ireland and the risk to the health of people who use it can no longer be ignored.\n\nShe concluded \"We would not do that with any other substance. Let them know and let them make the decision is my view.\"\n\nThe PSNI says that the number of drug seizures it has made has \"shown a mainly upwards trend\" since 2006-7.\n\nIn the 12 months from 1 July 2022 to 30 June 2023:\n\nIf you have been affected by addiction, help and support is available at BBC Action Line.", "Last updated on .From the section Cricket\n\nEngland and Essex legend Alastair Cook has announced his retirement from professional cricket, ending a record-breaking 20-year career.\n\nLeft-hander Cook, 38, retired from Test cricket in 2018 but has played five more seasons with Essex since then.\n\nCook's contract at Chelmsford has expired and England's all-time leading run-scorer is not seeking an extension.\n\n\"It is not easy to say goodbye. Cricket has been so much more than my job,\" said Cook in a statement.\n\n\"It has allowed me to experience places I never dreamed I would go, be a part of teams that have achieved things I would never have thought possible and, most importantly, created deep friendships that will last a lifetime.\n\n\"From the eight-year-old boy who first played for Wickham Bishops Under-11s to now, I end with a strange feeling of sadness mixed with pride. Above all, I am incredibly happy.\"\n\nEssex had been waiting on a decision from Cook following the end of the County Championship season, when they finished second behind champions Surrey.\n\nCoach Anthony McGrath said he was hopeful the county would \"see him for a bit longer\", but Cook informed Essex he would be retiring on Thursday evening.\n• None 'Batted, Chef - Cook retires as last of his kind'\n\n\"It is the right time for this part of my life to come to an end,\" added Cook. \"I have always given absolutely everything I possibly could have to be the best player I could be, but now I want to make way for the new generation to take over.\n\n\"I will never underestimate the privilege I have had to play cricket. I will always be grateful for what the game has given to me. Now, I hope the Bedfordshire Farmers will find space for a has-been 'all-rounder' somewhere in their lower order.\"\n\nCook made his professional debut against Essex for Essex Cricket Board in the Cheltenham and Gloucester Trophy in 2003, then played in the County Championship for Essex later that summer.\n\nHe made a double hundred for Essex against the touring Australians in 2005, and the next year was famously called up from an England Lions tour in the West Indies to make his England Test debut against India in Nagpur, scoring a century in the second innings.\n\nIt would be the start of a 161-cap Test career, 159 of them played consecutively, a world record.\n\nCook's 12,472 Test runs and 33 centuries are England records, while no batter for any team has made more than Cook's 11,845 runs as a Test opener.\n\nHe was England Test captain between 2012 and 2017, leading in 59 matches, then a record which has since been broken by Joe Root.\n\nCook captained England to Ashes series wins on home soil in 2013 and 2015, but was also the leader on the wrong end of a 5-0 hammering down under in 2013-14. He was captain for 69 one-day internationals between 2010 and 2014.\n\nCook's crowning glory was the 766 runs he scored to be player of the series during the 2010-11 Ashes win in Australia, England's only triumph in an away Ashes since 1986-87.\n\nThe end of his Test career, when he was only 33, was fairytale stuff. Announcing his retirement before the fifth match of the series against India five years ago, Cook marked his final match as an England player with a century amid emotional scenes at The Oval, with his wife Alice heavily pregnant with their third child.\n\n\"Although my England career came to an end in 2018, I remain blown away by the amount of affection I receive from England supporters,\" said Cook.\n\n\"Wherever I have travelled, you have been there with your enthusiasm, kind words and unshakable belief. English cricket really does have the best fans in the world.\"\n\nCook initially signed to play three more years with Essex, the county he joined as a 12-year-old.\n\nHe was part of the team that won the County Championship in 2019, repelling the Somerset spinners on a tense final day of the season at Taunton.\n\nEssex were in with an outside chance of regaining the title until the final round this season, only to lose out to Surrey. The last of Cook's 352 first-class matches came away to Northants. He was out for six in each innings, both times to Ben Sanderson.\n\nOverall, Cook ends on 26,643 first-class runs - comfortably higher than anyone else currently playing the game - at an average of more than 46, with 74 hundreds.\n\nSince the end of his England career, Cook's 3,889 runs in the County Championship and Bob Willis Trophy is bettered only by Durham's Alex Lees.\n\nHe also played a total of 178 List A matches and 32 T20s, making 14 white-ball hundreds.\n\n\"I won't miss strapping on my pads and facing the new ball, but I will miss being in the Essex changing room,\" said Cook.\n\n\"When I ended my international career, I had no idea that I would have five more bonus years playing for Essex. I cannot put into words just how much fun we have had during that time.\"\n\nCook was knighted for services to cricket in 2019. At the time he was the first England cricketer to receive a knighthood since Ian Botham in 2007.\n\nJames Anderson, England's all-time leading wicket-taker, said Cook has had an \"amazing\" career.\n\nCaught Cook, bowled Anderson occurred on 40 occasions in Test cricket, the most for any fielder-bowler combination for England.\n\n\"I feel very fortunate that I got to play a lot with him,\" said Anderson. \"For him to give back to Essex what he has over the past few years speaks volumes about him.\n\n\"He constantly performs, churning out runs. He'll be hugely missed.\"\n\nFormer England captain Michael Vaughan said: \"I don't know if we'll see a player like him again. He's the last of a dying breed of openers. He maximised every ounce of his ability to the maximum level.\n\n\"He was a great team member and a great ambassador for the game.\"\n\nRoot, who succeeded Cook as England captain and is on course to break his run-scoring records, described his former team-mate as the \"greatest ever\".\n\n\"I'm very grateful for what he gave to me and other young lads in my position. He's been incredible for the game,\" Root told PA Media.\n\n\"What he did for England, we all know how special that was. It was a memorable start to his career and a memorable finish.\"\n• None Experience F1 like never before! Relive the Qatar Grand Prix with expert commentary and interviews with Max Verstappen and Lando Norris", "Menorah High School in Dollis Hill is one of the three confirmed to have closed\n\nThree north London Jewish schools have closed for the day, some citing planned protests in support of Palestinians.\n\nParents at one school were told to keep their children inside because \"of the risk of violence on the streets\".\n\nMenorah High School, Torah Vodaas Primary School and Ateres Beis Yaakov, all in Barnet, sent letters to parents announcing the closures.\n\nThe Community Security Trust, a charity providing security advice for British Jews, said schools should remain open.\n\nThe head teacher of Menorah High School for Girls, a state secondary school with 389 pupils, said the decision to close her school was made \"in view of the planned protests\".\n\nIn a letter seen by the BBC, Esther Pearlman told parents: \"Please be aware that this difficult decision has been reached because the [sic] of the risk of violence on the streets.\n\n\"The police are concerned that as the girls are not in school, they will venture outdoors and have asked us to advise you that it is incumbent on you as parents that your children remain indoors.\"\n\nThe chair of the school, David Landau, told BBC Radio 4's Today programme that most Jewish schools were not closing because there was not \"an immediate risk\" to the community, and they did not want to \"spread panic\".\n\nBut, he said: \"We have this situation where where we have an international day of rage called for. We've had horrible demonstrations in London openly displaying antisemitism and celebrating Jewish deaths.\n\n\"Individually, our school is fairly isolated from the community. We're out there on our own and we felt there was significant risk to the kids, ultimately we're worried that on a day like this that an individual might do something outstandingly stupid and it's very difficult to control against that.\"\n\nThe letter to parents at Ateres Beis Yaakov, a small primary school with 35 pupils enrolled, mentioned a call from former leader of Hamas Khaled Meshaal for protests across the Muslim world on Friday, in support of the Palestinians.\n\nThe letter said the school's decision was made \"in the interest of the safety\" of pupils.\n\nOn Friday, contractors were working at the school to increase the height of the fence surrounding it to make it harder for people to \"reach over\".\n\nThe contractors, who did not wished to be named, were measuring the fence ahead of planned works.\n\nMeanwhile, parents of children at Torah Vodaas Primary School, a boys' school with 372 registered pupils, were told they received advice from Rabbi Avrohom Gurwitz, a prominent leader in the Jewish Haredi community.\n\n\"We live in unprecedented times,\" parents were told.\n\n\"Although there is no specific threat to our school, we should not have school tomorrow.\n\n\"We appreciate the challenges and demands that this is putting on you and it is not a decision that has been taken lightly, but we need to do what is best for our precious children,\" the letter seen by the BBC said.\n\nDespite the concerns, a spokesman for the Community Security Trust (CST) said its advice was for schools to stay open.\n\n\"CST's advice to Jewish schools remains that Jewish life should continue and schools should remain open as normal.\n\n\"All Jewish schools have security guards that are paid for by the government, which has today pledged a further £3m towards the cost of security guarding in addition to the measures that are already in place.\"\n\nThis refers to an announcement from Prime Minister Rishi Sunak that extra money would be given to protect schools, synagogues and other Jewish community buildings.\n\nThe money will be given to the CST, which has recorded 139 antisemitic incidents in the last four days - a fourfold increase compared to the same period in 2022.\n\nCorrection: This story has been amended to make it clear the call for protests was in support of the Palestinian people, not Hamas.\n\nListen to the best of BBC Radio London on Sounds and follow BBC London on Facebook, X and Instagram. Send your story ideas to hello.bbclondon@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Doctors can withdraw life support from a critically ill seven-month-old baby, a High Court judge has ruled.\n\nIndi Gregory has mitochondrial disease and medics at Nottingham's Queen's Medical Centre have said they can do no more for her.\n\nTheir High Court application to end treatment had been opposed by Indi's parents, from Ilkeston in Derbyshire.\n\nMr Justice Peel ruled \"with a heavy heart\" that doctors can stop life support.\n\nMitochondrial disease prevents cells in the body producing energy and the NHS says the condition is incurable.\n\nIndi's father Dean Gregory, 37, from Ilkeston in Derbyshire, has responded to the ruling\n\nIn his judgment, Mr Justice Peel said the devotion of the family to Indi was \"palpable\" and their pain \"almost unimaginable\".\n\nHe said: \"Nobody could fail to be moved by their concern for their child, and their belief in Indi's resilience, courage and fortitude.\"\n\nHowever, he said while the wishes of the family were a powerful consideration, the medical evidence was \"unanimous and clear\".\n\n\"With a heavy heart, I have come to the conclusion that the burdens of invasive treatment outweigh the benefits.\n\n\"In short, the significant pain experienced by this lovely little girl is not justified when set against an incurable set of conditions, a very short life span, no prospect of recovery and, at best, minimal engagement with the world around her.\n\n\"In my judgment, having weighed up all the competing considerations, her best interests are served by permitting [Nottingham University Hospitals NHS] Trust to withdraw invasive treatment in accordance with the care plan presented.\n\n\"That plan envisages weaning her off intubation within one week, and facilitating the use of a bag mask for up to a week after extubation.\n\n\"I am quite sure that the Trust will, as they say, do everything they can to care for Indi with compassion, providing her with treatment to alleviate pain, and making her as comfortable as possible.\n\n\"That can take place at home or at a hospice, as the parents may elect.\n\n\"I therefore grant the application, and make the declarations sought, with sorrow but on the basis that it is clearly in Indi's best interests to do so.\n\n\"I know that this will come as a heavy blow to the parents. I know that they love Indi dearly and want the very best for her. I sincerely hope that they will be able to spend as much time as possible with Indi.\"\n\nHearings have taken place behind closed doors but journalists have been allowed to attend and name Indi, her parents, and the hospital.\n\nA doctor working at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (NUH) had told the judge Indi was dying from the illness.\n\nBut her parents, Dean Gregory and Claire Staniforth, argued their daughter had \"proved everyone wrong\" and \"needed more time\".\n\nFollowing the ruling, Mr Gregory said: \"We are devastated by the judge's ruling and will be appealing.\n\n\"The doctors painted a terribly bleak and negative picture of Indi's condition during court proceedings.\n\n\"Indi can definitely experience happiness. She cries like a normal baby.\n\n\"We know she is disabled, but you don't just let disabled people die. We just want to give her a chance.\n\n\"I and we as a family are prepared to do whatever it takes to fight for the life of our beautiful daughter, Indi.\"\n\nDr Keith Girling, medical director at NUH, said the hearing was \"challenging for everyone involved and our thoughts are with Indi and her family at this difficult time\".\n\nHe added: \"Our priority will remain to provide Indi specialised care appropriate to her condition, and support her family in every way possible.\"\n\nFollow BBC East Midlands on Facebook, on X, or on Instagram. Send your story ideas to eastmidsnews@bbc.co.uk.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThe protester who poured glitter on Sir Keir Starmer as he spoke at the Labour conference has apologised for touching the party leader.\n\nYaz Ashmawi told the BBC he was sorry \"for putting my hand on him and touching him when he wasn't expecting it\".\n\nBut he said he did not regret his protest or using glitter.\n\nMerseyside Police arrested and bailed a 28-year-old man on suspicion of breaching the peace over the protest.\n\nMr Ashmawi said he was in police custody for 22 hours but added officers were \"very respectful to me\".\n\nThe activist earlier told the FUBAR Radio's Politics Uncensored it was \"horrible\" to think that Sir Keir might have thought \"he was in danger\" during the protest.\n\nYaz Ashmawi said touching Sir Keir Starmer \"crossed a line\" during the protest\n\n\"Politicians get a lot of death threats and they have a need to feel safe and I compromised that in that moment by touching him (Sir Keir),\" he said.\n\nMr Ashmawi told host Ali Milani - a former Labour party candidate who tried to to unseat Boris Johnson at the 2019 election - that he was \"sorry\" for making physical contact with the leader of the opposition.\n\nHe said: \"I think it's absolutely fine to pour glitter on someone and to go on to the stage.\n\n\"I just think it's the physical contact that crossed the line there.\"\n\nIn a statement, Mr Ashmawi added: \"The glitter was, of course, a lovely, peaceful spectacle and I'm still finding it everywhere.\"\n\nSir Keir's speech on Tuesday was interrupted by a protestor wearing a T-shirt linking him to a group called People Demand Democracy.\n\nThe party leader held the activist away from the microphone with his right arm before security arrived.\n\nMr Ashmawi continued to shout demands for changes to the UK's parliamentary democracy.\n\nSir Keir later called the protestor an \"idiot\" for trying to interrupt his speech but added he feared \"it could have been a lot worse\".\n\nLabour shadow justice minister Shabana Mahmood has said she expects \"questions are being asked\" surrounding how security allowed the protestor to get on stage.\n\n\"We will want to make sure that nothing like that can ever happen again,\" she told BBC Radio 4's PM programme.", "The government has asked the Bank of England to look at options for using Russian sovereign assets to fund Ukraine's war effort, Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has told the BBC.\n\nMr Hunt said finance ministers around the world had discussed what more they could do, beyond sanctions, to disrupt Russia's ability to pay for the war.\n\n\"This is an illegal war,\" Mr Hunt said.\n\n\"We need to do everything we can to make sure that Russia cannot continue to fund it.\"\n\nSpeaking at the IMF's annual conference in Marrakech, Mr Hunt told the BBC that finance ministers from some of the world's largest economies - the G7 - had discussed \"whether Russian sovereign assets could be used to fund Ukraine's defence\".\n\n\"Anything to make sure that Putin knows in the end he won't be able to afford this kind of aggression,\" he said.\n\nOn Thursday, the G7 said it would explore how to tax profits on seized Russian assets to support Ukraine \"in compliance with applicable laws\".\n\nIn September, US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and Mr Hunt signalled support for a European Union plan for a windfall tax on profits generated by frozen Russian assets.\n\nEarlier in the year, the US had looked at using the assets themselves to help pay for Ukraine's defence, but decided that it would not be legal to do so.\n\nMr Hunt said on Friday: \"Britain will always act within international law, but the G7 have asked central banks to look at what might be possible because we are absolutely clear this is an illegal war, this war is against international law.\"\n\nThe chancellor said that the war in Ukraine was proving more \"protracted\" than people had hoped, and that the world needed to guard against what he called \"Ukraine fatigue\".\n\nHe added: \"We do have to be honest with people that this is going to take some time, and that's why in the meantime we need to be very prudent and cautious with the way we manage the British economy.\"\n\nThe European Union and the US have been exploring ways to use frozen assets and make sanctions against Russia more effective.\n\nOn Thursday, the US government took action against two companies who had breached a price cap on Russian oil.\n\nA number of countries including the US, the G7, the European Union and Australia created a coalition to cap Russia's crude at $60 a barrel to \"constrain Russia's ability to prosecute its war against Ukraine\".\n\nThe US found that a vessel owned by Turkey's Ice Pearl Navigation Corp and a tanker owned by Lumber Marine of the United Arab Emirates exported crude at $80 and $75 a barrel respectively.\n\nThe US Treasury has blocked the US property and interests of the companies.\n\nThe tightening of sanctions sent oil prices higher on Friday.\n\nBrent crude, the international benchmark for oil prices, rose by 3.6% to $89.68 a barrel. West Texas Intermediate also rose by 3.6% to $86.58.\n\nSoaring energy prices have pushed up average gas and electricity bills for UK households, and the cost of fuel has added to a squeeze on the cost of living.\n\nMr Hunt said that gas prices \"are four times what they were before Ukraine, and oil prices are nearly 40% higher, and the single biggest cause of instability is Putin's aggression in Ukraine\".", "Pro-Palestinian demonstrators rallied in central Paris soon after the ban had been announced\n\nPolice in the centre of Paris used tear gas and water cannons to break up a pro-Palestinian rally, after the French government banned such demonstrations.\n\nInterior Minister Gérald Darmanin said those defying it should be arrested as \"they are susceptible to disrupt public order.''\n\nDespite the ban, thousands of protesters gathered in Paris, Lille, Bordeaux and other cities on Thursday.\n\nPresident Emmanuel Macron appealed to people not to foment internal division.\n\n\"The shield of unity will protect us from hatred and excesses,\" he said in a video address.\n\nThe ban on pro-Palestinian rallies comes as European governments fear a rise in antisemitism triggered by the Israel-Hamas war.\n\nHours later, police made 10 arrests and used water cannon to disperse a 3,000-strong rally at Paris's Place de la République, where demonstrators chanted \"Israel murderer\" and \"Palestine will win\" and waved Palestinian flags.\n\nTen people were also arrested at another rally in Lille.\n\nPro-Palestinian groups said the ban risked threatening freedom of expression and pledged to continue demonstrating in support of the Palestinian people.\n\nCharlotte Vautier, who attended the rally, told Reuters: \"We live in a country of civil law, a country where we have the right to take a stand and to demonstrate.\n\n\"[It is unfair] to forbid for one side and to authorise for the other.\"\n\nMeanwhile, police in Germany's capital Berlin also banned planned pro-Palestinian demonstrations, citing the risk of antisemitic statements and glorification of violence.\n\nPolice said around 60 demonstrators complied with an order to leave Potsdamer Platz on Thursday.\n\nIn his video address, President Macron urged the French people to stay united, saying \"let's not add national divisions to international divisions\".\n\nHe described Hamas as \"a terrorist organisation that wants the death of the people of Israel\".\n\nSome 13 French citizens have been confirmed dead in Hamas' attack on Israel on Saturday.\n\nPresident Macron said 17 French nationals were missing and were likely among the hostages held by Hamas in Gaza, adding: \"France is doing everything it can alongside Israel and our partners to bring them home\".\n\nFour children are among the missing.\n\nIsrael, he said, had the right to defend itself by eliminating terrorists, but \"has to preserve civilian lives because it's the duty of democracies\".\n\n\"The only response to terrorism is one that is strong but fair,\" he said.\n\nFrance has a Jewish community of almost 500,000, the largest in Europe. France's Muslim community is also among Europe's largest - an estimated five million.\n\nMost political parties in France have condemned what they called Hamas's \"terrorist attack\"\n\nMr Darmanin told regional representatives on Thursday that Jewish schools and synagogues should be protected by a visible police presence.\n\nHe told French radio that 100 antisemitic acts had been recorded since Saturday, most involving graffiti showing \"swastikas, 'death to Jews,' calls to intifadas against Israel\".\n\nSome incidents included people being arrested attempting to carry knives into schools and synagogues, he added.\n\nFrench police are already guarding the homes of leading MPs. National Assembly President Yaël Braun-Pivet and MP Meyer Habib, who are both Jewish, have been offered further protection.\n\nIt has emerged that Ms Braun-Pivet, a member of Mr Macron's Renaissance party, has received death threats.\n\nShe had parliament lit this week in the colours of the Israeli flag, and called a minute's silence before an Assembly session on Tuesday.\n\nMs Braun-Pivet also announced that Maryam Abu Daqqa, a member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), would be banned from attending a documentary screening in parliament next month. The militant organisation is recognised as a terrorist organisation by the EU.\n\nMeyer Habib represents a constituency for overseas French citizens, which includes Israel and the Palestinian Territories, and is a vocal supporter of Israel. After the Hamas attack he said \"we are witnessing the return of pogroms\".\n\nFrench politics has been riven by the Hamas attack and its aftermath.\n\nWhile most parties have condemned Saturday's \"terrorist attack\" and expressed support for Israel's right to respond, the initial response from Jean-Luc Mélenchon's far-left La France Insoumise (France Unbowed) party was more equivocal.\n\nA statement by the party referred to the Hamas attack as \"an armed offensive of Palestinian forces\", prompting fierce criticism from other parties, including left-wing allies such as the Socialist and Communist parties.\n\nGermany's Chancellor Olaf Scholz has declared \"zero tolerance\" for antisemitism.\n\nHe told parliament that pro-Palestinian group Samidoun, which was pictured handing out sweets in the Neukölln area of Berlin to celebrate the Hamas attack, would be banned. \"We do not tolerate antisemitism,\" he added.\n\nMr Sholz told MPs in the Bundestag that Israel's security was German state policy. German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock is due to travel to Israel on Friday in a gesture of solidarity.\n\nAccording to German authorities, in several towns across the country including Mainz, Braunschweig and Heilbronn, Israeli flags raised in solidarity with the country were torn down and destroyed, sometimes in just a few hours.", "The world may be facing \"the most dangerous time... in decades\", bank boss Jamie Dimon has warned.\n\nThe chief executive of JP Morgan Chase told investors that he was concerned about the risks to the economy from rising geo-political tensions.\n\nHe said wars in Ukraine and Israel could hit energy and food prices, and global trade.\n\nThousands have been killed in Israel and Gaza after an unprecedented attack by Palestinian militant group Hamas.\n\nMr Dimon, who leads America's biggest bank, was speaking as the firm revealed its latest quarterly results.\n\nIt reported $13bn (£10.7bn) in profit over the three months to September, up 35% from the same period in 2022.\n\nMr Dimon said the bank had benefited from US households and business in healthy financial shape, but warned that he remained cautious about the state of the global economy, given the many risks emerging.\n\n\"My caution is that we are facing so many uncertainties out there,\" he said.\n\nHe told investors they should be prepared to face higher interest rates, persistent inflation, as well as fallout from the violent conflicts.\n\n\"The war in Ukraine compounded by last week's attacks on Israel may have far-reaching impacts on energy and food markets, global trade, and geopolitical relationships,\" he said.\n\nHe added: \"This may be the most dangerous time the world has seen in decades.\"\n\nConcerns about how the wars will affect the economy also emerged during Citigroup's discussions of its results with investors.\n\n\"There's a lot of uncertainty that ultimately gets factored into how things play out,\" the bank's chief financial officer Mark Mason said.\n\nMr Dimon, who has led JP Morgan Chase for nearly two decades, is known for being outspoken on political matters.\n\nHe has condemned attacks by the Hamas militant group, telling employees earlier this week that the bank stood with \"the people of Israel\".\n\nHe opened the conference call with investors on Friday with another statement on the ongoing violence, saying the bank was \"deeply saddened ... about the recent horrific attacks on Israel and the resulting bloodshed and more.\"\n\n\"Terrorism and hatred have no place in our civilized world, and all of our hearts here at JP Morgan Chase go out to all who are suffering.\"", "Frankie Jules-Hough was in the car with her two sons and a nephew\n\nA driver who killed a pregnant mother-of-two after speeding on a motorway has had his sentence increased on the day she was due to give birth.\n\nAdil Iqbal was jailed for 12 years for causing the death of Frankie Jules-Hough by dangerous driving on the M66 in Bury on 13 May.\n\nCourt of Appeal judges said that term was unduly lenient and increased Iqbal's sentence to 15 years.\n\nMs Jules-Hough's partner Calvin Buckley said it was \"a bitter pill to swallow\".\n\n\"Today should have been the proudest and happiest day of my life [and] I should be celebrating becoming a father for the first time,\" he said.\n\n\"Instead, I am in court fighting for their justice.\"\n\nDelivering the ruling by himself, Mr Justice Murray and His Honour Judge Anthony Leonard, Lord Justice Bean told the court it had been \"the worst case of bad driving any of us can recall\".\n\n\"We find it hard to imagine a worse case of bad driving than this one,\" he added.\n\nIqbal's original sentencing hearing in July was told Ms Jules-Hough, 38, had pulled her Skoda Fabia on to the hard shoulder with a puncture when Iqbal undertook a motorbike in a BMW on the motorway.\n\nThe 22-year-old, from Accrington in Lancashire, swerved, over-compensated and hit a barrier, before spinning and ploughing into Ms Jules-Hough's car at an estimated 92mph.\n\nThe mother-of-two had been 17 weeks pregnant with her first daughter, who had already been given the name Neeve.\n\nMs Jules-Hough suffered brain injuries and died, along with her unborn child, in hospital two days later.\n\nHer nine-year-old son and four-year-old nephew, who were in the car along with her other son, were left in a coma with serious brain injuries.\n\nThe long-term outcomes of their injuries remain uncertain, the hearing in July was told.\n\nThe court heard before the crash, Iqbal had been driving his father's BMW with one hand and holding his phone with the other as he filmed himself driving at 123mph, tailgating and undertaking other vehicles.\n\nAdil Iqbal was told his original term was unduly lenient\n\nIn 2022, judges were given the power to hand down greater sentences to those convicted of death by dangerous driving.\n\nPreviously, the maximum tariff was 14 years, but it was increased to life imprisonment.\n\nSolicitor General Michael Tomlinson, who referred the case to the court under the Unduly Lenient Sentence scheme, said he was pleased the \"severity\" of Iqbal's crimes had been \"recognised\".\n\nHe added that he hoped the increased sentence would send \"a stark warning to people who think it is acceptable to drive at high speeds and put the lives of others in jeopardy\" that they would be \"punished to the fullest extent of the law\".\n\nMr Buckley said the judgement, which came on the due date of their unborn daughter Neeve, was \"not what we were hoping for\".\n\n\"What more does somebody have to do to get a life sentence for causing death by dangerous driving?\" he said.\n\nHe said \"no number of years\" could compensate for his family's loss, adding: \"We were all given a life sentence that day.\"\n\n\"I am disappointed that another opportunity has been missed to try and clamp down on the growing issues of dangerous driver and lawlessness on Britain's roads,\" he said.\n\n\"My future, my world, my peace was crushed by the needless and senseless actions of a selfish individual.\"\n\nHe said he would now \"focus on the education of young people\".\n\n\"The earlier we can teach not just about road safety, but courtesy and respect for each other on the roads, the better,\" he added.\n\nWhy not follow BBC North West on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram? You can also send story ideas to northwest.newsonline@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Chris Hipkins faces an uphill struggle to win enough votes to stay in power\n\nThey said hello, smiled and shook hands for the cameras.\n\nThen after New Zealand's prime minister moved on, sweeping through the food court in Auckland's city centre, the couple fell back.\n\n\"Yeah honestly, we're probably not voting for him,\" said Ian, who was there with with his partner Trina.\n\n\"There's good and bad in both parties, and I think it's really close,\" Trina said. \"But for us young working professionals, we've got a daughter now and we have to think about her future.\"\n\nWhether measurably true or not, many New Zealanders believe their country is in the doldrums.\n\nAs the nation heads to its first election in three years, that sour mood is signalling a swing away from the diverse, centre-left government that was led by Jacinda Ardern for five years.\n\nThe former prime minister, who stepped down in January, had a star power and brand of \"kind\" politics which won her fans globally - even as her popularity waned at home.\n\nHer successor Chris Hipkins has had to face an increasingly irate and fed-up electorate, battling the hangover of the pandemic and a struggling economy.\n\nPolitical scientists says the clearest indicator of public pessimism has been a poll question on New Zealand's future, which a majority are now responding negatively to: \"They feel the country is heading along the wrong track,\" says Lara Greaves from the Victoria University of Wellington.\n\nSpeaking to voters in the biggest city Auckland this week, \"the economy's cooked\" or some variant of that is often the first thing mentioned.\n\nFreya says many people she knows can't afford to stay at university and have dropped out\n\n\"It's recession vibes,\" said architecture student Freya, 20, who's working two retail jobs to keep up. She counts herself lucky to be able to live with her family in Mount Roskill - but she knows \"plenty of people\" in her working-class neighbourhood who dropped out of university to get food on the table.\n\n\"No one's really spending, costs are up, the living wage - it's not even a living wage really it's crazy. It's so expensive these days, I feel money just flows out.\"\n\nEven though New Zealand's is comparable to other developed economies, \"people don't really think that it's doing better than the rest of the world because they are hurting,\" said local economist Brad Olsen.\n\n\"Households are struggling so that dominates the conversation,\" he says, citing data by his firm Infometrics. Households on average are spending NZ$240 ($144; £117) more per week on the same essentials, while food inflation peaked at a 12% increase this year after Cyclones Hale and Gabrielle.\n\nNew Zealand's ongoing housing crisis has also punted home ownership beyond reality for the young generation, he says - but those who did buy homes in recent years are having to find an extra NZ$30,000 for their mortgage after interest rate hikes.\n\nBoth major parties have pledged policies this election to fatten wallets. Labour says it will cut the 15% tax on fresh fruit and vegetables, while centre-right National is pledging income tax cuts and other measures they say will boost business.\n\nThe policies are questioned by economists but proving popular with voters. Still, few are convinced these will fix the wider problem.\n\nNew Zealand - a country which once sold itself as on the edge of the world - is at the bottom of a supply chain exacerbated by the war in Ukraine and the slowing economy in China, its largest trade partner.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nAlong with economic concerns, many locals are also alarmed by a perceived rise in crime and gang violence. Although not significantly reflected in official data, stories of \"ram raids\" - where criminals use a vehicle to smash their way into a store - and burglaries ranging from diamond stores to corner shops, known here as dairies, have filled newspapers and social media feeds.\n\n\"It used to be really safe here, peaceful,\" says taxi driver Aman Singh, 29, who moved to New Zealand over a decade ago and has become a citizen. He recalled a dairy burglary last year where assailants cut off the owner's fingers.\n\nHe loves the country, but plans on moving to Australia at the end of the year where his money can go further and there's more work available.\n\nThe exodus of young people and immigrants from New Zealand to its larger, more prosperous neighbour is a trend commonly noted these days.\n\n\"A lot of people around me have moved overseas to Australia or the UK just because everything feels just quite sluggish here and very slow-moving. The priority doesn't appear to be so much about moving forward,\" said 22-year-old Antonia Brightwell.\n\nShe had also considered striking out last year, but decided to stay: \"I've assessed the importance of sticking where I am and just dealing with things.\" She said she was voting for parties which would help her family's businesses.\n\nAntonia's biggest concern was what her future would look like with an economy \"currently in the trenches\"\n\n\"I know that we're still just coming out of what happened with Covid and just trying to get back into that,\" but the recovery so far had been too slow, she suggested.\n\nEven Labour voters agree. There has been some frustration that Labour, which in 2020 under Ardern won a rare majority in New Zealand's proportional system which had always produced multi-party governments, wasn't able to accomplish more. Several ministerial scandals this year have also tarnished the party's image.\n\n\"I feel like they haven't really achieved that much, or generated that much money,\" said Freya, who voted for Labour but criticised the slow rebound in tourism.\n\nNew Zealand's stringent Covid response - which included a closure of borders from March 2020-August 2022 -was globally praised. A scientific report released this week estimated the policy saved 20,000 lives.\n\nBut locals were also pushed to their limits with lockdowns and extended restrictions, Associate Prof Greaves said.\n\nIt led to a rise in disillusioned and angry New Zealanders, crowds of whom camped on the lawns outside parliament last year.\n\nThose groups have also made their presence known in this year's election. Polls show support for both major parties have ebbed - while there's been a sharp uptick for a fringe anti-establishment peddling a nastier tone of debate.\n\nChris Luxon's National Party is is expected to emerge as the largest party, polls suggest\n\nThe noisy contender this year has been Act, a libertarian party once banished to political exile with less than 1% of the vote.\n\nIt has come back to claim up to 10%, according to some polls. National, under leader Chris Luxon, has also signalled it would form a coalition government with the party, whose leader has attacked Māori representation in parliament and been accused of racial dog-whistling.\n\nPopulist party New Zealand First also looks set to return - with current polls suggesting leader Winston Peters will hold the balance of power in Saturday's vote. In the event that no coalition deal can be reached, a second election could be on the cards.\n\nMr Peters sided with Labour in 2017, a move which allowed its then new leader Jacinda Ardern to form government. Few expect him to embrace the left again now.", "Cecil Frances Alexander wrote a number of the world's most noted hymns\n\nA rugby club is potentially interested in the home of one of the Victorian era's most famous hymn writers.\n\nCecil Frances Alexander's work includes All Things Bright and Beautiful and Once in Royal David's City. She was born in Dublin and moved to Milltown House, in Strabane, in 1833.\n\nThe 22-acre site on the Liskey Road, which includes Milltown House, is owned by the Education Authority (EA).\n\nIt is for sale and Strabane Rugby Club views it as a possible home.\n\nMilltown House and the land has been for sale for years but Derry and Strabane District Council has said it will write to the EA \"to express concern\" over plans to put it on the open market.\n\nThe authority confirmed to BBC News NI that the council had been in contact regarding the sale, adding that \"any decisions on the future use of the site would be a matter for the successful buyer\".\n\nA spokesperson for the council told BBC News NI that a proposal to write to the EA was unanimously agreed at a council meeting.\n\nThe intention of the letter is to \"express concern over their plans to put the Liskey Road site on the open market and seek an urgent meeting on this issue\".\n\n\"Members also agreed for council officers to work with organisations and other partners to try to keep this site for the benefit of the local community in Strabane,\" the spokesperson added.\n\nRobert Dillon, who is the former president of Strabane Rugby Club, told BBC Radio Foyle the club was in desperate need of a new ground and Milltown House would be a perfect location.\n\nThe club plays in Bradley Way, but he said it had been told that in two year's time it would have \"nowhere to call home\" as that site was being sold.\n\nHe said the club had previously expressed interest in the Milltown House site with other community groups and is asking to be given \"a fair chance\" to buy the land.\n\nMr Dillon said the club would only need a small portion of the 22-acre site for pitches and club house to ensure the future of the club and hopes the rest of the site could also benefit the wider community.\n\nHe said the club had already raised money through various fundraisers, but he fears it may lose out by not being able to compete financially with potential developers interested in the land.\n\nThe hymn writer was married to Church of Ireland bishop and peer William Alexander\n\nCecil Frances (Humphreys) Alexander and her sister Anne were very involved in local church activities in Strabane, including visits to local families.\n\nThey persuaded their father to allow them the use of a small building in the grounds of their home to teach four or five deaf children.\n\nThe small home school grew into a large-scale institution on the Derry Road in Strabane which catered to children with hearing and speech loss.\n\nMeanwhile, Frances and her new husband, Church of Ireland minister William Alexander, settled happily into married life in Strabane, raising two of their three children in the town.\n\nUlster Unionist Party councillor Derek Hussey said: \"Work has been done with local sports clubs and conservation groups to put together a community project for the Education Authority.\n\n\"It would be disgraceful if the selling of this site went ahead and locals weren't listened to.\n\n\"We have to engage with the Education Authority and encourage a proper and good community use of this facility.\"\n\nThe site on the Liskey Road in Strabane as it is today\n\nThe EA said the site was being taken to the open market after a trawl of the internal market led to no expressions of interest.\n\n\"It is expected that the site will be marketed later in the 2023-24 financial year,\" the spokesperson added.\n\n\"We can confirm that Derry City and Strabane District Council has been in contact with the Education Authority regarding the site.\n\nAny decisions on the future use of the site would be a matter for the successful buyer.\"", "The pink skies have been visible for miles around\n\nA strange, pink glow illuminating the skies over East Yorkshire has led people to believe they had seen the Northern Lights.\n\nSome even thought the mystery hue was the hallmark of extra terrestrials.\n\nBut the earthly reality is a little less exciting... unless you're an avid gardener, that is.\n\nBursting the bubble, Nick Denham, managing director of the business behind the glow, explained: \"It's LED lights used for growing plants.\"\n\nNick Denham says he's responsible for the pink skies over East Yorkshire\n\nMr Denham's company is the UK's biggest plant propagator, turning seeds into young plants which are then shipped off to growers, before eventually supplying the nation's supermarkets .\n\nThe Plant Raisers firm, which employs up to 100 people, has been at its Howden premises, off the M62, for years.\n\nSo why are people only seeing the pink lights now?\n\nMr Denham said: \"Because of the energy crisis we had to invest heavily in LED lights. But it means the light is pink and not white that people saw before.\"\n\nLighting was needed to \"manipulate day-length\" in order for the firm to maximise plant growth, he explained.\n\nHomes in Goole take on a touch of Stranger Things with the unusual illumination\n\nThe firm's greenhouses emit the strange glow into the night sky\n\nRuby Hilson, an amateur astronomer who lives nearby, described the first time she saw the illumination.\n\nShe said: \"I was like, whoa what on earth is that?\"\n\nStargazer Ruby Hilson had wondered what the spectacle was\n\n\"There was this massive pink light. It looked like a disc,\" she said.\n\n\"My brain initially went to 'it's a UFO'. But it wasn't moving.\n\nMs Hilson said she did not think the lights coming from greenhouses were adding to light pollution.\n\nAccording to her, regular street lights caused more interference when using her telescope from a residential area.\n\nThe lights were visible a few weeks per year, said Ms Hilson, adding they caused her \"amusement not anger\".\n\nThose who want to believe may point out that the pink illuminations are visible on some nights and not on others.\n\nBringing us back to earth with a bump, Mr Denham said a curtain was drawn over the glasshouses when the temperature hits a certain point.\n\n\"If the outside temperature is above 12C (54F), there's a discussion about whether the curtain is on or not,\" he said.\n\nTickled pink: The plants growing under the lights\n\nAs well as more than halving his firm's energy bill, Mr Denham said the pink lights produced \"far better\" plants.\n\n\"It's been a really good move for us,\" he said. \"Last September we were facing an increase of over £1m in our electric bill. We wouldn't have been in business.\n\nFollow BBC East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire on Facebook, X (formerly Twitter), and Instagram. Send your story ideas to yorkslincs.news@bbc.co.uk", "Lisa Cameron did not rule out standing down and triggering a by-election\n\nThe SNP's Lisa Cameron has announced her defection to the Conservatives.\n\nThe East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow MP was facing a selection contest to remain as the SNP's candidate at the next general election.\n\nShe said she quit because of a \"toxic\" culture in the SNP's Westminster group.\n\nPrime Minister Rishi Sunak and Scottish Tory leader Douglas Ross both welcomed Dr Cameron to the party, while SNP leader Humza Yousaf called on her to step down to allow a by-election.\n\nMr Yousaf said her defection was \"the least surprising news I've had as leader of the SNP\" and that she should now do the \"honourable thing\".\n\n\"To see somebody who claims to have supported Scottish independence cross the floor to the Conservative and Unionist Party betrays the fact that she probably never believed in the cause in the first place,\" he added.\n\nHe said he was confident the SNP could win any by-election in the seat.\n\nRishi Sunak, meanwhile, said he was \"delighted\" to welcome a \"brave and committed\" MP to his party.\n\n\"Lisa is right that we should aim to do politics better, with more empathy and less division and a dedication to always doing what we think is right,\" he said.\n\nDr Cameron, a former NHS clinical psychologist, said she had received support from Mr Sunak after her mental wellbeing deteriorated in recent weeks, but had no contact from the SNP leadership.\n\nShe rowed back on her support for Scottish independence, describing it as divisive. She said she would instead focus on \"constructive policies\".\n\nThe MP claimed previously that she had been \"ostracised\" by the SNP after speaking out over the handling of allegations against former Westminster chief whip Patrick Grady.\n\nAt the time, Dr Cameron did not rule out standing down and triggering a by-election if she did not win the SNP nomination.\n\nThe MP, who was challenged by party staffer Grant Costello, had been due to find out the results of the selection contest on Thursday.\n\nRishi Sunak said he was \"delighted\" to welcome Dr Cameron to the Conservatives\n\nSNP Westminster leader Stephen Flynn said her claims of being ostracised \"didn't reflect\" his experience of the situation in Westminster.\n\nDr Cameron's announcement comes after the SNP were defeated heavily by Labour in the Rutherglen and Hamilton West by-election last week.\n\nIn a statement, she said: \"I do not feel able to continue in what I have experienced as a toxic and bullying SNP Westminster group, which resulted in my requiring counselling for a period of 12 months in Parliament and caused significant deterioration in my health and wellbeing as assessed by my GP including the need for antidepressants.\n\n\"I will never regret my actions in standing up for a victim of abuse at the hands of an SNP MP last year, but I have no faith remaining in a party whose leadership supported the perpetrator's interests over that of the victims and who have shown little to no interest in acknowledging or addressing the impact.\"\n\nThe MP said she was \"particularly grateful\" to the prime minister, praising his \"positive, inclusive leadership\".\n\nShe went on to claim families, including her own, have \"experienced significant division regarding the issue of independence\".\n\nDr Cameron added: \"This has taken its toll and I have come to the conclusion that it is more helpful to focus my energies upon constructive policies that benefit everyone across the four nations of the UK, and to move towards healing these divisions for the collective good.\"\n\nThe defection means the Conservatives now have 353 MPs, including seven from the Scottish Tories, while the SNP have 43.\n\nEight SNP MPs have confirmed they are stepping down at the next election, including deputy group leader Mhairi Black and former Westminster chief Ian Blackford.\n\nAs defections go, this is about as breathtaking as they come. The SNP and the Conservatives are seen as polar opposites in Scottish politics - especially on the issue of Scottish independence.\n\nThe SNP exists to pursue separate Scottish statehood. The clue to the Conservative and Unionist party's commitment to keeping the UK together is in its name.\n\nFor Lisa Cameron to switch from one side to the other is an unexpected coup for Rishi Sunak and a damaging display of SNP disunity as Humza Yousaf prepares for his first annual conference as party leader.\n\nChanging party between general elections does not require a by-election. Dr Cameron is allowed to continue as a Tory MP without the public getting a say.\n\nHer chances of re-election as a Conservative if she stands again do not look good. The Tories were the third placed party in East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow in 2019.\n\nDr Cameron has said she will stand down at the next general election, which is expected next year, according to Mr Ross.\n\nThe Scottish Tory leader said there had been discussions with the MP for \"some time\" before she defected.\n\n\"Lisa can see that the Conservatives and Rishi Sunak are offering the leadership for Scotland and the whole of the UK in contrast to the attitude of Humza Yousaf and the SNP which is to focus on independence above all else,\" Mr Ross told BBC Scotland News.\n\nDue to Westminster boundary changes, her seat will change to East Kilbride and Strathaven at the next UK poll.\n\nScottish Labour MP Ian Murray said: \"This bizarre move shows that the SNP is falling apart before our eyes.\"\n\nScottish Tory leader Douglas Ross said talks were held with Lisa Cameron for \"some time\" before she defected\n\nFollowing the MP's previous threat to call a by-election, party sources told BBC Scotland News they did not recognise her bullying claims and that there was unhappiness in the party.\n\nConcerns were previously raised about a leaked letter that Dr Cameron had written to the Scottish Secretary Alister Jack, which appeared to back his decision to block the Scottish government's controversial gender recognition reform legislation.\n\nAnd in 2019, she raised concerns that she could be deselected after being one of only two SNP MPs who voted against lifting Northern Ireland's abortion ban.\n\nThere was also said to be unhappiness within the local party about the number of taxpayer-funded overseas trips Dr Cameron has taken in her role as a parliamentarian as well as a view she is \"not a team player\".\n\nA source from the East Kilbride SNP branch said the defection came as came as \"no surprise\" but would be a \"slap in the face\" for members.\n\n\"It is clear she lost faith with members and had very little support,\" they said.\n\n\"East Kilbride and Strathaven deserve an SNP candidate who will stand up for the local community, championing independence as the solution to getting rid of the Tories.\"\n\nFollowing Dr Cameron's announcement, the SNP confirmed that Mr Costello had secured the nomination for East Kilbride and Strathaven.\n\nAlison Thewliss - whose Glasgow Central constituency is disappearing due to the boundary review - lost out to frontbench colleague David Linden in Glasgow East.\n\nHowever, she was selected to stand in Glasgow North, which is being vacated by Mr Grady.\n\nSNP Europe spokesperson Alyn Smith successfully saw off a challenge in Stirling and Strathallan, as did former chief whip Brendan O'Hara in Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber.", "Police say the situation is now under control\n\nThe French prime minister has put the country on its highest state of counter-terrorism alert after an assailant fatally stabbed a teacher and seriously wounded two others.\n\nWitnesses say the knifeman shouted \"Allahu Akbar\", or \"God is greatest\", during the attack at a school in Arras, northern France. He is now in custody.\n\nThe \"attack emergency\" level has been used in previous counter-terror cases.\n\nThe alert can trigger extra security deployments and public warnings.\n\nOn Saturday, 7,000 soldiers were mobilised for increased security patrols and the Louvre Museum in Paris was closed for security reasons.\n\nSpeaking to French news agency AFP, police said the Palace of Versailles had been evacuated on Saturday after a bomb threat.\n\nThe alert came via an anonymous message online, a source close to the matter told AFP adding that the palace, a major tourist attraction, would be closed at least for the rest of the day.\n\nThe attack at Gambetta high school in the northern city, at about 11:00 local time (09:00 GMT) on Friday, came amid rising tensions in France's sizeable Muslim and Jewish communities, due to the conflict between Israel and Hamas.\n\nInterior Minister Gérald Darmanin said there was \"no doubt\" a link between the Arras attack and the Israel-Hamas conflict.\n\nThe attacker, named as 20-year-old Russian national Mohamed Mogouchkov, is of Chechen origin and known to the security services for his involvement with Islamist extremism, according to police.\n\nAs a former pupil at the school, he alarmed teachers with his extremist language, reports say.\n\nPolice also arrested several members of the assailant's family - a brother aged 17, his mother, a sister and an uncle.\n\nPrime Minister Elisabeth Borne took the urgent step after a security meeting with President Emmanuel Macron.\n\nPolice guarding the school in Arras after Friday's attack\n\nEarlier Mr Macron visited the school and condemned the \"barbarity of Islamist terrorism\". He called on French people to stay \"united\" in the face of the attack, to \"not give in to terror or let anything divide us\".\n\nThe man killed was a French language teacher, stabbed in the throat and chest. Another teacher and a security guard were seriously wounded and are now in hospital. The security guard is critically ill, with multiple knife wounds.\n\nA third person - a cleaner - was less seriously hurt in the attack, and no children were hurt.\n\nMr Macron said the teacher who died had \"come forward to protect others and without doubt saved many lives\".\n\nMartin Dousseau, a teacher who witnessed the attack, told AFP news agency of \"a moment of panic during break-time, when the schoolchildren found themselves face-to-face with the armed man\".\n\n\"He attacked canteen staff. I wanted to go down to intervene, he turned to me, chased me and asked me if I was a history and geography teacher,\" Mr Dousseau said. \"We barricaded ourselves in, then the police arrived and immobilised him.\"\n\nThe attack comes nearly three years since the murder and beheading of another teacher, Samuel Paty, at his school outside Paris.\n\nThe perpetrator of that attack, 18-year-old Abdullakh Anzorov, a Russian Muslim refugee, was shot dead by police shortly afterwards.\n\nFrance has been hit by a series of Islamist attacks in recent years. The worst was in November 2015 when gunmen and suicide bombers attacked entertainment venues and cafes in Paris, killing 130 people. That attack was claimed by the Islamic State (IS) group.", "Captain Sir Tom Moore became famous for his fundraising efforts during the first coronavirus lockdown\n\nThe family of Captain Sir Tom Moore say they have received death threats and been left feeling \"devastated\" by negative reactions to them.\n\nSpeaking on TalkTV's Piers Morgan Uncensored, the captain's daughter said: \"There is a forum… they were all discussing how they were going to come and kill us all in our beds.\"\n\nHannah Ingram-Moore said her daughter had also received threats by mail.\n\nShe said the family lived with \"an underbelly of hate\".\n\nThey have been criticised for keeping hundreds of thousands of pounds of profit from Capt Sir Tom's books - although there is no suggestion that Ms Ingram-Moore acted illegally by keeping the money, rather than donating it to her late father's charity.\n\nBy walking laps around his Bedfordshire garden, Capt Sir Tom raised £38m for NHS Charities Together which works with a network of more than 230 groups across the UK to support the organisation.\n\nHowever, the charity set up by his family in his honour - The Captain Tom Foundation - is no longer taking donations and is currently the subject of a statutory inquiry by The Charity Commission.\n\nHannah Ingram-Moore, Capt Sir Tom's daughter, said her father was \"globally adored\"\n\nMs Ingram-Moore told presenter Piers Morgan: \"We haven't been that family who's tried to take his legacy and make it for our own gain.\n\n\"We've tried our best to do the right thing and sometimes it's turned out it wasn't - but not through intent.\"\n\nHer son Benji, 19, said of the abuse aimed at his mother: \"It's utterly devastating and to see the impact it's had on her... people can have opinions - that is up to them, but what you cannot stand are threats and abuse that are just vile.\n\n\"There have been genuine times when I don't think she's known if she could go on.\"\n\nAsked if she had felt that way, Ms Ingram-Moore responded: \"No, I'm my father's daughter at the end of the day... but it has been totally devastating.\"\n\nShe said although there was \"global adoration\" of what her father had done, \"there was always an underbelly of hate, but we lived with it because he was giving hope to the world\".\n\n\"It never occurred to us that anyone could hate a 100-year-old man walking up and down to support the NHS and the family behind, doing everything they could to support him,\" she added.\n\nCapt Sir Tom won the nation's hearts with his fundraising walk, which took in 100 laps of his garden and raised £38m for NHS charities\n\nThe messages started on her Twitter account, some accusing her of using a \"cattle prod\" to goad her father into walking.\n\nOther emails called the family \"parasites\" and one even said they hoped they all caught Covid.\n\nHer daughter, Georgia, 14, was sent a letter decorated with unicorns and hearts to mislead the family into thinking it was an innocent letter, but it contained insults and a newspaper cutting which was critical of the family.\n\nAll members of the family confirmed they had received death threats and Ms Ingram-Moore's husband, Colin, said people had threatened to fire-bomb the family home in Marston Moretaine, Bedfordshire.\n\nThe barrage of threats had made his wife \"extremely ill\", he added.\n\nThe family is currently appealing a ruling that they must demolish a building in their garden which was initially given planning permission.\n\nThe spa (the C-shaped building to the right of the pond) is at the home where Capt Sir Tom Moore walked 100 laps of the garden in 2020\n\nIt was originally approved for the use of the occupiers and the Captain Tom Foundation and was granted planning permission in August 2021.\n\nIt had been partly constructed when revised plans, which included a spa pool, toilets and a kitchen \"for private use\", were submitted in February 2022 and rejected.\n\nThe family admitted to Morgan it was a mistake to have named the foundation in the initial application.\n\nThe Charity Commission said its inquiry into the Captain Tom Foundation remained ongoing.\n\n\"Its scope includes examining mismanagement or misconduct which may have led to any financial losses to the charity and whether the trustees have adequately managed conflicts of interest, including with private companies connected to the Ingram-Moore family,\" a spokesperson said.\n\nThe BBC has asked Bedfordshire Police to comment on the threats against the family.\n\nThe BBC has also contacted Ms Ingram-Moore for comment.\n\nFollow East of England news on Facebook, Instagram and X. Got a story? Email eastofenglandnews@bbc.co.uk or WhatsApp 0800 169 1830", "Andrew \"Freddie\" Flintoff was pictured in public for the first time since his accident when he led fielding drills with the England cricket team last month\n\nAndrew \"Freddie\" Flintoff has reached a settlement with the BBC after he was hurt in an accident while filming Top Gear last year.\n\nThe Sun reported that the deal with BBC Studios was based on the ex-England cricketer missing out on two years of earnings - and worth £9m.\n\nFilming of the series was suspended pending a review into the incident.\n\nThe payout will not be funded by the TV licence fee, as BBC Studios is a commercial arm of the broadcaster.\n\nFlintoff's legal team told the newspaper that the former cricketer was still recovering from \"life-alteringly significant\" injuries.\n\nFollowing the crash on 13 December 2022 at Top Gear's test track at Dunsfold Park Aerodrome in Surrey, Flintoff received medical care at the scene before being taken to hospital for further treatment.\n\n\"BBC Studios has reached an agreement with Freddie that we believe supports his continued rehabilitation, return to work and future plans,\" a statement from the company read.\n\n\"We have sincerely apologised to Freddie and will continue to support him with his recovery.\"\n\nThe BBC had already apologised to Flintoff in March over his injuries, as it announced a health and safety review of the show. It was expected to be undertaken by an independent third party.\n\nPaddy McGuinness, Chris Harris and Freddie Flintoff took over as Top Gear's hosting trio in 2019\n\nThe external investigation is thought to be ongoing, though the results may not be made public.\n\nBBC Studios conducted its own investigation of the accident.\n\nFlintoff was interviewed twice during the two investigations commissioned by the BBC, the Sun reported.\n\nA spokesperson for the Heath and Safety Executive said in March that the national regulator for workplace safety completed their inquiries into the incident and would not be investigating further.\n\nFlintoff was pictured for the first time since the accident in September, as he led fielding drills with England players in Cardiff ahead of the team's one-day international with New Zealand. Scars were visible on his face and he had tape on his nose.\n\nThe 45-year-old former England captain retired from cricket in 2009 having played 79 Tests, 141 one-day internationals and seven T20s.\n\nHe joined BBC One's Top Gear as a host in 2019 alongside Paddy McGuinness and Chris Harris. Their most recent series attracted an average audience of 4.5 million viewers.", "Video caption: The scene at the festival site, five days Hamas gunmen killed 260 people there The scene at the festival site, five days Hamas gunmen killed 260 people there\n\nThe frozen chaos of the festival site amplifies the silence here; spotlights the absence of those who filled its tents and bars five days ago.\n\nSoldiers now step through the shredded scattered belongings; the noise of shelling has replaced the music.\n\nLooking at the vehicles with their doors wrenched open, the scattered backpacks and bedding, it’s hard not imagine the panic as people tried to flee.\n\nThe scale and brutality of this attack has shaken Israel’s sense of security.\n\nSince then, this site has been a closed military zone.\n\nEven the soldiers here are jumpy. While we were filming there today, gunshots suddenly cracked overhead and soldiers began running towards the perimeter fence.\n\nThere were several minutes of panic and confusion, as soldiers ran to secure one location, then another, struggling to keep television cameras away.\n\nThe army later said they had arrested one person near the site who they said had been armed with a knife.\n\nThe young people here on Saturday morning trusted their army enough to dance and party a few miles from the Gaza border.\n\nSince then, everything has changed.", "Acclaimed American poet and Nobel laureate in literature Louise Glück has died at the age of 80.\n\nShe received a Nobel in 2020, becoming the first American poet to win the honour since TS Eliot more than 70 years earlier.\n\nHer poems often spoke of trauma and disillusion, with her most famous poem, \"Mock Orange\", questioning the value of love and sex.\n\nGlück's death was confirmed by her publishers on Friday.\n\n\"Louise Gluck's poetry gives voice to our untrusting but unstillable need for knowledge and connection in an often unreliable world,\" her longtime editor Jonathan Galassi said in a statement. \"Her work is immortal.\"\n\nA friend told the New York Times that she died of cancer at her home in Cambridge, Massachusetts.\n\nGlück was the US poet laureate from 2003 to 2004 and most recently worked as a professor of English at Yale University and a professor of poetry at Stanford University.\n\nShe was awarded almost every prize an American poet might hope for.\n\nThe Nobel judges in 2020 praised her for \"her unmistakable poetic voice that with austere beauty makes individual existence universal\".\n\nShe won the Pulitzer Prize in 1993 for her collection The Wild Iris, a book of poems which dealt with themes of suffering, death and rebirth.\n\nHer other honours include the 2001 Bollingen Prize for Poetry, the Wallace Stevens Award, given in 2008, the National Book Award in 2014, and a National Humanities Medal, awarded in 2015 by Barack Obama.\n\nGlück, whose name is pronounced \"Glick\", was born in 1943 in New York, and published more than a dozen books of poetry over her lifetime.\n\nHer works were short, often less than one page, and focused on the painful reality of being human, dealing with themes such as death, childhood, and family life.\n\nShe also took inspiration from Greek mythology and its characters, such as Persephone and Eurydice, who are often the victims of betrayal.\n\nHer debut book, released in 1968, was titled Firstborn and was published after she dropped out of college and had her first of two divorces.\n\nHer father, who helped invent the X-Acto Knife, encouraged her writing. But she had a difficult childhood, which included hospital treatment for anorexia.\n\n\"My interactions with the world as a social being were unnatural, forced, performances, and I was happiest reading,\" she said of her childhood in one 2006 interview.\n\nFor a sample of her work, look to the final line of her poem Nostos, named for a Greek term meaning \"homecoming\".\n\nWe look at the world once, in childhood.", "Sir Michael stars in The Great Escaper and is set to publish a novel\n\nSir Michael Caine has confirmed he has retired from acting, following the release of his latest film.\n\nThe 90-year-old screen legend stars in The Great Escaper opposite Glenda Jackson, who completed the film months before her death in June.\n\nSir Michael has previously indicated his intention to retire but has often been tempted back.\n\nBut he told BBC Radio 4's Today programme: \"I keep saying I'm going to retire. Well I am now.\"\n\nHe added: \"I've figured, I've had a picture where I've played the lead and had incredible reviews... What am I going to do that will beat this?\"\n\nThe Great Escaper sees Sir Michael portray Bernie Jordan, a real-life World War Two veteran who made headlines in 2014 when he escaped from his care home to attend D-Day anniversary celebrations in France.\n\nThe Guardian's review said Sir Michael delivers \"a gruffly heart-breaking performance\" in the film, while the Radio Times added he \"plays his role with complete dignity\".\n\nBut Sir Michael said the likelihood of fewer parts being offered to him in old age has ultimately prompted his decision to retire.\n\n\"The only parts I'm liable to get now are 90-year-old men. Or maybe 85,\" he joked to presenter Martha Kearney.\n\n\"They're not going to be the lead. You don't have leading men at 90, you're going to have young handsome boys and girls. So I thought, I might as well leave with all this.\"\n\nThe star acknowledged he turned down his last film three times before finally saying yes, because he already considered himself retired.\n\nGlenda Jackson completed filming on The Great Escaper just months before her death in June\n\nSir Michael, whose credits include Harry Brown, Educating Rita, The Italian Job and Hannah and Her Sisters, recalled a particular role he considered after working on The Great Escaper.\n\n\"I was sent a script actually, and I looked at it, and then I did something I've never done before. I counted how many pages I had, compared to the number of pages in the script,\" he explained.\n\n\"And it was 15 [pages of dialogue] in a script which was 99 pages. And I thought, I think that counts as a small part, I'm not doing it. So I retired.\"\n\nHe added: \"I thought, I'm ahead here, I may do a little part and get a bad review... so I thought, why not leave now? So I've left.\"\n\nSir Michael and Jackson, who was also a Labour MP for many years, previously worked together nearly five decades ago, on the 1975 film The Romantic Englishwoman.\n\nBut, he explained, the pair did not socialise outside of working together due to being of different political persuasions.\n\n\"She is a very left-wing politician,\" Sir Michael said. \"And she'd like me, but she wouldn't want to mix with me socially. Because I was obviously wealthy and everything, and not a spitting socialist.\"\n\nHe did, however, note that he had voted for former Labour prime minister Tony Blair, who was in office for a decade from 1997.\n\n\"I voted for Tony Blair, because after all I'm working class, and I thought he'll get something done for the working class,\" Sir Michael said.\n\nThe actor is also due to publish a novel next month, a thriller titled Deadly Game.\n\nAsked how he is finding old age, he replied: \"I'm still grabbing every second even though I'm 90.\"", "There has been a \"massive increase\" in antisemitic incidents in London since the Hamas attacks on Israel, the Metropolitan Police said.\n\nBetween 30 September and 13 October there were 105 antisemitic incidents and 75 offences.\n\nIn the same period last year, there were 14 antisemitic incidents and 12 offences.\n\nThe PM called the rise \"disgusting\", adding extra funding had been given to protect Jewish institutions.\n\nHamas launched an unprecedented attack on Israel on Saturday, killing more than 1,300 people and taking up to 150 hostages. More than 1,500 people have died in retaliatory strikes on Gaza.\n\nMet Police deputy assistant commissioner Laurence Taylor said antisemitic incidents over the past week included intimidation outside synagogues and loudly playing German military music.\n\nHe added the force had also seen an increase in Islamophobic incidents, \"but nothing like the scale of the increase in antisemitism\".\n\nThe deputy assistant commissioner added the Met had put a \"very significant policing operation\" in place and was seeking to support and reassure communities in London.\n\n\"We have got more than a thousand officers dedicated to providing reassurance and security patrols across vulnerable locations,\" he said.\n\n\"Those patrols will continue into the foreseeable future\".\n\nThe Met is urging anyone who is subject to a hate crime or worried about their safety to contact the police.\n\nSpeaking in Sweden on Friday, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak told reporters he had chaired a meeting with police chiefs and the Community Securities Trust - a charity which provides security advice for British Jews - to \"make sure everybody in our Jewish communities can feel safe\".\n\n\"Intimidating or threatening behaviour will not be tolerated,\" he said, \"it will be met with the full force of the law\".\n\nThree Jewish schools in north London closed for the day on Friday, with some citing planned protests in support of Palestinians.\n\nDAC Taylor said the Met had been speaking to faith leaders across the board, adding that they had more than 30 dedicated schools officers who are visiting schools and talking to parents.\n\nOne officer held a meeting with 2,000 parents earlier this week to talk about their concerns.\n\nDAC Taylor confirmed that there had not been any specific threats to schools in London.\n\nThe Metropolitan Police said it is anticipating thousands of people will attend a pro-Palestinian protest in London on Saturday - with more than a thousand officers set to be on duty.\n\nHome Secretary Suella Braverman has said she expects the police to \"use the full force of the law\" against displays of support for Hamas.\n\nAhead of the weekend DAC Taylor said the law was very clear that anyone waving a flag in support of Hamas or other proscribed organisations would be arrested.\n\nAnyone possessing or waving a Palestinian flag without any other context would not be committing any offence, but if it was associated with other actions they could be, he added.", "Sussex Police said officers were working to ensure people felt safe\n\nA woman who was arrested on suspicion of supporting Hamas after a protest in Brighton has been bailed.\n\nHamas is proscribed as a terrorist organisation by many Western governments, including the UK.\n\nThe 22-year-old was held after Counter Terrorism Policing South East launched an investigation into a speech made at the demonstration on Sunday.\n\nThe woman, who is from Brighton, was held on Thursday and has since been bailed pending further enquiries.\n\nOfficers want to speak to anyone who was at the protest and who has footage of the speech or the event.\n\nHome Secretary Suella Braverman has said she expects the police to \"use the full force of the law\" against displays of support for Hamas.\n\nThe force has increased visibility across parts of Sussex to reassure communities.\n\nHamas kidnapped dozens of people and took them into Gaza during deadly attacks on Israel at the weekend, which killed more than 1,300 people.\n\nMore than 1,400 people have been killed in Gaza since Israel launched retaliatory air strikes, which continue.\n\nProtests and vigils have been held in Brighton and Hove since the conflict began.\n\nUnder the Terrorism Act 2000, the Home Secretary may proscribe an organisation if they believe it is concerned in terrorism.\n\nHamas IDQ, the military wing of Hamas, was proscribed by the Home Office in March 2001.\n\nThe proscription was extended to cover Hamas in its entirety in November 2021.\n\nSupporting Hamas is therefore an offence under terror legislation.\n\nFollow BBC South East on Facebook, on Twitter, and on Instagram. Send your story ideas to southeasttoday@bbc.co.uk.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: The BBC’s Gordon Corera examines what Hamas footage tells us about its coordinated attack on Israel\n\nSpeeches at pro-Palestinian rallies in the UK might have glorified terrorism, the government's independent reviewer of terrorism says.\n\nIt comes as Home Secretary Suella Braverman says \"the full force of the law\" should be used against support for Hamas, a proscribed terrorist group.\n\nThe BBC showed Jonathan Hall KC footage from speeches collected by BBC Verify.\n\nMr Hall said that several appeared in breach of terrorism legislation and police should have taken action.\n\nMr Hall, whose role allows him to regularly report on how Britain's terrorism legislation is working, said: \"If you take what happened in the Be'eri kibbutz, where babies were massacred, that is unambiguously an act of terrorism,\" he said.\n\n\"People need to know, if you glorify that you risk committing a really serious terrorism offence.\"\n\nHis comments came as Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was asked if waving Palestinian flags or saying \"Free Palestine\" in public could constitute a crime.\n\nMr Sunak told broadcasters: \"Inciting violence, racial hatred, is illegal. People who are acting in an abusive or threatening manner causing distress are breaking the law.\"\n\nHe said that police would \"make sure anyone who breaks the law meets the full force of that law\".\n\nAt a pro-Palestinian rally in Manchester on 8 October, a day after Hamas attacked Israel killing hundreds of civilians, a man wearing a red football shirt with \"Palestine\" written on the back told the crowd: \"We have all seen the scenes and it is the most inspiring act of resistance.\"\n\nThe man then praises a UK group called Palestine Action and urges people to boycott \"the hell out of Israel\".\n\nThe BBC has seen several videos of Palestine Action meetings attended by its co-founder, Richard Barnard.\n\nPalestine Action is an organisation that advocates direct action against companies it says supply arms or weapons components to Israel. A number of its activists are due to stand trial on a variety of charges.\n\nIn Manchester on 8 October, Mr Barnard said in his speech: \"When we hear the resistance, the Al-Aqsa flood, we must turn that flood into a tsunami of the whole world.\"\n\nThe \"Al-Aqsa flood\" is the Hamas name for its attack on Israel.\n\nAt another rally on Wednesday in Bradford, attended by the BBC, Mr Barnard told the crowd that they must break British law to shut down factories that supply the Israeli military.\n\nHe said: \"When you go home, ask yourself, what can you sacrifice for Palestine? Can you sacrifice? A night in a police station for taking action against Israeli weapons factories. Can you sacrifice days in court?\"\n\nMore pro-Palestinian rallies are due to take place across the UK on Saturday, including in London, Manchester and Edinburgh, where thousands of people are expected to gather.\n\nMore than 1,000 officers will police the demonstration in central London, the Metropolitan Police has said, and the force has warned that anyone showing support for Hamas or deviating from the route, could face arrest.\n\nMr Hall, who was appointed to his role in 2019, said: \"When I hear people referring by name to a Hamas terrorist operation, which we know involved acts of terrorism, and invite people to do something similar, then I know that you're in the territory of encouraging terrorism.\"\n\nHe said Britain's terrorism laws were not designed \"to stop people making political speeches... but what they are designed to do is to stop mass murder, massacres, terrorist tactics.\n\n\"And that's where the police will be looking, I would have thought - is that person deliberately or recklessly encouraging other people to commit acts of terrorism?\"\n\nMr Barnard defended his speeches and made clear that he was talking about direct action against those British industries that supply Israel's military.\n\n\"Nothing has changed by not breaking the law. Mandela in South Africa, Martin Luther King. Yeah. And we're seeing more and more in this country, that people are taking matters into their own hands, that politicians have failed. There is no democratic process for Palestine in this country.\"\n\nWhen questioned by the BBC on why he was using the language of Hamas, a proscribed terrorist organisation, he said it was just a metaphor and that he did not regret his language.\n\nRichard Barnard said that his use of \"Al Aqsa flood\" was a metaphor.\n\n\"What I regret is the constant bombardment of Gaza that is going on now. It's constant. That's what upsets me. That's what keeps me up at night. But those weapons are made round the corner from us.\"\n\nMr Barnard said he was worried about being arrested for his words but that he had been arrested many times before.\n\nThe BBC spoke to many people at the rally in Bradford who said they did not support what Hamas did in Israel. Instead, they were worried about what would happen to the Palestinian people.\n\nHassan, a teenager whose family was originally from the West Bank, said: \"I condemn the attacks on civilians. I don't stand for terrorist attacks, but the fact that babies and civilians have been killed on both sides, really shows you the true nature of the war.\"\n\nThe BBC is unaware of any arrests by Greater Manchester Police or West Yorkshire police in connection to the speeches on 8 October.\n\nBradford Police said that \"appropriate policing arrangements were in place\" at the rally in the city, \"with a view to providing reassurance and minimising disruption to the wider public\".\n\nIt said the event \"passed off largely without incident. A small number of arrests were made for offences such as the illegal discharge of fireworks\".\n\nA 22-year-old woman has been arrested on suspicion of supporting Hamas after a protest in Brighton on October 8 and remains in police custody.\n\nJonathan Hall KC said Hamas had 'unambiguously' committed acts of terrorism\n\nLaurence Taylor, the Metropolitan Police's deputy assistant commissioner, said: \"People do not have the right to incite violence or hatred. The law is clear that support for proscribed organisations is illegal.\n\n\"Anyone with a flag in support of Hamas or any other proscribed terrorist organisation will be arrested. \"We will not tolerate the celebration of terrorism or death, or tolerate anyone inciting violence.\"\n\nMr Hall meanwhile commented on criticism of media organisations, including the BBC, that refrain from directly referring to Hamas as \"terrorist\".\n\nHe said that \"broadcasters here have a responsibility, if an act of terrorism is committed, to say it as such\".\n\nThe BBC said: \"We always take our use of language very seriously. Anyone watching or listening to our coverage will hear the word 'terrorist' used many times - we attribute it to those who are using it, for example, the UK government.\"\n\nSky News and ITV News told the BBC that they take decisions about language on a case-by-case basis. Stories on their websites mainly refer to Hamas militants or fighters, although both have described them as terrorists on occasion.", "Nir Am is just 2km from Gaza\n\nOne of the first Israeli settlements to come under attack when Hamas militants surged into Israel early on Saturday morning was the Nir Am kibbutz, where local people put up a fierce defence and drove the attackers away.\n\n\"I took my pistol, my clothes, my bulletproof vest and the other thing was cigarettes,\" Adam says, calmly recounting being jolted from his bed by the sound of gunfire at 06:30 on Saturday. \"We started to kill everyone who came to the fence.\"\n\nHe's been labelled the hero of Nir Am, the saviour of his kibbutz, a community of around 400 people living just 2km (1.2 miles) from Gaza.\n\n\"I took the walkie-talkie and I said this line again and again: 'No-one will enter Nir Am, no-one will enter Nir Am.'\"\n\nAdam is 46, ex-special-forces, so we can't show his face or use his full name. His head is shaved, a boxer, not the biggest man but you wouldn't mess with him. It's clear he can handle himself.\n\nHe was joined by other men from the kibbutz, he says.\n\n\"Civilians who don't know how to fight but have got a lot of heart. Two or three with special forces experience but the others… just regular men, they work in IT. Regular men, but very, very special.\"\n\nTogether they fought for between three and five hours - Adam isn't exactly sure. Then came a lull.\n\n\"We thought it was all good but then came the second wave, between eight to 10 terrorists with machine guns, with rocket-propelled grenades… They were close, 10m to 15m. I ran towards them and stood and shot and killed… a bullet to the head.\"\n\nWhat was he feeling in the heat of this gun battle? \"My mind is regular I'm a warrior, I'm a fighter, this is what I'm built for.\"\n\nAnd he was clear what was at stake. The people of Nir Am would have been slaughtered, he says, just as they were at some other kibbutzim, communities organised as collectives, often farms.\n\n\"They will run to the houses and kill the women and the kids. That kept us fighting, killing. We didn't let anybody get into the kibbutz. Nobody got hurt.\"\n\nNow Nir Am residents are living in a Tel Aviv hotel. They don't know when they'll be able to return. Adam fears some will be too afraid.\n\nHe's thankful for the hospitality. \"It's very warming, it's like another house,\" he says. \"And all of Israel has sent us clothes and food.\"\n\nBut even here, the evacuees aren't entirely safe. Our conversation is interrupted by sirens warning of another rocket attack. Adam calmly guides us to the shelter, where families are huddled, some of the children crying.\n\n\"It's nothing for us, we live in the south. It's a regular thing for us,\" Adam says.\n\nAdam is critical of Israel's government, particularly the failure of the security services to predict and prepare for the attack.\n\nBy late afternoon on Saturday Israeli soldiers arrived in Nir Am\n\n\"It's our leadership. They're under test now. Our leadership don't deserve us,\" he says.\n\nSome 1,300 people died in the unprecedented Hamas attack on Israel, and at least 150 people were taken as hostages. Israel has retaliated with air strikes on Gaza, which have also killed 1,300. It has also closed the border preventing the entry of fuel and food.\n\nAnd what about the future?\n\nAdam says he thinks most people in Gaza are good people who want a normal life, but he wants overwhelming military action to deal with Hamas.\n\n\"We can't have the same solution, we need something much, much stronger,\" he says.\n\nBut he says he doesn't want to see Israeli troops enter Gaza. \"They (Hamas) want us to do that because they've got traps in there. This would be wrong.\"\n\nOnly one resident of Nir Am was killed, a young man who was at the music festival stormed by Hamas. Adam and his civilian force kept the kibbutz safe.", "Police told a BBC team to stay still or they would be shot\n\nBBC journalists covering the attack on Israel were assaulted and held at gunpoint after they were stopped by police in the Israeli city of Tel Aviv.\n\nMuhannad Tutunji, Haitham Abudiab and their BBC Arabic team were driving to a hotel on Thursday when their car was intercepted.\n\nThey were dragged from the vehicle - marked \"TV\" in red tape - searched and pushed against a wall.\n\nA BBC spokesperson said journalists \"must be able to report on the conflict in Israel-Gaza freely\".\n\nMr Tutunji and Mr Abudiab said they identified themselves as BBC journalists and showed police their press ID cards.\n\nWhile attempting to film the incident, Mr Tutunji said his phone was thrown on the ground and he was struck on the neck.\n\n\"One of our BBC News Arabic teams deployed in Tel Aviv, in a vehicle clearly marked as media, was stopped and assaulted last night by Israeli police. Journalists must be able to report on the conflict in Israel-Gaza freely,\" a BBC spokesperson said.\n\nThe Israeli police later said in a statement that \"in light of alerts as part of an operational activity\" officers noticed \"a suspicious vehicle and stopped it for inspection\".\n\n\"During the inspection, the occupants of the vehicle, residents of East Jerusalem, were searched for fear of possession of weapons.\n\n\"At the end of the inspection and once the suspicion was removed, all the detainees were released at the site. If there is a claim for deviation from protocol one should contact the relevant authorities.\"\n\nThe statement added that Israel is at war with \"a cruel enemy that is within the territories of the State of Israel\" and operates with \"cunning methods\".\n\nPalestinian militant group Hamas launched an unprecedented attack on Israel on 7 October, killing at least 1,300 people.\n\nMore than 2,300 people have been killed in Gaza since Israel launched retaliatory air strikes.\n\nIsrael has told those in the north of the Gaza Strip - about 1.1 million people - to relocate to the south of the territory ahead of an expected ground offensive against Hamas.", "The slippers were stolen from the Judy Garland Museum in 2005 and recovered in 2018\n\nA US man has pleaded guilty to a museum heist in which he stole a pair of ruby red slippers worn by Judy Garland's character Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz.\n\nTerry Jon Martin believed the rubies were real gems until a jewellery fence - someone who buys stolen goods - told him they were made of glass.\n\nHis attorney told the Associated Press his client, 76, was now in poor health and \"facing his own mortality\".\n\nThe shoes are among only four authentic pairs that remain from the 1939 film.\n\nLead character Dorothy would click their heels three times and repeat \"there's no place like home\" to return from the Land of Oz to her native Kansas.\n\nWith their ruby sequins and glass-bead bows, the stolen pair was one of several used by Garland while filming the musical.\n\nIn 2005, the slippers were on loan to the Judy Garland Museum, in the late actress' hometown of Grand Rapids, Minnesota, from Hollywood memorabilia collector Michael Shaw.\n\nMartin, from the nearby city of Duluth, took a sledgehammer to the museum's emergency exit and lifted the item - which was insured at $1m (£824,000) - from its plexiglass-encased display pedestal, believing the rubies were real gems.\n\nBut when a stolen goods buyer informed him the rubies were not real, he \"didn't want anything to do with them\", Martin told a federal judge on Friday.\n\nHe was not publicly linked to the crime until 13 years later, when an FBI art crime team recovered the slippers in a sting operation after a man approached the insurer and said he could help get them back.\n\nFederal prosecutors announced Martin's indictment in May, adding that the current market value of the slippers stood at about $3.5m.\n\nLocal media footage showed the thief entering the federal courthouse in Duluth on Friday in a wheelchair, donning a paper mask and carrying an oxygen tank.\n\nAhead of the hearing, his attorney, Dane DeKrey, told the AP that Martin was in poor health and had been cooperative with him.\n\n\"I think Terry is facing his own mortality, and I think when people are reaching that point in their life, they cut through the pleasantries and talk turkey,\" he said.\n\nMartin - who has a previous conviction, in 1988, for receiving stolen goods - remains free until he is sentenced, although no date has yet been set.\n\nFederal sentencing guidelines recommend eight to 10 years behind bars, his lawyer has said.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.", "The UK is arranging flights to get stranded British nationals out of Israel, the Foreign Office has said.\n\nThe first plane was expected to leave Tel Aviv on Thursday, with more flights planned \"in the coming days, subject to security\".\n\nThose eligible to leave will be contacted directly and British nationals should not go to airports unless they are called to.\n\nA team of diplomats has been sent to Israel to help people flying to the UK.\n\nThe Foreign Office said it is \"working to ensure the flight can proceed as soon as possible.\"\n\nThe UK government said earlier this week it would not arrange evacuation flights because commercial routes were still available.\n\nBut British Airways, Virgin Atlantic, EasyJet, Ryanair, Wizz Air, Air France, Lufthansa and Emirates have all suspended flights in recent days.\n\nThe government-arranged flights will be chartered by the Foreign Office but are commercial services. Each passenger will be charged £300.\n\nA statement said British nationals, including dual nationals, and dependants if travelling with a British national normally resident in the UK, would be invited to take up seats.\n\nAll seats for the first flight have been allocated, a British official at Tel Aviv's Ben Gurion Airport told the BBC.\n\nThose who will be travelling on the flight have been notified by text message.\n\nA number of countries have already completed flights to get people home from Israel, including Canada, France, Italy and Poland.\n\nMost airlines stopped flying direct between Israel and the UK earlier this week, and Virgin Atlantic and British Airways pulled their last remaining daily service on Thursday after a BA flight was forced to turn back over security concerns.\n\nIt has left people struggling to find tickets for the few remaining commercial routes operating.\n\nLaurence Julius, 67, is in Tel Aviv with his wife Lyn, where they had been visiting family.\n\nThey have registered with the Foreign Office, but they have not been contacted about a flight.\n\nMr Julius is eager to return to London as he is the primary carer of his 92-year-old mother, who has chronic health issues. His children in London have stepped in to help care for her while he is away.\n\n\"It's not optimal that we are stuck here, to put it mildly,\" he said.\n\nAfter a BA flight was cancelled, he said the airline \"tried to book us on every possible route\" but all flights were \"absolutely full\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThe Foreign Office confirmed on Thursday that families of British diplomats were leaving Israel as a \"precautionary measure\".\n\nIt stressed the embassy in Israel continued to operate, and British nationals could seek consular assistance.\n\nA spokesperson for the Foreign Office said: \"The FCDO continues to advise against all travel to parts of Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories, and to advise against all but essential travel to all other parts.\"\n\nMeanwhile, Downing Street said the UK will send surveillance aircraft and two Royal Navy ships to the eastern Mediterranean in a military package \"to support Israel\".\n\nUnder the plans, a Royal Navy task group will be moved to the area next week to support humanitarian efforts.\n\nAt least 100 \"reservists and active duty soldiers\" are understood to have travelled from the UK to Israel to serve in the Israel Defence Forces, the Israeli embassy in the UK said.\n\nThe Israeli government has indicated it is preparing to launch a ground military operation inside Gaza in response to Hamas's deadly attacks at the weekend that have left 1,300 dead.\n\nAuthorities say more than 1,300 have also been killed in Gaza since Israel launched retaliatory air strikes, with 338,000 displaced.\n\nIn a call with Egypt's President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak called for the country to keep its crossing with Gaza open for \"humanitarian and consular reasons\", Downing Street said.", "Police say the situation is now under control\n\nA teacher has been killed and two people seriously injured in a knife attack at a school in France.\n\nThe attack happened at Gambetta high school in the northern city of Arras at about 11:00 local time (09:00 GMT).\n\nThe attacker has been arrested and is now in custody.\n\nWitnesses say he shouted \"Allahu Akbar\", or \"God is greatest\", during the attack. Visiting the school, President Emmanuel Macron condemned the \"barbarity of Islamist terrorism\".\n\nMr Macron called on French people to stay \"united\" in the face of the attack, to \"not give in to terror or let anything divide us\".\n\nHe said police had averted another attempted attack in another part of France.\n\nThe man killed was a French language teacher. Those injured were another teacher and a security guard.\n\nMr Macron said the teacher had \"come forward to protect others and had without doubt saved many lives\".\n\nThe attacker, named as 20-year-old Russian national Mohamed Mogouchkov, is of Chechen origin and known to the security services for his involvement with Islamist extremism, according to police.\n\nAs a former pupil at the school, he alarmed teachers with his views.\n\nThe French anti-terror prosecutor's office says it has opened an investigation following the attack for \"murder in connection with a terrorist enterprise\" and \"attempted murder in connection with a terrorist enterprise\".\n\nNews channel BFMTV has reported that the brother of the attacker has also been apprehended by police.\n\nPolice say the situation is now under control.\n\nThe attack comes amid rising tensions in France's sizeable Muslim and Jewish communities due to the conflict between Israel and Hamas.\n\nHowever, police have said there is nothing to indicate a link with the Middle East.\n\nThe attack comes nearly three years since the murder and beheading of another teacher, Samuel Paty, at his school outside Paris.\n\nThe perpetrator of that attack, 18-year-old Abdullakh Anzorov, a Russian Muslim refugee, was shot dead by police shortly afterwards.", "The EU is investigating Elon Musk's X over the possible spread of terrorist and violent content, and hate speech, after Hamas' attack on Israel.\n\nThe investigation, the first under the EU's new tech rules, will also look at the way complaints are handled.\n\nX, formerly known as Twitter, said it had removed hundreds of Hamas-affiliated accounts from the platform.\n\nTikTok and Meta have also been warned by the EU for not doing enough to tackle disinformation.\n\nSocial media firms have seen a surge in misinformation about the conflict between Israel and Hamas, including doctored images and mislabelled videos.\n\nThe EU's industry chief, Thierry Breton, confirmed on Thursday the bloc had sent X a \"formal request for information\" to determine whether the platform was complying with the Digital Services Act (DSA) - a law designed to protect users of big tech platforms which recently came into effect.\n\nX chief executive Linda Yaccarino said earlier on Thursday the platform had removed hundreds of Hamas-affiliated accounts and taken action to remove or label tens of thousands of pieces of content since Saturday's attack, in response to a letter from Mr Breton on Tuesday.\n\nHamas, a Palestinian militant group, is a proscribed terrorist organisation in the EU.\n\nAt least 150 hostages were taken into Gaza and 1,300 people were killed during Hamas's deadly attacks in Israel at the weekend.\n\nMeanwhile, more than 1,500 people have been killed in Gaza since Israel launched retaliatory air strikes.\n\nThe UN's World Food Programme has called the situation in Gaza \"dire\", with food and water running out during an Israeli siege. Israel says the blockade will not end until its hostages are freed.\n\nIn his letter to Mr Musk, Mr Breton said \"violent and terrorist content\" had not been taken down from X, despite warnings.\n\nMr Breton did not give details on the disinformation he was referring to in the letter, but said instances of \"fake and manipulated images and facts\" were widely reported on the social media platform.\n\nIn his own response on X, Mr Musk said: \"Our policy is that everything is open and transparent, an approach that I know the EU supports.\n\n\"Please list the violations you allude to on X, so that the public can see them.\"\n\nThe DSA became law last November but firms were given time to make sure their systems complied.\n\nOn 25 April, the commission named the very large online platforms - those with over 45 million EU users - that would be subject to the toughest rules, among them X. The law came into effect four months later in August.\n\nUnder the tougher rules, larger firms have to assess potential risks they may cause, report that assessment and put in place measures to deal with the problem.\n\nFailure to comply with the DSA can result in EU fines of as much as 6% of a company's global turnover, or potentially suspension of the service.\n\nX has until 18 October to provide details on how its crisis response protocol is activated and functions, and until 31 October on other issues.\n\nMr Musk dissolved Twitter's Trust and Safety Council shortly after acquiring the company in 2022. Formed in 2016, the volunteer council contained about 100 independent groups who advised on issues such as self-harm, child abuse and hate speech.\n\nMeanwhile, a Meta spokesperson told the BBC the company was \"working around the clock to keep our platforms safe\" and had established a \"special operations centre\" staffed with experts to monitor the situation.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. PSNI has 'big list' of issues to tackle, says interim chief\n\nJon Boutcher has been formally appointed as interim chief constable of the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI).\n\nHe takes over from Simon Byrne who quit in September after a series of crises under his leadership.\n\nMr Boutcher has decades of experience within policing and is a former chief of Bedfordshire Police.\n\nThe appointment was confirmed by Northern Ireland Secretary Chris Heaton-Harris.\n\nEarlier this month, Mr Boutcher had been selected to be the PSNI's interim leader, but his appointment was subject to agreement.\n\nPolicing Board chair Deirdre Toner said Mr Boutcher's appointment will bring stability to the PSNI and the executive leadership team until a recruitment process for a permanent leader is complete.\n\n\"The board looks forward to working with Mr Boutcher and the wider service executive team as we progress the issues and pressures currently facing policing,\" she added.\n\nMr Boutcher said that he was \"absolutely delighted to be given the privilege of leading the exceptional men and women of the PSNI\".\n\nHe said that he is \"aware of the challenges the organisation faces\" and \"how distracting and frustrating recent events have been\".\n\nMr Boutcher said that the PSNI needs a \"period of stability\", and said his first job would be to gain the confidence of rank-and-file officers within the force.\n\nApplications are currently open for the permanent chief constable role on a salary of almost £220,000, however, it will be several months before they would start the job.\n\nThe closing date is noon on 16 October.\n\nMr Boutcher would not comment on whether he would be applying to take on the role of chief constable on a permanent basis.\n\nBut he knows Northern Ireland well, having worked here on legacy cases for seven years, and having been overlooked for the top PSNI job in 2019.\n\nHe is there to steady the ship, says BBC NI crime and justice correspondent Julian O'Neill.\n\nAfter a turbulent few weeks, he wants the PSNI off the front page and at his first press conference, he projected a sense of calm, adds our correspondent.\n\nNow he's the man turned to at a time of crisis, which may make him favourite to takeover on a full-time basis, he adds.\n\nSimon Byrne resigned as PSNI chief constable after a number of controversies\n\nThe Northern Ireland Secretary, Chris Heaton-Harris, said he welcomed the interim appointment.\n\n\"I congratulate the Northern Ireland Policing Board on moving swiftly in order to ensure the PSNI has the leadership and operational resilience it requires at this time,\" he said.\n\nThe PSNI has been without a chief constable for several weeks after Mr Byrne's resignation.\n\nRank-and-file officers subsequently passed a vote of no confidence in some of the PSNI's other senior leaders.\n\nMr Byrne quit in the wake of a court ruling that determined that two junior police officers had been unlawfully disciplined after making an arrest at a Troubles commemoration event in Belfast.\n\nThe previous month the force had mistakenly shared the identities of its entire workforce online in what was described by senior officers as a major data breach.\n\nThis wouldn't be Mr Boutcher's first time in a force's top job, previously leading Bedfordshire Police.\n\nHe spent the past five years overseeing an independent investigation into the activities of the Army's top spy within the IRA during the Troubles in Northern Ireland.\n\nHis Operation Kenova report into the agent, who was known as Stakeknife, is due to be published in the coming months.\n\nSir Iain Livingstone, a former chief constable of Police Scotland, will take over from Mr Boutcher in leading operation Kenova.\n\nMr Boutcher said that his taking the role of interim chief constable of the PSNI should in \"no way\" delay the publishing of the Kenova report.\n\nHe had previously applied to lead the Metropolitan Police after the resignation of Cressida Dick last year, but he was unsuccessful in that process.\n\nHe was also unsuccessful in his bid to become PSNI chief constable in 2019, when the job went to Mr Byrne.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThe family of Captain Sir Tom Moore kept the profits from his books for themselves, they have said.\n\nHannah Ingram-Moore told TalkTV's Piers Morgan Uncensored there had been no agreement with her father that book money would go to charity.\n\nCapt Sir Tom's autobiography, Tomorrow will be a Good Day, came out in 2020.\n\nHe writes in the prologue that \"with the offer to write this memoir I have also been given the chance to raise even more money\" for his foundation.\n\nMs Ingram-Moore claimed they had kept the profits from the captain's three books - reportedly £800,000 - at his request.\n\nShe said her father wanted his family to keep the money in a company separate to the Captain Tom Foundation.\n\nThere is no suggestion that Ms Ingram-Moore acted illegally by keeping the money from the book sales, rather than donating it to her late father's charity.\n\nCaptain Sir Tom Moore became famous for his fundraising efforts during the first coronavirus lockdown\n\nIn the prologue to the 2020 autobiography, Capt Sir Tom wrote: \"Astonishingly at my age, with the offer to write this memoir I have also been given the chance to raise even more money for the charitable foundation now established in my name.\n\n\"Its goals are those closest to my heart, with a mission to combat loneliness, support hospices and help those facing bereavement... I am deeply honoured to be given yet another opportunity to serve the country of which I am so very proud.\"\n\nIn a clip of the TV show released to the BBC, Ms Ingram-Moore's husband, Colin, told Morgan that the \"vast majority\" of the £809,000 revenue reportedly raised by the family's company Club Nook Ltd \"came from the three books that he wrote with Penguin Random House\".\n\nHe said \"95%\" of the Club Nook money was from the books.\n\nHannah Ingram-Moore, Capt Sir Tom's daughter, said her father wanted the family to have the book profits\n\nMs Ingram-Moore, of Marston Moretaine, Bedfordshire, said: \"These were my father's books, and it was honestly such a joy for him to write them, but they were his books.\n\n\"He had an agent and the agent and he worked on that deal.\n\n\"They were Captain Tom's books and his wishes were that that money would sit in Club Nook.\"\n\nMorgan asked, \"For you to keep?\" and she replied \"Yes - specifically\".\n\nThe books were \"never anything to do with the charity\", she said.\n\nHer father \"decided what to do with the income from them - it was his wishes, not ours - he made the decisions about the things that he did - we didn't act for him\", she said.\n\nCapt Sir Tom won the nation's hearts with his fundraising walk, which took in 100 laps of his garden\n\nCapt Sir Tom's extraordinary fundraising efforts for National Health Service charities are part of Covid-19 pandemic history.\n\nBy walking laps around his Bedfordshire garden, he raised £38m for NHS Charities Together, which works with a network of more than 230 NHS Charities across the UK to support the organisation.\n\nHowever, the charity set up by his family in his honour is no longer taking donations.\n\nThe Captain Tom Foundation is currently the subject of a statutory inquiry.\n\nJust over a year ago, the Charity Commission launched an inquiry into its finances.\n\nIt also emerged Ms Ingram-Moore was paid thousands of pounds via her family company for appearances in connection with her late father's charity.\n\nShe appeared at an awards ceremony - the Virgin Media O2 Captain Tom Foundation Connector Awards - which included the name of the charity and the charity's logo on its awards plaques.\n\nAt that time she was the charity's interim chief executive on an annual salary of £85,000.\n\nHowever, her appearance fee was paid not to the Captain Tom Foundation but to Maytrix Group, a company owned by her and her husband.\n\nShe told TalkTV she was paid £18,000 and gave £2,000 of it to the foundation.\n\nThis summer, the foundation stopped taking money from donors after planning officials at Central Bedfordshire Council ordered that an unauthorised spa pool block at Ms Ingram-Moore's home should be demolished.\n\nThe building on the site of the family home - originally approved for the use of the occupiers and the Captain Tom Foundation - was granted planning permission in August 2021 and had been partly constructed when revised plans, which included a spa pool, toilets and a kitchen \"for private use\", were submitted in February 2022.\n\nThe revised plans for what was called the Captain Tom Building were turned down by the council in November 2022.\n\nA demolition order for the now-unauthorised building was issued, the authority said.\n\nThat order was appealed and a hearing is due later this month.\n\nThe BBC has contacted Ms Ingram-Moore for comment.\n\nFollow East of England news on Facebook, Instagram and X. Got a story? Email eastofenglandnews@bbc.co.uk or WhatsApp 0800 169 1830\n• None What has happened to Captain Tom's legacy?", "WhatsApp messages from 2020 released by the Covid inquiry have revealed senior civil servant Simon Case complaining about the influence of Carrie, the partner of then-PM Boris Johnson.\n\nIn exchanges with a Downing Street adviser at the time, Dominic Cummings, Mr Case jokes that Mrs Johnson was \"the real person in charge\".\n\nIn a later text Mr Case also says the government looks like a \"tragic joke\".\n\nThe messages came as the Covid inquiry heard evidence on political governance.\n\nThe screenshot of the WhatsApp group chat from autumn 2020, provided by Mr Cummings, was displayed on screen during a session in which the senior lawyer for the inquiry, Hugo Keith KC, was drawing attention to what he called \"dysfunctionality\" at the heart of government.\n\nIn a discussion about introducing regional circuit breakers, Mr Case writes: \"Am not sure I can cope with today. Might just go home.\"\n\nLee Cain - Mr Johnson's head of communications - asks what \"are we talking about\".\n\nHe later adds: \"I was always told that Dom [Cummings] was the secret PM. How wrong they are. I look forward to telling select [committee] tomorrow... don't worry about Dom, the real person in charge is Carrie.\"\n\n\"So true,\" Mr Cummings replies along with a laughing emoji.\n\nMr Cain agrees and adds that \"she doesn't know [what] she is talking about either\".\n\nMr Case goes on to say: \"This government doesn't have the credibility needed to be imposing stuff within only days of deciding not too [sic]. We look like a terrible, tragic joke.\n\n\"If we were going hard, that decision was needed weeks ago. I cannot cope with this.\"\n\nThe messages were sent in autumn of 2020 - around the time the government was reintroducing some Covid restrictions in England.\n\nCarrie Johnson was in a relationship with Mr Johnson before he became prime minister in 2019. They lived together in Downing Street and married in May 2021.\n\nThroughout Mr Johnson's time in office, Mrs Johnson was target for criticism - particularly from Mr Cummings - a close adviser to Mr Johnson who later became a fierce critic.\n\nMr Case was a senior civil servant in No 10 until September 2020 when he was promoted to be head of the civil service.\n\nDuring the session, the inquiry was also shown texts between Mr Johnson and Mr Cummings from March 2020 in which Mr Johnson describes the chief medical officer Sir Chris Whitty and chief scientific adviser Sir Patrick Vallance as \"wonderful men... but they are both in new territory\".\n\nMr Cummings was a close adviser of Boris Johnson until he quit his position in December 2020\n\nMr Johnson also describes Mark Sedwill, the head of the civil service until September 2020, as \"miles off pace\".\n\nMr Cummings replies that \"the problem is CabOff [the Cabinet Office] and DHSC [the health department] haven't listened and absorbed what the models truly mean.\"\n\nSeparately, in an email sent to Mr Johnson in July 2020, Mr Cummings writes: \"Current CABOFF [Cabinet Office] doesn't work for anyone - it is high friction, low trust, and obv many good parts but overall low performance.\"\n\nMr Keith KC warned the inquiry that \"due caution must be applied to the accuracy of WhatsApps which lack nuance and can be intemperate, and also diary entries, which may not accurately reflect the reality of the position day by day and which indeed may have been drafted for a different audience.\"\n\nHe went on to suggest that the messages and other pieces of evidence, including diary entries and notes from Sir Patrick Vallance, demonstrated that factionality and infighting were prevalent at a time when the government was responding to the coronavirus pandemic.\n\nSir Patrick's notes were not displayed but Mr Keith said they showed \"according to the Cabinet Secretary himself, this is in November 2020 so that would be Simon Case, No10 was at war with itself - a Carrie faction with [Michael] Gove, another with SPADs [special advisers], the PM caught in the middle.\"\n\nThe witness, former senior civil servant Alex Thomas, said that in the early period of the pandemic there \"was an anxious and chaotic and sometimes divided situation between the Cabinet Office and Number 10\".\n\nMr Keith suggested that: \"In the early part of the pandemic, the early months, the dysfunctionality... was reflective of the system, the structures, that were in place.\n\n\"Latterly the dysfunctionality lay more in the personalities and their working relationships and indeed the people who were in government.\"\n\nIn the afternoon session, the inquiry heard from long Covid experts Professor Chris Brightling and Dr Rachael Evans.\n\nThey said they were shocked and disappointed by Mr Johnson's comments, written on an October 2020 report, in which he uses colourful language to dismiss the condition comparing it to \"Gulf War Syndrome stuff\".\n\nProf Brightling told the inquiry: \"We don't know how much this influenced the activity from government, and what government then did.\n\n\"But you would expect if the prime minister's view was such it may well have had an influence on other people in government.\"\n\nHe added there was \"very little\" focus on the long-term consequences of Covid-19 until 2021 and opportunities to plan services and treatment were missed.\n\nThis second stage of the Covid Inquiry is examining political decision-making during the pandemic, from January 2020 until February 2022, including the timing and effectiveness of lockdowns and other social-distancing restrictions.\n\nIt is taking witness evidence in London until Christmas, before moving to Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland to look specifically at the decisions made by administrations in those parts of the United Kingdom.\n\nMr Johnson will give evidence in person to the inquiry later this year, along with other ministers, advisers, civil servants and health officials.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: Drone footage shows the aftermath of Israeli airstrikes on Gaza\n\nDorgham Abusalim has not heard from his parents in Gaza for days. The wait is \"absolutely horrifying\", he says.\n\nSince he last spoke to them on Tuesday, Dorgham has been glued to the television, watching the Israeli bombing of Gaza, and watching the death toll climb.\n\nOn Whatsapp, he learned of one family in Deir al-Balah that lost 20 relatives in a single night. \"That's my family's neighbourhood,\" he tells the BBC from his home in Washington DC.\n\nHe is one of many Palestinian-Americans whose days are now marked by sporadic, anxious messages and calls with family and friends thousands of miles away.\n\nMore than 1,500 Palestinians have been killed in the Gaza Strip since the strikes began, in retaliation for the killing of 1,300 people and kidnapping of about 150 people in Israel by Hamas militants.\n\nAbout 2.2 million people live in the territory, which is controlled by Hamas. On Thursday night, Israel told everyone in the north - about 1.1 million people - to relocate to the south within 24 hours.\n\n\"Any place from which Hamas operates will turn into rubble,\" Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said.\n\nDorgham Abusalim, when he was a child, in Gaza with his father\n\nFor Dorgham, 34, witnessing the war unfold from afar is terrifying and paralysing. He says he is keenly aware that any goodbye may well be the last.\n\n\"I can't go to bed without wanting to hear their voice,\" Dorgham says of his parents. \"I'm going to continue calling and calling until I get through.\"\n\nIsrael turned off the water, energy and gas to Gaza on Saturday, and the United Nations has warned of a humanitarian disaster as hospitals run short on fuel and people struggle to store food.\n\nAs the electricity supplies dwindle, so do Dorgham's chances of hearing his mother's voice.\n\n\"Their electricity has gone down from four hours to two hours to one hour a day,\" Dorgham says, adding that his family are scrambling every day to find fuel.\n\n\"Some of my family are fleeing south,\" he says, \"but many are staying for fear they will never be able to return to their homes.\"\n\nTariq Luthun, a 32-year-old Palestinian-American living in Detroit, Michigan, says his extended family in Gaza does not have power, so is trying to use their phones sparingly.\n\n\"They are safe as of this interview, or as of this moment,\" Tariq tells the BBC, but he says he worries about them constantly.\n\nTariq Luthun worries that loved ones still in Gaza could be killed by air strikes\n\n\"Every day I wake up, I check to see if family members are alive,\" he says. \"Then I go to work. After I log off work, I check again to see if my family members are still alive.\"\n\nThe stress of this routine is taking an emotional toll. \"I'm really devastated. It weighs on me.\"\n\nPalestinian-Americans who spoke to the BBC say they feel the plight of civilians in Gaza is being forgotten as the majority of US politicians declare their support for Israel.\n\nIn a speech on Tuesday, President Joe Biden said Israel had a right and duty to respond to the attacks.\n\nHe was careful to say that Hamas \"does not stand for the Palestinian people's right to dignity and self-determination\", but his speech was seen by many analysts as giving a green light to Israel to proceed with a full-scale ground operation, which would likely result in more civilian deaths.\n\n\"In the past you'd see the both-sides-ism,\" Tariq says. \"You don't see that here.\"\n\nDorgham says harsh rhetoric from politicians in Israel and the US - like Republican Senator Lindsey Graham suggesting that Israel \"level the place\" - makes him feel hopeless.\n\n\"It feels to me that we live in a world that categorically hates us. Why?\"\n\nIman Kishawi, who was born in Gaza in 1958 but fled because of war when she was seven years old, says she worries constantly about her aunts and cousins who are still there.\n\n\"I don't know what to do,\" she says from her home in Los Angeles, describing how she paces back and forth around the house. \"They don't have phones. They don't have electricity. They are under constant bombardment.\"\n\nIman Kishawi said she has felt \"paralysed\" since the war began on Saturday\n\nShe relies on updates from other relatives in the US who have been able to get in touch with her cousins.\n\nSpeaking to them brings back memories of her childhood in Gaza, she says, including trips to the beach, where dozens of relatives would gather for family picnics. \"The sea was beautiful. Really, really beautiful,\" she says.\n\nSuch moments of nostalgia offer only a brief respite from the daily worry that her cousins could be victims of the next bomb strike.\n\nShe's been told they are OK, for now.\n\n\"When my cousin says OK, it means this second we're OK,\" she explains. \"They don't know what's going to happen next.\"\n\nIman Kishawi sits on a swing in Gaza in 1959 between her mother and her grandmother", "The minivan rolled over several times after the driver evaded a road check, police said\n\nSeven people, including a child, have died after a crowded minivan driven by a suspected people-smuggler overturned in southern Germany, police say.\n\nTwenty-three people were in the van, which is designed to fit nine.\n\nThe driver attempted to evade police at a road check before losing control near Ampfing in Bavaria, authorities say.\n\nThe accident happened amid a rise in people-smuggling which has led several Central and Eastern European countries to impose border checks.\n\nPolice say they tried to intercept the Mercedes Vito van at around 03:00 (01:00 GMT) on Friday.\n\nThe driver of the vehicle, which had an Austrian licence plate, accelerated to 180km/h (112mph) before rolling over several times at a junction on the A94 motorway, between the Austrian border and Munich. The driver has been arrested.\n\nPolice said the vehicle's overcrowding contributed to the high death toll. A six-year-old child was among the dead.\n\nThere have been a number of crashes involving people-smugglers in European countries in recent weeks.\n\nA car with French licence plates thought to be smuggling migrants overturned in Hungary on Thursday, leaving two dead and six injured.\n\nLast week, a vehicle crashed in the town of Burghausen, on the German-Austrian border, about 50km from the site of Friday's accident, injuring four people.\n\nSeveral EU countries, including Poland, Germany and the Czech Republic, have reimposed border checks in recent weeks as a result of an increase in smuggling incidents.\n\nPolish authorities say the heightened checks have succeeded in reducing the number of migrant crossings.\n\nThe A94 motorway in south-eastern Germany is considered a regular route for people-smugglers crossing the border from Austria.\n\nBavarian Interior Minister Joachim Herrmann said the tragic crash highlighted the need to strengthen border controls to stop smugglers from entering Germany.\n\nFirst-time asylum requests in Germany rose by 78% in the first seven months of 2023. Police say the passage of about a quarter of migrants into Germany is facilitated by smugglers.", "Gaza City's main hospital, Al Shifa, is at breaking point, with hundreds of seriously injured people filling the hallways and bodies lying in corridors and outside, as staff work under immense pressure.\n\nInside, BBC Arabic's reporter Adnan El-Bursh and his team discover their own neighbours, relatives and friends are among those injured and killed.", "The Aberdare branch of Wilko, which will now no longer become a Poundland\n\nPoundland has scrapped plans to take over a former Wilko store in south Wales after Raac was found in the building.\n\nThe shop in Aberdare, Rhondda Cynon Taf, was due to open on Saturday.\n\nBut the presence of the potentially dangerous concrete in the town's Cardiff Street building means the retailer has pulled the plug.\n\nA spokesman said the decision was made after receiving completed surveys of the store on Thursday.\n\nThe surveys showed the presence of Raac - reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete - a cheaper alternative to concrete mostly used in the 1950s and 1990s, that has a lifespan of about 30 years.\n\nRaac has been found in about 35 schools and public buildings in Wales, with further assessments taking place in many others.\n\nPoundland's spokesman said the surveys were carried out after access was obtained a \"few days ago\" and the company was \"sadly not in a position to open the unit as a Poundland\".\n\n\"We know this will be very disappointing news, but at Poundland customer and colleague safety is paramount,\" he said.\n\n\"As for the staff we know this will be very disappointing news for them too.\n\n\"Now we've received the details of our surveys we'll be discussing options with individuals affected as a matter of priority over the coming days.\"\n\nPoundland agreed to take over 71 Wilko stores after the chain's collapse\n\nPepco Group, which owns Poundland in the UK, agreed to take on the leases of dozens of Wilko shops after the chain went into administration in August.\n\nPoundland boss Barry Williams previously said he recognised the last few weeks had been difficult for Wilko workers.\n\nIn a statement, issued at the time, the company said that Wilko staff would have priority when applying for new jobs at the Poundland shops.\n\nRhondda Cynon Taf council said: \"The council is disappointed to learn this news, following the potential lifeline to the former Wilko store in Aberdare which was offered by Poundland.\n\n\"The council has received no engagement from Wilko or Poundland in respect of this news, and is keen to extend support to ensure a future for this retail space in the centre of the town.\"", "Amiram Cooper, Guy Gilboa-Dalal and Tsachi Idan are being held in Gaza\n\nIsrael says 132 people remain unaccounted for after they were abducted and taken to Gaza during the October 7 attacks by Hamas.\n\nAn estimated 240 people were taken prisoner, but 105 were later released by Hamas during a six-day ceasefire at the end of November.\n\nThe Israeli military said it mistakenly killed three hostages in northern Gaza who had escaped from their captors and expressed \"deep remorse\" over the incident.\n\nOf the 132 still unaccounted for, Israel says that 20 of them are believed to be dead.\n\nThese are the stories of those hostages who are still being held, which have either been confirmed by the BBC or credibly reported.\n\nThis list is regularly updated and names may change, as some people feared kidnapped are confirmed to have been killed or released.\n\nLast updated on 19 December 2023 at 10:33 GMT\n\nYagev Kirsht, 34, was taken from his home in Kibbutz Nirim, alongside his wife, Rimon Buchstab Kirsht. She has now been released.\n\nAlexander Trupanov, was taken hostage with his mother Lena Trupanov, 50, his partner Sapir Cohen, 29, and his grandmother Irina Tati, 73. All were abducted from Kibbutz Nir Oz as they spent the Sabbath together, according to a statement by Canada's Raoul Wallenburg Center for Human Rights. Irina and Lena were released on Wednesday 29 November and Sapir was freed the next day.\n\nAriel Cunio, his girlfriend Arbel Yahud and her brother Dolev are also thought to have been abducted in the same attack on Nir Oz. Eitan Cunio, Ariel's brother who escaped Hamas, told the Jewish Chronicle that his last message from Ariel said: \"We are in a horror movie.\"\n\nDavid Cunio, 33, another of Ariel's brothers, was also kidnapped from Nir Oz, family say. David's wife Sharon Aloni Cunio and their three-year-old twin daughters Ema and Yuly were released on 27 November. Sharon's sister Daniele Aloni, and her six-year-old daughter Emilia were both released on 24 November.\n\nDoron Steinbrecher, 30, a veterinary nurse, was in her apartment in Kibbutz Kfar Aza when Hamas attacked, the Times of Israel reported. At 10:30 on 7 October, the newspaper said, she sent a voice message to friends: \"They've arrived, they have me.\"\n\nItzhak Gelerenter, 53, was taken from the Supernova festival. His family said the IDF found his phone was located in Gaza, the Times of Israel reported. His daughter Pivko told the paper: \"I'm trying to think good thoughts, I have a powerful, smart, resourceful father.\"\n\nDoron Steinbrecher sent a voice message to friends during Hamas' attack\n\nNaama Levy, 19, was filmed being bundled into a jeep, her hands tied behind her back. The footage was released by Hamas and circulated widely on social media. According to her mother, the teenager had just begun her military service.\n\nYousef Zyadna, a 53-year-old Bedouin dairy farmer, was abducted from Kibbutz Holit and taken to Gaza along with his sons Hamza, 22, and Bilal, 18, and his daughter, Aisha, 16. Aisha and Bilal were released on Thursday 30 November.\n\nElad Katzir, 47, was abducted from Nir Oz with his mother Hanna. Hanna has now been released.\n\nOhad Ben Ami, 55, was kidnapped from Be'eri with his wife, Raz. She was released by Hamas on 29 November.\n\nTwin brothers Gali and Ziv Berman, 26, were taken from Kfar Aza. Ziv was messaging a friend as the attack happened. Their family said the IDF has told them the brothers are being held in Gaza. Their brother Liran told CBN news the pair had \"twin power\" and were the centre of attention wherever they went.\n\nIraq-born Shlomo Mansour, 85, was taken captive from Kibbutz Kissufim, where he lived and worked as a chicken coop manager. His wife, Mazal, managed to escape.\n\nMichel Nisenbaum, 59, is a dual Brazilian-Israeli citizen who has lived in Israel for 45 years and works as a computer technician, his family told Brazilian media. They also say he is diabetic and has Crohn's disease. On 7 October, they say, someone claiming to be from Hamas answered his phone when they tried to call him.\n\nDaniela Gilboa, 19, sent messages saying that Kibbutz Nahal Oz, where she was staying, was under attack and asked her mother to pray for her. Her boyfriend, Roy Dadon, told the Economist 1843 magazine that he believes he saw a glimpse of her in a video showing three girls being driven away in the back of an SUV.\n\nItay Chen, 19, a dual US-Israeli citizen and IDF solider, was on active duty with a tank unit on 7 October, according to the Times of Israel. The paper reported that his family was notified by the IDF that he is officially considered missing in action and probably being held hostage. Another soldier in his unit, Matan Angrest, 21, is also presumed to be in Gaza.\n\nYosi Sharabi, 51, was taken from Be'eri with his brother, Eli Sharabi, 55. Eli's wife and two daughters were murdered in the attack. Ofir Engel, the boyfriend of Yosi's daughter, Yuval, was also taken, but released on 29 November.\n\nAgam Berger, 19, was kidnapped from Nahal Oz. She was seen being taken away in videos released by Hamas.\n\nEdan Alexander, 19, is an Israeli-US citizen who volunteered to join the Israeli army. He was serving near the Gaza border at the time of Hamas's attack. Edan's family said they had been told by Israeli officials that he had been taken to Gaza as a hostage.\n\nKaid Farhan Elkadi, 53, lives with his family south of Rahat and worked as a security guard, according to Israeli media. Reports said his family believes he was kidnapped and taken to Gaza, based on images shared by Hamas.\n\nIlana Gritzewsky and Matan Zanguaker were captured near the Gaza border, family say\n\nMatan Zanguaker, 24, was taken with his partner Ilana Gritzewsky, 30, from Nir Oz, according to Ilana's father. Ilana, a Mexican national, was released on Thursday 30 November.\n\nThe family of Eitan and Yair Horn believe they were taken from Nir Oz kibbutz\n\nEitan Horn, 37, and his brother Yair, 45, both Argentinian citizens, were also in Nir Oz at the time of the attack. Their father Itzik said he believes they were kidnapped. Yair is a construction worker while Eitan works in education.\n\nItai Svirsky, 38, is thought to have been abducted when his elderly parents were killed in Be'eri. He had been visiting them for the holiday of Simhat Torah.\n\nKeith Seigel, 64, and his wife Adrienne - often known as Aviva - Seigel, 62, were taken from their home in Kfar Aza, Keith's brother Lee Seigel told the BBC. Adrienne was released on 26 November.\n\nOmri Miran, 46, lived in Nahal Oz with his wife and two daughters. Omri was led away by Hamas with his hands tied, his wife Lishay told the Guardian newspaper. She told him not to be a hero, urging: \"Do whatever they want because I want you back.\"\n\nBipin Joshi, 23, a Nepalese student, is believed to have been taken from Kibbutz Alumim. Nepalese newspaper Setopati says he was one of 49 university students studying agriculture in Israel. It says 10 students were killed in the attack.\n\nIlan Weiss, 58, went missing from Kibbutz Be'eri after he was last seen leaving the house to defend the community. On 25 November, his wife Shiri Weiss, 53, and their daughter, Noga, 18, were freed from captivity in a hostage deal.\n\nAmiram Cooper, 85, and his wife Nurit, 80, were taken from their home in Nir Oz, their daughter-in-law Noa told the BBC. The family last spoke to the couple during the Hamas attack, Noa said, when the couple were in their safe room. The family later traced Amiram's phone to Gaza. On Monday 23 October, Nurit was one of two women to be released.\n\nAmiram and Nurit Cooper, pictured with their granddaughter, Gali\n\nOded Lifshitz, 83, and his wife Yocheved, 85 were taken hostage from Nir Oz. On Monday 23 October, Yocheved was one of two elderly women to be freed. After hearing the news of her mother's release, their daughter Sharone - a London-based artist - said: \"While I cannot put into words the relief that she is now safe, I will remain focused on securing the release of my father and all those - some 200 innocent people - who remain hostages in Gaza.\"\n\nHaim Peri, 79, was taken from his home in Nir Oz, reports the Times of Israel, and freed hostage Yocheved Lifshitz said she saw that he was alive and well. His son Lior Peri told Talk TV that Haim had locked his wife inside the safe room before giving himself up to kidnappers.\n\nAvraham Munder, 78, was kidnapped from Nir Oz, Israeli officials say. His wife Ruthi, daughter and grandson have since been released.\n\nOmer Neutra, a 22-year-old Israeli-American and grandson of Holocaust survivors, put off plans to go to college in the US to study in Israel, and eventually joined the IDF. He was serving as a tank commander near Gaza when Hamas attacked. Omer's parents say they were told by the Israeli embassy that he had been kidnapped.\n\nRon Benjamin's vehicle was found empty following the attacks\n\nRon Benjamin, 53, had been taking part in a group cycle ride near the Gaza border when the Hamas attack began and he decided to drive home, his family told Israeli media. Days later, his vehicle was found empty and his family believe he was kidnapped.\n\nLouis Har, 70, is believed to have been taken from Nir Yitzhak. His partner Clara Marman was released on 28 November along with her sister Gabriela Leimberg, 59, and Gabriela's daughter Mia Leimberg,17. Clara and Gabriela's brother Fernando Simon Marman, 60, also remains in captivity.\n\nJudith Weinstein Haggai, 70, and her husband, Gad Haggai, 73, also went missing from Nir Oz after the Hamas attack. Ten days later, the Israeli military confirmed to the family they had been taken hostage, CTV News in Canada reported.\n\nAlex Danzig, 75, a scholar and historian of the Holocaust, was at his home in Nir Oz, when it was attacked by Hamas. \"We know for sure he was kidnapped,\" his son Mati told the BBC. Alex - whose older sister Edith is a Holocaust survivor - has spent the last 30 years working for Yad Vashem, Israel's Holocaust remembrance centre. His disappearance has triggered a campaign for his release, both in Israel and in Poland, the country of his birth.\n\nAlex Danzig has spent decades educating people about the Holocaust\n\nItzhk Elgarat, 68, was kidnapped at the same time as Alex Danzig, his brother Danny Elgert told Israel's Kan 11 TV station, adding that he had tracked his brother's phone to the border with Gaza.\n\nGadi Moses, 79, was also abducted during the same attack on Nir Oz, according to relatives and the Israeli aid agency where he worked as an agricultural expert. Efrat Katz, his partner, was initially thought to have been captured as well, but she was later found dead, the Times of Israel reported. Efrat was the mother of Doron Asher, who was taken hostage and later released with her two daughters. Ravid Katz, 51, Doron Asher's brother, was originally thought to have been taken hostage from Nir Oz, but on 28 November his family confirmed that he had been killed on 7 October.\n\nYair Yaakov, 59, is listed among the hostages. His partner Meirav Tal, 53, was released on 28 November. Yair's children Yagil, 13, and Or, 16, were released on 27 November.\n\nYair Yaakov was pictured being held captive by a gunman in a video shared online\n\nNimrod Cohen, 19, had studied software engineering in high school, according to reports. After he was kidnapped, his father was invited to meet Pope Francis in Rome along with other hostages' families.\n\nTsachi Idan, 51, was last seen by his wife, Gali, as he was taken away by Hamas gunmen. Their family had been ambushed in their safe room in Nahal Oz. Their ordeal was live-streamed by Hamas. Their eldest child, Maayan - who had just turned 18 - was shot dead, Gali told the BBC.\n\nTsachi Idan was ambushed with his wife and children and then led away\n\nYarden Bibas, 34, was abducted from Nir Oz. His wife, Shiri, and their two young children, Ariel and Kfir, were also taken hostage, but on 29 November, Hamas claimed they had been killed in an Israeli air strike while in captivity. The Israeli government has said it is checking the claim.\n\nRonen Engel, 54, was taken from Kibbutz Nir Oz along with his wife, Karina Engelbert, 51, and their two daughters, Mika, 18 and Yuval, 11. On 1 December, the organisation representing the families said he had been murdered. Karina, Mika and Yuval were released on 27 November.\n\nKarina Ariev, a 19-year-old soldier, was serving at an army base near Gaza when she was kidnapped. Her sister Alexandra told the BBC she heard shooting as Karina called her during the attack, and later saw a video showing Karina being taken away in a vehicle.\n\nKarina Ariev was at the Nahal Oz military base, which was among the first to be attacked\n\nOfer Kalderon, 53, was taken by Hamas from Nir Oz. On 27 November his two children, Erez, 12, and Sahar, 16, were released. Two other relatives, 80-year-old Carmela Dan and her granddaughter, Noya, 12, were also believed to have been taken, but Israeli authorities later announced they had been found dead.\n\nYoram Metzger, 80, was a resident of Nir Oz. He has diabetes and broke his hip six months ago, his daughter-in-law said. Yoram's wife Tamar was released on 28 November.\n\nNadav Popplewell, 51, and his mother Channah were taken hostage by Hamas, said Channah's daughter Ayelet Svatitzky, who was speaking to them on the phone when the gunmen burst in. She said the captors sent pictures of her two relatives, who both have diabetes, with armed men in the background. Channah has now been released.\n\nOmri Miran, 46, was abducted after his family opened the door to their secure shelter to an Israeli child, who said he would be killed otherwise. Omri's wife, Lishay Lavi, said she saw him being taken away in handcuffs with three other hostages from Nahal Oz.\n\nLiri Elbag, 18, had just started military training as an Army lookout near the Gaza border when Hamas attacked, her father Eli told the Associated Press. Eli said he saw her in a video circulated later by Hamas, crowded with others on the back of a military truck which had been seized by the gunmen.\n\nLior Rudaeff, 61, was taken from Nir Yitzhak during the attack. His family have heard nothing from him since then.\n\nA number of people are believed to have been abducted from the Supernova music festival in southern Israel. Among them:\n\nShlomi Ziv, 40, was part of the security detail at the festival and was initially in contact with his sisters as the attack unfolded, according to an interview with The Times of Israel. A few weeks later the family learned he was officially considered to be a hostage, the report says.\n\nAlexander Lobanov, 32, is a Russian-Israeli citizen who was kidnapped at the festival.\n\nOri Danino, 25, is reported to have got away from the festival in his car, but it's believed he was captured after turning back in an attempt to save some people he had met there.\n\nAlmog Sarusi, 26, was kidnapped from the music festival and his partner Shahar Gindi was killed, according to Israeli media. Almog's father, Yigal, was among the relatives of hostages who met with Israel's prime minister in October.\n\nOmer Shem Tov, 21, called his parents as he was running away from gunfire and managed to get into a friend's car. His parents, Shelly and Malki Shem Tov, told Israeli media they lost contact with their son and the live location on his phone showed he was beyond the border in Gaza.\n\nIdan Shtivi, 28, an environmental sciences student, was attending the festival to take pictures at music and yoga workshops being held by friends. He escaped the site in his car but was attacked by Hamas along the route. The bodies of two of his passengers were found, and his family told the Jerusalem Post they suspect he was kidnapped.\n\nYosef Ohana, 24, had been at the festival with a friend, who told his mother he and Yosef had remained to help people escape the gunfire before running themselves. Yosef was last seen hiding under a car, and Israeli authorities have visited his mother to say he was kidnapped.\n\nAndrei Kozlov, 27, a Russian who moved to Israel in 2022, is missing from the Supernova festival, where he was working as a security guard. His mother told the De Taly publication the family was told by the IDF on October 26 that he was being held hostage.\n\nElyakim Libman, 23, was working as a security guard at the festival. In a Facebook post his father Eliyahu Libman said another guard told him his son had helped rescue others before trying to escape. He was last seen trying to help two badly-injured women.\n\nNoa Argamani, a Chinese-born Israeli citizen, was also kidnapped from the festival. Video footage - verified by her father Yaakov Argamani to Israel's Channel 12 - shows the 25-year-old being taken away on the back of a motorbike screaming, \"Don't kill me!\" Her boyfriend Avinatan Or, 30, also appears in the video being marched away from her by Hamas, the Times of Israel reported.\n\nEden Yerushalmi's family say they were told she had been taken hostage\n\nEden Yerushalmi, 24, called her family during Hamas's attack on the festival, her sister May told CBS News. The family say they were subsequently informed by the IDF that Eden had been abducted.\n\nChanan Yablonka, 42, is a father-of-two from Tel Aviv. According to reports, he attended the festival with friends and was due to celebrate his birthday a few days after the attacks.\n\nJonathan Samerano, 21, has been missing since 7am on the morning of the festival. His family have been told to presume he is being held in Gaza, Israeli media reported.\n\nGuy Gilboa-Dalal was filmed in captivity in Gaza, his family say\n\nGuy Gilboa-Dalal, 22, attended the festival with his brother. Guy appears in a hostage video that his family say confirms he is in Gaza.\n\nUriel Baruch, 35, was injured during the attack on the festival, his wife said on Facebook. Reports in Israeli media say his mother, Naomi, has heard from the IDF that he is a hostage.\n\nMaxim Kharkin's mother described speaking to him on the morning of 7 October\n\nMaxim Kharkin is aged 35 and a Russian speaker, his mother told Russian media. She added that he had called her at 07:00 on the morning of the attack.\n\nElkana Bohbot was seen in a video posted by Hamas\n\nElkana Bohbot, 34, had gone to the party with friends and, before losing contact, he spoke to his wife and mother telling them he was helping to evacuate the wounded, the Times of Israel reported. Hours later, his family found a video of him posted online by Hamas, which has been seen by BBC Verify.\n\nRom Braslavski, 19, was working on security for the festival. According to an account published by Hostages and Missing Families Forum, he was trying to rescue an injured person in the attack when he was caught in a volley of fire. He has not been heard from since.\n\nOmer Wenkert, 22, a restaurant manager, sent a message to his family to say he was going to a safe shelter but then lost contact, his father Shai Wenkert told the BBC's Today Programme. Shai Wenkert said he had seen footage of his son in captivity, including a photo of him handcuffed and wearing only underwear.\n\nEvyatar David's family say they were sent a video of him in captivity\n\nEvyatar David, 23, was at the festival and on the morning of the attacks, described fleeing from gunfire before losing contact with the outside world, his brother says. Later, his family say, Evyatar's sister posted on Instagram appealing for information about his whereabouts. She then received a text from an unknown number, which contained video footage of Evyatar handcuffed on the floor of a dark room. According to Israel's foreign ministry he is being held captive by Hamas in Gaza.\n\nEitan Mor, 23, lives in Jerusalem, and was working as a security guard at the festival, the Times of Israel said. He reportedly texted his uncle after Hamas arrived and was last seen with a friend bringing others to safety.\n\nAlon Ohel, 22, a Serbian citizen, took refuge in a shelter after the festival came under attack, his family say. They have seen footage of him being dragged away after a grenade attack.\n\nAlmog Meir Jan, 21, tried to flee the festival. He and a friend made it to the friend's car but only managed to drive a short distance before being forced to stop. Almog's family say they have seen a hostage video in which he appears.\n\nInbar Heiman, a student aged 21, was seen by two young Israeli men being taken away from the festival on a motorcycle. Hamas have released a video in which she is seen very briefly.\n\nHersh Goldberg-Polin, 23, a dual US-Israeli citizen, was badly injured in the attack, his family told the BBC. Eyewitness accounts say he was seen being forced onto a white pick-up truck - the last-known signal from his phone came from just inside Gaza.\n\nSegev Kalfon, 26, was running away from the festival, across the highway, when he was captured by Hamas, according to the Hostages and Missing Families Forum.\n\nOrión Hernández Radoux, 30, from Mexico, attended the festival with his girlfriend, Shani Louk. He has not been seen since. The Sun newspaper says it has seen threatening messages written in Arabic sent from his phone. Shani, a tourist from Germany, was initially thought to be among those seized. But on 30 October, her mother Ricarda told German media that the family had been informed by Israeli military of her death following DNA identification.\n\nRomi Lesham Gonen, 23, was on the phone to her mother as she tried to escape from the Supernova festival. Merav Leshem Gonan has recounted a conversation in which her daughter begged for help after being shot. ABC News reports that Romi's phone is now in Gaza.\n\nBar Kuperstein, 21, last spoke to his family early on the morning of 7 October, as the attack unfolded. Later the same day, his family say they identified him in a video of Israeli prisoners, posted by Hamas. Since then, they say they have had no further information.\n\nEliya Cohen, 26, was hiding with his girlfriend Ziv from the attack, when Ziv felt him being pulled up and driven away by the gunmen, Eliya's mother has told the video initiative #BringThemHomeNow. The family then found a photo of Eliya in Gaza, the Times of Israel reported.\n\nAmit Buskila, 28, from Ashdod, was last heard of making a call to her uncle, Shimon, as Hamas overran the festival. Her family say they have now been told by the government that she is being held in Gaza.\n\nCarmel Gat, 39, is Jordan's sister-in-law, and also was seen by her father being taken by gunmen from Kibbutz Be'eri, Haaretz newspaper reported. She has not been heard from since.\n\nOhad Yahalomi, 49, was abducted from Nir Oz, along with his 12-year-old son, Eitan, who was released during the November ceasefire.\n\nDror Or, 48, was seen by a neighbour being dragged out of his home in Be'eri, according to their nephew Emmanuel Besorai, along with his son and daughter. On Saturday 25 November Dror's son Noam, 17, and daughter Alma, 13, were released from captivity. The body of Yonat, 50 - Dror's wife and the children's mother - was identified among the 120 people murdered at the kibbutz, Yonat's brother told the Guardian newspaper.\n\nTal Shoham, 38, was taken from Kibbutz Be'eri. His wife Adi, also 38, her mother Dr Shoshan Haran, 67, were released by Hamas on 25 November, along with the couple's children Nave, eight, and Yahel, three. Dr Haran's husband, Avshalom - an economist and dual German/Israeli citizen - was killed on 7 October.\n\nTamir Adar, 38, who defended Nir Oz as part of the kibbutz's emergency squad, was taken to Gaza, the Times of Israel reported.\n\nSagui Dekel-Chen, 35, an American-Israeli citizen, has been missing since Hamas's attack on Nir Oz, his father Jonathan told the BBC. He said his son was not found among the dead and the \"only reasonable explanation\" is that he was taken to Gaza.\n\nSagui Dekel-Chen's father has not heard from him since Hamas attacked the kibbutz where he lived\n\nThailand's ambassador to Israel says 26 of its citizens were taken hostage, 23 of whom have now been released.\n\nThose still being held are believed to include Watchara Sriuan, 32. His mother, Viewwaew, told the Thaiger news site that the family had been informed he was being held captive.\n\nKiattisak \"Top\" Patee and a Mr Pongtorn (no first name given) have also been named by the Thai foreign ministry as hostages.\n\nA number of other people thought to have been held hostage are now confirmed to have died, either during the 7 October attack or while in captivity.\n\nAs well as Ron Scherman and Nik Beizer, four bodies were identified this week. They were Tal Chaimi, an Israeli-Romanian citizen aged 41, and Joshua Mollel, a 19-year-old Tanzanian student. Also, 27-year-old Eden Zecharya, who was kidnapped from the Nova music festival, and 36-year-old Ziv Dado, who had already been declared dead by the Israeli military.\n\nOthers known to have died include Dror Kaplun, 68, Aviv Atzili, 49, Arye Zalmanovich, 85, Ronen Engel, 54, Maya Goren, 56, Guy Iluz, 26, Ofir Tzarfati, 27, Ofra Keider, 70, and Eliyahu Margalit, 75.\n\nThe bodies of 19-year-old soldier, Noa Marciano, and 65-year-old Yehudit Weiss were found by Israeli troops in buildings close to Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City.\n\nOn Saturday 9 December Kibbutz Bari announced that Sahar Baruch, 25, had been killed in Gaza.\n\nOther hostages whose death has been reported, but not confirmed include Shiri Bibas, 32, and her two young children, Ariel and Kfir.\n\nAre you personally affected by the issues raised in this story? If it is safe to do so, please get in touch by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "Yvette Fielding was just 18 years old when she joined the Blue Peter presentation team\n\nTV presenter Yvette Fielding, who made headlines as the youngest-ever host of Blue Peter, has claimed she was bullied while making the show, and almost quit.\n\nThe host, who was 18 when she joined the BBC kids' TV show, said she was \"pushed to the limit\" by behaviour that left her a \"shaking, gibbering wreck.\"\n\nShe added that if a young presenter today faced similar conditions \"there'd be quite a few implications to that\".\n\nThe BBC said it would not be commenting on her allegations.\n\nFielding joined Blue Peter in 1987, moving from Stockport to London and leaving her family behind.\n\n\"I felt very lonely because I was the youngest. I was considered a kid - and a pain in the arse of a kid,\" she told the podcast Celebrity Catch-Up: Life After That Thing I Did.\n\n\"I wasn't given any training. I wasn't told how to present, I wasn't given any tips. I was basically left on my own, to just get on with it. And it wasn't a pleasant first year.\n\n\"I would ring my mum up and then hear my mum's voice and burst into tears, because I was so homesick.\"\n\nThe presenter claimed most of her mistreatment stemmed from Blue Peter's notorious editor Biddy Baxter, who helmed the show for 25 years from 1962 until her retirement in 1988.\n\nFielding characterised Baxter as \"incredibly cruel\", saying she was constantly criticised for her presenting style.\n\n\"I was told that I was useless, absolutely useless, again and again and again and again,\" she told interviewer Genevieve Hassan.\n\n\"Every time I did what I thought was right, she'd come back and she'd say something awful or she'd just berate me in front of other people. And it was just absolutely soul destroying.\n\n\"It was like being beaten by a parent\".\n\nFielding, who presented the show with Caron Keating and Mark Curry, said she was forced to look after Bonnie, the Blue Peter dog\n\nFielding also recounted how producers gave her a strict curfew of 9pm and would phone every night to make sure she had gone to bed.\n\nShe also claimed that Baxter forced her to show viewers the effects of her skin condition, vitiligo - which causes patches of skin to lose their pigment or colour - against her will.\n\n\"I had no say in the matter. It was 'You will go on television and you will pull your skirt up, show your legs, show where your vitiligo....'\n\nBy the end of her first year on the programme, Fielding had decided to quit.\n\n\"I actually resigned and walked out because I found it really hard going. I'd been pushed to the absolute limit and I was ready to get in my car and drive back home to Cheshire,\" she said.\n\n\"I'd just had enough of being bullied, which is what it was.\"\n\nEventually, however, she was convinced to stay; and Baxter retired later that year. After that, Fielding said, her remaining four years on Blue Peter were \"an absolute blast\".\n\nHer description of working with Baxter mirrors claims by some other former presenters.\n\n\"We were like school children, kept in our place, reprimanded if we were naughty,\" Valerie Singleton told Baxter's biographer, Richard Marson, in a book published earlier this year.\n\nPeter Purves agreed: \"It was always criticism rather than praise. Biddy riled me to bits.\"\n\nFielding went on to present Most Haunted and Ghosthunting, and took part in 2015's I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here!\n\nHowever, Fielding said she bore no ill will towards the programme's formidable editor.\n\n\"She made me stronger in the long run,\" she told Hassan.\n\n\"When I think about it... the amount of awful people within the television industry, I always thank Biddy because if it wasn't for her, there's no way I would have stood up and basically told them where to go.\n\n\"She did that. She gave me the balls to do that. And so I thank her for that. There's no bitterness there whatsoever.\"\n\nBiddy Baxter pictured in the Blue Peter studio in 1975\n\nFielding even added that Baxter had been right to ask her to reveal her skin condition on the programme.\n\n\"We had sackfuls of letters coming in from children with skin disorders saying that they feel a little bit more confident. That's how savvy she was. So she was so right on so many things.\"\n\nBBC News tried to reach Baxter, who is 90, for comment but has yet to receive a response.\n\nIn an interview with The Independent back in 2009, Baxter was asked if she was a dictator at work.\n\nShe threw the question back to the interviewer: \"Is your editor a dictatorial? It's difficult to be an editor and not edit.\"\n\nIn the same article, she pointed out: \"I had only three secretaries in 23 years, so I must have had more bearable moments.\"", "Julie Williams started smoking as a teenager but gave up recently\n\nSmoking was normalised from a young age for Julie Williams. At 14, she was paid in cigarettes to do her mum's ironing.\n\nThe 67-year-old's former habit meant she was invited to be one of the first in Wales to have a lung health check, to detect early signs of cancer.\n\nBut screening in Wales lags behind the developments being made in England, according to one charity.\n\nThe Welsh government said it was considering how a programme could be delivered.\n\nThe charity Tenovus has helped to fund a pilot for 500 patients to be screened in one area, north Rhondda.\n\nPeople aged between 60-74 who used to smoke, or still do, have been invited for a CT scan.\n\nJudi Rhys of Tenovus wants the Welsh government to commit to a roll-out programme for lung screening in Wales\n\n\"If we look at England they've done upwards of 130,000 scans, so we're way behind them,\" said chief executive Judi Rhys.\n\n\"We need to get on, we need to make sure we make a commitment to rolling it out.\n\n\"Agreements in principle will not save lives, the longer we leave it the more chances there are of more people dying of what is essentially a preventable disease.\"\n\n\"This hit home, your lungs are important,\" said Mrs Williams after her scan at the hospital mobile unit based at Ysbyty Cwm Rhondda.\n\nThe grandmother-of-three runs a card and gift shop in Gelli and smoked for more than 50 years, but said getting a lung check was not on everyone's \"to do list\".\n\n\"I suppose it was the same for mammograms - you got sent for one, you didn't ask for one. So this hit home, your lungs are important.\"\n\nReflecting on how attitudes have changed, she said: \"I used to get paid in cigarettes to do my mother's ironing. But back then you'd go to the surgery and see the doctor smoking at his desk.\"\n\nCurrently screening is only done to detect breast, bowel and cervical cancers in Wales, but last year the UK National Screening Committee recommended targeted lung cancer screening.\n\nIn England a commitment has been made to reach 40% of the population by 2025, and 100% by 2030. In July, Welsh Health Minister Eluned Morgan said the recommendation had been \"accepted in principle\" and the Welsh government was considering how that could be delivered.\n\nDr Sinan Eccles, a respiratory consultant at Cwm Taf Morgannwg health board and clinical lead for lung health checks for the Wales Cancer Network, said the cost effectiveness of screening had been proven.\n\nThe pilot will help to determine how the NHS should deliver them and could potentially detect between five and 15 cases of cancer, out of the 500 people scanned.\n\n\"Lung cancer doesn't affect everybody equally, so if you live in an area that is less well-off then you are two-and-a-half times more likely to get lung cancer than if you live in a well-off area.\"\n\nHe explained that high rates of lung cancer and smoking made north Rhondda an ideal area for the small pilot.\n\nCases across Wales have fallen over the last 20 years and survival rates have improved, but Cwm Taf Morgannwg's lung cancer rates have consistently been higher than the Welsh average.\n\n\"It's by far the biggest cause of cancer death in Wales - it kills more people every year than bowel cancer and breast cancer combined. And of those people who come through at the moment, three-quarters are at a late stage.\n\n\"If we can find lung cancer earlier it's much easier to treat and much more successful.\"\n\nHe said patients also express feelings of guilt about having smoked, so the process is designed to be non-judgmental.\n\n\"There's a stigma sometimes which goes along with smoking-related illnesses - feelings of guilt. People with smoking-related illness often present late and fear the worst, they don't want to know what's going on, and that's a mindset we need to change.\"\n\nHe added that screening could make a huge difference, with evidence suggesting three-quarters of the cases picked up as a result are at an early stage of the disease.\n\n\"This is the number one thing that can make a bigger difference to cancer deaths in Wales and it's the number one thing that we could do that would reduce the inequality in cancer deaths across Wales.\"\n\nDr Bikram Choudhary is a GP in Ton Pentre and said respiratory issues are probably one of the most common issues in primary care.\n\nDr Bikram Choudhary, one of the GPs involved in identifying patients eligible for the pilot, said: \"We've traditionally had a high number of smokers, there's also been industrial exposure with coal mining and other dust generating industries where people have inhaled particulates and that can lead to lung disease. In this area in particular we do see a lot of respiratory problems and chest problems.\n\n\"It always feels good as a doctor to be able to find something early and treat it and cure it.\n\n\"We haven't always been able to do that, we haven't had the resources or man power to be more proactive in our approach.\n\n\"With this pilot and other projects that we hope to be able to do, we can have that ambition going forward to become more proactive and actually have a health service that can prevent and cure disease much more than it currently does.\"\n\nThe Welsh government said it \"accepted the UK National Screening Committee's recommendation for targeted lung screening in principle and is considering how this could be delivered in Wales\".\n\nA spokesperson added: \"We are working with Public Health Wales to explore options and are keen to learn from the findings of the lung screening pilot underway in Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board.\"", "A roving choral flashmob has been striking in French cities during the ongoing Rugby World Cup.\n\nThe singers have been seen and heard in Bordeaux, Nice, Lyon and Nantes as they follow Wales during the tournament.\n\nNow fans are being urged to join them in Marseille before the quarter-final against Argentina.\n\nOrganiser, Huw Davies, said he had been \"blown away\" by the positive reaction.\n\nHe said: \"It's what we do. It's part of our soul, singing.\"", "Yes or No. That is the choice Australia faces as polls have opened in what is seen as a nation-defining referendum.\n\nA Yes vote will recognise Indigenous peoples in the country's constitution and establish a body - called the Voice - for them to advise governments on the issues affecting their communities.\n\nA No outcome will reject both reforms.\n\nThe historic vote has exposed uncomfortable fault lines, and raised questions over Australia's ability to reckon with its past.\n\nSome of the most painful chapters include massacres against Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and the forced removal of their children.\n\nAt the heart of this referendum is a decades-long debate that has gripped Australia over how to close the gap on the glaring disparities Indigenous communities experience in areas such as health, wealth and education.\n\nThe Voice is designed to be the first step in a three-part reform process - which would involve treaty negotiations and a period of national \"truth-telling\"- aimed at sparking change.\n\nIt was born out of the Uluru Statement from the Heart, a 2017 document drafted by over 250 First Nations leaders.\n\nBut since Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people make up less than 4% of Australia's population, it will be non-Indigenous voters who decide the outcome of the referendum.\n\nThe campaign itself, has become ensnared in a bitter culture war - with competing visions emerging about what the Voice stands for.\n\nYes advocates see this vote as a opportunity to empower Indigenous communities, who have been calling for greater political representation for generations.\n\nBut the official No campaign has labelled the Voice as a \"dangerous\" and \"divisive\" proposal.\n\nEarly in the debate, Australia's opposition leader Peter Dutton suggested the Voice would have an \"Orwellian effect\" on Australian society by giving First Nations people greater rights.\n\nHe, and others, have also argued that the body will undermine existing government structures and could clog up the courts with its objections.\n\nThe No side says the Voice is \"divisive\"\n\nBoth points are strongly disputed. In legal advice, the solicitor general said the proposal would \"enhance\" Australia's system of representative government, not threaten it. And leading constitutional experts say the Voice does not confer special rights on anyone.\n\nGrassroots groups - such as the Indigenous-led Blak sovereign movement - have spoken out against the Voice for other reasons though. Their argument is that it would be \"another powerless advisory body\" and that treaty negotiations should be prioritised instead.\n\nIn the final weeks of the campaign, academics, sporting stars and celebrities also weighed into the debate, throwing their support behind the reform.\n\n\"We believe that the Australian nation stands on a precipice, looking towards a clear horizon, a new dawn, when this continent's First Nations will for the first time have a voice,\" an open letter signed by over 350 historians said.\n\nBut the No vote has continued to gain traction in almost every demographic, and the path to victory for Yes has grown narrower, according to the polls.\n\nCampaigners on the Yes side say mis-and-disinformation has contributed to the decline in support. The Australian Associated Press' FactCheck team - which has been tasked with monitoring content on Facebook, Instagram and TikTok - told the BBC in August, that the volumes of mis-and-disinformation linked to the Voice debate had already surpassed what they saw at Australia's 2022 election.\n\nBut economic pain as Australia battles a cost-of-living crisis could also be adding to voter apathy.\n\nA recent poll found that establishing a Voice was fifth on the list of issues those surveyed wanted the government to focus on - wages, the cost of living and housing affordability all ranked higher.\n\nThe bar for winning a referendum is also exceedingly high in Australia. Historically, only eight out of 44 attempts to change the nation's constitution have been successful. All had bipartisan support, which the Voice doesn't.\n\nWin or lose, questions will continue to be asked about the tone of the debate that's played out in recent months.\n\nThis is Australia's first referendum in the social media age, and it's been riddled with conspiracies, which have been debunked - including claims that the Voice will create an \"apartheid system\" or that it's part of a United Nations plot to take over the country.\n\nAmid all the noise, reports of racial abuse have also skyrocketed, according to mental health agencies. For many Indigenous advocates, the months spent trying to temper the debate have taken a toll.\n\nA young boy holds up an Aboriginal Flag in Sydney\n\n\"I don't think there's many non-Indigenous people who are going through a similar experience to what we are as First Nations peoples right now,\" Dr Clinton Schultz, a Gamilaroi man and First Nations mental health advocate says.\n\n\"There's such a level of exhaustion in communities. We're just trying to get through the day.\"\n\nThe levels of disinformation and division have led to comparisons with the 2016 US presidential election, as well as headlines asking whether this could be Australia's \"Brexit moment\".\n\nPrime Minister Anthony Albanese, who called for the referendum, has been appealing to voters to consider the country's image on the world stage when casting their ballots.\n\nBut for many First Nations people this vote isn't about how the world views Australia. They say it's about being seen and heard.\n\nA No vote, says Larissa Baldwin-Roberts, who leads the activist group GetUp, could have an \"incredible silencing effect\" on Indigenous communities.\n\n\"It's one thing for governments to say no, but when millions of voters say no, that says something else.\"\n\nIf it is a Yes outcome though, the Widjabul Wia-bul woman says, it should be viewed as a \"starting gun\" for \"the real work to begin\".\n\nLeading No campaigner Warren Mundine meanwhile, has urged the nation to build on the momentum of the debate, regardless of the result.\n\n\"All sides of this referendum debate must come together on Sunday to harness this goodwill, enthusiasm and momentum for change,\" the Bundjalung man wrote in an editorial.", "The bin lorry ended half-submerged in the promenade at Rhyl\n\nA bin lorry has sunk into a large hole which opened up underneath the vehicle on a seaside promenade.\n\nThe surface of the walking area in Rhyl, Denbighshire, crumbled next to the railing under the weight of the lorry on Thursday.\n\nIt is believed the lorry was emptying bins while driving through an area which is normally reserved for pedestrians.\n\nIt was moving slowly and no-one was hurt when the hole opened up.\n\nFencing has been put up around the area where the hole appeared\n\nA spokesperson for Denbighshire council said: \"The area has been secured with barriers and there is still safe passage for pedestrians.\n\n\"The vehicle has now been retrieved.\n\n\"No physical injuries have been reported and engineers will be investigating the cause of the incident.\"", "Dozens of trains were cancelled due to the bad weather on Saturday - and cancellations will continue into Sunday Image caption: Dozens of trains were cancelled due to the bad weather on Saturday - and cancellations will continue into Sunday\n\nDavid Simpson, ScotRail service delivery director, said: \"We know the impact that disruption to train services following extreme weather can have, but our first priority is always to ensure the safety of our staff and customers.\n\n\"Disruption will continue into Sunday because of the level of extreme rainfall seen in many parts of our network.\n\n\"Everyone is working hard to get services back to normal as quickly and safely as possible.\n\n\"Customers are advised that they should check their journey before travelling, and keep an eye on our website, app, or social media feeds regularly for live updates.\"\n\nQuote Message: Customers are advised that they should check their journey before travelling, and keep an eye on our website, app, or social media feeds regularly for live updates.\" from David Simpson ScotRail service delivery director Customers are advised that they should check their journey before travelling, and keep an eye on our website, app, or social media feeds regularly for live updates.\"", "Many of the villages hit by the quake consist of little more than mud houses\n\nHundreds of people are feared dead after a powerful earthquake hit western Afghanistan, near the Iranian border.\n\nThe Taliban government initially said the death toll could be more than 2,000, but later clarified that this number included injured people as well.\n\nThe 6.3 magnitude quake devastated at least 12 villages near the city of Herat on Saturday.\n\nThere were powerful aftershocks. Survivors described their terror as buildings collapsed around them.\n\nRescue teams worked through the night trying to find survivors trapped beneath the rubble.\n\nThousands of people have been injured. In a country with sorely inadequate medical facilities, hospitals are struggling to treat the injured. The UN and other organisations have begun to rush in emergency supplies.\n\nThe earthquake struck about 40km (25 miles) north-west of Herat at around 11:00 local time (06:30 GMT) on Saturday.\n\nThe worst affected communities are remote and consist of mud structures. \"In the very first shake all the houses collapsed,\" Herat resident Bashir Ahmad, whose family lives in the one of the villages, told AFP news agency.\n\n\"Those who were inside the houses were buried,\" he added. \"There are families we have heard no news from.\"\n\nThe Taliban public health minister is visiting Herat to assess the scale of the impact. The World Health Organization (WHO) said at least 465 houses had been flattened.\n\nPeople fled buildings in Herat after the earthquake on Saturday\n\nFootage from Herat Central Hospital showed casualties linked up to intravenous drips being treated outside the main building - a sign of the sudden and overwhelming demand for emergency treatment.\n\nOther pictures show scenes of devastation in Herat's Injil district where rubble blocked roads, hampering rescue efforts.\n\n\"The situation was very horrible, I have never experienced such a thing,\" student Idrees Arsala told AFP. He was the last to safely evacuate his classroom after the quakes began.\n\nHerat is located 120km (75 miles) east of the Iranian border and is considered to be the cultural capital of Afghanistan. An estimated 1.9 million people are believed to be living in the province.\n\nAfghanistan is frequently hit by earthquakes - especially in the Hindu Kush mountain range as it lies near the junction of the Eurasian and Indian tectonic plates.\n\nIn June last year, the province of Paktika was hit by a 5.9 magnitude quake which killed more than 1,000 people and left tens of thousands homeless.\n\nHave you been affected by the earthquake? Please email: haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: Angela Rayner pledges to build more affordable and social housing\n\nLabour will create the biggest increase in affordable housing \"in a generation\" if it wins power, deputy leader Angela Rayner has promised.\n\nMs Rayner vowed to \"get tough\" with developers who tried to \"wriggle out\" of their social obligations.\n\nThe party would also free up funds for councils and housing associations to build more homes for rent, she said.\n\nMs Rayner was speaking as Labour gather for what could be their final conference before a general election.\n\nShe told conference-goers in Liverpool that Labour would reform the planning system to give local councils greater powers to \"stand up to vested interests\".\n\nMs Rayner, who is Labour's shadow housing secretary as well as its deputy leader, also said the party would \"achieve rental reform\" - including banning so-called no-fault evictions, something the government has repeatedly delayed.\n\nShe also promised to ban zero hours contracts and strengthen union powers in the first 100 days of a Labour government.\n\nBut she opened her speech by hailing Labour's resounding victory over the SNP in last week's Rutherglen and Hamilton West by-election as a \"pivotal moment for our country\" and a \"watershed moment\" for the party.\n\nThe result has raised hopes in the party of a Labour comeback in Scotland, potentially paving the way to victory at the general election, expected next year.\n\nThe Labour leadership will be hoping to use their week in Liverpool to draw dividing lines with the Conservatives on issues such as housing, net zero and climate.\n\nBut it is under pressure from some in their own ranks to be bolder in spelling out what the party stands for, after being cautious in recent months about announcing big spending commitments.\n\nSharon Graham, general secretary of the Unite union, which has been the party's biggest funder at recent elections, told BBC News that Labour needed policies \"people can go out and vote for\".\n\nIf the leadership was too cautious - on issues such as nationalisation and economic reform - it could pay the price at the ballot box, she warned.\n\nWes Streeting is setting out plans to cut NHS waiting lists\n\nShe says Labour is focused on exceeding the unmet Tory pledge of 300,000 new homes a year, although she will not be putting a figure on that.\n\n\"If I get into government, if we're fortunate enough that the British people give us that opportunity, then my number one focus is to deliver on making sure we've got those houses for the future,\" she told BBC Radio 4's Today programme.\n\nAsked what Labour's new housing target would be on the BBC's Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg show, Keir Starmer said it was 1.5m over five years, which equates to 300,000 a year.\n\nLabour has pledged give local authorities greater powers to negotiate with property firms and build in the areas they need.\n\nThe party says it would prevent developers \"wriggling out\" of their affordable housing obligations, known as section 106 rules, by introducing an expert unit to give councils and housing associations advice on negotiating with property firms.\n\nIt would publish guidance that would, in effect, limit companies to challenging these requirements only if there were genuine barriers to building homes.\n\nLabour says it would also make it easier for councils to use cash from right-to-buy to build new homes.\n\nAnd it would allow councils and housing associations to use a greater proportion of the grant funds they receive on buying housing stock, which they would then rent out as affordable homes.\n\nHousing charity Shelter welcomed the proposals as a \"good start\", but said only a national programme \"backed by serious investment\" would tackle the housing crisis.\n\nMeanwhile, Labour's shadow health secretary Wes Streeting has pledged to double the number of CT and MRI scanners in hospitals as part of a bid to cut NHS waiting times.\n\nLabour would funnel £171m a year into a \"fit for the future\" fund for purchasing new equipment to help patients get diagnosed earlier, he said.\n\nNew equipment would have inbuilt artificial intelligence (AI) diagnostic tools, and would be funded by scrapping the non-dom tax status.\n\nThe British Medical Association welcomed the proposals, but urged Labour to also set out a plan to improve conditions for doctors to address the \"key limiting factor\" of staff shortages.", "Strictly Come Dancing star Amy Dowden has made a surprise first appearance back on the show since starting cancer treatment.\n\nThe 33-year-old from Caerphilly was diagnosed with cancer for the second time in July and has been sharing her experiences on social media.\n\nAfter reading the show's terms and conditions for voting, she gave an update on her chemotherapy treatment.\n\n\"I'm doing really well, I'm over halfway through treatment,\" she said.\n\n\"I can't wait to be back with you all permanently.\"\n\nDowden made a surprise entry on Saturday night's show from behind a golden fringe wall, her head shaved and wearing a white glittery dress.\n\nThe dancer was welcomed back with cheers and chants of \"Amy\" by her fellow cast members.\n\nIntroducing her, host Claudia Winkleman said: \"Now it's time for the terms and conditions, and to read them is a very special member of our Strictly family.\n\nThe dancer from Caerphilly underwent a mastectomy after discovering a lump back in April\n\n\"We have missed her so much and are delighted she is well enough to be back with us tonight.\"\n\nCo-presenter Tess Daly said: \"So lovely to see you Amy, we love you to bits.\"\n\nDowden has been diagnosed with stage 3 breast cancer after she discovered the first lump back in April - a day before she was due to fly to her honeymoon in the Maldives with husband Ben.\n\nAfter undergoing a mastectomy, she was told the tumours had spread and another type of cancer was discovered.\n\nShe ended up in hospital with sepsis after a previous cycle of chemotherapy.\n\nLast month, she shared an emotional video of her with loved ones taking turns to cut a lock of her hair.\n\nAmy's friends and family gathered to help her shave her head\n\nShe said she felt \"empowered and positive\" after shaving her head, adding: \"I wanted to share the truth and hopefully help others, and bring normality to a beautiful bald head.\"\n\nIn a post accompanying the video, she said shaving her head and \"taking control\" was the \"hardest step so far\".", "Coogan said he considered himself one of a handful of people who could portray Savile\n\nA new TV drama sees actor Steve Coogan portray one of the most notorious paedophiles and sex offenders in British criminal history: Jimmy Savile.\n\nThe TV presenter and radio DJ, who died in 2011 aged 84, enjoyed a successful career over several decades. At the time, he was known for his eccentric personality and charitable fundraising. It was only after his death that the full extent of his sexual abuse became clear.\n\nThroughout his life, Savile had utilised his celebrity status to prey on hundreds of people, male and female, many of them minors. Rumours and allegations about his behaviour followed him for decades, but when confronted he would deny and deflect, helping him to avoid accountability and punishment.\n\nBBC One's The Reckoning follows Savile's career - from DJ-ing in music halls in the north of England in the early 1960s to hosting hugely successful shows such as Top of the Pops and Jim'll Fix It - and examines why he never had to face consequences for his actions.\n\nIt is a complex and challenging story to tell as a TV drama. Coogan, best known for roles such as Alan Partridge and films including Philomena, admits he felt \"great trepidation\" about the possible pitfalls.\n\n\"I felt like there's probably a handful of people in the country who could play the part, and I did consider myself one of them,\" the actor says.\n\n\"It wasn't enjoyable, it was a professional challenge that I wanted to take on... I knew there was the potential for catastrophic failure if you get it wrong, but that's not a reason not to do it.\"\n\nJimmy Savile, pictured presenting Top Of The Pops in 1975, abused hundreds of young people throughout his life\n\nSavile's crimes are a source of great shame for the institutions where he worked or volunteered, including the BBC and hospitals such as Broadmoor, Stoke Mandeville and Leeds General Infirmary. Many of his assaults took place on their premises.\n\nSeveral of his victims attempted to raise the alarm about his abuse. But Savile was a powerful man, with connections to even more powerful people - including prime ministers and members of the royal family. He was intimidating, difficult to pin down, and evasive when questioned.\n\nCoogan says he and the producers were aware the script would \"have to answer the question everyone has\" - which is why they are making the drama in the first place. \"And I felt comfortable that it was being made for the right reasons,\" he adds.\n\nHe says the advantage of a drama over documentaries is being able to get \"under the skin\" of Savile. \"And the reason that's a good thing to do is because to bring him to life again is to learn about how these things happen. To stop that happening again.\"\n\nTo understand how such abuse can happen, Coogan says: \"You have to show the things that perhaps initially seem counterintuitive. He was charismatic, undoubtedly, because that was part of the Trojan horse that he created, to go about his sexual assaults.\n\n\"He created, over 30 years, quite an elaborate machine... which served him very well. And the court jester character that he created was his armour. It was very difficult, even for very reputable journalists, to pierce that armour.\"\n\nAndrew Neil and Louis Theroux were among the reporters who tried to crack Savile's exterior while he was alive - but interviewing the entertainer about rumours that swirled around him was like trying to nail jelly to a wall.\n\nThe drama shows how Savile committed abuse at the BBC and in the hospitals he volunteered at\n\nHowever, another journalist came close. Dan Davies interviewed Savile regularly over seven years for a biography and their recorded conversations are dramatised in The Reckoning. It's a helpful interrogatory narrative device which allows the show to jump back and forward in time, as Savile reflects on his life and career.\n\nDavies felt he was being prevented from seeing the real Savile, and regularly challenged him about the areas of his life he tried to obscure. Their relationship is seen coming under strain in the series as Savile becomes angry about those lines of inquiry.\n\nThe book was not completed while Savile was alive. But when victims came forward following his death, Davies continued his research, interviewing them, too. The book he eventually published in 2014 was titled In Plain Sight: The Life and Lies of Jimmy Savile.\n\nEarlier in his career, Coogan had done comedic impersonations of Savile. But in The Reckoning, his performance is far more sinister. While his process of getting into character was straightforward, he acknowledges the weight of responsibility.\n\n\"I've got quite a good ear, and as an actor I didn't really treat Jimmy Savile differently from any other role,\" he explains.\n\n\"I'm a professional being hired to do a job, and that means to not do something which has any kind of caricature or comedic content, or to render him some pantomime villain, which would be a disservice to the survivors and victims.\"\n\nJimmy Savile presented Jim'll Fix It on the BBC for almost two decades\n\nA review conducted by Dame Janet Smith in 2016 identified 72 victims of Savile in connection with his work at the BBC, including eight who were raped. Eleven of his victims were younger than 12 years old.\n\nWisely, producers have also included testimony from some of Savile's real-life victims in the series. All four episodes begin with footage of Susan, Kevin, Sam and Darien, who waived their right to anonymity, recounting their experiences and the lifelong impact of his assaults.\n\nIf you are affected by any of the issues in this article you can find details of organisations that can help via the BBC Action line.\n\nAlthough it is airing on the BBC, The Reckoning has been produced by ITV Studios.\n\nThat isn't unusual. However, in this case, it adds important and valuable distance, as the BBC is one step removed from the editorial process.\n\n\"I thought it was important that they should have the editorial freedom to tell the story they wanted,\" says the BBC's chief content officer Charlotte Moore. \"I said, 'There are no boundaries to where you should go, you need to tell that story'.\"\n\nSavile is seen always seeking the approval of his mother (played by Gemma Jones), who he refers to as the duchess\n\nHowever, at a press launch earlier this week, Moore and the panel were robustly challenged by journalists who felt the drama was not critical enough of the BBC.\n\nChief among their complaints was that the series does not depict the shelving of a Newsnight investigation into Savile in 2011, weeks before the BBC was due to broadcast a posthumous tribute to him.\n\nInstead, the debacle is referenced in a post-script as the four-part series concludes.\n\nMoore countered that the BBC \"features all the way through\" the drama, which depicts how many of those in charge \"failed to listen to the rumours, failed to ask further questions, failed to do anything about it\".\n\n\"I don't think we shy away from the BBC's part in this,\" she continued. \"I think it's very clear that [there were] people who worked closely with him, who supported his promotion from one show to another.\n\n\"It's very clear throughout that there were people saying 'We're not sure this man should be given these roles', and yet we show that, despite that, he continues to be at the BBC - going from Top of the Pops to Jim'll Fix It to a religious programme. So I think it's very clear that no-one was asking the right questions to get the right answers.\"\n\nExecutive producer Jeff Pope agreed: \"There wasn't any 'let's not put that in because it's awkward,'. It just wasn't the story we were telling. The purpose of the piece is: 'how did he do what he did, why did we let him do it'?\"\n\nCoogan has said making Savile a \"pantomime villain\" would be a disservice to his victims\n\nThe script was written by Neil McKay, who previously worked on dramas about serial killer Stephen Port and the Moors murderers Ian Brady and Myra Hindley.\n\n\"There's no greater story which serves as a warning to people about sexual offending and groomers,\" McKay reflects.\n\nWhile Savile's assaults are not depicted on screen, the moments leading up to them are. A menacing soundtrack helps the drama maintain a constant air of threat.\n\nThe traumatised victims are shown being largely dismissed or not taken seriously. \"It's just Jimmy being Jimmy,\" one character responds when concerns are raised.\n\nMcKay notes that few people had heard the term \"grooming\" when Savile was in his prime. \"We have now, a bit, but not enough,\" the writer suggests. \"And Savile's story is the ultimate grooming story.\"\n\nMany of the conversations in the series are imagined - including some of those which see Savile trying to reconcile his actions with his Catholic faith.\n\nOthers are dramatisations of real-life events, such as his cameo on Celebrity Big Brother in 2006, and the police interview which followed, after his appearance prompted some victims to come forward.\n\nThe fact Savile never had to face the consequences of his actions is what so many find infuriating about his case. But by bringing it to the screen, many hope it will prevent future cases.\n\nSpeaking for many as the series concludes, one real-life victim pleads: \"Please don't let this ever happen again.\"\n\nAll four episodes of The Reckoning are released on BBC iPlayer on Monday (9 October). The series will also be broadcast on BBC One on Monday and Tuesday nights at 21:00 BST for the next two weeks.", "The family of legendary black footballer Jack Leslie say they feel honoured after presenting his FA cap to Plymouth Argyle.\n\nThe cap was posthumously awarded to Leslie's family in March in recognition of the adversity he faced in the 1920s because of his skin colour.\n\nHis granddaughters said the cap was a symbol of a \"wrong being righted\".\n\nThey feel Argyle - the club Jack captained and where he scored 137 goals - is its rightful home.\n\nIt was accepted by former Argyle star Ronnie Mauge during a ceremony beside Jack's statue at Home Park.\n\nMauge told those gathered at the ceremony Leslie's story was \"hard to fathom\".\n\n\"It's remarkable, you still can't believe it, but it's happened,\" he said.\n\n\"We're here to celebrate because he's part of Argyle history, he's part of our family and we're so proud to bring him home.\"\n\nThe cap was presented to Jack's granddaughters by the FA in March\n\nGranddaughter Lesley Hiscott, who was named after Leslie, said her grandfather would be taken aback.\n\n\"This cap means everything to us,\" she said.\n\n\"We feel that the best place for this to be is at the club he loved playing for, so we're very honoured to hand this over into Plymouth Argyle's keeping.\"\n\nLyn Davies, another granddaughter, added: \"It's been a long while coming and we wish granddad was here to see it.\n\n\"To us it's a symbol of a wrong being righted.\"\n\nMatt Tiller, co-founder of the Jack Leslie Campaign, praised Leslie's family for the \"incredible gesture\".\n\nThe cap will be put on permanent display in the club's Jack Leslie Boardroom.\n\nFollow BBC News South West on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. Send your story ideas to spotlight@bbc.co.uk.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Chris Grayling has been MP for Epsom and Ewell since 2001\n\nFormer Transport Secretary Chris Grayling is to stand down as an MP at the end of this Parliament.\n\nMr Grayling, who also served as Leader of the House of Commons and Lord Chancellor, has been the MP for Epsom and Ewell in Surrey since 2001.\n\nIn a statement to his local Conservative constituency association on Friday he revealed the decision came following a prostate cancer diagnosis.\n\nThe association will now select a successor as Conservative candidate.\n\nIn the statement Mr Grayling said: \"Earlier this year I was diagnosed with prostate cancer, and although the treatment has been successful, it has prompted me to think that after 22 years it is time for a change.\n\n\"I am very grateful to you for the support I have been given by you all over the years.\n\n\"I will obviously carry on working as normal until the election and will hope to see you at one of the upcoming events.\"\n\nMr Grayling's political career has not been without criticism; during his tenure as Transport Secretary he was dubbed \"Failing Grayling\" by opposition MPs.\n\nHe stood down from the role when Boris Johnson became prime minister.\n\nIn September 2020 he secured a position advising some of the UK's top ports, despite watchdog concerns it would give Hutchison Ports an unfair advantage.\n\nFollow BBC South East on Facebook, on X, and on Instagram. Send your story ideas to southeasttoday@bbc.co.uk.", "Israel launched a wave of air strikes on Gaza after Palestinian assault on its territory\n\nIsrael was taken by surprise by the most ambitious operation Hamas has ever launched from Gaza.\n\nThe scale of what's been happening is unprecedented. Hamas breached the wire that separates Gaza from Israel in multiple places in the most serious cross-border attack Israel has faced in more than a generation.\n\nIt came a day after the 50th anniversary of the surprise attack by Egypt and Syria in 1973 that started a major Middle East war. The significance of the date will not have been lost on the Hamas leadership.\n\nIsrael's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says his country is at war and will exact a heavy price from its enemies.\n\nVideos and photos of dead Israelis, civilians as well as soldiers, are all over social media.\n\nOther videos of armed men from Hamas hauling soldiers and civilians into captivity in Gaza have enraged and alarmed Israelis.\n\nWithin hours Israel was responding with air strikes into Gaza, killing many Palestinians. Its generals will be planning a ground operation next.\n\nThe presence of Israeli hostages there means it will be even more complicated than previous incursions.\n\nFor months, it has been clear that there was a deepening risk of an explosion between Palestinian armed groups and Israel. How and where it happened was a total surprise, outside the armed wing of Hamas.\n\nIsraelis and Palestinians have been focusing on the West Bank, the territory between Jerusalem and the Jordanian border that Israel has occupied since 1967, where there has been almost continuous confrontation and violence throughout the year.\n\nArmed Palestinians, especially those operating out of the West Bank towns of Jenin and Nablus, have attacked Israeli soldiers and Jewish settlers.\n\nThe Israeli army has mounted dozens of raids. Armed settlers have taken the law into their own hands, with reprisals against Palestinian villages.\n\nExtreme religious nationalists inside Israel's right-wing government have repeated their claim that the occupied territories, in their entirety, are Jewish land.\n\nNo one expected Hamas to conceive and meticulously plan such a complex and coordinated operation out of Gaza.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nRecriminations have already started in Israel about the failure of its intelligence services to see what was coming. Israelis expect that an extensive network of informers, agents and high-tech surveillance will do its job.\n\nIn the end, Israeli intelligence was blindsided by the Hamas operation, which came when Israelis were relaxing or praying during the weekend of a religious holiday.\n\nHamas has said it acted because of threats to Jerusalem's mosques. During the last week, some Jews have prayed inside the Aqsa Mosque compound, the third holiest place for Muslims after Mecca and Medina in Saudi Arabia.\n\nThe same precinct is also venerated by Jews, as it was the site of the biblical Jewish temple. Prayer by religious Jews on what they call the Temple Mount might not sound like much, but it is prohibited by Israel as Palestinians consider it highly provocative.\n\nEven so, by the standards of Jerusalem, always a tinderbox of national and religious conflict, it was not exceptionally tense.\n\nThe complexity of the Hamas operation shows that it had been planned over months. It was not a hasty response to events in Jerusalem in the last week or so.\n\nThe reasons why Hamas and Israel are once again at war run much deeper. The conflict between Israelis and Palestinians has been heating up even when it is far from the headlines of international news organisations.\n\nEven so, it has been largely ignored by countries that still officially call for peace via a two-state solution, shorthand for an independent Palestine alongside Israel. For a while, during the Oslo peace process of the 1990s, the prospect of two states was a real hope. Now it is an empty slogan.\n\nThe Palestinian-Israeli conflict has not been a priority for President Joe Biden's administration in Washington DC. It has been trying to find a way to offer security guarantees to Saudi Arabia in return for a rapprochement with Israel.\n\nThe last American attempt to relaunch a peace process failed a decade ago, during the administration of President Barack Obama.\n\nAt the heart of the trouble is the intractable and unresolved century-long conflict between Arabs and Jews for control of the land between the Mediterranean Sea and the river Jordan. These rapidly-escalating events prove once again that the conflict cannot simply be managed. When it is left to fester, violence and bloodshed are guaranteed.", "Last updated on .From the section Rugby Union\n\nFrance cruised to top spot in Pool A at the World Cup as they beat Italy 60-7.\n\nThe hosts faced elimination if they had lost but put any nerves to bed in Lyon with 31 unanswered points in the first half, going on to score eight tries for a bonus-point victory.\n\nFrance advance to the quarter-finals unbeaten and ahead of New Zealand in the group stage rankings.\n\nThey will face the runners-up from Pool B - South Africa, Ireland or Scotland - on 15 October.\n\n\"Four games, four wins,\" said France captain Charles Ollivon. \"This was an elimination match for us, we had no right to make mistakes.\n\n\"We wanted to play with intensity and we did, and we kept it up for 80 minutes. It's very positive and sets us up for the next stage. We really want to be there.\"\n• None 'Happy for everyone' - All the reaction as France seal quarter-final spot\n• None Who needs what to reach the World Cup knock-outs\n\nThe tone was set inside two minutes when France proved too strong and quick for Italy to work the ball through the hands out to the left wing where Damian Penaud scored his first of two tries.\n\nFull back Thomas Ramos was also in unstoppable form with the boot, converting that try before slotting a penalty from halfway.\n\nLouis Bielle-Biarrey again got the nod over Gabin Villiere on the left wing and showed why by collecting a perfect chip from Penaud before jinking around three men to touch down on 13 minutes.\n\nRamos scored the third try by finishing an excellent cross-field move, and the bonus point was secured before half-time when Penaud scored his second, set up by a brilliant kick to the right wing under pressure by Matthieu Jalibert.\n\nJalibert continued the scoring after half-time, selling the Italian defence with a dummied pass before leaving white shirts trailing on the floor as he touched over, while try number six came from hooker Peato Mauvaka following a line-out.\n\nReplacement back Yoram Moefana brought up the half-century and scored the final two tries, both after superb moves from France that crossed the width of the pitch, while Manuel Zuliani crossed for Italy whose sole comfort was avoiding a shutout.\n\n\"You just need to listen to the support they [France] have got,\" said Italy head coach Kieran Crowley. \"They were too good.\"\n\nHow did France do without Dupont?\n\nMaxime Lucu started at scrum-half for France in place of injured captain Antoine Dupont, who sustained a broken cheekbone during their win over Namibia two weeks ago.\n\nDupont is due to meet a specialist on Monday to see if his injury has healed enough for him to be available for France's quarter-final.\n\nWhile they will face far tougher tests in the knockouts than an Italy side which looked disillusioned following their 96-17 hammering by the All Blacks, this performance indicated France will be a danger regardless of whether their skipper returns or not.\n\n\"We've been together for four years now. It's pretty easy to know where we all are and how we're set up on the pitch,\" said Ollivon.\n\n\"That gives us a sense of direction when the going gets tough, and that can make all the difference.\"\n\nLucu played well at number nine, although his most notable intervention came when Italy thought they had scored through prop Simone Ferrari before the interval.\n\nReplays showed Ferrari had made a dangerous tackle on Lucu in the build-up, and the try was disallowed.\n\nAny side with Penaud in their team will be dangerous. The winger moved ahead of Vincent Clerc as France's second highest try scorer, with 35.\n\nOnly the great Serge Blanco on 38 has scored more - a record Penaud will surely break, possibly at this tournament.\n\nThird again for disappointing Italy\n\nIt is a sad end to the tournament for Italy, who come third in their World Cup pool for the sixth consecutive time and the ninth time in 10 tournaments.\n\nThis was their record defeat to France, particularly disappointing given their hammering from New Zealand last week - and the fact they ran the French so close in the Six Nations, where they suffered a narrow 29-24 loss.\n\n\"We gave away a lot of penalties early on and then we just didn't get any momentum because our breakdown work wasn't good enough,\" said Crowley.\n\n\"The interpretation sometimes left a bit to be desired but that's the way it was. They were just too physical, too powerful for us.\"\n\nReplacements: Jaminet for Ramos (61), Falatea-Moefana for Fickou (62), Couilloud for Lucu (55),Wardi for Baille (55), Bourgarit for Mauvaka (55), Aldegheri for Atonio (45), Taofifenua for Flament (45), Cros for Ollivon (55).\n\nReplacements: Morisi for Bruno (65), Fusco for Varney (44), Zani for Ferrari (62), Manfredi for Faiva (62), Riccioni for Ceccarelli (55), Sisi for N. Cannone (57), Zuliani for Lamaro (44).", "Last updated on .From the section Welsh Rugby\n\nWales completed a clean sweep of World Cup pool matches with a bonus-point victory over Georgia.\n\nLouis Rees-Zammit scored a hat-trick as Warren Gatland's side topped Pool C to set up a likely quarter-final meeting with Argentina or Japan.\n\nTomas Francis, Liam Williams and George North also crossed for Wales.\n\nGeorgia threatened a second-half comeback after tries from Merab Sharikadze, Vano Karkadze and Davit Niniashvili.\n\nWales will learn their last-eight fate on Sunday, when Argentina take on Japan in a virtual quarter-final play-off, also at Nantes' Stade de Beaujoire.\n\nWales have every right to celebrate long into the night in Nantes, but the win came at a cost after head coach Warren Gatland confirmed Taulupe Faletau suffered a broken arm in the second half, which rules the number eight out of the rest of the tournament.\n\nThey will also be sweating on the fitness of fly-half Gareth Anscombe who strained his groin before kick-off, while full-back Liam Williams ended the match on crutches after taking a blow to the knee.\n• None Wales number eight Faletau ruled out of World Cup\n• None All the action and reaction as Wales seal Pool C top spot in Nantes\n\nAfter bonus-point wins over Fiji and Portugal and a convincing victory over Australia, Wales only needed a single match point to win the group, while the Georgians were playing for pride.\n\nThere was drama during the warm-up, with Anscombe's injury woes continuing. He pulled up during kicking practice and was replaced in the starting XV by Sam Costelow, with Dan Biggar moving to the bench.\n\nBiggar himself was injured two weeks ago, suffering a pulled chest muscle, and was not called into action.\n\nGatland had made six changes, including the return of co-captain Dewi Lake, while keeping the core of the team that demolished the Wallabies.\n\nGeorgia welcomed back influential captain Sharikadze as one of five changes after defeat by Fiji sealed their World Cup exit.\n\nWales had not played in a fortnight but there was little sign of rust in the afternoon sunshine as they dominated early possession and territory, with Costelow showing little sign of nerves and kicking intelligently.\n\nThey came close to a breakthrough when player of the match Tommy Reffell charged down the ball in Georgia's 22, then brilliantly backed it up with a turnover.\n\nThe ball was shipped out to wing Rio Dyer, who was squeezed into touch by a scramble defence, but Wales came back for the penalty.\n\nLake found his target from the line-out and combined well with North, before Francis crashed over from close range on 15 minutes.\n\nWales continued to pile on the pressure and scored from another five-metre line-out.\n\nGeorgia had initially done well to defend the maul but when the ball came out to the backs, Costelow found himself in acres of space and floated the ball out to Williams, who beat two defenders to score.\n\nIt took nearly half an hour for Georgia to gain their first entry into Wales' 22 but their attacking line-out was overthrown and Wales managed to clear their lines.\n\nBut Georgia kept coming and won a penalty for offside which they kicked to touch. The forwards got the maul going and after a series of pick-and-goes sent the ball infield to Sharikadze, who managed to wriggle out of the tackle before planting the ball at the base of the posts.\n\nLuka Matkava, who broke Welsh hearts with a winning penalty in Cardiff last year, added the easy extras.\n\nGeorgia continued to look threatening but Wales' defence held out until the break.\n\nGeorgia made three half-time substitutions and looked lively on the restart, but defensive pressure saw a loose midfield pass picked up by North who released Rees-Zammit to cruise in from 60 metres.\n\nWales introduced a new front row as the game started to break up, but it was Georgia who asserted their dominance with Akaki Tabutsadze almost producing a spectacular finish in the corner, only for a try review to show the wing was in touch.\n\nGeorgia continued to ask questions but were harshly penalised for crossing, giving Wales an easy out.\n\nThey kept on coming as they attempted to restore some pride in the jersey knowing they would be on the plane home whatever the outcome.\n\nThey got their just rewards from a five-metre line-out, with replacement Karkadze crossing to the roar of the fans.\n\nWales looked rattled as the penalty count started to creep up and some individual brilliance from Niniashvili brought them back to within a score.\n\nThe winger stiff-armed a poor tackle attempt from Gareth Davies to race down the line before dramatically diving to ground the ball.\n\nCostelow attempted to steady the ship in the last 15 minutes with a long-range penalty attempt, but his effort fell short.\n\nWales found some quality when it mattered. Nick Tompkins found Williams in space who put a grubber kick through and the ball bounced kindly for Rees-Zammit to score his second.\n\nGeorgia were not going out without a fight though and an initial scuffle between Niniashvili and Taine Basham saw both sides coming together in an ugly mass-melee that spilled into the dugout.\n\nBoth were shown yellow cards with referee Mathieu Raynal deciding not to look too deeply into the other altercations.\n\nThis seemed to rally Wales as Rees-Zammit produced a moment of magic for his hat-trick. He kicked into space behind the Georgia defence and effortlessly won the footrace, but his fingertip grounding was contentious with boos ringing as it was awarded on review.\n\nWales added a fifth try in the dying minutes, with Georgia out on their feet having given everything.\n\nNorth was the deserving scorer, having exploited a gap left on the wing to round off a less than comfortable afternoon.\n\nBut Wales fans will not mind and their attention now turns to their quarter-final in Marseille on Saturday, 14 October.\n\nWales head coach Warren Gatland said: \"It was a tough game for us today, Georgia are a really difficult team to beat.\n\n\"They keep hanging in there, they keep fighting [and have] great spirit as a group.\n\n\"Even through we weren't at our best we got the job done and that's the pleasing thing for us as we focus on next week.\"\n• None Laugh and cringe with Ricky Gervais' classic comedy The Office\n• None Chart the Roman Empire's rise and fall through the lives lived and ended at the epic arena", "Dr Amy Kavanagh said the incident was \"distressing\" and \"unacceptable\"\n\nA woman says she was refused access to a west London hospital when she tried to take her poorly baby inside for treatment, because she had a guide dog.\n\nHistorian and activist Dr Amy Kavanagh, 34, who is blind, was visiting West Middlesex University Hospital.\n\nOn arrival, however, she says a security guard \"kept shouting 'no dogs' at me and my partner\" and patients and staff had to intervene.\n\nThe NHS trust says it is \"taking this incident seriously\".\n\nWhen the guard at the Isleworth hospital's urgent care department tried to refuse them access, Dr Kavanagh said she and her partner \"firmly replied that Ava is a guide dog and legally allowed access\", before they walked past him and headed to reception.\n\n\"Luckily, other members of the public supported us and shouted down the security guard, repeating that Ava is a guide dog and allowed in a hospital,\" she added.\n\n\"We immediately informed the nurse at reception who was also very supportive and went to talk to the security guard.\"\n\nDr Kavanagh, who posted on X about her experience, said her baby had a viral infection and \"will recover with plenty of cuddles and a bit of Calpol\", but said it was not the first time she had been refused access with her guide dog Ava.\n\n\"A late-night visit to hospital with a poorly baby is worrying enough, but being told I couldn't enter because I'm blind and a guide dog-handler was very distressing,\" she said.\n\n\"It is unacceptable for the NHS to repeatedly fail guide dog-handlers like myself by employing security staff without the appropriate training to understand the role and access rights of assistance dogs.\n\n\"As a blind woman it is frightening and intimidating to be shouted at, physically blocked from entering a building or followed into a building by security staff.\n\n\"Disabled people should not have to feel anxiety about experiencing physically intimidating behaviour when trying to attend medical appointments or seeking healthcare.\"\n\nDr Kavanagh says the kind of experience she had can have \"a serious impact on the health and wellbeing of blind individuals\"\n\nDr Kavanagh added that it should not matter whether security staff were employed directly or by third-party contractors, because the NHS \"must ensure that no guide dog-handler is at risk of being turned away from medical care because of a lack of training and awareness\".\n\n\"This could have a serious impact on the health and wellbeing of blind individuals trying to access NHS services,\" she continued.\n\nA Guide Dogs spokesperson said: \"Too many guide dog-owners continue to face discrimination and are turned away because they have their guide dog with them.\n\n\"Our research shows that 81% of guide dog-owners have been refused access to a business or service at some point, and around half said they changed or restricted their plans because they were concerned they would be refused access because of their guide dog.\"\n\nA spokesperson for Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust said: \"We are taking this incident seriously, our organisation is fully committed to providing accessible services for everyone in our community, in a safe and welcoming environment.\"\n\nThe spokesperson added the trust had reached out to the woman \"to offer our sincere apologies and importantly, to ensure that appropriate action will take place following an immediate internal review\".\n\nListen to the best of BBC Radio London on Sounds and follow BBC London on Facebook, X and Instagram. Send your story ideas to hello.bbclondon@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The world is breaching a key warming threshold at a rate that has scientists concerned, a BBC analysis has found.\n\nOn about a third of days in 2023, the average global temperature was at least 1.5C higher than pre-industrial levels.\n\nStaying below that marker long-term is widely considered crucial to avoid the most damaging impacts of climate change.\n\nBut 2023 is \"on track\" to be the hottest year on record, and 2024 could be hotter.\n\n\"It is a sign that we're reaching levels we haven't been before,\" says Dr Melissa Lazenby, from the University of Sussex.\n\nThis latest finding comes after record September temperatures and a summer of extreme weather events across much of the world.\n\nWhen political leaders gathered in Paris in December 2015, they signed an agreement to keep the long-term rise in global temperatures this century \"well below\" 2C and to make every effort to keep it under 1.5C.\n\nThe agreed limits refer to the difference between global average temperatures now and what they were in the pre-industrial period, between 1850 and 1900 - before the widespread use of fossil fuels.\n\nBreaching these Paris thresholds doesn't mean going over them for a day or a week but instead involves going beyond this limit across a 20 or 30-year average.\n\nThis long-term average warming figure currently sits at around 1.1C to 1.2C.\n\nBut the more often 1.5C is breached for individual days, the closer the world gets to breaching this mark in the longer term.\n\nThe first time this happened in the modern era was for a few days in December 2015, when politicians were signing the deal on the 1.5C threshold.\n\nSince then the limit has been repeatedly broken, typically only for short periods.\n\nIn 2016, influenced by a strong El Niño event - a natural climate shift that tends to increase global temperatures - the world saw around 75 days that went above that mark.\n\nBut BBC analysis of data from the Copernicus Climate Change Service shows that, up to 2 October, around 86 days in 2023 have been over 1.5C warmer than the pre-industrial average. That beats the 2016 record well before the end of the year.\n\nThere is some uncertainty in the exact number of days that have breached the 1.5C threshold, because the numbers reflect a global average which can come with small data discrepancies. But the margin by which 2023 has already passed 2016 figures gives confidence the record has already been broken.\n\n\"The fact that we are reaching this 1.5C anomaly daily, and for a longer number of days, is concerning,\" said Dr Lazenby.\n\nOne important factor in driving up these temperature anomalies is the onset of El Niño conditions. This was confirmed just a few months ago - although it is still weaker than its 2016 peak.\n\nThese conditions are helping to pump heat from the eastern Pacific Ocean into the atmosphere. This may explain why 2023 is the first year in which the 1.5C anomaly has been recorded between June and October - when combined with the long-term warming from burning fossil fuels.\n\n\"This is the first time we're seeing this in the northern hemisphere summer, which is unusual, it's pretty shocking to see what's been going on,\" said Prof Ed Hawkins, from the University of Reading.\n\n\"I know our Australian colleagues are particularly worried about what's going to be the consequences for them with their summer approaching [for instance extreme wildfires], especially with El Niño.\"\n\nDays when the temperature difference has exceeded 1.5C continued into September, with some more than 1.8C above the pre-industrial average.\n\nThe month as a whole was 1.75C above the pre-industrial level, and the year to date is around 1.4C above the 1850-1900 average, according to the Copernicus Climate Change Service.\n\nWhile 2023 is \"on track\" to become the warmest year on record, it is not expected to breach the 1.5C warming threshold as a global average across the full 12 months.\n\nThe world's oceans have also been experiencing unusually high temperatures this year and in turn, releasing further heat into the atmosphere.\n\n\"The North Atlantic Ocean is the warmest we've ever recorded, and if you look at the North Pacific Ocean, there's a tongue of anomalously warm water stretching all the way from Japan to California,\" said Dr Jennifer Francis from the Woodwell Climate Research Centre in the US.\n\nWhile greenhouse gas emissions are increasing average temperatures, the precise reasons for why these sea temperatures have surged is not fully known.\n\nOne theory - which is still uncertain - is that a fall in air pollution from shipping across the North Atlantic has reduced the number of small particles and increased warming.\n\nUp until now, these \"aerosols\" had been partly offsetting the effect of greenhouse gas emissions by reflecting some of the sun's energy and keeping the Earth's surface cooler than it would have been otherwise.\n\nAnother perhaps less well-known factor is the situation around Antarctica.\n\nThere have been ongoing concerns about the state of sea ice around the coldest continent, with data showing the levels far below any previous winter.\n\nBut according to some experts, two spikes in temperature in recent months in Antarctica - triggered by natural variability - have boosted the global average. However, it's difficult to identify the precise influence of long-term human-caused warming.\n\n\"In early July, Antarctica got really warm, they saw record temperatures, which is still 20 or 30 degrees Celsius below zero,\" said Dr Karsten Haustein, from the University of Leipzig.\n\n\"And what we see with 1.5C and 1.8C anomalies we are seeing now, it is partially down to Antarctica again.\"\n\nWhile the northern hemisphere will naturally cool in autumn and winter, there is a view that the large temperature differences from the pre-industrial period may persist, especially as El Niño reaches a peak at the end of this year or early next.\n\nResearchers believe that these ongoing high temperature anomalies should be a wake-up call for political leaders, who will gather in Dubai in November for the COP28 climate summit.\n\nAction on emissions is needed, they say, and not just in the long-term.\n\nIn March, the UN urged countries to accelerate climate action, stressing effective options to reduce emissions were available now, from renewables to electric vehicles.\n\n\"It's not just about reaching an end goal, of net zero by 2050, it's about how we get there,\" said Prof Hawkins.\n\n\"The IPCC [the UN's climate body] very clearly says we need to halve emissions over this decade, and then get to net zero. It's not just about reaching net zero at some point, it's about the pathway to get there.\"\n\nAnd as this year's extreme weather events have shown - from heatwaves in Europe to extreme rainfall in Libya - the consequences of climate change increase with every fraction of a degree of warming.\n\nWhat questions do you have about COP28?\n\nIn some cases your question will be published, displaying your name, age and location as you provide it, unless you state otherwise. Your contact details will never be published. Please ensure you have read our terms & conditions and privacy policy.\n\nUse this form to ask your question:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or send them via email to YourQuestions@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any question you send in.", "Palestinian militant group Hamas has launched its biggest attack on Israel, with rocket strikes, killings and hostage taking.\n\nIn turn Israel launched a retaliatory wave of air strikes on Gaza.\n\nPrime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that Israel was \"at war\". Hamas, which rules Gaza, would \"pay an unprecedent price,\" he added.\n\nBBC Verify have been examining the shocking footage coming out of Israel and Gaza, and Jon Donnison explains what they have been able to confirm about the day.", "Hamas militants have also crossed into Israel - these ones were still in Gaza, heading for the border", "Keelen Morris Wong was stabbed to death on Coldharbour Lane in Brixton\n\nA man has been charged with the murder of a 22-year-old who was stabbed in south London.\n\nKeelen Morris Wong was killed in front of shoppers on Coldharbour Lane in Brixton just before 17:00 BST on Tuesday.\n\nPolice and paramedics attended but Mr Wong was pronounced dead at the scene.\n\nKyiza Sandiford, 23, appeared at Wimbledon Magistrates' Court on Saturday, where he also faced a charge of possessing an offensive weapon.\n\nHe was remanded into custody until his next appearance at the Old Bailey on Tuesday.\n\nA 15-year-old boy was arrested on 5 October on suspicion of murder and possession of an offensive weapon.\n\nHe has been bailed, pending further inquiries, to a date in early January.\n\nAnother 15-year-old boy was arrested on 6 October on suspicion of murder and remains in police custody.\n\nDet Insp Kevin Martin said work to establish a motive for the stabbing is continuing.\n\nHe added: \"This awful attack took place in broad daylight, in front of people simply going about their business.\n\n\"I don't underestimate the impact such a horrific incident will have had on anyone who saw it.\n\n\"We have heard from a number of people but I am asking anyone who witnessed it to speak to us, in confidence, about what they saw.\n\n\"I am also fully aware that there are a number of videos circulating following the incident, including of the crime scene.\n\n\"I know that these videos are causing enormous distress for the loved ones of the victim, and I would ask people to respect them by not circulating this upsetting footage.\"\n\nListen to the best of BBC Radio London on Sounds and follow BBC London on Facebook, X and Instagram. Send your story ideas to hello.bbclondon@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "There are also plans to restore sand to North Shore beach\n\nElectric-powered sea gliders could be used to transport tourists into Llandudno from Liverpool.\n\nConwy council's report says the gliders are one of its aspirational ideas which aim to revitalise Llandudno over the next 10 years.\n\nCouncillor Louise Emery said: \"I feel very hopeful because we've got some crazy ideas.\"\n\nElectric sea gliders could be ready for commercial passengers by 2025 in the English Channel by Brittany Ferries.\n\nThe zero-emission vehicles, developed in the United States by Boston-based start-up Regional Electric Ground Effect Naval Transport (Regent), are expected to travel at speeds of up to 180mph (290km/h).\n\nThey will be about six times faster than conventional ferries, with a battery range of about 180 miles (290km).\n\nOther ideas include a revitalised paddling pool, an outdoor event space at Bodafon fields, cruise-liner routes, cultural events and options to restore sand to Llandudno's North Shore Beach.\n\nExternal funding will be sought to get these ideas off the ground.\n\nConwy's economy and place overview and scrutiny committee met on Wednesday 27 September to discuss Llandudno's 10-year regeneration plan, a report of over 130 pages documenting how the town can be reinvigorated.\n\nAlso backed at the same meeting was the Conwy Destination Management Plan, the Local Democracy Reporting Service said.\n\nConservative Ms Emery said she had been told the rate of vacant shops in the town was now under 5%.\n\nElectric powered sea gliders could be in service as early as 2025 across the English Channel\n\n\"We have to hold on to the fact that Llandudno is an incredibly popular place,\" she said.\n\n\"Yes, it does look a bit tired at the edges. Yes, we can provide a better visitor amenity, more toilets, wi-fi, etcetera.\"\n\nShe added that she loved the idea of electric-powered sea gliders, adding that \"within those crazy ideas there's also really genuine projects\".\n\nShe then said more could be done to work with outside investors, the town council and community groups.\n\nShe added: \"I feel really positive that we will go out and get this money with the whole community together.\"\n\nConservative councillor Tom Montgomery said: \"It is about working with private businesses to achieve a lot of this. I think it's a great report. It's great to see so much opportunity for Llandudno.\"\n\nConwy's cabinet member for roads and facilities from Conwy First Independent Group, Goronwy Edwards, said rail links into the town needed to be improved.\n\n\"It is unfortunate that still most of the visitors come into Conwy via car or coach. Let's try and get a better service directly into Llandudno,\" added Mr Edwards.\n\nThe report will now go to cabinet.", "British screenwriter and director Terence Davies, known for films including Distant Voices, Still Lives, has died at the age of 77.\n\nHe established himself with a trilogy of films - Children, Madonna and Child, and Death and Transfiguration - in the late 1970s and early 1980s.\n\nBorn and raised in Liverpool, his work often has an autobiographical element.\n\nHe died peacefully at home after short illness, his manager confirmed in a statement.\n\nHis most recent work, Netflix drama Benediction, starring Slow Horses actor Jack Lowden and Doctor Who's Peter Capaldi, explored the life of war poet Siegfried Sassoon.\n\nActress Agyness Deyn played Chris Guthrie in his 2015 adaptation of Lewis Grassic Gibbon's Sunset Song - set after the first World War.\n\nIn 2016, Sex And The City star Cynthia Nixon played poet Emily Dickinson in A Quiet Passion, which was written and directed by Davies.\n\nTerence Davies pictured with actor Tom Hiddleston after they worked together for The Deep Blue Sea\n\nDavies worked as a clerk in a shipping office and a book-keeper in an accountancy firm for 10 years before enrolling at drama school in Coventry in 1973.\n\nHe won the Cannes International Critics Prize for Distant Voices, Still Lives - a film based on his memories of life in 1940s and 1950s Liverpool.\n\nDavies also spoke to the BBC about the film being one of his most personal as it was about his family, during an episode of review show, Film 2012, hosted by Claudia Winkleman.\n\nHis other films include a 2000 adaptation of Edith Wharton's The House of Mirth, in which Sex Education star Gillian Anderson played socialite Lily Bart, and a 2011 adaptation of Terence Rattigan's play The Deep Blue Sea, starring Rachel Weisz.", "The silver Corsa was left parked on New Queen Street despite signs warning of the work\n\nCouncil contractors were forced to resurface a road around a parked car after its owner failed to heed signs warning of the impending work.\n\nPhotos taken by resident Michael Curtis show workers doing their best to carry on with the work in Scarborough.\n\nMr Curtis said he thought it was \"silly\" the car was not moved but North Yorkshire Council said forcibly removing the car was not an option.\n\nA spokesperson said staff would return to complete the work at a future date.\n\nThe council said signs had been put up to inform people that parking would be suspended in New Queen Street between 06:00 and 18:00 BST on Thursday, but the silver Corsa was not moved.\n\nContractors were forced to work around the car\n\nMr Curtis told the BBC: \"There were two tickets on the car but I found it silly that nothing was done to remove it.\"\n\nThe council said that forcibly moving cars comes with difficulties surrounding the risk of damaging cars and legal issues.\n\nNorth Yorkshire Council's highways area manager, Richard Marr, said: \"Our contractors have resurfaced New Queen Street in Scarborough, which has improved and extended the life of the well-used road.\n\n\"It is always unfortunate when we have situations like this, but we work around it as best we can, then return to resurface the area under the parked car at a future date.\"\n\nFollow BBC Yorkshire on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Send your story ideas to yorkslincs.news@bbc.co.uk.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Shaun Russell's wife Lin was murdered with daughter Megan (centre) and nine-year-old Josie (right) was badly injured\n\nThe man serving life for the murder of schoolgirl Millie Dowler has confessed to killing mother and daughter Lin and Megan Russell, a lawyer has said.\n\nAnother man, Michael Stone, has twice been found guilty of the murders of Ms Russell and her six-year-old daughter in Kent in July 1996.\n\nHis solicitor says he has now received a statement written by Levi Bellfield which details the killings.\n\nStone was also found guilty of trying to murder Megan's sister Josie.\n\nHe has always protested his innocence.\n\nHis solicitor Paul Bacon says he has now received a four-page statement from Bellfield in which he claims to have carried out the attacks, including details of what he was wearing and how he made his escape.\n\nMichael Stone was convicted of two counts of murder and one of attempted murder\n\nMr Bacon read part of the letter to the BBC: \"Something like this has never happened before. I committed a crime and another person has been arrested for it.\n\n\"I guess if I'm honest it was a relief. I apologise to Stone and to the Russell family for my heinous acts. I was not well in the head during my reign of violence.\n\n\"I am willing to speak to the police.\"\n\nMr Bacon added: \"I genuinely think if the police visit Levi Bellfield in prison, he will make a full statement under caution, and I believe if he's charged he'll plead guilty and the matter will be resolved.\"\n\nLin Russell and her daughters Megan and Josie, then nine, were attacked as they walked along a country lane in Chillenden, before being bound, blindfolded and bludgeoned with a claw hammer.\n\nOn the day of the murders, Dr Shaun Russell was told that he had lost his whole family. It was only when an officer at the scene noticed Josie move they realised she had survived the attack.\n\nLin Russell and her six-year-old daughter Megan did not survive the attacks\n\nStone was first found guilty of two counts of murder and one of attempted murder in 1998 and again in 2001, after the Court of Appeal quashed his conviction due to doubts over a prosecution witness.\n\nAn application to the Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC) in 2010 was rejected and an attempt to seek a judicial review of the decision also failed in 2011.\n\nBellfield is currently serving a life sentence for the murder of 13-year-old Millie, who went missing from Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, in 2002.\n\nHe has also been convicted of murdering Marsha McDonnell and Amelie Delagrange, and of the attempted murder of Kate Sheedy, and will never be considered for parole.\n\nLevi Bellfield will never be released from prison after being convicted of three murders and one attempted murder\n\nThe alleged confession will now be referred to the CCRC.\n\nLast year Mr Bacon said a shoelace found at the scene of the murders - and which was missing until it was found in police storage in 2020 - could provide vital DNA evidence.\n\nDet Ch Sup Paul Fotheringham, of Kent Police, said: \"Following two trials at which Stone was found guilty by a jury on both occasions, and an appeal to the High Court, Michael Stone remains convicted of the murders of Lin and Megan Russell, and the attempted murder of Josie Russell in 1996.\n\n\"Michael Stone made an application to apply for a Judicial Review in respect of his conviction in September 2012. The Honourable Mr Justice Blake ordered that permission for the application should be refused.\n\n\"The Criminal Case Review Commission commenced an extensive re-examination of the murder investigation in 2017 and has had access to all forensic evidence, documentation and exhibits from the original investigation, the review by Hampshire Police, details of the two crown court trials and appeals to the High Court.\n\n\"The shoelace which was seized as part of the original investigation was made available to the CCRC. All evidence from the examinations on the shoelace were recorded and disclosed to the CCRC.\"\n\nLin Russell and her daughters Megan and Josie were bound, blindfolded and bludgeoned with a claw hammer\n\nA spokesperson for the CCRC said: \"Mr Stone's current application is being reviewed and we remain in regular contact with his legal representatives.\n\n\"We are aware they are planning to send in further information, and when received, we will thoroughly analyse it and make any appropriate enquiries.\"\n\nA Crown Prosecution Service spokesperson said: \"This is currently not a matter for the CPS but we stand by to assist with either a new police investigation or a CCRC referral.\"\n\nThe murders and the long-running investigation shocked the small and very rural community in east Kent.\n\nJosie Russell moved to Wales with her father after the attack, and had to learn to speak again.\n\nShe has now established herself as a successful textile artist and has also bought the home in which she and her family lived before they moved to Kent.\n\nFollow BBC South East on Facebook, on Twitter, and on Instagram. Send your story ideas to southeasttoday@bbc.co.uk.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Imperious Ireland dismantled Scotland with a display of clinical brilliance to reach the World Cup quarter-finals and send their opponents crashing out of the tournament.\n\nA 17th consecutive victory ensures that the world's number one side finish top of Pool B to set up a meeting with New Zealand next Saturday (20:00 BST).\n\nIreland got off to a dream start in Paris as James Lowe crashed over for the opening try after only two minutes.\n\nThe loss to injury of Blair Kinghorn and captain Jamie Ritchie further hampered the Scots before two more Hugo Keenan tries and one from Iain Henderson all but ended the contest by half-time.\n\nDan Sheehan and Garry Ringrose also touched down to rub salt into the Scottish wounds before replies from Ewan Ashman and Ali Price at least made the score more respectable.\n• None All Blacks meeting 'what dreams are made of'\n• None Podcast: 'Scotland players will be embarrassed and humiliated'\n\nThis was a 17th straight victory for Ireland, a run that's beginning to look inexorable. They have seen them all off - the All Blacks, the Springboks, the French, the English and now the Scots, trampled mercilessly underfoot.\n\nFor all Scotland's big talk, this was a cruel rout, a systematic Irish dismantling and humiliation of a side who came here looking for an eight-point win that went from improbable to virtually impossible after a single minute.\n\nIreland were ruthless. They identified where the Scots were weak and they targeted them viciously.\n\nThey exposed the underdogs down the 13 channel, they went after them in the air and out of touch, they knew that Scotland's morale could collapse when behind and that they have a propensity to concede scores in clusters.\n\nGlorious to witness if you were one of the millions - or maybe it just sounded like there were millions - in green at the Stade and just about the most embarrassing experience any Scotland fan has endured in an age.\n\nFor the opener, the Scots were sucked in, their defence narrow, their resistance nowhere good enough to live with Ringrose, Mack Hansen and finally Lowe. Knives through butter. What a start for Ireland.\n\nWe then had waves of Scotland attacks, all met with outstanding Irish defence. The Scots won a penalty and went for touch instead of the posts, which was an odd call when you needed scoreboard pressure.\n\nThey won another kickable penalty and went to touch again. The imperious Peter O'Mahony, on his 100th cap, stole it.\n\nThey won a third kickable penalty and went through 18 phases of huff and puff. Their yardage was negative by the end of it. There was a green wall in front of them and there was no breaking through it.\n\nThe psychology of those moments was huge. The Scots had wasted chances to put points on board and the Irish had a chance to show how unbreakable their defence is as a consequence.\n\nScotland were done at that point. Fourteen minutes and it was all but over bar the Irish deluge, which came soon enough.\n\nThey had lost Blair Kinghorn to injury and now they lost their captain, Jamie Ritchie. It was a tartan horror show.\n\nO'Mahony stole another line-out and Ireland went hunting again. From the next line-out, they threw a set-play move at the Scots that was like a razor blade.\n\nAgain, it was down the 13 channel. Sexton linked with Bundee Aki, who spooked Sione Tuipulotu and Jones to such an extent that both of them haplessly went for him, leaving Ringrose free to put Keenan away. Simple, beautiful and clinical.\n\nSexton's conversion made it 12-0, a prelude to a seven-minute spell at the end of the half when Irish forward power blasted through with ease.\n\nHenderson thundered over, Sexton made it 19-0. This was men and boys. It looked like tier one against tier two for large parts.\n\nBefore the end of the half, Keenan scored again, Sexton finding him after close-range pressure. It was easy, oh so easy.\n\nThere wasn't a battle out there that Ireland weren't winning by a landslide. Ireland had scored 14 points in seven minutes and 26 in 40. Sensational.\n\nThings only got better for them. Cranky, the Scots started a bit of a scrap on the touchline when Ollie Smith tripped Sexton and sparked a pile-on. Smith saw yellow and no sooner was he gone than Sheehan drove over to increase the pain.\n\nOut the line they went, sucking in what existed of the Scottish cover, little pop passes, masses of deception, lovely angles and invention. Too much, way too much; 31-0.\n\nAnd there was more. In the 49th minute, Farrell emptied his bench. Many of his high-rollers were brought off to save them for the quarter-final. The fact that it happened so early was another illustration of Ireland's utter dominance.\n\nEven without the first-choice artillery, they scored again, Jack Crowley, on for Sexton, cross-kicked to the towering Ringrose, who had the simple job of dotting down in the left corner. Now it was 36-0. A message to the rugby world.\n\nScotland rallied and scored some consolations, not that it mattered. Ashman and Price ran away to score to make it 36-14 with Finn Russell's conversions.\n\nThose tries raised a brief cheer from the Scottish ranks, but they were a shell-shocked lot. They came in hope rather than expectation, but they didn't anticipate a slaughter. They're heading home now, in disarray.\n\nAnother early exit from a World Cup. Another retreat to the world of recriminations.\n\nIreland will now play New Zealand, a team they'll respect but will not fear. They've beaten the All Blacks the last two times they've played them, they've won three of the last four and five of the last eight.\n\nThey believe, as do their supporters. The scenes at the end were remarkable, the stadium full of Irish noise and Irish colour. Powerful.\n\nOn roads and railways they moved as one earlier in the day, a sea of green.\n\nThere were many thousands of Scots in town, but they were outnumbered by a bewildering margin. World number one on the pitch and, quite obviously, world number one off it. This was an immense night for them.\n\nNew Zealand coach Ian Foster and Rassie Erasmus, the high-priest of South African rugby, attempted some trash talking during the week, some chat they hoped would unsettle Ireland before this contest.\n\nFoster and Erasmus got their answer, as Scotland's bravado, got its answer, square between the eyes.\n\n'It was a special performance' - what they said\n\nIreland head coach Andy Farrell: \"I think it was a special performance because Scotland really came out of the blocks. They threw everything at us.\n\n\"I thought our attitude, our defence to try and keep them out for long spells was the making of the game. We were calm enough and clinical enough when we got back down the other end of the field to put some points on the board.\n\n\"As far as a quarter-final is concerned it doesn't get any tougher, the respect we have got for New Zealand is through the roof and hopefully they have got a bit of respect for us.\"\n\nScotland head coach Gregor Townsend: \"They were very clinical, very accurate and I thought they put a huge effort in defensively when we had a bit of pressure in that first 20 minutes. They are an outstanding team.\n\n\"When you play the top teams, you've got to take your opportunities and we didn't do that in the first quarter.\n\n\"I'm proud of the effort in the second half. The game had gotten away from us, so we focused on winning back respect. To get two tries against such a top team, we'll take a little bit out of that.\"\n\nScotland captain Jamie Ritchie: \"I'm really proud of how we've stuck together. We had a bit of hardship from the first game, proud of how we stayed in the fight today, we showed how we can score some points at the end.\"\n\n\"What we try to do is play our game - unfortunately it wasn't enough tonight and full credit to Ireland, that's probably the best I've seen them play.\"", "Picasso's Femme A La Montre, depicts Marie-Therese Walter, who was known to have had an affair with the painter\n\nA Pablo Picasso painting that is set to go on display in London is estimated to sell for over $120m (£98m) at auction.\n\nPicasso's 1932 masterpiece, Femme A La Montre, depicts his \"golden muse\" Marie-Therese Walter, a woman who formed the subject of many of his paintings.\n\nThe work was owned by art patron and collector Emily Fisher Landau.\n\nIt will be on display at Sotheby's as part of an exhibition featuring other paintings owned by Ms Fisher Laundau.\n\nThe collector bought the Picasso painting in 1968 at the start of her collecting journey.\n\nOther artists that feature in her collection include American painter and sculptor Jasper Johns, Dutch-American artist Willem de Kooning and American painter and printmaker Robert Rauschenberg.\n\nRauschenberg's 1962 silkscreen painting Sundog is estimated to sell for between $8m and $12m.\n\nThere are also paintings by Edward Ruscha and Andy Warhol, both associated with the pop art movement.\n\nThe travelling exhibition will also open in Paris, Taipei and Los Angeles and has already been to Dubai and Hong Kong.\n\nThe collection, which is estimated to bring in well over £327m ($400m), will be offered for sale at Sotheby's New York in November.\n\nListen to the best of BBC Radio London on Sounds and follow BBC London on Facebook, X and Instagram. Send your story ideas to hello.bbclondon@bbc.co.uk", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nAn amber weather has been extended into Sunday afternoon for parts of the north and east of Scotland.\n\nThe new warning runs from 21:00 until 14:00 on Sunday.\n\nIt covers parts of Angus, Perth and Kinross, Aberdeenshire, Moray and Highland.\n\nEarlier, 10 people had to be airlifted from their vehicles by a coastguard helicopter after seven landslides closed the A83 and the A815 in Argyll.\n\nPolice said there were no reports of any injuries. The roads remain closed and drivers are being warned to avoid the area.\n\nThe force said it was \"responding to the weather impact across Scotland as a major incident\".\n\nThe previous amber warning, which covers the west and central Scotland is due to expire at 06:00 on Sunday.\n\nAn amber warning means there is potential risk to life and property.\n\nNo trains have been running across the border into Scotland due to flooding, with railway lines and roads affected across large parts of the country.\n\nFlooding has affected large parts of the country, including Dumbarton\n\nThe Met Office said areas of the Highlands and central Scotland could see up to 180mm (7in) of rain.\n\nThe Scottish Environment Protection Agency (Sepa) has issued 48 flood warnings and 17 flood alerts.\n\nIt said affected areas included Angus, Ayrshire, Argyll and Bute, and parts of the Highlands, north-east Scotland and the Scottish Borders.\n\nScotRail said services remain disrupted and some would stop operating at 21:00 on Saturday night.\n\nThe rail operator is also warning customers to expect significant disruption on Sunday.\n\nSome areas have seen up to a month's worth of rain in a 24-hour period resulting in heavy flooding across much of the rail network.\n\nSaturday's extreme weather saw several lines completely closed, while others operated a reduced service with extended journey times due to speed restrictions put in place to ensure safety.\n\nEarlier, ScotRail cancelled services from Oban, Mallaig and Fort William, from Helensburgh Central and on the Highland Mainline between Perth and Inverness.\n\nAnd it confirmed that the 1056 Inverness to Kyle train had to turn back at Dingwall due to the amount of water on the line.\n\nDrivers in Johnstone, Renfrewshire, got caught out by the heavy rain\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThere have been no London North Eastern Railway (LNER) services running north of Newcastle.\n\nAvanti West Coast said it would not run cross-border trains to Scotland on Saturday, with no services north of Preston.\n\nTransPennine advised customers not to travel on trains from Manchester, Liverpool and Preston to Carlisle, Glasgow and Edinburgh.\n\nThere have been a number of landslips affecting roads such as this one on the A83\n\nDavid Simpson, ScotRail service delivery director, said: \"We know the impact that disruption to train services following extreme weather can have, but our first priority is always to ensure the safety of our staff and customers. Disruption will continue into Sunday because of the level of extreme rainfall seen in many parts of our network.\n\n\"Everyone is working hard to get services back to normal as quickly and safely as possible.\n\n\"Customers are advised that they should check their journey before travelling, and keep an eye on our website, app, or social media feeds regularly for live updates.\"\n\nA number of lines were closed due to flooding and ScotRail suspended Argyle Line services running through Glasgow Central low-level due to flooding in the Bridgeton area causing a fault with the signalling system.\n\nThe Edinburgh - Glasgow Queen Street mainline was closed earlier between Linlithgow and Edinburgh Park due to flooding in the Winchburgh area but has since re-opened.\n\nPolice Scotland urged people to avoid all travel unless absolutely necessary.\n\nA number of roads were closed due to flooding and landslides, including the A83 between Target and Inveraray, the A815 between Dunoon and the A83, the A816 between Lochgilphead and Oban and the A85 at Loch Awe.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Bales of silage washed away by floods in Inveraray\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nDiversions have been put in place. Drivers are being urged to take care on the roads and avoid unnecessary travel.\n\nThe Met Office said flooding and fast-flowing rivers and streams could pose a risk to life and damage property.\n\nIt said 80-100mm of rain could be expected in most areas, with as much as 150-180mm possible for the wettest spots.\n\nThe weather warning comes as other parts of the UK could see temperatures of up to 26C (79F) this weekend.\n\nStein Connelly, from Traffic Scotland, said: \"It's been very challenging conditions...throughout the whole of Scotland, particularly in the Argyll and Bute area, where we have the A815 and the A83 closed at the moment.\n\n\"It's unsafe for the operatives to go in and clear some landslips that we have had their and so this is going to last for quite some time. Reportedly, we have had approximately one months of rain in 24 hours so it has been extremely challenging.\n\n\"The police message is avoid travel if you can, especially in Argyll and Bute. In the other areas we are saying it's a high risk of disruption.\n\n\"So if you're out there, there is a high risk you may be stopped in a flooded area or an accident. We have had a number of minor incidents.\"\n\nEmergency services could not avoid the flooding - an ambulance became stuck in the Erskine area\n\nTrains have been cancelled due to flooded railway tracks, including this one at Bowling station, between Dalmuir and Helensburgh\n\nIn Grangemouth, people were reported to be trapped in a Premier Inn due to severe flooding.\n\nVincent Fitzsimmons, of Sepa, told BBC Radio's Good Morning Scotland programme: \"We are expecting widespread flooding through today, Saturday and into Sunday morning.\n\n\"It's very heavy rain, but it will be relentless for a particularly long period of time.\n\n\"This is not just a normal wet autumn day. We are concerned about the possibility of significant flooding.\n\n\"There is that amber area, it goes from the western half of the central belt through up into the Highlands.\n\n\"There are communities there where we have quite significant concerns.\"\n\nHe advised people in areas such as Aberfoyle and Aviemore to check for updates and advice on Sepa's website.\n\nSome football matches were called off, with Premiership games Dundee United v Ross County and Dunfermline Athletic v Arbroath among those postponed.\n\nThe Dundee Utd v Ross County game was suspended due to the state of the pitch\n\nThe BP petrol station on Great Western Road in Glasgow has been flooded\n\nThe West Highland line, which operates in Oban, Mallaig and Fort William, were earlier suspended.\n\nServices on the Highland Main Line route between Perth and Inverness also stopped.\n\nWalkers on the West Highland Way had to put their plans on hold\n\nThe West Highland Way has been completely flooded in parts.\n\nJulie Odell and her husband awoke at the Beinglas Campsite in Inverarnan to see \"the most crazy floodwaters\".\n\n\"What used to be a field with a track to the A82 has overnight turned into a lake,\" she said. \"The staff are being amazing. We thankfully are in one of their cosy cabins and not camping but have offered our cabin as refuge to any campers.\n\n\"Both are track, and the back roads are cut off by flood water. So nobody is going anywhere today and no taxis or cars can come and collect people either.\"\n\nShe added: \"It's a good atmosphere with everyone looking after each other here and the staff say they've never ever seen anything like this before.\"\n\nThe Scottish government's resilience room officials met on Saturday to discuss the weather event.\n\nMinister for Resilience Angela Constance said: \"As the weather warnings outline, heavy rainfall is expected to continue in many parts of the country into Sunday and some areas will have a month's worth of rain over the course of the weekend.\n\n\"I would urge everyone across the country to heed the travel warnings being issued by Police Scotland and others - in particular, drivers in Argyll and Bute should avoid travel due to the significant disruption across the road network.\"\n\nShe added: \"We are aware that the initial, most severe impacts have been felt by people and businesses in Argyll and Bute, as well as other areas in the west and north of the country.\n\n\"Ministers are receiving regular updates on the situation from partners, including Sepa, the Met Office, and Police Scotland as it unfolds.\n\nPolice Scotland head of road policing, Ch Supt Hilary Sloan, said: \"Our advice is to plan ahead and consider if your journey is really necessary or if it can be delayed until conditions improve.\n\n\"Stopping distances can be at least double on wet roads compared to dry conditions, and spray can reduce driver visibility.\n\n\"If you need to travel, please drive to the conditions and take extra time for your journey.\"\n\nThe Scottish government said health and social work staff in Argyll were working with community groups to reach vulnerable people who may need help and the local council would be offering support such as opening up community halls.", "Last updated on .From the section Football\n\nLady Ferguson, wife of former Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson, has died aged 84.\n\nThe couple married in 1966, spending 57 years as husband and wife, and had three sons, including Peterborough boss Darren Ferguson.\n\n\"We are deeply saddened to confirm the passing yesterday of Lady Cathy Ferguson,\" a statement from the Ferguson family said.\n\n\"The family asks for privacy at this time.\"\n\nFlags at Old Trafford have been lowered to half-mast as a mark of respect, and the men's and women's teams will wear black armbands in their fixtures this weekend.\n\nManchester United said in a statement: \"Everyone at Manchester United sends our heartfelt condolences to Sir Alex Ferguson and his family on the passing of Lady Cathy, a beloved wife, mother, sister, grandmother and great-grandmother, and a tower of strength for Sir Alex throughout his career.\"\n\nCathy and Sir Alex, 81, met in 1964 while they were both working at a typewriter factory.\n\nFor 27 of their years together Sir Alex was manager of Manchester United, and Cathy is said to have played a key role in persuading him not to retire in 2002.\n\nWriting in his autobiography, Ferguson said she had told him: \"One, your health is good. Two, I'm not having you in the house. And three, you're too young anyway.\"\n\nWhen Sir Alex did announce his retirement 11 years later, he said: \"My wife Cathy has been the key figure throughout my career, providing a bedrock of both stability and encouragement.\n\n\"Words are not enough to express what this has meant to me.\"\n\nSeveral clubs paid tribute to Cathy on social media.\n\nManchester City posted on X: \"Everyone at Manchester City sends their condolences to Sir Alex Ferguson and his family at this very difficult time.\"\n\nArsenal offered their \"heartfelt condolences\", adding: \"May Lady Cathy rest in peace.\"\n\nSir Alex's former club St Mirren said: \"Everyone at St Mirren Football Club sends its deepest condolences to Sir Alex Ferguson and family following the sad news of the passing of Lady Cathy Ferguson.\"\n\nAberdeen, another of Sir Alex's former clubs, also sent their condolences, while Peterborough said: \"Everyone at Peterborough United Football Club offers our sincere condolences to Darren Ferguson and his family on the passing of his beloved mother, Lady Cathy.\"", "Serial killer Levi Bellfield is alleged to have confessed to one of the UK's most notorious murder cases.\n\nLin Russell, 45, and daughter Megan, six, were killed months after moving to Kent from north Wales. Josie, nine, survived despite horrific injuries.\n\nMichael Stone was found guilty in 2001 largely on the strength of a disputed cell confession.\n\nWhen contacted by BBC Wales Bellfield denied being responsible for the murders and making any confession.\n\nShaun and Lin Russell with daughters Megan (centre) and Josie (right)\n\nAt a press conference on Wednesday by Stone's legal team, solicitor Paul Bacon said: \"We have seen evidence of a full confession by Levi Bellfield that he has admitted the Russell murders and in the confession Bellfield describes how he came across Lin Russell and her two children.\n\n\"How he attacked them with a hammer and he explains his motivation for the killing. The confession is detailed and has a number of facts that are not in the public domain.\n\n\"We now have an independent witness who has seen Levi Bellfield close to the scene of the murders at about the time they were committed and importantly we have identified forensic material from the scene of the murders which corroborates the confession made by Levi Bellfield.\n\n\"The Russell murders by Levi Bellfield fits perfectly with his modus operandi. He is a man known to attack and murder women. His weapon of choice is a hammer.\n\n\"This material including the detailed confession is before the Criminal Cases Review Commission. We are of the view that this evidence must, as a matter of urgency be brought before the Court of Appeal.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Barbara Stone: Mick's been in prison 20 years too long\n\nStone's legal team are calling for an independent police force to investigate the new evidence.\n\nThey say all conversations had been written up contemporaneously and immediately reported to a solicitor by the prisoner who Bellfield allegedly confessed to.\n\nIt is claimed Bellfield - currently serving two whole life terms - said he was worried about DNA advances saying \"my life in jail would be over if they could prove it was me\" and that it would \"tear his mother in two\".\n\nKnown as the 'Bus Stop Killer', he randomly launched a so-called 'blitz attack' from behind, striking his victims repeatedly on the head with a hammer.\n\nIn 2011 the nightclub bouncer, drug dealer, and wheel-clamping contractor was convicted of abducting and murdering 13-year-old Milly Dowler as she walked home from school in Surrey in 2002.\n\nBy then he had already been convicted of three other attacks in south west London - murdering 19-year-old Marsha McDonnell in 2003, Amelie Delagrange, 22, in 2004 and in the same year attempting to kill 18-year-old Kate Sheedy, by running her over. She survived her injuries.\n\nIt is widely believed by detectives that Bellfield is responsible for numerous crimes dating back to the 1980s.\n\nAnd this is not the first time his name has been linked with the Russell murders.\n\nEven though the attack happened over 20 years ago it remains one of the UK's most notorious cases.\n\nThe mother and two daughters were attacked just before 16:30 BST on 9 July 1996, as they walked with the family dog home from school in Chillenden, near Dover.\n\nHalf way along a country lane, they were accosted by a man, tied up, made to sit in a copse, blindfolded and bludgeoned with a claw hammer, one by one.\n\nA car had passed the Russells on the unmade track before the driver stopped and attacked them\n\nWhen they were found eight hours later; it was thought all were dead.\n\nJosie was found to have a faint pulse. Remarkably, she survived. She lives and works as an artist in north Wales, having returned to Gwynedd with her father soon after the attack.\n\nA year after the murders a tip off to Crimewatch from a psychologist who worked at a local psychiatric assessment centre, led to the arrest of 36-year-old Michael Stone from Gillingham.\n\nIn October 1998, Stone, a heroin addict with a criminal history, was convicted.\n\nIn the absence of any forensic evidence, the jury believed the main thrust of the prosecution's case - three prison inmates who claimed Stone had confessed.\n\nOne of the inmates admitted soon after the trial ended that they had lied and another was discredited.\n\nBut one of the inmates, Damien Daley, then aged 26, held firm to his claim that Stone had confessed to him in grisly detail.\n\nThe judge's summing up to the jury was unequivocal: \"The case stands or falls on the alleged confession of Damian Daley.\"\n\nIn late 2001, Stone was once again found guilty and given three life sentences.\n\nAs the judge addressed him, Stone cried out: \"It wasn't me your Honour, I didn't do it!\"\n\nSince then Stone has failed in two appeal bids.\n\n\"Given what we know about the lack of evidence… presented to the jury in the actual trial,\" Stone's barrister Mark McDonald QC says, \"this confession is so profound, significant, that it goes to the heart of the conviction of Michael Stone. It's unsafe.\"\n\nBellfield denies any part in the murders or making a confession\n\nWhen asked to respond to the possibility of new allegations in this case, Kent Police said that Stone's protests of innocence had been thoroughly tested by the judicial system.\n\nEver since Bellfield's conviction for the murder of Milly Dowler, Stone's legal team have claimed Bellfield may have been responsible for the Russell murders.\n\nMeanwhile, Bellfield has been contacted by BBC Wales Investigates and denies both the murders and the confession.\n\nHe claims he has three letters from Stone and has complained about his \"persistent attempts\" to get him to take responsibility. He also alleges Stone has offered to give him a share of any compensation money he might get.\n\nBellfield added that he had challenged Stone to a lie detector test. Stone has spoken about his reluctance to do this claiming he had been advised that his history of psychiatric problems and drug addiction could impact its accuracy.\n\nRecently there has been a war of words between the two convicted killers from behind bars at Durham's Frankland prison where they are both being held, which has been reported in newspapers.\n\nA BBC Two investigation of the Russell murders entitled The Chillenden Murders was broadcast in June this year. A panel of experts was given access to all case files to re-examine the evidence.\n\nIt is this programme which is claimed to have prompted Bellfield's alleged confession.\n\nThe panel concluded that despite advancements in DNA there was still no forensic link to Stone and it was likely another man was at the scene.\n\nBBC Wales Investigates: 'Confession' of a serial killer Thursday at 20:30 GMT BBC One Wales and BBC iPlayer\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Dale Vince took part in a Just Stop Oil protest in June\n\nBusinessman Dale Vince is to stop funding Just Stop Oil, saying further protests from the activist group would be \"counterproductive\".\n\nMr Vince, a major Labour donor, said further action was \"pointless\" because the government had shown it would drill for oil \"come what may\".\n\nFurther disruption, he added, would help \"feed the Tories' culture-war narrative\".\n\nInstead, he said, he would divert funding to the anti-Conservative vote.\n\nWriting for the Guardian, he wrote: \"In order to 'just stop oil', first we need to just stop the Tories,\" adding that he wanted to dedicate his \"time, energy and funding\" towards increasing the youth vote.\n\n\"A vote for anyone other than Labour, or no vote at all, is a vote for another Tory government - this time with a mandate to pursue its anti-green crusade\".\n\nMr Vince said he had supported Just Stop Oil since its foundation in February 2022, and given the group £340,000 to help its campaign against oil drilling in the North Sea.\n\nHe said he had always defended the group's tactics, which have included blocking major roads, as well as disrupting high-profile events including Premier League football games and Test cricket at Lord's.\n\nBut he added that the government - which granted 100 new North Sea oil and gas licences over the summer - had \"made clear that no amount of protest will sway it\".\n\nSpeaking to BBC Newsnight, he said the government would \"welcome more disruption,\" adding Just Stop Oil's tactics had been \"weaponised by the Conservative party\".\n\nHe added it would also feed a \"culture war\" started by the government with its shift on green policies last month.\n\n\"They think they've struck electoral gold here in being anti-green,\" he said.\n\nHe said Labour had not influenced his decision to stop his funding for the group, saying: \"this is completely my own decision\".\n\nMr Vince's green energy company Ecotricity has donated more than £1.4m to Labour since 2014, comprising donations to the party itself as well as leader Sir Keir Starmer and deputy leader Angela Rayner.\n\nThe company also donated £70,000 to the Liberal Democrats in 2015/16, and £30,000 to the Green Party in 2013.\n\nAlthough there is no suggestion Just Stop Oil has funded Labour, Mr Vince's status as a backer of the group has sparked calls from Conservatives for Labour to return donations from him, arguing it legitimises their tactics.\n\nPrime Minister Rishi Sunak has also sought to highlight Mr Vince's support, saying it showed \"eco-zealots\" from Just Stop Oil are \"writing Keir Starmer's energy policy\".\n\nLabour has rejected suggestions Just Stop Oil influences its policies, and defended receiving donations from Mr Vince, saying he is a \"perfectly legitimate person\" to accept money from.\n\nIndeed, in recent months Sir Keir has become increasingly critical of the group, calling its activists \"wrong\" and \"arrogant\".\n\nLabour has pledged to block all new domestic oil and gas developments, but says it will honour any licences in existence at the time of the next election, expected next year.\n\nThe impact of Mr Vince ending his support for Just Stop Oil is unclear. According to its website, most of its money comes from the Climate Emergency Fund - a US network set up in 2019 to fund climate activism.\n\nJust Stop Oil says it also receives donations from the public and other organisations concerned about climate change.\n\nIn a statement, Just Stop Oil told the BBC it was grateful to Mr Vince for his \"amazing financial and moral support over the past year\".\n\nThe group said civil resistance \"really works\" - and it believed Labour had \"no intention of stopping\" the oil and gas projects the government was \"furiously rubber-stamping\".\n\n\"We remain convinced that politics is broken and the Labour Party are moral cowards,\" Just Stop Oil added.\n\nYou can watch the interview with Dale Vince on BBC Newsnight tonight from 10.30pm on BBC Two.", "As Labour arrives in Liverpool for what could be its final conference before a general election, leader Sir Keir Starmer is grappling with how to convert a commanding poll lead into power.\n\n\"One of the most ambitious politicians I have ever met.\"\n\nThat was the verdict on Keir Starmer, before he had even been elected as an MP, by the veteran political journalist Michael Crick, quoted in a biography of the Labour leader by Lord Ashcroft.\n\nThe man who might be prime minister, who first arrived in the Commons in 2015 aged 52, is obsessed with winning.\n\nThose who know him well say he detests opposition.\n\n\"I want to get on with the real job of winning the next election. I don't find the self-promotion of this process a comfortable experience.\"\n\nThat's another quote - this time from Keir Starmer himself - in Lord Ashcroft's biography, Red Knight.\n\nIt's a remark the Labour leader gave to his local paper in London, the Hampstead and Highgate Express, again before he became an MP.\n\n\"He's forced himself to get good at politics,\" observes a friend.\n\nBut the big question this weekend is this: what would be good politics for Labour at their party conference, getting under way in Liverpool?\n\nA recent poll conducted by the communications company FGS Global suggested there was much more enthusiasm for getting rid of the Conservatives than there was for having Labour instead.\n\nThis implies there may be more uncertainty in the political landscape than some polls might suggest.\n\nThe Labour leadership know they still have work to do to answer the question \"if not them - the Conservatives - why us?\".\n\nNonetheless, the party arrives on Merseyside chipper: the scale of their victory in the Rutherglen and West Hamilton by election, just outside Glasgow, allows Labour folk to dream winning the next election really might be doable.\n\nA year ago, the Labour conference felt revelatory. The place swarmed with expectation and there weren't any punch ups in the corner.\n\nThere was a harmony about the place, which felt novel.\n\nBut people will expect a professional, potential government-in-waiting vibe over the next few days.\n\nThat won't be enough to generate buzz and attention. But how much buzz and attention do they need?\n\n\"Let's Get Britain's Future Back,\" is the slogan that will be bandied about. Expect doses of reassurance and hope.\n\nReassurance that they can trusted with the economy - with a commitment to prioritising economic growth running though lots of the big speeches.\n\nAnd hope they can make things better, with talk of housebuilding and cheaper, cleaner energy. But how much detail should they offer in terms of policy and ideas?\n\nThe general election must be held by January 2025. But the precise date will be chosen by Rishi Sunak. So how does Labour get its countdown right, to a date it doesn't know?\n\n\"If Labour are the smallest possible moving target, Labour wins,\" is one argument made to me.\n\nPerhaps, some think, they have too many policies.\n\nThe Australian Labor Party's own review of its general election loss in 2019, despite opinion poll leads, blamed having too many policies as a significant factor.\n\nIts then leader, Bill Shorten, had been dubbed by opponents \"The Bill Australia Cannot Afford\".\n\nA sense of vision is more important, for some.\n\n\"Vision is the road, policies are the street lights. At the moment there is plenty of light, but not enough road,\" I'm told.\n\nBut others, equally hopeful of a Labour victory, aren't so sure.\n\nAs one put it to me: \"It's only ever politicians who are told they have to have a vision. If someone came up to you in the street and said they had a vision, you'd be worried. Why do politicians need to do it?\"\n\n\"Keir's great skill is being iterative, putting down another building block,\" they add.\n\nThe suggestion being that rather than a single, big thing being unveiled in the next few days, the plan will be about building a set of ideas that add up to something.\n\nAnd how should Labour respond to the prime minister's policy blitz: ditching the northern stretch of the HS2 high speed rail line, banning smoking for the next generation, changing post-16 education in England?\n\nThere is fury at senior levels of the Labour Party at what one source described as Rishi Sunak \"salting the earth for a Labour government. They are getting spending in the future off the books so they can spend the money now.\"\n\nBut if Labour accepts, even reluctantly, what Mr Sunak is advocating - as they have over HS2 - doesn't it leave the party looking weak?\n\n\"If your opponent wants you to do something, don't do it,\" says a source, explaining their strategy.\n\n\"They want us to be outraged, so clear water between us is created and they can point at all our extra spending.\"\n\nPlus, they argue, reversing the cancellation of HS2 or some of the delayed green targets wouldn't be practical or promote stability.\n\nBut this does allow the Conservatives to portray Labour as callow, even empty.\n\nThe key, says one Labour grandee, is to ensure policy development is being turbo-charged in private.\n\nOne figure told me recently they felt underwhelmed by what the party currently has in its policy locker.\n\n\"The most intense period for me intellectually, in all my time in parliament, were the three years before 1997,\" a former minister says, describing the \"intensely granular detail\" that was gone into, to prepare themselves for government.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Keir Starmer says disaffected voters can now see how the Labour Party has changed\n\nThis figure suggests leaving announcements about these ideas until early next year, by which time the Conservatives may have run out of time to nick them and implement them before polling day.\n\nThey all need a ferocity and a hunger, not just a few close to the leader, says another figure, willing them on.\n\nDevelop policy. Announce policy. Don't announce policy yet. Ditch policy. Show vision. No, there's no need.\n\nThere are plenty of suggestions being made. All of which serves to prove an observation Keir Starmer has made publicly: as leader of the opposition, you're never short on advice.\n\nAnd so is assembling an electable opposition.", "Israeli warplanes have hit several buildings in the centre of Gaza City, including an 11-storey building called Palestine Tower.\n\nIt houses Hamas radio stations on the rooftop and also holds a cinema.\n\nIsrael has launched retaliatory strikes in the Gaza strip, officials there say, after an unprecedented assault into Israeli territory by Palestinian militants earlier on Saturday - follow the latest here.", "More now from a resident of Sderot in southern Israel.\n\nDov Trachtman is busy catching up on the day's events when we speak again, after the power returns where he lives. He's trying to keep track of friends who have been killed and those who are still missing.\n\nWhile the death toll is shocking, it is the way in which people were killed that Dov finds hard to comprehend.\n\nHe tells me about a group of elderly residents who had been waiting for a bus around the corner from his house to go to the Dead Sea for the day.\n\n\"They were all shot dead, their bodies piled one on top of the other. The photographs spread all over social media,\" he says, disbelief in his voice.\n\nThe BBC has not been able to verify this incident.\n\nQuote Message: It's so shocking. They massacre civilians, but why take the children and the elderly? I can't find the words. Even for a terrorist group it's insane.\" from Dov Trachtman Sderot resident It's so shocking. They massacre civilians, but why take the children and the elderly? I can't find the words. Even for a terrorist group it's insane.\"\n\nDov says his home town of Sderot is still under lockdown more than 36 hours after it was first infiltrated by Hamas gunmen.\n\nIn the last few hours there's been a fresh infiltration, he says, with more gunmen reaching the town.\n\nThe residents have been told to stay inside and be quiet. They can hear the sound of gunshots outside.\n\n\"I am carrying a knife. It won't help me much against a gun, but I can't not do anything. I am just hoping they don't come for me.\"\n• Read earlier accounts from Dov here and here", "A Labour government would cut NHS waiting lists in England by funding two million more hospital appointments a year, Sir Keir Starmer has said.\n\nOn the eve of the party's conference in Liverpool, he said that £1.1bn per year would be spent to ensure 40,000 out-of-hours appointments each week.\n\nThis would be paid for by savings from ending the non-dom tax status, he said.\n\nLabour is also promising to set up specialist further education colleges to tackle local skills shortages.\n\nIt says it plans to work with local political leaders and businesses to identify these shortages and focus on fixing them.\n\nLabour has signalled that boosting economic growth will be the central theme of its conference, which is being held in Liverpool this week.\n\n\"Everything we do will be about delivering growth,\" Sir Keir told the Observer.\n\nHe told the newspaper his plans to shake-up skills training were key to his mission of firing up the economy - and he was responding to calls from business leaders who told him they could not find workers trained for their needs.\n\nSir Keir said that, if Labour won power, it would work with local councils - using money raised from a revamp of the apprenticeship levy - to set up specialist \"technical excellence colleges\".\n\nThese would equip workers specifically for local industries, with a particular emphasis on sectors such as renewables, nuclear, engineering, computing and modern toolmaking.\n\nLabour has previously said it wants to set up a new expert body, Skills England, to improve skills training, comprising trade associations, companies, trade unions, councils and education leaders.\n\nUnder a government scheme, bodies representing employers - mostly chambers of commerce - have drawn up skills \"improvement plans\" to influence what is taught in their local area.\n\nUnder legislation passed last year, the government will be able to intervene at further education colleges that fail to \"adequately reflect\" the blueprints in what they teach.\n\nLabour's NHS appointments initiative would involve paying existing staff in England overtime to increase capacity.\n\nIncluding money that would be allocated to Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland - where health decisions are devolved - the total cost of the policy would be £1.5bn.\n\nThe party says it wants to recruit more staff to the NHS, but that this will take several years to have a significant impact on waiting list numbers.\n\nIt says it would spend £1.1bn to cover the extra overtime, which would be paid for by scrapping non-dom tax status for wealthy individuals.\n\nSpeaking to the Sunday Mirror, he said: \"We will use the money from abolishing the non-dom status. That's where the super-rich don't pay their tax in this country. I think they should.\"\n\nLabour claims scrapping non-dom tax status would save just under £2bn. It would also spend £171m on doubling the number of CT scanners in NHS hospitals and in £111m on improving dentistry out of the planned savings.\n\nThe party also plans to use part of the cash to fund breakfast clubs that are run by primary schools, providing £365m so the service will be provided to pupils for free.\n\nUnder Labour's NHS waiting list plan - which the party claims would add 40,000 extra appointments a week - staff would be offered overtime to work evening and weekend shifts, so procedures could be carried out.\n\nNeighbouring hospitals would also be encouraged to pool staff and use shared waiting lists. Patients would be given the option of travelling to a nearby hospital for treatment on an evening or weekend, rather than wait longer.\n\nIn June, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced plans to recruit and train thousands more doctors, nurses and support staff in a major NHS England workforce plan.", "It is alleged that the indecent images feature pupils who have attended the school\n\nA primary school worker accused 18 months ago of possessing indecent images of children - including pupils - has yet to be told whether they will be charged, the BBC has learned.\n\nFormer director of public prosecutions Lord Ken Macdonald has called the delay \"completely inexcusable\".\n\nBuckinghamshire Council suspended but did not sack the suspect, continuing to pay them thousands of pounds in salary.\n\nThe BBC learned that a staff member at a primary school in Buckinghamshire was arrested in January 2022 - and accused of possessing indecent images of children.\n\nIt is alleged these include category A images - the most serious - and also feature pupils who have attended the school.\n\nThe BBC understands that some alleged victims have been identified. Parents of children who may be affected have been contacted by the police.\n\nThe case has been awaiting a charging decision for more than 18 months.\n\nLord Macdonald said the vulnerability of potential victims meant such a case should be prioritised.\n\n\"I cannot conceive of any good reason why an investigation of this sort should take 18 months,\" he said. \"For the families, this is simply aggravating. How are they expected to get on with their lives while this is hanging over them?\"\n\nThe BBC understands that the suspect has continued to live in the community since their arrest - and has not been sacked by the school.\n\nThis means they will have received thousands of pounds in salary.\n\nThe school declined to respond. Meanwhile, Buckinghamshire Council said it had treated the allegations appropriately.\n\nA spokeswoman said: \"Clearly allegations like this are exceptionally serious and processes are in place whereby individuals who are subject to such significant allegations are suspended from their post immediately whilst these are investigated.\n\n\"This individual is subject to a live criminal investigation which is being managed by the police and Crown Prosecution Service. The final employment actions and outcome will be determined at appropriate points of the criminal investigation.\"\n\nA spokesman for Thames Valley Police said: \"This was a complex inquiry and an extremely thorough investigation was conducted.\"\n\nThe force said the suspect had been released on police bail with conditions.\n\nThe Crown Prosecution Service has confirmed that it received a full file of evidence from Thames Valley Police in relation to the case on 1 August this year. It says that it is now considering a charging decision \"in line with our legal test\".\n\nDo you have more information about this story?\n\nYou can reach Noel directly and securely through encrypted messaging app Signal on: +44 7809 334720 or by email at noel.titheradge@bbc.co.uk", "Schools may have to redraw budgets for the next academic year after the Department for Education admitted it miscalculated its funding plans.\n\nThe leader of the head teachers' union called the mistake \"frustrating\" for teachers planning for next year.\n\nThe government has ordered an inquiry and the department has apologised.\n\nWhile the money had not yet been paid out, schools were given an indication of the funding they could expect to receive for 2024/25 in July, based on a national formula that determines how much each gets out of the £59.6bn schools budget.\n\nBut an update was published on Friday alongside an admission that the original version of the plans contained an incorrect estimate of pupil numbers.\n\nIn a letter to the education select committee, the Department for Education's top civil servant Susan Acland-Hood stressed the total schools budget would not be reduced.\n\nBut she said the amount promised to schools had to be recalculated because the department \"uncovered an error made by DfE officials during the initial calculations\".\n\nThe BBC has calculated that keeping to the originally planned increase of 2.7% per pupil would have meant the government having to find a further £370m to top up the overall schools budget.\n\nThe education secretary Gillian Keegan has ordered a \"formal review...with independent scrutiny\", the letter adds.\n\nGeoff Barton, general secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders, said: \"This is an extremely unfortunate and frustrating error.\n\n\"Even though schools have not received their 2024-25 funding, it is likely that trusts and local authorities will have used the incorrect figures in their budget planning and will now need to revise those budgets with the corrected figures.\n\n\"This is the last thing they need on top of all the other demands on their time.\"\n\nLabour's shadow education secretary Bridget Phillipson said: \"This staggering admission has revealed yet more Conservative-made chaos at the heart of the education system.\"\n\nUnion leader Daniel Kebede of the National Education Union said he was called in to an urgent meeting at the department this evening to discuss the situation.\n\nThe union said in a statement that the government is \"not paying attention to the crisis in education\", adding: \"Head teachers have planned for that money and budgets are pared to the bone.\"\n• None Hunt to 'spend what it takes' to make schools safe", "The ideal conker would be \"perfectly round\", says David Jakins, King Conker of the World Conker Championships\n\nConker players from across the globe are currently descending on a small village in Northamptonshire for the World Conker Championships. What does it take to conquer all challengers and what makes for the perfect conker?\n\nThe annual World Conker Championships have been staged more often than both the Olympics and the Winter Olympics combined.\n\nAnd just like the Olympics, elite conkering comes with a raft of rules and measures designed to keep performance enhancing measures off the field.\n\nAll conkers are selected and supplied by the organisers of the World Championships, held at Southwick, near Oundle since 1965.\n\nPlayers, who cannot bring their own favourite conkers, draw their conkers unseen from a bag and have the right to reject up to three horse chestnuts on the basis of close inspection.\n\nBut what should contestants be looking for?\n\nThe ideal conker would be \"perfectly round\", says David Jakins, King Conker of the World Conker Championships. \"There's no advantage to having a poor conker.\n\n\"You never get a perfectly round conker\", he says. \"But you want to get it as near as possible.\"\n\nEach horse chestnut is then graded, precision drilled and laced by volunteers from Ashton Conker Club for the competitors\n\nVolunteers collect about 4,000 conkers for the world championships which each year attract about 300 competitors and 5,000 spectators.\n\nEach horse chestnut is then graded, precision drilled and laced by volunteers from Ashton Conker Club for the competitors.\n\nKing Conker warns that this year's conkers are looking \"slightly smaller\" than usual.\n\n\"It all depends on the weather conditions during the year - it is beyond the control of the conker club,\" he says.\n\nA conker's density and hardness will also affect its performance.\n\nAway from the strictures of the world championships, some conker players are known to dabble in performance-enhancing measures to improve their conkers.\n\nConkers deemed too hard for competition are sent for a 24-hour water soak to soften them up\n\n\"People at home inject glue into them or put them in the freezer,\" says King Conker. \"They'll do god knows what to get a winner.\n\n\"You can't do that in the championships.\"\n\nConkers deemed too hard for competition are sent for a 24-hour water soak to soften them up a tad.\n\nSelected conkers are then drilled and laced with square profile leather strings measuring 4.2mm (0.17in) from corner to corner with a single knot at the end. Second knots are banned.\n\nFor years the tournament's conker gatherers have collected the championship nuts from the car park of the Red Lion pub in the north Northamptonshire village of Warmington.\n\n\"That's one of the normal places,\" says King Conker.\n\n\"This year it is a public house at Fotheringhaye,\" he says. \"They always drop onto the soft floor so they could be even better this year.\"\n\nRandy Topolnitsky takes the winning shot during last year's World Conker Championships\n\nUnlike Olympic disciplines, conker success does not necessarily involve years of practice.\n\nTake the current men's world champion Randy Topolnitsky, for example.\n\nMr Topolnitsky, who lives in Calgary, Canada, was on holiday visiting friends in the UK when they mentioned they were taking part in the championships.\n\n\"We had never heard of the championships before,\" he said. \"We did a little bit of practice and started competing and everything just came together that day.\n\n\"I just kept going and going and going and then it happened - I won.\"\n\nMr Topolnitsky was somewhat coy when quizzed about his conker technique.\n\n\"I can't give away my secrets,\" he says. \"But I think a steady hand, concentration and keeping calm are essential.\n\n\"As for the swing, I think it is all in the wrist action and a steady arm movement.\"\n\nHe is sitting out this year's championships but plans to return at some point in the future to try and reclaim his conker crown.\n\nWhile conkers is usually played in autumn when the horse chestnuts fall from their trees, the game can be played at any time according to King Conker.\n\nSome enthusiasts, he says, enjoy a game of conkers during a summer barbecue.\n\n\"If you freeze your conkers and you get them out a day before you have a barbecue you can have a competition like that.\n\n\"A good conker can last for years.\"\n\nFollow East of England news on Facebook, Instagram and X. Got a story? Email eastofenglandnews@bbc.co.uk or WhatsApp 0800 169 1830\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "An unpleasant smell in a seaside town has caused a fracas between councils after dozens of complaints were made by residents about the ongoing odour.\n\nThe smell has blighted Brightlingsea, in Essex, for about a year but the exact cause is not known.\n\nThe town council has called on Tendring District Council to continue its investigations, which were halted in July.\n\nThe district council said its powers were \"limited\" until it knew the cause.\n\nBrightlingsea town councillor Matt Court submitted a petition - entitled \"Brightlingsea Stench\" complaining about Tendring Council, after there were 32 reports of bad smells on 20 June and 12 other complaints since the end of that month, the Local Democracy Reporting Service said.\n\nA number of investigative visits have taken place but the district council has been accused of failing to properly deal with the issue after deciding to halt further proactive monitoring visits in July.\n\nCouncil chief executive Ian Davidson said people should not \"lose sight\" of the fact Brightlingsea is a \"fantastic place to visit\"\n\nMr Matt Court told the cabinet, which discussed the issue on Friday: \"When the proactive investigation closed we were promised reactive visits would take place, not forms handed out.\n\n\"The people affected by this are united and the problem is real and the message from us is clear - please don't be part of the problem, be the solution.\"\n\nThe petition from Mr Court stated: \"The persistent stench that has plagued the residents of Brightlingsea for over a year is more than just a nuisance, it's a matter of public health, well-being, and the quality of life for every person living and working in the affected area, including the school which has its main playing field nearby.\n\n\"It has turned what should be a pleasant environment into a place where people cannot even open their windows or spend time outside without discomfort.\"\n\nHe said closing the investigation before a cause was found, was \"deeply disappointing and frankly, unacceptable\".\n\n\"This decision gives the impression of a council that is either unable or unwilling to fully address the problem, which is a disservice to the people it is supposed to represent and protect.\"\n\nChief executive of Tendring Council, Ian Davidson said: \"Please don't feel we are walking away from it or washing our hands of it. That is not the case.\n\n\"It is the case of understanding what we can take, and our powers are limited unless we know that. But we should not lose sight that Brightlingsea is a fantastic place to visit and it should not undermine people's confidence in that.\"\n\nFollow East of England news on Facebook, Instagram and X. Got a story? Email eastofenglandnews@bbc.co.uk or WhatsApp 0800 169 1830\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "A London court has thrown out a €145m (£126m) legal case brought by a former lover of the ex-king of Spain.\n\nDanish businesswoman Corinna zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn had accused Juan Carlos of directing a campaign of harassment against her after their relationship broke down in 2012.\n\nShe alleged the intimidation - including spying and break ins - began after she refused to grant him access to gifts he had given worth millions of pounds.\n\nOn Friday a judge ruled that the High Court of England and Wales had no jurisdiction in the case, but made no judgement on the substance of the allegations.\n\nIn addition, Judge Rowena Collins Rice said that Ms zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn - a British citizen - had not \"sufficiently established that the 'harmful event' of which she complains, harassment by the defendant, happened in England\".\n\nA spokesperson for the 85-year-old former monarch described Friday's ruling as \"unsurprisingly\" confirming his innocence and said it re-established the \"conditions necessary for further public appearances\".\n\nMs zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn, who filed the harassment case in 2020, said she was \"deeply disappointed\" by the decision and that it was \"disheartening to see that victims of harassment often struggle to find justice in our legal system\".\n\nPrior to the decision, UK judges ruled last December that she could not sue the former monarch over allegations relating to time he served as king as he had immunity as sovereign.\n\nMs zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn claimed that he pressured her to return gifts worth €65m after their relationship broke down, following the couple's notorious elephant-hunting trip to Botswana in 2012. The trip - in which Juan Carlos was injured and had to be flown home - sparked public anger amid a financial crisis and record unemployment figures in Spain.\n\nJuan Carlos was credited with overseeing Spain's transition from dictatorship to democracy in 1975. But he abdicated the throne in 2014 following a series of scandals involving his family, including a corruption investigation involving his daughter's husband, Inaki Urdangarin, who was later jailed.\n\nThe former king has lived largely in exile in the United Arab Emirates since 2020, after leaving Spain over allegations of fraud which were eventually dropped. A Swiss investigation into a multi-million dollar payment from Saudi Arabia was closed because of insufficient evidence.", "It took more than four-and-a-half hours to free the vehicle\n\nA car was left jammed in a narrow footpath in a seaside town for a week after two tourists went the wrong way using sat-nav.\n\nThe driver managed to get the new Nissan Juke through a gap near the RNLI station in Tenby, Pembrokeshire.\n\nThe mechanic who helped remove it said the American women blamed the sat-nav before abandoning the car to catch a train to their hotel.\n\n\"No-one's ever got a vehicle down there before,\" said Stephen Lowe.\n\nThey were trying to get to St Catherine's Island, which is at the foot of the nearby beach.\n\nMr Lowe said the tourists drove until they could go no further.\n\nA protected Victorian heritage wall perched on the cliff made the extraction tricky.\n\n\"[The walls were] touching on both sides of the car,\" he said. \"They got it wedged and they just put more power on.\n\n\"There's normally a bollard on the footpath but that was out at the time, and they went onto the footpath.\"\n\nMr Lowe and his colleagues came up with a plan.\n\n\"We had to winch the car backwards all the way using a winch right at the top of the path,\" he said.\n\nThe women managed to get the car through the tight gap to near the RNLI station\n\nThe work began on Thursday night, when they had to scrape mud from the footpath so the car's wheels could get traction.\n\nEarly on Friday the team began slowly dragging it out, and it took more than four-and-a-half-hours to finish.\n\nThe driver got the car wedged between two walls\n\nMr Lowe said: \"They were talking about cutting up the car where it was and scrapping it.\n\n\"It's a brand new car as well.\"", "The Birmingham to Leeds leg of HS2 was scrapped in 2021 - and the stretch to Manchester was ditched this week too\n\nSupply to the Northern Powerhouse was interrupted this week when long-term aspirations and plans collided with reality as one big transport project - HS2 - was replaced with a multitude of smaller ones. What does the new way it will be energised mean to people and businesses in those areas?\n\nCollectively, those newly-announced smaller transport projects could affect people over a wider area than HS2 - but only if they actually happen. The big problem the government has is that trust in what they promise has been shaken.\n\nBefore this week, many northern leaders in northern England believed the future economic growth of a vast region from South Yorkshire to the border with Scotland would be underpinned by HS2.\n\nThey had just about got over the disappointment of the eastern leg - from Birmingham to Leeds - being scrapped in 2021.\n\nBut then came the official confirmation of politics' most recent worst-kept secret - the leg to Manchester was being jettisoned too.\n\nHenri Murison, chief executive of the Northern Powerhouse Partnership, said he feared the announcement would set the North back 100 years. He is the front man for business and civic leaders across the North, who had a clear vision.\n\nHenri Murison said he was worried the HS2 move would set the North back a century\n\n\"One high-speed line for the west, one for the east and - across the fireplace - a lintel, Northern Powerhouse rail,\" he says.\n\nIf the fireplace has been destroyed, will the North be left out in the cold?\n\nThe government insists not and points to billions of pounds which are not now being spent on HS2 and instead being redirected to other northern projects.\n\n\"Every region of our country will have more transport investment because of this decision,\" a government spokesperson said. \"Every penny committed to the Northern leg will go to the North.\"\n\nTees Valley Conservative mayor, Ben Houchen, writing in the Northern Echo newspaper this week said \"good riddance\" to the back of HS2, which he believed offered \"absolutely no benefit\" to Teesside or the wider North East.\n\nFuture journey times quoted by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak this week were impressive: Manchester to Bradford in 30 minutes, Sheffield in 42 minutes and across to Hull in less than an hour-and-a-half. All on electrified lines.\n\nHowever, while the projects are new, some of the infrastructure along parts of the routes was already being built. TRU - Transpennine Route Upgrade - is ongoing and will initially see the electrification of the route between Manchester and York by about 2035.\n\nWhat is new though is a commitment to electrify the Hope Valley line between Sheffield and Manchester, build a new station in Bradford, open a new line in the Don Valley to Sheffield and extend electrification to Hull.\n\nTees Valley mayor Ben Houchen has said \"good riddance\" to HS2\n\nPlus there is the pledge of lots more electrification on other northern routes. The gantries for overhead lines put in recently at Stalybridge for example, are just the start.\n\nLeeds to Sheffield, which can be torturously slow on a train for a 36-mile journey, will be transformed by electrification, under the new plan.\n\nWith the pull of a lever and a switch of the points, the prime minister diverted £36bn from HS2 to these new proposals. But it has left one northern leader scratching her head over the sums.\n\nTracy Brabin, the Labour metro mayor of West Yorkshire, is especially interested in plans for Bradford and the county's Mass Transit project, which will introduce a tram network.\n\n\"I actually don't recognise the numbers that have been attached to projects,\" she says.\n\n\"It's not the numbers that Transport for the North have worked out what we need to make it possible and in some cases the numbers are half of what it would cost to deliver.\"\n\nThe government says the £2.5bn West Yorkshire Mass Transit system is fully funded and Leeds will no longer be the biggest city in western Europe without such infrastructure.\n\nYork-based rail journalist Phil Haigh questions whether the government can be trusted to deliver, having just ditched a project which had been planned for 15 years.\n\n\"The transformational nature that HS2 was promising has just been thrown out of the window,\" he says.\n\n\"This is the sort of thing that would have been attracting people out of their cars and creating the space on the existing railway to run more local trains, freight trains and to take more lorries off the roads. What we are actually getting without HS2 is more congested motorways and more crowded roads.\"\n\nThe North is not just the Transpennine/M62 corridor. Some standalone projects have been pledged elsewhere. Stocksbridge to Sheffield is a distance of 10 miles and takes half an hour to drive. This week a new 11-minute rail link between the two was announced.\n\nInsurance firm manager Sam Leeder feels better connectivity locally is more important than knocking travel time off the journey from Sheffield to London\n\nSam Leeder, manager of ACTUS Insurance in Stocksbridge, says that would be \"fantastic\" and really help improve its high street.\n\n\"It would be good to see more people accessing it without using their cars. Better connectivity locally is more important than knocking time off to travel from Sheffield to London,\" he says.\n\nIn the North East, a new station is being planned for Ferryhill in County Durham. The development nearby of the Leamside Line has been pledged too.\n\nBut concerns were raised this week that it might not happen after Transport Minister Richard Holden, said it had only committed to \"looking into\" the scheme.\n\nHowever, Sedgefield MP Paul Howell, said on X, formerly Twitter, that \"Ferryhill will happen and the North East has funds allocated which are available for the Leamside and/or other projects as decided for by the NE\".\n\nMeanwhile a stretch of the A1 between Morpeth and Ellingham will be upgraded to dual carriageway over a 13-mile stretch after being talked about for decades. The National Highways website states the cost, start and end dates are all TBC.\n\nSome of what is being proposed won't happen for some years. The prime minister has said that many of these projects will be delivered before HS2 was planned to arrive in the North - 2041 had been set for services to Manchester.\n\nThis means everyday life for rail travellers in the North is not likely to change much for a while. The reality is frequent delays on crowded lines.\n\nHowever, other initiatives are immediate, such as keeping single bus journey fares capped at £2 which will be extended until the end of next year.\n\nStand on platform 14 at Manchester Piccadilly - one of only two through-platforms at the station - and it is a procession of trains.\n\nWhile one service waits in the platform, the next is usually standing at a red light at the far end of the platform ready to move in. Like so many rail journeys in the North, it is fine when everything works but one problem can cause huge knock-on delays.\n\nThe fundamental challenge for the government in northern England though is trust in delivering these promises. So many of the projects pledged this last week have been talked about for years - Leeds trams, stations in Bradford, upgrading the A1 in Northumberland.\n\nAll sound familiar - because they are.\n\n\"We are changing our approach to transport infrastructure, focused on the journeys that matter most to people, that drive growth and jobs, and level up our country,\" a government spokesperson said.\n\nBut if these new projects fall by the wayside, it will potentially affect the way people vote and view Westminster from the North.", "A ground-breaking house share of students and disabled people paved the way for supported living in the 1970s\n\nWhen 19-year-old student Jim Mansell invited a young man with Down's syndrome to move into his student digs, little did he know it would be the catalyst for ending institutionalised care for disabled people.\n\nThe ground-breaking house share at 12 Ruthin Gardens, in Cardiff, paved the way for modern-day supported living, ending a long and inglorious history of people with disabilities being consigned to institutions.\n\nThis little-known story is now being told in a play, performed at the city's Sherman theatre, just a stone's throw from the student house that inspired it.\n\n\"The story of Jim Mansell... somebody who develops a vision and changed the world - I thought 'somebody should make a Hollywood movie out of this',\" said writer Tim Green.\n\nHe first came across the story behind his new play Housemates after reading Jim's obituary in the Guardian newspaper in 2012.\n\nAlan had lived at Ely Hospital since childhood before moving into 12 Ruthin Gardens\n\n\"It's had a legacy absolutely around the world and changed the lives of hundreds of thousands of people in Britain but millions of people around the world,\" he said.\n\nBefore meeting Jim, Alan Duncan, a young man with Down's syndrome, had lived at Ely Hospital in Cardiff since childhood.\n\nBut in 1967, a shocking report by the News Of The World revealed endemic maltreatment of patients there.\n\nAppalled by the report and findings of an inquiry that followed, Jim began volunteering with the patients, initially taking them on day trips.\n\nJim created a new way of life for people with learning disabilities while he was an undergraduate at Cardiff University\n\nHe was shocked by the poor state of the people who lived there, dressed shabbily and with heads shaven to combat lice, and demanded action from the institution.\n\n\"Jim Mansell went in there at the age of 19... called a meeting and asked for the hospital to be closed down... and that is the beginning of this extraordinary story,\" said Tim.\n\nJim, who grew up in Beckenham in Greater London, then founded Cardiff University Social Services (CUSS) and in 1974 asked Alan and four other patients from the institution to move into his student house with himself and two other students.\n\nFew know that the model for supported living began at a student house on Ruthin Gardens\n\nThe unlikely house share was a huge success.\n\n\"It was a very young household and we would have fantastic nights,\" said Adrian, who lived and volunteered in the house.\n\n\"I remember one night in particular when we all just got our pillows out and we were having a pillow fight and a wrestle on the floor.\n\n\"These were people who five or six years before had been living in total isolation in a horrible institution with no friends, no laughter and there we all were rolling around on the floor having a fantastic time.\"\n\nAlan and his friends were able to live ordinary lives, visiting cafes and shops independently.\n\nAlan would often take to the stage to sing with The Spasm Band\n\nAlan's friendship with Adrian, who at the time was a bassist in The Spasm Band, led to him fulfilling his life-long ambition of performing on stage with a band.\n\n\"Alan used to come along, started singing the songs and ended up on stage singing with us just about every gig,\" said Adrian.\n\n\"The impact of being up on stage in a really popular rock band just put another six inches on him.\n\n\"The audience loved seeing him taking part - [they were] fantastic times and a great friendship as well, wonderful times.\"\n\nAdrian, who went on to have a long career in social care and is now chief executive of Cartrefi Cymru, said since those days there had been an \"inevitable professionalisation of social care\".\n\n\"Back then you were just people. We were just living together, sharing together, being friends together and there's something special about that from a human heart perspective,\" he said.\n\nThe household were people \"just living together, sharing together\", said Adrian\n\nThe unique living arrangement inspired huge change for people with learning disabilities.\n\nFrom 1975, with funding from the then Welsh Office, CUSS began opening more group homes with both volunteers and paid staff support workers.\n\nThen in 1983, the Welsh Office launched the All Wales Strategy for the development of services for people with learning disabilities, citing CUSS as an example of best practice that others should emulate.\n\nThe strategy directly led to the closure of many long-stay institutions in Wales and the rest of the UK.\n\nInnovate Trust's CEO Nick French said he was proud of the charity's little-known history\n\nIts CEO, Nick French, said what Jim Mansell created gave people \"real opportunities to live a normal life\".\n\n\"I don't think the importance can be understated really,\" he said.\n\n\"This idea was ground-breaking... at the time I don't think they really understood what they were creating and the massive seismic shift in government policy that would happen as a result.\"\n\nGareth John has been training with Hijinx Academy since 2015\n\nActor Gareth John, who has Down's syndrome, plays Alan in the Hijinx production and was moved by Alan's story.\n\n\"I find it really horrible,\" he said.\n\n\"He doesn't like being inside the hospital because they don't feed him properly, the doctors are horrible and he doesn't really like it.... [but] he loves the house.\"\n\nAlan died in 2009 and Jim in 2012, but decades on the legacy of their experimental living arrangement continues to change lives.\n\nToday this model of supported living is mainstream and the lives of most people with learning disabilities have improved immeasurably.\n\n\"He's the main hero of all of this,\" he said.\n\n\"A 19-year-old student who took on the world, rescued five people and started something magic, not just for them but for the whole of social care.\"\n\nHousemates runs at the Sherman Theatre until 14 October.", "The top US and Turkish diplomats have spoken by phone after US forces in Syria shot down an armed Turkish drone.\n\nWashington said the drone came too close to its ground forces in Syria, but Ankara merely said it was lost during operations.\n\nDuring the call between the Nato allies, Hakan Fidan told the US Turkey would keep targeting Kurdish groups.\n\nThe US works with Kurdish YPG forces in Syria, but Turkey views them as separatists and terrorists.\n\nMr Fidan told US Secretary of State Antony Blinken that Turkey's \"counter-terrorism operations in Iraq and Syria will continue with determination\".\n\nMeanwhile a US State Department spokesperson said Mr Blinken highlighted the need for Washington and Ankara to \"coordinate and deconflict\" their activities.\n\nOn Thursday US military officials said a US F-16 fighter jet shot down the armed Turkish drone which was operating near American troops in Syria after giving several warnings.\n\nPentagon spokesperson Brig Gen Patrick Ryder told reporters that American forces had observed several drones carrying out airstrikes near Al Hasakah in north-eastern Syria at 07:30 local time (04:30 GMT).\n\nSome of the strikes were approximately 1km away from US troops, prompting them to take shelter in bunkers, Ryder said.\n\nFour hours later, the F-16 downed the drone after commanders assessed there was a potential threat, he said.\n\n\"It's regrettable when you have two NATO allies and there's an incident like this,\" he told reporters.\n\nIt marked the first such incident between the two Nato allies.\n\nThere are about 900 US troops operating in Syria as a part of the mission against the Islamic State jihadist group (IS).\n\nTurkey has been launching air strikes against Kurdish groups in Syria and Iraq after a suicide blast hit its interior ministry in Ankara.\n\nThe Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) said the interior ministry bombing had been carried out by a group linked to them.\n\nThe PKK is considered a terror group in Turkey, the EU, UK and US.\n\nTurkey views the PKK and the YPG as the same group. However the US has been working with the YPG, which is part of the group of US-backed forces known as the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) that has fought against IS in Syria.\n\nShortly after the phone call between Mr Blinken and Mr Fidan, Turkey said it had launched renewed attacks on Kurdish target in northern Syria.\n\nThe Turkish defence ministry said it had hit 15 Kurdish targets \"with the maximum amount\" of ammunition and they included \"headquarters and shelters\".\n\nThe PKK launched an armed struggle against the Turkish government in 1984, calling for an independent Kurdish state within Turkey.\n\nIn the 1990s, the PKK rolled back on its demands for an independent state, calling instead for more autonomy for the Kurds. More than 40,000 people have died in the conflict.\n\nFighting flared up again after a two-year-old ceasefire ended in July 2015.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nFifty years on from the Yom Kippur War, which began with a surprise attack on Israel by Egypt and Syria, Palestinian militants have launched a major assault.\n\nThis too was unexpected, on another Jewish holiday.\n\nTensions had recently risen in the Gaza Strip, but the conventional wisdom was that neither Hamas, the Islamist group which governs there, nor Israel wanted an escalation.\n\nInstead, Hamas had been planning a sophisticated, coordinated operation.\n\nEarly on Saturday morning, as an intense barrage of rockets was launched with some reaching as far away as Jerusalem and Tel Aviv, Palestinian fighters entered southern Israel by sea, land and air.\n\nThey have held Israeli towns and army posts under siege for hours, killed many people and taken away an unknown number of Israeli civilians and soldiers to hold as hostages in Gaza.\n\nThe awful drama has played out live on social and mainstream media.\n\nThousands of Israelis who had been out for an overnight rave in fields close to Gaza rapidly found themselves under fire. Footage showed partygoers running for their lives.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nAfter her partner had driven to find her, Gili Yoskovich told the BBC how she had hidden from the heavily armed fighters among trees. \"They were going tree by tree and shooting everywhere. From two sides and I saw people were dying all around.\"\n\n\"I said, 'OK, I'm going to die, it's OK, just breathe, just close your eyes', because [there] was shooting everywhere. It was very, very close to me.\"\n\nIsrael HaYom newspaper quoted Ella, a resident of Kibbutz Be'eri, speaking of her fears for her father who had gone to a safe room after sirens went off to warn of incoming rocket fire.\n\n\"He wrote to me that the terrorists are in the shelter, I see his picture on Telegram from inside Gaza. I still hear bursts of gunfire,\" she said.\n\nMany Israelis have expressed shock that the Israeli security forces did not come more quickly to help them. Meanwhile, footage shared on Hamas channels showed that soldiers in Israeli army posts and in a tank had been captured or killed.\n\nThere were initial pictures of celebrations in Gaza where snatched Israeli military vehicles were driven through the streets.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\n\"I am happy with what Hamas has done so far, taking revenge for Israeli actions at al-Aqsa,\" a young man in Gaza City told the BBC, referring to the recent rise in Jewish visitors to the compound in Israeli-annexed East Jerusalem during the high holidays.\n\nThe al-Aqsa Mosque is the third holiest site in Islam and is also the holiest place for Jews, known as Temple Mount.\n\nStill, the man who was leaving his apartment after warnings that the Israeli military was set to hit nearby, expressed fear for what would happen next.\n\n\"We're worried, already my family lost our shop when the Shorouk Tower was hit by Israel in the war of 2021,\" he said. \"The action Hamas has taken this time is far bigger, so there will be an even bigger Israeli response.\"\n\nPalestinian hospitals have already been overwhelmed by casualties from the Israeli air strikes which have caused wide destruction.\n\nThe Gaza Strip - a tiny coastal enclave which is home to some 2.3 million Palestinians - was taken over by Hamas in 2007, a year after it won parliamentary elections. Israel and Egypt then tightened their blockade of the territory.\n\nIt remains impoverished with unemployment at around 50%.\n\nAfter the serious conflict between Israel and Hamas in 2021, indirect talks mediated by Egypt, Qatar and the UN helped secure thousands of permits for Gazans to work in Israel and relax other restrictions in return for relative quiet.\n\nLast month, when hundreds of Palestinians began to join protests by the perimeter fence in the strip in a reminder of the mass demonstrations which began five years ago, it was assumed that this was with the nod from Hamas and was meant to squeeze more concessions from Israel and aid money from Qatar.\n\nThe small rallies now seem like a red herring. Some speculate whether they were in fact a chance to survey the fence ahead of the infiltration.\n\nWith this latest operation, Hamas seems keen to burnish its credentials once again as a militant organisation. Its charter remains committed to the destruction of Israel.\n\nSpeaking at the start of the offensive, the shadowy Hamas militant commander, Mohammed Deif called on Palestinians and other Arabs to join the action to \"sweep away the [Israeli] occupation\".\n\nA big question now is whether Palestinians in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem or elsewhere in the region will heed his call.\n\nIsrael undoubtedly sees the potential for a war that could open up on multiple fronts.\n\nA worst-case scenario is that it could draw in the powerful Lebanese militant group, Hezbollah.\n\nMeanwhile, the Israeli military has ordered a massive reinforcement of troops. As well as its intense air raids on Gaza, it has indicated that it is planning a ground operation there.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThe capture of Israeli soldiers and civilians, who Palestinian militants will hope to use as human shields or bargaining chips, are a serious complication.\n\n\"We are currently busy regaining control of the area, striking broadly and especially taking care of the area around the Gaza Strip,\" said the IDF spokesperson, Rear Adm Daniel Hagari. \"We will do a very sharp and thorough review.\"\n\nWhile a full review may be some way off, there is no doubt that Israel's intelligence and security establishment will be asking itself how it did not see this action coming and how it did not manage to prevent its huge consequences.", "Michael Stone was convicted of two counts of murder and one of attempted murder\n\nThe convictions of Michael Stone for the murders of Lin Russell and her daughter Megan are to be reviewed.\n\nThe Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC) will look at evidence again, three months after a previous review ruled out the case being sent to the Court of Appeal.\n\nThe decision comes after serial killer Levi Bellfield, whose victims include schoolgirl Milly Dowler, was reported to have confessed to the crimes.\n\nThe CCRC said in a statement that \"previous reviews found no credible evidence or argument that raised a real possibility of the convictions being quashed, these conclusions are not affected by the new review\".\n\nLin and Megan Russell were killed in July 1996\n\nMs Russell, 45, and her six-year-old daughter were found bludgeoned to death in Chillenden, Kent, in July 1996.\n\nThey had moved to the area from Gwynedd, north Wales, just a few months before.\n\nStone has always protested his innocence over the murders, and of the attempted murder of Megan's sister Josie.\n\nIn July, the CCRC ruled there was \"no real possibility\" the Court of Appeal would quash his convictions.\n\nHowever, following the latest application a CCRC spokesman said: \"We have agreed to a request from Mr Stone's representatives to carry out a further review.\n\n\"While we can't comment on the specifics of an investigation, it is not unusual for different reviews to focus on different arguments or evidence.\n\n\"Our commitment to thoroughly investigate all eligible applications extends to undertaking additional work related to cases we have previously reviewed.\"\n\nStone's solicitor Paul Bacon said he had written to the CCRC stating his intention to seek a judicial review.\n\n\"Quite remarkably, they responded to say they had decided to have another review. And particularly, they have indicated they will carry out more forensic tests, which is very important to us,\" he told the BBC.\n\nMr Bacon said the review will \"take some time\".\n\n\"While Mr Bellfield has admitted it over and over again, I think truthfully, the only real decision will come if a DNA profile of him or somebody else is found among the items that are still yet to be properly tested.\"\n\nLevi Bellfield is serving whole-life terms for three murders and one attempted murder\n\nLast year, Bellfield, who is serving two whole-life sentences, claimed responsibility for the murders of Ms Russell and Megan before later retracting his statement.\n\nIn April, lawyers acting for Stone claimed that Bellfield had written and signed a fresh confession.\n\nBellfield was convicted of murdering Marsha McDonnell, 19, in 2003. He was also found guilty of murdering Amelie Delagrange, 22, and attempting to murder Kate Sheedy, 18, in 2004.\n\nHe was later charged with murdering Milly Dowler, who was snatched from the street while walking home from school in Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, in March 2002.\n\nBellfield was found guilty of abducting and killing the 13-year-old following a trial at the Old Bailey in 2011.\n\nFollow BBC South East on Facebook, on X, and on Instagram. Send your story ideas to southeasttoday@bbc.co.uk.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Video has emerged of a white truck purportedly carrying Palestinian militants through Sderot.\n\nThe footage filmed from a balcony and obtained by news agency Reuters, appears to show armed men wearing white headbands driving through the Israeli town.\n\nDozens of gunmen from the Islamist militant group Hamas infiltrated southern Israel on Saturday.", "After numerous complaints of mischief in the city of Aurora, a 400lb (181kg) culprit has finally been caught loitering outside a shopping centre.\n\nOfficials say Fred, who dodged them for several days, is \"always hungry\" and \"loves his belly scratches\".\n\nAurora Animal Services knew they were looking for a pig, they were surprised at just how big he was.\n\nIt took about eight people and five hours to capture him. They now hope to find his forever home.\n\n\"He's almost like a dog in behaviour, so we want to maintain his life of being a happy, social pig,\" said Augusta Allen, a field officer with Aurora Animal Services,\n\nCity officials first became aware of Fred on 24 September when they received a call about a pig that was tearing up a person's yard. But when animal officers arrived on the scene, they were not able to find him.\n\nMore calls came in the next day, this time about a pig in traffic. Then another call about a pig that was ruining someone's landscaping.\n\nHe was then spotted again three days later on 27 September, in the early morning hours.\n\nThis time, Fred was in a position where he could be captured, Ms Allen said.\n\nStill, it was no easy task.\n\nIt took eight people and five hours to capture Fred, who was found by city staff in front of a strip mall in Aurora, Colorado\n\n\"We didn't know exactly how big he is,\" Ms Allen said. \"Pot-bellied pigs are more of a common pet so we thought maybe that's what we are looking for.\"\n\n\"Turns out Fred is not a pot-bellied pig.\"\n\nInstead, Fred is a large farm pig that is estimated to weigh at least 400 lbs.\n\n\"He just wasn't ready to give up his holiday of running around the city and eating what he wanted to eat,\" she said.\n\nAfter he was captured, staff affectionately gave him the name Fred, and he has been staying at the Aurora Animal Shelter ever since.\n\nMs Allen said he is an unusual addition to the shelter, which more commonly houses cats and dogs.\n\n\"We actually had to go buy supplies for him,\" she said, including food and straw.\n\nStaff are not sure how he ended up on the streets of Aurora. They have speculated that he may have been a backyard pet that grew to be a much bigger size than expected.\n\n\"They probably got him as a little piglet, and he just continued to grow,\" Ms Allen said.\n\nNobody has claimed Fred yet and he seems to like his new home for now, but staff are hoping to find a farm for him where he can play and be at ease.\n\n\"And he's quite content back there, he's just been napping and kind of lazing around,\" she said. \"He's just a nice boy.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nAt least 250 people are reported killed and 1,590 wounded in Israel after the Palestinian militant group Hamas launched its biggest attack in years.\n\nDozens of gunmen from Gaza infiltrated southern Israeli communities after dawn under the cover of heavy rocket fire.\n\nThey have taken both Israeli soldiers and civilians hostage, and some have been brought back to Gaza.\n\nIsrael has responded with a wave of air strikes on Gaza that have killed 232 people and wounded 1,600, medics say.\n\nPrime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel was \"at war\" and vowed that Hamas, which rules Gaza, would \"pay an unprecedented price\".\n\nThe Israeli military has mobilised tens of thousands of reservists and is now expected to launch a ground operation in Gaza.\n\nMeanwhile, fighting is continuing with militants who still hold pockets of southern Israel. Barrages of rockets are also being fired at Israeli cities and towns, with Tel Aviv and Rishon Lezion among those hit in the evening.\n\nIsrael's nightmare scenario - armed Palestinian militants at large in the south of the country - began early on Saturday, the Jewish Sabbath and the day of the festival of Simchat Torah.\n\nIt is believed that dozens of gunmen crossed into Israeli territory in a number of different locations. Some cut through the perimeter fence from Gaza and others entered by sea.\n\nHow they managed to penetrate one of the most heavily fortified borders in the world is unclear.\n\nVideos shared on social media showed shooting as the militants arrived in Israeli villages and towns, including the town of Sderot, which is only 1.6km (1 mile) from Gaza.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nPeople in a number of communities called in to Israeli news stations, saying they were trapped in their homes or were taking cover elsewhere.\n\n\"I went out, I saw loads of bodies of terrorists, civilians, cars shot up. A sea of bodies, inside Sderot along the road, other places, loads of bodies,\" Sderot resident Shlomi said.\n\nThe leader of one regional council in southern Israel, Ofir Liebstein, was killed in an exchange of fire with militants when he went to defend his community.\n\nVideos were also shown of Israelis being taken as hostages - an unprecedented development.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThe BBC understands that militants are currently holding dozens of soldiers and civilians. Some were thought to be in some of the small Israeli border towns, while others were taken into Gaza.\n\nHamas claimed that it had captured 53 \"prisoners of war\" including senior officers, and that many were being held in tunnels - which have been prime targets for the Israeli military in previous conflicts with militants in Gaza.\n\nAn Israeli military spokesman confirmed that \"soldiers and civilians\" had been abducted, and some soldiers had been killed - including the commander of Israel's Nahal infantry brigade Col Jonathan Steinberg. But he denied reports that a top general had been kidnapped.\n\nVideos were also circulated of Palestinians driving captured Israeli military vehicles in Gaza.\n\nAt the same time as the infiltration, militants in Gaza began launching thousands of rockets towards Israel, reaching as far as the cities of Tel Aviv and Jerusalem.\n\nSome rockets evaded Israel's Iron Dome missile defence system and damaged residential buildings and vehicles.\n\nResidents said they did not remember a situation like this for a long time, with streets in Tel Aviv locked down and empty.\n\n\"There is a heavy feeling of surprise, of shock and of fear from what is still expected to happen,\" English author and journalist Gideon Levy told the BBC. \"When the first rockets fell, I was still jogging in the park, the noise was terrible.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nAt a meeting of his security cabinet, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said: \"Our first objective is to clear out the hostile forces that infiltrated our territory and restore the security and quiet to the communities that have been attacked.\"\n\n\"The second objective, at the same time, is to exact an immense price from the enemy, within the Gaza Strip as well. The third objective is to reinforce other fronts so that nobody should mistakenly join this war.\"\n\nDozens of Israeli warplanes and other aircraft have been carrying out strikes in Gaza in response to the attack, causing large explosions.\n\nThe Israeli military said it targeted 17 Hamas military compounds and four operational headquarters in the first few hours of what it called \"Operation Iron Swords\".\n\nLater, missiles destroyed the 11-storey Palestine Tower in downtown Gaza City, which houses Hamas radio stations in the rooftop.\n\nThe Israeli air force said it struck \"military infrastructure in two multi-storey buildings used by senior Hamas terrorist operatives for carrying out terrorist activity\", and that it had warned occupants to evacuate before the attack.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nMedical aid group Medecins Sans Frontieres said a nurse and an ambulance driver were killed in Israeli strikes on two hospitals in Gaza.\n\nPalestinian news agency Wafa meanwhile reported that 10 civilians were killed in a strike on a residential building in the Shabora area of Rafah, in the south of Gaza.\n\nAs night fell, Israel's state-run electricity company also cut the power supply to Gaza. Gaza's power company said about 80% of the territory's electricity had been coming from Israel.\n\nThere was also violence in several locations in the West Bank on Saturday. Palestinian medics reported that six Palestinians were shot dead during confrontations with Israeli forces.\n\nHamas military commander Mohammed Deif called on Palestinians everywhere to join the group's operation.\n\n\"We have decided to put an end to these Israeli offences with God's help, so the enemy understands that the time of wreaking havoc without being held accountable is over,\" he said.\n\nIsmail Haniyeh, the leader-in-exile of Hamas, claimed that Palestinian factions intended to expand the violence to the occupied West Bank and Jerusalem.\n\nGhazi Hamad, a Hamas spokesman, meanwhile told the BBC that the group had direct backing for the attack from Iran, which pledged to \"stand by the Palestinian fighters until the liberation of Palestine and Jerusalem\".\n\nPalestinian President Mahmoud Abbas - a political rival of Hamas - said the Palestinian people had the right to defend themselves against the \"terror of settlers and occupation troops\".\n\nThere has been strong international condemnation of the Hamas attacks.\n\nUS President Joe Biden called them \"unconscionable\" and declared that Israel \"has the right to defend itself and its people, full stop\".\n\n\"There's never a justification for terrorist attacks and my administration's support for Israeli's security is rock solid and unwavering,\" he added.\n\nUN Secretary General António Guterres said he was \"appalled by reports that civilians have been attacked and abducted from their own homes\".\n\nThe UK's Foreign Secretary, James Cleverly, said it \"unequivocally condemns the horrific attacks by Hamas on Israeli civilians\".\n\nQatar's foreign ministry said Israel alone was responsible for the ongoing escalation of violence.\n\nAre you personally affected by the issues raised in this story? If it is safe to do so, you can get in touch by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.\n• None Why are Israel and Hamas fighting in Gaza?", "Nigel Farage has accused the Conservatives of copying the rhetoric of Reform UK, \"but not the actions\".\n\nMr Farage - who founded Reform from the ashes of the Brexit Party - was the star turn at its annual conference.\n\nHe said the Tories had become a \"social democrat party in all but name\" with \"big-state, high-tax\" policies.\n\nMr Farage and current Reform UK leader Richard Tice both argue the government has failed to properly deliver Brexit or to control immigration.\n\nMr Farage also used his speech to Reform conference in central London to repeat his insistence that he would not rejoin the Conservative Party under its current leadership.\n\nHis appearance at the Tory conference in Manchester - the first time he had attended such an event in decades - and the welcome he received from many senior Conservatives prompted speculation that he might consider returning to the Tory fold.\n\nIn Manchester, he ruled out joining the party \"as it currently is\", but added: \"Never say never.\"\n\nAsked about Mr Farage earlier this week, Rishi Sunak told GB News: \"Look, the Tory party is a broad church. I welcome lots of people who want to subscribe to our ideals, to our values.\"\n\nAt Reform UK's conference in London, Mr Farage responded by saying: \"It's very, very sweet of you, prime minister, but I'm really sorry, the answer is no, I will not.\"\n\nHe said he would focus his efforts on backing Reform UK, saying there was a \"gap in the political market\" for the party to fill, although he has ruled out standing as a candidate for the party at the next election.\n\nComparing its position to that of UKIP in 2012, Mr Farage said: \"This party has been bubbling away quietly just under the radar.\"\n\nReform UK has never had any MPs. It performed poorly in May's local elections, failing to gain any seats despite fielding nearly 500 candidates, and losing half its councillors, retaining eight.\n\nBut the party -which campaigns for zero net migration, tax cuts for those on lower incomes and against net zero climate targets - has consistently been in fourth place in opinion polls at around 6%, just ahead of the Green Party.\n\nIt restored the word, \"Brexit\", to its party logo for its conference, saying it intended to reclaim the word from the Conservatives in the run-up to a general election expected next year.\n\nIn his speech to the conference, Mr Tice set out his Reform's plan to end illegal immigration.\n\nAppearing to refer to people who arrive in the UK having crossed the Channel in small boats, he said: \"Let's pick up, let's take back to France, and then show the EU leaders this is what they need to do in the Mediterranean.\n\n\"Only then will this crisis, this hurricane of migration that Suella Braverman talked about, only then will it be stopped.\"\n\nMr Tice was alluding to the home secretary's speech at the Tory conference, in which she said a \"hurricane\" of mass migration was coming, causing unease among some senior Conservatives.\n\nHe said the government offered \"warm words\", but had no \"idea how to stop the boats\".\n\n\"We are mass immigration Britain. The numbers are so big, it's hard to calculate,\" said Mr Tice.\n\nSaying the Conservatives had \"broken Britain\", Mr Tice also turned his fire on Labour, arguing it would \"bankrupt Britain\".\n\nReform UK would scrap net-zero targets, tackle immigration and cut NHS waiting lists, he said. The party's conference carried the slogan, Let's Save Britain.\n\nThe party plans to field 630 candidates across England, Scotland and Wales in the next general election.\n\nIt has ruled out standing aside to allow the Conservatives to gain more seats, as it did in more than 300 seats under its Brexit Party name in 2019 to avoid splitting the Leave vote.", "\"We have no idea how this could have happened.\"\n\nThat is the reaction Israeli officials have been giving today when I ask them how, with all its vast resources, Israeli intelligence did not see this attack coming.\n\nDozens of armed Hamas gunmen were able to cross the heavily fortified border between Israel and the Gaza Strip, while thousands of rockets were fired from Gaza into Israel.\n\nWith the combined efforts of Shin Bet, Israeli domestic intelligence, Mossad, its external spy agency and all the assets of the Israel Defense Forces, it is frankly astounding that nobody saw this coming.\n\nOr if they did, they failed to act on it.\n\nIsrael has arguably the most extensive and well-funded intelligence services in the Middle East.\n\nIt has informants and agents inside Palestinian militant groups, as well as in Lebanon, Syria and elsewhere.\n\nIt has, in the past, carried out precisely timed assassinations of militant leaders, knowing all their movements intimately.\n\nSometimes these have been done with drone strikes, after agents have placed a GPS tracker on an individual's car; sometimes in the past it has even used exploding mobile phones.\n\nOn the ground, along the tense border fence between Gaza and Israel there are cameras, ground-motion sensors and regular army patrols.\n\nThe barbed-wire topped fence is supposed to have been a \"smart barrier\" to prevent exactly the sort of infiltration that has taken place in this attack.\n\nYet the militants of Hamas simply bulldozed their way through it, cut holes in the wire or entered Israel from the sea and by paraglider.\n\nTo prepare for and carry out such a coordinated, complex attack involving the stockpiling and firing of thousands of rockets, right under the noses of the Israelis, must have taken extraordinary levels of operational security by Hamas.\n\nNot surprisingly the Israeli media has been asking urgent questions of their country's military and political leaders as to how all this could have occurred, on the 50th anniversary of another surprise attack by Israel's enemies at the time: the Yom Kippur war of October 1973.\n\nIsraeli officials tell me a major investigation has begun and questions, they say, \"will go on for years\".\n\nBut right now Israel has more pressing priorities. It needs to contain and suppress the infiltration of its southern borders, removing those Hamas militants who have taken control of several communities on the Israeli side of the border fence.\n\nIt will need to address the issue of its own citizens who have been taken captive, either through an armed rescue mission or by negotiation.\n\nIt will try to eliminate the launch sites for all those rockets being fired into Israel, an almost impossible task of whack-a-mole as they can be launched from almost anywhere with little notice.\n\nAnd perhaps the biggest worry for Israel is this: how does it stop others responding to Hamas's call to arms and avoid this conflagration spreading into the West Bank and possibly even draw in the heavily-armed fighters of Hezbollah across its northern border with Lebanon?", "Last updated on .From the section Formula 1\n\nRed Bull's Max Verstappen clinched a third world title by finishing second in a chaotic and incident-packed sprint race at the Qatar Grand Prix.\n\nThree safety cars triggered by a series of accidents and collisions created a dramatic spectacle under the lights at the Lusail circuit won by McLaren's Oscar Piastri.\n\nVerstappen fought back after dropping from third on the grid to fifth on the first lap but could not quite catch Piastri.\n\nMcLaren's Lando Norris passed Mercedes' George Russell late on to take third.\n• None Pirelli to be awarded new F1 tyre deal\n• None How to follow the Qatar Grand Prix on BBC\n• None Name the F1 drivers who won the championship three times or more\n\nVerstappen's championship success was effectively confirmed when his team-mate Sergio Perez was taken out in a three-way collision also involving Alpine's Esteban Ocon and Haas driver Nico Hulkenberg.\n\nVerstappen had only to ensure he did not lose more than five points to the Mexican to secure the title so Perez's retirement made the Dutchman champion regardless of his eventual result.\n\nVerstappen said to his team over the radio: \"I don't know what to say. Incredible year. Thank you for providing me with such a car. It has been a pleasure so far this year.\"\n\nThe incident that took out Perez - triggered when Ocon moved across on Hulkenberg, who had Perez on his outside - brought out the third safety car and set up a five-lap race to the finish.\n\nA young Max Verstappen alongside his father and former Formula 1 driver Jos during his Formula 3 testing in Hungary in 2014\n\nBy that stage Verstappen was already passed the Ferraris of Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz into third place, behind Piastri and Russell, who had exchanged the lead twice in the opening phases of the race.\n\nVerstappen despatched Russell straight after the final restart but despite setting two fastest laps was unable to catch Piastri, who crossed the line 1.8 seconds ahead.\n\nThe result - Piastri's first F1 victory on the same day as he took his first pole - confirmed the Australian as a major star of the future as his his impressive rookie season goes from strength to strength.\n\nPiastri, who started on the medium tyres, lost the lead to Russell, on soft tyres, on lap three, just after the restart from the first safety car, caused by a first-lap spin off the track by Alpha Tauri's Liam Lawson.\n\nRussell held the lead through a second safety car, caused when Logan Sargeant lost his Williams straight after the first restart.\n\nBut when the race resumed on lap eight, Russell's tyres were already beginning to fade and Piastri re-took the lead on lap 11, just before the Ocon-Hulkenberg-Perez crash.\n\nHis win means that just 17 races into his career he has taken a victory - albeit in a sprint not a grand prix - before team-mate Norris, who began his career in 2019.\n\nThe race devolved into a battle between two different tyre strategies, using the soft and the medium.\n\nDuring the final safety car, Russell was pleading for a pit stop for fresh tyres but was told they would score no points if he made it.\n\nBut his fears were realised as first Verstappen passed him and then Norris did so, too.\n\nRussell's team-mate Lewis Hamilton, who chose medium tyres, moved up from 12th on the grid to take fifth place, passing the Ferraris of Sainz and Leclerc on soft tyres in the closing stages.\n\nSainz fought hard to hold off Leclerc, who was struggling less with his tyres, but the result means Ferrari lost ground to Mercedes in their battle for second place in the constructors' championship.\n\nLeclerc was later penalised five seconds for leaving the track multiple times, demoting him 12th.\n\nWilliams driver Alex Albon proved that medium tyres were the right choice by taking seventh place, after starting 17th, passing the soft-shod Aston Martin of Fernando Alonso close to the end, who claimed the final points-paying position of eighth after Leclerc's penalty.\n• None Laugh and cringe with Ricky Gervais' classic comedy The Office\n• None Chart the Roman Empire's rise and fall through the lives lived and ended at the epic arena", "By late autumn 1995, Drs Lin and Shaun Russell had made the difficult decision to uproot their idyllic life in the Nantlle Valley on the edge of Snowdonia National Park, and move with their two young daughters to Kent.\n\nThere were mixed emotions about leaving the mountains for Granary Cottage in the picturesque village of Nonington, a short drive from Shaun's new lecturing job at the University of Kent in nearby Canterbury.\n\nBut the girls, Megan, six, and nine-year-old Josie, had settled in well at the village school. For Lin, 45, a geologist and lecturer who had enjoyed a successful career working in Africa for many years, family life was now her priority.\n\nJust months after relocating, the family was victim to what Kent Police described as \"one of the most horrific crimes ever committed\".\n\nWhat happened just before 16.30 BST Tuesday, 9 July 1996, as the girls, Lin and Lucy the dog, walked the two-or-so miles home from school along Cherry Garden Lane, an unmade track, flanked on one side by a corn field and a small wood on the other, is hard to imagine.\n\nThey were accosted by a man, tied up with torn strips of damp towels they had used just minutes before at a swimming gala, made to sit in a copse, blindfolded and bludgeoned with a claw hammer, one by one - Lin, Josie, Megan and the dog.\n\nWhen they were found eight hours later, it was thought all were dead. Josie was found to have a faint pulse. Remarkably, she survived.\n\nShe lives and works as an artist in north Wales, having returned to Gwynedd with her father soon after the attack.\n\nA car passed the Russells on the unmade track before stopping and attacking them\n\nOn the anniversary of the murders a Crimewatch appeal prompted a tip off from a psychologist who worked at a local psychiatric assessment centre. Police arrested and charged 36-year-old Michael Stone from Gillingham.\n\nHe was convicted in October 1998.\n\nIn the absence of any forensic evidence, the jury believed the main thrust of the prosecution's case - three prison inmates who claimed Stone had confessed.\n\nOne of the inmates admitted soon after the trial ended that they had lied and another was discredited. A re-trial was ordered.\n\nBut one of the inmates, Damien Daley, then aged 26, held firm to his claim that Stone had confessed to him in grisly detail.\n\nDaley, a self-confessed liar, told the court: \"I like to get by in life. I am a crook, that's what crooks do: they beg, borrow and steal to get by in life. But if you were to say to me now are you lying, I would say no, I'm not lying.\"\n\nThe judge's summing up to the retrial jury was unequivocal: \"The case stands or falls on the alleged confession of Damian Daley.\"\n\nIn late 2001 Stone was once again found guilty and given three life sentences\n\nSentencing Stone the judge Mr Justice Poole told him: \"There can't be anyone in this country who doesn't understand the horror of these offences.\"\n\nStone cried out: \"It wasn't me your Honour, I didn't do it!\"\n\nSince then Stone has launched and failed in two appeal bids.\n\nOver the years circumstantial evidence has been challenged and doubt cast on some of the prosecution's witnesses by his legal team.\n\nNow, two decades on, they say new evidence, seen by BBC Wales Investigates, brings them closer than ever to proving his innocence.\n\nThey claim notorious serial killer Levi Bellfield - currently serving two whole life terms for three murders, including schoolgirl Milly Dowler - has confessed that he murdered Lin and Megan Russell.\n\nAnd crucially, they allege, he has divulged information only the killer or police would know.\n\nStone's legal team also say they have an eye witness who is convinced she saw Bellfield speeding away from the murder scene.\n\nDetails have been passed to the Criminal Cases Review Commission - an independent body which investigates suspected miscarriages of justice - in the hope they will refer the case to the Court of Appeal.\n\nBut cell confessions by their very nature are controversial and no one has criticised their use as evidence more than Stone.\n\nIt is not without irony then that it is one such confession that Stone bitterly blames for his wrongful conviction and now another he hopes will redeem his name and freedom.\n\nWhen asked to respond to the new allegations, Kent Police said Michael Stone's protests of innocence have been thoroughly tested by the judicial system.\n\nWhile some insist Levi Bellfield could well be guilty others are convinced Stone met with the justice he deserves.\n\nSo what exactly do we know about the two alleged prison cell confessions and the events that led up to them?\n\nMichael Stone: Stone had been arrested in connection with the Russell murders but not yet charged. He had, however, been charged with a separate robbery and burglary and was being held on remand at Canterbury prison.\n\nStone was being linked to the Russell murders in newspaper reports and after hearing inmates making up stories he insisted he was put in solitary confinement to avoid any fabricated confessions.\n\nDamien Daley, 23, claimed Stone confessed all to him, communicating through a gap between the wall and a heating pipe which linked their cells.\n\n\"It was like being told a horror story,\" Daley said at the time.\n\n\"He talked about wet towels and someone being disobedient or something, trying to get away but then didn't get far and then it carried on. Something about they didn't have what they wanted. They were paupers or something. He said the dog made more noise than they did.\"\n\nStone's lawyers argue that the confession was unreliable - all the information was in the public domain and matched reports in that day's Daily Mirror which had been passed to Daley in his cell.\n\nThey also argue that Daley, who was on remand for a GBH and arson charges, has since admitted to others that he lied in order to get the charges dropped. The charges were dropped but due to insufficient evidence, according to the CPS.\n\nThree years ago Daley was found guilty of a drugs-related murder.\n\nThis, says Stone and his legal team, along with a history of drug taking and mental health problems, further undermines his credibility.\n\nLevi Bellfield: The man it is claimed Bellfield confessed to wishes to remain anonymous. He too has been convicted of serious offences and was housed in the same high security wing as Bellfield who, he said, had grown to trust and respect him.\n\nThis is not the first time Bellfield has been linked to the Russell murders. There has been a war of words between the two convicted killers from behind bars at Durham's Frankland prison where they are both being held, which has been reported in newspapers.\n\nA BBC2 investigation of the Russell murders entitled The Chillenden Murders was broadcast in June this year. A panel of experts was given access to all case files to re-examine the evidence.\n\nThey concluded that despite advancements in DNA there was still no forensic link to Stone and it was likely another man was at the scene.\n\nIt was this two-part programme which is said to have prompted the alleged confession.\n\nIn the minutes leading up to its broadcast Bellfield was reportedly \"physically, uncontrollably shaking and put it down to being anxious about watching it\".\n\nFollowing many days of lengthy conversations the unnamed prisoner says he had with Bellfield, he made notes and reported what he had been told to his solicitor, a police officer, and a prison liaison officer.\n\nThe prisoner said: \"He (Bellfield) said 'I've never told anyone this before…'\n\n\"'I killed another child and got away with it… the police were never even close'.\"\n\nBellfield is alleged to have told him he had spotted the Russells walking home by chance and he stopped.\n\nHe said he approached them with a hammer in his hand and Lin had begged him not to hurt her children. Bellfield said, the prisoner claims, he struck her first and then Josie; the dog was killed followed by Megan.\n\nJosie (left) returned to north Wales with her father soon after her release from hospital where she now works as a textile artist\n\nThe prisoner said: \"I said if I was him I would have been a bit more careful, saying it was risky being so close to the road entrance as anyone passing would see.\n\n\"He reassured me he attacked them far enough up the lane that it couldn't have been seen by the road.\"\n\nBut even though he wore gloves, Bellfield was reportedly worried about DNA advances saying \"my life in jail would be over if they could prove it was me\" and that it would \"tear his mother in two\".\n\nWhat makes this alleged confession credible, Stone's legal team insist, is that it appears to contain some detail only very few people would be aware of - such as the police or the killer himself.\n\n\"Knowing something in a confession that other people would not know goes to the core of credibility of the confession,\" Stone's barrister Mark McDonald QC says.\n\nFurther to that he says, it is corroborative in that the informer has written contemporaneous notes and immediately informed his solicitor what he had been told.\n\nMr McDonald adds: \"We have evidence from his confession that's not in the public domain and which includes a possible forensic link.\"\n\nFor legal reasons we are unable to expand on this further.\n\nIt is also claimed Bellfield gave information about Milly Dowler, the schoolgirl he abducted and murdered as she walked home from school in Surrey in 2002.\n\nAs well as that it is claimed he had a list of 96 other crimes he has never been tried for - which Bellfield denies - and that he said he had accomplices on several of the attacks.\n\nBellfield has been contacted by BBC Wales Investigates. He denies murdering the Russells and denies having made the confession.\n\nHe claims he has three letters from Stone and has complained about his \"persistent attempts\" to get him to take responsibility. He also alleges Stone has offered to give him a share of any compensation money he might get for wrongful conviction.\n\nBellfield added that he had challenged Stone to a lie detector test. Stone has spoken about his reluctance to do this claiming he had been advised his history of psychiatric problems and drug addiction could impact its accuracy.\n\nMichael Stone: When arrested he did not appear to have one. When asked where he was, he said: \"I can't remember. I can't remember for two reasons. One - I was badly on drugs and two - it was so long ago.\"\n\nStone claims he has since pieced events together and was with friends in the Medway town of Strood at the time of the murders.\n\nWhen he was arrested though, his last confirmed sighting was at his mother's home in Gillingham. This meant he would have had the necessary time to drive the 40 miles to Chillenden.\n\nLevi Bellfield: His former partner Johanna Collings, the mother of one of his 11 children, insists that he was with her throughout the day of the 9 July 1996.\n\nShe recently confirmed to BBC Wales Investigates: \"It was my birthday and we spent whole day from when we got up to when we went to bed together…\n\n\"All the rest of the crimes yeah, 100%, again I think he did them but that one (Russell murders) he didn't.\"\n\nEven so, Stone's legal team say police have never tested the alibi because Bellfield has never been investigated for these murders.\n\n\"There are questions marks about her alibi,\" says Mr McDonald, \"as to whether or not she is mistaken... That is for others to decide not for me, I don't know. But it's not black and white.\"\n\nEarly 1990s: Bellfield with Johanna Collings at Yateley horse show in Hampshire, near to where Milly Dowler's body was found\n\nMichael Stone: Diagnosed with a violent personality disorder and under psychiatric supervision, he was also a known heroin addict with a criminal history dating back to 1972.\n\nIn 1981 he was sentenced to two years for attacking a man with a hammer.\n\nDuring an interview with BBC Wales Investigates from HM Prison Frankland, Stone claims he had confronted a paedophile at his home and that he reached for a mallet, which did not belong to him but was on a table nearby, as the other man tried to strangle him.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\n\"It's nothing like attacking a child or a mother and child... there's no similarity really,\" Stone insists.\n\nTwo years later he was sentenced to four-and-a-half years for stabbing a friend while the victim slept; self-defence, Stone says.\n\nIn 1987 he was sentenced to 10 years for two armed robberies.\n\nDuring his second trial for the Russell murders the court heard that Stone supplemented his income by driving around Kent stealing lawnmowers and other easily disposable goods.\n\nOne former friend said he knew the area \"like the back of his hand\" and had driven around its country roads looking for farm houses to burgle.\n\nWhile admitting he knew parts of Kent well, Stone denies he knew the country lanes around Chillenden well and says the claim was made by a man who had an axe to grind.\n\nThe prosecution pointed to the fact that Stone had been resident at a children's home four miles away from the murder scene.\n\nHis sister Barbara, who has long campaigned to clear his name, says they were there for just three weeks and were not allowed out to wander the countryside.\n\nStone who had endured a difficult childhood began shoplifting and burglary aged 12\n\nShortly before the Russell murders Stone is reported to have made threats to kill his probation officer and the officer's family after blaming him for a split with his girlfriend.\n\n\"Michael's behaviour was increasingly agitated and voluble and he was not amenable to reasoning,\" read a statement from Stone's psychiatric nurse.\n\nHis motive? Robbery, the police said, to fuel a ferocious drug habit. Josie had later recalled the man asking for money. Lin Russell, who had no money with her, was still wearing her necklace and had a watch in her pocket which, some believe, undermines this theory.\n\nLevi Bellfield: Convicted of three murders between 2002 and 2004 - Milly Dowler, 13, Marsha McDonnell, 19, and Amelie Delagrange, 22, as well as attempting to murder Kate Sheedy, then aged 18. Each of the attacks happened in Bellfield's native south west London.\n\nKnown as the 'Bus Stop Killer', he randomly murdered Marsha McDonnell and Amelie Delagrange after they got off a bus and walked home at night. He would launch a so-called 'blitz attack' from behind, striking them repeatedly on the head with a hammer.\n\nExperts have found that motive played little part in Bellfield's attacks which they say gave him a kick simply because he kept on getting away with it.\n\nThe types of crime committed by Bellfield are very rare, says retired DCI Colin Sutton, the senior investigating officer who finally brought Bellfield to justice in 2008 and 2011.\n\n\"The similarities you've got are a woman in a quiet location, a blitz attack with something heavy and blunt like a hammer,\" he said.\n\nDCI Colin Sutton, now retired, whose painstaking work finally brought Bellfield to justice\n\n\"For no apparent reason, no previous interaction between them as far as we know. And that in itself, you know, just those features make it an extremely rare crime.\n\n\"And because of that there is the natural tendency to look at who else do we know who's committed crimes that have got these very rare features and very rare MO (mode of operating)?\n\n\"And, of course, you end up looking at Bellfield.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Edel Harbison survived a hammer attack - Bellfield denies it was him\n\nGeoffrey Wansall, a journalist and author of a book about Bellfield, says his crimes were random, opportunistic and the only motive appeared to be indulging his deep-seated hatred of young, particularly blonde, women and a fascination with schoolgirls.\n\nBut Bellfield's criminality was not confined to hammer attacks.\n\nHis former partner revealed that in late 1996 she found a jacket, balaclava and carving knife in a bin liner in the garage of the home they shared. She told how he would stalk an alleyway near a neighbouring train station.\n\n\"And that was one of his hunting grounds, he used to go and wait for people to see if he could get someone down there,\" she says.\n\nBellfield, it has been reported, also used his job as a nightclub bouncer to lure young teenage girls into a van kitted out with a mattress where he would drug his countless victims before raping them.\n\nColin Sutton says Bellfield, at one time a registered police informant, was \"a very complex character and you have to understand that he committed various different sorts of crime\".\n\n\"I'm sure that we've only scratched the surface…,\" he adds. \"His criminality knew no bounds in my view and I think he's probably committed hundreds if not thousands of offences over the years.\"\n\nWhen we asked if Bellfield could have been responsible for the Russell murders, Mr Sutton said he would be a good suspect, given the manner of the attacks and that he had links to Kent (through selling drugs and wheel clamping and a family caravan).\n\nBut, he stressed, a good suspect only in the absence of other facts - that Kent Police remain convinced Stone is guilty and that Bellfield has an alibi from a former partner who, he says, has no reason to shield a man she gave evidence against in court.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nStone's lawyers say they have new evidence from an eye witness - an un-named woman, now in her 50s, who was driving a couple of miles from the murder scene around the time of the attack.\n\nIn a statement given to Kent Police a few weeks after the murders she describes driving home sometime between 16:15 and 16:50 BST and being alarmed by a car which failed to slow down at a junction. The junction was at the end of a road which led directly to the murder scene.\n\nIt was a Ford Sierra or Escort, she said, driven by a man with slightly tanned skin, oval face, aged between 35 and 50.\n\n\"The car accelerated harshly with the tyres screeching and I heard the gears crunch as a gear change was made,\" her statement read.\n\n\"He was wearing a brown blouson jacket with a stand up collar which was chunky. This man sat tall in his seat. The top of his head was obscured by the driver's sun visor.\"\n\nSpeaking recently to Stone's legal team she said: \"What struck me as unusual was it was a very hot humid day… the guy that was driving had a ski jacket on,\" she says, \"and it was done right up over his mouth, like the big high collars, and he also had the sun visor down. And I thought that's so unusual.\"\n\nThe area a couple of miles from the murder scene in the same direction as the hamlet of Rowling where the bloodied towels were later found dumped.\n\nAfter making her statement, the women says she was not in contact with Kent Police again.\n\nThen last year, she was watching a documentary about the murder of Milly Dowler.\n\n\"A picture came up on the screen and it struck me, stunned me,\" she says. \"So much that I paused the television and took a photo of it on my phone… exactly the collar, type of high collar, coat I described on my police statement that I saw on that day.\n\n\"And that was a photograph of Levi Bellfield, I believe. But it was the coat.\"\n\nThere were other eye witness reports on the day of the murder who do not describe the same man. Indeed, some say they say two or three men in the area.\n\nJosie herself, who by that stage had recovered sufficiently to relay some details of what had happened, described a man a bit taller than her father who is 6ft, with yellow, spiky hair.\n\nStone is 5ft 7ins tall with medium brown hair. Bellfield is 6ft 1ins tall and although naturally dark, he dyed his hair from time to time although it is not clear if he had done so in the summer of 1996.\n\nAnother witness helped police put together an e-fit of the man she saw driving away from the murder scene. Josie confirmed it was a good likeness.\n\nThat same e-fit helped police to identify Stone as a suspect for the first time. But supporters of Stone say it more closely resembles Bellfield.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nJosie did not pick Stone out of an ID parade held but she was traumatised and said to have been unable to properly evaluate the men. The eye witness who helped draw up the e-fit said Stone \"looked familiar\" but could not be certain.\n\nBellfield is alleged to have said in his confession that he was driving his then girlfriend's car when he killed the Russells.\n\n\"I think he said a Ford Sierra,\" the prisoner claims, \"not red though but beige which after the murders was burned out and she had claimed on insurance.\"\n\nA number of witnesses reported to police they had seen a red/brown or beige Ford Escort or Sierra near to the murder scene.\n\nMichael Stone says he did not own a beige car and drove a white Toyota Tercel at the time of the murders. No microscopic evidence of the murders was ever found in his car.\n\nBellfield, who was known to constantly change his cars to avoid detection by police, did have the use of a beige Ford Sierra Sapphire which belonged to his then partner Johanna Collings.\n\nWhen asked what happened to the vehicle, Ms Collings told BBC Wales Investigates: \"Funnily enough it got stolen and found burned out as so many of his cars or they're never found again.\"\n\nShe confirmed he had claimed on the insurance for the car but says it had \"probably been the end of in the March\" of 1996 - four months before the Russell murders.\n\nA black bootlace was found on the track not far from the murder scene. It was bloodstained from two of the victims.\n\nDuring Stone's trial a forensic scientist said marks on Megan's neck suggested a lace had been used as a ligature.\n\nHe also said the lace could also have been used as a tourniquet by a drug user. The prosecution used this to link heroin addict Stone to the crime scene.\n\nHairs were found on Josie's shoes and on Lin's Trousers. Red fibres were also found at the scene as well as on Lin's body - neither was related to the victims nor Stone.\n\nA bloodstained finger print found on a lunchbox belonging to one of the girls was also ruled out as being Stone's.\n\nTests have been conducted on the strips of towels used to tie up the Russells, found in a bag dumped in a hedgerow a mile-or-so from the murder scene.\n\nUsing DNA voluntarily given by some of Bellfield's relatives, results revealed three component matches with his DNA. This shows merely that he cannot be excluded from the DNA. Stone, on the other hand, can be excluded.\n\nForensic scientist Dr Georgia Meakin - one of the six experts who re-examined the case as part of the BBC's Chillenden Murders programmes - said: \"When you determine the evidential weight of that potential contribution, it's a random match probability of just one in 30 which means if you have 30 people in a room, one of them would be a potential contributor. You can see that evidentially speaking it's not very strong.\"\n\nThe experts said what might make for stronger evidence is to test the bootlace for a) the presence of heroin and b) DNA from the killer using advances in testing techniques.\n\nBut the one piece of evidence which could possibly hold the key of the identity of the murderer is missing.\n\nAll that remains of the bootlace it is an empty plastic bag with an exhibit label number.\n\nThe forensic laboratory which last examined the lace insists it was returned to Kent Police intact.\n\nKent Police said they had searched for it and said that the lace had not been lost but had been tested to destruction.\n\nThat aside, Stone's barrister Mark McDonald QC is undeterred.\n\n\"Given what we know about the lack of evidence… presented to the jury in the actual trial,\" he says, \"this confession is so profound, significant, that it goes to the heart of the conviction of Michael Stone. It's unsafe.\"\n\nBBC Wales Investigates: 'Confession' of a serial killer Thursday at 20:30 GMT BBC One Wales and BBC iPlayer\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Narges Mohammadi received her award for fighting oppression of women and promoting human rights\n\nAnnouncing the decision, the Norwegian Nobel Committee said Ms Mohammadi, 51, was honoured for her fight against the oppression of women in Iran.\n\nHer struggle has come at a \"tremendous personal cost\", committee chairwoman Berit Reiss-Andersen said.\n\nMs Mohammadi is currently serving a 10-year jail term in Iran's notorious Evin prison in the capital, Tehran.\n\nIran's foreign ministry said the award was \"biased\" and in line with \"the interventionist and anti-Iran policies of some European countries\".\n\nUS President Joe Biden called on the Iranian government to free Ms Mohammadi as he praised her \"unshakeable courage\", while French President Emmanuel Macron said she was a \"freedom fighter\".\n\nAt Friday's ceremony in Oslo, Ms Reiss-Andersen said the prestigious award was given to Ms Mohammadi for \"her fight against the oppression of women in Iran and her fight to promote human rights and freedom for all\".\n\nShe began her address with the words \"woman - life - freedom\" - a reference to the motto of recent mass protests sweeping Iran.\n\nShe went on to describe the prize as recognition of the hundreds of thousands of Iranians who have demonstrated over the past year against the \"theocratic regime's policies of discrimination and oppression targeting women\" - a movement headed, she said, by the new Nobel prize winner.\n\nMillions of Iranians will be cheering this award along with human rights activists around the world. The Nobel committee decision also sends a very strong signal of disapproval to the Iranian authorities.\n\nAt the ceremony, Ms Reiss-Andersen also urged Iran to release Ms Mohammadi from jail so she could attend the prize ceremony in December.\n\n\"If the Iranian authorities make the right decision they will release her so she can be present to receive this honour, which is what we primarily hope for.\"\n\nBut it seems highly unlikely that the activist will actually be able to pick up her prize.\n\nThe UN said the award highlighted \"the courage and determination of the women of Iran and how they are an inspiration to the world\".\n\nMs Mohammadi has revealed harrowing details of how women are being abused in Tehran's Evin prison\n\nNazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, a British-Iranian national who spent time in Evin jail with Ms Mohammadi until she was released in March 2022, said she was pleased for her friend.\n\n\"It makes me cry. She did so much for all of us in Evin. Narges is an inspiration and a pillar to the women in the female ward in Evin for her fearless fight against violations of women's rights, the use of solitary confinement and execution in the judicial system in Iran.\n\n\"This award belongs to every single Iranian woman who, one way or another, has been and remains a victim of injustice in Iran.\"\n\nMs Mohammadi's son Ali Rahmani, whom she has not seen in eight years, was in class when he found out.\n\nHe told the BBC: \"I was very happy and felt proud of my mum.\n\n\"It took a few moments for me to come to terms with it so in the beginning I was just very happy and proud of my mum just like I am always, like yesterday and the day before that. This award belongs to the Iranian people. It is because of the protests.\"\n\nAs well as her current jail term, Ms Mohammadi has been arrested 13 times, convicted five times and sentenced to a total of 31 years in prison. She has also been sentenced to 154 lashes - it is unclear whether that punishment has been carried out.\n\nLast December, she wrote from prison to give the BBC harrowing details of how Iranian women detained in demonstrations were being sexually and physically abused.\n\nShe said such assaults had become more common during the protests, triggered by the death in police custody of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in September 2022.\n\nThe unrest later spread across the country, with demands ranging from more freedoms to an overthrow of the state.\n\nImages of Iranian women defiantly setting their headscarves on fire captivated the world. However the Iranian authorities have brutally cracked down on the protests and they have largely subsided.\n\nMs Mohammadi is deputy head of the Defenders of Human Rights Center.\n\nSpeaking to the BBC in 2020, Ms Mohammadi explained why she was dedicating herself to advancing women's rights in Iran.\n\n\"In my opinion, supporting human rights efforts and actions aimed at achieving freedom and justice anywhere in the world, whether in Iran or any other country, is very important and very heart-warming,\" she said.\n\nLast year, she was included in the BBC's 100 Women - a high-profile list of 100 inspiring and influential women from around the world.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: The secret diaries of women protesting in Iran", "A Portuguese man o' war was found washed up on Porth Dafarch beach, Anglesey\n\nClimate change is likely to result in larger tropical sea creatures washing up on UK beaches more often, a marine expert has said.\n\nA Portuguese man o' war, normally seen in tropical waters, was found on Porth Dafarch beach, Anglesey, this week.\n\nJohn Whitaker, who stumbled across the creature on a dog walk, said it was the first he had ever seen.\n\nAnglesey Sea Zoo has said they have washed up in the past but this one was bigger than usual.\n\nOften mistaken as a jellyfish, another of these siphonophores washed up on a Jersey beach in September.\n\n\"I had to make sure the dog didn't get his nose too close,\" said Mr Whitaker.\n\n\"It's the first time I'd seen one up here, usually the water is too cold.\"\n\nThe change in water temperature is a factor, as Anglesey Sea Zoo's Frankie Hobro explained on BBC Radio Wales' Phone In Show on Thursday.\n\nThe tentacles of this jellyfish-like creature can be as long as 10ft (3m)\n\n\"We do occasionally see Portuguese man o' war washed up, this one looks like it's a little bit bigger than the ones we've had in the past,\" she said.\n\n\"Sea temperatures just now are starting to drop a little bit.\n\n\"They were at their highest a month ago and with the changing weather patterns increasing overall sea temperatures all around the UK we are likely to see more of these species that are considered to be tropical - not just more often but larger as well.\"\n\nPortuguese man o' wars live on the surface of the water and they are a type of animal that is made up of a colony of organisms working together.\n\nThe man o' war found on Anglesey is bigger than usual, said Frankie\n\n\"They are quite obvious even from a distance,\" added Ms Hobro.\n\n\"They have this very large float on the surface and the tentacles can actually go down to one, two or even three metres (3 to 10ft) in length underneath them in the water.\"\n\nShe added although they were not deadly to humans, they were best avoided.\n\n\"While I was working in the tropics, several years before I came here and bought the business it was this classic scenario where it was being washed around in the surf.\n\n\"I was standing in the surf and it wrapped itself around my ankle.\n\n\"It was very painful, it takes several weeks to recover from the marks of the sting that it leaves, it's not pleasant.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Rapper Drake has announced that he is taking a break from his music career, saying: \"I need to focus on my health first and foremost.\"\n\nJust hours after the release of his new album, For All The Dogs, the multi-Grammy winner said that he has had stomach issues for years.\n\n\"I probably won't make music for a little bit, I'm gonna be honest,\" he said on Friday on his radio show.\n\nSeveral upcoming performances have been postponed following his announcement.\n\n\"I need to focus on my health, first and foremost — and I'll talk about that soon enough,\" said the Hotline Bling rapper.\n\n\"Nothing crazy, but just like, you know, I want people to be healthy in life, and I've been having the craziest problems for years with my stomach.\"\n\n\"I'm going to lock the door on the studio for a little bit,\" he said on his SiriusXM programme, Table For One.\n\n\"I don't even know what a little bit is. Maybe a year or something. Maybe a little longer.\"\n\nHe later posted a clip from the radio programme on Instagram, telling his 143 million followers: \"See ya when I see ya.\"\n\nHe is scheduled to perform concerts in Toronto, his hometown, on Friday and Saturday night.\n\nShows scheduled for after then have been postponed, according to the tour section of his website.\n\nHe had been due to perform in Denver, New Orleans, Nashville and Columbus, Ohio.\n\nDrake joins several musicians who have recently taken a break or cancelled tour dates, citing health issues.\n\nIn July, Madonna announced that she was pushing back her tour by three months after being taken to hospital with a serious bacterial infection the month earlier.\n\nLast month, Bruce Springsteen announced that he was was postponing his September tour dates due to a peptic ulcer, which is a type of sore in the stomach lining or small intestine.\n\nDrake, 36, has become one of the hottest acts in hip hop.\n\nThe cover of his latest album was drawn by his five-year-old son, who also features in the music video for the single track 8AM in Charlotte.\n\nEarlier this year he published a book of poetry.", "This Morning presenter Holly Willoughby, pictured at the 2022 National Television Awards, did not appear on her ITV show on Thursday\n\nA man has appeared in court charged with soliciting to commit murder over an alleged plot to kidnap TV presenter Holly Willoughby.\n\nGavin Plumb, of Potters Field, in Harlow, Essex, is also accused of incitement to commit kidnap.\n\nThe 36-year-old, who is a security officer at a shopping precinct in the town, appeared for a short hearing at Chelmsford Magistrates' Court.\n\nWilloughby did not appear on Thursday's edition of ITV show This Morning.\n\nShe was reported to be under police protection at her home on Thursday night.\n\nGavin Plumb, pictured in 2014, was remanded in custody at court\n\nMr Plumb, who was wearing a green T-shirt with the slogan \"Aged to Perfection\", was remanded in custody to appear for a plea hearing at Chelmsford Crown Court on 3 November.\n\nHe is accused of \"soliciting, encouraging, persuading, endeavouring to persuade or proposing to a third party\" to murder Willoughby between Tuesday and Wednesday.\n\nIt is also alleged that between Monday and Thursday, he was \"formulating a plan with a third party\".\n\nHe allegedly \"encouraged that third party to travel to the UK to carry out the plan\" and was \"assembling a kidnap and restraint kit, capable of encouraging or assisting the commission of the kidnap\" of Willoughby.\n\nThe other man was due to arrive in the UK next week from the US, the court heard.\n\nPolice activity had been seen at Potters Field earlier in the week\n\nIn a statement, Det Supt Rob Kirby of Essex Police said: \"This was an extremely fast-paced investigation, with many of our officers and national partners working overnight to secure these charges.\n\n\"The safeguarding of any victim is paramount and we will continue to prioritise this and working with the Metropolitan Police Service as the investigation proceeds.\"\n\nA spokesperson for ITV said: \"This news has come as a huge shock to everyone at This Morning and ITV.\n\n\"We are providing all of the support we can to Holly and her family at this incredibly distressing time.\"\n\nOn This Morning on Friday, presenter Dermot O'Leary said: \"We are not going to talk too much about it but Holly is on the front pages after police arrested a 36-year-old man over an alleged kidnap plot.\"\n\nCo-presenter Alison Hammond said: \"We are obviously all shocked to hear the news and we want to send our love and biggest hugs to Holly and her family.\"\n\nPrime Minister Rishi Sunak offered his support to Willoughby ahead of an interview on This Morning.\n\n\"I was so sorry to hear about everything going on with Holly and I wanted to send my best to her and her family and to all of you,\" he said.\n\nAnother presenter, Lorraine Kelly, told viewers: \"[It's] very, very upsetting, and of course we are sending Holly all of our love and best wishes.\n\n\"That's a terrible thing to be having to go through for her and her family.\"\n\nThe charges follow a turbulent few months for Willoughby, 42, who has presented This Morning since 2009.\n\nHer co-presenter Phillip Schofield resigned in May and later admitted lying to colleagues about an affair with a younger colleague.\n\nWilloughby said she would remain as a presenter, but took a break from the programme during the summer.\n\nThe BBC approached Willoughby's agent and publicist to comment on the alleged kidnap plot, but they declined, directing all inquiries to the police.\n\nFollow East of England news on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. Got a story? Email eastofenglandnews@bbc.co.uk or WhatsApp 0800 169 1830\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nAmerican Simone Biles has become the most decorated gymnast in history after winning her second gold medal at the World Gymnastics Championships. After helping the United States to a record seventh consecutive team title earlier this week, the 26-year-old won all-around gold in Belgium on Friday. Her total of 34 world and Olympic medals is more than any other gymnast, male or female. Biles took gold with a score of 58.399 points. She finished ahead of defending champion Rebeca Andrade of Brazil (56.766), while Biles' American team-mate Shilese Jones took bronze with a score of 56.332. It continued Biles' impressive return to international competition, with the Antwerp event her first since taking a break from the sport two years ago to work on her mental health. This triumph was her sixth all-around world title to take her overall tally to 27 world medals, which includes 21 golds. She could extend that over the weekend where she will aim to make the podium in four other events in the apparatus finals. Biles' impressive form comes with less than 10 months to go until the Olympics in Paris.\n\nGreat Britain's 2022 world floor champion, Jessica Gadirova, dropped out of the all-around competition before it got under way, with British Gymnastics confirming she was withdrawn as a \"precautionary measure\". Alice Kinsella took Gadirova's place and finished seventh with a score of 54.032, while team-mate Ondine Achampong was 13th. Kinsella admitted the late call-up came as a shock, saying: \"I only went [out] to do little bits and bobs like stretching, conditioning, and then I went off to get my foot rubbed, then my coach came over said, 'Alice, you need to get your leotard on straight away.' \"I was a bit stressed, I didn't really know what to do or say to anyone.\"", "Video has emerged purportedly showing Palestinians jumping on an Israeli tank captured by Hamas militants.\n\nThe footage, obtained by news agency Reuters, also shows militants driving into Gaza on what is said to be a captured Israeli military vehicle.\n\nIsrael's military spokesman declined to comment about reporters of Israelis being captured by Hamas, according to Reuters.\n\nThe BBC has not independently verified the video.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: Mike Johnson in his own words\n\nThe US House of Representatives is voting on a fourth Speaker nominee, a day after the last candidate withdrew as Donald Trump assailed him.\n\nThe full chamber is voting on Louisiana congressman Mike Johnson's bid for the gavel.\n\nMr Johnson was chosen after three rounds in an internal party ballot late on Tuesday.\n\nThe House has been leaderless and unable to pass bills since Kevin McCarthy was ousted on 3 October.\n\nMr Johnson, 51, was put forward just hours after the last nominee, Majority Whip Tom Emmer, dropped out after failing to attract enough support.\n\nWhen nominating Mr Johnson on the floor of the House, Elise Stefanik, the chair of the Republican conference, called him a \"dedicated servant\" and \"titan\" who has dedicated his life to \"America's great principles of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness\".\n\nBut Democrat Pete Aguilar called him \"the most important architect of electoral college objections\" to the 2020 presidential vote and said he was beholden to Mr Trump.\n\nRepublicans are confident that Mr Johnson can pull in the 217 votes he needs to win, but if he fails, they will be back to the drawing board.\n\nIn voting earlier on Tuesday Mr Johnson came in second place to Mr Emmer, before the Minnesota representative withdrew after former President Trump derided him on social media as a \"Globalist\".\n\nAccording to Politico, Mr Trump called one person minutes before Mr Emmer dropped out of the race and said: \"He's done. It's over. I killed him.\"\n\nBut as he arrived at a New York court for his civil fraud trial on Wednesday morning, Mr Trump talked up Mr Johnson's prospects, saying \"it looks like it's going to happen\".\n\n\"I haven't heard one negative comment about him,\" he said. \"Everybody likes him, he's respected by all.\"\n\nIn the final round of internal party voting on Tuesday Mr Johnson received 128 votes while Byron Donald, a Florida Republican, came in second with 29.\n\nThe party holds a narrow majority over Democrats in the lower chamber of Congress, so their nominee can only afford to lose a handful of votes from their own side to win.\n\n\"Democracy is messy sometimes, but it is our system,\" Mr Johnson said on Tuesday night.\n\nDusty Johnson, a moderate Republican from South Dakota, told reporters: \"It's a little hard to imagine how anyone can get elected at this point.\"\n\nSteve Womack, an Arkansas Republican, said: \"Pretty sad commentary on governance right now.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: Trump: 'Most people are Maga in the Republican Party'\n\nBut Ralph Norman, an ultraconservative South Carolina Republican, said: \"This is what democracy looks like.\"\n\nMr Johnson is a lawyer and former talk radio host who has served on the House since 2016. He is also the former chairman of the Republican Study Committee and is considered a close ally of Mr Jordan.\n\nIn 2020, Mr Johnson was considered a key player in the bid to object to President Joe Biden's victory in that year's presidential election.\n\nThe last Speaker, Mr McCarthy, was ousted by a small band of right-wing lawmakers led after he forged a deal with President Biden to keep government funded.", "A teenager arrested after the knife he bought was used to fatally stab a 17-year-old schoolboy has denied he \"cooked up a story\" to lie and protect himself.\n\nAdam Chowdhary, now 21, was told at a second inquest into the death of his friend Yousef Makki he must tell the truth or would be committing perjury.\n\nHe was present when Joshua Molnar stabbed Yousef in Cheshire in 2019.\n\nMolnar was cleared of murder and manslaughter in criminal court.\n\nHe was jailed, however, for perverting the course of justice - by lying to police at the scene - and carrying a knife in public.\n\nThe second inquest is being held at Stockport Coroner's Court after the High Court quashed the conclusions of the first in November 2021 and ordered fresh proceedings.\n\nOn the night of his death, Mr Chowdhary and Molnar had been out on their bikes with Yousef, from Burnage, Manchester, who had won a scholarship to the £12,000-a-year Manchester Grammar School.\n\nAt the school, Yousef had became best friends with Mr Chowdhary, who knew Molnar. All three were then 17.\n\nAfter a row, Yousef was stabbed in the heart by Molnar in the Hale Barns area of Cheshire.\n\nThe fresh inquest follows a challenge by Yousef's family to the findings of the first that there was not enough evidence relating to the \"central issue\" of whether the killing was unlawful.\n\nMr Chowdhary had bought a flick knife online for him and Yousef and Molnar told his criminal trial that after a row with the latter, the knives were produced and there was a \"coming together\".\n\nMr Chowdhary told the inquest that although he was with the boys he did not see the stabbing because he was on his phone and did not know about it until Yousef lifted his shirt to show him the wound.\n\nCoroner Geraint Williams said phone records showed Mr Chowdhary's last call was at 18:35 GMT.\n\nHe said: \"There were no incoming or outgoing calls or data usage (from) looking at things on the internet. We know approximately one minute later Yousef was stabbed.\n\n\"What exactly were you doing on your phone in that minute?\"\n\nMr Chowdhary said: \"I can't tell you but I can tell you my attention was drawn to the phone.\"\n\nMr Williams challenged Mr Chowdhary about what he told emergency services on the phone after Yousef was stabbed and he called 999.\n\nThe coroner said: \"It's right, isn't it, the operator asked you about what had happened and it's right that you did not tell them the truth of matters, there and then?\"\n\nMr Chowdhary said: \"Not true. I did not lie.\"\n\nMr Williams continued: \"You are saying the attacker has made off. That's not true.\"\n\nMr Williams said: \"Forget hindsight. There was no attacker that made off, was there? So you were not being honest with the emergency services.\"\n\nMr Chowdhary replied: \"No, I don't accept that. I have got Yousef in front of me. I'm in severe shock and panic at this point. The person on the phone was calm, I was not.\"\n\nMr Williams said: \"Calm or panicking, that's a lie. It's not once you are asked, it's three times. Each time you say the attacker has left.\"\n\nAdam Chowdhary said he did not see Yousef Makki (pictured) getting stabbed\n\nMr Chowdhary said he only mentioned a silver or grey car being in the area at the time of the attack because he heard Molnar mention it.\n\nMr Williams said: \"Did you and Mr Molnar agree to cook up a story about what happened?\n\n\"It is suggested you were much closer to the action than you have indicated, that you must have seen what happened and you have lied about your involvement to protect yourself.\"\n\nMr Chowdhary said: \"That's not true. I did not see Joshua stab Yousef.\"\n\nPeter Weatherby KC, representing Yousef's family, asked Mr Chowdhary about him \"positively asserting\" a car was involved, telling a police officer: \"I saw a whip. A car.\"\n\nMr Chowdhary suggested he said it because he was in turmoil.\n\nBut Mr Williams said: \"No, no, no. You are saying 'I saw it'.\n\n\"Throughout his evidence, he's been seeking to evade answering a question by going to extraneous matters.\"\n\nTom Coke-Smyth, representing Mr Chowdhary and addressing the coroner, said: \"Well, that's your view. That's an opinion. It is not an opinion that is necessarily one I support or agree with. What I'm duty bound to say is Mr Chowdhary is entitled to answer the question in the way he wants to. This is not a criminal trial.\"\n\nAt criminal trial, Mr Chowdhary was found not guilty of perverting the course of justice and given a four-month detention order after admitting having the knife.\n\nWhy not follow BBC North West on Facebook, X and Instagram? You can also send story ideas to northwest.newsonline@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The stands at Celtic Park were a sea of Palestinian flags shortly before kick off against Atletico Madrid\n\nThe Green Brigade previously said they would hand out flags ahead of the game against Spanish side Atletico Madrid.\n\nCeltic have already banned the group from away games after they displayed the flags at recent matches in the wake of the attacks in Israel and Gaza.\n\nIt is expected the Scottish champions will now receive a fine from Uefa.\n\nThe Green Brigade, which occupy the north curve of Celtic Park, traditionally organise a tifo - a choreographed display involving a large banner or image - for major games.\n\nBut as the teams emerged from the tunnel for the Group E fixture they instead held up the Palestinian flags.\n\nThey were also waved in other parts of the stadium ahead of the match, which finished 2-2.\n\nPalestinian flags were flown by fans across the stadium on Wednesday night\n\nIn a message to supporters before the game, Celtic said players and coaching staff from both sides would wear black armbands \"as a show of respect and support for all those affected by the conflict\".\n\nBut the club said banners, flags and symbols relating to the Israel-Hamas war \"should not be displayed at Celtic Park at this time\".\n\nCeltic fans have displayed Palestinian flags at recent Scottish Premiership games against Kilmarnock - hours after Hamas launched a deadly attack on Israel - and Hearts.\n\nThe Green Brigade previously reiterated its \"unshakeable belief\" that football supporters have the right to express political beliefs.\n\nA statement released by the group said the sanctions they had faced were \"motivated by a desire to quash political expression within the Celtic support\".\n\nThe statement continued: \"In spite of this, and any further obstruction, we once again encourage fans to courageously fly the flag for Palestine.\"\n\nThe group said they would distribute \"thousands\" of flags outside Celtic Park ahead of the game despite being prohibited from bringing them into the stadium.\n\nLiel Abada has won five major honours since joining Celtic in 2021\n\nIsraeli winger Liel Abada, who is currently injured, is being supported by the club as the conflict escalates.\n\nIn its message to fans, Celtic said the club \"hope and pray for peace, and for humanitarian support to reach those who are in need and in fear\".\n\nIt added that it \"recognises that our supporters hold personal views to which everyone is entitled\".\n\n\"As a club open to all, we all belong at Celtic Park. Celtic Park is where we come to support our football club,\" the statement said.\n\n\"Recognising this, respecting the gravity of the tragedy unfolding and its impact on communities in Scotland and across the world, and in line with other clubs, leagues and associations, we ask that banners, flags and symbols relating to the conflict and those countries involved in it are not displayed at Celtic Park at this time.\"\n\nTo many football supporters, their clubs are an extension of their beliefs.\n\nSome fans are happy to follow the football alone, but others want to be associated with an entity where their views on other matters can be shared in solidarity, in the stands, supporters' buses or in social clubs.\n\nIt has been this way since working men first aligned themselves with the colours of their local village, town, or city's football club. But the globalisation of football, along with the globalisation of the media, has made that concept ever more difficult and sometimes extremely delicate.\n\nCeltic Football Club have always prided themselves on being open to all, but as an organisation founded in the late 19th Century to help feed the poor, its core ethos has, understandably, been viewed as one aimed towards social justice and equality.\n\nSo how do fans, keen to share and promote those beliefs, express them in a world where politics and world events are so polarised and football authorities want nothing to do with any of it?\n\nThis is the backdrop to the ongoing dispute between the club and a section of their fans who are determined to show support for Palestinians. Celtic have already been fined on two separate occasions after some supporters displayed Palestinian flags during Champions League matches.\n\nThe club have recently distanced themselves from banners displayed by a section of support, following the attacks by Hamas in Israel and both Uefa and Fifa are adamant that politics and football should never mix. In a game where money is king, sponsors don't want the controversy.\n\nThose who want to use the club to convey their message are adamant they won't be silenced, though.\n\nAs ever, caught in the middle are those who want to leave the world behind for 90 minutes and concentrate solely on the football.\n\nMany Celtic fans have long had an affiliation with the Palestinian cause, with supporters displaying the territories' national flag on a number of occasions.\n\nIn 2014, European football's governing body Uefa fined the club after fans waved Palestinian flags during a match against Iceland's KR Reykjavik.\n\nPerhaps most controversially, the Green Brigade chose to display the flag once again during their team's 2016 Champions League qualifier against Israeli side, Hapoel Beer-Sheva - a move which landed the club a £8,600 fine.\n\nCeltic were also fined more than £15,350 by Uefa after fans displayed an offensive anti-monarchy banner during a Champions League match last year.\n\nUefa said the fine was for showing a \"provocative message of an offensive nature\".\n\nCeltic aren't the only Scottish football club to be punished for fan rule-breaking.\n\nIn 2022, Rangers were fined £4,400 by Uefa for actions by supporters during their Europa League group-stage ties.\n\nHearts were also fined for £10,500 for fans' offences after objects were thrown onto the pitch during their 2022 Europa Conference League match against Italian side Fiorentina.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Bianca Williams on Met police sackings: 'It shouldn't have taken three years'\n\nTwo Met Police officers have been sacked after carrying out a stop-and-search of two athletes which was found to have amounted to gross misconduct.\n\nBritish world championships medallist Bianca Williams, 29, and Portugal Olympic sprinter Ricardo Dos Santos, 28, say they were racially profiled.\n\nThey were handcuffed and searched outside their west London home while their baby was in the car in July 2020.\n\nAll allegations against three other officers were not proven.\n\nSpeaking after the conclusion of the officers' disciplinary hearing, Ms Williams told the BBC in a sit-down interview: \"This is huge, this is a massive step,\" but added: \"It shouldn't have taken three years to get to this result.\"\n\nDuring the incident, the couple were pulled over by officers in Maida Vale as they returned from a training session and searched on suspicion of having drugs and weapons, but nothing was found.\n\nMs Williams filmed some of the incident and their coach, the British former 100m Olympic champion Linford Christie, posted the footage online, leading to it being shared widely on social media.\n\nThe hearing found the two sacked officers - PC Jonathan Clapham and PC Sam Franks - lied about smelling cannabis in Mr Dos Santos' car and so had breached professional standards of police behaviour in relation to honesty and integrity.\n\nRicardo Dos Santos and Bianca Williams accused the officers of racially profiling them\n\n\"I'm happy that this is the result,\" Ms Williams continued. \"This is a huge step in the right direction for people who continue to get stopped by the police and have that same old excuse about smelling of cannabis when nothing's been found.\"\n\nShe said the result was \"bittersweet\" and \"unfortunately\" no action would be taken against the other officers, while Mr Dos Santos, speaking outside the hearing, said: \"Little has changed in policing in London since the Stephen Lawrence case.\"\n\nHe called allegations made by the officers regarding bad driving, violence and the presence of drugs \"dishonest\" and \"based on racist stereotypes\".\n\n\"If we can't trust in the police to be honest and accept when they have done bad, and stereotype black people, what hope is there,\" he added.\n\nMayor of London Sadiq Khan said the panel's findings would \"anger and alarm many Londoners\", and \"just shows the scale of the challenge the new leadership team have to change the culture of the Met\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Police bodycam footage played at the hearing showed the sprinter being handcuffed\n\nThe Met said the family had \"deserved better\" and apologised to them for their \"distress\".\n\nThe panel found it was likely the smell of cannabis during the stop-and-search had emanated from another area.\n\nThe hearing was told PC Clapham and PC Franks were \"not seen to attempt to verify the smell\", which led to them becoming \"trapped in a lie\" when they gave evidence.\n\nPanel chairwoman Chiew Yin Jones said their behaviour amounted to gross misconduct.\n\nThe other three officers, Acting Sgt Rachel Simpson, PC Allan Casey and PC Michael Bond were found by the panel not to have committed gross misconduct but will have to carry out a \"reflective practice review process\".\n\nMs Williams and Mr Dos Santos complained to the police watchdog about what had happened to them, saying they had been racially profiled because Mr Dos Santos was \"DWB, driving while black\" in a Mercedes. The watchdog brought a case against the officers.\n\nKaron Monaghan KC, for the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC), told the disciplinary panel at the start of the hearing that the watchdog's case would say there was \"institutional discrimination\" in the Met Police.\n\nBritain's Asha Philip, Imani Lansiquot, Bianca Williams and Daryll Neita after winning 4x100m bronze at the World Athletics Championships in August\n\nMr Dos Santos told the panel while giving evidence that he had been \"afraid\" for the safety of his partner and his three-month-old son.\n\nWhen shown body-worn footage of him mocking and swearing at the officers, he accepted his behaviour, saying: \"Everybody deals with trauma differently.\"\n\nMr Dos Santos was stopped nine times within four weeks of buying a car in 2018, the panel heard.\n\nThe IOPC's Steve Noonan said he recognised the incident had \"caused widespread community concern about the use of stop-and-search powers by police\".\n\nHe added: \"We know that black people are almost nine times more likely to be stopped and searched by police than white people, and nearly nine times more likely to be searched for drugs, despite a lower 'find rate' of drugs for black people than white people.\n\n\"It's figures like these and cases like Bianca and Ricardo's which emphasise why black people report having low trust and confidence in police.\"\n\nHe also said the Casey review had already \"highlighted widespread cultural issues and discriminatory conduct or attitudes in the Met\", and that the force and \"policing as a whole need to work hard to restore the trust and confidence of black people\".\n\nThe Met's Deputy Assistant Commissioner Matt Ward said he was \"confident\" the Met \"can and will learn from the experiences of Ms Williams and Mr Dos Santos and work alongside communities to deliver fair and effective stop-and-search for all Londoners\".\n\nEarlier this year, Ms Williams won bronze in the 4x100m at the World Athletics Championships in Budapest.\n\nShe also won gold in the same discipline at the European Championships in 2018 and silver in 2016.\n\nAt the Commonwealth Games in 2022 and 2018, she won 4x100m gold representing England.\n\nMr Dos Santos competed at the Tokyo 2021 Olympics in the 400m.\n\nListen to the best of BBC Radio London on Sounds and follow BBC London on Facebook, X and Instagram. Send your story ideas to hello.bbclondon@bbc.co.uk\n• None We are the Independent Office for Police Conduct - Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "A man who murdered his new girlfriend weeks after being bailed to her Stirling home has been jailed for a minimum of 23 years.\n\nChristopher McGowan and Claire Inglis had been together eight weeks when he was released to stay at the flat she shared with her young son.\n\nJudge Michael O'Grady said McGowan's actions were \"beyond sadistic\" as he issued a life sentence.\n\nHe said Ms Inglis had suffered \"nothing short of torture\" at McGowan's hands.\n\n\"It was difficult to portray the brutality of what you inflicted on her. You have shown not a flicker of emotion, distress or remorse,\" the judge added.\n\nMs Inglis' family, who attended every day of the trial, wept at the High Court in Edinburgh as McGowan's sentence was read out.\n\nThe judge said her family and friends now faced \"the anguish of living without her\".\n\nHe added: \"I shudder to imagine what her last minutes were like. To describe what you did as sadistic falls woefully short of the mark.\n\n\"It was beyond sadistic.\"\n\nIan and Fiona Inglis, Claire's parents, said they were elated their daughter's killer was off the streets.\n\nIan and Fiona Inglis, Claire's parents, said they were elated their daughter's killer was off the streets.\n\nThey said they were pleased that the judge had \"saw through [McGowan's] lies\".\n\nFiona Inglis told BBC Scotland: \"The truth came out. He brutally murdered our daughter in cold blood. He tortured her and killed her. We've got to live with that for the rest of our life.\"\n\nThe Inglis family also called for an investigation into the case, and say they want someone to take accountability for the decision to allow McGowan to live at their daughter's home. They do not think he should have been allowed to live there with the convictions he had.\n\nChristopher McGowan had 40 previous convictions, including three for assault\n\nMcGowan murdered Ms Inglis after he was released on bail to stay at her housing association flat.\n\nThe 28-year-old had 40 previous convictions, mostly for breaches of the peace and breaches of bail, as well as three convictions for assault.\n\nOne of the breaches of the peace from 2014 had a domestic aggravation, but this did not involve Ms Inglis.\n\nHe had also served an 18-month jail term for assault and robbery.\n\nIn the months before Ms Inglis' death, he was granted bail five times.\n\nAfter pleading guilty to a driving offence, he was released on bail to Ms Inglis' home. The Crown did not oppose bail.\n\nNormally, bail would only be opposed in these circumstances if there was specific intelligence that someone was at risk.\n\nA spokeswoman for the Scottish government said decisions on whether to grant bail were for courts to make independently.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThe court heard how bail was granted after McGowan said he was desperate to be released following his mother's death, claiming he did not want to attend her funeral in handcuffs.\n\nHe claimed the couple were in a \"positive\" relationship, and vowed to kick his Valium habit and stop drinking.\n\nOnce living at Ms Inglis' flat, he set about pawning her possessions - including a watch she received for her 21st birthday and her son's PlayStation.\n\nIt was there he battered and strangled the 28-year-old mother-of-one, before burning her with a lighter and pushing a wet wipe down her throat.\n\nThe jury took two hours to convict McGowan of murder.\n\nHe initially claimed to have been acting in self-defence, but that claim was subsequently withdrawn during the trial.\n\nHis account of the night of the murder ranged from claiming Ms Inglis had fallen down the stairs of her flat, to saying she had overdosed on Valium and he had tried to save her life.\n\nClaire Inglis was murdered in her home on 28 November 2021\n\nThe trial heard how a taxi driver who picked up McGowan and Ms Inglis the previous evening in Stirling city centre heard McGowan say \"I'll kill you\" under his breath after Ms Inglis left the taxi.\n\nShe sustained 76 injuries during the attack. These included a number of blunt force impacts to the head and face, and extensive bruising to almost her entire skull.\n\nSpeaking during sentencing, the judge told McGowan: \"It is clear that you have accepted no responsibility and you have gone to great lengths to minimise your involvement.\"\n\nMcGowan's apparent remorse, expressed to social workers after his conviction, was described by the judge as \"a self-serving tissue of lies\".\n\nThe judge's fury over Claire Inglis' murder was reflected in the unusually long sentence he gave her killer, with, Lord O'Grady stressed, no guarantee that Christopher McGowan will ever be released.\n\nBut given McGowan was on five bail orders when he took Claire's life, people will rightly ask whether this horrendous case highlights failings in the system.\n\nIt's not unknown for repeat offenders to be bailed before sentence and McGowan's long criminal record will be depressingly familiar to anyone who frequents our courts.\n\nJudges take bail decisions based on what they know at the time and what's said by the defence and prosecution. They consider what the prisoner has been accused of, what they've done in the past and their current personal circumstances.\n\nGiven his record, McGowan must have been edging closer to being held on remand but instead he was given the benefit of the doubt and freed with conditions attached.\n\nNo-one would have supported bail if they thought he had presented a serious risk to Claire and such an extreme escalation in a criminal's behaviour is well-nigh impossible to predict, without any prior warning signs.\n\nShould it have been handled differently? There's no obvious route for an official review of the decisions that were taken.\n\nThe wider context is that Scotland already has Western Europe's highest prison population and the prevailing political mood is for more use of bail and community sentences.\n\nComing into force soon is the new Bail and Release (Scotland) Act which says remand should only be used as a last resort for those who pose a risk of inflicting serious harm.\n\nCampaigners from groups like Scottish Women's Aid fear it could result in dangerous men being granted bail but the Scottish government says the Act includes safeguards which stress the importance of victims' safety.\n\nWatch now on BBC iPlayer: Killed by my boyfriend - The story of Claire Inglis, who was murdered by Christopher McGowan while he was out on bail", "Leopard bone is used in traditional Chinese medicine\n\nGlobal banking giants are investing in companies which produce traditional Chinese medicines containing leopard and pangolin parts, a report has found.\n\nBoth species are classed as threatened.\n\nThe Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) identified 62 banks and financial institutions which are investing in three pharmaceutical groups making nine products which they say contain leopard or pangolin.\n\nThe BBC has contacted the companies in question for comment.\n\nThe companies include UK financial services giants such as HSBC, Prudential, and Legal & General, as well as global investment firms including Goldman Sachs, UBS, Deutsche Bank and BlackRock.\n\nLeopards and pangolins are threatened, which means they are likely to become endangered in the foreseeable future. Both are also listed on the CITES (Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora) treaty which prohibits international commercial trade in them and their parts, in a bid to ensure their survival in the wild is not threatened.\n\nThe three pharmaceutical companies, highlighted in the EIA report are Tong Ren Tang group, Tianjin Pharmaceutical group and Jilin Aodong Pharmaceutical Group.\n\nNot all the companies listed in the EIA report invest in all three of them, but they all invest in at least one.\n\nIn traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) leopard bone is used as a tiger bone substitute. Tiger bone is believed to strengthen bones and sinews, provide pain relief and help get rid of wind. Pangolin scales are said to aid blood circulation, lactation and help with rheumatic pain relief. These claims are not backed up by scientific fact.\n\nFollowing the report's publication, EIA Legal & Policy Specialist Avinash Basker called on the Chinese government to \"fulfil CITES recommendations and prohibit the use of the body parts of leopards, pangolins, tigers and rhinos from all sources for all commercial purposes in its domestic markets\".\n\n\"The use of highly threatened animals such as leopards, pangolins, rhino and tigers in traditional medicine products disregards CITES recommendations made by the international community to protect these species. This is use on an effectively industrial scale which can only push these species ever-closer to extinction, simultaneously sending mixed messages to consumers, fuelling demand for their parts and derivatives and tainting the global reputation of TCM,\" he said.\n\nPangolin scales are said to aid blood circulation, lactation and help with rheumatic pain relief, in traditional Chinese medicine\n\n\"It's particularly disappointing to see so many major banks and financial institutions effectively endorsing this damaging exploitation, especially as so many have pledged to do otherwise,\" he added. \"If their environmental credentials are to have any credibility, they need to divest from TCM manufacturers using threatened species at the soonest opportunity.\"\n\nThe EIA said it was unable to find how the leopard or pangolin derivatives were being sourced.\n\nIn a statement, HSBC said it is \"not a direct investor and does not have direct exposure to these companies\". It added that the EIA report includes a response from HSBC Global Asset Management Canada that the company's \"investments in the TCM companies were limited to passive or 'tracker' funds rather than actively managed funds\". This means that funds are automatically invested in shares based on a linked index - for example, the FTSE 100 - which they track.\n\nDeutsche Bank said that the report focuses on asset managers and directed the BBC to DWS, the asset management company that was once part of DB but is now a separate listed entity.\n\nIn a statement, DWS said it has \"different ESG-related [environmental, social and governance] policies that provide guidance on the integration of ESG information into our investment processes, engagement, and proxy voting activities, where we combine our voting rights for active and passive funds.\n\n\"Globally, there are no actively managed DWS funds invested in any of these three issuers,\" it said.\n\nLegal & General Investment Management said it \"manages many funds against a range of different index providers to meet a wide variety of different client demands\".\n\n\"LGIM is aware that one of the key drivers of nature-loss, as identified by Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Service (IPBES), is 'natural resource use and exploitation', that covers exploitation of wild species,\" the firm said.\n\n\"As such, we are developing a 'nature framework' that targets these IPBES drivers, that includes integration and disclosure of high-quality, consistent, location-specific data, that relates to company behaviour around these key nature-related issues.\"\n\nThe BBC has approached UBS, Tong Ren Tang group, Tianjin Pharmaceutical group and Jilin Aodong Pharmaceutical Group, for comment.", "Two Met Police officers have been sacked after carrying out a stop-and-search of athletes Bianca Williams and Ricardo Dos Santos in July 2020.", "A teenager arrested after a 17-year-old grammar school boy was fatally stabbed deleted 47 items from his phone before it was seized by police, an inquest has heard.\n\nJoshua Molnar stabbed Yousef Makki with a knife during a row in Hale Barns, Greater Manchester, in March 2019.\n\nA second inquest is being held after the original inquest findings in November 2021 were quashed.\n\nThe initial hearing ruled out both unlawful killing and accidental death.\n\nIt was jettisoned after his family were granted a judicial review.\n\nThe fresh inquest at Manchester South Coroner's Court in Stockport heard Adam Chowdhary was best friends with Yousef, from Burnage in Manchester, who had won a scholarship to £12,000 a year Manchester Grammar School, where the pair met.\n\nYousef was stabbed in the heart by their mutual friend Molnar on 2 March 2019.\n\nEx-public schoolboy Molnar, from a wealthy Cheshire family, claimed self-defence and was cleared of manslaughter and murder by a jury but jailed for perverting the course of justice by lying to police at the scene and carrying a knife in public.\n\nAdam Chowdhary, 17, at the time, was with both of them at the time of the stabbing and had bought the knife used in the incident.\n\nHe told police he did not see what happened.\n\nHe deleted items from his phone before it was seized by police and gave a \"disingenuous at best, dishonest at worst\" account to officers at the scene, the inquest heard.\n\nCoroner Alison Mutch had ruled out both unlawful killing and accidental death as reasons for Yousef's death, saying she could not establish the precise sequence of events.\n\nBut Yousef's family brought a judicial review challenging the coroner's finding that there was an insufficiency of evidence on the \"central issue\", of whether the killing was unlawful.\n\nMolnar told his criminal trial that knives were produced after they argued and there was a \"coming together\".\n\nBody-worn footage from police officers was played to the hearing on the first day of the new inquest, showing the aftermath of the incident.\n\nIn it Molnar tells police he does not know how Yousef was stabbed and suggests a silver hatchback was in the area and drove off at speed.\n\nMr Chowdhary is seen in the footage suggesting to officers he was pre-occupied with his phone and the first he became aware something was wrong was when Yousef, bleeding from his wound, said to him, \"look what happened\", and lifted his shirt.\n\nMr Chowdhary also mentions to the officer a grey Polo or Corsa car near the scene and the attackers have \"got off\".\n\nCoroner Geraint Williams suggested: \"Mr Chowdhary is being disingenuous at best, dishonest at worst.\"\n\nJohn Mulvihill, a retired detective inspector, said before Chowdhary had his phone seized 47 items, call records or messages, were deleted from it, and agreed it was a \"concerted effort\".\n\nPeter Weatherby KC, representing the Makki family, asked the witness: \"There's far from innocent reasons why anyone might delete call histories in these circumstances?\"\n\nMr Weatherby did not repeat the question and moved on, asking the former detective why he changed the two youths' status from witnesses to suspects.\n\nMr Mulvihill said: \"Straight road, well lit. It was difficult to understand why or how they had not seen anything given the close proximity to Yousef.\"\n\nMr Chowdhary was previously found not guilty of perverting the course of justice and given a four-month detention order after admitting possession of a flick knife.\n\nWhy not follow BBC North West on Facebook, X and Instagram? You can also send story ideas to northwest.newsonline@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Leeds City College has had to increase class sizes to accommodate some 600 additional students resitting GCSEs this year\n\nColleges in England say they are having to expand class sizes and hire exam halls to cope with a rising number of pupils taking compulsory GCSE resits.\n\nSome are rehiring former teachers, according to the Association of Colleges (AoC), as an extra 60,000 students prepare to resit English and maths, many of them in two weeks' time.\n\nChanges to grading this year meant a higher proportion of students failed.\n\nThe government says it is investing more money in colleges.\n\nUnder-18s in England have to retake GCSE English and maths if they did not get at least a grade 4 - a pass.\n\nThe resits can take place in the autumn or the summer.\n\nHayden, 16, has two weeks to go until he sits his maths GCSE exams again after the first time did not go to plan.\n\n\"I was hoping for a pass because I had lots of revision building up to it. When I got a 3 I wasn't too disappointed because when I did my mocks, which was just before, I got a 1,\" he said.\n\nHayden is dividing his time between his level 2 public service course and resit classes at Leeds City College. He hopes extra revision sessions over half term can get him over the line.\n\n\"Angles and ratios are probably the things I'm struggling on the most,\" he said.\n\n\"People should have a pass in maths because it's just that extra GCSE which can help with getting jobs in the future. It's a skill you need throughout life.\"\n\nHayden hopes extra revision classes will get him the result he needs\n\nLeeds City College has had to increase class sizes in order to fit in about 600 additional students resitting English and maths this year - with some lessons growing from around 20 to 25 students.\n\nAround a third of the students have additional needs, meaning they may need extra time in exams, or to take them in small rooms. As a result, staff rooms will be turned into makeshift exam halls for the students next month.\n\nOnce November resits are out of the way, the college will focus on preparing for what staff described as a \"military operation\" in the summer, when the bulk of resit students take their exams.\n\nThey will need to hire an external exam hall to fit all the students in.\n\nGCSE passes in England, Wales and Northern Ireland fell this year - with 68.2% of all entries marked at grades 4/C and above.\n\nThe drop was steepest in England where grades were brought back in line with 2019 after spikes in top grades during the pandemic.\n\nAs a result, more than 167,000 students in England received grade 3 or lower on their maths paper this summer - about 21,000 more than in 2022.\n\nCombined, that is the highest number in a decade.\n\nAt the same time, there are more teenagers coming through the system.\n\nAnalysis by the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) suggests there will be a 17% rise in the number of 16 and 17-year-olds between 2019 and 2024 - an extra 200,000 young people.\n\nThe AoC said numbers were higher than they had anticipated, with 88 out of 98 colleges that responded to a survey seeing an increase in resit numbers over the past year.\n\nThe membership body, which represents 215 out of about 225 colleges in England, said a lack of English and maths teachers meant the compulsory resit policy was not \"sustainable\".\n\nCatherine Sezen, director of education policy at the AoC, said: \"Some colleges are having to rehire retired teachers, employ agency staff, rely on non-specialist staff to teach lessons and share staff with other colleges.\n\n\"The decades of underfunding and under resourcing means that, despite recent funding boosts from the government, college finances are still under extreme pressure and some do not have the funding or staffing levels to cope with the increased numbers of students needing to resit.\"\n\nThe pass rates for resits is low. This summer, 16.4% of people aged 17 and over taking their maths GCSE resit passed, compared with 25.9% of those taking English.\n\nThe policy was introduced in 2014, making it compulsory for under-18s without a pass in GCSE English or maths to continue studying that subject.\n\nThese students are more likely to be from a disadvantaged backgrounds and the vast majority enrol on courses in further education colleges rather than school sixth forms or sixth form colleges.\n\nSome of them end up resitting multiple times.\n\nA spokeswoman for the Department for Education (DfE) said: \"Young people who leave education with a good grasp of English and maths have a much better chance of securing a job or going on to further study.\"\n\nThe DfE said it was investing an extra £1.6bn in colleges by 2024-25, compared with the 2021-22 financial year, and an extra £470m over the next two years would help colleges boost recruitment and retention of staff.\n\nThe IFS said that money would \"just about allow [colleges] to match this year's pay offer of 6.5% for teachers\".\n\nThis month, the government also announced a further £150m per year over the next two years to help colleges with students taking resits and laid out plans for the Advanced British Standard - a new qualification that would include some English and maths to 18.\n\nPrime Minister Rishi Sunak said more teachers would be recruited to help.\n\nSign up for our morning newsletter and get BBC News in your inbox.", "Railway lines in Suffolk were flooded during Storm Babet, causing massive disruption over the weekend\n\nThe Met Office has said it will conduct a \"full review of our forecasts and warnings\" after claims its warnings about Storm Babet were not accurate.\n\nParts of Suffolk and Norfolk were lashed by rain and hit by devastating flooding on Friday.\n\nWhile a red warning was issued for Scotland, a more moderate yellow warning was given for eastern England.\n\n\"Storm Babet was a complex weather system impacting large parts of the UK over a number of areas,\" it said.\n\nA total of 13 areas broke their daily rainfall records for October last week across the UK, the government-run organisation said.\n\nFlooding in places such as Framlingham caught many people by surprise\n\nA major incident was declared in Suffolk on Friday during the storm after a deluge of heavy rain hit roads, homes and businesses.\n\nSimon Brown, Met Office services director, said while the rainfall was high in Suffolk, only half the amount was measured in Essex.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Therese Coffey: We have less experience with rain from the East\n\nHe added the warning included that flooding could occur, potentially resulting in places being cut off and traffic disruption.\n\n\"Whilst we accurately predicted the impacts in Scotland, the localised high intensity rainfall that occurred in Suffolk was more difficult to forecast and this was reflected in the level of certainty within our warnings,\" said Mr Brown.\n\n\"Our first weather warning for impacts in Suffolk were issued for heavy rain on Monday and updated on Wednesday for 25-50mm of rain to fall quite widely across a swathe of eastern England.\"\n\nThere was heavier rain than expected - with Charsfield in Suffolk recording 78mm in 24 hours, as did Wattisham.\n\nMr Brown added: \"Localised rainfall amounts were higher than expected - and we will, of course, be undertaking a full review of our forecasts and warnings associated with the very complex situation related to Storm Babet.\n\n\"Our thoughts are with the communities who have been impacted by Storm Babet during what remains a very difficult time.\"\n\nFollow East of England news on Facebook, Instagram and X. Got a story? Email eastofenglandnews@bbc.co.uk or WhatsApp 0800 169 1830\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Richard Roundtree broke ground with his role of detective John Shaft in 1970s\n\nRichard Roundtree, a US actor best known for his starring role in the Shaft film franchise, has died aged 81.\n\nHe died at home in Los Angeles on Tuesday afternoon with his family by his side, his manager Patrick McMinn told The Hollywood Reporter.\n\nHis death comes after a short battle with pancreatic cancer.\n\n\"Richard's work and career served as a turning point for African American leading men in film,\" McMinn said in a statement.\n\n\"The impact he had on the industry cannot be overstated,\" he added.\n\nBorn on 9 July, 1942 in New Rochelle, New York, Roundtree began his acting career in the early 1960s.\n\nHe was seen as a ground-breaking actor with his portrayal of detective John Shaft, which made him a star at the age of 29.\n\nThe 1970s movie franchise was iconic as it was among the first of what came to be known as Blaxploitation films\n\nThe 1970s movie franchise was iconic as it was among the first of what came to be known as Blaxploitation films, a genre featuring action movies that centred on heroic black characters.\n\nRoundtree also appeared in a number of movies and TV series, which include the films Inchon and Seven as well as the television series Roots, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, Desperate Housewives.\n\nSamuel L Jackson, who appeared in the 2000 Shaft reboot as well as an 2019 instalment of the franchise with Roundtree, described the late actor as \"the prototype, the best to ever do it\".\n\n\"His passing leaves a deep hole not only in my heart, but I'm sure a lotta y'all's, too,\" Jackson wrote on Instagram.\n\n\"Love you Brother, I see you walking down the Middle Street in Heaven & Isaac's Conducting your song,\" he added, referring to Shaft's famous theme song which won an Oscar for best original music.\n\nRoundtree was diagnosed with breast cancer in 1993 and underwent a double mastectomy.\n\nHe is survived by four daughters - Kelli, Nicole, Taylor, Morgan - his son John, and at least one grandchild, according to the New York Times.", "Many top UK scientists are calling for the current 14-day limit on embryo research to be doubled to 28-days, so they can study the unexplored secrets of early human development.\n\nLifting the ban could yield major scientific breakthroughs for infertility, miscarriage and birth defects - and it appears there could be public support.\n\nNewly published fieldwork with 70 people, designed to hear diverse public views on the highly controversial topic, suggests the mood is favourable.\n\nPart-funded by the government's independent UK Research and Innovation body along with the Wellcome Trust, the £100,000 project ran between May and July of this year, asking probing ethical and philosophical questions about the idea of stretching the limit.\n\nThe group behind the work - the Human Developmental Biology Initiative (HDBI) - say it is an important first step in a much longer debate that will inevitably be needed if the legal rules around embryo experiments are to be changed.\n\nOrganisations such as Right To Life UK and some religious groups strongly oppose doing medical experiments on human embryos.\n\nRight To Life UK spokesperson, Catherine Robinson, said: \"Human embryos should never be experimented on.\"\n\nShe accused the project of being a thinly veiled attempt to lobby for the removal of the 14-day limit - something the HDBI denies. It says the aim is to better understand public hopes and concerns around the regulation of research involving human embryos.\n\nProf Robin Lovell-Badge, HDBI Oversight group co-chair, senior group leader and head of the Laboratory of Stem Cell Biology and Developmental Genetics at the Francis Crick Institute, said: \"When we think about 'are we able to change the law?' we have to be very careful. It's been this contract between society and researchers for a long time.\n\n\"The government will not do anything without public support... and this exercise suggests there might be [support].\"\n\nHe stressed that no one is suggesting growing the embryos to make babies. Instead, it's about examining the earliest days and developmental processes of new life.\n\nHe says the 14-day limit in the UK's Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act, which dates back to 1990, was \"always an arbitrary limit\" or acceptable cut-off.\n\nAt the time there was a boom in lab studies into fertility treatments and early embryo development. Observing what happens can help understanding of what can go wrong.\n\nThe science has progressed considerably since then, pushing the boundary of how long a developing embryo could be viably kept alive in a dish for research purposes after fertilisation, if that were to be legally allowed.\n\nSome argue the 14‐day rule was never meant to represent a firm moral boundary for embryo research, just a practical time limit. Precisely what happens after 14 days is somewhat of a mystery, because the research has not been allowed.\n\nIt was proposed by the Warnock Committee in 1984, not that long after the birth of Louise Brown, the world's first IVF baby in 1978.\n\nThe 14-day threshold is reached when a physical milestone happens and something called the \"primitive streak\" appears as the 1mm-long embryo organises itself from a ball of cells into something with a definite top, bottom, front and back.\n\nAfter that, more complex structures start to form.\n\nExperts know from other work with animals and scans of pregnant women that by four weeks or 28 days, the heart forms and starts beating.\n\nAt that point, the embryo is still smaller than a grain of rice and has no functioning central nervous system to feel pain, they say.\n\nExperts argue that extending the window for embryo research to 28 days would allow scientists to closely study vital developmental processes that occur during something called gastrulation - when the main tissue building blocks are established.\n\nDr Peter Rugg-Gunn, who is scientific lead for the HDBI, explained: \"We know very little after two weeks. Two to five weeks is black box.\"\n\nHe says learning more about this stage could lead to improvements in IVF success rates and spina bifida research.\n\n\"The IVF success rate is one in four. Often, it fails after the second week of development. We know very little about what contributes to that failure currently.\"\n\nAn important early structure in the embryo, called the neural tube that goes on to form the brain and spine, closes at around four weeks. When this process fails, babies can have something called a neural tube defect, which includes spina bifida where, in the severest form, the spine is exposed and can be damaged.\n\nObserving this closure could also be a way to date research embryos approaching 28 days in the lab that should then be destroyed, if the new cut-off limit was agreed, scientists say.\n\nThe people who took part in the HDBI fieldwork were also asked their opinions about scientists developing synthetic embryos - ones created from stem cells, not egg and sperm.\n\nSome ethically opposed all forms of human embryo research. Some called for case-by-case permission.\n\nThe UK is currently debating how to regulate this type of pioneering work. Legal and ethical experts in the UK are drawing up a voluntary set of guidelines which are tipped to be published before the end of the year.\n\nIn the UK there are laws to prevent synthetic embryos being used to create babies. Researchers elsewhere are already testing different human-hybrid embryo models in animals.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Conservative MPs have been questioning the BBC's director general over its coverage of the conflict in the Middle East.\n\nTim Davie attended a special meeting of Tory MPs, which the BBC said had been arranged in July as part of regular discussions with politicians.\n\nThe private meeting is understood to have focused on the BBC's coverage of the Israel-Gaza war and migration.\n\nA BBC spokesman said Mr Davie stressed \"why the institution matters\" to MPs.\n\nOne MP present told the BBC: \"There's one thing today that's united the whole of the backbenches and that's a disagreement with the DG about Hamas being a terrorist organisation and the ability to say so.\"\n\nAnother described it as \"a forthright exchange of views\".\n\nMany Tory MPs and Israeli President Isaac Herzog have been angered by the corporation not describing Hamas as \"terrorists\".\n\nMr Davie said the word was far from banned but the corporation took care to say who was describing someone as a terrorist. BBC reports regularly refer to Hamas as being a proscribed terrorist organisation by the UK government.\n\nA spokesman added later: \"We are impartial... it's not about being neutral, it's about being able to report in the UK, in Gaza, in the Middle East, whereas if the BBC is seen to be an arm of the UK government, that makes our journalism very difficult and it impacts the way it's perceived and trusted.\"\n\nReports from inside the 1922 Committee, which represents backbench Tory MPs in the House of Commons, said that Tory Natalie Elphicke was among MPs to question Mr Davie on the BBC's coverage of small boat crossings.\n\nThe BBC is launching assessments of its migration output and its editorial guidelines.\n\n\"Every four to five years, as a matter of course we look at our editorial guidelines. That's next due to happen next year,\" a BBC spokesperson said.\n\nThe questions led to desk-banging, traditional sign of appreciation at the meeting and cheers of \"more\".\n\nA BBC spokesman said Mr Davie had attended the meeting because he had been asked as part of his regular meetings with political parties.\n\n\"We have meetings with all sorts of parliamentary groups from different parties as part of our normal engagement. We were invited to come, we were invited back in July and here we are\", the spokesman said.\n\n\"We don't do it thinking that we're going to get a warm hug,\" he added.\n\nAlso on Wednesday, BBC News Chief Executive Deborah Turness published a blog on the broadcaster's coverage of the Israel-Gaza war.\n\nIn it, she set out how BBC reporters are moving away from using the word \"militant\" as \"a default description of Hamas or Hezbollah fighters\".\n\n\"But we don't ban words, and there may be times now or in the future when it's appropriate to use the term,\" Ms Turness said.", "A popular YouTuber has apologised after a video titled I Travelled Across Japan For Free riled locals.\n\nFidias Panayiotou's video - which showed him dodging train fares and a five-star hotel breakfast bill, has earned almost half a million views.\n\nSome have called for his arrest on social media and rail authorities are considering further action against him.\n\nGood manners are highly prized in Japan and pranks that are deemed disrespectful are frowned upon.\n\n\"Hello beautiful people, I apologize to the Japanese people if we made them feel bad that was not our goal!\" said the Cypriot YouTuber on Tuesday, after his video went viral over the weekend.\n\nMr Panayiotou describes himself as a \"professional mistake maker\" on his YouTube page, which has 2.4 million subscribers.\n\nHe was joined by three other people in the Japan video, which was part of a $10,000 (£8,216) challenge.\n\nAt one point in the clip, he hides in a bullet train toilet and feigns illness when confronted by a conductor. He then runs off to board another train where he repeats the stunt.\n\nMr Panayiotou also begs for a bus fare from a stranger but is still 80 yen (£0.44; $0.53) short. He is then locked in the bus by the driver and taken to a police station, where he is detained for five hours before being released.\n\nHe later pretends to be a guest at a hotel in order to get a free breakfast. \"And we're leaving the hotel without getting caught and without any problem,\" he says to the camera.\n\nIt is unclear when the video was filmed, or whether Mr Panayiotou and his companions are still in Japan.\n\nMany social media users demanded that Mr Panayiotou delete his video to prove his apology was sincere. The video appeared to have been removed on his YouTube channel as of noon on Tuesday.\n\n\"Another strange, annoying YouTuber from abroad has emerged. In addition to this guy Fidias, the three others should be arrested,\" one social media user said.\n\n\"I am really disgusted by people like you guys who take advantage of the kindness and politeness of the Japanese people,\" another user said.\n\nAnother commented: \"This is so wrong. This is just stealing people's money and behaving rudely to others.\"\n\nIn August, American livestreamer Ismael Ramsey Khalid, better known as Johnny Somali, was arrested for allegedly trespassing on a construction site and repeatedly shouting \"Fukushima\", a reference to the nuclear power plant that went into meltdown in 2011 after a tsunami.\n\nIn 2017, US YouTuber Logan Paul also stirred massive controversy with a video he posted, later taken down, of an apparent suicide victim in a Japanese forest that gained millions of views.", "The Aussie popstar was spotted by the BBC's Jeremy Vine while cycling in central London.", "Gaie Delap is one of 12 Stop Oil protesters accused of breaching a court injunction\n\nA grandmother climbed a motorway gantry in protest against the \"climate emergency\" not being taken seriously enough, a court has been told.\n\nRetired teacher Gaie Delap, from Bristol, took part in a Just Stop Oil protest on the M25 in November 2022.\n\nShe told a judge she did it for the future of her grandchildren.\n\nMs Delap, 76, is one of 12 Stop Oil protesters accused of breaching a court injunction aimed at restricting protest and disruption on the motorway.\n\nSeveral junctions across Surrey, London, Essex and Kent were affected by the Just Stop Oil action.\n\nMr Justice Soole is overseeing a hearing at the High Court in London which is expected to end later this week.\n\nShe told the judge on Tuesday a policeman had greeted her with \"some surprise\".\n\nSix police forces were involved in the operation around the M25\n\nMs Delap, a mother of two, said she had been given climbing training by a Just Stop Oil mentor before taking part in the protest.\n\nLawyers representing National Highways said protesters caused \"considerable delays\" and were in contempt of court.\n\nMs Delap said she was unaware that an injunction was in place and apologised - other defendants said the same.\n\nShe told the judge she had joined the protest after Just Stop Oil called for volunteers.\n\nThere were delays for motorists on the M25\n\n\"I heard a Just Stop Oil Zoom call for climbers to volunteer,\" Ms Delap said.\n\n\"I thought, well, I am 76, I have never had any climbing experience, I didn't think I had to volunteer for that. But it went onto my mind and stayed there.\n\n\"I then followed it up with an inquiry about how I might get involved.\"\n\nMs Delap, who said demonstrators had gone to a \"safe house\" the night before the protest, said she had climbed a ladder and sat on the gantry.\n\nMs Delap added: \"Why did I do it?\n\n\"My heart is breaking for the future of my six grandchildren and all future generations.\"\n\nShe told the judge that Just Stop Oil wanted the government to \"stop new oil and gas\" and said \"the climate emergency is a serious issue and it has not been taken seriously enough\".\n\nOthers protesters accused of contempt at the hearing in the Royal Courts of Justice, in London, are: Charlotte Kirin, 54; Daniel Johnson, 25; Joseph Linhart, 22; Luke Elson, 30; Mair Bain, 36; Paul Bell, 23; Rosemary Jackson, 25; and Theresa Higginson, 25.\n\nFollow BBC West on Facebook, X and Instagram. Send your story ideas to: bristol@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Three trade unions representing bus and rail workers in Northern Ireland are to ballot members over industrial action in a pay dispute.\n\nUnite, GMB and SIPTU will ask members members to vote on possible action up to and including a strike following an \"insulting 0% pay offer\".\n\nThe first date for any action would be Friday 1 December, affecting Ulsterbus, Metro, Glider and rail services.\n\nIn a joint statement, the unions said such coordinated industrial action \"would be unprecedented in recent years and would bring to a standstill all bus and rail services in Northern Ireland\".\n\nThe unions said management at Translink \"had indicated they were unable to offer any pay offer or a timetable for negotiations for an improved pay offer in light of the constrained funding for public transport\".\n\nSharon Graham, the general secretary of Unite the union, said members had \"voted overwhelmingly by 98.5%\" to reject the 0% offer and that it was now encouraging members to vote for industrial action.\n\nShe added that public transport had been \"underfunded by Stormont for years\" and that \"brutal budget cuts\" introduced by Northern Ireland Secretary Chris Heaton-Harris had brought about the dispute.\n\nPeter Macklin, of GMB, said its members \"should not be subject to a sanctions budget imposed by the secretary of state due to the failure of politicians at Stormont\".\n\n\"Zero per cent is simply unacceptable and means a very severe real terms reduction in pay for front-line bus and rail workers.\"\n\nNiall McNally, of SIPTU, said workers were facing a \"crushing real-terms pay cut\", adding that a strike would bring \"bus and rail services to a standstill and will have a wider impact both socially and economically\".\n\nThe unions said they were due to take part in a meeting, alongside Translink management, with the Department of Infrastructure's permanent secretary in the coming days.\n• None Public bus and train fares frozen for another year", "Sisters Yahel and Noiya with their mother Lianne\n\nIt is the saddest of sights.\n\nOpposite the pomegranate trees in a quiet corner so at odds with the manner of their death, three graves have been dug for a mother and her daughters: Lianne, Noiya and Yahel Sharabi.\n\nThe contrast between this scene and a photo of smiling mum Lianne with her arms around her two teenage daughters, taken just a few months ago as they celebrated on Kibbutz Be'eri, in southern Israel, could not be starker.\n\nThey cannot even return home in death. Be'eri has been destroyed - the scene of a massacre. Too many are dead, yet the living cannot bury their dead there.\n\nSo this British-Israeli family is being buried in a cemetery about 25 miles (40km) from the Gaza border.\n\nThe Sharabis cannot even rest in peace. The girls' dad Eli is still missing. Their uncle Yosi has been kidnapped. Here children can't mourn their parents. Parents can't grieve their children.\n\nIn Israel, hundreds of people gathered for their funeral with many wearing T-shirts that read: \"Lianne, Noiya and Yahel have been murdered. Bring back Eli and Yosi now.\"\n\nTeenage girls cried for their friends Yahel and Noiya, unable to comprehend what has happened to this family.\n\nDead, missing, kidnapped. The horror of that day, for this country, in one family.\n\nNoiya and Yahel's father Eli is still missing, while their uncle Yosi has been kidnapped\n\nMany mourners wore shirts with the names and pictures of the Sharabi family on them\n\nHundreds gathered for the funeral of Lianne, Noiya and Yahel Sharabi\n\nThe girls' uncle described the family's world as \"broken\" following their deaths\n\nLianne came to Israel from Bristol aged just 19 to work on a kibbutz. She then built her life here until Hamas decided to take that from her and her daughters.\n\nShe was a caring mother, wife, daughter and sister, with a dry sense of humour.\n\nHer 13-year-old daughter, Yahel, was a bundle of energy, full of adventure and mischief.\n\nAnd Noiya, 16, was a gifted student, sensitive and fun.\n\nTheir lives are now encapsulated in just a few words.\n\n\"Our entire world is broken\", their uncle said.\n\nLianne's family and friends in Bristol have been unable to travel here but said they would watch the funeral in the UK \"united in grief\".\n\nThey remembered Yahel for her sense of adventure, riding her bike at \"breakneck speed around the kibbutz\" and for dancing along to TikTok videos with her sister and, on occasions, her British cousins.\n\nHer family in the UK said they were left with \"a Yahel-shaped hole in our lives that can never be filled\".\n\nNoiya was described as a \"beautiful and talented young woman\" who was \"always the big sister\".\n\n\"A beacon of light extinguished too soon,\" her family said in her eulogy.\n\nLianne, the third of four siblings, was described as \"unique, rare, special\".\n\nHer brother Steve described her as \"big in every way - her love, her personality, her attitude and her mouth\".\n\nIn a eulogy, her mother Gill said she had a dry sense of humour - \"sometimes irreverent, but never malicious\".\n\n\"We will miss our girl to the end of our days and keep her in our hearts forever, tucked away with the fondest memories of her 48 years,\" she said.", "Last updated on .From the section Man Utd\n\nManchester United's players wore black armbands while there was a minute's silence before the Champions League game with FC Copenhagen at Old Trafford in honour of legend Sir Bobby Charlton.\n\nOn an emotional night, a wreath was placed on Sir Bobby's seat in the directors' box as United played at home for the first time since his passing.\n\nUnited boss Erik ten Hag, led by a lone piper, laid a wreath on the pitch.\n\nCharlton was also remembered on the cover the match programme.\n\nBefore the game - which United won 1-0 - two black and white images of the England 1966 World Cup winner looked down from the glass fronted main entrance at Old Trafford next to the words 'Sir Bobby Charlton 1937-2023 Forever Loved'.\n\nMany United fans, who were advised to arrive early for 20:00 BST kick-off, laid floral tributes outside the ground.\n\nInside Old Trafford the stadium announcer urged supporters to take their seats well before kick-off as there would be a pre-match tribute to \"one of the greatest players there has ever been\".\n\nA banner read \"Sir Bobby. Born in Ashington. Made in Manchester\", while Copenhagen fans joined in chants of \"One Bobby Charlton\".\n\nTen Hag walked onto the pitch with Alex Stepney, a former team-mate of Sir Bobby's, and Under-21 captain Dan Gore, before laying a wreath and taking part in a minute's silence.\n\nThe trio had been led out by piper Terry Carr, while away supporters unveiled a banner that read \"Passion is what separates the good from the great. Rest in peace Sir Bobby Charlton.\"\n• None Sir Bobby Charlton: A Manchester United icon and one of sport's greatest figures\n• None Sir Bobby Charlton: A personal account of meeting the Man Utd and England great\n\nSir Bobby played alongside elder brother Jack against West Germany at Wembley in 1966 as one of only 11 England players to win the World Cup, and also captained Manchester United to the game's major honours, including the European Cup in 1968.\n\nThe European Cup win, with Sir Bobby scoring twice in a 4-1 win against Benfica at Wembley, carried great poignancy and emotion because he was a survivor of the Munich air disaster on 6 February 1958 which killed 23 people, including eight players and three members of the club's staff.\n\nTen Hag said before the game that his players wanted to \"fulfil Sir Bobby's legacy\".\n\nSpeaking to TNT Sports, he added: \"It is very emotional. Let's find inspiration.\"\n• None Listen to the latest The Devils' Advocate podcast\n• None Our coverage of Manchester United is bigger and better than ever before - here's everything you need to know to make sure you never miss a moment\n• None Everything United - go straight to all the best content", "Daniel and David first worked together on Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone\n\nDaniel Radcliffe has produced a documentary about his Harry Potter stunt double, who was paralysed while filming the blockbuster.\n\nDavid Holmes sustained a spinal injury during Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1.\n\nHe announced the news on Instagram about the \"secret project\", which he says has taken four years to make.\n\nThe HBO documentary, The Boy Who Lived, will feature interviews from both, as well as footage from David's stunts.\n\n\"Being a stuntman was my calling in life, and doubling Harry was the best job in the world,\" David wrote on Instagram.\n\nDavid was a teenage gymnast from Essex when he was selected to play Daniel's double in the first film, when the actor was 11.\n\nBut it was a stunt rehearsal accident in January 2009 which David said changed his \"life forever\".\n\n\"This film tells the story of not just my achievements in front of camera, but also the challenges I face every day, and my overall attitude to life after suffering a broken neck,\" he said.\n\n\"In the turbulent world we find ourselves living in right now, I would like to quote Harry: 'We are only as strong as we are united, as weak as we are divided.'\"\n\nDavid also thanked medical staff, as well as Harry Potter author JK Rowling and Daniel for their support.\n\nWriting about Daniel, he said they were both \"immensely proud of our time on the Harry Potter films, and the joy and comfort it brings to audiences around the world on a daily basis\".\n\nIt's not the first time the pair have worked together - the actor helped launch David's podcast Cunning Stunts, which features interviews with other stunt doubles, in 2020.\n\nDavid Holmes: The Boy Who Lived will be available to stream on Sky Documentaries and NOW from 18 November.\n\nListen to Newsbeat live at 12:45 and 17:45 weekdays - or listen back here.", "António Guterres also said he was deeply concerned about \"the clear violations of international humanitarian law\" in Gaza\n\nIsrael has demanded that the UN's secretary general retract comments he made about the Gaza war and apologise.\n\nAntónio Guterres said in a speech to the Security Council on Tuesday that he condemned unequivocally Hamas's deadly attacks in Israel two weeks ago but that they \"did not happen in a vacuum\".\n\nIsraeli ambassador Gilad Erdan accused him of \"justifying terrorism\" and called for his immediate resignation.\n\nOn Wednesday, Mr Guterres rejected \"misrepresentations\" of his statement.\n\nBut Mr Erdan said in reply that the UN chief \"once again distorts and twists reality\", and repeated his call for Mr Guterres to resign.\n\nOn 7 October, some 1,500 Hamas gunmen infiltrated southern Israel from Gaza. They killed at least 1,400 people, most of them civilians, and took another 222 people as hostages.\n\nThe Hamas-run health ministry in Gaza says more than 6,500 people have been killed in the territory since Israel retaliated with air and artillery strikes while massing troops for an expected ground invasion.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: The BBC's Fergal Keane reports on the brutal impact on children in Gaza\n\nAddressing a meeting of the UN Security Council in New York on Tuesday, Mr Guterres urged all parties in the war to respect and protect civilians.\n\n\"I have condemned unequivocally the horrifying and unprecedented 7 October acts of terror by Hamas in Israel. Nothing can justify the deliberate killing, injuring and kidnapping of civilians - or the launching of rockets against civilian targets.\"\n\nHe then told the council that it was \"important to also recognise the attacks by Hamas did not happen in a vacuum\", adding: \"The Palestinian people have been subjected to 56 years of suffocating occupation.\"\n\nHe described how Palestinians had \"seen their land steadily devoured by settlements and plagued by violence; their economy stifled; their people displaced and their homes demolished\".\n\n\"But the grievances of the Palestinian people cannot justify the appalling attacks by Hamas. And those appalling attacks cannot justify the collective punishment of the Palestinian people.\"\n\nMr Guterres also said he was deeply concerned about \"the clear violations of international humanitarian law that we are witnessing in Gaza\".\n\nHe expressed alarm at Israel's continuous bombardment of Gaza, as well as the level of civilian casualties and \"wholesale destruction of neighbourhoods\".\n\nWithout naming Hamas, he stressed that \"protecting civilians can never mean using them as human shields\".\n\nAnd without naming Israel, he said: \"Protecting civilians does not mean ordering more than one million people to evacuate to the south, where there is no shelter, no food, no water, no medicine and no fuel, and then continuing to bomb the south itself.\"\n\nThe UN chief also appealed for a humanitarian ceasefire to make the delivery of aid to Gaza easier and safer, and to facilitate the release of the hostages.\n\nHe called the crossing from Egypt of 62 lorries carrying food, water and medical supplies since Saturday \"a drop of aid in an ocean of need\".\n\nHe warned that the failure to include fuel risked a disaster, explaining that hospitals would be left without power and drinking water would not be purified or pumped.\n\nThe foreign minister of the West Bank-based Palestinian Authority, Riyad al-Maliki, demanded an end to what he called the \"ongoing massacres being deliberately and systematically and savagely perpetrated by Israel\" against the two million people living in Gaza.\n\nIsrael's foreign minister declared that \"Hamas are the new Nazis\"\n\nVisiting Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen criticised Mr Guterres in his speech to the Security Council, asking him: \"In what world do you live?\"\n\nMr Cohen said the killing of 1,400 men, women and children by Hamas constituted a massacre that would \"go down in history as more brutal\" than those committed by the Islamic State (IS) group.\n\n\"Hamas are the new Nazis,\" Mr Cohen declared. \"Just as the civilised world united to defeat the Nazis, just as the civilised world united to defeat [IS], the civilised world has to stand united behind Israel to defeat Hamas.\"\n\nAddressing the UN's appeals for proportionality and a ceasefire, he said: \"Tell me, what is a proportionate response for killing of babies, for rape [of] women and burn them, for beheading a child? How can you agree to a ceasefire with someone who swore to kill and destroy your own existence?\"\n\nMr Cohen later wrote on X, formerly known as Twitter: \"I will not meet with the UN secretary general. After the October 7th massacre, there is no place for a balanced approach.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nMr Erdan said the secretary general had \"expressed an understanding for terrorism and murder\".\n\nOn Wednesday, the ambassador was quoted by Israeli news website Ynet as saying he had informed the UN's Under-Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs, Martin Griffiths, that his request for an Israeli visa had been refused because of Mr Guterres's remarks.\n\n\"He will not be able to come here to the region. Their agencies constantly need to bring in new people, certainly at a time like now. They will be refused.\"\n\nA spokesman for UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said \"there is and can be no justification for Hamas's barbaric terrorist attack which was driven by hatred and ideology\".\n\nLater, Mr Guterres told reporters: \"I am shocked by the misrepresentations by some of my statement... as if, as if I was justifying acts of terror by Hamas. This is false. It was the opposite.\"\n\n\"I believe it was necessary to set the record straight, especially out of respect to the victims and to their families,\" he added.\n\nBut Mr Erdan said it was a \"disgrace to the UN that the secretary general does not retract his words and is not even able to apologise for what he said yesterday\".\n\n\"Every person understands very well that the meaning of his words is that Israel has guilt for the actions of Hamas or, at the very least, it shows his understanding for the 'background' leading up to the massacre,\" he said.\n\n\"A secretary general who does not understand that the murder of innocents can never be understood by any 'background' cannot be secretary general... I again call on him to resign.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: How Trump and Cohen's friendship soured over the years\n\nDonald Trump \"arbitrarily\" inflated the value of his properties on financial statements, the former president's fraud trial in New York has heard.\n\nHis former lawyer, Michael Cohen, told the court he helped come up with \"whatever number Trump told us to\" on the real estate assets.\n\nCohen, a fixer-turned-foe of Mr Trump, is a key witness in the trial.\n\nThe judge has already ruled that Mr Trump inflated the value of his properties to secure favourable loans.\n\nIn addition to this civil trial, the former president is battling four criminal cases while he campaigns for the White House.\n\nOn the witness stand in the Manhattan court on Tuesday, Cohen said one of his responsibilities was to \"reverse engineer\" assets to increase their value based on a number \"arbitrarily elected\" by Mr Trump.\n\nHe said he and former Trump Organization finance chief Allen Weisselberg would work until they reached their boss's \"desired goal\".\n\nCohen also said Mr Trump had tried to use financial documents with inflated assets in his unsuccessful 2014 bid to buy the Buffalo Bills, a National Football League team.\n\nMr Trump sat with a stony face and folded arms as Cohen entered the court.\n\nHe appeared to look in his now-disbarred former attorney's direction as he took the stand, but said nothing.\n\nAs the court recessed for lunch, Mr Trump told reporters that Cohen was \"not a credible witness\".\n\nThe Republican front-runner for the 2024 presidential election denied any wrongdoing as he arrived at court earlier.\n\nMr Trump has been occasionally attending the trial on a voluntary basis and is expected to testify himself at some point.\n\nCohen - who once stated he would \"take a bullet\" for Mr Trump - was handed a three-year jail sentence in 2018 for lying to Congress and over hush payments he made on Mr Trump's behalf.\n\nAs he arrived at court, Cohen told reporters: \"This is about accountability, plain and simple.\"\n\nHis testimony marked the first time the two have been in the same room in five years.\n\n\"Heck of a reunion,\" he said during the court break.\n\nIt was the first time the two men had been in the same room in five years\n\nCohen's testimony to Congress in 2019, when he said Mr Trump had inflated his property values, sparked the New York fraud investigation led by New York Attorney General Letitia James.\n\nMs James, a Democrat and the state's top prosecutor, is seeking a fine of $250m (£205m) and a ban on Mr Trump doing business in his home state.\n\nIn late September, the judge, Arthur Engoron, ruled Mr Trump had committed fraud through repeatedly misrepresenting his wealth by hundreds of millions of dollars.\n\nJudge Engoron ordered that a court-appointed receiver take over companies that operate Trump Tower and other crown jewels of the ex-US president's real estate portfolio. An appeals court has blocked that move for now.\n\nThe judge also fined the former president $5,000 last week for failing to remove an online post mocking a court clerk - in contravention of a gag order.\n\nMr Trump does not face the risk of prison as a result of this civil trial, although the judge has threatened him with jail if he breaks the court-imposed order again.\n\nHe has repeatedly denied any wrongdoing, arguing that his assets were actually undervalued.\n\nMr Trump has also previously sued Cohen, accusing him of \"spreading falsehoods\" and breaking a confidentiality agreement.\n\nThat lawsuit was halted earlier this month, but a Trump spokesperson said it would be refiled at a later date.", "A man evaded murder charges for nearly 40 years after he assumed the identity of a dead Welshman and travelled to Portugal, a court has heard.\n\nRoman Szalajko, 62, was fatally stabbed after answering the door to his south London flat in February 1984.\n\nThe identity of his killer remained a mystery until a cold case review in 2013 when a fingerprint was linked to Paul Bryan, the Old Bailey heard.\n\nHowever, the suspect appeared to have \"disappeared\", jurors were told.\n\nAn officer eventually tracked him down after discovering Bryan had stolen the identity of a dead man with the same name, the court heard.\n\nFollowing his arrest at Stansted Airport last year Bryan, now 62, admitted having a false identity document but denied the murder of Mr Szalajko.\n\nOpening his trial on Tuesday, prosecutor Louis Mably KC said the Polish victim was a longstanding UK resident and divorced father-of-two.\n\nHe had a number of \"lady friends\" but lived alone in a flat in Kennington.\n\nA known gambler, he was \"secretive\" and kept large amounts of cash at home, sometimes going out with thousands of pounds in his wallet, jurors were told.\n\nOn the morning of 7 February 1984, Mr Szalajko was on the phone to a builder friend, Michael Peddubriwny, when he broke off, saying in Polish: \"Excuse me a moment, there's someone at the door.\"\n\nAs the line was left open, Mr Peddubriwny heard the victim say loudly in English: \"What do you want? Help! Help!\"\n\nMr Peddubriwny shouted down the phone: \"Roman, what's going on?\" but the line went dead, having been cut, the court heard.\n\nPaul Bryan's trial is being heard at the Old Bailey\n\nHe called 999 in a \"panic\" and two police officers went to the flat, where they found Mr Szalajko slumped in a chair in the living room with a fatal stab wound to his stomach.\n\nHis body was still warm to the touch, there was evidence of a search, and the constables noticed lengths of hair on the floor, Mr Mably said.\n\nAn investigation was begun and evidence was collected from the scene, including fingerprints, clothes, the telephone, the clumps of hair pulled from the victim's head and £1,000 in Spanish pesetas.\n\nBut, as lines of inquiry were exhausted, the case was closed later in 1984 and the exhibits stored.\n\nIn 2013, previously unidentified fingerprints on a \"Polish mead\" bottle from a wardrobe in the victim's bedroom matched the defendant's on the police database.\n\nEfforts to find Bryan, who is originally from Hammersmith, west London, were frustrated because there appeared to be no record of his existence after 1989, jurors were told.\n\nMr Mably said: \"It was as if he had completely disappeared. A complete blank.\n\n\"One police officer was able to pull the scraps of evidence together and began to unwind the steps the defendant had taken from the late 1980s to disappear from public view.\"\n\nRecords showed that, three days after the murder, Bryan had applied for an emergency passport, his old one having expired in 1977, jurors heard.\n\nThat was the last passport issued in his name and it ran out in May 1984.\n\nThe only post-1989 record was an arrest in 1997 when he had given police his name and was noted as being with a woman called Sylvia Bryan, Mr Mably said.\n\nThere was no record of a female relative called Sylvia so police searched for all Paul Bryans and found a Welsh Paul Bryan born in 1955.\n\nMr Mably told jurors that police examined the 1989 marriage record of the Welsh Paul Bryan to Sylvia, a widow and tour operator.\n\n\"But there was a problem,\" he said. \"By 1989 the Welsh Paul Bryan was already dead - he had died in 1987.\n\n\"The alarm bells went off and the suspicion was this defendant had assumed the identity of the Welsh Paul Bryan and further investigation found that to be the case.\"\n\nIn 1989, a passport was also issued under the identity of the Welsh Paul Bryan, which was later renewed.\n\nMeanwhile, forensic tests which were unavailable in 1984 resulted in a DNA breakthrough, jurors were told.\n\nIn Bryan's absence, cells from his late mother's hairbrush were compared with traces on the victim's vest and clump of hair and found to be a close DNA match, Mr Mably said.\n\nBryan was arrested at Stansted Airport last year coming off a flight from Lisbon and initially pretended to be a different Paul Bryan.\n\nBut swabs were compared with the DNA at the murder scene and found to be a \"perfect match\", the court was told.\n\nIn a police interview, he admitted his true identity but told officers he had lost his memory after a serious car crash in Lisbon.\n\nHe claimed he had assumed the false identity because he had married an older woman.\n\nMr Mably said: \"When questioned about the presence of his fingerprint at the scene, he said it was 'bullshit'.\"\n\nWhen told about the presence of his DNA on the vest and hair, Mr Malby said Bryan responded: \"This is like a bad nightmare'.\"\n\nListen to the best of BBC Radio London on Sounds and follow BBC London on Facebook, X and Instagram. Send your story ideas to hello.bbclondon@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Ukrainian officials say the fighting is becoming too intense for children to remain\n\nUkraine has started the forced evacuation of around 1,000 children from areas near to the front line as Russia intensifies attacks.\n\nParents have been told they must move their families to safety from 31 settlements in the southern Kherson and eastern Donetsk regions.\n\nAnyone under the age of 18 must be accompanied by a parent or guardian.\n\nOfficials in the north-eastern Kharkiv region are also preparing to evacuate 275 children from 10 settlements.\n\nUkraine has ordered such evacuations before when fighting has intensified.\n\nOfficials say many children are living under near constant shelling and insist it's now far too dangerous for them to remain at home.\n\nAccompanied by police officers - with the power to force families to flee - they're now going door to door to persuade parents to leave with their children.\n\nKyiv has promised families safe passage to safer parts of the country where they'll be given free accommodation and places at schools and nurseries.\n\nOleksandr Tolokonnikov, who is the spokesman for the Kherson regional administration, explained that some families were still reluctant to leave their homes, despite the increased danger and discomfort of living under near constant enemy attack.\n\n\"There are different cases,\" he said. \"For example, when families barricade themselves inside. Of course the police don't break doors. They talk to people. They show videos to people of what happens if the shell hits, with killed and injured children. It is more psychological work\".\n\nOfficials now insist that it is too dangerous for families to remain close to the front line\n\nGetting the families out is a difficult and dangerous task carried out by emergency workers and volunteers.\n\nIn the Donetsk region a special police unit known as the White Angels is responsible for getting people to safety.\n\nUkraine's deputy prime minister, Iryna Vereshchuk, said the evacuation teams were risking their lives and appealed to parents to be ready: \"If you're warned about evacuation, please don't delay, pack the most necessary things, your documents, and leave.\"\n\nBut she also acknowledged that the authorities in Kherson lack sufficient armoured vehicles to transport children to safety. It's estimated that around 800 children live in the affected areas and Ms Vereshchuk said she'd asked international organisations to help.\n\n\"800 children is a lot, and we need to take them out as soon as possible.\"\n\nUkraine says that Russian troops have launched major assaults on a few areas along the Eastern front in recent days and intensified shelling in the south.\n\nIt's feared that Moscow plans attacks on critical infrastructure as winter approaches.", "Michael Cohen faced off against his former boss Donald Trump in court for the second day on Wednesday\n\nFireworks erupted between Donald Trump's legal team and his former personal attorney, Michael Cohen, in the former president's high-stakes fraud trial.\n\nThe heated day featured multiple skirmishes between the defence attorneys, prosecutors, and Judge Arthur Engoron, culminating in a $10,000 (£8,250) fine against Mr Trump for violating a gag order against speaking or posting about court staff.\n\nEarlier in the day, Mr Trump had told reporters that Mr Engoron was a \"very partisan judge, with a person who is very partisan sitting alongside him, perhaps even much more partisan than he is\".\n\nHis comments followed a previous social media attack against the judge's clerk earlier this month, which had led to the gag order and a fine.\n\nIn a dramatic moment shortly after 14.00 EST, the judge forced Mr Trump to briefly take the stand to settle the matter.\n\nWhen questioned on the stand, Mr Trump told the judge he was referring to \"you and Cohen\", not the judge and his clerk.\n\nJudge Engoron said his explanation was \"not credible,\" and fined him $10,000.\n\nIt was the capstone of a long and rocky day in court starring Mr Trump's former personal counsel.\n\nMr Cohen is a key witness in a case brought by New York attorney general Letitia James, which alleges that the Trump Organization and its top figures fraudulently inflated the value of its assets to secure more favourable loans.\n\nJudge Engoron has already ruled the organisation committed fraud, and the current trial is focused on additional charges. There is no jury, and an unfavourable ruling could put Mr Trump's New York real estate empire in peril.\n\nOn Wednesday, Mr Trump's team was clearly taking the offensive.\n\nThrough a steady staccato of questions, attorney Alina Habba sought to undermine Mr Cohen's credibility and question his motivations.\n\n\"You have made a career out of publicly attacking President Trump haven't you?\" she said in one instance.\n\n\"The more outrageous your stories are about President Trump, the more money you make?\" she asked later.\n\nAt one point, he grew frustrated with Ms Habba's questions. \"I answered every question that you want, why are you screaming at me?\" he blurted.\n\nMeanwhile, Mr Trump, not typically one for verbal restraint, sat quietly and let his lawyers do the fighting for him.\n\nOnce Mr Trump's trusted personal lawyer, Mr Cohen went to great, and at some points illegal, ends to obtain a favourable outcome for him.\n\nHis association with Mr Trump drew him into legal peril in 2018, when he pleaded guilty to charges of tax evasion, lying to a bank, and campaign finance violations. He spent just over a year behind bars and has since become one of Mr Trump's fiercest critics.\n\nNow he is a star witness in not one but two cases against Mr Trump - this investigation into his businesses, and another investigation by the Manhattan District Attorney into hush money payments made to an adult film star with whom Mr Trump allegedly had affair. Mr Trump denies wrongdoing in both cases, as well as the affair.\n\nThis week is the first time the two have met face to face in years.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: Trump lashes out at ex-attorney before court appearance\n\nDuring his testimony, Mr Cohen told prosecutors that Mr Trump had personally directed him and the convicted ex-chief financial officer of the company to \"arbitrarily\" inflate the value of assets in order to reach a desired number.\n\nBut during cross-examination, Mr Trump's defence lawyers sought to undermine his character by accusing Mr Cohen of perjury.\n\nOn Tuesday, Mr Cohen had said he was not being truthful when he pleaded guilty to charges of tax evasion in a separate 2018 case; he did not believe he had committed that crime.\n\nThen on Wednesday, Mr Trump's lead attorney, Chris Kise, declared that Mr Cohen \"admitted here today in open court that he lied\".\n\nProsecutor Colleen Faherty interjected, and asked for respect without this \"showmanship\".\n\nMr Kise responded that \"there is nothing wrong with calling a liar, a liar.\"\n\nEventually Judge Engoron asked them to move on.\n\nToward the end of the day, another of Mr Trump's attorneys made a Hail Mary request to the judge to end the trial, citing the credibility of Mr Cohen's testimony.\n\n\"Absolutely denied,\" Judge Engoron said. \"No way, no how.\"", "Paedophiles are using artificial intelligence to create images of celebrities as children.\n\nThe Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) said images of a well-known female singer reimagined as a child are being shared by predators.\n\nOn one dark web forum the charity says images of child actors are also being manipulated to make them sexual.\n\nHundreds of images of real victims of child sexual abuse are also now being created using bespoke image generators.\n\nThe details come from the IWF's latest report into the growing problem, as it tries to raise awareness about the dangers of paedophiles using AI systems that can create images from simple text instructions.\n\nSince these powerful image generation systems entered the public domain, researchers have warned that they have the potential to be misused to generate illicit images.\n\nIn May, Home Secretary Suella Braverman and US Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas issued a joint statement committing to tackle the \"alarming rise in despicable AI-generated images of children being sexually exploited by paedophiles\".\n\nThe IWF's report details how researchers spent a month logging AI imagery on a single darknet child abuse website and found nearly 3,000 synthetic images that would be illegal under UK law.\n\nAnalysts said there is a new trend of predators taking single photos of well-known child abuse victims and recreating many more of them in different sexual abuse settings.\n\nOne folder they found contained 501 images of a real world victim who was about 9-10 years old when she was subjected to sexual abuse. In the folder predators also shared a fine-tuned AI model file to allow others to generate more images of her.\n\nThe IWF says some of the imagery, including that of celebrities as children, is extremely realistic and would be indistinguishable to untrained eyes.\n\nAnalysts saw images of mostly female singers and movie stars that had been de-aged using the imaging software to make them look like children.\n\nThe report did not identify which celebrities had been targeted.\n\nThe charity said it was sharing the research to get the issue put onto the agenda at the UK government's AI Summit next week at Bletchley Park.\n\nIn one month, the IWF investigated 11,108 AI images which had been shared on a dark web child abuse forum.\n\nIn June, the IWF warned that predators were starting to explore the use of AI to make depraved images of children, but now the IWF says the fears are a reality.\n\n\"Our worst nightmares have come true,\" said Susie Hargreaves,, the chief executive of the IWF.\n\n\"Earlier this year, we warned AI imagery could soon become indistinguishable from real pictures of children suffering sexual abuse, and that we could start to see this imagery proliferating in much greater numbers. We have now passed that point.\"\n\nThe IWF report reiterates the real world harm of AI images. Although children are not harmed directly in the making of the content, the images normalise predatory behaviour and can waste police resources as they investigate children that do not exist.\n\nIn some scenarios new forms of offence are being explored too, throwing up new complexities for law enforcement agencies.\n\nFor example, the IWF found hundreds of images of two girls whose pictures from a photoshoot at a non-nude modelling agency had been manipulated to put them in Category A sexual abuse scenes.\n\nThe reality is that they are now victims of Category A offences that never happened.", "A sprinter who was stopped by police in west London has told a misconduct hearing she had \"nothing to hide\" during the search.\n\nBianca Williams and her partner Ricardo dos Santos had their three-month-old baby in the car when they were searched in Maida Vale in July 2020.\n\nPolice bodycam footage played at the hearing showed Ms Williams being handcuffed.\n\nFive Met Police officers have denied accusations of gross misconduct.", "MPs have voted to suspend Peter Bone from the Commons for six weeks after an investigation found he had bullied and was sexually inappropriate around a former member of staff.\n\nThe move is likely to lead to a by-election in his Wellingborough constituency, a former Tory safe seat polling indicates could flip to Labour.\n\nParliament's behaviour watchdog found Mr Bone had exposed himself to an aide and physically struck him.\n\nThe Conservative Party had already withdrawn the whip from the MP, meaning he will not be able to stand for re-election as a Tory candidate and he currently sits as an independent.\n\nMPs voted in favour of suspending Mr Bone from parliament for six weeks.\n\nThe suspension had been recommend by Parliament's Independent Expert Panel (IEP)after it found Mr Bone broke sexual misconduct rules by indecently exposing himself to the staffer during an overseas trip.\n\nThe watchdog also upheld five allegations of bullying.\n\nLabour's shadow leader of the House of Commons, Lucy Powell called for Mr Bone to resign.\n\nShe said: \"The people of Wellingborough deserve an MP they can be proud of. The country deserves the change that only Labour can bring.\"\n\nPhilip Hollobone, Tory MP for Kettering, which neighbours Mr Bone's constituency, called the expulsion was \"a very sad day\" in Parliament.\n\n\"Peter has been an outstanding MP for 18 years, he has helped tens of thousands of local residents with difficulties they've had - that it should come to an end like this I think it is very sad for all concerned,\" Mr Hollobone said.\n\nAsked about the possibility of a petition of Wellingborough constituents garnering enough signatures to launch a by-election, Mr Hollobone said \"Peter Bone has been incredibly popular MP for a very long period of time.\"\n\nIf an MP is suspended for over 10 days due to misconduct, a recall petition is started. A by-election happens if at least 10% of local voters sign the petition.\n\nThe prospect of another by-election creates a potential headache for Prime Minster Rishi Sunak - who has seen his inherited majority eroded by a string of by-election defeats in recent months.\n\nDeputy Prime Minister Oliver Dowden told Sky News \"any by-election for a government that has been in power for 13 years is always going to be challenging\".\n\nBut he said if one did take place in Wellingborough the Conservatives would \"make our case very robustly\".\n\nAt the last general election Mr Bone won a majority of 18,540 - which is smaller than the Tory majorities overturned by Labour in October in both Tamworth and Mid Bedfordshire in 2019.\n\nMr Bone has held his seat for the Conservatives since 2005, growing his party's share of the vote.\n\nIn July 2022, then Prime Minister Boris Johnson appointed Mr Bone to the job of deputy Commons leader, which involves handling how complaints of bullying are dealt with. He was sacked from the role by Mr Johnson's successor Liz Truss.\n\nMr Bone's former assistant told the BBC the experience of working for him led to him being diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder.\n\nThe ex-staffer said Mr Bone's \"physical, emotional and psychological abuse\" left him a \"broken shell of the young man I once was\".\n\nThe Conservative Party launched an investigation into Mr Bone's conduct in 2018, but the party says \"the complainant withdrew from the process before the case was heard\".\n\nThe IEP investigation was based on a complaint made to the body by a former member of staff, over alleged behaviour which took place more than 10 years ago.\n\nMr Bone appealed against the investigation's findings, arguing it had been flawed. However, his appeal was dismissed.", "Aid agencies warn people will die if life-saving medical equipment in hospitals stops working because of fuel shortages\n\nHospitals in the Gaza Strip are taking emergency cases only, the UN says, amid fears fuel supplies will run out across the territory in the coming hours.\n\nUN facilities are also overwhelmed by 600,000 displaced Palestinians seeking shelter - four times their capacity.\n\nThe Hamas-run health ministry in Gaza meanwhile says that more than 700 people have been killed by Israeli air strikes for a second day in a row.\n\nIsrael's military says it is targeting Hamas fighters and infrastructure.\n\nIt launched a bombing campaign against Hamas - which Israel, the UK, US and other powers class as a terrorist organisation - in response to an unprecedented cross-border assault on 7 October in which at least 1,400 people were killed and 222 others were taken hostage.\n\nIsrael is also blocking new fuel deliveries to Gaza, saying they could be stolen and exploited by Hamas for military purposes. It accuses Hamas of stockpiling hundreds of thousands of litres of diesel and refusing to share it.\n\nGaza City, in the north, was targeted by Israeli air strikes on Wednesday\n\nThe BBC's Rushdi Abu Alouf, who is at the main hospital in Gaza's southern city of Khan Younis, says hospitals across the territory shut down all departments except for their emergency rooms on Wednesday.\n\nHe says this is to conserve fuel needed to power life-saving equipment, such as ventilators, neonatal incubators and kidney dialysis machines.\n\n\"The hospitals are in a state of complete collapse,\" Mohammed Abu Selmeya, the head of Gaza's biggest hospital, Al-Shifa, told AFP news agency.\n\nThe World Health Organization's representative, Dr Richard Peeperkorn, earlier told the BBC that hospitals supported by the UN agency were running generators \"at minimum levels only for life-saving operations\".\n\nIsrael stopped suppling electricity to Gaza following Hamas's attacks. The territory was left dependent on back-up generators after its sole power station ran out of fuel on 11 October.\n\nAid agencies and medics inside Gaza warn that more people will die if key equipment stalls without electricity.\n\nThe UN agency for Palestinian refugees, Unrwa, which runs the largest humanitarian operation in Gaza, also says it will have to halt all its operations in Gaza on Wednesday night if it does not get more supplies of fuel.\n\nInternational calls for increased humanitarian access to Gaza have been growing louder, with the 1.4 million people who have fled their homes struggling to find food, clean water and shelter.\n\nAt least 60 aid lorries have entered Gaza from Egypt since the weekend, but this provides only a fraction of the needs of people in Gaza. Aid agencies say at least 100 lorryloads of aid are needed every day.\n\nThe death toll in Gaza has also risen sharply, with the Hamas-run health ministry reporting that 756 people were killed over the past 24 hours.\n\nIt said a total of 6,547 people, including 2,704 children, had been killed since Israel started its retaliatory air and artillery strikes.\n\nThe Israeli military said on Wednesday morning that it had continued \"wide-scale strikes\" across Gaza, targeting Hamas infrastructure, including \"terror tunnel shafts, military headquarters, weapons warehouses, mortar launchers and anti-tank missile launchers\".\n\nIt also said it had struck Hamas's emergency operational apparatus, which it said had set up roadblocks preventing civilians from heading south.\n\nHundreds of thousands have fled the north of Gaza after the military told them to leave for their own safety ahead of an expected ground invasion.\n\nOn Tuesday night, the military said it had targeted a cell of Hamas divers that tried to infiltrate Israel by sea.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nHurricane Otis has made landfall on the coast of southern Mexico, bringing wind speeds of up to 165mph (270km/h).\n\nIt touched down near the popular Acapulco resort just after midnight on Wednesday (06:25 GMT), the National Hurricane Center (NHC) said.\n\nAuthorities have warned of a life-threatening storm surge and the possibility of landslides as heavy rain pelts the area.\n\nThe storm has already begun to weaken as it moves inland.\n\nDavid Hall arrived at the Princess Mundo Imperial resort in Acapulco for a work conference hours before Otis made landfall. He told the BBC that the building had been damaged by the wind and rain.\n\nHe said the hotel room windows buckled from the force of the winds and smashed, sucking items out of the room.\n\nMr Hall, who is from the Mexican city of Colima, roughly 600km (372 miles) from Acapulco, said the building \"shivered\" as if an earthquake was happening.\n\nHe and hundreds of other guests at the hotel have been hunkering down together while the worst of the hurricane passes.\n\n\"A lot of people are scared,\" said Mr Hall.\n\nA hurricane warning is in effect for a 350km-long stretch of coastline between the coastal towns of Zihuatanejo and Punta Maldonado in the state of Guerrero.\n\nPower outages have already been reported in Guerrero, according to Mexico's civil protection body. School classes across the state were cancelled in preparation for the storm's arrival.\n\nUnverified videos posted online show damage to a hospital in Acapulco and flooding outside the Copacabana hotel.\n\nMexico's national water agency said that waves of up to 10 metres high (32ft) were expected on the coasts of Guerrero and in western Oaxaca state. Possible mudslides have also been forecast.\n\nPresident Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said there was \"material damage and blocked roads\" and that there were landslides on the highway to Acapulco.\n\nHe said there were no reports of deaths but cautioned that authorities were struggling to get updates.\n\n\"The hurricane is still affecting the area and communications are completely down,\" he said.\n\nOfficials said that it was difficult to gauge the extent of the damage in Acapulco, which has a population of around 780,000, given poor communications.\n\nThe NHC also said that Otis was expected to produce up to 20in (51cm) of rainfall on Friday across Guerrero and western coastal areas of the neighbouring Oaxaca state.\n\nScientists said the speed with which Otis intensified from a tropical storm into a category five hurricane - the highest level of storm - on Tuesday was rare.\n\nIt broke the record for the fastest intensification rate over a 12-hour period in the Eastern Pacific, gaining 80mph in that time, according to meteorologist Philip Klotzbach.\n\nParts of Mexico's Pacific coastline have already seen significant flooding earlier this month after Tropical Storm Max hit. Local media reported two deaths as a result of the storm in Guerrero.\n\nA few days later, one man was reported killed after powerful Hurricane Lidia made landfall in the state of Nayarit, north-west of Guerrero.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Heavy rainfall leaves roads across the Isle of Wight under water\n\nHeavy rainfall has left roads impassable and trains unable to run in parts of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight.\n\nThe amber warning, issued by the Met Office, came into effect just after 06:00 BST and was in place until 10:00.\n\nIt covered areas around Southampton, Portsmouth and the Isle of Wight.\n\nThe island, where four flood warnings are in place, was at the centre of the amber warning with up to 80mm of rain forecast.\n\nTrain tracks at Ryde Esplanade railway station submerged by water after heavy rain\n\nHeavy rainfall has left many areas on the Isle of Wight under water\n\nMotorists were left stranded in some of the most severely impacted areas as the rain fell heavily during the morning rush hour.\n\nPeople were also warned of disruption to public transport.\n\nThe Island Line Railway was flooded between Ryde Pier Head and Shanklin, with all lines blocked and trains unable to run.\n\nAn Environment Agency (EA) spokesperson said: \"River levels are likely to remain elevated over the next few days, along with the weather continuing to be unsettled, so we ask people to keep checking their flood risk.\n\n\"We also urge motorists not to drive through flood water which can move vehicles in levels of only 30cm.\"\n\nCars in Newport were among those to be submerged by water\n\nIsland Line trains have been stopped after flooding at Ryde St John’s station\n\nKarl Love, a councillor based in East Cowes on the island, told the BBC that residents woke up to \"devastation in the town\".\n\n\"This is a flood plain in East Cowes, and the water pumps were not switched on\" he said.\n\n\"People were carrying all kinds of objects out of their houses - carpets and all sorts of things.\"\n\nA community centre that is home to mobility charity Mad Aid, also in East Cowes, was among the buildings to be damaged by flooding.\n\nKate Couch, from the charity, said: \"Water was pouring through the front door like a waterfall onto the street\n\n\"When I walked in it was over the top of my boots, we think six to eight inches of water in here.\"\n\nShe said the charity had been forced to cancel planned events as a result.\n\nA tricky rush hour in East Cowes where many roads are under water\n\nThe EA warnings cover Ryde, near Monktonmead Brook at St Johns Road, St John's Station and Park Road, as well as Newport for Carisbrooke, Hunny Hill and the Newport Quay Arts Centre on the Lukely Brook.\n\nIt also covers the Gurnard area and alongside the Eastern Yar at Whitwell, Wroxall, Horringford, Langbridge and Alverstone.\n\nOn Tuesday evening, the Met Office extended its yellow weather warning for Wednesday to more western and north western areas, across parts of south Wales and south-west England.\n\nIt also moved it south in the south east, removing most of East Anglia from the warning area.\n\nDrivers had to abandon their cars after becoming stuck in floodwater on the island\n\nAt least seven people are now thought to have died in incidents related to Storm Babet across England and Scotland, while hundreds were forced to flee their homes in areas including Chesterfield, Derbyshire.\n\nAbout 1,250 properties in England flooded during the storm, according to the Environment Agency.\n\nA total of 13 areas broke their daily rainfall records for October last week, including sites in Suffolk, South Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, Wiltshire, North Yorkshire, Nottinghamshire, Northumberland and Derbyshire, the Met Office said.\n\nHave you been affected by the flooding? Get in touch.\n\nFollow BBC South on Facebook, X, or Instagram. Send your story ideas to south.newsonline@bbc.co.uk.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The former boss of NatWest breached Nigel Farage's privacy rights in sharing information about his banking, the UK's privacy watchdog has said.\n\nDame Alison Rose resigned in July after admitting she had made a mistake in speaking to a BBC journalist.\n\nThe Information Commissioner's Office said her action was \"unacceptable\".\n\nHowever, given she has resigned, and NatWest is investigating, it will not take further action at this time.\n\nIn July, the BBC reported Mr Farage no longer met the financial requirements for a Coutts bank account, citing a source familiar with the matter.\n\nDame Alison later admitted she was the source and resigned hours afterwards.\n\nThe BBC later apologised, saying its reporting had been incomplete.\n\nMr Farage said in July he was filing a complaint with the Information Commissioner's Office.\n\nA spokesperson for the Information Commissioner's Office said it had upheld two parts of Mr Farage's complaint.\n\n\"We found that an individual employed by NatWest shared information when they should not have done, and that by doing so they infringed the complainant's data protection rights,\" the ICO said.\n\n\"We have been clear with the bank that these actions were unacceptable and should not happen again\", it said, adding that since Dame Alison resigned her post and the bank had commissioned its own investigation, it will not take any further regulatory action at this time.\n\nA NatWest spokesperson said: \"We fully co-operate with the ICO in its assessment of any customer complaint but it would not be appropriate for us to comment on this individual case.\"\n\nThe NatWest board is currently considering whether Dame Alison will receive £2.4m of pay contractually due to her, plus bonuses.\n\nThe banking group, which includes NatWest, RBS and Coutts, is due to report its third quarter results on Friday.\n\nWhen Dame Alison landed the top job at NatWest she became the most powerful woman in UK banking, overseeing a bank with about 19 million customers in the UK and 60,000 employees globally.", "About 48,000 people die of sepsis in the UK each year, the UK Sepsis Trust estimates\n\nToo many people are still dying from sepsis due to \"the same mistakes\" highlighted more than 10 years ago, the UK's health ombudsman has warned.\n\nRob Behrens, who handles complaints about the NHS, said sepsis diagnosis and treatment was taking too long.\n\nThe UK Sepsis Trust estimates about 48,000 people die each year from sepsis-related illnesses, \"thousands\" of which are preventable.\n\nNHS England said it was working to improve sepsis management.\n\nSepsis develops when the body's immune system overreacts to an infection and starts attacking its own tissues and organs.\n\nSymptoms can be similar to those of flu and include severe breathlessness and a high fever.\n\nIn 2013, the ombudsman looked into several sepsis deaths and concluded patients were not being diagnosed or treated quickly enough.\n\nA series of recommendations were made at the time.\n\nHowever, in a new report the service found that although some improvements had been made in the past decade \"significant improvements\" were urgently needed to avoid more deaths.\n\nMr Behrens found there were still delays in spotting and treating the condition in hospitals.\n\nHe also identified issues with insufficient staff training, poor communication, poor record-keeping and missed opportunities for follow-up care.\n\n\"I've heard some harrowing stories about sepsis through our investigations and it frustrates and saddens me that the same mistakes we highlighted 10 years ago are still occurring,\" he said.\n\nMr Behrens highlighted a series of deaths that he believed may have been preventable.\n\nMartha Mills died from sepsis after she had a cycling accident\n\nAmong the cases he examined was that of a patient named in the report as Kath, who died at Blackpool Teaching Hospitals Trust after being admitted with pneumonia two weeks earlier.\n\nAfter her death it was revealed that medical notes showed sepsis was suspected by clinical staff but this was not acted upon.\n\nThis was a \"missed opportunity\" to spot and treat the condition, Mr Behrens said.\n\nThe patient's daughter said the report's findings had left the family \"grieving all over again\".\n\nAnother patient, named in the report as \"Ms R\", died of sepsis which developed after she was discharged from hospital, having had bowel cancer surgery.\n\nShe had suffered complications in hospital but her recovery was not monitored.\n\nThe ombudsman concluded her death may have been avoided if follow-up appointments had been arranged.\n\nMr Behrens also said the NHS needed to \"listen to patients and their families when they raise concerns\".\n\nHe said: \"Crucially, NHS staff must be sepsis-aware.\"\n\nJames Philliskirk died of sepsis after being wrongly diagnosed with chicken pox\n\nThe UK Sepsis Trust said there was now a need for sepsis to become a \"key priority\" for healthcare.\n\nDr Ron Daniels, the charity's CEO, said: \"Although progress was certainly made in the years following the report up until the time of the pandemic, not only is it clear that there is significant opportunity for greater improvement but we are also gravely concerned that attention to sepsis is being afforded lower priority in the wake of the pandemic and in an already emburdened NHS.\"\n\nNHS England said there had been improvements in sepsis care but admitted more work was needed.\n\nIn a separate case that was not investigated by the ombudsman, the family of a 16-month-old boy who died from sepsis after hospital failings recently told the BBC their \"parental concerns were dismissed\" by medics when their son was ill.\n\nJames Philliskirk was wrongly diagnosed with chicken pox by doctors at Sheffield Children's Hospital in May 2022.\n\nJames's mother Helen Philliskirk said: \"On both trips to the hospital we feel like it was quite a blinkered approach.\"\n\nRecently, the ombudsman said he wanted to see the introduction of \"Martha's rule\", which would entitle patients to a second medical opinion about their hospital care.\n\nThe rule, which is to be introduced by the NHS, is named after 13-year-old Martha Mills, who died from sepsis following a cycling accident in 2021.\n\nAn inquest found she would have survived if her care had been better.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The ruling comes after a transgender woman filed a petition challenging the law\n\nJapan's Supreme Court has ruled that it is unconstitutional to require citizens to be sterilised before they can officially change genders.\n\nThe 2004 law said people could only change their gender if they have no reproductive capacity.\n\nWednesday's ruling came after a transgender woman filed a petition challenging the law.\n\nRights group Human Rights Watch (HRW) had called the law \"abusive and outdated\".\n\nIt celebrated Wednesday's ruling, calling it an \"important victory for transgender rights in Japan\".\n\n\"This judgement upholds the rights to health, privacy and bodily autonomy of trans people in Japan,\" Kanae Doi, Japan Director at HRW told the BBC. \"It follows years of advocacy and litigation to remove this abusive... requirement.\"\n\nThe ruling reverses a 2019 verdict by the court which found the same law constitutional.\n\nJapan is one of 18 countries that mandate the sterilisation surgery - a requirement that is also opposed by the World Health Organization. It is also the only Group of Seven (G7) nation that does not legally recognise same-sex unions.\n\nThe woman's lawyer had argued that her reproductive ability has already been diminished by years of hormone therapy, adding that surgery entailed physical suffering and the risk of after-effects.\n\nHer request was denied by both the family and high court before she approached the Supreme Court.\n\nBut some groups opposed to the law being changed had argued that if people were allowed to change their registered gender without surgery, it could result in women feeling unsafe. They also argued that it could cause legal confusion.\n\nRecent opinion polls have shown growing support for LGBTQ-friendly laws - although there is opposition from conservative sections of society and politicians.\n\nEarlier this month, a local family court ruled in favour of a transgender man - Gen Suzuki- who requested to have his gender legally changed without undergoing the surgery.\n\nThe family court judge, Takehiro Sekiguchi, said the current law violated Article 13 of the Constitution that stipulates all people shall be respected as individuals.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: Fergal Keane reports on the 'carnage' emergency services are facing in Gaza\n\nThere is nothing on his face to convey what he has seen.\n\nThe lifeless bodies of children pulled from the rubble. The tents filled with the dead wrapped in white shrouds. Buildings flattened by the devastating force of air strikes. Mahmoud Badawi has seen humanity blasted, burned and broken.\n\n\"There are many hard situations,\" he says. \"As an ambulance driver you get used to what is happening. Whether it's hands, heads or bodies that are cut… we are used to this.\"\n\nHis ambulance races from one scene of carnage to another. In a narrow alley in Gaza, he stops to collect two child casualties of an air strike. A man approaches holding a bundle in his arms. It is a boy who has been badly wounded.\n\nHe calls out to a friend who is helping the emergency workers load the casualties, urging him to take extra care with the boy.\n\nYet Mahmoud retains his composure. It is not that he is unmoved by all he sees but that necessity demands he focus on those who can be saved. As he speaks to a BBC journalist, there is the sound of a missile exploding.\n\n\"We do not rest a lot with all that is happening. The situation is very bad. Now we will try to locate the bombed area to go to the injured and the dead.\"\n\nAsked what is the situation with medical supplies Mahmoud says starkly: \"Everything is going.\"\n\nSome 40% of Palestinians killed in Gaza are reported to be children\n\nAccording to the Hamas-led health authority in Gaza, more than 6,000 Palestinians have been killed in the last two weeks. Some 40% are reported to be children.\n\nThe UN has warned that nearly a third of hospitals and two thirds of primary health care centres have had to close \"due to damage from hostilities or lack of fuel\". The UN says its fuel stocks are running out and that \"tough choices\" will have to be made about what services they prioritise in the coming days.\n\nIsrael refuses to allow fuel into the Gaza Strip because it says supplies might be taken by Hamas. It also says the organisation is hoarding fuel.\n\nIn Gaza the days and nights blend remorselessly into each other. The war is constant and in this small strip of land - Gaza's total land area is only 141 sq miles (365 sq km) - it is everywhere.\n\nIsrael has ordered around one million residents in the northern half of Gaza to evacuate south. It says this is to enable its forces to target Hamas. But there are continuing Israeli air strikes on southern Gaza, where thousands have fled.\n\nWhether to run; where to run; where to shelter if you do run - every day and night in Gaza is filled with desperate choices.\n\nIt also means that for emergency workers there is no going home to a safe place.\n\nWhen he is out working Mahmoud worries for his wife and six children just as they worry for him. When the bombing is heavy he tries to call every hour. But telephone communication is difficult.\n\n\"Connecting with the family is very hard. We barely have service to be able to call and know if they are okay or not.\"\n\nMahmoud says he is used to seeing badly wounded people\n\nMahmoud has worked hard to raise a family with strong aspirations to serve society. He is proud of his children. There is a daughter studying to be a doctor. She is inspired by her father's work and her own experience of war in Gaza as a child. There is also a son who is a nurse. And another who has qualified as a teacher.\n\nAs night comes there is a lull in the bombing. Mahmoud pauses and stands between his ambulance and a pile of rubble. He is holding a stretcher in his left hand, waiting for the next emergency. The adrenaline has subsided. He is briefly motionless and his eyes look off into the distance. They are filled with sadness for all he has seen.\n\nWith additional reporting from Majdi Fathi in Gaza and Morgan Gisholt Minard, Alice Doyard, Haneen Abdeen and Tim Facey in Jerusalem", "Tim Peake was the last Briton to go into orbit above the Earth\n\nFour UK astronauts could soon be heading into orbit on an all-British mission.\n\nAn American company that organises visits to the International Space Station (ISS) is developing the plan.\n\nHouston-based Axiom has signed a memorandum of understanding with the UK Space Agency to try to make it happen.\n\nThe project would probably cost £200m or more, but the idea is that it would be funded commercially. There would be no contribution from UK taxpayers.\n\nAxiom told the BBC that conversations with corporations and institutions interested in providing finance were already under way.\n\nThe last UK individual to go into orbit was Tim Peake, who flew to the ISS as a European Space Agency (Esa) astronaut in 2015.\n\n\"This is an exciting opportunity and actually unique,\" he commented.\n\n\"No-one has done a 'national mission', commercially, like this before. It's a new model and would be paving the way for how we do space in the future.\"\n\nTejpaul Bhatia and Paul Bate sign their MOU. Conversations have been ongoing since the summer\n\nDetails are sparse at the moment. No crew has been chosen, nor is there a concept yet for how it would be selected.\n\nAnd neither has the destination been fixed.\n\nCurrently, all Axiom-organised missions have used capsules belonging to entrepreneur Elon Musk's SpaceX company to take participating astronauts to the ISS.\n\nBut the British mission could also be a free-flyer. That's to say, the crew would spend a number of days circling the Earth in just their capsule, conducting scientific experiments and performing outreach, before then returning to a splashdown on Earth.\n\nWere the mission to visit the ISS, the US space agency (Nasa) would insist on certain conditions, one of which would be the inclusion in the crew of a seasoned astronaut. Very few UK passport-holders meet this criterion, with Tim Peake himself being an obvious candidate for commander.\n\nAxiom has so far run two commercial missions to the International Space Station\n\nAxiom, which was founded by a former Nasa official in charge of the ISS, has so far operated two missions, with a third set to blast off in the New Year.\n\nThese early ventures have provided flight opportunities for high-net-worth individuals and for government-funded astronauts who are not part of the station's regular crew rotations.\n\nBut if the new space economy in low-Earth orbit is to develop sustainably, it has to move beyond just billionaires and government funds. It has to pull in sectors that traditionally have not been involved in space activity.\n\nAxiom's chief revenue officer, Tejpaul Bhatia, commended the UK Space Agency (UKSA) for its forward-looking strategy. The agency has put an emphasis on seeding private backing for a wave of new space companies.\n\n\"The UK is in a very unique position right now and in a leadership position for this transition to the commercialisation of space,\" Mr Bhatia told BBC News.\n\nArtwork: One mission concept would involve a free-flying capsule in orbit\n\nAxiom doesn't need the patronage of the UKSA; it could simply organise the mission on its own. But having the backing of the agency gives the project further assurance.\n\n\"It's a really complex endeavour to plan a space mission, to make sure that the crew are well selected and well trained, and that everything of course is safe. We will have a core role in this, along with Esa where some of the training will be done,\" said UKSA chief executive Paul Bate.\n\n\"There's also the science we want to see done on the mission itself, and we have a lot of expertise in selecting microgravity experiments, looking at signs of aging for example.\n\n\"But what I really like about this approach is it's got the commercial nature to it, which is at the heart of what the UK Space Agency does.\"\n\nPrecisely when an \"Axiom-UK\" mission would launch is not clear. The financing has to be secured, and the mission profile fully mapped. Also, if it does go to the space station, Nasa only has a limited number of slots available per year to accept commercial visitors - although it charges handsomely for the opportunity, with \"board and lodging\" priced well above £100,000 a night per individual.\n\nArtwork: Axiom is in the process of building elements for its own space station\n\nAxiom will soon begin attaching modules to the ISS that will eventually then uncouple as a separate architecture to form a commercial station when the veteran orbiting lab is decommissioned.\n\nMuch of the hardware for this enterprise is being manufactured in Italy at Thales Alenia Space, who built most of the habitable areas on the current space station.\n\nThe strong links between Axiom and Europe resulted this year in the company also signing a memorandum of understanding with Esa.\n\nEuropean member states see Axiom as a way to get more of their citizens into orbit, given the limited number of ISS flight opportunities that come directly to Esa by virtue of its membership of the space station project.\n\nHungary, Sweden, Poland and Italy are all pursuing the Axiom alternative. Although, unlike the proposed UK mission, these nations will use public money to finance the trips.\n\n\"We are right now in a phase where we really have to prepare for the post-ISS period in low-Earth orbit; and this is a request also from our member states,\" said Daniel Neuenschwander, Esa's director of human and robotic exploration.\n\n\"You know that the commitment to the exploitation of the ISS has been extended by [European research ministers] until 2030. We'll have to see what comes afterwards,\" he told BBC News.", "A waxwork of the former WWE wrestler was modified after its skin tone was criticised\n\nA French museum says it has fixed a waxwork of Dwayne \"The Rock\" Johnson after he complained about it.\n\nThe Grevin Museum in Paris proudly revealed the life-sized figure of the wrestler-turned-actor earlier this month and got a wave of criticism back.\n\nOne of the biggest was over the model's skin tone, with fans accusing the creator of \"whitewashing\" the star, who has dual heritage.\n\nAfter The Rock joined the pile-on, museum bosses vowed to \"rework\" it.\n\nHe called on them to update the model \"with some important details, starting with my skin colour\".\n\nThe Grevin Museum has since accepted that The Rock's comments were correct and said staff had worked overnight to \"remedy the skin tone\" of the wax figure.\n\nMuseum director Yves Delhommeau initially blamed the model's skin tone on a \"lighting issue\" and said it would be addressed.\n\nHe added that The Rock would visit the museum \"later on to see if there are other modifications that need to be made\".\n\nThe Rock is one of Hollywood's highest paid actors\n\nThe museum unveiled the wax figure in Paris on 16 October and said artist Stéphane Barret had to rely on photos and videos to create the sculpture.\n\nIn a press release, it said the \"painstaking\" work included redoing the model's eyes three times.\n\nThe Rock was born in California to a black Nova Scotian father and Samoan mother.\n\nHis dad, Wayde Douglas Bowles, was also a wrestler - known as Rocky Johnson - and was part of the first black tag team to win a WWE championship.\n\nThe Rock's representatives have been contacted for comment.\n\nListen to Newsbeat live at 12:45 and 17:45 weekdays - or listen back here.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nA police officer who blackmailed and threatened underage girls to send him explicit photos of themselves on Snapchat has been jailed for life.\n\nLewis Edwards, of Cefn Glas, Bridgend, groomed more than 200 girls online.\n\nThe 24-year-old, who had 4,500 indecent images of children, admitted 160 counts of child sexual abuse and blackmail.\n\nThe South Wales Police officer messaged 210 girls aged 10 to 16 from November 2020 until February 2023 and images of 207 of them were found on his devices.\n\nEdwards, who refused to go to Cardiff Crown Court throughout his three-day sentencing hearing, joined the force as a police constable in January 2021 but is now barred from policing.\n\nHanding him multiple concurrent prison sentences, including several life sentences with a minimum term of 12 years, Judge Tracey Lloyd-Clarke said: \"It is clear that he not only gained sexual gratification from his offending but he also enjoyed the power and control he had over these young girls.\"\n\nEdwards will also be subject to an indefinite sexual harm prevention order, barring him from working with children or vulnerable people and requiring him to keep his personal details logged with police.\n\nShe described his behaviour as \"cruel and sadistic\" and \"psychologically manipulative\", adding that he posed a high risk of danger to children.\n\n\"Even when his victims were crying, begging him to stop, the defendant did not stop even though he could be in no doubt about the immense harm he was causing his victims,\" she said.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nEdwards used a profile picture of a teenage boy to trick his victims into sending explicit images, with one saying that during video calls Edwards would sit in the dark, showing only part of his face.\n\nThe young girls were told by Edwards to take nude pictures, sometimes wearing only items of their school uniform, and perform sexual acts.\n\nWhen they tried to ignore his demands he threatened them and said he would share the images he already had, or said he would hurt their families.\n\nProsecutor Roger Griffiths said one 12-year-old victim was told by Edwards he could \"come to her house and shoot her parents\".\n\nEdwards installed a \"legitimate application\" which allowed him to record images sent to him by the girls on Snapchat, without their knowledge.\n\nIn an audio recording played in court, Edwards could be heard saying \"I wish I could just watch these forever\" as he watched sexual videos sent to him by a 13-year-old.\n\nIn another video, a girl was audibly distressed and could be heard saying \"do I have to?\" and \"I feel forced\".\n\nMr Griffiths said Edwards received images from girls while on duty at least 30 times.\n\nAmong his victims were two sisters, aged 13 and 15. The younger sister sent images of her bottom and breasts and a video of her performing a sexual act.\n\nIn a victim statement, one girl said: \"I was only a little girl. I feel confused, embarrassed, disgusted and I have no self esteem. I lost my innocence. I felt guilty and I still struggle to trust people.\"\n\nLewis Edwards pleaded guilty to 160 counts of child sex abuse and blackmail\n\nAnother victim, who was 13 when Edwards contacted her, told the court the contact began when she was about to start at a new school.\n\n\"I was vulnerable because I really wanted to make new friends. I thought I was talking to a really nice boy who liked me lots,\" she said.\n\nEdwards would tell the girls stories about bad things happening in his life to \"guilt trip\" them, Mr Griffiths added.\n\nJudge Lloyd-Clarke said Edwards' crimes were \"significantly aggravated\" by the fact he was a police officer.\n\nShe added: \"There is no doubt that his actions have caused significant harm to the reputation of South Wales Police and police in general.\n\n\"But it should also be borne in mind that it was officers from South Wales Police who investigated this case.\"\n\nSouth Wales Police said its investigation into the case began in December 2022 when the force was made aware of suspicious online banking activity linked to the downloading of indecent images of children from the dark web.\n\nOfficers linked an IP address to Edwards' address and, after his home was searched, victims were identified through Snapchat usernames, despite Edwards refusing to provide pin codes to two of his devices.\n\nLewis Edwards threatened girls if they did not send him the pictures he asked for\n\n\"The public will be as shocked and sickened as we are that such appalling offences were committed by a serving police officer,\" he added.\n\n\"As soon as we knew the offender was a serving police officer, Edwards was suspended and sacked.\"\n\nHe also said that vetting of Edwards at the time of him joining the force did not indicate anything to suggest the \"abhorrent offences\".\n\nLucy Dowdall of the Crown Prosecution Service said Edwards targeted vulnerable children and \"ruined their lives\".\n\nJust one victim was found by Edwards directly through his role as a police officer whom he messaged after responding to a 999 call and noting her as a \"vulnerable girl\" in his paperwork.\n\nSnapchat said: \"Any sexual exploitation of young people is abhorrent and illegal and our hearts go out to the victims in this case.\"\n\nThe company said it \"works in multiple ways to detect and prevent this type of abuse\" including recently adding new pop-up warnings for teenagers who may have been contacted by someone they do not know.\n\nThe NSPCC called the case \"incredibly distressing\" and \"deeply concerning\".\n\nIf you have been affected by any issues raised in this article, help and support can be found at BBC Action Line", "Several locations in the southern city of Khan Younis were targeted in Israeli strikes overnight and on Tuesday\n\nMore than 700 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli air strikes in the Gaza Strip over the past 24 hours, the Hamas-run health ministry says.\n\nIsrael's military said it struck 400 \"terror targets\" and killed several Hamas commanders over the same period.\n\nIt also declared that it would not reduce its attacks despite Hamas's release of another two hostages.\n\nUN aid agencies meanwhile pleaded for sustained and safe humanitarian access, warning they were \"on their knees\".\n\nA third of hospitals in Gaza are no longer functioning due to shortages of electricity, medicine and staff, and the shortage of clean water is now critical.\n\nIsrael launched its bombing campaign against Hamas - which Israel, the UK, US and other powers class as a terrorist organisation - in response to an unprecedented cross-border attack on 7 October in which at least 1,400 people were killed and 222 others were taken hostage.\n\nNearly 5,800 people have been killed in Gaza since then, according to the health ministry.\n\nSome of those killed in the southern cities of Khan Younis and Rafah were displaced people who had fled the north in response to an Israeli military order to evacuate the area for their own safety, local officials said.\n\nThey included 13 members of one family from Gaza City, who had been staying in a residential building in Qarara, on the north-eastern outskirts of Khan Younis, where the population has swelled from 400,000 to 1.2 million.\n\nA relative who survived said: \"We were sleeping and suddenly a big explosion happened. All of my family are dead.\"\n\nThe BBC's Rushdi Abu Alouf says there was grief, shock and anger at the city's hospital on Tuesday morning, as bodies were brought out of the mortuary and taken away for burial. Mourners said there was \"no safe place\" in Gaza.\n\nLater, about 20 people were reportedly killed in a strike on a residential building in the heavily-populated Amal area of Khan Younis.\n\nIsrael's military chief said its \"unrelenting attacks\" would fully dismantle Hamas\n\nThe Hamas-run health ministry said it had been the deadliest 24 hours of the war so far, with 704 people reported killed, including 305 children, 173 women and 78 elderly people. That brought the overall death toll in Gaza to 5,791, it added.\n\nThe Israel Defense Forces, or IDF, said on Tuesday morning that its jets struck \"dozens of terror infrastructure and Hamas staging grounds\" in several northern areas in and around Gaza City, as well as a \"Hamas operational tunnel shaft\" near the Mediterranean coastline.\n\nIt added that aircraft also targeted Hamas command centres and staging grounds located in mosques, killing the deputy commanders of three battalions of Hamas's military wing, and also struck dozens of Hamas gunmen setting up to fire rockets towards Israel.\n\n\"We want to bring Hamas to a state of full dismantling - its leaders, its military branch, and its working mechanisms,\" IDF Chief of Staff Lt Gen Herzi Halevi told commanders on Monday. \"The path is a path of unrelenting attacks, damaging Hamas everywhere and in every way.\"\n\nHe also said that Israeli troops massing near the Gaza perimeter fence were \"well prepared for the ground operations\" - a reference to the invasion expected soon.\n\nThe general spoke before Hamas released two elderly Israeli women - Yocheved Lifshitz, 85, and Nurit Cooper, 79 - who were taken as hostages from the Nir Oz kibbutz close to Gaza on 7 October. Others living there were killed and the women's husbands remain among those being held.\n\nYocheved Lifshitz told reporters that she \"went through hell\" when Hamas took her hostage\n\nMeanwhile, the humanitarian situation in Gaza is growing more and more desperate, with shortages of food, water and shelter for the 1.4 million people who have fled their homes.\n\nThe health ministry warned the territory's healthcare system could collapse and 12 of the 32 hospitals in Gaza were out of service. The others were running out of fuel and only running the most essential services.\n\nA spokeswoman the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, UNRWA, which runs the largest humanitarian operation in Gaza, warned that it had also almost exhausted its fuel stocks.\n\n\"If we do not get fuel urgently, we will be forced to halt our operations in the Gaza Strip as of Wednesday night,\" Juliette Touma told the BBC.\n\nAt a briefing in Geneva, UNRWA said just 54 lorries of aid had been allowed to cross through the Egyptian-controlled Rafah crossing since 21 October. Before that, Gaza had been receiving around 500 lorries a day.\n\nAccess once the limited supplies are allowed in is also challenging.\n\nThe UN has not received the necessary security guarantees to allow aid to be delivered across Gaza, including to the north, where thousands of people, some of them severely injured, remain despite Israel's evacuation order.\n\nThe World Health Organization warned that while some medical supplies had been allowed in they were not enough to meet the needs. Medical personnel standing by in Egypt have also not been allowed to accompany the supplies.\n\nThe WHO stressed that fuel, which has so far not been allowed in, was essential for desalination plants, bakeries and hospitals.\n\nHundreds of thousands of displaced people are sheltering inside UN-run facilities across Gaza\n\nThe shortage of clean water is now critical, as people only have access to between 1 and 3 litres (34-101 fl oz) of water per day. The basic minimum is 15 litres per day, according to the WHO.\n\nThe World Food Programme said it had reduced food rations in an effort to ensure it was reaching as many people as possible.\n\nEmad Abuaassi, who moved from Blackpool in England to northern Gaza with his wife and four children 10 months ago, told the BBC in a voice note that they were now living in a two-bedroom flat in Khan Younis with about 50 other people.\n\n\"We're struggling for everything. We've just managed to have half a sandwich - me and my kids this morning,\" he said. \"The queue is half a mile for a bag of bread.\"\n\n\"I don't know what's going to happen in the next two or three days.\"\n\nIsrael has agreed to limited deliveries of aid other than fuel, saying that could be stolen and exploited by Hamas for military purposes.\n\nAn IDF spokesman posted a satellite photo showing 12 fuel tanks near Rafah which he said contained hundreds of thousands of litres of diesel belonging to Hamas. He alleged that the group \"steals the diesel from the civilians and transfers it to tunnels, [rocket] launchers and senior officials\".\n\nWriting on X (formerly known as Twitter) the Israeli military told UNRWA: \"Ask Hamas if you can have some.\"", "Former crypto boss Sam Bankman-Fried has been testifying to a judge at his trial after the jury was sent home.\n\nThe former entrepreneur was asked to speak to Judge Lewis Kaplan to determine which parts of his testimony can be put to the jury.\n\nThe 31-year-old is accused of lying to investors and lenders and stealing money from customers of his now-bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange, FTX.\n\nHe put forward arguments that he was acting on legal advice in good faith.\n\nThe judge sent the jury home so he could decide which portions of Mr Bankman-Fried's testimony, if any, would be admissible as evidence.\n\nThe move gave Mr Bankman-Fried and the lawyers a practice run before he potentially speaks in front of the jury.\n\nMr Bankman-Fried defended decisions that had been questioned by prosecutors, including setting some group chats to delete automatically. He said this complied with record keeping policies set up by his legal team.\n\nHe said he had discussed many other arrangements with his lawyers, including personal loans he received from Alameda, and its role as a \"payments processor\" for FTX.\n\n\"Did you take comfort from the fact that lawyers had structured the loans?\" Mr Bankman Fried's attorney Mark Cohen asked. \"Yeah, of course,\" Mr Bankman-Fried responded.\n\nHe added he had trusted his legal team to prepare applications for bank accounts for his companies. \"I trusted that they were proper forms,\" he said.\n\nProsecutors have objected to Mr Bankman-Fried's arguments that he acted on legal advice, arguing that it is irrelevant if the attorneys were not fully informed.\n\nThe judge did not immediately rule on what testimony Mr Bankman-Fried could give, but warned that he was pretty \"dubious\" about some of the arguments.\n\nMr Bankman-Fried spoke clearly and confidently at the start, but wavered under a barrage of questions from prosecutor Danielle Sassoon, quizzing about when he had consulted lawyers and what he had told them when he did.\n\n\"Listen to the question and answer directly,\" Judge Kaplan instructed Mr Bankman-Fried at one point.\n\nAsked if it was his understanding of Alameda was permitted to spend FTX customer funds, Mr Bankman Fried responded: \"I wouldn't phrase it that way but … yes.\"\n\nMore than a minute passed after Ms Sassoon asked him to point to language in a policy between the two firms that gave him that impression. He eventually pointed to a line that said the funds could \"be held and or transferred\".\n\nJudge Lewis Kaplan will rule on Friday on what Mr Bankman-Fried can put before the jury.\n\nMr Bankman-Fried's expected court appearance drew dozens of curious members of the public to the court, including screenwriters, retirees and others sucked in by the former billionaire's dramatic rise and fall.\n\nHis appearance at the New York court follows 12 days of prosecution testimony in which close former colleagues gave evidence.\n\nIf he is found guilty he could face a life sentence in prison.\n\nDefendants in the US are not obliged to testify during trials - and are often advised against doing so, since it opens them up to questioning by prosecutors.\n\nIt also gives members of the jury that will decide the case a chance to form their own impressions, which might not be favourable.\n\n\"If the jury does not believe him, it's a guaranteed conviction,\" Jacob Frenkel, a former federal prosecutor who has been following the trial told the BBC earlier this month.\n\nDespite the risks, many analysts following the trial predicted Mr Bankman-Fried would take the stand to offer his own version of events and try to undermine the story presented by prosecutors.\n\n\"The prosecutors have put on a pretty strong case,\" said Carl Tobias, law professor at the University of Richmond. \"I don't know that there's much downside in this case for him to testify given what we've seen so far.\"\n\nProsecutors have built their case on statements from three of his closest former friends and colleagues, who have already pleaded guilty.\n\nThey have tied Mr Bankman-Fried to decisions to take money deposited at FTX and use it to repay lenders at his crypto trading firm, Alameda Research, buy property, and make investments and political donations.\n\nThey say he tried to hide the transfers between the two firms and their close relationship - and lawyers have buttressed their allegations with text messages, spreadsheets and tweets.\n\nDuring the trial, these witnesses, who include his ex-girlfriend and former Alameda chief executive Caroline Ellison, have emerged from hours of questioning with their credibility seemingly largely unscathed.\n\nMr Bankman-Fried's defence team has argued he was following \"reasonable\" business practices, as his companies grew rapidly.\n\nAfter the collapse of his companies last year, he admitted in media interviews, including to the BBC, to managerial mistakes but said he never intended fraud.\n\nElizabeth Holmes is among other high-profile examples of defendants who have opted to testify in their own defence.\n\nThe founder of blood-testing start-up Theranos, who argued that she did not intend to defraud investors, was ultimately convicted of four out of 11 counts and sentenced to more than 11 years in prison.\n\nBut testifying can also pay off. Tom Barrack, a former private equity executive and fundraiser for former President Donald Trump, and Lebanese businessman Jean Boustani, both took to the stand in separate, unrelated criminal cases and were acquitted.\n• None One last gamble beckons for Sam Bankman-Fried", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Mhairi Black quotes the UN saying the power will \"run out tonight\" and renews calls for a ceasefire\n\nPrime Minister Rishi Sunak has supported \"specific pauses\" in the Israel-Hamas war, echoing international calls to allow more aid into Gaza.\n\nMr Sunak told MPs a \"safer environment\" was needed in the territory to deliver aid and get British nationals out.\n\nBut the prime minister did not back a ceasefire as that would only benefit Hamas, his spokesperson said.\n\nHis comments follow appeals for a humanitarian pause by the United Nations, the US and Canada.\n\nThe prime minister said the UK had discussed the idea with allies at the UN, as he announced that an RAF plane was flying to Egypt with 21 tonnes of humanitarian supplies.\n\nInternational calls for increased humanitarian access to Gaza have been growing louder, with UN aid agencies warning they were \"on their knees\".\n\nIsrael launched its bombing campaign against Hamas - which Israel, the UK, US and other powers class as a terrorist organisation - in response to an unprecedented cross-border attack on 7 October.\n\nAt least 1,400 people were killed and 222 others were taken hostage in the Hamas attack.\n\nGaza's Hamas-run health minister says nearly 5,800 people have been killed in the territory since then.\n\nDozens of MPs have urged the UK government to call for a ceasefire, as five UK nationals remain missing, with some believed to be held hostage by Hamas in Gaza.\n\nAt Prime Minister's Questions on Wednesday, Mhairi Black, the SNP's deputy leader in the House of Commons, asked Mr Sunak if he would \"join us in calls for a humanitarian ceasefire\".\n\nMr Sunak said: \"The first and most important principle is that Israel has the right to defend itself under international law.\n\n\"Our support for that position is absolute and unchanged.\n\n\"From the start we've also said that we do want British nationals to be able to leave Gaza, and we want for hostages to be released and for humanitarian aid to get in.\n\n\"We recognise for all of that to happen there has to be a safer environment which of course necessitates specific pauses as distinct from a ceasefire.\"\n\nMs Black argued that joining calls for a ceasefire was the \"best and maybe the only way to stop this conflict escalating beyond all control\".\n\nBut Mr Sunak said Israel has the \"right to protect itself\" after suffering a \"shockingly brutal terrorist attack\" at the hands of Hamas.\n\nAn RAF C-17 aircraft was en route to Egypt from Brize Norton to deliver the British aid to Palestinian civilians.\n\nMr Sunak said: \"Our team are on the ground ready to receive, we will continue to do everything we can do increase the flow of aid - including fuel - into Gaza.\"\n\nLabour leader Sir Keir Starmer has resisted calls from some of his own MPs to support a full ceasefire.\n\nBut his spokesman said he would support humanitarian pauses to protect civilians in Gaza.\n\n\"We have said throughout that we would support any initiative to get more aid in and help get hostages out,\" Sir Keir's spokesman said.", "Newly elected Speaker of the House Mike Johnson addressed the chamber and was sworn into the role.\n\nMike Johnson has been elected Speaker of the House of Representatives, ending weeks of chaos and Republican infighting on Capitol Hill.\n\nThe conservative Louisiana lawmaker won with 220 votes in the lower chamber of Congress.\n\nMr Johnson is the fourth Republican nominated for the position since Kevin McCarthy's ouster on 3 October.\n\nThe previous nominee, Minnesota's Tom Emmer, abruptly dropped out of the race on Tuesday after about four hours.\n\nMr Johnson's success in the hard-fought Speaker battle represents a victory for the ideologically right-wing, Trump-aligned faction of the Republican Party and a loss for its moderates, whose candidates struggled to gain traction among conservative representatives on Capitol Hill.\n\nAddressing the House after the vote, Mr Johnson, 51, said that the last-minute negotiations meant that his wife was unable get a flight to Washington in time for his installation as Speaker.\n\n\"She's a little worn out, we all are,\" he said.\n\nHe mentioned border security, inflation and the conflict in the Middle East as some of his main priorities as Speaker.\n\n\"The challenge before us is great, but the time for action is now, and I will not let you down,\" Mr Johnson said. \"We know that there's a lot going on in our country, domestically and abroad, and we are ready to get to work again to solve those problems.\"\n\nMr Johnson promised that the first bill he would introduce would be in support of Israel, one of the few areas of bipartisan agreement.\n\n\"We are overdue in getting that done,\" he said.\n\nSpeaking on the Capitol steps after he was sworn in, Mr Johnson vowed to set an \"aggressive\" schedule now that the House is \"back in business\".\n\nStill, there are other political storms brewing in both the closely divided House and in the Republican party that could slow down the pace.\n\nThe House now faces a deadline of 17 November to come to an agreement to continue funding the US government, or face a shutdown. Mr McCarthy made the deal to extend the budget deadline for six weeks, and then faced the wrath of angry hardliners in the Republican Party who orchestrated his ouster.\n\nFollowing Mr Johnson's election, several representatives singled out the budget issue as the most pressing facing the House in the near-future.\n\n\"We need to not waste any time,\" New York Republican Anthony D'Esposito said of the issue. \"What we've done the last few days is not work.\"\n\nMr Johnson also takes a staunchly conservative position on a number of policy issues, including abortion rights and same-sex marriage, which he opposes, that could make it difficult to reach across the aisle.\n\nLike many in the right wing of his party, Mr Johnson is against further US aid to Ukraine, as well.\n\nHis views have sparked alarm among some Democrats.\n\nOne, California's Adam Schiff, told reporters that he sees Mr Johnson as \"one of the very determined ideologues\" who is \"not among the Republicans who are much more open to working together on a variety of issues\".\n\nIn a statement, the Congressional Equality Caucus, made up of openly LGBT representatives, described Mr Johnson as someone with a \"demonstrated career attacking LGBTQI+ people across the country\".\n\nBy electing him Speaker, \"his supporters have signalled they want these attacks against our community to continue\", Wisconsin Democrat Mark Pocan said in the statement.\n\nThe Democratic leader in the House, Hakeem Jeffries, also spoke on Wednesday, before ceremonially handing Mr Johnson the large Speaker's gavel.\n\nMr Jeffries rebuked his fellow members who rejected the outcome of the 2020 president election - all of them Republicans, including Mr Johnson - but said his party \"will find bipartisan common ground with our Republican colleagues whenever and wherever possible\".\n\n\"The time for gamesmanship is over, the game for brinkmanship is over, the time for partisanship is over,\" Mr Jeffries said. \"It's time to get back to doing the business of the American people.\"\n\nMr Johnson was a key figure in efforts to legally contest the results of the 2020 presidential election, urging Mr Trump to \"keep fighting\" and \"exhaust every available legal remedy\".\n\nThe mild-mannered former lawyer and talk radio host has served in the House since 2016 and is a former chairman of the Republican Study Committee, a position that is often seen as a first step toward leadership positions within the party.\n\nWhen nominating Mr Johnson on the floor of the House, Elise Stefanik, the chair of the Republican conference, called him a \"dedicated servant\" and \"titan\" who has dedicated his life to \"America's great principles of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness\".\n\nBut Democrat Pete Aguilar called him \"the most important architect of electoral college objections\" to the 2020 presidential vote and said he was chosen because he \"can appease Donald Trump\".", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\n\"Get to the chopper.\" \"I'll be back.\"\n\nIt is 11:00 on a bright London morning and Arnold Schwarzenegger is a man who knows what people want. When I enquire if the ongoing actors' strike means I will have to be the one doing his best-known catchphrases, he does not hold back.\n\nThe lines from Predator and Terminator ring out amongst dumbbells and running machines. \"The actors' strike forbids you to promote your movies, but I don't have to promote those,\" he protests.\n\nEven at the age of 76, Schwarzenegger is not someone with whom you would argue over trade union small print. This is where industrial action meets action hero.\n\nWe are perched on adjacent gym benches filming an interview for BBC Breakfast at Guardians Personal Training centre, situated at Parliament Hill Lido, and have the place to ourselves. \"Better gym than I had this morning at Claridge's,\" he booms enthusiastically, whilst also subtly letting me know that he has already worked out today.\n\nMy cameraman Peter has written Arnold Schwarzenegger on his clapperboard and turns to him, worriedly asking: \"Please tell me I spelt your name correctly?\"\n\nI can confirm it takes even Arnold Schwarzenegger a full two seconds to spell-check his own name, before he looks up and smiles: \"Yes.\"\n\nOne clap later and the interview can begin.\n\nArnold Schwarzenegger is in London to talk about his new book Be Useful: Seven Tools for Life, which is receiving support in unlikely places. The Guardian is not known for its love of Republican politicians, but its review concluded: \"An improvement guide which actually works.\"\n\nThe Los Angeles Times was rather less enthusiastic saying, \"The writing doesn't pump much iron,\" while still admitting: \"Did I work out a little harder after reading the book? You bet.\"\n\nAnd that is exactly what Arnold (\"He prefers Arnold to Arnie\", his security guard tipped us before he arrives) is hoping for with the book.\n\nThe seven chapters include Work Your Ass Off, Never Think Small and Shut Your Mouth Open Your Mind.\n\n\"The idea behind it is just for people to become more successful,\" he clarifies.\n\n\"It was one of those things I never dreamed of, to be a motivational speaker, or to write motivational books, because when I grew up all I wished was just to be the most muscular man in the world,\" says the seven-time winner of Mr Olympia and four-time Mr Universe, before adding: \"And to get into movies and to make millions of dollars.\"\n\nThings changed though after two decades of box office hits, including Conan the Barbarian, Twins and True Lies,\n\nSuddenly he had \"new dreams\" and \"new goals\" and found that: \"People really needed to be motivated and were looking to me for answers. They admired what I had accomplished, and I saw there an opening and a need and that's how this book came about.\"\n\nI ask if self-help is a dirty word and his answer reveals what he believes to be a common misconception about him: \"We need a combination of helping ourselves, but also to get help from the outside. I always hate when people say to me, 'You are the perfect description of a self-made man.'\n\n\"I hate that,\" he repeats a little more forcefully.\n\n\"I don't want anyone to think that they can do it themselves. We all need help.\"\n\nSchwarzenegger served two terms as governor of California between 2003 and 2011\n\nWhat follows is a long, long list of people, without whose help and inspiration Schwarzenegger says he would not have made it. They range from Reg Park, the Leeds-born bodybuilder who starred in 1960s Hercules films, to the \"5.8 million people who voted for me\", referring to his two terms as the Republican governor of California.\n\n\"I explain in the book that we should all reach out for help and as soon as you have realised that, then you also recognise the fact that you have also got to help other people.\"\n\nHelping others is something Schwarzenegger has spent the last three decades doing; from being involved with the Special Olympics, to donating $1m (£800,000) to front-line responders during the pandemic and hosting an Oktoberfest poker-themed dinner party earlier this month, which raised $7m (£5.8m) for his after-school clubs programme. Lederhosen were sported.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nSchwarzenegger is keen for people to know, though, that he has also experienced serious lows.\n\n\"There were tremendous defeats and tremendous losses,\" he shares, before detailing bodybuilding contests where he was beaten and films which bombed at the box office. (His worst actor nomination for playing Mr Freeze in Batman and Robin was a particular career nadir).\n\n\"And there have even been personal losses like my marriage,\" he continues, displaying a willingness to be vulnerable, that seemed unlikely as he killed 77 people in one scene at the climax of Commando.\n\nBe Useful does not go into the details of the extramarital affairs, including getting the nanny pregnant, which led to his divorce from John F Kennedy's niece Maria Shriver. He dealt with all that in his 2012 autobiography Total Recall. It does however reveal how he picked himself up from a time he describes in the introduction to the book as \"his world coming crashing down around him\".\n\n\"You have to be responsible for those mistakes. You cannot go and blame someone else for it. Take responsibility. Take ownership of those mistakes and learn from that and then come back and be a better person.\"\n\nSchwarzenegger's new book promises to provide Seven Tools for Life\n\nDespite all his achievement there is one thing Arnold Schwarzenegger will never be - the president of the United States.\n\nThe US constitution states that anyone holding that office must be a natural-born citizen. Schwarzenegger hails from Thal, Austria, where he lived until the age of 19.\n\nI ask him how much of an annoyance he finds his disqualification.\n\n\"I feel like I would make a great president,\" he says without displaying a shred of self-doubt, before continuing: \"But I feel that, at the same time, everything I've accomplished was because of America.\n\n\"America gave me so many opportunities and the American people were so embracive, and they just received me with open arms. There was no-one there that stopped me from my success.\n\n\"So the only thing that I can't do, which is run for president, I'm not going to complain about that.\"\n\nGovernor Schwarzenegger with future US President Joe Biden in 2009\n\nWhat is clear is that he has not fully given up hope of one day occupying the highest office in the land: \"I mean OK there is the constitution. We need some immigration reform, absolutely, to change that. But it would be a little bit selfish if I go out and try to change the law.\"\n\nHe is certainly not excited by next year's possible presidential race between President Joe Biden and Donald Trump. \"I just hope that America finds some really young blood,\" he says.\n\n\"Because to me, it is a little bit odd that we are having a battle between people today in the late seventies and early eighties rather than people that in the forties and fifties or maybe even younger and have them have a chance at this great, great job.\"\n\nFinally, it is clear that Schwarzenegger still loves the film world, talking enthusiastically about unspecified forthcoming projects.\n\nThe last film he saw at the cinema was Barbie, which he describes as \"brilliantly made\". I float the idea that if it had been an 80s film, then he might have been in the running to play Ken. \"There's a good character in there,\" he enthusiastically agrees.\n\nI also enquire as to why the era of the big star who can open a film on their name alone is over. Think Schwarzenegger, Stallone, Bruce Willis in the 1980s.\n\n\"I hope my son-in-law Chris Pratt doesn't hear that,\" he laughs, his daughter Katherine having married the star of The Guardians of the Galaxy and Jurassic World films.\n\n\"You're right though,\" he agrees. \"The stars that are being developed today are much more based on the name of the franchise. They become a big star because they did Batman, or they did Superman, Wonder Woman, rather than them carrying the movie.\"\n\n\"Every 10, 20 years, everything changes in the entertainment industry,\" he concludes.\n\nIf anyone knows that, it is Arnold Schwarzenegger, who says his goodbyes and departs to prepare for an \"Evening with\" show at the Royal Albert Hall. The venue is sold out and there is no doubt that he understands what the capacity crowd will be hoping to hear.\n\nOnce again his catchphrases will, quite literally, be back.", "Palestinians at the funeral of Mahmoud Seif who was killed by the Israeli army in the West Bank\n\nIn the last few days I have been in southern Israel close to the border with Gaza, deep in the West Bank with hard-line Jewish settlers, and seen the funeral of two young Palestinian men killed by the Israeli army in a raid on a refugee camp.\n\nI've spoken to a former Israeli leader in his office in a Tel Aviv high rise, and a senior Palestinian official in his office in a villa in Ramallah. I have heard an Israeli father at a vigil in Tel Aviv describe how his daughter's birthday cake was still in the fridge when his wife and three young children were taken by Hamas gunmen as hostages.\n\nWhat I have not been able to do is enter Gaza. Only small convoys of aid, and a handful of Israeli combat troops on raids and reconnaissance, have been able to do that.\n\nMore Palestinians and Israelis have been killed in the last two and a half weeks or so than in the entire second Palestinian intifada, or uprising, that lasted from 2000 until it petered out around the end of 2004.\n\nAmong the different people I've met, Palestinians and Israelis as well as foreigners, I have had a single clear impression. A sense that the grim old routines that have settled on this long conflict since the end of the last intifada have been swept away by the enormity of events since 7 October, and replaced with a fear that what comes next will be even worse.\n\nThe occupied Palestinian territories consist of Gaza and the West Bank, including East Jerusalem. Israel captured them, along with the Golan Heights which it took from Syria, in the 1967 Middle East war.\n\nIt was the most sweeping and rapid victory in Israel's history, achieved in only six days. Coming 19 years after Israel's independence war of 1948, which Palestinians call the catastrophe, or al-Nakba, the 1967 war created the cockpit in which the conflict as it stands today is fought.\n\nLike many others who follow the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians I have felt for the last few years that a major explosion was coming.\n\nOn 14 May 2018, I thought that might have started, during the terrible violence that accompanied President Donald Trump's decision to move the embassy of the United States from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.\n\nPresident Trump rejected the international convention that Jerusalem's status was unresolved, as both Israel and the Palestinians claim it as a capital. He sided with Israel. Most of Israel's other allies, including the United Kingdom, still have their embassies in Tel Aviv.\n\nAs the president's daughter Ivanka Trump opened the embassy, broadcasters split their screens to show terrible violence on the border wire between Israel and Gaza.\n\nIsraeli soldiers shot to kill as thousands of Palestinians demonstrated near the fence in what was called \"the great march of return\" by Hamas. Some of them tried to pull the fence down. Some 59 Palestinians were shot dead and thousands more wounded. Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, supported by the US, said any country would repel an attack on its border.\n\nThe next day was much calmer. A few weeks later the routines of the conflict were re-established. Benjamin Netanyahu, and his allies in the Trump administration, were able to congratulate themselves that the Palestinians had been contained.\n\nPerhaps that was the moment that Hamas started planning a much more devastating way to breach the border and attack Israel, which culminated in the 7 October attacks.\n\nBenjamin Netanyahu's decision - supported by the Americans - to allow the conflict to fester, in the mistaken belief that Israel could keep a lid on it while attending to more important matters, turned out to be a strategic error of monumental proportions.\n\nI walked up the stone staircase to the office of Sabri Saidam in Ramallah, the de facto Palestinian capital of the West Bank. He was educated at Imperial College, London, is an adviser to President Mahmoud Abbas and is a senior member of Fatah, the faction once led by Yasser Arafat that dominates the Palestine Liberation Organisation.\n\nA reaction was coming. It was in the pipeline. Nobody knew what was the scale and the shape of it.\n\nMr Abbas heads the Palestinian Authority, which was created in the Oslo peace process of the 1990s as a government in the making for an independent state. Now it is at best a job creation scheme with municipal functions, at worst a symbol of inefficiency and corruption. Abbas has not put himself up for re-election since 2006.\n\nSabri Saidam said they had warned the Americans over Benjamin Netanyahu's belief that he could manage the Palestinians while trying, with American help, to normalise relations with the rich Gulf Arab oil monarchies.\n\n\"A reaction was coming. It was in the pipeline. Nobody knew what was the scale and the shape of it. But we have told the Americans many times in meetings that the Palestinians would react and don't leave matters hanging in the balance. You have to intervene. You have to be serious about the peace process.\"\n\nHe rejected the suggestion that Hamas was using people as human shields and now, he said, Israel is engaged in \"genocide\".\n\nThe peace process is shorthand for the years of ultimately failed negotiations that were supposed to end the conflict by creating an independent Palestine alongside Israel. That is the \"two-state solution\" that President Joe Biden, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, President Emmanuel Macron and other dignitaries who have been here in the last few weeks have said once again is the only realistic solution.\n\nThe trouble with that is that there is no peace process - the Americans last tried, and failed, to revive it ten years ago under President Barack Obama - and the two-state solution has become an empty slogan.\n\nPalestinians and Israelis both live in fear of what happened in their pasts repeating\n\nI went to see the former Prime Minister Ehud Barak in his glass-walled office in a tower in Tel Aviv. In 1973, as a young special forces commander, he planned and led an audacious raid on Lebanon, which they called Operation Spring of Youth. Barak was disguised as a woman, with make-up and a blonde wig, as he led an assassination team that slipped into Beirut to devastating effect.\n\nMr Barak went on to command the Israeli military and was prime minister from 1999-2001 and later served as defence minister under Benjamin Netanyahu, who in turn had been a junior officer in his special forces unit, the Israeli equivalent of Britain's SAS.\n\nSince then, Ehud Barak and Benjamin Netanyahu have become political enemies. Barak has blamed Netanyahu for mistakes that left Israel vulnerable to Hamas. He believes the prime minister's long years in office will end once the army deals with Hamas.\n\n\"Winning the war,\" Mr Barak told me, \"will take time and then the torrent of sweat and decent blood is not going to be something simple… when it's over or half over or there is a situation of whatever kind it would be a volcano of rage, it will erupt, I believe. To remove this government from power.\"\n\nEarlier this year tens of thousands of Israelis were protesting against Mr Netanyahu's government\n\nOne reason for Mr Netanyahu's reluctance, up to now anyway, to send ground troops into Gaza is the presence of more than 200 hostages, mostly Israeli civilians. Hamas took them to put pressure on Israel and is succeeding.\n\nReleasing four hostages and talking about freeing many more has become an effective tactic in the psychological war between the two sides. Voices in Israel are getting louder, demanding a halt to any invasion plans until the hostages are free.\n\nEhud Barak, who believes Israel has to send troops into Gaza to eliminate Hamas, said that hard choices lie ahead for Prime Minister Netanyahu and his war cabinet.\n\n\"If there is no other way, we will have to do it, because the alternative is to provide those barbarians and terrorists who made crimes against humanity [with] impunity due to the fact that they massacred, slaughtered probably 1,500 people… A very painful and tough decision might have to be made.\"\n\nI drove through the West Bank over two days this week, and saw an area that was extremely tense, with Israel in tight control. Thousands of soldiers in combat gear have sealed off Palestinian villages, set up roadblocks and are protecting Jewish settlements, which are regarded as illegal under international law although Israel disputes this.\n\nIn an isolated settler outpost on a desolate hilltop outside Hebron, hard line Jewish nationalists carrying weapons told me they were waiting for the chance to use them against Palestinians. Their leader Meir Simcha, who walked round the outpost armed with a large machete in a leather scabbard, said that unlike other Israelis they had not been surprised by the Hamas assault on 7 October. It was a shame, he said, that so many Jews had to die to show mainstream Israel something he believed was self-evident.\n\n\"In a war you have a gun and a trigger,\" Simcha said. \"And for those who don't understand yet, we are at war. A war where the other side shows no mercy and we need to do the same. There's no choice.\"\n\nMeir Simcha protects a Jewish settlement in the occupied West Bank with a machete\n\nFurther north in the West Bank, the atmosphere in Jalazone refugee camp, just outside Ramallah, was sombre, fearful and angry, as two young men killed in an Israeli army arrest operation were buried. Mustapha al-Ayan - cousin of Mahmoud Seif, one of the dead men who was shot as he threw stones at the Israelis - said the army had not come to arrest suspects but to punish them for what Hamas did on 7 October.\n\nThe grave was being filled behind him as he told me: \"They are coming to the West Bank to take revenge, because the resistance groups in Gaza have hurt them. So now they are attacking the people in the West Bank. God give mercy to all the martyrs in Gaza and the West Bank.\"\n\nOne fear often expressed by Palestinians is that Israel, in its rage, is using the crisis to try to inflict another Nakba, or catastrophe, on the scale of 1948. The evidence they cite is the way that more than a million Gazans have been forced to flee to the south of the Strip, and the threats made by some Israeli politicians to make Gaza smaller by taking tranches of land to use as buffer zones.\n\nIn Ramallah, Sabri Saidam, the Fatah official, talked about a map that Mr Netanyahu produced at the United Nations in September, showing an Israel that included the West Bank and Gaza.\n\n\"Everybody has in mind that the very map that Netanyahu carried before the nations at the General Assembly of the UN, in which there was no West Bank and Gaza. So the feel and general mood is actually entertaining the thought that Netanyahu is going after the deportation, the displacement of Palestinians leading up to the annexation of Gaza.\"\n\nThe ghosts of the past shape the mood on both sides. For Israel it is the Holocaust of European Jews at the hands of Nazi Germany. The massacres on 7 October have been called the worst day for the Jews since the Holocaust. The word \"selection\", that was used to describe the way Jews arriving at death camps were either sent straight to the gas chambers or spared to be worked to death, has been applied to suggestions that deals might be done that release foreign hostages before Israelis.\n\nPalestinians don't share much with Israelis, especially not now, except the shadow of the past and a dread of harder times ahead.", "The Dark Hedges were used as a filming location in HBO's Game of Thrones, representing the Kings road\n\nUp to 11 trees at a Northern Ireland beauty spot made famous by fantasy drama Game of Thrones may have to be cut down.\n\nThe Dark Hedges, a tunnel of beech trees near Armoy, County Antrim, became a popular tourist attraction after featuring in the series.\n\nBut a report has found that a majority of the trees are in a poor state and one is dead.\n\nThere is now a health and safety risk to visitors, a campaigner has said.\n\nThe report, commissioned by the Department of Infrastructure and experts at Tree Safety, found that 11 trees should be removed, the Coleraine Chronicle has reported.\n\nHowever, because six are subject to protection orders, the consent of Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council is needed.\n\nThe council is due to consider the issue later on Wednesday.\n\nThe trees were planted to line the Bregagh Road to Gracehill House, which was built around 1775.\n\nOriginally, there were about 150 trees, but only about 80 remain.\n\nMany of the trees are considered past maturity, meaning branch breakages are common.\n\nSeveral have been brought down by strong winds during storms in recent years.\n\nThe Bregagh Road is often lined with cars and coach tour buses\n\nThe trees have become a popular tourist attraction since the road was used as a filming location in the HBO series Game of Thrones.\n\nBut the Save the Dark Hedges campaign group has raised concerns that the increased traffic and footfall at the site has accelerated damage to the trees.\n\n\"If they don't do something over these trees, someone is going to be killed, because of the state they're in,\" Rob McCallion, from the campaign group, said.\n\nDUP councillor, and member of the Dark Hedges Preservation Trust, Mervyn Storey agreed with the concerns laid out in the report.\n\nHe said: \"I, and no one else, wants to see the beginning of the end of what is known as the Dark Hedges.\n\n\"There was no money put in to do something like an aggressive tree planting scheme, but my feeling is it's too late for that.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Yocheved Lifschitz shook the hand of her Hamas captor as she left\n\n\"I went through hell,\" says Yocheved Lifschitz, an 85-year-old grandmother and peace activist released by Hamas on Monday after two weeks in captivity.\n\nMs Lifschitz and her husband were kidnapped by Hamas gunmen on motorbikes and taken into a \"spider's web\" of tunnels underneath Gaza, she said.\n\nShe described being hit by sticks on the journey, but said most of the hostages were being \"treated well\".\n\nShe was freed alongside another woman, Nurit Cooper, 79, on Monday evening.\n\nExtraordinary images show the grandmother shaking the hand of a Hamas gunman, just seconds before she was handed over to the International Red Cross at the Rafah crossing between Gaza and neighbouring Egypt.\n\n\"Shalom,\" she appears to say to the gunman - the Hebrew word for peace.\n\nMs Lifschitz was kidnapped, alongside her husband Oded, from Nir Oz Kibbutz in southern Israel on 7 October. He has not been released.\n\nIt was early in the morning when Hamas attacked their kibbutz, massacring the small community. One in four residents are believed to have been killed or kidnapped, including many children.\n\nSpeaking at a news conference from Ichilov hospital in Tel Aviv just a few hours after her release, Ms Lifschitz explained what happened after she was kidnapped.\n\nShe said she was hit with sticks during the journey into Gaza, and suffered bruises and breathing difficulties.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Peace activist Yocheved Lifschitz, 85, says she was beaten as she was driven into Gaza\n\nHer daughter, Sharone Lifschitz, who helped translate her mother's ordeal to reporters, said the 85-year-old was forced to walk for a few kilometres on wet ground.\n\nSharone said her mother was taken into \"a huge network of tunnels underneath Gaza that looked like a spider's web\".\n\nMs Lifschitz said she was among 25 hostages taken into the tunnels and after several hours, five people from her kibbutz, including herself, were taken into a separate room. There, they each had a guard and access to a paramedic and doctor.\n\nShe described clean conditions inside, with mattresses on the floor for them to sleep on. Another captive who was badly injured in a motorbike accident on the way into Gaza was treated for his injuries by a doctor.\n\n\"They made sure we wouldn't get sick, and we had a doctor with us every two or three days.\"\n\nShe also said they had access to medicines they needed and there were women there who knew about \"feminine hygiene\".\n\nThey ate the same food - pitta bread with cheese and cucumber - as the Hamas guards, her daughter Sharone added.\n\nYocheved Lifschitz, right, stands next to husband Oded - he is still being held by Hamas in Gaza\n\nAsked by a reporter why she had shaken hands with the gunman, Ms Lifschitz said the hostage takers had treated her well and the remaining hostages were in good condition.\n\nSharone said she wasn't surprised by her mother's gesture - \"the way she walked off and then came back and then said thank you was quite incredible to me. It's so her,\" she earlier told the BBC.\n\nHours before Ms Lifschitz and Nurit Cooper were released on Monday evening, the Israeli military held a screening for journalists showing raw footage recovered from Hamas body cameras, in an effort to remind the world of the brutality of the attack on Israel two weeks ago.\n\nAmong the clips was footage of Hamas gunmen cheering with apparent joy as they shot civilians on the road, and later stalking the pathways of kibbutzim and killing parents and children in their homes.\n\nMore than 1,400 people, mostly civilians, were killed in the attack.\n\nMs Lifschitz and her 83-year-old husband, Oded, are known peace activists who helped transport sick people out of Gaza to hospitals in Israel, according to their families.\n\nOded is a journalist who's worked for peace and the rights of Palestinians for decades, Sharone told the BBC.\n\nAccording to the National Union of Journalists, he used to work for newspaper Al Hamishmar, and was among the first journalists to report on the massacre in two Palestinian refugee camps in Beirut in 1982.\n\n\"He speaks good Arabic so can communicate very well with the people there. He knows many people in Gaza. I want to think he's going to be OK,\" says Sharone.\n\nIn total, four hostages have now been released, after two American-Israelis, mother and daughter Judith and Natalie Raanan, were freed on Friday.\n\nIsrael says more than 200 people are still being held hostage. The husband of Nurit Cooper, who was also freed on Monday night, is believed to be among them.", "Peter Bone has been suspended as a Conservative MP after an investigation found he had bullied and was sexually inappropriate around a former member of staff.\n\nParliament's behaviour watchdog found Mr Bone had exposed himself to an aide and physically struck him.\n\nThe watchdog recommended suspending him from the Commons for six weeks.\n\nMr Bone has denied the allegations, calling them \"without foundation\", and is appealing the decision.\n\nThe Conservative Party has now withdrawn the whip from the MP, meaning he will sit as an independent and will not be able to stand for re-election as a Tory candidate.\n\nIf MPs approve the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards' recommendation of a six-week Commons ban for Mr Bone it could lead to a by-election in his Wellingborough constituency - a Conservative safe seat with a vote majority of nearly 20,000.\n\nParliament's Independent Expert Panel (IEP) found Mr Bone broke Parliament's sexual misconduct rules by indecently exposing himself to the staffer during an overseas trip.\n\nThe investigation was based on a complaint made to the body by a former member of staff, over alleged behaviour which took place more than 10 years ago.\n\nThe panel also upheld five allegations of bullying, including \"instructing, or physically forcing, the complainant to put his hands in his lap when Mr Bone was unhappy with him or his work\".\n\nIt also found he \"verbally belittled, ridiculed, abused and humiliated\" him, and \"repeatedly physically struck and threw things\" at him, including hitting him with his hand or an object such as a pencil or a rolled-up document.\n\nThe panel also upheld an allegation that Mr Bone \"repeatedly pressurised\" the staffer to give him a massage in the office. It found this was bullying, but not sexual misconduct.\n\nA spokeswoman for government Chief Whip Simon Hart said: \"Following a report by the Independent Expert Panel, the chief whip has removed the Conservative whip from Peter Bone MP.\"\n\nAny suspension for Mr Bone would have to be approved by his fellow MPs via a vote in the House of Commons.\n\nIf approved, this would trigger a recall petition that could potentially lead to a by-election in Mr Bone's Northamptonshire constituency.\n\nThe seat is due to become a target for Labour at the next general election, when the constituency boundary changes to take in the nearby towns of Rushden and Higham Ferrers.\n\nLiberal Democrat Chief Whip Wendy Chamberlain said: \"This is too little too late, it shouldn't have taken this long for (Rishi) Sunak to act.\"\n\nShe added that \"serious questions remain\" over the handling of the case by the Conservative Party \"and what successive prime ministers knew about Peter Bone's conduct\".\n\nThe Conservative Party launched an investigation into Mr Bone's conduct in 2018, but the party says \"the complainant withdrew from the process before the case was heard\".\n\nIn July 2022, then Prime Minister Boris Johnson appointed Mr Bone to the job of deputy Commons leader, which involves handling how complaints of bullying are dealt with. He was sacked from the role by Mr Johnson's successor Liz Truss.\n\nThe Lib Dems are calling for Rishi Sunak to order a Cabinet Office inquiry \"to get to the bottom of this matter once and for all\".", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nAn athlete who was stopped and searched by Met Police officers - two of whom have been sacked over their actions - says the experience has left her \"on edge\".\n\nBianca Williams said the disciplinary hearing that saw the officers dismissed for gross misconduct was bittersweet and the impact of what happened to her family has been lasting.\n\nIn July 2020, the British world championship medallist and her partner, Olympic sprinter Ricardo Dos Santos, were handcuffed and searched on suspicion of having drugs and weapons.\n\nThey had been pulled over as they drove to their west London home from training. Their baby son, then three months old, was in the back seat of their Mercedes.\n\nOn Wednesday, a disciplinary panel found PC Jonathan Clapham and PC Sam Franks lied about smelling cannabis in Mr Dos Santos' car, in breach of professional standards.\n\nAll allegations against three other officers involved in the stop-and-search were not proven.\n\nIn an exclusive interview with BBC News, Ms Williams said she had been left feeling anxious whenever she saw police cars.\n\n\"It's just really hard, even just driving the car I'm always looking, I'm always on edge because who knows what they're going to do?\"\n\nBianca Williams and Ricardo Dos Santos say they were stopped due to racial profiling\n\n\"Who knows if they're going to follow me and pull me over without Ricardo being there,\" she said.\n\n\"Even if Ricardo is driving, and I'm in the front passenger seat, I'm always looking to see if there's a police car.\n\n\"If a [police] car has gone in the opposite direction, I'm always looking behind to see are they going to make a U-turn and follow us?\n\n\"I shouldn't have to live like that.\n\n\"My anxiety is through the roof whenever I see a police car and it's not right.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Police bodycam footage played at the hearing showed the sprinter being handcuffed\n\nMs Williams said she panics whenever her partner takes their three-year-old son out of their home.\n\n\"I need to know where they're going, if they've stopped. I'm just always on edge,\" she said.\n\nBefore the incident, Ms Williams said she \"really did\" have confidence in the police, but it had been eroded by the stop-and-search itself and the long process of seeking redress.\n\nShe said the Casey Review, which examined conduct within the Met, had found it was institutionally racist but that this was being \"brushed under the carpet\".\n\nMs Williams added: \"It's quite worrying for when my son grows up. If it hasn't changed for many years, is it really going to change now?\"\n\nThe ordeal has left her questioning where the future lies for her family.\n\n\"I do worry for my son [and] the next generation of black men and boys growing up in the UK,\" she said.\n\nMs Williams says she is working to compete in the 2024 Olympics\n\n\"I keep saying to Ricardo, 'are we really going to live in this country?'. We've spoken about moving out of the UK and being somewhere else,\" she explained.\n\n\"We live in a world where we're supposed to feel safe and feel protected, but we aren't and it shouldn't be like that.\"\n\nDespite everything, Ms Williams said she had not lost her focus on her sport and her ambition to reach the 2024 Olympics in Paris.\n\n\"Athletics is my number one and when I come to the track I have to put all emotions aside and get on with the job... I want to be the best.\"\n\nListen to the best of BBC Radio London on Sounds and follow BBC London on Facebook, X and Instagram. Send your story ideas to hello.bbclondon@bbc.co.uk", "The UK's largest mortgage lender expects house prices to fall this year and next before rising in 2025.\n\nHalifax-owner Lloyds Banking Group predicts prices will drop 4.7% this year and by a further 2.4% in 2024 before recovering.\n\nLenders have blamed higher borrowing costs for a slowdown in house sales.\n\nBut the average house price remains about £40,000 higher than at the height of Covid when prices soared, as people working from home sought more space.\n\nLloyds said on Wednesday that while prices would fall over the next two years, longer term growth would be steady with prices rising 0.6% by 2027.\n\nInterest rates are currently at 5.25%, their highest level for 15 years, driven by a series of rate rises aimed at tackling soaring consumer prices.\n\nAs a result, lenders have raised their borrowing rates, including for mortgages. The latest figures show the average rate on two-year fixed is 6.24% on average, according to financial information service Moneyfacts.\n\nLloyds' forecasting is based on the Halifax House Price Index, which excludes figures for cash buyers, which currently make up over 30% of housing sales.\n\nDespite data from mortgage lenders showing falls in house prices, the average price of a home in the UK remains high.\n\nAccording to the UK House Price Index, the average property price based on completed transactions in the UK in August this year was £291,044, which was little changed from 12 months ago.\n\nLloyds, which also owns Halifax and Bank of Scotland, issued its house prices forecast alongside its trading statement revealing it had made bumper profits as it continues to benefit from higher interest rates.\n\nThe banking group revealed a pre-tax profit of £1.9bn for the three months to September, up from £576m in the same period last year.\n\nMost banks have reported higher profits due to rising interest rates, as customers pay more to borrow cash for mortgages, loans and credit cards.\n\nThere have been concerns banks are raising borrowing rates much faster than they are savings rates, particularly for easy access accounts. The average easy access savings rate, the most common on the market, is currently 3.21%.\n\nBut banks including Lloyds have defended themselves against the criticism.\n\nCharlie Nunn, group chief executive at Lloyds, said the bank remained \"focused on supporting our customers and helping them navigate the uncertain economic environment\".\n\nThe bank said it had seen more customers move cash out of current accounts and into savings accounts.\n\nMatt Britzman, equity analyst at Hargreaves Lansdown, said Lloyds' performance was helped by it managing to \"keep hold of savers looking for better rates\".\n\nBut Fran Boait, co-executive director of campaign group Positive Money, accused banks of \"filling their coffers\", whilst \"ordinary people are pushed into poverty by soaring interest rates\".\n\nOn Tuesday, Barclays reported profits before tax of £1.89bn for the three months to September, down slightly from £1.96bn for the same period in 2022, leading it to cut its profit forecasts.\n\nMeanwhile, Santander posted UK profits before tax of £1.73bn in the nine months to September, also driven by higher rates.\n\nMike Regnier, UK chief executive of the Spanish-owned group, said the bank had \"prioritised\" the needs of customers and \"provided competitive rates for savers\".\n\nLast month, Santander decided to withdraw an easy access account with a rate of 5.2% \"following significant demand\". It said the product was a \"limited edition\".\n\nIn July, the financial watchdog warned that banks would face \"robust action\" for offering unjustifiably low savings rates to customers at time when borrowing rates had risen sharply.\n\nUnder new rules brought in by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), banks must now prove they are offering their customers fair value. Last month, the regulator said it was looking into savings offers from nine firms.", "Let's return to one comment Rishi Sunak made in the Commons a little while ago.\n\nThe prime minister told MPs: “I'm pleased to say that crime is now down by over 50% since Labour were last in office.”\n\nThat is true if you use figures that exclude fraud and computer misuse, which only started being included in the figures in 2017.\n\nAccording to the Crime Survey for England and Wales , there were 4.2 million crimes excluding fraud and computer misuse in the year to June 2023, down from 9.5 million in the year to March 2010.\n\nBut fraud and computer misuse is a significant category. The latest figures suggest there are almost as many incidents of fraud and computer misuse as incidents of all other crimes put together.", "British sprinter Bianca Williams tells BBC Sport she feels \"hurt and scared\" after she and partner Ricardo dos Santos were stopped by police.\n\nThey have accused the Metropolitan Police of racial profiling and acting violently towards them.\n\nPolice say the vehicle had been on the wrong side of the road and the driver sped off when asked to stop.", "Yousef Makki was stabbed in Hale Barns in March 2019\n\nA schoolboy who was stabbed to death by a friend was unlawfully killed, a fresh inquest has concluded.\n\nYousef Makki, 17, died after suffering a stab wound to the heart in Hale Barns, Greater Manchester, in 2019.\n\nThe High Court quashed the conclusions of his first inquest in 2021, two years after Yousef's friend Joshua Molnar was cleared of murder and manslaughter.\n\nYousef's family gasped in the public gallery as the new conclusion was read by Coroner Geraint Williams.\n\nSpeaking in a family press conference afterwards, Yousef's sister Jade Akoum said they had now received justice, adding: \"I finally feel like we can move on with our lives.\"\n\nThe coroner at the previous inquest had ruled out accidental or unlawful killing after finding she could not be sure what happened.\n\nBut the High Court later quashed the findings and ordered a new inquest following a legal battle from Yousef's family.\n\nYousef was stabbed in the village of Hale Barns, near Altrincham\n\nCoroner Mr Williams called into question much of the previous evidence before reaching his new conclusion at Stockport Coroner's Court.\n\nHe said he found Yousef did not use a knife at the time of his death, and Molnar had not acted in self-defence and did not believe he needed to use a knife to defend himself.\n\nMr Williams said: \"I find as a fact Yousef Makki did not use a knife to threaten or attack Joshua Molnar.\n\n\"I also find use of a knife unnecessary, disproportionate and unreasonable. I conclude he did not act in lawful self-defence.\n\n\"Therefore, I conclude that Mr Makki was unlawfully killed is fully made out by the evidence.\"\n\nThe teenager, from Burnage in Manchester, became friends with Molnar and another boy, Adam Chowdhary, after winning a scholarship to £12,000-a-year Manchester Grammar School.\n\nDuring his trial, Molnar, now aged 22, said he had acted in self-defence when he stabbed Yousef with a flick knife.\n\nHe told the jury the pair had had a row and that Yousef had pulled a knife out first so he took out his own before his friend \"came on\" to his weapon, causing the fatal injury.\n\nChowdhary, who was with them at the time, said he did not see what happened because he was on his phone.\n\nThe court heard Chowdhary, now aged 21, had bought both flick knives online.\n\nMolnar was cleared of murder and manslaughter but jailed for 16 months for carrying a knife in public and perverting the course of justice.\n\nThe jury heard he had initially lied to police at the scene about what had happened.\n\nA permanent memorial has been created on a tree near where Yousef was stabbed\n\nChowdhary, now aged 21, was found not guilty of perverting the course of justice and given a four-month detention order after admitting having a knife in public.\n\nRelatives and friends of the Makki family sat at the back of the room listening to the coroner while he read out his conclusions for 90 minutes.\n\nYousef's sister held her husband's hand as she sat at the front.\n\nSpeaking after the ruling, Ms Akoum said she was delighted the coroner had recognised her brother had been unlawfully killed.\n\n\"I once thought that justice meant Joshua Molnar being imprisoned for the rest of his life,\" she said.\n\n\"I now believe justice is what we have received here today and for him to have to live his life knowing forever that his actions took Yousef away from us from this world.\n\n\"We are pleased that the coroner recognised that Adam told lies and that he saw what happened.\n\n\"We just hope one day he will be brave enough to tell us what happened.\"\n\nShe added it was now \"a matter for the police to decide if they do anything further\".\n\nDuring a family press conference, Yousef's sister Jade Akoum said they had now received justice\n\nWhile a jury in a criminal trial must be sure beyond reasonable doubt of guilt, at an inquest a coroner can make conclusions based on the lower standard of using a balance of probabilities.\n\nInquest rules mean coroners are not allowed to apportion blame to named individuals.\n\nDet Ch Supt Jonathan Chadwick, of Greater Manchester Police, said the force would \"now carefully review the ruling in consultation with the Crown Prosecution Service before considering further steps\".\n\n\"We do not underestimate the impact his death has had on his loved ones and the trauma of ongoing proceedings, four and a half years on,\" he said.\n\n\"We understand that no outcome will bring Yousef back or lessen their heartbreak.\"\n\nWhy not follow BBC North West on Facebook, X and Instagram? You can also send story ideas to northwest.newsonline@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "More than a dozen black models are boycotting Melbourne Fashion Week (MFW), hoping to draw attention to the mistreatment they say they experience in Australia's fashion industry.\n\nThe models said they had witnessed staff use racial slurs in front of them, had hairdressers make derogatory comments about their hair, and were underpaid in comparison to white models.\n\nA City of Melbourne spokesperson said their event prided itself on being one of the industry's most inclusive fashion destinations for people \"from diverse ethnic backgrounds, the LGBTIQ+ community and those with disabilities\".\n\n\"We were not aware of any concerns relating to diversity or race involving Melbourne Fashion Week. Discrimination of any kind is not tolerated,\" the statement added.\n\nBut 29-year-old model Jeffrey Kissubi told the BBC that MFW was just \"one of the fashion bodies within the industry\" that he and his colleagues were boycotting.\n\nHe said he hoped avoiding Melbourne's top event would draw attention to the broader issues in Australia's fashion industry and help improve working conditions for people of colour who experience discrimination.\n\n\"I worked with someone on set, and they used a racial slur in my presence thinking it was okay. That racial slur had to do with the oppression of black people, and I'm not sure if they understood that you can't use that kind of language.\n\n\"We've come forward, we've broken this story not because it's something we wanted to do - we had to do it because it can't keep happening.\"\n\nMr Kissubi said the idea for the boycott started a few months ago after a group of models shared their common experiences of racism at another event.\n\n\"I felt like in the past when one of us has come forward to talk about our experience, it's always been dismissed. But when a group of us comes forward, it has more impact.\"\n\nNyaluak Leth - a South Sudanese model who was raised in Brisbane - told the BBC she participated in the boycott because there was \"nothing worse than having a false sense of representation at the forefront of an industry that does pride itself on individuality and cultural acceptance\".\n\n\"I think it's just time for the industry to turn the lens on itself and take accountability and put forward initiative to be what they say they are,\" she said.\n\nMs Leth, 26, also recalled an experience when another black model asked her to braid her hair before walking the runway during one of Australia's biggest fashion events.\n\n\"In 2019 behind the scenes at Sydney Fashion Week, one of the black models approached me and asked me to braid her hair and I said 'but darling, there are so many empty seats in the hair section', but I could tell that she was really reluctant to even ask for help... because she didn't trust that anyone knew how to do her hair and she was definitely right.\"\n\nAnother model, Awar Malek, told the Sydney Morning Herald that working in fashion as a black woman in Australia was \"a form of self-destruction\".\n\n\"In London, New York and Paris, you could not get away with what the fashion industry is doing here and how it treats black models, but they don't seem to care or want to change.\"\n\n\"It is absolutely the most traumatising, and dehumanising, underpaying, and overall, mentally draining week and I have no desire to continue to participate,\" she added, when asked about the MFW boycott.\n\nA City of Melbourne spokesperson said that all models were paid the same rate, \"with the exception of some higher profile models - including those from diverse backgrounds\".\n\n\"The standard rate is comparable or above similar fashion industry events,\" they said.\n\nMr Kissubi said there needs to be more people of colour involved in decision making in Australia's fashion industry, who can bring their knowledge to ensure events are more inclusive.\n\n\"I've worked in Europe and honestly people are more culturally aware, it's more densely populated so people are exposed to a lot more things.\n\n\"In Australia people live in a bubble and they're not exposed to those things, so they'll use that as an excuse.\"\n\nHe also asked why \"black, Indigenous and people of colour in [Australia] still have to deal with these things?\" while living in \"a progressive country\".\n\nSo far, Mr Kissubi says the reaction to the boycott has been positive and has sparked important conversations.\n\nBut Ms Leth remains sceptical that the complaints will be taken seriously.\n\n\"We're not going to really know what change is until we see it... Because they can have their quotes, they can say that models are getting paid the same and have the representation, but darling, give us the receipts.\"", "In the end, the longest House leadership conflict of modern times ended the way wars sometimes do, with both sides losing the stomach to keep fighting.\n\nCongressman Mike Johnson - the mild-mannered, bespectacled Louisianan - prevailed where the three previous speaker-designees did not as much for what he wasn’t, as what he was.\n\nHe wasn’t part of the existing Republican House leadership, whose top three officeholders – Kevin McCarthy, Steve Scalise and Tom Emmer – had been rejected by hard-line conservatives over the past three weeks. Nor is he an ideological bomb-thrower like Jim Jordan, who was beloved by Donald Trump and the party’s populist right.\n\nInstead, Johnson was trusted by party’s right wing without the baggage that made enemies elsewhere. He has taken controversial positions – supporting a nationwide abortion ban, backing Trump’s efforts to reverse the 2020 election results and fighting against gay marriage rights – but done so quietly and, for the most part, outside the view of television cameras.\n\nAnd his lack of ambition from the outset, by not entering his name as a speaker candidate until the third contest, may have made him the perfect vessel for Republicans wishing to move past weeks of political trauma and given him the ability to win votes without making specific concessions or commitments.\n\nTo succeed as speaker, Mr Johnson is going to have to do more than that, however. Once the cheering and applause die down, the new speaker will have a busy legislative agenda to address with little time to do it.\n\nThe Biden administration and its allies in the Senate are pressing for a multi-billion dollar military aid bill for Israel, Ukraine and Taiwan. And a temporary funding measure is set to expire on 17 November, triggering a government shut-down unless Congress takes action.\n\nIt is during negotiations with Democrats that Johnson’s speakership will be put to the test. McCarthy’s fate was sealed when his party’s right flank felt he caved to Democrats in a May deal to raise the cap on new US national debt and when he temporarily avoided an October government shutdown without winning any new concessions.", "Christopher McGowan was found guilty by a jury at the High Court in Stirling\n\nA man has been found guilty of murdering his new girlfriend weeks after being bailed to her Stirling home.\n\nChristopher McGowan, 28, battered and strangled Claire Inglis, before burning her with a lighter and pushing a wet wipe down her throat.\n\nA jury took just over two hours to convict McGowan, who was on five bail orders at the time of the murder.\n\nJudge Michael O'Grady described it as a \"crime of utter wickedness\".\n\nHe said McGowan's attack on Ms Inglis was \"brutal and bestial\" and he thanked her family for their dignity in court.\n\nThey had watched every day of the trial from the public gallery at the High Court in Stirling.\n\nAfter the verdict, the court was told that McGowan had 40 previous convictions, including three for assault.\n\nHe has also served an 18-month jail term for assault and robbery.\n\nMs Inglis' parents want to know why he was released from prison to live at their daughter's home weeks before her death.\n\n\"He should never ever have been put in her flat with my grandson and Claire,\" her father Ian told BBC Scotland News. \"Not with the criminal record he had - it should never have been allowed.\"\n\nThe judge told McGowan that people who work in court regularly have to listen to accounts of the \"dreadful things human beings do, one to another\".\n\n\"And perhaps over time - regrettably but inevitably - such things can lose a measure of their impact,\" he added.\n\n\"But some crimes still have the power to profoundly shock, and surely your brutal and bestial killing of Claire Inglis is one such crime.\n\n\"It is a crime of staggering cruelty and depravity. It is a crime of utter wickedness.\"\n\nHe added: \"You have without rhyme, reason or pity taken the life of a young woman - daughter and a mother - who, as your partner should have been confident of looking to you for affection and protection.\n\n\"Instead you brought to her a terrible destruction and to her family a lifetime of anguish.\"\n\nMcGowan initially claimed he had been acting in self-defence but that claim was subsequently withdrawn during the trial.\n\nHis account of events ranged from claiming Ms Inglis had fallen down the stairs of her flat, to saying she had overdosed on Valium and he had tried to save her life.\n\nThe trial heard that Ms Inglis, a 28-year-old mother-of-one, sustained 76 injuries during McGowan's attack.\n\nPathologist Dr Kerryanne Shearer said these included a number of blunt force impacts to the head and face, and extensive bruising to almost her entire skull.\n\nMs Inglis had sustained a subdural hematoma and a fractured hyoid bone, a horseshoe-shaped bone in the middle of the neck.\n\nClaire Inglis was murdered in her home on 28 November, 2021\n\nThe jury was told of chaotic scenes both outside and inside Ms Inglis' St Ninians' flat in the aftermath of the attack in the early hours of 28 November, 2021.\n\nA paramedic arriving at the scene saw McGowan being beaten by two men, shouting \"murder\" and \"he's killed her.\"\n\nA bloodied McGowan had followed the paramedics into Ms Inglis' flat, where two neighbours were desperately performing CPR on the young mother.\n\nOne of those neighbours, William Stone, 52, said: \"She had the makings of a black eye, her whole face was swollen.\n\n\"I could hear Claire gurgling, but there was no response.\"\n\nMr Stone said McGowan was behind the paramedics in the hall saying Ms Inglis had fallen down the stairs and she had taken 50 Valium and half a gram of cocaine.\n\n\"He (McGowan) never even came into the room and asked how she was doing,\" Mr Stone added.\n\nA taxi driver told the trial that he had picked up McGowan and Miss Inglis the previous evening in Stirling city centre.\n\nDavid Addison, 35, was asked how McGowan had spoken to Ms Inglis, 28, and he replied: \"It was horrible, not nice, the tone of his language. It was very demanding.\"\n\nMr Addison said in his police statement that after Ms Inglis left the taxi, McGowan said under his breath: \"I'll kill you.\"\n\nPolice Scotland said McGowan would now have to face the consequences of his actions.\n\nDet Insp Will Harley, of Forth Valley CID, said: \"This was a horrendous crime, which involved significant levels of violence.\n\n\"Christopher McGowan cruelly took Claire's life, showing complete disregard for her and her family.\"\n\nMcGowan will be sentenced on 25 October at the High Court in Edinburgh.", "Sony has announced its latest Spider-Man release is the fastest-selling video game made by PlayStation.\n\nSpider-Man 2 sold more than 2.5 million physical and digital copies in its first 24 hours, it said in a blog post.\n\nThe game, developed by PlayStation-owned Insomniac Games, has won rave reviews since it was released on Friday for the PS5.\n\nBut it has faced some criticism over its length, with its main story taking around 15 hours to complete.\n\nThat extends to roughly 40 hours including side-content, a fairly typical length for video games, although some releases this year like Baldur's Gate 3 can potentially be played for hundreds of hours.\n\nSpider-Man 2 has been praised for its representation of Puerto Rican culture, but there has been criticism after its flag was confused with that of Cuba in the main character's house.\n\nThe developers have pledged to fix the mistake.\n\nDespite Spider-Man 2's title, it is actually the third game in the series, following releases in 2018 and 2020.\n\nLike the previous games the latest version takes place in a virtual New York City, but for the first time, gamers can play as either Peter Parker or Miles Morales - both alter-egos of the popular superhero.\n\n\"Insomniac Games holds itself to incredibly high standards when it comes to delivering engaging and innovative gameplay experiences,\" said PlayStation's head of business operations Eric Lempel.\n\n\"I want to say thank you to the fans - we truly hope you are enjoying your time playing as Peter and Miles in this amazing adventure.\"\n\nSpider-Man 2 was one of a series of high profile games launched last week, including new titles from gaming icons Mario and Sonic.\n\nSuper Mario Bros Wonder and Sonic Superstars drew headlines after the gaming rivals released games in the same week for the first time for more than 30 years.\n\nSpider-Man 2 outperformed both in boxed sales to be the biggest physical video-game launch in the UK last week. It is now one of the highest-rated PlayStation 5 titles on gaming-aggregator Metacritic.\n\nDespite being the biggest physical launch of the year on PS5, the game has not yet reached the dizzying heights of the Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, which sold more than 10 million copies in just three days.\n\nThat game, released by Nintendo in May, remains the biggest physical video game launch in the UK in 2023.\n\nThe physical sales of Spider-Man 2 only make up part of the total 2.5 million copies sold - which Christopher Dring, head of gaming news site GamesIndustry.biz, said would have mainly been downloads.\n\n\"The majority of games sold these days are digitally downloaded,\" he said.\n\n\"The market was heading in this direction before the pandemic hit - in 2019 in the UK, around half of games were sold digitally while half were sold in physical stores, but since 2020, that number has jumped and over 70% of games are downloaded.\n\n\"There are still millions of boxed games sold every year, and you can't download a console or a controller. But it is now a much, much, much smaller part of the market.\"", "Several Austrians have been treated in hospital after using what was believed to be fake weight-loss drug, Ozempic.\n\nAustria's Federal Office for Safety in Health Care, the BASG, said they had reported \"serious side effects\" including low blood sugar and seizures.\n\nThis indicated that the drugs \"falsely contained insulin\" instead of Ozempic's active ingredient, semaglutide, the BASG said.\n\nThe drug has become popular as a weight-loss treatment.\n\nAn investigation is under way.\n\nThe Austrian Criminal Intelligence Service, the BK, said those affected had received the syringes from a doctor based in Austria.\n\nIt warned that stocks of the fake drug may still be in circulation.\n\nThe counterfeit injection pens were coloured a darker blue than the genuine items, it added.\n\nAustria's Federal Office for Safety in Health Care has called on doctors and patients to check their supplies.\n\n\"Ozempic has been increasingly used as a \"weight-loss\" medication, for which the medicinal product is not approved,\" it said\n\nBoth the Austrian police and the Ministry of Health have warned the public against using so-called weight-loss injections from \"dubious sources\".\n\nThe European Medicines Agency, the EMA, recently warned that the increase in demand for Ozempic had led to \"a shortage situation\" for diabetic patients.\n\nLast week, the EMA and the UK's Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) warned that counterfeit Ozempic injection pens, from suppliers in Austria and Germany, had been identified at wholesalers in the UK and the EU.\n\nThe MHRA said: \"All affected pens have been recalled and accounted for, and none of the pens have been supplied to UK patients.\"\n\nIt was working closely with its regulatory partners internationally \"to continue to maintain the security of the wider supply chain, both at home and abroad\", it said.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThe man who performed the world's first ever bungee jump has died aged 78.\n\nDavid Kirke and his friends jumped off Clifton Suspension Bridge in Bristol on 1 April 1979, after he was inspired by a ritual carried out on Vanuatu in the South Pacific.\n\nHis pioneering concept quickly took off, inspiring thrill-seekers around the world.\n\nMr Kirke's family described him as \"a free spirit\" who \"would never have changed the life he led\".\n\n\"He had, and needed, an iron constitution, led from the front and went where many feared to tread. He will be much missed,\" they added.\n\nMr Kirke, one of the pioneers of Oxford's Dangerous Sports Club, was the first to jump off the 245ft (76m) bridge. He did it wearing a top hat and tails and holding a bottle of champagne.\n\nHe was swiftly followed by his teammates.\n\nThe four were hauled back up by friends, arrested by police and later given a warning.\n\nBungee jumping from the suspension bridge has since been banned under by-laws.\n\nDavid Kirke's family said he had an \"iron constitution\" and enjoyed a glass of wine\n\nMr Kirke later said jumping from Isambard Kingdom Brunel's 150-year-old structure, was an \"almost beatific moment\".\n\nHe said the \"real reward\" though, was that his invention had made people he would never meet happy and had \"given them fun\".\n\nFollowing the stunt in 1979, the Dangerous Sports Club went on to perform jumps from structures like the Golden Gate Bridge in California, spreading the concept worldwide.\n\nBy 1982, they were jumping from mobile cranes and hot air balloons.\n\nMr Kirke's family added he had \"a kind and generous nature\" and \"loved the life he led, made friends in more than 40 countries, enjoyed a glass of wine and would never have changed the life he led\".\n\nFollow BBC West on Facebook, X and Instagram. Send your story ideas to: bristol@bbc.co.uk", "The BBC's Fergal Keane reports on the impact the Israel-Gaza war is having on children in Gaza.\n\nThe territory's Hamas-run health ministry says more than 2,300 children have been killed since the latest conflict began.", "A former parliamentary staff member has described how \"physical, emotional and psychological abuse\" by Peter Bone left him a \"broken shell” of his former self.\n\nSpeaking anonymously to the BBC's Hannah Miller, his words have been voiced by an actor.\n\nMr Bone was suspended as a Conservative MP after an investigation by Parliament's behaviour watchdog found he had bullied and was sexually inappropriate around the individual.\n\nIn a statement following the publication of the watchdog's findings, Mr Bone said the allegations were \"false and untrue\".\n\nHe has not responded to the BBC's request for comment on the complainant's interview.\n\nRead more on this story.", "It was a drama-filled ending to court today when former US President Donald Trump was fined $10,000 for violating a gag order.\n\nThe judge unexpectedly ordered Trump to take the stand (seen in the court sketch from Jane Rosenberg above).\n\nTrump denied his \"partisan\" comments were about a court clerk, but the judge said the former president was not a credible witness.\n\nNot long after that, Trump walked out of court flanked by Secret Service.\n\nWhen Trump left court, he told media: \"The witness just admitted that we won the trial and the judge should end this trial immediately. Thank you\".\n\nSpeaking after court adjourned, Michael Cohen told reporters: \"You may have seen Trump storm out, he stormed out because they wanted to make a motion to dismiss the case, to which the judge said absolutely not\".\n\nIt appears Cohen's role in this trial is now over, he was dismissed as a witness.\n\nFor a full wrap of today's events, you can read this article.\n\nOur team today was Thomas Mackintosh and myself, with Chloe Kim and Kayla Epstein reporting from court in Manhattan.\n\nThanks for joining us.", "Prosecutors allege Claire Inglis was murdered in her home by Christopher McGowan\n\nA murder accused shouted \"horrible\" abuse at his girlfriend in a taxi before saying \"I'll kill you\", a trial has heard.\n\nChristopher McGowan denies murdering Claire Inglis at her home in Stirling on 28 November 2021 and has lodged a special defence of self-defence.\n\nThe day before she died, taxi driver David Addison picked up the couple in the city centre shortly after 21:00.\n\nHe told the jury Mr McGowan, 28, was \"pretty intoxicated\".\n\nThe High Court in Stirling also heard that the accused was drinking cans of cider, one of which he threw out of the taxi window.\n\nMr Addison, 35, was asked how Mr McGowan had spoken to Ms Inglis, 28, and he replied: \"It was horrible, no nice, the tone of his language.\n\n\"I didn't talk to anyone like that, it was very demanding.\"\n\nThe witness said Mr McGowan continued to speak aggressively until the taxi stopped at an address and Ms Inglis got out.\n\nMr Addison said the accused shouted for her to get him a chip buttie then added: \"Or I'll kill you.\"\n\nProsecutor Chris Fyffe KC referred Mr Addison to a police statement he gave on the day Ms Inglis died.\n\nIn the statement, Mr Addison said Mr McGowan was \"very aggressive\" and had shouted to Ms Inglis: \"Mind get the money, the cargo and the Dragon Soop (alcoholic drink).\"\n\nMr Addison said in his police statement that Mr McGowan then got back in the taxi and said under his breath: \"I'll kill you.\"\n\nUnder cross examination by Paul Nelson KC, Mr Addison agreed that the words he heard could have been spoken in jest.\n\nThe trial also heard evidence from Det Con Ian Smith, who interviewed Mr McGowan on the day Ms Inglis died.\n\nThe detective said that before the interview, Mr McGowan was required to have swabs taken from his hands.\n\nDet Con Smith said: \"There was a blanket around his legs. He vigorously rubbed both sides of his hands on the blanket.\"\n\nThe court heard that Mr McGowan replied \"no comment\" to most of the interview questions, but that he was asked about the circumstances that had led to his arrest.\n\nDet Con Smith said: \"He said, \"aw I've done is try to save my girlfriend's life, that's it.\"\n\nAnother officer, PC Aidan Waters, told the court that he and a colleague were assigned to observe Mr McGowan in his cell at Falkirk Police Station on the afternoon of 28 November.\n\nPC Waters recalled Mr McGowan had said he had woken up to find Ms Inglis choking so he had gone to get a neighbour as he could not find a phone.\n\nThe accused said: \"I've been doing CPR and I thought I could hear a heartbeat, so I ran to the neighbour to get help.\n\n\"He came in and did CPR too, but she's been blue, like dead.\"\n\nProsecutors allege Mr McGowan repeatedly struck Ms Inglis on the head and body, seized her by the neck, and compressed her neck.\n\nHe is also accused of burning her with a lighter, striking her on the head with a screwdriver, and forcing a tissue down her throat.\n\nHe has lodged a special defence of self-defence.\n\nThe Crown closed its case on Wednesday afternoon and withdrew charges alleging a breach of bail, breach of a bail curfew and being concerned in the supply of etizolam.", "Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has met Muslim MPs amid tensions over the party's stance on the Israel-Gaza war.\n\nIt comes as more than 150 Labour Muslim councillors have written to him urging the party leadership to call for an immediate ceasefire in the region.\n\nSir Keir has faced criticism since appearing to say Israel had the \"right\" to cut off water and energy to Gaza.\n\nHe later clarified that he meant only that the country had a right to self-defence.\n\nThe meeting - attended by one peer and around ten MPs, including at least one frontbencher - was described as \"constructive\" by a Labour source.\n\nKhalid Mahmood, one of the MPs who attended, said the meeting was \"very good\" and individuals were able to raise issues they were concerned about with the leadership.\n\nHe added that the conflict should not be \"a resigning issue\".\n\n\"When you are outside of [the party] you have no say, so I wouldn't encourage anyone to resign,\" he told BBC Radio 4's PM programme.\n\nBut one frontbencher, speaking anonymously to the BBC, said \"of course there's talk of resignations\".\n\nAnother MP, who is concerned Sir Keir has not called for a ceasefire, said: \"I'd like to think [the Labour leader] was in listening mode.\"\n\nBut they added they did not get the policy shift they were looking for.\n\nAt least 19 Labour councillors have already quit the party over Sir Keir's stance on the war, including in Cambridge, Nottinghamshire, Gloucester, while some MPs have also been critical about the position the leadership has taken.\n\nIn Oxford, Labour has lost its majority on the council, after eight councillors resigned from the party.\n\nOn Wednesday, a letter signed by more than 150 Muslim Labour councillors representing areas including Birmingham, Leicester and Glasgow, called on the party's leadership to back an immediate ceasefire in Gaza to protect civilians and allow access to humanitarian aid.\n\nMore than 30 Labour MPs, as well as former party leader Jeremy Corbyn, who now sits as an independent, have also backed calls for a ceasefire.\n\nOne Labour frontbencher, who did not wish to be named, told the BBC: \"In a week's time the calls for a ceasefire will be deafening. I will be with them.\"\n\nSir Keir has refused to call for a full ceasefire, instead saying Israel has the right to defend itself.\n\nHowever, a spokesman for the Labour leader said he would back the government's position in supporting \"specific pauses\" to get hostages out of Gaza and aid in.\n\nDuring Prime Minister's Questions, Labour's shadow equalities minister Yasmin Qureshi said people in Gaza were subject to \"collective punishment\" for \"crimes they did not commit\".\n\nShe asked: \"How many more innocent Palestinians must die before this prime minister calls for humanitarian ceasefire?\"\n\nA spokesman for Sir Keir did not comment on whether Ms Qureshi would be disciplined, with her position appearing to diverge from that of the Labour leader.\n\nHe added: \"If I heard the question correctly... she was asking the prime minister what were the conditions that would lead the Prime Minister to support a ceasefire.\"\n\nIn an interview with LBC on 11 October, Sir Keir was asked whether it was \"appropriate\" for Israel to cut off the supply of power and water to Gaza.\n\n\"I think that Israel does have that right,\" he said. \"Obviously everything should be done within international law, but I don't want to step away from the core principles that Israel has a right to defend herself.\"\n\nA spokesman for the Labour leader later said he had only meant to say Israel had a general right to self-defence.\n\nHowever, Oxford councillor Imogen Thomas - who quit the Labour Party last week - said it was \"reprehensible\" that Sir Keir was \"ambiguous\" on the right to water supply in Gaza and took more than a week to clarify his comments.\n\nShe told BBC Radio 4's Today programme she wanted to see the Labour leader \"standing up unequivocally against war crimes and for humanity\".\n\nComments from Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar also appear to be at odds with the position of Sir Keir.\n\nOn Tuesday he accused Israel of a \"clear breach\" of international law in Gaza, telling the BBC there is \"no justification for the withholding of essential supplies\".\n\nSir Keir has not explicitly said Israel has broken international law but has stressed it must be followed.\n\nA spokesman for the Labour leader denied there was a rift with Mr Sarwar over the issue, adding: \"Anas is entitled to his views on this.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The moment Alaska Airlines pilot pleads not guilty in court\n\nAn off-duty pilot who allegedly tried to crash an Alaska Airlines jet said he thought he was having a nervous breakdown, court documents show.\n\nJoseph David Emerson also told police he had taken psychedelic mushrooms and that he had been depressed.\n\nMr Emerson pleaded not guilty to 83 counts of attempted murder in an Oregon court on Tuesday.\n\nHe was sitting in the cockpit of the flight behind the captain when the alleged incident occurred on Sunday.\n\nMr Emerson told the pilots \"I am not okay\" before reaching for the shutoff handles, according to the documents.\n\nHad he been successful, a fire suppression system used to fight blazes in the jet engines would have been activated and cut off the supply of fuel.\n\nThe criminal complaint states that one pilot said he had to wrestle with Mr Emerson until he stopped resisting and was ushered out of the cockpit. The entire incident lasted about 90 seconds.\n\nAfter being subdued, Mr Emerson said to flight attendants: \"You need to cuff me right now or it's going to be bad\" and later tried to reach for the emergency exit handle during the plane's descent, the documents say.\n\nOne flight attendant told investigators they had observed Mr Emerson saying \"I messed everything up\" and that he \"tried to kill everybody\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nDuring his police interview, Mr Emerson told investigators he had had a \"nervous breakdown\" and had not slept for 40 hours.\n\n\"I pulled both emergency shut off handles because I thought I was dreaming and I just wanna wake up,\" he said. \"I didn't feel okay. It seemed like the pilots weren't paying attention to what was going on. They didn't… It didn't seem right.\"\n\n\"I'm admitting to what I did. I'm not fighting any charges you want to bring against me, guys,\" he added.\n\nA spokesperson for the United States Attorney's Office told the BBC that it was still being investigated whether Mr Emerson had been under the direct influence of a psychedelic substance at the time.\n\nIn addition to the allegations of attempted murder, Mr Emerson is also charged with 83 counts of reckless endangerment and one count of endangering an aircraft.\n\nThe flight was on its way from Everett, Washington, to San Francisco, California, with 80 passengers aboard. It was then diverted to Portland, Oregon.\n\nIn a recording of air traffic control communication, one of the pilots was heard saying: \"We've got the guy that tried to shut the engines down out of the cockpit, and he doesn't sound like he's causing any issue in the back right now.\"\n\n\"I think he's subdued,\" the pilot added. He requested police presence \"as soon as we get on the ground and parked\".\n\nPassenger Aubrey Gavello told ABC News that those on board had been unaware anything was wrong with the flight until the flight attendant announced that the plane needed to land immediately, later citing a medical emergency.\n\nMs Gavello told the outlet she had heard a flight attendant tell the suspect: \"We're going to be fine, it's OK, we'll get you off the plane.\"\n\n\"So I really thought it was a serious medical emergency,\" she said.\n\nAnother passenger told the outlet the situation had been handled professionally and passengers had not been aware of the crisis.\n\nOn Monday, the Federal Aviation Administration sent guidance to US air carriers that the incident had not been \"connected in any way, shape or form to current world events\".\n\nIn a statement on Monday, the FBI confirmed it was investigating and said it could \"assure the traveling public there is no continuing threat related to this incident\".\n• None Off-duty pilot accused of trying to crash airline jet", "As well as promoting inclusivity, the etiquette guidelines suggest not giving unwarranted feedback to other dancers\n\nScottish country dancing has been given an etiquette makeover to ensure it is fit for the 21st Century.\n\nThe Royal Scottish Country Dance Society (RSCDS) hopes new guidelines will show it is an inclusive pastime.\n\nA \"woman's side\" and \"man's side\" is no longer required for ceilidh favourites like Strip the Willow.\n\nDancers are also urged not to give feedback unless requested, to respect personal boundaries and remember \"no means no\".\n\nThe RSCDS is preparing to mark its centenary at its 2023 Autumn Gathering next month in Glasgow, welcoming dancers from around the world.\n\nThe three-day event kicks off with a traditional ceilidh at Kelvin Hall, with the dance programme designed by the Hawaii branch.\n\nThe charity hopes the rules will encourage new young members to try Scottish country dancing\n\nGeorge Coull, the society's chairperson elect, said \"Scottish country dancing has always been inclusive but we wanted to just make sure that everybody knew that.\n\n\"We have dancing all over the world and it's about making sure everyone across the world is on the same page and that we encourage as many people to come along and enjoy the fun of Scottish country dancing as possible.\"\n\nFrom the Gay Gordons to The Dashing White Sergeant, the new guidelines hope to send out the message that Scottish country dancing is for everyone.\n\n\"Regardless of your background, regardless of your sexual orientation, regardless of your gender, wherever you come from and whatever your background - Scottish country dancing is for you,\" he said.\n\nThe new guidelines are not prescribed and the RSCDS said dance callers will have the freedom to choose their own wording when calling dances\n\nThe new etiquette guide aims to \"help create a safe and comfortable place to dance\".\n\nDancers are also asked to respect other people's personal boundaries, and to remember \"it's OK to say no\" when approached by a prospective dance partner.\n\nDances can have a \"women's side, men's side or both\", the guidelines say, with dancers encouraged \"to explore dancing on both sides\".\n\nMr Coull said it would be up to individual dance callers to decide which terminology they use.\n\n\"That's what this etiquette does - it doesn't prescribe anything, it lets people choose,\" he said.\n\n\"Traditionally men and women is how dances are referred to in the instructions but some callers decide to use gender neutral phrases and some prefer to use the more traditional forms.\n\n\"But it's not about the particular people and it's not about the particular positions, these are just the traditional labels that we use.\n\n\"What we're now saying is that if you wish to dance, you can dance on any side of the dancefloor and you can dance with any partner that you wish.\"", "Eamonn Fox and Gary Convie were shot dead in a car in Belfast's North Queen Street in May 1994\n\nA double murder trial has been told police had the opportunity to arrest an alleged killer two weeks before two men were shot dead in Belfast 29 years ago.\n\nEamon Fox and Gary Convie were shot dead as they had lunch in a car in North Queen Street in May 1994.\n\nGary Haggarty, an ex-Ulster Volunteer Force commander, claimed he had told police where Mr Smyth was hiding a fortnight before the victims were shot.\n\nHaggarty is the the main prosecution witness in the case against James Smyth.\n\nOn his last day of questioning in the trial at Belfast Crown Court, Haggarty was asked was his past convictions and his relationship with the Royal Ulster Constabulary's counter-terrorism unit known as Special Branch.\n\nHaggarty told the court that Special Branch had asked him where James Smyth was weeks before the killings of Catholic workmen Mr Fox and Mr Convie.\n\nHaggarty said he told his RUC handlers that Mr Smyth was being sheltered by Tiger's Bay UVF members in a house in Rathcoole, Newtownabbey.\n\nHaggarty added he assumed Mr Smyth would be arrested, but that did not happen at that time.\n\nThe supergrass told the court he was certain the accused was responsible for the double murder.\n\nThe morning's hearing began as it has done over the last two days with groups of men covering their faces as they made their way into court.\n\nBut this time police intervened at the gates of the court, telling the men to remove their face coverings before entering the building.\n\nHaggarty was asked by defence barrister Michael Borrelli KC: \"Was the reason you gave Special Branch James Smyth's name because you knew he was someone Special Branch was interested in?\"\n\nThe supergrass replied: \"No I gave his name because he was responsible for the shootings on North Queen Street.\"\n\nHaggarty replied: \"Special Branch doesn't come into my thoughts. I don't care about them\".\n\nGary Haggarty has been in witness protection in England since being released from prison in 2018\n\nThe defence spoke about the murder of John Harbinson, a Protestant man, who was handcuffed and beaten to death by a UVF gang on the Mount Vernon estate in north Belfast in May 1997.\n\nHaggarty later admitted to the murder of Mr Harbinson and spent time in jail for the murder along with four other murders.\n\nHe told the court: \"I was not arrested in 1997 for that murder. I wasn't arrested until 2009. The entire time Special Branch knew I was involved, and I wasn't arrested\".\n\nHaggarty claimed that he kidnapped Mr Harbinson and was trying to \"source a gun to give him flesh wounds\" but Mr Harbinson was beaten to death in an alleyway in Mount Vernon by two other UVF members.\n\nHaggarty said: \"I didn't play a role in the beating. I didn't know he was dead. He was in what was known locally as 'kneebag alley' because of all the punishment beatings that took place there. It was a notorious area for punishment beatings.\"\n\nHaggarty added: \"I turned Mr Harbinson onto his face in the recovery position. I maintain he was alive when I turned him over.\"\n\nMr Borrelli KC questioned how Haggarty had blood on him.\n\nHaggarty replied: \"As I turned him, he coughed. He may have been dying. I can't say for certain.\"\n\nHe added: \"I told my handlers everything. They told me to get offside\".\n\nHaggarty went on the run after the murder of Mr Harbinson. He told the court: \"My handlers told me to put a bit of space between me and the scene.\"\n\nMr Borrelli KC asked: \"Mr Harbinson was never meant to die?\" Haggarty replied \"Correct. He was meant to be shot in the legs.\"\n\nHaggarty was questioned about other informers in the UVF. Michael Borrelli KC asked: \"You agreed at the time of Mr Convie and Mr Fox murders that you had suspicions of (Mark) Haddock?\".\n\nHaggarty said: \"I was suspicious that as well as myself there was another informer. I wasn't sure if it was Haddock. I thought it could be someone close to him.\n\n\"I distanced myself from Haddock at the time of the Harbinson murder.\"\n\nMr Smyth, 57, denied five charges arising from the fatal shooting.\n\nAs well as denying the murders of Mr Convie and Mr Fox, he has denied attempting to murder a third workman who was in the targeted vehicle.\n\nHe has also entered 'not guilty' pleas to possessing a Sten sub machine gun and a quantity of ammunition with intent, and of being a member of the UVF.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nA former parliamentary staff member has described how \"physical, emotional and psychological abuse\" by the MP he worked for left him a \"broken shell of the young man I once was\".\n\nPeter Bone was suspended as a Conservative MP after an investigation found he had bullied and was sexually inappropriate around the individual.\n\nThe MP's ex-assistant told the BBC the experience led to him being diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder.\n\nIn an exclusive interview with the BBC, the ex-staff member said he was also left in \"limbo\", after a complaint to the Conservative Party was left unresolved for more than four years.\n\nEarlier this month, a separate investigation by Parliament's behaviour watchdog, the Independent Expert Panel (IEP), found the MP for Wellingborough broke sexual misconduct rules by indecently exposing himself to the staffer during an overseas trip.\n\nIt also upheld five allegations of bullying, including verbally belittling him, physically striking him and throwing things at him.\n\nMr Bone appealed against the investigation's findings, arguing it had been flawed. However, his appeal was dismissed.\n\nThe watchdog recommended Mr Bone should be suspended from the House of Commons for six weeks.\n\nIn response, the Conservative Party withdrew the whip, meaning Mr Bone is now an independent MP.\n\nPeter Bone is the MP for Wellingborough in Northamptonshire\n\nThe suspension is due to be voted on by MPs later.\n\nIf approved this would trigger a recall petition and could lead to a by-election in Mr Bone's constituency of Wellingborough in Northamptonshire.\n\nA by-election must take place if 10% of voters in the constituency sign the petition.\n\nThe BBC is not identifying the former parliamentary assistant due to the nature of the allegations.\n\n\"Peter's behaviour was erratic. His temper was often explosive,\" he said.\n\n\"Like a pendulum he would go from one type of kind of personality to another. It was very hard to predict, and that kind of left me feeling quite under siege.\n\n\"They call it a siege mentality in terms of the relentless shouting, the screaming, the hitting.\"\n\nHe added: \"My mind and my body were just constantly on edge... That had a big impact on my life at the time, and unfortunately continued to do so for many years afterwards.\"\n\nThe former staff member said the \"horrid, brutal, dark experience\", which took place more than 10 years ago, \"left me a broken shell of the young man I once was\".\n\nIn September 2017, the individual made a complaint to the Conservative Party.\n\nThe investigation progressed for just over a year, with a panel agreeing that there was a \"potential breach\" of party guidelines and that the complaint should be subject to a further hearing.\n\nBut it would be three years until the former staff member heard from the party again - during which time he says he \"continually chased\", but received a \"dismissive\" response.\n\n\"I was never given a clear timeline of events or even an estimated one,\" he said. \"I was left in this kind of limbo.\"\n\nThe former staff member said he felt there was no urgency from the party and he eventually lost faith in the process.\n\n\"I was effectively ghosted for three years by the party,\" he added.\n\nAfter waiting almost three years, he submitted a formal complaint to Parliament's Independent Complaints and Grievance Scheme (ICGS), which was formed in 2018 to tackle misconduct by MPs.\n\nOnly after the ICGS contacted the Conservatives did the party investigation seem to revive, with the former staff member confirming in March 2022 that he still wished to proceed.\n\nBut in July 2022, despite the ongoing investigation, Mr Bone was promoted by Boris Johnson to the role of deputy leader of the House of Commons - a decision the former staff member described as \"deeply disrespectful\".\n\nIt happened the day after Mr Johnson had to resign as leader of the Conservative Party, although he remained prime minister for another two months while the Tories chose his replacement.\n\nHis resignation came amid concerns about how he had responded to allegations about another Tory MP, Chris Pincher, who was also subject to a complaint about his behaviour at the time of his promotion.\n\nThe former staff member said he was \"shocked\" but not surprised by the move.\n\n\"It's politics, it's a lack of care or empathy,\" he said.\n\n\"Peter was a strong supporter of Boris Johnson... I believe it was purely self-serving. I don't believe they thought about me.\"\n\nMr Johnson did not respond to a request for comment.\n\nBy August 2022, the Conservative Party had set up an oral hearing. But the complainant was told it would be \"adversarial\", and involve being cross-examined by Mr Bone - a process he was not willing to take part in.\n\nHe withdrew from the process, which allowed the ICGS to proceed with its investigation instead.\n\n\"No victim or anyone who makes allegations of abuse should ever have to sit in front of and especially not be questioned by someone who has sexually harassed them, let alone physically, emotionally harassed them,\" he said.\n\n\"Just the idea of it was unbearable.\"\n\nA Conservative spokesperson said the case was investigated under the party's previous code of conduct and complaints process, \"however, the complainant withdrew from the process before the case was heard\".\n\n\"Under the current process, the complainant's case would have been referred to the ICGS as it is a workplace matter, not a party matter,\" they added.\n\nThey said the process was, by default, adversarial, however, the panel's chair could amend that process where appropriate.\n\nThey added that as the complainant withdrew from the process, the case never reached a stage where the chair could make this decision.\n\nThe spokesperson said the 2019 general election, the Covid pandemic and less resources devoted to complaints contributed to delays to disciplinary processes during the period in question.\n\nHowever, they said resources for the complaints team had since increased and processes had been reviewed.\n\nIn a statement following the publication of the watchdog's findings, Mr Bone said the allegations were \"false and untrue\".\n\nHe has not responded to the BBC's request for comment on the complainant's interview.\n\nThe former staff member said he felt \"relieved\" by the findings, but that he hoped it would also lead to more independent oversight of political parties.\n\n\"Nothing is ever really going to feel like enough in terms of what was taken from me, my career, my dreams, who I was before I worked in Parliament,\" he said.\n\n\"I haven't pursued this just for myself, I've pursued it for others who have suffered similar abuse, whether it be in Westminster, or in other bodies, who haven't been able to... bring what happened to them to light.\"\n\nTory MP Liam Fox raised concerns in the Commons the BBC's interview could constitute \"contempt of the House\" - an act which may hinder the work of Parliament.\n\nHe asked whether the report was \"an undue attempt to influence\" MPs, ahead of the vote on Mr Bone's proposed suspension later.\n\nIn response, Acting Deputy Speaker Sir Roger Gale said Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle was taking the issue \"very seriously\".\n\nSir Lindsay is not seeking legal advice on the issue, however, as was suggested by his deputy.\n\nA spokeswoman for Sir Lindsay said Sir Roger should instead have said that \"procedural advice was being sought on points raised rather than legal advice\" and that Hansard would be corrected.\n\nA BBC spokesperson: \"We believe this story to be firmly in the public interest and it went through all the BBC's usual editorial policy and legal checks.\"\n\nSign up for our morning newsletter and get BBC News in your inbox.", "Amiram Cooper, Guy Gilboa-Dalal and Tsachi Idan are being held in Gaza\n\nIsrael says 132 people remain unaccounted for after they were abducted and taken to Gaza during the October 7 attacks by Hamas.\n\nAn estimated 240 people were taken prisoner, but 105 were later released by Hamas during a six-day ceasefire at the end of November.\n\nThe Israeli military said it mistakenly killed three hostages in northern Gaza who had escaped from their captors and expressed \"deep remorse\" over the incident.\n\nOf the 132 still unaccounted for, Israel says that 20 of them are believed to be dead.\n\nThese are the stories of those hostages who are still being held, which have either been confirmed by the BBC or credibly reported.\n\nThis list is regularly updated and names may change, as some people feared kidnapped are confirmed to have been killed or released.\n\nLast updated on 19 December 2023 at 10:33 GMT\n\nYagev Kirsht, 34, was taken from his home in Kibbutz Nirim, alongside his wife, Rimon Buchstab Kirsht. She has now been released.\n\nAlexander Trupanov, was taken hostage with his mother Lena Trupanov, 50, his partner Sapir Cohen, 29, and his grandmother Irina Tati, 73. All were abducted from Kibbutz Nir Oz as they spent the Sabbath together, according to a statement by Canada's Raoul Wallenburg Center for Human Rights. Irina and Lena were released on Wednesday 29 November and Sapir was freed the next day.\n\nAriel Cunio, his girlfriend Arbel Yahud and her brother Dolev are also thought to have been abducted in the same attack on Nir Oz. Eitan Cunio, Ariel's brother who escaped Hamas, told the Jewish Chronicle that his last message from Ariel said: \"We are in a horror movie.\"\n\nDavid Cunio, 33, another of Ariel's brothers, was also kidnapped from Nir Oz, family say. David's wife Sharon Aloni Cunio and their three-year-old twin daughters Ema and Yuly were released on 27 November. Sharon's sister Daniele Aloni, and her six-year-old daughter Emilia were both released on 24 November.\n\nDoron Steinbrecher, 30, a veterinary nurse, was in her apartment in Kibbutz Kfar Aza when Hamas attacked, the Times of Israel reported. At 10:30 on 7 October, the newspaper said, she sent a voice message to friends: \"They've arrived, they have me.\"\n\nItzhak Gelerenter, 53, was taken from the Supernova festival. His family said the IDF found his phone was located in Gaza, the Times of Israel reported. His daughter Pivko told the paper: \"I'm trying to think good thoughts, I have a powerful, smart, resourceful father.\"\n\nDoron Steinbrecher sent a voice message to friends during Hamas' attack\n\nNaama Levy, 19, was filmed being bundled into a jeep, her hands tied behind her back. The footage was released by Hamas and circulated widely on social media. According to her mother, the teenager had just begun her military service.\n\nYousef Zyadna, a 53-year-old Bedouin dairy farmer, was abducted from Kibbutz Holit and taken to Gaza along with his sons Hamza, 22, and Bilal, 18, and his daughter, Aisha, 16. Aisha and Bilal were released on Thursday 30 November.\n\nElad Katzir, 47, was abducted from Nir Oz with his mother Hanna. Hanna has now been released.\n\nOhad Ben Ami, 55, was kidnapped from Be'eri with his wife, Raz. She was released by Hamas on 29 November.\n\nTwin brothers Gali and Ziv Berman, 26, were taken from Kfar Aza. Ziv was messaging a friend as the attack happened. Their family said the IDF has told them the brothers are being held in Gaza. Their brother Liran told CBN news the pair had \"twin power\" and were the centre of attention wherever they went.\n\nIraq-born Shlomo Mansour, 85, was taken captive from Kibbutz Kissufim, where he lived and worked as a chicken coop manager. His wife, Mazal, managed to escape.\n\nMichel Nisenbaum, 59, is a dual Brazilian-Israeli citizen who has lived in Israel for 45 years and works as a computer technician, his family told Brazilian media. They also say he is diabetic and has Crohn's disease. On 7 October, they say, someone claiming to be from Hamas answered his phone when they tried to call him.\n\nDaniela Gilboa, 19, sent messages saying that Kibbutz Nahal Oz, where she was staying, was under attack and asked her mother to pray for her. Her boyfriend, Roy Dadon, told the Economist 1843 magazine that he believes he saw a glimpse of her in a video showing three girls being driven away in the back of an SUV.\n\nItay Chen, 19, a dual US-Israeli citizen and IDF solider, was on active duty with a tank unit on 7 October, according to the Times of Israel. The paper reported that his family was notified by the IDF that he is officially considered missing in action and probably being held hostage. Another soldier in his unit, Matan Angrest, 21, is also presumed to be in Gaza.\n\nYosi Sharabi, 51, was taken from Be'eri with his brother, Eli Sharabi, 55. Eli's wife and two daughters were murdered in the attack. Ofir Engel, the boyfriend of Yosi's daughter, Yuval, was also taken, but released on 29 November.\n\nAgam Berger, 19, was kidnapped from Nahal Oz. She was seen being taken away in videos released by Hamas.\n\nEdan Alexander, 19, is an Israeli-US citizen who volunteered to join the Israeli army. He was serving near the Gaza border at the time of Hamas's attack. Edan's family said they had been told by Israeli officials that he had been taken to Gaza as a hostage.\n\nKaid Farhan Elkadi, 53, lives with his family south of Rahat and worked as a security guard, according to Israeli media. Reports said his family believes he was kidnapped and taken to Gaza, based on images shared by Hamas.\n\nIlana Gritzewsky and Matan Zanguaker were captured near the Gaza border, family say\n\nMatan Zanguaker, 24, was taken with his partner Ilana Gritzewsky, 30, from Nir Oz, according to Ilana's father. Ilana, a Mexican national, was released on Thursday 30 November.\n\nThe family of Eitan and Yair Horn believe they were taken from Nir Oz kibbutz\n\nEitan Horn, 37, and his brother Yair, 45, both Argentinian citizens, were also in Nir Oz at the time of the attack. Their father Itzik said he believes they were kidnapped. Yair is a construction worker while Eitan works in education.\n\nItai Svirsky, 38, is thought to have been abducted when his elderly parents were killed in Be'eri. He had been visiting them for the holiday of Simhat Torah.\n\nKeith Seigel, 64, and his wife Adrienne - often known as Aviva - Seigel, 62, were taken from their home in Kfar Aza, Keith's brother Lee Seigel told the BBC. Adrienne was released on 26 November.\n\nOmri Miran, 46, lived in Nahal Oz with his wife and two daughters. Omri was led away by Hamas with his hands tied, his wife Lishay told the Guardian newspaper. She told him not to be a hero, urging: \"Do whatever they want because I want you back.\"\n\nBipin Joshi, 23, a Nepalese student, is believed to have been taken from Kibbutz Alumim. Nepalese newspaper Setopati says he was one of 49 university students studying agriculture in Israel. It says 10 students were killed in the attack.\n\nIlan Weiss, 58, went missing from Kibbutz Be'eri after he was last seen leaving the house to defend the community. On 25 November, his wife Shiri Weiss, 53, and their daughter, Noga, 18, were freed from captivity in a hostage deal.\n\nAmiram Cooper, 85, and his wife Nurit, 80, were taken from their home in Nir Oz, their daughter-in-law Noa told the BBC. The family last spoke to the couple during the Hamas attack, Noa said, when the couple were in their safe room. The family later traced Amiram's phone to Gaza. On Monday 23 October, Nurit was one of two women to be released.\n\nAmiram and Nurit Cooper, pictured with their granddaughter, Gali\n\nOded Lifshitz, 83, and his wife Yocheved, 85 were taken hostage from Nir Oz. On Monday 23 October, Yocheved was one of two elderly women to be freed. After hearing the news of her mother's release, their daughter Sharone - a London-based artist - said: \"While I cannot put into words the relief that she is now safe, I will remain focused on securing the release of my father and all those - some 200 innocent people - who remain hostages in Gaza.\"\n\nHaim Peri, 79, was taken from his home in Nir Oz, reports the Times of Israel, and freed hostage Yocheved Lifshitz said she saw that he was alive and well. His son Lior Peri told Talk TV that Haim had locked his wife inside the safe room before giving himself up to kidnappers.\n\nAvraham Munder, 78, was kidnapped from Nir Oz, Israeli officials say. His wife Ruthi, daughter and grandson have since been released.\n\nOmer Neutra, a 22-year-old Israeli-American and grandson of Holocaust survivors, put off plans to go to college in the US to study in Israel, and eventually joined the IDF. He was serving as a tank commander near Gaza when Hamas attacked. Omer's parents say they were told by the Israeli embassy that he had been kidnapped.\n\nRon Benjamin's vehicle was found empty following the attacks\n\nRon Benjamin, 53, had been taking part in a group cycle ride near the Gaza border when the Hamas attack began and he decided to drive home, his family told Israeli media. Days later, his vehicle was found empty and his family believe he was kidnapped.\n\nLouis Har, 70, is believed to have been taken from Nir Yitzhak. His partner Clara Marman was released on 28 November along with her sister Gabriela Leimberg, 59, and Gabriela's daughter Mia Leimberg,17. Clara and Gabriela's brother Fernando Simon Marman, 60, also remains in captivity.\n\nJudith Weinstein Haggai, 70, and her husband, Gad Haggai, 73, also went missing from Nir Oz after the Hamas attack. Ten days later, the Israeli military confirmed to the family they had been taken hostage, CTV News in Canada reported.\n\nAlex Danzig, 75, a scholar and historian of the Holocaust, was at his home in Nir Oz, when it was attacked by Hamas. \"We know for sure he was kidnapped,\" his son Mati told the BBC. Alex - whose older sister Edith is a Holocaust survivor - has spent the last 30 years working for Yad Vashem, Israel's Holocaust remembrance centre. His disappearance has triggered a campaign for his release, both in Israel and in Poland, the country of his birth.\n\nAlex Danzig has spent decades educating people about the Holocaust\n\nItzhk Elgarat, 68, was kidnapped at the same time as Alex Danzig, his brother Danny Elgert told Israel's Kan 11 TV station, adding that he had tracked his brother's phone to the border with Gaza.\n\nGadi Moses, 79, was also abducted during the same attack on Nir Oz, according to relatives and the Israeli aid agency where he worked as an agricultural expert. Efrat Katz, his partner, was initially thought to have been captured as well, but she was later found dead, the Times of Israel reported. Efrat was the mother of Doron Asher, who was taken hostage and later released with her two daughters. Ravid Katz, 51, Doron Asher's brother, was originally thought to have been taken hostage from Nir Oz, but on 28 November his family confirmed that he had been killed on 7 October.\n\nYair Yaakov, 59, is listed among the hostages. His partner Meirav Tal, 53, was released on 28 November. Yair's children Yagil, 13, and Or, 16, were released on 27 November.\n\nYair Yaakov was pictured being held captive by a gunman in a video shared online\n\nNimrod Cohen, 19, had studied software engineering in high school, according to reports. After he was kidnapped, his father was invited to meet Pope Francis in Rome along with other hostages' families.\n\nTsachi Idan, 51, was last seen by his wife, Gali, as he was taken away by Hamas gunmen. Their family had been ambushed in their safe room in Nahal Oz. Their ordeal was live-streamed by Hamas. Their eldest child, Maayan - who had just turned 18 - was shot dead, Gali told the BBC.\n\nTsachi Idan was ambushed with his wife and children and then led away\n\nYarden Bibas, 34, was abducted from Nir Oz. His wife, Shiri, and their two young children, Ariel and Kfir, were also taken hostage, but on 29 November, Hamas claimed they had been killed in an Israeli air strike while in captivity. The Israeli government has said it is checking the claim.\n\nRonen Engel, 54, was taken from Kibbutz Nir Oz along with his wife, Karina Engelbert, 51, and their two daughters, Mika, 18 and Yuval, 11. On 1 December, the organisation representing the families said he had been murdered. Karina, Mika and Yuval were released on 27 November.\n\nKarina Ariev, a 19-year-old soldier, was serving at an army base near Gaza when she was kidnapped. Her sister Alexandra told the BBC she heard shooting as Karina called her during the attack, and later saw a video showing Karina being taken away in a vehicle.\n\nKarina Ariev was at the Nahal Oz military base, which was among the first to be attacked\n\nOfer Kalderon, 53, was taken by Hamas from Nir Oz. On 27 November his two children, Erez, 12, and Sahar, 16, were released. Two other relatives, 80-year-old Carmela Dan and her granddaughter, Noya, 12, were also believed to have been taken, but Israeli authorities later announced they had been found dead.\n\nYoram Metzger, 80, was a resident of Nir Oz. He has diabetes and broke his hip six months ago, his daughter-in-law said. Yoram's wife Tamar was released on 28 November.\n\nNadav Popplewell, 51, and his mother Channah were taken hostage by Hamas, said Channah's daughter Ayelet Svatitzky, who was speaking to them on the phone when the gunmen burst in. She said the captors sent pictures of her two relatives, who both have diabetes, with armed men in the background. Channah has now been released.\n\nOmri Miran, 46, was abducted after his family opened the door to their secure shelter to an Israeli child, who said he would be killed otherwise. Omri's wife, Lishay Lavi, said she saw him being taken away in handcuffs with three other hostages from Nahal Oz.\n\nLiri Elbag, 18, had just started military training as an Army lookout near the Gaza border when Hamas attacked, her father Eli told the Associated Press. Eli said he saw her in a video circulated later by Hamas, crowded with others on the back of a military truck which had been seized by the gunmen.\n\nLior Rudaeff, 61, was taken from Nir Yitzhak during the attack. His family have heard nothing from him since then.\n\nA number of people are believed to have been abducted from the Supernova music festival in southern Israel. Among them:\n\nShlomi Ziv, 40, was part of the security detail at the festival and was initially in contact with his sisters as the attack unfolded, according to an interview with The Times of Israel. A few weeks later the family learned he was officially considered to be a hostage, the report says.\n\nAlexander Lobanov, 32, is a Russian-Israeli citizen who was kidnapped at the festival.\n\nOri Danino, 25, is reported to have got away from the festival in his car, but it's believed he was captured after turning back in an attempt to save some people he had met there.\n\nAlmog Sarusi, 26, was kidnapped from the music festival and his partner Shahar Gindi was killed, according to Israeli media. Almog's father, Yigal, was among the relatives of hostages who met with Israel's prime minister in October.\n\nOmer Shem Tov, 21, called his parents as he was running away from gunfire and managed to get into a friend's car. His parents, Shelly and Malki Shem Tov, told Israeli media they lost contact with their son and the live location on his phone showed he was beyond the border in Gaza.\n\nIdan Shtivi, 28, an environmental sciences student, was attending the festival to take pictures at music and yoga workshops being held by friends. He escaped the site in his car but was attacked by Hamas along the route. The bodies of two of his passengers were found, and his family told the Jerusalem Post they suspect he was kidnapped.\n\nYosef Ohana, 24, had been at the festival with a friend, who told his mother he and Yosef had remained to help people escape the gunfire before running themselves. Yosef was last seen hiding under a car, and Israeli authorities have visited his mother to say he was kidnapped.\n\nAndrei Kozlov, 27, a Russian who moved to Israel in 2022, is missing from the Supernova festival, where he was working as a security guard. His mother told the De Taly publication the family was told by the IDF on October 26 that he was being held hostage.\n\nElyakim Libman, 23, was working as a security guard at the festival. In a Facebook post his father Eliyahu Libman said another guard told him his son had helped rescue others before trying to escape. He was last seen trying to help two badly-injured women.\n\nNoa Argamani, a Chinese-born Israeli citizen, was also kidnapped from the festival. Video footage - verified by her father Yaakov Argamani to Israel's Channel 12 - shows the 25-year-old being taken away on the back of a motorbike screaming, \"Don't kill me!\" Her boyfriend Avinatan Or, 30, also appears in the video being marched away from her by Hamas, the Times of Israel reported.\n\nEden Yerushalmi's family say they were told she had been taken hostage\n\nEden Yerushalmi, 24, called her family during Hamas's attack on the festival, her sister May told CBS News. The family say they were subsequently informed by the IDF that Eden had been abducted.\n\nChanan Yablonka, 42, is a father-of-two from Tel Aviv. According to reports, he attended the festival with friends and was due to celebrate his birthday a few days after the attacks.\n\nJonathan Samerano, 21, has been missing since 7am on the morning of the festival. His family have been told to presume he is being held in Gaza, Israeli media reported.\n\nGuy Gilboa-Dalal was filmed in captivity in Gaza, his family say\n\nGuy Gilboa-Dalal, 22, attended the festival with his brother. Guy appears in a hostage video that his family say confirms he is in Gaza.\n\nUriel Baruch, 35, was injured during the attack on the festival, his wife said on Facebook. Reports in Israeli media say his mother, Naomi, has heard from the IDF that he is a hostage.\n\nMaxim Kharkin's mother described speaking to him on the morning of 7 October\n\nMaxim Kharkin is aged 35 and a Russian speaker, his mother told Russian media. She added that he had called her at 07:00 on the morning of the attack.\n\nElkana Bohbot was seen in a video posted by Hamas\n\nElkana Bohbot, 34, had gone to the party with friends and, before losing contact, he spoke to his wife and mother telling them he was helping to evacuate the wounded, the Times of Israel reported. Hours later, his family found a video of him posted online by Hamas, which has been seen by BBC Verify.\n\nRom Braslavski, 19, was working on security for the festival. According to an account published by Hostages and Missing Families Forum, he was trying to rescue an injured person in the attack when he was caught in a volley of fire. He has not been heard from since.\n\nOmer Wenkert, 22, a restaurant manager, sent a message to his family to say he was going to a safe shelter but then lost contact, his father Shai Wenkert told the BBC's Today Programme. Shai Wenkert said he had seen footage of his son in captivity, including a photo of him handcuffed and wearing only underwear.\n\nEvyatar David's family say they were sent a video of him in captivity\n\nEvyatar David, 23, was at the festival and on the morning of the attacks, described fleeing from gunfire before losing contact with the outside world, his brother says. Later, his family say, Evyatar's sister posted on Instagram appealing for information about his whereabouts. She then received a text from an unknown number, which contained video footage of Evyatar handcuffed on the floor of a dark room. According to Israel's foreign ministry he is being held captive by Hamas in Gaza.\n\nEitan Mor, 23, lives in Jerusalem, and was working as a security guard at the festival, the Times of Israel said. He reportedly texted his uncle after Hamas arrived and was last seen with a friend bringing others to safety.\n\nAlon Ohel, 22, a Serbian citizen, took refuge in a shelter after the festival came under attack, his family say. They have seen footage of him being dragged away after a grenade attack.\n\nAlmog Meir Jan, 21, tried to flee the festival. He and a friend made it to the friend's car but only managed to drive a short distance before being forced to stop. Almog's family say they have seen a hostage video in which he appears.\n\nInbar Heiman, a student aged 21, was seen by two young Israeli men being taken away from the festival on a motorcycle. Hamas have released a video in which she is seen very briefly.\n\nHersh Goldberg-Polin, 23, a dual US-Israeli citizen, was badly injured in the attack, his family told the BBC. Eyewitness accounts say he was seen being forced onto a white pick-up truck - the last-known signal from his phone came from just inside Gaza.\n\nSegev Kalfon, 26, was running away from the festival, across the highway, when he was captured by Hamas, according to the Hostages and Missing Families Forum.\n\nOrión Hernández Radoux, 30, from Mexico, attended the festival with his girlfriend, Shani Louk. He has not been seen since. The Sun newspaper says it has seen threatening messages written in Arabic sent from his phone. Shani, a tourist from Germany, was initially thought to be among those seized. But on 30 October, her mother Ricarda told German media that the family had been informed by Israeli military of her death following DNA identification.\n\nRomi Lesham Gonen, 23, was on the phone to her mother as she tried to escape from the Supernova festival. Merav Leshem Gonan has recounted a conversation in which her daughter begged for help after being shot. ABC News reports that Romi's phone is now in Gaza.\n\nBar Kuperstein, 21, last spoke to his family early on the morning of 7 October, as the attack unfolded. Later the same day, his family say they identified him in a video of Israeli prisoners, posted by Hamas. Since then, they say they have had no further information.\n\nEliya Cohen, 26, was hiding with his girlfriend Ziv from the attack, when Ziv felt him being pulled up and driven away by the gunmen, Eliya's mother has told the video initiative #BringThemHomeNow. The family then found a photo of Eliya in Gaza, the Times of Israel reported.\n\nAmit Buskila, 28, from Ashdod, was last heard of making a call to her uncle, Shimon, as Hamas overran the festival. Her family say they have now been told by the government that she is being held in Gaza.\n\nCarmel Gat, 39, is Jordan's sister-in-law, and also was seen by her father being taken by gunmen from Kibbutz Be'eri, Haaretz newspaper reported. She has not been heard from since.\n\nOhad Yahalomi, 49, was abducted from Nir Oz, along with his 12-year-old son, Eitan, who was released during the November ceasefire.\n\nDror Or, 48, was seen by a neighbour being dragged out of his home in Be'eri, according to their nephew Emmanuel Besorai, along with his son and daughter. On Saturday 25 November Dror's son Noam, 17, and daughter Alma, 13, were released from captivity. The body of Yonat, 50 - Dror's wife and the children's mother - was identified among the 120 people murdered at the kibbutz, Yonat's brother told the Guardian newspaper.\n\nTal Shoham, 38, was taken from Kibbutz Be'eri. His wife Adi, also 38, her mother Dr Shoshan Haran, 67, were released by Hamas on 25 November, along with the couple's children Nave, eight, and Yahel, three. Dr Haran's husband, Avshalom - an economist and dual German/Israeli citizen - was killed on 7 October.\n\nTamir Adar, 38, who defended Nir Oz as part of the kibbutz's emergency squad, was taken to Gaza, the Times of Israel reported.\n\nSagui Dekel-Chen, 35, an American-Israeli citizen, has been missing since Hamas's attack on Nir Oz, his father Jonathan told the BBC. He said his son was not found among the dead and the \"only reasonable explanation\" is that he was taken to Gaza.\n\nSagui Dekel-Chen's father has not heard from him since Hamas attacked the kibbutz where he lived\n\nThailand's ambassador to Israel says 26 of its citizens were taken hostage, 23 of whom have now been released.\n\nThose still being held are believed to include Watchara Sriuan, 32. His mother, Viewwaew, told the Thaiger news site that the family had been informed he was being held captive.\n\nKiattisak \"Top\" Patee and a Mr Pongtorn (no first name given) have also been named by the Thai foreign ministry as hostages.\n\nA number of other people thought to have been held hostage are now confirmed to have died, either during the 7 October attack or while in captivity.\n\nAs well as Ron Scherman and Nik Beizer, four bodies were identified this week. They were Tal Chaimi, an Israeli-Romanian citizen aged 41, and Joshua Mollel, a 19-year-old Tanzanian student. Also, 27-year-old Eden Zecharya, who was kidnapped from the Nova music festival, and 36-year-old Ziv Dado, who had already been declared dead by the Israeli military.\n\nOthers known to have died include Dror Kaplun, 68, Aviv Atzili, 49, Arye Zalmanovich, 85, Ronen Engel, 54, Maya Goren, 56, Guy Iluz, 26, Ofir Tzarfati, 27, Ofra Keider, 70, and Eliyahu Margalit, 75.\n\nThe bodies of 19-year-old soldier, Noa Marciano, and 65-year-old Yehudit Weiss were found by Israeli troops in buildings close to Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City.\n\nOn Saturday 9 December Kibbutz Bari announced that Sahar Baruch, 25, had been killed in Gaza.\n\nOther hostages whose death has been reported, but not confirmed include Shiri Bibas, 32, and her two young children, Ariel and Kfir.\n\nAre you personally affected by the issues raised in this story? If it is safe to do so, please get in touch by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "The Northeye site is just outside Bexhill-on-Sea in East Sussex\n\nThe Home Office has been accused of wasting millions buying an immigration detention site at more than double the price it was bought for a year before.\n\nAbout £15.3m was spent on the Northeye site, a former prison in Bexhill-On-Sea, new figures reveal.\n\nThirteen months before, developers had bought the land for £6.31 million - meaning they turned a profit of £9m.\n\nThe government is working on plans to turn the land into accommodation for up to 1,200 men.\n\nA spokesperson for One Life To Live, which campaigns against large-scale asylum containment sites, said: \"The taxpayer will want to know how private investors grabbed the Bexhill site last summer for just £6.3 million, and then cleared a 142% profit by simply waiting until the government came along with its chequebook a year later.\"\n\nBexhill is one of a number of sites earmarked to hold large numbers of asylum seekers and reduce the Home Office's use of hotels.\n\nAbout 400 hotels are currently being used to house record numbers of asylum seekers at a cost to the taxpayer of £8m a day.\n\nImmigration minister Robert Jenrick has told MPs fifty of these hotels will be closed to asylum seekers by January and the government will \"not stop there\".\n\nJeff Newnham, who leads the 'Save Northeye' campaign against the development, said: \"There is no geographical or fiscal reason to buy contaminated land - with buildings that need demolishing - in one of the most expensive land areas in the UK. £15.3 million before the first brick is even laid.\n\n\"There is ample Crown land, with fewer development problems, without having to buy more - unless the government is hell-bent on awarding the previous owners a whopping £9 million profit in under a year.\"\n\nLast month local MP Huw Merriman said revised plans meant the Bexhill site would now likely become a detention centre for illegal migrants and existing buildings would be demolished.\n\nHome Office sources insist it does not comment on commercial matters but a spokesperson said: \"We are committed to the removal of foreign criminals and those with no right to be in the UK.\n\n\"We are exploring the use of the Bexhill site for detention purposes and assessments are being undertaken to consider the feasibility.\n\n\"We are working with local stakeholders to ensure that any facility is delivered in a way which minimises the impact on the local community.\"", "Bianca Williams and Ricardo dos Santos accuse the officers of racially profiling them\n\nAn athlete who was stopped and searched believes he is stereotyped by police as a \"black man in a nice car so he must be engaged in criminality\", a misconduct hearing was told.\n\nRicardo dos Santos, 28, and his partner, British sprinter Bianca Williams, 29, were pulled over outside their west London home in July 2020.\n\nNothing untoward was found in their car.\n\nThe couple were stopped outside their home in Maida Vale on 4 July 2020, and had their three-month-old baby with them in their car.\n\nThey believe they were racially profiled by the officers.\n\nKaron Monaghan KC, for the Independent Office for Police Conduct, told the hearing in closing submissions that Mr dos Santos had been \"repeatedly\" stopped and searched by police.\n\nHe had been stopped nine times within four weeks of buying a car in 2018, the panel was told.\n\nMs Monaghan said: \"He believes he is stereotyped as a black man in a nice car so he must be engaged in criminality of some sort.\"\n\nShe added: \"He believes that the officers are racist. He told them that and he continues to believe that to be the case.\"\n\nThe panel has been shown footage of the incident in which Mr dos Santos swears at the officers involved.\n\nMs Monaghan said: \"His abusive response to the police is explicable by his experiences - some of which he described as traumatic.\n\n\"In my submission that is understandable.\"\n\nShe told the panel that the officers' descriptions of Mr dos Santos' driving as \"appalling\", \"horrendous\" and \"suspicious\" - which were given as reasons for stopping him - were all labels that \"do not reflect the reality\".\n\nMs Monaghan said the \"exaggerated\" descriptions of Mr dos Santos' driving were made to \"justify what happened next\" when officers detained and searched him.\n\nShe told the panel that the use of force was \"excessive from the outset\" and that the sprinter's \"swearing and abuse\" did not begin before he was \"grabbed and subjected to physical restraint\".\n\nOf the use of force against Ms Williams, which included exiting her from the car and handcuffing her, Ms Monaghan said Acting Sgt Simpson \"acted unreasonably\" in using \"immediate force\" on the athlete.\n\nShe also said the officers, who claimed they smelled cannabis, \"clearly lied\".\n\nActing Sgt Rachel Simpson, PC Allan Casey, PC Clapham, PC Michael Bond and PC Sam Franks deny all charges, including allegations they breached police standards over equality and diversity during the stop and search.\n\nListen to the best of BBC Radio London on Sounds and follow BBC London on Facebook, X and Instagram. Send your story ideas to hello.bbclondon@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nWhen Christopher McGowan was released on bail from prison, a court ordered that he stay at the home of his new girlfriend.\n\nHe was a known criminal with a string of previous convictions including a domestically aggravated breach of the peace and a lengthy history of breaching bail.\n\nWithin weeks his partner, Claire Inglis, a full time mum to her young son, was dead.\n\nMcGowan beat and strangled her before burning her with a lighter and pushing a wet wipe down her throat.\n\nAfter he was found guilty at the High Court in Stirling it emerged his previous convictions included three for assault.\n\nMcGowan has now been jailed for a minimum of 23 years for a murder that was described as being \"beyond sadistic\" by the judge.\n\nClaire was one of nine women in Scotland killed by their partner or former partner in 2021. In each case, the killer was male.\n\nHer heartbroken parents want to know why a violent offender was allowed to live with their daughter.\n\nClaire Inglis was a full-time mum to her young son\n\nFiona Inglis sits next to husband Ian, flicking through treasured photos of their daughter.\n\nThey show happy times - family days out and Claire's graduation.\n\nFiona stops at a photo of Claire's coffin. It's pink, her daughter's favourite colour.\n\n\"Everything in Claire's life was pink, everything,\" Fiona said. \"I said we can't just have an oak coffin, it has to be pink.\"\n\nFiona and Ian are now caring for a young boy who lost his mother in the most traumatic circumstances imaginable.\n\n\"If he had been there that night I would have had a pink coffin and a small white coffin, because he would have tried to protect his mum,\" Ian said.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Friend of Claire Inglis: ‘He took advantage of her kindness - she felt vulnerable’\n\n\"Claire was such a lovely person, so caring, loving, bubbly, lived for her wee boy,\" said her friend Gemma Hughes.\n\nAnother friend, Stacey Marshall, said Claire was \"the nicest lassie you'd ever meet.\"\n\nChristopher McGowan, known as Kicky, was a familiar face to the police in Stirling, picking up his first conviction, for a breach of the peace in 2009, aged just 14.\n\nMore convictions followed over the next 12 years, including dealing heroin, criminal damage, shoplifting and multiple breaches of the peace.\n\nAt the time of Claire's murder, he was on five bail orders.\n\nGemma was shocked when she heard about the relationship.\n\n\"They were totally chalk and cheese, they were complete opposites,\" she said.\n\n\"He was in and out of jail, horrible, always getting up to no good. Just someone you would never think Claire would go for.\"\n\nChristopher McGowan was found guilty of murder following a trial at the High Court in Stirling\n\nClaire's parents were also concerned. Fiona said Claire told her McGowan had shouted at her in the street.\n\nFiona said: \"She said she was glad to get away from him and he's a bad one.\n\n\"Then three weeks later, she phoned out of the blue and said she's in a relationship.\"\n\nIan added: \"This is a girl walking her kid back and forth to school, that was basically her life.\n\n\"Then he comes in, and from that point until she died, she was under control of him.\"\n\nClaire's parents were proud of their daughter at her graduation\n\nClaire had been with McGowan a few weeks, interrupted briefly by a spell in HMP Low Moss near Glasgow.\n\nIt was from this prison that McGowan appeared via video link at Stirling Sheriff Court in September 2021.\n\nThe court heard McGowan was desperate to be released as his mother had recently died and he did not want to attend her funeral in handcuffs.\n\nIt was told he wanted to kick his Valium habit and stop drinking.\n\nAnd it was told McGowan was in a \"positive\" relationship with a new girlfriend.\n\nMcGowan was granted bail to Claire's address, a housing association flat, and placed on a 21:00 to 07:00 curfew.\n\nHe set about pawning Claire's possessions including a watch she received for her 21st birthday and her son's PlayStation.\n\nClaire's dad Ian said: \"He thought his Christmases had all come together.\n\n\"He should never ever have been put in her flat with my grandson and Claire. Not with the criminal record he had - it should never have been allowed.\"\n\nFiona said: \"He's been on a tag [curfew] he's a guy about town, he'll have been like a caged animal.\n\n\"We'll never know what happened that night, but I keep thinking was she trying to get him out?\"\n\nTexts supposedly sent by Claire included bad spelling and emojis, which she never used.\n\nHer parents are convinced McGowan sent the messages himself after taking Claire's phone.\n\nFiona and Ian made the difficult decision to cut off contact with Claire in the hope it would get through to their daughter and prompt an end to the relationship.\n\nFiona said: \"She told me, 'You're just a drama queen, he's good to me, he's going to change'.\n\n\"And he did. Into a murderer.\"\n\nMcGowan was released from prison on bail to Claire's home address\n\nBut why was McGowan granted bail in the first place, and why to Claire's address?\n\nIn September 2021, he pleaded guilty to charges of dangerous driving, resisting arrest and breaching a bail curfew.\n\nWhen someone is bailed, they must provide an address where they will stay until their case is concluded.\n\nThere might be special conditions, like a bail curfew, which is what happened to McGowan.\n\nIn accordance with normal procedure following a guilty plea, the Crown would not oppose bail unless it had received specific intelligence that someone was at risk.\n\nMcGowan's record was mostly breaches of the peace and breaches of bail.\n\nOne of the breaches of the peace from 2014 had a domestic aggravation, but this did not involve Claire.\n\nIan Moir, partner at law firm Moir and Sweeney, who deals daily with bail applications, said sheriffs have \"a balancing act\" to carry out.\n\nHe said: \"The older the offence is that's on the record then obviously the less significance or weight the sheriff will attach to that.\n\n\"There isn't a \"three-strikes-and-you're-out\" or anything like that. But obviously, the more often you're said to have breached your bail, the more difficult it will be to get bail a further time.\"\n\nA spokesperson for the Judicial Office said: \"In considering whether or not to grant bail to an accused person in a particular case, the sheriff must apply the correct legal tests, taking into account any relevant previous convictions and what is put to the court by both the Crown and by the defence.\n\n\"Each case depends on the unique facts and circumstances prevailing at the time and the decision can, of course, be appealed by the Crown or the defence.\"\n\nMarsha Scott of Scottish Women's Aid believes the system failed badly when it came to Claire.\n\nScottish Women's Aid's chief executive Marsha Scott believes the system failed badly when it came to Claire.\n\nThe week Claire was murdered, Scotland's top politicians gathered at Holyrood for a minute's silence to remember the women and girls killed at the hands of men.\n\nMs Scott said: \"Any system that considers itself competent around domestic abuse should have had their red flags going off.\n\n\"It should have thought before bailing him to that address. The answer isn't to take the most vulnerable people in society and make them more vulnerable.\"\n\nWhen a community is small, grief is magnified. And the weight of it, shared.\n\nAfter Claire's death, the local community rallied round and their donations helped fund a bench in her memory.\n\nThe plaque on it says: \"We will look for you in rainbows.\"\n\nFiona Inglis misses a lot of things about her daughter.\n\nShe said: \"Her cuddles, her coming in and shouting 'Hiya Mammy'.\n\n\"Just picking up the phone and knowing that she was at the end of the phone, she was my best pal. She was a brilliant wee daughter.\"\n\nWatch now on BBC iPlayer: Killed by my boyfriend - The story of Claire Inglis, who was murdered by Christopher McGowan while he was out on bail", "The collapsed wall in New Road required urgent repairs to stop the road collapsing\n\nVillagers are up in arms over a traditional dry stone wall which has been replaced with a wooden fence by highway workers.\n\nPeople in and around Selsey near Stroud are outraged after a knocked down wall in New Road was replaced with a fence.\n\nThey say Gloucestershire County Council had promised to rebuild the stone wall, which needed repairs to stop the road collapsing.\n\nThe council said the wall required urgent essential repairs.\n\nGloucestershire Highways said replacing the stone with a wooden fence was more cost-effective\n\nGloucestershire Highways, who carried out the repairs, says more than £200,000 was spent on the recently completed works, and to have reinstated a wall would have doubled the cost of the project.\n\n\"It was essential Gloucestershire Highways carried out the repairs to the lower section of the wall to protect the public highway, the utility services and most importantly people's safety, before the road collapsed.\"\n\nCouncillor Steve Hynd has been campaigning for years for the council to rebuild the wall\n\nStroud district councillor Steve Hynd and resident Marisa Godfrey have written to Shire Hall's highways department to express the villagers' disappointment over the stone wall being removed with no community consultation.\n\nMr Hynd had been campaigning for years for the county council to rebuild the wall as the initial cracks soon developed into sections of collapsing wall, causing a risk to anyone walking, cycling or driving past it.\n\nEarlier this summer, Gloucestershire Highways confirmed that the work would finally be carried out. But Mr Hynd said he was \"horrified\" to find out, only as the cement was drying under the new wooden fence, that the wall had been replaced by a fence.\n\n\"As well as the aesthetic change, I worry that replacing a traditional dry stone wall with a wooden fence is just false economy,\" Mr Hynd said.\n\n\"Cotswold stone walls, when erected by skilled local craftspeople, can last for decades with occasional straightforward maintenance.\n\n\"This wooden fence will need replacing in a few years' time.\"\n\nMarisa Godfrey, who lives in Selsley West, said it was only when the work was nearly complete that residents realised the wall was not going to be rebuilt as promised.\n\n\"A lot of people in the village are angry and disappointed about this,\" she said.\n\n\"Dry stone walls are an intrinsic feature of the Cotswold landscape - an ancient craft that has been passed down through generations - and rural residents are rightly proud of the artisanship and heritage that goes into creating them.\"\n\nGloucestershire County Council has not responded to a further request for comment.\n\nFollow BBC West on Facebook, X and Instagram. Send your story ideas to: bristol@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Members of the Jewish community are holding up posters of missing Israelis\n\nA pro-Israel demonstration has been taking place as part of calls for the safe return of hostages from Gaza.\n\nProtesters in London's Trafalgar Square have held up photos of those missing, with their names being read out from the steps of the National Gallery.\n\nSecurity in the square was high with a significant police presence, a BBC reporter at the scene said.\n\nMany in the crowd chanted \"bring them home\" and clutching signs that say \"release the hostages\".\n\nIt comes a day after pro-Palestine protests took place in cities across the UK.\n\nThe Israel flag has been visible across the event and a minute's silence, as well a group prayer, was following speeches from MPs and leaders of the Jewish community.\n\nThe Israeli flag is prominent among demonstrators\n\nThe president of the Board of Deputies of British Jews, Marie van der Zyl, who has attended, said: \"The world has got to see that these hostages were cruelly and barbarically taken, they have to be released.\n\n\"The world should put pressure on those who can have any influence to release these innocent hostages who have suffered unbearable trauma and torment, let the hostage comes home.\"\n\nAddressing demonstrators, he said: \"There are no words to describe the suffering of families who have seen their relatives butchered in front of them and relatives who live in hope that those who were living peacefully in their homes just two weeks ago and are now in a Hamas dungeon should be freed.\"\n\n'Let Eliya go!' reads one poster\n\nEarlier, grieving families gathered in Trafalgar Square to highlight the children kidnapped by Hamas.\n\nOrganised by four London mothers, the flash installation featured a buggy to represent each of the children missing.\n\nHamas - a proscribed terrorist organisation in the UK, US and European Union - launched a deadly attack against Israeli civilians on 7 October.\n\nMore than 1,400 people were killed when gunmen breached security at the Gaza barrier and raided communities in southern Israel, with survivors reporting widespread atrocities including torture and bodies being burnt. More than 200 people were taken to Gaza as hostages.\n\nOfficials in Hamas-controlled Gaza say more than 4,600 people have been killed over the last two weeks after Israel began retaliatory air strikes.\n\nProtester Nivi, who joined those at the installation, said her children were at a summer camp in Israel with one of the boys who is believed to be one of the hostages.\n\nShe said: \"They were showing pictures of the hostages and my eight-year-old said, 'Mummy, this is Ohad. Ohad was with me at camp'.\n\n\"And he asked me, 'Why is his picture there? And I had to tell him, 'Well he's one of the kids that the bad people took away', it's heartbreaking\".\n\nListen to the best of BBC Radio London on Sounds and follow BBC London on Facebook, X and Instagram. Send your story ideas to hello.bbclondon@bbc.co.uk", "People of a certain age will remember growing up with this debate dominating conversations at school in the '90s.\n\nSuper Mario and Sonic the Hedgehog led the gaming charts back then, and ultimately became two of the most recognisable faces in the industry, spanning countless spin-offs and even recent feature films.\n\nThe debate began to fade as the mascots moved into 3D games, and has now all but vanished as they both star in tie-in games for the Olympics.\n\nBut the rivalry may yet be speeding back after a landmark event, with the two rivals having released games in the same week for the first time for more than 30 years.\n\nThe last time this happened was in 1992, when Super Mario Land 2 and Sonic 2 both came out in the last week of November in the UK.\n\nSonic Superstars, which was released on Tuesday, and Super Mario Bros Wonder, which came out on Friday, are both about returning to the series' roots.\n\nSonic Superstars is the first time four people can play a side-scrolling Sonic game together\n\nFor Argick, a Scottish Twitch streamer with about 20,000 followers, it is \"literally like being back in the '90s\".\n\n\"I have fond memories of moving into the home that I'm currently in, way back when I was a kid, the first thing that came out of the truck was the little cube CRT TV and the Mega Drive,\" he said.\n\n\"These were the games I grew up with as a kid, to have both Sonic Superstars and Mario Wonder releasing at the same time, there's just a lot of nostalgia for it.\"\n\nSuper Mario Bros Wonder is the latest evolution of the franchise which set the benchmark for this genre of video game\n\nYou might be forgiven for thinking these two new games were made by the same team, such are the visual similarities between them.\n\nThey are both side-scrollers - games viewed from the side of the characters, where the camera follows them as they move left and right throughout the levels.\n\nThey are also both platformers - a fairly nebulous genre where the goal is generally to bypass obstacles and enemies by utilising different platforms in a stage.\n\nAnd they both can be played by up to four people at once, too.\n\nSome of the Sonic Superstars levels are visually reminiscent of early games in the series\n\nBut gaming journalist Helen Ashcroft explained that while these games may look similar, they play quite differently.\n\n\"They are both platformers but take very different approaches to things,\" she said.\n\n\"While the characters have similar roots, they've evolved in different ways and these days feel like very unique experiences.\"\n\nSonic's similarities to its original games go further than the visuals. The sound is being composed by Jun Senoue, who first worked on 1993's Sonic 3, and the game itself is being made by the original designer.\n\nNaoto Ohshima, who has not worked on a Sonic game in two decades, said he wanted to bring the franchise back to its roots with the new one.\n\n\"When it comes to Sonic, the thing that comes to mind first has got to be his speed and how good it feels to race through levels,\" he said in a YouTube video.\n\n\"Creating maps that capitalise on that classic sense of speed and that allow for iconic pinball action was extremely important for us.\"\n\nMeanwhile Takashi Tezuka, who has worked on Mario games for 39 years, said he wanted Super Mario Bros Wonder to be an evolution of the series - a 2D game filled with hidden surprises.\n\n\"We wanted to create a game with much more to offer than ever before,\" he said in a post on Nintendo's website.\n\n\"2D Mario games often had the reputation of being unforgiving... in this game, we've changed that.\n\n\"We've designed it so that players can conquer the game with their ideas and use their heads, not just their skills, to progress.\"\n\nOne of the surprises Tezuka mentioned is the ability for characters to turn into massive elephants\n\nThat is one of the same design principles behind Sonic, with Ohshima saying they have introduced tutorials as well as new gameplay features to make it easier for beginners.\n\nSo if both games are competing for the same players, which one will come out on top?\n\nFor Argick, that bit might not be too important.\n\n\"Nobody tries to make a bad game,\" he said.\n\n\"Honestly, I want both games to be good and both communities get to enjoy it - because it means I get two great games to play.\"", "I’ve just chatted to Natalie Raanan’s father, Uri Raanan, in Chicago - he moved here from Israel 40 years ago.\n\n“I did not lose hope. I spoke to my daughter for two minutes yesterday on the phone, she is feeling very good and looking forward to coming home,\" he told me.\n\nHe said it’s Natalie’s 18th birthday on Tuesday and he hopes she’ll be back by then.\n\nNatalie and her mother Judith yesterday became the first hostages to be freed by Hamas. They were received by the Israel Defense Forces at the Israel-Gaza boundary, before being taken to a military base to be reunited with family members.\n\nI asked Uri what his thoughts were when he saw the first pictures of his daughter and ex wife after they were held captive for nearly two weeks by Hamas.\n\n“She looks very well, they look very well. I was so happy,\" he said, adding that his daughter is a \"tough girl\".\n\n\"It’ll take time for her to get back to normal after this, but she’ll be fine.”\n\nHamas says Natalie (left) and her mother Judith were freed for \"humanitarian reasons\" Image caption: Hamas says Natalie (left) and her mother Judith were freed for \"humanitarian reasons\"", "The war in Ukraine is the first armed conflict to see such extensive use of drones\n\nDrones have had a profound effect on the war in Ukraine, used in great quantities by both sides. China's move to place restrictions on exports, however, has led to concerns that there could be a problem with supplies.\n\nMany of them are commercially made in China and bought off the shelf, and new supplies are vital because of the large numbers lost in the fighting.\n\nBut there are indications of a reduction in the number of Chinese drones and parts available to both Ukraine and Russia.\n\nAccording to the Royal United Services Institute (Rusi), a London-based think tank, Ukraine is losing about 10,000 drones a month.\n\nNumerous volunteer groups have been instrumental in using donated funds to help the Ukrainian army restock its supplies.\n\nCommercial drones are used alongside purpose-made military designs, such as Turkish Bayraktar drones used by Ukraine and Iranian Shaheds used by Russia.\n\nThe latest restrictions imposed by the Chinese government came into force on 1 September. They apply to longer-range drones weighing more than 4kg, as well as drone-related equipment such as some cameras and radio modules.\n\nChinese producers of such equipment are now required to apply for export licences and provide end-user certificates, and the government in Beijing - which has not condemned Russia's invasion of Ukraine - says commercial Chinese drones must not be used for military purposes.\n\nUkrainian volunteers and soldiers say the latest Chinese restrictions have so far had minimal impact on the availability of drones, especially the ubiquitous lightweight Mavics made by the Chinese company DJI.\n\nUkraine has been relying on DJI Mavic drones for its defence against Russia's invasion\n\nHowever, they say that the supply of parts has been affected, and they also fear that the situation may worsen in the future.\n\n\"The only change for now is that we're more actively buying whatever stock is left in European warehouses,\" says Lyuba Shypovych, who heads Dignitas, one of the largest Ukrainian volunteer groups supplying the military with drones. \"But what we'll be doing in the future is unclear.\"\n\nShe is particularly worried about the availability of parts such as thermal imaging cameras.\n\n\"Because days are getting shorter and nights longer, this is definitely having an impact on supplies for our military and on how warfare is conducted in general because we don't have as many thermal imaging drones. Our units are turning blind at night,\" she says. \"This affects both off-the-shelf drones with thermal imaging cameras and parts.\"\n\nThe availability of parts is particularly important for those who assemble their own drones or improve purchased models.\n\n\"The impact is being felt. The licences required by China now have limited Ukraine's access to drone parts,\" says a senior drone operator from the Kastus Kalinouski regiment who uses the callsign Oddr. \"But we're looking for alternatives to make sure our drones work as they did before.\"\n\nThis is just the latest hurdle facing volunteers procuring drones for both the Russian and Ukrainian armies.\n\nSome volunteers say the Chinese restrictions may stimulate the production of drone parts back in Ukraine\n\nThe world's largest commercial drone-maker, DJI, halted direct sales to both countries two months after the start of the full-scale invasion in February 2022. It also banned its distributors across the globe from selling DJI products to customers in Russia or Ukraine.\n\nAccording to Ms Shypovych, the number of Chinese drones made available to distributors in Europe fell sharply between August and September 2022.\n\n\"It's unlikely that it happened by chance. European countries are where Ukrainians import drones from,\" she says.\n\nWhen contacted by the BBC, DJI could not confirm or deny any changes in the number of drones available to distributors in Europe.\n\nNone of the 10 companies selling DJI products in the UK and approached by the BBC were available to comment on the issue either.\n\nAn investigation by The New York Times found that Chinese companies have in recent months cut back sales of drones and components to Ukrainians.\n\nBut it is not just Ukraine that is affected.\n\nReferring to the curbs that came into force on 1 September, Russian newspaper Kommersant, said: \"The restrictions imposed by the Chinese authorities on drone exports have seriously complicated their supplies to Russia and led to a shortage of some parts, such as thermal imaging cameras.\"\n\nIn the absence of direct supplies, buyers from Russia often shop for Chinese drones in countries like Kazakhstan, and, according to Kommersant, the Central Asian state has further complicated things for them by tightening its own drone import regulations.\n\nTo minimise the impact of the Chinese restrictions, Ukrainian volunteers have been busy looking for alternatives made in other countries - both in the West and Ukraine itself.\n\nAnatoly Polkovnikov, who helps procure drones, says that a Ukrainian start-up is preparing to launch the production of drone motors.\n\nHe says he is optimistic about the future: \"I don't think these Chinese restrictions will have any impact on the general situation. I have the feeling that long-term they will stimulate production in Ukraine.\"\n\nThe war in Ukraine is the first armed conflict in which drones have been used so extensively and in such great numbers, and both of the warring sides are determined to keep it that way.", "UN agencies say children, women and the elderly \"remain the most vulnerable\" in Gaza\n\nA group of UN agencies have called for a humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza as conditions worsen in the territory.\n\nThe World Food Programme (WFP) and the World Health Organization (WHO) were among five agencies who described the situation in Gaza as \"catastrophic\" in a joint statement.\n\nThe UN's plea for a de-escalation of the conflict comes as Israel warns of intensified strikes on Gaza.\n\nOn Saturday, 20 aid trucks crossed from Egypt for the first time in two weeks.\n\nBut campaigners said the aid that flowed through the Rafah crossing represented a \"drop in the ocean\" of what was needed.\n\nPrior to the war, about 500 aid trucks a day were entering Gaza, said a spokesman from ActionAid Palestine.\n\nA significant proportion of those living in the territory - some 1.2 million people - already relied on aid before the recent conflict erupted, according to the UN.\n\nIsrael began retaliatory air strikes on Gaza after an unprecedented assault on 7 October by Hamas's military wing on Israel. About 1,400 people were killed in that attack - many of whom were in their homes near Gaza or at a music festival in southern Israel.\n\nMore than 4,300 Palestinians have been killed in the last two weeks in Gaza, according to the Hamas-run health ministry.\n\nIsrael is widely expected to launch a ground offensive into the Gaza Strip, but the timing remains unknown. In the meantime, it has put Gaza under siege, cutting off essential supplies.\n\nSaturday's aid delivery included medicines, food, water and coffins, but not fuel.\n\nThe UN agencies highlighted that children, pregnant women and the elderly were the most vulnerable - and that nearly half of the population of the Gaza Strip were children.\n\nThe UN's Development Programme (UNDP), its Population Fund (UNFPA) and its International Children's Emergency Fund (Unicef) put forward the statement alongside the WFP and the WHO.\n\nAs well as calling for a ceasefire, they said \"immediate, unrestricted humanitarian access throughout Gaza\" was necessary to \"allow humanitarian actors to reach civilians in need\".\n\nThey added that \"more than 1.6 million people in Gaza are in critical need of humanitarian aid\".\n\nThe Gaza Strip is a densely-populated enclave bounded by the Mediterranean Sea on one side and fenced off from Israel and Egypt.\n\nHome to 2.2 million people, the region is 41km (25 miles) long and 10km wide.\n\n\"Gaza was a desperate humanitarian situation before the most recent hostilities,\" the UN agencies said. \"It is now catastrophic\".\n\nAlso on Saturday, leaders of the Arab world rejected the forced displacement of Palestinians into the Sinai peninsula.\n\nSpeaking at a summit in Cairo, Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said the only solution was an independent state for Palestinians.\n\nUS Secretary of State Antony Blinken urged Israel and Egypt to allow the Rafah crossing from Egypt to remain open to allow sustained supply of aid.", "An explosion at the Al-Ahli Arab hospital in Gaza on Tuesday evening is feared to have killed hundreds of people.\n\nIt is still unclear exactly what happened. BBC Verify’s Merlyn Thomas examines the video we’ve been able to verify to unpick what we know so far.", "Georgia Harrison is a campaigner on tackling violence against women and girls\n\nTV personality Georgia Harrison has said she has had \"serious conversations\" with Labour MPs about a bid to represent the party in Essex.\n\nThe former Love Island star, 28, told the Sun she felt Britain needed \"more normal people going into politics\".\n\nMs Harrison has campaigned on violence against women and girls - and hopes a run for Parliament would inspire girls.\n\nHer ex-partner Stephen Bear was jailed earlier this year for posting intimate footage of her online.\n\nSpeaking to the Sun about the possibility of becoming a Labour candidate, she said: \"I had serious conversations with a couple of Labour MPs about if I could run for Essex, and they said it would be possible.\n\n\"They told me to go away and think about it. They said if I was being serious about running for an MP it is something that they would support me with.\n\n\"I think also for little girls growing up seeing someone like me running for an MP would be quite inspiring.\n\n\"We need more normal people going into politics.\"\n\nIt has not yet been confirmed whether Ms Harrison will become a parliamentary candidate, nor which constituency she might run in.\n\nEach of Essex's 18 parliamentary constituencies are held by Conservative MPs, including Foreign Secretary James Cleverly and former Home Secretary Priti Patel.\n\nShe started criminal proceedings against Bear in 2020. He had used CCTV cameras in his garden to capture them having sex before sending it to a friend and uploading it to OnlyFans - none of which Ms Harrison consented to.\n\nAt his sentencing hearing in March, he was jailed for 21 months for voyeurism and disclosing private, sexual photographs and films.\n\nSpeaking at the Labour Party conference in Liverpool earlier this month, Ms Harrison said the years waiting for her case to be heard had been \"detrimental to my career and my mental health, which was really hard for me\".\n\nShe also called for sexual assault victims to be prioritised in the justice system to prevent them going through the same wait as her.\n\nThe Online Safety Bill was amended in June, meaning it will become easier to prosecute people for sharing so-called revenge porn - the sharing of an intimate image or video without consent.\n\nThe amendment removed the requirement for prosecutors to prove perpetrators intended to cause distress to secure a conviction.\n\nTo become a Labour MP, prospective candidates need to be party members and win a selection process, determined by the party, for a particular seat, before they are able to stand at a general election.\n\nLabour did not wish to comment when approached by BBC News. Ms Harrison's representatives have been approached for further comment.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.", "A sheepdog has swum across flooded fields in Wales to herd three ewes to safety.\n\nFarmer Llŷr Jones said Patsy the dog dived into the water after heavy rain from Storm Babet caused flooding in the village of Llanfihangel Glyn Myfyr in Conwy county.\n\n\"I know she's a good swimmer and I thought I'd let her have a go,\" Mr Jones said of eight-year-old Patsy, who earned herself an extra biscuit for guiding the sheep to safety.\n\n\"She had no fear,\" said Mr Jones, who filmed the rescue effort on his phone.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nIsrael carried out an air strike in Jenin in the northern occupied West Bank on Sunday, saying Hamas was using a mosque as a \"terrorist compound\".\n\nPalestinian Authority (PA) officials said two people died when the Al-Ansar mosque was hit.\n\nAlthough the Israeli military regularly raids targets in the West Bank, it rarely uses air strikes there like it does against Hamas-controlled Gaza.\n\nPictures from the scene showed rubble and significant damage to the building.\n\nThe Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said those killed were from the Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad groups and were organising an \"imminent terror attack\".\n\nIt said the compound they were using was under the mosque and had been in use since July. It released images of what it said were entrances to the compound, alongside images of weapons, computers and security measures pictured at the site.\n\nThe IDF did not confirm whether a plane, helicopter or drone had been used in the Jenin strike on Sunday, but Israeli media reported that it was a fighter jet.\n\nThe reports said that, if confirmed, it would be only the second time in about two decades that a fighter jet had hit a target in the West Bank.\n\nThe Palestinian Authority's health ministry says two other Palestinians were killed by Israeli forces in the West Bank overnight. It brings the total number of Palestinians killed in the West Bank since 7 October to 89.\n\nThe PA governs parts of the West Bank that are not under full Israeli control. President Mahmoud Abbas is the leader of the PA and the Fatah political party.\n\nThe Gaza Strip is run by Fatah's rival Hamas, which carried out deadly attacks on Israeli military posts and kibbutzim near Gaza on 7 October, killing more than 1,400 people and taking more than 200 hostages into Gaza.\n\nIsrael has been carrying out an intensive air bombardment of Gaza ahead of an expected ground offensive there and has vowed to destroy Hamas as an organisation.\n\nThe Hamas-run health ministry in Gaza says 55 more Palestinians in Gaza were killed in Israeli air strikes overnight and that more than 4,300 have been killed in total since 7 October, more than half of them women and children.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Sheepdog Patsy has to swim across this flooded field to reach three stranded ewes\n\nA severe flood warning meaning a \"danger to life\" has been issued for villages on the banks of two rivers.\n\nNatural Resources Wales (NRW) issued the severe warning for Llandrinio in Powys where the Severn and Vyrnwy meet.\n\nStorm Babet caused flooding on Friday in parts of mid and north Wales, and disruption continues with several roads still closed.\n\nNRW's severe flood warning advises people to \"stay in a safe place with a means of escape\".\n\nIt covers the village of Llandrinio, as well as isolated properties in the Severn-Vyrnwy confluence area including Hendre Lane, Haughton and Haimwood.\n\nThere are also six flood warnings and 12 alerts in place elsewhere in Wales on Saturday.\n\nFlood waters left three ewes stranded on a farm in Llanfihangel Glyn Myfyr, Conwy, where a sheep dog swam to the rescue.\n\nLlandrinio councillor Lucy Roberts told BBC Wales she had been out to check on flooding on Saturday morning and it was \"not as bad as previous years\".\n\n\"There is some water coming over the flood defence, but I don't think any properties are at risk at this stage,\" she said.\n\n\"The community is quite resilient and deal with the flooding amazing well.\"\n\nIoan Williams, from NRW, said it could take a day for water from upper catchment areas to reach flood plains.\n\nYoung people on a Duke of Edinburgh trek had been due to stay at Boat House Farm caravan and campsite in Llandrinio\n\n\"We've heard already of people being stranded in their cars,\" he told BBC Radio Wales Breakfast.\n\n\"So just be really careful when you are out and about.\"\n\nHe said the situation was improving in some place but NRW still had \"concerns\" in communities around the River Dee and River Severn.\n\nFarmer Llŷr Jones said his sheepdog Patsy dove into flooded fields to rescue part of his flock.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\n\"She had no fear\", he said, adding she had earned herself an extra biscuit for her efforts.\n\nElsewhere, a second red \"danger to life\" weather alert in a week has taken effect in eastern parts of Scotland, with torrential rain and high winds forecast across parts of the UK.\n\nIn Wales, a Met Office weather warning for rain was lifted on Saturday morning.\n\nThe River Clwyd remained high at Rhuddlan, Denbighshire, on Saturday morning\n\nTransport for Wales warned passengers to check before travelling on the Wales and Borders network with \"disruption expected to continue\".\n\nAvanti West Coast services are unable to run between Crewe and Holyhead.\n\nSome cancellations on Great Western Railway between Swindon and Bristol Parkway due to flooding are affecting journeys to south Wales.\n\nFloodwater submerged the road through Llandrinio in Powys\n\nPeople had to be evacuated from flooded homes and many schools were forced to close, 52 in Flintshire alone.\n\nNorth Wales Fire and Rescue Service said there had been more than 60 flood reports.\n\nSome were in Flintshire, in places like Mold, and in Denbighshire towns including Denbigh, Prestatyn, St Asaph and Rhyl.\n\nMid and West Wales Fire and Rescue Service said the floods kept staff \"extremely busy\" on Friday.\n\nBronwen Hughes, head teacher at Ysgol Maes Garmon in Mold, told Radio Wales Breakfast it had to close due to the severity of Friday's flooding.\n\n\"It was wasn't an easy decision but the waters were rising,\" she said.\n\nThe traffic and travel agency Inrix reported the main Wrexham to Mold road remained closed due to flooding on the A541 at Pontblyddyn on Saturday.\n\nThe A5 was also closed between Llangollen and Froncysyllte.\n\nHomes as well as roads were flooded on Friday", "In September, more than 1,000 pupils started their new school year at five underground stations in Kharkiv\n\nUkraine's first underground school will be built in the north-eastern city of Kharkiv, Mayor Ihor Terekhov has said.\n\n\"Such a shelter will allow thousands of children to continue their in-person education safely even during missile threats,\" he said.\n\nRocket attacks hit the Kharkiv region again on Monday - a regular occurrence.\n\nUkraine says more than 360 educational facilities have been destroyed and over 3,000 damaged since the start of Russia's full-scale invasion in 2022.\n\nAccording to the UN children agency Unicef, only a third of Ukraine's schoolchildren currently study in-person, amid continuing deadly Russian missile and drone attacks as well as shelling.\n\nMany of those pupils have been forced to attend classes in underground metro stations and other makeshift shelters - often without proper heating.\n\nLast week, the EU's Fundamental Rights Agency said many schools in the 27-member bloc were struggling to integrate children who have fled the war in Ukraine.\n\nIt said there were currently about 1.3 million Ukrainian children in the EU.\n\nIn Sunday's post on social media, the Kharkiv mayor announced that \"it is here that we plan to build the first underground school in Ukraine\".\n\nMr Terekhov said the school \"will meet the most modern requirements for defensive buildings\".\n\nAnd he stressed that the city authorities \"will not reduce educational expenditure by a single hryvnia [Ukraine's currency] this year or next year, despite the lack of budget funds\".\n\nThe mayor gave no details on when the underground school would open, and how many pupils would be able to study there.\n\nLast month, more than 1,000 Kharkiv pupils started their new school year at five underground stations that were turned into the so-called \"metro-schools\".\n\nThe students are ferried by buses, and study in two shifts: the early one starts at 09:00 local time, followed by the late one at 13:00. Police and rescuers are on duty at each underground station.\n\n\"Lessons in the metro. Could you ever imagine that Ukrainian children will study in the underground? This is our reality now,\" Ukrainian Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko said at the time.\n\nKharkiv - Ukraine's second-largest city located only 30km (19 miles) from the Russian border - was heavily bombed during the first weeks of Russian President Vladimir Putin's invasion launched in February 2022.\n\nLocal residents even witnessed fierce street fighting in the city - when Russian troops attempted to capture Kharkiv.\n\nThey were eventually pushed back during a lightning Ukrainian counter-offensive last autumn.\n\nDisruption by the war has had a devastating effect on pupils in Ukraine\n\nThese defiant school graduates danced in front of a destroyed building in the Kharkiv region in June", "A stream of dead and wounded arrived at al-Aqsa Martyrs hospital on Sunday\n\nWarning: This article contains details that some may find distressing\n\nAt the Al-Aqsa Martyrs hospital in central Gaza, they are running out of material to cover the dead with.\n\nThe bodies are stacked in a courtyard outside, prayers are said, and relatives collapse to the floor wailing in grief.\n\nInside the hospital, doctors battle to patch up the walking wounded and save the gravely injured - but stores of medicine and supplies are dwindling by the day.\n\nA BBC Arabic reporter witnessed a facility overwhelmed with casualties where doctors were racing to finish procedures before moving on to the next patient.\n\nSome of the images which have emerged from the hospital on Sunday are too graphic to share. Children - including at least two babies - are among the dead.\n\n\"We've been here since the crack of dawn and the bodies have completely filled the hospital yard, on top of the bodies which are in refrigerators which are full, inside the hospital building and outside,\" a member of staff said.\n\n\"We don't have enough shrouds for the bodies because the numbers are huge. All bodies are arriving in parts, unattached and in pieces. We can't identify them because the bodies have been disfigured and crushed.\"\n\nHe described the situation as \"unbearable\", adding: \"Despite everything we've witnessed before, these are scenes we've never seen.\"\n\n\"Quick, quick!\" this man called out before a wounded person was rushed from the car into the hospital\n\nSimilar scenes are being played out at hospitals across the territory as the Israel-Gaza war stretches into its third week.\n\nAt the al-Quds hospital in Gaza City's Tel al-Hawa area, bombs struck nearby buildings as a team of 23 doctors and nurses treated more than 500 people, according to a message from a doctor in the hospital sent to the BBC.\n\nPatients and civilians sheltering in the hospital were living in \"a state of terror\", the doctor, who did not want to be identified for his own safety, said in a voice message.\n\nAnd amid a health situation he described as \"catastrophic\", doctors had to decide who to treat first. The rest join the queue.\n\n\"Many of the wounded have been waiting several days for surgery,\" the doctor said. His voice message was passed on by Norwegian doctor and activist Mads Gilbert, of the Norwegian Aid Committee's emergency team.\n\nThe medical staff has been depleted as some have been killed and others can't reach the site. The remaining staff now share their building with 1,200 displaced people who are sheltering there.\n\n\"There are 120 wounded people with various injuries here, 10 patients are in ICU on ventilators, and we have about 400 chronic patients,\" the doctor said.\n\n\"There are about 1,200 displaced citizens here - it is not easy to move such a large number of people so we decided not to evacuate.\"\n\nThe Israeli military has repeated its warning to everyone in the northern Gaza Strip to head south of Wadi Gaza, a strip of wetlands that winds across the territory, for their own safety. Gaza City is to the north of Wadi Gaza, while Deir al-Balah is to the south.\n\nHundreds of thousands of people have fled to southern parts of Gaza, but thousands more remain in their homes in the north.\n\nThe Hamas-controlled health authority in Gaza said dozens of people were killed in another wave of air strikes overnight on Sunday. The Israeli military said it had struck more than 320 targets in the past 24 hours, including tunnels and outposts used by Hamas and its ally, Palestinian Islamic Jihad.\n\nHospitals across Gaza are desperate for supplies. Three small convoys of aid have so far been able to enter Gaza. Prior to the war, about 500 aid trucks a day were entering, a spokesman from ActionAid Palestine said.\n\nDespite some food and medical supplies making it through, no fuel has entered Gaza since the conflict began. Hospitals are relying on fuel-powered generators for their electricity.\n\nThere are six neonatal units in Gaza\n\nOn Sunday Unicef warned that 120 babies in incubators - including 70 premature newborns also on ventilators - are dependent on machines linked up to backup generators which were deployed when Gaza's electricity supply from Israel was switched off.\n\n\"We have currently 120 neonates who are in incubators, out of which we have 70 neonates with mechanical ventilation, and of course this is where we are extremely concerned,\" said Unicef spokesman Jonathan Crickx.\n\nSenior figures in the Israel Defense Forces have claimed Hamas hoards fuel stores for its own use rather than making it available for civilian use.\n\nFikr Shalltoot, Gaza director for charity Medical Aid for Palestinians, said some of the premature babies had been born amid the latest round of fighting.\n\n\"On that ward there is a 32-week-old baby who doctors managed to save after its mother was killed in an air strike,\" she told the BBC. \"The mother and whole family died but the baby was saved.\"\n\nShe says death is certain for the child, and others on the same ward, if the generators stop running.\n\nThe fuel to keep them switched on is in short supply.", "Three prisoners absconded from Hollesley Bay prison on Saturday\n\nPolice are searching for three prisoners who absconded from the same open prison in one day.\n\nTwo of the men are believed to have left Hollesley Bay prison in Suffolk together on Saturday, while a third was reported missing earlier in the day.\n\nJoshua Lewis Terry, 29, previously from Norfolk and Levi Mitchell, 39, previously from Hertfordshire, were reported missing at 19:00 BST.\n\nAidan McGuinness, 44, of Barnsley, was reported missing at 09:20 on Saturday.\n\nSuffolk Police has warned the public not to approach them.\n\nJoshua Terry is believed to have left Hollesley Bay prison with Levi Mitchell\n\nTerry is serving a two-year and four-month sentence at the Category D prison, near Woodbridge, for affray, threatening a person with a blade or sharp-pointed article in a public place and theft.\n\nHe is 6ft 2in (1.88m) tall with ginger hair and blue eyes. He is of a thin build with stubble facial hair. He also has a tattoo on his lower arm of a star.\n\nMitchell is 5ft 10in (1.78m) tall with ginger hair and blue eyes. He is of a slight build with a goatee beard. He also has a birthmark on his left arm and hand.\n\nHe is currently serving a sentence for multiple burglary offences.\n\nMcGuinness is 5ft 10in (1.78m) tall with brown hair and blue eyes. He is of a thin build with a clean-shaven face and a slight northern accent.\n\nHe also has a \"Zara\" tattoo on his left wrist.\n\nAidan McGuiness first went missing from the open prison on Saturday morning\n\nHe is serving a three-year sentence for theft, fraud and possession of Class B drugs.\n\nPolice have asked anyone with information to contact them.\n\nFollow East of England news on Facebook, Instagram and X. Got a story? Email eastofenglandnews@bbc.co.uk or WhatsApp us on 0800 169 1830\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Tearful Catcliffe resident Sophie Skidmore says nobody has told her anything\n\nResidents in a South Yorkshire village swamped by flood water caused by Storm Babet have told the BBC they feel forgotten.\n\nOn Saturday, 250 homes were evacuated in Catcliffe near Rotherham, according to the Environment Agency (EA).\n\nHowever, on Sunday some residents levelled criticism at the authorities for a perceived \"lack of support\".\n\nIn response, the EA said it was \"currently looking at the best use of our pumps and other resources\".\n\nChris Lloyd's home was flooded in 2007 when the River Rother breached in Catcliffe and much of the village was submerged under water for several days.\n\nNow he is flooded out again.\n\n\"We were evacuated at three o'clock [on] Saturday morning. We moved what we could, but it was not enough,\" he said.\n\n\"We still can't get in [to his home] this morning. It's too deep. We've lost a lot. Stuff that can't be replaced.\"\n\nChris Lloyd said he had not had any help since his home flooded\n\nMr Lloyd said he and his partner were currently staying at her mother's home.\n\nAsked what support he had been given by the authorities, Mr Lloyd replied: \"We've had nothing from nobody.\"\n\nFollowing the flood of 2007, Mr Lloyd said residents were promised \"it wouldn't happen again\".\n\nFighting back tears, Sophie Skidmore said: \"It's really hit me this morning how much we have lost. Some very sentimental things for definite. It's just awful.\"\n\nAsked if she had been given any indication when she could move back into her home, Ms Skidmore said: \"Nobody has told us anything. The water's not going down.\"\n\nRotherham Metropolitan Borough Council has been approached for comment.\n\nPeople here in Catcliffe are very angry. They're telling me they feel as though they have been left to fend for themselves.\n\nThey're telling me they haven't seen anyone from the council or the Environment Agency.\n\nWater levels have dropped [in the River Rother], but standing flood water in Catcliffe has not gone down.\n\nPeople want the water pumped out of their homes so they can go in, assess the damage and bring in the insurers.\n\nThe topography of the village, part of which sits in a natural dip, isn't helping matters.\n\nAfter the flood of 2007, when new defences were installed, people were hopeful there wouldn't be a repeat.\n\nIn a statement, the EA said: \"We know the devastating impact flooding can have on communities, and we're working hard with other agencies to support areas like Catcliffe.\"\n\nOn the issue of pumps, it added: \"We are currently looking at the best use of our pumps and other resources. We naturally want the pumps to make a difference when we use them.\"\n\nThe EA said the situation was \"improving\", with a period of dry weather expected. It said teams had been out across Yorkshire \"clearing debris from rivers, operating flood gates and providing advice to the public\".\n\nAlerts and warnings were being removed constantly, it added. As of Sunday lunchtime, the EA said there were 14 flood warnings - indicating flooding was likely - and 23 alerts, where flooding is possible. Updates can be found here.\n\nSome parts of Yorkshire had seen double the monthly averages of rainfall in the last 24 to 36 hours, the EA said.\n\nFollow BBC Yorkshire on Facebook, X (formerly Twitter) and Instagram. Send your story ideas to yorkslincs.news@bbc.co.uk.", "British actress Emily Blunt has apologised after an interview in which she mentions a server's appearance resurfaced on social media.\n\nIn the clip from the The Jonathan Ross Show, first aired in 2012, Blunt describes a waitress as \"enormous\".\n\nThe video was widely shared online this week, with some criticising Blunt for being \"fatphobic\".\n\nThe Oppenheimer star has since said she was \"appalled\" to have said \"something so insensitive\" and \"hurtful\".\n\nDuring the interview, Blunt recalled making the film Looper in the United States and detailed her encounter with the restaurant server in a local restaurant.\n\nOn visiting a branch of the Chili's restaurant chain, show host Jonathan Ross says: \"If you go to Chili's you can see why so many of our American friends are enormous.\"\n\nBlunt replies: \"Well the girl who was serving me was enormous. I think she got freebie meals at Chili's.\"\n\n\"Nothing wrong with that,\" Ross replies.\n\nThe actress, 40, goes on to further describe the encounter and how the waitress recognised her.\n\nBlunt, who also starred in The Devil Wears Prada and A Quiet Place, issued a statement on Friday apologising for the remarks.\n\n\"I just need to address this head on as my jaw was on the floor watching this clip from 12-years ago,\" she said in a statement to People magazine.\n\n\"I'm appalled that I would say something so insensitive, hurtful, and unrelated to whatever story I was trying to tell on a talk show.\"\n\nShe adds: \"I've always considered myself someone who wouldn't dream of upsetting anyone so whatever possessed me to say anything like this in that moment is unrecognisable to me or anything I stand for.\n\n\"And yet it happened, and I said it and I'm so sorry for any hurt caused. I was absolutely old enough to know better.\"", "Last updated on .From the section Rugby Union\n\nSouth Africa's Bongi Mbonambi has been accused of using a racial slur towards England flanker Tom Curry during his side's Rugby World Cup semi-final win.\n\nCurry approached referee Ben O'Keeffe about half an hour into the match, reported the alleged comment and asked what he should do in response.\n\nEngland have 36 hours after the final whistle to refer such incidents to the citing commissioner, who could then call a disciplinary hearing.\n\nWith Saturday's match kicking off at 20:00 BST, the deadline for England to report back to World Rugby is on Monday morning.\n\nCurry was asked after the match whether something untoward had been said to him by Mbonambi.\n\n\"Yeah,\" he replied, before adding that \"it does not need to be talked about\".\n\nIt appeared that Mbonambi refused to shake Curry's hand at the end of the match as the acrimony between the two sides continued after the final whistle.\n\nSA Rugby - the South African rugby union - has started its own investigation into Curry's claim.\n\n\"We are aware of the allegation, which we take very seriously, and are reviewing the available evidence,\" it said.\n\n\"We will engage with Bongi if anything is found to substantiate the claim.\"\n\nThere is little precedent for sanctions around on-field verbal abuse, although England prop Joe Marler was banned for two games for a comment made to Wales' Samson Lee in 2016 and South African Jacques Potgieter was fined for an on-field homophobic slur in a Super Rugby game in 2015.\n\nMbonambi is the only specialist hooker in the South Africa squad after the Springbok management opted to replace the injured Malcolm Marx with fly-half Handre Pollard earlier in the tournament.\n\nDeon Fourie, a converted back row, has been covering the position off the replacements bench.\n\nThe Springboks play New Zealand in next Saturday's Rugby World Cup final with both sides chasing a record fourth title.", "CCTV has captured the moment a flock of sheep ran into a front garden.\n\nHomeowner Craig Hollingworth, 52, from Leicestershire, was left bemused when he was alerted to the visitors via his Ring camera.\n\n\"We have no idea where they came from, but suspect they came from a field not too far away,\" he said.\n\n\"It was totally crazy to look at my phone while I was away and see a whole flock of sheep in our garden.\"\n\nHe added: \"They left 20 minutes later and headed through several of our neighbours' gardens before the farmers herded them home.\"\n\nFollow BBC East Midlands on Facebook, on Twitter, or on Instagram. Send your story ideas to eastmidsnews@bbc.co.uk.", "Vicky Hills said she was bitten on her legs and shoulders, causing pain and irritation\n\nA woman who claims she was covered with bedbug bites after staying in a Premier Inn hotel has received a refund and compensation from the company.\n\nVicky Hills, of Dunstable, Bedfordshire, said she noticed the bite marks on her legs after her stay in Hastings, East Sussex, in August.\n\nShe said there had been a delay in compensation for new bedding, bug traps and medication she purchased.\n\nPremier Inn apologised and said it was glad to have resolved the issue.\n\nMs Hills said it took too long for her out-of-pocket expenses to be reimbursed\n\nMs Hills contacted the The JVS Show on BBC Three Counties Radio, which helps with consumer issues, to raise awareness and to seek a refund.\n\nShe said on the drive home after staying at the hotel from 10 to 11 August she started getting bite marks on her legs, and first thought they were from mosquitoes.\n\n\"They were incredibly itchy, incredibly painful. I had two lines up the front of my leg and then I started getting them on my shoulder and arms,\" she said.\n\nShe then went to a pharmacist who told her the bites could be from bedbugs.\n\nMs Hills disposed of her home bedding and bought bug traps.\n\nBedbug bites also came up on Ms Hills' shoulders\n\nThe £78 cost of her room was refunded within 10 days but compensation for the items she purchased took nearly two months to be repaid.\n\nAfter appearing on the BBC show, she received £312, including a goodwill gesture.\n\nA spokeswoman for the company apologised to Ms Hills, saying: \"We have rigorous processes in place to both react to and prevent issues on the rare occasion they do arise.\n\n\"As soon as our team were aware of this complaint, the room was put on lockdown and independent experts immediately called in to resolve the issue using a specialist treatment, with no further cases reported.\"\n\nMs Hills said she had been left with some scarring from the bites, but hoped this would soon fade and be forgotten.\n\nHave you been affected by bedbugs? Get in touch by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.\n\nFollow East of England news on Facebook, Instagram and X. Got a story? Email eastofenglandnews@bbc.co.uk or WhatsApp us on 0800 169 1830", "Ed Currie created Pepper X, which was crowned the world's hottest chili by Guinness World Records\n\nEd Currie eats, sleeps and breathes peppers. He calls it his \"obsession\".\n\nHe starts \"every morning with what is essentially pepper oil\" in his coffee.\n\nAfter taste-testing peppers and hot sauces all day for his South Carolina company, PuckerButt Pepper Company, he will add peppers or hot sauce to his dinner. His favourite pepper to cook with, though not his own creation, is a chocolate scotch bonnet.\n\n\"I eat peppers all day long,\" he says. \"If there's the right kind of dessert around, I tend to put something hot on my dessert.\"\n\nEven as a pepper connoisseur, tasting his own creation, Pepper X, which was crowned the world's hottest pepper earlier this week by Guinness World Records, had him \"literally bent over groaning in pain\" for three or four hours.\n\n\"When I ate a whole one, you get the flavour right away. But immediately that heat hits - and the heat, for me, was unbearable.\"\n\nHe says it was like an out-of-body experience.\n\n\"It was kind of euphoric,\" he says. \"Because I was getting an endorphin rush.\"\n\nSomeone handed him a milkshake to ease the pain but \"that only made the heat increase\". And the heat kept rising for nearly an hour.\n\nCourtesy of First We Feast Ed Currie described eating the pepper as 'euphoric'\n\n\"I started getting cramps and, you know, your body perceives capsaicin as a poison.\"\n\nCapsaicin is the chemical that gives humans the burning sensation of peppers.\n\n\"Those cramps become unbearable - okay, for a man at least. A doctor explained it to me that it was akin to a menstrual cramp.\"\n\nRemarkably, after a few hours recovering, he went out to eat and had more peppers \"because as my wife can tell you, I'm just an idiot.\"\n\nBut he can thank his wife, Linda, for the company's creation.\n\nAfter overcoming \"a long history of addiction with drugs and alcohol,\" he met a woman - Linda - who didn't want anything to do with him at the time.\n\n\"But I heard she liked salsa,\" he says. \"So I whipped up some salsa for a dinner I was going to that I knew she'd be at and she asked who made the salsa.\"\n\nNine months later they got married.\n\nGuinness World Records awarded Ed Currie, Pepper X creator, the world's hottest pepper title on an episode of First We Feast\n\nWhat started as 1,100 pepper and tomato plants in their backyard, increased to 30,000 plants before his company was founded.\n\n\"That's not a hobby - that's an obsession,\" he says.\n\nHis wife was the one who saw the commercial viability after they started giving hot sauces he made to friends. Twenty years on, the company is one of the largest manufacturers of hot sauces in the US.\n\nAt one point during the interview with the BBC, a PuckerButt Pepper Company employee, Tom, chimes in on the phone to talk about what it is like to work with his boss.\n\n\"This is something that most of the world doesn't know about Ed - but I believe his true goal in life is to help people.\"\n\n\"(Ed) mentioned that he was an addict. He hires 90% of us, myself included, who are in recovery. He's given us second chances where we wouldn't have gotten elsewhere,\" he said.\n\nTom says Mr Currie let him live with him, his wife and children for six months until he could get on his feet.\n\n\"And now I'm paying a mortgage,\" he says. \"I think his passion is in hot peppers - he loves to hurt people, but I think his true passion is helping people.\"", "A dog walker in Stirlingshire captured footage of winds lifting a forest floor as Storm Babet moved across Scotland - bringing high winds, heavy rain and flooding.\n\nDavid Nugent-Malone was walking his dog Jake in Mugdock on a path the pair often visit.\n\n\"We’ve walked through that particular section literally hundreds of times before and have never seen anything like that\", Mr Nugent-Malone told the BBC.\n\nThe forest around them was relatively calm after the strongest winds hit through the night before, but that particular pocket of woods seemed to \"focus the wind to allow it to lift up the woodland floor,\" he added - saying the meshed together tree roots lifted like a \"muddy table cloth\".", "Last updated on .From the section Rugby Union\n\nEngland fell agonisingly short of a supreme upset and a fifth Rugby World Cup final as South Africa came on strong to snatch victory in Paris.\n\nEngland were canny and committed in the first half, raining down kicks into the South Africa backfield, forcing a steady supply of penalties.\n\nOwen Farrell converted four to send his side into the break with a 12-6 lead.\n\nThe Springboks chopped and changed their line-up after the break, but a Farrell drop-goal edged England further clear and to the brink of a seismic shock.\n\nHowever, an RG Snyman try 10 minutes from time cut the underdogs' lead to 15-13 before the Boks' scrum power earned Handre Pollard the match-winning penalty in the 77th minute.\n\nIt was a brutal ending for an England team who had led from the third minute until three minutes from time.\n\nWhite shirts slumped to the sodden Stade de France turf, while elsewhere the tension and physicality of the contest spilled over with groups of players confronting each other.\n\nIt was characteristic of an England side who never took a step back and took the fight to their fancied opposition.\n\nThe performance was also vindication for coach Steve Borthwick, who turned Leicester from relegation candidates to Premiership champions in 18 months and has produced another spectacular salvage job to guide England within a whisker of a final.\n• None England lose a match, but find a spark to give hope for future\n• None England fall to agonising defeat - how it happened\n\nAfter beating hosts France by a similarly small margin on the same stage last weekend, South Africa will return to take on New Zealand in the showpiece match with both sides chasing a record fourth title.\n\nEngland will face Argentina in the third-place play-off on Friday.\n\nEngland had been outfoxed and outmuscled by the Springboks in the last Rugby World Cup final and at Twickenham last autumn, but they started like the favourites, setting about South Africa with confidence and a clear plan.\n\nJoe Marchant nearly got hold of Farrell's opening drop-out after England split their forward chase to keep the Boks guessing.\n\nElliot Daly soared over Kurt-Lee Arendse to tap back an Alex Mitchell box-kick, Courtney Lawes snaffled loose ball on the floor and Freddie Steward, back in the starting line-up for the purpose, gobbled up anything kicked into England's own backfield.\n\nReferee Ben O'Keeffe, under the microscope after his controversial handling of the Boks' last-eight win over France, pinged Pieter-Steph Du Toit and Siya Kolisi in quick succession.\n\nFarrell kicked penalties from both for a 6-0 lead inside 10 minutes.\n\nSouth Africa tried to fall back on their staples: one-out runners, driven line-out, scrum pressure and low-risk percentages. But England denied them a toehold.\n\nA Springbok rolling maul was sent into tailspin. George Martin, in for his physicality, forced a knock-on from Franco Mostert with a juddering hit.\n\nManie Libbok nibbled three points back for South Africa, but after full-back Damian Willemse had slung a loose pass to put his team under pressure, Farrell restored the six-point difference from the tee.\n\nTrailing 9-3 with 32 minutes gone and mistakes littering their play, South Africa swapped out Libbok at fly-half in favour of Pollard.\n\nThe momentum switch was slow coming though. England, bristling with belief, headed down the tunnel 12-6 up - the same interval lead South Africa had enjoyed in Yokohama four years ago - after another exchange of penalties.\n\nSouth Africa's replacements helped them reel in the hosts a week ago and they continuted to empty their bench, searching for a solution.\n\nFaf de Klerk, Willie le Roux and Snyman were introduced inside six minutes of the restart, with the totemic Eben Etzebeth among those to give way.\n\nEngland's own replacements had the bigger impact initially though. Ellis Genge thundered into contact to set up a perfect platform for Farrell to drop a goal to move his side 15-6 clear and more than a converted score out of reach after 53 minutes.\n\nEngland's fans, who seemed outnumbered around the stadium before kick-off, were suddenly outsinging the champions' support, with Swing Low sweeping the stands.\n\nUltimately, though, it was Springbok fans who cheered last and loudest.\n\nSouth Africa second row Snyman barged over close to the posts to slash England's lead to two points and his team's strength in depth ultimately wrestled a nerve-shredding finale their way.\n\nReplacement props Ox Nche and Vincent Koch milked the set-piece for a penalty and Pollard, as in 2019, was rock-steady off the tee.\n\n'Gutted we don't have a crack at the big one'\n\nEngland captain Owen Farrell on BBC Radio 5 Live: \"I am unbelievably proud of this group and what they have done over this past few months together.\n\n\"It has not all gone our way as everybody knows, we have had everything thrown at us - it has been a rollercoaster.\n\n\"I'm glad about where we have built to, but gutted we don't have a crack at the big one next week. I am massively proud of this group and I hope everyone back home is as well.\n\n\"We came up with a plan during the week and the weather conditions played a part in it. We started the game really well, we shocked them at times and they made a few changes to change what they were doing.\n\n\"But credit to them fighting their way back into it and finding a way to win at the end.\"\n\n'It was really ugly but that is what champions are made of'\n\nSouth African captain Siya Kolisi: \"It's honestly all the hard work we have put in which came off. It was really ugly but that is what champions are made of.\n\n\"Credit to England, they have worked hard. They were written off before the World Cup but have pulled themselves together and shown who they are.\n\n\"They are not a team you take lightly, all credit to them for being in the semi-final. To my team as well, it was ugly like it was last week but we found a way to fight back.\n\n\"I am really proud of the fight we showed, especially the guys who came off the bench once again.\"\n\n'England will be inconsolable for a long time'\n\nEngland's 2003 World Cup winner Matt Dawson on BBC Radio 5 Live: \"Talk about fine margins and opportunities. One opportunity from South Africa and they have taken the spoils, they should be applauded for it.\n\n\"England were magnificent. They will be inconsolable for a long time - they have given everything. South Africa had no idea what they were doing until they just caught a tiny bit of a spark in that scrummage and it gave them some momentum.\"\n\nFormer South Africa captain Bobby Skinstad on BBC Radio 5 Live: \"The scrum was everything. South Africa clawed their way back, they got back to their feet gently and close to a 50-yard penalty from Handre Pollard - a match-winning penalty.\n\n\"Hats off to England but part of what we watch in this game of rugby is that winners find ways to win. South Africa found a chink in the armour and exploited it.\"\n\nReplacements: Care for Mitchell (53), Genge for Marler (53), Chessum for Martin (53), Sinckler for Cole (56), Vunipola for Curry (69), Lawrence for Tuilagi (74), Ford for May (78). Not Used: Dan.\n\nReplacements: Pollard for Libbok (32), De Klerk for Reinach (43), Le Roux for Willemse (44), Snyman for Etzebeth (46), Nche for Kitshoff (49), Smith for Kolisi (51), Fourie for Vermeulen (51), Koch for Malherbe (56).", "Ambulance crews were experiences \"handover delays\" at hospitals across Wales\n\nAn ambulance spent 28 hours outside a hospital after an \"extraordinary incident\" was declared due to delays.\n\nThe Welsh Ambulance Service said 16 ambulances had waited outside the emergency department at Morriston Hospital, Swansea, at one time.\n\nIt said multiple sites across Wales were affected.\n\nThe extraordinary incident, which asked people to only call 999 if their emergency was \"life or limb threatening\", is now over.\n\nLee Brooks, director of operations, told BBC Radio Wales Breakfast the situation was \"heart-breaking\".\n\nJudith Bryce, assistant director of operations at the Welsh Ambulance Service, said on Sunday the service was experiencing \"patient handover delays outside of emergency departments\".\n\n\"This is taking its toll on our ability to respond within the community,\" she said.\n\nAt the peak of the delays 16 ambulances were queued outside Morriston Hospital\n\n\"Approaching our declaration of an extraordinary incident, we have experienced multiple episodes of prolonged patient handover at multiple sites across Wales.\"\n\nShe said additional managerial and clinical support were brought in at Morriston.\n\nOn Monday, Mr Brooks said the situation had been \"particularly challenging\". The extraordinary incident is now over, but pressures remain.\n\n\"We had a couple of sites across Wales where we were experiencing long waits for patients to move from ambulances to emergency departments, but most of it at Morriston Hospital in Swansea,\" he said.\n\n\"When that happens that of course has an impact on our ability to respond to other patients in the community.\"\n\nHe added the trust was \"creating more capacity to respond to patients\" and that response to red category patients has \"nearly doubled in the last three, four years\".\n\n\"Of course, by month we're losing in the region of 19,000 hours, which is almost a week's worth of ambulance capacity, so that's quite a chunk taken out of our ability to respond.\"\n\nHe said the problem was linked to \"broader patient flow constraints\" and was expected to worsen over the winter.\n\n\"This is generating a huge amount of frustration… it's not a great experience for patients, it's not great for dignity.\"\n\nHe described the situation as \"heart-breaking\".\n\nWelsh Conservative health spokesman Russell George called the situation an \"atrocious example\" of the \"wider Labour failure to run our Welsh NHS properly\".\n\nHe said that there needed to be \"massive change in social care\" and added that the Conservatives would \"establish care hotels and encourage former NHS staff to become reservists to stop ambulances queuing outside of hospitals\".\n\nPlaid Cymru spokesman for health and care, Mabon ap Gwynfor, described the NHS in Wales as being in \"a vicious circle\".\n\nHe added: \"Ambulances are queuing because of insufficient beds and there aren't enough beds because of a failure to provide long-promised community and social care.\"\n\nHe said this was coupled with hospital bed closures and a shortage of more than 2,700 nurses.\n\nThe Welsh government said it was investing in more community beds, working with social care services to improve patient flow, and dealing with ambulance handover delays.\n\nIt said it was concerned about delays at Morriston and across Wales.\n\nA spokesman added: \"We are seeking assurance from health boards about the actions taken to de-escalate ongoing pressures, caused by an increase in demand and patient flow issues.\n\n\"We will continue to monitor the situation.\"", "The family of missing British teenager Noiya Sharabi have said she was murdered in the Hamas attack, along with her 13-year-old sister and mother.\n\nNoiya, 16, and Yahel disappeared after Hamas attacked Kibbutz Be'eri in southern Israel and killed her UK-born mother Lianne.\n\nHer British family told the BBC she has now been formally identified.\n\nThey said: \"Noiya was clever, sensitive, fun and full of life - her smile lit up the room like a beacon.\"\n\nThe sisters had been missing since the massacre at the kibbutz on 7 October. The girls' father Eli is still missing. Other relatives have been kidnapped.\n\nConfirming Noiya's death, the family added she \"embraced every opportunity to help others, particularly those less fortunate than she, and was a gifted student and linguist.\n\n\"Most importantly, she was an amazing granddaughter, cousin and niece. We are heartbroken she has gone, but forever grateful she was here.\"\n\nHer uncle in Israel, Raz Matalon, said: \"For us it is the end of the world. Noiya, Yahel and Lianne will always be in our hearts.\"\n\nAfter Yahel's death was confirmed last week the family said she was \"a bundle of energy\" who loved \"riding her bike at breakneck speed around the kibbutz, playing football, singing and dancing to TikTok and YouTube with sister, Noiya, and, on occasions her British cousins\".\n\nTheir mother Lianne, 48, grew up in Staple Hill, on the outskirts of Bristol and first moved to Israel as a volunteer on a kibbutz when she was 19, before relocating to the country permanently. Relatives based in the UK have said the family visited at least once a year.\n\nWhatsApp messages seen by the BBC reveal the chaos that engulfed the Be'eri community when Hamas began targeting southern Israel with rockets in the early hours of 7 October.\n\nLianne messaged family members to say she could hear gunfire and shouting in Arabic nearby. Living so close to the Gaza barrier, she was no stranger to security alerts. But \"this is a whole other story\", she told them.\n\nIt is now believed that 10 British citizens have been killed in the Hamas attacks, one has been kidnapped and at least five are missing.", "Several streets in Retford are under an evacuation order as flood waters rise\n\nResidents of some 500 homes in a Nottinghamshire town have been urged to evacuate due to flooding caused by Storm Babet.\n\nNottinghamshire County Council declared a major incident and told people in Retford they were at risk over high water levels along the River Idle.\n\nThe river reached record levels on Sunday, with water still rising.\n\nMore flooding is possible for parts of England until Wednesday due to further rain, the Environment Agency has said.\n\nFive severe flood warnings were lifted on Sunday evening - two were for the River Idle in the East Midlands and three were for the River Derwent in Derby.\n\nBut areas along the River Severn, Britain's largest river, will be affected in the coming days, and the agency is warning that widespread flooding is probable in parts of the Midlands and the North of England.\n\nRetford resident Brendan Hunt was forced to evacuated his home and fears the damage to his property from flooding \"could be endless\".\n\n\"[The water] is still right up to the threshold of the front door,\" he told the PA News Agency.\n\nHe said that he was at home moving as many of his possessions as possible upstairs until the early hours of Sunday, adding that he believes he will have to replace all of his downstairs flooring if the water gets in.\n\nResidents in up to 500 homes have been asked to leave their homes there\n\nRain is forecast to ease in the UK on Sunday, but there are still danger to life warnings in place\n\nWater levels in the River Idle are expected to peak at 20:00 BST on Sunday.\n\nA temporary shelter has been set up at Retford Leisure Centre to help residents affected by the \"unprecedented\" situation, Nottinghamshire County Council said.\n\nThere were also record-breaking water levels in the River Derwent nearby in Derbyshire this weekend, with authorities warning that cleaning up after the floods could take days.\n\nMeanwhile, a woman in her 80s, named by her son as Maureen Gilbert, has died in Chesterfield after her home was flooded.\n\nPaul Gilbert said emergency services had tried to rescue Mrs Gilbert on Friday but were unable to enter the property. Mr Gilbert found his mother in the water the following morning.\n\nDerbyshire Police said the cause of her death remained uncertain but investigations were continuing.\n\nFlooding is 'probable' on some larger rivers including the Severn, Ouse and Trent through to Tuesday, the Environment Agency says\n\nSerious damage has been caused in the Marykirk area, where a man was reported missing\n\nThe Environment Agency has warned flooding along major rivers in England could continue for days due to further heavy rain.\n\nParts of Yorkshire and the Humber and the East Midlands may see more flooding on Monday, the agency said.\n\nKatharine Smith, flood duty manager at the Environment Agency, said teams are on the ground helping local communities.\n\n\"Temporary defences, including pumps and barriers, have been deployed to minimise the impact of flooding where needed,\" she said.\n\n\"Flood gates have also been closed in affected areas. We also advise people to stay away from swollen rivers and urge people not to drive through flood water as just 30cm of flowing water is enough to move your car.\"\n\nEmergency services helping people to evacuate their homes in Brechin, Angus, on Saturday\n\nRoads and bridges across Scotland have been badly damaged - including here near Dundee\n\nBBC Weather forecaster Gemma Plumb said: \"There were a number of places in north and east England, and in Scotland, that saw at least a month's worth of rain in a few days as a result of Storm Babet, with one or two places seeing closer to twice the average monthly rainfall - one of which was Wattisham in Suffolk.\"\n\nBut Met Office spokesman Dave Britton said those worst affected by the flooding could see \"a couple of quieter days\".\n\nHe added there were no Met Office weather warnings in force for the remainder of the week, except for one on ice in Scotland on Sunday night.\n\n\"There is this pulse of rain moving its way north overnight later on Monday and into Tuesday, but the rest of the week does look like it remains rather unsettled with spells of rain at times\", Mr Britton continued.\n\nExperts say climate change makes extreme flooding events more likely because a warming atmosphere increases the chance of intense rainfall.\n\nHowever, many factors contribute to flooding and it takes time for scientists to calculate how much impact climate change has had on particular weather events - if any.\n\nThe world has already warmed by about 1.1C since the industrial era began and temperatures will keep rising unless governments around the world make steep cuts to emissions.\n\nHave you evacuated from your home due to the floods? Share your experiences, email haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.\n\nFind out the weather forecast for your area, with an hourly breakdown and a 14-day lookahead, by downloading the BBC Weather app: Apple - Android - Amazon\n\nThe BBC Weather app is only available to download in the UK.", "Ibrahim's son Omar is three years old Image caption: Ibrahim's son Omar is three years old\n\nWe’ve been hearing again from Ibrahim AlAgha, a 38-year-old engineer who is stranded in Gaza with his wife and three young children after travelling there from Dublin to visit relatives. He is sheltering in his parents’ house in Khan Younis, along with about 90 other people.\n\nIbrahim tells the BBC in a WhatsApp message that today has been the “worst day so far” for food supplies. Though he says the household ate some biscuits for breakfast, they were not able to find bread or any other food when they went out in search of things to eat. The prolonged lack of access to food, says his wife Hamida, is affecting a breastfeeding mother among the group, who is no longer able to feed her baby.\n\nIbrahim says the group has no option but to drink salty, unfiltered water that they have extracted from a well with an electric generator.\n\nThe small children in the household don’t have their toys, but have found a football and play in the sand with paper cups. Hamida says she tries to read stories to them but they cry a lot.\n\n\"It's so hard,\" she says.\n\nIbrahim’s eight-year-old son Sami is missing his school and his teacher in north Dublin. The school has sent him an email to say they also miss him “very much”.\n\nSome of the adults in the household have lost their houses in other parts of Gaza, Ibrahim says, and are losing hope.\n\n“Life is now meaningless to people here. They don't really care if they live or die or what happens to them. It's really difficult.\"\n\nIbrahim says he is just trying to get through one day at a time.\n\n“I try to keep myself busy so I don’t think about it”.", "A ban on \"no-fault\" evictions in England will be indefinitely delayed until after the court system is reformed, the government has announced.\n\nLabour accused the government of kicking the much-delayed proposals into the \"long grass\", arguing legal reforms would \"take years\" to complete.\n\nMinisters have been promising to end the right of landlords to evict tenants without needing a reason since 2019.\n\nHousing Secretary Michael Gove said it was \"vital\" to update the courts first.\n\nThe Renters Reform Bill, promised in the Tories' 2019 election manifesto, was debated in the Commons for the first time on Monday.\n\nThe proposed law, which will ban no-fault \"Section 21\" evictions, was first published in May.\n\nMr Gove has told Conservative MPs that the ban cannot be enacted before a series of improvements are made in the court system, which is used by some landlords to reclaim possession of their homes.\n\nAre you a renter or a landlord? Please share your experiences.\n\nBut Labour's shadow housing secretary Angela Rayner accused the government of \"betraying\" renters with a \"grubby deal\" to avoid confrontation with Tory MPs opposed to the plan.\n\nShe added that the government was \"caving in\" to its backbenchers, and Rishi Sunak needed to \"find a backbone and stand up to his party\".\n\nLandlords can currently evict tenants who are not on fixed-term contracts without giving a reason, under housing legislation known as Section 21.\n\nAfter receiving a Section 21 notice, tenants have two months before their landlord can apply for a court order to evict them.\n\nUnder the government's bill, all tenancies would become \"rolling\" contracts with no fixed end date.\n\nLandlords would be able to evict tenants in certain circumstances, including when they wished to sell the property or when they or a close family member wanted to move in, after six months.\n\nIt would also make it easier for landlords to repossess their properties in cases of anti-social behaviour or where the tenant repeatedly failed to pay rent.\n\nHowever, the government has now confirmed that Section 21 will not be abolished until it decides \"sufficient progress\" has been made to the courts system.\n\nThis includes moving more of the process online and a better process to prioritise certain cases, including those involving anti-social behaviour.\n\nDowning Street has not put a timescale on how long the promised reforms will take to achieve.\n\nThe announcement was made in response to a report from the Commons housing committee, which recommended it should set and meet a target for speeding up possession claims before the ban on Section 21 comes into force.\n\n\"I think we've said from the start the implementation will be phased and I don't know exactly if there's set timelines to that,\" a No 10 spokesman said.\n\nSpeaking in the Commons, Ms Rayner said the proposed courts reforms would \"take years to complete\" and put thousands of renters at risk of eviction.\n\nShe told MPs that Labour, which backs scrapping Section 21, would help the bill to pass - but would push to increase the new proposed six-month window for evictions as it went through the Commons.\n\nThe Renters' Reform Coalition, a campaign group that has been pushing for a ban, called the announcement a \"last-minute concession to keep the Conservative Party together\".\n\nCampaign manager Tom Darling said: \"The idea that some ill-defined 'court reform' must happen before section 21 no-fault evictions can end is absurd.\"\n\n\"The government promised to end no-fault evictions in 2019 - what have they been doing with the courts since then?\"\n\nMinistry of Justice data show no-fault evictions in England between April and June this year increased by 41%, compared with the same period in 2022.\n\nA report in the Telegraph suggested Tory MPs who owned rental properties were considering rebelling against the government over the bill.\n\nResearch by campaign group 38 Degrees found 87 MPs earned an income from residential property, of which 68 were Conservatives - about one fifth of Tory MPs.\n\nThe National Residential Landlords Association (NRLA) warned that \"uncertainty\" over the future of the bill had made it \"difficult for landlords and renters to plan for the future\".\n\n\"As they consider the bill, MPs and peers will need to make sure it secures the confidence of responsible landlords every bit as much as tenants,\" NRLA chief executive Ben Beadle said.\n\n\"Should the bill fail to secure the confidence of landlords, the shortage of homes will only worsen, ultimately hurting renters.\"", "Thousands of people have taken part in a pro-Palestinian protest in London for the second consecutive weekend.\n\nThe Met Police estimated up to 100,000 people had joined the march, which ended in a rally near Downing Street.\n\nMore than 1,000 officers were involved in policing the demonstration, and 10 people were arrested.\n\nSmaller demonstrations also took place on Saturday in Birmingham, Belfast, Cardiff and Salford.\n\nAfter Saturday's march in London, the Metropolitan Police said arrests were linked to possession of fireworks, public order and assaulting an emergency service worker.\n\nThe Met said on Sunday it was taking no further action after footage appeared online of a man at a smaller rally close to the main march chanting \"jihad, jihad\". A statement from the force said it \"had not identified any offences arising from the specific clip\".\n\nIt also said no further action would be taken after it reviewed photographs of protesters holding banners referring to \"Muslim armies\".\n\nThe government intends to hold talks with the Met over the decisions after Immigration Minister Robert Jenrick said \"a lot of people\" would find the Met's analysis \"surprising\".\n\n\"That's something that we intend to raise with them and to discuss this incident with them,\" he said.\n\nProtesters on the London march were heard chanting a slogan that some use to call for Palestinian control of all land between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea, including Israel.\n\nA protest also took place in Birmingham on Saturday\n\nHome Secretary Suella Braverman has said the slogan \"from the river to the sea, Palestine will be free\" calls for the destruction of Israel.\n\nShe has previously urged police chief constables to \"consider... whether its use in certain contexts may amount to a racially aggravated\" offence, although the Met has said the chant alone does not constitute a criminal act.\n\nPeople Before Profit assembly member Gerry Carroll said they aimed to \"challenge\" how the BBC had covered the conflict in the Middle East.\n\nA BBC spokesperson said the corporation had provided audiences around the world with coverage and first-hand testimony \"of the atrocities committed by Hamas, and the suffering in Gaza\".\n\n\"We have made clear the devastating human cost to civilians living in Israel and Gaza, and the unprecedented nature of what has happened,\" the spokesperson added.\n\nThe demonstration in Salford was held outside the Media City complex, where the BBC has its offices - with protesters there also criticising the corporation for its reporting of the conflict.\n\nIn Cardiff, around 1,000 protesters waving Palestinian flags and supportive placards took part in a march towards the Welsh Parliament.\n\nThe demonstration was organised by several groups who are calling on the British and Welsh governments to insist on an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and for \"full humanitarian aid\" to be sent in.\n\nMaggie Morgan, from the Palestinian Solidarity Campaign Cardiff, said: \"We are taking to the streets as a show of solidarity to the people of Gaza, to show our support for them, but also to make the government listen, and say 'not in our name, we're not having this.'\"\n\nThe central London march attracted up to 100,000 people, police said\n\nAll crossings between Israel and Gaza have been closed since the Hamas attack on Israel. The Rafah crossing, which is controlled by Egypt, has also been largely closed, but an aid convoy was permitted to enter on Saturday.\n\nHamas - a proscribed terrorist organisation in the UK, US and European Union - launched a deadly attack against Israeli civilians on 7 October.\n\nMore than 1,400 people were killed when gunmen breached security at the Gaza barrier and raided communities in southern Israel, with survivors reporting widespread atrocities including torture and bodies being burnt. More than 200 people were taken to Gaza as hostages.\n\nOfficials in Hamas-controlled Gaza say more than 4,600 people have been killed over the last two weeks after Israel began retaliatory air strikes.\n\nOn Saturday, a spokesperson for the Israeli military said it would \"deepen\" and \"increase\" the strikes, in order to allow Israel to \"minimise the risks to our forces in the next stages of the war\".\n\nThe UN says strikes on Gaza, a densely-populated enclave bounded by the Mediterranean Sea on one side and fenced off from Israel and Egypt, have displaced around 1.4 million people, with more than half a million staying in shelters.\n\nAbout 200,000 Israelis have been displaced, according to the Israeli government.\n\nDemonstrators gathered outside the BBC's headquarters in Belfast on Saturday\n\nPrime Minister Rishi Sunak said there should be increased humanitarian access to Gaza.\n\nWriting in the Sunday Telegraph, Mr Sunak - who this week visited Israel, Saudi Arabia and Egypt - said the UK supported Israel's right to defend itself against a \"murderous enemy\" but the area faced an \"acute humanitarian crisis\".\n\nHe said people in Gaza were suffering and he wanted to see a \"stream of trucks\" passing through the Rafah crossing with Egypt, and the restoration of water supplies to Gaza \"where physically possible\".\n\nEarlier on Saturday, UK Foreign Secretary James Cleverly warned the conflict is threatening to engulf the Middle East.\n\nMr Cleverly has visited Israel, Turkey and Qatar as part of diplomatic efforts around the worsening crisis in Israel and the Occupied Territories.\n\nSpeaking at the Cairo Peace Summit, he said: \"This has been an issue which has long stimulated passions and we are now all seeing on social media and in our communities how divisive and polarising the current situation has become.\n\n\"So we have a duty to work together to prevent instability from engulfing the region and claiming yet more lives.\"", "Last updated on .From the section Horse Racing\n\nFrankie Dettori's reaction after celebrating his farewell to British racing with a fairytale double triumph at Ascot.\n\nThe 52-year-old jockey made his last ride in Britain a winning one with an inspired last-to-first victory on King Of Steel in the Champion Stakes.\n\n\"Oh, Frankie Dettori, Oh Frankie Dettori\", rang out from the stand as he saluted spectators.\n\nHe had earlier sealed an epic triumph on Trawlerman in the opening Long Distance Cup on Champions Day.\n• None All the results from British Champions Day\n\nWho writes this guy's scripts? The chapters in his racing story have always felt like a movie plot.\n\nIt's just the most recent one which has proved to be the hardest of all to finish - performing a late U-turn on retirement plans to embark on a spell in the United States from next year.\n\nHe said Champions Day at Ascot would be his last riding in Britain and he began his swansong with a captivating victory aboard Trawlerman, which demonstrated just why that change of plan may have been the correct decision.\n\nAfter 37 years based here, in a career which has yielded more than 3,300 winners, it was one of his most dramatic victories.\n\nHe was passed by old rival Ryan Moore on Kyprios in the Long Distance Cup before galvanising Trawlerman, who had hit 999-1 in running on Betfair, to a stirring triumph.\n\nThere was more to come. Guiding 3-1 favourite King Of Steel, trained by Roger Varian for football adviser Kia Joorabchian's Amo Racing, from an unlikely winning position, to beat Via Sestina in the day's feature race.\n\nWith horse racing the second biggest spectator sport in Britain behind football, there are few sports personalities who have been seen live by so many people over the last four decades, and he had one more chance to milk the applause.\n\nNo-one in racing can make the crowd crackle like Frankie. Whether it's punching the air, jumping through the air, kissing his horse, kissing the camera or blowing kisses to spectators.\n\n\"My head is completely full of emotions. I'm speechless,\" he said, before speaking a little more.\n\n\"The crowd got the horse over the line. I've been riding at Royal Ascot for over 30 years but I've never heard an atmosphere like it. It was off the charts, crazy, like Wembley Stadium.\"\n\nHe nearly had a treble - just beaten into second in the Champions Sprint Stakes on favourite Kinross by 40-1 outsider Art Power, ridden by David Allan for trainer Tim Easterby.\n\nDettori was fifth on Free Wind in the Champion Fillies and Mares Stakes, as 22-1 shot Poptronic won under Sam James for trainer Karl Burke.\n\nAnd he finished 10th with Chaldean in the Queen Elizabeth II Stakes where French challenger Big Rock was an impressive six-length winner.\n\nThe three-time champion jockey's British goodbye came at the course where he claimed his 'Magnificent Seven' in 1996 - all seven winners on the card at odds of 25,000-1.\n\nThe statistics tell only one aspect of his tale - 281 wins at the top Group One level and victories in 24 countries.\n\nCurrent champion jockey William Buick was not born when Dettori rode his first winner, while top apprentice Billy Loughnane's father is younger than the Italian.\n\nAside from the longevity and partnerships with equine greats such as Dubai Millennium, Golden Horn, Stradivarius and Enable, he has shown an outstanding capacity for recovery.\n\nDettori survived a plane crash which killed pilot Patrick Mackey in 2000, recovered from a high-profile split with powerful owner Sheikh Mohammed in 2012 and a six-month ban after testing positive for cocaine.\n\n\"Nobody's had a perfect life. I've had my ups and downs. I've tried to be very resilient, strong, to fight back, and have a smile on my face,\" he told BBC Sport.\n\nJohn Gosden, a mentor who trains Trawlerman with son Thady, said: \"When he's at his peak, there's no greater and he lets the crowd carry him.\n\n\"He operates on that enormous energy. He's a fabulous talent but Alex Ferguson would've found him hard to manage at times.\"\n\nDettori had announced in December 2022 his intention to retire at the end of this year and his farewell tour has not enamoured everyone - critics seeing it as an extended marketing opportunity that has boosted the jockey's coffers.\n\nBut his value to racing as a crossover star who has transcended the sport cannot be overestimated.\n\nHe once presented Top of the Pops, was a team captain on A Question Of Sport and took part in Celebrity Big Brother.\n\nAmong those raising a glass to the rider were racegoers Tirion Yeoman, 40, and Jaanika Hanslip, 38, on their first visit to Champions Day.\n\n\"It's a privilege to be here. Frankie is a racing icon, a personality - full of vigour and determination,\" said Tirion, from Bournemouth.\n\nActual royalty was on hand with racing royalty as Queen Camilla watched a new sculpture of Dettori on horseback being unveiled. He must be good - this is the second statue of him at the Berkshire course.\n\nYou could have forgiven a few tears but Dettori said: \"I'm too happy to cry.\"\n\nThis still may not be the final furlong. Bookmakers make him an odds-on shot to be back at Ascot for the Royal meeting next year.\n\nFor now, he will head for races in the United States, Melbourne and Hong Kong before an extended stint based in the United States from the start of next year.\n\nLittle time to relax then before next stop California. One racing chapter ends, and perhaps the last one begins. Frankie goes to Hollywood.\n• None Could the death penalty ever die out? Join Livvy Haydock as she takes us deep into Death Row in the USA\n• None What happens when you get too close to Madonna's fire? Annie and Nick share their experience of the opening night of The Celebration Tour", "Israel has suggested that the long-term aim of its military campaign in Gaza is to sever all links with the territory.\n\nIsraeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant said that once Hamas had been defeated, Israel would end its \"responsibility for life in the Gaza Strip\".\n\nBefore the conflict, Israel supplied Gaza with most of its energy needs and monitored imports into the territory.\n\nThe statement comes as Israel continues its strikes on Gaza and aid remains blocked on the border with Egypt.\n\nThe bombardments are a response to attacks by Hamas gunmen on Israel on 7 October, in which at least 1,400 people were killed and 203 taken hostage. Israel is now poised to launch a ground offensive.\n\nOn Friday, Mr Gallant told a parliamentary committee that the first stage of the campaign was meant to destroy Hamas's infrastructure, according to a statement from his office.\n\nIsraeli forces, he added, would then launch \"operations at lower intensity\" to eliminate \"pockets of resistance\".\n\nThe third phase, he said, \"will require the removal of Israel's responsibility for life in the Gaza Strip, and the establishment of a new security reality for the citizens of Israel\".\n\nThere has been no let-up in Israeli air strikes across the Gaza Strip\n\nAlthough Israel withdrew from Gaza in 2005, the UN regards the strip - along with the West Bank and East Jerusalem - as occupied land and considers Israel responsible for the basic needs of its population.\n\nIsrael has previously allowed Gazans to cross the border for work. It has also overseen imports into the territory to prevent weapons from reaching Hamas.\n\nFollowing the 7 October attacks it cut electricity supplies, as well as deliveries of food and medicines. The UN calls the situation there \"beyond catastrophic\".\n\nThe US and Egypt have reached a deal allowing some supplies to start bringing relief Gaza's 2.2 million residents.\n\nAn initial convoy of 20 trucks had been expected to enter southern Gaza through the Rafah border crossing on Friday, but they are still stuck on the Egyptian side.\n\nHumanitarian organisations say much more aid is needed.\n\nA humanitarian convoy is still waiting to be allowed through the Rafah crossing\n\nOn Friday UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres visited the crossing with a plea for aid trucks to be allowed into the territory.\n\n\"These trucks are not just trucks - they are a lifeline, they are the difference between life and death to many people in Gaza,\" he said. \"What we need is to make them move.\"\n\nMeanwhile Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas has confirmed that he will join several world leaders at a summit in Cairo on Saturday aimed at achieving a ceasefire.\n\nThe event, hosted by Egyptian President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi, will involve talks on trying to end the Israeli-Palestinian conflict based on a two-state solution.\n\nThose attending will also include Mr Guterres and representatives from the EU, as well as several Arab and European countries.", "The world of football has united in tribute to Manchester United and England legend Sir Bobby Charlton, who died on Saturday.\n\nCharlton, who \"passed peacefully in the early hours of the morning\" after being diagnosed with dementia in 2020, lifted three league titles, an FA Cup and a European Cup in a distinguished 17-year career at Old Trafford.\n\nHe also scored 49 goals in 106 appearances for the Three Lions, famously helping them win the World Cup in 1966.\n\n\"For me, [he is] England's greatest ever player,\" former England striker Gary Lineker told BBC Radio 5 Live.\n\n\"You can only judge players that you have seen in your lifetime and I was lucky enough to see him play when I was a young boy. He was one of my heroes, one of many people's heroes.\n\n\"I was always nervous and in awe of him, but he was so gentle as a man he always put you at ease. He was always so kind.\n\n\"He was unique. Wherever you go in the world, even if they didn't speak the language, they knew two words - Bobby Charlton.\"\n• None A Manchester United icon and one of sport's greatest figures\n• None A personal account of meeting the Manchester United and England great\n\nPart of Manchester United's so-called 'Holy Trinity' alongside club legends Denis Law and George Best, Charlton scored twice in a famous 4-1 extra-time win against Benfica in the 1968 European Cup final as Sir Matt Busby's team became the continent's first English champions.\n\nHe was England's record goalscorer until 2015, when Wayne Rooney surpassed the Ashington-born attacking midfielder's tally of 49.\n\n\"When you read about everything he has done in the game, how many trophies he has won, appearances he has made and goals he has scored, he could have been excused for having a little bit of arrogance about him,\" said former Newcastle and England striker Alan Shearer.\n\n\"But there was absolutely none of that. If you hadn't watched a game of football and didn't see him play, you would just see him as a normal guy. I don't think you will ever hear anyone say a bad word against him.\n\n\"He was not only a great goalscorer but a scorer of great goals. If anyone is wanting to look at how to strike at a football, look at Sir Bobby Charlton.\"\n\nEngland manager Gareth Southgate also paid a heartfelt tribute to Charlton and said: \"The privilege of meeting him on several occasions allowed me to understand his personal pride and emotion in having represented England, and simply confirmed in my mind his standing as one of the gentlemen of the game.\n\n\"The world of football will unite in sadness at losing an undisputed legend.\"\n\n\"A legend, a giant passing away - his achievements are so immense and huge. Global, not only England, [what] he achieved is incredible,\" Red Devils manager Erik ten Hag said after his team's Premier League victory at Sheffield United on Saturday evening.\n\n\"All the games, his titles, his trophies, the contribution he had with his goals.\n\n\"I never had the honour to meet him but I heard despite all his trophies and games he was so humble. A big personality and an example for all of us - as a footballer and also in society and worldwide.\"I heard some players got some inspiration from it and they wanted a win to mark it. It was an extra motivation, absolutely.\"\n\nClub captain Bruno Fernandes laid a wreath in Charlton's memory prior to kick-off at Bramall Lane, while both sets of players and fans took part in a minute's applause.\n\nManchester United players past and present were quick to pay their respects to Charlton, who survived the Munich air disaster in 1958 which tragically claimed the lives of 23 people, including eight of his United team-mates.\n\n\"Sir Bobby was the reason I had the opportunity to play for Manchester United,\" said David Beckham, who made his first-team debut for the club aged 17 after attending Charlton's soccer school. \"I owe everything to Sir Bobby.\"\n\nManchester United record goalscorer Rooney, who took charge of his first game as Birmingham City manager at Middlesbrough on Saturday, said: \"I'm still in shock. Coming out at half-time for the second half, we heard the news.\n\n\"Winning the World Cup in '66 and the European Cup in '68 after what he'd been through with the Munich disaster - he's had a great life. He's a great, an absolute legend of the game.\n\n\"He's an iconic figure around the world,\" added Middlesbrough boss Michael Carrick, who spent 12 years at Old Trafford as a player.\n\n\"I was lucky enough to get to know him and feel his support and feel what Manchester United meant to him. It was a position I never took for granted.\"\n\nFormer Manchester United goalkeeper Alex Stepney wrote on X (formerly Twitter): \"A huge loss for the game, a magnificent player and man. So many great times shared. Bless you Bobby, it was a privilege.\"\n\nThe Red Devils paid their own fond tribute, describing Charlton as \"one of the greatest and most beloved players in the history of our club\".\n\n\"Sir Bobby was a hero to millions, not just in Manchester, or the United Kingdom, but wherever football is played around the world,\" they said.\n\n\"He was admired as much for his sportsmanship and integrity as he was for his outstanding qualities as a footballer; Sir Bobby will always be remembered as a giant of the game.\"\n\nWhat the rest of football said\n\nPep Guardiola, Manchester City manager: \"A huge loss for his family and for the Manchester United family and for English football, European football.\n\n\"A big legend. On behalf of Manchester City our condolences to his family, Manchester United and for everyone because we have the Premier League that we have because of these type of people.\"\n\nGeoff Hurst, who scored a hat-trick in the 1966 World Cup final: \"Very sad news today. We will never forget him & nor will all of football. A great colleague and friend. He will be sorely missed by all of the country beyond sport alone.\"\n\nPrince William, English Football Association president: \"Sir Bobby Charlton. First Division Champion. European Champion. World Champion. Gentleman. Legend. A true great who will be remembered forever. Thank you Sir Bobby.\"\n\nRio Ferdinand, former England and Manchester United defender: \"Sir Bobby. Icon, Legend, Great… these words are thrown around by all of us to many who 100% don't deserve them, especially when you compare them to a man of Sir Bobby's calibre.\"\n\nGary Neville, former Manchester United defender: \"One of the original Busby Babes. He won youth cups at Man Utd then won the European Cup, the World Cup and in the modern era he was a director of the club. No doubt [he was] English football's greatest player and ambassador. A champion on and off the pitch.\"\n\nMartin Keown, former Arsenal defender: \"He was a truly wonderful player and an immense talent. He's been a great ambassador for Manchester United in recent years. The way he carried himself - he was such a dignified man and he's going to be remembered for a very long time.\"\n\nJohn, Brampton: Bobby Charlton was my boyhood hero - and has been an inspiration ever since - a gentleman and a great sportsman. Thank you Bobby for all the magic moments you gave to so many English and Man Utd supporters.\n\nStan: Privileged to see all of Bobby's World Cup goals live on a black and white TV. He was a schoolboy's hero in the 60 and 70s. So many kids will have screamed his name scoring in the schoolyard or against the garage door!\n\nJay, Milton Keynes: 106 caps and 49 goals in a time where friendlies didn't count says it all. England's best ever. Thank you Sir Bobby Charlton.\n\nDavid: Sir Bobby Charlton was the nearest in British football to royalty. The greatest ambassador we had. Even those not interested in football very much knew of him. Rest In Peace to a genuine legend.\n\nMark, Salford: Legend is a word used way, way too loosely in the world of football and sport. What a legend this man was both for the club I love and our country. RIP Sir Bobby Charlton, a true gentleman and wonderful, wonderful player. They don't make them like Sir Bobby anymore.\n\nKatie B, Stratford: Sir Bobby epitomised the very best, not only of United, but of football itself. A true gentleman.", "Last updated on .From the section Football\n\nSir Bobby Charlton, the Manchester United legend who was a key figure in England's 1966 World Cup victory, has died at the age of 86.\n\nCharlton won 106 caps for England and scored 49 international goals - records for his country at the time.\n\nDuring a 17-year first-team career with United he won three league titles, a European Cup and an FA Cup.\n\nCharlton's family said he \"passed peacefully in the early hours of Saturday morning\".\n\nHe was hailed as \"England's greatest player\" and \"an undisputed legend\" as tributes flowed.\n\nIn November 2020, it was announced Charlton had been diagnosed with dementia.\n\nHe died surrounded by his family, who said in a statement they wished to \"pass on their thanks to everyone who has contributed to his care and for the many people who have loved and supported him\".\n\n\"We would request that the family's privacy be respected at this time,\" the statement added, as the family said his loss was felt \"with great sadness\".\n\nUnited said Charlton ranked as \"one of the greatest and most beloved players in the history of our club\".\n\n\"Sir Bobby was a hero to millions, not just in Manchester, or the United Kingdom, but wherever football is played around the world,\" the club said.\n\n\"He was admired as much for his sportsmanship and integrity as he was for his outstanding qualities as a footballer; Sir Bobby will always be remembered as a giant of the game.\n\n\"His unparalleled record of achievement, character and service will be forever etched in the history of Manchester United and English football and his legacy will live on through the life-changing work of the Sir Bobby Charlton Foundation.\n\n\"The club's heartfelt sympathies are with his wife Lady Norma, his daughters and grandchildren, and all who loved him.\"\n• None Sir Bobby 'one of the greatest of all time' - McIlroy\n\nErik ten Hag's current United team wore black armbands for Saturday evening's Premier League game at Sheffield United, with home and away supporters applauding in a tribute ahead of kick-off.\n\nCharlton's death leaves Sir Geoff Hurst - the striker who scored a hat-trick in England's 4-2 win over West Germany in the 1966 final - as the sole surviving member of the triumphant team.\n\nHurst posted on X , formerly Twitter: \"Very sad news today. One of the true Greats Sir Bobby Charlton has passed away. We will never forget him and nor will all of football. A great colleague and friend, he will be sorely missed by all of the country beyond sport alone. Condolences to his family and friends.\"\n\nCharlton's older brother Jack, who died in July 2020, and their fellow World Cup winner Nobby Stiles, who passed away in October 2020, had also both been diagnosed with dementia.\n\nBorn in Ashington, Northumberland on 11 October, 1937, Charlton joined Manchester United as a schoolboy in 1953, turning professional the next year and making his first-team debut against Charlton Athletic in October 1956, aged 18.\n\nIn February 1958, he was a survivor of the Munich air crash in which 23 people died, including eight of his United team-mates. The accident had a profound impact on the rest of Charlton's life.\n\n\"There isn't a day that goes by I don't remember what happened and the people who are gone,\" he said on a visit to Munich many years later.\n\n\"Manchester United at that time were going to be one of the greatest teams in Europe. The accident changed everything. The fact that the players are not here and are never going to be judged is sad. They'll never grow old.\"\n\nHe became a focal point of manager Sir Matt Busby's rebuilding effort.\n\nJoined by Denis Law and George Best, Charlton inspired United to a first European Cup win in 1968, scoring twice in the final against Benfica.\n\nHe had been awarded the Ballon d'Or in 1966 after playing every minute of England's World Cup victory.\n\nCharlton went on to break United's scoring and appearance records - netting 249 goals in 758 games to cement his status as one of British football's all-time greats - before leaving the club in May 1973.\n\nThose long-standing records were eventually broken, with Ryan Giggs finishing on 963 games and Wayne Rooney scoring 253 goals.\n\nAfter leaving Old Trafford, Charlton spent two years as manager and player-manager at Preston North End before resigning in August 1975.\n\nIn the following year, he played briefly in the Republic of Ireland before moving into the boardroom at Wigan Athletic, where he also had a spell as caretaker manager.\n\nIn June 1984, he became a director at United and 10 years later he was knighted, having previously been awarded an OBE and CBE.\n\nCharlton came second in the BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award in 1958 and 1959. In 2008, he received the Lifetime Achievement award.\n\nUnited renamed Old Trafford's South Stand in his honour in 2016 as it became the Sir Bobby Charlton Stand.\n\nA wreath has been laid at the United Trinity statue at Old Trafford on behalf of the club, with a book of condolence to be open to fans and the public from Sunday. The bronze Trinity statue immortalises Charlton, Best and Law.\n\nTalks continue about how best to commemorate Charlton's life ahead of Tuesday's Champions League game against Copenhagen in Manchester.\n\nNews of Charlton's death was met with sorrow across the football world.\n\n\"It is with a heavy heart that we have learned of the passing of Sir Bobby Charlton,\" said the Football Association through England's X account.\n\n\"An integral part of our 1966 FIFA World Cup winning campaign, Sir Bobby won 106 caps and scored 49 times for the Three Lions.\n\n\"A true legend of our game. We will never forget you, Sir Bobby.\"\n\nEngland manager Gareth Southgate added: \"One of our most iconic players, Sir Bobby Charlton's impact on our only World Cup triumph is there for all to see.\n\n\"The privilege of meeting him on several occasions allowed me to understand his personal pride and emotion in having represented England and simply confirmed in my mind his standing as one of the gentlemen of the game.\n\n\"The world of football will unite in its sadness at losing an undisputed legend.\"\n\nFormer England captain and Manchester United star David Beckham was given the middle name Robert as his father so admired Charlton.\n\nBeckham said: \"Today isn't just a sad day for Manchester United and England, it's a sad day for football and everything that Sir Bobby represented. Today our hearts are heavy.\"\n\nBeckham's former club and country team-mate Gary Neville, speaking on Sky Sports, remembered Charlton as \"England's greatest player and greatest ambassador\".\n\nNeville said: \"He used to come into the changing room after a match - win, lose or draw. Something when I was a player at the club you maybe would take for granted - this legend would be walking around your changing room saying 'well done' or offering his commiserations.\n\n\"He was the golden thread through from Sir Matt Busby to Sir Alex Ferguson, two golden eras in Man Utd's history and he was the constant through both of them.\"\n\nEuropean football's governing body Uefa added: \"On behalf of the entire European football community, we are deeply saddened to hear of the passing of Sir Bobby Charlton, one of the game's true greats. Rest in peace, Sir Bobby.\"\n\nCharlton, who made his international debut against against Scotland at Hampden Park in April 1958, just over two months after the Munich air disaster, was the fifth member of England's 1966 World Cup-winning side to be diagnosed with dementia.\n\nIn addition to his brother, Jack, and Stiles, both Ray Wilson, who died in 2018, and Martin Peters, who died in 2019, had the condition.\n\nStiles, Peters and Wilson were diagnosed with it while still in their sixties.\n\nCharlton's wife, Lady Norma, expressed the hope that the knowledge of his diagnosis could help others.\n\nSir Bobby was the best player in the world - Beckenbauer\n\nCharlton's stature in Sir Alf Ramsey's England team led to him being given a special role in the 1966 World Cup final at Wembley.\n\nHe was one of the team's key attacking talents - scoring three times in the earlier rounds, including two in a 2-1 victory over Portugal in the semi-final - yet he was asked to man-mark West Germany's playmaker Franz Beckenbauer.\n\n\"I had waited my whole life to play in a World Cup final and I am asked to man-mark, which I had never done before,\" said Charlton. \"But when the whistle went, Franz Beckenbauer came straight to me - he had been given the same instruction.\"\n\nWhile Ramsey was concerned about the potential impact Beckenbauer might have on the final, the West Germany manager Helmut Schon had the same fears about Charlton.\n\nThe pair effectively cancelled each other out - Charlton acknowledged that neither player \"had much impact on the final\".\n\nBut the tactic gave other England players, such as hat-trick hero Hurst, the chance to make their own mark on history.\n\nAnd Beckenbauer saw at close quarters just why his manager had been so concerned.\n\nHe said: \"In this game I realised how difficult it is to follow him and to mark him because in my opinion, in 1966 in the World Cup, he was the best player in the world.\"", "The two weeks since Hamas's attack have seen a sharp increase in settler violence in the West Bank\n\nAbed Wadi was getting dressed for the funeral when the message arrived.\n\nIt was an image, forwarded to him by a friend, of a group of masked men posing with axes, a petrol canister, and a chainsaw, with text printed on the image in Hebrew and Arabic.\n\n\"To all the rats in the sewers of Qusra village, we are waiting for you and we will not mourn you,\" the text said.\n\n\"The day of revenge is coming.\"\n\nQusra was Wadi's village, in the northern part of the West Bank near Nablus. The funeral that day was for four Palestinians from the village. Three had been killed the previous day - Wednesday 11 October - after Israeli settlers entered Qusra and attacked a Palestinian family home.\n\nThe fourth was shot dead in clashes with Israeli soldiers that followed.\n\nThe following day, the Qusra villagers were preparing to set out for a hospital half an hour away and return with the bodies of the dead. To do so, they would need to travel across land that is dotted with Israeli settlements, where the risk of violence, high even in ordinary times, has risen dramatically in the two weeks since the Hamas attack that launched a war with Israel.\n\nWadi put his phone down and continued getting dressed. There were four men in refrigerators in the hospital who needed to be brought home. He was not going to be deterred by a threat, he said. He had heard too many.\n\nThere was no way for Wadi to know that, in a few hours' time, hardline Israeli settlers would confront the funeral procession and his own brother and young nephew would be shot dead.\n\n\"If we had delayed one or even two days, what good would it have done?\" Wadi said, sitting in the shaded courtyard of his family home in Qusra.\n\n\"Do you think that the settlers would have left this place on the second day?\"\n\nAbed Wadi on his rooftop in Qusra. \"We wanted hope for our children, but it has gone,\" he said.\n\nAccording to the UN's humanitarian office, the week that followed Hamas's murderous attack was the deadliest for Palestinians in the West Bank since it began reporting fatalities in 2005, with at least 75 Palestinians killed by the Israeli military or settlers, and incidents of settler violence up from an average of three a day to eight.\n\nIn one raid on a Palestinian refugee camp, and a rare air strike in the region, on Thursday 12th, Israeli forces killed at least 12 people, Palestinian officials said, and Israeli police said one officer was killed.\n\nThere was \"a real risk\" of the occupied territory \"spiralling out of control\", the UN said this week.\n\nPalestinian residents of the West Bank say that while the world's attention is drawn to the unfolding disaster in Gaza, Israeli settlers are taking advantage by entering villages and expelling, and even killing, Palestinian civilians.\n\nIn at least three cases, according to video footage or eyewitness testimony from villagers, the settlers have been wearing military uniforms or accompanied by the Israeli military in their attacks.\n\nThe first three men who died in Qusra had gone to defend a family in a house on the outskirts of the village, after settlers approached the house and began throwing rocks at it, several residents told the BBC.\n\nA still from a video shows the masked settlers who fired at Qusra residents\n\nThey say the settlers then opened fire at the Palestinian neighbours who came to assist, killing two teenagers and a young man - Hasan Abu Sorour, 16, Obayda Abu Sorour, 17, and Musab Abu Reda, 25 - and gravely wounding several others. Moath Odeh, aged 21, was killed later in clashes with soldiers.\n\nAmong the wounded were a father and his six-year-old daughter, who lived at the house, who were shot in the face and in the abdomen respectively, according to two people who received the dead and wounded at a nearby medical clinic.\n\nOne of those assisting at the clinic was Amer Odeh, a cousin of two of the victims. It fell to Amer to call Said Odeh, the father of 17-year-old Obayda.\n\n\"I told him, your son is lightly injured,\" Amer said, in an interview alongside Said in Qusra on Tuesday. \"I could not give him this shock over the phone.\"\n\nSaid rushed to the medical centre. \"They told me that my son was injured but there was no way for me to see him at that moment,\" he recalled, his eyes shiny with tears.\n\n\"I told them I wanted to see my son now, and I entered that room and I saw that by the grace of God he had been martyred.\"\n\nSaid Odeh lost his 17-year-old son last week. \"This sadness will remain in all of our people,\" he said.\n\nThe following day was set to be the funeral for the four victims. Abed Wadi put the image of the masked men with axes and chainsaws out of his mind and joined the funeral convoy bringing the bodies back from the hospital to Qusra.\n\nAs the cars and ambulances made their way along the Nablus-Ramallah road, the convoy was ambushed by hardline Israeli settlers. In the clash that followed, according to video footage and eyewitness testimony, settlers pelted the convoy with stones, some members of the funeral convoy threw stones back, and the Israeli settlers and soldiers responded with live fire.\n\nIn the \"chaos and heavy, random gunfire,\" Abed Wadi lost track of his brother, Ibrahim, a 63-year-old local politician with the Fatah Movement, and Ibrahim's son Ahmed, a 24-year-old law student. Video footage of part of the confrontation appears to show Ahmed and others running away from the gunfire, before Ahmed is cut down by bullets on the road.\n\n\"They told me my nephew was shot twice in his stomach and once in his neck, and my brother was shot in his waist, towards his heart,\" Wadi said.\n\n\"There were no weapons in our funeral convoy,\" he said. \"Usually we would fly the Palestinian flag from the cars but we did not even fly our flag, because of the fear.\"\n\nAbdel Wadi stands next to a poster of his relatives Ibrahim and Ahmed Wadi, who were killed last week\n\nResidents in Qusra told the BBC this week that fear had permeated the village. Last weekend was the beginning of olive season in the area, but residents who depend on the harvest for their income said they would not go to the groves on the outskirts of the village for fear of settlers shooting.\n\nThere had already been a significant increase in violence by Israeli settlers this year, even before the Hamas attack, according to UN data, with more than 100 incidents reported each month and about 400 people driven from their land between January and August.\n\nIsraeli human rights organisation B'Tselem told the BBC that since the attack, it had documented \"a concerted and organised effort by settlers to use the fact that the entire international and local attention is focused on Gaza and the north of Israel to try to seize land in the West Bank\".\n\nPartial data compiled by B'Tselem, covering the first six days after the Hamas attack, recorded at least 46 separate incidents in which it said settlers threatened, physically attacked or damaged the property of Palestinians in the West Bank.\n\n\"A lot of shepherding families and communities have fled because they were threatened in the past week by settlers,\" said Roy Yellin, a spokesman for B'Tselem. \"Settlers have been giving residents a deadline to leave and telling them if they don't they will be harmed. And some villages have been totally emptied out.\"\n\nOne of those villages was Wadi al-Siq, near Ramallah, previously home to a Palestinian Bedouin community of about 200. \"For months we have been facing harassment and attacks from settlers day and night, but since the start of the war the attacks increased,\" said Abdul Rahman Kaabna, 48, a farmer from Wadi al-Siq.\n\nOn 9 October, a group of approximately 60 settlers, many dressed in military uniforms, attacked the community, according to three now-exiled residents. \"They attacked us with weapons and terrified everyone,\" Kaabna said. \"Then they gave us one hour to go out with our sheep and threatened us to death if we didn't leave.\"\n\nThe residents walked more than 10km (6.2 miles) to escape, said another resident, Ali Arara, 35. \"The settlers stole everything from our homes,\" he said. \"My daughter was terrified. They beat us and left us with nothing.\"\n\nAccording to B'Tselem and Yesh Din, another Israeli human rights group which monitors West Bank violence, the intimidation and forced displacement reported in Wadi al-Siq has been repeated in communities across the territory since 7 October.\n\nA Palestinian saying - \"We will stay here as long as there are thyme and olives\" - on a wall where Moath Odeh was killed\n\nIn one of the most shocking incidents caught on film in the past week, an Israeli settler entered a Palestinian village called At-Tuwani near Hebron and shot an unarmed Palestinian resident in the stomach at point blank range, while an Israeli soldier appeared to look on.\n\nThe incident began when two armed settlers, accompanied by a soldier, attacked a home on the outskirts of the village, according to three residents including the homeowner.\n\n\"Three Israelis came to my house, they were armed, and one was wearing the uniform of the army,\" said Musab Rabai, 36.\n\n\"One of the settlers came into the house, pushed me and beat me on the head with the gun and told me he was going to shoot me.\"\n\nNeighbours responded to Rabai's shouts for help, he said. Among them was Zakriha Adra, a father of four. Video footage filmed by Adra's cousin, Basel, shows the settler who allegedly beat Rabai and the Israeli soldier standing a short distance away from the group of Palestinian neighbours. The armed settler then suddenly approaches Adra, strikes him with his rifle and shoots him in the stomach from just a few feet away.\n\nThroughout the encounter, Adra appears to be holding his arms by his sides in a non-threatening manner.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Zakriha Adra was wounded by a shot to his stomach at close range. Video courtesy of B'Tselem\n\nAccording to the family, Adra is now in hospital in critical condition. \"He survived but the bullet has done a lot of damage inside his stomach,\" said Basel, his cousin.\n\nMusab Rabai, whose house was attacked, said the shooting had been a culmination of days of threatening behaviour and property destruction by the settlers.\n\n\"Since Saturday they have been standing around the village armed with guns and using a bulldozer to destroy trees,\" he said. \"The men here in the village have been sleeping in shifts, only a few hours each, so there is always someone awake in case the settlers attack.\"\n\nThe BBC asked the Yesha Council, the umbrella organisation for the settlers in the West Bank and elsewhere, to comment for this story but they declined. Moti Yogev, the acting head of the Binyamin Council, which also represents settlers in the region, said that violent settlers \"belonged to the fringes\" of the settler community. \"If they do exist, they should be dealt with like any other criminal,\" he said.\n\nThe Israeli military and Israeli police force did not respond to multiple requests for comment.\n\n\"The most tragic thing is that the violence by these extreme settlers does not produce any response from the Israeli military,\" said Dov Khenin, a former Israeli politician turned peace activist. \"And the violence has its own purpose, to get rid of these small Palestinian communities, to eject them from their homes.\"\n\nAbed Wadi, at home with his cousin Abdel Wadi, centre, and nephew Mahmoud Wadi, whose father was killed last week\n\nThe fear for many Palestinians now is that the situation in the West Bank will only get worse. Israel's National Security Minister, Itar Ben Gvir, announced last week that the government would purchase 10,000 rifles to arm Israeli civilians, including those in West Bank settlements - a move that threatens to further blur the lines between armed settlers and members of the military in the occupied territory.\n\nIn Qusra, Abed Wadi said he had heard the news about the 10,000 rifles. He shook his head. \"It won't change anything for the people of Qusra,\" he said.\n\nWadi was sitting in his courtyard, surrounded by posters bearing the image of his brother, his nephew, and the four other men from the village who were killed last week.\n\n\"We have always seen the rifle in the hands of the settlers, they have been shooting at us for a long time,\" he said.\n\nBut something had changed, he said. It seemed as though the settlers had become more aggressive, more radical. \"Farm houses are being burned, olive trees cut down, cars broken into, land is being stolen,\" Wadi said.\n\n\"And this is just our village. If you were to look to the next village and the next village, you would find anger and pain in every one,\" he said. \"And you would see no end to it.\"\n\nAlla Badarna contributed to this report. Photographs by Joel Gunter.", "There were thrills and spills as kayakers carved boats out of giant pumpkins for an annual competition in Kasterlee, near the Belgian city of Antwerp.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nSix postal workers have been killed and a further 16 injured after a missile hit a distribution centre in eastern Ukraine late on Saturday night.\n\nUkrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Telegram the Nova Poshta sorting office was struck in Kharkiv.\n\nPictures from the scene posted on President Zelensky's account showed the building with windows blown out.\n\nKharkiv's regional governor Oleh Syniehubov said the victims all worked for the postal company.\n\nPolice said 22 people were inside when the suspected S-300 rocket hit the building just before 22:30 local time (20:30 BST).\n\nInvestigators, together with criminologists and forensic experts, are conducting an examination of the bodies of the dead, police added on social media.\n\nWriting on Telegram himself, Mr Syniehubov said the victims were aged between 19 and 42, with some suffering shrapnel wounds from the blast.\n\nHe said the private delivery company in the western Kharkiv suburb of Korotych was \"strictly a civilian site\".\n\n\"The Russians have inflicted more terror on Kharkiv's peaceful population,\" he added.\n\nKharkiv's regional governor Oleh Syniehubov said the youngest victim was 19 years old\n\nPresident Zelensky said a rescue operation was continuing, with emergency services working at the scene.\n\nRussia has not yet commented on the alleged strike, but has previously denied targeting civilians during its invasion of Ukraine.\n\nMr Syniehubov said seven people were in hospital in a \"moderate condition\" and seven men were in a \"serious condition\".\n\nKharkiv, which is Ukraine's second largest city, is located only 30km (19 miles) from the Russian border.\n\nSpecialists of the explosive management removed the fragments of the S-300 rocket, Kharkiv police said in a Telegram post\n\nThe north-eastern city was heavily bombed during the first weeks of the war in February 2022.\n\nEarlier this month, Kharkiv Mayor Ihor Terekhov said Ukraine's first underground school would be built in the city to allow children to continue in-person education safely.\n\nMeanwhile in the south, Ukraine has been waging a counter-offensive campaign since June.\n\nThe war-torn country aims to sever Russia's land corridor to the Crimean peninsula - which Russia illegally annexed in 2014.\n\nBut the counter-offensive has so far proven slow, bringing only limited territorial gains.", "Joseph Garrett, better known as Minecraft's Stampy Cat, has signed off his final episode\n\nA UK YouTuber thanked his millions of subscribers for years of support as he called time on an 800-episode series.\n\nJoseph Garrett, from Hampshire, voiced his character Stampy Cat for the final time on Saturday, drawing 1.7m viewers.\n\nThe online feline leads players through the video game Minecraft, building his own world and commentating as he goes.\n\n\"It is sad to be saying goodbye to my lovely world, but I think it's the right moment to do it,\" Garrett said in the final episode.\n\n\"Thank you to everyone who has watched me over the years. It has been a truly special chapter of my life,\" he added in the video description.\n\nGarrett launched his Stampy YouTube channel in 2011 at the age of 20. He started uploading \"Let's Play\" videos of Minecraft in 2012 - a format which documents the playthrough of the game with a running commentary.\n\nThe videos resulted in rapid growth for his channel and were a big hit among children, his primary audience.\n\nBy the time of Saturday's final episode of the Stampy's Lovely World series more than a decade later, the channel had amassed 10.8m subscribers.\n\nSaturday's episode, titled \"Thanks for Watching\", has been viewed more than 1.7m times and attracted thousands of comments from fans wishing to pay tribute to Garrett's career as Stampy.\n\n\"Stampy didn't just construct hundreds of buildings in Lovely World, he constructed millions of childhoods,\" said one fan.\n\n\"This man raised a whole generation,\" another wrote.\n\nWriting on social media platform X afterwards, Garrett described his time as Stampy as a \"fantastic ride\", adding: \"I'm glad I got to go out in the way I wanted.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Joseph Garrett spoke to the BBC in 2015\n\nMinecraft is the world's best-selling video game. It is extremely popular with children, young adults, and adults alike, due to its sandbox nature - meaning if you can imagine it, you can build it with the game's Lego-like blocks.\n\nLast weekend, developer Mojang Studios revealed it had now sold more than 300 million copies worldwide.\n\nThere are several different game modes to choose from but there is a large amount of freedom involved.\n\nMinecraft was released by Mojang Studios in November 2011, but a pre-release, unfinished version of the game was first available in 2009.\n\nIt was bought by Microsoft in 2014 for $2.5bn (£2bn) and has become a mainstay in its gaming empire - which Microsoft has just significantly expanded with its record-breaking $69bn takeover of Call of Duty maker Activision Blizzard.", "Amiram Cooper, Guy Gilboa-Dalal and Tsachi Idan are being held in Gaza\n\nIsrael says 132 people remain unaccounted for after they were abducted and taken to Gaza during the October 7 attacks by Hamas.\n\nAn estimated 240 people were taken prisoner, but 105 were later released by Hamas during a six-day ceasefire at the end of November.\n\nThe Israeli military said it mistakenly killed three hostages in northern Gaza who had escaped from their captors and expressed \"deep remorse\" over the incident.\n\nOf the 132 still unaccounted for, Israel says that 20 of them are believed to be dead.\n\nThese are the stories of those hostages who are still being held, which have either been confirmed by the BBC or credibly reported.\n\nThis list is regularly updated and names may change, as some people feared kidnapped are confirmed to have been killed or released.\n\nLast updated on 19 December 2023 at 10:33 GMT\n\nYagev Kirsht, 34, was taken from his home in Kibbutz Nirim, alongside his wife, Rimon Buchstab Kirsht. She has now been released.\n\nAlexander Trupanov, was taken hostage with his mother Lena Trupanov, 50, his partner Sapir Cohen, 29, and his grandmother Irina Tati, 73. All were abducted from Kibbutz Nir Oz as they spent the Sabbath together, according to a statement by Canada's Raoul Wallenburg Center for Human Rights. Irina and Lena were released on Wednesday 29 November and Sapir was freed the next day.\n\nAriel Cunio, his girlfriend Arbel Yahud and her brother Dolev are also thought to have been abducted in the same attack on Nir Oz. Eitan Cunio, Ariel's brother who escaped Hamas, told the Jewish Chronicle that his last message from Ariel said: \"We are in a horror movie.\"\n\nDavid Cunio, 33, another of Ariel's brothers, was also kidnapped from Nir Oz, family say. David's wife Sharon Aloni Cunio and their three-year-old twin daughters Ema and Yuly were released on 27 November. Sharon's sister Daniele Aloni, and her six-year-old daughter Emilia were both released on 24 November.\n\nDoron Steinbrecher, 30, a veterinary nurse, was in her apartment in Kibbutz Kfar Aza when Hamas attacked, the Times of Israel reported. At 10:30 on 7 October, the newspaper said, she sent a voice message to friends: \"They've arrived, they have me.\"\n\nItzhak Gelerenter, 53, was taken from the Supernova festival. His family said the IDF found his phone was located in Gaza, the Times of Israel reported. His daughter Pivko told the paper: \"I'm trying to think good thoughts, I have a powerful, smart, resourceful father.\"\n\nDoron Steinbrecher sent a voice message to friends during Hamas' attack\n\nNaama Levy, 19, was filmed being bundled into a jeep, her hands tied behind her back. The footage was released by Hamas and circulated widely on social media. According to her mother, the teenager had just begun her military service.\n\nYousef Zyadna, a 53-year-old Bedouin dairy farmer, was abducted from Kibbutz Holit and taken to Gaza along with his sons Hamza, 22, and Bilal, 18, and his daughter, Aisha, 16. Aisha and Bilal were released on Thursday 30 November.\n\nElad Katzir, 47, was abducted from Nir Oz with his mother Hanna. Hanna has now been released.\n\nOhad Ben Ami, 55, was kidnapped from Be'eri with his wife, Raz. She was released by Hamas on 29 November.\n\nTwin brothers Gali and Ziv Berman, 26, were taken from Kfar Aza. Ziv was messaging a friend as the attack happened. Their family said the IDF has told them the brothers are being held in Gaza. Their brother Liran told CBN news the pair had \"twin power\" and were the centre of attention wherever they went.\n\nIraq-born Shlomo Mansour, 85, was taken captive from Kibbutz Kissufim, where he lived and worked as a chicken coop manager. His wife, Mazal, managed to escape.\n\nMichel Nisenbaum, 59, is a dual Brazilian-Israeli citizen who has lived in Israel for 45 years and works as a computer technician, his family told Brazilian media. They also say he is diabetic and has Crohn's disease. On 7 October, they say, someone claiming to be from Hamas answered his phone when they tried to call him.\n\nDaniela Gilboa, 19, sent messages saying that Kibbutz Nahal Oz, where she was staying, was under attack and asked her mother to pray for her. Her boyfriend, Roy Dadon, told the Economist 1843 magazine that he believes he saw a glimpse of her in a video showing three girls being driven away in the back of an SUV.\n\nItay Chen, 19, a dual US-Israeli citizen and IDF solider, was on active duty with a tank unit on 7 October, according to the Times of Israel. The paper reported that his family was notified by the IDF that he is officially considered missing in action and probably being held hostage. Another soldier in his unit, Matan Angrest, 21, is also presumed to be in Gaza.\n\nYosi Sharabi, 51, was taken from Be'eri with his brother, Eli Sharabi, 55. Eli's wife and two daughters were murdered in the attack. Ofir Engel, the boyfriend of Yosi's daughter, Yuval, was also taken, but released on 29 November.\n\nAgam Berger, 19, was kidnapped from Nahal Oz. She was seen being taken away in videos released by Hamas.\n\nEdan Alexander, 19, is an Israeli-US citizen who volunteered to join the Israeli army. He was serving near the Gaza border at the time of Hamas's attack. Edan's family said they had been told by Israeli officials that he had been taken to Gaza as a hostage.\n\nKaid Farhan Elkadi, 53, lives with his family south of Rahat and worked as a security guard, according to Israeli media. Reports said his family believes he was kidnapped and taken to Gaza, based on images shared by Hamas.\n\nIlana Gritzewsky and Matan Zanguaker were captured near the Gaza border, family say\n\nMatan Zanguaker, 24, was taken with his partner Ilana Gritzewsky, 30, from Nir Oz, according to Ilana's father. Ilana, a Mexican national, was released on Thursday 30 November.\n\nThe family of Eitan and Yair Horn believe they were taken from Nir Oz kibbutz\n\nEitan Horn, 37, and his brother Yair, 45, both Argentinian citizens, were also in Nir Oz at the time of the attack. Their father Itzik said he believes they were kidnapped. Yair is a construction worker while Eitan works in education.\n\nItai Svirsky, 38, is thought to have been abducted when his elderly parents were killed in Be'eri. He had been visiting them for the holiday of Simhat Torah.\n\nKeith Seigel, 64, and his wife Adrienne - often known as Aviva - Seigel, 62, were taken from their home in Kfar Aza, Keith's brother Lee Seigel told the BBC. Adrienne was released on 26 November.\n\nOmri Miran, 46, lived in Nahal Oz with his wife and two daughters. Omri was led away by Hamas with his hands tied, his wife Lishay told the Guardian newspaper. She told him not to be a hero, urging: \"Do whatever they want because I want you back.\"\n\nBipin Joshi, 23, a Nepalese student, is believed to have been taken from Kibbutz Alumim. Nepalese newspaper Setopati says he was one of 49 university students studying agriculture in Israel. It says 10 students were killed in the attack.\n\nIlan Weiss, 58, went missing from Kibbutz Be'eri after he was last seen leaving the house to defend the community. On 25 November, his wife Shiri Weiss, 53, and their daughter, Noga, 18, were freed from captivity in a hostage deal.\n\nAmiram Cooper, 85, and his wife Nurit, 80, were taken from their home in Nir Oz, their daughter-in-law Noa told the BBC. The family last spoke to the couple during the Hamas attack, Noa said, when the couple were in their safe room. The family later traced Amiram's phone to Gaza. On Monday 23 October, Nurit was one of two women to be released.\n\nAmiram and Nurit Cooper, pictured with their granddaughter, Gali\n\nOded Lifshitz, 83, and his wife Yocheved, 85 were taken hostage from Nir Oz. On Monday 23 October, Yocheved was one of two elderly women to be freed. After hearing the news of her mother's release, their daughter Sharone - a London-based artist - said: \"While I cannot put into words the relief that she is now safe, I will remain focused on securing the release of my father and all those - some 200 innocent people - who remain hostages in Gaza.\"\n\nHaim Peri, 79, was taken from his home in Nir Oz, reports the Times of Israel, and freed hostage Yocheved Lifshitz said she saw that he was alive and well. His son Lior Peri told Talk TV that Haim had locked his wife inside the safe room before giving himself up to kidnappers.\n\nAvraham Munder, 78, was kidnapped from Nir Oz, Israeli officials say. His wife Ruthi, daughter and grandson have since been released.\n\nOmer Neutra, a 22-year-old Israeli-American and grandson of Holocaust survivors, put off plans to go to college in the US to study in Israel, and eventually joined the IDF. He was serving as a tank commander near Gaza when Hamas attacked. Omer's parents say they were told by the Israeli embassy that he had been kidnapped.\n\nRon Benjamin's vehicle was found empty following the attacks\n\nRon Benjamin, 53, had been taking part in a group cycle ride near the Gaza border when the Hamas attack began and he decided to drive home, his family told Israeli media. Days later, his vehicle was found empty and his family believe he was kidnapped.\n\nLouis Har, 70, is believed to have been taken from Nir Yitzhak. His partner Clara Marman was released on 28 November along with her sister Gabriela Leimberg, 59, and Gabriela's daughter Mia Leimberg,17. Clara and Gabriela's brother Fernando Simon Marman, 60, also remains in captivity.\n\nJudith Weinstein Haggai, 70, and her husband, Gad Haggai, 73, also went missing from Nir Oz after the Hamas attack. Ten days later, the Israeli military confirmed to the family they had been taken hostage, CTV News in Canada reported.\n\nAlex Danzig, 75, a scholar and historian of the Holocaust, was at his home in Nir Oz, when it was attacked by Hamas. \"We know for sure he was kidnapped,\" his son Mati told the BBC. Alex - whose older sister Edith is a Holocaust survivor - has spent the last 30 years working for Yad Vashem, Israel's Holocaust remembrance centre. His disappearance has triggered a campaign for his release, both in Israel and in Poland, the country of his birth.\n\nAlex Danzig has spent decades educating people about the Holocaust\n\nItzhk Elgarat, 68, was kidnapped at the same time as Alex Danzig, his brother Danny Elgert told Israel's Kan 11 TV station, adding that he had tracked his brother's phone to the border with Gaza.\n\nGadi Moses, 79, was also abducted during the same attack on Nir Oz, according to relatives and the Israeli aid agency where he worked as an agricultural expert. Efrat Katz, his partner, was initially thought to have been captured as well, but she was later found dead, the Times of Israel reported. Efrat was the mother of Doron Asher, who was taken hostage and later released with her two daughters. Ravid Katz, 51, Doron Asher's brother, was originally thought to have been taken hostage from Nir Oz, but on 28 November his family confirmed that he had been killed on 7 October.\n\nYair Yaakov, 59, is listed among the hostages. His partner Meirav Tal, 53, was released on 28 November. Yair's children Yagil, 13, and Or, 16, were released on 27 November.\n\nYair Yaakov was pictured being held captive by a gunman in a video shared online\n\nNimrod Cohen, 19, had studied software engineering in high school, according to reports. After he was kidnapped, his father was invited to meet Pope Francis in Rome along with other hostages' families.\n\nTsachi Idan, 51, was last seen by his wife, Gali, as he was taken away by Hamas gunmen. Their family had been ambushed in their safe room in Nahal Oz. Their ordeal was live-streamed by Hamas. Their eldest child, Maayan - who had just turned 18 - was shot dead, Gali told the BBC.\n\nTsachi Idan was ambushed with his wife and children and then led away\n\nYarden Bibas, 34, was abducted from Nir Oz. His wife, Shiri, and their two young children, Ariel and Kfir, were also taken hostage, but on 29 November, Hamas claimed they had been killed in an Israeli air strike while in captivity. The Israeli government has said it is checking the claim.\n\nRonen Engel, 54, was taken from Kibbutz Nir Oz along with his wife, Karina Engelbert, 51, and their two daughters, Mika, 18 and Yuval, 11. On 1 December, the organisation representing the families said he had been murdered. Karina, Mika and Yuval were released on 27 November.\n\nKarina Ariev, a 19-year-old soldier, was serving at an army base near Gaza when she was kidnapped. Her sister Alexandra told the BBC she heard shooting as Karina called her during the attack, and later saw a video showing Karina being taken away in a vehicle.\n\nKarina Ariev was at the Nahal Oz military base, which was among the first to be attacked\n\nOfer Kalderon, 53, was taken by Hamas from Nir Oz. On 27 November his two children, Erez, 12, and Sahar, 16, were released. Two other relatives, 80-year-old Carmela Dan and her granddaughter, Noya, 12, were also believed to have been taken, but Israeli authorities later announced they had been found dead.\n\nYoram Metzger, 80, was a resident of Nir Oz. He has diabetes and broke his hip six months ago, his daughter-in-law said. Yoram's wife Tamar was released on 28 November.\n\nNadav Popplewell, 51, and his mother Channah were taken hostage by Hamas, said Channah's daughter Ayelet Svatitzky, who was speaking to them on the phone when the gunmen burst in. She said the captors sent pictures of her two relatives, who both have diabetes, with armed men in the background. Channah has now been released.\n\nOmri Miran, 46, was abducted after his family opened the door to their secure shelter to an Israeli child, who said he would be killed otherwise. Omri's wife, Lishay Lavi, said she saw him being taken away in handcuffs with three other hostages from Nahal Oz.\n\nLiri Elbag, 18, had just started military training as an Army lookout near the Gaza border when Hamas attacked, her father Eli told the Associated Press. Eli said he saw her in a video circulated later by Hamas, crowded with others on the back of a military truck which had been seized by the gunmen.\n\nLior Rudaeff, 61, was taken from Nir Yitzhak during the attack. His family have heard nothing from him since then.\n\nA number of people are believed to have been abducted from the Supernova music festival in southern Israel. Among them:\n\nShlomi Ziv, 40, was part of the security detail at the festival and was initially in contact with his sisters as the attack unfolded, according to an interview with The Times of Israel. A few weeks later the family learned he was officially considered to be a hostage, the report says.\n\nAlexander Lobanov, 32, is a Russian-Israeli citizen who was kidnapped at the festival.\n\nOri Danino, 25, is reported to have got away from the festival in his car, but it's believed he was captured after turning back in an attempt to save some people he had met there.\n\nAlmog Sarusi, 26, was kidnapped from the music festival and his partner Shahar Gindi was killed, according to Israeli media. Almog's father, Yigal, was among the relatives of hostages who met with Israel's prime minister in October.\n\nOmer Shem Tov, 21, called his parents as he was running away from gunfire and managed to get into a friend's car. His parents, Shelly and Malki Shem Tov, told Israeli media they lost contact with their son and the live location on his phone showed he was beyond the border in Gaza.\n\nIdan Shtivi, 28, an environmental sciences student, was attending the festival to take pictures at music and yoga workshops being held by friends. He escaped the site in his car but was attacked by Hamas along the route. The bodies of two of his passengers were found, and his family told the Jerusalem Post they suspect he was kidnapped.\n\nYosef Ohana, 24, had been at the festival with a friend, who told his mother he and Yosef had remained to help people escape the gunfire before running themselves. Yosef was last seen hiding under a car, and Israeli authorities have visited his mother to say he was kidnapped.\n\nAndrei Kozlov, 27, a Russian who moved to Israel in 2022, is missing from the Supernova festival, where he was working as a security guard. His mother told the De Taly publication the family was told by the IDF on October 26 that he was being held hostage.\n\nElyakim Libman, 23, was working as a security guard at the festival. In a Facebook post his father Eliyahu Libman said another guard told him his son had helped rescue others before trying to escape. He was last seen trying to help two badly-injured women.\n\nNoa Argamani, a Chinese-born Israeli citizen, was also kidnapped from the festival. Video footage - verified by her father Yaakov Argamani to Israel's Channel 12 - shows the 25-year-old being taken away on the back of a motorbike screaming, \"Don't kill me!\" Her boyfriend Avinatan Or, 30, also appears in the video being marched away from her by Hamas, the Times of Israel reported.\n\nEden Yerushalmi's family say they were told she had been taken hostage\n\nEden Yerushalmi, 24, called her family during Hamas's attack on the festival, her sister May told CBS News. The family say they were subsequently informed by the IDF that Eden had been abducted.\n\nChanan Yablonka, 42, is a father-of-two from Tel Aviv. According to reports, he attended the festival with friends and was due to celebrate his birthday a few days after the attacks.\n\nJonathan Samerano, 21, has been missing since 7am on the morning of the festival. His family have been told to presume he is being held in Gaza, Israeli media reported.\n\nGuy Gilboa-Dalal was filmed in captivity in Gaza, his family say\n\nGuy Gilboa-Dalal, 22, attended the festival with his brother. Guy appears in a hostage video that his family say confirms he is in Gaza.\n\nUriel Baruch, 35, was injured during the attack on the festival, his wife said on Facebook. Reports in Israeli media say his mother, Naomi, has heard from the IDF that he is a hostage.\n\nMaxim Kharkin's mother described speaking to him on the morning of 7 October\n\nMaxim Kharkin is aged 35 and a Russian speaker, his mother told Russian media. She added that he had called her at 07:00 on the morning of the attack.\n\nElkana Bohbot was seen in a video posted by Hamas\n\nElkana Bohbot, 34, had gone to the party with friends and, before losing contact, he spoke to his wife and mother telling them he was helping to evacuate the wounded, the Times of Israel reported. Hours later, his family found a video of him posted online by Hamas, which has been seen by BBC Verify.\n\nRom Braslavski, 19, was working on security for the festival. According to an account published by Hostages and Missing Families Forum, he was trying to rescue an injured person in the attack when he was caught in a volley of fire. He has not been heard from since.\n\nOmer Wenkert, 22, a restaurant manager, sent a message to his family to say he was going to a safe shelter but then lost contact, his father Shai Wenkert told the BBC's Today Programme. Shai Wenkert said he had seen footage of his son in captivity, including a photo of him handcuffed and wearing only underwear.\n\nEvyatar David's family say they were sent a video of him in captivity\n\nEvyatar David, 23, was at the festival and on the morning of the attacks, described fleeing from gunfire before losing contact with the outside world, his brother says. Later, his family say, Evyatar's sister posted on Instagram appealing for information about his whereabouts. She then received a text from an unknown number, which contained video footage of Evyatar handcuffed on the floor of a dark room. According to Israel's foreign ministry he is being held captive by Hamas in Gaza.\n\nEitan Mor, 23, lives in Jerusalem, and was working as a security guard at the festival, the Times of Israel said. He reportedly texted his uncle after Hamas arrived and was last seen with a friend bringing others to safety.\n\nAlon Ohel, 22, a Serbian citizen, took refuge in a shelter after the festival came under attack, his family say. They have seen footage of him being dragged away after a grenade attack.\n\nAlmog Meir Jan, 21, tried to flee the festival. He and a friend made it to the friend's car but only managed to drive a short distance before being forced to stop. Almog's family say they have seen a hostage video in which he appears.\n\nInbar Heiman, a student aged 21, was seen by two young Israeli men being taken away from the festival on a motorcycle. Hamas have released a video in which she is seen very briefly.\n\nHersh Goldberg-Polin, 23, a dual US-Israeli citizen, was badly injured in the attack, his family told the BBC. Eyewitness accounts say he was seen being forced onto a white pick-up truck - the last-known signal from his phone came from just inside Gaza.\n\nSegev Kalfon, 26, was running away from the festival, across the highway, when he was captured by Hamas, according to the Hostages and Missing Families Forum.\n\nOrión Hernández Radoux, 30, from Mexico, attended the festival with his girlfriend, Shani Louk. He has not been seen since. The Sun newspaper says it has seen threatening messages written in Arabic sent from his phone. Shani, a tourist from Germany, was initially thought to be among those seized. But on 30 October, her mother Ricarda told German media that the family had been informed by Israeli military of her death following DNA identification.\n\nRomi Lesham Gonen, 23, was on the phone to her mother as she tried to escape from the Supernova festival. Merav Leshem Gonan has recounted a conversation in which her daughter begged for help after being shot. ABC News reports that Romi's phone is now in Gaza.\n\nBar Kuperstein, 21, last spoke to his family early on the morning of 7 October, as the attack unfolded. Later the same day, his family say they identified him in a video of Israeli prisoners, posted by Hamas. Since then, they say they have had no further information.\n\nEliya Cohen, 26, was hiding with his girlfriend Ziv from the attack, when Ziv felt him being pulled up and driven away by the gunmen, Eliya's mother has told the video initiative #BringThemHomeNow. The family then found a photo of Eliya in Gaza, the Times of Israel reported.\n\nAmit Buskila, 28, from Ashdod, was last heard of making a call to her uncle, Shimon, as Hamas overran the festival. Her family say they have now been told by the government that she is being held in Gaza.\n\nCarmel Gat, 39, is Jordan's sister-in-law, and also was seen by her father being taken by gunmen from Kibbutz Be'eri, Haaretz newspaper reported. She has not been heard from since.\n\nOhad Yahalomi, 49, was abducted from Nir Oz, along with his 12-year-old son, Eitan, who was released during the November ceasefire.\n\nDror Or, 48, was seen by a neighbour being dragged out of his home in Be'eri, according to their nephew Emmanuel Besorai, along with his son and daughter. On Saturday 25 November Dror's son Noam, 17, and daughter Alma, 13, were released from captivity. The body of Yonat, 50 - Dror's wife and the children's mother - was identified among the 120 people murdered at the kibbutz, Yonat's brother told the Guardian newspaper.\n\nTal Shoham, 38, was taken from Kibbutz Be'eri. His wife Adi, also 38, her mother Dr Shoshan Haran, 67, were released by Hamas on 25 November, along with the couple's children Nave, eight, and Yahel, three. Dr Haran's husband, Avshalom - an economist and dual German/Israeli citizen - was killed on 7 October.\n\nTamir Adar, 38, who defended Nir Oz as part of the kibbutz's emergency squad, was taken to Gaza, the Times of Israel reported.\n\nSagui Dekel-Chen, 35, an American-Israeli citizen, has been missing since Hamas's attack on Nir Oz, his father Jonathan told the BBC. He said his son was not found among the dead and the \"only reasonable explanation\" is that he was taken to Gaza.\n\nSagui Dekel-Chen's father has not heard from him since Hamas attacked the kibbutz where he lived\n\nThailand's ambassador to Israel says 26 of its citizens were taken hostage, 23 of whom have now been released.\n\nThose still being held are believed to include Watchara Sriuan, 32. His mother, Viewwaew, told the Thaiger news site that the family had been informed he was being held captive.\n\nKiattisak \"Top\" Patee and a Mr Pongtorn (no first name given) have also been named by the Thai foreign ministry as hostages.\n\nA number of other people thought to have been held hostage are now confirmed to have died, either during the 7 October attack or while in captivity.\n\nAs well as Ron Scherman and Nik Beizer, four bodies were identified this week. They were Tal Chaimi, an Israeli-Romanian citizen aged 41, and Joshua Mollel, a 19-year-old Tanzanian student. Also, 27-year-old Eden Zecharya, who was kidnapped from the Nova music festival, and 36-year-old Ziv Dado, who had already been declared dead by the Israeli military.\n\nOthers known to have died include Dror Kaplun, 68, Aviv Atzili, 49, Arye Zalmanovich, 85, Ronen Engel, 54, Maya Goren, 56, Guy Iluz, 26, Ofir Tzarfati, 27, Ofra Keider, 70, and Eliyahu Margalit, 75.\n\nThe bodies of 19-year-old soldier, Noa Marciano, and 65-year-old Yehudit Weiss were found by Israeli troops in buildings close to Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City.\n\nOn Saturday 9 December Kibbutz Bari announced that Sahar Baruch, 25, had been killed in Gaza.\n\nOther hostages whose death has been reported, but not confirmed include Shiri Bibas, 32, and her two young children, Ariel and Kfir.\n\nAre you personally affected by the issues raised in this story? If it is safe to do so, please get in touch by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "An underwater 'kite' that captures tidal power being towed into place\n\nCould the ebb and flow of the UK's tides help us to rely less on fossil fuels?\n\nGreat progress has been made exploiting wind and solar technology, but if we are going to switch to more renewable power, we need all the energy we can get.\n\nTidal power represents a huge store of it, and the UK - an island nation which experiences some of the world's most powerful tides - is uniquely well-placed to exploit that resource.\n\n\"Tidal power has really significant potential,\" says Dr Amanda Smyth from the University of Oxford, \"yet it has never been developed at scale.\"\n\nShe believes that is set to change.\n\nBritish companies are at the forefront of the effort to harvest this power of the tide. Designs include an underwater kite that \"flies\" in the water to maximise the speed the rotors spin.\n\nEarth's tides are driven by the Moon\n\nSo, what causes the tides? The tides are driven by the moon. As the Earth turns, the gravity of our nearest celestial neighbour pulls at the water in our oceans, making it bulge out. As the planet turns the moon releases its hold, and the water flows back.\n\nTidal power has great potential because water is such a potent power source. It is nearly 1,000 times more dense than air, so the energy is far more concentrated.\n\nAnd it has another big advantage over renewable technologies like wind and solar - the tides are predictable.\n\nWind and solar power are increasingly cheap to deploy, but only work when the sun is shining or the wind is blowing.\n\nTidal power, on the other hand, can deliver a steady, reliable stream of energy day in, day out.\n\nStudies suggest tidal generation could meet as much as 11% of the UK's annual electricity demand.\n\nThe incredible energetic potential of tides was spotted by our medieval forbears.\n\nWoodbridge Tidal Mill in Suffolk has been using tidal energy to mill grain for almost 1,000 years.\n\nFounded in 1170, it uses a dam to capture water when the tide is high. As the tide ebbs the water is released through a sluice, which pushes a water wheel, which turns the grinding stones.\n\nFar bigger dams - or barrages - have been built to generate electricity, notably at La Rance in France in 1966 and at Sihwa Lake in South Korea in 2011.\n\nBut damming the flow of water can have devastating environmental impacts. Barrages change the flow of water and how salty it is, which can be very disruptive for plant and animal life.\n\nFish can be blocked into or out of the lagoons barrages and dams create, and can get caught in the blades of the turbines.\n\n\"That's a really important consideration,\" says Dr Smyth. \"Especially when we're thinking about a renewable source of energy that we want to be good for the environment. We do need to consider the full ecosystem impact.\"\n\nThese concerns - and the massive cost - are why a £25bn proposal to build a barrage on the Severn Estuary between Somerset and Wales was rejected a decade ago.\n\nA tidal barrage was planned for the Severn Estuary, but the plans were abandoned\n\nThey also explain why the focus of tidal power research has moved to the energy contained in tidal streams - the currents of water created by the rise and fall of the tides.\n\nThey run fastest where constrictions, like straits or inlets, funnel the water, increasing the speed of the flow.\n\nThe UK is at the forefront of tidal stream research. All sorts of ingenious devices are being tested in the stormy waters off our coasts.\n\nThe Orkney Islands, 20 miles to the north of the Scottish mainland, have some of the most extreme tidal streams which is why the European Marine Energy Centre was set up there two decades ago.\n\nOne of MeyGen's huge turbines off the Orkney Islands\n\nThe biggest array - and the most straightforward design - is being installed by the Scottish company, MeyGen. Its idea is simple: plant a series of huge turbines on the seafloor so the blades spin as the water flows past. Four have been installed to date, each with three 16m blades.\n\nThe Orbital O2 is a very different design. It is an enormous yellow lozenge moored to the seafloor with two giant turbines attached on what look like great wings. The 680-tonne monster floats on the surface with the rotors lowered into the water.\n\nIts makers say it is the most powerful tidal stream turbine in the world and can meet the electricity demand of 2,000 homes.\n\nThe Orbital O2. Its two giant turbines are moored to the sea floor\n\nVenture 180 miles further north to the Faroe Islands and engineers are testing an even more radical concept.\n\nThe Minesto \"Dragon\" uses tidal currents to lift a submersible 'kite'.\n\nIf you've ever flown a kite you will know that as it turns in the air it flies faster, even faster than the wind is blowing.\n\nThe \"Dragon\" exploits that effect by 'flying' a turbine underwater in a figure-of-eight.\n\nThe device is tethered to the seabed by a cable which also carries the electricity it generates.\n\nThe fastest flowing tidal streams tend to be in remote locations and because the equipment used to harvest the power is typically mostly submerged, there tends to be little local opposition.\n\nThe turbines don't spin fast enough to offer much of a threat to sealife - says Dr Smyth of Oxford university - but the noise can frighten animals away, restricting their feeding area.\n\nThe big issue with all these projects is the cost - they are a very expensive way to generate electricity.\n\nIn large part that reflects the engineering challenges of operating in the sea. It is a brutal environment. The waves and currents batter structures and make maintenance very difficult. And salt water is aggressive too, corroding many metals.\n\nBut fans of tidal power point to the massive cost reductions achieved in wind and solar technology.\n\nThe cost of solar power fell 89% between 2009 and 2019, wind power was down 70% over the same period - though in the last year or so inflation has driven costs up significantly.\n\nProponents say a similar precipitous fall in the cost of tidal power should be possible as the industry grows.\n\nThat said, it will always be pricier than its rivals, warns Dr Danny Coles, a tidal power expert at the University of Plymouth.\n\n\"Because tidal turbines are restricted in size due to the depth of water, they will never achieve the sort of economies of scale that wind has been able to achieve,\" he said.\n\nOperating and maintaining machinery that is totally submerged is even more challenging than it is for offshore wind turbines. So how can it ever be economically feasible? This is where the predictability of the tides comes in.\n\nThe uncertainties associated with wind and solar power mean we need to have alternative power supplies in place, just in case. In the UK that is mostly gas-powered plants. Keeping them on standby is expensive.\n\nCome rain or shine, storm or calm, the tides flow in and out like clockwork. It means tidal generators can deliver guaranteed power without any backup. The tidal industry says that levels up the cost.\n\nAnd, in recognition of the potential of the industry, the government is offering generous subsidies to the companies developing tidal technology.\n\nMeyGen's turbine system being installed. It's one of 11 tidal stream projects to secure government funding\n\nEleven tidal stream energy projects secured funding from the UK government last month.\n\nUnder the deal, the government guarantees it will buy the electricity they produce for an artificially high price - £198 per megawatt hour.\n\nThat is far more than it pays for onshore wind (£52MWh) or solar (£47MWh) - more even than for nuclear power (£90MWh).\n\nThe hope is government support will allow the tidal power industry to grow, delivering those cost savings.\n\nDr Coles is confident significant amounts of the UK's power will be generated from tidal energy industry in 20 years' time.\n\n\"That's going to really benefit the energy system as a whole,\" he says.\n\nTidal energy slows the Earth's spin - but only an infinitesimal amount\n\nBut a word of warning: tidal energy is not completely renewable. As the tide rises and falls the oceans' waters pull and push against the seabed. That friction represents a tiny drag on the Earth as it spins. It is one reason the rotation of the planet is gradually slowing, and our days are lengthening.\n\nBy increasing the friction on tidal waters, tidal energy systems represent a minute additional drag. But you should not worry unduly, the effect will be infinitesimal.\n\nScientists estimate tidal drag has increased the length of the day from 21 hours to 24 hours - but the process has taken six hundred million years.", "There are five candidates vying for the presidency but the three polls suggest have the best chances are Sergio Massa, Patricia Bullrich and Javier Milei\n\nArgentines have been choosing a new president in an election rocked by the emergence as front-runner of anti-establishment populist and self-styled \"libertarian\" Javier Milei.\n\nMr Milei is an outspoken right-wing economist whose \"shock-jock\" style and aggressive social media campaigning have appealed to younger voters.\n\nHis victory in the primary has put his two main rivals on the defensive.\n\nPolls closed at 18:00 local time (21:00 GMT) and results are not expected before 22:00 in Buenos Aires.\n\nLatin America's third-largest economy is suffering from triple-digit inflation and a devalued currency that has left 40% living below the poverty line.\n\nArgentina remains the world's single biggest debtor to the International Monetary Fund (IMF), owing $46bn (£38bn).\n\nTraditionally, elections here have been dominated by the left-wing Peronist movement - whose candidate is the current economy minister Sergio Massa - and its centre-right opposition, which has chosen former security minister, Patricia Bullrich.\n\nPatricia Bullrich, former security minister, greets supporters after voting in Sunday's general elections\n\nHowever, the campaign has been turned on its head by the success of Javier Milei in the primaries in August.\n\nMr Milei beat Ms Bullrich and Mr Massa into second and third place and remained ahead in polls ahead of Sunday's election.\n\nTwo other candidates, Myriam Bregman and Juan Schiaretti, lag behind the top three.\n\nMr Milei has drawn fire from Mr Massa and Ms Bullrich with his statements declaring deep aversion to \"communists\", and even to Pope Francis.\n\nHe proposes to reduce inflation by eliminating Argentina's central bank, ditching the Argentine peso, which he calls \"excrement\", and using the US dollar instead.\n\nAt campaign rallies, the 52-year-old has waved giant replica dollar bills to promote his plan, and also brandished a chainsaw, symbolising his intentions to slash what he says is a bloated government bureaucracy serving a \"parasitic political caste\".\n\nJavier Milei brandishes a chainsaw to symbolise his willingness to slash bureaucracy\n\nWith yells of \"Viva La Libertad, carajo!\" (Long Live Freedom, damn it!) he has vowed to cut back the size of government by closing the ministries of sport, culture and women. He would also merge the health and education portfolios.\n\nMeanwhile, 51-year-old Mr Massa has sought to defend the Peronist movement's social and labour credentials.\n\nHe says austerity measures passed by his government are the result of the IMF debt run up by the previous centre-right administration.\n\nSergio Massa is trying to convince voters to put their trust in him despite his government's poor economic performance\n\nMs Bullrich, 67, has proposed a dual currency system that would combine both the peso and dollar in the economy, unifying the exchange rate and relaxing restrictions on the dollar.\n\nPresenting herself as tough on crime, the former security minister dubbed by some as Argentina's \"Iron Lady\", has promised to restore \"order\" to the country, which in August experienced a wave of mass lootings of shops and has also seen an increase in drug-trafficking violence in some cities.\n\nShe has accused Mr Milei of \"emotional instability\" and told Mr Massa to \"explain to Argentines how, being the worst minister of the economy, you can be the best president\".\n\nPolls before Sunday's vote suggested the presidential race was likely to go to a run-off on 19 November.\n\nIn order to win outright in the first round, a candidate would have to secure more than 45% of votes, or 40% plus a margin of 10 percentage points over the closest rival.\n\nThat is unlikely, although not impossible, with five candidates in the running.\n\nBesides choosing a new president and vice-president for a four-year term, Argentine voters have also been electing 130 new representatives for the lower house of Congress, which has 257 members, and 24 new senators for the 72-member upper house.", "Ukrainian fighters on the front line say troops have not only crossed into Russian occupied territory but held a position, apparently for the first time, on the fiercely defended east (or left) bank of the Dnipro River in Kherson region.\n\nThe development is potentially significant. Ukraine's counteroffensive aims to slice through Russian occupied territory, severing a land corridor to the Crimean peninsula which Moscow annexed - illegally - in 2014.\n\nIn a text exchange, the 46th brigade told the BBC that troops were engaged in heavy fighting as they try to take full control of the village of Krynky.\n\nIf successful, the force said, the settlement would give advanced units a base from which to launch a larger offensive aimed at dividing Russian troops and cutting off their supply lines.\n\nThe US-based Institute for the Study of War (ISW) said that Ukrainian forces were continuing larger than usual ground operations on the east bank and Russian military bloggers have also noted fighting in Krynky.\n\nAnd the action is being closely scrutinised - success here would be seized upon by Ukraine's military chiefs. Their counteroffensive, launched in June, has made slow progress, with limited territorial gains.\n\nBut the fighters we spoke to acknowledged that, even if the troops were to take Krynky, a modern day \"Normandy landings\" style attack was unlikely.\n\nAnd they gave us a glimpse of the dangers and challenges they face, particularly as winter approaches.\n\nThe 46th brigade is fighting further along the vast front line in the Zaporizhzhia region with the same aim in mind - to cut off Russian access to the Crimean peninsula.\n\nThey told us they had just managed to partially breach the first line of Russian defence near the village of Verbove - and that they'd successfully targeted some ammunition depots and bases, but that progress was limited.\n\nThey described heavily mined Russian fortifications and daily air attacks on their logistics routes without, they complained, air support of their own.\n\nRussian troops, they said, had been on the defensive but were now on the attack.\n\nAnd, as winter approaches, conditions are deteriorating - for both sides.\n\nRainy weather is affecting the work of drones, reconnaissance equipment and aviation, the soldiers said. But they did not anticipate any let-up in the fighting.\n\n\"Winter will not be a time for respite,\" they said.", "Immigration minister Robert Jenrick said he felt the government had the \"right priorities\"\n\nRishi Sunak's government will consider tax cuts if it can meet its target of halving inflation by the end of the year, a Tory cabinet minister has said.\n\nRobert Jenrick said the PM had the \"right priorities\" after his party suffered two heavy by-election losses.\n\nThere is disquiet over the results among Tory MPs, with some calling for tax cuts to shore up support.\n\nBut Mr Jenrick told discontented MPs in his party they \"shouldn't read too much\" into the by-election defeats.\n\nWhen asked if the government was listening to those voices, the immigration minister told the BBC he understood Conservatives and the public \"all want to cut taxes\".\n\n\"But the first task has got to be bearing down on inflation,\" Mr Jenrick told the Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg programme.\n\nDescribing inflation - the rate at which prices rise - as a \"great evil\", Mr Jenrick said \"if we can get that under control\" then \"of course we will consider what more we should do\" on taxes.\n\nTax levels in the UK are at their highest since records began 70 years ago and are unlikely to come down soon, a leading think tank, the Institute for Fiscal Studies, said last month.\n\nIn January, Mr Sunak said halving inflation by the end of 2023 was one of the government's five key pledges.\n\nInflation was at 10.7% in the three-month period between October and December 2022, which means the government aims to reduce inflation to 5.3%.\n\nThe latest figures, published this week, showed the UK's overall rate of inflation held steady at 6.7%, ending a run of three consecutive monthly falls.\n\nBut the Bank of England has previously predicted inflation will drop to 5% by the end of 2023.\n\nThis week, the Bank of England governor, Andrew Bailey, said he expected a \"noticeable drop\" in inflation when October's figures are published next month.\n\nThe government has limited tools to reduce inflation. The Bank of England says raising interest rates, which it controls independently, is the best way to make sure inflation comes down.\n\nBut with a general election expected next year, Tory MPs would like to see the government do more to ease the financial burdens on households.\n\nTheir party is reeling after losing what were two safe seats to Labour in Mid Bedfordshire and Tamworth.\n\nAfter overturning huge Conservative majorities in those constituencies, Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer said he felt his party could win anywhere in the UK.\n\nMr Sunak said the by-election results were \"obviously disappointing\", but some Tory MPs were more downcast.\n\n\"When we've got such a high tax burden people will just wonder what's the point of voting Conservative,\" one former Tory minister told the BBC, in the wake of the defeats.\n\nThe MP said that in order to get Conservative voters to the polling booth, the government needed to take action, such as slashing corporation tax.\n\nThe Conservative MP Craig Tracey, who helped run the by-election in Tamworth, said he felt too much focus was on rhetoric, rather than action.\n\n\"People need to feel better now,\" the MP said.\n\nThe MP suggested cutting income tax or national insurance would be the best way to do this, adding: \"The thing they [voters] need to see is an immediate impact on their bottom line.\"\n\nFormer Prime Minister Liz Truss and her allies are among Tory MPs who have called for tax cuts.\n\nLast month at the Conservative Party conference, Mr Sunak said he wanted to cut taxes but declined to say whether he would before the next general election - which is expected next year.\n\nA few days before the party conference, Chancellor Jeremy Hunt - who will set out his economic plans in his Autumn Statement in November - said tax cuts were \"virtually impossible\" at present, given the state of the public finances.", "The Philippines has accused China's coast guard of colliding with a Filipino supply boat in disputed waters of the South China Sea, endangering its crew.\n\nChina said the Philippines \"deliberately stirred up trouble\".\n\nIn a second incident also near Second Thomas Shoal on Sunday, Filipino authorities said a Chinese militia vessel bumped into a Philippine coast guard ship.\n\nThe armed forces of the Philippines have released footage they say show the collisions.", "A car pictured on a bridge washed away near Dundee following Saturday's torrential rain\n\nFlooding following Storm Babet could last until Tuesday, the Environment Agency has warned.\n\nTravel problems are also expected to continue, with train companies warning of major disruption.\n\nFour severe flood warnings were in place on Sunday morning, three in Derbyshire and one in Wales, meaning there was significant risk to life.\n\nBut rain is forecast to ease across the country later, with drier and brighter conditions expected.\n\nThree people are so far confirmed to have died since Thursday.\n\nPolice Scotland told the BBC on Sunday morning that it was continuing to search for a driver, who was reported to be trapped in a vehicle near Marykirk, Aberdeenshire, in the early hours of Friday. The force did not provide further details about the man's identity.\n\nMeanwhile, Nottinghamshire County Council has urged people in up to 500 homes to evacuate amid flooding fears from the River Idle.\n\nFlooding has caused problems across Britain's rail network, with disruption set to continue in parts of Yorkshire, East Anglia and the East Midlands on Sunday.\n\nNetwork Rail explained that there is also still major disruption on rail routes across parts of Scotland.\n\nLondon North Eastern Railway (LNER) has advised its customers not to travel north of Edinburgh, while it has no services operating from the city towards Aberdeen or Inverness. It added that urgent repairs are taking place at Plessey Viaduct.\n\nA major clean-up operation is also continuing as flood-hit communities deal with the aftermath of the storm, which hit parts of Scotland and the north east of England particularly hard.\n\nThe Environment Agency has said flooding from major rivers could continue for days.\n\nThe organisation's flood duty manager, Katharine Smith, added: \"Following persistent, heavy rain from Storm Babet, severe river flooding impacts are probable in parts of the East Midlands and South Yorkshire... into Sunday.\n\n\"Ongoing flooding is probable on some larger rivers including the Severn, Ouse and Trent through to Tuesday.\"\n\nThe Scottish Environment Protection Agency (Sepa) has warned Saturday's rain will \"prolong flooding impacts\" and cause additional disruption.\n\nSevere flood warnings for England were in place at Derby City Water Treatment Works, Little Chester, Eastgate and Cattle Market, and Racecourse Park at Chaddesdenearlier on Sunday but have now expired.\n\nThe Environment Agency explained on Saturday that 300 flood warnings had been issued across England since Thursday, with the greatest numbers in Yorkshire and the East and West Midlands. Some 200 remained in place at 11:00 GMT on Sunday.\n\nBBC Weather forecaster Gemma Plumb explained: \"There were a number places in north and east England and in Scotland that saw at least a month's worth of rain in a few days as a result of Storm Babet, with one or two places seeing closer to twice the average monthly rainfall - one of which was Wattisham in Suffolk.\"\n\nNatural Resources Wales also had a severe flood warning in place for the village of Llandrinio, \"as well as isolated properties in the Severn-Vyrnwy confluence area including Hendre Lane, Haughton and Haimwood\" that has since expired.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Aerial footage gives a bird's-eye view of flooding in Brechin, Angus\n\nThe second red \"danger to life\" weather alert in a week expired in eastern parts of Scotland on Saturday evening.\n\nIt came after residents in the Aberdeen suburb of Peterculter were advised to leave their homes in case of flooding, while Brechin in Angus was among the worst-hit areas, with 60 households having to be rescued after an evacuation warning for the entire town.\n\nPeople across Scotland remain in temporary accommodation due to floods, as well as residents from the rural village of Debenham, Suffolk.\n\nSerious damage has been caused in the Marykirk area, where a man was reported missing\n\nElsewhere, coastguard helicopters airlifted 45 workers off a North Sea drilling platform after it lost anchors during the extreme weather.\n\nDisruption on the rail network led to the closure of London's King's Cross station, with National Rail saying it was \"too crowded to be safe for all passengers\".\n\nThe deaths of three people have so far been linked to the storm, including a man in his 60s who was caught in fast-flowing flood water in the town of Cleobury Mortimer in Shropshire on Friday.\n\nA 56-year-old man also died after his van was hit by a falling tree near Forfar, and a 57-year-old woman was killed after being swept into the Water of Lee.\n\nOn Sunday, the body of a woman in her 80s found in a property in Chesterfield - with Derbyshire Constabulary initially saying the death was \"believed to be related to the flooding\".\n\nBut the force later stated only that investigations were \"continuing\".\n\nAre you in a region affected by the storm? Share your experiences by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:", "The Stena Spey is the focus of the incident\n\nCoastguard helicopters have airlifted 45 workers off a North Sea drilling platform after it lost anchors during Storm Babet.\n\nStena Drilling said four of the eight anchors detached themselves from Stena Spey due to the \"severe weather\".\n\nAll 89 personnel are accounted for on the rig, which is 146 miles (235km) east of Aberdeen.\n\nA HM Coastguard spokesperson said the platform faced strong waves in the North Sea.\n\nStena later said non-essential personnel were transferred from the semi-sub drilling unit to neighbouring platforms and to Sumburgh on the Shetland Islands.\n\nTwo Coastguard helicopters and a search and rescue helicopter were involved in the operation.\n\nA further 44 crew members remain on the platform, which it described as \"stable\".\n\nThe company added the well remains secure.\n\nA response number has been set up for concerned relatives on 01224 455199.\n\nStena Drilling said the incident involving its semi-sub drilling started at about 06:45.\n\n\"All support services are being co-ordinated through the shore-based incident response team and every possible effort is being made to safeguard risk to personnel at the scene and resolve the situation,\" a company statement said.", "Last updated on .From the section Cricket\n\nEngland fast bowler Reece Topley has been ruled out of the rest of the World Cup with a broken finger.\n\nTopley, 29, was injured when fielding off his own bowling in his fourth over during England's crushing defeat by South Africa in Mumbai on Saturday.\n\nHe is their leading wicket-taker, with eight in three matches, despite being left out for the first game.\n\nThe left-armer will fly home in the next 24 hours, while a replacement will be named in due course.\n• None 'England crumble as golden era threatens to fall apart'\n• None TMS World Cup Daily: India and Kohli march on; where do England go from here?\n\nEngland have not named their reserves in advance, other than Jofra Archer, but he is returning home after it was decided the fast bowler would not be fit enough to take part in the tournament because of his own elbow issue.\n\nSeveral bowlers had been told to be on standby in case of injury, with Durham's Brydon Carse, who impressed recently with four wickets in a T20 series against New Zealand, one possible option.\n\nHowever, Topley's injury, plus the poor form of Chris Woakes, who was dropped for the South Africa match, leaves England short of new-ball bowlers.\n\nCarse primarily bowls outside of the first powerplay, as do Mark Wood and Gus Atkinson.\n\nAsked about possible replacements in the aftermath of Saturday's defeat, England coach Matthew Mott said. \"We'll have to sit down and have a look at that.\n\n\"We'll have to look at the upcoming games.\n\n\"If there is an X-factor player we can look at - that's why we're very keen not to name the replacements and reserves, and it leaves an open mind for what we're going to go with.\"\n\nTopley dismissed South Africa opener Quinton de Kock with his second ball on Saturday and returned despite the injury later in South Africa's innings, removing Aiden Markram and David Miller.\n\nThe broken finger is another cruel blow for a player whose career has been blighted by injury.\n\nHe missed England's T20 World Cup win last year with an ankle issue suffered in training in the week before the tournament, while four stress fractures in his back over five years, most recently in 2018, previously left him considering retirement.\n\nEngland's 229-run defeat by South Africa, their heaviest in terms of runs in one-day internationals, leaves their World Cup defence hanging by a thread.\n\nThey will likely have to win all five of their remaining group games to reach the semi-finals.", "CCTV footage released by authorities shows a girl being pulled unconscious from the metro train\n\nA teenage Iranian girl who fell into a coma after an alleged altercation with morality police is now considered to be \"brain dead\", state media say.\n\nActivists accused morality police of assaulting her for not wearing a hijab, but authorities insisted she fainted.\n\nThere was no immediate confirmation of Armita's condition from her parents or activists.\n\nThe teenager is being treated at Tehran's Fajr hospital under tight security.\n\nMany Iranians have drawn parallels with the case of Mahsa Amini, a young woman who died in custody in September 2022 after being detained by morality police in Tehran for allegedly wearing her hijab \"improperly\".\n\nWitnesses said she was beaten by officers, but authorities attributed her death to pre-existing medical conditions.\n\nAnti-government protests, which are still taking place, erupted across the country when Amini died after three days in a coma. Hundreds of people have been killed and thousands detained in a violent crackdown by security forces.\n\nCCTV footage released by Iranian authorities shows Armita Geravand, with her hair uncovered, boarding a train at Tehran's Shohada station with two other girls. Moments later, one of the girls backs out of the train and bends down.\n\nShe and several other passengers are then seen carrying an unconscious Armita by her arms and legs before laying her down on the platform.\n\nNo footage from inside the train or the entrance to the station was released.\n\nHuman rights group Hengaw, which focuses on Iran's Kurdish ethnic minority, alleged that Armita was \"physically attacked by authorities... for what they perceived as non-compliance with the compulsory 'hijab'\". \"As a result,\" it added, \"she sustained severe injuries.\"\n\nHowever, the managing director of the Tehran metro denied that there was \"any verbal or physical conflict\" between Armita and \"passengers or metro executives\".\n\nHengaw later posted on social media what it said was a photo of Armita unconscious in hospital. The picture showed a girl lying on her back in a bed with a bandaged head and attached to what appeared to be a breathing tube.\n\nOn Sunday, state broadcaster IRINN reported that \"follow-ups on the latest health condition of Armita Geravand indicate that her health condition as brain dead seems certain despite the efforts of the medical staff\".\n\nEight days ago, Hengaw had said the teenager remained in a coma and that her condition showed no signs of improvement.\n\nIn a separate development on Sunday, a Revolutionary Court handed lengthy prison terms to two female journalists who reported on Mahsa Amini's death last year.\n\nNiloufar Hamedi and Elaheh Mohammadi were sentenced to seven years and six years in prison respectively after being convicted of \"collaborating with the hostile American government\" and \"colluding against national security\", state news agency Irna said.\n\nThe women denied the charges and insisted that they were just doing their jobs.\n\nMs Hamedi, a journalist with the Sharq newspaper, photographed Mahsa Amini's father and grandmother hugging each other in hospital after learning of her death. She posted it on Twitter with the caption: \"The black dress of mourning has become our national flag.\"\n\nMs Mohammadi, a reporter with the Hammihan newspaper, published a story about Ms Amini's funeral in her hometown of Saqqez. She described how hundreds of mourners cried out \"Woman, life, freedom\", which became one of the main slogans of the protests.\n\nSign up for our morning newsletter and get BBC News in your inbox.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Ayelet Svatitzky's mother and brother are still missing after being taken hostage by Hamas\n\nA British-Israeli woman has told the BBC she is \"worried sick\" for the health of her diabetic mother and brother who are believed to among the hostages held by Hamas in Gaza.\n\nAyelet Svatitzky's mother Channah Peri, 79, and brother Nadav Popplewell, 51, were taken by Hamas when their kibbutz in southern Israel was attacked on 7 October.\n\nHer other brother Roi, 54, was killed.\n\nShe called on the UK government to do \"everything in its power\" to secure their release.\n\nOn the day of the attack, Ms Svatitzky said she received two pictures, sent by the attackers from her mother's phone, showing the pair sitting in her mother's living room. Underneath was written \"Hamas\" in English.\n\nHours later, a third picture was posted on her mother's Facebook showing them with an armed Hamas gunman in the corner.\n\n\"That was the last I heard of them,\" Ms Svatitzky said.\n\n\"My mom is 79, she has diabetes. She uses insulin daily. My brother Nadav is also diabetic. So he takes pills for that condition, so the medication issue is really troubling and worrying.\"\n\nMs Svatitzky says she does not know how long she can survive without insulin, or her brother without medication.\n\nThe WhatsApp photo sent by Hamas showing Channah Peri and Nadav Popplewell\n\n\"We haven't been able to get the Red Cross over to provide medication and provide us with any kind of and updates, proof of life, or what state they're in.\"\n\nMs Svatitzky said has been unable to grieve for her brother, who was found shot dead at the back of his home after the attack at Kibbutz Nirim.\n\n\"His body hasn't been officially identified. I haven't buried him yet. I've lost my brother but I have to do everything in my power to bring my mom and Nadav home.\n\n\"I want the British government to do everything in their power... to bring those people home.\"\n\nShe added: \"Taking the elderly people and young children, it's a war crime as far as I'm concerned. These are innocent people, they haven't harmed anyone.\"\n\nMs Svatitzky and her brothers are all British citizens. The family originally came from Wakefield, West Yorkshire.\n\nImmigration Minister Robert Jenrick said on Sunday the UK was \"working intensively with all our partners across the region to secure the release of British nationals\" held hostage by Hamas.\n\nOfri Bibas Levy's brother Yarden (pictured) along with his wife and two young children were taken hostage by Hamas\n\nOfri Bibas Levy's said it was her \"worst nightmare\" when she discovered her family members had been taken hostage from their home in Nir Oz.\n\nShe has not heard from her brother, Yarden, 34, his wife, Shiri, and their two children, four-year-old Ariel, and nine-month-old Kfir.\n\n\"I heard what the Hamas was doing that day. They were torturing people, burning them alive, killing babies, raping women and I couldn't imagine what they were going through.\n\n\"I don't know what happened inside the house, what the little babies saw in their house.\"\n\nShe does not know if the family are still together and she is worried if the children's basic needs are being met.\n\n\"What are they eating? Are they keeping warm? How are they spending their days? Are they locked somewhere? Do they have sunlight? Are they in a dark place?\n\n\"Did they see any horrible things that the child shouldn't see?\"\n\nShiri and her nine-month-old son Kfir are among those missing\n\nShe said nine-month-old Kfir had just started crawling and eating formula food before they were taken hostage.\n\nFor two weeks her family have asked the international community for support but now \"I just want action\", she said.\n\nShe said she wanted the government to put \"pressure for any kind of humanitarian organisation to go inside and check on them and to release them\".\n\n\"They are civilians and are not supposed to be there. The longer they are there the harder it's going to be to recover them and the less chance they're going to come out alive.\"\n\nAsked if she still has hope, she said: \"I have to.\"\n\nDavid Barr is a British-Israeli man living on a kibbutz that came under attack.\n\nHis sister-in-law Naomi was killed by Hamas while out jogging.\n\n\"My message to the British government is clear: What happened here has no place in this world,\" he said.\n\n\"The hostages have to be brought home first.\n\n\"The British government has to do everything as a moral mission, to bring home our elderly parents, children, babies to bring them all home.\"", "Vinicius Junior played 88 minutes for Real Madrid against Sevilla before being substituted\n\nReal Madrid footballer Vinicius Jr has praised Sevilla for acting swiftly to eject and report a fan to authorities for allegedly racially abusing him.\n\nAn image posted by Vinicius on social media appeared to show a man making a racist gesture towards him.\n\nVinicius said a second clip sent to him showed another young fan being abusive.\n\nAfter the La Liga match, Sevilla said \"a member of the public was identified, ejected from the stadium and handed over to legal authorities\".\n\n\"Furthermore, the internal disciplinary regulations will be strictly applied to him and he will be expelled as a member imminently,\" the club said.\n\nIn a statement, the football club continued that it \"condemns any racist and xenophobic behaviour, even if it is in isolation, as is the case, and shows its willingness and collaboration with the authorities to eradicate these attitudes, which do not represent a fan like that of Sevilla\".\n\nReal Madrid, who currently top Spain's La Liga, were held to a 1-1 draw away to Seville at the Ramon Sanchez-Pizjuan Stadium on Saturday evening.\n\nPosting on X, formerly known as Twitter, after the match, Vinicius said the latest incident was \"number 19 and counting\".\n\n\"Congratulations to Sevilla for their quick positioning and punishment in yet another sad episode for Spanish football,\" he wrote.\n\n\"Unfortunately, I had access to a video of another racist act in this Saturday's match, this time carried out by a child.\n\n\"I am very sorry that there is no one to educate you. I invest, and I invest a lot, in education in Brazil to form citizens with attitudes different from these.\n\n\"The face of today's racist is plastered on websites as on many other occasions. I hope the Spanish authorities do their part and change the legislation once and for all.\"\n\nHe also called for people caught to be \"criminally punished\" too.\n\nVinicius has been repeatedly targeted with racist insults from opposition supporters.\n\nEarlier this month the 23-year-old gave evidence in the trial of three Valencia fans accused of racially abusing him during a game in May at the Estadio Mestalla.\n\nThe racist abuse that Vinicius has had to deal with in the last 12 months", "When he first heard the money was gone, Steve Wright thought it must be a mistake\n\nThe boss of a small business that had £1.6m stolen in a matter of minutes through fraud has strongly criticised the response from the authorities.\n\nAn employee at Steve Wright's firm, Kent Brushes, was tricked into giving thieves access to the company account.\n\nMr Wright said the case had been handled \"appallingly\" by both his bank and Action Fraud.\n\nIt comes as a top law enforcement official calls for longer prison sentences for those convicted of fraud.\n\nAdrian Searle, the director of the National Economic Crime Centre, said while the maximum sentence for fraud is currently 10 years, the average sentence is around two years and even in the most serious cases is still only four years.\n\n\"We support longer sentences for the frauds that are causing the highest harm,\" he told the BBC.\n\n\"In particular we're keen that the emotional impact of fraud is taken into consideration.\"\n\nIn the year to March 2023 the Home Office recorded 1.25 million cases of fraud. Of those cases around 4% were investigated with just over 4,000 ending up in court.\n\nMr Wright struggles to describe the moment he learned the money had gone from Kent Brushes, which dates from 1777 and supplies hairbrushes to the Royal Family.\n\n\"I don't think I can put into words how I felt,\" he says.\n\nThe financial controller of his Hertfordshire-based company was targeted in a sophisticated authorised push payment (APP) scam in early July.\n\nThat is when victims are psychologically tricked and manipulated by criminals into transferring the money to the thieves themselves.\n\nIn this case, the victim was tricked into thinking the firm's money was at risk before the criminals manipulated him to gain access to the company's bank account.\n\nThe fraudsters then proceeded to steal £1.6m, via dozens of fraudulent transactions, in less than 20 minutes.\n\n\"My stomach dropped. My initial thought was, 'this must be a mistake'. Surely the bank will be on hand to help us recover the money,\" Mr Wright told BBC Radio 4's Money Box.\n\n\"I felt for my financial controller who had fallen victim... and then very quickly went into... 'how do we go about recovering these funds?'\"\n\nHe contacted Hertfordshire Police, who told him he needed to report his crime to Action Fraud - the national reporting centre for fraud and cyber-crime run by the City of London Police.\n\nKent Brushes was founded in 1777 and has served nine generations of the Royal Family\n\nWith several dozen employees and a turnover of around £11m, the company is not afforded the same protections as individual consumers, such as the Financial Ombudsman Service or the Contingent Reimbursement Model code.\n\nMost High Street banks are signed up to these, which oblige them to refund innocent victims of this type of fraud.\n\nAs such, three and a half months on from when the money was stolen, the business has not been refunded by the bank, there have been no arrests and there is no sign of any further investigation.\n\n\"It's been handled appallingly. The response from the bank - they don't care. The response from Action Fraud... well there hasn't been one,\" says Mr Wright.\n\n\"And if that's how we're treated, losing £1.6m, the many other victims in vulnerable positions I can only imagine how they must feel as well.\n\n\"It's not right, this is a serious crime.\"\n\nAs to what this means for Kent Brushes, Mr Wright says the business is \"robust\" but immediately following the theft, it did hit the firm.\n\n\"This setback necessitated a revaluation of our near-term strategies, resulting in a slower rollout of new products to maintain a stable cash flow,\" he says.\n\nBut all staff were paid on time following the scam. \"Although we have suffered a huge financial setback, we are strong enough to be able to trade out of this position,\" he says.\n\nJust one month after the money was stolen Action Fraud sent him a letter, which he describes as it saying \"case closed\".\n\nAfter our investigation Action Fraud admitted recording the details of the crime incorrectly, has apologised, and says it has put in place measures to ensure this does not happen again.\n\nMr Wright's bank, Barclays, said it was \"evident\" the customer had been the victim of a sophisticated scam and that no bank would ever ask people to transfer money or share sensitive data like one-time passcodes.\n\n\"A great deal of fraud awareness and education information has been provided to Kent Brushes to help them protect themselves from scams, including this scam in particular,\" the bank said.\n\n\"This case has been thoroughly investigated at the highest levels and our decision remains unchanged that the business customer will be held liable.\"\n\nIt added that working with law enforcement was essential to stopping scams and catching fraudsters.\n\nCommenting on Mr Wright's case, Adrian Searle from the National Economic Crime Centre said: \"What we recognise is that the policing response to fraud is not yet where it needs to be and there are a number of big changes we're making to that response.\n\n\"One of those big changes is to Action Fraud itself and colleagues at the City of London Police, who own that system, are doing a big transformation programme to improve Action Fraud.\"\n\nIn response to Mr Searle's calls for longer prison sentences for people convicted of fraud, the Ministry of Justice said: \"We sympathise with everyone who is a victim of fraud and perpetrators should face punishments which reflect the severity of their actions.\n\n\"Since 2010 the average custodial sentence lengths for fraud offences have more than doubled, keeping offenders off our streets for longer.\"\n\nThe Take Five to Stop Fraud campaign is urging people to:\n\nFrom Monday there will be a lot more stories about fraud - and how to protect yourself - right across BBC as part of our Be Scam Safe week. You can find out more at bbc.co.uk/bescamsafe\n\nYou can hear more on this story here on BBC Sounds.", "Around 100,000 people travelled to central London to show solidarity with Palestinian civilians\n\nPolice and Transport for London (TfL) are investigating after a London Tube driver appeared to chant pro-Palestinian slogans on a train.\n\nAn unverified video circulating online appears to show a Central line driver chanting \"free Palestine\" over the train's public address system.\n\nBritish Transport Police (BTP) and TfL said they were urgently investigating the incident.\n\nOn Saturday, an estimated 100,000 gathered in central London to show solidarity with Palestinian civilians.\n\nIn the video being investigated, the driver can be heard saying \"hope you all have a pleasant day today\" and \"keep all those people in your prayers\".\n\nIt comes as the first aid deliveries have reached Gaza since Israel imposed a blockade after a Hamas attack on 7 October killed 1,400 people in Israel.\n\nIsrael cut off supplies of fuel, electricity and water to Gaza after the attack. Palestinian officials say more than 4,000 people have been killed in Gaza since then.\n\nThe UN says about 1.4 million Gazans have been displaced with more than half a million people in 147 UN shelters.\n\nThe Met Police this week issued updated guidance around certain pro-Palestinian chants because of the strength of feeling they can evoke.\n\nBTP assistant chief constable Sean O'Callaghan said: \"BTP are aware of footage circulating on social media which suggests chants are led by driver of a train in London earlier.\n\n\"BTP are working with Transport for London and investigating the matter.\"\n\nTfL said it was \"committed to providing a safe network for everyone\".\n\n\"We want to make it clear that London is open to everyone,\" a spokesperson said.\"We are aware of footage circulating on social media that suggests political comments may have been made by one of our Tube drivers. We are working to scrutinise the footage and ensure the circumstances are urgently investigated.\"\n\nListen to the best of BBC Radio London on Sounds and follow BBC London on Facebook, X and Instagram. Send your story ideas to hello.bbclondon@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "\n• None Hostages and Aid in the Israel-Hamas War", "A national helpline for victims of modern slavery is reporting a steep rise in calls from overseas workers who came to the UK to help plug staffing gaps in the care sector.\n\nMany said they had paid huge sums to the people who brought them over after visa rules changed last year.\n\nUnseen UK said more than 700 care staff used its helpline in 2022.\n\nMinisters say they \"strongly condemn\" offering foreign care workers employment \"under false pretences\".\n\nNearly one in five potential modern-slavery victims identified by the charity in 2022 worked in the care sector.\n\nThe report, published on Monday, says some workers are being charged thousands of pounds for travel to the UK and sponsorship certificates.\n\nThe cost of sponsorship is a few hundred pounds, which is met by most care companies - but the charity says a few unscrupulous employers and agents are charging workers as much as £25,000, adding interest and deducting the debt from their wages.\n\n\"It becomes evident that workers are in a cycle where they will never be able to pay off the debt,\" says the report.\n\nDivya, whose name has been changed by the charity to protect her identity, called the helpline after arriving in the UK from India to work in home care.\n\nShe said she was housed with four other care workers, their passports were taken and they had to sign a three-year contract with the care company. She claimed she would finish one 12-hour shift and be taken by her employer straight to the next 12-hour shift.\n\nThe report says a concerned client let her sleep during a shift and gave her food, as she was not earning enough money to buy provisions.\n\nJanet, whose name has also been changed, came from Zimbabwe and told the helpline she was charged £10,000 by her employer for a certificate of sponsorship. Sometimes she worked 18-hour shifts, 10 days in a row.\n\nIn February 2022, the government made care work a \"shortage\" occupation, allowing more people to be recruited from abroad to work in care homes or home care, aiming to tackle a record 164,000 social-care vacancies in England in 2021/22.\n\nVacancies have since fallen slightly, largely as a result of nearly 70,000 people arriving in the UK to work in care, according to Skills for Care.\n\nUnseen's chief executive, Andrew Wallis, says the current approach has led to a rise in \"labour abuse and exploitation\" and is \"a disaster\" for many workers.\n\n\"Very vulnerable people are being cared for by very vulnerable people,\" he adds.\n\nCare providers have told BBC News some overseas staff are emailing them or arriving at their offices asking if they can take them on because the company that brought them to the UK is either giving them no work or not enough for them to survive.\n\nMary Anson, who runs five care homes in Cornwall, says she was approached by two overseas care workers who were brought to the UK by a home-care company but given no work. Ms Anson is now trying to take over their sponsorship.\n\nShe says overseas care workers are terrified they will be deported if they tell anyone how they were treated.\n\n\"They need to have somewhere safe to report what is going on.\"\n\nShe has recruited 20 people from abroad who are \"skilled and caring\" but questions whether some of the companies who have been recruiting from abroad \"are real care providers\".\n\nJane Townson, from the Homecare Association, says there has been an influx of new agencies in some areas.\n\n\"We need a co-ordinated approach to commissioning, registration of services and granting of Skilled Worker Visas in home care,\" she argues.\n\nCathie Williams, joint-chief executive of the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services, says most providers of council-funded care have taken an ethical approach. \"But clearly there are unscrupulous individuals and organisations using the current system to exploit people.\"\n\nMs Williams wants the rules for issuing visa licences to organisations tightened but says, longer-term, the only way \"to get a grip on the social-care staffing crisis is by improving pay and working conditions\".\n\nThe government says overseas care workers in the UK should be paid at least the required minimum salary and has published a recruitment code of practice.\n\n\"The government does not tolerate illegal activity in the labour market and any accusations of illegal employment practices will be thoroughly looked into,\" said an official.\n\n\"Those found operating unlawfully may face prosecution and/or removal from the sponsorship register.\"\n\nAre you personally affected by the issues raised in this story? Please share your experiences by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "The government is considering extending its mortgage guarantee scheme as part of measures to help first-time buyers in the upcoming Autumn Statement.\n\nIt is understood the Treasury is looking at making the scheme, which helps people take out a mortgage with a 5% deposit, available for another year.\n\nChancellor Jeremy Hunt will announce the Autumn Statement on 22 November, weeks after the Tories lost two by-elections to Labour.\n\nThe scheme, first introduced in March 2021 by the then Chancellor Rishi Sunak, was designed to encourage lenders to give mortgages to borrowers with a smaller deposit.\n\nSince December that year, the interest rate has risen from a historic low to the current 5.25% as the Bank of England has sought to curb high inflation.\n\nIt has meant that mortgages have become more expensive for borrowers while many grapple with the higher cost of living.\n\nRecent figures from financial information service Moneyfacts show that the typical rate for a five-year fixed mortgage have dipped to 5.99%. But a two-year fixed mortgage has a rate of 6.5%.\n\nThe mortgage guarantee scheme was extended for 12 months last year and is due to end in December.\n\nHowever, it is understood the Treasury is considering keeping it in place for another year.\n\nIt is one of a package of measures, first reported by the Sunday Times, that the Treasury is examining ahead of the Autumn Statement to help people get on the property ladder.\n\nThe department is also reportedly considering a new Individual Savings Accounts, or ISA, to encourage potential buyers to save for their first home.\n\nOther ISAs, such has Help to Buy, which rolled-out in 2015 under former chancellor George Osborne and ended on 31 March, were criticised as house prices rose higher than the scheme's limit.\n\nUnder its rules, buyers were awarded a 25% bonus from the government on homes worth up to £250,000 in England and £450,000 in London.\n\nMr Hunt is also considering increasing the £450,00 upper limit on house purchases funded by a Lifetime ISA, where government adds 25% to savings aimed at building a deposit.\n\nThe latest data from Halifax showed that the average UK property price in September was £278,601 and, for London, was £525,678.\n\nThe BBC understands that no decisions have been taken, and depend on official forecasts of the health of the public finances.\n\nLast week, the government lost two safe seats, in Mid Bedfordshire and Tamworth, to Labour. There have been calls from some Tories to cut taxes to boost support for the government.\n\nImmigration Minister Robert Jenrick told BBC One's Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg programme that the government would consider cutting taxes if it meets its target of halving inflation by the end of year.\n\nHe said that he understood Conservatives and the public \"all want to cut taxes\".\n\n\"But the first task has got to be bearing down on inflation,\" he said.\n\nLast week, new figures revealed that inflation - which measure the rate at which prices are rising - remained at 6.7% in September which was the same as August.\n\nHowever, Andrew Bailey, the governor of the Bank of England, has said he expects a \"noticeable drop\" in inflation for October when figures are published next month.\n\nMeanwhile, the Bank of England is set to announce its latest interest rate decision on 2 November after it voted to keep rates at 5.25%.\n\nMr Jenrick said that if inflation is brought under control then \"of course we will consider what more we should do\" on taxes.\n\nA Labour spokesperson said: \"After 13 years of failed Conservative government, the dream of home ownership has evaporated for many working people, while millions of mortgage holders are paying the price of last year's kamikaze Budget.\n\n\"With a transformational package of reforms to the planning system to build 1.5 million new homes over the next parliament, and new measures to help first-time buyers get on the housing ladder, it's Labour that is the party of home ownership.\"", "Last updated on .From the section Formula 1\n\nBy Andrew Benson Chief F1 writer at Circuit of the Americas\n\nLewis Hamilton was disqualified from second place in the US Grand Prix after running Max Verstappen's Red Bull close for victory.\n\nHamilton was just two seconds behind Verstappen at the flag but his car was later declared illegal for excessive wear on the underfloor skid blocks.\n\nFerrari's Charles Leclerc suffered the same fate after finishing sixth.\n\nHamilton's disqualification promoted McLaren's Lando Norris to second and Ferrari's Carlos Sainz to third.\n\nVerstappen was measured, slowly picking off the cars in front of him and then holding on for his 50th career win.\n\nHamilton passed Norris for second in the final laps but ran out of time to catch Verstappen for the lead.\n\nHamilton's disqualification meant it was difficult to draw conclusions from a race after which, before the late technical drama, hindsight had left Hamilton and Mercedes ruing a lost potential victory had they played the strategy differently.\n\nThe skid blocks are in place to prevent teams running cars too low, which can be a potential aerodynamic advantage.\n\nThe Red Bull did not have the pace off-set it has had so often this year and Norris and Hamilton made Verstappen work for the win.\n\nBut Mercedes' inadvertent transgression confuses the picture of a race in which the team seemed to have made a step forward with an upgraded car.\n\nMercedes tried to make a one-stop strategy work while Verstappen and Norris went for a two, but the decision backfired on them and cost Hamilton more time than the margin by which he eventually lost the race.\n\nMercedes had to abandon the plan when Hamilton's tyres suddenly lost performance just two laps later. That forced Hamilton on to an off-set strategy, where he had to catch and pass both the McLaren and the Red Bull if he was to win.\n\nHamilton managed to close in and passed Norris with six laps to go to take second place.\n• None 'How did Mercedes make such a mistake?'\n\nHe went for the inside at Turn One with seven laps to go and Norris defended with a late move.\n\nThe seven-time champion had to dive back to the outside and from there got the cut-back on Norris on the exit of the corner and passed around the outside into Turn Two and set off after Verstappen, not quite doing enough to challenge for the lead by the end of the race.\n\nThe world champion had a five-second lead with six laps to go and, although he was managing brake problems that caused a series of exasperated and sweary radio messages, was able to keep the Mercedes at arm's length to the flag.\n\nCharles Leclerc lost fourth place to team-mate Carlos Sainz in the closing laps after the team's choice of a one-stop strategy for Leclerc failed to work out.\n\nLeclerc was ordered to let Sainz by, a decision he questioned over the radio even though he acquiesced.\n\nBut the reasoning was obvious - the Ferraris were being chased by Red Bull's Sergio Perez, who passed Leclerc on his fading tyres with ease with two laps to go\n\nCelebrities and royalty arrived in the paddock for Sunday's race - including Prince Harry, left\n\nHow did Verstappen hold on?\n\nVerstappen win was hard-earned in a Red Bull that over the bumps of the Circuit of the Americas did not have its usual huge advantage on race pace over its closest rivals.\n\nThe Dutchman, who started sixth, overtook Russell at the first corner as ahead Norris took the lead from pole-sitter Leclerc and Sainz demoted Hamilton to fourth.\n\nNorris led the opening laps from Leclerc, Sainz, Hamilton and Verstappen, but Hamilton and Verstappen soon despatched the Ferraris to set up the three-way battle for the lead by lap 11.\n\nVerstappen pitted for the first time on lap 16, when he was 6.5 seconds behind leader Norris, who had Hamilton less than two seconds behind him.\n\nWhile Norris followed Verstappen in next time around, fitting the hard tyres rather than the mediums chosen by Red Bull, and retained the de facto lead, Verstappen turned the screw, closed in and passed the McLaren for the lead on lap 28.\n\nIt was a good move, Verstappen diving late to the inside from quite some way back, but the race was a long way from over.\n\nHamilton delayed his first stop until lap 20 as Mercedes considered a one-stop strategy. But the decision backfired as he quickly ran out of tyre life and lost 10 seconds to Verstappen in just five laps.\n\nLike Norris, Hamilton took the hard tyres, resuming 7.1secs behind Verstappen, who at the time was 2.5secs behind Norris.\n\nVerstappen was now locked into a two-stop strategy while Norris and Hamilton had the theoretical chance to do a one-stop.\n\nHigh tyre wear meant neither could consider it, but Mercedes stuck with their off-set strategy by stopping Hamilton three laps later than Verstappen at the second stops and hoping he could catch Norris and Verstappen before the end.\n\nIt set up a fascinating climax, with Hamilton setting off for his final stint six seconds behind Norris, and Verstappen a couple of seconds further ahead.\n\nHamilton complained that Mercedes had given him a lot of time to make up, and in the end he was right - although he closed relatively quickly on Norris, Verstappen was just out of reach.\n\nHamilton closed in and was two seconds behind Verstappen going into the final lap, an advantage the three-time champion was never going to lose.\n\nMercede were kicking themselves, given the pace Hamilton showed, aware in hindsight that they could potentially have won the race had they kept Verstappen behind him at the first pit stops rather than going for the off-set strategy.\n\nBut the flipside was that Hamilton was encouraged by the pace of his car, which was fitted with its last major upgrade of the season.\n\nBut their subsequent disqualification rendered those considerations rather moot, although the team were still convinced they had made a step forward with the car.", "High winds and stormy seas at Cullen in Moray\n\nStorm Babet has brought another day of high winds, heavy rain and flooding to parts of Scotland\n\nA second Met Office red warning was in place parts of Angus and Aberdeenshire on Saturday.\n\nThe weather brought spectacular scenes to coastal areas, as others faced the flooding clear up after rivers burst their banks.\n\nHere is a selection of images from different parts of the country this weekend.\n\nAngus Council worker Gavin Stewart made this unexpected catch of the day in Brechin.\n\nRising water levels on the River Don in Kintore were a worry for Aberdeenshire Council\n\nEmergency services assist with putting out sandbags in Canal Road, Inverurie\n\nBBC reporter Cameron Buttle said the waves gave a spectacular show to tourists in St Abbs\n\nThis back garden became a swimming pool at River Street in Brechin\n\nNot a day for cycling in Inverurie, or walking the dog for that matter\n\nA soggy seat by the River Don in Inverurie as water levels rise\n\nA makeshift flood barrier to keep the water out in Kintore, Aberdeenshire\n\nA stormy start to the day in Edinburgh as the waves crash at Newhaven", "Samantha Woll \"always had the biggest smile on\", a colleague said\n\nThe killing of the president of a synagogue in Detroit does not appear to be a hate crime, police have said.\n\nSamantha Woll was found stabbed to death near her home after police responded to a call in the Lafayette Park area on Saturday.\n\n\"No evidence has surfaced suggesting that this crime was motivated by antisemitism,\" said Detroit Police Chief James White.\n\nOfficials paid tribute to Ms Woll as \"one of Detroit's great young leaders\".\n\nA trail of blood led police from her body to her house, where they believe the killing took place.\n\nThey have been searching the area with dogs but there is no information about who carried out the killing or why.\n\nMichigan State Attorney General Dana Nessel wrote that she was \"shocked and horrified to learn of Sam's brutal murder\".\n\nAnd state governor Gretchen Whitmer described it as a \"vicious crime\".\n\n\"She was a source of light, a beacon in her community who worked hard to make Michigan a better place,\" she said in a statement.\n\nSam Dubin, assistant director of the Jewish Community Relations Council, told the BBC's US partner CBS that Ms Woll \"always had the biggest smile on\".\n\n\"Whatever you were thinking or doing before, talking with Sam allowed you to put the nonsense of the world aside for just a moment,\" he said.\n\nIn a statement released on X, formerly known as Twitter, on Sunday, Police Chief White said the investigation into Ms Woll's death was ongoing.\n\nHe added that investigators from the Detroit Police Department are working with the FBI, and some people \"with information\" are being interviewed.\n\n\"I again ask the community to remain patient while our investigators and law enforcement partners continue their work,\" he said.\n\nAttacks on Jewish and Palestinian-Americans have increased since the Israel-Gaza war erupted two weeks ago.\n\nAfter news of Ms Woll's death emerged, police urged the public not to jump to conclusions about why she was killed.\n\nADL Michigan, the state chapter of the Anti-Defamation League, has also urged people not to speculate and allow the police to gather the facts.", "The AIDAperla was off the Kent coast when the man reportedly fell overboard\n\nA search is under way off the Kent coast after reports of a crew member falling overboard from a cruise ship.\n\nThe coastguard was alerted at about 09:00 BST on Sunday after the man disappeared from the German vessel AIDAperla off Ramsgate.\n\nThe HM Coastguard search and rescue helicopter was sent from Lydd alongside a fixed-wing aircraft.\n\nThe RNLI sent all-weather lifeboats from Ramsgate and Dover to join the search.\n\nThe AIDAperla was travelling from Hamburg in Germany to Las Palmas in the Canary Islands, the cruise company has confirmed.\n\nA spokesman for AIDA Cruises said: \"The captain and crew of AIDAperla immediately initiated all necessary rescue measures, in close co-ordination with the local authorities.\n\n\"The search on board confirmed that a male crew member is missing. The ship was immediately stopped and returned to the spot where the incident was believed to have taken part in the search.\"\n\nFollow BBC South East on Facebook, on X, and on Instagram. Send your story ideas to southeasttoday@bbc.co.uk.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Kyran had shrapnel wounds across his face and body\n\nA boy who picked up a firework which exploded in his hand is struggling with severe nightmares, his dad has said.\n\nKyran, nine, was playing with his friend Bradley, when a firework was allegedly thrown into their den on a field in Hengoed, Caerphilly county.\n\nHis dad Liam said: \"One of his most vivid memories is watching his fingers fall off as he was walking home.\"\n\nGwent Police are investigating and have appealed for witnesses.\n\n\"As you can imagine we have been dealing with quite a distressed little boy,\" added Liam.\n\nKyran lost two fingers and was at risk of losing his eyesight. He couldn't see for six days after the explosion.\n\nHis dad said they were hugely relieved when his sight came back.\n\n\"He didn't want to walk because he couldn't see, he couldn't understand where he was.\n\n\"He was getting quite frightened every time he heard loud noises.\"\n\nThe incident happened on Sunday 1 October at about 14:00 BST, when both boys allege a black box was thrown towards them.\n\nThey claimed Kyran picked it up intending to throw it away, but as they were in an enclosed space, it blew up, injuring his hand.\n\n\"As he picked it up it went bang in his hand. They were sat right next to each other,\" Liam said.\n\n\"There was no way of running off.\"\n\nKyran has lost two fingers and part of his middle finger - he now needs a skin, tendon and muscle graft to restore his palm\n\nBoth boys were knocked unconscious but a neighbour came to their aid after investigating the loud bang.\n\nThey were woken up and managed to walk over to Bradley's mother's house nearby where an ambulance was called.\n\nKyran is being treated at the Bristol Royal Infirmary and needs a skin graft from the arch of his foot as he lost the muscle, tendon and fat in his palm.\n\n\"He burnt his corneas, he burnt his eyes, he's got permanent scarring and tattooing of the face.\n\n\"He got shrapnel burns across his chest, his stomach, burnt his legs, he's lost his little finger, lost his ring finger and lost a chunk of his middle finger.\"\n\nThey are unsure if his middle finger will recover as his son has so far lost feeling in it.\n\nKyran's eyes are being flushed out regularly to ensure they are free of shrapnel.\n\nHe is slowly starting to recover from his ordeal his dad said\n\n\"It's all in his face and his eyes.\n\n\"When you looked in his eye, when it first happened you could see the cuts and everything across the front of his eyeballs,\" added Liam.\n\n\"He had a lot of shrapnel . They [the nurses] said they were picking glass and metal out of his face.\"\n\nHe added that his son was slowly starting to recover from the ordeal and he was asking after his friend Bradley.\n\n\"They've been brilliant friends for quite a few years. It will bring them closer together.\"\n\nHe added that a fundraising page had been set up so they could take the boys on holiday and have some normality again.\n\nLiam now believes that fireworks should be banned and only be used for public displays.\n\nHe said: \"You can't go and buy a hand grenade in this country but you can buy an explosive device and do this kind of damage.\"", "Acclaimed American poet and Nobel laureate in literature Louise Glück has died at the age of 80.\n\nShe received a Nobel in 2020, becoming the first American poet to win the honour since TS Eliot more than 70 years earlier.\n\nHer poems often spoke of trauma and disillusion, with her most famous poem, \"Mock Orange\", questioning the value of love and sex.\n\nGlück's death was confirmed by her publishers on Friday.\n\n\"Louise Gluck's poetry gives voice to our untrusting but unstillable need for knowledge and connection in an often unreliable world,\" her longtime editor Jonathan Galassi said in a statement. \"Her work is immortal.\"\n\nA friend told the New York Times that she died of cancer at her home in Cambridge, Massachusetts.\n\nGlück was the US poet laureate from 2003 to 2004 and most recently worked as a professor of English at Yale University and a professor of poetry at Stanford University.\n\nShe was awarded almost every prize an American poet might hope for.\n\nThe Nobel judges in 2020 praised her for \"her unmistakable poetic voice that with austere beauty makes individual existence universal\".\n\nShe won the Pulitzer Prize in 1993 for her collection The Wild Iris, a book of poems which dealt with themes of suffering, death and rebirth.\n\nHer other honours include the 2001 Bollingen Prize for Poetry, the Wallace Stevens Award, given in 2008, the National Book Award in 2014, and a National Humanities Medal, awarded in 2015 by Barack Obama.\n\nGlück, whose name is pronounced \"Glick\", was born in 1943 in New York, and published more than a dozen books of poetry over her lifetime.\n\nHer works were short, often less than one page, and focused on the painful reality of being human, dealing with themes such as death, childhood, and family life.\n\nShe also took inspiration from Greek mythology and its characters, such as Persephone and Eurydice, who are often the victims of betrayal.\n\nHer debut book, released in 1968, was titled Firstborn and was published after she dropped out of college and had her first of two divorces.\n\nHer father, who helped invent the X-Acto Knife, encouraged her writing. But she had a difficult childhood, which included hospital treatment for anorexia.\n\n\"My interactions with the world as a social being were unnatural, forced, performances, and I was happiest reading,\" she said of her childhood in one 2006 interview.\n\nFor a sample of her work, look to the final line of her poem Nostos, named for a Greek term meaning \"homecoming\".\n\nWe look at the world once, in childhood.", "This was never going to be a speech that laid out any sort of timeline for a DUP decision.\n\nIt was very much a holding statement intended to cover all bases.\n\nBut if you listened carefully there were soft clues about where the party leader seems to want the DUP to go.\n\nIt was no coincidence that there was a reference to the St Andrews Agreement - signed 17 years ago this weekend - that first brought the DUP into power-sharing government with Sinn Féin.\n\nAnd Sir Jeffrey Donaldson followed it up by spelling out to those in his party that it’s direct rule which will do the most damage to the unionist cause.\n\nBut don’t read it as done that the DUP could yet return to devolution: laying the ground is just one of the many hurdles Sir Jeffrey will have to pass if he wants his party to back an eventual offer.", "Dr Cameron was facing a selection contest to remain as SNP candidate\n\nAn MP who defected from the SNP to the Tories over bullying claims was having a \"tantrum\", the SNP president says.\n\nMike Russell rejected Lisa Cameron's claims that a \"toxic\" culture in the party had affected her mental health.\n\nDr Cameron was facing an SNP selection contest to remain as candidate for East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow at the next general election.\n\nMr Russell said her constituency party lost faith in and her \"unsubstantiated\" claims should be examined.\n\nPrime Minister Rishi Sunak welcomed Dr Cameron - a former NHS clinical psychologist - after she announced she had joined the Conservatives on Thursday.\n\nSNP leader Humza Yousaf called on her to step down to allow a by-election.\n\nIn her departure statement, Dr Cameron rowed back on her support for Scottish independence and described it as \"divisive\".\n\nMr Russell told BBC Radio's Good Morning Scotland programme that Dr Cameron's relationship with the SNP had \"become more and more fraught over the years\".\n\nHe said: \"Lisa's decision is her decision, but I regard it as absolutely bizarre and I think it does call into question all sort of things.\"\n\nMike Russell rejected claims of toxicity in the party\n\nMr Russell said the SNP needed to focus on the big issues in Scotland and \"not what seems to be a rather odd tantrum from somebody who was going to lose their seat and lose their nomination.\"\n\nHe added: \"That was absolutely clear - the constituency party had lost faith in her, and I think that kind of ego-driven politics is deeply unattractive.\"\n\nDr Cameron's defection came after the SNP were defeated by Labour in the Rutherglen and Hamilton West by-election last week.\n\nShe said a \"toxic and bullying SNP Westminster group\" resulted in her requiring counselling for a year and caused \"significant deterioration\" in her health including the need for GP-prescribed antidepressants.\n\nHowever, the SNP president challenged this.\n\nMr Russell told the BBC: \"I think Lisa's claims are unsubstantiated and what we need to focus on is reality.\n\n\"I have the greatest sympathy for anybody in those circumstances, but their claim for how they arose, when they make that claim publicly, has to be regrettably examined.\"\n\nHe said the East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow MP should stand down to allow for a by-election in the constituency.\n\nMeanwhile, Mr Russell said Western Isles MP Angus MacNeil should also stand down for a by-election to be held.\n\nIn August, Mr MacNeil announced he would stand as an independent candidate after he was expelled from the SNP.\n\nMr Russell said: \"He has changed his position and that requires a new mandate, just as the people in East Kilbride are entitled to ask to exercise their mandate.\"\n\nLisa Cameron claimed previously that she had been \"ostracised\" by the SNP after speaking out over the handling of allegations against former Westminster chief whip Patrick Grady.\n\nAt the time, she did not rule out standing down and triggering a by-election if she did not win the SNP nomination.\n\nScottish Conservatives chairman Craig Hoy told the BBC that Mr Russell was \"dismissing the concerns raised by Lisa Cameron in the most high-handed of ways\".\n\nHe added: \"She is a brave and committed constituency MP and I think she's been right in saying we need to show more empathy in politics and focus on less division.\"\n\nHe said that there was no need for a by-election as \"other parties have welcomed new MPs without one\".\n\nMr Hoy added: \"The party that loses an MP in a defection always demands a by-election, but it's not always a necessary part of our constitution.\n\n\"She will continue to represent her constituents in the same way she has done in the last four years.\"", "JET is the world's largest and most powerful tokamak reactor\n\n\"It felt brilliant. One thing is to work on a design, another thing is to operate it.\"\n\nBarry Green recounts the moment in June 1983 when the JET fusion laboratory in Oxford undertook its first experiment.\n\nFor the next four decades, the European project pursued nuclear fusion and the promise of near-limitless clean energy.\n\nBut on Saturday the world's most successful fusion experiment will wind down.\n\nNuclear fusion was \"discovered\" in the 1920s and the subsequent years of research focused on developing fusion for nuclear weapons.\n\nIn 1958, when the United States' war research on fusion was declassified, it sent Russia, UK, Europe, Japan and the US on a race to develop fusion reactions for energy provision.\n\nFusion is considered the holy grail of energy production as it releases a lot of energy without any greenhouse gas emissions.\n\nIt is the process that powers the Sun and other stars. It works by taking pairs of light atoms and forcing them together - the opposite of nuclear fission, where heavy atoms are split apart.\n\nThe UK and the Europeans decided to pair up and from that the Joint European Torus (JET) site was born. Scientists were brought in from across the continent to Culham in Oxfordshire; Mr Green was one of them.\n\nAn Australian researcher working on plasma physics in Germany, he became an engineer working on machine design and operation. The chosen model was tokamak, which uses magnetic fields to confine the plasma - a hot, ionised gas - inside a vessel. This plasma allows the light elements to fuse and yield energy.\n\nIt was also designed to work with a mix of deuterium-tritium - forms of hydrogen - rather than just one, which proved a crucial decision. It has been identified as the most efficient reaction for fusion reactors.\n\nThe JET project team in 1977. Professor Green (fifth right) was lead engineer at the site\n\nThe first experiment in the world with this fuel mix took place at JET in 1991. Subsequent experiments have achieved higher energy yields, and the site holds the world record for the most energy produced from a fusion experiment - 59 megajoules (MJ) during a five-second pulse.\n\nDespite the records, the JET site faced many difficulties and delays, with experiments suspended for years in the mid-2000s while the internal structure was replaced, according to Fernanda Rimini, JET senior exploitation manager.\n\nAnd the hope of producing enough energy to power homes remains a long way off - 59 MJ is only enough to boil about 60 kettles' worth of water.\n\nJoelle Mailloux is the JET science programme leader overseeing the third round of deuterium-tritium experiments which end on Saturday.\n\nShe says the key challenges they are focusing on are making the plasma more stable, spreading the power load and looking at improving materials in the reactor to withstand the conditions.\n\nOnce the experiments end, scientists will still have a lot to learn from JET.\n\n\"The decommissioning will look at analysing what has happened to the [reactor] materials and how they have changed. This will help better maintain other fusion sites,\" Ms Rimini said.\n\nOne of the site's benefiting from JET's research will be the new Iter reactor in southern France. It is the world's largest fusion project and is a consortium of many countries including the EU, Russia, the US and China - but a few weeks ago the UK government confirmed the UK would not play a role.\n\n\"In line with the preferences of the UK fusion sector, the UK has decided to pursue a domestic fusion energy strategy instead of associating with the EU's Euratom programme,\" the government said.\n\nThe giant Iter site in southern France aims to have its first plasma generated in 2025\n\nThe UK government has committed to spending £650m on an alternative UK fusion programme between now and 2027. This includes a new prototype fusion energy plant in Nottinghamshire called STEP.\n\nPaul Methven, STEP programme director at the UK Atomic Energy Agency, told the BBC: \"On endeavours like this, you need to be simultaneously really ambitious and also realistic.\n\n\"We are driving pretty hard towards our first operations to be in the early 2040s.\"", "Sir Michael stars in The Great Escaper and is set to publish a novel\n\nSir Michael Caine has confirmed he has retired from acting, following the release of his latest film.\n\nThe 90-year-old screen legend stars in The Great Escaper opposite Glenda Jackson, who completed the film months before her death in June.\n\nSir Michael has previously indicated his intention to retire but has often been tempted back.\n\nBut he told BBC Radio 4's Today programme: \"I keep saying I'm going to retire. Well I am now.\"\n\nHe added: \"I've figured, I've had a picture where I've played the lead and had incredible reviews... What am I going to do that will beat this?\"\n\nThe Great Escaper sees Sir Michael portray Bernie Jordan, a real-life World War Two veteran who made headlines in 2014 when he escaped from his care home to attend D-Day anniversary celebrations in France.\n\nThe Guardian's review said Sir Michael delivers \"a gruffly heart-breaking performance\" in the film, while the Radio Times added he \"plays his role with complete dignity\".\n\nBut Sir Michael said the likelihood of fewer parts being offered to him in old age has ultimately prompted his decision to retire.\n\n\"The only parts I'm liable to get now are 90-year-old men. Or maybe 85,\" he joked to presenter Martha Kearney.\n\n\"They're not going to be the lead. You don't have leading men at 90, you're going to have young handsome boys and girls. So I thought, I might as well leave with all this.\"\n\nThe star acknowledged he turned down his last film three times before finally saying yes, because he already considered himself retired.\n\nGlenda Jackson completed filming on The Great Escaper just months before her death in June\n\nSir Michael, whose credits include Harry Brown, Educating Rita, The Italian Job and Hannah and Her Sisters, recalled a particular role he considered after working on The Great Escaper.\n\n\"I was sent a script actually, and I looked at it, and then I did something I've never done before. I counted how many pages I had, compared to the number of pages in the script,\" he explained.\n\n\"And it was 15 [pages of dialogue] in a script which was 99 pages. And I thought, I think that counts as a small part, I'm not doing it. So I retired.\"\n\nHe added: \"I thought, I'm ahead here, I may do a little part and get a bad review... so I thought, why not leave now? So I've left.\"\n\nSir Michael and Jackson, who was also a Labour MP for many years, previously worked together nearly five decades ago, on the 1975 film The Romantic Englishwoman.\n\nBut, he explained, the pair did not socialise outside of working together due to being of different political persuasions.\n\n\"She is a very left-wing politician,\" Sir Michael said. \"And she'd like me, but she wouldn't want to mix with me socially. Because I was obviously wealthy and everything, and not a spitting socialist.\"\n\nHe did, however, note that he had voted for former Labour prime minister Tony Blair, who was in office for a decade from 1997.\n\n\"I voted for Tony Blair, because after all I'm working class, and I thought he'll get something done for the working class,\" Sir Michael said.\n\nThe actor is also due to publish a novel next month, a thriller titled Deadly Game.\n\nAsked how he is finding old age, he replied: \"I'm still grabbing every second even though I'm 90.\"", "Christian Lindner: \"I don't think [the] United Kingdom is benefiting from Brexit\"\n\nThe German finance minister has extended a surprise invite to the UK to take \"new steps\" on post-Brexit trade relations with the European Union (EU).\n\nIn a BBC interview, Christian Lindner said: \"If you want to intensify your trade relationship with the EU - call us!\"\n\nA government spokesperson said the UK was open to \"new opportunities\" across the globe.\n\nMr Lindner also said the German economy and energy supplies remain strong.\n\nHe is the leader of the German liberals, part of the ruling coalition led by the centre-left SPD of Chancellor Olaf Scholz.\n\nDuring the discussion on the margins of the IMF and World Bank's annual meetings in Marrakech, Mr Lindner said that the UK had a \"standing invitation\" on future talks aimed at reducing trade barriers, or \"obstacles in daily business life\" that had arisen.\n\n\"In the daily life of German corporates, there are new obstacles since Brexit... I don't think [the] United Kingdom is benefiting from Brexit,\" he told BBC News.\n\n\"We really appreciate the United Kingdom and its values, its people... and I would really, really appreciate it if we can intensify [the trade relationship] again,\" he added.\n\nAccording to the German Chamber of Industry and Commerce, German goods exports to the UK were 14.1% less in 2022 than in 2016 - the year of the Brexit referendum.\n\nThe UK slipped from third most important export partner to eighth. Combining trade both ways, the UK is no longer in the top 10 of German trade partners.\n\nCar exports from the EU to the UK have nearly halved in number since Brexit, falling by €10bn (£8.6bn) in value.\n\nGerman and British industry has complained about extra red tape - not just for goods exports but also for worker travel.\n\nOne of the most immediate new trade barriers could be an imminent imposition of tariffs on the trade of some electric vehicles, which do not qualify for the post-Brexit Trade and Co-operation Agreement with the EU.\n\nAsked if he could help solve the issue, which is also a concern for German carmakers, Mr Lindner said that the UK is now a third party country.\n\nThis refers to any country outside the EU, and in this case outside its economic structures - the single market and the customs union.\n\nBusinesses in a third country have to fill in customs declarations, for example, when they import from and export to the EU - whether there is a trade agreement or not.\n\nMr Lindner said: \"And so, if [the] United Kingdom decides for a special relationship with the European Union and our single market, you are invited... But at the moment, the United Kingdom decided for its own way and so these are these obstacles in the daily life. I regret it\".\n\nA decision on the tariffs is expected by the end of the year.\n\nMr Lindner also held meetings with his UK counterpart, Chancellor Jeremy Hunt, in Morocco.\n\nConversations about reducing post-Brexit red tape could be seen as a fruit of the calmer relationship with the EU since the prime minister's Windsor Agreement over Northern Ireland trade rules.\n\nLabour Party leader Sir Keir Starmer is known to have developed a close working relationship with Chancellor Scholz, and now openly advocates renegotiating the Brexit deal to make it work.\n\nA scheduled review of the post-Brexit deal is due in 2026, but Mr Lindner's offer suggests that Germany is willing to move more quickly.\n\nA Foreign Office spokesperson said: \"The Trade and Cooperation Agreement is the world's largest zero-tariff, zero-quota free trade deal. It secures the UK market access across key service sectors and opens new opportunities for UK businesses across the globe.\"\n\nThey added that both the UK and EU have \"publicly committed\" to maximising the opportunities of that agreement.\n\nSpeaking more broadly about the German economy, Mr Lindner denied it was in weak shape.\n\n\"The German economy proved its resilience,\" he said.\n\nGermany entered recession earlier this year, as its industry was hit with the consequences of the surge in gas prices and the cut-off of Russian supplies following the invasion of Ukraine.\n\nBut he said Germany could reassure its European allies that it has diversified its energy supplies and filled up stores of gas, and had \"solved the problem\" of Russian gas imports.", "Australia has not changed its constitution since 1977\n\nAustralia has overwhelmingly rejected a plan to give greater political rights to Indigenous people in a referendum.\n\nAll six states voted No to a proposal to amend the constitution to recognise First Nations people and create a body for them to advise the government.\n\nPrime Minister Anthony Albanese said defeat was hard: \"When you aim high, sometimes you fall short. We understand and respect that we have.\"\n\nOpposition leader Peter Dutton said the result was \"good for our country\".\n\nThe referendum, dubbed \"The Voice\", was Australia's first in almost a quarter of a century. With the majority of ballots counted, the No vote led Yes 60% to 40%.\n\nIts rejection followed a fraught and often acrid campaign.\n\nSupporters said that entrenching the Indigenous peoples into the constitution would unite Australia and usher in a new era.\n\nNo leaders said that the idea was divisive, would create special \"classes\" of citizens where some were more equal than others, and the new advisory body would slow government decision-making.\n\nThey were criticised over their appeal to undecided voters with a \"Don't know? Vote no\" message, and accused of running a campaign based on misinformation about the effects of the plan.\n\nThe result leaves Mr Albanese searching for a way forward with his vision for the country, and an opposition keen to capitalise on its victory.\n\nPrime Minister Anthony Albanese called for unity following the divisive debate\n\nAddressing the nation, the prime minister said he respected the vote and \"the democratic process that has delivered it\".\n\n\"This moment of disagreement does not define us, and it will not divide us, we are not Yes voters or No voters, we are all Australians. And it is as Australians together, that we must take our country beyond this debate, without forgetting why we had it in the first place.\n\n\"Too often in the life of our nation, the disadvantage confronting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people has been relegated to the margins, this referendum and my government has put it right at the centre.\"\n\nMr Dutton said after the result that Australia \"did not need to have\" such a vote. \"What we've seen tonight is Australians in their millions reject the prime minister's divisive referendum.\"\n\nLeading No advocate and Bundjalung man Warren Mundine said: \"This is a referendum that we should have never had had because it was built on the lie that Aboriginal people do not have a voice.\"\n\nFor some in the Yes camp, the devastation was visible.\n\n\"Our Indigenous leadership put themselves out there for this... we have seen a disgusting No campaign that has been dishonest, that has lied to the Australian people,\" Yes advocate Thomas Mayo told the ABC.\n\n\"I'm not blaming the Australian people at all, but who I do blame are those who lied to them,\" the Kaurareg Aboriginal and Kalkalgal, Erubamle Torres Strait Islander man added.\n\nThe Voice to Parliament was proposed in the Uluru Statement from the Heart, a 2017 document crafted by Indigenous leaders that set out a roadmap for reconciliation with wider Australia.\n\nAboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people - who make up 3.8% of the nation's 26 million population - have inhabited Australia for at least 65,000 years but are not mentioned in the constitution. They are, by most socio-economic measures, the most disadvantaged people in the country.\n\nThe referendum marked the 45th time Australia has attempted to change its founding document - but only eight proposals have cleared. It was also the second time the issue of Indigenous recognition was put to a national vote - the last attempt was in 1999 which sought to alter the constitution to allow for the establishment of a republic and to add a preamble \"honouring\" First Nations people.\n\nThe Yes campaign said that the Voice could help tackle the entrenched inequality Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities still face. The No campaign saw it differently.\n\n\"Instead of being 'one', we will be divided - in spirit, and in law,\" Mr Dutton said at the start of the campaign.\n\nMany of the nation's best constitutional minds have disputed those claims, arguing that the Voice would not have conferred special rights on anyone.\n\nBut the campaign's slogan \"divisive Voice\" which covered No banners and posters, ultimately resonated with voters.\n\nA separate No movement, spearheaded by Aboriginal Senator Lidia Thorpe and the Indigenous-run Blak Sovereign movement, opposed the Voice for different reasons.\n\nThey called instead for a legally binding treaty between First Nations peoples and the Australian government to be prioritised.\n\n\"This is not our constitution, it was developed in 1901 by a bunch of old white fellas, and now we're asking people to put us in there - no thanks,\" Ms Thorpe said, reacting to Saturday's result.\n\nAs scenes of tears and silence at Yes events flooded the media, all sides of the debate called for a period of national unity and reflection while the dust settles.\n\nBut for Australian's first inhabitants, who showed strong support for the Voice in early polls, advocates fear the referendum could be seen as another rejection.\n\n\"There are so many people who aspired for our country to be seen differently tonight, and that is going to be deeply felt,\" assistant minister for Indigenous Australians Senator Malarndirri McCarthy said.\n\n\"We have had many disappointments over decades and centuries really, we are resilient people, and we will take stock,\" the Yanyuwa woman added.\n\nDean Parkin, the director of the Yes23 campaign group, attempted to allay claims from opponents that the objective had been to take rights from non-Indigenous Australians.\n\n\"I want to speak very directly to those Australians who voted no with hardness in your hearts, please understand that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people have never wanted to take anything from you,\" he said.\n\n\"We have never and will never mean you no harm.\n\n\"All we have wanted is to join with you, our Indigenous story, our Indigenous culture, not to take away or diminish what it is that you have, but to add to it, to strengthen it, to enrich it.\"", "Luxon said his party would 'deliver for every New Zealander'\n\nThe opposition National Party has won the New Zealand election, taking enough seats to form a coalition with its allies on the right wing of politics.\n\nMr Luxon thanked National voters and said they had \"reached for hope\" and \"voted for change\".\n\nIt marks a rapid elevation for Mr Luxon, who became an MP in 2020 and National leader only a year later.\n\nThe New Zealand Herald reported that National was projected to win 50 seats with around 39% of the vote.\n\nThat tally combined with the 11 projected seats of Act, a natural ally on the right, would give it the thinnest of majorities in what looks likely to be a 121-seat parliament.\n\nLabour was projected to win 33 seats, the Greens 13, Act 12, NZ First 8 and Te Pāti Māori four. Around 96% of votes have been counted.\n\n\"I am immensely proud to say that on the numbers tonight, National will be able to lead the next government,\" said Mr Luxon, a former airline executive, after National's projected victory was announced.\n\n\"My pledge to you is that our government will deliver for every New Zealander,\" he said, adding that he would \"build the economy and deliver tax relief\".\n\n\"We will bring down the cost of living. We will restore law and order,\" he said.\n\n\"We will deliver better health care and we will educate our children so that they can grow up to live the lives they dream of.\"\n\nHowever, a National-Act coalition would only have a slim majority, meaning Mr Luxon may need to secure the support of NZ First, whose leader Winston Peters has been kingmaker in previous Labour and National-led coalitions.\n\nMr Hipkins, who replaced Jacinda Ardern in January, thanked supporters for their campaign work, and said the result was \"not one that any of us wanted\".\n\nHe told party members in the capital Wellington that he wanted them to \"be proud of what we achieved over the last six years\".\n\nSome of Mr Luxon's key election campaign promises included tax cuts for middle-income earners, a crackdown on youth offending, a ban on phones in schools, and the scrapping of the Labour government's plan to raise fuel taxes.\n\nOne of the key issues ahead of the election was the cost of living in a country that has been particularly affected by the slowing economy in China, its largest trade partner, and the war in Ukraine.\n\n\"People don't really think that it's doing better than the rest of the world because they are hurting,\" said local economist Brad Olsen.\n\nThe result is a shock for Labour, who under Ms Ardern secured an outright majority in government in 2020 - unheard of under New Zealand's hybrid form of proportional representation.\n\nBut Labour has since lost support, with many New Zealanders dissatisfied over surging prices and the country's long Covid lockdown.\n\nThe party's losses were significant, with some high-profile members likely to lose their seats. Nanaia Mahuta, the foreign minister, was losing in her constituency with 51% of the vote counted.\n\n\"Following on from my good friend Jacinda, it was not going to be an easy task,\" Mr Hipkins admitted.\n\n\"I did know when I took on this job that it was going to be an uphill battle.\"\n\n\"New Zealanders are going to wake up to not only a new day, but the promise of a new government and a new direction,\" Luxon told supporters in Auckland.\n\n\"I cannot wait to get stuck in and get to work because New Zealand has chosen change and we will get this country back on track.\"\n\nA final result is scheduled to be declared on 3 November.", "Michael Campbell moved to New Zealand from Belfast 30 years ago\n\nNew Zealand rugby fans have the attitude \"if we're going to lose, it might as well be to the Irish\".\n\nThat's the view of Michael Campbell, who moved to the country from Belfast 30 years ago, as Ireland prepare to take on the All Blacks in the Rugby World Cup quarter-finals.\n\nIn Christchurch where he lives, many within the Irish community will meet up to watch the match on TV.\n\nThey are part of the Irish diaspora, which has now made New Zealand home.\n\nIt is estimated that about 20% of the population in New Zealand has Irish ancestry.\n\n\"It would be incredible if we beat them, especially as the odds are that we could go on and win the World Cup,\" Mr Campbell said.\n\nOne aspect of the Irish support that has intrigued New Zealand supporters is the singing of 90s hit Zombie by The Cranberries.\n\nWellington-based Irish journalist Andrea Vance says she has been inundated with New Zealanders asking her to explain why Irish fans have taken to the song.\n\n\"People are always asking me about the Zombie song … 'why do the Irish fans sing the Zombie song, what does it mean? Can you explain the song to me',\" she said.\n\n\"People have gone online to check out the video of the song, the history of the song. It's really interesting.\"\n\nReleased in September 1994, Zombie went on to become the band's biggest-selling single, reaching number one in Germany, Australia and France, and topping the US alternative rock charts.\n\nThe Ireland rugby team is gearing up for the Rugby World Cup quarter-final in Paris\n\nThe song was originally adopted by Munster rugby supporters in Limerick after the death in 2018 of the Cranberries' lead singer Dolores O'Riordan, who was from the county.\n\nWith its catchy chorus, the song then spread wider in rugby circles and has been heard at all four of Ireland's World Cup games in France, with social media clips of the mass renditions spreading across the world.\n\nIt was written as a peace song, reportedly in response to an IRA bomb in Warrington in March 1993 which killed two young boys.\n\nHowever, like many songs heard in sports stadiums, it is the catchiness of the tune rather than its political message which may best explain its popularity.\n\nMichael Campbell said that, in relation to the Zombie song, he too has heard a lot of discussion about it.\n\n\"If somebody asks me and wants to know about the song, I have to give them 40 years of history to get them to understand,\" he said.\n\nMeanwhile, the rugby is not the only major event holding people's attention this weekend.\n\nAccording to Ms Vance, who is originally from County Antrim, it is the country's general election on Saturday that is dominating news bulletins.\n\nAndrea Vance said that although rugby is always a major talking point in New Zealand, the election on Saturday is dominating news bulletins\n\n\"It might be surprising because the Kiwis are a rugby-mad nation but we have been swamped by election fever here in New Zealand,\" she said.\n\n\"In terms of the rugby, everyone's going to be watching on what will be Sunday morning here.\n\n\"The election count is Saturday night so there'll be - me included - a few sleepy heads on Sunday morning.\"\n\nMs Vance, the national affairs editor at The Post in the country's capital Wellington, has been keeping a close eye on the election.\n\nDolores O'Riordan, the lead singer of The Cranberries, died in 2018\n\nPrime Minister Chris Hipkins is facing an uphill battle to retain his position. He replaced Jacinda Ardern as leader of the Labour Party in January.\n\nPolls suggest that the nationalist New Zealand First Party will hold the balance of power.\n\nThe party was Labour's coalition partner in 2017, but has said it will not work with Labour again.\n\nSo for Michael Campbell, Andrea Vance and the many others who count among the Irish diaspora in New Zealand, there will be close attention paid to both the election and the World Cup quarter-final this weekend.\n\nBoth results are difficult to predict.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: The BBC’s Gordon Corera examines what Hamas footage tells us about its coordinated attack on Israel\n\nSpeeches at pro-Palestinian rallies in the UK might have glorified terrorism, the government's independent reviewer of terrorism says.\n\nIt comes as Home Secretary Suella Braverman says \"the full force of the law\" should be used against support for Hamas, a proscribed terrorist group.\n\nThe BBC showed Jonathan Hall KC footage from speeches collected by BBC Verify.\n\nMr Hall said that several appeared in breach of terrorism legislation and police should have taken action.\n\nMr Hall, whose role allows him to regularly report on how Britain's terrorism legislation is working, said: \"If you take what happened in the Be'eri kibbutz, where babies were massacred, that is unambiguously an act of terrorism,\" he said.\n\n\"People need to know, if you glorify that you risk committing a really serious terrorism offence.\"\n\nHis comments came as Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was asked if waving Palestinian flags or saying \"Free Palestine\" in public could constitute a crime.\n\nMr Sunak told broadcasters: \"Inciting violence, racial hatred, is illegal. People who are acting in an abusive or threatening manner causing distress are breaking the law.\"\n\nHe said that police would \"make sure anyone who breaks the law meets the full force of that law\".\n\nAt a pro-Palestinian rally in Manchester on 8 October, a day after Hamas attacked Israel killing hundreds of civilians, a man wearing a red football shirt with \"Palestine\" written on the back told the crowd: \"We have all seen the scenes and it is the most inspiring act of resistance.\"\n\nThe man then praises a UK group called Palestine Action and urges people to boycott \"the hell out of Israel\".\n\nThe BBC has seen several videos of Palestine Action meetings attended by its co-founder, Richard Barnard.\n\nPalestine Action is an organisation that advocates direct action against companies it says supply arms or weapons components to Israel. A number of its activists are due to stand trial on a variety of charges.\n\nIn Manchester on 8 October, Mr Barnard said in his speech: \"When we hear the resistance, the Al-Aqsa flood, we must turn that flood into a tsunami of the whole world.\"\n\nThe \"Al-Aqsa flood\" is the Hamas name for its attack on Israel.\n\nAt another rally on Wednesday in Bradford, attended by the BBC, Mr Barnard told the crowd that they must break British law to shut down factories that supply the Israeli military.\n\nHe said: \"When you go home, ask yourself, what can you sacrifice for Palestine? Can you sacrifice? A night in a police station for taking action against Israeli weapons factories. Can you sacrifice days in court?\"\n\nMore pro-Palestinian rallies are due to take place across the UK on Saturday, including in London, Manchester and Edinburgh, where thousands of people are expected to gather.\n\nMore than 1,000 officers will police the demonstration in central London, the Metropolitan Police has said, and the force has warned that anyone showing support for Hamas or deviating from the route, could face arrest.\n\nMr Hall, who was appointed to his role in 2019, said: \"When I hear people referring by name to a Hamas terrorist operation, which we know involved acts of terrorism, and invite people to do something similar, then I know that you're in the territory of encouraging terrorism.\"\n\nHe said Britain's terrorism laws were not designed \"to stop people making political speeches... but what they are designed to do is to stop mass murder, massacres, terrorist tactics.\n\n\"And that's where the police will be looking, I would have thought - is that person deliberately or recklessly encouraging other people to commit acts of terrorism?\"\n\nMr Barnard defended his speeches and made clear that he was talking about direct action against those British industries that supply Israel's military.\n\n\"Nothing has changed by not breaking the law. Mandela in South Africa, Martin Luther King. Yeah. And we're seeing more and more in this country, that people are taking matters into their own hands, that politicians have failed. There is no democratic process for Palestine in this country.\"\n\nWhen questioned by the BBC on why he was using the language of Hamas, a proscribed terrorist organisation, he said it was just a metaphor and that he did not regret his language.\n\nRichard Barnard said that his use of \"Al Aqsa flood\" was a metaphor.\n\n\"What I regret is the constant bombardment of Gaza that is going on now. It's constant. That's what upsets me. That's what keeps me up at night. But those weapons are made round the corner from us.\"\n\nMr Barnard said he was worried about being arrested for his words but that he had been arrested many times before.\n\nThe BBC spoke to many people at the rally in Bradford who said they did not support what Hamas did in Israel. Instead, they were worried about what would happen to the Palestinian people.\n\nHassan, a teenager whose family was originally from the West Bank, said: \"I condemn the attacks on civilians. I don't stand for terrorist attacks, but the fact that babies and civilians have been killed on both sides, really shows you the true nature of the war.\"\n\nThe BBC is unaware of any arrests by Greater Manchester Police or West Yorkshire police in connection to the speeches on 8 October.\n\nBradford Police said that \"appropriate policing arrangements were in place\" at the rally in the city, \"with a view to providing reassurance and minimising disruption to the wider public\".\n\nIt said the event \"passed off largely without incident. A small number of arrests were made for offences such as the illegal discharge of fireworks\".\n\nA 22-year-old woman has been arrested on suspicion of supporting Hamas after a protest in Brighton on October 8 and remains in police custody.\n\nJonathan Hall KC said Hamas had 'unambiguously' committed acts of terrorism\n\nLaurence Taylor, the Metropolitan Police's deputy assistant commissioner, said: \"People do not have the right to incite violence or hatred. The law is clear that support for proscribed organisations is illegal.\n\n\"Anyone with a flag in support of Hamas or any other proscribed terrorist organisation will be arrested. \"We will not tolerate the celebration of terrorism or death, or tolerate anyone inciting violence.\"\n\nMr Hall meanwhile commented on criticism of media organisations, including the BBC, that refrain from directly referring to Hamas as \"terrorist\".\n\nHe said that \"broadcasters here have a responsibility, if an act of terrorism is committed, to say it as such\".\n\nThe BBC said: \"We always take our use of language very seriously. Anyone watching or listening to our coverage will hear the word 'terrorist' used many times - we attribute it to those who are using it, for example, the UK government.\"\n\nSky News and ITV News told the BBC that they take decisions about language on a case-by-case basis. Stories on their websites mainly refer to Hamas militants or fighters, although both have described them as terrorists on occasion.", "The Narendra Modi stadium in Ahmedabad in the western Indian state of Gujarat is hosting the cricket World Cup match between India and Pakistan on Saturday.\n\nThe stadium, which is named after the Indian prime minister, has a seating capacity of more than 130,000 spectators and it is expected to be full. Fans are arriving in Ahmedabad, hoping to see their cricketing heroes win the day.\n\nThe BBC's Anshul Verma brings you all the colour and excitement from the city.\n\nBBC News India is now on YouTube. Click here to subscribe and watch our documentaries, explainers and features.", "Police told a BBC team to stay still or they would be shot\n\nBBC journalists covering the attack on Israel were assaulted and held at gunpoint after they were stopped by police in the Israeli city of Tel Aviv.\n\nMuhannad Tutunji, Haitham Abudiab and their BBC Arabic team were driving to a hotel on Thursday when their car was intercepted.\n\nThey were dragged from the vehicle - marked \"TV\" in red tape - searched and pushed against a wall.\n\nA BBC spokesperson said journalists \"must be able to report on the conflict in Israel-Gaza freely\".\n\nMr Tutunji and Mr Abudiab said they identified themselves as BBC journalists and showed police their press ID cards.\n\nWhile attempting to film the incident, Mr Tutunji said his phone was thrown on the ground and he was struck on the neck.\n\n\"One of our BBC News Arabic teams deployed in Tel Aviv, in a vehicle clearly marked as media, was stopped and assaulted last night by Israeli police. Journalists must be able to report on the conflict in Israel-Gaza freely,\" a BBC spokesperson said.\n\nThe Israeli police later said in a statement that \"in light of alerts as part of an operational activity\" officers noticed \"a suspicious vehicle and stopped it for inspection\".\n\n\"During the inspection, the occupants of the vehicle, residents of East Jerusalem, were searched for fear of possession of weapons.\n\n\"At the end of the inspection and once the suspicion was removed, all the detainees were released at the site. If there is a claim for deviation from protocol one should contact the relevant authorities.\"\n\nThe statement added that Israel is at war with \"a cruel enemy that is within the territories of the State of Israel\" and operates with \"cunning methods\".\n\nPalestinian militant group Hamas launched an unprecedented attack on Israel on 7 October, killing at least 1,300 people.\n\nMore than 2,300 people have been killed in Gaza since Israel launched retaliatory air strikes.\n\nIsrael has told those in the north of the Gaza Strip - about 1.1 million people - to relocate to the south of the territory ahead of an expected ground offensive against Hamas.", "Mike Phillips is a regular presenter for S4C and has fronted a television show about his life in Dubai\n\nA TV boss allegedly told a rugby star his Welsh skills were not good enough and that she could end his career.\n\nFormer Wales scrum-half Mike Phillips has been part of the S4C team providing coverage of the Rugby World Cup.\n\nThe Welsh language broadcaster's chief content officer, Llinos Griffin-Williams, was sacked by the channel following the allegations.\n\nIt is understood two incidents took place in France on Saturday.\n\nS4C said: \"Llinos Griffin-Williams has left her role as S4C chief content officer after her dismissal following allegations of gross misconduct.\n\n\"We will not comment further on the matter.\"\n\nThe first incident is alleged to have happened at a concert, arranged in Nantes to celebrate 40 years of Cardiff music venue Clwb Ifor Bach.\n\nNewyddion S4C understands Ms Griffin-Williams verbally abused Phillips, claiming his Welsh language skills were not good enough and that she could end his career.\n\nLlinos Griffin-Williams has been S4C's chief content officer since April 2022\n\nSources have told Newyddion S4C that members of Whisper TV production company were also \"threatened\" by Ms Griffin-Williams as to how much future work they could expect from S4C.\n\nWhisper TV is responsible for the channel's coverage of the Rugby World Cup.\n\nAccording to information shared with Newyddion S4C, Ms Griffin-Williams was in Nantes for the Wales v Georgia Rugby World Cup fixture in her role as S4C's chief content officer.\n\nThe second altercation is alleged to have happened at another bar in the city.\n\nMs Griffin-Williams and Phillips have been approached for comment.\n\nS4C's annual report for 2022-23 lists Ms Griffin-Williams' gross pay as £124,000 per annum.\n\nMeanwhile, S4C staff were sent an email from HR on Friday afternoon letting them know that chief executive Sian Doyle was away from work on sick leave.\n\nDirector of content and publishing strategy, Geraint Evans, and chief operating officer, Elin Morris, will share responsibilities during Ms Doyle's absence.\n\nStaff have been asked not to contact Ms Doyle.\n\nPhillips, a first language Welsh speaker who earned 94 caps for Wales, is from a farming family in Bancyfelin, Carmarthenshire.\n\nHe began his professional rugby career at the Scarlets and had spells with Cardiff Blues, Ospreys, Bayonne and Racing 92 in France.\n\nThe scrum-half was a mainstay of Warren Gatland's Wales sides during his first stint in charge, winning Grand Slams in 2008 and 2012, a Six Nations title in 2013, and helping the side to the semi finals of the 2011 World Cup.\n\nPhillips, who previously dated the singer Duffy, also won five caps for the British and Irish Lions.\n\nHe was suspended from the Wales team in 2011 for what was described as \"a late night incident\" in Cardiff.\n\nAfter retiring from rugby, he moved to Dubai and has starred in an S4C programme about his life there.\n\nNewyddion S4C has previously reported allegations of \"bullying\" behaviour at S4C.\n\nA report is due to be published into these allegations, following an investigation which was announced at the start of May.\n\nA former member of staff, who did not want to be named, said previously that the bullying allegations were \"all too familiar\".\n\nNo date has yet been announced for the report's publication.", "With the jacket he's the lollipop man; take it off and he's in a shirt and tie, ready to be principal again\n\nThe principal of a county Antrim primary school who is waiting to get a crossing patrol to help pupils cross the busy road outside his school has taken the lollipop into his own hands \"for the safety of the children\".\n\nThe previous lollipop man at Crumlin Integrated Primary retired in June.\n\nAnd because of money saving measures the Education Authority (EA) had put a freeze on schools employing new ones.\n\nSo principal Tony Young stepped forward to don the distinctive coat and hat.\n\nWhen the BBC went to visit the school last month Mr Young and parents talked about how worried they were that a child was going to be killed if something wasn't done.\n\nA week later the Education Authority reversed its policy and allowed some schools to resume recruitment of \"lollipop\" crossing patrols.\n\nMr Young said he was contacted the day after the new policy came in but was told that it would take time to do an assessment and get a new crossing patrol in place.\n\nHe said he was asked if there was anyone in the school who could take on the role on a temporary basis.\n\nHe decided he and the vice principal would share the role - but there was a bit of training to do.\n\n\"There's a full guide book which has instructions of how you get the children across the road\" as well as information on how to use the lollipop and what you should be wearing.\n\n\"The coat and the hat - those are the statutory items you have to wear.\"\n\nThere was a bit of surprise among parents, guardians and pupils when the principal first appeared on the crossing patrol - but they seem to be getting used to it.\n\n\"I've had parents thank me,\" said Mr Young, \"because they know it's not part of my job\".\n\nHeather who was out collecting her grandson Finn said she thinks he's \"doing a great job\" but admitted there are probably other things he could be doing \"inside school\".\n\nFinn said he found it hard to decide if he was a better teacher or lollipop man but plumped for teacher in the end.\n\nBut it isn't something Tony Young wants to do long term and he's made that clear to the Education Authority.\n\nHe said the only thing that annoys him is that they \"could have had this in place over a month ago and the children would have been crossing the road safely\".", "Thousands of pro-Palestinian protesters have taken to the streets across the UK, including in London and Manchester.\n\nIn London more than 1,000 police officers were deployed as crowds marched from the BBC's New Broadcasting House to Downing Street.\n\nThe Met Police said 15 people had been arrested for offences including assaults on emergency workers and setting off fireworks in public places.\n\nIt comes a week after Hamas launched an unprecedented attack on Israel.\n\nFighters from the Palestinian militant group entered communities near the Gaza Strip, killing at least 1,300 people, and took scores of hostages.\n\nMore than 2,200 people have been killed in Gaza since Israel launched retaliatory air strikes and a ground offensive is also expected.\n\nIn London at the Palestine Solidarity Campaign demonstration, Palestine flags and supportive placards were waved as people chanted during the march to Downing Street.\n\nThe Met Police said as of 19:40 BST on Saturday the area around Trafalgar Square is clear and the main crowd from the march dispersed.\n\nThe force previously said there have been \"small pockets of disorder\" including flares, bottles and fireworks being thrown at police.\n\nPolice had earlier warned that anyone showing support for Hamas, a proscribed terrorist organisation, or deviating from the route, would face arrest.\n\nPalestine flags and supportive placards were waved during the march\n\nPolice appeared to detain several men in Trafalgar Square. One person allegedly threw an object at a police van at the pro-Palestinian demonstrations, near to Nelson's Column in Trafalgar Square.\n\nHe was chased by officers and caught whilst jumping into a fountain in the square, which sparked a confrontation between protesters and Met officers - with a semi-circle formed around the man.\n\nAfter a video of a second man being detained in the Whitehall area began circulating on social media, the force confirmed he had been arrested but said it was \"not for anything in connection to carrying the Union Flag\".\n\nIn updates on arrests, the Metropolitan Police initially said seven people had been arrested during the protest, two for public order offences and one for criminal damage.\n\nCertain areas of central London were covered by a Section 60AA power, which requires a person to remove items such as masks that might be used to conceal their identity, until 22:00 BST. Four of the seven arrests were made under these powers.\n\nThe force later said eight more people had been arrested in the evening over offences including assaults on emergency workers and setting off fireworks in a public place.\n\nProtesters on the route to Westminster could also be heard chanting \"Rishi Sunak, shame on you\" and the slogan \"from the river to the sea, Palestine will be free\".\n\nEarlier this week, Home Secretary Suella Braverman urged police chiefs to consider whether the slogan should be interpreted as an \"expression of a violent desire to see Israel erased from the world\", possibly making it a \"racially aggravated\" public order offence in some contexts.\n\nSome protesters set off green or red flares, with police warning \"action will be taken\" if they are identified\n\nRallies took place in a number of UK cities including Liverpool, Bristol, Cambridge, Norwich, Coventry, Edinburgh and Swansea.\n\nIn Glasgow, thousands of people marched at an event organised by the Scottish Palestine Solidarity Campaign.\n\nAmong those addressing the London gathering was former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn. He said British politicians should not condone Israel's bombing campaign.\n\nDescribing the march as a \"day of solidarity\", the now-independent MP said: \"If you believe in international law, if you believe in human rights, then you must condemn what is happening now in Gaza by the Israeli army.\"\n\nAt least 1,500 people took part in the rally in Manchester\n\nA demonstration was also held in Edinburgh\n\nThe London protest began at the BBC's headquarters in Portland Place, which was vandalised overnight with red paint splattered over the building's entrance.\n\nIn a social media post later on Saturday, activist group Palestine Action claimed responsibility for daubing the building in \"blood red paint, symbolising their complicity in Israel's genocide of the Palestinian people through biased reporting\".\n\nThe Metropolitan Police said it was \"investigating an incident of criminal damage to a building in Portland Place, W1A\".\n\n\"We are aware of a video posted online claiming responsibility and this will form part of our investigation,\" the force said, adding that no arrests had been made and its enquiries are ongoing.\n\nThe BBC declined to comment, saying it was a matter for the police.\n\nOn Friday Met Police Deputy Assistant Commissioner Laurence Taylor told a press briefing there had been a \"massive increase\" in antisemitic incidents in London since the Hamas attacks.\n\nPrime Minister Rishi Sunak called the rise \"disgusting\" and said that intimidating or threatening behaviour would be \"met with the full force of the law\".\n\nHe said Israel had \"every right to defend itself\" from Hamas attacks, but stressed that civilian safety must be \"paramount in our minds\".\n\nOrly Goldschmidt, spokeswoman for the Israeli Embassy to the UK, said Israel was not targeting civilians but told Times Radio: \"There will be innocent people who will pay tragically with their life, but this is a state of war and we have to prevent anyone from harming us again.\"\n\n\"We have no quarrel with the Palestinian people. We are trying to protect ourselves from the Hamas barbaric organisation, which is exactly if not worse than Isis.\"", "A defaced 'Vote Yes' sign is seen in Bassendean in Perth in Western Australia where polls have not yet closed Image caption: A defaced 'Vote Yes' sign is seen in Bassendean in Perth in Western Australia where polls have not yet closed\n\nIf you're just joining us, the latest news is that Australians have voted No and rejected a historical Indigenous referendum known as the Voice.\n\nHere are some details about what the referendum was about and what we know about its outcome.\n\nWhat is the Voice?\n\nThe Voice sought to establish an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander body to advise the government on the issues affecting their communities. As well as creating an advisory body, the amendment sought to recognise Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders as Australia’s First Peoples in its constitution.\n\nWhat did the No campaign say?\n\nThe official No campaign said the Voice was a \"radical\" proposal that would \"permanently divide\" the country by giving First Nations people greater rights than other Australians.\n\nIt also argued the Voice is \"a leap into the unknown\" because it hasn't been \"road-tested\", pointing to the lack of detail about how it would operate.\n\nGrassroots groups - such as the Indigenous-led Black sovereign movement - have spoken out against the Voice for other reasons though. Their argument is that it would be \"another powerless advisory body\" and that treaty negotiations should be prioritised instead.\n\nWhat did Yes campaigners say?\n\nThey said Constitutional recognition of Indigenous peoples as the first inhabitants of Australia would drive practical change and argued that having an Indigenous-led elected advisory body would deliver real improvements in areas such as life expectancy, infant mortality, health, education and employment.\n\nThey believed such a body would also help governments use funding more effectively and also symbolically give Australia a chance to reconcile with its past as it charts its future.\n\nHow was the vote called so quickly?\n\nIn order to succeed, the Voice needed a majority of voters in a majority of states. That means over 50% of the population and at least four out of the country’s six states would have needed to say Yes. But early vote counting showed very quickly that three states - Tasmania, South Australia and New South Wales - had voted No, meaning that the referendum could not pass.\n\nStay with us as we bring you more updates on reactions to this outcome.", "Twenty-two-year-old Neta Portal told the BBC about surviving the horror of a Hamas attack on an Israeli kibbutz in Kfar Aza on Saturday.\n\nShe explained how her boyfriend told her to get up and run or they would die. Neta was shot in the legs six times.\n\nShe was also reunited with her father, a policeman, in the attack. They hadn't spoken for six years after her parents' divorce.\n\nRead more: Father saves daughter he hadn't seen for six years from massacre", "A host of respiratory viruses circulate in the winter months, when the conditions make it easier for them to spread\n\nBefore the pandemic, Sally enjoyed regular trips abroad and played golf three or four times a week, socialising with the other members at her club.\n\nNow in her mid-70s, she enjoys good health. But despite having been vaccinated against Covid, Sally says the virus has changed her approach to life.\n\n\"I've not been on a plane since the pandemic started,\" she says. \"I just don't think it is worth the risk.\n\n\"I still play lots of golf - and in the summer, I enjoy having a drink on the terrace. But I don't really do any socialising inside. I skip the Christmas parties and other events when the weather turns.\"\n\nSally is not alone, with research suggesting anxiety over Covid continues. And in recent weeks, it appears to have intensified, with internet searches for Covid having shot up with news of a new variant and a rise in hospital admissions.\n\nBut there is plenty of evidence to suggest the virus is on its way to becoming just another respiratory bug to contend with, alongside flu and others maybe lesser known, such as respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), rhinorvirus and adenovirus.\n\nAll carry risks - particularly to those with certain health conditions and compromised immune systems, who are advised to take precautions, including getting the available vaccinations and limiting contact with people with symptoms.\n\nLast winter there were estimated to be more flu deaths than Covid ones, in England - just over 14,000 compared with 10,000 - according to the UK Health Security Agency.\n\nThat comes as no surprise to Prof Paul Hunter, an infectious-diseases expert at the University of East Anglia.\n\nThe immunity to serious illness built up from vaccination and infection means the death rate per Covid infection is now well below that of flu, he says.\n\nAlthough there was a lot more Covid around in 2022, with a series of peaks over the 12 months, rather than it being largely confined to the winter months like other respiratory viruses - so for the year as a whole, the Covid death toll would outstrip that of flu.\n\nBut, crucially, that trend has not been repeated in 2023. Instead, there is a much more seasonal pattern to the virus, with a long lull during spring and summer.\n\nCovid is \"well on the way\" to becoming seasonal, Prof Hunter says, with flu likely to cause more deaths from now on. And eventually, Covid will become \"just another cause of the common cold\", like the other coronaviruses that circulate.\n\nProf Adam Kucharski, who advised the government during the pandemic, agrees there are positive signs but remains a little more cautious.\n\n\"With flu, we see a lot of pre-existing immunity,\" Prof Kucharski says, \"which makes it difficult to spread outside of winter.\"\n\nThe colder months tip the balance, he says, because of more indoor mixing and lower temperatures, which affect susceptibility to infection as well as allowing the virus to survive for longer outside.\n\n\"The question with Covid is whether it can evolve enough to escape the immunity built up and cause problems outside of winter,\" Prof Kucharski says.\n\n\"We are seeing hints of seasonality but I wouldn't say we're definitely there.\"\n\nBut people can find it difficult to put Covid in context, Prof Kucharski says, pointing out there is still much more data on Covid than other respiratory viruses.\n\n\"Data is good for scientists but it can cause alarm when interpreted wrongly,\" Prof Kucharski says. \"With recent new variants, we've sometimes seen people exaggerate the level of risk - that's not helpful.\"\n\nProf Mike Tildesley, a modeller in infectious diseases, at the University of Warwick, is also encouraged by changes in Covid but says it could still end up causing more deaths than flu this winter.\n\n\"There was quite a rebound for flu last year,\" he says, \"partly because immunity was down following a few years of not much flu circulating - so we may see the picture change this winter.\"\n\nIt is also hard to judge to what extent Covid deaths are coming on top - or instead - of flu. Combined, the number of Covid and flu deaths last winter was on a par with the worst two winters of the past decade.\n\nThe changing nature of Covid also poses an interesting question about testing - is there any point to it?\n\nThe era of free Covid tests may be over but plenty of people still test when they feel ill. Although, the experts have their doubts about whether this is entirely necessary.\n\n\"If you have symptoms,\" Prof Tildesley says, \"the question you have to ask yourself is whether you would do anything different if you tested and it wasn't Covid.\n\n\"If there is one thing we have learnt from the pandemic, it is the importance of trying to stay away from people if you are ill with a respiratory virus. That is as true for flu and other respiratory viruses as it is for Covid.\"\n\nProf Hunter agrees: \"\"The only situation where [Covid testing] is useful is if you are vulnerable with a condition* that would benefit from antivirals.\"\n\nSo what continues to hold some people back?\n\nDr Martyn Quigley, a psychologist from Swansea University, says: \"Covid had a huge impact on our lives - unlike anything we have lived through, for most - and for some, uncertainty and worry persist even though the risks have changed.\n\n\"There are still lots of social cues - hand sanitiser, signs and screens in shops - that remind us of what happened.\n\n\"It is similar with data. It is that unique history that is associated with Covid that induces worry and concern. It will take a long time for that to go for those affected in this way.\"\n\nUpdate 31st October: We have added a paragraph referring to the risk from respiratory bugs for vulnerable groups and the precautions they are advised to take. Separately, on the 16th October Professor Hunter's quote was edited at his request to use the word 'condition' instead of 'lung condition'.", "Microsoft has completed its $69bn (£56bn) takeover of Call of Duty maker Activision Blizzard in the gaming industry's biggest ever deal.\n\nIt comes as Microsoft, which owns the Xbox gaming console, was given the green light for the global deal after UK regulators approved it.\n\nThe Competition and Markets Authority said its concerns had been addressed, after it blocked the original bid.\n\nFollowing the announcement of the deal, Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick confirmed in a letter to staff that he would step down at the end of 2023.\n\n\"I have long said that I am fully committed to helping with the transition,\" he said. \"[Phil Spencer and I] both look forward to working together on a smooth integration for our teams and players.\"\n\nDespite concerns from rivals such as PlayStation-maker Sony, and regulators over competition in the gaming industry, Mr Spencer, who is chief executive of Microsoft Gaming, sought to reassure gamers.\n\n\"Whether you play on Xbox, PlayStation, Nintendo, PC or mobile, you are welcome here - and will remain welcome, even if Xbox isn't where you play your favorite franchise,\" Mr Spencer said in a statement following the takeover.\n\n\"Because when everyone plays, we all win. We believe our news today will unlock a world of possibilities for more ways to play.\"\n\nUnder the re-worked deal, Microsoft has handed the rights to distribute Activision's games on consoles and PCs over the cloud to French video game publisher Ubisoft.\n\nBut while a concession has been made, Microsoft will now control games such as Call of Duty, World of Warcraft, and Candy Crush that will provide the firm with huge revenues.\n\nThe CMA said the revised deal would \"preserve competitive prices\" in the gaming industry and provide more choice and better services.\n\nBut despite approving the takeover, the watchdog criticised Microsoft's conduct over the near-two year battle.\n\n\"Businesses and their advisors should be in no doubt that the tactics employed by Microsoft are no way to engage with the CMA,\" said chief executive Sarah Cardell.\n\n\"Microsoft had the chance to restructure during our initial investigation but instead continued to insist on a package of measures that we told them simply wouldn't work. Dragging out proceedings in this way only wastes time and money.\"\n\nAfter the competition watchdog blocked the takeover earlier this year, Microsoft's president Brad Smith hit out at the CMA's decision, which it said was \"bad for Britain\" and contradicted \"the ambitions of the UK to become an attractive country to build technology businesses\".\n\nIt has proved controversial and received a mixed response from regulators around the world, but has already been passed by regulators in the European Union. The US competition watchdog recently saw its attempt to pause the purchase rejected by the courts.\n\nBut the CMA's Ms Cardell said with the sale of Activision's cloud streaming rights to Ubisoft, which makes Assassin's Creed, \"we've made sure Microsoft can't have a stranglehold over this important and rapidly developing market\".\n\n\"We were clear that that deal couldn't go ahead, because it would have harmed competition, and that would have been bad for UK gamers,\" she added.\n\n\"We take our decisions free from political influence and we won't be swayed by corporate lobbying.\"\n\nMr Smith said Microsoft was \"grateful for the CMA's thorough review and decision\".\n\nMicrosoft is paying cash for Activision at a premium price of $95 per share, meaning Mr Kotick, Activision's outgoing chief executive, is set for a $400m payday, with chairman Brian Kelly earning $100m, based on the shares they own.\n\nUnder the restructured agreement, Microsoft has agreed to transfer the rights to stream Activision games from the cloud to Ubisoft for 15 years outside the European Economic Area (EEA). This includes EU countries as well as Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway.\n\nAfter the 15 years are up, Ubisoft will no longer hold the cloud gaming rights for Activision's content, but it is understood the regulator believes the time span will see rivals become established for the cloud gaming market to be more competitive.\n\nMicrosoft is hopeful the takeover will boost demand for its Xbox console and enable the tech firm to add more titles to its Xbox Game Pass service, where members pay a subscription fee to access a catalogue of games from the cloud - either by downloading or by streaming.\n\nThe deal with Activision also means Microsoft will own its studio solely purposed for mobile games, with hopes of expanding on the successes of titles such as Candy Crush.\n\nThe takeover further cements Microsoft as a video game giant and could catapult it ahead of Nintendo to become the third-biggest player in the industry behind Sony, the owner of the PlayStation console, and market leader Tencent.\n\nSony strongly opposed this deal over concerns that big Activision titles like Call of Duty could become Xbox exclusives over time.\n\nThe PlayStation currently outsells Microsoft's Xbox but like all entertainment platforms, the key to success is access to the best content, though Sony is also not averse to buying up successful studios.\n\nNicky Stewart, a consultant and former commercial director of cloud services provider UK Cloud, said the decision to approve the takeover was \"great news for gamers\".\n\n\"[It will lead to] more choice, more innovation, better value and improved gaming experiences and a healthy, competitive market,\" said Ms Stewart, who is also a former head of ICT at the Cabinet Office government department.\n\n\"The CMA has forced Microsoft to make concessions in the UK that other regulators have not. This is good news for the UK's nascent gaming industry.\"", "Jonathan Goodwin was left paralysed after a stunt went wrong, his fiancee said\n\nAn escapologist who was left paralysed during rehearsals of America's Got Talent: Extreme has begun legal action against the show's producers.\n\nJonathan Goodwin was left with life-changing injuries in October 2021, after getting crushed between two burning cars.\n\nIn a statement his lawyer said the production was \"rushed, chaotic\" and staff lacked experience and expertise.\n\nFremantle Media has said it does not comment on litigation matters.\n\nNBC has also been asked to comment.\n\nThe accident happened on 14 October 2021 at the Atlanta Motor Speedway in Hampton, Georgia, during rehearsals for the spin-off show.\n\nHe was supposed to escape a strait jacket while upside down 30ft in the air in between two suspended cars.\n\nInstead, Mr Goodwin became crushed between them as they caught on fire and he fell to the ground.\n\nHe was left with a dislocated spinal cord, which left him a paraplegic.\n\nHe also had internal organ injuries, lost his left kidney and had fractures to his legs, ribs, and shoulders as well as third-degree burns.\n\nPrior to accident, the stunt ace had appeared in Britain's Got Talent in 2019.\n\nMr Goodwin has performed in London's West End as one of The Illusionists\n\nHe also starred in an award-winning Broadway theatre show for six years.\n\nHis lawyer Stuart Fraenkel, said: \"This is yet another example of the entertainment industry putting profits and ratings before safety.\n\n\"It is the Rust and Resident Evil sets once again.\n\n\"The producers and staff working on this show could have taken a number of simple steps to ensure Jonathan's safety. Instead, the production was rushed, chaotic and staffed by a team that lacked the necessary expertise and experience.\n\n\"Jonathan will be in a wheelchair for the rest of his life because there were inadequate safety practices, protocols and procedures in place to protect him.\n\n\"He is bringing this claim to bring attention to an ongoing lack of safety problem in the entertainment industry.\n\n\"He hopes that by bringing this claim, lessons will be learned, changes will be made and others in the future will not be exposed to unnecessary risks and danger.\"\n\nThe stunt ace is engaged to Sherlock actress Amanda Abbington.\n\nSpeaking about his injuries, Ms Abbington told Jay Rayner's Out To Lunch podcast: \"Unless there's a kind of stem cell surgery, or that thing that Elon Musk is designing with the little chip, he'll be like that forever.\"\n\nMr Goodwin, originally from Pembrokeshire, has remained \"positive and upbeat, and so strong\", she added.\n\n\"His courage and his strength is something that I just aspire to be like.\n\n\"He's just incredible, honestly, like so happy, just like a very happy, positive human being, just liquid sunshine. He's amazing.\"\n\nJonathan has since retrained as a hypnotherapist and is an ambassador for the Spinal Injuries Association in the UK.", "Born in South Africa, Phyllis Latour was orphaned at the age of four\n\nPhyllis Latour, the last of the 39 female secret agents who served in Sir Winston Churchill's \"secret army\" in France, has died aged 102. Now, previously classified official files paint a vivid portrait of her life as a World War Two spy behind enemy lines.\n\nIn the summer of 1944, in a village in German-occupied western France, a slim young woman with dark hair and grey-green eyes sat in a building with a wireless set, tapping out messages in Morse code.\n\nShe was an agent in the Special Operations Executive (SOE), known as Churchill's Secret Army. Her codename was Genevieve and she was sending urgent messages back to London.\n\nThe French resistance in the area was sabotaging key transport links, disrupting German forces as they fought the Allied advance. For this they needed supplies - dropped by air from Britain - and aerial support.\n\nThe messages being sent by Genevieve were vital intelligence from inside enemy territory, as they included precise locations for the RAF to bomb, as well as where to drop equipment.\n\nAs she typed out her transmission, two German soldiers opened the door, looking for food.\n\nCalmly, she closed up the wireless set, pretending it was a case she was packing. Genevieve told them she had scarlet fever - which had been sweeping the area - and said she had to get out of the village. The soldiers left quickly.\n\nThis was one of several close shaves for Genevieve. Working behind German lines, as the fighting grew closer, was incredibly dangerous, but she never lost her nerve. She had \"tons of guts\" according to her citation for the MBE at the end of the war.\n\nGenevieve's real name was Phyllis Latour. After she married, she became known as Pippa Doyle, moved to New Zealand, and rarely spoke about her wartime career.\n\nNow she has died at the age of 102, and for the first time her full wartime story can be told.\n\nLatour's wartime SOE file has been released by the National Archives and shows exactly what she did, painting a vivid portrait of one of the little-known heroines of the war.\n\nBorn in South Africa in 1921 to a French father and British mother, Phyllis was orphaned at the age of four and went to live with an uncle in Jadotville in the Belgian Congo.\n\nShe spent all her spare time on \"saffaris [sic]\" with her guardian, according to her SOE form, travelling around the country as her uncle tried to stop the smuggling of ivory. It was an exciting time - when she was training for SOE one report noted that she was \"always talking about the Belgian Congo\".\n\nPhyllis spoke English, French, some Arabic, Swahili and Kikuyu. At 16 she was sent to boarding school in Kenya, then in May 1939 she left with her guardians for Europe. In November 1941 she joined the Women's Auxiliary Air Force, or WAAF, as a balloon operator.\n\nBut it is clear from her files that she yearned for more adventure, and by autumn 1943 she was training for SOE.\n\nShe was a \"simple-minded, naïve, ingenuous girl\", according to her first report. She was \"bright, eager and plucky\", with a dislike of \"sedentary\" duties - office-based work, in other words. She was \"childlike\" and had \"no grasp of the realities of life\".\n\nMale trainers at SOE often underestimated the female agents, according to Clare Mulley, who has written several books about women agents in World War Two.\n\n\"Latour's training reports appear dismissive, warning that she is 'unsuitable' for work in the field, but in France she gave exceptional service,\" says Ms Mulley.\n\nAccording to the historian, this was not uncommon. Ms Mulley recalls another trainee's report, which read: \"Would make an excellent wife for an unimaginative man.\"\n\nReports from Phyllis's trainers were often less than glowing\n\nA former agent turned trainer, Odette Wilen, dismissed Phyllis Latour on New Year's Day, 1944, as a \"cheerfull [sic] little scatterbrain\" who was \"uncontrolled and stubborn\". She was \"too unreliable emotionally for this type of work\".\n\nBut Phyllis's reports improved. She was good with a pistol, although a 9mm was too heavy for her. She was sent to SOE's Special Training School in January 1944 and took to parachute jumping with great enthusiasm - though on her first attempt she landed on top of another student.\n\nShe was allocated to the network of agents - or circuit - codenamed \"Scientist\". Her keyword for communicating with HQ was SMOKEGETSINYOUREYES . The circuit was run by Claude de Baissac, who the head of F (France) section described as \"the most difficult of my officers\". It ran operations across a large swathe of Normandy.\n\nPhyllis arrived in France on 1 May, 1944. At first she travelled around the area of Caen and Vire with another agent, who would be covering the area. The Gestapo heard of their presence - and they even encountered a German vehicle full of Allied parachutes which they had found.\n\nPhyllis and her colleague got away, but then had to pack up their base in a village called Champgeneteux in the middle of the night, destroying documents and decamping to St Mars, a resistance base near Nantes.\n\nOne citation in the file notes how she had to move constantly, without a change of shoes or clothes. \"This did not worry her,\" the file said, \"so great was her eagerness to serve\". In one of the rare interviews she gave in later life, Phyllis described how she hid her codes, on fine silk, by wrapping them round a knitting needle, then feeding that into a shoelace, which she used to secure her hair.\n\nAn extract from Phyllis's field report, in which she noted being found by German soldiers\n\nShe didn't carry the bulky wireless sets around - she had 17 of them, in different places. She carried out 135 transmissions in the few weeks she was in France.\n\nAs the Americans began to advance rapidly, life became even more difficult behind the German lines. The SOE agents used to stay on farms, but once the RAF bombing increased, the Germans occupied these.\n\nPhyllis started sending her transmissions from the open fields instead. At the beginning of August, as the US forces had taken over, Phyllis contacted them, but was initially taken prisoner, until they confirmed her identity.\n\nBack in Britain, Phyllis looked for other work as an agent in the field, trying to avoid being sent back to WAAF and a \"disciplined\" existence, which \"horrified\" her.\n\nOn 7 December 1944 one senior officer wrote he had seen her, saying: \"Latour seemed to think that SOE was displaying gross ingratitude towards her and others like her. She told me that no attempt had been made to find her other employment.\"\n\nShe asked to go to the Far East, but was told there was no employment there for women as agents. Then, she was recommended to MI5, but they had no \"suitable employment\" either.\n\nSo she volunteered to go to Germany for SOE and another round of intensive training followed, this time with glowing reports, especially from parachute training.\n\n\"She is extremely keen on her job and will put her whole heart and soul into the work,\" the instructor wrote.\n\nPhyllis was, he said, the first woman who enjoyed the experience and asked to have an extra turn. The instructors turned her down as they \"didn't want to set a precedent\".\n\nIn Phyllis's original application form, she strongly indicated her preference for field work over an office posting\n\nBut the Allied armies' rapid advance meant Phyllis was never sent on this second mission. She stayed in England, a change in fortune which appeared not to suit her.\n\nIn June 1945 one note says: \"Since the collapse of Germany, Miss Latour has suffered from severe nervous strain.\"\n\nShe had seen the resident psychiatrist at the Air Ministry, who recommended she be released \"immediately\" from her home military department, the WAAF. They wanted Phyllis to return \"home\" to South Africa as soon as possible.\n\nIn September 1945, Phyllis was awarded an MBE. The recommendation says she was \"a bit scatters\" - a scatterbrain, in other words. \"Always wanted to be doing something dangerous but had no idea it was dangerous. Thought it was all rather fun. Tons of guts. Wants to go on with the work, provided it's dangerous enough.\"\n\nVera Atkins, who was in charge of female SOE agents in France, wrote to Phyllis that she was \"delighted\" by the MBE. She asked whether Phyllis had \"settled down again to shooting elephants and ostriches and other peace-time occupations\".\n\nPhyllis was awarded the Legion d'Honneur medal by the French ambassador to New Zealand in 2014\n\n\"After the thrill of clandestine resistance in enemy-occupied territory, many former SOE agents found it hard to adjust to what one called 'the horrors of peace',\" says historian Clare Mulley, adding that returning SOE agents were given no support or counselling to help them adjust.\n\nThere was little opportunity to make use of their exceptional field skills.\n\nAfter World War Two, Phyllis married and lived in Kenya, Fiji and Australia, before settling in New Zealand.\n\nFrance had already awarded Phyllis the Croix de Guerre, but in 2014 she was made a Chevalier of the Legion d'Honneur, the country's highest decoration, in a special ceremony in New Zealand.\n\nOf the 39 women agents who served with Special Operations Executive in the field in France, Phyllis Latour - Pippa Doyle - was the last survivor.", "Zaka volunteer Israel Hasid awaits the arrival of hundreds of bodies at a morgue in Tel Aviv\n\nWarning: This article contains details that some readers may find distressing\n\nBehind the tall, barbed-wire gates of a military base in central Israel last week, away from the public eye, soldiers, police officers, and forensics experts were working diligently on a task that was almost impossible to imagine from the outside - the mass identification of the victims of Hamas's murderous attack.\n\nWorking alongside them late into the night, under the harsh glare of floodlights, was another group, identifiable by their bright yellow vests. They were Zaka, a religious organisation which, since the attack, has been responsible for some of the toughest work taking place in Israel.\n\nZaka's job is to collect every part of the remains of the dead, including their blood, so that they can be buried in accordance with Jewish religious law. The organisation is called on to deal with the most traumatic events, including natural disasters, suicides from buildings, and terrorism.\n\nIts members are almost all ultra-orthodox Jews, and they are all volunteers.\n\nWhen Hamas began its rampage through southern Israel last Saturday, Zaka volunteer Baroch Frankel, 28, was observing the Sabbath as usual at his apartment in Bnei Brak, an orthodox city near Tel Aviv where many of the volunteers live. About mid-morning, he heard over his Zaka walkie-talkie that there was some kind of emergency under way.\n\nThe walkie-talkie was allowed to be on because the Sabbath can be broken for matters of life and death, but it wasn't until sundown that Frankel could look at his phone and he fully understood the scale of the attack. He grabbed his kit, containing body bags, surgical gloves, shoe covers and rags for soaking up blood, and jumped in his car. \"I just drove,\" he said.\n\nBaroch Frankel in his synagogue in Bnei Brak\n\nZaka was formally established in 1995 but has roots dating back to 1989, when its founder was one of a group of religious volunteers who gathered to recover remains after a suicide attacker seized the wheel of a public bus in Israel and drove it into a ravine.\n\nThere is no equivalent organisation in the UK, where professional police teams recover human remains. But in Jewish custom, bodies should be collected to the fullest extent possible and all the available remains buried together. The volunteers from Zaka ensure that this is done properly and, as their motto states, with \"true grace\".\n\nAt the site of the music festival on Saturday, the volunteers would face a sprawling scene daunting even to them. It was still dark when Frankel arrived, and Israeli soldiers were still exchanging gunfire with Hamas, so he lay on the sand waiting until it was safe. Then he went to work.\n\nZaka volunteers have been working since at all the sites of the attack. They retrieve the bodies in two-hour shifts because the work is so tough. Dealing with the remains of the children was the worst, Frankel said. As he moved from the festival site to a nearby kibbutz on Saturday, the police warned even the Zaka teams - who are widely known to be experienced in this work - that what was inside was difficult to see.\n\nInside, Frankel found burned children, people blown up with grenades and families gunned down in their homes. \"You don't understand how many babies, how many burned people I counted,\" he said. \"When I talk to you now I see these images again in front of my eyes.\"\n\nFor this work, particularly in this moment, the Zaka volunteers are sometimes praised by people who see them in the street in their yellow vests. Walking through his neighbourhood in Bnei Brak this week, Frankel shrugged off the praise.\n\n\"Zaka is a sacred service because you ask no thanks,\" he said. \"The dead cannot pay you back.\"\n\nFrankel, breaking to smoke outside the walls of the army base where the bodies are processed\n\nOn Wednesday evening, the Zaka volunteers had just finished the last of their work collecting remains in southern Israel and Frankel was driving an hour north to the military base where the bodies were being processed.\n\nInside the base, there were about 20 massive cold storage units, like shipping containers, lined up to hold the bodies. The rabbis and Zaka volunteers were doing everything in their power to preserve the dignity of the dead, despite the scale of the operation and the condition of some of the remains. They took care to pause and say prayers over each person, where possible, and the orthodox among the workers gathered every 15 minutes to say their own prayers while the work continued around them.\n\nYacoub Zechariah, 39, the deputy mayor of Frankel's home city of Bnei Brak, was on his fifth straight overnight shift for Zaka at the base. \"Physically, it's hours upon hours without sleep and carrying corpses is hard work,\" he said. \"But we overcome it.\"\n\nZechariah, a father of five, had seen bodies of children brought in with terrible injuries and burns, he said. Some had been decapitated, although it was not clear how. Some of the dead children had their hands and feet tied with phone cables.\n\nZechariah pulled a body bag from a truck with a family name written on it in marker. The next bag had the same name, and the next. Eventually he had pulled five members of the same family from the truck. They were two parents and three young children who had been murdered by Hamas in their home in the kibbutz in Kfar Azza.\n\n\"Seeing an entire family killed is something that breaks a human being,\" Zechariah said. \"I have five children of my own. We are people of faith and we know that everything comes from God, but this is difficult for us to understand.\"\n\nWhen Zechariah had checked the faces of the family and they had been moved into storage, he walked to the edge of the area where the bodies were being processed and wept. A few hours later, at 5am, he finished his shift and sat quietly in his car to drink a coffee and smoke a cigarette. Then he drove half an hour home to his family in Bnei Brak, slept for two hours and drove to City Hall to begin his day as deputy mayor.\n\nOutside the gates at the base, away from the horrors inside, family members of the dead were camped on lawn chairs on the roadside, supported by food trucks and donations from local residents. Ortal Asulin had been sleeping on the roadside since she first learned on Saturday that her brother, a famous ex-footballer called Lior Asulin, had been caught up in the attack.\n\n\"No one will give us answers, it is a big mess inside,\" she said, looking totally shattered. \"We go to ask every five minutes, everyone here knows us, our names, our phone number, my brother's name, and his picture. He was a famous footballer, only one person needs to see him inside there to know it is him.\"\n\nAt that moment, Frankel overheard her and recognised her brother's name. \"I saw him,\" Frankel said. \"I saw his face, I'm sure.\"\n\nOrtal crumpled onto the pavement in tears. The rest of the family rushed around Frankel as he tried in vain to reach a colleague inside to confirm that Lior had been seen. The police said they had no information and they would not let the family inside.\n\n\"It is not possible to locate the body at the moment,\" said a tired but kind police sergeant. \"In the end they will remove it, they are doing everything they can but they must be given some time.\"\n\nMany similar conversations had been had outside the base, said the police sergeant, who was not permitted to give her name. \"There are a lot of dead people inside and we need to make sure 100% sure that we have the correct person before we tell the family,\" she said. \"We are five days now after the event and this has an effect on the bodies, you understand? We cannot have any mistakes.\"\n\nA room at a Zaka centre in Tel Aviv where the bodies are brought to be purified, according to Jewish custom\n\nFor Jewish people, a delay in burying a body can add enormous pain to the loss. They believe that a person should be buried as soon as possible so that their soul can rise up to heaven. And until the dead are buried, the family cannot begin formally to grieve. Like the soul of the person who has died, they are in limbo.\n\nLior Asulin, the football player, was finally identified and buried on Thursday. Zaka is also involved in these final stages of the process. Many of the bodies go from the military base to a Zaka-run centre in Tel Aviv, where on Thursday volunteer Israel Hasid was painstakingly preparing to receive them. He expected that the work would continue around the clock and through the weekend, so he had sought special permission from a rabbi to work on the Sabbath.\n\nThere will be some police presence at the centre for technical exams involving DNA and dental records, but otherwise Hasid and the other Zaka Tel Aviv volunteers will take responsibility for all of the purification necessary before burial. They will wash the bodies in water taken from a river that runs alongside the building and gently clean them with cotton. They will cut their hair and nails if needed.\n\n\"In these circumstances, because of the nature of this attack, in many cases the job cannot be perfect,\" Hasid said. \"But we will do everything we can.\"\n\nAt the end of the process, the Zaka volunteers would wrap each person's remains carefully in a white linen sheet and pass them on to undertakers to be buried, he said, so that the souls of the dead could escape and their families could begin to grieve.\n\nIdan Ben Ari contributed to this report. Photographs by Joel Gunter.", "WhatsApp messages from 2020 released by the Covid inquiry have revealed senior civil servant Simon Case complaining about the influence of Carrie, the partner of then-PM Boris Johnson.\n\nIn exchanges with a Downing Street adviser at the time, Dominic Cummings, Mr Case jokes that Mrs Johnson was \"the real person in charge\".\n\nIn a later text Mr Case also says the government looks like a \"tragic joke\".\n\nThe messages came as the Covid inquiry heard evidence on political governance.\n\nThe screenshot of the WhatsApp group chat from autumn 2020, provided by Mr Cummings, was displayed on screen during a session in which the senior lawyer for the inquiry, Hugo Keith KC, was drawing attention to what he called \"dysfunctionality\" at the heart of government.\n\nIn a discussion about introducing regional circuit breakers, Mr Case writes: \"Am not sure I can cope with today. Might just go home.\"\n\nLee Cain - Mr Johnson's head of communications - asks what \"are we talking about\".\n\nHe later adds: \"I was always told that Dom [Cummings] was the secret PM. How wrong they are. I look forward to telling select [committee] tomorrow... don't worry about Dom, the real person in charge is Carrie.\"\n\n\"So true,\" Mr Cummings replies along with a laughing emoji.\n\nMr Cain agrees and adds that \"she doesn't know [what] she is talking about either\".\n\nMr Case goes on to say: \"This government doesn't have the credibility needed to be imposing stuff within only days of deciding not too [sic]. We look like a terrible, tragic joke.\n\n\"If we were going hard, that decision was needed weeks ago. I cannot cope with this.\"\n\nThe messages were sent in autumn of 2020 - around the time the government was reintroducing some Covid restrictions in England.\n\nCarrie Johnson was in a relationship with Mr Johnson before he became prime minister in 2019. They lived together in Downing Street and married in May 2021.\n\nThroughout Mr Johnson's time in office, Mrs Johnson was target for criticism - particularly from Mr Cummings - a close adviser to Mr Johnson who later became a fierce critic.\n\nMr Case was a senior civil servant in No 10 until September 2020 when he was promoted to be head of the civil service.\n\nDuring the session, the inquiry was also shown texts between Mr Johnson and Mr Cummings from March 2020 in which Mr Johnson describes the chief medical officer Sir Chris Whitty and chief scientific adviser Sir Patrick Vallance as \"wonderful men... but they are both in new territory\".\n\nMr Cummings was a close adviser of Boris Johnson until he quit his position in December 2020\n\nMr Johnson also describes Mark Sedwill, the head of the civil service until September 2020, as \"miles off pace\".\n\nMr Cummings replies that \"the problem is CabOff [the Cabinet Office] and DHSC [the health department] haven't listened and absorbed what the models truly mean.\"\n\nSeparately, in an email sent to Mr Johnson in July 2020, Mr Cummings writes: \"Current CABOFF [Cabinet Office] doesn't work for anyone - it is high friction, low trust, and obv many good parts but overall low performance.\"\n\nMr Keith KC warned the inquiry that \"due caution must be applied to the accuracy of WhatsApps which lack nuance and can be intemperate, and also diary entries, which may not accurately reflect the reality of the position day by day and which indeed may have been drafted for a different audience.\"\n\nHe went on to suggest that the messages and other pieces of evidence, including diary entries and notes from Sir Patrick Vallance, demonstrated that factionality and infighting were prevalent at a time when the government was responding to the coronavirus pandemic.\n\nSir Patrick's notes were not displayed but Mr Keith said they showed \"according to the Cabinet Secretary himself, this is in November 2020 so that would be Simon Case, No10 was at war with itself - a Carrie faction with [Michael] Gove, another with SPADs [special advisers], the PM caught in the middle.\"\n\nThe witness, former senior civil servant Alex Thomas, said that in the early period of the pandemic there \"was an anxious and chaotic and sometimes divided situation between the Cabinet Office and Number 10\".\n\nMr Keith suggested that: \"In the early part of the pandemic, the early months, the dysfunctionality... was reflective of the system, the structures, that were in place.\n\n\"Latterly the dysfunctionality lay more in the personalities and their working relationships and indeed the people who were in government.\"\n\nIn the afternoon session, the inquiry heard from long Covid experts Professor Chris Brightling and Dr Rachael Evans.\n\nThey said they were shocked and disappointed by Mr Johnson's comments, written on an October 2020 report, in which he uses colourful language to dismiss the condition comparing it to \"Gulf War Syndrome stuff\".\n\nProf Brightling told the inquiry: \"We don't know how much this influenced the activity from government, and what government then did.\n\n\"But you would expect if the prime minister's view was such it may well have had an influence on other people in government.\"\n\nHe added there was \"very little\" focus on the long-term consequences of Covid-19 until 2021 and opportunities to plan services and treatment were missed.\n\nThis second stage of the Covid Inquiry is examining political decision-making during the pandemic, from January 2020 until February 2022, including the timing and effectiveness of lockdowns and other social-distancing restrictions.\n\nIt is taking witness evidence in London until Christmas, before moving to Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland to look specifically at the decisions made by administrations in those parts of the United Kingdom.\n\nMr Johnson will give evidence in person to the inquiry later this year, along with other ministers, advisers, civil servants and health officials.", "Charlotte Walker met Strictly's Amy Dowden after featuring on the Caerphilly dancer's Dare to Dance TV show last year\n\nA breast cancer patient has said she was moved to tears after Amy Dowden's surprise Strictly appearance last week.\n\nThe dancer, from Caerphilly, went on the show without a wig and has since spoken of the \"trauma\" of losing her hair following cancer treatment.\n\nCharlotte Walker, 51, from Llandeilo, Carmarthenshire, said she was \"so proud\" of Amy, who she first met after featuring on her Dare to Dance TV show.\n\nShe was diagnosed with breast cancer a week after filming in August 2022.\n\n\"For her to go on TV last week, without a wig, I was so proud of her. She made me cry and everybody else I know cry,\" Charlotte said, adding that losing her own hair was \"the most heart-breaking feeling\".\n\nAfter filming Dare to Dance she remained friends with Amy, who is also a patron of the Tenovus Cancer Care charity, which Charlotte said helped her massively through her journey.\n\nAfter her diagnosis, Charlotte had surgery followed by chemotherapy and radiotherapy and is now on medication for up to 10 years to try to prevent it returning.\n\n\"Losing your hair becomes worse than the fact you've got the cancer, because suddenly you feel like 'now I'm going to look like a patient',\" she said.\n\n\"It just starts to come out in clumps and you then get obsessed with it, because you're sort of pulling it out and thinking 'oh my goodness, there's another clump, there's another clump'.\n\n\"Like Amy, I decided that I needed to take control, because it was breaking me basically.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Amy Dowden says she feels \"empowered and positive\" after shaving her head during cancer treatment\n\n\"Walking out with a 'chemotherapy hairdo' - a shaved head or a bald head, whatever you want to call it - is major, and you know what, there's nothing wrong with it,\" said Charlotte.\n\n\"What I was so proud of, it shows other people that you don't need hair to define you, it doesn't have to define you.\n\n\"If you look back at pictures of Amy on strictly last week, you don't look and say, 'oh there's a bald head', you look and you say, 'gosh, look at her beautiful smile, her beautiful dress', she is incredible.\"\n\nAfter shaving her head with her family Charlotte said it felt as if she had \"taken back control\"\n\nFollowing their recent friendship, Amy had a surprise for Charlotte - tickets to Strictly Come Dancing on Saturday.\n\n\"I'm going strictly! I'm absolutely thrilled. I cannot wait to go, I bought a new dress so I'm going to wear lots of sparkles,\" said Charlotte.\n\nGeorgia O'Connell, who was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2015 aged 35, said she hoped Amy's Strictly appearance would inspire others going through similar experiences.\n\nGeorgia O'Connell, who received care from Velindre Cancer Centre, in Cardiff, is eight years cancer free after having successfully beaten triple negative breast cancer\n\n\"It's been a bit of a whirlwind... it was everything at once, new motherhood and cancer all came hand-in-hand,\" said Georgia, from Abergavenny in Monmouthshire, whose diagnosis came shortly after the birth of her first son.\n\nShe said she was \"so glad\" to see Amy on Strictly without a wig due to the stigma many women face following cancer treatment.\n\nGeorgia said she had long blonde hair down to her waist before it started to fall out following \"gruelling\" chemotherapy treatment.\n\n\"There's such a stigma around losing your hair, as a woman particularly… you look in the mirror and you're like 'who the hell is that looking back at me?',\" she said.\n\n\"I had lost control, basically, when you get your diagnosis your control goes out the window, you feel completely helpless.\"\n\nGeorgia has recently donated 45cm (18in) of her hair to the Little Princess Trust, a charity that provides free wigs to children who have lost their own hair following cancer treatment\n\nAfter her hair initially began to fall out, Georgia said she wanted \"take control of it instead of it controlling me\".\n\nShe asked her parents to shut down the family hair salon and gathered her extended family to take part in the process of shaving her head.\n\n\"So everybody piled around my parents' salon and I asked them all to shave a strip of my head, which they did… and we took control, it was extremely liberating.\"\n\nShe added: \"You do have to own it, and Amy did.\"\n\nGeorgia said it was \"liberating\" to take control of her hair loss with her family\n\nJudi Rhys, of Tenovus Cancer Care, said the charity was \"so proud\" to have Amy as their patron.\n\n\"Her selfless determination to raise awareness of breast cancer, following her own diagnosis and during her treatment, has been nothing short of remarkable,\" she said.\n\n\"We are sure the positive messages Amy has delivered have made a huge difference and been a source of inspiration and strength to many people on the same journey.\n\n\"We wish Charlotte and Amy all the best for the future, and hope Charlotte has a fab-u-lous time in the Strictly Come Dancing studio this weekend!\"", "Ireland's World Cup dream was ended by New Zealand for the second tournament in a row as the All Blacks deservedly beat their rivals in a Paris thriller to set up a semi-final against Argentina.\n\nAs the world's top-ranked team, Ireland were fancied to at least reach the semi-finals for the first time but Andy Farrell's side failed to break their quarter-final curse on another heartbreaking night against the All Blacks in the World Cup.\n\nDefeat also brings the curtain down on the career of Ireland captain Johnny Sexton, who cut a dejected figure at full-time as the agony of one last knockout defeat took over.\n\nNew Zealand, however, remain on course for a fourth title as tries by Leicester Fainga'anuku, Ardie Savea and Will Jordan helped them set up a last-four meeting with the Pumas at Stade de France on Friday.\n\nIreland's tries came through New Zealand-born players Bundee Aki and Jamison Gibson-Park, and a penalty try, but there was to be no dramatic late comeback despite being roared on by the loud Irish contingent of the 78,845-strong crowd.\n\nNew Zealand had two players - Aaron Smith and Codie Taylor - yellow carded but Ian Foster's side were able to withstand pressure and exact revenge after losing last year's Test series to the Irish on home soil.\n\nIt was another absorbing entry into this great rivalry, and while Ireland pushed for a match-winning try right to the end, it was the New Zealand players with their arms in the air at full-time after a herculean defensive effort as those in green collapsed to the pitch in devastation.\n\nDefeat ends both Ireland's 17-match winning run and their hopes of emulating England's 2003 team by winning a Six Nations Grand Slam and World Cup double.\n\nThe All Blacks, however, will feel hugely confident heading into a semi-final against Argentina, who beat Wales 29-17 earlier on Saturday in Marseille on a day when the southern hemisphere sides completed an impressive double.\n\nWith the sense of rivalry built up by New Zealand's 2019 quarter-final win and Ireland's series triumph on Kiwi soil last year, this was easily one of the most eagerly anticipated World Cup knockout games in years, the pre-match atmosphere rivalling the All Blacks' loss to France in the opening game and the memorable Irish win over South Africa three weeks ago.\n\nIn stark contrast to 2019, Ireland were being talked about as pre-match favourites as they looked to end 36 years of hurt in the quarter-finals.\n\nFor New Zealand, this was viewed as a tantalising opportunity to not only get revenge on Ireland, but to re-establish the aura and fear factor that the All Blacks jersey has lost in recent years. They did just that.\n\nIn the 2019 quarter-final, the All Blacks roared into a 22-0 half-time lead, and while Ireland's first-half return was much healthier here, it was the three-time champions who were in control at the break.\n\nGiven the magnitude of the occasion, both teams showed nerves during the opening exchanges but it was New Zealand who settled quicker, with Richie Mo'unga and Jordie Barrett penalties putting them 6-0 up.\n\nIreland were devastating in swatting aside Scotland last week, but struggled to build early momentum here, allowing the All Blacks to pull further clear when Beauden Barrett chipped forward, gathered and Fainga'anuku finished in the corner.\n\nAki, probably Ireland's player of the tournament, dragged his team back into it with a superb finish but the All Blacks hit back just six minutes later when Savea capped another period of sustained New Zealand pressure by diving over.\n\nHowever, Mo'unga - who earlier avoided punishment for a high tackle on Aki - missed his conversion and there was further frustration for the All Blacks when scrum-half Aaron Smith was yellow carded for deliberately knocking the ball on.\n\nAnd when Smith's Auckland-born opposite number Gibson-Park produced a superb finish in one of the last plays of the half, it felt for the first time like Ireland had seized momentum.\n\nWith Smith having returned to the pitch, the All Blacks turned up the heat on the Irish again after 52 minutes when Jordan crossed after a blistering, defence-puncturing burst by Mo'unga.\n\nSexton's missed penalty added to Ireland's woes but they were given a lifeline when Taylor collapsed the Irish maul and referee Wayne Barnes awarded the penalty try to again reduce New Zealand's lead to the minimum.\n\nHowever, having missed a penalty, Jordie Barrett nailed a long-range kick to push the lead back out to four before denying Ireland a try at the other end when he held up Ronan Kelleher with a vital, last-ditch intervention.\n\nIreland pushed for a last-gasp try but the All Blacks withstood 37 phases of pressure in the closing stages to claim a momentous win over their rivals and leave Sexton and his Irish team-mates to reflect on an excruciating eighth quarter-final defeat.\n• None Experience F1 like never before! Relive the Qatar Grand Prix with expert commentary and interviews with Max Verstappen and Lando Norris", "Barry Hughes was out for an early morning run when he took this photograph of a sunrise over the Forth at Stirling. He said the floods made it look more like a loch than a river.", "Ayman Safadi has warned of the conflict escalating to the wider region Image caption: Ayman Safadi has warned of the conflict escalating to the wider region\n\nJordan’s Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi has said that Palestinians being moved from Gaza to Egypt would be “unacceptable” to his country.\n\nSpeaking to Newshour on the BBC World Service, he said that “population dispersion and transfer will not solve the problem” and called for Gazans' safety in Gaza to be ensured.\n\nSafadi said that people need to stand with the right of all people to live with peace and dignity, and said that the world needs to condemn the killing of both Israeli and Palestinian civilians.\n\n“Why is it a war crime to deny food and water to Ukraine but it is not the same when it comes to Gaza?” he added.\n\nJordan is working with other Arab countries including Egypt and Qatar to help bring the hostages home. When asked about the possibility of elderly hostages and children being freed, Safadi said that a lot of work is being done behind the scenes.\n\n“We are hopeful that we should get to a place where those hostages are released and the escalation will stop and we will be able move forward.”\n\nHe also warned of the conflict escalating to the wider region.\n\n“If this conflict escalates and there’s a real threat to escalation, then we’ll be talking about a nightmare that will engulf the whole region.”", "Coverage: Listen live on BBC Radio Ulster & BBC Radio 5 Live; live text commentary and report on the BBC Sport website\n\nFor a few moments, right at the end of Ireland's final media engagement before Saturday's World Cup quarter-final against New Zealand, Caelan Doris spoke from the heart.\n\nDoris and Dan Sheehan had been asked what it means to them and their families to be preparing for the biggest game of their lives.\n\nAs Sheehan spoke of his pride in bringing joy to the Irish people back home, the significance of what this Ireland team may achieve seemed to hit home with Doris.\n\n\"I think in these big weeks, you draw on some of the emotion and the pride,\" said Ireland's ironman Doris, who has been involved in every match they have played this year.\n\n\"Talking to a few friends back home in Mayo and seeing how they are behind us and how so many people in the country are behind us.\n\n\"You can feel that over here, you can definitely get a sense of it. That is a motivation for us, to continue to inspire them and do them proud and knowing that so many of them are coming over.\n\n\"Sometimes you can almost get too emotional but then you bring yourself back into process-focused, detail-focused, going through how we're going to get to the next step. It's a balance of both in these big weeks.\"\n\nNumber eight Doris' walkthrough was a clear insight into Irish minds on the eve of the biggest match of their lives.\n\nThere is no getting around it - this is a massive chapter in the Irish journey. The players appreciate, but are not burdened by, the magnitude of the occasion as they seek to make it past the last eight at the World Cup for the first time ever.\n\nThey want to create more special memories for the fans who have lifted this team in times of defeat down the years and who have roared them on every step of the way of this historic journey.\n\nThe players feel it now. They felt it last week when Zombie, their viral-friendly adopted anthem by Limerick rock band The Cranberries, again filled the Stade de France. They will feel it even more intensely at the same venue on Saturday night when they emerge from the tunnel to be greeted by another sea of green.\n• None The 'little black book' behind every All Black\n• None Smith tells Ireland to expect different New Zealand\n\nIt will be electrifying, and as Doris alluded to, the threat of players getting wrapped up in the moment is very real. Ultimately, though, Ireland must detach themselves from the moment.\n\nBlock it out and look straight ahead, because this is full-circle stuff. This is the World Cup quarter-finals again. This is the All Blacks again. This is Ireland's chance to break new ground on rugby's biggest stage yet again.\n\nThis stage of the competition has been Ireland's theatre of pain down the years, the sense of anguish and dejection never more suffocating than four years ago when they were swatted aside by New Zealand in Tokyo.\n\nThat night, the All Blacks scored seven tries. An overwhelmed Ireland were held scoreless until the 69th minute, by which stage New Zealand were already home and hosed. The glum faces of a soon-to-be retired Rory Best and Johnny Sexton on the Irish bench spoke volumes.\n\n'Doing it for Johnny'\n\nBack then, it was hard to see Ireland threatening rugby's aristocracy anytime soon, so the widely-held view that they go into Saturday's match as marginal favourites is testament to the remarkable work done by Andy Farrell and his coaching staff since 2019.\n\nIt is also a mark of captain Sexton's unrelenting desire to push Ireland to greater heights. Throughout this cycle, he has been the heartbeat, the standard-setter, the on-field leader in an inevitable race against time.\n\nFor the second week in a row, the 38-year-old could be about to play his last ever match. It is a deeply uneasy prospect for anyone connected to Irish rugby and Doris explained that 'doing it for Johnny' has been part of Ireland's motivation during quarter-final week.\n\n\"Even last week, building into Scotland, there was a chance that could be his last ever game, he said that to us as a group,\" explained Doris, who also played alongside the fly-half at Leinster.\n\n\"And what an unbelievable player and leader he's been for Ireland for so many years.\n\n\"I think all the players will agree that the standards he sets raise everyone else's game and he's almost like having another coach on the pitch.\"\n\nFamiliarity is a big part of this week. Ireland and New Zealand are well used to each other by now - including Lions caps, this will be Sexton's 18th match against the All Blacks - and Ireland are intensely familiar with Joe Schmidt, one of the men plotting their downfall.\n\nSchmidt led Ireland for six years, bowing out after that quarter-final loss to the All Blacks. He returns to Irish lives for a few hours on Saturday and will be an important figure in New Zealand's plan to bring down the world's number one side.\n\nUnlike in 2019, Ireland have a Test series win on All Blacks soil to draw upon, the significance of which cannot be entirely discounted. New Zealand, however, appear a different beast to the one we saw last summer, with Schmidt driving their resurgence.\n\n\"It seems it's back to the All Blacks of old really, exceptionally dangerous with ball in hand,\" Ireland backs coach Mike Catt, a World Cup winner with England in 2003, said when asked about the challenge New Zealand pose on Saturday.\n\n\"I think Joe's definitely brought a physicality to the breakdown and with their ball carrying.\n\n\"That was something that Joe was massively passionate about with Ireland as well. Especially in the wide breakdowns, these guys are big guys and they put a lot of pressure in those areas.\"\n\nOn Schmidt, All Blacks head coach Ian Foster said: \"I'm sure there'll be some mixed emotions for Joe. He's very passionate and loved his time in Ireland, it was a very special time for him, but he loves his time in this team too and we're enjoying having him.\"\n\nIreland will have their hands full with a formidable, try-happy All Blacks side but they needn't worry about one of New Zealand's main attacking threats after Mark Telea was dropped for breaking team protocol.\n\nReprimanding Telea, who scored two tries against France earlier in the tournament, was an unexpected disruption for Foster before the biggest match of his reign.\n\nSave for one or two injury concerns - Mack Hansen is fit, James Ryan isn't - all has seemed fine in the Ireland camp this week, although they were forced to downplay suggestions of spying during the captain's run news conference after an agency photographer who also works with the Irish Rugby Football Union attended a New Zealand training session open to members of the media on Thursday.\n\nCatt seemed puzzled by the question before the World Rugby media officer chairing the news conference cut in to say it would have been within the rules.\n\nIt was a strange exchange, and one that is unlikely to figure prominently in Farrell's thinking as he readies his team prior to kick-off.\n\nAnd while Foster said he had no knowledge of the matter, it perhaps adds an extra layer of intrigue to a match already laced with sub-plots. New Zealand have only ever failed to reach the semi-finals once (in 2007, incidentally, when France last hosted the tournament). Defeat for them would be seen as another embarrassment at the hands of Ireland.\n\nFor Ireland, though, it is the latest opportunity to break through their World Cup glass ceiling. They have achieved so much under Farrell, but history will ultimately judge them on how they fare here.\n\nIt will either be a first semi-final or an eighth quarter-final exit. Farrell was right - this really is big boy stuff now.", "Shortly after sunrise on the morning of Saturday 7 October, a message pings on 200 phones of the Be'eri mothers' WhatsApp group.\n\nMinutes later another message lands: \"We have a terrorist on the stairs. Call someone.\"\n\nWARNING: Some readers may find details in this article distressing.\n\nHamas gunmen had just begun a day-long rampage through this kibbutz in southern Israel, and over the next 20 hours the women channelled their horror, disbelief and reassurances through the chat - as militants roamed the neighbourhood shooting residents dead and setting fire to homes.\n\nHiding in their safe rooms these women - some huddled with their families - described the shouts and explosions they heard outside, told each other where gunmen were, shared tips on coping with smoke that filled their rooms, and repeatedly called for help. In some cases, that help never came.\n\nAs the hours ticked by, they asked questions. Where was the army? Why was help taking so long? Can somebody please look for my mother? How do I lock my safe room? Should we open the door to a man claiming to be a soldier?\n\nAt some point, somebody changed the name of the group to \"Be'eri Mothers Emergency\".\n\nThis group chat was shared with the BBC by a woman put forward by the community to speak to the media in the wake of the attacks. She is one of the mothers on the chat and shared the details with us so we could see how the terror of the day unfolded - and what a lifeline these women were in the most desperate and sometimes final hours of their lives.\n\nWe could not seek the permission of all 200 members, but three of them agreed to tell us their stories in detail, and we have anonymised all other exchanges, being careful to ensure nobody can be identified to protect their privacy.\n\nSome members are unaccounted for, presumed dead or missing. Survivors estimate that about 100 people were killed and many were taken away as hostages.\n\nMinute-by-minute, this chat reveals in detail not seen before how Hamas stalked, murdered and burned people in their own homes, coming back again and again. It is an insight into what it felt like across southern Israel as Hamas gunmen crashed across the border and tore through dozens of communities.\n\nIt shows how residents survived and supported one another - but it also documents, hour by hour, their growing desperation, as it became clear they would not be rescued by the Israeli state anytime soon.\n\nDafna Gerster, 39, was visiting from Germany and had spent Friday night with family in the kibbutz she grew up in. They had gathered at her father's house, playing the board game Camel Up into the night - and then she and her husband slept at her brother's apartment nearby knowing the next day was Saturday, the Jewish day of rest, when the families could be together again.\n\nThe community is next to the Gaza border and is used to missiles - but when Dafna awoke to the scream of rockets at 06:30, she knew immediately that something was different.\n\nDafna, centre, was visiting Israel from Germany and staying with her brother, left, when Hamas attacked\n\n\"Usually you have an alarm and a boom of the iron dome [Israel's missile defence system]. This time, there was no alarm, and it was so loud. It's a sound we could not identify.\n\n\"I went to my brother's room and asked him 'what is this?'\"\n\nLike others in the kibbutz they rushed to the safe room or mamad - a room made of reinforced concrete with airtight steel doors and windows designed to withstand rocket attacks.\n\nBut it soon became clear that rockets were not the only threat. News spread on the WhatsApp group that someone had been shot - and that there were armed men in the streets.\n\nCCTV footage verified by the BBC shows a small group of Hamas militants arriving at the gate of the kibbutz before 06:00. A car arrives, the gate opens, and the militants run inside after shooting dead the occupants of the vehicle. Video from a few minutes later shows the same two Hamas militants walking through a square, guns by their side.\n\nFast forward to 07:10, as the first messages on the WhatsApp group are being shared. Video shows three motorbikes, each carrying two heavily armed Hamas militants, leaving the area by the same gate.\n\nOther footage, which is too graphic to include here, shows militants in the kibbutz at 09:05 - three hours after first entering. It shows the same car that was shot at in the first clip with at least one body dragged out, lying in the road.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nAcross the kibbutz, as the community collectively barricaded themselves into their own mamads, a rising sense of dread on the chat preceded a horrible realisation: many people were struggling to lock their safe room doors.\n\n\"How do you do an emergency lock? And how do we know that it is really locked?\" one asked.\n\n\"Can you lock the safe room?\" asked another.\n\n\"To missiles yes, not to terrorists.\"\n\nPictures shared on the WhatsApp group offered tutorials on locking the doors. Those who couldn't feared Hamas would just walk in.\n\nAt the house of Michal Pinyan, 44, her husband had run out of the safe room to lock the front of the house. The family heard shouting in Arabic outside, followed by gunshots.\n\nAfter rushing back to the safe room, Michal's husband built a locking device with ropes and a baseball bat, which he gripped for the almost 19 hours they spent in the room.\n\nIn the terrified silence of these safe rooms, where people would not dare scream, they typed frantically. Michal watched the messages stream in.\n\nThey could not hear what was going on outside except via muffled sounds through the thick walls. But from what little they could make out, they collectively tried to understand what was going on.\n\nThey shared messages of \"frantic knocking\" on their doors as gunmen went house to house.\n\n\"Not knocking - it's gunfire,\" one said.\n\nDuring the first hour of the attack, people would tell the group they could hear shooting in their neighbourhood, or outside a particular house. The replies inevitably poured in: \"So do we.\"\n\n\"We understood it wasn't just one terrorist, it was a massive attack,\" Michal says. \"In each neighbourhood of the kibbutz we heard 'they're here, they're here' so they were in each neighbourhood at the same time.\"\n\nAs the scale of the assault became clear, frustrated, fearful posts flooded the chat asking when the army was arriving - and why it wasn't there already.\n\n\"You can hear shooting close by. Hoping it's the first response squad firing,\" one woman wrote, referring to a small unit in the kibbutz that responds to intruder alerts before handing over to the military.\n\nDafna's brother, Eitan Hadad, was part of that unit and rushed to help, leaving the couple in the safe room.\n\nIt would be the last time she saw him.\n\n\"He went out and we stayed in the safe room and it was just horror,\" she says.\n\n\"You didn't know what was going on, you just hear shooting all the time, bombs, a fight. And it doesn't stop for a minute.\"\n\nThe response unit of roughly 10 people was clearly no match for the Hamas militants.\n\nOn WhatsApp, people reported more and more gunshots - and men speaking Arabic outside. The desperate pleas for help became more frequent.\n\n\"I'm home alone and I'm really scared,\" one resident wrote.\n\nElsewhere in the kibbutz, Shir Gutentag was trying to quietly comfort her eight-year-old and five-year-old daughters, while following the WhatsApp chat in disbelief.\n\n\"At first when I realised we have terrorists in the kibbutz I shook. I was in shock. But very quickly I thought to myself 'you have to stay calm', because they're looking at me, my children, and they see my reactions and they're starting to panic,\" she says.\n\n\"So I told them it's OK. It's going to be OK.\"\n\nHours had passed since the attack started, and the crisis was only worsening. Hamas were breaking into people's homes and threatening safe rooms as members of the chat begged for help.\n\nMichal was reading these pleas for help while also messaging her own family in a separate WhatsApp group. She shared the contents of this group with the BBC, giving a terrifying insight into one family's despair as they detailed the Hamas attack in real-time.\n\nAt around 09:30, Michal's mum wrote on the family chat that she could hear voices in Arabic outside their house. Within 15 minutes another message confirmed that Michal's dad had been hurt.\n\nMichal, who had been trying to stay silent in her safe room until this point, simply could not keep quiet anymore and rang her mother. Her mum picked up the phone and whispered.\n\n\"'They're here, they shot Dad, he's not OK.'\n\n\"And then she hung up,'\" Michal says.\n\nHer mother continued writing on the family chat: \"Help. Help.\"\n\nHamas gunmen had used a weapon to break through the safe room door and had shot Michal's father as he tried to fight back. They then threw grenades.\n\nHer mum wrote a final plea for help at 10:15. After that, messages from her children went unanswered. She had been killed too.\n\nMichal's mother and father were both killed in the Hamas attack\n\nAs her parents were being attacked, Michal was desperately messaging in the mothers' chat, calling for someone to help them. She would continue posting messages about them throughout the day hoping that, somehow, they had survived.\n\nShe was not the only one. Others were continuously begging for someone, anyone, to check on their parents, friends, cousins. But nobody could: everyone was in the same situation, barricaded in their own mamads.\n\nGuns and grenades were Hamas' weapons, but they also set homes on fire.\n\n\"The entire house is smoke,\" one resident wrote. \"What should I do… tell me what to do.\"\n\n\"We have a fire inside the safe room\", \"The entire window of the safe room is black\", other messages read.\n\nOn the row of houses closest to Gaza, the home of Dafna's disabled dad, Meir Hadad, was being burned down.\n\nIn their own family chat, Meir's Filipina carer, 52-year-old Bhing Sol, pleaded with his children to find help.\n\n\"They're here,\" she wrote, referring to Hamas, in a message at 09:44.\n\n\"It was full of terrorists,\" Bhing later said, saying they looted the home before setting it on fire.\n\n\"The safe room was full of smoke. I keep on asking everyone to help us because maybe we'll be burnt alive. But nobody could help us because everyone is terrified.\"\n\nIn the mothers' group, others also asked for help to be sent to Meir.\n\nWith little anybody could do to answer all these pleas they offered each other practical suggestions - small, homespun survival tips that sustained them, and perhaps even saved lives, in their most powerless moment.\n\nThis was the spirit of the WhatsApp group - not just today, but for the years it had existed. It was a place for mothers to vent, to give advice, to support one another.\n\n\"Entire house is full of smoke what should I do?\" someone asked. \"Try to put a wet cloth on your face. Or urine,\" another resident responded.\n\nIn another exchange, a resident wrote: \"I can't breathe in the house I think there's a fire here help urgently\".\n\n\"Stay in the safe room don't go out put a piece of cloth on your nose,\" a neighbour replied.\n\nWhile 44-year-old Golan Abidbol's wife and children took shelter in the family's safe room, he stood with a gun in his kitchen, watching Hamas militants throw a molotov cocktail at another building. As he watched, he saw a family jump from the second-floor window and hurry to a neighbour's safe room.\n\nGolan Abidbol, bottom right, stood guard as his family hid in their safe room\n\n\"I was pumped up with adrenaline. If someone came to my house I would give them the fight of my life,\" he says.\n\n\"I sent pictures to the neighbour downstairs because his house started to burn. I told him: 'Now. I don't see anyone. It's a good time.' So he moved to another neighbour's shelter.\"\n\nGolan says this is the \"essence of the kibbutz\".\n\n\"We are one big family. If we need to open our door when there are terrorists outside and let the neighbours get in so they can survive, we will do it. No one even hesitated,\" he says.\n\nAt around midday, two or three men tried to enter Golan's house. He pulled the trigger. \"They returned a burst of fire on the house and then they left. I don't know why they decided to do it but they decided to leave and not engage me anymore,\" he says.\n\nAt the same time, harrowing messages in the group continued to show that Hamas were breaking into houses and trying to breach safe rooms. \"Firing at our safe room's door,\" one message read. \"Helppp. Anyone.\"\n\nMeanwhile, at the burning house of Bhing Sol and Meir Hadad, gunmen had begun shooting at the safe room as it filled with smoke.\n\n\"I took a risk - I opened the window of the safe room, thinking even a little bit of space and the air will come,\" Bhing says.\n\n\"They kept bombing, with a grenade or something, inside our house. I knew it was burning because the door was so hot it was like fire. But I kept holding the door with a blanket because I didn't know if they could open the door,\" she says.\n\nLater in the day, in what Bhing describes as a miracle, a crack formed in the ceiling of the room and water started dripping through onto Meir's head. She grabbed his cheeks in joy after the first drops fell and rubbed her hands over her face.\n\nAs they waited, the pair could hear hostages being taken past them towards Gaza.\n\n\"I heard so many people that they brought outside, then I heard shouting, and then Hamas was laughing and rejoicing that they got someone,\" Bhing says.\n\nThe first reference on the mothers' chat to someone being kidnapped was at 12:09.\n\nThe BBC has verified footage taken on the day that shows Hamas militants leading five hostages, including an elderly woman, down the road in Be'eri kibbutz - we do not know what time this footage was taken. Israel says that in total 150 people have been kidnapped and taken to Gaza and it is unclear how many were taken from Be'eri kibbutz.\n\nAs some people were led away by Hamas, others wondered when the army would arrive.\n\nShir Gutentag was reading the messages, while trying to comfort her daughters by continually placing a hand on each of them.\n\n\"I heard voice messages of terrible things,\" she says. \"There was a woman saying her baby daughter was dead. She was crying for help. Another one saw her mother getting killed, and she's waiting in the safe room for many hours whispering for help saying 'save me, I don't want to die.'\"\n\nOther WhatsApp messages in the group tell of horrific injuries - including a family member bleeding from a massive wound.\n\nThere are many messages on this chat, including some describing injuries, but we have not been able to ascertain the fate of everyone who posted.\n\nAs they sat waiting in the safe rooms for Israeli soldiers to arrive, the residents continued to support one another.\n\nShir made quiet calls to neighbours who had posted messages showing they were in distress, saying \"breathe in with me\".\n\n\"I posted mainly encouraging things - I'm sure the army's there, I'm sure they're coming. Be patient. Breathe,\" she says.\n\nOthers in the group did the same.\n\nIn one exchange, someone asked: \"Is there something someone can say to calm us down?\" Within seconds a neighbour responded: \"I'll tell you,\" before describing how the army would be able to handle it.\n\nAt around 15:00, Shir got a call from neighbours asking to come into her home because theirs was filling with smoke.\n\nShe rushed over to her front door, and began dismantling a stack of furniture she had put against it to stop anyone entering and let the family of four through, ushering them to the safe room before reassembling the barricade. A few minutes later, another woman got in touch to ask to enter and Shir began the process again.\n\nAs her family waited for a rescue they weren't sure would happen, Michal said she put her hands on her three children and \"gave them little kisses, but quietly\".\n\nA message on the WhatsApp group offered advice about how to keep children calm. The message said that fear is normal, and to calm children with a hug.\n\nIn the afternoon, updates shared in the group suggested that IDF soldiers had arrived, and were beginning to make headway. \"The soldiers are now fighting... Two other forces are on their way,\" one message just after 15:30 said.\n\nPeople continued to post their addresses in the hope that someone would come to save them, adding brief information, such as \"terrorists hiding\".\n\nBut confusion continued to dominate and nobody seemed to know how many soldiers had arrived, or if they were an organised group who could begin to control the situation.\n\nPeople reported hearing shouts of \"IDF, IDF!\" outside, but did not know whether this could be trusted. It could be Hamas in disguise, trying to tempt residents to open up.\n\nGolan had continued standing with his gun in his kitchen and he said he could see militants with RPGs shouting \"IDF, IDF.\"\n\n\"I text my neighbours saying I didn't think it was IDF, they had an accent and they didn't dress appropriately - they wore the uniforms, but they didn't wear them right.\"\n\nThis message was also being passed around in the group.\n\n\"They're also disguised as soldiers, do not answer anyone outside,\" one said.\n\nAs evening approached, messages became more hopeful. The sounds people were hearing from the safe rooms were shifting. Many were hearing more Hebrew voices.\n\nThey had been waiting for almost an entire day for help. In one of the first messages on the chat one member says people should not worry and that they didn't need the army - it would be all over soon. But a few minutes later, people were begging for soldiers to come.\n\nNow that help had finally arrived, residents tried to coordinate with soldiers, calling out locations for IDF troops to be sent to fight.\n\nShortly before 18:00, a message was circulated saying the most senior forces in the army were handling the incident. \"Until now you were brave and amazing, keep staying in the safe rooms and the incident will end. Everyone is aware of the situation and information is coming through all the time.\"\n\nIt was around this time that Bhing and Meir were rescued from their safe room. The house around them - where the family were playing board games the night before - was now ashes. Somehow, they had survived, trapped inside a tiny room as all their belongings burned.\n\nBhing turned as soldiers escorted them away, and took a photo on her phone of the remains.\n\nBefore and after: Meir's house burned by Hamas\n\nBack in the group, a message was sent at 18:08 saying: \"They're beginning a process of evacuation.\" This was followed by the first messages from people saying they had been saved.\n\nBut the process was slow. Many continued to plead for help long into the evening. \"Lots of bullets here too. It doesn't stop. Please they're here,\" one message just after 19:00 said.\n\nThe military arrived at Dafna's brother's apartment at 20:00, telling Dafna and her husband they would be rescued within an hour.\n\nMembers of the mothers' group began sharing code words the soldiers should say so residents could trust it was really them. People continued to worry that it was really Hamas trying to get into their homes.\n\nMeanwhile, the sounds of gun battles continued. They were being told it was over but as they had spent a day seeing nothing but hearing everything, they felt they could not distinguish anything or trust anybody.\n\n\"They're not saying the code help us,\" one resident wrote.\n\nWhen the military came to Michal's home, she initially refused to open the door. One of the people from the kibbutz's emergency call-up unit called Michal's husband to assure him it really was the IDF.\n\n\"They told him they're going to come back and they're going to shout. And he said tell them to shout our name and we will open,\" Michal says.\n\nThe soldiers formed a circle around the family and their pet dog, as they escorted them from the kibbutz.\n\n\"They told us 'we're going to go quiet and at some point you've got to cover your kids' eyes because there are a lot of bodies outside'.\n\n\"So we walked, with the dog and he was really, really quiet. It took us I think 15 minutes to get outside of the kibbutz where they gathered all the people. The soldiers came to each family like this, so it took a lot of time.\"\n\nShe covered her children's eyes, but Michal kept hers open.\n\n\"I wanted to look. I saw bodies. My husband said he saw bodies of people from the kibbutz, but I saw bodies of terrorists,\" she says.\n\nOthers couldn't bear seeing the remains of their community. \"I was looking down,\" says Shir. \"I think this saved my soul.\"\n\nAs they waited to be taken away, a gunman opened fire nearby. It wasn't completely over.\n\nThe residents were brought on army trucks to a nearby town, before being moved on to a hotel at the Dead Sea.\n\nDafna, who had first seen the military at 20:00, wasn't rescued until after 01:00. She had spent the past 19 hours in such a heightened state of stress and horror that she had not worried too much about her brother. Later, she learned that he had died.\n\nOne woman who has been calling for help the entire day after Hamas broke into her house sent a flurry of posts around 17:00. They began with a haunting, whispered voice note: \"I need help.\"\n\nOthers told her to hang in there.\n\nAt 18:00, she posted again.\n\n\"We must be evacuated,\" she said.\n\nThese were the last messages from her that the BBC saw on the WhatsApp chat. Her friends say she is either dead or kidnapped.\n\nThey look back to life before that first message - \"God forbid\" - to a time where their community was what they call a paradise. They describe a beautiful landscape, a community of mothers and friends that relied on each other and looked out for their neighbours.\n\nSurviving residents say they are drawing strength from their broken community - but cannot forget those who have been lost.\n\n\"They are our friends, they are our family, they are everything to us,\" Golan says.\n\n\"We know them. They have been part of our lives since we were born and we want them back.\"\n\nThe residents had built a community in kibbutz Be'eri over decades. To them, it felt unbreakable. Now, many do not know where to go and what to do.\n\n\"I don't know if we'll even have a home to go to after this,\" Dafna says.\n\n\"We were living in an illusion that we were safe.\"\n\nTranslation by Shaina Oppenheimer, Jonathan Beck, Liora Schurr, Jonathan Shamir, and others\n\nDesign and visualisation by Tural Ahmedzade and Joy Roxas", "Lisa Cameron did not rule out standing down and triggering a by-election\n\nA former SNP MP who defected to the Conservatives has claimed she and her family have had to go into hiding due to threats of violence.\n\nDr Lisa Cameron said she had to leave her home after she was threatened with being \"bricked in the street\".\n\nShe told The Times she had received a \"torrent of abuse\" in emails since announcing her defection on Thursday.\n\nSNP leader Humza Yousaf has called on her to \"do the honourable thing\" and stand down, triggering a by-election.\n\nDr Cameron left the SNP ahead of a selection meeting to pick the next candidate for the East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow constituency.\n\nSince making the announcement she said she had received numerous threatening messages.\n\nShe told the newspaper the threats were \"where the political discourse has got to in Scotland\".\n\nOn her decision to leave the SNP, she said she felt \"isolated\" within the SNP's Westminster group and there was a lot of \"fear and intimidation\".\n\nShe said that intensified after she defended the teenage victim of unwanted sexual advances from SNP MP Patrick Grady.\n\nShe said she was prescribed anti-depressants and received counselling as a result of the treatment she claims to have received during her time within the party.\n\nShe has also changed her view on independence and said she no longer felt the government was being run competently.\n\nDr Cameron has represented the area since the 2015 general election but said she was facing a challenge in her seat from SNP staffer Grant Costello.\n\nOn choosing the Conservatives, Dr Cameron said she felt her views would not be welcomed in the Labour Party.\n\nShe is a member of the Free Church of Scotland.\n\nDr Cameron's claims have been dismissed by senior SNP figures, including party president Mike Russell.\n\nHe told BBC's Good Morning Scotland on Friday that her claims were \"unsubstantiated\".\n\nHe said: \"What the SNP needs to do is focus on the big issues in Scotland, not what seems to be a rather odd tantrum from somebody who was going to lose their nomination.\"\n\nThe defection was also downplayed by First Minister and SNP leader Humza Yousaf.\n\nHe said constituents would be \"deeply let down\" by her actions and that she should stand down.", "Amiram Cooper, Guy Gilboa-Dalal and Tsachi Idan are being held in Gaza\n\nIsrael says 132 people remain unaccounted for after they were abducted and taken to Gaza during the October 7 attacks by Hamas.\n\nAn estimated 240 people were taken prisoner, but 105 were later released by Hamas during a six-day ceasefire at the end of November.\n\nThe Israeli military said it mistakenly killed three hostages in northern Gaza who had escaped from their captors and expressed \"deep remorse\" over the incident.\n\nOf the 132 still unaccounted for, Israel says that 20 of them are believed to be dead.\n\nThese are the stories of those hostages who are still being held, which have either been confirmed by the BBC or credibly reported.\n\nThis list is regularly updated and names may change, as some people feared kidnapped are confirmed to have been killed or released.\n\nLast updated on 19 December 2023 at 10:33 GMT\n\nYagev Kirsht, 34, was taken from his home in Kibbutz Nirim, alongside his wife, Rimon Buchstab Kirsht. She has now been released.\n\nAlexander Trupanov, was taken hostage with his mother Lena Trupanov, 50, his partner Sapir Cohen, 29, and his grandmother Irina Tati, 73. All were abducted from Kibbutz Nir Oz as they spent the Sabbath together, according to a statement by Canada's Raoul Wallenburg Center for Human Rights. Irina and Lena were released on Wednesday 29 November and Sapir was freed the next day.\n\nAriel Cunio, his girlfriend Arbel Yahud and her brother Dolev are also thought to have been abducted in the same attack on Nir Oz. Eitan Cunio, Ariel's brother who escaped Hamas, told the Jewish Chronicle that his last message from Ariel said: \"We are in a horror movie.\"\n\nDavid Cunio, 33, another of Ariel's brothers, was also kidnapped from Nir Oz, family say. David's wife Sharon Aloni Cunio and their three-year-old twin daughters Ema and Yuly were released on 27 November. Sharon's sister Daniele Aloni, and her six-year-old daughter Emilia were both released on 24 November.\n\nDoron Steinbrecher, 30, a veterinary nurse, was in her apartment in Kibbutz Kfar Aza when Hamas attacked, the Times of Israel reported. At 10:30 on 7 October, the newspaper said, she sent a voice message to friends: \"They've arrived, they have me.\"\n\nItzhak Gelerenter, 53, was taken from the Supernova festival. His family said the IDF found his phone was located in Gaza, the Times of Israel reported. His daughter Pivko told the paper: \"I'm trying to think good thoughts, I have a powerful, smart, resourceful father.\"\n\nDoron Steinbrecher sent a voice message to friends during Hamas' attack\n\nNaama Levy, 19, was filmed being bundled into a jeep, her hands tied behind her back. The footage was released by Hamas and circulated widely on social media. According to her mother, the teenager had just begun her military service.\n\nYousef Zyadna, a 53-year-old Bedouin dairy farmer, was abducted from Kibbutz Holit and taken to Gaza along with his sons Hamza, 22, and Bilal, 18, and his daughter, Aisha, 16. Aisha and Bilal were released on Thursday 30 November.\n\nElad Katzir, 47, was abducted from Nir Oz with his mother Hanna. Hanna has now been released.\n\nOhad Ben Ami, 55, was kidnapped from Be'eri with his wife, Raz. She was released by Hamas on 29 November.\n\nTwin brothers Gali and Ziv Berman, 26, were taken from Kfar Aza. Ziv was messaging a friend as the attack happened. Their family said the IDF has told them the brothers are being held in Gaza. Their brother Liran told CBN news the pair had \"twin power\" and were the centre of attention wherever they went.\n\nIraq-born Shlomo Mansour, 85, was taken captive from Kibbutz Kissufim, where he lived and worked as a chicken coop manager. His wife, Mazal, managed to escape.\n\nMichel Nisenbaum, 59, is a dual Brazilian-Israeli citizen who has lived in Israel for 45 years and works as a computer technician, his family told Brazilian media. They also say he is diabetic and has Crohn's disease. On 7 October, they say, someone claiming to be from Hamas answered his phone when they tried to call him.\n\nDaniela Gilboa, 19, sent messages saying that Kibbutz Nahal Oz, where she was staying, was under attack and asked her mother to pray for her. Her boyfriend, Roy Dadon, told the Economist 1843 magazine that he believes he saw a glimpse of her in a video showing three girls being driven away in the back of an SUV.\n\nItay Chen, 19, a dual US-Israeli citizen and IDF solider, was on active duty with a tank unit on 7 October, according to the Times of Israel. The paper reported that his family was notified by the IDF that he is officially considered missing in action and probably being held hostage. Another soldier in his unit, Matan Angrest, 21, is also presumed to be in Gaza.\n\nYosi Sharabi, 51, was taken from Be'eri with his brother, Eli Sharabi, 55. Eli's wife and two daughters were murdered in the attack. Ofir Engel, the boyfriend of Yosi's daughter, Yuval, was also taken, but released on 29 November.\n\nAgam Berger, 19, was kidnapped from Nahal Oz. She was seen being taken away in videos released by Hamas.\n\nEdan Alexander, 19, is an Israeli-US citizen who volunteered to join the Israeli army. He was serving near the Gaza border at the time of Hamas's attack. Edan's family said they had been told by Israeli officials that he had been taken to Gaza as a hostage.\n\nKaid Farhan Elkadi, 53, lives with his family south of Rahat and worked as a security guard, according to Israeli media. Reports said his family believes he was kidnapped and taken to Gaza, based on images shared by Hamas.\n\nIlana Gritzewsky and Matan Zanguaker were captured near the Gaza border, family say\n\nMatan Zanguaker, 24, was taken with his partner Ilana Gritzewsky, 30, from Nir Oz, according to Ilana's father. Ilana, a Mexican national, was released on Thursday 30 November.\n\nThe family of Eitan and Yair Horn believe they were taken from Nir Oz kibbutz\n\nEitan Horn, 37, and his brother Yair, 45, both Argentinian citizens, were also in Nir Oz at the time of the attack. Their father Itzik said he believes they were kidnapped. Yair is a construction worker while Eitan works in education.\n\nItai Svirsky, 38, is thought to have been abducted when his elderly parents were killed in Be'eri. He had been visiting them for the holiday of Simhat Torah.\n\nKeith Seigel, 64, and his wife Adrienne - often known as Aviva - Seigel, 62, were taken from their home in Kfar Aza, Keith's brother Lee Seigel told the BBC. Adrienne was released on 26 November.\n\nOmri Miran, 46, lived in Nahal Oz with his wife and two daughters. Omri was led away by Hamas with his hands tied, his wife Lishay told the Guardian newspaper. She told him not to be a hero, urging: \"Do whatever they want because I want you back.\"\n\nBipin Joshi, 23, a Nepalese student, is believed to have been taken from Kibbutz Alumim. Nepalese newspaper Setopati says he was one of 49 university students studying agriculture in Israel. It says 10 students were killed in the attack.\n\nIlan Weiss, 58, went missing from Kibbutz Be'eri after he was last seen leaving the house to defend the community. On 25 November, his wife Shiri Weiss, 53, and their daughter, Noga, 18, were freed from captivity in a hostage deal.\n\nAmiram Cooper, 85, and his wife Nurit, 80, were taken from their home in Nir Oz, their daughter-in-law Noa told the BBC. The family last spoke to the couple during the Hamas attack, Noa said, when the couple were in their safe room. The family later traced Amiram's phone to Gaza. On Monday 23 October, Nurit was one of two women to be released.\n\nAmiram and Nurit Cooper, pictured with their granddaughter, Gali\n\nOded Lifshitz, 83, and his wife Yocheved, 85 were taken hostage from Nir Oz. On Monday 23 October, Yocheved was one of two elderly women to be freed. After hearing the news of her mother's release, their daughter Sharone - a London-based artist - said: \"While I cannot put into words the relief that she is now safe, I will remain focused on securing the release of my father and all those - some 200 innocent people - who remain hostages in Gaza.\"\n\nHaim Peri, 79, was taken from his home in Nir Oz, reports the Times of Israel, and freed hostage Yocheved Lifshitz said she saw that he was alive and well. His son Lior Peri told Talk TV that Haim had locked his wife inside the safe room before giving himself up to kidnappers.\n\nAvraham Munder, 78, was kidnapped from Nir Oz, Israeli officials say. His wife Ruthi, daughter and grandson have since been released.\n\nOmer Neutra, a 22-year-old Israeli-American and grandson of Holocaust survivors, put off plans to go to college in the US to study in Israel, and eventually joined the IDF. He was serving as a tank commander near Gaza when Hamas attacked. Omer's parents say they were told by the Israeli embassy that he had been kidnapped.\n\nRon Benjamin's vehicle was found empty following the attacks\n\nRon Benjamin, 53, had been taking part in a group cycle ride near the Gaza border when the Hamas attack began and he decided to drive home, his family told Israeli media. Days later, his vehicle was found empty and his family believe he was kidnapped.\n\nLouis Har, 70, is believed to have been taken from Nir Yitzhak. His partner Clara Marman was released on 28 November along with her sister Gabriela Leimberg, 59, and Gabriela's daughter Mia Leimberg,17. Clara and Gabriela's brother Fernando Simon Marman, 60, also remains in captivity.\n\nJudith Weinstein Haggai, 70, and her husband, Gad Haggai, 73, also went missing from Nir Oz after the Hamas attack. Ten days later, the Israeli military confirmed to the family they had been taken hostage, CTV News in Canada reported.\n\nAlex Danzig, 75, a scholar and historian of the Holocaust, was at his home in Nir Oz, when it was attacked by Hamas. \"We know for sure he was kidnapped,\" his son Mati told the BBC. Alex - whose older sister Edith is a Holocaust survivor - has spent the last 30 years working for Yad Vashem, Israel's Holocaust remembrance centre. His disappearance has triggered a campaign for his release, both in Israel and in Poland, the country of his birth.\n\nAlex Danzig has spent decades educating people about the Holocaust\n\nItzhk Elgarat, 68, was kidnapped at the same time as Alex Danzig, his brother Danny Elgert told Israel's Kan 11 TV station, adding that he had tracked his brother's phone to the border with Gaza.\n\nGadi Moses, 79, was also abducted during the same attack on Nir Oz, according to relatives and the Israeli aid agency where he worked as an agricultural expert. Efrat Katz, his partner, was initially thought to have been captured as well, but she was later found dead, the Times of Israel reported. Efrat was the mother of Doron Asher, who was taken hostage and later released with her two daughters. Ravid Katz, 51, Doron Asher's brother, was originally thought to have been taken hostage from Nir Oz, but on 28 November his family confirmed that he had been killed on 7 October.\n\nYair Yaakov, 59, is listed among the hostages. His partner Meirav Tal, 53, was released on 28 November. Yair's children Yagil, 13, and Or, 16, were released on 27 November.\n\nYair Yaakov was pictured being held captive by a gunman in a video shared online\n\nNimrod Cohen, 19, had studied software engineering in high school, according to reports. After he was kidnapped, his father was invited to meet Pope Francis in Rome along with other hostages' families.\n\nTsachi Idan, 51, was last seen by his wife, Gali, as he was taken away by Hamas gunmen. Their family had been ambushed in their safe room in Nahal Oz. Their ordeal was live-streamed by Hamas. Their eldest child, Maayan - who had just turned 18 - was shot dead, Gali told the BBC.\n\nTsachi Idan was ambushed with his wife and children and then led away\n\nYarden Bibas, 34, was abducted from Nir Oz. His wife, Shiri, and their two young children, Ariel and Kfir, were also taken hostage, but on 29 November, Hamas claimed they had been killed in an Israeli air strike while in captivity. The Israeli government has said it is checking the claim.\n\nRonen Engel, 54, was taken from Kibbutz Nir Oz along with his wife, Karina Engelbert, 51, and their two daughters, Mika, 18 and Yuval, 11. On 1 December, the organisation representing the families said he had been murdered. Karina, Mika and Yuval were released on 27 November.\n\nKarina Ariev, a 19-year-old soldier, was serving at an army base near Gaza when she was kidnapped. Her sister Alexandra told the BBC she heard shooting as Karina called her during the attack, and later saw a video showing Karina being taken away in a vehicle.\n\nKarina Ariev was at the Nahal Oz military base, which was among the first to be attacked\n\nOfer Kalderon, 53, was taken by Hamas from Nir Oz. On 27 November his two children, Erez, 12, and Sahar, 16, were released. Two other relatives, 80-year-old Carmela Dan and her granddaughter, Noya, 12, were also believed to have been taken, but Israeli authorities later announced they had been found dead.\n\nYoram Metzger, 80, was a resident of Nir Oz. He has diabetes and broke his hip six months ago, his daughter-in-law said. Yoram's wife Tamar was released on 28 November.\n\nNadav Popplewell, 51, and his mother Channah were taken hostage by Hamas, said Channah's daughter Ayelet Svatitzky, who was speaking to them on the phone when the gunmen burst in. She said the captors sent pictures of her two relatives, who both have diabetes, with armed men in the background. Channah has now been released.\n\nOmri Miran, 46, was abducted after his family opened the door to their secure shelter to an Israeli child, who said he would be killed otherwise. Omri's wife, Lishay Lavi, said she saw him being taken away in handcuffs with three other hostages from Nahal Oz.\n\nLiri Elbag, 18, had just started military training as an Army lookout near the Gaza border when Hamas attacked, her father Eli told the Associated Press. Eli said he saw her in a video circulated later by Hamas, crowded with others on the back of a military truck which had been seized by the gunmen.\n\nLior Rudaeff, 61, was taken from Nir Yitzhak during the attack. His family have heard nothing from him since then.\n\nA number of people are believed to have been abducted from the Supernova music festival in southern Israel. Among them:\n\nShlomi Ziv, 40, was part of the security detail at the festival and was initially in contact with his sisters as the attack unfolded, according to an interview with The Times of Israel. A few weeks later the family learned he was officially considered to be a hostage, the report says.\n\nAlexander Lobanov, 32, is a Russian-Israeli citizen who was kidnapped at the festival.\n\nOri Danino, 25, is reported to have got away from the festival in his car, but it's believed he was captured after turning back in an attempt to save some people he had met there.\n\nAlmog Sarusi, 26, was kidnapped from the music festival and his partner Shahar Gindi was killed, according to Israeli media. Almog's father, Yigal, was among the relatives of hostages who met with Israel's prime minister in October.\n\nOmer Shem Tov, 21, called his parents as he was running away from gunfire and managed to get into a friend's car. His parents, Shelly and Malki Shem Tov, told Israeli media they lost contact with their son and the live location on his phone showed he was beyond the border in Gaza.\n\nIdan Shtivi, 28, an environmental sciences student, was attending the festival to take pictures at music and yoga workshops being held by friends. He escaped the site in his car but was attacked by Hamas along the route. The bodies of two of his passengers were found, and his family told the Jerusalem Post they suspect he was kidnapped.\n\nYosef Ohana, 24, had been at the festival with a friend, who told his mother he and Yosef had remained to help people escape the gunfire before running themselves. Yosef was last seen hiding under a car, and Israeli authorities have visited his mother to say he was kidnapped.\n\nAndrei Kozlov, 27, a Russian who moved to Israel in 2022, is missing from the Supernova festival, where he was working as a security guard. His mother told the De Taly publication the family was told by the IDF on October 26 that he was being held hostage.\n\nElyakim Libman, 23, was working as a security guard at the festival. In a Facebook post his father Eliyahu Libman said another guard told him his son had helped rescue others before trying to escape. He was last seen trying to help two badly-injured women.\n\nNoa Argamani, a Chinese-born Israeli citizen, was also kidnapped from the festival. Video footage - verified by her father Yaakov Argamani to Israel's Channel 12 - shows the 25-year-old being taken away on the back of a motorbike screaming, \"Don't kill me!\" Her boyfriend Avinatan Or, 30, also appears in the video being marched away from her by Hamas, the Times of Israel reported.\n\nEden Yerushalmi's family say they were told she had been taken hostage\n\nEden Yerushalmi, 24, called her family during Hamas's attack on the festival, her sister May told CBS News. The family say they were subsequently informed by the IDF that Eden had been abducted.\n\nChanan Yablonka, 42, is a father-of-two from Tel Aviv. According to reports, he attended the festival with friends and was due to celebrate his birthday a few days after the attacks.\n\nJonathan Samerano, 21, has been missing since 7am on the morning of the festival. His family have been told to presume he is being held in Gaza, Israeli media reported.\n\nGuy Gilboa-Dalal was filmed in captivity in Gaza, his family say\n\nGuy Gilboa-Dalal, 22, attended the festival with his brother. Guy appears in a hostage video that his family say confirms he is in Gaza.\n\nUriel Baruch, 35, was injured during the attack on the festival, his wife said on Facebook. Reports in Israeli media say his mother, Naomi, has heard from the IDF that he is a hostage.\n\nMaxim Kharkin's mother described speaking to him on the morning of 7 October\n\nMaxim Kharkin is aged 35 and a Russian speaker, his mother told Russian media. She added that he had called her at 07:00 on the morning of the attack.\n\nElkana Bohbot was seen in a video posted by Hamas\n\nElkana Bohbot, 34, had gone to the party with friends and, before losing contact, he spoke to his wife and mother telling them he was helping to evacuate the wounded, the Times of Israel reported. Hours later, his family found a video of him posted online by Hamas, which has been seen by BBC Verify.\n\nRom Braslavski, 19, was working on security for the festival. According to an account published by Hostages and Missing Families Forum, he was trying to rescue an injured person in the attack when he was caught in a volley of fire. He has not been heard from since.\n\nOmer Wenkert, 22, a restaurant manager, sent a message to his family to say he was going to a safe shelter but then lost contact, his father Shai Wenkert told the BBC's Today Programme. Shai Wenkert said he had seen footage of his son in captivity, including a photo of him handcuffed and wearing only underwear.\n\nEvyatar David's family say they were sent a video of him in captivity\n\nEvyatar David, 23, was at the festival and on the morning of the attacks, described fleeing from gunfire before losing contact with the outside world, his brother says. Later, his family say, Evyatar's sister posted on Instagram appealing for information about his whereabouts. She then received a text from an unknown number, which contained video footage of Evyatar handcuffed on the floor of a dark room. According to Israel's foreign ministry he is being held captive by Hamas in Gaza.\n\nEitan Mor, 23, lives in Jerusalem, and was working as a security guard at the festival, the Times of Israel said. He reportedly texted his uncle after Hamas arrived and was last seen with a friend bringing others to safety.\n\nAlon Ohel, 22, a Serbian citizen, took refuge in a shelter after the festival came under attack, his family say. They have seen footage of him being dragged away after a grenade attack.\n\nAlmog Meir Jan, 21, tried to flee the festival. He and a friend made it to the friend's car but only managed to drive a short distance before being forced to stop. Almog's family say they have seen a hostage video in which he appears.\n\nInbar Heiman, a student aged 21, was seen by two young Israeli men being taken away from the festival on a motorcycle. Hamas have released a video in which she is seen very briefly.\n\nHersh Goldberg-Polin, 23, a dual US-Israeli citizen, was badly injured in the attack, his family told the BBC. Eyewitness accounts say he was seen being forced onto a white pick-up truck - the last-known signal from his phone came from just inside Gaza.\n\nSegev Kalfon, 26, was running away from the festival, across the highway, when he was captured by Hamas, according to the Hostages and Missing Families Forum.\n\nOrión Hernández Radoux, 30, from Mexico, attended the festival with his girlfriend, Shani Louk. He has not been seen since. The Sun newspaper says it has seen threatening messages written in Arabic sent from his phone. Shani, a tourist from Germany, was initially thought to be among those seized. But on 30 October, her mother Ricarda told German media that the family had been informed by Israeli military of her death following DNA identification.\n\nRomi Lesham Gonen, 23, was on the phone to her mother as she tried to escape from the Supernova festival. Merav Leshem Gonan has recounted a conversation in which her daughter begged for help after being shot. ABC News reports that Romi's phone is now in Gaza.\n\nBar Kuperstein, 21, last spoke to his family early on the morning of 7 October, as the attack unfolded. Later the same day, his family say they identified him in a video of Israeli prisoners, posted by Hamas. Since then, they say they have had no further information.\n\nEliya Cohen, 26, was hiding with his girlfriend Ziv from the attack, when Ziv felt him being pulled up and driven away by the gunmen, Eliya's mother has told the video initiative #BringThemHomeNow. The family then found a photo of Eliya in Gaza, the Times of Israel reported.\n\nAmit Buskila, 28, from Ashdod, was last heard of making a call to her uncle, Shimon, as Hamas overran the festival. Her family say they have now been told by the government that she is being held in Gaza.\n\nCarmel Gat, 39, is Jordan's sister-in-law, and also was seen by her father being taken by gunmen from Kibbutz Be'eri, Haaretz newspaper reported. She has not been heard from since.\n\nOhad Yahalomi, 49, was abducted from Nir Oz, along with his 12-year-old son, Eitan, who was released during the November ceasefire.\n\nDror Or, 48, was seen by a neighbour being dragged out of his home in Be'eri, according to their nephew Emmanuel Besorai, along with his son and daughter. On Saturday 25 November Dror's son Noam, 17, and daughter Alma, 13, were released from captivity. The body of Yonat, 50 - Dror's wife and the children's mother - was identified among the 120 people murdered at the kibbutz, Yonat's brother told the Guardian newspaper.\n\nTal Shoham, 38, was taken from Kibbutz Be'eri. His wife Adi, also 38, her mother Dr Shoshan Haran, 67, were released by Hamas on 25 November, along with the couple's children Nave, eight, and Yahel, three. Dr Haran's husband, Avshalom - an economist and dual German/Israeli citizen - was killed on 7 October.\n\nTamir Adar, 38, who defended Nir Oz as part of the kibbutz's emergency squad, was taken to Gaza, the Times of Israel reported.\n\nSagui Dekel-Chen, 35, an American-Israeli citizen, has been missing since Hamas's attack on Nir Oz, his father Jonathan told the BBC. He said his son was not found among the dead and the \"only reasonable explanation\" is that he was taken to Gaza.\n\nSagui Dekel-Chen's father has not heard from him since Hamas attacked the kibbutz where he lived\n\nThailand's ambassador to Israel says 26 of its citizens were taken hostage, 23 of whom have now been released.\n\nThose still being held are believed to include Watchara Sriuan, 32. His mother, Viewwaew, told the Thaiger news site that the family had been informed he was being held captive.\n\nKiattisak \"Top\" Patee and a Mr Pongtorn (no first name given) have also been named by the Thai foreign ministry as hostages.\n\nA number of other people thought to have been held hostage are now confirmed to have died, either during the 7 October attack or while in captivity.\n\nAs well as Ron Scherman and Nik Beizer, four bodies were identified this week. They were Tal Chaimi, an Israeli-Romanian citizen aged 41, and Joshua Mollel, a 19-year-old Tanzanian student. Also, 27-year-old Eden Zecharya, who was kidnapped from the Nova music festival, and 36-year-old Ziv Dado, who had already been declared dead by the Israeli military.\n\nOthers known to have died include Dror Kaplun, 68, Aviv Atzili, 49, Arye Zalmanovich, 85, Ronen Engel, 54, Maya Goren, 56, Guy Iluz, 26, Ofir Tzarfati, 27, Ofra Keider, 70, and Eliyahu Margalit, 75.\n\nThe bodies of 19-year-old soldier, Noa Marciano, and 65-year-old Yehudit Weiss were found by Israeli troops in buildings close to Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City.\n\nOn Saturday 9 December Kibbutz Bari announced that Sahar Baruch, 25, had been killed in Gaza.\n\nOther hostages whose death has been reported, but not confirmed include Shiri Bibas, 32, and her two young children, Ariel and Kfir.\n\nAre you personally affected by the issues raised in this story? If it is safe to do so, please get in touch by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "Last updated on .From the section Man Utd\n\nQatari banker Sheikh Jassim bin Hamad Al Thani has withdrawn from the process to buy Manchester United, BBC Sport has been told.\n\nSheikh Jassim had bid £5bn for the club but further talks this week have broken down.\n\nThe Glazer family, who bought United for £790m in 2005, announced in November 2022 they were considering selling.\n\nBritish businessman Sir Jim Ratcliffe's Ineos Group was the other main bidder.\n\nSources have told BBC Sport that Ratcliffe is now hoping to conclude a deal for a minority stake in the club, thought to be 25%.\n\nEarlier this month BBC Sport reported Ratcliffe was considering whether to offer to buy a minority stake in the club in an effort to break the impasse over the ownership situation.\n\nThe Glazer family's announcement last year that they were considering selling United led to a flurry of interest but only two offers, from Ineos and Sheikh Jassim.\n\nBoth tabled bids of about £5bn.\n\nSheikh Jassim's camp have always maintained he was only interested in buying the club outright.\n\nUnited supporters have held demonstrations against the Glazer family inside and outside Old Trafford.\n\nThe club are 10th in the Premier League having lost four of their opening eight matches, and were beaten in their first two Champions League games.\n\nIn a statement, the Manchester United Supporters Trust said: \"MUFC is in desperate need of new investment and new majority ownership. We hope this news accelerates that process rather than delays it.\n\n\"Based on the last 11 months, no-one can be quite sure. The Glazers need to make their position clear.\"\n\nIt is understood that Sheikh Jassim's bid would have been a fully cash offer and would have cleared all old debt. There would also have been more than £1.4bn to finance new stadium plans, new training centre facilities, buy players and also for community regeneration projects.\n\nFigures in March showed United owed £969.6m through a combination of gross debt, bank borrowings and outstanding transfer fees with associated payments.\n\nThere has been no public comment from any party around this latest development.\n\nThe Glazer family have also made no public statement since launching their 'strategic review' around United in November, which they said could lead to a sale.\n\nThis was always viewed as one of a number of options but just by mentioning it - when they had never done so previously - they raised hopes among many fans who feel their ownership has held the club back since 2005 that they were willing to sell.\n\nNumerous conflicting rumours have emerged over the past months, including that the whole process had been shelved, which sources were adamant was not the case.\n\nEarlier this week, United chief executive Richard Arnold told a Fans Forum meeting: \"All I can say at this moment is the work is ongoing.\"\n\nUnited would normally have released their 2023 end-of-year financial results by now.\n\nAs yet, no date has been confirmed for their release, with no reason given for it being later than usual.\n\nFigures released in June showed United were heading for record revenues despite not playing in the Champions League last season.\n\nStronger matchday and commercial revenue meant United revised their annual revenue forecast from between £590m and £610m to between £630m and £640m, which would eclipse their previous best of £627.1m in 2019.\n\nAnalysis - 'Glazers remain and that will be greeted with anger'\n\nThis process has been going on so long now, and the reports around it have been so conflicting, nothing can be completely taken at face value.\n\nHowever, if Sheikh Jassim has withdrawn from the process and there is no going back, it means, in the short term, the Glazer family are staying.\n\nSir Jim Ratcliffe has said he is willing to accept a minority stake as a first step towards getting a majority, which is what he wants - and there are issues over United's complicated share structure to solve.\n\nIt is also possible at some point in the not-too-distant future another party will come in and make an offer the Glazers do find acceptable.\n\nBut for now, the Glazers remain - and that is something sure to be greeted with anger by a significant proportion of the United fanbase - including former skipper Gary Neville - who feel the ownership is the major reason why the club is in its current predicament.\n\nThis week, when asked if the Glazer family were aware of the majority view of them within the United fanbase, chief executive Richard Arnold told their Fans Forum the club was \"transparent in its feedback to the owners\".\n\nEvidently, they have thick skin and are content to remain, despite the protests against them.\n\nAnd evidently, Sheikh Jassim feels what the Glazers want is not feasible to anyone wanting to buy the club outright.\n\nThe two great unknowns now are whether an alternative Qatari bid for another Premier League club becomes a reality - and also what makes the Glazers feel United is worth more than has been offered.\n\nLots of questions remain. Answers are in very short supply.\n• None Our coverage of Manchester United is bigger and better than ever before - here's everything you need to know to make sure you never miss a moment\n• None Everything United - go straight to all the best content", "US officials have accused North Korea of supplying vast amounts of military hardware to Russia for use in Ukraine.\n\nPyongyang has supplied up to 1,000 containers of \"equipment and munitions\" in \"recent weeks\", National Security Council Spokesperson John Kirby said.\n\nOfficials also released photos of what they said were 300 containers assembled for transport in Najin, North Korea.\n\nMoscow's military is believed to be burning through huge amounts of artillery shells and missiles in its ongoing invasion of Ukraine, and has been seeking to replenish its supplies from some of its isolated allies.\n\nSome analysts believe that Mr Kim's regime could be sitting on huge stores of arms, but could be reluctant to hand over too much given its relative lack of resources.\n\nUS intelligence agencies tracked the deliveries, which officials said took place between 7 September and 1 October.\n\nSpeaking at a news conference on Friday, Mr Kirby said the equipment was exported via sea and rail to a supply depot in southwestern Russia, near Tikhoretsk, about 180 miles (290km) from the Ukrainian border.\n\nMr Kirby did not specify the nature of the munitions he says were supplied by Mr Kim's regime, but the US has previously accused Moscow of purchasing rockets and artillery shells from Pyongyang.\n\nSince Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, US officials have consistently voiced concerns that North Korea has supplied munitions to Russia.\n\n\"We condemn [North Korea] for providing Russia with this military equipment, which will be used to attack Ukrainian cities, kill Ukrainian civilians and further Russia's illegitimate war,\" Mr Kirby told reporters.\n\nHe said the deliveries by North Korea violate UN Security Council resolutions \"which is why we will continue to aggressively raise these arms deals at the UN alongside with our allies and partners\".\n\nIn July, Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu visited the country with a military delegation and met with Mr Kim, who displayed a number of weapons systems - including the Hwasong intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM).\n\nAnd in September, Mr Kim met with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Vostochny space centre in Russia's far east.\n\nObservers say that North Korean weapons would only give a short-term boost to Russia's war effort. They point to how Moscow, with hugely depleted ammunition, is relying on older, more unreliable artillery shell stocks.\n\nAnd speaking recently at a ceremony to mark his retirement as chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen Mark Milley said he was \"sceptical\" that any such deliveries would play a decisive role in the conflict.\n\nBut it comes as the US has been forced to pause plans to send an additional $6bn in military aid to Kyiv, amid an ongoing budget row in the House of Representatives.\n\nPresident Biden said earlier this week that the temporary agreement between House Democrats and Republicans may force him to find alternative ways to fund Ukraine's war effort.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nPower-sharing is \"essential\" for securing Northern Ireland's future within the UK, the DUP leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson has said.\n\nParty members gathered in Belfast to hear him address their annual conference.\n\nThe DUP walked out of Northern Ireland's power-sharing government 18 months ago in protest at post-Brexit trade rules.\n\nHowever, Sir Jeffrey said he still believes in devolved government.\n\n\"Having no say in our future will not be a recipe for success,\" he told delegates.\n\n\"If we want to make the positive case for the union, then having local institutions that succeed in delivering for everyone in Northern Ireland is an essential element in building our case.\"\n\nThe party withdrew Paul Givan as first minister in February last year in protest over the Northern Ireland Protocol, which triggered the collapse of power-sharing government.\n\nEarlier this year, the UK and EU agreed changes to the protocol, as part of a deal known as the Windsor Framework.\n\nIt reduces the level of checks on goods crossing the Irish Sea from Great Britain to Northern Ireland.\n\nThe DUP has since said the framework is not sufficiently different from the protocol and continues to undermine Northern Ireland's place in the UK.\n\nIt has been involved in talks with Number 10 for several months in a bid to reach an accommodation, with NI Secretary Chris Heaton-Harris recently saying he believes those negotiations are in their \"final stages\".\n\nSir Jeffrey updated members on his negotiations with the government over changes they want to see to the Windsor Framework.\n\n\"Today I can report that we are making progress, but there remains more work to do.\n\n\"I am hopeful that remaining concerns can be addressed as quickly as possible.\"\n\nAnd he sent a message to those who would argue that direct rule from London is a \"better option\".\n\n\"Time and again, Westminster has imposed laws upon us that are not in tune with the needs or wishes of the people of Northern Ireland,\" he said.\n\n\"You cannot on the one hand repeatedly condemn successive governments for letting us down and then argue with credibility that we are better off ruled directly by those who do not really understand what makes this place tick.\"\n\nSir Jeffrey also said the DUP's plan had \"confronted the realities and exposed the flaws\" of the protocol, and that any new arrangements must command the support of unionists and nationalists.\n\n\"The rights of unionists cannot be diminished, sidelined or treated in a way that is less important than nationalists,\" he added.\n\nThe DUP has faced criticism from other political parties in NI over its refusal to return to power sharing\n\nThe DUP has faced criticism from other political parties for blocking the formation of an executive and assembly.\n\nBut the party's stance has remained unchanged, instead negotiating with the UK government with the aim of securing more legislative changes that it says would protect Northern Ireland's place within the UK internal market.\n\nOn the surface, it was a speech which ticked all the familiar boxes: standing up for the union and facing down those pushing for a united Ireland.\n\nBut scratch the surface and you will find a speech which appeared to lay the first small step towards a return to Stormont.\n\nThe narrative was easy to follow. Protecting the union was the priority and the best way to achieve that was through devolved government at Stormont.\n\nDelegates were invited to consider the bigger picture.\n\n\"If we make the right choices now we can secure the union for generations to come,\" said the DUP leader.\n\nBut that could come at a price which was spelt out in the next line: \"But that means being prepared to face up to new realities and adapting to new circumstances.\"\n\nThe DUP leader received a standing ovation from party representatives at the conference\n\nDoes that mean unionists being forced to stomach some sense of an Irish Sea border?\n\nNot according to Sir Jeffrey who insisted the party will \"not be afraid to say no\" if any government offer does not deal with the DUP's \"fundamental concerns\".\n\nBut while those in the conference hall were left to ponder on the leader's next move, those watching in London will be encouraged by what they heard.\n\nThey were waiting for a signal from the DUP leader about a possible return to Stormont.\n\nThey got that today which, in turn, may pave the way for London and Brussels to provide Sir Jeffrey with what he needs to get a deal over the line in the coming weeks.\n\nIt feels like the pieces of a jigsaw are falling into place, but we have been here before and know how quickly such jigsaws can fall apart.\n\nSir Jeffrey, who is the MP for Lagan Valley, became leader in June 2021.\n\nEarlier this year he hit out at some within his own ranks for briefing against the party, saying it damages unionism's electoral prospects.\n\nHe told the conference that: \"With leadership comes responsibility, and with that responsibility comes days when the challenges will be greater than others.\n\n\"We must collectively step up our efforts in promoting the union.\n\n\"Those who believe that a united Ireland is around the corner, that it is inevitable, and that Northern Ireland within the union will cease to exist are entirely wrong.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nStargazers and astronomers alike have been treated to a spectacular celestial event - an annular solar eclipse.\n\nThe cosmic phenomenon was visible in parts of the US, Mexico and in South and Central America.\n\nCloud permitting, US residents were able to see at least a partial eclipse.\n\nAn annular solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between the Earth and the Sun, blocking out most but not quite all of the Sun's light.\n\nIt is called an annular eclipse because just a thin ring, or annulus, of light remains visible.\n\n\"An annular eclipse only happens when the moon is at its furthest away point from Earth. In perspective to us on Earth, it doesn't completely block out the light from the sun so instead you get this incredible ring of fire around the moon.\n\n\"Even though we get more excited about a total solar eclipse because you can see the Corona... it's really far more rare to see an annular solar eclipse and so it's a really cool thing to see\" said Dr Nicola Fox, associate administrator for NASA's Science Mission Directorate.\n\nThe path of the October 14 annular solar eclipse spanned a wide area. Those within the path of annularity witnessed the full \"ring of fire\" effect, while those nearby regions would have expected to see a partial eclipse.\n\nThe annular solar eclipse began in Oregon at 09:13 local time (17:13 BST), passed through California, Nevada, Utah, New Mexico and reached Texas at 12:03 local time (18:03 BST). It was then visible across Central and northern South America.\n\nSky-gazers were urged to protect their eyes if looking at the sun and use solar viewing glasses, rather than regular sunglasses, to preserve their vision.\n\n\"Do NOT look at the Sun through a camera lens, telescope, binoculars, or any other optical device while wearing eclipse glasses or using a handheld solar viewer - the concentrated solar rays will burn through the filter and cause serious eye injury,\" said Nasa.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Scotland's FM Humza Yousaf says the situation in Gaza, where he has family, is \"a human catastrophe\".\n\nScotland's first minister has said Israel is \"going too far\" and that innocent civilians in Gaza can not simply be \"collateral damage\".\n\nHumza Yousaf had earlier shared a video of his mother-in-law, Elizabeth El-Nakla, describing the situation on the ground.\n\nShe issued an emotional plea for help after Israel warned more than a million people to flee north Gaza.\n\nMr Yousaf said she was in a \"real state of distress\".\n\nHe said it was \"really difficult\" to watch the video, and spoke of his sense of \"helplessness and distress\".\n\nMr Yousaf added that it was important to share the video so people could see that his mother-in-law, like ordinary citizens of Gaza, had nothing to do with Hamas.\n\nCalling on the international community to \"step up\", he said there needed to be a ceasefire and a humanitarian corridor to allow supplies and to allow people out.\n\n\"There is a humanitarian catastrophe that is unfolding and the collective punishment of 2.2 million Gazans just can not be justified,\" he said.\n\nMr Yousaf stressed he had \"entire and absolute sympathy\" with the men, women and children who lost their lives in Israel.\n\nHumza Yousaf comforted Bernard Cowan's mother at an event on Thursday\n\nAt least 1,300 people were killed when Hamas launched an unprecedented attack on 7 October.\n\nThe victims included grandfather Bernard Cowan, who grew up in the Glasgow area before moving to live in Israel.\n\nOn Thursday, Mr Yousaf comforted Mr Cowan's mother when they both attended a service of solidarity at Giffnock Newton Mearns Synagogue in East Renfrewshire.\n\nThe UN said Israel was telling everyone to relocate to the south of Gaza in the next 24 hours, a move it warned would have \"devastating humanitarian consequences\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Ms El-Nakla's mother, Elizabeth, with her twin grandsons, who had their ninth birthday on Wednesday\n\nPalestinian health officials say 1,400 people have died in Israeli retaliatory airstrikes in Gaza as the death toll continues to rise in the conflict.\n\nEarlier this week Mr Yousaf's wife, Nadia El-Nakla, told BBC News her family were \"terrified\" and some of her relatives' homes have already been destroyed.\n\nElizabeth El-Nakla and her husband, Maged, had travelled to the south of the Palestinian enclave last week to see a sick relative.\n\nThe couple, from Dundee, are now trapped in a war zone with no way out.\n\nOn Friday, Mr Yousaf shared a moving 40-second video from his mother-in-law on X, formerly known as Twitter.\n\nElizabeth El-Nakla and Maged El-Nakla, who are from Dundee, were visiting family in Gaza when the Hamas attacks happened\n\nLooking directly into the camera Ms El-Nakla said: \"This will be my last video.\n\n\"Everybody from Gaza is moving towards where we are. One million people. No food. No water.\n\n\"And still they are bombing them as they leave. Where are we going to put them?\"\n\nThe grandmother became tearful as she continued: \"But my thought is all these people in the hospital cannot be evacuated. Where's humanity? Where's people's hearts in the world to let this happen in this day and age?\n\nMr and Mrs El-Nakla are in Gaza visiting their son - a father-of-four - and Mr El-Nakla's 92-year-old mother, who is ill.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Nadia El-Nakla tells of her fears for the future of her family trapped in Gaza\n\nAsked how his family were coping, Mr Yousaf said: \"There is a sense of helplessness and distress and every day that goes on you fear the situation.\n\n\"I just had a message from my mother-in-law, all of 15 minutes ago, to say that there is now bombing in their neighbourhood.\"\n\nThe first minister added that with every passing day the family's meagre rations diminish and they will be placed under further strain when relatives flee the north of Gaza to join them.\n\nMr Yousaf said: \"That house of 10 could potentially have 40 people in it by the end of this day with just a few plastic bottles of clean drinking water and rationing of supplies.\n\n\"So it is a human catastrophe and the international community really needs to step up.\"\n\nAll movement into and out of Gaza is controlled by the Israeli authorities, except the pedestrian-only Rafah crossing between Gaza and Egypt's Sinai peninsula, which is controlled by the Egyptian authorities.\n\nThis has come under bombardment from Israel in recent days and, according to the BBC's Egypt correspondent Sally Nabil, Egyptians are concerned about being dragged into the conflict.", "Last updated on .From the section Welsh Rugby\n\nArgentina ended Wales' World Cup journey following an enthralling quarter-final in Marseille.\n\nWales started brightly with a 10-point lead before Argentina responded with four Emiliano Boffelli penalties.\n\nTomos Williams restored Wales' lead with a brilliant effort before two late tries from Joel Sclavi and Nicolas Sanchez sealed the win.\n\nThe Pumas face New Zealand in the semi-final in Stade de France in Paris next Friday.\n\nWales' defeat swung on a controversial decision by English referee Karl Dickson who had replaced Jaco Peyper early on in the game after the South African official suffered a calf injury.\n\nWales were leading 17-12 when Argentina lock Guido Petti's shoulder caught the head of Wales centre Nick Tompkins at a ruck.\n\nDickson decided Petti's action was legal and gave no sanction and Pumas prop Sclavi went on to score to give Argentina a 19-17 lead.\n\nTompkins was forced to go off to have a head injury assessment (HIA) which meant a limping Dan Biggar had to move to centre with fly-half Sam Costelow coming on.\n\nWith Wales chasing the game, Sanchez intercepted a Costelow pass to sprint away to score and added a late penalty to rub salt in the wounds and send Warren Gatland's side home.\n\nWales wing Josh Adams escaped without a yellow card in the first half for a shoulder charge.\n\nWales had a late chance to clinch victory, but following a Rio Dyer break, Louis Rees-Zammit was denied in the corner by a brilliant Matias Moroni tackle.\n\nIt was a chaotic game with the numbers of Wales' players peeling off their shirts in the first half and they have now fallen out of the tournament.\n\nThe Pumas were ecstatic and deserved victory as they sealed a second World Cup semi-final in France to follow up their achievements in 2007.\n\nArgentina finished as runners-up in their pool in this tournament after losing the opening game against England, but have won four successive games to continue their participation under Michael Cheika.\n\nIt is a sad end to Wales' World Cup journey after they had qualified for the quarter-finals as pool winners.\n\nIt was a fourth successive tournament in the last eight for Wales under Gatland, but it was not to prove a third semi-final appearance.\n\nGatland had returned for a second stint in December 2022 when he replaced Wayne Pivac and had a poor Six Nations with only one win in five games.\n\nThe New Zealander insisted before the tournament Wales would surprise people and do something special at this World Cup.\n\nThey exceeded expectations by winning the pool with victories against Fiji, Portugal, Australia and Georgia, but Wales and Gatland will see this as an opportunity missed.\n\nIt was also the final appearance for Wales fly-half Biggar, who will retire from international rugby after the tournament.\n\nBiggar and Liam Williams bravely gave it their all after recovering from injuries, but could not stop the defeat by the Pumas.\n\nBoth sides were missing key back-row influences with Wales number eight Taulupe Faletau and Argentina flanker Pablo Matera ruled out of the tournament through injury.\n\nFaletau's absence forced Wales into a back-row reshuffle with Aaron Wainwright switching from blind-side flanker to number eight with captain Jac Morgan wearing the number six shirt and Leicester open-side Tommy Reffell coming in.\n\nThe game started at a furious pace with Adams releasing Rees-Zammit for an early gallop before Argentina responded with a burst from full-back Juan Cruz Mallia.\n\nIt took a crucial defensive intervention from Wales full-back Williams on Mallia later in the move, but Boffelli missed the penalty that had earlier been conceded.\n\nWales' shirt numbers were falling off to confuse matters and typify the frantic opening exchanges.\n\nSome order and class was restored with a slick Welsh move that was started and finished by Biggar.\n\nHe released centre George North, who had become the first Wales player to feature in four World Cup quarter-finals.\n\nNorth was hauled down before he released the numberless number nine Gareth Davies, who found the supporting Biggar to score the converted try.\n\nThe surreal scenes returned when Peyper was forced off the field because of a calf injury and replaced by Dickson.\n\nBiggar added a penalty with Wales playing far more expansive rugby, especially off first phase, than in recent games, but they could not finish off the chances they created.\n\nNorth again broke through the Pumas defence, but Wales spurned a try-scoring opportunity when his final pass was fired inside to Adams who could not hold on to possession.\n\nMore points went begging when Biggar missed a penalty attempt after flankers Morgan and Reffell had combined to turn over Argentina.\n\nWales' quest to extend their lead was not helped by a malfunctioning line-out, while flanker Reffell was not penalised for appearing to take out Pumas wing Mateo Carreras in the air.\n\nArgentina responded with a Boffelli penalty before a melee ensued under the Wales posts between both sides.\n\nIt was started by a needless shoulder charge from Adams on Cubelli and the Wales wing avoided a yellow card. Boffelli slotted over the penalty to reduce the deficit to 10-6 at half-time.\n\nWales players returned in the second half with a new set of shirts while hooker Ryan Elias was replaced by squad co-captain Dewi Lake.\n\nBoffelli added two more penalties, including a huge effort from inside his own half to give Argentina the lead for the first time.\n\nThe momentum had swung and the control Wales had shown during occasions of the first half was replaced by a element of chaos in their play as the Argentina fans ensured a deafening sound in the Marseille stadium.\n\nThe clinical nature Wales had demonstrated during the tournament returned when replacement scrum-half Williams produced a brilliant individual effort with a dummy and sprint away to score.\n\nLiam Williams had played another unsung role in the try after regathering a loose ball before being crunched again by the Argentina defence.\n\nIt proved one hit too many and he was forced off the field with Rees-Zammit switching to full-back and Dyer coming on the wing.\n\nRees-Zammit's first contribution in his new position was a long, loose kick that gave Argentina an attacking opportunity.\n\nFrom the resulting ruck Argentina lock Petti's shoulder made contact with Tompkins' head, but Dickson ruled it was not foul play.\n\nTompkins was forced off the field to have an HIA and initially replaced by Costelow.\n\nIt was a crucial decision as replacement prop Sclavi was driven over and Boffelli converted to give Argentina the lead.\n\nWales reshuffled the backline with Biggar slotting into centre and Dyer responded with a brilliant break before releasing Rees-Zammit, who was denied in the corner by Moroni.\n\nTompkins returned after passing his HIA, but as Wales chased the game, their hearts were broken when Costelow's pass was intercepted by Sanchez, who sprinted away to score.\n\nA conversion from Boffelli gave him a 16-point haul while Sanchez kicked the winning penalty to send the Argentina supporters wild and devastate Wales' fans.\n• None Experience F1 like never before! Relive the Qatar Grand Prix with expert commentary and interviews with Max Verstappen and Lando Norris", "Aidan Ormsby is a drugs and alcohol support manager in Irvinestown,\n\nCocaine use is now so prevalent in rural communities that it has become \"normalised\".\n\nAidan Ormsby, a drugs and alcohol support manager in Irvinestown, said it is now easily accessed in towns and villages across rural Northern Ireland.\n\n\"It's not the preserve of the cities or the urban districts any longer,\" he said.\n\n\"We're seeing it in all arts and parts of society and in all arts and parts of rural areas as well.\"\n\nMr Ormsby works at the ARC Healthy Living Centre which provides support services to people throughout Fermanagh and parts of Tyrone.\n\n\"We know anecdotally from lots of stories, right across the rural geography, right across Fermanagh and Tyrone, that it's available pretty much everywhere,\" he added.\n\nHe also expressed concern about the level of acceptance around the growing use of the Class A drug.\n\n\"It's been nearly, to a large extent, normalised in that people nearly have got to the point where young people and people who are using it don't even see it as a drug.\n\n\"It's become normalised for a normal night out.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nHe also thinks many people are not aware of the full extent of its availability and use in rural areas.\n\n\"We cover Fermanagh, the most rural part of Northern Ireland, and you know I don't think there's anywhere in Fermanagh or Omagh, or in the surrounding hinterlands of Omagh, that you couldn't get it, and that has become normalised, really,\" he added.\n\nIn the past, cocaine was often regarded as the illegal drug of choice of some middle class people because they could afford it.\n\nBut an increase in supply, demand, and falling prices has made it more available and affordable across all socio economic groups in recent years.\n\nA leading academic researcher on substance use and abuse has said a public health campaign is needed to address the widespread and growing use of cocaine across society.\n\nProfessor Anne Campbell, from the Drug and Alcohol Research Network at Queen's University Belfast, has told BBC News NI that a \"harm reduction message\" is needed around cocaine, similar to smoking and alcohol awareness campaigns.\n\n\"If we don't tell people about these dangers, they can not make an informed choice about what they take and what it does to their body,\" she added.\n\n\"In the same way that we do with alcohol, we tell people about the potential dangers. In the same way that we do with smoking.\n\n\"The difficulty with cocaine is that it's an illegal drug, it's a class A drug, so we will not see a public health campaign to educate our young people and our older people about the possible negative effects.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. 'Don't stick head in the sand about illegal drugs'\n\nProf Campbell believes this position is no longer sustainable.\n\n\"Society has a responsibility and I do think our organisations in power have a structural responsibility to educate people, in the same way as we do about alcohol, we talk about it freely.\n\n\"Why can we not have these open conversations?\"\n\nDespite the challenges around the issue, she believes public awareness is essential.\n\n\"People will say that I condone the use of that illegal drug. I'm not saying that, it's an illegal drug,\" she added.\n\n\"But increasingly more and more people are taking it. So, what do we do, stand by and let our young people suffer, and our older people not have the information?\"\n\nProf Campbell believes the growing prevalence of cocaine across Northern Ireland and the risk to the health of people who use it can no longer be ignored.\n\nShe concluded \"We would not do that with any other substance. Let them know and let them make the decision is my view.\"\n\nThe PSNI says that the number of drug seizures it has made has \"shown a mainly upwards trend\" since 2006-7.\n\nIn the 12 months from 1 July 2022 to 30 June 2023:\n\nIf you have been affected by addiction, help and support is available at BBC Action Line.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The first minister told the BBC's Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg show that his party \"want a referendum, demand a referendum.\"\n\nHumza Yousaf has said he would welcome an independence referendum \"tomorrow\" as he signalled a change in his preferred strategy.\n\nThe first minister said a majority of Scottish seats (or 29) in a general election would provide a mandate to begin negotiations for a referendum.\n\nHe previously tabled a proposal based on the SNP winning the most seats, which would be a lower threshold.\n\nIt comes as the SNP's annual conference starts in Aberdeen.\n\nThe leadership was under pressure to alter its plan ahead of a key debate and vote on the party's independence strategy.\n\nParty insiders believe a majority of seats will give them a stronger mandate for independence talks.\n\nIf the party won \"most\" seats, the figure could be much lower than 29 if many other parties won seats.\n\nThe first minister told the BBC's Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg that \"mandate after mandate\" for an independence vote have been denied by successive Conservative governments.\n\nHe said the next test of the proposition will be in a general election, which is expected to be held next year.\n\nMr Yousaf said if the SNP win the majority of seats it would give the Scottish government a mandate to begin negotiations with the UK government on \"how to give that [the mandate] democratic effect\".\n\nHe said several options would then be on the table, including a referendum.\n\nMr Yousaf has said previously he wanted to build \"sustained\" support for independence. He told the BBC that would mean 50% plus one backing for Yes, adding that we would hold a referendum \"tomorrow\".\n\nThe first minister pictured at Bute House ahead of the conference\n\n\"If Westminster parties want to test the proposition for 50% plus one, I'm happy to do that. That has to be through a referendum to test propositions for popular support,\" he told the Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg programme.\n\n\"We want a referendum, demand a referendum. We've been elected on a mandate for a referendum.\n\n\"If you want one, bring it on. We'll do it tomorrow. I guarantee you, independence will be here sooner rather than later.\"\n\nThe SNP conference is now in full swing with delegates listening to debates in the hall.\n\nIndependence strategy dominates conference today and the leadership look amenable to accepting almost everything members want.\n\nThis includes switching from winning \"most\" seats to a \"majority\" of seats to begin independence negotiations with the UK government.\n\nThat's a higher bar (at least 29 seats) and at least gives the impression of a stronger democratic threshold despite the fact they're widely predicted to lose seats.\n\nIt's also what many members want with an amendment demanding so - and you need those folk out chapping doors in an election campaign.\n\nThat maybe didn't happen as much as it should have done in Rutherglen and Hamilton West.\n\nIt sounds like a targeting of Tory seats right here in the north-east.\n\nPartly because of that Rutherglen result, pro-union parties are resting a bit easier thinking the party here in Aberdeen is on the backfoot.\n\nSupport for independence has been steadying at about 48% since the Supreme Court ruled the Scottish Parliament could not legislate for an independence referendum without the UK government's consent.\n\nScotland currently has 59 seats in the UK Parliament. However, under recommendations from a Westminster boundary review, that will decrease to 57 at the next general election.\n\nThat means the number of seats required for a majority will decrease from 30 to 29.\n\nMr Yousaf's proposal to use use the next general election to push for independence is also backed by SNP Westminster leader Stephen Flynn.\n\nSNP MP Joanna Cherry has proposed an amendment that any independence negotiations with the UK government should be conducted by a constitutional convention of MPs elected from Scotland, MSPs and \"representatives of civic Scotland\". Ms Cherry told the BBC this could include any party that wanted to be involved.\n\nAhead of the conference vote on the motion, Ms Cherry said her amendment had won the backing of the leadership.\n\nThe MP said she was not insisting on her other amendment in the independence strategy debate \"in the interests of party unity\".\n\nThat amendment would have suggested that the Scottish government will be able to advance independence talks if the SNP, combined with other pro-independence parties, win a majority of Scottish votes in the next general election.\n\nMs Cherry added that she will be \"getting behind the leadership's strategy\".\n\nIt comes as the party faces criticism over the NHS, the attainment gap and the worst drug death rates in Europe.\n\nAnd just days before the conference SNP MP Lisa Cameron defected to the Tories.\n\nShe said she quit because of a \"toxic\" culture in the SNP's Westminster group - though SNP President Mike Russell said her constituency party lost faith in her and her \"unsubstantiated\" claims should be examined.\n\nIt also comes as Humza Yousaf's in-laws from Dundee are trapped in a war zone in Gaza with no way out.\n\nElizabeth El-Nakla and her husband, Maged, had travelled to the south of the Palestinian enclave last week to see a sick relative.\n\nElizabeth El-Nakla and Maged El-Nakla, who are from Dundee, were visiting family in Gaza when the Hamas attacks happened\n\nThe conference comes at a time when the SNP have experienced a number of blows.\n\nEarlier this year, Humza Yousaf's predecessor Nicola Sturgeon was arrested, as was her husband, the SNP's former chief executive Peter Murrell and its former treasurer Colin Beattie.\n\nAll were released without charge as part of an ongoing investigation into the party's finances.\n\nThe party also lost to Labour in the recent Rutherglen and Hamilton West by-election.\n\nInternal divisions have also emerged over the SNP's power-sharing agreement with the Scottish Greens.", "Wales fans in Marseilles are quietly confident of a win\n\nThere is quiet confidence among Wales fans in Marseilles, even if they are not predicting a thumping victory over Argentina.\n\nWith Warren Gatland's side having navigated their way through the pool stage, they enter the quarter-final as favourites.\n\nSome supporters are just happy to be here after strike action in France made travel tricky.\n\nBut Kevin Davies will be cheering on his son, Gareth Davies, on Saturday.\n\nKevin Davies (right) is supporting his son, Wales player Gareth Davies\n\nOne of Wales' star players, he set a new scrum-half record of eight tries at World Cups when he scored against Australia.\n\n\"The record he needs to go for now is the four more to beat the great Sir Gareth Edwards,\" he said.\n\n\"I've told him if he does, I'll give him a little bonus.\n\n\"It's his third World Cup now, and he seems to pick up steam in every single one, which is always a good time to do it.\"\n\nOne family at the match will have divided loyalties.\n\nFormer Argentine lock Rimas Alvarez Kairelis, second left, said Wales are the favourites\n\nFormer Argentine lock Rimas Alvarez Kairelis met his Welsh wife Lisa after a 2001 international match in Cardiff.\n\nThey now live in Perpignan, in France, where Rimas is a member of the local side's coaching staff.\n\n\"There'll definitely be no impartiality on Saturday - I'll definitely be for Wales, [he will] definitely be for Argentina,\" said Lisa.\n\n\"They are building a really good spirit in the group which could help in the next matches,\" he said.\n\nHe believed Argentina had not lived up to their potential.\n\n\"They haven't played like we were expecting,\" said Rimas, referring to their opening defeat to England.\n\n\"Now they have nothing to lose, they've passed the first stage, and I hope they make a good match.\"\n\nDan Biggar's former teacher Dean Mason (right) remembers him as a \"massive talent\" from a young age\n\nTeacher Dean Mason remembers fly-half Dan Biggar and full-back Liam Williams from Gowerton Comprehensive in Swansea.\n\nBiggar has announced he will retire after the tournament and Dean doesn't want this to be his last appearance in a red jersey.\n\n\"As a school we're very proud of what those two lads have achieved on the rugby pitch,\" he said.\n\nBiggar, he said, was a \"massive talent\" from a young age, but Williams's gifts were not immediately evident.\n\n\"He's a real example of someone with a real determination to succeed,\" said Dean.\n\nMarseille's old port area has been filling up with red shirts and songs.\n\nPhil Beddoe (centre) said his trip was disrupted by French strikes\n\nPhil Beddoe was among fans whose travel plans were thrown into chaos by French strikes.\n\nAfter forking out another £100 for new flights, he arrived in Marseille on Friday morning but said it was \"worth every penny\".\n\nHe said: \"We've invested so much in following the team around France, so there was never going to be an excuse.\n\n\"They can strike as much as they want, but we'll find a way.\"\n\nGary and Elen, from Denbigh, were already in France, but caught an earlier Marseille train to dodge disruption.\n\n\"You have to with Gatland's track record and what he's achieved in previous World Cups,\" he said.\n\n\"Hopefully we'll start well and break them down,\" she said.\n\nElen and Gary were feeling upbeat about the match\n\nDanielle, who has travelled from Mallorca, was excited to see Welsh fans singing before the match.\n\nShe said: \"It's amazing, everyone's pumped up, the choir's coming in - I think Wales are going to smash it today.\"\n\nRyan from Mountain Ash, Rhondda Cynon Taf, was more cautious.\n\nHe said: \"Argentina have played the likes of Australia and New Zealand often and beaten them. So, any team that can do that, you have to respect.\"\n\n\"It's knockout rugby now, it's about the here and now,\" he said.", "Almost two million people in Gaza - more than 85% of the population - are reported to have fled their homes in the two months since Israel began its military operation in response to Hamas's deadly attacks of 7 October.\n\nThe Strip has been under the control of Hamas since 2007 and Israel says it is trying to destroy the military and governing capabilities of the Islamist group, which is committed to the destruction of Israel.\n\nThe situation for ordinary people in Gaza - a densely populated enclave 41km (25 miles) long and 10km wide, bounded by the Mediterranean Sea on one side and fenced off from Israel and Egypt at its borders - is \"getting worse by the hour\", according to United Nations aid agencies.\n\nIsrael warned civilians to evacuate the area of Gaza north of the Wadi Gaza riverbed, ahead of its invasion.\n\nThe evacuation area included Gaza City - which was the most densely populated area of the Gaza Strip. The Erez border crossing into Israel in the north is closed, so those living in the evacuation zone had no choice but to head towards the southern districts.\n\nThe Israel Defense Forces (IDF) are now focusing its operations on southern Gaza and have told Palestinians that even Khan Younis - the largest urban area in the south - is not safe and they should move south, or further west to a so-called \"safe area\" at al-Mawasi, a thin strip of mainly agricultural land along the Mediterranean coast, close to the Egyptian border.\n\nFighting in Khan Younis has pushed tens of thousands of people to flee to the southern district of Rafah in recent days, the UN said.\n\nAccording to the UN, just over 75% of Gaza's population - some 1.7 million people - were already registered refugees before Israel warned Palestinians to leave northern Gaza.\n\nPalestinian refugees are defined by the UN as people whose \"place of residence was Palestine during the period 1 June 1946 to 15 May 1948, and who lost both home and means of livelihood as a result of the 1948 War\". The children of Palestinian refugees are also able to apply for refugee status.\n\nMore than 500,000 of those refugees were already in eight crowded camps located across the Strip.\n\nFollowing Israel's warnings, the number of displaced people has risen rapidly and 1.9 million have fled their homes since 7 October, the UN says.\n\nOn average, before the conflict, there were more than 5,700 people per sq km in Gaza - very similar to the average density in London - but that figure was more than 9,000 in Gaza City, the most heavily populated area.\n\nThe UN warns that overcrowding has become a major concern in its emergency shelters in central and southern Gaza, with some housing at four times its capacity.\n\nMany of these emergency shelters are schools and in some there are dozens of people living in a single classroom. Other families are living in tents or makeshift shelters in compounds or on waste ground in open spaces.\n\nIsrael has already launched hundreds of airstrikes across Gaza and says it has used more than 10,000 bombs and missiles, causing extensive damage to buildings and infrastructure.\n\nGazan officials say more than 50% of housing units in Gaza have been destroyed, left uninhabitable or damaged since the start of the conflict.\n\nThe map below - using analysis of satellite data by Corey Scher of CUNY Graduate Center and Jamon Van Den Hoek of Oregon State University - shows which urban areas have sustained concentrated damage since the start of the conflict.\n\nThey say over 100,000 buildings across the whole Gaza Strip have suffered damage. North Gaza and Gaza City have borne the brunt of this, with around half the buildings in the two northern regions believed to have been damaged, but their analysis now suggests up to 20% of buildings in Khan Younis have also been damaged.\n\nEven healthcare facilities have been left unable to function as a result of bomb damage or lack of fuel.\n\nThe UN says hospital capacity in the enclave has more than halved from 3,500 beds before 7 October to about 1,500 now - and \"hardly any\" in the north.\n\nMore than 1,200 Israelis and foreign nationals were killed during the Hamas attacks on 7 October. More than 18,000 Palestinians - including about 7,700 children - have been killed in Israeli airstrikes and operations since then, according to Gaza's Hamas-run health ministry.\n\nIt is difficult for the BBC to verify exact numbers, but the UN's World Health Organization (WHO) has said it has no reason to believe the figures are inaccurate.\n\nThe airstrikes were accompanied by a \"complete siege\" of Gaza by Israel, with electricity, food and fuel supplies cut, followed by military action on the ground.\n\nThe IDF began its ground operations by moving into Gaza from the north west along the coast and into the north east near Beit Hanoun. A few days later Israeli forces cut across the middle of the territory to the south of Gaza City.\n\nArmoured bulldozers created routes for tanks and troops, as the Israeli forces tried to clear the area of Hamas fighters based in northern Gaza.\n\nHaving cut Gaza in two, the Israelis pushed further into Gaza City, where they faced some resistance from Hamas.\n\nThe image below, released by the IDF, shows tanks and armoured bulldozers on the beach near Gaza City.\n\nA photo of the same beach from last summer shows people making the most of a hot day in Gaza, families splashing in the sea or sitting on fanning out along the beach.\n\nEven before the current conflict, about 80% of the population of Gaza was in need of humanitarian aid, and although Israel has been allowing some aid in from Egypt, aid agencies said it was nowhere near enough.\n\nA seven-day ceasefire at the end of November allowed agencies to deliver an average of 170 trucks and 110,000 litres of fuel a day but that has since fallen to about 100 trucks and 70,000 litres of fuel, the UN's Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) says.\n\n\"It's too little, it's way too little,\" the WHO's Dr Rick Peeperkorn said.\n\nMeanwhile, the WHO has warned that renewed fighting is making the distribution of aid in most of Gaza \"almost impossible\" and will \"only intensify the catastrophic hunger crisis\" that already threatens to overwhelm civilians.\"\n\nAre you personally affected by the issues raised in this story? If it is safe to do so, please get in touch by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "Andrew \"Freddie\" Flintoff was pictured in public for the first time since his accident when he led fielding drills with the England cricket team last month\n\nAndrew \"Freddie\" Flintoff has reached a settlement with the BBC after he was hurt in an accident while filming Top Gear last year.\n\nThe Sun reported that the deal with BBC Studios was based on the ex-England cricketer missing out on two years of earnings - and worth £9m.\n\nFilming of the series was suspended pending a review into the incident.\n\nThe payout will not be funded by the TV licence fee, as BBC Studios is a commercial arm of the broadcaster.\n\nFlintoff's legal team told the newspaper that the former cricketer was still recovering from \"life-alteringly significant\" injuries.\n\nFollowing the crash on 13 December 2022 at Top Gear's test track at Dunsfold Park Aerodrome in Surrey, Flintoff received medical care at the scene before being taken to hospital for further treatment.\n\n\"BBC Studios has reached an agreement with Freddie that we believe supports his continued rehabilitation, return to work and future plans,\" a statement from the company read.\n\n\"We have sincerely apologised to Freddie and will continue to support him with his recovery.\"\n\nThe BBC had already apologised to Flintoff in March over his injuries, as it announced a health and safety review of the show. It was expected to be undertaken by an independent third party.\n\nPaddy McGuinness, Chris Harris and Freddie Flintoff took over as Top Gear's hosting trio in 2019\n\nThe external investigation is thought to be ongoing, though the results may not be made public.\n\nBBC Studios conducted its own investigation of the accident.\n\nFlintoff was interviewed twice during the two investigations commissioned by the BBC, the Sun reported.\n\nA spokesperson for the Heath and Safety Executive said in March that the national regulator for workplace safety completed their inquiries into the incident and would not be investigating further.\n\nFlintoff was pictured for the first time since the accident in September, as he led fielding drills with England players in Cardiff ahead of the team's one-day international with New Zealand. Scars were visible on his face and he had tape on his nose.\n\nThe 45-year-old former England captain retired from cricket in 2009 having played 79 Tests, 141 one-day internationals and seven T20s.\n\nHe joined BBC One's Top Gear as a host in 2019 alongside Paddy McGuinness and Chris Harris. Their most recent series attracted an average audience of 4.5 million viewers.", "The leader of the DUP has told delegates at the party's conference that power-sharing is \"essential\" for securing Northern Ireland's future within the UK.\n\nSpeaking at a hotel in south Belfast, Sir Jeffrey Donaldson said that the party must not allow republicans to \"perpetuate the myth that Northern Ireland is a failed and ungovernable political entity\".", "Yes or No. That is the choice Australia faces as polls have opened in what is seen as a nation-defining referendum.\n\nA Yes vote will recognise Indigenous peoples in the country's constitution and establish a body - called the Voice - for them to advise governments on the issues affecting their communities.\n\nA No outcome will reject both reforms.\n\nThe historic vote has exposed uncomfortable fault lines, and raised questions over Australia's ability to reckon with its past.\n\nSome of the most painful chapters include massacres against Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and the forced removal of their children.\n\nAt the heart of this referendum is a decades-long debate that has gripped Australia over how to close the gap on the glaring disparities Indigenous communities experience in areas such as health, wealth and education.\n\nThe Voice is designed to be the first step in a three-part reform process - which would involve treaty negotiations and a period of national \"truth-telling\"- aimed at sparking change.\n\nIt was born out of the Uluru Statement from the Heart, a 2017 document drafted by over 250 First Nations leaders.\n\nBut since Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people make up less than 4% of Australia's population, it will be non-Indigenous voters who decide the outcome of the referendum.\n\nThe campaign itself, has become ensnared in a bitter culture war - with competing visions emerging about what the Voice stands for.\n\nYes advocates see this vote as a opportunity to empower Indigenous communities, who have been calling for greater political representation for generations.\n\nBut the official No campaign has labelled the Voice as a \"dangerous\" and \"divisive\" proposal.\n\nEarly in the debate, Australia's opposition leader Peter Dutton suggested the Voice would have an \"Orwellian effect\" on Australian society by giving First Nations people greater rights.\n\nHe, and others, have also argued that the body will undermine existing government structures and could clog up the courts with its objections.\n\nThe No side says the Voice is \"divisive\"\n\nBoth points are strongly disputed. In legal advice, the solicitor general said the proposal would \"enhance\" Australia's system of representative government, not threaten it. And leading constitutional experts say the Voice does not confer special rights on anyone.\n\nGrassroots groups - such as the Indigenous-led Blak sovereign movement - have spoken out against the Voice for other reasons though. Their argument is that it would be \"another powerless advisory body\" and that treaty negotiations should be prioritised instead.\n\nIn the final weeks of the campaign, academics, sporting stars and celebrities also weighed into the debate, throwing their support behind the reform.\n\n\"We believe that the Australian nation stands on a precipice, looking towards a clear horizon, a new dawn, when this continent's First Nations will for the first time have a voice,\" an open letter signed by over 350 historians said.\n\nBut the No vote has continued to gain traction in almost every demographic, and the path to victory for Yes has grown narrower, according to the polls.\n\nCampaigners on the Yes side say mis-and-disinformation has contributed to the decline in support. The Australian Associated Press' FactCheck team - which has been tasked with monitoring content on Facebook, Instagram and TikTok - told the BBC in August, that the volumes of mis-and-disinformation linked to the Voice debate had already surpassed what they saw at Australia's 2022 election.\n\nBut economic pain as Australia battles a cost-of-living crisis could also be adding to voter apathy.\n\nA recent poll found that establishing a Voice was fifth on the list of issues those surveyed wanted the government to focus on - wages, the cost of living and housing affordability all ranked higher.\n\nThe bar for winning a referendum is also exceedingly high in Australia. Historically, only eight out of 44 attempts to change the nation's constitution have been successful. All had bipartisan support, which the Voice doesn't.\n\nWin or lose, questions will continue to be asked about the tone of the debate that's played out in recent months.\n\nThis is Australia's first referendum in the social media age, and it's been riddled with conspiracies, which have been debunked - including claims that the Voice will create an \"apartheid system\" or that it's part of a United Nations plot to take over the country.\n\nAmid all the noise, reports of racial abuse have also skyrocketed, according to mental health agencies. For many Indigenous advocates, the months spent trying to temper the debate have taken a toll.\n\nA young boy holds up an Aboriginal Flag in Sydney\n\n\"I don't think there's many non-Indigenous people who are going through a similar experience to what we are as First Nations peoples right now,\" Dr Clinton Schultz, a Gamilaroi man and First Nations mental health advocate says.\n\n\"There's such a level of exhaustion in communities. We're just trying to get through the day.\"\n\nThe levels of disinformation and division have led to comparisons with the 2016 US presidential election, as well as headlines asking whether this could be Australia's \"Brexit moment\".\n\nPrime Minister Anthony Albanese, who called for the referendum, has been appealing to voters to consider the country's image on the world stage when casting their ballots.\n\nBut for many First Nations people this vote isn't about how the world views Australia. They say it's about being seen and heard.\n\nA No vote, says Larissa Baldwin-Roberts, who leads the activist group GetUp, could have an \"incredible silencing effect\" on Indigenous communities.\n\n\"It's one thing for governments to say no, but when millions of voters say no, that says something else.\"\n\nIf it is a Yes outcome though, the Widjabul Wia-bul woman says, it should be viewed as a \"starting gun\" for \"the real work to begin\".\n\nLeading No campaigner Warren Mundine meanwhile, has urged the nation to build on the momentum of the debate, regardless of the result.\n\n\"All sides of this referendum debate must come together on Sunday to harness this goodwill, enthusiasm and momentum for change,\" the Bundjalung man wrote in an editorial.", "The attack happened on Thursday at a home in Baker Crescent, Baddeley Green\n\nA dog thought to be an American bully XL is to be destroyed after it attacked two women inside a home in Staffordshire.\n\nPolice were called at about 11:40 BST on Thursday to reports the dog was out of control at the Baker Crescent home in Baddeley Green, Stoke-on-Trent.\n\nThe women were treated at the scene before being taken to hospital.\n\nEarlier this month Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced bully XL dogs would be banned after a spate of incidents.\n\nIt came after September's fatal attack by two bully XLs on Ian Price in Stonnall, near Walsall.\n\nStaffordshire Police said in Thursday's attack the animal was contained at the scene by officers and ordered to be destroyed \"following liaison with its owners\".\n\nThe force added that inquiries into the incident were ongoing.\n\nWest Midlands Ambulance Service confirmed it sent two ambulances and a paramedic to the address and took two female patients to Royal Stoke University Hospital for further treatment.\n\nFollow BBC West Midlands on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Send your story ideas to: newsonline.westmidlands@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Priti Patel, then home secretary, arrives in Rwanda in April 2022\n\nRwanda's asylum system is so poor that it is biased against many people who could be genuine refugees, say lawyers for the United Nations' Refugee Agency.\n\nThe warning came on the second day of the UK government's appeal over its controversial plan to send some asylum seekers to the African country.\n\nThe Court of Appeal ruled the scheme unlawful in June.\n\nBut ministers say it meets the legal test for treating people humanely.\n\nDuring a 16-month long battle over the government's plan to send some small boat migrants to Rwanda, evidence from the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) has become increasingly pivotal to whether the country meets a complex legal test of a safe country.\n\nOn Tuesday, its barristers told five Supreme Court justices there was no evidence Rwanda had improved its treatment of asylum seekers, even though it had given the British government detailed assurances of fair treatment.\n\nThe UN knew of Afghans who had been turned around at Kigali airport and sent home weeks before the UK deal had been struck in April 2022.\n\nLaura Dubinsky KC, for the UN agency, said Syrians and Eritreans had also been expelled without considering the risks they would face.\n\nThe key institutions and practices behind those decisions were still operating despite the deal with the UK, she argued.\n\nWhile ministers in Kigali may have signed the migration partnership in good faith, the security officials deciding the fate of would-be refugees followed their own rules, the court heard.\n\nOn Monday, lawyers for the home secretary told the Supreme Court Rwanda could be trusted to treat any asylum seekers sent to the country humanely.\n\nSir James Eadie KC told the Supreme Court there was \"every reason to conclude\" that Rwanda would want the arrangements to work.\n\nHe said the country had every reputational and financial incentive to treat asylum seekers well - and that even if there were genuine concerns, extensive monitoring had been put in place.\n\nA government official would be permanently stationed in Kigali to make the deal work and also to flag concerns. There would also be further independent monitoring of what happened to each migrant, he said.\n\nThese arrangements, alongside the detailed written commitments given to the UK under the £140m scheme, meant there was no legal reason to interfere with the plan, the government argued.", "John Caldwell was seriously injured in the attack in February\n\nOne of the seven men accused of attempting to murder Det Ch Insp John Caldwell has been granted compassionate bail to see his newborn baby.\n\nDet Ch Insp Caldwell was shot after coaching a youth football team in Omagh, County Tyrone, on 22 February.\n\nDissident republican group the New IRA said it carried out the attack.\n\nRobert McLean, 29, of Deverney Park, Omagh, is currently remanded in custody over the shooting, along with his father and brother.\n\nJames Ivor McLean, 72, of the same address and 33-year-old Matthew McLean, of Glenpark Road in Omagh, have also been charged with attempted murder.\n\nThe shooting, which happened in February, happened at a sports complex in Omagh\n\nOpposing compassionate bail at Dungannon Magistrates' Court, the prosecution said evidence linking Robert McLean to the shooting included cartridge discharge residue (CDR) found on the passenger seat of a van, which matched particles recovered from Det Ch Insp Caldwell.\n\nConcerns were also raised there was a risk of potential witness interference and reoffending, even if he was released for a short time.\n\nA defence barrister for Robert McLean argued for a short compassionate release due to the birth of his child.\n\nHowever, this was ruled out as the court heard Mr McLean would have to travel to Omagh where witnesses, as well as the victim's family, live.\n\nDeputy District Judge Sean O'Hare acknowledged the significance of the birth of a child in anyone's life and suggested the mother and child go to a more favourable location, stressing that no visits could take place in Omagh.\n\nJudge O'Hare ruled that Mr McLean could be released for a short time on Friday 13 October with stringent conditions.\n\nThese include a £1,000 cash surety, presenting himself to police at the door of the property and agreeing to allow an inspection at any time during release.\n\nMr McLean must also return to Maghaberry Prison by 18:00 BST on the same day.", "\"We need to be the smallest possible moving target.\"\n\nIt is a phrase I keep hearing here.\n\nAnd it is an insight into Labour's mentality at this conference.\n\nDon't create hostages to fortune. Don't score own goals. Don't create easy opportunities for the Conservatives.\n\nIt is a mentality that bears the collective weight, from the party's perspective, of a doom-laden history.\n\nWhichever way you look at it, Labour lose a lot of elections.\n\nIt is almost 50 years since Labour won an election without a leader called Tony Blair.\n\nThere are only four occasions since the Second World War where Labour have taken power from the Conservatives.\n\n\"Opportunities don't come along like this very often for the Labour Party,\" says one senior figure, with a splash of understatement, about the party finding itself - potentially - in a position to win.\n\n\"It is like walking a tightrope in a straitjacket. And trying not to fall off,\" says another senior figure.\n\nThis corner of Liverpool is a sea of cautious smiles. A party daring to believe it can win, but so aware it has thought that before - in 1992, in 2015, to pick just two - only to go on to lose.\n\n\"It is beaten-dog syndrome,\" as one shadow cabinet minister puts it. The party hears the word \"election\" and instantly fears history repeating itself.\n\nBut hang on, there is an understated confidence around too.\n\nLabour leader Sir Keir Starmer is talking about wanting a \"decade of national renewal\". A decade. That implies winning two general elections, not just one.\n\nOne of the architects of New Labour, Lord Mandelson, is touring the conference telling anyone who will listen how much Labour has changed.\n\nHe claims the party has switched back \"from weird to normal\", a line that got a laugh in front of a room full of business leaders.\n\nThe description, which former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn would no doubt regard as gratuitous and personal, came at a dinner of the City of London Corporation, which represents the finance sector.\n\nHe joked with his hosts that the Corporation was now \"almost to the left of Labour\".\n\nThe former powerhouses of the party under Mr Corbyn - those on the Left - are banished, vanquished, have even disappeared. Those still around the place say they are \"trying to remain relevant\".\n\nSir Keir's approach was described to me recently as being \"pragmatically radical\".\n\nIt is tempting to dismiss this kind of label as typically meaningless Westminster guff. Maybe it is.\n\nWhat it sought to articulate was a sense of moving cautiously - \"painting in the detail\" of policy ideas, as one shadow minister put it to me - while also sketching out a longer-term vision, which could amount to significant change.\n\nThe plans on housebuilding - and in particular new towns in England - could amount to this if they ever happened.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Rachel Reeves: Biggest risk to economy is five more Tory years\n\nSir Keir's challenge this autumn looks like this:\n\nOpinion polls suggest the Conservatives are unpopular, even deeply unpopular.\n\nBut they also suggest plenty are not convinced by Labour.\n\n\"He needs to tell the country more about who he is,\" says a shadow cabinet minister. \"His is a story of aspiration. And we need more policies. Not the vague stuff, stuff we can sell.\"\n\nThis Labour figure, and plenty like them, will hope they leave Liverpool with this.\n\nThey know the election draws nearer.\n\nBut they also know it is entirely possible they gather again here in a year's time, and polling day has still not happened.", "At least 29 people, including children, have been killed in an artillery strike on a displaced persons' camp in north-east Myanmar, near the Chinese border.\n\nThe camp is in an area controlled by the Kachin Independence Organisation (KIO), one of several ethnic insurgent groups which have been fighting for self-rule for many decades.\n\nAll the victims were civilians, a KIO spokesman told the BBC.\n\nIt is one the deadliest attacks in the 63-year-long conflict in Kachin State.\n\nKachin officials say the armed forces have scaled up attacks on KIO-run areas over the past year because of growing Kachin support for other insurgent groups fighting the military government.\n\nMuch of Myanmar has been embroiled in a wider civil war since a 2021 military coup displaced the country's elected government. The military has increasingly used air strikes against opposition-controlled towns and villages since seizing power.\n\nThe exiled National Unity Government (NUG) has blamed the junta for the attack on the camp, describing it as a \"war crime and crime against humanity\".\n\nJunta spokesman Maj Gen Zaw Min Tun denied that the military was behind the attack.\n\nHe claimed the army did not have any operations in the area and said the destruction was \"probably\" caused by stockpiled explosives.\n\nImages shared by local media showed bodies being pulled from the rubble and dozens of body bags lying side by side.\n\nThe attack late on Monday night happened in the Mong Lai Khet camp for displaced persons - on the outskirts of Laiza, the town on the Chinese border where the KIO has its headquarters.\n\nParts of the camp were destroyed by powerful explosions at about midnight, KIO officials told the BBC.\n\nFootage of the aftermath shows many houses obliterated and large numbers of casualties.\n\nKachin officials believe at least 11 children are among those killed. Fifty-six more people were also injured in the latest attack, 44 of whom had been taken to hospital for treatment.\n\nThe United Nations in Myanmar said it was \"deeply concerned\" about reports of deaths in the camp.\n\n\"IDP camps are places of refuge, and civilians, no matter where they are, should never be a target,\" it said in a statement on Facebook.\n\nThe British embassy in the capital, Yangon, said it was \"appalled by reports of a Myanmar military strike\" that killed civilians.\n\nThe area around the camp has experienced conflict for many years, as it is not far from the front lines, where Kachin troops in trenches face off against government forces.\n\nHowever, locals say that no fighting has taken place near the camp in recent times.\n\nIt is possible the attack was carried out from the air, but Col Naw Bu of the Kachin Independence Army said the group \"did not hear any aircraft\".\n\nAlmost exactly one year ago, the Myanmar air force used precision-guided bombs to attack an open-air concert at another Kachin base in the night, killing more than 80 people.\n\nThe Kachin Independence Army (KIA) - the KIO's armed wing - is one of the largest and most powerful insurgent groups in Myanmar. It has been fighting the central government sporadically since 1960 and consistently since a ceasefire broke down in 2011.\n\nSince the coup, the military government has viewed the KIA as a significant threat, as it has been giving weapons and training to some of the new insurgent groups which have formed across the country to resist military rule.\n\nKIA also has a long-standing alliance with the Arakan Army, an insurgent group formed initially in Kachin State. But since 2016, it has been operating in Rakhine State, on the other side of the country, where it has successfully challenged the military for control of much of the territory.\n\nThe UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights said in its latest report on the country that it had found a \"seemingly endless spiral of military violence\".", "Music-lovers descended to the desert in southern Israel to attend the Supernova festival.\n\nBut soon the party turned to tragedy with footage emerging of people fleeing bullets and harrowing details being heard.\n\nMore than 260 bodies have reportedly been recovered from the site, according to rescue agency Zaka.", "Chuck Feeney achieved his goal of giving his fortune away\n\nThe Irish-American entrepreneur and philanthropist Chuck Feeney has died at the age of 92.\n\nMr Feeney, through his private foundation the Atlantic Philanthropies, donated more than $8bn (£6.5bn) to causes on five continents.\n\nThe foundation gave $570m (£465m) to causes in Northern Ireland over four decades.\n\nIts main areas of interest have been health, education, reconciliation and human rights.\n\nMr Feeney dissolved the foundation in 2020, but by then it had made more than $8 billion (£6.5bn) in grants, mainly in the United States, the UK, the Republic of Ireland, Australia, South Africa, Vietnam, Bermuda, and Cuba.\n\nCharles F Feeney was born in Elizabeth, New Jersey, in 1931, during the Great Depression, to Irish-American parents.\n\nHis mother worked as a hospital nurse and his father was an insurance underwriter.\n\nThe philanthropist traced his family history back to County Fermanagh, where his grandmother was brought up close to the village of Kinawley.\n\nThe entrepreneur made his money selling luxury duty free goods to travellers across the world, but he rejected the trappings of wealth himself.\n\nHe went on to found the Atlantic Philanthropies in 1982, an international organisation set up to distribute his fortune to good causes and projects that he supported around the world.\n\nThe entrepreneur made his money selling luxury duty free goods to travellers across the world\n\nFor the first 15 years of his philanthropic mission, Mr Feeney donated money in secret leading to him being dubbed the James Bond of philanthropy, only emerging from anonymity in 1997.\n\nHe had a particular interest in supporting universities on both sides of the Irish border, donating hundreds of millions of US dollars.\n\nIn 2012, at Dublin Castle, Mr Feeney received an Honorary Doctorate of Laws from the universities on the island of Ireland.\n\nThe Tánaiste (Irish deputy prime minister) Micheál Martin said in a statement that he \"was deeply saddened\" by the news.\n\nHe said Mr Feeney had \"extraordinary generosity\", and his donations had \"transformed the lives of people on the island of Ireland, north and south, young and old\".\n\nMr Martin said he had worked directly with Mr Feeney and paid \"particular tribute to Chuck's sustained support for peace and reconciliation in Northern Ireland over many years\".\n\nQueen's University Belfast was one of the biggest beneficiaries of Mr Feeney's grants from 1993 to 2015, being gifted a total of $132m (£107m).\n\nIt also received the single biggest donation from the Atlantic Philanthropies, when it was gifted $24m (£19m) in 2012.\n\nIt was for the university's Institute of Health Sciences Centre for Experimental Medicine.\n\nAnother cornerstone of Mr Feeney's philanthropy in Northern Ireland was the promotion of integrated education in the pursuit of reconciliation and peace building.\n\nDown through the decades, it is understood about £8m was gifted to the Integrated Education Fund for various projects and the area is listed as the first sector funded in Northern Ireland by the Atlantic Philanthropies back in 1991.\n\nAtlantic Philanthropies quoted Mr Feeney, who said: \"I had one idea that never changed in my mind—that you should use your wealth to help people.\"", "Warm weather last month delayed early sales of Christmas food such as puddings and seasonal biscuits, research suggests.\n\nRetail analysts Kantar said the sunny weather meant fewer people had started to stock up for the festive season.\n\nInstead, sales of ice cream, burgers and dips jumped as people continued to enjoy the sun and fire up barbecues.\n\nA separate survey also said that the warmer weather had put off people from buying autumn clothing.\n\nThe latest retail sales monitor from the British Retail Consortium (BRC) and KPMG said sales growth slowed in September, as people limited spending to focus on household bills.\n\nThe value of sales was up 2.7% last month from a year earlier, compared to a 12-month average of 4.2%.\n\nPaul Martin, UK head of retail at KPMG, said retail sales were continuing to \"limp along\".\n\nWhile sales of food, drink and health and beauty products remained strong, some categories such as clothing were hit \"as the unseasonal warm weather delayed trips to the shops to stock up on winter wardrobe purchases\".\n\nThe data from Kantar also indicated the pace of food price rises was continuing to slow, with grocery inflation - the rate at which prices rise - down for the seventh month in a row to 11%.\n\nTom Steel, strategic insight director at Kantar, said that for the first time since last year, \"the prices of some staple foods are now dropping\".\n\n\"Dairy was one of the categories where costs really shot up last autumn but the average price paid for a 250g pack of butter is now 16 pence less than 12 months ago.\"\n\nHowever, last month's record high temperatures for September led to changes in buying patterns.\n\n\"Christmas seemed further away for many with fewer people buying Christmas puddings and seasonal biscuits as volume sales were down by 14% and 29% versus this time last year,\" said Mr Steel.\n\nMeanwhile sales of sun care products more than doubled, and ice cream sales volumes were up by more than a quarter from the same point last year.\n\nKantar noted that increasing competition between supermarkets was helping to bring food inflation down, with retailers \"starting to get the deal stickers out again\".\n\nThe BRC-KPMG survey also said that shoppers were likely to see stores fighting for custom in the run-up to the key Christmas trading period, and that retailers were \"investing heavily to support customers and bring prices down\".\n\n\"The fight for Christmas shoppers will be fierce this year, with promotions likely to be earlier and abundant in a bid to loosen tight household purse strings,\" said KPMG's Mr Martin.\n\nSign up for our morning newsletter and get BBC News in your inbox.", "The motion passed with few votes against it\n\nLabour's leadership has lost a showdown over the party's approach to nationalising critical infrastructure.\n\nDelegates voted for a motion, proposed by Labour's largest backer, the union Unite, to \"reaffirm\" the party's commitment to public ownership of railways and the energy industry.\n\nLabour must \"make different choices\", Unite's general secretary said.\n\nParty sources said the proposals are unlikely to get into Labour's next manifesto.\n\nThe shadow business secretary Jonathan Reynolds told the BBC: \"We're not going to nationalise the energy system.\"\n\nAsked if they would follow the vote, he said: \"No.\"\n\nMr Reynolds said votes reflected the interest of people at the conference - but that there would be disagreements in some areas.\n\nEarlier in the day, Unite's Sharon Graham got a standing ovation from the conference floor for tabling the motion.\n\nMaking the case for renationalisation, Ms Graham said: \"Labour's job is to be the voice of workers and our communities.\n\n\"We must take our energy back into public hands.\n\n\"In France, they own their own energy, which has meant lower bills for the French people, while in Britain we have let energy monopolies fill their boots by picking the pockets of UK workers. How they must have laughed.\"\n\nThe motion passed with only a handful of votes against it, and was backed by three major Labour backing unions - Unite, ASLEF and TSSA.\n\nMomentum, the left-wing pressure group set up to support former leader Jeremy Corbyn, called the vote \"a huge victory - and a clear message to the leadership\". \"Trade unions and Labour members, like the public, overwhelmingly want our public services in public hands, not being run for profit.\"\n\nBefore the vote, Unite published a survey which found voters in seats known as the Red Wall - traditionally Labour areas where the Conservatives won in 2019 - were overwhelmingly in favour of putting energy utilities back into public ownership.\n\nMore than two-thirds of the 2,000 potential voters surveyed in those constituencies across the North, Midlands and Wales agreed that the UK's domestic energy industry should be in public ownership.\n\nThe motion also reaffirmed Labour's commitment to build HS2 in full and to retain or reopen fully-staffed rail ticket offices.\n\nOn Thursday, Labour Leader Sir Keir Starmer said he could not commit to building HS2's northern leg after the government \"took a wrecking ball\" to the project's finances.\n\nPolicy voted on by conference feeds into Labour's National Policy Forum, which debates and finalises Labour's policy.\n\nThe party's current policy include a commitment to public ownership of different industries - including renationalising the railways when contracts with existing operators expire or fail.\n\nLabour have also promised to create GB Energy, a publicly owned national energy company that will compete with private industry and promote clean energy.", "James Cleverly said the safety of the UK's Jewish community was an \"absolute priority\"\n\nJewish schools have stepped up security as concerns grow about a possible rise in antisemitism directed at children.\n\nPatrols have increased around some schools in London and Manchester, with parents telling the BBC they are \"scared\" for their children's safety.\n\nSome pupils have been told blazers are optional in public places so they cannot be easily identified as Jewish.\n\nForeign Secretary James Cleverly said the safety of the UK's Jewish community was an \"absolute priority\".\n\n\"History has shown us that Jews in the UK are targeted in response to actions in the Middle East, completely inappropriately so,\" he told the BBC.\n\nThree days after Hamas launched a murderous assault on Israel, more than 1,000 people have died on the Israel-side. Retaliatory strikes on Gaza have killed 830.\n\nPupils at the Jewish Free School in Kenton, north London, have been told there will be no after-school detentions and wearing a blazer with the school's logo is optional.\n\n\"The most important thing is to ensure the safe passage of students between home and school and to make sure that this school is set up to care for our children during the school day,\" headteacher David Moody said in an email to parents.\n\nSuzi, whose 14-year-old son attends the school, said: \"The waves that are rippling through go beyond the school to the community.\n\n\"As a parent it's very hard because you want to protect your children, both emotionally and physically.\"\n\nHer elder daughter, aged 18, was a former pupil at the school and two years below Nathanel Young who was killed in the attack by Hamas on Saturday.\n\n\"He was walking the same corridors as her,\" said Suzi, whose full name we are not using.\n\nShe said that \"sadly\", as a Jewish community, they were used to strict security in communal places.\n\n\"This is just stepping up on another level because of what has happened. We are all in a state of shock and mourning,\" she added.\n\nIn Manchester, at another Jewish school, attendance has dropped off and there have been increased police patrols.\n\nJohn Dalziel, headteacher at King David School, said police had been on site on Tuesday morning to try to reassure pupils and parents.\n\nHe is also advising students to consider taking off blazers or covering the crest on their uniform when in public.\n\nHe said he has told pupils to be proud of who they are and to report any antisemitic attacks.\n\nCandles were lit at a Downing Street vigil on Monday evening\n\nAnother mum, Michal, who has three children at Broughton Jewish Cassel Fox Primary School in Salford, said patrols in her area have increased.\n\n\"They have put extra security in place, cancelled school trips and they're making sure all doors are locked during the day,\" she said.\n\n\"The most terrifying thing about it is there are people on the streets of Manchester who are actively celebrating the death of Jewish people.\"\n\nMichal, whose surname we are not using, said despite the school doing its best to protect the children, she feared for their safety.\n\nThe heightened security is being put in place by local police with help from the Community Security Trust, a charity which helps Jewish people in the UK with security and antisemitism.\n\nIt said it was working with the government to help co-ordinate and plan security, with a special focus on schools.\n\nPrime Minister Rishi Sunak has insisted the government was doing everything it could to keep the UK's Jewish community safe.\n\nThousands of pro-Palestinian demonstrators gathered near the Israeli Embassy in London\n\nOn Tuesday, he said he wanted to remind everyone that Hamas was a proscribed terror organisation and anyone found supporting them would be held to account.\n\nHome Secretary Suella Braverman has written to police chiefs in England and Wales urging them to use the \"full force of the law\" against shows of support for Hamas or attempts to intimidate the UK's Jewish community.\n\nShe wrote: \"Behaviours that are legitimate in some circumstances, for example the waving of a Palestinian flag, may not be legitimate such as when intended to glorify acts of terrorism.\n\n\"Nor is it acceptable to drive through Jewish neighbourhoods, or single out Jewish members of the public, to aggressively chant or wave pro-Palestinian symbols at,\" she added.\n\nOn Monday, three people were arrested following a pro-Palestinian demonstration near the Israeli embassy in Kensington, west London.\n\nAround the same time, British Jews gathered in Downing Street for a vigil to light candles for the victims and pray for lost loved ones and those held captive.\n\nIn the predominantly Jewish area of Golders Green, north London, \"Free Palestine\" graffiti daubed on bridges is being investigated.\n\n\"No-one should be subjected to violence or harassment because of who they are,\" British Transport Police said.\n\nIn the BBC interview, the foreign secretary urged UK nationals who wanted to leave Israel to use commercial transport in the first instance, as he confirmed that no UK government-facilitated evacuation was under way yet.\n\nAsked whether that policy might change, Mr Cleverly said things were \"very fast moving\" and he would not \"speculate as to what might happen in the future\".\n\nHe said the situation in Israel was unlike many other consular issues because of the \"very, very large number of British-Israeli nationals\", many of whom regard Israel as their permanent home or are serving in the military.", "Aerial footage shows sheep moving in formation as they are guided across a highway by three farmers and a dog.\n\nAfter crossing the road, the animals continue grazing in a field.\n\nThe striking display was captured near the city of Othello, in Washington state, USA.", "Keith Richards formed the Rolling Stones with Mick Jagger in 1962\n\nIf there's one constant in the story of the Rolling Stones, it's Keith Richards' love affair with the guitar.\n\nHe owns more than a thousand of them - although he only plays a select few on stage - and, even as he approaches 80, the star is still bewitched by the instrument.\n\n\"The fascinating thing is that the more you play it, the less you know it,\" he says. \"It provides you with endless questions. You can never know the whole thing. It's impossible.\"\n\nHe's back on fiery form on the Rolling Stones' new album, Hackney Diamonds. There are hard-rocking riffs (Angry, Depending On You), sinewy country blues (Dreamy Skies) and semi-improvised gospel stomps (Sweet Sounds Of Heaven).\n\nBut while the Stones sound ageless as ever, Richards' hands are gnarled with arthritis. Has it affected his playing?\n\n\"Funnily enough, I've no doubt it has, but I don't have any pain, it's a sort of benign version,\" he says. \"I think if I've slowed down a little bit it's probably due more to age.\n\n\"And also, I found that interesting, when I'm like, 'I can't quite do that any more,' the guitar will show me there's another way of doing it. Some finger will go one space different and a whole new door opens.\n\n\"And so you're always learning. You never finish school, man.\"\n\nKeith Richards with a small selection of guitars - he owns more than 1,000 in total\n\nHackney Diamonds is the Rolling Stones' first album of new material in 18 years. Not that they'd been resting on their laurels. Sessions had come and gone, tours had been staged, a covers album released. But, for whatever reason, the band weren't happy with the material.\n\n\"There's a lot of stuff in the can which is pretty damn good,\" says Keith, \"but it's not an album. It's just a lot of tracks.\"\n\nThe turning point came at the end of the band's 60th anniversary tour last year. Rather than retreat to their individual bunkers, Mick Jagger wanted to go straight to the studio.\n\n\"He hit me in the right spot,\" says Richards. \"I've always wanted to record the band as soon after we get off of the road, because the band is lubricated.\"\n\nWhere previous sessions had been exploratory and unfocused, these recordings came with a deadline: Jagger wanted the basic tracks finished by the end of the year.\n\nHe was helped by producer Andrew Watt, a 32-year-old who has made pop hits for Post Malone and Miley Cyrus, and overseen grizzled rock rebirths for Iggy Pop and Ozzy Osbourne.\n\nA massive Rolling Stones fan (he wore a different band t-shirt every day), he was nonetheless determined not to defer to his heroes.\n\n\"We had a referee, which is something we lacked since the Jimmy Miller days,\" says Ronnie Wood, referring to the producer of 1970s classics like Sticky Fingers and Exile On Main Street (both of which pre-date his time in the band).\n\n\"We needed someone tightening up and kicking us. He disciplined us and said, 'Come on, you're not going to do that tomorrow, you're going to do it today'.\"\n\n\"I can understand Ronnie seeing it that way but the real referees are Mick and me,\" argues Richards.\n\n\"Andrew just had the right amount of energy and the right amount of know-how to pull it off.\"\n\nJagger and Richards have always been the lifeblood of the Rolling Stones. Or, more accurately, its Id and its Ego. Jagger is watchful, analytical, strategic. Richards runs on instinct.\n\nThey first met at primary school in Kent in the 1950s, then bumped into each other years later on a railway platform. Jagger was carrying a bundle of records, Richards was holding his guitar, and the two struck up a conversation about rock and blues on the train.\n\nWithin a year they'd joined a band with guitarist Brian Jones, and Richards wrote excitedly to his aunt: \"Mick is the greatest R&B singer this side of the Atlantic and I don't mean maybe.\"\n\nIn their original incarnation, the Rolling Stones were a cover band, scoring hits with scuffed-up versions of Buddy Holly's Not Fade Away and Howlin' Wolf's Little Red Rooster.\n\nBut their manager, Andrew Loog Oldham, realised everyone would make more money if they wrote their own songs, so he locked Jagger and Richards in a kitchen and told them not to come out until they'd got a hit.\n\nThe result was As Tears Go By, which was taken into the charts by Marianne Faithfull.\n\n\"Before that, I thought of songwriting as a totally separate job - like there's the blacksmith, and there's the stonemason,\" Richards later recalled.\n\n\"It was a shock, this fresh world of writing our own material, this discovery that I had a gift that I had no idea existed. It was Blake-like, a revelation, an epiphany.\"\n\nJagger disputes the kitchen story but, either way, one of rock's greatest songwriting partnerships had been born.\n\nBy the end of the decade, the duo had written dozens of classics, including Paint It Black, Sympathy For The Devil and (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction, the riff for which came to Richards in his sleep.\n\n\"It was a lucky find, I must admit,\" he told me the last time we spoke.\n\nThe Rolling Stones at Top Of The Pops in 1966 (clockwise from top left): Bill Wyman, Brian Jones, Keith Richards. Charlie Watts and Mick Jagger\n\nThe sessions for Hackney Diamonds captured the hit-and-run sessions of the 1960s. The band cut two or three songs a day, often playing next to each other as they do on stage.\n\nThe whole process was finished in two months - eight times longer than they spent on their 1964 debut, but still phenomenally fast by modern standards.\n\nThe album's title is London slang (Hackney Diamonds are the beads of shattered glass strewn across the street after a smash-and-grab) and while it doesn't appear in the lyrics, the phrase pinpoints the album's untamed ferocity.\n\n\"If I was a dog, I'd spend all night howling round your house,\" growls Jagger over the saw-tooth riff of Bite My Head Off.\n\nEven the song titles suggest a deep well of antagonism and resentment: Angry, Driving Me Too Hard, Live By The Sword.\n\nRichards can't or won't explain the inspiration, arguing that \"Mick writes the lyrics\".\n\n\"But he's got some angst in him and I said, 'Well, let's use it',\" he adds.\n\n\"From my point of view, the essential thing about making a record is that the singer has to want to sing the material.\n\n\"Mick, given a song that he's not interested in, can really make it bad. And that's maybe one of the reasons it took 18 years, because Mick's waves of enthusiasm come and go.\"\n\nThe Stones line-up of 2023: Ronnie Wood, Mick Jagger and Keith Richards\n\nIf that's a dig at his bandmate, its meant jovially.\n\nThe bitterness that characterised their relationship in the 80s has evaporated. For this album, they even went back to basics, writing Driving Me Too Hard together in the same room.\n\nJagger says they still disagree occasionally, but have \"a good understanding\" of what the Stones' represent. For Richards, it's all a state of mind.\n\n\"We're very real guys, so when we start playing we all know, 'Yep, that's it', or 'No, that isn't it'.\n\n\"And if it feels phoney, then we have to watch ourselves.\"\n\nThat's why he resisted Jagger's attempts to steer the band towards punk and disco in the 1970s; and presumably why they've steered clear of more reflective material on this album.\n\nBut the record did present an unwelcome challenge: Recording for the first time without Charlie Watts, their stoic and dependable drummer, who died in 2021.\n\nHis playing features on just two Hackney Diamonds tracks, Mess It Up and Live By The Sword, initially recorded in 2019. For the rest, the rhythm section is provided by Steve Jordan, who Watts had anointed as his successor.\n\n\"I was with Charlie before he passed and he said, 'Make sure Steve Jordan covers for me. He has my blessing',\" says Wood. \"So that was a real comforting thing.\"\n\n\"Feeling like I'm carrying on Charlie's wishes makes it a little bit easier,\" agrees Richards.\n\n\"I will always miss the man dearly, but I know that if he was here today, he would be very happy to know that the band was continuing.\"\n\nCharlie Watts died in 2021, prior to the band's 60th anniversary tour, after suffering from throat cancer\n\nElsewhere, the album has a glut of superstar guests, including Paul McCartney, Elton John and erstwhile Stones bassist Bill Wyman.\n\nBut the star attraction is Lady Gaga, who trades vocal hooks with Jagger on the soaring blues-gospel of Sweet Sounds Of Heaven.\n\n\"Lady Gaga is a piece of work,\" says Richards. \"I love working with her because she has a great attitude and a great voice, and I always wanted to see her play off against Mick.\"\n\n\"Stevie Wonder is on there as well, which is sort of thing only happens when you record in LA,\" he laughs, noting that the song was \"very ad-libbed... it even finishes and starts up again\".\n\nThat was their approach throughout. The whole album is deliberately hand-crafted, recorded in real-time and non-computerised.\n\n\"I like real,\" says Richards.\"We actually cut this record primarily for vinyl. It's by far the best sound, if you want to listen to a record properly.\n\n\"Digital is toy town. It's synthesizers. And now you have AI, which is even even more superficial and artificial. Vinyl gives you what's real and I prefer to hear it that way.\"\n\nThe last track is the perfect example - just Mick and Keith standing around a microphone, riffing on the Muddy Waters song that gave the band its name, Rolling Stone Blues.\n\nIt could be the closing of a book, an epilogue to a 60-year career, but Richards is having none of it.\n\n\"It's a fitting statement, but it's not a coda,\" he protests. \"It's more a tip of the hat to Muddy Waters, Chicago and all the blues men we learned our stuff from.\"\n\nKeith Richards will be 80 when the band goes on tour next year\n\nIn fact, rather than waving goodbye, the band are plotting to take their new music on the road next year, \"if everybody is still standing\".\n\n\"We're all in good fettle,\" says Richards. \"We're not looking at each other and saying, 'time's up'.\n\nIs that a phrase he could ever imagine uttering?\n\n\"My answer is I'm not Nostradamus,\" he chuckles. \"Of course it's going to end some time, but there's no particular rush.\n\n\"We're having great fun doing this.\"", "Metro Bank has struck a deal to raise extra funds from investors that it said will secure its future.\n\nThe deal was announced late on Sunday after days of intense speculation about the bank's financial position.\n\nThe Bank of England reportedly asked larger lenders if they were interested in buying Metro, while banks were said to be eyeing up some of its assets.\n\nBut on Sunday, Metro Bank said it had raised £325m in new funding, as well as refinancing £600m of debt.\n\nMetro's chief executive, Daniel Frumkin, said the deal marked \"a new chapter\" for the troubled bank.\n\nMetro Bank's shares had slumped last week after reports suggested it needed to raise cash to shore up its finances. Its share price rebounded on Monday in response to the deal.\n\nHowever, Simon Samuels, a former managing director at Barclays and Citi, told the BBC's Today programme that while the financing bought Metro Bank some time, it did not address the \"fundamental challenges\" of the bank's strategy of focusing on High Street branches which was \"very expensive\".\n\nWhile many banks have been closing branches and shifting to online banking - which accelerated during the Covid pandemic - Metro continues to focus on bricks and mortar.\n\n\"Essentially, Metro finds itself with an unsustainable cost base,\" he said, adding that he thought Metro's strategy \"has got little chance of succeeding in the long run\".\n\n\"Eventually [Metro Bank] may end up being part of a larger group.\"\n\nThe bank has insisted all along that its finances remain strong and it continues to meet all regulatory requirements.\n\nBut under the deal announced on Sunday, Colombian billionaire Jaime Gilinski Bacal will become Metro Bank's controlling shareholder with a 53% stake.\n\nHis firm, Spaldy Investments, will sink £102m into the bank.\n\nIn Colombia Jaime Gilinski is a household name. Locally, he's never too far away from the headlines, with his business empire growing from strength to strength it would seem, both at home and abroad.\n\nThe 65-year-old businessman was born in Cali, the descendant of Lithuanian immigrants. His family set up several mid-sized businesses and built a reputation for themselves within Colombia's Jewish community and across the city.\n\nBut Mr Gilinski had bigger ambitions. After a US education he had a stint on Wall Street, and led his family group into purchasing several banks in Colombia and abroad.\n\nA smart operator, Mr Gilinski has aligned himself with Colombia's political and business elite over the years.\n\nMost recently, in 2022 Gustavo Petro was elected as the country's first left-wing president, promising action against what he called the country's \"oligarchy\".\n\nHowever, local media reported that Mr Gilinski had quietly been building relations with Mr Petro, helping to avoid becoming a target.\n\nMetro Bank was founded in 2010 in the wake of the financial crisis and was the first to open in the UK in more than 100 years.\n\nIt positioned itself as a so-called \"challenger\" bank to the big High Street names, with its promise of keeping branches open seven days a week.\n\nIt now has 2.7 million customers and holds about £15bn worth of deposits in 76 branches.\n\nBut last week reports suggested it need to raise £600m. The Financial Times also reported over the weekend that several rivals were weighing up potential bids for part of the business.\n\nIn Sunday's announcement. Metro Bank said that it had raised £325m in capital from existing shareholders and new backers.\n\nThe Bank of England, which had been monitoring the situation closely, welcomed the deal.\n\nMetro Bank also said it was still in discussions about raising cash by selling up to £3bn of its residential mortgages.\n\nHomeowners with mortgages from Metro Bank do not face any immediate change, but if a deal goes through some customers might end up having their loans managed by another bank in the future.\n\nMetro Bank's shares rose by about 10% on Monday, taking its share price to about 50p - close to the level it had been last week before reports on the bank's financial situation emerged.\n\nHowever, the share price is still down nearly 60% since the start of the year, and well below the peak of £40.19 it reached in 2018.\n\nMr Frumkin said the new deal meant Metro Bank could continue expanding and would become more profitable over the coming years.\n\n\"Our strong franchise is underpinned by our loyal customer base and engaged colleagues and we will continue to develop the Metro Bank offer,\" he said.\n\nThe lender has faced a number of challenges in recent years after an accounting scandal in 2019, which led to some top executives, including its founder, leaving the company.\n\nIt returned to profit in the six months to the end of June this year - the first half-year profit the bank had seen since 2019.\n\nIn July, Mr Frumkin said that 2023 would be a \"transitional year\" for the firm and that it planned to open 11 more branches across the north of England in 2024 and 2025.\n\nMore recently, Metro Bank had asked City watchdogs for permission to use its own ratings system to value its mortgages and its assets.\n\nBut regulators turned down the request last month, saying that they wanted the bank to use an external rating system for now.\n\nSign up for our morning newsletter and get BBC News in your inbox.\n• None What's going on at Metro Bank?", "Jo Farrell is the first female chief constable of Police Scotland\n\nPolice Scotland's new chief constable says she agrees that the force is guilty of institutional discrimination.\n\nIn her first day in the job, Jo Farrell backed the controversial statement made earlier this year by her predecessor Sir Iain Livingstone.\n\nShe said it was a \"difficult message\", but she was determined to drive forward \"an anti-discriminatory agenda.\"\n\nMs Farrell also promised to prioritise \"trust, confidence, high performance and officer and staff wellbeing.\"\n\nIn a statement issued after she was sworn in, the chief constable said: \"Having considered Sir Iain's reasons, I agree Police Scotland is institutionally discriminatory.\n\n\"I know the acknowledgement of institutional discrimination is a difficult message for many dedicated and honourable officers and staff.\n\n\"People with different backgrounds or experiences, including our officers and staff, have not always received the service that is their right.\n\n\"The onus is on us to challenge bad behaviour and prejudice, address gaps and eradicate bias, known or unwitting, at every level.\"\n\nSir Iain's Livingstone statement in May this year that there was institutional racism, sexism and discrimination in Police Scotland attracted support from many quarters.\n\nHowever, it was criticised by the Scottish Police Federation (SPF), who felt the reputation of the force was being tarnished because of the faults of a few.\n\nDavid Threadgold, chair of the federation, said: \"The SPF will always work with the service to identify and remove officers in Scotland who fail to live up to our standards of professional behaviour.\n\n\"Culture in any organisation is changed from the top down, in this case at governmental level.\n\n\"The chief has to work to ensure that the policing budget is given real terms protection to allow us to maintain our current officer and staff profile.\n\n\"This relentless stripping of our proud service of physical and human infrastructure has to stop.\"\n\nDeparting chief constable Sir Iain Livingstone described Police Scotland as \"institutionally racist and discriminatory\"\n\nPatrick Corrigan, Amnesty International UK's Head of Nations and Regions, said: \"The statement made by Sir Iain was honest and stark, but reflected what many already knew and have experienced first-hand.\n\n\"The Chief Constable will need to set out what action she intends to take without delay.\"\n\nJustice Secretary Angela Constance MSP said she was delighted to welcome Ms Farrell, the first woman to lead Scotland's national force.\n\n\"There is much to be proud of within the UK's second biggest police service, which is in a strong place as the new chief takes up her role,\" she said.\n\n\"I am sure we will forge a strong partnership, founded on a shared desire to continue the delivery of sustainable excellence within Scotland's police service.\"\n\nFormerly chief constable at Durham Constabulary, Ms Farrell said her focus was on threat, harm and risk and on prevention and problem solving.\n\nBut arriving from Durham - one of the smallest police forces in England - to take charge of the second largest in the UK, the new chief faces immediate challenges.\n\nPolice Scotland's finances are under pressure, with a smaller number of officers handling a bigger workload and detection rates for some crimes going down.\n\nThere's a freeze on recruitment of civilian staff and a projected £19m budget overspend.\n\nThe arrival of 200 new recruits in January has also been postponed.\n\nThe force predicts officer numbers could fall to 16,200, the lowest since the SNP took office in 2007.\n\nThe Scottish Government said it gave policing a 6.3% increase for the current financial year, Scottish police officers are the highest paid in the UK and, per capita, Scotland has more of them than England and Wales.", "The Hasson family are appealing for information in the hope the calves are returned\n\nA 13-year-old farmer from County Londonderry has been left \"gutted\" after thieves stole the 11 calves she had been rearing.\n\nPolice believe the animals were taken from a field on Glenshane Road, near Claudy, some time between 24 and 30 September.\n\nKelsey Hasson said she was \"raging\" that someone had taken her Charolais calves.\n\n\"I just want them brought back,\" Kelsey told BBC News NI.\n\nDamien Hasson said his 13-year-old daughter had put her heart and soul into caring for the young cows. He estimates the cost of the theft is somewhere between £8,000-£15,000.\n\n\"But to Kelsey they are priceless,\" he added.\n\nKelsey loves farming, feeding the cows and driving tractors, Damien said.\n\n\"She has put all her time and effort into the calves because she is saving, she wants to buy a house when she is older,\" he said.\n\nKelsey Hasson says she is devastated by the theft\n\nKelsey and her father hope anyone with information will come forward.\n\n\"The calves will not be too far away, I would think,\" Damien added.\n\n\"It might be that they are hidden in someone's shed, something like that, but someone has to know where they are.\"\n\nIndependent MLA Claire Sugden also asked anyone who had been offered calves for sale under suspicious circumstances to contact police.\n\nShe said the theft had left the young girl \"extremely distraught\".\n\nPolice are also appealing for information.\n\nThey are keen to hear from anyone who saw any suspicious vehicles in the Brackfield Bawn area of the Glenshane Road to contact them.", "The couple say they were racially profiled during the stop and search\n\nA Metropolitan Police officer has told a tribunal he did not rise to \"provocation\" by an Olympic sprinter during a stop and search in London.\n\nPortugal athlete Ricardo dos Santos, 28, and his partner, British sprinter Bianca Williams, 29, say they were racially profiled during the incident on 4 July 2020.\n\nPC Michael Bond said he used a \"very, very low\" force level on Mr Dos Santos.\n\nThe tribunal has heard police followed and stopped the couple as they drove to their Maida Vale home from training, with their baby son, who was then three months old, in the back seat of their Mercedes.\n\nBoth were handcuffed and searched on suspicion of having drugs and weapons. Nothing was found and neither was arrested.\n\nPC Bond told the hearing that he treated Mr Dos Santos with \"respect and courtesy\" during the search.\n\nThe panel heard the officer used a \"normal police hold\" to place the athlete's hands behind his back to allow handcuffing and then placed a hand on his shoulder to prevent him \"thrashing\" back.\n\nAsked if race played any role in his decision to use force, PC Bond said: \"Absolutely not.\"\n\nHe insisted he did not know what ethnicity Mr Dos Santos was in the lead-up to the search.\n\nThe officer said: \"I was very neutral. I was polite. I was calm, treated him with the respect and courtesy I would expect to be treated with.\"\n\nAsked to comment on Mr Dos Santos' behaviour, he said: \"Rude. Swore at me.\"\n\nHe said the sprinter called the officers racist and used an expletive, and \"made fun of how much he suspected we earned\".\n\n\"Did you rise to that provocation at all?\" PC Bond's barrister asked.\n\nThe panel heard the officer had an exchange with Mr Dos Santos about him being a sprinter in which PC Bond told him to \"act like one\" and behave like the \"role model\" professional athletes should be.\n\nThe officer repeatedly told the panel that he smelled cannabis during the stop and search and called suggestions that this was made up \"very very untrue\".\n\nPC Bond said he acted in line with the code of ethics and standards of professional behaviour.\n\nPC Bond and Acting Sgt Rachel Simpson, PC Allan Casey, PC Jonathan Clapham, PC Sam Franks deny all accusations, including allegations they breached police standards over equality and diversity during the stop and search.\n\nActing Sgt Simpson and constables Clapham, Bond and Franks also face allegations that their actions amounted to a breach of professional behaviour standards in relation to the use of force.\n\nThey are said to have failed in relation to their levels of authority, respect and courtesy, as well as in their duties and responsibilities.\n\nPC Casey is also accused of breaching professional standards in the way he carried out his duties and responsibilities or gave orders and instructions.\n\nIt is also alleged that the honesty and integrity of PCs Casey, Clapham, Bond and Franks breached professional behaviour standards.\n\nListen to the best of BBC Radio London on Sounds and follow BBC London on Facebook, X and Instagram. Send your story ideas to hello.bbclondon@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Easy life has confirmed they will play their last shows this week under their current name\n\nA band say they are going to change their name after the brand owners of airline easyJet started legal action against them.\n\nIndie band easy life previously said easyGroup was suing them because their name was too similar.\n\nThe band now say they will stop using the name from Friday after a \"whirlwind\" 10 days.\n\nEasyGroup previously said it would be \"unfair\" to let the band use the \"easy\" brand name without royalty payments.\n\nEasyGroup said it would not comment for legal reasons until an agreement with the band was \"signed, sealed and delivered\".\n\nIn a statement on their website, easy life confirmed they would play two final shows under their current name at the 02 Academy in Leicester on Thursday and Koko in London on Friday.\n\nDocuments filed with the High Court featured a poster for the band's tour\n\nIn its claim lodged with the High Court, easyGroup said the band had promoted their Life's a beach tour, in 2021 and 2022, with a poster showing a plane in the style of easyJet's orange livery but substituting the airline's name with its own.\n\nThe company also said the band had produced T-shirts bearing their name in the firm's branded style and their website infringed its trademark with its similarity to easyJet branding.\n\nThe document stated: \"By wrongly creating a link with the claimant, the defendant benefits from an association with that positive view and vast brand recognition, regardless of whether the link was intended to be provocative or humorous.\"\n\nIt said the band was \"riding on the coat tails of the valuable reputation\" of the company's brand, adding it was \"not presently able to estimate the financial value of this claim, but considers that it will be substantial\".\n\nEasyGroup is the brand owner of airline easyJet\n\nEasyGroup said other companies - including one of the UK's largest catalogue retailers, also called Easylife - paid for the use of its brand name.\n\nIn a previous statement, a spokesperson said: \"Stelios [Haji-Ioannou] and easyGroup founded and now own the right to the easy brand name.\n\n\"Other companies, including Easylife [the catalogue company], pay annual royalties for its use as part of their business strategy.\n\n\"We cannot allow others to simply use it free, gratis and for nothing. That would be unfair.\"\n\nFollow BBC East Midlands on Facebook, on X, or on Instagram. Send your story ideas to eastmidsnews@bbc.co.uk.\n• None Band say easyJet brand owner suing over name", "The migrants were removed from the barge after Legionella bacteria was found in the on-board water system\n\nAsylum seekers are being notified that they are to be sent back to a migrant barge off England's south coast next week.\n\nIn a statement, the Home Office confirmed they would be moved back on to the Bibby Stockholm \"following the vessel completing all necessary tests\".\n\nThirty-nine men were moved on to the vessel in August.\n\nThey were later removed when the Legionella bacteria, which can cause serious illness, was detected.\n\nThe BBC understands the asylum seekers were given letters from the Home Office on Monday, explaining they would be returned to the barge on 19 October.\n\nIn the letter, seen by the BBC, the asylum seekers were told, \"you will be required to move to alternative accommodation, and specifically, the Bibby Stockholm barge\" and that \"this accommodation is offered on a no-choice basis\".\n\nIt also said that while \"this is not detention accommodation\" the men would need to \"sign in and out of the site when you leave and return\" so the Home office can \"assure your safety\".\n\nThe letter also explained they may have to share a room and stated there would be a nurse on board, English classes, recreational space and activities run by volunteers.\n\nPortland Labour councillor Paul Kimber told BBC News he had been informed on Monday that migrants would return to the vessel.\n\nHe said: \"As you can imagine a lot of the so-called asylum seekers are very, very worried about going on board, with the water contamination.\"\n\nAsylum seekers were placed on board the barge on 7 August but were removed days later after tests revealed Legionella\n\nMayor of Portland Carralyn Parkes, who also lives on the peninsula, is bringing legal action over the use of the barge after raising more than £25,000 through crowdfunding.\n\nThroughout Tuesday her lawyers and Home Secretary Suella Braverman's legal team argued their case at the High Court, but Mr Justice Holgate has yet to make a decision.\n\nHe told the court: \"I've had some very skilful submissions on all sides for which I'm grateful and I want to think about what's been said.\"\n\nThe hearing was adjourned until Wednesday.\n\nThe three-storey Bibby Stockholm is berthed at the port in Dorset, and is intended to hold about 500 men while they await the outcome of their asylum applications.\n\nThe barge is a flagship part of the government's plan to cut the cost of housing asylum seekers and deter dangerous Channel crossings by migrants.\n\nThe group of men were briefly housed on the barge before they were taken off when the bacteria was found in the onboard water system.\n\nThe Home Office said the letters \"confirm the next steps for asylum seekers\".\n\nIt added: \"Delivering alternative accommodation sites, such as the vessel, is more affordable for taxpayers and more manageable for communities, due to healthcare and catering facilities on site, 24/7 security and the purpose-built safe accommodation they provide.\"\n\nThe Home Office said the safety of those on board \"remains our utmost priority\", adding that it would continue to work with Dorset Council and other local health partners to ensure all health and safety protocols were followed.\n\n\"There are well established standard procedures in place which providers are contractually obligated to follow to manage the safety, security and well-being of those they accommodate,\" it maintained.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: Inside the housing barge after first asylum seekers board\n\nPreviously, in an open letter, some of the men expressed \"shock and fear\" over the discovery of Legionella and said they had faced \"isolation and loneliness\" since being moved off and housed in a hotel.\n\nThe Home Office said at the time it was following all health protocols and advice.\n\nThe government previously said there were about 51,000 asylum seekers currently in hotels across the UK - having gone up by 3,000 since the end of March - costing the taxpayer about £6m a day.\n\nThere has been considerable local opposition to the barge coming to Portland\n\nThe 222-room barge, chartered by the government for 18 months, arrived at the port in July.\n\nInitially, 15 people successfully boarded the vessel, but a group of about 20 refused to board following legal challenges, refugee charity Care4Calais said at the time.\n\nThe barge was previously used to accommodate homeless people and asylum seekers in Germany and the Netherlands.\n\nHowever, human rights group Amnesty International compared the Bibby Stockholm to \"prison hulks from the Victorian era\", saying it was an \"utterly shameful way to house people who've fled terror, conflict and persecution\".\n\nFreedom from Torture, which provides therapeutic care for survivors of torture seeking protection in the UK, previously said the government should stop \"forcing refugees to live in unsafe and undignified accommodation\".\n\nBefore its arrival in Portland, the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Most Reverend Justin Welby, urged the government to pause the scheme for further consultation.\n\nResidents on Portland have also objected, voicing concerns that the local community was not consulted.\n\nFollow BBC South on Facebook, X, or Instagram. Send your story ideas to south.newsonline@bbc.co.uk.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: Hiding at home, blinded and choked by dust - a video diary from Gaza\n\n\"Where do we go? Is there a safe place left in this neighbourhood, which was so quiet and beautiful?\" residents of an apartment block in Rimal asked me, with heavy sarcasm.\n\nI had just spent the most difficult seven hours of my life inside there, as Israeli warplanes carried another wave of air strikes in retaliation for the Palestinian militant group's unprecedented assault on southern Israel from the Gaza Strip on Saturday.\n\nThe Israeli strikes also caused significant damage to dozens of residential buildings, the offices of telecommunications companies, and faculty buildings of the Islamic University of Gaza.\n\nTerrifying explosions shook the area throughout Monday night. Children were screaming and nobody had a moment's sleep.\n\nIt was a night that the residents of Rimal - Gaza City's wealthiest neighbourhood and usually its quietest - will not forget for a long time.\n\nAs dawn broke on Tuesday, the intensity of the strikes decreased and people discovered the extent of the destruction. The south-western neighbourhood's infrastructure was severely damaged and most roads leading to it were cut off.\n\nAs I drove around it felt as if there had been an earthquake. There was rubble, shattered glass and severed wiring everywhere. Such was the devastation that I did not recognise some of the buildings that I passed.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\n\"I lost everything. My apartment, where my five children lived, was here in this building. My grocery shop below the building was destroyed,\" Mohammed Abu al-Kass told me while carrying his daughter Shahd in the street.\n\n\"Where do we go? We have become homeless. There is no shelter for us anymore or work.\"\n\n\"Are my house and my grocery shop a military target, Israel?\" he added, accusing the Israeli military of lying when it says it does not target civilians.\n\nThe Palestinian health ministry said that about 300 people, two thirds of them civilians, were killed in Israeli attacks on Gaza on Monday. It was the deadliest day there for many years.\n\nAt least 15 people were killed in the densely populated Jabalia refugee camp, north-east of Gaza City, in the afternoon. The Israeli military said it targeted the home of a Hamas commander. But many people at a nearby market or in neighbouring houses were killed.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: Footage from BBC Arabic inside the Jabalia refugee camp after an Israeli airstrike\n\nThe overall death toll in Gaza since Saturday now stands at 900, including 260 children, according to the health ministry. Another 4,500 people have been injured.\n\nThe already dire humanitarian crisis in this tiny, overcrowded territory also deepens.\n\nIts 2.2 million residents are running out of food, fuel, electricity and water, after Israel's government ordered a \"complete siege\" and cut off all of Gaza's supplies in response to Hamas's attack.\n\nSaturday's unexpected assault has killed 1,000 people on the Israeli side, and between 100 and 150 hostages have been taken across the border into Gaza by the militants.\n\n\"Can you imagine that we are living without power or water in the 21st Century? My baby has run out of nappies and there is only half a bottle of milk left,\" said Waad al-Mughrabi as she looked at the destroyed building next to her home in Rimal.\n\n\"Was it my child who attacked Israel?\"\n\nOutside Gaza's largest supermarket, which had opened for the first time since Saturday, dozens of people were queuing in front of a small back door. They were hoping to buy whatever provisions they could, fearful that the fighting will last a long time.\n\nMost of Gaza's fresh vegetables and fruits are grown in the south of the territory, and the severe fuel shortage means that transporting them to the north will become increasingly difficult.\n\nThe UN says 200,000 people in Gaza have fled their homes out of fear or because they have been destroyed\n\nSo far, there have been no deliveries of food or other essential goods from Egypt, which has maintained a tight blockade of Gaza for security reasons, along with Israel, since Hamas took over the territory in 2007.\n\nPeople have also been unable to flee Gaza via the Rafah border crossing with Egypt. Only 400 a day are usually allowed in or out, but Israeli air strikes on Monday and Tuesday hit an entry gate on the Palestinian side, stopping any crossings, the Palestinian interior ministry in Gaza said.\n\nThat has forced most of the 200,000 people who have fled their homes to take shelter in UN-run schools. Some have fled in fear, while others have seen their homes destroyed by air strikes.\n\nSome Gazans are choosing to shelter in basements, but they risk being trapped inside if the building above collapses. About 30 families were trapped in one basement alone on Monday night.\n\n\"In previous wars, this part of the city was a safe haven for residents of areas on the border [with Israel],\" said Rimal resident Mohammed al-Mughrabi.\n\nThe Israeli strikes on Monday night showed that nowhere is safe anymore.", "Conrad Kirkwood and Patrick Nelson of the Irish Football Association (IFA) with Northern Ireland youth international Christopher Atherton at the Euro 28 announcement in Switzerland\n\nConfirmation that the UK and Ireland will jointly host Euro 2028 presents \"an opportunity of a lifetime\", Sinn Féin's Michelle O'Neill has said.\n\nThe joint bid ran unopposed after Turkey withdrew to focus on a bid with Italy for Euro 2032.\n\nNeither Northern Ireland or the Republic of Ireland have ever hosted a major football tournament.\n\nMatches are to be held at 10 different grounds, including Belfast's Casement Park which has to be upgraded.\n\nThe proposed redevelopment will include a 34,500-capacity stadium after initial plans for a 38,000-seater were rejected.\n\nHowever, it has been hindered by a number of setbacks since first being suggested about a decade ago, including long-running legal challenges.\n\nWork on building it has yet to begin but it is hoped it will be ready a year before the tournament begins.\n\nThe BBC believes Casement could host five matches.\n\n\"The hosting of this prestigious tournament will help create jobs, strengthen the economy and showcase everything that makes our island and people amazing,\" Sinn Féin deputy leader Ms O'Neill said.\n\n\"This is a unique opportunity to unite communities and bring people together from across the political divide and from across these two islands using the power of sport.\n\n\"It is now time to move forward to build Casement Park to ensure we have another first-class, state of the art sporting facility for Ulster Gaels, and to host major games like this.\"\n\nCiaran, who was getting his hair cut at a local barbers, said he was ready to see any game with any team playing\n\nPeople living near Casement Park gave a mixed reaction to the announcement when they spoke to the BBC on Tuesday.\n\n\"For this big tournament to come over here - it's unbelievable, it's class,\" Ciaran McConville said.\n\nHe added he would be there to watch any game, no matter who was playing.\n\nBut Nora Livery thought having a big stadium like Casement Park would cause issues for residents.\n\n\"It would be a nightmare, just too busy - unless they do underground parking - I know it is good for businesses but there's pros and cons,\" she said.\n\nPaul Bradley said he was pleased and that the announcement would push forward the building of Casement Park:\n\n\"It's wonderful - I think it's going to now, until this was declared I was still worried and concerned whether it would ever happen but I think this is it now,\" he said.\n\nJustin McNulty, the sports spokesperson for the Social and Democratic Labour Party said the tournament would \"attract fans from all over the world to Belfast and our island, bringing a large boost to our economy and will build a fantastic sporting legacy that everyone can be proud of\".\n\nAlliance Party sports spokesman David Honeyford said his party was pleased by the success of the UK and Ireland bid, which he called \"the biggest international sporting event ever to come to the region\".\n\nMr Honeyford said the redevelopment of Casement Park had to be prioritised and should \"proceed immediately\".\n\nHe said the focus must now turn to getting the redevelopment of Casement Park completed.\n\n\"The secretary of state has said the British government will find the money for the redevelopment of the stadium and the Irish government have offered to help finance the project,\" he said.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Casement and the long road to Euro 2028\n\n\"The political will is there and we need to get everyone around a table to hammer out the details so that work can commence at Casement without delay.\"\n\nTraditional Unionist Voice councillor Ron McDowell welcomed confirmation of the UK and Irish bid, but said \"the decision to fund the redevelopment of Casement with a blank cheque from the taxpayer is wrong.\"\n\nHe added: \"No more public money should go to a project which was ill conceived from the outset, running massively overbudget and encountering significant opposition from local residents.\"\n\nTaoiseach (Irish prime minister) Leo Varadkar said he was \"over the moon\" that Ireland and the UK would co-host the tournament.\n\n\"It will be the biggest event ever hosted by our two islands working together,\" he said.\n\nQualification for all five host nations is not guaranteed.\n\nIn its bid guidelines, Uefa said: \"In case of more than two joint-host associations, the automatic qualification of all the host teams cannot be guaranteed and shall be subject to a decision to be made in conjunction with decisions concerning the qualifying competition.\"", "A species new to science, the world's largest giant waterlily can grow to more than 3m wide\n\nForty-five per cent of the world's known flowering plants could be threatened by extinction, scientists have warned.\n\nThose under threat include orchids, varieties of pineapple, and many important crop species.\n\nOf the nearly 19,000 new plants and fungi species discovered since 2020, 77% are thought to be endangered.\n\nThe study by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, examined research by 200 scientists in 30 countries.\n\nPlants underpin every aspect of humanity, said Dr Matilda Brown, conservation specialist at RBG Kew.\n\nBut they are increasingly threatened by climate change and biodiversity loss.\n\n\"When we consider that nine out of ten of our medicines come from our plants, what we are potentially staring down the barrel at is losing half of all of our future medicines,\" Dr Brown said.\n\n\"Every species we lose is a species that we don't know what opportunities we're losing … It could be a cancer fighting drug, it could be the solution to hunger … And so to lose that, before we get a chance to study it would be a tragedy.\"\n\nResearchers cross-referenced large data samples from the World Checklist of Vascular Plants, the most comprehensive database of plants currently available, with the International Union for Conservation of Nature's Red List of Threatened Species. They drew up a series of extrapolated predictions about the risk of extinction.\n\nAnalysis of the data also suggests there may be 2.5m species of fungi in the world - with 90% yet to be discovered.\n\nThere is a backlog of around 100,000 new species of plants found by botanists that are still to be formally classified. The Kew team says these should be automatically described as threatened unless proven otherwise.\n\nAmong recent discoveries are the world's largest giant waterlily (Victoriana boliviana) and the Queen's hedgehog mushroom (Hydnum reginae).\n\nThe Queen's hedgehog, named after the late Queen Elizabeth II, can only be found in Surrey\n\nThe report also identified more than 30 global \"darkspots\" in countries rich in wildlife that botanists haven't yet explored and mapped. Many of these data sinkholes are in tropical Asia, including New Guinea and Vietnam.\n\nDr Samuel Pironon, from RBG Kew and the UN's Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre in Cambridge said: \"Knowing where there are most species remaining unnamed and unmapped, of which many are likely to be threatened, is crucial. It could help us refine our estimates of priority areas for conservation.\"\n\nThe extraordinary properties of fungi are only just being understood\n\nThe report calls the fungal kingdom the \"next frontier in biodiversity science.\"\n\nScientists analysed environmental DNA from soil samples around the world and studied collections using genomics and machine learning. Only 155,000 species of fungi have so far been named.\n\nFungi's potential is only starting to be understood, for example its ability to consume plastic and its \"language\" decoded by its electrical signals.\n\nFungi can do anything, said Kew mycologist Ester Gaya.\n\n\"They have amazing compounds, chemicals that can be used for industry, for drug discovery. But we know very little because we only know less than 10% of them. So what happens with the other 90%? There may be amazing resources there that we haven't discovered yet,\" she said.\n\nThe report draws on the realisation of what it calls \"Darwin's dream\".\n\nKew scientists say the World Checklist of Vascular Plants is the most comprehensive plant database ever produced.\n\nIt was the result of 35 years of meticulous research by senior Kew botanist Rafael Govaerts.\n\n\"More than 160 years ago, Charles Darwin dreamt of a complete list of plant species from every corner of the globe. This has been my dream too, prompted by the rampant destruction of the rainforests and biodiversity in general that I witnessed as a student in the 1980s, and it's exhilarating to see it finally come together,\" he said.\n\nThe list will now constantly evolve, with around 2,500 plants named each year.\n• None One in six UK species at risk of extinction - report", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nSir Keir Starmer has promised to build \"the next generation\" of new towns, along with 1.5 million homes, as part of a \"decade of renewal under Labour\".\n\nThe Labour leader said he would \"bulldoze through\" the planning system in England if his party wins power.\n\nWithout action, he said home ownership would become \"a luxury for the few\".\n\nAs Sir Keir readied himself for his conference speech, he was covered in glitter by a demonstrator calling for electoral reform.\n\nBut he received his biggest applause as he claimed he had moved Labour from a party \"of protest\" to a government in waiting.\n\nThroughout the speech, the Labour leader set himself out as a reformer, promising to deliver economic growth and security.\n\nSir Keir promised to accelerate building on unused urban land to create the \"next generation of new towns\" near English cities, echoing those built by the first Labour government after World War Two.\n\nHe added that where there were good jobs and infrastructure nearby a Labour government would \"get shovels in the ground\".\n\nHowever, he said this would not mean \"tearing up the green belt\".\n\n\"Labour is the party that protects our green spaces,\" he said.\n\n\"But where there are clearly ridiculous uses of it, disused car parks, dreary wasteland - not a green belt, a grey belt, sometimes within a city's boundary - then this cannot be justified as a reason to hold our future back.\"\n\nLabour expects the majority of up-front investment in the new towns to come from the private sector, with local areas bidding for new towns required to seek out private backers.\n\nHe also pledged to build 1.5 million new homes during the five years of the next Parliament, arguing more housing was central to delivering economic growth.\n\nSuggesting his party is aiming for two terms in power, he said a Labour victory would herald a \"decade of national renewal\" after 13 years of Conservative-led government.\n\nWithout economic security and stability people would not be able to break the \"class ceiling\", he said.\n\nSir Keir's speech in Liverpool could be his last before a general election, expected next year, and could be his final opportunity to make a speech to a conference audience setting out his pitch to be prime minister.\n\nHe made a bold appeal to Conservative voters who \"despair\" at their party to join Labour, adding that he now oversees a \"changed Labour party, no longer in thrall to gesture politics\".\n\nThis was contrasted with the Tories, who he accused of descending \"into the murky waters of populism and conspiracy, with no argument for economic change\".\n\nHe made several digs at former PM Boris Johnson in his speech, referencing the Downing Street partygate scandal.\n\nSir Keir went on to attack Labour's main rivals in Scotland, the Scottish National Party, who he said can \"barely provide a ferry to the Hebrides\".\n\nThe speech lasted just over an hour, including a pause as security dragged a protester off the stage.\n\nStood covered in glitter, Sir Keir said in response: \"That's why we changed the party.\"\n\n\"If he thinks that bothers me he doesn't know me,\" he added.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThe speech exemplified Sir Keir's confidence as party leader, with praise for former PM Tony Blair, vows to reform the NHS and a declaration of support for Israel which led to a standing ovation.\n\nBut he warned that if Labour won the election, its task would be harder and longer than under Mr Blair or previous Labour regimes.\n\n\"There's no magic wand here,\" Sir Keir said. \"Changing a country is not like ticking a box. It's not the click of a mouse.\"\n\nThe response from trades unions was broadly positive, but while Unite general secretary Sharon Graham welcomed the speech, she said \"the devil will be in the detail\" and called on Labour to \"lay out a vision for a reshaped economy\".\n\nMartin McTague, chairman of the Federation of Small Businesses, said \"it is good to see small business needs front and centre of this conference\", adding: \"The over-arching theme of this Labour conference has been build, build, build and that resonated well.\"\n\nSign up for our morning newsletter and get BBC News in your inbox.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. CCTV footage shows a woman sitting on the track while a man takes her picture\n\nRail officials have urged people to stay away from train tracks after two cyclists were filmed posing for photos on a high-speed level crossing.\n\nCCTV at Calcot Mill crossing near Reading captured the couple walking on to the tracks so one could take a photo of the other on 26 August.\n\nNetwork Rail said the footage followed a \"concerning rise\" in the number of trespass reports on the Western route.\n\nThe two people were reported to British Transport Police (BTP).\n\nThe crossing in Holybrook Linear Park sees around 130 trains per day travelling between Cornwall and London Paddington, according to route level crossing manager Richard Pedley.\n\nHe said: \"It is crucial that the level crossing is only used as a means of getting across the railway and under no circumstances should people loiter or play on crossings and put their lives at risk.\"\n\nAround 130 trains pass through the crossing each day at speeds of up to 100mph\n\nNetwork Rail said the majority of incidents on the line had happened near stations or level crossings, and said Gloucester, Cheltenham, Trowbridge, Bridgwater, Plymouth and Bristol were hotspots.\n\nIt warned people of the risks of trespassing on train tracks, including being struck by a train or possible electrocution.\n\nAndy Phillips, the rail company's programme manager for route crime, said it was \"disappointing\" to see people disregarding their own safety.\n\n\"A photo for social media is never worth the risk of putting yourself in this extremely dangerous situation,\" he added.\n\nNetwork Rail has put measures in place to deter trespassers, including additional signage, installing cameras and hosting educational events.\n\nFollow BBC South on Facebook, X, or Instagram. Send your story ideas to south.newsonline@bbc.co.uk.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: The roof of the car park at Luton airport engulfed in flames\n\nFlights at Luton Airport have resumed after a huge fire ripped through a terminal car park on Tuesday evening.\n\nThe blaze caused the building to suffer a \"significant structural collapse\". Bedfordshire Fire and Rescue Service believed the cause was accidental.\n\nThe fire started at about 20:45 BST and no serious injuries were reported.\n\nTens of thousands of passengers are believed to have been affected by flight delays. The first commercial flights resumed just after 15:00 BST.\n\nFour firefighters and a member of airport staff were treated for the effects of breathing in smoke as they battled the huge blaze.\n\nIt broke out on level three of the terminal two car park and was thought to have started in a diesel car and spread rapidly.\n\nOne witnessed said he saw an explosion on the roof of the car park followed by a \"flame that shot across the car park like a flamethrower\".\n\nAfter that, he saw cars exploding \"every few minutes\".\n\nFirefighters remain on site working with the airport fire service, monitoring hot spots.\n\nThe car park is believed to hold up to 1,900 vehicles and hundreds of cars may have been damaged.\n\nFlames could be seen from the top level of the multi-storey car park\n\nAn investigation into the cause of the fire is continuing.\n\nAndy Hopkinson, Bedfordshire's chief fire officer, said the service had \"no intelligence than to suggest it was anything other than an accidental fire\".\n\nHe said it was thought the fire started in a \"diesel-powered\" car and then spread through the building.\n\nThe car park did not appear to have sprinklers, according to Mr Hopkinson, and he said a recommendation for sprinklers in any redevelopment would be made to the airport.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The fire was \"rapidly developing and escalating\" said Andy Hopkinson from Bedfordshire Fire and Rescue Service\n\nHe explained to reporters that the car park's open sides would have allowed the fire to spread \"horizontally\" before it went up through the building.\n\nA ramp would be installed on the unaffected part of the car park to help remove unaffected vehicles, he added.\n\nHe said: \"There is a substantial number that are not damaged and our focus as well is can we remove those vehicles safely without causing any danger to the responders?\"\n\nEmergency services have been on the scene since Tuesday night\n\nThe airport said passengers arriving by car could now use the long and mid-stay car parks, while a temporary drop-off was established at the mid-stay car park\n\nHowever, the DART shuttle remained closed and replacement buses were in operation.\n\nTravel expert and broadcaster Simon Calder said: \"I have calculated that there are between 40,000 and 50,000 people who will have their travel plans wrecked today.\"\n\nDeclan Dever, from Westport in Ireland, said: \"It's no-one's fault - just have to grin and bear it.\"\n\nHe was trying to get back home for his brother's 80th birthday, after his 11:00 flight was cancelled.\n\nThe 65-year-old said he was lucky not to be in a rush but added \"I feel sorry for people, I see children in there asleep on the ground, I feel sorry for that.\"\n\nThe car park, pictured here before the fire, is believed to have capacity for 1,900 vehicles\n\nFirefighters from Buckinghamshire, Cambridgeshire, Hertfordshire, Northamptonshire and London tackled the blaze\n\nLondon Luton is the UK's fifth largest airport after Heathrow, Gatwick, Manchester and Stansted, carrying more than 13 million passengers in 2022.\n\nThe region's ambulance service said a critical incident was stood down but it would \"remain on scene to support fire and rescue colleagues\".\n\nBedfordshire Fire and Rescue Service said 15 engines were sent to the airport.\n\nA number of police and fire crews attended the scene\n\nA passenger who was on board a plane that was due to take off as the fire broke out said: \"We were all just told to get off the flight, that there was an incident and then we were left in the airport with no proper explanation.\"\n\nTwo hours later, they were told there was a major incident and that they would need to leave the airport.\n\n\"It was all a little bit confusing, because I don't think the staff knew exactly what they were supposed to be doing,\" they added.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nRussell Taylor, 41, an account director, saw the flames after flying in to Luton from Edinburgh.\n\nHe told the PA news agency: \"There were a couple of fire engines with a car ablaze on the upper floor of the car park at just after 21:00\n\n\"A few minutes later most of the upper floor was alight, car alarms were going off with loud explosions from cars going up in flames.\"\n\nHelen Joscelyne was flying to Luton when her plane was diverted\n\nHundreds of people were stranded, with many saying their cars were in the car park.\n\nHelen Jocelyne, from Exmouth in Devon, was returning to Luton from Burgas in Bulgaria when her plane was diverted to Stansted in Essex, an hour before it was due to land.\n\nShe said a coach took her to Luton, but she had to walk to the car park with her luggage.\n\n\"I don't even know if we can get our car out yet,\" she said.\n\nJason Harris's flight was diverted to Bristol Airport on his way back from Egypt\n\nAnother passenger, Jason Harris, was supposed to be landing from Egypt.\n\nThree hours into his flight he said passengers were informed by the pilot that the fire meant they would be diverted to Bristol Airport.\n\nHe got a taxi from Bristol to Luton, provided by airline EasyJet, and had to get a second taxi to his home in Stevenage in neighbouring Hertfordshire.\n\nHe said: \"Nightmare all round, I know there's been a fire at the airport but you'd think they'd have a back road for a way out, but it can't be done.\"\n\nThe airport said in a statement on Tuesday night additional staff were on hand to provide assistance to passengers.\n\nBedfordshire Fire and Rescue Service said the blaze caused a \"significant structural collapse\" of the multi-storey car park\n\nJareena Sarabatta, pictured with her husband Gian, said there should \"at least be someone to pick up the phone\"\n\nJareena Sarabatta and her husband Gian were due to to fly to Turkey to celebrate their 47th wedding anniversary.\n\nThey believed that they might be able to fly later in the evening but had not heard from their airline.\n\nMrs Sarabatta said: \"It's no-one's fault what has happened but there should at least be someone to pick up the phone.\"\n\nHowever, she was grateful they were not in the car park when the fire started.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: The BBC's Janine Machin shows us the aftermath of the Luton Airport car park fire\n\nAirline provider EasyJet, based at Luton, issued a statement apologising for the inconvenience.\n\nIt added that it would be providing hotel accommodation and meals for passengers where required.\n\nThe affected multi-storey is about a five-minute walk from the terminal entrance\n\nFlights started to resume at 15:00 BST while the online departure board had the first scheduled for 16:00 BST\n\nWizz Air, a Hungarian airline which has its UK base at Luton, warned passengers to expect cancellations and disruptions.\n\nThe first commercial plane to arrive at the airport after the fire was a Wizz Air plane from Cardiff.\n\nCharlotte Vere, the Conservative minister for aviation, maritime and security, said she was \"very grateful to emergency service staff who worked hard to put out the fire\".\n\nWere you at the airport last night? Has your journey been affected by the fire? You can get in touch by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.\n\nFollow East of England news on Facebook, Instagram and X. Got a story? Email eastofenglandnews@bbc.co.uk or WhatsApp 0800 169 1830\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Iran has celebrated and praised the attacks on Israel but denies any involvement\n\nQuestions about the involvement of Israel's arch-enemy Iran are already being asked in the wake of the deadly assault by Hamas on Israeli communities around the Gaza Strip.\n\nA report in the Wall Street Journal quotes unnamed members of Hamas and the Lebanese guerrilla movement Hezbollah as saying that Iran gave the go-ahead for the attack a week ago.\n\nBut a senior defence official in Washington later said that the US had \"no information at this time\" to corroborate specific allegations of an Iranian role in the attacks.\n\nRegardless, the stakes on the truth of this are high. If it emerged that Iran was behind the attacks, it could widen the conflict into a regional confrontation.\n\nSo while Iran's leaders have celebrated and praised the attacks, they have been quick to deny involvement.\n\n\"The accusations linked to an Iranian role… are based on political reasons,\" Iran's Foreign Ministry said.\n\nIran did not intervene \"in the decision-making of other countries\", a spokesman added.\n\nBut none of this means Iran wasn't involved.\n\nThe US says it had \"not yet\" seen evidence Iran was behind the attacks. However, Secretary of State Antony Blinken noted that \"there is certainly a long relationship\".\n\nSecretary of State Antony Blinken said Washington had not yet seen evidence that Iran was behind this attack\n\nTehran has been one of Hamas' main sponsors for many years, providing it with financial assistance and vast quantities of weaponry, including rockets.\n\nIsrael has spent years trying to disrupt Iran's supply routes to Gaza, which involve Sudan, Yemen, ships in the Red Sea and Bedouin smugglers in the lawless Sinai Peninsula.\n\nAs one of Israel's most implacable foes, Iran clearly has a vested interest in seeing the Jewish state suffer.\n\n\"I would say that it's not too much to assume that Iran is involved,\" Haim Tomer, a former senior officer with Israel's foreign intelligence agency, Mossad, told the BBC.\n\n\"This is the response of Iran to reports that a peace treaty is going to happen between Israel and Saudi Arabia.\"\n\nBut Mr Tomer said he found the suggestion that Iran actually ordered Saturday's attack \"a little bit cumbersome\".\n\n\"Yes, it's true that Iran is the number one provider of equipment to Hamas,\" he said, \"and that they were training them in Syria and even, reportedly, in Iran.\"\n\nIsrael, he said, had been watching the movement of Hamas officials in recent months.\n\n\"We have seen people like Saleh al-Arouri (head of the organisation's military wing) and other Hamas leaders flying back and forth between Lebanon and Iran, holding meetings, including with [Supreme Leader Ayatollah] Khamenei himself.\"\n\nBut this \"intimate relationship\" was not enough, Mr Tomer said, to explain the timing of the attack.\n\n\"Hamas was very much tuned to the inner conflict in Israel,\" he said.\n\n\"Iran sustains and supports every logistic and military aspect, but I think the decision was at least 75% an independent decision by the Hamas leadership.\"\n\nThere have been continued rocket attacks on Israel from the Gaza Strip\n\n\"This is a Palestinian story,\" he posted on social media today.\n\nAccording to the Wall Street Journal, Iran gave the green light for the attack at a meeting in Beirut last Monday.\n\nUnnamed Hamas and Hezbollah sources told the newspaper that officers from Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps had worked alongside Hamas since August to put together Saturday's complex air, land and sea operation.\n\nVideos of the Hamas attack pointed to a level of sophistication far beyond the organisation's mostly crude attempts in the past to breach Israel's security fence surrounding the Gaza Strip.\n\nThe simultaneous use of rockets, drones, vehicles and powered hang-gliders suggested that the operation's planners had studied other recent examples of hybrid warfare, perhaps including Ukraine.\n\nBut the decision to attack, Mr Raz said, was taken \"by Hamas, based on its own interests, arising from the Palestinian reality\".\n\n\"Did Hamas use Iranian aid? Definitely, yes. Did Iran have an interest in this action? Yes. Does Hamas need Iranian permission to operate? No.\"\n\nHamas has been developing its elite units for several years, says Haim Tomer, the former Mossad official.\n\n\"But still they performed above their former level,\" he said.\n\nIsraeli officials are now looking north and south as they figure out what happens next and whether Iran's involvement could become more overt.\n\nIran's Lebanese ally, Hezbollah, has already launched two small-scale attacks into the Israel-occupied Golan Heights. The Israeli military says it has used helicopters to hit targets inside Lebanon.\n\n\"The Hamas operation is a reality-changing event in the Middle East that may oblige Iran to move from the phase of ongoing support and co-ordination to a more direct involvement, especially if the Israeli response poses a significant challenge to Hamas,\" Mr Raz said.", "Photo from November 2020 showing then prime minister Boris Johnson in Downing Street\n\nThe Downing Street partygate scandal has damaged the ability of governments to deal with future health crises, the Covid inquiry has heard.\n\nGiving evidence, former cabinet secretary Lord O'Donnell said \"under no circumstances\" would he have allowed similar parties to take place.\n\nPolice issued 126 fixed penalty notices to 83 individuals over events held in and around Number 10 in 2020 and 2021.\n\nAt the time, Boris Johnson said he \"fell short\" of his own rules.\n\nLord O'Donnell, then known as Gus O'Donnell, led the civil service from 2005-2011 under the administrations of three former prime ministers: Tony Blair, Gordon Brown and David Cameron. He now sits as a crossbench peer in the House of Lords.\n\nAsked about the impact of lockdown breaches by Downing Street officials during the pandemic, he said \"without a doubt\" the revelations were destructive to public trust.\n\n\"You can imagine - there having been lots of lapses this time - if you were trying to do this again, would you get the same levels of compliance?\" he said.\n\n\"You really need maximum trust [in government].\"\n\n\"So yes, it has been damaging, and damaging to the future ability of governments to get across behavioural issues.\"\n\nEarlier, the inquiry's chief counsel, Hugo Keith KC, read out a diary entry written by the government's then chief scientific adviser, Sir Patrick Vallance, on 11 November 2020.\n\nSir Patrick quoted cabinet secretary Simon Case as saying Downing Street was \"at war with itself\", and Prime Minister Boris Johnson was \"caught in the middle\", amid disagreements between government advisers and other officials.\n\n\"He [Simon Case] has spoken to all his predecessors as cabinet secretary and no one has seen anything like it,\" wrote Vallance, in his 2020 diary.\n\nLord O'Donnell confirmed he was one those predecessors referred to in the diary entry: \"To my mind, it means that Simon Case was dealing with a far, far more difficult situation than I ever had to face.\"\n\nFormer cabinet secretary Lord O'Donnell is sworn in at the Covid Inquiry in west London\n\nIn other testimony, Lord O'Donnell suggested the type of scientific and technical advice available to ministers should be expanded to include experts in more areas.\n\nThe Sage group of scientific advisers, which met regularly through the pandemic, was largely made up of epidemiologists, who study the spread of disease, alongside mathematical modellers and behavioural scientists.\n\nLord O'Donnell suggested, in the future, Sage needs to be part of a broader group which includes specialists in other subjects as well.\n\n\"If the question you are asking is 'shall we close schools?', then you need experts on the impact on education, on children, on parents, on the general effect on the economy,\" he elaborated. \"As well as the things which Sage would be really good at answering, which is the impact on transmission.\n\n\"You need to balance these things together, which is a hard thing to do.\"\n\nThis second stage of the Covid Inquiry is examining political decision-making during the pandemic, from January 2020 until February 2022, including the timing and effectiveness of lockdowns and other social-distancing restrictions.\n\nIt is taking witness evidence in London until Christmas, before moving to Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland to look specifically at the decisions made by administrations in those parts of the United Kingdom.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Reeves on Covid fraud: We want that money back\n\nLabour says it will fight the next election on the economy after the shadow chancellor revealed policies to bring in an \"era of economic security\".\n\nStepping on to traditional Conservative election ground, Rachel Reeves promised to cut waste and drive growth in her speech to Labour conference.\n\n\"Responsibility must always come first,\" she said.\n\nAnd she unveiled plans aimed at speeding up projects like battery factories and 5G infrastructure.\n\nShe told Labour conference: \"There is no hope without security, you cannot dream big if you cannot sleep in peace at night.\"\n\nMs Reeves said Labour would \"wage a war against fraud, waste and inefficiency\", including a \"crackdown on Tory ministers' private jet habit\".\n\nLabour was \"ready to serve\" and \"ready to lead\", she added.\n\nShe said that \"taxpayers' money should be spent with the same care with which we spend our own money\" but that under the Conservatives it had been \"treated with disrespect\".\n\nLabour would seek to \"slash government consultancy spending\", she said, adding that the cost of hiring consultants had \"almost quadrupled in just six years\".\n\nThere had been calls from Labour delegates to reinstate the northern leg of HS2 - scrapped by the prime minister last week.\n\nMs Reeves made no commitments to rebuild the high-speed line but said a Labour government would commission an independent inquiry into the project.\n\nThere was also a pledge to increase the national minimum wage \"taking into account the real cost of living\" without specifying the amount.\n\nLabour has made a concerted effort over recent months to raise Ms Reeves's profile, given she would be not only at the heart of a Labour government, but their election campaign too.\n\nInternally, Labour figures say that taking the fight to the Conservatives on the economy rather than, say, the NHS, is a measure of their political confidence.\n\nOne senior source said that elections were \"won and lost on the economy\", adding: \"We're not in our safe zones any more, we're on their turf.\"\n\nMs Reeves speech was bookended by glossy videos and a lavish introduction by Cameron-era government adviser Mary Portas.\n\nMs Portas declared Ms Reeves would be the best-qualified chancellor ever.\n\nMs Reeves was also labelled \"a serious economist\" who \"understands the big picture\" by former Governor of the Bank of England Mark Carney, in a video played after the speech.\n\nAnd the shadow chancellor's fiery rhetoric repeatedly brought the audience in the conference hall to its feet.\n\nHer vow to levy VAT on private school fees prompted a prolonged bout of whooping in the hall, as did her refrain - used more than once in the speech - about Labour being ready both to serve and lead.\n\nLabour is \"ready to serve\" and \"ready to lead\", Ms Reeves told the Labour conference\n\nMuch of the speech was focused on how Labour would achieve growth in office, with Ms Reeves saying Labour would overhaul planning rules to speed up green energy, battery factories and 5G projects.\n\nUnder plans announced on Monday, 300 new planners across the public sector would be hired and planning guidance to speed up the process rewritten.\n\nDecision times for major projects have increased by two-thirds since 2012, to four years according to Ms Reeves, and economic growth and net zero considerations need to be factored in.\n\nEarlier, Shevaun Haviland, director general of the British Chambers of Commerce, welcomed the proposals, saying long-term investment in infrastructure was a \"key ingredient to get our economy back to growth\".\n\n\"We are pleased to see a future Labour government would support the building of large-scale factories and improve our digital infrastructure, such as 5G connectivity,\" she said.\n\nMomentum, the left-wing pressure group set up to support former leader Jeremy Corbyn, said Labour's plans were \"disappointing\" and failed to \"rise to the huge crises facing Britain\".\n\nMs Reeves also proposed establishing an anti-corruption commissioner aimed at recovering money lost as a result of fraud and waste during the pandemic.\n\nLabour's leadership lost a showdown over the party's approach to nationalising critical infrastructure.\n\nDelegates voted for a motion, proposed by Labour's largest backer, the union Unite, to \"reaffirm\" the party's commitment to public ownership of railways and the energy industry.\n\nBut party sources said the proposals were unlikely to get into Labour's next manifesto. The shadow business secretary Jonathan Reynolds told the BBC: \"We're not going to nationalise the energy system.\"\n\nSign up for our morning newsletter and get BBC News in your inbox.", "The Student's editor-in-chief Joe Sullivan, centre, with deputy editors-in-chief Callum Devereux, left, and Rachel Hartley, right\n\nEurope's oldest student newspaper has been saved from closure after an online fundraiser raised more than £2,000.\n\nEdinburgh University's the Student was founded by Treasure Island author Robert Louis Stevenson in 1887.\n\nIt is financially independent from both the university and its students' association, so relies on advertising and fundraising to stay afloat.\n\nBut the loss of a major advertiser earlier this year put its future in doubt.\n\nThe Student's editor-in-chief, Joe Sullivan, told BBC Scotland News the paper was barely scraping by financially and would not have been able to continue to fund its printing costs.\n\nHaving been in print for 136 years, that was something the paper did not want to lose,\" he said.\n\n\"As a community publication having a presence in print, on counters, in newsstands, across all the student parts of Edinburgh - without that visibility we might not be able to survive as a digital publication.\"\n\nEdinburgh University's the Student was founded in 1887\n\nA fundraiser was set up on 5 October with an initial goal of £1,000. It has now reached more than £2,000.\n\nJoe said: \"We are so overjoyed, I mean we have hit double our initial goal. We couldn't ask for more really, we're all really excited and really grateful.\n\n\"The donations have come in from all kinds of people but the most heartening to see has been people in the student community, members of our audience who just want to see us keep printing.\"\n\nJoe said the bulk of the donations will go towards printing costs and the rest will be used to invest in better equipment to help produce the newspaper.\n\nFormer reporters for the Student include Laura Kuenssberg, Helen Pidd, Gordon Brown, Robin Cook and James Kirkup.\n\nThe paper is currently run by a team of 25 volunteers and before the fundraiser the editors had looked at the possibility of seeking university funding.\n\nHowever, it was agreed that editorial independence was more important.\n\n\"Some of our most impactful reporting has been reporting on both the university and the students' association, not always in a positive light,\" Joe said.\n\n\"Being editorially and financially independent of both allows us to really give our audience honest coverage of what is happening at the university.\"\n• None Student fears having to quit UK over marking boycott", "Pokemon Go is one of the biggest games powered by the Unity engine\n\nJohn Riccitiello has resigned as chief executive of game development tool Unity following a controversial pricing change which angered gamers and developers alike.\n\nThe firm wanted to charge studios every time a person installed a game using Unity's code which powers thousands of modern video games.\n\nBig developers already pay a licensing fee to use Unity in their games.\n\nThe company has since rolled back most of its plans and apologised.\n\nUnity said Mr Riccitiello was retiring from the firm effective immediately.\n\nUnity's game engine is the code behind many popular video games - including Pokemon Go, Genshin Impact and Beat Saber - and is typically used by small studios.\n\nIt is software that developers use to make a video game and combines tools which handle things like animation and audio.\n\nIt is possible to build such an engine from scratch but it is complicated, so companies often use ready-made versions to save time.\n\nDevelopers like Unity, in particular, because of its wide use and ease of access for beginners.\n\nHowever, plans announced in September by Mr Riccitiello to alter how the company charged developers provoked widespread anger with some threatening to stop using the technology altogether.\n\nGamers and fans also questioned if free-to-play games would have to change to be able to afford the new fees. And Unity was forced to evacuate its San Francisco offices following a report of a death threat made on social media.\n\nMr Riccitiello later told the New York Times that he had been \"truly humbled\" by the reaction.\n\nHowever, he had clashed with the gaming community before and was forced to apologise after using crude language to describe developers who disagreed with him on monetising their games.\n\nNo reason was given for Mr Riccitiello's abrupt departure.\n\nHe joined the company in 2013 from Electronic Arts, the publishing giant behind games such as EA Sports FC (previously known as Fifa), The Sims, and Mass Effect.\n\nHe had been EA's chief executive since 2007 but later resigned after admitting its results would fall short of forecasts and that he was \"100% accountable\".\n\n\"It's been a privilege to lead Unity for nearly a decade and serve our employees, customers, developers and partners, all of whom have been instrumental to the company's growth,\" Mr Riccitiello said in a statement.\n\n\"I look forward to supporting Unity through this transition and following the company's future success.\"\n\nMr Riccitiello took Unity public in September 2020 in a stock market flotation that valued the business at $13.6bn (£11.1bn). Its share price peaked at nearly $200 over a year later but has since fallen and now trades at $29.70 each.\n\nWhile Unity has been growing its revenue, which reached $553m in the three months to 30 June, it remains loss-making. Its most recent quarterly results show a pre-tax loss of $188.5m.\n\nHe will be replaced as interim chief executive by James Whitehurst, who previously held an executive position at IBM.", "Comedian Mark Steel has thanked his family, friends and followers for their support after revealing he has been diagnosed with throat cancer.\n\nHe said it was \"very treatable\" and that doctors have estimated he can return to performing in six months.\n\nHe had his first surgery on Monday and said \"all seems to be going to plan\".\n\nSteel, 63, wrote that \"when this is over\", everyone, including hospital staff, should celebrate by \"getting utterly drunk\" at his house.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Mark Steel This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThe Have I Got News For You and Mock the Week regular, who also hosts long-running BBC Radio 4 series Mark Steel's In Town, wrote on his website that he first noticed his neck seemed to be \"much bigger than normal\" when shaving.\n\nAt first, he thought it was an infection that would go away by itself.\n\nWhen it didn't, he sought medical advice, \"talking in the blokey way that men often talk to a doctor, saying 'I'm sure it's nothing, I'm sorry for coming'.\"\n\nHe was sent for a biopsy but was later told his results had been lost in transit. He only discovered he had cancer when someone called to arrange another biopsy and told him it was \"to see what stage of cancer you have\".\n\nA consultant later told him he had throat cancer that had spread to his lymph gland.\n\n\"So that's my current state of affairs,\" he concluded. \"I have cancer, but it's a cancer that can be got rid of.\"\n\nOn Monday, he wrote on X (formerly Twitter): \"I had the first surgery this morning for this slightly unwelcome cancer.\n\n\"All seems to be going to plan, due to the magnificent staff at St George's but I have these tubes poking out, so I look like a car in my home town of Swanley that the locals are syphoning petrol from\".\n\nMeanwhile, also on Monday, fellow comedian Matt Forde said he too had been \"overwhelmed\" by messages of support after announcing he has a spine tumour.\n\nThe Absolute Radio host, 40, had earlier posted online to say he would have surgery, while also advising others with anything wrong with them to get checked out by a doctor in order to \"catch it early\".\n\n\"I've had awful sciatica lately,\" he tweeted. \"It's caused by a spine tumour.\"\n\nHe added: \"I need surgery so I'll be off for a bit. I'll record some shows to cover the gap.\n\n\"I'll be fine. In the words of [Nottingham Forest FC manager] Steve Cooper, I'll trust the process.\"\n\nThe presenter, who also co-hosts the British Scandal podcast and appears as an impressionist on the re-booted Spitting Image, later admitted online that he felt \"a bit young\" to be given the diagnosis but hoped his age would aid his recovery.\n\nSign up for our morning newsletter and get BBC News in your inbox.", "Shiri and her two young children being taken away by Hamas militants\n\nA three-generation family living in a southern Israeli kibbutz is feared to have been kidnapped by Hamas after the militants' attack on Saturday.\n\nYossi Sneider told the BBC of his horror on recognising his cousin and her two young children surrounded by militants in a video.\n\nHe tried to contact his family at 06:00 on Saturday to make sure they were safe, but nobody answered.\n\nMr Sneider has not been able to reach his cousin's parents or husband either.\n\nA few hours after the attempted call on Saturday morning, he came across a picture of what appeared to be his cousin, Shiri Bib, and her two children - four-year-old Ariel and nine-month-old Kfir.\n\n\"At about 10am, 10:30, on Saturday morning I saw a picture of Shiri holding these two little children, with Hamas terrorists all surrounding her.\"\n\nOn Saturday, Hamas broke through the barrier between Gaza and Israel and its militants launched a murderous assault that has left more than 900 people dead.\n\nThe brutal attack has been widely condemned.\n\nRetaliatory Israeli air strikes have killed more than 700 people in the Gaza Strip, local authorities say.\n\nSoon after receiving the picture, Mr Sneider said he received a video showing Shiri \"being held by terrorists... crying with the two babies in her hands\".\n\n\"They've taken them without any food, without any diapers, without anything,\" Mr Sneider added. \"We only hope that they didn't separate them from their mother.\"\n\nShiri's parents, Margit and Yossi Silverman, have been unreachable since Saturday\n\nShiri's parents and husband - Margit Silverman, Yossi Silverman and Yarden - are also missing. Mr Sneider tried to make contact but \"we didn't hear from them\", he says.\n\nMargit's health is one of his main concerns. \"Margit is a very, very sick person. She has very bad Parkinson's, a lot of blood issues, and is diabetic.\"\n\nWhile Mr Sneider is certain his cousin and her two children have been taken as hostages, he says he is not \"100% sure\" about what has happened to Margit, Yossi and Yarden.\n\nShiri, her husband Yarden, and their two children Kfir and Ariel live in a southern Israeli kibbutz and have not been seen since attacks in the region by Hamas militants\n\nHe described his cousin Shiri, a kindergarten teacher, as gentle and kind. \"She doesn't deserve this experience; nobody does,\" he said.\n\n\"I have no words to describe this.\"\n\nIsrael's ambassador to the UN, Gilad Erdan, has said \"between 100 and 150\" people are being held hostage in Gaza after being kidnapped from Israel.\n\nOn Tuesday, Israeli military spokesman Daniel Hagari said the families of 50 hostages had been notified by the military.\n\nThe armed wing of Hamas, the Qassam brigades, has threatened to execute one captive for each new Israeli airstrike on civilian homes without warning.\n\nPrime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has compared Hamas to the Islamic State group and said his country is planning to deploy \"unprecedented force\".\n\nAsked about what he believes should happen next, Mr Sneider said he would support the decisions made by Israel's government and military.\n\n\"We are not dealing with people,\" he claimed. \"It's worse than animals; animals would not do things they're [Hamas militants] doing.\"", "Omar Bachir fell and hit his head outside Stratford Magistrates' Court in east London as police searched him\n\nA watchdog is investigating after a man died in hospital four days after falling and hitting his head during a search by London's Metropolitan Police.\n\nOmar Bachir, 45, was arrested by Met officers at Stratford Magistrates' Court, east London, after reports a man was threatening security staff.\n\nHe was searched outside the building, fell and hit his head on a step.\n\nMr Bachir was taken into custody, where he was assessed by a medic and sent to hospital.\n\nPolice watchdog, the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC), said he was discharged back to the custody centre that evening during the July incident, but became unconscious in his cell.\n\nHe was given CPR and taken to hospital by ambulance, but died on 1 August.\n\nThe IOPC said it was investigating the contact between police officers and Mr Bachir before he died.\n\nThis includes his arrest, officers' actions at the custody centre and the first aid provided.\n\nIOPC regional director Charmaine Arbouin said: \"Our thoughts are with Mr Bachir's family. We have been in contact to explain our role and advise them of the next steps.\n\n\"We will continue to independently investigate Mr Bachir's death as we work to establish the full circumstances and the actions of the Metropolitan Police staff involved.\"\n\nA post-mortem examination has been carried out but further testing is taking place.\n\nListen to the best of BBC Radio London on Sounds and follow BBC London on Facebook, X and Instagram. Send your story ideas to hello.bbclondon@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "With Keir Starmer due to deliver his speech to Labour party conference in Liverpool, how does this event compare to previous years?\n\nThe BBC's Ione Wells assesses the atmosphere at this year's Labour party conference, possibly their last conference before the next general election.", "Hundreds in Israel have been killed in the rocket and surprise attacks by Hamas\n\nThere is hardly a Jewish family in the UK which is not affected in one way or another by what has happened in Israel, the chief rabbi has said.\n\nSir Ephraim Mirvis told BBC News it was a \"time of mourning, of deep grief, and of enormous worry\" for the community.\n\nHe also warned that \"all steps need to be taken in order to guarantee safety\".\n\nMore than 700 people have been killed in Israel since Hamas launched its attacks on Saturday morning, including 260 at a music festival.\n\nIsrael says more than 100 Israelis have also been kidnapped - it is thought most have been taken into Gaza. It has responded by declaring war on the militant group and bombarding Gaza, killing nearly 500 Palestinians.\n\nSpeaking to BBC Breakfast, Rabbi Ephraim called it \"a traumatic and horrific time\", saying there were \"many, many people showing their full solidarity with our Jewish community and people in Israel\".\n\n\"And you know, when we make calls now to other Jewish people in the UK, the first question everybody is asking is: 'How are you? How is your family? Is everybody alright?' Because there is hardly a Jewish family in the UK not affected in one way or another by what has happened.\"\n\nHe continued: \"It is important for people to recognise the extent of what is happening, the scale.\n\n\"Antisemitism is a feature of life right around the globe, and we have just witnessed one of the most awful terrorist outrages in living memory, ever since the conclusion of World War Two.\n\n\"And we are of course worried, and all steps need to be taken in order to guarantee safety.\"\n\nDavid Lerner, 72, a member of the north-west London Jewish community told BBC News: \"For 60 years I have dreamed of a negotiated peaceful settlement between Israel and the Palestinians.\n\n\"But I am sickened, saddened and terrified by the cruelty we have not seen since the Nazis. Now that hope and dream has been destroyed.\"\n\nFollowing news of the attacks, the Board of Deputies of British Jews issued a warning about hate crimes, saying \"previous conflicts have shown us that we are likely to see an increase in antisemitism here in the UK\".\n\n\"We are in touch with the government and will be working to ensure the police support the Jewish community at this time. We urge any incidents be reported to the police and CST.\"\n\nIt added: \"We stand with Israel as it seeks to restore security and reunite families.\"\n\nMeanwhile, police patrols have increased across London after videos emerged of what appeared to be people celebrating the Hamas attack on Israel.\n\nThe Met Police said it was providing a visible presence to \"reassure communities\".\n\nBritish Transport Police meanwhile said that it was investigating \"Free Palestine\" graffiti daubed on bridges in the prominent Jewish area of Golders Green, north London.\n\n\"Preventing and tackling hate crime is a BTP priority - no one should be subjected to violence or harassment because of who they are,\" the force said in a statement.\n\nOn Sunday, Home Secretary Suella Braverman said she expected the police to \"use the full force of the law\" against displays of support for Hamas, which the UK proscribes as a terrorist organisation.\n\nShe said \"there must be zero tolerance for antisemitism or glorification of terrorism on the streets of Britain\".\n\nAre you personally affected by the issues raised in this story? If it is safe to do so, please get in touch by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "Hundreds of Israelis have been killed since Hamas launched its air, ground and sea assault on Saturday\n\nOn the car radio the main news channel was full of the new reality, with freshly recorded stings for the hourly bulletins.\n\n\"Israel at War\" boomed a bass voice, punctuating reports of continued fighting between the Israeli military and Hamas infiltrators, and air raid alarms close to the border with Lebanon. On the other side of the fence is Hezbollah, the powerful Iranian-backed Lebanese militia that is Israel's most formidable enemy.\n\nThe prospect that it might enter a two-front war is Israel's strategic nightmare.\n\nOutside a military base on the highway that goes south to Gaza hundreds of cars were parked along both hard shoulders and on the central reservation. They were left by reservists who had reported for duty. More were arriving.\n\nA man standing next to the open tailgate of his hatchback pulled on a crumpled olive-green army shirt. He fished around inside the back to find his body armour, slammed the door, and went to join the rest of his reserve unit.\n\nA middle-aged couple had managed to meet up with their son, a young man of around 20 who is doing his compulsory military service. The mother handed over a jar of home-made pickles.\n\nThe father said: \"We've told him to concentrate on what he has to do, and not to think too hard about friends who've been hurt and killed.\"\n\nHamas has fired thousands of rockets into Israel\n\nMore armed men have entered Israel through breaches in the wire that was designed by Israel to contain Hamas.\n\nIsraelis are incredulous that their army is taking so long to regain control of the land and villages bordering Gaza. One unit appealed on social media for drones, others have asked for sleeping bags and food.\n\nIsrael's military is powerful, well capable of driving Hamas back. But its failure to do so thus far is reinforcing the conviction that the country's lavishly-funded and prestigious military and intelligence establishment should have stopped a catastrophe and did not.\n\nConstant comparisons are being made between the events of the last few days and the war exactly 50 years ago, that started in October 1973 after a surprise attack by Egypt and Syria.\n\nGolda Meir, the prime minister at the time, ignored warnings that an attack was coming on a Jewish holiday, and was condemned for hubris and complacency.\n\nThe same accusations are already being thrown at her successor Benjamin Netanyahu, by his many political enemies.\n\nIsrael is still bitterly divided about Mr Netanyahu, whose government's extreme right-wing agenda prompted months of protests.\n\nBut citizens of all political persuasion are rallying behind their flag. With Israel officially at war the protests are suspended, and reservists who refused to turn up for duty are now queuing to return.\n\nIsraelis, collectively, are reeling from the shock of the Hamas attack.\n\nIsraelis queued up to donate blood in their droves at a hospital in Tel Aviv\n\nAs survivors and victims tell their stories, the desire deepens to punish Hamas for the way its men went from house-to-house killing families and children in Israeli border communities. As we drive, callers phoning in to the radio are talking about parents who had calls from their terrified children at the rave in the desert where Hamas massacred hundreds of civilians.\n\nThey're haunted that parents heard the shots that killed their sons and daughters.\n\n\"Israel at War\", the sting comes again, with a report from the Israeli minister of defence Yoav Gallant, a former general, speaking somewhere in southern Israel. \"We're fighting animals,\" he says, \"and we'll act accordingly.\" Food, water and power supplies to Gaza are being cut.\n\nMy phone pings. A post on the BBC Jerusalem office WhatsApp group says that a market in Gaza has been hit and many killed as Israel attacked what it said was a Hamas target. The video of broken bodies feels like a harbinger of something even worse.\n\nThe scale of the bloodshed inflicted on Israel by Hamas is unprecedented. An organisation that planned its attack so carefully will have been aware that Israel's response would be ferocious.\n\nIsrael's war plans will be complicated by the presence of around 100 hostages taken in the attack. But one cabinet minister, according to a cabinet leak reported in the Israeli press, has said that should not hold them back.\n\nThis feels very different to the regular confrontations Israel and Hamas have had since the militant group took over Gaza in 2007. They were serious enough.\n\nOver the years Israel caused immense damage and inflicted thousands of casualties on Palestinian civilians. But they had fallen into a familiar pattern and felt at times like deadly rituals.\n\nNow both sides are in unknown territory.", "Last updated on .From the section European Football\n\nThe United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland will host the 2028 European Championship, Uefa has confirmed.\n\nThe joint bid ran unopposed after Turkey withdrew to focus on a bid with Italy for Euro 2032, which was also confirmed at a meeting in Switzerland.\n\nThe UK and Ireland focused on Euro 2028, with Uefa's approval, after they ended a plan to be Europe's preferred candidate for the 2030 World Cup.\n\nFootball Association of Wales chief executive Noel Mooney said he would \"like the national stadium of Wales to host the opening match\" but that it is \"up to Uefa\" to decide.\n\n\"To bring the tournament to Wales is a special day for us,\" he said. \"We're excited. We've put forward a schedule of matches, we think Cardiff is perfect for the opener and we look forward to it.\n\n\"We hope by hosting, and having these big matches in Cardiff, we can bring Wales to the world in a way it hasn't been before.\"\n\nFormer Wales captain Gareth Bale, who attended the presentation in Nyon, added: \"For me as a Welshman, I would love for Cardiff to host the opening match. We have the stadium and infrastructure for it.\"\n\nThe Republic of Ireland, Northern Ireland and Wales have never hosted a major football tournament.\n\nMatches at Euro 2028 are set to be held at 10 different grounds, including Wembley, Hampden Park, Cardiff's Principality Stadium and Dublin's Aviva Stadium. Belfast's Casement Park and Everton's Bramley-Moore Dock stadium, the former unbuilt while the latter is still under construction, were also included in the bid.\n\nEngland were one of the 11 countries to host Euro 2020 along with Scotland, as well as being sole hosts of the 1966 World Cup and Euro '96. England also hosted the record-breaking Women's European Championship in 2022.\n\nWhile Italy had only bid for the 2032 tournament, Turkey had initially bid to host both Euro 2028 and 2032.\n\nTurkey withdrew from the running to host Euro 2028 last week after their bid with Italy for 2032 was approved by European football's governing body.\n\nThey have 20 potential host stadiums, of which 10 will be chosen, five per country, by October 2026.\n\nTurkey hosted June's Champions League final between Manchester City and Inter Milan at Istanbul's Ataturk Olympic Stadium, but a major international tournament has never been held in the country.\n\nEuropean champions Italy hosted the Euros in 1968 and 1980, while Rome's Stadio Olimpico was also used as a venue at Euro 2020.\n\nGermany will host Euro 2024 with the most recent championship being played in 2021 instead of 2020 because of the Covid-19 pandemic.\n• None What Wales can expect with venues, qualification and more\n• None Casement Park stadium project has political as well as sporting significance\n\nWill all five home nations get automatic qualification?\n\nBut, when it comes to co-hosting, qualification for all five host nations is not guaranteed.\n\nIn its bid guidelines, Uefa says: \"In case of more than two joint-host associations, the automatic qualification of all the host teams cannot be guaranteed and shall be subject to a decision to be made in conjunction with decisions concerning the qualifying competition.\"\n\nIt is unlikely Uefa will offer more than two places, so three could miss out.\n\nThere has been some talk of all five nations trying to qualify with two 'backstop' qualification spots available for those who miss out, with either the highest-ranking nations who failed to qualify going through, or the two sides that come closest to qualifying.\n\nHowever, it has been said that there are some reservations within Uefa about offering a 'backdoor' entry to nations who have failed to qualify, as well as its potential impact on the normal qualifying process.\n\nBBC Sport understands the Football Association wants England to reach Euro 2028 via the formal qualifying process, rather than be handed an automatic slot by Uefa.\n\nThis is because it believes it would provide the team with better preparation for the tournament than a series of friendlies.\n\n\"I think every team would want to qualify on merit, want to go in playing well,\" said Bale.\n\n\"Coming through in a campaign, going into the tournament you've got confidence behind you. Those two back-up spots are there just in case. It's important all teams try and qualify and do the best they can and hopefully they all do it automatically anyway.\"\n\nWill Casement Park & Everton's Bramley-Moore Dock stadium be built in time?\n\nIn April, 10 grounds were selected for the UK and Republic of Ireland's bid.\n\nThe proposed redevelopment of Belfast's Casement Park site, which is due to be a 34,500-capacity stadium after initial plans for a 38,000-seater were rejected, has been hindered by a number of setbacks since first being suggested about a decade ago, including long-running legal challenges.\n\nWork on building it has yet to begin but it is hoped it will be ready two years before the tournament.\n\nEverton's Bramley-Moore Dock stadium is set to be finished in late 2024.\n\nApart from Casement Park, all of the host stadiums will be able to hold more than 50,000 with some grounds, like Etihad Stadium, expanding to increase capacity further.\n\nWembley staging the final in 2028 will be a major test for the 90,000-capacity venue after the chaos surrounding its hosting of the Euro 2020 final.\n\nA review into disorder at the final found \"ticketless, drunken and drugged-up thugs\" could have caused death as they stormed the stadium.\n\nWhen will tickets be available?\n\nThe FA says almost three million tickets will be available for the tournament, more than any previous European Championship, but has not announced when they will be on sale.\n\nThe FA also estimates 2.5 million fans will take part in Uefa festivals across the UK and Ireland.\n\nEvents hosted by multiple nations have been criticised because of their carbon footprint.\n\nThe FA says more than 80% of match-attending fans will be able to travel to matches by public transport and that the match schedule will be constructed in a way which reduces emissions.\n\nIt also says it will launch a personal carbon footprint tracker for fans and adhere to Uefa's major event human rights principles to ensure an \"inclusive, discrimination-free and equal work environment for colleagues and volunteers\".\n\nIt was just two years ago that England and Scotland hosted matches at the delayed Euro 2020 with the final held at London's Wembley and the nation will be keen to right the wrongs of that event.\n\nThe final descended into chaos and a review into the disorder found \"ticketless, drunken and drugged-up thugs\" could have caused death as they stormed the stadium.\n\nThe report by Baroness Casey said there was a \"collective failure\" in planning for the match, which about 2,000 people got into illegally.\n\nIt identified 17 mass breaches of disabled access gates and emergency fire doors.\n\nLady Casey said the \"appalling scene of disorder\" led to a \"day of national shame\".\n\nThe Metropolitan Police made 51 arrests connected to the final, 26 of which were at Wembley, as Italy beat England on penalties to become European champions.\n\nMarcus Rashford, Jadon Sancho and Bukayo Saka were also racially abused on social media after the game.\n\nEngland were ordered to play one match behind closed doors and the FA fined 100,000 euros by Uefa as punishment for the unrest.\n\nFA chair Debbie Hewitt said the Euro final was a \"sad day for English football\".\n\n\"We did an independent review after that tournament and thought very hard about the security, it comes first,\" she added.\n\n\"Fans come first, if they don't feel safe in a tournament that's not a great place to be. We want the reputation to host the most safe tournament, the most enjoyable.\"\n\nIt is predicted that the tournament will generate up to £2.6m (3 billion euros) in cumulative socio-economic benefits for the UK and Ireland with the aim of improving grassroots facilities.\n\nUK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak: \"I grew up with Euro '96 being one of the most amazing memories of my childhood. And we have a chance to do that all over again for lots more people just like we did last year with the Lionesses. We host tournaments better than anyone else. It's going to be a massive boost for the economy. We're going to welcome millions of people to the country, and it's going to inspire a whole new generation.\"\n\nWales First Minister Mark Drakeford: \"Fantastic to hear that Wales will host Uefa Euro 2028 matches following the successful joint UK and Ireland bid. Together, we'll deliver an unforgettable and spectacular tournament - showcasing the best Cymru has to offer.\"\n\nScotland First Minister Humza Yousaf: \"Football is Scotland's national game and a powerful force for good in communities right across the country. Hosting the Euros in Scotland will provide a range of opportunities, not only through the economic benefits of visiting fans but through a strong legacy programme that will help grow a more inclusive and diverse game right across the country.\"\n\nTaoiseach (Irish Prime Minister) Leo Varadkar: \"I am over the moon that Ireland and the UK will co-host Euro 2028. Congratulations to FA Ireland and all involved in winning the bid. It will be the biggest event ever hosted by our two islands working together.\"\n• None Biles vs the rest in gymnastics' grand finale! Step into the world of high-stakes gymnastics where power meets poise\n• None The mystery of the man at the end of the bed:", "A UN aid worker is among four British nationals to have been released from detention in Afghanistan.\n\nThe Foreign Office said \"we welcome and appreciate\" the release of the men, held over allegedly breaking the country's laws.\n\nTwo of the group were named online as Kevin Cornwell, a 54-year-old UN aid worker, and Miles Routledge.\n\nThe Presidium Network, which has been supporting some of the group, said two men would likely need medical help.\n\nThe Foreign Office said the UK government \"regrets this episode\".\n\nIt said: \"On behalf of families of the British nationals, we express their apologies to the current administration of Afghanistan for any violations of the laws of the country.\"\n\nIt is understood the men travelled to the country for personal or professional reasons.\n\nThe Foreign Office did not provide any detail on the identities of those released, what specifically they were detained for, their whereabouts, or their health.\n\nThe Presidium Network, a UK non profit organisation that supports people in crisis, said one of those freed was Mr Cornwell - a paramedic from Middlesbrough who had been working for UNHCR in Kabul when he was detained in January.\n\nThe second person it named as being freed - Mr Routledge - is a former Loughborough University student from Birmingham, known for travelling to dangerous countries and posting about it on social media.\n\nIn August 2021, he was evacuated from Afghanistan by the British armed forces in the month that the Taliban swept back into power in the country. He said at the time he was \"exhausted but relieved\" and thankful to those who had helped get him out.\n\nHe chose to travel to Afghanistan because he enjoys \"dark\" and \"extreme\" tourism, he said.\n\nMiles Routledge previously said he had travelled to Afghanistan because he enjoyed \"extreme\" tourism\n\nThe organisation is representing Mr Cornwell and his family, along with a second unnamed man.\n\nThey have \"started their journey back to the UK\" and efforts to reunite them with their families have begun, it said.\n\nA week ago, the Presidium Network posted on X that Mr Cornwell remained \"seriously ill\" and the health of a second Briton had also deteriorated.\n\nIts co-founder, Scott Richards, told BBC News Mr Cornwell had contracted sepsis multiple times and the fear the two men may not come home was \"very real\".\n\nHe said: \"The relief we feel, and the relief of the families is indescribable, just knowing the men are on a plane home.\n\n\"We are all deeply thankful for the efforts of the Foreign Office as well, and we are pleased the Taliban finally permitted these men their liberty, and for their families to be reunited.\"\n\nMr Cornwell's detention was understood to be over a weapon that had been in a safe in his room.\n\nMr Richards told the BBC earlier this year the weapon was being stored with a licence issued by the Afghan interior ministry but that the license was missing.\n\nMr Richards posted on X (formerly Twitter) on Tuesday: \"Mr Cornwell and the three other British nationals which includes Miles Routledge have been released and have left Afghanistan. They are coming home!\n\n\"Thank you to everyone for their support of these men during this difficult period. We are all relieved.\"\n\nHe added their families \"will likely need some time together before speaking with the media, and two of the men will likely need medical assistance\".", "Sir Keir Starmer’s conference speech was disrupted as a man approached the Labour leader as he prepared to speak.\n\nThe man shouted about \"true democracy\" and \"crisis\" before he was dragged off the stage.\n\nSir Keir laughed off the protest and took off his jacket to deliver his speech.", "Metro Bank faces a \"limited future\" if it continues with its strategy of focusing on High Street branches, the co-founder of the bank has said.\n\nOn Sunday, Metro Bank agreed a deal to raise funds that it said would secure its future, after days of speculation over its financial position.\n\nIt also said it would continue to focus on bricks and mortar branches.\n\nBut Anthony Thomson, the bank's chairman from 2010 to 2012, told the BBC that was a \"flawed strategy\".\n\nHe told the Wake Up To Money programme that the combination of pursuing a branch-based strategy given its financial position gave Metro \"a very, very limited future\".\n\n\"I would not like to be the chairman or the chief executive of Metro Bank today,\" said Mr Thomson, who after leaving Metro Bank in 2012 set up Atom Bank - an internet-only company that has no physical branches.\n\nWhen the financing deal was announced late on Sunday, Metro Bank's current chief executive, Daniel Frumkin, said the deal marked \"a new chapter\" for the bank.\n\nThe bank is still planning to open 11 new stores in the north of England by 2025. However, analysts have said that branches are expensive and run counter to the trend of consumers switching to online banking.\n\nMetro Bank was founded in 2010 in the wake of the financial crisis and was the first to open in the UK in more than 100 years.\n\nIt positioned itself as a so-called \"challenger\" bank to the big High Street names, with its promise of keeping branches open seven days a week. It currently has 76 branches, and also offers online and mobile banking services to consumers and businesses.\n\nHowever, the lender faced a major challenge in 2019 following an accounting scandal, which led to some top executives leaving the company.\n\nMore recently, it had asked regulators to reduce the amount of money it had to hold in reserve to cover its mortgage lending. That would have freed up cash so it could go out and continue to grow its business.\n\nBut regulators turned down the request last month, knocking about 20% off Metro's share price.\n\nLast week, the bank's share price slumped again following reports that it was seeking to raise money from investors. This led to several days of speculation about the bank's future until the fund-raising deal was announced late on Sunday evening.\n\n\"It's terrible to see what's happened to such a great bank, and more importantly, a bank that had such a great customer franchise,\" Mr Thomson said.\n\n\"It's been a huge success. from a customer perspective, financially, less so.\"\n\nHe said the bank had \"never really recovered\" from the accounting scandal in 2019.\n\nWhen it announced the financing package, Metro Bank said it had seen a \"recent increase in deposit outflow rates\" from current accounts ahead of the deal.\n\nHowever, throughout the speculation of the past few days, the bank has insisted that its finances remain strong and it continues to meet all regulatory requirements.\n\nUnder the terms of the financing deal, Colombian billionaire Jaime Gilinski Bacal will become Metro Bank's controlling shareholder with a 53% stake.\n\nHis firm, Spaldy Investments, will sink £102m into the bank.\n\nMetro Bank's shares rebounded on Monday following news of the deal and continued to rise on Tuesday to trade at about 55p.\n\nHowever, the share price has more than halved since the start of the year, and is well below the peak of £40.19 it reached in 2018.\n\nIn Colombia Jaime Gilinski is a household name. Locally, he's never too far away from the headlines, with his business empire growing from strength to strength it would seem, both at home and abroad.\n\nThe 65-year-old businessman was born in Cali, a descendant of Lithuanian immigrants. His family set up several mid-sized businesses and built a reputation for themselves within Colombia's Jewish community and across the city.\n\nBut Mr Gilinski had bigger ambitions. After a US education he had a stint on Wall Street, and led his family group into purchasing several banks in Colombia and abroad.\n\nA smart operator, Mr Gilinski has aligned himself with Colombia's political and business elite over the years.\n\nMost recently, in 2022 Gustavo Petro was elected as the country's first left-wing president, promising action against what he called the country's \"oligarchy\".\n\nHowever, local media reported that Mr Gilinski had quietly been building relations with Mr Petro, helping to avoid becoming a target.", "Justin Timberlake played golf at St Andrews during the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship in 2019\n\nJustin Timberlake and Tiger Woods have announced plans to renovate a historic cinema in St Andrews in order to open a luxury sports bar.\n\nThe two are shareholders of the real estate company Nexus Luxury Collection, which is behind the plans.\n\nIf approved by Fife Council, the New Picture House will retain one cinema screen for theatrical releases.\n\nThe venue is expected to have golf simulators, duckpin bowling and darts and will screening sporting events.\n\nIt will be named T-Squared Social - an homage to \"Timberlake\" and \"Tiger\" - after a similar venue of the same name opened in New York City last month.\n\nWoods said he and Timberlake came up with the idea during a round of golf at their development in the Bahamas.\n\nHe added: \"Justin and I thought it would be cool to create a place that combines our favourite things and brings people together to just have a great time.\"\n\nTiger Woods at the 150th Open at St Andrews Old Course\n\nFormer world number one Tiger Woods played at St Andrews at the 150th Open Championship in 2022 for what he said \"felt like the last time\".\n\nThe 15-time major winner won two of his three Claret Jugs at the revered venue, and wiped away tears as he was cheered the full length of the 18th hole.\n\nHe said: \"I have been fortunate enough to enjoy many special moments here at St Andrews.\n\n\"We all wanted to bring our T-Squared Social concept to St Andrews to add to the local community and be a welcoming place for those living in St Andrews and for visitors alike.\"\n\nT-Squared Social in New York City which opened last month\n\nThe New Picture House is expected to have golf simulators\n\nPop star Timberlake has also played golf at St Andrews, including at the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship in 2019.\n\nHe said: \"I'm honoured to be able to invest in the town and bring our second T-Squared Social here. Our new venue is so much more than a typical sports bar experience - it's a place you can go to be entertained without sacrificing quality or comfort.\"\n\nThe New Picture House first opened in St Andrews in 1930. Managing director David Morris said it has been an integral part of the town's entertainment.\n\nHe said: \"The New Picture House will continue to operate as usual until further notice. The directors look forward to supporting T-Squared Social with their development plans and to welcoming new and existing customers into the New Picture House on completion of the re-development works.\"", "Two cyclists have been captured in \"shocking\" CCTV footage taking photos on a railway line.\n\nThe incident was filmed at the Calcot Mill level crossing in west Berkshire as a woman poses on the tracks on a stretch of the railway where 130 trains a day pass through at speeds of up to 100mph.\n\nNetwork Rail has released the footage following \"a concerning rise in the number of trespassers\" on the route between Penzance in Cornwall and London Paddington.\n\nThe rail operator said many of the reports have involved children and young people and the majority of incidents have been seen in Gloucester, Cheltenham, Trowbridge, Bridgwater, Plymouth and in and around Bristol, especially near stations and on level and foot crossings.\n\nFollow BBC South on Facebook, X, or Instagram. Send your story ideas to south.newsonline@bbc.co.uk.", "The Furbinator 3000 in action identifying foxes and badgers\n\nA man got so fed up with foxes and badgers fouling in his garden that he adapted cameras to help repel them.\n\nJames Milward linked the Ring cameras at his Surrey home to a device that emits high frequency sounds.\n\nHe then trained the system using hundreds of images of the nocturnal nuisances so it learned to trigger the noise when it spotted them.\n\nMr Milward said it \"sounds crazy\" but the gadget he called the Furbinator 3000 has kept his garden clean.\n\nGetting the camera system to understand what it was looking at was not straightforward though.\n\n\"At first it recognised the badger as an umbrella,\" he said. \"I did some fine tuning and it came out as a sink, or a bear if I was lucky. Pretty much a spectacular failure.\"\n\nJames Milward has made the code he used to program his camera open source so others can use it\n\nHe fed in pictures of the animals through an artificial intelligence process called machine learning and finally, the device worked.\n\nThe camera spotted a badger, and the high frequency sound went off to send the unwanted night-time visitor on its way and leave the garden clean for Mr Milward's children to play in.\n\nBut ultrasonic animal deterrents are not without controversy.\n\nThe RSPCA has long-objected to them, stating: \"Noise levels produced by such ultrasonic devices are likely to be aversive to some animals, potentially causing them discomfort, fear and/or pain and predicting an individual's response is difficult.\"\n\nMr Milward said he \"recognises the importance of living harmoniously with wildlife\" but just wanted a humane way of protecting his two young children from the mess left by foxes and badgers, while also preserving his garden.\n\nThe IT expert said he thought the technology could have much wider applications than a back garden in the home counties.\n\n\"In agricultural settings there aren't really any safe deterrents for getting rid of potential predators, and this is an ideal solution for that,\" he said, adding that a similar system could be used anywhere where humans and animals come into conflict.\n\nMr Milward said he was not looking to profit from the Furbinator and instead has made his code open source.\n\nWhile he may find a wider audience for the device, he admitted at home his wife did not quite share his zeal for his pet project.\n\n\"I think she's quite perplexed as to what I'm doing,\" he said. \"But she's very much used to me going down these crazy paths to solve what would seem a very simple problem.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nMore than 10 British citizens are feared dead or missing after the Hamas attack on Israel, an official UK source has told the BBC.\n\nThe UK government believes up to 60,000 British nationals are in Israel or Gaza. It has said it is assisting families but no evacuation is planned.\n\nThe latest official death toll from Israel is 900. Palestinian authorities say 260 have died in air strikes.\n\nHere is what we know about British victims so far.\n\nThe 20-year-old attended North London's JFS Jewish School before moving to Israel to serve in the military.\n\nIts headteacher said the school's community is \"devastated\" and \"heartbroken\" at the news of his death.\n\nHe added: \"Nathanel is fondly remembered within the school and we think of him with nothing but love.\"\n\nMr Young's funeral, held at Israel's national cemetery Mount Herzl, was interrupted after loud bangs were heard over Jerusalem.\n\nThe authorities had asked that no more than 50 people attend the open-air service so that it did not become a target for militants.\n\nNathanel Young studied in London before joining the Israeli armed forces\n\nIn the end more than 1,000 turned out and listened as Mr Young's younger brother Elliot paid tribute to him.\n\nBut when his sister started to remember him, an emergency siren pierced the tranquillity and prompted mourners to throw themselves to the ground, taking cover under trees and between gravestones.\n\nRepeated explosions could be heard. Some began reciting prayers, others began to video-call loved ones.\n\nAfter a few minutes, the alarm fell silent, and the funeral continued.\n\nBernard Cowan, who grew up in Glasgow before settling in Israel with his wife and three children, was killed in the attack, his family confirmed.\n\nThey said in a statement: \"We are grieving the loss of our son and brother, Bernard Cowan, who was horrifically murdered on Saturday during the surprise terrorist attack on Israel by Hamas.\n\n\"We ask for privacy at this time while we process this huge loss to our family, both at home and in Israel, and to the Jewish community in Glasgow where he will be sorely missed.\"\n\nSammy Stein, chairman of Glasgow Friends of Israel, said Mr Cowan - who was a grandfather - returned to the city often and regularly visited his peace advocacy stall in the city centre.\n\nHe told BBC Scotland that Mr Cowan lived \"metres\" from the Gaza barrier, adding: \"\"It was quiet, it was peaceful and it was in the country. He loved it.\"\n\nBernard Cowan, of Glasgow, relocated to Israel and lived near Gaza\n\nMr Marlowe was working as a security guard at the Supernova music festival, where 260 people were killed when it was stormed by militants.\n\nThe 26-year-old was reported missing from the event, which took place at the Re'im kibbutz around 3.7 miles (6km) from the Gaza barrier.\n\nHead teacher David Moody said \"we have seen reports that Jake Marlowe is missing and we all pray that he is found soon\".\n\nJake Marlowe was doing security work at the Supernova festival when the event was attacked\n\nThe family of Daniel Darlington have said they believe he is among those killed.\n\nIn a statement posted on Instagram, his sister referred to him as Danny and \"baby brother\". She said he was killed at the Nir Oz kibbutz alongside a friend.\n\nShe wrote: \"Only days before he was riding his bike, laughing, taking photos of sunsets and enjoying life's simple pleasures.\"\n\nDaniel had intended to leave for Tel Aviv the day before the militants struck, she wrote, but had decided to stay an extra day to show his friend around the kibbutz.\n\nDaniel Darlington was killed at a kibbutz stormed by militants, his family said\n\nAre you personally affected by the issues raised in this story? If it is safe to do so, please get in touch by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "Hundreds of millions of birds die in building collisions in the US each year\n\nNearly 1,000 birds died after flying into a Chicago building on a single day last week, a grisly death toll far surpassing past migration seasons.\n\nExperts believe that an unusually large migration, bad weather and a lack of \"bird friendly\" features on buildings are to blame for the deaths.\n\nAbout 960 birds were recovered from the McCormick Place Lakeside Center.\n\nActivists have been calling on buildings to turn off bright lights, which can disorient birds.\n\nThe birds were collected by scientists and volunteers at the nearby Field Museum, which monitors the McCormick Place, the largest convention centre in North America, for dead or injured birds.\n\nOne of the museum's conservation ecologists, Douglas Stotz, told National Public Radio that \"in one night we had a year's worth of death\".\n\nMr Stotz added that between 1,000 and 2,000 birds die after striking McCormick Place each year.\n\nAnnette Prince, director of Chicago Bird Collision Monitors. told local radio station WGN that the group found 700 to 800 birds in a single square mile it monitors.\n\nMs Prince described the number of dead birds as a \"very unusual and tragic occurrence\".\n\nIn a statement posted to Instagram, McCormick Place acknowledged that an \"extremely large\" number of migratory birds had died \"due to unusual weather conditions\" and \"avian confusion\" caused by lights.\n\nLighting at McCormick Place is normally turned off at night, but had been kept on for an event at the property.\n\n\"The well-being of migratory birds is of high importance to us, and we are truly saddened by the incident,\" the statement added.\n\nPreviously, the highest daily total of dead birds recovered at the centre was between 200 and 300 birds, he added.\n\nExperts believe that an abnormally large number of birds were flying in and around Chicago and the other parts of Cook County last Wednesday, taking advantage of low temperatures and favourable winds.\n\nBirdcast, a tracking project by three US universities, estimated that nearly 1.5 million birds were in flight above Cook County on the night of 5 October, when the deaths at McCormick Place took place.\n\nAround the same time, a storm passed over the city, forcing many of the birds to come down to the ground, where they face increased danger from lights and windows.\n\nA 2019 study from Cornell University's Lab of Ornithology estimated that approximately 600 million birds die in building collisions in the US each year, with Chicago, Houston and Dallas the most dangerous cities.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. WATCH: Portraits of exotic migratory birds killed in collisions with buildings", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: British Jews have been holding a vigil outside Downing Street\n\nA vigil has been held outside Downing Street amid shock and grief in the aftermath of Hamas's attacks on Israel.\n\nCandles were lit in memory of the victims, while some held pictures of dead loved ones and those held captive.\n\nRishi Sunak joined prayers at a north London synagogue, where he told the British Jewish community he would \"stop at nothing\" to keep them safe.\n\nMeanwhile, three people were arrested following a pro-Palestinian demonstration near the Israeli embassy.\n\nAbout 900 people have died in Israel since Saturday's surprise attack, while retaliatory strikes on Gaza have killed almost 690.\n\nCivilians have been taken hostage and the armed wing of Hamas has threatened to kill them if Palestinian civilians are not warned about impending air strikes.\n\nMore than 10 Britons are feared dead or missing following the attacks including Nathanel Young and Bernard Cowan.\n\nMany of those taking part in the Downing Street vigil would have had relatives or friends affected by the Hamas attacks, with Chief Rabbi Sir Ephraim Mirvis saying there was hardly a Jewish family in the UK not affected.\n\nRabbi Ephraim told the vigil that British Jews were \"at one\" with the people of Israel and that they stood \"shoulder to shoulder with you at this time\".\n\nHe said he prayed that \"the darkness we are enduring will lead to light. That the chaos, confusion and bitterness, the mourning and the grief, will be replaced by peace.\"\n\nIsrael's ambassador to the UK, Tzipi Hotovely, told the crowds it was \"so clear that it is a fight between good and evil\" and that \"good will prevail\".\n\nOne Israeli who attended the vigil was Hanna Wine, who was supposed to be back in Israel on Monday.\n\n\"I'm currently stuck here. My flight got cancelled. I have a close friend who's missing, she's probably been taken into Gaza, I don't know what's happening to her.\n\n\"I don't think anyone here gets how bad the situation is there. Every single person I know, every boy I know has been drafted. People have been murdered in cold blood.\"\n\nLater on Monday evening, Mr Sunak spoke at Finchley United Synagogue.\n\nThe prime minister said: \"I wanted to come here tonight to stand with you, to stand with you in this hour of grief as we mourn the victims of an utterly abhorrent act of terror, to stand with you in this hour of prayer, as we think of those held hostage and your friends and loved ones taking refuge in bomb shelters, or risking their lives on the frontline.\n\n\"And perhaps above all, I wanted to come here tonight to stand with you in solidarity in Israel's hour of need.\"\n\nThe Chief Rabbi said there was hardly a British Jewish family which had not been affected by the attacks\n\nEmotions ran high during the vigil, with some shedding tears\n\nIn a joint statement issued on Monday, Mr Sunak, US President Joe Biden, French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni promised their \"steadfast and united support to the state of Israel\" and their \"unequivocal condemnation of Hamas and its appalling acts of terrorism\".\n\n\"In recent days, the world has watched in horror as Hamas terrorists massacred families in their homes, slaughtered over 200 young people enjoying a music festival, and kidnapped elderly women, children, and entire families, who are now being held as hostages,\" they said.\n\nThe Palace of Westminster was lit up on Monday evening in the colours of the Israeli flag\n\nThe leaders said they recognised the \"legitimate aspirations of the Palestinian people\", but \"Hamas does not represent those aspirations, and it offers nothing for the Palestinian people other than more terror and bloodshed\".\n\nThousands took part in a pro-Palestinian demonstration which took place near the Israeli embassy in Kensington, west London. Groups including Stop the War and the Palestine Solidarity Campaign were represented.\n\nLarge groups of police officers watched on as flares were lit and placards calling for Israel to \"end the occupation\" were waved.\n\nA 15-year-old male was arrested on Kensington High Street on suspicion of assaulting an emergency worker, while a 70-year-old man was arrested in the Kensington area on suspicion of racially motivated criminal damage, police said.\n\nA 29-year-old man was also arrested in Oxford Street on suspicion on causing actual bodily harm and possession of an offensive weapon, police added.\n\nThousands of pro-Palestinian demonstrators gathered near the Israeli Embassy in west London\n\nIn response to the attacks by Hamas, Israel has ordered a \"complete siege\" of the Gaza Strip, cutting off food, fuel, electricity and water supplies.\n\nHome Secretary Suella Braverman has written to police chiefs in England and Wales urging them to step up patrols and use their powers to prevent \"disorder and distress to our communities\".\n\n\"There is no place for demonstrations, convoys, or flag-waving on British streets that glorifies terrorism or harasses the Jewish community,\" she said.", "Matty Healy has defended kissing his bandmate onstage in Malaysia in a 10-minute speech delivered at a 1975 concert in Dallas, Texas.\n\nHealy told fans he had been told not to talk about the incident, then read a pre-prepared speech from his phone.\n\nHe addressed criticism of his conduct at the Malaysian festival, during which he attacked the country's anti-LGBT laws then kissed his bandmate.\n\nThe Malaysian government cancelled the rest of the event after the incident.\n\nThe organisers of Good Vibes Festival later demanded compensation from The 1975, and some LGBT Malaysians criticised Healy, saying his actions displayed a \"white saviour complex\".\n\nDefending the July performance, Healy said the band \"did not waltz into Malaysia\", and had been invited by organisers who knew the band's political views and the nature of their shows.\n\nHealy said the kiss was \"not a stunt simply meant to provoke the government\" but an \"ongoing part of the 1975 stage show which had been performed many times prior\".\n\nHe described online anger over the performance as \"liberal outrage\", and said criticism of the band for \"remaining consistent\" by performing its \"pro-LGBT stage show\" was puzzling.\n\nIn July, young Malaysians told the BBC they felt Healy's actions reflected a patronising Western attitude to Asia.\n\nOthers expressed concern that the high-profile incident could be used to reinforce LGBT repression in Malaysia, where homosexuality is punishable by 20 years in prison.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by The 1975 TH This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. End of twitter post by The 1975 TH\n\nHealy referenced the country's strict anti-LGBT laws in his speech, and also said the Malaysian authorities had \"briefly imprisoned\" the band.\n\nThe frontman said the suggestion that the kiss had just been a \"performative gesture of allyship\" was redundant, as \"performing is a performer's job\".\n\nHealy said event organisers could not invite acts to perform and expect them to self-censor, telling the Dallas crowd: \"It should be expected that, if you invite dozens of Western performers into your country, they'll bring their Western values with them.\"\n\nThe singer concluded by referencing strict laws in some parts of the US, telling the American crowd that critics of the band's actions in Kuala Lumpur \"would find it abhorrent if the 1975 were to acquiesce to... Mississippi's perspective on abortion or trans laws\".\n\nThis is not the first time that Healy has addressed online criticism during a 1975 concert.\n\nLast week, the singer apologised for \"actions that have hurt some people\" while onstage in Los Angeles.\n\nEarlier this year, Healy mocked American rapper Ice Spice on a podcast, mimicking Asian and Hawaiian accents and asking the show's hosts to do impressions of Japanese people labouring in concentration camps.\n\nDuring his performance at the Hollywood Bowl, Healy said he had \"performed exaggerated versions\" of himself \"on other stages be it in print or on podcasts… in an often misguided attempt at fulfilling the kind of character role of the 21st-century rock star\".", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Humza Yousaf says his parents-in-law are trapped in Gaza after going to visit family\n\nScotland's first minister says his parents-in-law are \"trapped\" in Gaza, as he unequivocally condemned the attacks by Hamas in Israel.\n\nHumza Yousaf said his wife's parents, who live in Dundee, travelled to Gaza to see her father's sick mother.\n\nThe Israelis have told them to leave, but Mr Yousaf said they had no way to get out and the UK Foreign Office could not guarantee safe passage.\n\nHe said he and his wife were \"sick with worry\" that they would not survive.\n\nNadia El-Nakla's parents travelled to Gaza about a week ago and were there when Hamas launched a surprise attack on Israel this weekend, killing hundreds.\n\nMr Yousaf told the BBC he strongly condemned the \"unjustifiable\" actions of Hamas.\n\n\"There can be no equivocation about that condemnation, and the Scottish government is strong in its condemnation, \" he said.\n\n\"What we have unfortunately seen is many innocent people lose their lives in the course of the last 48 and 72 hours.\n\n\"The lives of an innocent Israeli are to me equal to the lives of an innocent Palestinian.\n\n\"Many innocent people on both sides are losing their lives and that cannot be justified in any way, shape or form.\"\n\nThe first minister said many Jewish families in Scotland would be worried about family members that they have not heard from.\n\nMore than 10 British citizens are feared dead or missing in Israel after the weekend's attack by Hamas, an official UK source has told the BBC.\n\nBernard Cowan, from Glasgow, has been identified by family members on social media as having been killed in the attack.\n\nElizabeth El-Nakla and Maged El-Nakla were visiting family in Gaza when the Hamas attacks happened\n\nMr Yousaf said his in-laws Maged and Elizabeth El-Nakla had been visiting his father-in-law's 92-year-old mother when the Hamas attack took place.\n\nHe said they were told by Israeli authorities to leave because \"Gaza will effectively be obliterated\".\n\nGaza is home to about 2.3 million people, 80% of whom rely on aid.\n\nMore than 500 people have died there in Israel's retaliatory strikes and the region could now be on the brink of a new humanitarian crisis.\n\nMr Yousaf said: \"Despite the best efforts of the British Foreign Office, nobody can guarantee them safe passage anywhere.\n\n\"So I'm in a situation where we don't know whether or not my mother-in-law and father-in-law, who have nothing to do - as most Gazans don't - with Hamas or with any terror attack, will make it through the night or not.\"\n\nSince the attacks began on Saturday morning, Israel has stopped all supplies entering Gaza, including food and medicine.\n\nMany people are without electricity and internet access, and could soon be out of essential food and water supplies.\n\nEven before the latest restrictions, residents of Gaza faced widespread food insecurity, restrictions on movement and water shortages.\n\nMr Yousaf's brother-in-law also lives in Gaza with his four children including a two-month-old baby.\n\nThe family is running out of baby milk, and only have about two-days of supplies for the rest of the family, Mr Yousaf said.\n\nMr Yousaf reiterated that his family had \"nothing to do with Hamas\".\n\nHe said: \"My mother-in-law is a retired nurse from Ninewells [Hospital], my brother-in-law who lives in Gaza is a doctor, but they, along with a lot of other Gazans, are potentially going to suffer collective punishment and that cannot be justified.\"\n\nThe first minster said that he had been in touch with the Foreign Office about Scots caught up in the situation, but no numbers were provided.\n\n\"Whatever I can do to support our Jewish communities and Muslim communities - who will both be fearful of reprisal, attack, hatred - I will do whatever I can to protect our communities across Scotland.\"\n\nMr Yousaf was asked if he would call the Hamas gunmen \"terrorists\". He said: \"Of course, unequivocally.\"\n\nThe First Minister said he believed a two-state solution in Israel was the only way to stop the cycle of violence in Israel and Palestine. He said the Scottish government would not fly Israeli or Palestinian flags from its buildings, but would focus on how it could ensure the safety of any Scots in Israel or Gaza.\n\nHe also commented on a call from Scottish Conservative MSP Jackson Carlow to \"terminate\" the Bute House Agreement with the Scottish Green Party over \"victim-blaming\" statements from its MSP Maggie Chapman.\n\nSign up for our morning newsletter and get BBC News in your inbox.", "Work to remove thousands of tonnes of debris from the A83 in Argyll and Bute is under way\n\nAn update on when the A83 in Argyll and Bute will fully reopen is expected on Wednesday.\n\nRoad management operator Bear Scotland said about 12,000 tonnes of material had been removed from the road which was hit by seven landslides.\n\nFurther checks will be made on Wednesday before a decision is made on when the road will be safe to open.\n\nMore heavy rain hit areas of west and central Scotland on Tuesday as clear-up operations were under way.\n\nA Met Office yellow warning for rain in Argyll, Glasgow, Falkirk, Perth and Kinross, Stirling and the West Highlands was in place until 21:00 on Tuesday.\n\nThe warning came after large swathes of Scotland saw about a month's worth of rain on Saturday.\n\nIt brought severe flooding to parts of Argyll, Angus, Perth, Aberdeenshire, Moray and the Highlands.\n\nThe Scottish Environment Protection Agency said 15 flood warnings and nine flood alerts were still in place around the country.\n\nAccording to Bear Scotland, a total of seven landslides reached the A83 and a further four were captured in pits and nets along the side of the road.\n\nOnly the Ardgartan to Inveraray section of the route remains closed.\n\nSaturday's rain has brought floods and landslips along the A83\n\nBear Scotland's Ian Stewart said: \"Our teams have worked at pace, whenever it was deemed safe, to clear the roads and return full access to residents of Argyll.\n\n\"We understand that access in and out of Argyll is vital for local communities, and we will provide an update on Wednesday once the rain has passed.\"\n\nHighland Council said it was dealing with a landslip at Drimnin on the B849.\n\nEngineers carried out an assessment to see if the road was structurally safe for traffic before deciding to close it to HGVs.\n\nThe road will then be closed to all traffic from 09:00 on Wednesday for two-hour periods with 30-minute \"amnesties\" while repairs are carried out.\n\nNetwork Rail Scotland said the line between Dunblane and Perth would remain closed on Tuesday while it worked to repair a \"huge amount\" of flood damage but is due to reopen on Wednesday morning.\n\nEmergency services are still searching for a 77-year-old man feared to have been swept away by the River Tay during heavy rain in Perthshire.\n\nResidents in Perth were among those who suffered the most from the heavy rain and flooding.\n\nFire crews spent Monday pumping water from houses as people tried to salvage their belongings.\n\nBell's Sports Centre as well as basement flats and businesses on Rose Terrace and Charlotte Street were flooded in the downpours.\n\nWorkers put in place flood defences in the North Inch area in Perth over the weekend\n\nAs a result of the heavy rain, Scotland's farmers have said they have suffered some of the biggest losses in food crops the industry has ever seen.\n\nFarming union NFU Scotland said millions of pounds worth of unharvested vegetables, potatoes and other crops had been damaged by the flood waters.\n\nOne farm, Stewarts of Tayside, estimates that about half a million pounds worth of food crops destined for supermarkets had been ruined across 60 hectares of its land.", "The Baltic-connector gas pipeline opened in 2020 and is used by both Finland and Estonia\n\nFinland says damage to an underwater natural gas pipeline with Estonia on Sunday may have been deliberate and was probably caused by \"external activity\".\n\nThe Baltic-connector pipeline was shut down after a sudden drop in pressure. A telecoms cable was also damaged.\n\nFinland's prime minister said on Tuesday that the source of the leak had been found and was being investigated by both countries.\n\nPetteri Orpo added that the cause was not yet clear.\n\nFinnish sources have told the BBC the suspicion falls on Russian sabotage as \"retribution\" for Finland joining Nato in April this year.\n\nNorway's seismological institute, Norsar, said it had detected a \"probable explosion\" along Finland's Baltic Sea coast at 01:20 on Sunday (22:20GMT on Saturday). The event was measured at 1.0, far smaller than the explosions that targeted the Nord Stream pipelines in September 2022.\n\nThat appeared to contradict a statement from Finland's National Bureau of Investigation (KRP) that there were \"no indications\" that explosives had been used, although it added the damage was so serious it was expected to take months to repair.\n\nFinnish authorities said damage to the cable and pipeline damage happened at two different spots in Finland's Exclusive Economic Zone.\n\n\"The discovered damage could not have been caused by normal use of the pipeline or pressure fluctuations,\" Mr Orpo told a press conference. Other possible causes such as seismic activity had already been ruled out.\n\nThe pipeline is Finland's only direct link to the wider European Union's gas network. Nevertheless, Mr Orpo said there were enough alternative sources of gas to ensure the country's energy security was not at risk.\n\nJens Stoltenberg, the head of the Nato military alliance of which both Finland and Estonia are members, wrote on X (formerly Twitter) that the bloc was \"sharing information & stands ready to support Allies concerned\".\n\n\"Frankly we were expecting something like this sooner,\" a Finnish source told the BBC's security correspondent, Frank Gardner. However, he says public statements from Helsinki have carefully avoided directing blame at Moscow in case a lengthy inquiry comes up with inconclusive results.\n\nThe prospect that the damage could be deliberate has pushed up European gas prices.\n\nUK prices jumped as much as 13.5% on Tuesday to 124 pence per therm (a measurement of gas) - having traded as low as 88 pence on Friday.\n\nPrices were already rising after Israel closed one of its largest gas fields, Tamar, in the Mediterranean Sea, in response to the recent aggression by Hamas.\n\nThe damage to the Baltic-connector pipeline has revived concerns about energy security following the Nord Stream pipeline blasts last year.\n\nThe Baltic-connector opened in 2020, and is used to send gas between Estonia and Finland, depending on which country is most in need at any point.\n\nThe pipeline has been Finland's only natural gas import channel since Russian imports were halted in May last year. Natural gas accounts for about 5% of Finland's energy consumption.", "Trevalga near Tintagel and Boscastle has been sold\n\nA medieval hamlet in Cornwall has been sold after a row over the will of the last lord of the manor who owned it.\n\nTrevalga, between Tintagel and Boscastle, has been sold for about £16m, a local councillor told the BBC.\n\nIt was left by Gerald Curgenven to a trust when he died in 1959, with profits to go to his school in Wiltshire.\n\nResidents previously said selling the manor house, six farms and 17 homes would be against his dying wishes and they feared being evicted.\n\nNow property agent Savills has confirmed the sale of the estate to Castle Lane Securities Ltd, which is part of the William Pears Group (WPG).\n\nAlthough the sale price has not been publicly revealed, Barry Jordan, Conservative Camelford and Boscastle councillor, said he believed the estate had been sold for \"just under £16m\".\n\nMr Jordan said: \"[The residents'] concerns always have been that someone's going to come in and redevelop it and ruin it.\n\n\"The tenants, the residents need to know they're not going to be kicked out.\"\n\nThe BBC has contacted WPG for comment.\n\nFollow BBC News South West on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. Send your story ideas to spotlight@bbc.co.uk.", "In many ways, Sir Keir Starmer is not your typical politician.\n\nHe did not enter Parliament until he was in his 50s, after a successful career as a lawyer, and unlike most MPs he arrived in the House of Commons with a knighthood.\n\nHe was knighted in 2014, in recognition for his role as Director of Public Prosecutions, the most senior criminal prosecutor in England and Wales.\n\nThe Labour leader's background as a high-flying human rights lawyer might suggest a privileged upbringing. But in fact the 61-year-old - whose dad was a toolmaker and mum was a nurse - comes from a relatively modest background.\n\nNow, with his party riding high in the opinion polls, he is hoping to return Labour to power after 13 years in opposition.\n\nOne of four children, Sir Keir grew up in Oxted, Surrey.\n\nHis parents were staunch Labour supporters and named their son after the party's first MP, Keir Hardie.\n\nAfter passing the 11-plus exam, he got a place at Reigate Grammar School, which became a private school two years later, although existing pupils, like Starmer, had their fees paid by the local council until they were 16.\n\nIn the sixth form, his fees were covered by a grant, according to the Telegraph.\n\nHe was politically active from an early age, joining the East Surrey Young Socialists, the youth branch of the local Labour Party, at the age of 16.\n\nHe also excelled at music, playing the flute, piano, violin and recorder and even sharing lessons with Norman Cook, who would become known as chart-topping DJ Fatboy Slim.\n\nHowever, there were also challenges - his mum suffered from Still's disease, a rare autoimmune condition which eventually left her unable to speak or walk.\n\nIn interviews, Sir Keir has recalled how she spent much of his childhood in and out of hospital as her health deteriorated.\n\nHe wasn't as close to his father, who he has described as \"a difficult man\" who could be remote, although he said he was \"devoted\" to his wife and \"incredibly hard-working\".\n\nThe first in his family to go to university, the young activist had considered studying politics but was encouraged by his parents to go for law.\n\nAs a politician, Sir Keir likes to portray himself as a stickler for the rules - indeed he was once dubbed \"Mr Rules\" by a shadow cabinet colleague.\n\nHe has sometimes been accused by opponents of being a bit dull. He unwinds by playing five-a-side football and supporting Arsenal.\n\nBut he has not led a blemish-free life, and there is at least one brush with the law in his past.\n\nTrying to raise money during a lads' holiday to the French Riviera as a student in the early 1980s, he was caught by police illegally selling ice creams.\n\nA university friend of Sir Keir told Politico's Westminster Insider podcast he escaped the incident without punishment, beyond the contraband ice creams being confiscated.\n\nHe graduated with a first from the University of Leeds in 1985, before getting his post-graduate qualification at Oxford the following year and going on to become a barrister, focusing on human rights law.\n\nIn his early years in London he recalled living in \"a really grotty flat\" above a brothel. One of his flatmates at the time, journalist Paul Vickers, described him as a \"great party animal\", who loved Northern Soul music.\n\nHe told the BBC's Profile programme in 2009 that the young Starmer's politics were \"hard left\" and he used to edit the radical magazine, Socialist Alternatives.\n\nHe tends not to give much away about his personality in interviews, but is happy to own up to having a competitive streak.\n\nHe recently told The Guardian: \"I hate losing. Some say it's the taking part that counts. I am not in that camp.\"\n\nSir Keir's commitment to tackling injustice extended to his legal career, which included working to get rid of the death penalty in the Caribbean and Africa.\n\nHe was also part of the legal team in the so-called McLibel case, offering his services for free to help defend activists who were pursued by McDonald's for distributing leaflets questioning the fast food giant's environmental claims.\n\nHis work on high-profile human rights cases even sparked rumours he was the inspiration behind Mark Darcy, the buttoned-up but dashing lawyer in Helen Fielding's Bridget Jones's Diary novels, although the author later quashed this suggestion.\n\nSir Keir married his wife, Victoria Alexander, who works for the NHS, in 2007 and the couple have two children.\n\nIn 2008 he was named the new head of the Crown Prosecution Service and Director of Public Prosecutions, despite spending most of his career as a defence barrister.\n\nHe dealt with a number of major cases including helping to bring two men accused of murdering 18-year-old Stephen Lawrence to justice during his time in the role.\n\nHe stood down in 2013 and was knighted the following year.\n\nSir Keir's wife Victoria has been seen at his side at party conferences\n\nSir Keir was elected for MP for Holborn and St Pancras in 2015, a safe seat in Labour's North London stronghold, soon becoming a shadow Home Office minister.\n\nHe quit the role in 2016, joining a number of frontbenchers who resigned in protest at Jeremy Corbyn's leadership following the Brexit referendum.\n\nHowever, unlike many of his colleagues, Sir Keir agreed to rejoin Mr Corbyn's top team just over three months later, as shadow Brexit secretary - and stayed on even when the leadership faced criticism over how it dealt with allegations of antisemitism.\n\nIn that job he had the tricky task of navigating Labour's position on the European Union during the withdrawal negotiations with the bloc.\n\nThe Remain-supporting MP said publicly that another referendum should remain an option, and that if it happened, he would campaign to stay in the EU.\n\nSome believe he was the driving force behind Labour's change in position ahead of the 2019 election, promising a second vote.\n\nCritics argued this policy was partly responsible for the party's disastrous electoral performance, after which Mr Corbyn announced he would stand down as leader.\n\nSir Keir was a frontrunner in the race to replace him, promising to unite the party but retain the \"radicalism\" of the Corbyn years.\n\nBecoming leader in April 2020 - at the start of the first Covid lockdown - Sir Keir pledged to bring \"a constructive opposition\", working alongside the government to get the country through the pandemic.\n\nHowever, unable to tour the country and meet voters - he first speech as leader was a video message - and with the news agenda dominated by Covid, he struggled to make an impression.\n\nAccording to his tax returns for 2021/22, Sir Keir earned £126,154 as an MP and leader of the opposition.\n\nIn May 2021, Labour lost Hartlepool to the Tories in a humiliating by-election defeat, prompting a policy rethink and a reshuffle of Sir Keir's top team. The focus was now firmly on winning back Labour voters lost to Boris Johnson's Conservatives in former Labour heartlands - the so-called Red Wall.\n\nTalk of Brexit was discouraged and Sir Keir began dropping left-wing pledges he had made during the leadership campaign, including abolishing university tuition fees and nationalising energy and water companies.\n\nHe hit back at claims of betrayal from the left, by arguing that the party couldn't make unfunded spending commitments in the current economic climate and that Labour had to regain the trust of voters on the economy.\n\nFootball fan Sir Keir celebrates England scoring against Wales in the 2022 World Cup\n\nWinning back the support of the Jewish community was a key early priority for Sir Keir.\n\nHe suspended Jeremy Corbyn from the Parliamentary party, in a row over antisemitism, meaning his predecessor and North London constituency neighbour, cannot stand as a Labour candidate at the next general election.\n\nOther left-wingers also claim they have been blocked from standing for the party, leading to accusations Sir Keir has spearheaded a purge of the Labour left.\n\nInstead, Sir Keir has chosen to align himself with another Labour leader - Sir Tony Blair.\n\nLike Sir Tony, who won three general elections, he has sought to reassure voters that Labour would not go on an unfunded spending spree if the party wins power, which has meant watering down or scrapping some of their more radical proposals.\n\nWhen he reshuffled his top team this week, it was Blairites, such as Liz Kendall and Hilary Benn, who were the winners.\n\nWith a general election rapidly approaching, he will be hoping that deliberate positioning will help his party win power again, four years after suffering its worst result since the 1930s.", "Jenni Hermoso's statement was given a month ago to prosecutors but was broadcast on TV on Monday night\n\nSpanish TV has broadcast World Cup winner Jenni Hermoso's statement to prosecutors, where she says Spain's ex-football chief kissed her on the lips after the final without her consent.\n\nThis is the first time that Ms Hermoso's account has been heard in her own words, and she tells the prosecutors that \"clearly I felt disrespected\" as a player and a person.\n\nLuis Rubiales has denied sexually assaulting and coercing the footballer.\n\nHe eventually resigned over the outcry.\n\nAn investigating judge is now carrying out a preliminary investigation to decide whether the accusations should go to trial. The National Court has since increased the scope of its inquiry to include other officials in the Spanish football federation (RFEF).\n\nIn her statement, recorded in the prosecutors' office early in September and broadcast by commercial channel Telecinco, Ms Hermoso complains that her image has been tarnished by the Spanish Football Federation. \"As an employee of that federation, no-one protected me,\" she said.\n\nShe recounts what happened as Spain's players celebrated winning the Women's World Cup in Sydney, Australia, last August, when their victory became overshadowed by the federation president's kiss.\n\nShe describes hugging Luis Rubiales and telling him: \"We've done it.\" She then says he told her the victory was \"thanks to her\", put his hands on her head and kissed her on the lips, and that she remembers nothing else.\n\n\"I didn't expect it,\" she is heard saying. \"I didn't do anything to land myself in that situation... how could I expect it in that scenario of a medal ceremony at a World Cup final?\"\n\nAt one point in her testimony, Ms Hermoso breaks down when she explains the pressure she has since come under, to the extent of \"having to leave Madrid so as to avoid that pressure\".\n\nMs Hermoso, 33, recalls immediately telling team-mates Alexia Putellas and Irene Paredes what had happened in the stadium, but that she had been careful to avoid doing anything to steal the limelight.\n\nHowever, even before the team left the stadium, she says football federation officials approached her and then asked her to get off the team bus during the journey to sign a press statement for the world's media indicating the kiss was mutual.\n\n\"I didn't say a single word of that text,\" she said. \"I felt coerced again.\"\n\nAsked about a video that appeared showing her team-mates joking about the kiss on the bus, she said only a few of them had seen the images and there was no way she could have gone to \"start crying in the corner\" to break the mood of celebration.\n\nMs Hermoso is also heard explaining how Luis Rubiales approached her on the plane home, asking her to appear in a video with him, for the sake of his two daughters who were crying.\n\nWhen the former federation president resigned last month, he maintained the kiss was mutual and consensual and had faith that the truth would prevail.\n\nRubén Rivera (L), marketing director of the Spanish Football Federation, also appeared before a judge in Madrid on Tuesday\n\nMonday night's broadcast came hours before former team coach Jorge Vilda appeared on Tuesday before a judge investigating whether he was part of an attempt to exert pressure on the Spain forward to say the kiss was consensual.\n\nMr Vilda has denied seeking to coerce Ms Hermoso and argues that he did not witness the kiss, because he was at the back of the group receiving their winners' medals.\n\nHowever, he has admitted speaking to her brother on the flight from Sydney to Madrid when he realised she was unhappy, Spanish media report.\n\nThe pressure from federation figures appears to have continued after the team returned to Spain. When they went on a celebratory trip to Ibiza, she says that two more officials became involved and sought to use her family and a friend to talk to her.\n\nThe RFEF's marketing director, Rubén Rivera, was also due to appear before the judge on Tuesday. He too has denied trying to persuade the footballer or her brother to absolve Luis Rubiales from any blame, reports say.\n\nLast month, Ms Hermoso, who is a native of Madrid, returned to Mexican club Pachuca, where she has become an important figure in Mexico's Liga MX.", "Things are going well for Starmer - and his confidence showed\n\nIn his three and a half years as Labour leader, Sir Keir Starmer has slowly established near-total authority over his party. Today’s conference speech exemplified that. Praising Tony Blair, vowing reform of the NHS and leading a standing ovation in support of Israel - this was not a leader trying to nudge his party out of its comfort zone, but drawing attention to how far its comfort zone has already moved. It was also a testament to Starmer’s current boldness. Those who work with him closely say that he is a confidence performer - that he loosens up and takes risks when things are going well for him, but that he can lose a bit of his mojo in adversity. With a persistent lead over the Conservatives in the polls, things are going well for Starmer at the moment. That confidence showed in his speech. Though the promise to build a generation of new towns is eye-catching, it’s fair to say Starmer resisted calls from some in his party to unleash a torrent of policy in the speech. But those around him say that was less important than formulating an argument about why Starmer wants to be prime minister and why Labour deserve the voters’ trust.", "Coogan has said making Savile a \"pantomime villain\" would be a disservice to his victims\n\nSteve Coogan has been praised for his portrayal of Jimmy Savile, after the first episode of BBC drama The Reckoning was shown on TV on Monday.\n\nThe series depicts the life of the notorious presenter who was revealed to be a paedophile and sex offender.\n\nBest known for playing Alan Partridge, Coogan's performance was described by the Guardian as \"chillingly brilliant\".\n\n\"But this is a horrific tale most of us already know - and the BBC's depressing drama adds little of value,\" it said.\n\nThe TV personality and DJ, who died in 2011 at the age of 84, used his celebrity status to prey on hundreds of people, male and female, many of them minors.\n\nRumours and allegations about his behaviour followed him for decades, but only after his death did his abuse become publicly known.\n\nIn a three-star review, the Guardian's Lucy Mangan wrote that Coogan - whose 2013 film Philomena received an Oscar nomination - \"captures the charm and creepy depravity of the notorious abuser\".\n\nBut overall, the show achieves nothing but leaving the viewer feeling \"depressed\" and \"unenlightened\", she added - especially given that several Savile documentaries already exist.\n\n\"Reminding us that evil exists and walks untroubled among us is not enough,\" she stressed, noting that testimony from real-life survivors appears as though \"to justify the programme's existence and exonerate it from any claims of exploitation or voyeurism\".\n\nSavile presented Jim'll Fix It on the BBC for almost two decades\n\nThe Telegraph's Chris Harvey awarded the drama two-stars, saying \"Coogan's Savile is evil personified\", while arguing that \"the BBC should not have made this\".\n\n\"A tour de force performance cannot mask the fact that the corporation has chosen to go easy on itself in this queasy drama.\"\n\nIt depicts Savile's career from the early 1960s and ends with his death. The BBC's Newsnight later dropped an investigation into him, and his crimes were finally revealed in an ITV documentary.\n\nMeirion Jones, one of the journalists who exposed them, said the drama \"handled victims with respect\" and that Coogan was \"excellent\" as the menacing protagonist.\n\nBut he said it could have gone further about what the BBC knew at the time, noting how executives discussed his \"darker side\" and the \"real truth\" when deciding whether to prepare an obituary programme for Savile.\n\n\"In my view BBC bosses knew about all that from the 1970s right till his death,\" Jones wrote.\n\nThe BBC's chief content officer Charlotte Moore has said the drama's makers had \"the editorial freedom to tell the story they wanted\".\n\n\"I said, 'There are no boundaries to where you should go, you need to tell that story',\" she recently told journalists.\n\nCoogan said he considered himself one of a handful of people who could portray Savile\n\nIn a two-star review, the Independent's Nick Hilton said the series was \"a parade of villainy without a point to make\".\n\nHe wrote: \"Steve Coogan inhabits the lank silver-haired, cigar chomping, bejewelled Savile, in a show that never manages to rise above the cheap lure of voyeurism.\n\n\"How can you turn the story of Savile - a man who indiscriminately attacked children and adults for decades, while cosying up to the British establishment - into entertainment?\"\n\nOn BBC Radio 5 Live's Must Watch podcast, TV critic Scott Bryan said the drama didn't tap \"into the right areas\" and made him feel \"a bit unsettled\".\n\nBut he praised Coogan, who \"manages to portray Savile without humanising him, but also without making him a caricature either\".\n\nThere was also praise for Coogan on social media. Actor Kate Robbins called his performance \"astonishing\", while director Hayden Hewitt said he is \"terrifyingly accurate\" as Savile.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Kate Robbins This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 2 by Hayden Hewitt This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nFellow Must Watch critic Hayley Campbell argued that the story had been told \"sensitively and artfully\".\n\nShe said: \"At no point did I feel like I was watching Alan Partridge does Savile. That was always going to be a worry, but he's really good.\n\n\"It doesn't sensationalise it and it doesn't push anything to the point of making it just another TV crime thriller.\"\n\nThe Evening Standard's Martin Robinson also felt it had been done well, awarding four stars, saying the \"harrowing story about Jimmy Savile demands to be seen\".\n\nHe wrote: \"This extraordinary horror story is still more relevant than many of us would like to believe.\"\n\nIn another four-star review, the i newspaper's Julia Raeside said every performance was \"well-judged and utterly harrowing\".\n\n\"The programme does an impressive job of conveying the darkness of Savile's actions without forcing us to look directly at them,\" she wrote.\n\nCoogan himself has admitted to feeling \"great trepidation\" about the possible pitfalls of taking on the role.\n\n\"I felt like there's probably a handful of people in the country who could play the part, and I did consider myself one of them,\" the actor said.\n\n\"It wasn't enjoyable, it was a professional challenge that I wanted to take on... I knew there was the potential for catastrophic failure if you get it wrong, but that's not a reason not to do it.\"\n\nSign up for our morning newsletter and get BBC News in your inbox.\n• None 'Playing Savile has the potential for catastrophic failure'", "US President Joe Biden has been interviewed as part of a probe into his handling of classified documents after he left the vice-presidency in 2017.\n\nMr Biden met voluntarily with Special Counsel Robert Hur at the White House over two days, officials said.\n\nMr Hur was appointed after a separate investigation was launched into secret documents found at Donald Trump's home.\n\nMr Biden has not been charged with any crime. It is not unusual for presidents to be interviewed by investigators.\n\nIan Sams, a spokesman for Mr Biden, said in a statement that the interview was conducted over the course of Sunday and Monday.\n\nIt was personally carried out by Mr Hur, who was chosen by US Attorney General Merrick Garland to lead the investigation. He added that the interview had \"concluded\" by the end of Monday.\n\n\"As we have said from the beginning, the President and the White House are cooperating with this investigation, and as it has been appropriate, we have provided relevant updates publicly, being as transparent as we can consistent with protecting and preserving the integrity of the investigation,\" Mr Sams told reporters.\n\n\"We would refer other questions to the Justice Department at this time.\"\n\nThe documents were discovered by aides to Mr Biden in an office he used after departing the vice-presidency, and before he launched his bid for the White House.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: How much do you know about classified documents?\n\nThe first batch of classified documents had been found on 2 November at the Penn Biden Center, a think-tank the president founded in Washington DC.\n\nA second batch of records was found on 20 December in the garage at his Wilmington home, while another document was found in a storage space at the house on 12 January, his lawyers said at the time.\n\nAfter finding the documents, the president said his team immediately turned them over to the National Archives and the Justice Department. It is not clear why Mr Biden had kept them.\n\nUnder the Presidential Records Act, White House records are supposed to go to the National Archives once an administration ends, where they can be stored securely.\n\nMr Biden has previously said that he did not know the documents were there.\n\nAuthorities have not said what the files relate to. Classified documents can cover a range of issues, from the relatively mundane to the extremely secretive.\n\nBut sources have previously told CNN and the New York Times that the first set of 10 classified documents included briefing materials on foreign countries - including Ukraine, Iran and the United Kingdom - from Mr Biden's time as vice-president.\n\nAnd according to CNN, these documents were mixed in with other non-classified papers, including details about the funeral of Beau Biden, the president's son, who died in 2015.\n\nIt also reported that some of the documents were labelled as top secret, the highest level of classification.\n\nThe interview took place amid dramatic tensions in the Middle East and had been scheduled months earlier, the New York Times reported, citing an unnamed White House official.\n\nThe conclusion of the interview could be a sign that the investigation may be nearing its end. Mr Hur's team has yet to decide whether to bring charges against Mr Biden.\n\nIn a separate and wider-range investigation, Special Counsel Jack Smith is bringing charges against Mr Trump for allegedly retaining highly-sensitive government documents at his Florida home and golf resort after leaving office.\n\nMr Trump is facing seven charges related to the documents, including wilfully retaining national defence secrets in violation of the Espionage Act and attempting to obstruct the official investigation.\n\nHe has repeatedly claimed it was his right to keep the documents, and is set to go on trial in Miami in May.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.", "Who knew there were two communist-themed bars in Liverpool's Albert Docks, practically next door to each other?\n\nNot this reporter, that's for sure. Or the handful of Labour activists milling about in the Revolution Bar, waiting for the start of what had been billed as a general election rally.\n\nIt did not take us long to realise our mistake and we were soon joining the much larger crowd at an upstairs bar in Revolution de Cuba, where organisers LabourList, a news website for Labour folk, had laid on a free bar and a packed programme of speakers.\n\nThere was a nervous buzz in the air - a sense that victory was within their grasp but that they could still mess it all up.\n\nMP Stella Creasey compared it to being 2-0 up after 70 minutes. Others spoke about the need to avoid complacency. Labour's West of England mayor Dan Norris warned that although the Tories were \"hated\", it was \"not correct to say Labour is loved - we have work to do\".\n\nThere was some call and response (\"are we going to win? Yes!\") and much jubilation about last week's Rutherglen by-election victory and anticipation of more by-election success to come.\n\nLabour MP Barry Gardiner got the crowd going with some old school Tory-bashing and a few risque jokes.\n\nFellow MP and shadow immigration minister Stephen Kinnock laid into the \"clown show that is currently governing our country\" who he said had \"debased our politics\" at their conference last week in Manchester.\n\nThere was talk about how this year's conference was \"buzzing\", with up to 17,000 attendees - in stark contrast the Tories' \"car crash\" gathering.\n\nBut several speakers began by saying it was wrong to say Labour had no policies - just look at their National Policy Forum programme - and then stressed that a Labour government would be different to the Tories, and would truly transform lives.\n\nLabour conference rallies during the Jeremy Corbyn years tended be wilder affairs - but the majority of Corbyn supporters have now drifted off to their own parallel event, the World Transformed.\n\nThe ones that remain must feel they have also turned up at the wrong revolution.\n\n\"It's quite a different crowd this year,\" said Bert Jones, a Labour councillor from Redbridge in London, as he was leaving the LabourList event. \"I find it business-like.\"\n\nHe said he had \"stuck his neck out for Corbyn\" at his local Labour branch - but was now a Keir Starmer supporter.\n\nHe liked the \"non partisan\" atmosphere at the LabourList election rally, which made a change from the drama and divisions of the Corbyn years, although he sounded slightly wistful.\n\n\"You have to compromise to get into power,\" he said.\n\n\"We are feeling really optimistic, there is definitely a change in the air.\"\n\nIs this where the Revolution begins? (No, it's next door)\n\nUzma Rasool, a Labour councillor from Waltham Forest, said: \"It feels much more driven, organised and on message.\"\n\nBut there was still passion - supplied by deputy leader Angela Rayner - and Ms Rasool and her friend Frankie Romer, from Harrogate were quick to point out.\n\nMs Rayner had been due to be star attraction at the LabourList rally, but she couldn't make it in the end.\n\nAs the crowd in Revolution de Cuba dwindled, the speakers kept on coming - dozens of Prospective Parliamentary Candidates urging other activists to join them on the general election campaign trail.\n\nFor this party, it can't come soon enough.", "Video caption: The scene at the festival site, five days Hamas gunmen killed 260 people there The scene at the festival site, five days Hamas gunmen killed 260 people there\n\nThe frozen chaos of the festival site amplifies the silence here; spotlights the absence of those who filled its tents and bars five days ago.\n\nSoldiers now step through the shredded scattered belongings; the noise of shelling has replaced the music.\n\nLooking at the vehicles with their doors wrenched open, the scattered backpacks and bedding, it’s hard not imagine the panic as people tried to flee.\n\nThe scale and brutality of this attack has shaken Israel’s sense of security.\n\nSince then, this site has been a closed military zone.\n\nEven the soldiers here are jumpy. While we were filming there today, gunshots suddenly cracked overhead and soldiers began running towards the perimeter fence.\n\nThere were several minutes of panic and confusion, as soldiers ran to secure one location, then another, struggling to keep television cameras away.\n\nThe army later said they had arrested one person near the site who they said had been armed with a knife.\n\nThe young people here on Saturday morning trusted their army enough to dance and party a few miles from the Gaza border.\n\nSince then, everything has changed.", "The lights at the Rochester Christmas Market will not be impacted\n\nA council has cancelled all its Christmas lights for 2023 due to a \"challenging financial situation\".\n\nMedway Council in Kent said it made the \"sad and difficult decision\" after identifying a potential overspend of £17m for this financial year.\n\nThe council, which went from Conservative to Labour in May, said the move would save £75,000.\n\nCouncil leader Vince Maple said he had \"no choice but to make these tough decisions\".\n\nMr Maple said: \"We are making these incredibly difficult decisions to reduce the potential overspend and to ensure we can continue to provide essential services that we are required to provide by law.\n\n\"I am pleased local ward councillors are still able to fund a Christmas tree in each town.\"\n\n\"We will continue to work closely with our town centre businesses to explore further ways to support them this Christmas.\"\n\nTens of thousands of people flock to the Medway towns every December for the Rochester Dickensian Christmas Festival.\n\nMedway Council said that event, along with a Christmas market in Rochester Castle Gardens over three weekends, would go ahead as planned.\n\nFollow BBC South East on Facebook, on X, and on Instagram. Send your story ideas to southeasttoday@bbc.co.uk.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Airstrikes are continuing in Gaza - where this plume of smoke was captured by satellite imaging technology Image caption: Airstrikes are continuing in Gaza - where this plume of smoke was captured by satellite imaging technology\n\nUpdates continue to arrive thick and fast - so if you're just joining us, or need a recap, here's what we've been reporting in the last few hours:\n\nWhole families killed in Israeli village: Details of a massacre - said by the Israel Defense Forces to have been committed by Hamas - were revealed today after reporters visited the village of Kfar Aza near the Gaza border. Soldiers say Hamas stormed in, burnt homes and killed entire families - including babies - with an Israeli officer describing how some had been beheaded.\n\nIsraeli anger at the military: The BBC's Jeremy Bowen provided some on-the-ground analysis from that same community, in which he described how \"the horror and rage of Israelis has been mixed with incredulity that the state and the military failed in its fundamental duty to protect its citizens\". He also said no-one imagined Hamas would be able to breach Israel's defences and kill so many people.\n\nBiden condemns \"blood-thirsty\" Hamas: At a White House press conference, US President Joe Biden said Hamas \"did not stand for the Palestinian people\" and accused it instead of using Palestinians \"as human shields\". He also pledged that the US \"has Israel's back\" and said he'll ensure it can defend itself.\n\nHamas confirms deaths of two officials: Zakaria Abu Muammar and Jawad Abu Shamal, members of the Hamas political bureau, have been confirmed dead by the Palestinian militant group. They are reported to have died after a raid in Khan Yunis early this morning.\n\nHeavy bombing of Gaza continues: The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) says it will continue to attack Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip. The latest death toll there is now more than 900, with reports of \"terrifying explosions\" from the BBC's Rushdi Abu Alouf. Meanwhile, the toll on the Israeli side is more than 1,000.", "A solitary door is all that remains of a building in Herat after the Saturday's quake\n\nRescuers are digging for survivors of a powerful earthquake that flattened whole villages in Afghanistan, killing more than 1,000 people.\n\nThe 6.3-magnitude quake struck Saturday morning in Herat province, a barren landscape dotted with mud brick homes.\n\nVillagers are still using shovels and bare hands to search for more than 500 people missing, the UN says.\n\nAid, delayed by blocked routes and communication lines being down, only started to trickle in on Monday.\n\nThere are fears the death toll could be much higher.\n\nThe quake hit Zindajan, a rural district some 40km (25 miles) from Herat city, where \"100% of homes are estimated to have been completely destroyed,\" according to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA).\n\nImages from the villages show entire houses, which were too fragile to withstand such a quake, reduced to rubble.\n\n\"We came home and saw there was nothing left. Everything had turned to mud,\" one resident Nek Mohammad told AFP news agency. \"We started to dig with shovels and whatever we had to rescue women and children from the rubble.\"\n\nThe Taliban government and aid agencies initially struggled to estimate the death toll, or how many remained missing. It's unlikely officials had population records for such remote villages.\n\nThe area is also home to communities displaced by war and drought, making it difficult for the local administration to know exactly how many people have been living there.\n\nCracked walls and a gaping hole in the ceiling of a house in Herat province\n\n\"From what the colleagues in the field tell us, survivors were terrified, hungry, and desperate for help,\" said Philippe Kropf, the head of communications for the World Food Programme (WFP). He stressed that a \"complete picture\" of the situation on the ground is still being formed.\n\nWarning that winter is only a month away, Mr Kropf told the BBC that the latest crisis comes at a time when 15 million people - a third of the population - already do not know where their next meal will come from. The WFP needs some $400m (£327m) in funding to deliver food to remote locations and help millions of the most vulnerable people, including widows and the disabled, to survive winter.\n\nIll-equipped hospitals have also been struggling to accommodate the injured, who now number more than 1,600. Many of them were sent to the Herat Regional Hospital, where teams from the medical charity Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) have been since Saturday.\n\n\"Fortunately, most of the patients arriving are non-emergency cases,\" says Prue Coakley, the acting country representative for MSF in Afghanistan. \"However, many of them do not have homes to return to, that is why many of them are remaining in the hospital while authorities look for alternative places for them to stay.\"\n\nShe added that a team focused on paediatric patients had been sent to the hospital in Herat. The UN says a majority of the quake survivors who are being treated are women and children, while doctors tell the BBC women and children also account for many of the dead.\n\nThe Taliban government has said quake survivors are in urgent need of food, drinking water, medicine, clothes and tents for shelter. Several aid agencies have dispatched help, including the Afghan Red Cross Society, MSF, WFP and Unicef. But the agencies say the cash-strapped country needs more aid.\n\nAfghanistan has been reeling from an economic crisis since the Taliban takeover in 2021, when aid given directly to the government was stopped.\n\nFew countries have pledged money since Saturday's quake. China's Red Cross Society has offered $200,000 (£164,220) in emergency cash aid, Chinese media reported.\n\nNeighbouring Pakistan has said it is in contact with Afghan officials and will \"extend all possible support to the recovery effort\".\n\nAfghanistan is frequently hit by earthquakes - especially in the Hindu Kush mountain range as it lies near the junction of the Eurasian and Indian tectonic plates.\n\nIn June last year, the province of Paktika was hit by a 5.9 magnitude quake which killed more than 1,000 people and left tens of thousands homeless.", "Entire villages were levelled after a 6.3-magnitude earthquake struck the province of Herat in Afghanistan on Saturday. Over 1,000 people were killed.\n\nThe UN says villagers continue to use shovels and bare hands to search for the more than 500 people who are still missing.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nSan Francisco police have shot and killed a man who crashed his car into the Chinese consulate on Monday.\n\nA police statement said the unidentified man was shot after officers arrived at the scene.\n\nFootage online showed a blue Honda car in the lobby and dozens of people fleeing the consulate building.\n\nA consulate statement condemned the incident, adding that it posed a \"serious threat\" to the safety of its staff and other people at the scene.\n\n\"We strongly condemn this violent attack and reserve the right to pursue responsibility for the incident,\" it added.\n\nChina's foreign ministry has accused the unidentified individual of breaking into the consulate to hurt people inside the office.\n\nThe consulate has since temporarily closed parts of its office and has lodged solemn representations - a phrase for expressing diplomatic discontent - to the US, urging authorities to ensure that the matter is properly dealt with.\n\nPolice said that an open and active investigation was under way but have not revealed much information.\n\n\"When officers arrived here on scene, they found the vehicle had come to rest inside the lobby of the Chinese consulate. Officers entered, made contact with the suspect and an officer-involved shooting occurred,\" said Kathryn Winters, a spokesperson for the San Francisco Police Department.\n\n\"The suspect was later pronounced deceased at the hospital,\" she added.\n\nShe said that the police were coordinating with officials from the US state department for the investigation, adding: \"There's very little information that we can give at this time.\"\n\nPolice say they are still trying to ascertain exactly how many people were in the office at the time of the incident.\n\nPictures from the consulate soon after the car was driven into the building, show a heavy police presence with the consulate building in the city's Japantown area cordoned off.\n\nQueue barriers and chairs lay toppled in the lobby, while other pieces of furniture were damaged.\n\nNo injuries have been reported from inside the consulate.\n\nSan Francisco will host the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation next month with Chinese President Xi Jinping expected to attend.", "People gather outside the Al-Shifa hospital in Gaza where transplant doctor Hammad was meant to be operating\n\nA British surgeon on a charity trip to Gaza has described how constant shelling from Israel forced him to cancel all his scheduled operations.\n\nAbdul Qadir Hammad was there with the Liverpool International Transplant Initiative, which helps people with no access to critical medical care.\n\nHe was due to perform surgery on Saturday - the same day Hamas militants launched a deadly attack in Israel.\n\nIsrael has launched air attacks on Gaza in retaliation.\n\nDoctor Hammad said there was no inkling of what was to come on Friday when he went to check on his patients at the Al-Shifa hospital - the largest public healthcare complex in the Gaza Strip.\n\nHe has been visiting Gaza for decades to help patients there.\n\nBut he said things took a sharp turn on Saturday, when he \"woke up to sounds of explosions the next morning.\"\n\n\"I immediately [contacted] the director of Al-Shifa hospital and asked if it was still safe to do the operations, who said yeah, I think it's okay,\" he said.\n\n\"But then within 20 minutes looking at the news, it was clear that this was not the case,\" he said, adding that they were forced to cancel all the scheduled operations.\n\nFearing for his safety, he made contact with the World Health Organisation and was told that it was not safe for him to remain in the hotel.\n\n\"There have been continuous airstrikes and shelling since then,\" he told the BBC's Newshour radio programme from a UN facility where he and about 20 other foreign nationals have been living since Sunday.\n\nShutting off electricity, food and water will be \"devastating for the civilian population and the hospitals,\" he said. \"It will cause a humanitarian disaster.\"\n\nWhile many human rights and aid organisations have criticised the Hamas militants' indiscriminate attack, they have also raised concerns about Israel choking vital food and energy supplies from entering Gaza.\n\n\"Kidney failure in any part of the world puts a lot of burden on the patient,\" Dr Hammad said, \"but in Gaza, in fact, it is life threatening. Kidney transplants are life-saving for these patients.\"\n\nHis own safety is also a concern, he said, adding that he's thinking about his family in the UK.\n\nA UN official told them that crossing into Israel would be difficult because of the conflict. The only safe way for them to leave Gaza is to arrange a safe passage to Egypt, but that will require complex negotiations and negotiations with the Israeli and Egyptian authorities, the official told them.\n\nWhile concerned, Dr Hammad said the facility he's in is relatively safe, supplied with electricity, food, water and even the internet.\n\nBut he is worried about the people out in Gaza without access to these things, and pointed out the irony of why he went to Gaza in the first place.\n\n\"When I come here, my aim is to save three, four, maybe five lives by doing kidney transplants. But it is easy to kill 2,000 people in two days,\" he said.\n\n\"Sometimes you say what's the point of doing all this.\"", "A British man serving with the Israeli military has been killed in an attack by Hamas militants, his family says.\n\nNathanel Young had been serving with the Israel Defense Forces when he was killed on the Gaza border on Saturday.\n\nThe 20-year-old's brother, Eliot Young, said Nathanel had been \"the life of the party\" and was \"loved by everyone\".\n\nTwo other British citizens - Jake Marlowe and Dan Darlington - are missing in Israel following Saturday's attacks by Palestinian militants.\n\nMr Young's brother Eliot said: \"Nathanel was full of life and the life of the party.\n\n\"He loved his family and friends and was loved by everyone.\"\n\nHe said Mr Young \"loved music and was a talented DJ\" and \"always had strong Jewish pride\".\n\nThe soldier was a \"bubbly guy who his four nieces loved playing with\", his brother added.\n\n\"When Nathanel could have taken his days off to sleep and re-energise, he instead found out where the family was, which wasn't always so close to him, and came to join us,\" his statement continued.\n\nIn a separate statement on Facebook, Mr Young's family said: \"We're heartbroken to share that our little brother Nathanel Young was tragically killed on the Gaza border yesterday.\"\n\nMr Young was a former pupil at JFS, a Jewish school in Kenton, north London, the British newspaper Jewish News reported.\n\nNathanel Young was a former pupil at JFS, a Jewish school in London\n\nLabour leader Sir Keir Starmer said his thoughts were with Mr Young's family, as well as \"all those whose families and communities have been touched by this terrible violence\".\n\n\"Labour stands firmly in support of Israel's right to defend itself, rescue hostages and protect its citizens,\" he said. \"The indiscriminate attacks from Hamas are unjustifiable and have set back the cause of peace.\"\n\nSir Keir added that \"we will all stand firm against any intimidation or harassment directed towards Jewish communities here in Britain\".\n\nMeanwhile, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said he had assured Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu of the UK's \"steadfast support as Israel defends itself\".\n\n\"We will do everything that we can to help. Terrorism will not prevail,\" he added.\n\nMr Sunak said the government was now working to establish the status of UK citizens in Israel, as he knows there will be \"families who are anxious about their loved ones\".\n\nEarlier, the Israeli Embassy in London confirmed London-born Mr Marlowe, 26, was missing and it was not known whether he had been taken hostage.\n\nMr Marlowe, who went to the same London school as Mr Young, was working as security staff at an outdoor party near the Gaza border when he disappeared on Saturday.\n\nHis mother told Jewish News that she had spoken to him as the attacks were taking place.\n\n\"Then, at about 5.30am, he texted to say, 'signal very bad, everything OK, will keep you updated I promise you,' and that he loves me,\" she said.\n\nShe told the paper he lived in Ma'alot, in northern Israel, having moved to the country permanently two years ago.\n\nThe family of Mr Darlington also confirmed he was missing, telling the BBC they had not spoken to him since Saturday morning.\n\nThe photographer is originally from the UK but lives in Berlin, Germany, and had been visiting friends in Israel.\n\nDavid Darlington, his father, said his son had been travelling with a German woman, and that his half-sister had last spoken to him on Saturday morning.\n\n\"The communications network is down and we haven't spoken to him for 24 hours,\" he said.\n\nSaturday's surprise attack by hundreds of gunmen from Hamas has killed more than 700 people in Israel, according to Israel's Defense Forces.\n\nHundreds of gunmen entered southern Israel, killing soldiers and civilians and taking into Gaza what the army said was a \"significant number\" of hostages.\n\nAttendees of the music event near Kibbutz Re'im, where Mr Marlowe was working, have spoken of how gunmen opened fire at revellers in the early hours.\n\nOne attendee, Gili Yoskovich, told the BBC that she hid under a tree in a field as gunmen roamed around, shooting anybody they found.\n\nThe UK's Foreign Office said it was \"in contact with - and assisting - the families of several individuals\" in Israel and the Palestinian territories.\n\nA spokesperson said they were aware of media reports regarding British nationals but would not discuss individual cases.\n\nAre you personally affected by the issues raised in this story? If it is safe to do so, please get in touch by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.\n• None 'They were going tree by tree and shooting' - Israeli partygoer", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. BBC's Jeremy Bowen reports from Kfar Aza, where Hamas militants killed whole families\n\nWarning: This article contains details that some readers may find disturbing\n\nKibbutz Kfar Aza is a microcosm of the first few days of this war, and also a glimpse of what might come next.\n\nUntil Tuesday morning, fighting was still going on in the kibbutz, which is one of the Israeli communities along the border with Gaza. That's why only now are they collecting the bodies of its Israeli residents who were killed when Hamas broke through the border wire from Gaza early on Saturday morning.\n\nSoldiers who spent much of the day in the ruins recovering bodies of civilians said that there had been a massacre. It seems likely that much of the killing happened in the first hours of the assault on Saturday.\n\nThe Israeli army, caught off guard, took 12 hours to get to the kibbutz, said Davidi Ben Zion, the deputy commander of Unit 71, an experienced team of paratroopers who led the assault.\n\n\"Thank God we saved many lives of many parents and children,\" he said. \"Unfortunately, some were burned by Molotov [cocktails]. They are very aggressive, like animals.\"\n\nMr Ben Zion said Hamas gunmen who killed families, including babies, were \"just a jihad machine to kill everybody, [people] without weapons, without nothing, just normal citizens that want to take their breakfast and that's all.\"\n\nSome of the victims, he said, were decapitated.\n\n\"They killed them and cut some of their heads, it's a dreadful thing to see… and we must remember who is the enemy, and what our mission is, [for] justice where there is a right side and all the world needs to be behind us.\"\n\nAnother officer pointed to a bloodied purple sleeping bag. A swollen toe poked out. He said the woman underneath had been killed and decapitated in her front garden. I did not ask the officer to move the sleeping bag to inspect her body. A few yards away was the blackened, swollen corpse of a dead Hamas gunman.\n\nKibbutz Kfar Aza adds to the considerable evidence that is accumulating of war crimes by Hamas gunmen. Like their Israeli neighbours, the community was taken by surprise.\n\nHomes in the kibbutz have been completely destroyed\n\nIts first line of defence was the kibbutz guard, residents with military experience who patrolled the perimeter. They were killed fighting the attackers.\n\nTheir bodies were removed this morning from their positions in the centre of the kibbutz, and like the other Israeli dead, wrapped in black plastic, carried in stretchers to a parking area and laid in a line waiting to be recovered.\n\nThe residents of the Israeli border communities expected periodic rocket attacks after Hamas seized control of Gaza in 2007. They accepted the danger as the price of country life in a tight knit community which still had traces of the pioneer spirit of early Zionist settlements.\n\nResidents of Kfar Aza, and the other Israeli communities along the Gaza wire, enjoyed a good quality of life, despite the threat from Hamas rockets. In the houses, lawns and open areas of the kibbutz, a concrete shelter was never more than a dash away.\n\nAll the houses had reinforced safe rooms. They also had outside terraces, barbeques, swings for the children and fresh air.\n\nBut no-one - here in Kfar Aza or elsewhere in Israel - imagined Hamas would be able to breach Israel's defences and kill so many people.\n\nThe horror and rage of Israelis has been mixed with incredulity that the state and the military failed in its fundamental duty to protect its citizens.\n\nThe bodies of dead Hamas gunmen who killed so many of them have been left rotting in the sun, lying uncovered where they were killed in bushes and ditches and the broad lawns of the kibbutz.\n\nNear their bodies are the motorcycles they used to storm into the kibbutz after they broke through the border wire. The wreckage of a paraglider, used to fly over Israel's defences, is there too, pushed off a path on to a flower bed.\n\nAn Israeli soldier told the BBC that some of the dead had been beheaded\n\nThe next common experience with other border settlements was that it took a fierce fight for the Israelis to recapture Kfar Aza.\n\nAs we approached the kibbutz entrance this morning, hundreds of Israeli combat soldiers were still deployed along its perimeter. We could hear their radio traffic.\n\nA commander was giving the order to open fire at a building on the Gaza side. Almost immediately bursts of fire from automatic weapons started, directed across the border into Gaza.\n\nThe deep thud of airstrikes echoed continually out of Gaza while we were in Kfar Aza.\n\nIsrael is suffering a collective trauma after the killing of so many of their fellow citizens on Saturday.\n\nBut in Gaza, hundreds of civilians are also being killed. International humanitarian law states clearly that all combatants must protect the lives of civilians.\n\nIt is clear that the killing of hundreds of civilians by the Hamas attackers is grave violation of the laws of war. Israelis reject any comparison between the way Hamas kills civilians and the way Palestinian civilians die in their air strikes.\n\nMajor General Itai Veruv, who was about to retire when he led the fight to take back the kibbutz, insisted that Israel was respecting its obligations under the laws of war.\n\n\"I'm sure we fight for our values and culture… we will be very aggressive and very strong but we keep our moral values. We are Israeli, we are Jewish.\"\n\nHe denied strongly that they had suspended their obligations under the laws of war. It is certain though that as more Palestinian civilians die, Israel will face stronger and stronger criticism.\n\nIsraeli soldiers are still keeping watch on the perimeter of the settlement\n\nThat is part of the glimpse of the future afforded by Kfar Aza. So is the attitude of a soldier I spoke to, who didn't want to give his name. Like so many other Israelis, the experience of the first few days of this war, and what he has seen, hardened his resolve to fight.\n\nWhen they arrived, he said it was \"chaos, terrorists everywhere.\"\n\nHow difficult, I asked, was the fighting?\n\nHave you ever had to do anything like this before as a soldier?\n\n\"I don't know, I do what they tell me to do. I hope we will go inside.\"\n\nInto Gaza? That would be tough fighting.\n\n\"Yes. We're ready for it.\"\n\nIsraeli soldiers say there were Hamas fighters everywhere when they arrived\n\nThe soldiers were mostly from reserve units. Historically, military service was considered a vital part of nation-building, uniting a country that can be fractious.\n\nDavidi Ben Zion, the officer who led the first wave into the fight for the kibbutz and saw the carnage left by Hamas, acknowledged Israelis had deep political divisions - but insisted they were united now that they were under attack.\n\nA strong smell of decomposing flesh hung in the hot autumn sun of the Mediterranean. Soldiers removing the bodies walked carefully through the ruins of houses, wary of unexploded ordnance, that might also be boobytrapped. A grenade lay on a garden path.\n\nAs they worked to recover the bodies, from time to time alerts for Hamas rocket fire made them take cover.\n\nAfter we left Kfar Aza there were more alerts.", "Amiram Cooper, Guy Gilboa-Dalal and Tsachi Idan are being held in Gaza\n\nIsrael says 132 people remain unaccounted for after they were abducted and taken to Gaza during the October 7 attacks by Hamas.\n\nAn estimated 240 people were taken prisoner, but 105 were later released by Hamas during a six-day ceasefire at the end of November.\n\nThe Israeli military said it mistakenly killed three hostages in northern Gaza who had escaped from their captors and expressed \"deep remorse\" over the incident.\n\nOf the 132 still unaccounted for, Israel says that 20 of them are believed to be dead.\n\nThese are the stories of those hostages who are still being held, which have either been confirmed by the BBC or credibly reported.\n\nThis list is regularly updated and names may change, as some people feared kidnapped are confirmed to have been killed or released.\n\nLast updated on 19 December 2023 at 10:33 GMT\n\nYagev Kirsht, 34, was taken from his home in Kibbutz Nirim, alongside his wife, Rimon Buchstab Kirsht. She has now been released.\n\nAlexander Trupanov, was taken hostage with his mother Lena Trupanov, 50, his partner Sapir Cohen, 29, and his grandmother Irina Tati, 73. All were abducted from Kibbutz Nir Oz as they spent the Sabbath together, according to a statement by Canada's Raoul Wallenburg Center for Human Rights. Irina and Lena were released on Wednesday 29 November and Sapir was freed the next day.\n\nAriel Cunio, his girlfriend Arbel Yahud and her brother Dolev are also thought to have been abducted in the same attack on Nir Oz. Eitan Cunio, Ariel's brother who escaped Hamas, told the Jewish Chronicle that his last message from Ariel said: \"We are in a horror movie.\"\n\nDavid Cunio, 33, another of Ariel's brothers, was also kidnapped from Nir Oz, family say. David's wife Sharon Aloni Cunio and their three-year-old twin daughters Ema and Yuly were released on 27 November. Sharon's sister Daniele Aloni, and her six-year-old daughter Emilia were both released on 24 November.\n\nDoron Steinbrecher, 30, a veterinary nurse, was in her apartment in Kibbutz Kfar Aza when Hamas attacked, the Times of Israel reported. At 10:30 on 7 October, the newspaper said, she sent a voice message to friends: \"They've arrived, they have me.\"\n\nItzhak Gelerenter, 53, was taken from the Supernova festival. His family said the IDF found his phone was located in Gaza, the Times of Israel reported. His daughter Pivko told the paper: \"I'm trying to think good thoughts, I have a powerful, smart, resourceful father.\"\n\nDoron Steinbrecher sent a voice message to friends during Hamas' attack\n\nNaama Levy, 19, was filmed being bundled into a jeep, her hands tied behind her back. The footage was released by Hamas and circulated widely on social media. According to her mother, the teenager had just begun her military service.\n\nYousef Zyadna, a 53-year-old Bedouin dairy farmer, was abducted from Kibbutz Holit and taken to Gaza along with his sons Hamza, 22, and Bilal, 18, and his daughter, Aisha, 16. Aisha and Bilal were released on Thursday 30 November.\n\nElad Katzir, 47, was abducted from Nir Oz with his mother Hanna. Hanna has now been released.\n\nOhad Ben Ami, 55, was kidnapped from Be'eri with his wife, Raz. She was released by Hamas on 29 November.\n\nTwin brothers Gali and Ziv Berman, 26, were taken from Kfar Aza. Ziv was messaging a friend as the attack happened. Their family said the IDF has told them the brothers are being held in Gaza. Their brother Liran told CBN news the pair had \"twin power\" and were the centre of attention wherever they went.\n\nIraq-born Shlomo Mansour, 85, was taken captive from Kibbutz Kissufim, where he lived and worked as a chicken coop manager. His wife, Mazal, managed to escape.\n\nMichel Nisenbaum, 59, is a dual Brazilian-Israeli citizen who has lived in Israel for 45 years and works as a computer technician, his family told Brazilian media. They also say he is diabetic and has Crohn's disease. On 7 October, they say, someone claiming to be from Hamas answered his phone when they tried to call him.\n\nDaniela Gilboa, 19, sent messages saying that Kibbutz Nahal Oz, where she was staying, was under attack and asked her mother to pray for her. Her boyfriend, Roy Dadon, told the Economist 1843 magazine that he believes he saw a glimpse of her in a video showing three girls being driven away in the back of an SUV.\n\nItay Chen, 19, a dual US-Israeli citizen and IDF solider, was on active duty with a tank unit on 7 October, according to the Times of Israel. The paper reported that his family was notified by the IDF that he is officially considered missing in action and probably being held hostage. Another soldier in his unit, Matan Angrest, 21, is also presumed to be in Gaza.\n\nYosi Sharabi, 51, was taken from Be'eri with his brother, Eli Sharabi, 55. Eli's wife and two daughters were murdered in the attack. Ofir Engel, the boyfriend of Yosi's daughter, Yuval, was also taken, but released on 29 November.\n\nAgam Berger, 19, was kidnapped from Nahal Oz. She was seen being taken away in videos released by Hamas.\n\nEdan Alexander, 19, is an Israeli-US citizen who volunteered to join the Israeli army. He was serving near the Gaza border at the time of Hamas's attack. Edan's family said they had been told by Israeli officials that he had been taken to Gaza as a hostage.\n\nKaid Farhan Elkadi, 53, lives with his family south of Rahat and worked as a security guard, according to Israeli media. Reports said his family believes he was kidnapped and taken to Gaza, based on images shared by Hamas.\n\nIlana Gritzewsky and Matan Zanguaker were captured near the Gaza border, family say\n\nMatan Zanguaker, 24, was taken with his partner Ilana Gritzewsky, 30, from Nir Oz, according to Ilana's father. Ilana, a Mexican national, was released on Thursday 30 November.\n\nThe family of Eitan and Yair Horn believe they were taken from Nir Oz kibbutz\n\nEitan Horn, 37, and his brother Yair, 45, both Argentinian citizens, were also in Nir Oz at the time of the attack. Their father Itzik said he believes they were kidnapped. Yair is a construction worker while Eitan works in education.\n\nItai Svirsky, 38, is thought to have been abducted when his elderly parents were killed in Be'eri. He had been visiting them for the holiday of Simhat Torah.\n\nKeith Seigel, 64, and his wife Adrienne - often known as Aviva - Seigel, 62, were taken from their home in Kfar Aza, Keith's brother Lee Seigel told the BBC. Adrienne was released on 26 November.\n\nOmri Miran, 46, lived in Nahal Oz with his wife and two daughters. Omri was led away by Hamas with his hands tied, his wife Lishay told the Guardian newspaper. She told him not to be a hero, urging: \"Do whatever they want because I want you back.\"\n\nBipin Joshi, 23, a Nepalese student, is believed to have been taken from Kibbutz Alumim. Nepalese newspaper Setopati says he was one of 49 university students studying agriculture in Israel. It says 10 students were killed in the attack.\n\nIlan Weiss, 58, went missing from Kibbutz Be'eri after he was last seen leaving the house to defend the community. On 25 November, his wife Shiri Weiss, 53, and their daughter, Noga, 18, were freed from captivity in a hostage deal.\n\nAmiram Cooper, 85, and his wife Nurit, 80, were taken from their home in Nir Oz, their daughter-in-law Noa told the BBC. The family last spoke to the couple during the Hamas attack, Noa said, when the couple were in their safe room. The family later traced Amiram's phone to Gaza. On Monday 23 October, Nurit was one of two women to be released.\n\nAmiram and Nurit Cooper, pictured with their granddaughter, Gali\n\nOded Lifshitz, 83, and his wife Yocheved, 85 were taken hostage from Nir Oz. On Monday 23 October, Yocheved was one of two elderly women to be freed. After hearing the news of her mother's release, their daughter Sharone - a London-based artist - said: \"While I cannot put into words the relief that she is now safe, I will remain focused on securing the release of my father and all those - some 200 innocent people - who remain hostages in Gaza.\"\n\nHaim Peri, 79, was taken from his home in Nir Oz, reports the Times of Israel, and freed hostage Yocheved Lifshitz said she saw that he was alive and well. His son Lior Peri told Talk TV that Haim had locked his wife inside the safe room before giving himself up to kidnappers.\n\nAvraham Munder, 78, was kidnapped from Nir Oz, Israeli officials say. His wife Ruthi, daughter and grandson have since been released.\n\nOmer Neutra, a 22-year-old Israeli-American and grandson of Holocaust survivors, put off plans to go to college in the US to study in Israel, and eventually joined the IDF. He was serving as a tank commander near Gaza when Hamas attacked. Omer's parents say they were told by the Israeli embassy that he had been kidnapped.\n\nRon Benjamin's vehicle was found empty following the attacks\n\nRon Benjamin, 53, had been taking part in a group cycle ride near the Gaza border when the Hamas attack began and he decided to drive home, his family told Israeli media. Days later, his vehicle was found empty and his family believe he was kidnapped.\n\nLouis Har, 70, is believed to have been taken from Nir Yitzhak. His partner Clara Marman was released on 28 November along with her sister Gabriela Leimberg, 59, and Gabriela's daughter Mia Leimberg,17. Clara and Gabriela's brother Fernando Simon Marman, 60, also remains in captivity.\n\nJudith Weinstein Haggai, 70, and her husband, Gad Haggai, 73, also went missing from Nir Oz after the Hamas attack. Ten days later, the Israeli military confirmed to the family they had been taken hostage, CTV News in Canada reported.\n\nAlex Danzig, 75, a scholar and historian of the Holocaust, was at his home in Nir Oz, when it was attacked by Hamas. \"We know for sure he was kidnapped,\" his son Mati told the BBC. Alex - whose older sister Edith is a Holocaust survivor - has spent the last 30 years working for Yad Vashem, Israel's Holocaust remembrance centre. His disappearance has triggered a campaign for his release, both in Israel and in Poland, the country of his birth.\n\nAlex Danzig has spent decades educating people about the Holocaust\n\nItzhk Elgarat, 68, was kidnapped at the same time as Alex Danzig, his brother Danny Elgert told Israel's Kan 11 TV station, adding that he had tracked his brother's phone to the border with Gaza.\n\nGadi Moses, 79, was also abducted during the same attack on Nir Oz, according to relatives and the Israeli aid agency where he worked as an agricultural expert. Efrat Katz, his partner, was initially thought to have been captured as well, but she was later found dead, the Times of Israel reported. Efrat was the mother of Doron Asher, who was taken hostage and later released with her two daughters. Ravid Katz, 51, Doron Asher's brother, was originally thought to have been taken hostage from Nir Oz, but on 28 November his family confirmed that he had been killed on 7 October.\n\nYair Yaakov, 59, is listed among the hostages. His partner Meirav Tal, 53, was released on 28 November. Yair's children Yagil, 13, and Or, 16, were released on 27 November.\n\nYair Yaakov was pictured being held captive by a gunman in a video shared online\n\nNimrod Cohen, 19, had studied software engineering in high school, according to reports. After he was kidnapped, his father was invited to meet Pope Francis in Rome along with other hostages' families.\n\nTsachi Idan, 51, was last seen by his wife, Gali, as he was taken away by Hamas gunmen. Their family had been ambushed in their safe room in Nahal Oz. Their ordeal was live-streamed by Hamas. Their eldest child, Maayan - who had just turned 18 - was shot dead, Gali told the BBC.\n\nTsachi Idan was ambushed with his wife and children and then led away\n\nYarden Bibas, 34, was abducted from Nir Oz. His wife, Shiri, and their two young children, Ariel and Kfir, were also taken hostage, but on 29 November, Hamas claimed they had been killed in an Israeli air strike while in captivity. The Israeli government has said it is checking the claim.\n\nRonen Engel, 54, was taken from Kibbutz Nir Oz along with his wife, Karina Engelbert, 51, and their two daughters, Mika, 18 and Yuval, 11. On 1 December, the organisation representing the families said he had been murdered. Karina, Mika and Yuval were released on 27 November.\n\nKarina Ariev, a 19-year-old soldier, was serving at an army base near Gaza when she was kidnapped. Her sister Alexandra told the BBC she heard shooting as Karina called her during the attack, and later saw a video showing Karina being taken away in a vehicle.\n\nKarina Ariev was at the Nahal Oz military base, which was among the first to be attacked\n\nOfer Kalderon, 53, was taken by Hamas from Nir Oz. On 27 November his two children, Erez, 12, and Sahar, 16, were released. Two other relatives, 80-year-old Carmela Dan and her granddaughter, Noya, 12, were also believed to have been taken, but Israeli authorities later announced they had been found dead.\n\nYoram Metzger, 80, was a resident of Nir Oz. He has diabetes and broke his hip six months ago, his daughter-in-law said. Yoram's wife Tamar was released on 28 November.\n\nNadav Popplewell, 51, and his mother Channah were taken hostage by Hamas, said Channah's daughter Ayelet Svatitzky, who was speaking to them on the phone when the gunmen burst in. She said the captors sent pictures of her two relatives, who both have diabetes, with armed men in the background. Channah has now been released.\n\nOmri Miran, 46, was abducted after his family opened the door to their secure shelter to an Israeli child, who said he would be killed otherwise. Omri's wife, Lishay Lavi, said she saw him being taken away in handcuffs with three other hostages from Nahal Oz.\n\nLiri Elbag, 18, had just started military training as an Army lookout near the Gaza border when Hamas attacked, her father Eli told the Associated Press. Eli said he saw her in a video circulated later by Hamas, crowded with others on the back of a military truck which had been seized by the gunmen.\n\nLior Rudaeff, 61, was taken from Nir Yitzhak during the attack. His family have heard nothing from him since then.\n\nA number of people are believed to have been abducted from the Supernova music festival in southern Israel. Among them:\n\nShlomi Ziv, 40, was part of the security detail at the festival and was initially in contact with his sisters as the attack unfolded, according to an interview with The Times of Israel. A few weeks later the family learned he was officially considered to be a hostage, the report says.\n\nAlexander Lobanov, 32, is a Russian-Israeli citizen who was kidnapped at the festival.\n\nOri Danino, 25, is reported to have got away from the festival in his car, but it's believed he was captured after turning back in an attempt to save some people he had met there.\n\nAlmog Sarusi, 26, was kidnapped from the music festival and his partner Shahar Gindi was killed, according to Israeli media. Almog's father, Yigal, was among the relatives of hostages who met with Israel's prime minister in October.\n\nOmer Shem Tov, 21, called his parents as he was running away from gunfire and managed to get into a friend's car. His parents, Shelly and Malki Shem Tov, told Israeli media they lost contact with their son and the live location on his phone showed he was beyond the border in Gaza.\n\nIdan Shtivi, 28, an environmental sciences student, was attending the festival to take pictures at music and yoga workshops being held by friends. He escaped the site in his car but was attacked by Hamas along the route. The bodies of two of his passengers were found, and his family told the Jerusalem Post they suspect he was kidnapped.\n\nYosef Ohana, 24, had been at the festival with a friend, who told his mother he and Yosef had remained to help people escape the gunfire before running themselves. Yosef was last seen hiding under a car, and Israeli authorities have visited his mother to say he was kidnapped.\n\nAndrei Kozlov, 27, a Russian who moved to Israel in 2022, is missing from the Supernova festival, where he was working as a security guard. His mother told the De Taly publication the family was told by the IDF on October 26 that he was being held hostage.\n\nElyakim Libman, 23, was working as a security guard at the festival. In a Facebook post his father Eliyahu Libman said another guard told him his son had helped rescue others before trying to escape. He was last seen trying to help two badly-injured women.\n\nNoa Argamani, a Chinese-born Israeli citizen, was also kidnapped from the festival. Video footage - verified by her father Yaakov Argamani to Israel's Channel 12 - shows the 25-year-old being taken away on the back of a motorbike screaming, \"Don't kill me!\" Her boyfriend Avinatan Or, 30, also appears in the video being marched away from her by Hamas, the Times of Israel reported.\n\nEden Yerushalmi's family say they were told she had been taken hostage\n\nEden Yerushalmi, 24, called her family during Hamas's attack on the festival, her sister May told CBS News. The family say they were subsequently informed by the IDF that Eden had been abducted.\n\nChanan Yablonka, 42, is a father-of-two from Tel Aviv. According to reports, he attended the festival with friends and was due to celebrate his birthday a few days after the attacks.\n\nJonathan Samerano, 21, has been missing since 7am on the morning of the festival. His family have been told to presume he is being held in Gaza, Israeli media reported.\n\nGuy Gilboa-Dalal was filmed in captivity in Gaza, his family say\n\nGuy Gilboa-Dalal, 22, attended the festival with his brother. Guy appears in a hostage video that his family say confirms he is in Gaza.\n\nUriel Baruch, 35, was injured during the attack on the festival, his wife said on Facebook. Reports in Israeli media say his mother, Naomi, has heard from the IDF that he is a hostage.\n\nMaxim Kharkin's mother described speaking to him on the morning of 7 October\n\nMaxim Kharkin is aged 35 and a Russian speaker, his mother told Russian media. She added that he had called her at 07:00 on the morning of the attack.\n\nElkana Bohbot was seen in a video posted by Hamas\n\nElkana Bohbot, 34, had gone to the party with friends and, before losing contact, he spoke to his wife and mother telling them he was helping to evacuate the wounded, the Times of Israel reported. Hours later, his family found a video of him posted online by Hamas, which has been seen by BBC Verify.\n\nRom Braslavski, 19, was working on security for the festival. According to an account published by Hostages and Missing Families Forum, he was trying to rescue an injured person in the attack when he was caught in a volley of fire. He has not been heard from since.\n\nOmer Wenkert, 22, a restaurant manager, sent a message to his family to say he was going to a safe shelter but then lost contact, his father Shai Wenkert told the BBC's Today Programme. Shai Wenkert said he had seen footage of his son in captivity, including a photo of him handcuffed and wearing only underwear.\n\nEvyatar David's family say they were sent a video of him in captivity\n\nEvyatar David, 23, was at the festival and on the morning of the attacks, described fleeing from gunfire before losing contact with the outside world, his brother says. Later, his family say, Evyatar's sister posted on Instagram appealing for information about his whereabouts. She then received a text from an unknown number, which contained video footage of Evyatar handcuffed on the floor of a dark room. According to Israel's foreign ministry he is being held captive by Hamas in Gaza.\n\nEitan Mor, 23, lives in Jerusalem, and was working as a security guard at the festival, the Times of Israel said. He reportedly texted his uncle after Hamas arrived and was last seen with a friend bringing others to safety.\n\nAlon Ohel, 22, a Serbian citizen, took refuge in a shelter after the festival came under attack, his family say. They have seen footage of him being dragged away after a grenade attack.\n\nAlmog Meir Jan, 21, tried to flee the festival. He and a friend made it to the friend's car but only managed to drive a short distance before being forced to stop. Almog's family say they have seen a hostage video in which he appears.\n\nInbar Heiman, a student aged 21, was seen by two young Israeli men being taken away from the festival on a motorcycle. Hamas have released a video in which she is seen very briefly.\n\nHersh Goldberg-Polin, 23, a dual US-Israeli citizen, was badly injured in the attack, his family told the BBC. Eyewitness accounts say he was seen being forced onto a white pick-up truck - the last-known signal from his phone came from just inside Gaza.\n\nSegev Kalfon, 26, was running away from the festival, across the highway, when he was captured by Hamas, according to the Hostages and Missing Families Forum.\n\nOrión Hernández Radoux, 30, from Mexico, attended the festival with his girlfriend, Shani Louk. He has not been seen since. The Sun newspaper says it has seen threatening messages written in Arabic sent from his phone. Shani, a tourist from Germany, was initially thought to be among those seized. But on 30 October, her mother Ricarda told German media that the family had been informed by Israeli military of her death following DNA identification.\n\nRomi Lesham Gonen, 23, was on the phone to her mother as she tried to escape from the Supernova festival. Merav Leshem Gonan has recounted a conversation in which her daughter begged for help after being shot. ABC News reports that Romi's phone is now in Gaza.\n\nBar Kuperstein, 21, last spoke to his family early on the morning of 7 October, as the attack unfolded. Later the same day, his family say they identified him in a video of Israeli prisoners, posted by Hamas. Since then, they say they have had no further information.\n\nEliya Cohen, 26, was hiding with his girlfriend Ziv from the attack, when Ziv felt him being pulled up and driven away by the gunmen, Eliya's mother has told the video initiative #BringThemHomeNow. The family then found a photo of Eliya in Gaza, the Times of Israel reported.\n\nAmit Buskila, 28, from Ashdod, was last heard of making a call to her uncle, Shimon, as Hamas overran the festival. Her family say they have now been told by the government that she is being held in Gaza.\n\nCarmel Gat, 39, is Jordan's sister-in-law, and also was seen by her father being taken by gunmen from Kibbutz Be'eri, Haaretz newspaper reported. She has not been heard from since.\n\nOhad Yahalomi, 49, was abducted from Nir Oz, along with his 12-year-old son, Eitan, who was released during the November ceasefire.\n\nDror Or, 48, was seen by a neighbour being dragged out of his home in Be'eri, according to their nephew Emmanuel Besorai, along with his son and daughter. On Saturday 25 November Dror's son Noam, 17, and daughter Alma, 13, were released from captivity. The body of Yonat, 50 - Dror's wife and the children's mother - was identified among the 120 people murdered at the kibbutz, Yonat's brother told the Guardian newspaper.\n\nTal Shoham, 38, was taken from Kibbutz Be'eri. His wife Adi, also 38, her mother Dr Shoshan Haran, 67, were released by Hamas on 25 November, along with the couple's children Nave, eight, and Yahel, three. Dr Haran's husband, Avshalom - an economist and dual German/Israeli citizen - was killed on 7 October.\n\nTamir Adar, 38, who defended Nir Oz as part of the kibbutz's emergency squad, was taken to Gaza, the Times of Israel reported.\n\nSagui Dekel-Chen, 35, an American-Israeli citizen, has been missing since Hamas's attack on Nir Oz, his father Jonathan told the BBC. He said his son was not found among the dead and the \"only reasonable explanation\" is that he was taken to Gaza.\n\nSagui Dekel-Chen's father has not heard from him since Hamas attacked the kibbutz where he lived\n\nThailand's ambassador to Israel says 26 of its citizens were taken hostage, 23 of whom have now been released.\n\nThose still being held are believed to include Watchara Sriuan, 32. His mother, Viewwaew, told the Thaiger news site that the family had been informed he was being held captive.\n\nKiattisak \"Top\" Patee and a Mr Pongtorn (no first name given) have also been named by the Thai foreign ministry as hostages.\n\nA number of other people thought to have been held hostage are now confirmed to have died, either during the 7 October attack or while in captivity.\n\nAs well as Ron Scherman and Nik Beizer, four bodies were identified this week. They were Tal Chaimi, an Israeli-Romanian citizen aged 41, and Joshua Mollel, a 19-year-old Tanzanian student. Also, 27-year-old Eden Zecharya, who was kidnapped from the Nova music festival, and 36-year-old Ziv Dado, who had already been declared dead by the Israeli military.\n\nOthers known to have died include Dror Kaplun, 68, Aviv Atzili, 49, Arye Zalmanovich, 85, Ronen Engel, 54, Maya Goren, 56, Guy Iluz, 26, Ofir Tzarfati, 27, Ofra Keider, 70, and Eliyahu Margalit, 75.\n\nThe bodies of 19-year-old soldier, Noa Marciano, and 65-year-old Yehudit Weiss were found by Israeli troops in buildings close to Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City.\n\nOn Saturday 9 December Kibbutz Bari announced that Sahar Baruch, 25, had been killed in Gaza.\n\nOther hostages whose death has been reported, but not confirmed include Shiri Bibas, 32, and her two young children, Ariel and Kfir.\n\nAre you personally affected by the issues raised in this story? If it is safe to do so, please get in touch by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "As Labour arrives in Liverpool for what could be its final conference before a general election, leader Sir Keir Starmer is grappling with how to convert a commanding poll lead into power.\n\n\"One of the most ambitious politicians I have ever met.\"\n\nThat was the verdict on Keir Starmer, before he had even been elected as an MP, by the veteran political journalist Michael Crick, quoted in a biography of the Labour leader by Lord Ashcroft.\n\nThe man who might be prime minister, who first arrived in the Commons in 2015 aged 52, is obsessed with winning.\n\nThose who know him well say he detests opposition.\n\n\"I want to get on with the real job of winning the next election. I don't find the self-promotion of this process a comfortable experience.\"\n\nThat's another quote - this time from Keir Starmer himself - in Lord Ashcroft's biography, Red Knight.\n\nIt's a remark the Labour leader gave to his local paper in London, the Hampstead and Highgate Express, again before he became an MP.\n\n\"He's forced himself to get good at politics,\" observes a friend.\n\nBut the big question this weekend is this: what would be good politics for Labour at their party conference, getting under way in Liverpool?\n\nA recent poll conducted by the communications company FGS Global suggested there was much more enthusiasm for getting rid of the Conservatives than there was for having Labour instead.\n\nThis implies there may be more uncertainty in the political landscape than some polls might suggest.\n\nThe Labour leadership know they still have work to do to answer the question \"if not them - the Conservatives - why us?\".\n\nNonetheless, the party arrives on Merseyside chipper: the scale of their victory in the Rutherglen and West Hamilton by election, just outside Glasgow, allows Labour folk to dream winning the next election really might be doable.\n\nA year ago, the Labour conference felt revelatory. The place swarmed with expectation and there weren't any punch ups in the corner.\n\nThere was a harmony about the place, which felt novel.\n\nBut people will expect a professional, potential government-in-waiting vibe over the next few days.\n\nThat won't be enough to generate buzz and attention. But how much buzz and attention do they need?\n\n\"Let's Get Britain's Future Back,\" is the slogan that will be bandied about. Expect doses of reassurance and hope.\n\nReassurance that they can trusted with the economy - with a commitment to prioritising economic growth running though lots of the big speeches.\n\nAnd hope they can make things better, with talk of housebuilding and cheaper, cleaner energy. But how much detail should they offer in terms of policy and ideas?\n\nThe general election must be held by January 2025. But the precise date will be chosen by Rishi Sunak. So how does Labour get its countdown right, to a date it doesn't know?\n\n\"If Labour are the smallest possible moving target, Labour wins,\" is one argument made to me.\n\nPerhaps, some think, they have too many policies.\n\nThe Australian Labor Party's own review of its general election loss in 2019, despite opinion poll leads, blamed having too many policies as a significant factor.\n\nIts then leader, Bill Shorten, had been dubbed by opponents \"The Bill Australia Cannot Afford\".\n\nA sense of vision is more important, for some.\n\n\"Vision is the road, policies are the street lights. At the moment there is plenty of light, but not enough road,\" I'm told.\n\nBut others, equally hopeful of a Labour victory, aren't so sure.\n\nAs one put it to me: \"It's only ever politicians who are told they have to have a vision. If someone came up to you in the street and said they had a vision, you'd be worried. Why do politicians need to do it?\"\n\n\"Keir's great skill is being iterative, putting down another building block,\" they add.\n\nThe suggestion being that rather than a single, big thing being unveiled in the next few days, the plan will be about building a set of ideas that add up to something.\n\nAnd how should Labour respond to the prime minister's policy blitz: ditching the northern stretch of the HS2 high speed rail line, banning smoking for the next generation, changing post-16 education in England?\n\nThere is fury at senior levels of the Labour Party at what one source described as Rishi Sunak \"salting the earth for a Labour government. They are getting spending in the future off the books so they can spend the money now.\"\n\nBut if Labour accepts, even reluctantly, what Mr Sunak is advocating - as they have over HS2 - doesn't it leave the party looking weak?\n\n\"If your opponent wants you to do something, don't do it,\" says a source, explaining their strategy.\n\n\"They want us to be outraged, so clear water between us is created and they can point at all our extra spending.\"\n\nPlus, they argue, reversing the cancellation of HS2 or some of the delayed green targets wouldn't be practical or promote stability.\n\nBut this does allow the Conservatives to portray Labour as callow, even empty.\n\nThe key, says one Labour grandee, is to ensure policy development is being turbo-charged in private.\n\nOne figure told me recently they felt underwhelmed by what the party currently has in its policy locker.\n\n\"The most intense period for me intellectually, in all my time in parliament, were the three years before 1997,\" a former minister says, describing the \"intensely granular detail\" that was gone into, to prepare themselves for government.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Keir Starmer says disaffected voters can now see how the Labour Party has changed\n\nThis figure suggests leaving announcements about these ideas until early next year, by which time the Conservatives may have run out of time to nick them and implement them before polling day.\n\nThey all need a ferocity and a hunger, not just a few close to the leader, says another figure, willing them on.\n\nDevelop policy. Announce policy. Don't announce policy yet. Ditch policy. Show vision. No, there's no need.\n\nThere are plenty of suggestions being made. All of which serves to prove an observation Keir Starmer has made publicly: as leader of the opposition, you're never short on advice.\n\nAnd so is assembling an electable opposition.", "Chris Martin is named in court documents alongside his bandmates Jonny Buckland and Will Champion\n\nColdplay and their former manager have filed competing claims in London's High Court, with each party seeking millions of pounds from the other.\n\nDave Holmes, who worked with the band from 2005 to 2022, sued them in August for £10 million in unpaid commission.\n\nIn a counter-claim, the group rejected his claim and said Holmes had allowed tour costs to spiral out of control, and demanded £14 million in damages.\n\nThe case could come to court if the parties do not settle.\n\nHolmes' original court case claimed that Coldplay owed him commission for two as-yet-unreleased albums.\n\nAccording to his lawyers, the band were paid an advance of £35 million for their 10th album and £30 million for their 11th and 12th albums.\n\nHolmes maintains that he helped to organise recording sessions, clear samples and liaised with producer Max Martin before the band decided not to renew his contract last year.\n\nHe is asking the High Court to declare that a contract covering the tenth and eleventh albums is valid, and to order payment.\n\nFor the band's previous two albums, Everyday Life (2019) and Music of the Spheres (2021), he says he was paid between 8% and 13% commission.\n\nWhen the case was filed, a representative for Coldplay said the claims would be \"vigorously disputed\" and, in a counter-claim filed on Friday, the band fired back.\n\nIn court papers seen by The Times, Coldplay alleged that Holmes had obtained loans totalling $30 million (£24.6 million) from concert promoters Live Nation, who have worked with Coldplay for years.\n\n\"To the best of [our] knowledge... Mr Holmes used monies obtained by the loan agreements to fund a property development venture in or around Vancouver, Canada,\" the band alleged in the papers, arguing that he had used his position as their manager as leverage.\n\nThey added that the debt could have affected Holmes' ability to negotiate favourable terms for the band's ongoing Music of The Spheres tour.\n\nThe court documents further allege that Holmes failed \"adequately to supervise and control the tour budget\", with expensive equipment ordered or bought that was not fit for purpose.\n\nThis included a $9.7 million (£8 million) video screen that was so big it could not be brought on tour, and was only used for 10 performances in Buenos Aires.\n\nSixteen bespoke stage pylons were also ordered at a cost of €10.6 million (£9 million) before it transpired they were unusable, the court documents allege.\n\n\"Had Mr Holmes exercised reasonable care and skill in the performance of his obligations\", the counter-claim continues, the band would not have incurred costs of at least £17.5 million.\n\nAsked about the counter-claim this weekend, a spokesperson for Holmes told The Times: \"Coldplay know they are in trouble with their defence.\n\n\"Accusing Dave Holmes of non-existent ethical lapses and other made-up misconduct will not deflect from the real issue at hand - Coldplay had a contract with Dave, they are refusing to honour it and they need to pay Dave what they owe him\".\n\nThe former manager will now respond to the counter-claim as the case continues.", "The International Monetary Fund has rejected government suggestions that its latest assessment of the UK economy is too gloomy.\n\nThe influential global group forecasts the UK will have the highest inflation and slowest growth next year of any G7 economy, falling behind the US, France, Germany, Canada, Italy and Japan.\n\nThe Treasury said recent revisions to UK growth had not been factored in to the IMF's report.\n\nBut the group denied being pessimistic.\n\nIMF chief economist Pierre Olivier Gourinchas told the BBC: \"We're above the Bank of England estimate [for growth] for next year, so I don't think we are particularly pessimistic. I think we're trying to be honest interpreters of the data here.\"\n\nForecasts are never perfect given the many factors that affect economic growth - from geopolitics to the weather. But such reports can point in the right direction, especially where they align with other predictions.\n\nThe IMF, an international organisation with 190 member countries, has said the forecasts it makes for growth the following year in most advanced economies have, more often than not, been within about 1.5 percentage points of what actually happens.\n\nIn July last year, it forecast that the UK economy would grow by 3.2% in 2022. It revised that upwards to 4.1% at the start of this year.\n\nBut official UK figures released last month estimated that the country's economy expanded by 4.3% in 2022 - considerably more than the IMF's initial estimate.\n\nAccording to the group's latest forecast, which it produces every six months, it expects the UK to grow more quickly than Germany in 2023, keeping the UK out of bottom place for growth among the G7.\n\nBut it downgraded the UK's prospects for next year, estimating the economy will grow by 0.6%, making it the slowest growing developed country in 2024 - widely predicted to be a general election year.\n\nThe IMF says the UK's immediate prospects are being weighed down by the need to keep interest rates high to control inflation, which has been falling but remains stubbornly above target.\n\nIt warned Bank of England rates would peak at 6% and stay around 5% until 2028. Rates are currently 5.25%.\n\n\"The decline in [UK] growth reflects tighter monetary policies to curb still-high inflation and lingering impacts of the terms-of-trade shock from high energy prices,\" the report said.\n\nThe IMF's forecast has come at a bad time for the UK government, which is keen to promote the idea that the economy is at a turning point with inflation falling decisively and interest rates likely to have peaked.\n\nGovernment sources suggested the IMF had not taken into account the fact that expectations for market interest rates had fallen in recent weeks, and that the Office for National Statistics (ONS) had upgraded its assessment of the UK's post-pandemic recovery.\n\nHowever, Mr Gourinchas rejected that, telling the BBC that the IMF had \"absolutely\" factored in interest rates peaking late last month and that \"there is no discrepancy\".\n\nHe added that a \"preliminary read\" of the ONS's revised data had changed the picture for 2021, but \"probably not much\" for the current forecasts.\n\n\"If anything,\" he said, past upgrades for 2021 would mean \"there is less room to grow and catch up, so it might not lead to a big change upwards in terms of the growth performance.\"\n\nResponding to the IMF's report earlier, Chancellor Jeremy Hunt said: \"The IMF has upgraded growth for this year and downgraded it for next - but longer term they say our growth will be higher than France, Germany or Italy.\n\n\"To get there we need to deal with inflation and do more to unlock growth.\"\n\nOn Tuesday, the Bank of England's Financial Policy Committee (FPC), which monitors the stability of the UK financial system, also warned on the UK's high interest rates.\n\nIt said financial markets expected rates would \"have to stay high for a long time\", putting pressure on household finances.\n\n\"The full impact of higher interest rates has not yet passed through to all borrowers,\" it added.\n\nThe IMF is already warning of signs of a slowdown in the world economy after what appeared to be a resilient start to the year.\n\nFor example, tourism had recovered following the pandemic, boosting economies with large travel and tourism sectors such as Italy, Mexico and Spain.\n\nBut a slowdown in interest-rate-sensitive manufacturing sectors was dragging on growth and there were signs that China's momentum was fading following its \"reopening surge\" at the start of 2023.\n\nThe IMF predicts global growth will fall from 3.5% in 2022 to 3% in 2023 and 2.9% in 2024.\n\n\"The global economy continues to recover from the pandemic and Russia's invasion of Ukraine, showing remarkable resilience,\" Mr Gourinchas said.\n\n\"Yet, growth remains slow and uneven. The global economy is limping along, not sprinting.\"\n\nSign up for our morning newsletter and get BBC News in your inbox.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nA man has been arrested after a protester gatecrashed Sir Keir Starmer's speech and showered the Labour leader with glitter at the party's conference.\n\nThe speech was delayed as the protester was dragged off stage by security and the man was put in a police van.\n\nThe protest was claimed by People Demand Democracy, which uses disruptive tactics to push for electoral reform.\n\nSir Keir dusted off the glitter and said the protest did not bother him.\n\n\"Protest or power, that's why we've changed,\" Sir Keir said, before setting out his vision of a country governed by a Labour government.\n\nIt was a chaotic start to his conference speech, potentially his last before the next general election.\n\nBut a spokesman later said the Labour leader was \"fine\" and \"completely unfazed by what happened\".\n\n\"It shows his strength of character that he got on and delivered the speech of his life,\" the spokesman added.\n\nNevertheless, the protest raises questions about the effectiveness of the security arrangements for Sir Keir, who has close protection as leader of the opposition.\n\nWearing a T-shirt with People Demand Democracy emblazoned on the front, the protester said \"politics needs an update\" in front of a stunned audience in Liverpool.\n\nMinutes later, a man was filmed being escorted from the conference centre and put into a police van outside.\n\nMerseyside Police said a 28-year-old man from Surrey had been arrested on suspicion of assault, breach of the peace and causing public nuisance following an incident at Labour's conference.\n\n\"He has been taken to a police station where he will be questioned by police,\" a spokesperson said.\n\nThe campaign behind the protest is linked to Just Stop Oil, which is well known for its disruptive demonstrations, such as spraying buildings with orange paint and sprinkling glitter at sporting events.\n\nPeople Demand Democracy says it is a new group calling for \"an upgrade to the UK political system using civil disobedience to get their message across\".\n\nThe campaign is calling for \"a fair, proportional voting system for Westminster elections and a permanent, legally-binding national House of Citizens, selected by democratic lottery\".\n\nIn a statement prepared before Sir Keir's speech, the protester backed the campaign's calls for democratic reform and said Labour had been \"captured\" by donors and lobbyists.\n\nIn a letter to Sir Keir on its website, People Demand Democracy urged Labour to \"hold new national elections with a proportional voting system and set up a House of Citizens within six months of getting into office\".\n\nThe campaign warned Sir Keir that if he did not meet their demands, \"People Demand Democracy will take proportionate action to get our message across to you and the Labour Party leadership\".\n\nWhen asked how the security breach was allowed to happen, shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper said \"you can't bother Keir Starmer with stuff like that\".\n\nShe told the BBC \"it's about power not protest, that's what Keir Starmer was talking about\".\n\n\"He kept going and made this amazing speech.\"\n\nSir Keir received multiple standing ovations during his speech, as he promised a \"decade of national renewal\" under a Labour government, including a plan for 1.5 million new homes.\n\nThe incident is reminiscent of demonstrations during other speeches by party leaders and prime ministers at previous conferences.\n\nFor example last year, Greenpeace campaigners heckled Liz Truss during her conference speech, and in 2017, a comedian was able to walk straight up to the stage and hand Theresa May a mock P45.", "Bedbugs can be found in both clean and dirty places, but regular cleaning can help spot them\n\nLondon mayor Sadiq Khan says everything is being done to ensure the bedbug infestation seen in France will not spread to the city's transport system.\n\nIn Paris, the insects have been reported in schools, trains, hospitals and cinemas.\n\nMr Khan acknowledged it was a \"real source of concern\" for people that it may spread to London.\n\nHe told PoliticsJOE Transport for London (TfL) was disinfecting seats daily.\n\nHe added he had spoken to officials in France to see if any lessons could be learnt from their experience.\n\nMr Khan said: \"I know people are worried the bugs in Paris could cause a problem in London and I've been in contact with TfL last week and this weekend, making steps to ensure we don't have that problem.\n\n\"Regular cleaning of Tubes and buses, and I'm talking to the Eurostar as well, we have one of the best regimes for cleaning our assets... for a variety of reasons we don't think those issues will arise in London - but there will be no complacency from TfL,\" he added.\n\nBedbugs are small insects, with adults reaching about 5mm in length (less than a grain of rice) and are oval-shaped. They have six legs and can be dark yellow, red or brown.\n\nThey feed on blood by biting people, creating wounds that can be itchy but do not usually cause other health problems.\n\nThe insects often live on furniture or bedding and can spread by being on clothes or luggage.\n\nCross-Channel train operator Eurostar said it had not seen an \"upsurge in bedbugs\" on-board its trains.\n\n\"The textile surfaces on all of our trains are cleaned thoroughly on a regular basis and this involves hot water injection and extraction cleaning, which is highly effective in eliminating bedbugs,\" its statement added.\n\n\"Any reports on hygiene matters are taken very seriously and our cleaning teams, in addition to the usual cleaning, will also disinfect a train on request or as soon as there is the slightest doubt.\"\n\nIt said it had created a \"preventive detection campaign\" which was being \"stepped up in the coming weeks\".\n\nIn Paris, BBC correspondent Hugh Schofield described the infestation as being seen as a plague \"provoking a wave of insectophobia and raising questions about health and safety during next year's Olympic Games\".\n\nHowever, he points out that bedbugs increase over the summer every year.\n\n\"There are several factors, of which globalisation - container trade, tourism and immigration - is the most important. The bedbug - Cimex lectularius to give its Latin name - is a domesticated creature. It goes where humans go\".\n\nListen to the best of BBC Radio London on Sounds and follow BBC London on Facebook, X and Instagram. Send your story ideas to hello.bbclondon@bbc.co.uk\n\nSign up for our morning newsletter and get BBC News in your inbox.", "Hamas militants were able to overcome Israel's defences in a shocking attack\n\nWhere were the Israel Defense Forces, in those long hours as Hamas militants roamed at will around communities near Gaza, some are asking.\n\n\"The army completely failed as a quick-reaction force,\" one Israeli said, pointing to how some of the communities that came under attack had to rely on their own civilian protection forces while they waited for the military to arrive.\n\nThe full answer of why this happened will take some time to emerge. But it seems as if surprise, scale and speed overwhelmed defences which were patchy and unprepared for what they faced.\n\nIsraeli intelligence failed to get inside the planning by Hamas for the attack. The group seems to have undertaken a long-term programme of deception to give the impression it was incapable or unwilling to launch an ambitious attack.\n\nIt also practised good operational security, probably keeping off electronic communications.\n\nHamas then relied on the unprecedented scale and speed of what came next.\n\nThousands of rockets fired from Gaza hit areas across Israel, including the city of Tel Aviv\n\nThousands of rockets were launched as cover. But there were also drone strikes on the monitoring equipment that Israel uses on the border fence to watch what is happening. Heavy explosives and vehicles then created as many as 80 breaches in the security fence.\n\nMotorised hang-gliders and motorbikes were also involved, as between 800 and 1,000 armed men flooded out of Gaza to attack multiple sites.\n\nThese swarming tactics seem to have succeeded in overwhelming Israel's defences - at least for a while.\n\nSuch a range of activity would have led to chaos within Israel's command and control centres, already quiet on a Saturday morning which was also a religious holiday.\n\nSome of the Hamas fighters targeted civilian communities while others targeted military outposts. There has been shock that these outposts were so lightly-defended that they could be overrun, with images posted of Israeli tanks in Hamas hands.\n\nAnd the holes in the border remained open for long enough to allow hostages to be taken into Gaza before tanks were eventually used to close them up.\n\nIsrael is now amassing tanks and men on the border with Gaza after calling up hundreds of thousands of reservists\n\nDefences seem to have been patchy - Israeli security and defence forces had in recent months been more focused on the West Bank rather than Gaza, potentially leaving gaps. And Hamas may have counted on the divisions in Israeli society over Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's policies to further distract the security establishment.\n\nIsrael's military and intelligence capability has long been rated as the best in the Middle East and one of the best in the world. But they may also have underestimated the abilities of their opponents.\n\nThe attacks have been compared to those of 9/11 in the US, when no-one had predicted that planes could be used as weapons. That was often called a \"failure of imagination\".\n\nAnd a similar failure of imagination may also be one of the issues for Israel, leaving it unprepared for something so ambitious from its enemy.\n\nThose concerns will certainly be part of the long-term inquiries that will likely take place. In the short term though, the focus will be on working out what to do next rather than looking back.", "Things got a little too close for comfort when the Pierce County Sheriff’s Office in Washington State received a call about a deer caught in a broken tree swing.", "Nigel Farage has been welcomed with open arms by many Conservatives in Manchester - leading some to wonder if he could re-join the party after decades of campaigning against it.\n\nOn Sunday night, the former UKIP and Brexit Party leader was cheered to the rafters at a gala dinner for grassroots Conservatives, after Priti Patel hailed his role in delivering Brexit - and helping Boris Johnson win the 2019 general election by standing candidates down.\n\nThen he received a hero's welcome from right wing Tories' at Liz Truss's conference fringe event on Monday. Footage of him partying with Ms Patel later that night has been widely shared on social media.\n\nHaving observed Farage-mania at close quarters at this year's conference, Tory commentator Tim Montgomerie said: \"I'm convinced party members would choose him as leader if they could.\"\n\nMr Farage told BBC News he has been \"overwhelmed\" and \"gobsmacked\" by the reception he has had, which he says proves Tory activists are \"desperate for ideas, desperate to believe in something\".\n\nThis is the first Tory conference Mr Farage has attended since 1988. He was \"utterly barred\" from the annual gatherings when he was a leading light in UKIP, he says, although he often used to turn up anyway.\n\nOn one memorable occasion in Manchester he rolled up to the security gates in an armoured personnel carrier, to show he was \"parking his tanks on the Tories' lawn\". Subtle it was not.\n\nFarage parks his tank outside the 2006 Tory spring conference\n\nMr Farage tore up his Tory membership card in the early 1990s in protest at then leader John Major signing the Maastricht Treaty, which created the European Union. He then became a founder member of what would become UKIP.\n\nSince leaving frontline politics after the 2019 election he has become a presenter on GB News, allowing him access to the conference as a journalist.\n\nHis friend Jacob Rees-Mogg told the BBC's Politics Live Mr Farage has always been a Tory at heart and suggested the party should \"roll out the red carpet\" if he ever wanted to rejoin.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Greg Hands and Jacob Rees-Mogg are asked about Nigel Farage at the Tory conference and if they want him back\n\nConservative Party chairman Greg Hands seemed deeply unimpressed with this idea, saying the former UKIP leader had campaigned against the Tories for years and did not want them to succeed.\n\nRishi Sunak dodged the issue when asked if Mr Farage could ever be allowed back in, telling GB News: \"Look, the Tory party is a broad church. I welcome lots of people who want to subscribe to our ideals, to our values.\"\n\nMr Farage told the channel he could not join a party that had \"put the tax rate up to the highest in over 70 years\", allowed net migration \"to run at over half a million a year\" and not \"used Brexit to deregulate to help small businesses\".\n\nSpeaking later to the BBC, he said he would not join the Conservative Party \"as it currently is\", but added: \"Never say never.\n\n\"If after the next election they reset and realign then I might.\"\n\nBut maybe the Tory party shouldn't start printing a new membership card yet.\n\nOne long-term ally of Mr Farage was sceptical about whether he would ever return to the Tory fold.\n\n\"There is no way he would ever join the Tories after the way they have treated him,\" he said.\n\n\"He just enjoys winding them up.\"", "Two backpackers had a narrow escape when a Lithium-ion battery exploded at a Sydney hostel.\n\nThe fire is thought to have been caused by a faulty e-bike battery which was charging, the New South Wales fire department said.\n\nIt deployed six fire engines and 22 firefighters to the scene.\n\nOne of the backpackers required treatment for minor burns to his leg.", "Was the crypto king acting in good faith or amassing billions in personal wealth built on a web of lies?\n\nThose were the two opposing arguments that came out of the first proper day of Sam Bankman-Fried's trial in New York City.\n\nThe prosecution claimed the man known as SBF looted customer cash, billions of dollars that was sitting in his FTX crypto currency platform. They say he used this money to prop up his own risky investments in his other company, Alameda Research.\n\nSBF's legal team cast him as a \"math nerd\" who was acting in \"good faith\" and simply overlooked massive financial risks.\n\nThey said it is not a crime to be the CEO of a company that goes bankrupt.\n\nThe case is likely to go for six weeks and we will be hearing from witnesses who were involved in FTX, and also from clients who lost vast sums of money.\n\nFor a full wrap of today's events you can check out this article.\n\nOur writers today were Lisa Lambert, Madeline Halpert, Thomas Mackintosh and Malu Cursino.\n\nThis page was edited by Marianna Brady and myself.\n\nThanks for joining us.", "Fire has threatened the town of Loch Sport in Victoria\n\nHours after they were threatened by fire, several Australian towns are preparing for floods.\n\nBushfires have been burning in Victoria's Gippsland region and New South Wales' South Coast this week - both areas were hit hard by Australia's Black Summer bushfires four years ago.\n\nRain is now offering some reprieve, but it has also triggered flood warnings.\n\nThe country has reeled from disaster to disaster in recent years, as it feels the effects of climate change.\n\n\"This is one of the reasons why my government... [is] determined to act on climate change,\" Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said when speaking about the situation on Wednesday.\n\nDozens of fires have been burning across Australia as it enters what authorities expect to be its most dangerous fire season in years.\n\nIn Gippsland - a rural region in south-east Victoria - hundreds of firefighters have spent several days battling two serious blazes which have triggered evacuations and claimed at least one home.\n\nAnd New South Wales (NSW) authorities have also confirmed several homes were destroyed by fire in the Bega Valley on Tuesday.\n\nAcross both states, the fires have burned through approximately 25,000 hectares (250sq km) of land - an area roughly five times the size of Manhattan Island.\n\nBut a large cold front is bringing heavy rainfall to the south-east of Australia on Wednesday, prompting a warning from authorities to prepare for potential flash and riverine flooding.\n\nTowns in the Gippsland region which were threatened by the flames are now at risk of being cut off by flood waters.\n\n\"Do not attempt to drive through those flash flood waters, it may be the last decision you make,\" Victoria's State Emergency Services chief officer Tim Wiebusch warned residents on Tuesday.\n\nIn NSW, the fire grounds have received some rain, but the primary flood risk is inland. Elsewhere in the state, extreme fire danger continues - with hot, dry, and windy conditions triggering total fire bans in some areas.\n\nAustralia has been plagued by a series of disasters in recent years - severe drought and historic bushfires, successive years of record-breaking floods, and six mass bleaching events on the Great Barrier Reef.\n\nA future full of worsening disasters is likely unless urgent action is taken to halt climate change, the latest UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report warns.", "The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has, for the first time, published rules of engagement for civilian hackers involved in conflicts.\n\nThe organisation warns unprecedented numbers of people are joining patriotic cyber-gangs since the Ukraine invasion.\n\nThe eight rules include bans on attacks on hospitals, hacking tools that spread uncontrollably and threats that engender terror among civilians.\n\nBut some cyber-gangs have told BBC News they plan to ignore them.\n\nThe ICRC, responsible for overseeing and monitoring the rules of war, is sending the new rules to hacking groups particularly involved in the Ukraine war. It is also warning hackers their actions can endanger lives, including their own if deemed to make them a legitimate military target.\n\nPatriotic hacking has risen over the past decade. The ICRC statement highlights pro-Syrian cyber-attacks on Western news media in 2013.\n\nBut the worrying trend, accelerated by the Russia-Ukraine conflict, is now spreading globally, ICRC legal adviser Dr Tilman Rodenhäuser says.\n\n\"Some experts consider civilian hacking activity as 'cyber-vigilantism' and argue that their operations are technically not sophisticated and unlikely to cause significant effects,\" he says.\n\n\"However, some of the groups we're seeing on both sides are large and these 'armies' have disrupted... banks, companies, pharmacies, hospitals, railway networks and civilian government services.\"\n\nBased on international humanitarian law, the rules are:\n\nThe ICRC is also imploring governments to restrain hacking and enforce existing laws.\n\nThe Ukraine conflict has blurred the boundaries between civilian and military hacking, with civilian groups such as the IT Army of Ukraine being set up and encouraged by the government to attack Russian targets.\n\nThe IT Army of Ukraine, which has 160,000 members on its Telegram channel, also targets public services such as railway systems and banks.\n\nIts spokesman told BBC News that the group will \"make best efforts to follow the rules\" even though it may place them at a disadvantage to their adversaries. The spokesman added that attacks on healthcare targets has been a longstanding red line already.\n\nLarge groups in Russia have similarly attacked Ukraine and allied countries - including disruptive but temporary attacks, such as knocking websites offline, on hospitals.\n\n\"Why should I listen to the Red Cross?\" a representative of Killnet, which has 90,000 supporters on its Telegram channel, asked BBC News.\n\nPro-Russian groups are accused of working directly for, or in conjunction, with the Kremlin. But Killnet strongly denies this.\n\nMeanwhile, a representative of Anonymous Sudan, which in recent months has begun attacking technology companies and government services it says are critical of Sudan or Islam, told BBC News the new rules were \"not viable and that breaking them for the group's cause is unavoidable\".\n\nAnd a high-profile member of the Anonymous collective told BBC News it had \"always operated based on several principles, including rules cited by the ICRC\" but had now lost faith in the organisation and would not be following its new rules.\n\nUpdate 6th October: The IT Army of Ukraine spokesperson contacted the BBC to confirm it will make best efforts to follow the rules.\n\nSign up for our morning newsletter and get BBC News in your inbox.", "People on Skid Row, Los Angeles, have seen friends die of accidental fentanyl overdoses\n\nThe US has announced sanctions on 25 China-based firms and individuals allegedly involved in the production of chemicals used to make fentanyl.\n\nFentanyl, a potent opioid used as a painkiller or sedative, plays a major role in the US drug crisis.\n\nAttorney General Merrick Garland said the drug's supply chain \"often starts with chemical companies in China\".\n\nChina criticised the imposition of sanctions, saying the fentanyl crisis was rooted in the United States itself.\n\n\"We firmly oppose the United States' sanction and prosecution against Chinese entities and individuals, and the severe infringement of the lawful rights and interests of the relevant enterprises and persons,\" the Chinese foreign ministry told AFP news agency.\n\n\"The Chinese government has been strictly cracking down on drug crimes... and we deploy the harshest control on precursor chemicals.\n\n\"Imposing pressure and sanctions cannot solve the United States' own problems. It will only create obstacles in the China-US co-operation on drug control,\" it said.\n\nIn April, a spokesperson for the Chinese foreign ministry said there was \"no such thing as illegal trafficking of fentanyl\" between China and Mexico.\n\nThis came after Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador called on the Chinese government to help stop the alleged flow of fentanyl and its precursors into his country.\n\nThe US authorities blame Mexican drug gangs for supplying fentanyl to users across the US.\n\nFentanyl can be legally prescribed by doctors, but a dramatic increase in opioid addiction in the US in recent decades has led to a rise in illegal production and overdoses.\n\nIn 2022, the drug was linked to a record 109,680 deaths.\n\nThe US treasury department announced sanctions against what it called a \"China-based network responsible for the manufacturing and distribution\" of precursors of fentanyl and a number of other illegal drugs.\n\nOfficials say companies in the fentanyl supply chain routinely use false addresses and mislabelling to avoid their products being identified by law enforcement.\n\nThose affected by the sanctions include 12 entities and 13 individuals based in China, as well as two entities and one individual based in Canada, the treasury said.\n\nThe sanctions will freeze the entities' US assets and bar Americans from dealing with them.\n\nMerrick Garland is due to travel to Mexico with other senior officials for meetings on how to tackle the supply of illegal drugs.\n\n\"We know who is responsible for poisoning the American people with fentanyl,\" Mr Garland told reporters.\n\n\"We know that this network includes the cartels' leaders, their drug traffickers, their money launderers, their clandestine lab operators, their security forces, their weapons suppliers, and their chemical suppliers.\n\n\"And we know that this global fentanyl supply chain, which ends with the deaths of Americans, often starts with chemical companies in China.\"\n\nThe US justice department has also unsealed indictments charging eight Chinese companies and 12 of their employees with crimes related to fentanyl and methamphetamine production, the distribution of opioids and sales resulting from precursor chemicals.\n\nNo-one has been arrested and the Chinese government did not work with US authorities on the investigations, Mr Garland said.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.", "\"Let's get rid of the House of Lords and replace it with a group of randomly selected members of the public.\"\n\nThat was one suggestion put forward at a Conservative party conference discussion on how to improve the House of Lords.\n\n\"Is it such a preposterous idea?\" the questioner asked, as some in the audience chuckled.\n\nHe pointed out that a similar system is used to pick juries in court cases.\n\nHe also said the method had been used - sometimes successfully - in other countries to tackle political problems.\n\nIn Ireland, 99 men and women were selected at random to make a recommendation on the issue of abortion.\n\nIn France, 170 citizens were brought together to consider the laws on assisted suicide.\n\nCitizens' Assemblies have also been used to come up with solutions for tackling climate change.\n\nCould that type of governance be expanded and replace the House of Lords?\n\nIn the future, could you get a text from the government telling you that this year it is your turn to govern the country?\n\nThe panel assembled to debate the issue at Tory conference - put together by the Conservative Action for Electoral Reform group - and the audience were in agreement that some things about the House of Lords need to change.\n\nPerhaps a name change would help, suggested one audience member. \"House of Commons-lite,\" was the proposal from Tory MP Chris Clarkson.\n\nThere were suggestions of a cap on numbers, amid fears that the size of the House of Lords could soon swell to an eye-popping 1,000 members.\n\nHowever, the panel wasn't sure some kind of postcode lottery legislature as proposed by the questioner was the fix they were looking for.\n\nMr Clarkson described it as a \"brave\" thought, while pollster Joe Twyman said it was \"a very good and very noble\" idea in principle but in his experience \"unworkable\".\n\n\"The problem with civil assemblies,\" he said, \"is they need to be representative.\n\n\"They may be representative in terms of age, maybe gender but are they representative in terms of what you actually need, representative in terms of experience, representative in terms of thought.\"\n\nAnd, he added: \"We have to ask ourselves do we want to necessarily involve in the electoral process the 3% of the British population who believe the Earth is flat?\n\n\"Or the 3% of the population that believe Fernando is Abba's greatest song?\"", "The thing that stood out about the prime minister's speech was he wasn't unveiling a whole bunch of guaranteed crowd pleasers.\n\nThese are ideas that provoke and divide, including within the Conservative Party - let alone the wider country.\n\nTake HS2. The Conservative Mayor of the West Midlands Andy Street, who thinks Rishi Sunak has made a big mistake, told me he had contemplated ripping up his Tory party membership card because of all this.\n\nThe former Conservative prime minister David Cameron added that it was \"wrong\" and \"throws away 15 years of cross-party consensus, sustained over six administrations, and will make it much harder to build consensus for any future long-term projects\".\n\nBoris Johnson, another former leader, chimed in and said \"I agree.\" Ouch.\n\nThen take banning smoking in England for the next generation.\n\nFor some, the very idea of banning things - the state stopping people doing things, particularly if others are allowed to - is deeply un-Conservative. The former prime minister Liz Truss has let it be known she will vote against the change.\n\nSo, opposition from three former Conservative prime ministers and a sitting Conservative mayor before you even get going.\n\nWhat, then, is the strategy here?\n\nThe prime minister and his senior advisers got together over the summer and realised something had to change. They had steadied the ship of government but still looked set to lose the next election.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThere was a feeling that circumstance had stood in the way of Mr Sunak being himself politically. The pandemic and then politics had intervened, but now there was space for change.\n\nThis, they claim, is Mr Sunak unleashed - the authentic him, grabbing politics by the scruff of the neck and forcing those who disagree to set out an alternative.\n\nPortraying himself as the advocate of change is an audacious pitch, Mr Sunak being the fifth prime minister of a so-far 13-year run of Conservative government. Plus his diagnosis of a generation of political failure has raised eyebrows.\n\nA former Conservative cabinet minister rang me and said \"it's a bit rich going round saying all your predecessors were crap when you haven't even got a mandate\". Remember Mr Sunak didn't even win the support of Conservative Party members, let alone the country.\n\nThere is also an obvious tension here: a prime minister talking about the long term, but with a general election in the short term.\n\nAnd so there are big questions about believability.\n\nCan a prime minister who announces the scrapping of a long term project be trusted to deliver other long term projects - albeit ones with shorter timeframes? And they won't all be down to him anyway - as many will have a timescale that stretches beyond the next election.\n\nA final observation. We have spent the last few days in Manchester, prior to the prime minister's speech, being told no decision had been taken on HS2.\n\nAnd yet, no sooner had Mr Sunak made his announcement, a video appeared on his social media accounts spelling out the detail of what he had just said.\n\nBut it had been recorded in… Downing Street. A place he's been away from since Saturday. So - it appears - he had in fact decided beforehand all along.\n\nFolk around the prime minister insist technically it was a cabinet decision, with the transport secretary (currently Mark Harper) the legal decision maker and sometimes stuff is filmed but not used if no decision is reached.\n\nThe cabinet did meet in Manchester, just before the prime minister's speech. Was it really possible ministers wouldn't sign it off at that point and a whole segment of the address would be binned with minutes to go?\n\nI'll leave it to you to judge if that is an explanation you buy.\n\nFrom Manchester, the next stop: Liverpool, as the roadshow of party conference season trundles on, and we hear from the man hoping to replace Mr Sunak as prime minister - Sir Keir Starmer.\n\nHow will he respond to what he, and we, have heard in Manchester?", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. David Beckham brought his family and some star guests to the premiere of his Netflix documentary\n\nVictoria Beckham has spoken candidly about husband David's highly-publicised alleged affair, describing it as the \"hardest period\" of their marriage.\n\nThe couple have previously denied claims that he had an affair while playing for Real Madrid in 2003.\n\n\"It was the hardest period for us because it felt like the world was against us,\" the former Spice Girl said in a new Netflix documentary.\n\n\"Here's the thing - we were against each other if I'm completely honest.\"\n\nIn the documentary, titled Beckham, which was released on Wednesday, the couple don't discuss the details of what happened.\n\nBut Victoria said: \"You know, up until Madrid, sometimes it felt like us against everybody else. But we were together, we were connected, we had each other.\n\n\"But when we were in Spain, it didn't really feel like we had each other either. And that's sad.\"\n\nShe continued: \"I can't even begin to tell you how hard it was and how it affected me.\"\n\nSpeaking about the press attention after she and the children then moved to join her husband in Spain, she added: \"It was a nightmare. From the minute we opened the press were there in cars and everywhere we went, we were followed.\n\n\"It was an absolute circus - it's really entertaining when the circus comes to town right? Unless you're in it.\"\n\nWhen the singer-turned-designer was asked if she had resented her husband at that time, she replied: \"If I'm being totally honest, yes I did.\n\n\"It was probably, if I'm being honest, the most unhappy I have ever been in my entire life.\"\n\nIn the series, the ex-England and Manchester United midfielder - now owner of Inter Miami - also addressed how the speculation around his extra-marital affairs affected him and his family.\n\n\"There was some horrible stories that were difficult to deal with,\" he said. \"It was the first time that me and Victoria had been put under that kind of pressure in our marriage.\n\n\"I think we both felt at the time that we were, not losing each other, but drowning.\"\n\nHe added: \"I don't know how we got through it, in all honesty.\"\n\nThe Independent's review of the docuseries pointed out that its makers \"keep it vague\" when talking about David's alleged infidelities.\n\nThe paper's four-star review said: \"Posh and Becks are happy to talk about anything from fights with Fergie, crude chants, THAT red card, sarongs and matching purple wedding outfits, but director Fisher Stevens stays friendly on trickier topics.\"\n\nThe Guardian also awarded four stars, describing the docuseries as a \"candid, riveting truth about the footballer's life\".\n\n\"This absolutely star-packed docuseries is a fun, gossipy watch full of blunt, entertaining interviews,\" wrote Rebecca Nicholson. \"Every episode just flies by.\"\n\nThe Telegraph went one better, awarding full marks for a \"superb, intimate and at times heartbreaking portrayal of an unexpectedly complex man\".\n\n\"Beckham eschews the trend for sports documentaries that serve as nothing more than PR exercises, charting David's career and family life,\" the paper's Benji Wilson wrote.\n\nThe Beckhams, who married in 1999, and their four children turned out for the London premiere of the series on Tuesday.", "When Rishi Sunak confirmed he was scrapping the huge infrastructure project of the West Midlands to Manchester leg of HS2 high-speed rail, he said the project had come from a \"false consensus\" that links between big cities were \"all that matters\".\n\nThe immediate pressing question is whether the UK is capable of delivering projects at this scale, at all. This was a nationally strategic project advertised to the world as a way for Britain's regional cities to attract investment from the biggest investment funds in the world.\n\nAll of the prime minister's secret conference projects were codenamed after trees. Scrapping HS2 was called \"Project Redwood\". High-speed rail in the UK has been shorn of its branches, and is now left as an expensive stump from London to Birmingham.\n\nThe escalating cost of this first phase was not a given. How was it allowed to balloon in cost so much to £45bn - and that's in 2019 prices? The country is left with having built the most expensive part of the line, with the least need in terms of capacity, but without the connections to northern cities that would have been most beneficial.\n\nDid it ever make sense to build what is largely a tunnel from London to Birmingham? Was the cash that should have extended the scheme to the north, the whole point of it, wasted on tunnels to hide it in southern countryside?\n\nWith rising costs, the government says that the HS2 scheme might not even give back as much in benefits as what is being spent on it. In contrast, some bus projects, for example, can give back £4 for a £1 government investment, it claims.\n\nOpponents accuse the government of scrapping a key piece of strategic infrastructure to create space for pre-election tax cuts. The government is adamant that this is not a way to fiddle the Treasury spreadsheets. While some detail remains on exactly when these new road and bus projects are delivered, their aim is not to free up cash.\n\nThe government also argues that the business case for HS2 leant significantly on business travellers. While overall passenger numbers have recovered to pre-pandemic levels, there are fewer business travellers now. Are these behavioural changes enough to mean the West Coast Main Line from London to Glasgow will not be at capacity?\n\nThe great prize of all of this was to change Britain's economic geography, to create a counterweight to south east England, and in effect to create a single labour market across three major northern cities. Some of that effect will be retained if the £12bn earmarked for the Liverpool to Manchester high-speed line is delivered.\n\nThe money is being spent instead on everyday transport upgrades, rather than a single grand project. It is likely that the benefits of this will be quicker and more visible on the ground. They also lend themselves to being put on election leaflets next year.\n\nThe economic and political consensus had been that the gap between Britain's second-tier cities and the capital was significantly bigger than other major economies. Indeed some have argued this was a major cause of Britain's low productivity. The prime minister has upended that consensus.\n\nThe opposition's response will be very interesting. Rishi Sunak has basically dared Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer to reverse the cancellation decision, cut back the newly announced local transport projects, or borrow billions more.\n\nThese plans will probably reach more voters more quickly. But the risk is that Britain also develops a reputation as a place where big long-term projects are impossible, and cast-iron cross-party promises are easily disposed.\n\nMr Sunak has not just scrapped half a train line, he has suggested an entirely different approach to promoting British regional economic growth.", "The head of the British army has announced an independent audit of its culture amid concerns over bullying, sexual harassment and discrimination.\n\nGen Sir Mark Carleton-Smith said the audit will \"reinforce the best and weed out the worst\".\n\nIt comes after Defence Secretary Ben Wallace met Army leaders earlier over concerns about culture and discipline.\n\nEarlier, he and Gen Carleton-Smith said they had had a \"full and frank\" meeting and would work to tackle the issues.\n\nIn a statement on Monday evening, Gen Carleton-Smith, the chief of the general staff, pledged a range of measures to \"accelerate the cultural changes\" needed to underpin the \"operational effectiveness\" of the armed forces.\n\nHe said this would include a \"review of the selection, education and training\" for commanders at the ranks of Lieutenant Colonel and above to \"better prepare them for the challenges of command\".\n\nThere will also be \"more focused education, training and pastoral support\" for all those in Army training centres, he added.\n\nIn an earlier statement after the meeting, the Army chief and Mr Wallace said recent events had brought to light \"important issues that require all our people to play their part in resolving\".\n\nThe statement said the pair would work together to address \"these core and cultural issues\" and that the Army would set out \"exciting new plans for its future structure and deployments\" later this month.\n\nMr Wallace has promised to address concerns highlighted by a report, led by backbench Conservative MP and former soldier Sarah Atherton, on bullying and sexual harassment faced by women in the armed forces.\n\nThe report from the Commons defence committee found that almost two thirds of the 4,000 women who gave evidence had experienced bullying, sexual harassment and discrimination during their time in the armed forces, including \"truly shocking evidence\" of rape and sex for promotion or advancement.\n\nMeanwhile, an inquest into the death of a female recruit at the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst, in 2019 has raised questions about the care given to vulnerable women.\n\nMr Wallace was also expected to raise the case of Agnes Wanjiru, a Kenyan woman who died in 2012.\n\nShe was last seen in the company of two British soldiers - and Kenyan magistrate Njeri Thuku concluded after an inquest in 2019 that Ms Wanjiru had been murdered by one or two British soldiers.\n\nMr Wallace said previously that \"contrary to media reporting\", he, the Ministry of Defence and the Foreign Office had provided help to the Kenyan authorities with their investigation.\n\nHe added that the MoD had given the names of British soldiers in Kenya at the time nine years ago, but he said the UK was unable to conduct a separate investigation when it fell under Kenya's jurisdiction.\n\nIt comes as ministers express frustration about delays to the Army's new Ajax Armoured Vehicle programme.\n\nMore than £3.2bn has already been spent but only a few dozen of the 589 vehicles have been delivered - and trials have had to be suspended twice over health and safety concerns.\n\nSpeaking prior to the talks, Mr Wallace said: \"I've asked [the Army] to make sure about how we're going to deal with the issues ranging from Ajax and the culture in the Army - to some of the discipline issues we've all been seeing recently.\n\n\"It's not acceptable and we'll have a discussion about what are the next steps.\"\n\nA spokesman for the armed forces previously said Mr Wallace was working with Army leaders to \"drive out unacceptable behaviour at all levels\" especially in relation to the treatment of women.", "Alfie Phillips died with a \"myriad of bruises\" a jury is told\n\nA toddler died with 70 visible injuries after his mother and former partner meted out \"aggressive, violent 'discipline'\" on him, a court heard.\n\nJack Benham, 34, and Sian Hedges, 26, are accused of murdering 18-month-old Alfie Phillips in a caravan in Kent during lockdown in 2020.\n\nAlfie died with a \"myriad of bruises\" and traces of cocaine in his body, Maidstone Crown Court heard.\n\nProsecutor Jennifer Knight KC said: \"It is clear that Alfie was deliberately injured on more than one occasion, culminating in an assault perpetrated during the night that led to his death.\"\n\nMs Hedges, Alfie's mother, and her then boyfriend Mr Benham are accused of murdering him at Mr Benham's caravan in Hernhill, near Faversham on 28 November 2020.\n\nThe court heard how he died with fractures to his ribs, arms and leg, and signs of smothering.\n\nTraces of cocaine were found in Alfie's blood and urine samples, and doctors examining Alfie suggested it could have been passive inhalation of crack cocaine or from external contact with the drug on the night of his death.\n\nMs Knight said that during police interviews Ms Hedges and Mr Benham admitted taking cocaine that night, and both said they had been drinking whisky and Coke while Alfie was asleep in the caravan.\n\nShe told the court: \"Had either defendant not been joining in with the assaults, that defendant, who was not part of it, would have stopped the attack and removed Alfie Phillips from the caravan, and from the presence of the other who was carrying out these attacks.\n\n\"The fact that this did not happen can only be because both defendants agreed that the assaults should take place ... they both agreed in meting out some sort of aggressive, violent 'discipline' to Alfie that night which resulted in his death.\"\n\nJurors were told the pair had exchanged text messages the month before Alfie's death, where Mr Benham appeared to suggest Ms Hedges bite Alfie back after he had bitten her. Ms Hedges said she did not want to do that.\n\nIn other messages, Mr Benham called Alfie a \"cry baby\" and \"your little sod\", saying he was going to \"poke him in the ear\" after he turned off his caravan heater.\n\nMs Knight said Alfie's post-mortem examination revealed 70 separate bruises and injuries on his body, and found his death came about by \"unnatural means as a result of the action of another or others\".\n\nThe leading pathologist said the final cause of death was \"not clear\" due to the numerous injuries that could have led to Alfie's death.\n\nThe jury heard Mr Benham told police he woke up on the morning of Alfie's death to find him by his knee, and that he believed Alfie had died because he had been lying on him.\n\nThe pair could not explain Alfie's injuries during police interviews, the court was told.\n\nFollow BBC South East on Facebook, on Twitter, and on Instagram. Send your story ideas to southeasttoday@bbc.co.uk.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "CCTV footage released by authorities shows a girl being pulled unconscious from the metro train\n\nActivists have accused Iran's morality police of beating a girl for not wearing a hijab and posted a photo purportedly showing her in a coma.\n\nArmita Geravand, 16, collapsed after boarding a Tehran metro train at Shohada station on Sunday.\n\nOfficials said she fainted and released CCTV footage in which she is seen being pulled unconscious from the train.\n\nHuman rights group Hengaw alleged that she was subjected to \"a severe physical assault\" by morality police officers.\n\nIt said Armita was being treated at Tehran's Fajr hospital under tight security, and that the phones of all members of her family had been confiscated.\n\nOn Monday, authorities briefly detained a female journalist for the Sharq newspaper who went to the hospital to report on the case.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Hengaw Organization for Human Rights This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. End of twitter post by Hengaw Organization for Human Rights\n\nHengaw, which focuses on Iran's Kurdish ethnic minority, said on Tuesday afternoon that Armita lived in Tehran but was originally from the predominantly Kurdish western province of Kermanshah.\n\n\"[She] was physically attacked by authorities at Shohada station... for what they perceived as non-compliance with the compulsory 'hijab',\" it added. \"As a result, she sustained severe injuries and was transported to the hospital.\"\n\nTwo prominent rights activists also told Reuters news agency that there was a confrontation with agents enforcing the strict dress code.\n\nAmsterdam-based Radio Zamaneh meanwhile cited an unnamed source as saying that the teenager was \"pushed by hijab enforcers\" after she got onto the train without a headscarf and that \"she hit her head on an iron pole\".\n\nOn Tuesday night, Hengaw posted on X, formerly known as Twitter, what it said was a photo of Armita unconscious in hospital.\n\nThe picture, whose authenticity the BBC could not immediately verify, shows a girl with short hair lying on her back in a bed with a bandaged head and attached to what appears to be a breathing tube.\n\nThe rights group also said it had received information indicating that Armita's parents had been interviewed by the state news agency, Irna, \"in the presence of high-ranking security officers under considerable pressure at Fajr Hospital\".\n\nIrna cited Armita's mother as saying that they had seen the CCTV footage and accepted that what happened on Sunday was an \"accident\".\n\n\"I think my daughter's blood pressure dropped, I am not too sure, I think they have said her pressure dropped,\" her mother states in a heavily edited video posted by Irna.\n\nThe managing director of the Tehran metro, Masood Dorosti, also denied that there was \"any verbal or physical conflict\" between Armita and \"passengers or metro executives\".\n\n\"Some rumours about a confrontation with metro agents... are not true and CCTV footage refutes this claim,\" he told Irna.\n\nThe footage is said to shows Armita, with her hair uncovered, walking on to a train at the platform with two other girls.\n\nMoments later, one of the girls backs out of the train and bends down.\n\nShe and several other passengers are then seen carrying an unconscious Armita by her arms and legs before laying her down on the platform.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 2 by خبرگزاری ایرنا This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nSome Iranian social media users noted that the video released by authorities only showed the platform and not the inside of the train. Footage of the entrance to the station, where hijabs may be checked, was also not released.\n\nThey also saw echoes of the case of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Kurdish woman who died in custody in September 2022 after being detained by morality police in Tehran for allegedly wearing her hijab \"improperly\".\n\nWitnesses said she was beaten by officers, but authorities attributed her death to pre-existing medical conditions.\n\nCCTV video showing Amini collapsing at a detention centre and a photo of her in hospital enraged many Iranians, and anti-government protests erupted across the country when she died after three days in a coma.\n\nHundreds of people have been killed and thousands more detained in a violent crackdown by security forces.\n\nA year after Mahsa Amini's death, the protests have largely subsided. But sporadic demonstrations still take place and many girls and women have stopped covering their hair in public in open defiance of the dress code.\n\nSign up for our morning newsletter and get BBC News in your inbox.", "Video caption: The moment McCarthy is removed as House speaker The moment McCarthy is removed as House speaker\n\nIt's been a historic day in US politics with Republican Kevin McCarthy ousted from his role as House Speaker.\n\nThe House voted to remove McCarthy by a tally of 216 votes to 210.\n\nA group of eight Republicans ultimately decided his fate, defecting from their party and voting to vacate the office of the Speaker of the House.\n\nHis removal was sparked by a group of ultra-conservatives, led by Matt Gaetz, who were frustrated by McCarthy's leadership. It boiled over at the weekend when he struck a deal with Democrats to fund government agencies.\n\nWhat happens next is uncertain. Patrick McHenry is the interim Speaker, and the House will need to figure out who gets the permanent gig.\n\nFor the moment, McCarthy says he has no plans to seek the Speaker's gavel again and refused to confirm at an evening news conference that he will even remain a congressman.\n\nFor a recap of what happened today, you can read this article.\n\nAnd if you want to delve into the feud that started this situation, you can watch this video.\n\nOur writers today have been Kayla Epstein, Mike Wendling, Gabriela Pomeroy, Lisa Lambert, Ali Abbas Ahmadi, Emily Atkinson, Marita Moloney and Max Matza.\n\nThis page was edited by Marianna Brady, Matt Murphy and myself.\n\nThanks for joining us.", "A worker walks outside the HS2 construction site at Euston Station in London\n\nThe prime minister has pledged billions for transport projects across the country after scrapping the northern leg of the HS2 high speed rail link.\n\nRishi Sunak said in a speech at the Conservative party conference that £36bn would be spent on alternative rail, road and bus schemes instead.\n\nIt came after he confirmed that the Birmingham-Manchester leg of HS2 would be ditched after weeks of speculation.\n\nHe said the decision was due to huge costs and long delays.\n\nBut it has led to accusations the government is abandoning its mission to \"level up\" different areas of the UK outside London.\n\nIn his speech, Mr Sunak said the government \"will reinvest every single penny\" saved from cancelling the remainder of HS2, which he said totals £36bn.\n\n\"Every region outside of London will receive the same or more government investment than they would have done under HS2, with quicker results,\" he said, although it is not clear when this money will be made available.\n\nThe high speed rail project was intended to link London, the Midlands and the north of England.\n\nBut in his speech on Wednesday, the prime minister said that east-west links were \"far more important\" than those linking up the north and the south of England.\n\nHe said that his plans would see \"hundreds\" of alternative projects funded, such as:\n\nHe also said that he would protect £12bn to \"better connect\" Manchester and Liverpool - although this won't necessarily be with high speed rail.\n\nThe prime minister said on Wednesday it would be possible to get from Manchester to Hull in 84 minutes on a fully-electrified line under the new plans, known as \"Network North\". But it is not yet clear what the next few years will hold for the Northern Powerhouse Rail (NPR) project, which aims to improve connections between Leeds, Manchester and Liverpool.\n\nA newly-published government document says that it will now be down to local leaders to decide how to use the money.\n\nNPR was originally designed to intersect with HS2, using a section of the high speed line for a complicated section through central Manchester.\n\nBut Mr Sunak said that changes to travel seen since the coronavirus pandemic meant that the economic case for HS2 \"has been massively weakened\".\n\nThe first part of HS2 between west London and Birmingham, which is already being built, will be completed given how far along that section is.\n\nThe scheme as a whole has faced delays, cost increases and cuts, with the planned eastern leg between Birmingham and Leeds being axed in late 2021.\n\nThe last official estimate of HS2 costs, excluding the cancelled eastern section, added up to about £71bn. But this was in 2019 prices so it does not account for the rise in costs for materials and wages since then.\n\nPromising to get a grip on costs, Mr Sunak said the HS2 rail link will now:\n\nLaurence Turner, head of research at the GMB union, said it was \"essential\" that the planned HS2 route was now protected \"so that a future government can reverse this disastrous decision\".\n\nNorthern leaders also hit out at the decision to axe HS2 between Birmingham and Manchester, with Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham saying there was \"frustration and anger\" in the region.\n\nHe said: \"It always seems that people here where I live and where I kind of represent can be treated as second class citizens when it comes to transport.\"\n\nBusinesses in Liverpool called for \"viable plans\" to support them after the speech on Wednesday.\n\nThe Liverpool BID Company, which represents more than 800 businesses in the city centre, said it had been offered \"no specific plans, no specific timelines and no promise of impact.\"\n\nThe prime minister also came under fire from a number of senior Conservatives in recent days, who urged him not to scrap the northern section of the rail link and said the cancellation would be a \"great tragedy\" that would put off potential investors into the UK.\n\nAre you personally affected by the changes to HS2? Get in touch by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.\n• None What is HS2 and why scrap the Manchester link?", "Tesco is trying to \"lower prices wherever we can\" as customers continue to grapple with cost-of-living pressures, its boss has said.\n\nKen Murphy said the pace of rising food prices would continue to slow this year, easing the pressure on shoppers.\n\nThe UK's biggest supermarket chain reported a jump in profits for the first half of the year after wholesale food costs came down.\n\nIt said customers had been buying more own-label products to save money.\n\nMr Murphy told the BBC consumers were starting to see \"stability in [grocery] pricing and actually they're starting to see prices coming down\".\n\n\"We know how challenging it is for many households across the country, as they continue to grapple with ongoing cost of living pressures,\" he added.\n\n\"We are committed to doing everything we can to drive down food bills.\"\n\nIn the six months to the end of August, Tesco's sales were up by 8.4% compared with the same period last year, mainly due to higher prices.\n\nIts retail profits rose by 13.5% to £1.4bn, as the grocer cut its own costs and attracted more customers.\n\nEarlier this year, the major supermarkets faced claims that they were profiting from soaring prices, but they denied making too much money.\n\nA Competition and Markets Authority investigation later found no evidence of profiteering, but the regulator told retailers to make pricing clearer.\n\nOn Wednesday, Tesco raised its annual profit forecast, saying it expects retail profits to be between £2.6bn and £2.7bn, up from a previous forecast of £2.5bn.\n\nBack in April, it forecast it would struggle to increase profits this year.\n\nHow are you being affected by the rising cost of living? You can get in touch by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nGlobal food prices surged after Russia's invasion of Ukraine last year, driving up the cost of a weekly shop.\n\nBut this week industry body the British Retail Consortium said September had seen the first monthly fall in food prices for two years.\n\nMr Murphy said Tesco's customers had been switching own-label products to save money, including \"treating themselves at home\" with goods from its Finest range.\n\nShoppers had also been switching to Tesco from premium retailers, he added, although the grocer continues to face intense competition from discounters Aldi and Lidl.\n\nMr Murphy said consumers were likely to feel more confident as the year went on. \"We think the customer is in good shape for this Christmas,\" he said.\n\nFalling food price inflation has helped to ease the overall rate of UK inflation, which remains high.\n\nThis month the Bank of England left interest rates unchanged after 14 consecutive increases, after price rises slowed more quickly than expected in August.", "It is not clear how long the midwife-led unit at Altnagelvin Hospital will remain closed for at this stage\n\nA midwife-led unit at Altnagelvin Hospital in Londonderry has been unable to reopen since the Covid-19 pandemic due to a shortage of midwives.\n\n\"Attempts are being made to address the issue,\" the Western Health and Social Care Trust (WHSCT) told BBC News NI.\n\nThey said women can still receive midwife-led services at the Derry hospital in the delivery suite and also for the antenatal and postnatal period.\n\nThe unit was re-designated as a Covid-19 treatment area during the pandemic.\n\nA trust spokesperson said that \"there is a shortage of midwives regionally\" and that it \"has increased the number of midwives in training in an attempt to improve the recruitment of staff\".\n\nA Department of Health spokeswoman told BBC News NI the trust had taken an \"operational decision\" to close the unit.\n\nThe department has been assured the unit will reopen as \"as soon as midwifery-staffing levels are available to provide safe and effective care,\" the spokeswoman added.\n\nThe Western Trust said home births are continuing as normal.\n\nWomen at Altnaglvin Hospital will still receive midwife-led care in the delivery suite and also for the antenatal and postnatal period, the Western Trust said\n\nDuring pregnancy, both midwifery-led care in hospitals and in the community is offered in Northern Ireland. Consultant-led care provided at hospitals is another option for women.\n\nIn some cases, care will be shared by a number of professionals including GPs, midwives and consultant obstetricians.\n\nDirector of the Royal College of Midwives in Northern Ireland, Karen Murray, said \"recruitment issues at Altnagelvin are not new and they are aware of the acute problem\".\n\n\"Fifty midwives left Altnagelvin Hospital alone in the past few years because of retirement or taking other career paths,\" Ms Murray said.\n\n\"The Western Trust is aware and have been working on recruitment. In fact, about 15 newly-qualified midwives will hopefully be able to alleviate the problems in the next year.\n\n\"It's important to say though that expectant mothers and new mothers are being cared for and looked after still, we just need the doors open to the unit.\n\n\"People can be qualified too, but also need the experience to hit the ground running.\n\n\"These things take time, 65 midwifery students are doing the course in Queen's [University Belfast] this year but we'd rather see that figure at 80.\"\n\nSinéad McLaughlin said many women feel the unit's reopening would \"greatly benefit maternal mental health across Derry\"\n\nSDLP assembly member for Foyle, Sinéad McLaughlin, said she had \"grave concerns at the uncertain future\" of the midwife-led unit at Altnagelvin Hospital.\n\n\"I was contacted recently by a number of women who are frustrated and disappointed that the unit remains closed,\" Ms McLaughlin said.\n\nShe said that many woman felt its reopening \"would greatly benefit maternal mental health across Derry\".\n\n\"Unfortunately, current recruitment challenges are frustrating efforts to resource safe and effective care in our local hospital, leaving mothers in Derry to pay the price for the lack of investment,\" she said.\n\n\"The fact that there has not been a maternity strategy since 2018 is another damning indictment of this failure.\"\n\nThe politician said it was crucial that an executive was restored to help deal with this issue and \"enable a health minister to implement the findings of the framework for nursing and midwifery workforce planning\".", "Sara's body was found at her home in Woking on 10 August\n\nA safeguarding review will take place into the death of Sara Sharif, it has been announced.\n\nThe 10-year-old's body was found at her home in Woking on 10 August.\n\nHer father, stepmother and uncle appeared at the Old Bailey last month and were told they would face a murder trial next autumn.\n\nDerek Benson, chair of the Surrey Safeguarding Children Partnership (SSCP), said: \"This process is likely to take some time\".\n\n\"Findings may not be shared by the Surrey Safeguarding Children Partnership until the partnership is assured that doing so will not prejudice any future legal proceedings,\" he said.\n\n\"This review will be independently led by the SSCP and is a statutory process that will bring together partners including the police, health, social care and education to review the practice of all agencies involved with the family and identify any learning.\"\n\nThe purpose of a local safeguarding child practice review is for agencies to learn lessons to improve the way in which they work to safeguard and promote the welfare of children.\n\nA post-mortem examination found that Sara had suffered \"multiple and extensive injuries\".\n\nHowever, the actual cause of her death is still yet to be established.\n\nUrfan Sharif, Beinash Batool and Faisal Malik will stand trial in September 2024\n\nUrfan Sharif, 41, his wife Beinash Batool, 29, and Urfan's brother, Faisal Malik, 28, are charged with murder and causing or allowing the death of a child.\n\nThey are next due to appear on 1 December for a plea hearing, and will stand trial in September 2024.\n\nNew images of Sara were released by Surrey Police as part of the ongoing investigation.\n\n\"The photos present Sara in the way we believe she may have dressed in the months prior to her death,\" police said.\n\nFollow BBC South East on Facebook, on X, and on Instagram. Send your story ideas to southeasttoday@bbc.co.uk.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "As we've been, reporting the comments made by Lawrence Fox were broadcast while he was a guest on Dan Wootton's GB News show.\n\nWe haven't heard from Wootton since Fox was sacked, but let's have a look at what he said last Wednesday.\n\nIn a follow-up post to an earlier apology , Wootton wrote on social media: \"I want to reiterate my regret over last night's exchange with Laurence on GB News. Having looked at the footage, I can see how inappropriate my reaction to his totally unacceptable remarks appears to be and want to be clear that I was in no way amused by the comments.\n\nHe said he reacted \"out of shock and suprise in an off-guard moment\" while searching for tweets Ava Evans had sent him earlier in the day.\n\n\"However, I should have intervened immediately to challenge offensive and misogynistic remarks,\" he added.\n\n\"I apologise unreservedly for what was a very unfortunate lapse in judgment on my part under the intense pressure of a bizarre exchange... I'm devastated that I let down the team and our supportive GBN family.\n\n\"We seek to tackle the issue and not the person,\" he wrote.", "Two Class A drug dealers trying to escape police were caught when their getaway car ended up wedged in the air between a lamppost and an unmarked police vehicle.\n\nArif Ali, 21, and Tanvir Ali, 20, were arrested after crack cocaine and heroin with a street value in excess of £11,000 was found inside their cars.\n\nUndercover officers approached a VW Polo when it then made an attempt to evade police.\n\nDriver Tanvir Ali drove dangerously, narrowly missing pedestrians and parked vehicles, before colliding with an unmarked police car.\n\nBoth were convicted of two counts of intent to supply Class A drugs, and were jailed on 22 September at Swansea Crown Court.\n\nTanvir Ali, who was also convicted of violent disorder and dangerous driving, was sentenced to three years and four months. Arif Ali was sentenced to three years and nine months.", "Roly Bardsley, 59, said he was forced to sell his family home in Cheshire\n\nA man who says he was forced to sell his house by HS2 said the failed project has \"destroyed his life\".\n\nRoly Bardsley learned his home in Stanthorne, Cheshire, was affected by the planned route when he received a letter containing a map of the line.\n\nAfter being denied a compulsory purchase order, the 59-year-old said he had \"lost everything\".\n\n\"I tried to sell it and estate agents laughed at me. It was blighted forever,\" he said.\n\nThe BBC has contacted the Department of Transport for comment.\n\nThe Prime Minster Rishi Sunak has announced at the Conservative Party conference in Manchester that HS2 will be scrapped. HS2 was a proposed high-speed rail link between London and the north of England.\n\nMr Sunak told the conference that £36bn allocated to it would be reinvested into other northern rail and road schemes.\n\nMr Bardsley said the route would have come within 40 yards (37m) of his house and that an additional bypass would have left the place on \"an island with no means of access\".\n\n\"It was unbelievable,\" he said.\n\n\"They refused to compulsorily purchase it because it didn't knock the house down.\n\n\"I would have had trains travelling at 240 miles an hour every twelve minutes, 40 yards from my window.\"\n\nAt the same time Mr Bardsley's business was in financial difficulty and went into administration.\n\nHe believes if it were not for the HS2 plan he would have been able to borrow against his home and save his business.\n\nInstead, he said he was forced to sell the property and his business folded.\n\n\"I was now in financial distress caused by them,\" he said.\n\n\"I lost my business. I lost my livelihood. And I lost my home.\n\n\"It is profoundly the worst thing that's ever happened to me and my family ever.\"\n\nHe said life had been \"going well\" before the letter dropped through the door. Now he finds it too upsetting to drive past the property - the place where his children grew up - because there are \"too many memories\".\n\n\"We had everything there,\" he said. \"I think we could have lived there forever.\"\n\nMr Bardsley said he supported the levelling up of the North and said the plan to put Leeds and Manchester and London all within an hour of each other was \"fantastic\".\n\n\"Development happens,\" he said, \"and I was expecting clean answers, a solution and to move on.\n\n\"To be at war for that amount of time, it cost everything I had. I spent everything we had in the bank.\n\n\"Now that HS2 is not going to happen, it has destroyed lives.\n\n\"It's been a decade of hell. I never thought that something could define my life as much as this. [We've lost] our home, my livelihood, my business, which had 200 employees. [Some of them had] worked for me for 40 years.\"\n\nAre you personally affected by the changes to HS2? Get in touch by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.\n\nWhy not follow BBC North West on Facebook, X and Instagram? You can also send story ideas to northwest.newsonline@bbc.co.uk", "Letby will spend the rest of her life in prison after being convicted following a lengthy trial\n\nPolice are investigating possible corporate manslaughter at the hospital where serial killer Lucy Letby worked.\n\nThe former nurse, 33, was jailed in August for murdering seven babies and attempting to kill six others at the Countess of Chester Hospital.\n\nCheshire Police said the latest investigation was in its early stages.\n\nLawyers representing some of the victims' families said they were \"reassured\" steps were being taken to consider the actions of management.\n\nOrganisations and companies can be found guilty of corporate manslaughter as a result of serious management failures resulting in a gross breach of a duty of care under The Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007.\n\nDet Supt Simon Blackwell, of Cheshire Police, said the inquiry would focus on the indictment period of the charges for Letby from June 2015 to June 2016.\n\nHe said the investigation would consider areas \"including senior leadership and decision making to determine whether any criminality has taken place\".\n\n\"At this stage we are not investigating any individuals in relation to gross negligence manslaughter,\" he added.\n\nHe added that the force was \"unable to go into any further details or answer specific questions\" at present.\n\n\"We recognise that this investigation will have a significant impact on a number of different stakeholders including the families in this case and we are continuing to work alongside and support them during this process,\" he said.\n\n\"You will be notified of any further updates in due course.\"\n\nTamlin Bolton, a solicitor at Switalskis which represents the families of seven babies attacked by Letby, said: \"We are reassured that some steps are now being taken to consider the actions of management from a criminal perspective.\n\n\"It will be for the CPS and the police to determine now if the conduct of the senior management at the Countess of Chester Hospital fell so far below what could reasonably have been expected of them, that their actions caused or contributed to the deaths of those seven children.\"\n\nLetby, originally from Hereford, lodged an appeal against her whole life order sentence last month.\n\nShe is due to face a retrial next year on an outstanding charge of attempting to murder a baby girl.\n\nWhy not follow BBC North West on Facebook, X and Instagram? You can also send story ideas to northwest.newsonline@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The US government has issued its first ever fine to a company for leaving space junk orbiting the Earth.\n\nThe Federal Communications Commission fined Dish Network $150,000 (£125,000) for failing to move an old satellite far enough away from others in use.\n\nThe company admitted liability over its EchoStar-7 satellite and agreed to a \"compliance plan\" with the FCC.\n\nSpace junk is made up bits of tech that are in orbit around the Earth but are no longer in use, and risk collisions.\n\nOfficially called space debris, it includes things like old satellites and parts of spacecraft.\n\nThe FCC said that Dish's satellite posed a potential risk to other satellites orbiting the Earth at its current altitude.\n\nDish's EchoStar-7 - which was first launched in 2002 - was in geostationary orbit, which starts at 22,000 miles (36,000km) above the Earth's surface.\n\nDish was meant to move the satellite 186 miles further from Earth, but at the end of its life in 2022 had moved it only 76 miles after it lost fuel.\n\n\"As satellite operations become more prevalent and the space economy accelerates, we must be certain that operators comply with their commitments,\" said FCC enforcement bureau chief Loyaan Egal.\n\n\"This is a breakthrough settlement, making very clear the FCC has strong enforcement authority and capability to enforce its vitally important space debris rules.\"\n\nThe $150,000 fine represents a tiny proportion of Dish's overall revenue, which was $16.7bn in 2022.\n\nHowever, the fine may still have an impact on other satellite operators, according to Dr Megan Argo, senior lecturer in astrophysics at the University of Central Lancashire.\n\n\"The fact that they've actually used their regulatory powers for the first time is certainly likely to at least make the rest of the industry sit up and pay attention,\" said Dr Argo.\n\n\"The fact that they have used it once means that they are likely to use it again.\n\n\"The more things we have in orbit, the more risk there is of collisions, causing high-speed debris. [This could] go on and potentially hit other satellites, causing yet more debris and potentially cause a cascade reaction,\" she added.\n\nIt is estimated that more than 10,000 satellites have been launched into space since the first one in 1957, with over half of them now out of use.\n\nAccording to Nasa, there are more than 25,000 pieces of space debris measuring over 10cm long.\n\nNasa boss Bill Nelson told the BBC in July that space junk was a \"major problem\", which has meant that the International Space Station has had to be moved out of the way of debris flying past.\n\n\"Even a paint chip… coming in the wrong direction at orbital speed, which is 17,500 miles an hour [could] hit an astronaut doing a spacewalk. That can be fatal,\" he said.\n\nSign up for our morning newsletter and get BBC News in your inbox.", "Garry Jones admitted sabotaging the products at Harvey & Brockless, in Evesham, last year\n\nA factory worker who put plastic bags, rubber gloves and ring pulls in food destined for Nando's has been jailed.\n\nGarry Jones \"knowingly and maliciously\" contaminated the products while working at a Worcestershire food manufacturer.\n\nHe admitted contaminating goods supplied to Nando's, after adding items to hummus and salad dressings, and was jailed for three years.\n\nManufacturer Harvey & Brockless said no products that were tampered with in October 2022 reached \"end\" customers.\n\nThe 39-year-old was a \"picker\" at the firm in Evesham and responsible for collecting the required ingredients for the next day's cooking, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said.\n\nBut from 28 October last year, the company was made aware dozens of its products which are supplied to restaurants across the country had been contaminated with the gloves, plastic bags and metal ring pulls.\n\nRubber gloves were found in some food products\n\nAn internal investigation revealed other boxes had also been tampered with, leading to the firm concluding an employee was responsible and police were alerted.\n\nThe use of a metal detector on products before they left the kitchen area meant any contamination could not have taken place during production and must have occurred in the storage area of the factory, the CPS said.\n\nCCTV cameras inside the factory went to show Jones, from Larch Road, Evesham, deliberately tampering with tubs of hummus and salad dressings when he was alone.\n\nHe was arrested on 10 November and questioned by West Midlands Police, where he later admitted to officers he had combined fish sauce with soy sauce on one occasion.\n\nHarvey & Brockless has said the vast majority of the products involved did not reach their destination, adding \"any items that did were quickly returned before reaching the end consumer\".\n\n\"This swift action meant all end consumers were fully protected from any contaminated products,\" it added.\n\nManufacturer Harvey & Brockless said no products that were tampered with between 1 October and 1 November 2022 reached end customers\n\nFollowing the incident, the manufacturer said it had invested in extra CCTV cameras to ensure all areas were \"fully covered\".\n\nMehree Kamranfar, senior crown prosecutor for CPS West Midlands, said the case was \"extremely disturbing\" and could have had had far-reaching implications had Jones not been caught.\n\n\"Jones knowingly and maliciously contaminated food products that were going to be distributed to some of the most popular high street restaurants across the country.\n\n\"The cross-contamination caused alarm both within the company and externally, as Jones's utter disregard, particularly in mixing fish sauce with raw ingredients, could have threatened serious harm to those with allergies.\n\n\"In addition, sabotaging the food products supplied by Harvey & Brockless not only cost the firm thousands of pounds, it also threatened to destroy the company's reputation.\"\n\nJones was sentenced to 33 months imprisonment for contaminating goods, and nine months to run consecutively for a charge of burglary after he admitted breaking into a colleague's house through a window and stealing a pink hairbrush.\n\nUpdate 4th October: An earlier version of this article reported that the CPS had said that food products contaminated in this case were destined for Nandos and Ivy Group restaurants. The CPS have since confirmed that although the Harvey & Brockless Fine Food Company produces large quantities of items for restaurants across the country, including Nando's and The Ivy Group, none of the products in this case were destined for Ivy Group restaurants.\n\nFollow BBC West Midlands on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Send your story ideas to: newsonline.westmidlands@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The family asked people to light candles as Elianne was the \"light of their lives\"\n\nThousands of people have gathered in south London to remember a teenage girl who was fatally stabbed one week ago.\n\nElianne Andam, 15, was attacked at a bus stop on Wellesley Road in central Croydon last Wednesday morning as she made her way to school.\n\nA 17-year-old boy has appeared in court charged with her murder.\n\nAt the vigil, Elianne's family asked people to wear white and light candles to represent her being the light of their lives.\n\nElianne's mother, Dorcas Andam, paid tribute to her \"smart, charismatic\" daughter, who \"loved living life to the fullest\".\n\n\"She brought joy to so many, including her friendship group,\" she said.\n\n\"She was an amazing, beautiful, girl. \"She loved and touched lives around her.\"\n\nElianne was described by her family as \"the light of our lives\"\n\nShe added: \"I can't believe we won't be seeing her anymore. I can't believe she won't be there to complain about her teenage activities.\n\n\"We should be planning her prom after year 11. She wanted to be a lawyer, and had so much to live for.\"\n\nShe said her daughter was \"just a normal teenager\" and that it was a \"sad day for the whole family, now we are planning her funeral\".\n\nRapper Stormzy, real name Michael Omari Owuo Jr, stood silently beside her family as they led mourners in prayer.\n\nOne attendee described Elianne as \"cute, funny, and very loving and caring\" and said she was there to \"show my support for the family, to be there with them in this tragic moment\".\n\nAnother woman said: \"It's a shock, I've never seen anything like this in all of the years that I've worked over there. It's really sad that in 2023 we have to be facing things like this.\"\n\nFlowers, cards and messages have been building up at the scene where she died all week\n\nThe vigil saw a two-minute silence held as people raised their candles, while prayers were said. The crowd joined in and sang Amazing Grace.\n\nElianne has been called a \"beautiful young lady\" who wanted to be a lawyer and whose Christian faith was very important to her.\n\nRapper Stormzy was also in attendance\n\nSpeeches about knife crime were also a part of the vigil. After speaker Anthony King said \"enough us enough\", the crowd responded with a shout of \"yes\".\n\nAnother speaker said they did not want Elianne to be another statistic, and that they could stop knife crime together.\n\nThe Bishop of Croydon, Marlene Rosemarie Mallett, told the crowd: \"Many of you are ordinary residents of Croydon but you have been touched by this tragedy.\"\n\nSixteen young people from London have been victims of homicide so far this year\n\nJames Watkins, who works with local young people as part of the Mainzworld project, spoke to Elianne's family ahead of the vigil.\n\nHe said the family told him they wanted her to be remembered as \"someone that was loved, someone that was cared about and someone that made an impact to everyone that she came into contact with\".\n\n\"It's not a surprise to anybody that a lot of people are in fear right now,\" he added.\n\nSo far this year, 16 teenagers from London have lost their lives to homicide.\n\n\"I think part of it is us talking to parents and saying to them to discuss things with their children, have a conversation with their children,\" said Mr Watkins.\n\n\"And it's also about parents being aware of organisations that can help them when they don't feel like they have the assistance that they need.\"\n\nListen to the best of BBC Radio London on Sounds and follow BBC London on Facebook, X and Instagram. Send your story ideas to hello.bbclondon@bbc.co.uk", "Jon Boutcher is a former chief constable of Bedfordshire Police\n\nJon Boutcher has been picked as interim chief constable of the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI), subject to agreement, BBC News NI understands.\n\nAn arrangement for him to take the role is still being worked on.\n\nHe would assume the temporary post after previous chief constable Simon Byrne quit in September following a series of crises under his leadership.\n\nMr Boutcher has decades of experience within policing and is a former chief of Bedfordshire Police.\n\nHe has spent the past five years overseeing an independent investigation into the activities of the Army's top spy within the IRA during the Troubles in Northern Ireland.\n\nHis Operation Kenova report into the agent, who was known as Stakeknife, is due to be published in the coming months.\n\nMr Boutcher had previously applied to lead the Metropolitan Police after the resignation of Cressida Dick last year but he was unsuccessful in that process.\n\nHe was also unsuccessful in his bid to become PSNI chief constable in 2019, when the job eventually went to Mr Byrne.\n\nLiam Kelly, the chair of the Police Federation, which represents rank-and-file officers, welcomed Mr Boutcher's selection as interim chief but said he \"will have a mountain to climb because it will be challenging\".\n\n\"Morale is pretty low at the moment,\" he added.\n\nThe Northern Ireland Policing Board, which oversees the PSNI, confirmed that it had agreed on the appointment of an interim chief constable.\n\n\"The appointment is now subject to due diligence checks and ministerial approval,\" it added.\n\nSocial Democratic and Labour Party leader Colum Eastwood gave a positive reaction to Mr Boutcher's appointment, describing him as \"honest and up-front\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThe PSNI has been without a chief constable for several weeks after Mr Byrne's resignation.\n\nHe quit in the wake of a court ruling that determined that two junior police officers had been unlawfully disciplined after making an arrest at a Troubles commemoration event in Belfast.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThe previous month the force had mistakenly shared the identities of its entire workforce online in what was described by senior officers as a \"major data breach\".\n\nRank-and-file officers have since passed a vote of no confidence in some of the PSNI's other senior leaders.\n\nThe Police Federation for Northern Ireland has said the force is in \"in dire need of clear and strong leadership\".\n\nA fast-track process to appoint an interim leader began last week, with the deadline for applications passing on Monday afternoon.\n\nApplications are being sought for a new permanent chief constable on a salary of almost £220,000 but it will be several months before they would start the job.", "A sketch from the courtroom where Judge Lewis Kaplan is presiding\n\nFormer crypto billionaire Sam Bankman-Fried is staring down decades in prison, as his trial over what has been called one of the biggest financial frauds in US history gets under way.\n\nOpening arguments in the case are expected later in New York, after jury selection on Tuesday.\n\nThe 31-year-old, who once ran one of the world's biggest cryptocurrency exchanges, is accused of stealing billions from customers and investors.\n\nHe has denied the claims.\n\nThe son of Stanford law professors, Mr Bankman-Fried rose to fame after founding FTX, a platform where customers could trade digital currencies, in 2019.\n\nHe became a kind of crypto spokesman in Washington, known for his curly mop, sports sponsorships and hobnobbing with celebrities like American football star Tom Brady and comedian Larry David.\n\nAs crypto markets soured in 2022, he stepped in as a saviour for smaller firms, earning him the nickname, the \"King of Crypto\".\n\nBut a few months later, he was arrested and charged with fraud, after FTX collapsed into bankruptcy, with more than $8bn (£6.6bn) reported missing.\n\nMr Bankman-Fried's arrival at the federal courthouse on Tuesday kicked off what is expected to be a roughly six-week courtroom battle.\n\nUS attorney Damian Williams leads the office that is arguing the case against Mr Bankman-Fried\n\nThe moment drew dozens of reporters to the courthouse, some lining up as early as 5am for a glimpse of the man whose dramatic fall from grace seemed to force a reckoning for the wider crypto industry.\n\n\"All eyes are going to be on it,\" said Renato Mariotti, a former federal prosecutor and a partner at law firm Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner.\n\n\"It has added significance given the state of the crypto industry and the state of regulation in the United States.\"\n\nThe trial is expected to shine a light on the heady deal-making in a sector that has been dogged by questions of legitimacy since its start but for a time seemed to mint billionaires, at least on paper, almost overnight.\n\nIn its indictment, the Department of Justice alleged that Mr Bankman-Fried used customer funds placed at FTX to spend extravagantly, buying property and making more than $100m in political donations.\n\nHe also allegedly used the money to cover losses at his trading firm, Alameda Research, lying to investors and banks about the ties between the two companies.\n\nIn media interviews, including with the BBC, Mr Bankman-Fried has admitted to sloppy record keeping but denied intentional wrongdoing.\n\nAdministrators for the bankrupt FTX had recovered more than $7bn as of August. Mr Bankman-Fried's lawyers have argued in court filings that he was following legal advice at key points.\n\nBut four of his closest business colleagues and allies - including ex-girlfriend and former Alameda chief Caroline Ellison - have already pleaded guilty. Three are expected to testify against him.\n\nAnalysts said the odds of winning favour the government, which has an overwhelming record in cases like this.\n\n\"I don't hear a strong defence that he has created yet,\" said John Coffee Jr, a professor at Columbia Law School. \"He may convince people he's kind of a bumbling fool but that's not really a defence that will work very well when there are all these other people testifying against him.\n\n\"This is not a 'he said, she said' case. It's a 'he said and six other she saids' saying the reverse,\" he added, noting that it will be difficult for Mr Bankman-Fried's lawyers to sow doubts about the credibility of so many witnesses.\n\nMr Bankman-Fried has been awaiting trial from prison since August, when Judge Kaplan revoked his bail after it was determined that he gave Ms Ellison's private writings to a New York Times reporter.\n\nThough he has remained unusually vocal since his downfall, it is not clear if he will speak in his own defence.\n\nIn court on Tuesday, where he appeared in a suit with his typically dishevelled locks trimmed, he told Judge Lewis Kaplan he understood that that would be his choice.\n\nLawyers for the two sides said a plea deal was never discussed.\n\nMr Bankman-Fried's best hope is to find a sympathetic member of the jury, experts said.\n\n\"All you need is one juror to say, 'Not guilty, the government hasn't proven its case beyond a reasonable doubt,'\" said Ira Lee Sorkin, a lawyer at Mintz & Gold who represented disgraced financier Bernie Madoff.\n\nDanya Perry, a former assistant US attorney for the Southern District of New York, said the outcome of the trial was likely to determine the wider consequences of the FTX collapse, as Congress debates new rules for the industry and the government pursues legal battles with several other firms and founders.\n\n\"It's really just a question of how far regulation goes to make sure something like this doesn't happen again,\" she said.\n\n\"That story is yet to be told - what the reverberations are going to be.\"\n\nPanorama explores the breakneck rise and sensational fall of Sam Bankman-Fried, the maths genius who set out to transform the world of crypto but ended up being its biggest loser.\n\nWatch on BBC iPlayer now and on BBC1 at 20:00, Monday 25 September (UK only)\n• None Is the US trying to kill crypto?", "Ukraine fires thousands of shells every day in defence of its territory\n\nWestern military powers are running out of ammunition to give Ukraine to defend itself against Russia's full-scale invasion, the UK and Nato have warned.\n\nAdm Rob Bauer, Nato's most senior military official, told the Warsaw Security Forum that \"the bottom of the barrel is now visible\".\n\nHe said governments and defence manufacturers now had to \"ramp up production in a much higher tempo\".\n\nUkraine fires thousands of shells every day and most now come from Nato.\n\nThe admiral, who chairs Nato's Military Committee, said decades of underinvestment meant Nato countries had begun supplying Ukraine with weapons with their ammunition warehouse already half-full or even emptier.\n\n\"We need large volumes. The just-in-time, just-enough economy we built together in 30 years in our liberal economies is fine for a lot of things - but not the armed forces when there is a war ongoing.\"\n\nUK Defence Minister James Heappey told the forum that Western military stockpiles were \"looking a bit thin\" and urged Nato allies to spend 2% of their national wealth on defence, as they had committed to do.\n\n\"If it's not the time - when there is a war in Europe - to spend 2% on defence, then when is?\" he asked.\n\nHe, too, said the \"just-in-time\" model \"definitely does not work when you need to be ready for the fight tomorrow\".\n\n\"We can't stop just because our stockpiles are looking a bit thin,\" Mr Heappey said. \"We have to keep Ukraine in the fight tonight and tomorrow and the day after and the day after. And if we stop, that doesn't mean that Putin automatically stops.\"\n\nAnd that meant, he said, \"continuing to give, day in day out, and rebuilding our own stockpiles\".\n\n\"The elephant in the room is that not everyone in the alliance is yet spending 2% of their GDP on defence. That must be the floor for our defence spending, not the ceiling.\"\n\nHe added: \"When it comes to the alliance, the US is increasingly looking east and west, and I think justifiably our colleagues in Congress need to see the European powers are spending their 2% to resource Nato equitably.\"\n\nOn Monday, EU foreign ministers held first ever summit outside the bloc in Kyiv, pledging continuing support to Ukraine\n\nSwedish Defence Minister Pol Jonson said it was vital for Europe to get its defence industrial base in shape to support Ukraine for the long term.\n\n\"Because we're digging pretty deep now into our pockets, into our stocks,\" he said.\n\n\"And in the long run, I think it's crucial that Ukrainians also can procure defence material from the industrial base in Europe. We learned some hard lessons here about scale and volume, not at least when it comes to artillery ammunition.\"\n\nThe UK defence ministry says that since the start of the invasion in February 2022, the UK has given more than 300,000 rounds of artillery ammunition and is committed to giving \"tens of thousands more\" by the end of the year.\n\nThe US state department says that over the same timescale, America has given Ukraine more than two million Nato standard 155mm artillery rounds.\n\nSuch is Kyiv's dependence on US ammunition that there are real concerns among Nato allies about the possibility of Donald Trump being re-elected president next year.\n\nThey fear that US military support for Ukraine might diminish if Mr Trump were to seek some kind of political settlement with Moscow.\n\nThe difficulty is that despite attempts to ramp up production, Ukraine is using the ammunition faster than Western powers can replace it.\n\nNato and EU countries have agreed various plans to share expertise, agree joint contracts with defence manufacturers, subsidise production as much as they can.\n\nBut it appears that they are still struggling to meet the need.\n\nAnalysts say that in contrast, Russia appears much more able to gear up its wartime economy to replenish its own stockpiles.\n\nSign up for our morning newsletter and get BBC News in your inbox.", "On my travels around Lough Neagh I've spoken to people about the Earl of Shaftesbury, who owns the bed of lough, and his comment that he's open to selling it but won't be giving it away.\n\nHe told BBC News NI that he gets \"blamed for things that are completely outside of my control\" but wants to \"do the right thing by the people living here and what's in the best interest of the lough\".\n\nA variety of organisations are involved in maintaining and conserving the lough - it goes far beyond the Earl.\n\nOne of the people I met in Ardboe was Declan, who said: \"As loughshore people we’ve been completely let down by those involved.\n\n\"Who buys the lough will probably not fix the issues - the people of the lough, the people that live here know what to do and we have been crying out for years.\n\n\"I sound like I have no hope but I do have hope because otherwise I wouldn't be able to cope any more.\"\n\nWalkers at Battery Park said they’d buy the lough if they could. Gerard in Maghery said the ownership of the Lough was a major issue.\n\n\"It's not just the Earl who is involved,\" he told me. \"There are too many people involved in this lough and they don’t know what it needs.\"", "Andy Burnham has said the North of England \"will not put up\" with the HS2 decision\n\nNorthern leaders have hit out at the decision to axe HS2 between Birmingham and Manchester, claiming the government is treating people in the region as \"second class citizens\".\n\nRishi Sunak has confirmed the rail link that was due to connect the two cities will not go ahead.\n\nInstead, Mr Sunak pledged to reinvest around £36 billion of savings into other northern rail and road schemes.\n\nGreater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham said there was \"frustration and anger\".\n\nHe said: \"It always seems that people here where I live and where I kind of represent can be treated as second class citizens when it comes to transport.\n\n\"It just proves there's still so many people in politics, many of them in the Tory party, that think they can treat the north of England differently to the way they treat other parts of the country it's just so wrong.\"\n\nHe later added: \"I don't see how you can take a plan that goes beyond the life of any individual government and basically tear it up at a party conference, surely this should be done on a cross-party consultative basis.\"\n\nHenri Murison, the chief executive of Northern Powerhouse Partnership, said the decision was a \"national tragedy - economically at least\".\n\n\"That's because in 100 years the economy of the north will be smaller because of this decision,\" he said.\n\nThe prime minister's announcement was greeted with applause at the Tory conference\n\nMr Sunak said HS2 was \"the ultimate example of the old consensus\" and that the economic case for the line was no longer justified. \"The facts have changed and the right thing to do when the facts change is have the courage to change direction\", he said.\n\nIn place of HS2 the prime minister said a new \"Network North\" would be prioritised.\n\nHe told the conference hall, to huge applause, that the network would allow commuters to get from Manchester to the new station in Bradford in 30 minutes, Sheffield in 42 minutes and to Hull in 84 minutes on a fully, electrified line.\n\nLabour's shadow transport secretary Louise Haigh responded to the announcement by saying: \"The Conservatives promised Northern Powerhouse Rail sixty times and in three consecutive Conservative manifestos.\n\n\"After this Tory fiasco, why should anyone believe the Tories can deliver anything they say?\"\n\nThe high speed rail project was intended to link London, the Midlands and the north of England\n\nDarren Caplan, chief executive of the Railway Industry Association, said workers were \"extremely disappointed\" by the decision - which he described as an unnecessary \"nuclear option\".\n\nHe said: \"It's defeatist and sends a terrible signal to potential overseas investors that the UK simply cannot deliver large national transport infrastructure schemes.\"\n\nMr Caplan said the government could have worked with mayors, the railway industry, rail suppliers and other stakeholders to \"agree a cost-effective way forward.\"\n\nHe added: \"This blows a hole in the government's levelling-up and decarbonisation agendas.\n\n\"None of the replacement regional schemes referred to will have the same impact of building HS2 in full.\"\n\nCheshire and Warrington Local Enterprise Partnership said the move would \"deprive the region's economy of £2bn billion per year\".\n\nA spokesman said: \"HS2 would have had a transformational impact across Cheshire and Warrington, creating 27,000 new jobs, delivering 6 million square feet of new commercial floor space and 25,000 new homes.\"\n\nThe group said they would be \"looking carefully at the prime minister's promise to recycle the £36bn that he says will be saved from HS2\".\n\nTory MP Andy Carter, who represents Warrington South, said on the doorsteps he \"consistently heard\" that HS2 was not a priority for people.\n\n\"It's east-west links that really do make the difference for people in Warrington\", he said.\n\n\"There's a commitment for £12 billion worth of spending to improve east-west links, I'm really pleased with that.\"\n\nBut Zoë Billingham, director of the IPPR North think tank, remained unconvinced saying: \"New promises heard today to redeploy HS2 funding - across the whole country - not only undermines levelling up but also lacks credibility.\"\n\nWhy not follow BBC North West on Facebook, X and Instagram? You can also send story ideas to northwest.newsonline@bbc.co.uk", "Last updated on .From the section European Football\n\nThe UK and Republic of Ireland will now bid unopposed for Euro 2028 after Turkey withdrew to focus on a joint bid with Italy for Euro 2032.\n\nTurkey agreed to merge their Euro 2032 bid with Italy in July and that has now been approved by governing body Uefa.\n\nWhile Italy had only bid for the 2032 tournament, Turkey had bid to host both Euro 2028 and 2032.\n\nBoth bids still need official approval by Uefa at a meeting of its executive committee on Tuesday.\n\n\"These are exciting times and we have a very compelling Euro 2028 proposal for Uefa,\" read a joint statement from the five national associations, from England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.\n\n\"Our bid will be ground-breaking for the men's Euros and will deliver lasting legacies across the whole of the UK and Ireland.\"\n\nUefa said: \"The presentations at that meeting will be an important part of the process which will take due consideration of the content of the bid submissions before reaching a decision.\"\n\nTurkey hosted June's Champions League final between Manchester City and Inter Milan at Istanbul's Ataturk Olympic Stadium, but a major international tournament has never been held in the country.\n\nReigning European champions Italy hosted the Euros in 1968 and 1980 and Rome's Stadio Olimpico was also used as a venue at Euro 2020.\n\nIn April, 10 grounds were selected for the UK and Republic of Ireland's bid, including Glasgow's Hampden Park, Cardiff's Principality Stadium, Dublin's Aviva Stadium and Wembley in London.\n\nBelfast's Casement Park and Everton's Bramley-Moore Dock, the former unbuilt while the latter is still under construction, are also included in the bid.\n\nThe Republic of Ireland, Northern Ireland and Wales have never hosted a major tournament.\n\nEngland were one of the 11 countries to host Euro 2020 along with Scotland, as well as being sole hosts of the 1966 World Cup and Euro 96.\n\nA review into disorder at the Euro 2020 final, held in London at Wembley, found\"ticketless, drunken and drugged-up thugs\" could have caused death as they stormed the stadium.", "The UK's surveillance camera commissioner has said government plans to allow police to access passport photos to catch criminals risks damaging public trust.\n\nPolicing minister Chris Philp said he wanted officers to be able to access a wider range of databases.\n\nHe claimed a new data platform could be built within two years.\n\nBut Prof Fraser Sampson said it could make passport-holders feel as if they were in a \"digital line-up\".\n\nAt present, photos on the police national database are limited to individuals who have been arrested.\n\nThe police can check images from dashcam and doorbell technologies, as well as home and business security cameras, against the national database.\n\nMr Philp told the Conservative Party conference this week: \"I'm going to be asking police forces to search all of those databases — the police national database, which has custody images, but also other databases like the passport database.\"\n\nHowever, Prof Sampson told the BBC it was important that the police avoided giving people the impression they were on a \"digital line up.\"\n\n\"The state has large collections of good quality photographs of a significant proportion of the population - drivers and passport holders being good examples - which were originally required and given as a condition of, say, driving and international travel,\" he said.\n\n\"If the state routinely runs every photograph against every picture of every suspected incident of crime simply because it can there is a significant risk of disproportionality and of damaging public trust.\"\n\nMr Philp said he wanted a system that would enable officers to \"press one button\" and \"search it all.\"\n\nBut civil liberties groups, who have already raised concerns about the existing use of facial recognition technology by the police, said using passport photos risks exacerbating them.\n\n\"The commissioner is entirely right to warn about the expansion of facial recognition technology,\" said Emmanuelle Andrews, policy and campaigns manager at Liberty, the civil rights group.\n\nShe said: \"History has told us this technology will be used disproportionately by the police to monitor and harass minority groups, and particularly people of colour. Expanding it will put many more people in harm's way.\"\n\nMichael Birtwistle, associate director at the Ada Lovelace Institute, described the proposals as \"concerning\" because the \"accuracy and scientific basis of facial recognition technologies is highly contested, and their legality is uncertain.\"\n\n'There is an important lesson to be learned from the negative public reaction to previous attempts to repurpose personal data, such as GP surgery records. We urge the government to reconsider these proposals,\" he said.\n\nThere are also questions about whether driving up crime detection rates depends on increased use of technology as opposed to increasing the number of police officers available to investigate offences.\n\nPaul Gerrard, director of public affairs at the Co-op Group, which has 2,400 stores across the UK, told the Tory party conference that the police routinely did not visit its shops after a theft had taken place - regardless of the level of evidence available.\n\nMr Gerrard said a freedom of information request by Co-op showed that the police failed to attend in more than 70% of serious retail crimes reported.\n\nThat was despite staff members suffering more than 900 assaults in the first eight months of the year, and stock worth an estimated £70m being stolen annually.\n\nThe Home Office said the government was \"committed to making sure the police have the tools and technology they need to solve and prevent crimes, bring offenders to justice, and keep people safe.\"\n\nIt said: \"Technology such as facial recognition can help the police quickly and accurately identify those wanted for serious crimes, as well as missing or vulnerable people.\n\n\"It also frees up police time and resources, meaning more officers can be out on the beat, engaging with communities and carrying out complex investigations.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Police video showed the flyover barrier the bus crashed through\n\nAt least 21 people including several children have died after a bus crashed off a flyover near Venice and burst into flames, officials say.\n\nThe electric bus broke through a barrier and plunged almost 15m (50ft) near railway tracks in Mestre, which is connected to Venice by a bridge.\n\nFive Ukrainians, one German and the Italian driver were among the dead, city prefect Michele Di Bari said.\n\nVenice Mayor Luigi Brugnaro said a \"huge tragedy\" had taken place.\n\n\"An apocalyptic scene, there are no words,\" he said on social media.\n\nCCTV footage of the flyover from Tuesday night showed the vehicle driving past another bus, before toppling off the carriageway.\n\nOne rescuer spoke of a \"tragedy of young people, if not very young people, except for a few adults\".\n\nThree children including a baby were among the dead, emergency services said. Interior Minister Matteo Piantedosi said that the toll could rise.\n\nFifteen people are known to have been injured, five of them seriously. Venice officials said they included Ukrainians, Austrians, Spaniards and other foreign tourists.\n\nAmong the injured were two 16-year-olds and two younger children, the local governor said.\n\nTwo German brothers, aged seven and 13, were being treated for broken bones in hospital in nearby Treviso. Their parents were killed in the accident and the boys were being given counselling.\n\nVenice prosecutor Bruno Cherchi said identifying the victims was proving difficult because many were not carrying personal documents. Only three or four survivors had so far been able to talk to investigators by Wednesday afternoon, he added.\n\nThe bus, carrying 39 people, crashed at around 19:45 (17:45 GMT) on Tuesday. It had apparently been rented by a local company to pick up tourists from the historic centre of Venice to a campsite in the nearby Marghera district.\n\nThe bus was seen by witnesses scraping along the guard-rail on the flyover for 50m, before tumbling to the ground, the prosecutor added.\n\nThe bus company emphasised that the 13-tonne vehicle was electric, discounting earlier reports that it also ran on methane gas. Fire brigade commander Mauro Longo told Il Gazzettino website that the bus's batteries caught fire and made the task of clearing the bus a complex operation.\n\nWitnesses said they could hear people screaming but the flames were too high to intervene.\n\nA 27-year-old Gambian worker and a colleague were among the first people to reach the scene. He told how he had pulled three or four people from the bus, including a young girl.\n\nOne man called Leonardo said he heard the sound of strong braking before the sound of the crash, and he rushed to find out what had happened. \"I wanted to help,\" he told La Presse website, \"but I was prevented by a friend of mine and a policewoman because the bus was still in flames and in danger of blowing up.\"\n\nWhat is unclear is why the bus left the flyover on a downhill stretch of the road and careered through a guard rail and metal barrier. Police are looking at video from security cameras near the crash site.\n\nThe 40-year-old driver, Alberto Rizzotto, had worked for the bus company for seven years and there was no indication on the road that he had tried to brake before the crash.\n\nIn his last Facebook post, he said he was running a \"shuttle to Venice\".\n\nThe head of the Veneto region, Luca Zaia, said \"everything points\" to the driver taking ill in the moments before losing control of the bus. However, he added that it was prudent not to yet speculate on the causes of the accident.\n\nMassimo Fiorese, from La Linea bus company, said the vehicle was less than a year old and the driver highly experienced.\n\n\"There's a video of the bus just before it falls,\" he told the Ansa news agency. \"The vehicle arrives, slows down and brakes. It's almost at a standstill when it crashes through the guard-rail. I think the driver must have fallen ill, because otherwise I can't explain it.\"\n\nFirefighters eventually removed the wrecked bus from the scene early on Wednesday.\n\nA reception point staffed by psychologists and psychiatrists has been set up at a nearby hospital to provide support for the victims' families.\n\nItaly's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said the country's thoughts were with the victims and their family and friends.\n\nThe flyover can be seen directly above the wreckage of the bus in Mestre", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Recent videos like these circulating on social media show the bedbugs on a train seat and in a sofa\n\nA plague of bedbugs has hit Paris and other French cities, provoking a wave of insectophobia and raising questions about health and safety during next year's Olympic Games.\n\nThat's broadly how the phenomenon has been described in the French - and now international - news media.\n\nIn part it is true. But in another part it isn't.\n\nWhat is the case is that the number of bedbug sightings has increased over the last weeks - and that that upward trend goes back several years.\n\n\"Every late summer we see a big increase in bedbugs,\" says Jean-Michel Berenger, an entomologist at Marseille's main hospital and France's leading expert on les punaises.\n\n\"That is because people have been moving about over July and August, and they bring them back in their luggage.\n\n\"And each year, the seasonal increase is bigger than the last one.\"\n\nEvery late summer we see a big increase in bedbugs... And each year, the seasonal increase is bigger than the last one\n\nIn Paris, to the long-standing fear of infestation felt by flat-dwellers (one in 10 of whom have experienced bedbugs in the last five years, according to official figures) have been added new sources of angst.\n\nReports that punaises have been recently seen in cinemas have not been proven, but are taken seriously. Likewise claims that people have been bitten on trains.\n\nAnd now both Paris City Hall and President Emmanuel Macron's government are calling for action. It is a measure of how seriously they take the issue - and of how they need to protect the image of Paris ahead of the 2024 games - that they are not dismissing the bedbug panic as a social media invention.\n\nBecause that is also part of the story.\n\nScare stories are flashing across the internet so fast that they are turning what was once for newspapers a reliable slow-day chestnut into a national emergency.\n\nCinema-owners - already worried about declining attendance - are seriously spooked when videos circulate showing unidentified mites on a seat. People on metros have started checking their upholstery. Some prefer to stand.\n\n\"There is a new element this year - and that is the general psychosis which has taken hold,\" says Mr Berenger.\n\n\"It is a good thing in a way because it serves to make people aware of the problem, and the sooner you act against bedbugs the better.\n\n\"But a lot of the problem is being exaggerated.\"\n\nFrench residents are calling in exterminators to tackle the problem\n\nThe fact of the matter is that bedbugs are making a comeback, and have been for perhaps 20 or 30 years. But that is not just in France, but everywhere.\n\nThere are several factors, of which globalisation - container trade, tourism and immigration - is the most important. Climate change can be ruled out. The bedbug - cimex lectularius to give its Latin name - is a domesticated creature. It goes where humans go. Weather doesn't come into it.\n\nAfter World War Two, bedbugs - like many other beasties - were massively reduced in number by the widespread used of the insecticide DDT. But over the years, DDT and many other chemicals have been banned because of their effect on humans.\n\nAnd in the meantime, the bedbug population has been altered by the elimination of those creatures who were genetically susceptible to chemical eradication in the first place. Those that survived the DDT blitz are the ancestors of today's breed, who are as a result far more resistant.\n\nA third factor may be the decline in cockroaches, thanks largely to cleaner homes. Cockroaches are a bedbug predator. Fear not: no-one is suggesting reinfesting homes with cockroaches in order to deal with les punaises!\n\nAccording to Mr Berenger, in the developed world, people are liable to panic about bedbugs because we have lost the collective memory of them. In other parts of the world, they are still common - and people keep the threat in proportion.\n\nThe truth is that bedbugs are indeed a menace - but the danger is more psychological than physical. Cimex lectularis may be revolting, but as far as is known it cannot transmit disease. Its bites are loathsome, but they do not last very long.\n\nIt sheds its exoskeletons at regular intervals; it leaves faeces in the forms of black dots (digested blood); it wiggles in delight at the scent of a human; and it can last for a year without food. All horrors to contemplate.\n\nBed bugs - shown here on a display screen at a Marseille hospital - are spreading across France\n\nBut the real damage is to an infestee's mental health.\n\nA year ago, my 29 year-old son found bedbugs in his flat in the 20th arrondissement. He threw out his bed; washed all his clothes; scrubbed the place from top to bottom. But still he could not sleep. He began imagining things crawling over his skin. It became an obsession.\n\nOnly after an expensive steam-treatment of his flat by a respected anti-pest company was he able to breathe again. Some pest-controllers use sniffer dogs to track them down.\n\n\"Having bedbugs is no laughing matter,\" says Berenger. \"But there are a lot of far-fetched stories out there, about how easily they can spread from A to B.\n\n\"In my view the way to tackle bedbugs is not to target everyone - but to go for super-spreaders.\"\n\nThese are the people, he says, who though few in number can cause the most problems. They are often at the bottom of society's ladder, marginalised, poor, already ill and unable to look after themselves.\n\nWhen called to a super-spreader flat, he and his team find truly revolting spectacles - hundreds of bedbugs crawling over each other, in clothes, in the floorboards, behind pictures. Eggs are everywhere too.\n\n\"Every time one of these people leaves his or her home, they are spreading bedbugs. They are the ones that need help.\"", "A missing girl has been found safe after police used fingerprints left on a ransom note to track her down.\n\nCharlotte Sena, 9, disappeared on Saturday while riding her bicycle in New York state, triggering a huge 48-hour search by hundreds of people.\n\nA ransom note was later delivered to the family home, which officials said contained the suspect's fingerprints.\n\nPolice were able to identify him, as the print was on their database linked to a drink-driving incident from 1999.\n\nHe was located at a property owned by his mother and arrested.\n\n\"After some resistance, the suspect was taken into custody and immediately the little girl was found in a cabinet,\" New York Governor Kathy Hochul said at a news conference on Monday night. \"She knew she was being rescued. She knew that she was in safe hands.\n\n\"What happened was extraordinary,\" she said.\n\nThe governor named the suspect as Craig Nelson Ross Jr, 47, and said he was still being questioned. Police said the investigation was still active.\n\nCharlotte's family were on a camping trip when she went missing on Saturday in a wooded area of Moreau Lake State Park, a popular site about 45 miles (72km) north of Albany.\n\nIt was \"every parent's worst nightmare\", Gov Hochul said, adding that she had received anxious phone calls from around the country during the hunt.\n\nAfter Charlotte's disappearance, a ransom note was dropped through the letterbox of her family home in the early hours of Monday. Police who were monitoring the building collected it and identified the fingerprints.\n\nThe investigation was further assisted by mobile phone data and park visitor records, Gov Hochul told CNN.\n\nCharlotte was \"safe and in good health\", officers said, but had been taken to hospital as a precautionary measure.\n\nCharlotte may have experienced \"immense\" trauma, commented Callahan Walsh from the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children, speaking to the BBC's US partner CBS.\n\nDuring the hunt, police said 400 search and rescue personnel from law enforcement agencies such as the FBI were involved, along with volunteer fire departments and private groups.\n\nIssuing an Amber Alert for a missing child, they asked for the public's help in locating the \"bright and adventurous girl who loves to be outside\".\n\nCharlotte's aunt appealed for information via TikTok, and a man who knew the family voiced his shock to the New York Times, saying the Senas were \"wonderful, wonderful people\".\n\nThe search operation unfolded over a distance of nearly 50 miles (80km), police said. The park was closed off as state troopers set up nearby road checkpoints and reportedly asked some drivers to allow their cars to be searched.\n\nThe FBI have also been assisting with the case, Gov Hochul said.\n\nSign up for our morning newsletter and get BBC News in your inbox.", "The age at which people can buy cigarettes and tobacco in England should rise by one year every year so that eventually no-one can buy them, the prime minister says.\n\nRishi Sunak said MPs were to be given a free vote in parliament on the issue.\n\nUnder the plan, the age of sale would rise from 18 every year so a child aged 14 today would never be allowed to buy tobacco.\n\nThe idea was put forward by a government-commissioned review in 2022.\n\nSpeaking at the Conservative party conference, Mr Sunak said he believed it was the right step to tackle the leading cause of preventable ill-health.\n\nSmoking increases the risk of strokes, heart disease, dementia and stillbirth as well as causing one in four deaths from cancer.\n\n\"There is no safe level of smoking,\" he said.\n\nSmoking rates have been falling since the 1970s. But there are still more than five million smokers in England and six million across the UK.\n\nCurrently, one in nine 18 to 24-year-olds smokes, according to the Office for National Statistics.\n\nMr Sunak told the conference: \"If we want to do the right thing for our kids, we must try and stop teenagers taking up cigarettes in the first place.\n\n\"Because without a significant change, thousands of children will start smoking in the coming years and have their lives cut short.\" he said.\n\n\"Four in five smokers have started by the time they're 20. Later, the vast majority try to quit, but many fail because they're addicted.\"\n\nAre you a smoker or a parent? How do you feel about the proposed change? Get in touch.\n\nThe idea of gradually increasing the smoking age was put forward last year by Javed Khan, the former Barnardo's chief executive, who was asked by ministers to consider new approaches to tackling smoking.\n\nAt the time, the government, which was led by Boris Johnson, said such a move was unlikely.\n\nBut Mr Sunak has decided to throw his backing behind it as a way of meeting the government's ambition for England to be smokefree by 2030 - defined as less than 5% of the population smoking.\n\nOn the vote in parliament, he said there would be no government whip demanding which way Tory MPs should vote.\n\n\"It is a matter of conscience and I want you all and the country to know where mine is,\" the prime minister said.\n\nThe proposal on raising the age of sale of cigarettes is similar to laws being introduced in New Zealand, where buying tobacco products will remain banned for anyone born after 2008.\n\nMr Sunak also said the government would consider restricting the sale of disposable vapes and look at flavourings and packaging of the devices, to tackle the rising rates of children using them.\n\nOne option could be a ban on the sale of them completely.\n\nSimon Clark, of smokers' lobby group Forest, said it amounted to \"creeping prohibition\".\n\n\"It won't stop anyone smoking. Anyone who wants to smoke will buy tobacco abroad or from illicit sources.\"\n\nBut Cancer Research UK's Michelle Mitchell said the announcement on the smoking age was a \"critical step\".\n\n\"If implemented, the prime minister will deserve great credit for putting the health of UK citizens ahead of the interests of the tobacco lobby.\"\n\nDeborah Arnott, from campaign group Action on Smoking and Health (ASH), said what had been announced was an \"unprecedented\" set of measures which would hasten the day smoking is obsolete.", "The study's lead, Dr Aimee Grant, said she is concerned at the results\n\nParents have been warned to check the temperature of babies' formula as a recent study showed 85% of machines tested did not kill harmful bacteria.\n\nA mum who took part in the study said she was \"shocked\" to see her preparation machine failed despite being made specifically for babies.\n\nFormula-fed babies have a higher risk of infections due to bacteria that live within powdered infant formula.\n\nResearchers want better formula labelling and more data collection.\n\nSwansea University's study revealed 85% of the 74 infant formula preparation machines tested by parents in UK homes did not produce water hot enough to kill harmful bacteria in infant formula.\n\nThis was compared with 69 parents in the study who used a kettle to heat the water, where 22% reported water temperatures not sufficiently hot enough.\n\nJonie Cooper, a parent who took part in the study, said the first time she tested her machine's water it was only 52C.\n\n\"When I saw this I was shocked because I trusted the machine to follow the NHS guidelines on the temperature of the water, because it was specifically designed for babies.\n\n\"I advise parents using a prep machine to check the temperature of the water,\" she said.\n\nFormula-fed infants have a higher risk of gastrointestinal infections compared with breastfed infants, partly due to bacterial contamination from the powdered infant formula, which is not sold sterile.\n\nHarmful bacteria lives within infant formula and can cause infections\n\nThe feeding equipment and preparation with unclean hands can also increase the risk.\n\nTo reduce the risk of infections, the NHS says water used to make infant formula should be boiled to a temperature of at least 70C to eliminate bacteria, and then cooled.\n\nThe study's lead Dr Aimee Grant, Senior Lecturer in Public Health, said she was concerned at the results.\n\n\"If any parents are worried, I'd advise them to buy a food thermometer and test the temperature of just the hot water that comes out of their machine - but not to use this tested water in a feed, due to potential contamination.\n\n\"If it's below 70C, do not use the machine to prepare infant formula and contact the machine manufacturer.\"\n\nThe study said there must be stronger consumer protection on marketing of infant formula preparation devices to reduce bacterial contamination.\n\nFormula-fed infants have a higher risk of gastrointestinal infections compared with breastfed infants\n\nIt also said formula labelling should have warnings that it is not sterile and must be prepared with water above 70C.\n\nThe study also recommended these public health messages should be shared in antenatal and postnatal infant feeding support.\n\nThe research team said data should be collected on the batches of infant formula and preparation equipment used when infants are taken to hospital with gastrointestinal infections.\n\nProf Robin May, chief scientific advisor at the Food Standards Agency said: \"The findings of this project emphasise the importance of checking that water used to prepare infant formula is at a temperature of at least 70C, regardless of the method used.\"\n\nHe said if consumers discovered their machines did not produce hot enough water they should contact the manufacturer, their local Trading Standards Department or Citizens Advice.", "Last updated on .From the section Liverpool\n\nThe audio recordings of discussions between the match officials around Luis Diaz's disallowed goal against Tottenham have been made public.\n\nLiverpool asked referees' body PGMOL for the audio after the controversy in the first half of their 2-1 defeat.\n\nVideo assistant referee Darren England did not overrule when Liverpool's Diaz was wrongly flagged offside.\n\nIn the audio, England says the check is \"perfect\" before swearing when he realises a mistake has been made.\n\nAfter releasing the audio on Tuesday, PGMOL said the error was a result of a \"lapse of concentration and loss of focus\".\n\nThe Premier League added that the incident in Saturday's game, and the subsequent review of what led to the incorrect decision, highlighted \"systemic weaknesses in the VAR process\".\n\nWhat the officials said as they analysed the incident\n\nThe match between two of the Premier League's leading teams was goalless - with Liverpool down to 10 men after Curtis Jones' red card for a tackle on Yves Bissouma - when Diaz thought he had put the visitors ahead after 34 minutes.\n\nBut the flag was immediately raised for a possible offside against the Colombian before he ran to a collect a pass from Reds team-mate Mohamed Salah.\n\nThe VAR team - England, his assistant Dan Cook and the replay operator - begin to evaluate the replays, starting with Diaz collecting the ball and the moment which it is released by Salah.\n\nVAR: Give the kick point, let's go. Kick point please\n\nReplay operator: So here we are\n\nVAR: Yeah give me a 2D line ready after this one for frame two after that\n\nReplay operator: So frame two there?\n\nReplay operator: Let me just switch angles\n\nVAR: Romero I think it is?\n\nReplay operator: I think it might be this angle better? Happy with this angle?\n\nReplay operator: 2D line on the boot. Yep ok.\n\nAt this point, England tells on-field referee Simon Hooper the check is complete - which means he indicated the offside call was correct and the match could be restarted with a Spurs free-kick.\n\nVAR: Check complete, check complete. That's fine, perfect (showing Diaz is clearly onside). Off.\n\nHooper restarts the game after indicating to the players that Diaz was ruled offside by the VAR.\n\nThe realisation that this was a mistake dawns on the VAR team.\n\nThe replay operator alerts England that Diaz was flagged offside, meaning that the check was to see if he was onside, and assistant VAR Cook confirms they have made the wrong decision.\n\nReplay operator: Wait, wait, wait, wait. The on-field decision was offside. Are you happy with this?\n\nReplay operator: Are you happy with this?\n\nReplay operator: On-field decision was offside. Are you happy with this image? Yeah it's onside. The image that we gave them is onside.\n\nAs England realises an error has been made, Liverpool are on the attack through left-back Andy Robertson and Diaz.\n\nSpurs defender Cristian Romero slides in before the ball reaches Salah, clearing the ball into touch and play stops before the Liverpool throw-in.\n\nAt this point Oli Kohout - the VAR Hub operations manager, who was in a different room to the VAR team - communicates the game should be delayed in a bid to rectify the decision.\n\nReplay operative: Delay delay. Oli [PGMOL Hub Ops] saying to delay. Oli's saying to delay.\n\nReplay operator: Oli's calling in to say delay the game. The decision is onside\n\nVAR: Can't do anything\n\nReplay operator: Oli's saying to delay. Oli's saying to delay\n\nReplay operative: Delay the game, to delay the game? Stop the game.\n\nVAR: They've restarted the game. Can't do anything, can't do anything.\n\nVAR: Can't do anything.\n\nVAR: I can't do anything. I can't do anything.\n\nThe game continued with the Liverpool throw-in and, two minutes later, Son Heung-min slid Spurs in front.\n\nLiverpool responded with an equaliser in first-half stoppage time through Cody Gakpo but the visitors, who went down to nine men following Diogo Jota's red card, lost when Joel Matip sliced into his own net in injury-time.\n\nHow did we get to the point of the audio being released?\n\nFollowing the incident in Saturday's Premier League game, Liverpool said \"sporting integrity has been undermined\".\n\nIn a statement on Sunday, the club said they will \"explore the range of options available given the clear need for escalation and resolution\".\n\nPGMOL said the decision to disallow the goal was \"a significant human error\".\n\n\"In a lapse of concentration and loss of focus in that moment, the VAR lost sight of the on field decision and he incorrectly communicated \"check complete\", therefore inadvertently confirming the on-field decision,\" added PGMOL in a statement accompanying the release of the audio on Tuesday.\n\n\"He did this without any dialogue with the Assistant VAR (AVAR). The match then restarted immediately.\n\n\"After a few seconds, the Replay Operator and then the AVAR queried the check-complete outcome with the VAR and asked him to review the image that had been created, pointing out that the original on-field decision had been offside, but this was not communicated to the on-field team at any point during the match.\n\n\"The VAR team then gave consideration as to whether the game could be stopped at that point.\n\n\"However, the VAR and AVAR concluded that the VAR protocol within the Laws of the Game would not permit that to happen, and they decided intervention was not possible as play had restarted.\"\n\nLiverpool also appealed against Jones' red card, which was given after VAR intervention, but were unsuccessful meaning the midfielder will serve a three-game ban.\n\nWill this lead to changes in VAR?\n\nPGMOL said it recognised standards \"fell short of expectations\" in the incident, having acknowledged the error to Liverpool shortly after Saturday's match.\n\nIt added a \"detailed\" report, including the \"key learnings and immediate actions taken\" had been shared with Liverpool and the other 19 Premier League clubs.\n\nThe \"key learnings\", which it said would \"mitigate against the risk of a future error\", are:\n• None Guidance to Video Match Officials has always emphasised the need for efficiency, but never at the expense of accuracy. This principle will be clearly reiterated\n• None A new VAR Communication Protocol will be developed to enhance the clarity of communication between the referee and the VAR team in relation to on-field decisions\n• None As an additional step to the process, the VAR will confirm the outcome of the VAR check process with the AVAR before confirming the final decision to the on-field officials\n\nThe Premier League said it has accepted the recommendations from the PGMOL, but planned a comprehensive review alongside the referees' body to \"seek consistently higher standards of VAR performance\".\n\n\"Where necessary further recommended actions will be brought forward and implemented,\" added the league.\n\nThe incident has further scrutiny on the effectiveness on VAR - which was introduced to the Premier League at the start of 2019-20 season - and the effect it has had on the game for players and fans.\n\nFormer Chelsea and Scotland winger Pat Nevin says VAR is \"not a nonsense\".\n\n\"VAR works 99% of the time it has given us more good decisions than referees ever have,\" he told BBC Radio 5 Live.\n\n\"They get it right much more often than not, but we don't want to talk about that - we want to spend time talking about the times they have got it wrong.\"\n\nPremier League officials being allowed to travel abroad to officiate matches in other leagues will also be reviewed.\n\nCook, England and Michael Oliver, who was the fourth official at Spurs, were also part of a match officiating team in charge of a league game in the United Arab Emirates on Thursday.\n\nIt is a major error, but as PGMOL said right at the start of the process it is a major human error.\n\nThere have been all sorts of conspiracies that have come out and PGMOL will hope this audio puts some of those to bed.\n\nThe interesting thing is when they say 'delay, delay, delay' after the game has restarted.\n\nCould they have stopped the match when the ball was out for a throw in? Could they have said 'we have got this wrong, we need to go back and give the goal'?\n\nUnder the laws, no.\n\nOnce they had worked that out they realised they made a catastrophic mistake.\n• None Listen to the latest The Red Kop podcast\n• None Our coverage of Liverpool is bigger and better than ever before - here's everything you need to know to make sure you never miss a moment\n• None Everything Liverpool - go straight to all the best content", "Last updated on .From the section Football\n\nThe 2030 World Cup will be held across six countries in three continents, Fifa has confirmed.\n\nSpain, Portugal and Morocco have been named as the co-hosts, with the opening three matches taking place in Uruguay, Argentina and Paraguay.\n\nThe opening matches in South America are to mark the World Cup's centenary as it will be 100 years since the inaugural tournament in Montevideo.\n\nThe decision is set to be ratified at a Fifa congress next year.\n\nFifa also confirmed only bids from countries from the Asian Football Confederation and the Oceania Football Confederation will be considered for the 2034 finals.\n\nFollowing that decision, Saudi Arabia announced it would be bidding to host the tournament in 2034 for the first time.\n\nThe deadline for prospective hosts to submit confirmations of interest is 31 October.\n\nFifa's decision to host the 2030 tournament across multiple continents has drawn criticism, with one supporter's body accusing football's world governing body of engaging in a \"cycle of destruction against the greatest tournament on Earth\".\n\n\"[It's] horrendous for supporters, disregards the environment and rolls the red carpet out to a host for 2034 with an appalling human rights record. It's the end of the World Cup as we know it,\" said Football Supporters Europe.\n\nFifa president Gianni Infantino said: \"In a divided world, Fifa and football are uniting.\n\n\"The Fifa Council, representing the entire world of football, unanimously agreed to celebrate the centenary of the Fifa World Cup, whose first edition was played in Uruguay in 1930, in the most appropriate way.\n\n\"In 2030, we will have a unique global footprint, three continents - Africa, Europe and South America - six countries - Argentina, Morocco, Paraguay, Portugal, Spain and Uruguay - welcoming and uniting the world while celebrating together the beautiful game, the centenary and the Fifa World Cup.\"\n\nMontevideo in Uruguay, the city which hosted the first World Cup match in 1930, is poised to stage the opening game in 2030 with matches in Argentina and Paraguay to follow.\n\nThe rest of the 48-team tournament will then move to north Africa and Europe.\n\nThe change of hemispheres means World Cup teams could find themselves playing in two different seasons at the same tournament.\n\nIf the 2030 proposal is approved, Morocco would become only the second African nation to host a World Cup, after South Africa in 2010.\n\nSpain has been named as joint-host weeks after former football federation chief Luis Rubiales resigned following criticism for kissing Jenni Hermoso at the Women's World Cup.\n\nAppearing in court, Rubiales was given a restraining order by a Spanish judge, but denied sexually assaulting Hermoso.\n\nSpain last hosted the World Cup in 1982, with Italy winning the tournament for the third time.\n\nPortugal has never hosted the tournament, but Euro 2004 was held there.\n\nAs in previous World Cups, Uruguay, Argentina, Paraguay, Spain, Portugal and Morocco will all qualify automatically as co-hosts.\n\nFifa's decision to host the tournament across multiple continents comes after the governing body 'made false statements' about the reduced environmental impact of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.\n\nFifa said the tournament would be the first \"fully carbon-neutral World Cup\" but could not provide proof the claims were accurate.\n\nIn November, BBC Sport reported how environmentalists called Fifa's carbon-neutral claim \"dangerous and misleading\" and warned the tournament could have had a carbon footprint three times greater than stated.\n\nFreddie Daley, a researcher for Global Economy Policy at the University of Sussex, says Fifa's decision to expand the World Cup across three continents is \"concerning\" after its false promises on reducing carbon footprint.\n\n\"A World Cup of this size and scale will involve a lot of air travel, a lot of fan travel, a lot of athlete travel and I am very unsure whether Fifa will be able to deliver this in a sustainable and climate friendly way,\" said Daley.\n\n\"I think Fifa's actions so far point towards them not being very credible on what they have promised to do in regards to climate and climate action.\n\n\"Fifa as an organisation has huge responsibility to citizens around the world to help educate on climate, raise awareness and also bring them on that journey to net zero as part of the energy transition.\n\n\"Announcements like this today make me question their integrity on climate and their support for the energy transition.\"\n\nFrank Huisingh, founder of Fossil Free Football, a group aiming to stop the use of fossil fuels in the sport, said the move was \"outrageous but also not surprising\".\n\n\"We know Fifa's track record and we know they want to go for big tournaments with a lot of fan travel and a lot of emissions,\" he said.\n\n\"It is just a very bad idea.\"\n\n\"This is Fifa showing complete disregard for fans as fans and fans as humans,\" said Katie Cross, CEO and founder of Pledgeball, a fan charity which campaigns for greater sustainability in football.\n\nSaudi Arabia's decision to bid for the 2034 World Cup is in line with its initiative to become a global leader in sport after hosting a number of events in the country since 2018, involving football, Formula 1, golf and boxing.\n\nBut the Gulf kingdom has been accused of investing in sport and using high-profile events to improve its international reputation - a process known as sportswashing.\n\nIn a recent interview with Fox News, Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman said he does not care about the accusations.\n\n\"If sportswashing is going to increase my GDP by 1%, then we'll continue doing sportswashing,\" Bin Salman said.\n\nPrince Abdulaziz bin Turki bin Faisal, Saudi Arabia's Olympic and Paralympic chief, says the World Cup bid \"constitutes an important and natural step in our journey as a country passionate about football\".\n\nDespite the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) declaring its support for Saudi Arabia, Football Australia chief executive James Johnson said on Thursday the country would still explore a bid to host the 2034 tournament.\n\n\"As stated previously, Football Australia is exploring the possibility of bidding for the 2029 Fifa Club World Cup and/or the Fifa World Cup 2034,\" Johnson said.\n\n\"We are encouraged that after the hugely successful Fifa World Cup Qatar 2022 and Fifa Women's World Cup Australia and New Zealand 2023, the football family of Asia and Oceania will once again have the opportunity to showcase their ability to welcome the world and host the best FIFA tournaments.\"\n\nFifa follows Uefa in readmitting Russia to under-17 competitions\n\nFifa also announced Russia will be readmitted to its under-17 competitions for the first time since the country's invasion of Ukraine 19 months ago.\n\nThe move follows Uefa's decision last week to allow Russian sides to compete at U17 level in European competitions after they were suspended when the invasion began in February 2022.\n\nFifa said the decision will be conditional on teams playing as the \"Football Union of Russia\" rather than Russia, without the country's flag or anthem, and wearing a neutral kit.\n\nUefa's move drew criticism from the English Football Association which said it \"did not support\" the decision, adding \"our position remains that England teams won't play against Russia\".\n\nBut Uefa said boys and girls should not be punished for the actions of adults, adding in a statement: \"Football should never give up sending messages of peace and hope.\"", "Urgent heart and cancer care is being compromised by the ongoing doctors' strike, NHS England bosses are warning.\n\nIn a letter to the British Medical Association (BMA), NHS bosses also said there were problems ensuring emergency C-section births were available.\n\nIt said the 'Christmas Day' cover provided by member of the doctors' union in the walkout was not enough.\n\nBut the BMA said problems were down to bad planning with hospitals not cancelling enough non-emergency care.\n\nThe letter was signed by senior leaders at NHS England including the medical director Prof Sir Stephen Powis and Dame Ruth May.\n\nIt was sent on Tuesday after the latest strike in England got under way, on Monday 2 October.\n\nThis walkout involves both junior doctors and consultants who between them make up more than four-fifths of doctors in hospitals. The strike ends on Thursday at 07:00 BST.\n\nJunior doctors and consultants at University College Hospital in London have joined the three-day walkout\n\nEmergency cover is being provided along with some basic staffing on wards.\n\nBut the NHS England letter said that was not enough, pointing out the level of staffing on Christmas Day is appropriate because demand falls significantly and hospitals are much less full than they are at the moment.\n\nIt went on to say NHS England was becoming \"increasingly concerned about time-sensitive urgent treatment\".\n\nThis could include chemotherapy and urgent support for cancer patients who are unwell after treatment or patients with heart failure, a condition which means the heart does not work as well as it should, who need support.\n\nBy the end of this walkout doctors will have taken part in 30 days of strike action.\n\nNHS England said the repeated walkouts had had a cumulative effect, leaving services less able to cope, partly because demand had built up.\n\nIt also called for better arrangements to call doctors off the picket line if needed.\n\nBMA leader Prof Phil Banfield said: \"I do not agree that the Christmas and Boxing Day model is unsafe or that is the reason for the issue detailed.\"\n\nHe said on top of the cover provided, the BMA had agreed the NHS also had access to non-striking junior doctors and consultants - a third are not members of the union - as well as staff doctors who did not work at either grade and so were not eligible to strike.\n\n\"There is clear evidence of the failure by some trusts to adequately prepare for industrial action,\" Prof Banfield said.\n\n\"In particular the BMA is aware that some trusts have continued with significant amounts of elective activity during industrial action.\"\n\nMore than one million appointments and treatments have been postponed since strike action in the NHS began in December.\n\nNurses, physios and ambulance workers have also been involved in walkouts.\n\nAll large-scale stoppages have now ended apart from those involving doctors, as well as action by radiographers.\n\nAre you a doctor with a view on the strike? Are you a patient affected? You can get in touch by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This was Rishi Sunak's first conference as PM.\n\nWhile rank and file representatives queued from first thing to hear his speech, some attendees at least may have been open to the possibility it could be his last.\n\nThere was something of an appetite to sample the political menu on offer from some of those touted as potential successors should the party lose power next year - with a queue, too, to gain access to Suella Braverman's conference speech where she warned of a 'hurricane' of immigration.\n\nKemi Badenoch also attracted a large crowd at a fringe event and of course the person the party members actually voted for as leader - Liz Truss - rather unhelpfully played to a full house on the fringe too, calling for the tax cuts Rishi Sunak can't quite promise yet.\n\nSo was it a good conference for the PM? It was better than some feared but not quite as smooth as some had been predicting.\n\nThe central problem was one of communication.\n\nHe wanted to give context to his decision to axe HS2 phase two and therefore save the announcment for his speech today, but that meant questions about its future overshadowed the preceding days and gave a platform to his critics.\n\nThe speech itself was not short of substance - with sharper dividing lines with Labour and quite a few with some in his own party .\n\nOne MP privately warned of civil war over his proposal (albeit on a free vote) to slowly but surely make smoking illegal.\n\nHis difficulty is in convincing voters he is the candidate offering change rather than continuity come the next election.\n\nA fringe meeting featuring Theresa May's old pollster James Johnson unveiled findings from focus groups - with one sceptical voter wondering why he wanted credit for bringing inflation down, when it was on his party's watch that it had gone up...", "Suella Braverman has said politicians have been \"too squeamish\" to take action on immigration, in a hard-hitting Conservative conference speech.\n\nIn an address to party activists, the home secretary said moving to a richer country had become a \"realistic prospect\" for \"billions of people\".\n\nShe also said a \"hurricane\" of migration is coming to the UK.\n\nTwo MPs from a different wing of the Tory party queried her comments, with one saying they weren't helpful.\n\nTo a packed conference hall, Ms Braverman promised to do \"whatever it takes\" to stop small boat crossings, adding immigration was \"already too high\".\n\nThe home secretary's speech was big on room-rousing rhetoric but lighter on new policy.\n\nFor most of her speech though, she appeared to relish her self-proclaimed role as someone who tells it as she sees it.\n\nShe drew cheers for announcing the government would soon start closing asylum hotels.\n\nAnd she told the conference that politicians had failed to properly manage migration, and had been \"far too squeamish about being smeared as racists\".\n\n\"Unprecedented\" migration, she added, was \"one of the most powerful reshaping our world\".\n\n\"The wind of change that carried my own parents across the globe in the 20th Century was a mere gust compared to the hurricane that is coming.\n\n\"Because today, the option of moving from a poorer country to a richer one is not just a dream for billions of people, it is an entirely realistic prospect.\"\n\nLast year, over 81,130 applications were made for asylum in the UK, while 1.2 million people migrated into the UK.\n\nWith 557,000 people emigrating from the country, leaving a net migration figure of 606,000.\n\nMs Braverman will have deliberately chosen provocative language for her keynote conference speech.\n\nHer description of potential migration as a coming \"hurricane\" is likely to draw particular criticism, including from Labour and those who disagreed with her recent speech to a US think tank, in which she questioned whether the application of the UN's 1951 Refugee Convention is \"fit for our modern age\".\n\nAddressing the American Enterprise Institute, she warned that countries faced an \"existential\" threat unless they were able to control their borders.\n\nFormer justice secretary Robert Buckland said politicians needed to be responsible about language, saying: \"I think talking about hurricanes or weather extremes isn't helpful unless you explain the why.\n\n\"We know what's happening in the world, with climate change, with war in the sub-Saharan part of Africa - we are seeing mass movements of population, there is no doubt about that.\n\n\"But we need to talk about the why before we start using alarmist language. Let's do so in a way that really understands the breadth of the problem.\"\n\nAnother Conservative MP, Alicia Kearns, said: \"I recognise there are legitimate concerns but I think we have to be very careful we don't create a situation where we are either demonising minorities or those who are vulnerable.\"\n\nSpeaking shortly before Ms Braverman, Justice Secretary Alex Chalk announced that the government would explore options to to rent out prison spaces in foreign countries for prisoners who cannot be accommodated in UK prisons.\n\nThe speech also saw a fellow Tory politician kicked out of the conference hall for heckling her, after she described \"gender ideology\" as \"poison\".\n\nAndrew Boff, a Conservative member of the London Assembly, was filmed describing the comments as \"trash\", before being escorted out of the conference hall by security.\n\nThe incident came during a section of the speech in which she said that \"gender ideology, white privilege, anti-British history\" had become \"embedded\" in corporate Britain and parts of the public sector.\n\nSpeaking to the BBC after being removed, Mr Boff, a patron of the LGBT+ Conservative group, called her comments \"disgusting\", adding he hoped they don't \"become part of the rhetoric\" in the run-up to the next general election.\n\nMr Buckland has since said Mr Boff has had his conference pass removed - but the home secretary has called for him to be \"forgiven and let back into conference\".\n\nMr Buckland questioned the security response, adding he hoped the situation could be resolved.", "Last updated on .From the section Liverpool\n\nLiverpool manager Jurgen Klopp wants the Premier League game against Tottenham to be replayed after Luis Diaz's goal was wrongly disallowed by the video assistant referee.\n\nVAR Darren England and assistant Dan Cook did not overrule when Diaz was flagged offside at 0-0 on Saturday.\n\nLiverpool lost 2-1 thanks to a 96th-minute own goal from Joel Matip.\n\n\"Something like this never happened, so that is why I think a replay is the right thing to do,\" said Klopp.\n\nBBC Sport understands there is no prospect of the Premier League considering a replay and it is unclear whether there has been a formal request from Liverpool.\n\nAsked whether the club had asked - or would ask - the Premier League for a replay, Klopp said: \"At this stage we are still going through the information we have.\"\n• None Tottenham v Liverpool VAR Q&A: What happens now?\n\nReferees' body PGMOL released the audio of discussions between the match officials over the offside on Tuesday.\n\nIn the audio, England says the check is \"perfect\" before swearing when he realises a mistake has been made.\n\nKlopp said: \"The audio didn't change it at all. It is an obvious mistake. There should be solutions for that. The outcome should be a replay. But it probably won't happen.\n\n\"The argument against that would be it opens the gates. It is unprecedented. I'm used to wrong and difficult decisions, but something like this never happened.\"\n\nAfter releasing the audio, PGMOL said the error was a result of a \"lapse of concentration and loss of focus\".\n\nThe controversy has prompted a debate about the use and efficacy of VAR.\n\nThe Premier League added that the incident in Saturday's game, and the subsequent review of what led to the incorrect decision, highlighted \"systemic weaknesses in the VAR process\". The league plan to undertake a comprehensive review alongside the referees' body to \"seek consistently higher standards of VAR performance\".\n\nAlthough Klopp said the mistake was not made \"on purpose\", he added: \"These things should not happen. Other mistakes should not happen. Find a solution to deal with it.\n\n\"We rush them and we get a quick decision, but the wrong decision.\"\n\nKlopp said it would have been better to correct the mistake once it had been realised and said he wants a protocol put in place to avoid similar problems again.\n\nHe said: \"If that would happen again, I would say replay. Or much, much better than a replay - sort it in that moment. Common sense.\"\n\nThere is no precedent in the UK for a result to be changed or a game to be replayed because of a refereeing error.\n\nA 1999 FA Cup third-round tie was played again after Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger offered Sheffield United a replay following a controversial winning goal in the first game.\n\nThe officials involved in the match at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium have not been selected for this weekend's Premier League games, with England and Cook stood down for the rest of last weekend.\n\nThe on-field referee at Tottenham-Liverpool, Simon Hooper, will be the VAR for Bournemouth's trip to Everton on Saturday, while Michael Oliver, who was the fourth official, will feature in two games this weekend.\n\n\"I am not angry with anybody at all,\" said Klopp. \"They made a mistake and they felt horrible that night, I am 100% sure. That's enough, for me. Nobody needs further punishment.\"\n\nDiogo Jota and Curtis Jones were sent off against Spurs. Liverpool failed with an appeal against Jones' red card for a challenge on Yves Bissouma and he will serve a three-game ban.\n\n\"The ref got called to the screen and saw for the first three seconds a frozen picture. I would give immediately a red card for that picture,\" said Klopp.\n\n\"Then he sees the replay in slow motion. I would have given a red card for the slow motion, but in real time it is not a red card.\n\n\"You appeal it then the FA panel tells you 'no, it is not a clear and obvious mistake' and I think it is.\n\n\"The ref's first decision was yellow. The clear and obvious mistake is showing a frozen picture and a replay in slow motion.\"\n\nIf the PGMOL thought the release of the audio recordings during the offside fiasco would help to defuse arguably one of the biggest officiating crises in Premier League history, it was mistaken.\n\nKlopp's suggestion that there should be a replay ensures the debate will now reignite.\n\nMany fans will have sympathy with Klopp over a mistake that could end up costing his team dearly, both in terms of points and financially.\n\nBut others will fear such a move could open up a sporting and legal minefield, with rival clubs demanding their own replays over other injustices. Where would it end? What would the threshold be for a replay?\n\nIf Liverpool do make a formal request, it seems to have no chance of being considered. Premier League rules only allow for that in the event of a disciplinary issue, such as a team fielding an ineligible player, not due to an officiating error.\n\nRegardless, the release of the audio recordings has helped fans to understand the mistakes, confusion and panic that unfolded behind the scenes at Stockley Park.\n\nBut the shambolic miscommunication, sense of chaos and general lack of composure that comes across is also hugely embarrassing for the authorities given the league's global status, and raises as many questions as answers.\n\nWhile PGMOL blamed \"significant human error\" in the aftermath of the match, the Premier League now accepts that the episode has also revealed \"systemic weaknesses\" with VAR, a very significant admission.\n\nSo when will the PGMOL's \"key learnings\", such as \"enhanced clarity of communication\", be introduced, and are they enough?\n\nHow will the standards of officiating be improved? If automated offside is to be brought in, when will that be?\n\nDoes the International Football Association Board need to reconsider the rule that games cannot be stopped once play has resumed - even if a mistake is made?\n\nAnd has the time come for much more transparency, with a live audio feed to be made available to fans and broadcasters, as in other sports?\n\nThe answer to these questions will dictate whether faith can be restored amid a serious crisis of confidence in VAR.\n• None Our coverage of Liverpool is bigger and better than ever before - here's everything you need to know to make sure you never miss a moment\n• None Everything Liverpool - go straight to all the best content", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Eight-year-old Bradley was left with shrapnel across his face and head after a firework exploded near him\n\nA dad has spoken of his shock after his son almost lost his eyesight after a firework exploded in his face.\n\nBradley, eight, was walking across a field with his friend when an object was allegedly thrown towards them.\n\nRhydian Guzvic, 41, said: \"Bradley's friend picked it up, not realising what it was, and the whole thing has just gone off.\"\n\nGwent Police has appealed for information about the incident in Hengoed, Caerphilly county, on Sunday.\n\nHe said Bradley's mum heard an explosion at about 14:00 BST.\n\n\"I think it was about 10 minutes between the sound of the explosion and somebody noticing these boys,\" he said.\n\n\"One of the neighbours was looking over the fence and they've seen Bradley trying to wake up his friend because they got knocked unconscious.\n\n\"They picked him up and brought him back to Bradley's mother's house and that's when they realised the extent of what's gone on.\"\n\nOnce the alarm was raised, the boys were taken to hospital.\n\nThe air ambulance took his friend to Bristol while Bradley was treated at University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff.\n\nMr Guzvic said: \"He's had CT scans, they've found shrapnel in wounds across his head and some close to his eye, so it's quite scary for everybody involved.\n\n\"He's been discharged today, he's come home with antibiotics because he's got infections in face because of what happened.\"\n\nBradley was discharged on Wednesday and is now recovering at home\n\nHe added his son was still in shock.\n\n\"I don't think it's sunk in just yet, just the extent of what's happened,\" he said.\n\n\"Boys like to climb trees, make dens - they have a den over at the field where all this happened.\n\nBradley was walking with a friend when he was injured\n\n\"I think he was very lucky, in the sense of the blast, it could have been a lot worse and with his friend - I do feel for him, and his parents.\"\n\nHe added he understood the boys picked up a firework after a group of three teenagers threw it towards them - although this has not been confirmed by the police.\n\nHe added: \"It's always the same thing every year. There's always kids getting injured by fireworks.\n\n\"They just need tighter restrictions - either you need a licence to buy them or a complete ban. There's only two ways about it.\"", "News of the most-talked-about fling to reach the NFL has made it as far as the White House.\n\nDuring a regular press conference the White House National Security Council spokesman, John Kirby, was asked about the Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce romance.\n\nHe jokingly said he could \"neither confirm or deny\" reports about the famous duo after Swift was spotted at two Kansas City Chiefs games.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: The moment McCarthy is removed as House speaker\n\nKevin McCarthy has been toppled in a right-wing revolt - the first time ever that a US House of Representatives Speaker has lost a no-confidence vote.\n\nThe final tally was 216-210 to remove the congressman as leader of the Republican majority in the lower chamber of Congress.\n\nHardliners in his party voted against him after he struck a deal with Senate Democrats to fund government agencies.\n\nThere is no clear successor to oversee the House Republican majority.\n\nCongress has just over 40 days to agree on a deal to avoid another potential government shutdown.\n\nFlorida Republican Matt Gaetz, a Trump ally, filed a rarely used procedural tool known as a motion to vacate on Monday night to oust Mr McCarthy.\n\nHe accused the Speaker of making a secret deal with the White House to continue funding for Ukraine, amid negotiations to avert a partial government shutdown at the weekend. Mr McCarthy denies it.\n\nAt a private meeting of Republican politicians on Tuesday evening after losing his job, Mr McCarthy told colleagues he did not plan to run for Speaker again.\n\nHe later took aim at his political nemesis, Mr Gaetz, accusing him of attention-seeking.\n\n\"You know it was personal,\" Mr McCarthy told a news conference, \"it had nothing to do with spending.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nHe said fundraising emails sent by Mr Gaetz amid the infighting were \"not becoming of a member of Congress\".\n\nThe hardliners who ousted him \"are not conservatives\", Mr McCarthy added.\n\nHe only became Speaker in January after a gruelling 15 rounds of voting in the chamber as Mr Gaetz and other right-wingers refused to support him.\n\nTo win over those hardliners Mr McCarthy agreed to make it possible for a single member to put forward a motion to oust him, which is exactly what Mr Gaetz ultimately did.\n\nMr McCarthy was supported by 210 Republicans but eight voted against him in Tuesday's vote, joining all Democrat members.\n\nThey were Mr Gaetz, Eli Crane, Andy Biggs, Ken Buck, Tim Burchett, Bob Good, Matt Rosendale and Nancy Mace.\n\nOne vote against Mr McCarthy that surprised many came from Ms Mace - a moderate Republican from South Carolina.\n\nShe said afterwards: \"I am looking for a Speaker who will tell the truth to the American people, who will be honest and trustworthy with Congress, with both parties.\"\n\nDemocratic House Leader Hakeem Jeffries had said in a letter to colleagues that he would not provide the votes needed to rescue Mr McCarthy.\n\nCongresswoman Pramila Jayapal, a left-wing Democrat from the north-western US state of Washington, said before the vote: \"Let them wallow in their pigsty of incompetence.\"\n\nDespite Mr McCarthy's recent efforts to help the government avoid a federal shutdown, Democrats said they viewed Mr McCarthy as untrustworthy.\n\nIn May, he backed out of a spending deal with President Joe Biden following pressure from the Republicans.\n\nSome had considered saving Mr McCarthy in return for concessions but the now former Speaker later ruled this out.\n\nDemocrats also felt betrayed by Mr McCarthy's U-turn in the days after the storming of the Capitol, when he first condemned Donald Trump's role and then backed him.\n\nThe packed chamber - which Republicans control by a 221-212 majority - was mostly silent as members awaited the result of the roll call vote.\n\n\"The office of Speaker of the House is hereby declared vacant,\" said Arkansas Republican Steve Womack with a bang of his gavel, to audible gasps.\n\nEarlier in the day the former president, Donald Trump, said on social media that the party should be \"fighting the Radical Left Democrats\" instead of each other.\n\nNorth Carolina Republican Patrick McHenry, who supported Mr McCarthy, is now the interim Speaker. He put the House in recess for a week.\n\nIt is unclear if he will have the full powers of the office, or merely administrative powers and the ability to supervise a new election.\n\nThe rules do not state how long a person could fill in as an interim, though a vote on a new Speaker is planned for 11 October.\n\nLouisiana Republican Steve Scalise and Minnesota Republican Tom Emmer have been mentioned as potential replacements for Mr McCarthy. Neither has expressed any interest in the role.\n\nRepresentative Nancy Mace before voting Kevin McCarthy out as Speaker\n\nWhite House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said in a statement that President Biden is hoping the House would quickly elect a new Speaker, and noted that the \"challenges facing our nation will not wait\".\n\nThe last two Republican Speakers - Paul Ryan and John Boehner - left Congress after repeated tangles with their more conservative colleagues.\n\nThe so-called motion to vacate had only previously been used twice in the past century to remove a Speaker - in 2015 and 2010 - though never successfully.\n\nSign up for our morning newsletter and get BBC News in your inbox.", "Last week, Laurence Fox warned the decision would open GB News up to \"complete destruction\"\n\nLaurence Fox has been sacked by GB News after an outcry about comments he made on air about a female journalist.\n\nThe former actor and political activist sparked controversy last week when he asked what \"self-respecting man\" would \"climb into bed\" with Ava Evans.\n\nFox hosted a weekly show on the channel and made the comments while appearing as a contributor on Dan Wootton's show.\n\nFellow host Calvin Robinson, who was suspended after voicing support for Fox and Wootton, has also been fired.\n\nResponding to his sacking on social media, Robinson said: \"How long can a station keep calling itself 'the home of free speech' when it continues to engage in cancel culture?\n\n\"I supported my friends/colleagues and will continue to do so. That should not be a fireable offence. GB News is controlled opposition.\"\n\nHe said he was \"absolutely in shock\", adding he had tried to \"provide some critical challenge\" to the leadership at GB News but \"they saw it as bringing the station into disrepute\".\n\nMore than 8,800 people complained about Fox's remarks to media regulator Ofcom, which has launched an investigation.\n\nIn a video last Thursday, Fox apologised for the language he used and predicted his sacking, which he said would open GB News up to \"complete destruction\".\n\n\"GB News had one opportunity and that opportunity was to stand up and defend free speech, which they haven't done,\" he said.\n\n\"So I think now as they brand themselves the home of free speech, they're actually the home of cancel culture.\"\n\nThe announcement by GB News came on the same day he was arrested on suspicion of conspiring to commit criminal damage to Ulez traffic cameras.\n\nCalvin Robinson said GB News was a mission, not a job\n\nLast week, GB News also suspended Wootton, who has apologised \"unreservedly\" for \"a very unfortunate lapse in judgement on my part under the intense pressure of a bizarre exchange\".\n\nIn a statement on Wednesday, GB News said: \"Laurence Fox and Calvin Robinson were both suspended last week pending internal investigations that have now concluded.\n\n\"As of today, GB News has ended its employment relationship with Laurence Fox and Calvin Robinson.\n\nThe incident happened when Fox was asked by Wootton for his view on an appearance by Ms Evans, political correspondent for PoliticsJoe, on the BBC's Politics Live the previous day.\n\nShe was on Politics Live with comedian and commentator Geoff Norcott, who raised the issue of men's mental health and suicide, and supported a call for a dedicated minister for men to address such issues.\n\nMs Evans argued that such suggestions \"feed into the culture war\" and \"make an enemy out of women\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. GB News suspends Laurence Fox for comments on a female journalist involved in a BBC discussion about men.\n\nIn response on GB News, Fox said: \"We're past the watershed so I can say this. Show me a single self-respecting man that would like to climb into bed with that woman - ever, ever,\" he said.\n\n\"That little woman has been fed, spoon-fed oppression day after day after day.\n\n\"And she's sat there and I'm going like - if I met you in a bar and that was like sentence three, [the] chances of me just walking away are just huge.\"\n\nHe then added: \"Who'd want to shag that?\"\n\nWootton laughed at that line, before reading a post from Ms Evans saying she had been \"a little rash on my anti-minister for men comments which I do regret\".\n\nOn social media, Wootton later wrote: \"Having looked at the footage, I can see how inappropriate my reaction to his totally unacceptable remarks appears to be and want to be clear that I was in no way amused by the comments.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: Ava Evans calls insults on GB News 'really nasty' and says she's since received threats online\n\nSpeaking to BBC Radio 4's Today programme on Friday, GB News chief executive Angelos Frangopoulos said Fox's remarks were \"appalling\" and \"way past the limits of acceptance\".\n\nHe said: \"We are about free speech, but it's about being done in a respectful and proper way, and that was not the way that that conversation played out.\"\n\nHe added: \"That comment should not have gone to air and that should have been properly challenged, quite frankly.\"\n\nMr Frangopoulos said he had written to Ms Evans to say \"it was very unfortunate and does not reflect our values and of course we are very sorry\".\n\nGB News launched in June 2021, promising to \"change the face of news and debate in the UK\". It had 2.8 million viewers last month, according to ratings body Barb.\n\nGB News has been on air for more than two years\n\nIts editorial charter says it values \"freedom of expression but not by causing unjustifiable offence or exposing our audience to harm\".\n\nFox made his name as an actor in TV shows like Inspector Morse spin-off Lewis, and in films like The Hole and Gosford Park.\n\nIn recent years he has repositioned himself as a right-wing commentator, activist and aspiring politician but has frequently caused controversy.\n\nHe set up the Reclaim Party and stood for election for London mayor in 2021, finishing sixth, and came fourth in the by-election to succeed Boris Johnson as MP for Uxbridge and South Ruislip this July.\n\nSign up for our morning newsletter and get BBC News in your inbox.", "Fred Leparan (left) attempted to sell a baby boy to an undercover reporter\n\nA Kenyan hospital worker caught by the BBC trying to sell a baby has been sentenced to 25 years in jail.\n\nFred Leparan, who worked at Nairobi's Mama Lucy Kibaki hospital, was filmed accepting $2,500 (£2,000) to sell a baby boy under the hospital's care.\n\nHe was arrested in 2020 and found guilty of child trafficking, child neglect and conspiracy to commit crime.\n\nHis co-accused Selina Adundo was sentenced to six years in jail or a $2,000 fine.\n\nAn Africa Eye reporter had initially approached Leparan posing as a potential buyer, after hearing from a source that the senior clinical social worker was involved in illegal child trafficking from the government-run hospital.\n\nLeparan asked the undercover reporter, who said she and her husband had struggled to conceive, only cursory questions about their situation before agreeing to sell the baby boy.\n\nOn the day the baby boy and two other children were supposed to be transferred from the hospital to a state-run children's home, Leparan was filmed falsifying the transfer paperwork so that the home would expect two children, rather than three.\n\nThe BBC team ensured that all three children were delivered directly to the children's home, but filmed Leparan amending the paperwork and informing them that the child was theirs to take away.\n\nA Kenyan court on Wednesday said Leparan will serve 25 years in prison, then spend 10 years on probation.\n\nAdundo, who also worked at the hospital, was convicted of three counts of child neglect but was acquitted of child trafficking.\n\nThe court has cautioned that both Leparan and Adundo should never be allowed to handle any matters relating to children.\n\nThis case has dragged on for more than two years despite really strong evidence against Leparan.\n\nHe was able to retain one of the best legal defences in Kenya, but eventually acknowledged that it was him in the undercover footage by the BBC.\n\nThere are few reliable statistics on the extent of child trafficking in Kenya.\n\nAccording to the country's Labour and Social Protection Minister Florence Bore, more than 6,000 children were reported missing between July 2022 and May 2023.\n\nEarlier this week, Ms Bore said the government would abolish all privately owned orphanages and children's homes within the next eight years - a move aimed at ending child trafficking.", "A number of police cars were parked on Maple Terrace\n\nPolice have launched a murder inquiry after a man died in a suspected American bully XL attack.\n\nIan Langley, 54, and originally from Liverpool, was fatally injured in Maple Terrace in Shiney Row, near Houghton-le-Spring, at 19:00 BST on Tuesday.\n\nA 44-year-old man arrested on suspicion of wounding with intent has been re-arrested on suspicion of murder and is being held in custody, police said.\n\nThe dog was shot dead at the scene and a second dog was also seized.\n\nPolice said they believed both animals were bully XL breeds.\n\nResidents said they saw paramedics working on Mr Langley's badly-injured throat in the aftermath of the attack.\n\nThere was visible police activity in the street\n\nLinda Blyth, who lives in Maple Terrace, said the incident happened on a grassy area behind her home.\n\nShe said police responded in large numbers and officers told residents to go inside.\n\n\"We were told 'go in, shut your doors' and then I heard the gun shot,\" she said.\n\nThe dog was shot in the owner's yard.\n\n\"I don't know what set the dog off, everyone is speculating,\" she said.\n\n\"It was awful to see, you don't expect it on your doorstep,\" she added, after witnessing the paramedics attending to Mr Langley.\n\nPeople have left floral tributes at the scene\n\nA local dog owner, who asked not to be named, said he often saw two bully XLs being walked in the area.\n\nHe said he saw the man's throat had been injured, and then \"heard a girl screaming for the police, saying the man was dying.\n\n\"The man got put in the ambulance and they were working on him here for about 10 minutes before they set off.\"\n\nPolice cordoned off the scene of the attack in Shiney Row\n\nDet Ch Insp Angela Hudson, of Northumbria Police, said there was no wider threat to the public and those involved were \"known to each other\".\n\n\"Our thoughts remain with Ian's family and loved ones, as we continue to support them at this tragic time,\" she said.\n\n\"Our investigation is ongoing, as we look to get answers for Ian's family around what has happened.\n\n\"I would urge any further witnesses, or anyone with information, to contact police as soon as possible.\n\n\"I would also continue to ask people not to speculate about the incident online, including on social media, while inquiries continue.\"\n\nPolice said Mr Langley died \"despite the efforts of hospital medics to save his life\".\n\nEyewitnesses said the man's throat was injured in the attack\n\nPrime Minister Rishi Sunak has promised to ban the bully XL breed by the end of the year under the Dangerous Dogs Act following a series of attacks.\n\nA spokesman for Mr Sunak previously said a \"transition period\" would be introduced, with details likely to follow a consultation on the plan.\n\nOwners could face a requirement to neuter their dogs and muzzle them in public, the government's chief vet has suggested.\n\nFollow BBC North East & Cumbria on X (formerly Twitter), Facebook and Instagram. Send your story ideas to northeastandcumbria@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Can the newcomer make his mark? Bear 806 Jr is less than a year old, but shows significant promise (and fluff)\n\nHis bodyweight has increased nearly 7,000% since the day he was born, which was less than a year ago.\n\nAnd now this 70lb (31kg) spring cub, known as 806 Jr, is taking on the champions of chonk in this year's Fat Bear Week competition.\n\nThe popular online event, founded in 2014 by former park ranger Mike Fitz, has become something of a phenomenon, with more than a million votes cast last year for the fattest of them all.\n\nEach year, the brown bears of Alaska's Katmai National Park gather along the banks of the Brooks River to devour salmon swimming upstream. Their goal: to pack on as many pounds as possible before winter.\n\nTwelve bears among the lot are chosen for Fat Bear Week's bracket, where fans voting online will ultimately decide the winner.\n\n806 Jr, recognisable by his short muzzle and near-Disney-level cuddliness, is already the 2023 Fat Bear Junior Champion - but can he match the chub of more seasoned veterans?\n\nThe current favourites for 2023's contest are 480 - aka Otis - a 27-year-old brown bear weighing roughly 1,200lb, and 747 - or Colbert - a two-time Fat Bear Week champion weighing about the same.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: What it takes to win 'Fat Bear Week'\n\nIt's an uneven playing field, not separated by bear gender, size or age, says Mr Fitz, now a resident naturalist at explore.org, which maintains a 24-hour livestream of the bears.\n\nRoughly 10 million people tuned in to the Katmai livestreams in 2022, including to watch the bears jockey for position at the best fishing spots.\n\n\"If you're a guy like 747 (Colbert), you don't have to worry about bears challenging you, so you can do what you want, when you want,\" Mr Fitz says.\n\nOtis, meanwhile, is a four-time champion and a \"beloved\" bear with a good chance of winning.\n\nThough he's ageing, is missing a few teeth, and can no longer fight for the prime salmon spots, Mr Fitz says: \"I definitely wouldn't want to count him out.\"\n\nBrown bears in Katmai need to eat a year's worth of food in about six months to store enough fat to survive the winter.\n\n\"A good day's catch for a bear is about 10 salmon,\" Mr Fitz says. \"But they can eat much more than that.\"\n\nHe once saw a bear eat 42 salmon - roughly 189,000 calories - in just five hours.\n\nHowever, that's small fry for the hungriest hunters. Some bears have been estimated to eat up to 6,000lb in a single summer-autumn feast.\n\nConsuming such large amounts of food can lead to massive weight increases, with the spring cubs like 806 Jr seeing some of the heftiest jumps.\n\nSpring cubs typically weigh just 1lb when they're born in January and February, but by the end of autumn can exceed 70lb.\n\nYoung-adult cubs can double their bodyweight over the same time period, going from 200lb to 400lb, Mr Fitz says.\n\nThe really big males will gain about 200-300lb and can weigh as much as 1,600lb by the end of a summer binge.\n\nHowever, Mr Fitz says: \"Mother bears are particularly challenged to get fat.\"\n\n\"When you compare the body size and shape of many mother bears, there's often a noticeable difference between the mothers and the single males and females.\"\n\nThat's a disadvantage to Fat Bear Week competitors like 435, aka Holly, aka \"supermom\" - who can expend significantly more energy protecting their cubs and producing milk.\n\nKnown to fans for being \"the color of a lightly toasted marshmallow\", as the contest puts it, Holly weighs somewhere in the ballpark of 800lb.\n\nBut, her smaller size didn't stop her from Winning Fat Bear week in 2019. That's because, according to Mr Fitz, size doesn't always matter.\n\n\"Fat Bear Week is about telling the diversity of the stories. It's not about who can win the bracket,\" Mr Fitz says.\n\nAnd, it's about a \"celebration of the work and success of brown bears\".\n\nBear 435, aka Holly, has raised a number of cubs - but this season is living the single life\n\nFans can vote on Explore.org's website every day of the competition, from 4 October to 10 October, between 12:00-21:00 EST (16:00-01:00 GMT).\n\nThe first Fat Bear Week in 2014 attracted a couple of thousand votes, but has since gone global. Its fandom has grown so much that, in September, people tuning into the live stream eager to spot a bear instead located a stranded hiker, saving his life.", "The interest the government pays on national debt has reached a 20-year high as the rate on 30-year bonds reaches 5.05%.\n\nA rise in the cost of borrowing comes at a difficult time for the chancellor, Jeremy Hunt, as he prepares for the autumn statement on 22 November.\n\nMr Hunt has already made clear that tax cuts will not be announced in November.\n\nThe higher cost of servicing the country's debt pile could influence the decisions he makes on spending.\n\nThe total amount the UK government owes is called the national debt and it is currently about £2.59 trillion.\n\nThe government borrows money by selling financial products called bonds. A bond is a promise to pay money in the future. Most require the borrower to make regular interest payments over the bond's lifetime.\n\nUK government bonds - known as \"gilts\" - are normally considered very safe, with little risk the money will not be repaid.\n\nGilts are mainly bought by financial institutions in the UK and abroad, such as pension funds, investment funds, banks and insurance companies.\n\nThe Bank of England has also bought hundreds of billions of pounds' worth of government bonds in the past to support the economy, through a process called \"quantitative easing\"\n\nA higher rate of interest on government debt will mean the chancellor will have to set aside more cash, to the tune of £23 billion to meet interest payments to the owners of bonds.\n\nThis means the government may choose to spend less money on public services like healthcare and schools at a time when workers in key industries are demanding pay rises to match the cost of living.\n\nThe current level of debt is more than double what was seen from the 1980s through to the financial crisis of 2008.\n\nThe combination of the financial crash in 2007/8 and the Covid pandemic pushed the UK's debt up from those historic lows to where it stands now.\n\nBut in relation to the size of the economy, today's debt is still low compared with much of the last century,\n\nThe US, German and Italian borrowing costs also hit their highest levels for more than a decade as markets adjusted to the prospect of a long period of high interest rates and the need for governments around the world to borrow.\n\nIt follows an indication from global central banks, including the US's Federal Reserve and the Bank of England, that interest rates will stay \"higher for longer\" to continue their jobs of bringing down inflation.\n\nDuring the last financial year, the government spent £111bn on debt interest - more than it spent on education.\n\nSome economists fear the government is borrowing too much, at too great a cost.\n\nOthers argue extra borrowing helps the economy grow faster - generating more tax revenue in the long run.\n\nThe government's official economic forecaster, the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR), has warned that public debt could soar as the population ages and tax income falls.\n\nIn an ageing population, the proportion of people of working age drops, meaning the government takes less in tax while paying out more in pensions.", "Suella Braverman warned a \"hurricane\" of mass migration is coming to the UK\n\nHome Secretary Suella Braverman's rhetoric is not comparable to that of Enoch Powell, Grant Shapps has said.\n\nThe defence secretary defended his colleague's claim that a \"hurricane\" of mass migration is coming to the UK, saying her point was \"correct\".\n\nHer Conservative conference speech has been compared by some to Mr Powell's infamous anti-immigrant 1968 \"Rivers of Blood\" speech.\n\nEnoch Powell, a Tory MP, was ejected from the shadow cabinet as a result.\n\nIn her speech, Ms Braverman said politicians have been \"too squeamish\" to take action on immigration.\n\n\"The wind of change that carried my own parents across the globe in the 20th Century was a mere gust compared to the hurricane that is coming,\" she said.\n\nThe speech has been criticised by some.\n\nFormer Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn accused Ms Braverman of sounding \"like Enoch Powell\", while Andrew Boff, a Conservative member of the London Assembly, was escorted from the conference hall after protesting that she was \"transphobic and homophobic\".\n\nGreen Party MP Caroline Lucas called it an \"utterly repulsive speech\". UN Human Rights Commissioner Volker Türk said \"stoking fears, devaluing others, and dividing society\" are the \"politics of distraction\".\n\nFollowing the speech, Business Secretary Kemi Badenoch told a Spectator conference event that politicians should be careful about how immigration policies are discussed \"so that people aren't getting echoes of things that were less palatable\".\n\nFellow cabinet minister Michelle Donelan later declined to repeat the rhetoric used by the home secretary, telling BBC Newsnight: \"I would say it's a problem, my language is different to her language.\"\n\nBut Mr Shapps said Ms Braverman's speech was \"certainly no Enoch Powell situation\".\n\nHe pointed out that the home secretary's parents moved to the UK in the 1960s from Kenya and Mauritius.\n\n\"She makes the absolutely correct point we've already seen a lot of movement,\" he told Times Radio. \"We could see a lot more, a hurricane, as she describes it, of people moving.\"\n\nDelivered to local Conservative Party members in Birmingham, days before the second reading of the 1968 Race Relations Bill, then-MP Enoch Powell referenced observations made by his Wolverhampton constituents, including \"in 15 or 20 years' time the black man will have the whip hand over the white man\".\n\nMr Powell, who died in 1998, ended with a quote from Virgil's Aeneid, when civil war in Italy is predicted with \"the River Tiber foaming with much blood\".\n\nThe anti-immigration speech ended his career in Edward Heath's shadow cabinet.\n\nThe Race Relations Act made it illegal to refuse housing, employment or public services to people because of their ethnic background.", "Andrew Boff, a Conservative member of the London Assembly, said he was escorted out of Conservative Party conference for “challenging some of the nonsense the Home Secretary was telling conference” about “gender ideology”.\n\nSpeaking to the BBC after being removed from the venue by police, he said that Suella Braverman’s rhetoric about the LGBT community was “disgusting…we shouldn’t be picking on vulnerable people in order to get votes”.\n\nIn her speech, Ms Braverman had criticised \"gender ideology, white privilege\" and anti-British history, adding: \"The evidence demonstrates that if you don't challenge this poison, things just get worse.\"\n\nWe've been too squeamish on migration, Braverman tells Tories", "The Crooked House, known for its sloping walls and floor, was demolished less than two days after the fire broke out in August\n\nA 23-year-old man has been arrested over a blaze that tore through the Crooked House pub.\n\nThe man, from Leicestershire, was detained on Tuesday on suspicion of conspiracy to commit arson with intent or being reckless as to whether life was endangered, police said.\n\nHe has been released on conditional bail while the investigation continues.\n\nOnce known as \"Britain's wonkiest\" inn, the pub in Himley, Staffordshire, was gutted in the fire on 5 August.\n\nIt was demolished less than two days later, infuriating many in the local community who treasured the landmark building - one of the best known in the Black Country - and prompting anger across the UK.\n\nFour men and a woman previously arrested as part of the investigation all remain on conditional bail, Staffordshire Police said.\n\nThe woman, 34, and a man, 44, both also from Leicestershire, were arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to commit arson with intent or being reckless as to whether life was endangered.\n\nThree other men, aged 66, 51 and 33, had been held on suspicion of arson with intent to endanger life.\n\nThe building, in Himley, Staffordshire, was reduced to rubble on 7 August\n\nOfficers are continuing to appeal for any information that may assist the investigation.\n\nThe 18th Century pub, near Dudley, was known for its sloping walls and floor, caused by mining subsidence in the area.\n\nThe former farmhouse had been sold in July by Marston's to ATE Farms Limited.\n\nSouth Staffordshire Council is conducting its own investigation into the pub's demolition.\n\nThe local authority said it had permitted only part of the building to be demolished on safety grounds, and had not agreed to the total destruction of the site.\n\nFollow BBC West Midlands on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Send your story ideas to: newsonline.westmidlands@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Police video showed the flyover barrier the bus crashed through\n\nItalian authorities are still trying to identify all of the 21 victims of Tuesday's deadly bus crash in Venice.\n\nThe electric bus crashed through a bridge barrier, and plunged almost 15m (50ft) in the mainland borough of Mestre, before bursting into flames.\n\nDNA samples are being used to confirm the identities of those who were not carrying personal documents, prosecutor Bruno Cherchi said.\n\nThree children including a baby were among the dead, according to officials.\n\nThe bus was carrying 39 tourists from the centre of Venice to a campsite. On Wednesday evening, relatives began arriving in Italy from other countries to identify the dead.\n\nMayor Luigi Brugnaro said a huge tragedy had taken place. \"An apocalyptic scene, there are no words,\" he said on social media.\n\nCCTV footage showed the vehicle driving past another bus before toppling off the carriageway.\n\nOne rescuer spoke of a \"tragedy of young people, if not very young people, except for a few adults\".\n\nNine Ukrainians, three Germans, four Romanians, two Portuguese, a South African national and the Italian driver were among those killed, a spokesperson for Venice's mayor said.\n\nFifteen people are known to have been injured, five of them seriously - including Ukrainians, Austrians, Spaniards and other foreign tourists, according to officials.\n\nAmong the injured were two 16-year-olds and two younger children, the local governor said.\n\nTwo German brothers, aged seven and 13, were being treated for broken bones in hospital in nearby Treviso. Their parents were killed in the accident and the boys were being given counselling.\n\nA young Croatian woman who was on her honeymoon also died, Ansa news agency reported. Her husband of about three weeks was sent to hospital.\n\nSome survivors in the Angelo di Mestre hospital were asking for their loved ones, said the head of medicine, Chiara Berti. \"There were entire families, grandparents, grandchildren, spouses.\"\n\nVenice prosecutor Bruno Cherchi said only three or four survivors had so far been able to talk to investigators by Wednesday afternoon.\n\nThe city's authorities have declared three days of mourning after the tragedy.\n\nThe bus crashed at around 19:45 (17:45 GMT) on Tuesday. It had apparently been rented by a local company to pick up tourists from the historic centre of Venice and take them to a campsite in the nearby Marghera district, on the mainland.\n\nWitnesses saw the bus scraping along the guard-rail on the flyover for 50m, before tumbling to the ground, the prosecutor added.\n\nThe bus company emphasised that the 13-tonne vehicle was electric, discounting earlier reports that it also ran on methane gas. Fire brigade commander Mauro Longo told Il Gazzettino website that the bus's batteries caught fire and made the task of clearing the vehicle a complex operation.\n\nWitnesses said they could hear people screaming, but the flames were too intense to get to them.\n\nA 27-year-old Gambian worker and his housemate were among the first people to reach the scene. He told how he had pulled three or four people from the bus, including a young girl.\n\nBoubacar Touré and Odion Eboigbe, who is Nigerian, ran to the scene after hearing a sudden, thundering crash beside their apartment.\n\n\"We ran down to the spot where the bus was on fire and I heard a woman screaming, 'My baby, my baby,'\" Boubacar told the BBC.\n\n\"I managed to pull her through the window and then pulled out her son, who was badly burnt but still alive.\"\n\nBoubacar said the fire was so intense that fire extinguishers had little impact on the flames.\n\nWhat is unclear is why the bus left the flyover on a downhill stretch of the road and careered through a guard rail and metal barrier. Police are looking at video from security cameras near the crash site.\n\nThe 40-year-old driver, Alberto Rizzotto, had worked for the bus company for seven years and there was no indication on the road that he had tried to brake before the crash.\n\nIn his last Facebook post, he said he was running a \"shuttle to Venice\".\n\nThe head of the Veneto region, Luca Zaia, said \"everything points\" to the driver being taken ill in the moments before losing control of the bus. However, he added that it was prudent not to speculate on the causes of the accident.\n\nMassimo Fiorese, from La Linea bus company, said the vehicle was less than a year old and the driver highly experienced.\n\n\"There's a video of the bus just before it falls,\" he told the Ansa news agency. \"The vehicle arrives, slows down and brakes. It's almost at a standstill when it crashes through the guard-rail. I think the driver must have fallen ill, because otherwise I can't explain it.\"\n\nFirefighters eventually removed the wrecked bus from the scene early on Wednesday.\n\nA reception point staffed by psychologists and psychiatrists has been set up at a nearby hospital to provide support for the victims' families.\n\nItaly's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said the country's thoughts were with the victims and their family and friends.\n\nThe flyover can be seen directly above the wreckage of the bus in Mestre", "A-levels and T-levels will be replaced by a new qualification for all school leavers in England.\n\nAll 16 to 19-year-olds will typically study five subjects as part of the new Advanced British Standard, including some English and maths to 18.\n\nHowever, it will be years before the qualification is in place and the first students to take it will be those currently just starting primary school.\n\nPrime Minister Rishi Sunak said more teachers would be recruited to help.\n\nOne of the most striking aspects of the proposed changes is students would be able to combine both academic and vocational elements, with typically three major and two minor aspects.\n\nThey would include maths and English up to the age of 18, bringing England more in line with international standards where subjects are not narrowed down.\n\nMr Sunak said boosting education was \"the closest thing we have to a silver bullet\" as it was \"the best economic policy, the best social policy, the best moral policy\".\n\nThe new baccalaureate-style qualification would bring together the best of A-levels and vocational T-levels into a single new qualification, he told the Conservative Party conference, in Manchester.\n\n\"Rigorous\" and \"knowledge-rich\", it would put technical and academic education on an equal footing and ensure all young people left school knowing the basics in maths and English, with extra help for those who struggled.\n\n\"In our country, no child should be left behind,\" Mr Sunak said.\n\nHe added that 16 to 19-year-olds spent \"around a third less time in the classroom than some of our competitors\", and that had to change.\n\nHe said under the proposals, students would spend at least 195 hours more with a teacher, and to reflect this revealed how he planned to bring in and keep a greater workforce.\n\n\"In order to attract and retain more teachers, those who teach key subjects in schools - and, for the first time, in our further-education colleges too - will receive special bonuses of up to £30,000, tax-free, over the first five years of their career.\n\n\"Our teachers do one of the most valuable jobs in our society and we should reward them for that.\"\n\nMr Sunak promised an additional £600m over two years to increase training of maths teachers, and funding for those studying for compulsory GCSE resits in colleges in maths and English.\n\nBursaries are already offered in some secondary subjects because there is a significant shortfall in the numbers starting secondary school teacher training.\n\nThe plans will go to consultation, with possible implementation around 2033-34.\n\nCurrent post-16 students will continue to have the option of A-levels and the new T-levels, which are equivalent to three A-levels.\n\nEducation policy is devolved, so the changes only apply to England.\n\nAssociation of School and College Leaders general secretary Geoff Barton said: \"While the principles of these proposals are good, the practicalities are daunting because of the severity of the teacher recruitment and retention crisis.\"\n\nHe said the plan for bonus payments would not be anywhere near enough, and teacher shortages were widespread.\n\n\"This problem requires a much broader strategy to improve pay, conditions and education funding,\" he said.\n\n\"Without this commitment, the prime minister's plans for an Advanced British Standard are likely to prove a pipe dream.\"\n\nNational Association of Head Teachers general secretary Paul Whiteman said there had been \"no meaningful engagement\" with the profession ahead of the announcement.\n\n\"Once again, there is a sense that ministers in Whitehall think they know better than the teachers and leaders working with pupils on a daily basis,\" he said.", "Sir Patrick Vallance (centre) was a regular participant in televised news conferences during the pandemic\n\nThe government's former chief scientific adviser criticised Boris Johnson's \"impossible flip-flopping\" and \"bipolar decision-making\" in diary entries released to the Covid inquiry.\n\nSir Patrick Vallance also wrote of \"chaos as usual\" in Downing Street after a meeting on social-distancing.\n\nThe entries were read out at the start of stage two of the inquiry, which will examine the political decision-making.\n\nThe government has said it acted to save lives and protect the nation.\n\nMr Johnson will give evidence in person to the inquiry later this year, along with other ministers, advisers, civil servants and health officials.\n\nSir Patrick served as the government's chief scientific adviser from 2018 to 2023 and was a familiar face at the podium for Covid news conferences.\n\nExtracts of daily diaries he wrote during the pandemic were read out by the inquiry's lead counsel, Hugo Keith KC, as part of his opening statement on Tuesday.\n\nIn one note Sir Patrick wrote: \"Number 10 chaos as usual.\n\n\"On Friday, the two-metre rule meeting made it abundantly clear that no-one in Number 10 or the Cabinet Office had really read or taken time to understand the science advice on two metres. Quite extraordinary.\"\n\nIn other entries Sir Patrick described how he felt scientists were \"used as human shields\" by ministers.\n\nOn 19 September 2020, around the time a possible \"circuit-breaker\" lockdown was being discussed, he wrote: \"[Johnson] is all over the place and so completely inconsistent. You can see why it was so difficult to get agreement to lock down first time.\"\n\nMeanwhile, long Covid support groups said Mr Johnson used colourful language to describe the condition in October 2020.\n\nSpeaking on behalf of the groups, Anthony Metzer KC said that when the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) was publishing guidance for people with long Covid the former prime minister dismissed it as \"bollocks\".\n\n\"Mr Johnson has admitted in his witness statement that he didn't believe long Covid truly existed, dismissing it as 'Gulf War Syndrome stuff',\"Mr Metzer said.\n\nMr Keith also said WhatsApp exchanges between ministers and advisers in Downing Street painted a \"depressing picture\" of factional infighting and a \"toxic atmosphere\" during the pandemic.\n\nHe said messages showed \"disharmony\" between Number 10 and the DHSC, and contained repeated references to Mr Johnson's loss of confidence in former Health Secretary Matt Hancock.\n\n\"It appears to be the case that the prime minister and a number of officials and advisers held him in low regard,\" said Mr Keith.\n\n\"In particular, on account of his apparent tendency to get over-excited and then make stuff up.\"\n\nThe inquiry has now received messages from more than 250 different WhatsApp groups in addition to thousands of pages of one-to-one chat conversations, Mr Keith confirmed.\n\nPrime Minister Rishi Sunak told the BBC in an interview that \"of course\" he was helping the inquiry after it was claimed he was unable to provide some of his messages after swapping his phone a number of times.\n\nThe Guardian newspaper had reported that he had written in a witness statement that he did not have access to the messages because he did not back them up.\n\nAt the Conservative Party conference, Mr Sunak said: \"This is the legal inquiry, there's a full process. I submit a lot of different evidence and documentation. I will be interviewed. All of that will be transparent and public.\n\n\"And of course I'm helping with all of that, as people would expect. We want to learn the lessons from Covid.\"\n\nThe Guardian also reported that Mr Johnson had been unable to access messages sent earlier than 7 June 2020 because of an unspecified technical issue.\n\nThe Covid-19 Bereaved Families for Justice group said the loss of these messages was a \"remarkable and unfortunate coincidence\" and called for experts to examine the phone to see if the messages could be recovered.\n\nMr Keith told the hearing that although it was right to say the inquiry had not received all the messages asked for, \"we have a very good picture of what happened\".\n\n\"There are unlikely to be any hidden corners which have escaped the inquiry's attention,\" he added.", "Poker Face singer and A Star is Born actress Lady Gaga is often accompanied by her dogs at awards shows\n\nLady Gaga does not have to pay a $500,000 (£410,000) reward to a woman who returned her dogs after they were stolen in 2021, a US judge has ruled.\n\nJennifer McBride previously sued the star for the \"no questions asked\" reward, plus $1.5m (£1.2m) in damages.\n\nBut the judge said Ms McBride couldn't claim the money because her role in returning the star's dogs had led to a conviction of receiving stolen goods.\n\nShe argued she was just making sure the two bulldogs were returned safely.\n\nMs McBride's lawyer said the singer and actress had committed a breach of contract and fraud by not paying up following their return.\n\nBut in a ruling this week, Judge Holly J Fujie said Ms McBride was \"not entitled to thereafter benefit from their wrongdoing by seeking to enforce the contract\".\n\nIn February 2021, Ryan Fischer was walking Lady Gaga's three French bulldogs in Hollywood when he was shot in the chest in what the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office called \"a cold-hearted violent act\". He survived, but had to have part of his lung removed.\n\nLast December, James Howard Jackson was sentenced to 21 years in prison for attempted murder.\n\nJackson and his accomplices took two of the dogs, Koji and Gustavto, following the shooting. A third, Miss Asia, ran away and was later found by police.\n\nThe two stolen dogs were returned unharmed by Ms McBride two days later after Gaga offered the reward.\n\nMs McBride was arrested along with four others in April 2021, and was charged with being an accessory to attempted murder.\n\nIn December, she struck a plea deal to have that charge dropped, and pleaded no contest to receiving stolen property, for which she was sentenced to two years probation.\n\nShe denied having been involved in the theft, saying she only took possession of Lady Gaga's pets \"for the specific purpose of ensuring their protection and safely returning them\".\n\nThat's something the Grammy and Oscar-winner's lawyers argued \"makes no sense\".\n\nThe judge has now upheld a previous ruling, saying Ms McBride cannot claim the reward because she \"has unclean hands that prevent her from profiting from her actions\".\n\nSign up for our morning newsletter and get BBC News in your inbox.", "There is a long-standing row over whether HS2 actually benefits people in Wales\n\nThe north Wales mainline is to be electrified using £1bn that was earmarked for HS2, the prime minister has said.\n\nRishi Sunak announced HS2 will only run from London to Birmingham and not on to Manchester because of spiralling costs.\n\nMoney will instead be used for alternative projects across the UK, including the one in north Wales.\n\nBusiness leaders in north Wales had called HS2 a \"vanity project for England\" and welcomed its demise.\n\n\"Today's announcement will unlock north Wales' unique potential by transforming its economy and infrastructure,\" said Welsh Secretary David TC Davies after the announcement.\n\n\"For too long the people of north Wales have been ignored by an incompetent Labour Welsh government in Cardiff Bay - but the UK government is correcting that wrong.\n\n\"Under the Conservatives, north Wales is being given the attention it righty deserves.\"\n\nThe Welsh government said it welcomed the proposal but described the proposed £1bn of funding \"a finger in the air figure\".\n\nLee Waters, deputy climate change minister, said the Welsh government had not been consulted on the project.\n\nMr Waters said the project was \"nowhere near the top of the list\" of rail priorities in Wales and it will take \"at least 10 years\".\n\n\"We have no idea of the cost of it. A billion pounds has been quoted, this is a finger in the air figure and I've no idea where that's come from,\" he said.\n\nPlaid Cymru Westminster leader Liz Saville Roberts said Wales was still owed \"billions in funding\" for spending on the first phase of HS2.\n\n\"The only way to resolve this saga is to fully devolve rail infrastructure to Wales, transferring the billions owed through the Barnett formula,\" she said.\n\n\"That would allow the people of Wales to choose how to invest in our nation.\n\n\"With Keir Starmer's Labour Party refusing to make that commitment, only Plaid Cymru speaks for Wales.\"\n\nMaria Hinfelaar, vice-chancellor of Wrexham University, said \"half an HS2\" was \"actually worse than useless\" and \"totally irrelevant\".\n\n\"I would've been supportive of a fully-completed HS2 from London to Manchester, it would have benefitted us as a university,\" she told BBC Radio Wales Breakfast.\n\n\"We have 3,000 international students, many that fly into London. To tell them they could get on this train, it would have been a selling point.\"\n\nShe called on investment to improve links between north Wales and Cardiff, London and the north west of England.\n\nHS2 had been classified an England and Wales project - with the UK government arguing that HS2 would boost reliability, connectivity and capacity on routes across the UK, including services into Wales.\n\nA station at Crewe was earmarked as an interchange for north Wales, and because of this, Wales was initially denied any consequential funding.\n\nWednesday's conference was Rishi Sunak's first speech to the Conservative conference as prime minister\n\nAskar Sheibani, chairman of Deeside Business Forum which represents 2,000 members and supporters, was scathing about the original project.\n\n\"We did not believe this vanity project in England would have any benefit for north Wales. We were never consulted,\" he told BBC Radio Wales Breakfast.\n\nHis group straddles the Wales-England border in Flintshire and Cheshire, with a meeting and debate on the initial HS2 plans showing little support.\n\nHe believes more benefit for north Wales would have come from improving links to the two major international airports in north west England - Liverpool and Manchester - as well as the port of Holyhead on Anglesey.\n\nHe added: \"We were ignored as usual and never consulted. This is a result of their madness.\"\n\nMr Sheibani said firms he represented had been opposed to HS2 for more than a decade and the return on the investment was \"abysmally low\".\n\nWales has got something, having previously had nothing, and now has something that might or might not be as good as what it felt it should have had.\n\nHS2 is officially an England and Wales project, justified by quicker journeys via Crewe. But it never really washed - Wales wouldn't have had a millimetre of high speed track.\n\nAnd it meant Wales missed out on equivalent funding, as is the way when a project is designated England-only. It could have been as much as £5bn.\n\nNow Wales has the promise of £1bn to electrify the North Wales mainline, although at time of writing, with no confirmed timescale.\n\nIt is much-needed and much-demanded and should mean quicker, cleaner and more frequent services.\n\nWill this wash with voters and businesses in a part of the world where seven seats will be keenly contested at the next general election?", "Akshata Murty told the Tory conference that she and her husband were \"one team\"\n\nRishi Sunak's wife Akshata Murty spoke warmly about the prime minister before introducing him for his speech on the last day of the Conservative Party Conference.\n\nA businesswoman and heiress to a fortune worth billions, she has lived a life divided between three continents. Her father founded one of India's biggest companies, Infosys, while she launched her own eponymous clothing label.\n\nBBC News spoke to some of those she has met along the way.\n\nIt is a Friday night in rural Yorkshire and local farmers and small business owners are waiting for the results of a Conservative party fundraising raffle.\n\nAt the front of the room, one of the richest women in the country and her husband are drawing paper tickets and presenting the relatively modest prizes - a bottle of Campari, a coffee shop voucher.\n\nAkshata Murty had spent much of her life in the US and India, where her father founded one of the nation's biggest companies. But in recent years, she is just as likely to have been spotted at a local Tory social event, working the room alongside her husband Rishi Sunak in his North Yorkshire constituency.\n\n\"She mixes with everybody and everybody speaks highly of her,\" said Peter Walker, a local party member in Richmond. Despite her privileged background, \"there is no ostentatiousness,\" said Mr Walker, who last saw Ms Murty joining in with a Christmas carol service.\n\nMr Walker, a retired deputy chief constable, said that for a long time he had been unaware of the scale of the couple's wealth. \"I literally got my knowledge of their significant wealth from the news,\" he said.\n\nMs Murty's shares in Infosys, the company her father founded, are worth an estimated £700m.\n\nEarlier this year, while her husband led the nation's financial affairs as chancellor of the exchequer, her business interests were the subject of newspaper headlines and political debate.\n\nFirst, it emerged the company had continued operating in Russia after the invasion of Ukraine. Then, days later, it was revealed she held non-domiciled status, meaning she did not have to pay tax on earnings from outside the UK. The company later pulled out of Russia, and Ms Murty pledged to pay UK tax on all her income, but said at the time: \"India remains the country of my birth, citizenship, parents' home and place of domicile.\"\n\nThe controversies have come as a surprise to some in India, where the family are known for promoting an austere lifestyle.\n\n\"There is so much simplicity in the way they behave and the way they live, this is in their DNA,\" said Suhel Seth, an Indian marketing expert who knows the family.\n\nIn 1981, a year after his only daughter's birth, software engineer NR Narayana Murthy (unlike his wife and children, he spells his name with an \"h\") started an IT company, using $250 dollars borrowed from his wife.\n\nOver four decades, as personal computing and the internet changed the world, the firm morphed into an outsourcing giant. Today, more than 300,000 employees work in about 50 countries. It has won lucrative contracts to provide IT services for companies and governments around the world, including in the UK.\n\nMr Murthy met David Cameron at the company's Bangalore base in 2010\n\nBut it has faced controversies over its outsourcing practices. In 2013, the company paid $34m (£21m) to settle a civil lawsuit from the US government over allegations it misused visas. Infosys said at the time that claims of systemic visa fraud were \"untrue and are assertions that remain unproven\".\n\nIn 2019, it agreed to an $800,000 settlement with California's attorney general over allegations 500 employees had the wrong visas. Infosys denied any wrongdoing.\n\nThe company's success has made Mr Murthy one of the richest people in a country where hundreds of millions live in poverty. But he has strived not to be part of a pampered elite, his supporters say.\n\n\"He is corporate India's Mahatma Gandhi,\" Mr Seth said. \"He is unmoved by all these trappings.\"\n\nThe 76-year-old is now retired, but even while leading a multinational corporation, he has said he made a point of cleaning his own toilet. It was a habit learnt from his father, who was opposed to the Indian caste system, in which the \"so-called lowest class... is a set of people who clean toilets,\" he told the BBC in 2011. He continued the practice to set an example for his offspring, he said.\n\nThe prime minister's billionaire in-laws have promoted the values of living a simple life\n\nIt was one of a number of steps - including not having a TV in the house - that were intended to teach the children about the \"importance of simplicity and austerity\", Ms Murty's father wrote in an open letter to his daughter published in 2013.\n\nBut it was her mother who shouldered the \"great responsibility\" of instilling family values in Ms Murty and her brother Rohan, he said.\n\nSudha Murty worked as an engineer in the 1980s, but gave up to teach in a college and spend more time with her children. In 1996, she started the Infosys Foundation - a non-profit organisation that funds educational and anti-poverty projects. Her passion for engineering and education is shared by her daughter.\n\nWhile living in California in 2007, Ms Murty joined the board of San Francisco's Exploratorium museum, which aims to engage young people in science and technology. The foundation's director at the time, Dennis Bartels, says she had a \"fervent belief\" in the power of Stem (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) to change lives.\n\nShe had been \"especially supportive of programmes that increased the number of female engineers\", he says.\n\nHe describes Ms Murty as having a \"gentle and generous spirit\".\n\nAkshata Murty and Rishi Sunak with their daughters, Krishna and Anoushka\n\nAs an undergraduate, she moved to the US to study economics and French at the private liberal Claremont McKenna College, near Los Angeles in California. She then earned a diploma at a fashion college before working at Deloitte and Unilever and studying for an MBA at Stanford University.\n\nHer relationship with Mr Sunak began at the university's grand campus near San Francisco. The couple graduated 16 years ago, but have maintained a connection to Stanford, funding a fellowship for social entrepreneurs and keeping in touch with university staff.\n\n\"They are the same two lovely people they were as students - open and kind and humble and remarkably self-effacing,\" said Derrick Bolton, who was assistant dean of admissions during their time at Stanford.\n\nIn 2009, they married in a ceremony in the bride's home city of Bangalore, later hosting a wedding party in New York.\n\n\"I remember Akshata just kind of gliding through the room and how incredibly beautiful she looked,\" said Mr Bolton, who joined the US celebration.\n\n\"There were a lot of really important people in the room, and I'm not one of those important people, and Akshata still made time to come by and say hello and to let me know how happy they were that I had made it.\"\n\nIn the years after graduation, the couple built a life in Santa Monica, California, where they still own a penthouse apartment with ocean views. For two years, she worked for venture capital company Tendris, but quit in 2009 to start a fashion label, named Akshata Designs.\n\nIt was the culmination of a life-long love of fashion, which had baffled her \"no-nonsense engineer\" mother, Ms Murty told Vogue India in 2011. The company's website said it aimed to provide a \"sustainable source of income\" for female artists and craftspeople in rural India. However, the Guardian reported that the business collapsed within three years.\n\nAround this time, Ms Murty and Mr Sunak founded a London-based offshoot of her family's investment fund, Catamaran Ventures.\n\nWithin two years, Mr Sunak was elected as the MP for Richmond in North Yorkshire, having transferred his share of the company to his wife in the weeks before the vote in May 2015. It is a solid Tory seat that used to be held by ex-Tory leader William Hague.\n\nThey bought a Grade II-listed manor house in the village of Kirby Sigston, near Northallerton, which sold for £1.5m in 2015. The couple have hosted Conservative party fundraising evenings with canapes served alongside the property's lake.\n\nIt is one of four properties they are believed to own, including a four-bedroom mews house in London, where the couple have lived with their two daughters. Now, the family are set to move into 10 Downing Street.\n\nThe couple appeared on the Sunday Times' Rich List in 2022, with an estimated wealth of £730m.\n\nIt has led to questions about whether Mr Sunak is out of touch, particularly during a cost-of-living crisis, and the couple's lifestyle has regularly made headlines.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Josh Gafson This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThe day after her husband resigned as chancellor in July, Ms Murty delivered tea and biscuits to journalists waiting outside their London home. But her hospitality was scrutinised after Twitter users suggested the designer mugs cost more than £30 each. One wrote: \"The price of that mug could feed a family for 2 days.\"\n\nSpeaking from Goa in India this week, Mr Seth said the episode was symbolic of what he sees as the unfair treatment of Ms Murty. \"People need to evaluate her value system, and not value her wealth,\" he said.\n\nHe said Ms Murty was \"very charming, very simple and very bright\", adding that she had a \"sterling academic career\" before launching a fashion business \"far away from IT\".\n\n\"If someone has done all of this and you just paper it over by saying 'you are just a rich kid', you are denigrating academia, you are denigrating values, you are denigrating a path of simplicity that the family has treaded on all their lives.\"\n\nThe family is to move into 10 Downing Street\n\nIn the towns and villages of North Yorkshire, the couple's affluence seems to receive less of a focus, even from political opponents.\n\nLabour councillor Gerald Ramsden said that while he \"completely disagrees\" with Mr Sunak's politics, he admits he is \"fairly well liked by the community\". He pointed to the fact that he had bumped into the family shopping for a barbecue in the local Tesco this summer. \"If I could afford a chef, I wouldn't be going shopping,\" he said.\n\nIt is a sentiment shared by independent councillor Paul Atkin. He said Mr Sunak had been \"extremely helpful\" on local issues, adding: \"It really doesn't bother me as to his wife's position\".\n\nBy their supporters, like Mr Walker, the former deputy chief constable, the couple are described as \"nice, ordinary folk\".\n\n\"If you've got airs and graces, they won't last long in rural North Yorkshire in a farming community like this,\" he said.\n\nWith additional reporting by William McClennan and BBC business reporter Natalie Sherman in New York.", "Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is set to announce the scrapping of the HS2 high-speed rail line from the West Midlands to Manchester.\n\nIn his Conservative Party conference speech later, the PM is expected to set out a range of alternative projects in the north of England and Wales.\n\nHe is likely to argue these projects will be better value for money and can be delivered more quickly.\n\nIt comes after weeks of speculation about the future of the line.\n\nAppearing on BBC Breakfast, Defence Secretary Grant Shapps effectively confirmed a new high-speed rail line would not be built to Manchester but said HS2 trains would still run to the city and to Leeds, albeit on existing tracks.\n\nThe London to Birmingham leg of HS2 is already being built.\n\nMr Shapps, who was transport secretary under Boris Johnson, said there would \"still be a much faster journey time\" to Manchester.\n\nHowever, he said that changes to travel patterns following the Covid pandemic meant the government had to consider whether whether the \"billions of pounds\" for HS2 could be better spent on other projects.\n\nHe added that full details of alternative transport schemes would be set out in the prime minister's conference speech in Manchester later.\n\nThe reports have already prompted anger among local leaders and businesses.\n\nThe Labour mayor of Greater Manchester, Andy Burnham, accused the government of \"disrespecting people across the whole of the North\".\n\n\"It just proves there are so many people in politics - many in the Tory party - that think they can treat the north of England differently to the way they treat other parts of the country,\" he told BBC Breakfast.\n\nThe Conservative West Midlands mayor Andy Street, who on Monday called an impromptu press conference to warn Mr Sunak that getting rid of HS2 would amount to \"cancelling the future\", is said to be distraught by the news of the prime minister's decision.\n\nFormer prime ministers Boris Johnson, Theresa May and David Cameron have also issued warnings against scaling the high-speed line back.\n\nHowever, some Tory MPs oppose HS2, arguing it is a waste of money and there are better ways to improve transport links.\n\nThe football club Manchester United was among 30 businesses who wrote to the prime minister urging him to commit to the line and avoid \"economic self-sabotage\".\n\nIt was hoped HS2 would cut journey times, create more space on the rail network and boost jobs outside London.\n\nBut there had been concerns about the mounting costs of the infrastructure project, with the latest estimates for the project amounting to about £71bn.\n\nEven that figure was in 2019 prices so it does not account for the spike in costs for materials and wages in recent months.\n\nRishi Sunak with his staff the day before his speech to the party conference in Manchester\n\nOn Tuesday, the prime minister had insisted he would not be \"forced into a premature decision\" on the future of HS2, amid growing pressure to make an announcement.\n\nThere has been frustration from both Tory supporters and opponents of HS2 that the issue has been allowed to overshadow the party conference in Manchester, the city that will feel it is losing out most.\n\nIf Mr Sunak confirms in his speech later that HS2 trains will go to Manchester using existing tracks, it follows that no extra space would be created and journey time benefits would be reduced.\n\nIn recent days, there have been suggestions that instead of building HS2, money could be put towards improving east-west rail links across the north of England.\n\nFor example, Northern Powerhouse Rail (NPR) aims to improve connections between Leeds, Manchester and Liverpool.\n\nHowever, the project has been designed to intersect with HS2, using a section of the high speed line, and if HS2 does not continue to Manchester this would increase the costs of NPR.\n\nHenri Murrison, chief executive of the Northern Powerhouse Partnership, called the scrapping of the HS2 line \"a national tragedy here in the north of England, economically at least\".\n\nHS2 was initially proposed in 2010, and given the go-ahead in 2012, when then-Conservative Transport Secretary Justine Greening called it \"the most significant transport infrastructure project since the building of the motorways\".\n\nThere have already been delays, disruption, a big cut to HS2's Eastern leg, and salami slicing on HS2 - but this latest decision would change the project and its outcomes beyond recognition.\n\nAt least £22.5bn has already been spent building the London-Birmingham section, while £2.3bn has gone towards the second phase, on things such as buying up land and property.\n\nThirty-thousand people are already working on HS2, mostly in the supply chain.\n\nThere are also people whose lives have already been uprooted by property purchases along the planned HS2 route north of Birmingham.\n\nMr Sunak will be delivering his conference speech at a tricky time for the Conservatives, who have been lagging behind Labour in the polls for over a year.\n\nSpeaking from the Manchester Central Convention Complex - an old railway turned into a conference venue - he will tell the audience that he is the man to \"fundamentally change our country\".\n\nIt may be his last conference speech before the next general election, due in 2024, and his team will hope that it can help change the fortunes of the prime minister and his party.\n\nSign up for our morning newsletter and get BBC News in your inbox.", "Police at the scene of the dog attack in Shiney Row\n\nA man has been arrested after another man was \"seriously injured\" by a dog, Northumbria Police said.\n\nOfficers were called to a report of a dog attack on Maple Terrace, Shiney Row, near Houghton-le-Spring, Wearside, just before 19:00 BST.\n\nIn a statement, the force said the animal was \"destroyed at the scene\" and \"there is no wider risk to the public\".\n\nA second dog was seized as a precaution, police said, and they urged people not to speculate online.\n\nThere has been no information released about the breed of the dogs.\n\nThe man who was arrested is 44 years old and \"remains in custody at this time\", police said.\n\nMeanwhile the man in hospital, who is in his 50s, suffered \"serious injuries\".\n\nThe North East Ambulance Service (NEAS) told BBC News it was called to the area just after 19:00 BST.\n\n\"We dispatched two double-crewed ambulances, a specialist paramedic and a clinical team leader,\" it said.\n\nIt added that a patient had been taken to the Royal Victoria Infirmary in Newcastle.\n\nA large police presence was at the scene on Wednesday morning, with officers stationed in Maple Terrace and neighbouring Lowerson Avenue.\n\nAround half of Maple Terrace was cordoned off at the side of the street which overlooks a grassy area popular with dog walkers.\n\nThere was a large police presence on Wednesday morning\n\nOne man said he had heard about the attack, and that a window had been broken during the incident. He said: \"There's dogs all over here.\"\n\nPolice have urged anyone with information \"to speak to an officer on duty\".\n\n\"Members of the public can also get in touch using the 'Tell Us Something' page of the Northumbria Police website,\" the force said.\n\nFollow BBC North East & Cumbria on X (formerly Twitter), Facebook and Instagram. Send your story ideas to northeastandcumbria@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Rishi Sunak: I am cancelling the rest of the HS2 project\n\n\"The facts have changed,\" the PM has said, as he confirmed the HS2 high-speed rail line from Birmingham to Manchester would be scrapped.\n\nAddressing his party conference, Rishi Sunak said the project had come from a \"false consensus\" that links between big cities were \"all that matters\".\n\nHe announced he would instead invest in transport projects across the country.\n\nHe also set out plans for a a new post-16 qualification and to phase out smoking.\n\nIt was the PM's first speech to party conference as Conservative leader, and his hour-long address marked the start of a new and more risky approach from Mr Sunak.\n\nIt was an audacious speech from a prime minister who is often accused of political caution, and who leads a Conservative Party that has been in government for 13 years.\n\nHe said the public were exhausted with the politics of the last 30 years and that he was the man to deliver change.\n\nConceding that the public thinks it's time for a change carries significant opportunities - and significant risks. If Mr Sunak can convince voters that he offers a better chance of a new approach to government than Sir Keir Starmer, he may yet arrest the persistent and wide polling gap between the Tories and Labour.\n\nTalk about the scrapping of HS2 overshadowed the conference with senior Tories and Mr Sunak insisting a decision was still to be made.\n\nThe PM announced that the northern leg, between Birmingham and Manchester, as well as the eastern leg to East Midlands Parkway, would no longer go ahead.\n\nHe confirmed that the line from the West Midlands would run all the way to Euston station, not Old Oak Common in west London as had been rumoured.\n\nThis was accompanied by news that nearly £4bn would be reallocated to transport schemes in six northern city regions.\n\nThere will be £3bn for upgraded and electrified lines between Manchester and Sheffield, Sheffield and Leeds, Sheffield and Hull, and Hull to Leeds.\n\nHe also said money would go towards resurfacing roads across the country.\n\nThe decision has angered some including local leaders, such as Andy Street, the Conservative Mayor of the West Midlands, businesses in Manchester and former PM David Cameron.\n\nMr Cameron said it was the wrong decision, meaning a \"once-in-a-generation opportunity was lost\".\n\nIn a post on X, formerly Twitter, he said the reversal would \"make it much harder to build consensus for any future long-term projects\".\n\nHowever, there has been growing concern about the ballooning cost of the project, which has already seen its section to Leeds cancelled.\n\nIntroducing Mr Sunak to the stage, Akshata Murty said her husband was her \"best friend\"\n\nThere had been speculation the decision might drive Mr Street to resign, but he has told the BBC that while disappointed he would not be quitting either his job or the party.\n\nLabour's shadow Cabinet Office minister Pat McFadden stopped short of committing the party to reviving HS2 between Birmingham and Manchester, saying it would need to \"look at the numbers\" if it won the next election.\n\nHe described Mr Sunak's announcement as a \"Tory fiasco\".\n\nLabour also said most of the transport schemes listed by the prime minister had either been previously promised or planned, so these projects did not amount to new investment.\n\nMr Sunak's speech also included the pledge that the age at which people can buy cigarettes and tobacco in England should rise by one year every year so that eventually no-one can buy them.\n\nMPs were to be given a free vote in parliament on the issue, Mr Sunak said. Former Prime Minister Liz Truss has already said she will vote against the ban.\n\nLabour said it would \"not play politics with public health\" and would \"lend\" the prime minister the votes to get the law passed.\n\nMr Sunak also announced that A-levels and T-levels would be folded into a new qualification for all school leavers, called the Advanced British Standard.\n\nIt will mean 16 to 19-year-olds will study five subjects instead of three, and some English and Maths to 18.\n\nMr Sunak's speech will have been delivered with an eye on a forthcoming general election, which must be held before January 2025.\n\nBut if voters conclude instead that the fifth Conservative prime minister in a row does not embody the change they want, then he will not have much room to manoeuvre or change approach.\n\nHe has conceded, fairly explicitly, that he thinks his Conservative predecessors failed in various ways - so he won't be able to switch to defending the Conservatives' record.\n\nWhatever Mr Sunak can achieve between now and the next election - that is what he will be running on.\n\nAnd his speech set out some of the policies - including the cancellation of HS2 - that will form part of the record.\n\nDuring the speech, Mr Sunak sought to draw comparisons between himself and the former Tory Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, a heroine for many party members.\n\nHe said the Conservatives would always be \"the party of the grocer's daughter and the pharmacist's son\" - a reference to Mrs Thatcher and himself respectively.\n\nHe also sought to subtly admonish his immediate predecessor, Liz Truss, who, returning to the conference a year after her troubled premiership, had called for immediate tax cuts.\n\nShe received a rapturous reception from some party activists for her plea, but Mr Sunak said while he too wanted to cut taxes, it was more important to focus on cutting inflation.\n\nLiz Truss used her appearance at the conference to question Mr Sunak's economic approach.\n\nQuoting Mrs Thatcher he said: \"Inflation is the biggest destroyer of all - of industry, of jobs, of savings, and of society - no policy which puts at the risk the defeat of inflation - no matter its short term attraction - can be right.\"\n\nMr Sunak won applause from activists by weighing in on gender issues, telling them it was \"common sense\" that \"a man is a man and a woman is a woman\".\n\n\"We shouldn't get bullied into believing that people can be any sex they want to be,\" he said.\n\nAs is customary with leader's speeches, the prime minister spoke of his family and background.\n\nHe recalled how his grandfather, on visiting Mr Sunak in Parliament when he first became an MP, instantly got out his phone to call the landlady he had when he had first arrived in the UK.\n\n\"He said to me, 'I just wanted to tell her where I was standing',\" said the prime minister.\n\nHe was introduced to the stage by his wife - Akshata Murty - who described her husband as her \"best friend\".\n\n\"We are one team and I could not imagine being anywhere else but here today with all of you to show my support to him and to the party.\"", "The show was disrupted during a performance of its famous protest song Do You Hear the People Sing?\n\nFive Just Stop Oil protesters have been charged with aggravated trespass after a performance of Les Miserables in London's West End was halted.\n\nA video shared by the activist group showed demonstrators getting up on to the Sondheim Theatre's stage and asking the audience to \"join the rebellion\".\n\nAudience members can be heard booing and telling the activists to \"get off\".\n\nThe show on Wednesday night did not resume - organisers instead offered refunds or tickets for another night.\n\nHaving arrested five people, aged between 18 and 28, the Metropolitan Police later confirmed that all had been charged. The force also released their names:\n\nCatherine Francoise, from Buckinghamshire, was in the audience with a group of more than 30 people who she organises theatre trips for.\n\nShe said she had been sitting \"in the centre of the front row\" and that people who appeared to be protesters were seated at either end of the second row.\n\nMs Francoise said: \"I could see out the corner of my eye something happening on the left, I noticed first, and I knew it wasn't part of the production.\n\n\"The cast were still going, the orchestra was still playing, and after about 15 seconds, somebody came on stage and moved the cast off.\n\n\"Meanwhile, security were on it trying to get the girls off that were on the left-hand side.\"\n\nShe said it appeared the protesters had locked themselves to parts of the set.\n\nShe said that the cast members were removed from the stage, shortly followed by the orchestra, with the audience being asked to leave about 15 minutes later.\n\n\"The audience were definitely making far, far more noise than the protesters,\" she said.\n\nThe stage invasion happened during the show's famous protest song of Do You Hear the People Sing? It is often described as being about a revolutionary call to action and has been used all over the world by protest movements, including in the 2019 Hong Kong demonstrations.\n\nPosting on X, formerly Twitter, on Wednesday, Just Stop Oil said:\" Valjean steals bread to feed a starving child. How long before we are all forced to steal?\" Jean Valjean is the protagonist in Les Miserables.\n\nThe post continued: \"The fossil fuel show can't go on.\"\n\nWilliam Village, chief executive of Delfont Mackintosh Theatres - which owns the Sondheim - said \"safety protocols\" had to be followed and \"the audience were asked to leave the auditorium and the Met Police attended\".\n\n\"Regrettably, there was insufficient time to enable us to complete the rest of the performance,\" he said in a statement.\n\n\"Whilst we recognise the importance of free expression, we must also respect our audience's right to enjoy the event for which they have paid.\"\n\nOn its website, Just Stop Oil says its ultimate aim is to \"demand that the UK government stop licensing all new oil, gas and coal projects\".\n\nWere you at last night's show? Share your experiences by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "The race numbers for Lin Yuwei and Wu Yanni form '64'\n\nA photo of two Chinese female athletes that made an inadvertent reference to the Tiananmen Square massacre has been censored on Chinese social media.\n\nThe race numbers for Lin Yuwei and Wu Yanni form \"64\" - a common allusion to the incident which happened on June 4.\n\nDiscussions of the incident remain taboo in China, with authorities routinely scrubbing any mention of the topic from the internet.\n\nIn 1989, troops shot dead hundreds of pro-democracy protesters in Beijing.\n\nIt remains unclear how many people actually died that day, but human rights groups' estimates range from several hundred to several thousand killed.\n\nThe athletes had embraced each other after a 100m hurdles race at the Asian Games in which Ms Lin won gold. She was wearing her lane number 6 next to Ms Wu's lane number 4 in the photo.\n\nUsers had posted their congratulations to Ms Lin on Weibo, one of China's biggest social media platforms, but posts which included the photo were replaced with grey squares.\n\nHowever, the photo does not appear to have been completely scrubbed off the internet, with some Chinese news articles still showing a photo of the two athletes.\n\nChina has won nearly 300 medals so far in the Asian Games, which are currently taking place in the Chinese city of Hangzhou. It is due to go on until 8 October.\n\nPhotos of the athletes hugging have been scrubbed from Weibo\n\nDiscussion of the events that took place in Tiananmen Square is highly sensitive in China - with generations of younger Chinese growing up with little to no knowledge about the Tiananmen Square massacre.\n\nPosts relating to the massacres are regularly removed from the internet, which is tightly controlled by the government.\n\nLast year, a popular Chinese influencer's livestream, which took place on the eve of the 33rd anniversary of the massacre, ended abruptly after he showed his audience a vanilla log cake which resembled a tank - a reference to a iconic image of one so-called Tank Man, which shows a civilian with shopping bags standing in front of a queue of tanks, attempting to block them.", "Police Scotland has paid out a total of £60,000 to four officers who took legal action after being told to shave their facial hair.\n\nThis money was paid to four traffic officers told to shave before a force-wide policy on beards was proposed.\n\nThe force wanted to introduce a clean-shaven policy in May but the plans were postponed after staff criticism.\n\nThe proposals were intended to allow officers to wear protective FFP3 masks which require users to be clean-shaven.\n\nIt would include local frontline officers, roads policing officers, firearms and public order officers.\n\nHowever, concerns were raised about the equality impact of the policy on LGBT and other officers.\n\nAssistant Chief Constable Alan Speirs, who announced the plans, said there would have been some exemptions.\n\nThe Scottish Police Federation supported the four officers, who took legal action on the grounds of sex and disability discrimination.\n\nGeneral secretary David Kennedy told BBC Scotland News the situation could have been handled \"a lot better\".\n\nHe said: \"They are extremely upset. They've had to go off sick because somebody had told them to shave, which sounds ridiculous but that's the reality of what happened.\n\n\"Right at the beginning we raised this and said there's some of our male colleagues whose families, kids don't even know what they look like without a beard and then you're asking them to change their appearance.\n\n\"It's got far-reaching consequences for them as an individual.\"\n\nMr Kennedy said he wants his members to be treated as people \"not just a number\".\n\nIt is understood that the four officers involved signed 90-day non-disclosure agreements about their settlements, which is why details have not emerged sooner.\n\nPolice Scotland said it was unable to comment on the settlements.\n\nThe force's postponed clean shaven policy will be reviewed next year.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nAt least 27 people were killed by Hurricane Otis, which made landfall on Mexico's Pacific coast on Wednesday, officials say.\n\nFour more people have been reported missing, the security secretary said.\n\nAcapulco was among the areas worst hit with 80% of the resort's hotels damaged and streets flooded.\n\nThe Mexican President travelled to the city by land and at one point had to get out of his car and walk as debris from a mudslide blocked the highway.\n\nThe car President Andrés Manuel López Obrador was travelling in got stuck in the mud\n\n\"The army is bringing machinery and we're going to try to reopen [the highway] as soon as possible,\" President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said.\n\nWith landlines and mobile phone coverage disrupted for more than 24 hours, it took officials until Thursday morning to release the death toll.\n\n\"Unfortunately, we have received word from the state and city governments that 27 people are dead and four are missing,\" Secretary of State for Security Rosa Icela Rodríguez said.\n\nShe did not give any details about where or how they had died.\n\nThe ministry of defence said 8,000 soldiers had been deployed to Acapulco and towns along the coast to help with the clear-up and provide residents with food and water.\n\nHurricane Otis made landfall at 00:25 local time (06:25 GMT) on Wednesday. It had intensified from a tropical storm into a category five hurricane - the most severe category - in just 12 hours.\n\nRead: The mystery of why storms suddenly intensify\n\nIt brought winds of 165 miles per hour (265km/h) to the coastal areas before easing in strength.\n\nCitlali Portillo, who works in the tourism sector in Acapulco, described to Televisa TV how \"the building shook as if there was an earthquake\".\n\nVideos showed guests sheltering in bathrooms and other areas without windows so they would not be injured by flying glass as windows were blown in by the wind.\n\nDavid Hall, who was in Acapulco when the hurricane hit, took photos of flooded streets littered with uprooted palm trees\n\nThe facade of a shopping centre in Acapulco was also ripped off.\n\nMore than 30% of the homes in the state of Guerrero lost power, plunging entire towns into darkness.\n\nAnd although the strength of the wind subsided relatively quickly as Otis moved inland, Mexico's meteorological service warned that torrential downpours were likely to drench Guerrero, while Michoacán, Mexico state, Morelos and Oaxaca should expect very heavy rain.\n\nThe US National Hurricane Center said that the rainfall could \"produce flash and urban flooding, along with mudslides in areas of higher terrain\".", "Supply chain problems that plagued the PlayStation 5 for three years have now been resolved, its maker Sony has said.\n\nThe global chip shortage which began in 2020 impacted industries from car manufacturing to credit cards.\n\nCustomers were frustrated at month-long waits for the PS5, with some queueing outside shops overnight, and others paying resellers sky-high prices.\n\nThe shortages steadily resolved through 2023, and Sony said its supply chain is now completely fixed worldwide.\n\nThat means the console is now not only readily available - but a surplus may lead to retailers competing for the sale.\n\nIt comes as Sony boss Eric Lempel also said it had redesigned its PlayStation Plus subscription service, this week adding cloud gaming for PS5 games.\n\nThe gaming firm's head of business said players could also cloud stream many of the games they already own digitally.\n\nMicrosoft's own subscription service, Game Pass, also allows players to stream some of the latest games.\n\nSony's announcement comes as Microsoft announced an aggressively cut-price deal for its Xbox console with three months of its subscription service bundled in, while Sony is focusing on hardware with a smaller PS5 coming soon.\n\nIn the video game sector all the major companies were affected by the chip shortage, and in 2022 scalpers were selling the PS5 at twice its retail price - despite this, the console increased in price by £30 in stores.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. 'Reselling PlayStations keeps a roof over my head'\n\nChristopher Dring, head of gaming news site Gamesindustry.biz, said the improvement to supply was important after players were unable to buy the new console.\n\nHe said: \"2022 was a particularly poor year for PS5, with sales down on the previous year due to a lack of available units.\n\n\"Sony launched some big games in 2022... but these games were also released on PlayStation 4 because a large proportion of players were still gaming on the previous generation machine.\"\n\nHe said the shortage of PS5 consoles meant they had largely not been part of Black Friday deals in previous years, but he expected that to change this year.\n\nBlack Friday is a sales event held on the last Friday of November each year intended to kickstart holiday shopping by offering people cut-price deals.\n\nSony's upcoming hardware also includes a handheld gaming device, the PlayStation Portal, and its Access Controller for disabled gamers.\n\nThe Portal divided fans when it was announced earlier this year, with some simply asking why it was needed\n\nThe PlayStation Portal is a cross between a controller and a screen, visually similar to a Nintendo Switch or Steam Deck handheld PC.\n\nBut Mr Lempel said it was not a rival to either, with players required to own a PS5 to use it.\n\n\"It's a different proposition and really just something unique for the PlayStation audience,\" he said.\n\nIt uses an internet connection to send signal from a game directly to the handheld device, rather than through a cable to a television.\n\nMr Lempel confirmed to the BBC that players will not be able to stream games directly from PlayStation's cloud gaming service onto the device.\n\nHe suggested it would benefit those who wanted to play games on their sofa while a partner watched TV, or to play games in a different room.\n\nBut he also confirmed it could be used while outside the home, so long as the internet signal was strong enough.\n\nPlayStation will also be launching a controller for disabled gamers, which Mr Lempel called \"a really special product\".\n\nIt is Sony's first attempt to create a customisable controller for disabled gamers\n\nThe Access Controller is a combination of different buttons, triggers and sticks that lets players create a set-up that suits their needs.\n\nIt will be the second mainstream disability controller to reach the UK market, following Microsoft's Adaptive Controller which released in 2018.\n\nOther manufacturers, such as Hori, have also developed accessible controllers, and in 2022 8BitDo made one for gamers with spinal muscular atrophy, after being contacted by a parent.\n\nBut unlike Microsoft's controller which works with both Xbox and PC, Sony's controller will not work outside of PlayStation hardware.\n\nMr Lempel said it was designed so disabled people could use the controller without needing the adjust the way they feel comfortable.\n\n\"It's really about bringing a PlayStation experience to an audience that may have found difficulty engaging with a PlayStation previously,\" said Mr Lempel.\n\n\"The amount of customization you can do with this controller is unique - right out of the box you're given a lot of options.\n\n\"This is about configuring the controller for the way you want to play.\"", "Edward Enninful said it was an honour to be featured at the top of 2024's list\n\nThe editor-in-chief of British Vogue, Edward Enninful OBE, has been named the UK's most influential black person by the Powerlist 2024.\n\nNow in its 18th year, it highlights black role models to young people.\n\nOther names to make the list for 2024 include Afua Kyei, Bank of England chief financial officer, and Dragon's Den star and podcaster Steven Bartlett.\n\nEnninful is the first black man to hold the top job at the British fashion magazine but earlier this year he announced he would be stepping down to help grow the brand globally and focus on other projects.\n\nHe is also the European editorial director of Condé Nast.\n\nThe 51-year-old described it as an honour to be number one on the list, which he said \"shines a light on black people really breaking boundaries, who are unafraid and champion what it means to be truly diverse in their own industries\".\n\nBorn in Ghana, Enninful moved to London at a young age with his parents and six siblings. As a teenager, he was scouted on a train and briefly spent some time modelling.\n\nHe started his editorial career as fashion director of British youth culture magazine i-D at the age of 18, making him the youngest person to be named an editor at a major international fashion title.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. British Vogue Editor Edward Enninful speaks to the Today Programme about the May cover, which features disabled models.\n\nThe Powerlist recognises men and women across a wide range of industries including business, science, technology and the arts.\n\nOther names for 2024 include Lord Woolley of Woodford, co-founder of Operation Black Vote and principal at Cambridge University's Homerton College, as well as model and activist Munroe Bergdorf.\n\nComedian Mo Gilligan and entrepreneur Patricia Bright also make an appearance.\n\nPrevious people to make the number one spot include Jacky Wright, former chief digital officer and corporate vice-president at Microsoft US, seven-time Formula One champion Sir Lewis Hamilton and former Children's Laureate Malorie Blackman.\n\nSign up for our morning newsletter and get BBC News in your inbox.", "The stands at Celtic Park were a sea of Palestinian flags shortly before kick off against Atletico Madrid\n\nThe Green Brigade previously said they would hand out flags ahead of the game against Spanish side Atletico Madrid.\n\nCeltic have already banned the group from away games after they displayed the flags at recent matches in the wake of the attacks in Israel and Gaza.\n\nIt is expected the Scottish champions will now receive a fine from Uefa.\n\nThe Green Brigade, which occupy the north curve of Celtic Park, traditionally organise a tifo - a choreographed display involving a large banner or image - for major games.\n\nBut as the teams emerged from the tunnel for the Group E fixture they instead held up the Palestinian flags.\n\nThey were also waved in other parts of the stadium ahead of the match, which finished 2-2.\n\nPalestinian flags were flown by fans across the stadium on Wednesday night\n\nIn a message to supporters before the game, Celtic said players and coaching staff from both sides would wear black armbands \"as a show of respect and support for all those affected by the conflict\".\n\nBut the club said banners, flags and symbols relating to the Israel-Hamas war \"should not be displayed at Celtic Park at this time\".\n\nCeltic fans have displayed Palestinian flags at recent Scottish Premiership games against Kilmarnock - hours after Hamas launched a deadly attack on Israel - and Hearts.\n\nThe Green Brigade previously reiterated its \"unshakeable belief\" that football supporters have the right to express political beliefs.\n\nA statement released by the group said the sanctions they had faced were \"motivated by a desire to quash political expression within the Celtic support\".\n\nThe statement continued: \"In spite of this, and any further obstruction, we once again encourage fans to courageously fly the flag for Palestine.\"\n\nThe group said they would distribute \"thousands\" of flags outside Celtic Park ahead of the game despite being prohibited from bringing them into the stadium.\n\nLiel Abada has won five major honours since joining Celtic in 2021\n\nIsraeli winger Liel Abada, who is currently injured, is being supported by the club as the conflict escalates.\n\nIn its message to fans, Celtic said the club \"hope and pray for peace, and for humanitarian support to reach those who are in need and in fear\".\n\nIt added that it \"recognises that our supporters hold personal views to which everyone is entitled\".\n\n\"As a club open to all, we all belong at Celtic Park. Celtic Park is where we come to support our football club,\" the statement said.\n\n\"Recognising this, respecting the gravity of the tragedy unfolding and its impact on communities in Scotland and across the world, and in line with other clubs, leagues and associations, we ask that banners, flags and symbols relating to the conflict and those countries involved in it are not displayed at Celtic Park at this time.\"\n\nTo many football supporters, their clubs are an extension of their beliefs.\n\nSome fans are happy to follow the football alone, but others want to be associated with an entity where their views on other matters can be shared in solidarity, in the stands, supporters' buses or in social clubs.\n\nIt has been this way since working men first aligned themselves with the colours of their local village, town, or city's football club. But the globalisation of football, along with the globalisation of the media, has made that concept ever more difficult and sometimes extremely delicate.\n\nCeltic Football Club have always prided themselves on being open to all, but as an organisation founded in the late 19th Century to help feed the poor, its core ethos has, understandably, been viewed as one aimed towards social justice and equality.\n\nSo how do fans, keen to share and promote those beliefs, express them in a world where politics and world events are so polarised and football authorities want nothing to do with any of it?\n\nThis is the backdrop to the ongoing dispute between the club and a section of their fans who are determined to show support for Palestinians. Celtic have already been fined on two separate occasions after some supporters displayed Palestinian flags during Champions League matches.\n\nThe club have recently distanced themselves from banners displayed by a section of support, following the attacks by Hamas in Israel and both Uefa and Fifa are adamant that politics and football should never mix. In a game where money is king, sponsors don't want the controversy.\n\nThose who want to use the club to convey their message are adamant they won't be silenced, though.\n\nAs ever, caught in the middle are those who want to leave the world behind for 90 minutes and concentrate solely on the football.\n\nMany Celtic fans have long had an affiliation with the Palestinian cause, with supporters displaying the territories' national flag on a number of occasions.\n\nIn 2014, European football's governing body Uefa fined the club after fans waved Palestinian flags during a match against Iceland's KR Reykjavik.\n\nPerhaps most controversially, the Green Brigade chose to display the flag once again during their team's 2016 Champions League qualifier against Israeli side, Hapoel Beer-Sheva - a move which landed the club a £8,600 fine.\n\nCeltic were also fined more than £15,350 by Uefa after fans displayed an offensive anti-monarchy banner during a Champions League match last year.\n\nUefa said the fine was for showing a \"provocative message of an offensive nature\".\n\nCeltic aren't the only Scottish football club to be punished for fan rule-breaking.\n\nIn 2022, Rangers were fined £4,400 by Uefa for actions by supporters during their Europa League group-stage ties.\n\nHearts were also fined for £10,500 for fans' offences after objects were thrown onto the pitch during their 2022 Europa Conference League match against Italian side Fiorentina.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Bianca Williams on Met police sackings: 'It shouldn't have taken three years'\n\nTwo Met Police officers have been sacked after carrying out a stop-and-search of two athletes which was found to have amounted to gross misconduct.\n\nBritish world championships medallist Bianca Williams, 29, and Portugal Olympic sprinter Ricardo Dos Santos, 28, say they were racially profiled.\n\nThey were handcuffed and searched outside their west London home while their baby was in the car in July 2020.\n\nAll allegations against three other officers were not proven.\n\nSpeaking after the conclusion of the officers' disciplinary hearing, Ms Williams told the BBC in a sit-down interview: \"This is huge, this is a massive step,\" but added: \"It shouldn't have taken three years to get to this result.\"\n\nDuring the incident, the couple were pulled over by officers in Maida Vale as they returned from a training session and searched on suspicion of having drugs and weapons, but nothing was found.\n\nMs Williams filmed some of the incident and their coach, the British former 100m Olympic champion Linford Christie, posted the footage online, leading to it being shared widely on social media.\n\nThe hearing found the two sacked officers - PC Jonathan Clapham and PC Sam Franks - lied about smelling cannabis in Mr Dos Santos' car and so had breached professional standards of police behaviour in relation to honesty and integrity.\n\nRicardo Dos Santos and Bianca Williams accused the officers of racially profiling them\n\n\"I'm happy that this is the result,\" Ms Williams continued. \"This is a huge step in the right direction for people who continue to get stopped by the police and have that same old excuse about smelling of cannabis when nothing's been found.\"\n\nShe said the result was \"bittersweet\" and \"unfortunately\" no action would be taken against the other officers, while Mr Dos Santos, speaking outside the hearing, said: \"Little has changed in policing in London since the Stephen Lawrence case.\"\n\nHe called allegations made by the officers regarding bad driving, violence and the presence of drugs \"dishonest\" and \"based on racist stereotypes\".\n\n\"If we can't trust in the police to be honest and accept when they have done bad, and stereotype black people, what hope is there,\" he added.\n\nMayor of London Sadiq Khan said the panel's findings would \"anger and alarm many Londoners\", and \"just shows the scale of the challenge the new leadership team have to change the culture of the Met\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Police bodycam footage played at the hearing showed the sprinter being handcuffed\n\nThe Met said the family had \"deserved better\" and apologised to them for their \"distress\".\n\nThe panel found it was likely the smell of cannabis during the stop-and-search had emanated from another area.\n\nThe hearing was told PC Clapham and PC Franks were \"not seen to attempt to verify the smell\", which led to them becoming \"trapped in a lie\" when they gave evidence.\n\nPanel chairwoman Chiew Yin Jones said their behaviour amounted to gross misconduct.\n\nThe other three officers, Acting Sgt Rachel Simpson, PC Allan Casey and PC Michael Bond were found by the panel not to have committed gross misconduct but will have to carry out a \"reflective practice review process\".\n\nMs Williams and Mr Dos Santos complained to the police watchdog about what had happened to them, saying they had been racially profiled because Mr Dos Santos was \"DWB, driving while black\" in a Mercedes. The watchdog brought a case against the officers.\n\nKaron Monaghan KC, for the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC), told the disciplinary panel at the start of the hearing that the watchdog's case would say there was \"institutional discrimination\" in the Met Police.\n\nBritain's Asha Philip, Imani Lansiquot, Bianca Williams and Daryll Neita after winning 4x100m bronze at the World Athletics Championships in August\n\nMr Dos Santos told the panel while giving evidence that he had been \"afraid\" for the safety of his partner and his three-month-old son.\n\nWhen shown body-worn footage of him mocking and swearing at the officers, he accepted his behaviour, saying: \"Everybody deals with trauma differently.\"\n\nMr Dos Santos was stopped nine times within four weeks of buying a car in 2018, the panel heard.\n\nThe IOPC's Steve Noonan said he recognised the incident had \"caused widespread community concern about the use of stop-and-search powers by police\".\n\nHe added: \"We know that black people are almost nine times more likely to be stopped and searched by police than white people, and nearly nine times more likely to be searched for drugs, despite a lower 'find rate' of drugs for black people than white people.\n\n\"It's figures like these and cases like Bianca and Ricardo's which emphasise why black people report having low trust and confidence in police.\"\n\nHe also said the Casey review had already \"highlighted widespread cultural issues and discriminatory conduct or attitudes in the Met\", and that the force and \"policing as a whole need to work hard to restore the trust and confidence of black people\".\n\nThe Met's Deputy Assistant Commissioner Matt Ward said he was \"confident\" the Met \"can and will learn from the experiences of Ms Williams and Mr Dos Santos and work alongside communities to deliver fair and effective stop-and-search for all Londoners\".\n\nEarlier this year, Ms Williams won bronze in the 4x100m at the World Athletics Championships in Budapest.\n\nShe also won gold in the same discipline at the European Championships in 2018 and silver in 2016.\n\nAt the Commonwealth Games in 2022 and 2018, she won 4x100m gold representing England.\n\nMr Dos Santos competed at the Tokyo 2021 Olympics in the 400m.\n\nListen to the best of BBC Radio London on Sounds and follow BBC London on Facebook, X and Instagram. Send your story ideas to hello.bbclondon@bbc.co.uk\n• None We are the Independent Office for Police Conduct - Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "As gun violence increases and shootings seem to make headlines every few days, the fear of getting caught up in one is changing the lives of millions of Americans.\n\nAll have suffered the scourge of a US mass shooting in recent weeks.\n\nTo many Americans, it feels like it could happen anywhere.\n\nAs the US observes National Gun Violence Awareness Day on Friday, how is this issue affecting the way people go about their lives?\n\nAround 60% of adults say they have talked to their kids or other relatives about gun safety, according to a survey by KFF, a non-profit organisation focused on health policy.\n\nSome of these conversations are sparked by lockdown drills in US classrooms. In some cases, students as young as five are taught when to barricade doors and when to run for their lives if a gunman is prowling the corridors.\n\nRecently, Morgan Hook's nine-year-old daughter Elise came home from school and took her family by surprise when she said the drills would not be much use if the gunman just shot down the door.\n\nMorgan Hook has talked to all his children, including his nine-year-old, about school shootings\n\nMr Hook tried to reassure his daughter that wouldn't happen, but he thought back to a recent shooting at a private school in Nashville when the suspect did exactly that.\n\n\"Sometimes when you try to comfort your kids, that means you're lying to them,\" says Mr Hook, who lives in Saratoga County, New York.\n\nIt's useful for parents to have conversations with their children about gun violence, provided they do so calmly, says Vaile Wright, the senior director of health care innovation with the American Psychological Association.\n\nGun violence in the US has at times caused some to uproot their lives. About 15% say they've moved to a different neighbourhood or city because of it, according to KFF.\n\nLast year, 40-year-old Travis Wilson and his wife moved to a new neighbourhood in Louisville, Kentucky, after moving from Old Louisville where they counted the number of gunshots at night.\n\nA bullet once went through his neighbour's window. Another time someone pulled a gun on him in front of his house. After his daughter was born in 2021, he and his wife started re-evaluating.\n\n\"I couldn't imagine how any child could grow up in an area where they hear frequent shots and not be dramatically affected,\" he said.\n\nBut last month, the violence followed him to his new neighbourhood when a gunman killed five former co-workers at a local bank.\n\nMr Wilson said he sometimes feels irresponsible raising a child in America, where nowhere feels perfectly safe.\n\n\"I'll never forgive myself if [my daughter] is a victim of a shooting and I just waited around for her turn.\"\n\nOn Valentine's day five years ago, Lori Alhadeff sent her three children to school as she did every other morning, but by the day's end, only two made it home.\n\nA teenage gunman shot and killed 17 people at a high school in Parkland, Florida, including Ms Alhadeff's 14-year-old daughter Alyssa.\n\nAfter the shooting, she ordered bulletproof backpacks for her two sons, determined to do everything she could not to lose another child.\n\n\"Unfortunately, it's not if another school shooting is going to happen, but when,\" she says. \"This is the world that we live in.\"\n\nAs US gun violence has worsened, there has been a surge in demand for the backpacks, especially after mass shootings, says Yasir Sheikh, the owner of a self-defence item manufacturing company, Guard Dog Security.\n\n\"It's important that parents have some sort of feeling of empowerment that they can do something to make themselves and their kids safe.\"\n\nAs shootings have increased in frequency, Kate, a superintendent in Ohio, has been building up a safety plan for her school district.\n\nIt includes locking outside doors, providing medical training for staff and labelling classroom doors so first responders can more easily locate students.\n\nBut after the 2018 shooting in Parkland, Florida, she and other staff wanted to do more.\n\nSo they participated in a three-day training with FASTER Saves Lives, which teaches school staff how to use firearms to respond to gun violence.\n\nLike Kate, around 41% of those surveyed by KFF have attended a gun safety class to protect themselves and others from shootings.\n\n\"I just want to take every action that I can,\" she says.\n\nKate acknowledges that not all staff members want to arm themselves and some resent the fact that they feel they have to.\n\nBut ultimately, in the event of a shooting, she wants to be able to say the district did all it could to prevent deaths.\n\nRose Lewis still remembers the day in 2015 when a gunman opened fire at a movie theatre in Lafayette, Louisiana, killing two people who were watching one of her favourite films, Trainwreck.\n\nThe 25-year-old has started avoiding movie theatres and other dark, enclosed spaces, fearful they might not allow for a quick escape.\n\n\"The risk of getting shot is probably pretty low, but just the anxiety of worrying about it for me is not worth going,\" she says.\n\nCarla Smith, 62, also tries to avoid certain spaces. She only goes to the grocery store in the mornings, fearful of large crowds she believes heighten the risk for a shooting. \"It has me on my toes.\"\n\nAbout a third of Americans are taking similar actions, steering clear of certain public places, the KFF survey found.\n\nThough mass shootings in public make up a small fraction of shootings, experts say such efforts give people a sense of control.\n\n\"We often take measures to increase our sense of safety when we are threatened or our sense of stability and security is disrupted,\" says Daniel Mosley, a psychologist who has examined the impact of mass shootings.\n\nBut avoidance can become an unhealthy coping mechanism if it significantly disrupts everyday life, he adds.\n\nWhenever Pam Bosley's 28-year-old son leaves their house at midnight to go to work as a truck driver, Ms Bosley watches each of his steps to the vehicle from her window, praying nothing bad happens to him.\n\nIt's been 17 years since Ms Bosley lost her oldest son Terrell when the 18-year-old was shot in front of a church in Chicago.\n\nShe still feels haunted by anxieties about gun violence.\n\n\"I can't sleep sometimes because I have this fear - not just for my sons, but for my husband, my parents,\" she said. \"I'm living in a state of fear.\"\n\nIt is not just those like Ms Bosley who have a direct experience with gun violence who are anxious about it.\n\nMs Wright, of the American Psychological Association, has been studying Americans' top stressors over the past two decades. Mass shootings rose to the top of the list in 2019.\n\nMs Bosley found advocacy and campaigning a way she could channel her grief.\n\n\"Even though I hurt,\" she said, \"I work hard so my other two sons, my nephews and my nieces … so that we all can live. That's my purpose, that's my push every day.\"\n• None The numbers behind the rise in US mass shootings", "Liz Truss, the then-foreign secretary, said the asylum seekers should be brought to the UK\n\nEx-PM Liz Truss called for asylum seekers stranded on a tiny British territory in the Indian Ocean to be brought to the UK for their own safety.\n\nThe request was made in an email sent on behalf of Ms Truss to the prime minister's office when she was serving as foreign secretary in March 2022.\n\nHowever, it was seemingly ignored.\n\nThe redacted email was released to the BBC by the Supreme Court of British Indian Ocean Territory this week after being opposed by the government.\n\nResponding to BBC questions over the contents of the email, the Foreign Office said the British Indian Ocean Territory (Biot) \"cannot be a backdoor migration route to the UK\".\n\n\"Enabling migrants to come to the UK from Biot would only incentivise further irregular migration, and enable criminal gangs to exploit individuals to make dangerous journeys across the sea.\"\n\nDozens of Sri Lankan Tamils have been stranded for more than two years in a makeshift camp on the remote island of Diego Garcia, which hosts a secretive UK-US military base.\n\nThe first group landed there in October 2021 after their fishing boat ran into trouble while trying to sail to Canada, according to migrants and officials.\n\nTheir subsequent asylum claims were the first to ever be launched on Biot - an area described as being \"constitutionally distinct and separate from the UK\", and where court papers say the refugee convention does not apply.\n\nAsylum seekers have described conditions on the island as hellish, but the territory's unusual legal status has left them in limbo.\n\nMany claim to have links with the former Tamil Tiger rebels in Sri Lanka, who were defeated in the civil war that ended in 2009, and say they have faced persecution as a result. Some allege they were victims of torture or sexual assault.\n\nMs Truss' email was set to be included as evidence in a court case last month, but a deal was reached beforehand to withdraw decisions to return migrants whose protection claims had been rejected, to Sri Lanka, and to launch a new process.\n\nThe email sent to the private secretary of then Prime Minister Boris Johnson five months after the first group's arrival, states that while Ms Truss \"strongly supports the government's overall posture on migration\", she \"feels that the unique circumstances and severity of risks in this situation require us to take extraordinary action and bring the migrants to the UK for processing\".\n\nIt states that arrangements were being made to determine whether the return of migrants to Sri Lanka \"potentially forcibly\" would \"be in line with public international law\". But it says Ms Truss believed \"a more urgent and direct approach\" was required.\n\nThe email states that the Biot administration has a \"duty of care to the migrants\", and says \"there are severe limitations to the mitigation measures which can be implemented on Biot given the lack of facilities\".\n\nIt also states that the group had made a \"credible threat of mass suicide\".\n\nAn image provided by one of the migrants shows people on the deck of their fishing boat\n\nThe BBC has spoken to multiple migrants who say they have attempted suicide because of poor conditions on the island. There have also been hunger strikes, which lawyers say have involved children.\n\n\"I didn't want to live here like a caged animal forever,\" one man said earlier this year of his attempted suicide.\n\nLawyers representing asylum seekers on Diego Garcia say that as of late September, 61 remained on the island. Four were in Rwanda after being relocated there for treatment following suicide attempts.\n\nFour people have had their claims to be sent to a \"safe third country\" approved, but the BBC understands that no country has yet been identified to relocate them to.\n\nOne of the group's lawyers, Tessa Gregory, noted that 18 months after Ms Truss's call for the asylum seekers to be relocated to the UK for processing their asylum claims, \"our clients remain on the island enduring terrible conditions with no freedom of movement\".\n\n\"[T]heir asylum claims [were] unresolved because the process they have been subjected to did not withstand legal challenge. It is imperative that this group, which includes children, victims of torture and sexual assault, be urgently relocated to a safe third country, like the UK, to have their claims for international protection lawfully and fairly processed.\"\n\nMs Truss was unavailable for comment when contacted by the BBC.\n\nSign up for our morning newsletter and get BBC News in your inbox.", "Amina Noor told the Old Bailey the mutilation is done for cultural reasons\n\nA woman has been found guilty of taking a three-year-old British child to Kenya for female genital mutilation (FGM).\n\nAmina Noor, 39, is the first person to be convicted of assisting a non-UK person to perform FGM.\n\nNoor, from Harrow in north-west London, took the child to a private house for the procedure in 2006.\n\nShe had told the Old Bailey the mutilation is done for cultural reasons and was a procedure she herself had undergone as a child.\n\nNoor, who was born in Somalia but has British citizenship, will be sentenced on 20 December.\n\nIt was only in 2015 that the girl - who is now aged 21 and who cannot be identified - confided to a schoolteacher that she had suffered FGM and police were informed.\n\nFollowing an examination at University College Hospital in 2019 it was found that the girl's clitoris had been completely removed.\n\nGiving evidence at her trial, Noor claimed she had come under cultural pressure to have the procedure performed.\n\nNoor told her trial that she and another woman had taken the child in a tuk-tuk vehicle and she had been told to wait outside a house.\n\nShe claimed that she had only expected the girl's genitals to be \"touched\" in a way that would cause them to bleed.\n\nHowever, the prosecution said the jury could be sure the defendant knew that an act of FGM was to be performed - whether or not that was the removal of the girl's clitoris or some form of physical injury for which there was no medical purpose.\n\nProsecutor Deanna Heer KC said Noor had repeatedly denied to police that she had been threatened to force her to agree to the procedure.\n\n\"She was asked three times if she had been threatened and three times she said there were no threats,\" Ms Heer said.\n\nBut in her defence Noor claimed she feared being \"disowned and cursed\" by the community if she did not hand over the girl.\n\nThe prosecution also drew attention to the defendant's behaviour at the time the FGM was carried out - for example, she had not asked whether the people involved were doctors or insisted on being present for the procedure.\n\nFGM is a practice that is very widespread among the Somali community in East Africa, the court heard, with United Nations figures suggesting that 94% of women of Somali origin living in Kenya have undergone the procedure.", "Andrew Malkinson was cleared by senior judges at the Court of Appeal\n\nA judge investigating why Andrew Malkinson spent 17 years in jail for a rape he did not commit says she will be \"fearless\" in seeking the truth.\n\nJudge Sarah Munro KC confirmed her inquiry would examine Greater Manchester Police's initial investigation after the 2003 attack.\n\nMr Malkinson has said previously the inquiry should have the power to compel witnesses if they refuse to cooperate.\n\nThe inquiry will look at why his conviction took so long to overturn.\n\nMr Malkinson was found guilty in 2004 of raping a woman in Greater Manchester.\n\nIn July, he walked free from the Court of Appeal after judges ruled there were serious flaws in his conviction.\n\nHe did not look anything like the victim's description of her attacker, there was no forensic evidence to tie him to the crime and two purported witnesses were, in fact, serial criminals with convictions for dishonesty.\n\nCrucially, DNA implicating another suspect in the crime was recovered from the victim's clothing three years after Mr Malkinson was wrongly jailed.\n\nJudge Munro previously acted as coroner at the inquests for the four victims of serial killer Stephen Port. The inquests' conclusion were highly critical of the Metropolitan Police and its failings to follow evidence.\n\nShe was also the first judge to appear on camera after a change in the law to allow the televising of sentencing remarks.\n\nJudge Munro was the first judge to be televised during a sentencing\n\nShe said she was honoured to be heading the inquiry into Mr Malkinson's wrongful conviction, which she said had \"cost him nearly two decades of freedom - time he has been forced to spend protesting his innocence and fighting for justice - and have had a devastating impact on his life\".\n\nIn a statement, the judge continued: \"The inquiry will focus on the police investigation, criminal trial, Mr Malkinson's appeals and any matters that I consider relevant and important to uncovering how and why this serious miscarriage of justice took place.\n\n\"Mr Malkinson deserves the truth and I am determined that this inquiry will be fearless and robust in seeking that truth and considering what lessons the justice system must learn.\"\n\nHowever, the judge does not have the powers of a full public inquiry chair, meaning she cannot compel witnesses to give evidence if they refuse to cooperate.\n\nA full public inquiry typically takes far longer and Justice Secretary Alex Chalk has said there needs to be answers as soon as possible.\n\nWhile Greater Manchester Police, the Crown Prosecution Service and Criminal Cases Review Commission have all previously said they will cooperate, it is not clear whether any potential witnesses who have left those organisations will agree to take part.\n\nMr Malkinson, who has met the judge, said he welcomed her appointment but added: \"I have no confidence that those involved ... will cough up the truth unless forced to do so.\n\n\"At the first sign of any recalcitrance from the police or anyone else, I hope this inquiry will be given the power to compel witnesses and disclosure.\"", "Conservative MPs have been questioning the BBC's director general over its coverage of the conflict in the Middle East.\n\nTim Davie attended a special meeting of Tory MPs, which the BBC said had been arranged in July as part of regular discussions with politicians.\n\nThe private meeting is understood to have focused on the BBC's coverage of the Israel-Gaza war and migration.\n\nA BBC spokesman said Mr Davie stressed \"why the institution matters\" to MPs.\n\nOne MP present told the BBC: \"There's one thing today that's united the whole of the backbenches and that's a disagreement with the DG about Hamas being a terrorist organisation and the ability to say so.\"\n\nAnother described it as \"a forthright exchange of views\".\n\nMany Tory MPs and Israeli President Isaac Herzog have been angered by the corporation not describing Hamas as \"terrorists\".\n\nMr Davie said the word was far from banned but the corporation took care to say who was describing someone as a terrorist. BBC reports regularly refer to Hamas as being a proscribed terrorist organisation by the UK government.\n\nA spokesman added later: \"We are impartial... it's not about being neutral, it's about being able to report in the UK, in Gaza, in the Middle East, whereas if the BBC is seen to be an arm of the UK government, that makes our journalism very difficult and it impacts the way it's perceived and trusted.\"\n\nReports from inside the 1922 Committee, which represents backbench Tory MPs in the House of Commons, said that Tory Natalie Elphicke was among MPs to question Mr Davie on the BBC's coverage of small boat crossings.\n\nThe BBC is launching assessments of its migration output and its editorial guidelines.\n\n\"Every four to five years, as a matter of course we look at our editorial guidelines. That's next due to happen next year,\" a BBC spokesperson said.\n\nThe questions led to desk-banging, traditional sign of appreciation at the meeting and cheers of \"more\".\n\nA BBC spokesman said Mr Davie had attended the meeting because he had been asked as part of his regular meetings with political parties.\n\n\"We have meetings with all sorts of parliamentary groups from different parties as part of our normal engagement. We were invited to come, we were invited back in July and here we are\", the spokesman said.\n\n\"We don't do it thinking that we're going to get a warm hug,\" he added.\n\nAlso on Wednesday, BBC News Chief Executive Deborah Turness published a blog on the broadcaster's coverage of the Israel-Gaza war.\n\nIn it, she set out how BBC reporters are moving away from using the word \"militant\" as \"a default description of Hamas or Hezbollah fighters\".\n\n\"But we don't ban words, and there may be times now or in the future when it's appropriate to use the term,\" Ms Turness said.", "The Aussie popstar was spotted by the BBC's Jeremy Vine while cycling in central London.", "David Shrigley's celebrity fans include the tennis player Sir Andy Murray and US talk show host Jimmy Kimmel\n\nThe Turner Prize-nominated artist David Shrigley has pulped 6,000 copies of Dan Brown's best-seller The Da Vinci Code and republished them as George Orwell's novel 1984.\n\nHe hatched the plan back in 2017 when he heard that an Oxfam shop in Swansea had stopped accepting any more copies of the conspiracy thriller.\n\nOn Saturday 1,250 copies of Shrigley's 1984 edition will go on sale in the same Oxfam. Each is unique, costs £495 and comes complete with a signed and numbered print.\n\nPhil Broadhurst is the manager of the shop and remembers well what happened in 2017: \"Around that time there was one particular donation that we were getting a little more than we could use, which was The Da Vinci Code, because it was such a massive best seller and then a few years after, everyone is clearing their shelves.\"\n\nWhat he did next started a chain of events.\n\n\"We made this pile of Da Vinci Codes by the counter with a sign which said: 'Yeah you could give us another Da Vinci Code, but we would rather have your vinyl.'\"\n\nThe original sign which was put up in Oxfam's shop in Castle Street, Swansea in 2017\n\nThe picture went viral and attracted the attention of Shrigley, whose celebrity fans include Sir Andy Murray (he told the Financial Times last month that he has an original Shrigley outside his bedroom) while David Bowie also loved his work, according to his son Duncan Jones.\n\nStanding in the Swansea Oxfam in front of shelving containing nothing but copy after copy of his 1984 edition, the artist explains: \"I read the story in the Telegraph and that sparked my imagination in the sense that I was like 'I want those. I don't know why, but I want them.' So, I set about acquiring as many Da Vinci Codes as I could.\"\n\nAt first, he targeted charity shops. However, trips often produced only a single copy, so a different tactic was adopted.\n\n\"We made inquiries and there is a recycling place where all the unwanted books go. They had almost an unlimited number.\" He is talking about Wrap Distribution in Oxfordshire - a 100,000 sq ft (30,480 sq m) destination for Da Vinci Codes, a true boneyard for best sellers.\n\nWith their help Shrigley acquired more than 6,000 copies. Now what to do with them?\n\n\"I had reread 1984 again recently and realised that George Orwell had died in 1950, so it was coming up for 70 years [in 2020} since his death. Which means that all his works are in the public domain, so it means that anyone can publish one of George Orwell's books.\"\n\nIndeed, next month there are the 70th anniversaries of the deaths of both Dylan Thomas and Eugene O'Neill, meaning that from the end of the year anyone in the UK has the right to publish their own versions of Under Milk Wood or The Iceman Cometh.\n\nShrigley realised he had the opportunity to turn his Da Vinci Codes into 1984s. \"It's not literary criticism,\" he is keen to stress. \"It's almost as if the decision to use The Da Vinci Code was made for me. It was made by Phil (who put up the sign) and the Oxfam shop. It was my decision to make 1984, as I still think it's a really important book for people to read.\n\n\"It's interesting to take one book and make it into one specific other book. It's quite a collaborative thing. I feel like we have collaborated with Dan Brown's success.\"\n\nThe novel 1984 tells the story of Winston Smith, a man questioning the system of a dystopian society. It introduced the phrases Big Brother and Room 101 and is regarded as one of the best books ever, making Time Magazine's list of the all-time 100 novels.\n\nShrigley spent what he describes as \"a six-figure sum\" publishing his edition of 1984s. This is his justification for each book going on sale at £495, a price as eye-opening as a rat in Room 101, to use 1984 parlance.\n\nA portion of the profits will be donated to Oxfam, who have also been paid for the hire of the venue and will receive the proceeds of specially designed tote bags merchandise.\n\n\"Four hundred and ninety five pounds seems like a kind of crazy price,\" admits Shrigley, \"However I have made an artwork, a signed print to go in it, which is based on a lot of the themes of 1984. So people are perhaps willing to pay that price for an original artwork of mine, where they might not be for the book, so I've sort of hedged my bets.\"\n\nThis is actually billed as an \"exclusive price\" for the first 250 customers in Swansea. After that the remaining 1000 copies will be sold on his website for the \"tier 2 price\" of £795.\n\nHowever, according to myartbroker.com, earlier this year Shrigley's Memorial sold for a hammer price of $165,100 (£135,557), a record for the artist and an indication that the book might be rather good value after all.\n\nA documentary showing the whole process behind Pulped Fiction will be showing for free this weekend at Swansea's Volcano Theatre.\n\nOne thing that surprises me is that Shrigley has not actually devoured The Da Vinci Code from cover to cover, saying that he's \"read most of it\" and \"dipped into it\", while trying to find a quote he could use from it for the foreword of his 1984, but he gave up as he was failing to find any relationship at all between the two books.\n\nThe BBC asked Dan Brown for his reaction to news that his 80 million-seller had been turned into 1984, but we received word that he was \"in transit\" so could not comment.\n\nAs for the Oxfam shop, manager Phil says they have almost reached the stage of having to ask for no more donations of another book: \"At the moment it is the Richard Osman series, you know, the Thursday Murder Club.\"\n\nShrigley promises me outright that he will not be collecting those.", "Three trade unions representing bus and rail workers in Northern Ireland are to ballot members over industrial action in a pay dispute.\n\nUnite, GMB and SIPTU will ask members members to vote on possible action up to and including a strike following an \"insulting 0% pay offer\".\n\nThe first date for any action would be Friday 1 December, affecting Ulsterbus, Metro, Glider and rail services.\n\nIn a joint statement, the unions said such coordinated industrial action \"would be unprecedented in recent years and would bring to a standstill all bus and rail services in Northern Ireland\".\n\nThe unions said management at Translink \"had indicated they were unable to offer any pay offer or a timetable for negotiations for an improved pay offer in light of the constrained funding for public transport\".\n\nSharon Graham, the general secretary of Unite the union, said members had \"voted overwhelmingly by 98.5%\" to reject the 0% offer and that it was now encouraging members to vote for industrial action.\n\nShe added that public transport had been \"underfunded by Stormont for years\" and that \"brutal budget cuts\" introduced by Northern Ireland Secretary Chris Heaton-Harris had brought about the dispute.\n\nPeter Macklin, of GMB, said its members \"should not be subject to a sanctions budget imposed by the secretary of state due to the failure of politicians at Stormont\".\n\n\"Zero per cent is simply unacceptable and means a very severe real terms reduction in pay for front-line bus and rail workers.\"\n\nNiall McNally, of SIPTU, said workers were facing a \"crushing real-terms pay cut\", adding that a strike would bring \"bus and rail services to a standstill and will have a wider impact both socially and economically\".\n\nThe unions said they were due to take part in a meeting, alongside Translink management, with the Department of Infrastructure's permanent secretary in the coming days.\n• None Public bus and train fares frozen for another year", "Ex-minister Crispin Blunt has confirmed he was arrested on Wednesday on suspicion of rape and the possession of controlled substances.\n\nIn a statement, the Reigate MP said he had twice been interviewed by police in connection with this incident.\n\nMr Blunt said he originally raised the incident with police three weeks ago, concerned about \"extortion\".\n\nHe said he was cooperating with Surrey Police's investigation and was confident he would not be charged.\n\nThe police were unable to say if the controlled substances were drugs, as tests are being carried out, according to PA Media.\n\nThe Conservative Party withdrew the whip, meaning Mr Blunt will sit as an independent MP, after he confirmed he had been arrested. He has been asked to stay away from Parliament.\n\nMr Blunt was elected as Conservative MP for Reigate, in Surrey, in the 1997 general election, defeating the incumbent Sir George Gardiner, who had switched from the Tories to the Referendum Party.\n\nHe served as a justice minister from 2010 to 2012, in the whips' office when the Conservatives were in opposition and chaired the influential Foreign Affairs Committee.\n\nIn April, he apologised for defending former MP Imran Ahmad Khan, following his conviction for sexually assaulting a teenage boy. Mr Blunt had called the verdict a \"dreadful miscarriage of justice\" in a statement, but retracted his comments.\n\nA month later Mr Blunt announced he will be standing down as an MP at the next election.\n\nIn a statement, Mr Blunt said: \"It has been reported that an MP was arrested yesterday [25 October] in connection with an allegation of rape. I am confirming that MP was me.\n\n\"The fact of the arrest requires a formal notification of the Speaker and then my chief whip.\n\n\"I have now been interviewed twice in connection with this incident, the first time three weeks ago, when I initially reported my concern over extortion.\n\n\"The second time was earlier this morning under caution following arrest. The arrest was unnecessary as I remain ready to cooperate fully with the investigation that I am confident will end without charge.\n\n\"I do not intend to say anything further on this matter until the police have completed their inquiries.\"\n\nA police spokesman said: \"We can confirm a man in his 60s was arrested yesterday morning (25 October) in Horley, on suspicion of rape and possession of controlled substances.\n\n\"He has been released on conditional police bail pending further inquiries.\"\n\nThe Conservative Party has declined to comment.\n\nThis is the latest sexual misconduct allegation to hit the party.\n\nA separate Conservative MP, in his 50s, was arrested in May 2022 on suspicion of rape, sexual assault, abuse of position of trust and misconduct in a public office.\n\nThe MP is currently on bail until mid-February 2024.\n\nSign up for our morning newsletter and get BBC News in your inbox.", "Daniel and David first worked together on Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone\n\nDaniel Radcliffe has produced a documentary about his Harry Potter stunt double, who was paralysed while filming the blockbuster.\n\nDavid Holmes sustained a spinal injury during Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1.\n\nHe announced the news on Instagram about the \"secret project\", which he says has taken four years to make.\n\nThe HBO documentary, The Boy Who Lived, will feature interviews from both, as well as footage from David's stunts.\n\n\"Being a stuntman was my calling in life, and doubling Harry was the best job in the world,\" David wrote on Instagram.\n\nDavid was a teenage gymnast from Essex when he was selected to play Daniel's double in the first film, when the actor was 11.\n\nBut it was a stunt rehearsal accident in January 2009 which David said changed his \"life forever\".\n\n\"This film tells the story of not just my achievements in front of camera, but also the challenges I face every day, and my overall attitude to life after suffering a broken neck,\" he said.\n\n\"In the turbulent world we find ourselves living in right now, I would like to quote Harry: 'We are only as strong as we are united, as weak as we are divided.'\"\n\nDavid also thanked medical staff, as well as Harry Potter author JK Rowling and Daniel for their support.\n\nWriting about Daniel, he said they were both \"immensely proud of our time on the Harry Potter films, and the joy and comfort it brings to audiences around the world on a daily basis\".\n\nIt's not the first time the pair have worked together - the actor helped launch David's podcast Cunning Stunts, which features interviews with other stunt doubles, in 2020.\n\nDavid Holmes: The Boy Who Lived will be available to stream on Sky Documentaries and NOW from 18 November.\n\nListen to Newsbeat live at 12:45 and 17:45 weekdays - or listen back here.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nA gunman opened fire at a bowling alley and a restaurant in Maine on Wednesday, killing 18 people and injuring 13.\n\nThe shootings began early evening in the small city of Lewiston, sparking a massive police manhunt which is still ongoing.\n\nPolice there have told residents to stay indoors, as well as in Lisbon, Bowdoin and Auburn.\n\nThey named Robert Card, 40, a US Army reservist, as a person of interest and described him as \"armed and dangerous\".\n\nLewiston police said officers had responded to reports of shooting at two locations, a restaurant called Schemengees, and Sparetime Recreation, a bowling alley, which appear to be about four miles (6.5km) apart.\n\nRiley Dumont told ABC News her 11-year-old daughter had been taking part in a children's bowling league at the bowling alley when she heard several gunshots.\n\nShe said her father, a retired police officer, had then corralled their family into a corner.\n\n\"I was laying on top of my daughter,\" she said. \"My mother was laying on top of me.\"\n\nShe said that she saw three or four apparent victims.\n\nBillie Jayne Cooke, who is running for the city council in Lewiston, told BBC News Channel she had been leaving an event as details of the shooting emerged.\n\n\"Helicopters, sirens, I've never heard so much activity in my life in this city. We have police from all over the state, from out of the state, coming up,\" she said.\n\n\"The whole city's on lockdown. It's horrible. You just don't think that's ever going to happen and it did.\"\n\nThe Androscoggin County Sheriff's Office has released images of Robert Card, asking for the public's help identifying him.\n\nA number of images show a bearded man in a brown sweater carrying a firearm and walking into a building.\n\nRobert Card is a firearms instructor who was trained by the US military at a facility in the city of Saco, Maine, according to a state police bulletin seen by CBS.\n\nThe bulletin also said he had spent time in a mental health centre in the summer of 2023 and had threatened to commit a shooting at the base.\n\nA person of interest identified by police as Robert Card\n\nThe authorities also shared a photo of a white vehicle, found in Lisbon,11km (seven miles) from Lewiston, saying its front bumper was believed to be painted black, and asked anybody who recognised it to contact police.\n\nLewiston Public Schools Superintendent Jake Langlais said in a statement that schools in the district would be closed on Thursday.\n\nThe White House said President Biden had spoken individually by phone to Maine Governor Janet Mills, Senators Angus King and Susan Collins, and Congressman Jared Golden.\n\nSenator King said in a statement he was \"deeply sad for the city of Lewiston and all those worried about their family, friends and neighbours\".\n\nA statement from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas had been briefed and was continuing to monitor the situation.\n\nA US justice department statement said that federal agencies were assisting state and local law enforcement.\n\nAre you in Lewiston? Do you have any information to safely share? You can get in touch by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "Faïd drew inspiration for his criminal career from French and American gangster films\n\nA French armed robber who staged a spectacular jailbreak by helicopter has been handed an extra 14 years behind bars by a Paris court.\n\nRédoine Faïd drew inspiration for his criminal career from French and American gangster films.\n\nHe was eventually caught after his dramatic 2018 escape from Réau prison in the southern Paris outskirts.\n\nTwo brothers, three nephews and a convicted member of the Corsican underworld were also in the dock.\n\nThe break-out was Faïd's second successful humiliation of the French prison system. In April 2013 he used smuggled explosives and a gun to spring himself from Sequedin prison in the north, before being recaptured the next month.\n\nOn 1 July 2018 three armed accomplices commandeered a helicopter and ordered its pilot to land in a courtyard inside Réau jail. After they let off smoke bombs to confuse guards, one of the men - identified as Faïd's elder brother Rachid - used a disc-grinder to cut through doors leading to the visiting room.\n\nFaïd was at that moment receiving a visit from another brother, Brahim. Inmates of the prison cheered as the helicopter took off with its new passenger. The whole operation took less than 10 minutes.\n\nThis time Faïd spent three months on the run. But police eventually traced him to his home town of Creil, north of Paris, where he was seen moving around dressed as a woman in a Muslim burqa.\n\nThe commandeered helicopter was later found abandoned in Gonesse, north of Paris\n\nFor Faïd, who was once described in a police profile as a \"social predator\" and a \"gifted manipulator\", the seven-week trial was a rare chance - after years in solitary confinement - to perform before a jury and present a romanticised version of his criminal past.\n\nOn his first appearance in the special courtroom, the same used in recent terrorist trials, he joked that he had put on running shoes for the occasion: \"Because you never know. The light goes out, and then when it goes on again, puff - I'm gone!\"\n\nHe said it was boredom and the prospect of another 20 years in jail that pushed him into planning the break-out, whose mechanism he based on previous celebrated French escapes. His flash of inspiration came when he saw the authorities had made the \"incredible lapse\" of not using anti-helicopter nets above the courtyard.\n\n\"I'm in a concrete sarcophagus 23 hours out of 24… What am I going to do? Kick my heels indefinitely?\" he asked the court. \"I have an addiction which consumes me and which I cannot cure. I am addicted to freedom.\"\n\nDescribing the moment he entered the prison courtyard, he said he \"took the sun full in the face, like a first taste of freedom... It was indescribable. A confinement that suddenly opens to the four winds, to space, to the infinite\".\n\nProsecution lawyers warned the jury not to be won over by the accused's personality and charm - nor by his version of events, according to which the escape was planned with a group of \"professionals\" who he refused to name.\n\nIn fact, according to the prosecution, the break-out was a purely family affair, Faïd's links with organised crime having been severed by his too-obvious love of the limelight.\n\nDuring a brief period of \"going straight\" in the early 2010s, Faïd co-authored a book about his criminal past, and made regular appearances on national television.\n\nBorn to Algerian parents, the 10th of 11 children, Faïd robbed his first bank in 1990. He became an expert in attacking armoured vans, and his first conviction was in 1998.\n\nClaiming to be inspired by Hollywood films such as Heat, he boasted that he followed a criminal code of honour and never hurt his victims. However in 2010 a policewoman was shot dead during a chase following a robbery which he organized.\n\nThe court convicted his elder brother Rachid, 65, for organising the helicopter flight. He was sentenced to 10 years in jail.\n\nOne of the nephews was also on board the helicopter, and a second was on standby with getaway vehicles. Faïd's brother Brahim, who claimed he knew nothing of the plot, was given a one-year suspended prison sentence.\n\nA subplot in the trial concerned a Corsican mafia connection. Allegedly Jacques Mariani, a convicted underworld boss, was contacted by Faïd via an intermediary, with an offer to \"deal with\" gangland rivals if Mariani would organise an escape.\n\nBoth men told the court that the story was untrue. The only evidence came from the alleged intermediary, who testified from behind a screen and now lives under a new identity in a foreign country.\n\nThere was consternation in court earlier this month when due to a technical mishap the man's face was broadcast accidentally in the spectators' gallery. A photograph was taken and then shown on social media, but the culprit was never identified.", "Joshua Seal was remembered by his wife Elizabeth as someone who always put his family first\n\nFour members of Maine's deaf community were among those killed in a mass shooting on Wednesday.\n\nOfficials have released a full list of names of the victims, with the youngest being 14 and the oldest 76.\n\nThe gunman opened fire at a local bar that was hosting a cornhole tournament with deaf competitors. He also attacked a bowling alley frequented by families.\n\nPolice said 18 people were killed and 13 were injured in the state's deadliest ever mass shooting.\n\nHere is a full list of the victims:\n\nSeal was a prominent American Sign Language interpreter in Maine, and he was killed at a cornhole tournament for deaf competitors that was held at Schemengees Bar and Grille, one of the places where the gunman opened fire.\n\n\"We are a community, a tightknit community, wanting to protect and support one another, and it's devastating to know that we have lost some of our most valued, most cared for and cherished individuals,\" said Regan Thibideau, another interpreter in the community.\n\nHe was one of the lead interpreters for Maine Governor Janet Mills during daily pandemic Covid briefings.\n\nIn a Facebook post, his wife, Elizabeth, wrote that he was a great father to his four children.\n\n\"He loved his family and always put them first,\" she wrote. \"That is what he will always be remembered for.\"\n\nMacFarlane was also present at the cornhole tournament at Schemengees Bar and Grille Restaurant when he was killed.\n\nHis sister, Keri Brooks, told CNN that MacFarlane was part of the local deaf community, and frequently went to Schemengees on Wednesdays, where other deaf people gather to play cornhole.\n\n\"I grew up in Maine and the deaf community is a tight-knit community,\" Ms Brooks said. \"Not only was my brother slain but my friends were too.\"\n\nMacFarlane grew up in the Greater Portland Maine area, Ms Brooks said, and he was one of the first deaf people in the state of Vermont to get his commercial lorry driver's licence.\n\n\"Many states don't let deaf drive trucks so I'm very proud of him for achieving that,\" she said.\n\nBob Violette's daughter-in-law Cassandra told the Lewiston Sun Journal that he died protecting a group of children that he was with at the Just-In-Time Recreation bowling alley.\n\nHis wife, 73-year-old Lucy, also died in the attack, officials said.\n\nThey leave behind three sons and six grandchildren, Bob's daughter-in-law said.\n\nCassandra described him as a life-long Lewiston resident who had deep ties to the community, and who made people around him feel cared for.\n\n\"He wouldn't let you walk out the door without giving him a hug, and a kiss on the cheek. He was just there for everything,\" she said.\n\nA former Sears mechanic, Bob devoted his time to bowling in his retirement.\n\nHe began running a youth bowling league many years ago, his daughter-in-law said, and even got his eldest grandsons to participate in the game.\n\nHe saved up to buy new tablets and smartphones to get good videos of them bowling, Cassandra said.\n\n\"He loved those kids, all of them,\" she said.\n\nAsselin was at her part-time job at the bowling alley when the gunman opened fire, her brother told CNN.\n\n\"When it all started happening, she ran up to the counter and started to call 911, and that's when she was shot,\" DJ Johnson said.\n\n\"That was just her. She wasn't going to run. She was going to try and help,\" he said.\n\nMr Johnson described her as his \"baby sister\", and said that Asselin's adult son is devastated by her death.\n\n\"From the day he was born to yesterday. She did everything for him … he was her world,\" he said.\n\nHis other sister was also at the bowling alley, Mr Johnson said, but she was able to escape.\n\nStacey Deslauriers, Michael's ex-wife, told the Washington Post that she was driving when she received news that he had been shot dead at the bowling alley.\n\n\"He was an amazing man,\" she said. \"An amazing father. An amazing provider.\"\n\nShe said that his girlfriend, who was with him during the shooting, told her that he tried to fight back.\n\nThis, Ms Deslauriers said, did not surprise her. \"He was a hero,\" she said. \"Truly a hero.\"\n\nArthur Barnard, Strout's father, said his son was playing pool at Schemengees Bar and Grille on Wednesday night when he was killed.\n\n\"The crazy part is just being with him just before it happened, minutes, I mean 10 minutes before it happened,\" Mr Barnard said.\n\nStrout leaves behind five children, his wife Kristy told CBS.\n\n\"His daughter's only 13 and without a dad because of all of this. Because of one man's choices, my daughter has to grow up without a father,\" she said.\n\nBill had taken his son to a youth bowling league at Just-In-Time Recreation Centre. Both were killed in the shooting, their family said.\n\nKim McConville, Bill's cousin, told the Associated Press that \"he was a dedicated man to his family\".\n\n\"He was a master auto-mechanic. Always trying to be a funny guy,\" she said.\n\nHis brother, Rob, told the LA Times his children were \"the most important thing to him\".\n\nFourteen-year-old Aaron was reportedly an avid bowler whose talent was recognised by his youth league, and who idolised his father.\n\n\"They were both the apple of each other's eyes,\" Rob Young said.\n\nBath Iron Works, Brewer-Ross's employer, paid tribute to him in a post on social media.\n\n\"All of us at Bath Iron Works are heartbroken to share that we have lost a member of our BIW family,\" the company said.\n\nHe was \"a valuable part of our team\" and \"will be sorely missed\".\n\nPeyton Brewer-Ross's death was confirmed by his employer\n\nBrackett was at the cornhole tournament for deaf athletes at Schemengees when the gunman opened fire.\n\nHis death was confirmed by the Maine Educational Center for the Deaf, which wrote in a Facebook post that it had lost \"four of our cherished community members in last night's Lewiston shooting\".\n\nVozzella was also tied to the Maine Educational Center for the Deaf.\n\nHe, too, was attending the cornhole tournament for deaf competitors when he was killed.\n\nWalker's death was confirmed by father, Leroy Walker, who is a city councillor in Auburn.\n\nHis son worked at Schemengees. He was killed after attempting to tackle the gunman, Leroy told ABC News.\n\nIn a separate interview with NBC News, Leroy said he received notification of his son's death 14 hours after the shooting.\n\n\"None of us slept, we were up all night,\" he said. \"We didn't know where to go, who to run to.\"\n\nHathaway's sister, Kelsay, described him as a \"goofy, down to earth person,\" in a GoFundMe page set up for his family.\n\nHe also loved anime, gaming and playing pool.\n\nShe said he was a full-time stay-at-home dad of two daughters, with a third child on the way.\n\n\"His family and friends meant the world to him and his loss will be felt among the communities that he was a part of and grew up in,\" Kelsay wrote.\n\nConrad was the manager of the Just-In-Time bowling alley, according to reports. He is survived by his nine-year-old daughter.\n\nIn a post on social media, Walker was described as a close friend of Deslauriers, another victim in the shooting.\n\nDeslauriers' father, Michael Deslauriers Sr, wrote in a post on Facebook that the two were killed together at the bowling alley.\n\n\"He was just always smiling, happy,\" Ms Martin said. \"Just one of those people that if you are having a bad day, he was going to make your day better just by his presence.\"\n\nHe often frequented Taboo Hair Design in Lewiston, his stylist Rosa Storer told the outlet. She described him as \"an upstanding man with a lot of joy in his heart\".\n\nMacneir was the eighteenth victim named by Maine authorities on Friday.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: Authorities name all 18 victims of Maine shooting", "António Guterres also said he was deeply concerned about \"the clear violations of international humanitarian law\" in Gaza\n\nIsrael has demanded that the UN's secretary general retract comments he made about the Gaza war and apologise.\n\nAntónio Guterres said in a speech to the Security Council on Tuesday that he condemned unequivocally Hamas's deadly attacks in Israel two weeks ago but that they \"did not happen in a vacuum\".\n\nIsraeli ambassador Gilad Erdan accused him of \"justifying terrorism\" and called for his immediate resignation.\n\nOn Wednesday, Mr Guterres rejected \"misrepresentations\" of his statement.\n\nBut Mr Erdan said in reply that the UN chief \"once again distorts and twists reality\", and repeated his call for Mr Guterres to resign.\n\nOn 7 October, some 1,500 Hamas gunmen infiltrated southern Israel from Gaza. They killed at least 1,400 people, most of them civilians, and took another 222 people as hostages.\n\nThe Hamas-run health ministry in Gaza says more than 6,500 people have been killed in the territory since Israel retaliated with air and artillery strikes while massing troops for an expected ground invasion.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: The BBC's Fergal Keane reports on the brutal impact on children in Gaza\n\nAddressing a meeting of the UN Security Council in New York on Tuesday, Mr Guterres urged all parties in the war to respect and protect civilians.\n\n\"I have condemned unequivocally the horrifying and unprecedented 7 October acts of terror by Hamas in Israel. Nothing can justify the deliberate killing, injuring and kidnapping of civilians - or the launching of rockets against civilian targets.\"\n\nHe then told the council that it was \"important to also recognise the attacks by Hamas did not happen in a vacuum\", adding: \"The Palestinian people have been subjected to 56 years of suffocating occupation.\"\n\nHe described how Palestinians had \"seen their land steadily devoured by settlements and plagued by violence; their economy stifled; their people displaced and their homes demolished\".\n\n\"But the grievances of the Palestinian people cannot justify the appalling attacks by Hamas. And those appalling attacks cannot justify the collective punishment of the Palestinian people.\"\n\nMr Guterres also said he was deeply concerned about \"the clear violations of international humanitarian law that we are witnessing in Gaza\".\n\nHe expressed alarm at Israel's continuous bombardment of Gaza, as well as the level of civilian casualties and \"wholesale destruction of neighbourhoods\".\n\nWithout naming Hamas, he stressed that \"protecting civilians can never mean using them as human shields\".\n\nAnd without naming Israel, he said: \"Protecting civilians does not mean ordering more than one million people to evacuate to the south, where there is no shelter, no food, no water, no medicine and no fuel, and then continuing to bomb the south itself.\"\n\nThe UN chief also appealed for a humanitarian ceasefire to make the delivery of aid to Gaza easier and safer, and to facilitate the release of the hostages.\n\nHe called the crossing from Egypt of 62 lorries carrying food, water and medical supplies since Saturday \"a drop of aid in an ocean of need\".\n\nHe warned that the failure to include fuel risked a disaster, explaining that hospitals would be left without power and drinking water would not be purified or pumped.\n\nThe foreign minister of the West Bank-based Palestinian Authority, Riyad al-Maliki, demanded an end to what he called the \"ongoing massacres being deliberately and systematically and savagely perpetrated by Israel\" against the two million people living in Gaza.\n\nIsrael's foreign minister declared that \"Hamas are the new Nazis\"\n\nVisiting Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen criticised Mr Guterres in his speech to the Security Council, asking him: \"In what world do you live?\"\n\nMr Cohen said the killing of 1,400 men, women and children by Hamas constituted a massacre that would \"go down in history as more brutal\" than those committed by the Islamic State (IS) group.\n\n\"Hamas are the new Nazis,\" Mr Cohen declared. \"Just as the civilised world united to defeat the Nazis, just as the civilised world united to defeat [IS], the civilised world has to stand united behind Israel to defeat Hamas.\"\n\nAddressing the UN's appeals for proportionality and a ceasefire, he said: \"Tell me, what is a proportionate response for killing of babies, for rape [of] women and burn them, for beheading a child? How can you agree to a ceasefire with someone who swore to kill and destroy your own existence?\"\n\nMr Cohen later wrote on X, formerly known as Twitter: \"I will not meet with the UN secretary general. After the October 7th massacre, there is no place for a balanced approach.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nMr Erdan said the secretary general had \"expressed an understanding for terrorism and murder\".\n\nOn Wednesday, the ambassador was quoted by Israeli news website Ynet as saying he had informed the UN's Under-Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs, Martin Griffiths, that his request for an Israeli visa had been refused because of Mr Guterres's remarks.\n\n\"He will not be able to come here to the region. Their agencies constantly need to bring in new people, certainly at a time like now. They will be refused.\"\n\nA spokesman for UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said \"there is and can be no justification for Hamas's barbaric terrorist attack which was driven by hatred and ideology\".\n\nLater, Mr Guterres told reporters: \"I am shocked by the misrepresentations by some of my statement... as if, as if I was justifying acts of terror by Hamas. This is false. It was the opposite.\"\n\n\"I believe it was necessary to set the record straight, especially out of respect to the victims and to their families,\" he added.\n\nBut Mr Erdan said it was a \"disgrace to the UN that the secretary general does not retract his words and is not even able to apologise for what he said yesterday\".\n\n\"Every person understands very well that the meaning of his words is that Israel has guilt for the actions of Hamas or, at the very least, it shows his understanding for the 'background' leading up to the massacre,\" he said.\n\n\"A secretary general who does not understand that the murder of innocents can never be understood by any 'background' cannot be secretary general... I again call on him to resign.\"", "Constance Marten and her partner Mark Gordon have pleaded not guilty to charges over the death of their newborn baby.\n\nVictoria's body was discovered on 1 March in a Brighton shed after a weeks-long police search for the family.\n\nMs Marten, 36, and Mr Gordon, 49, both originally from London, appeared at the Old Bailey on Thursday and pleaded not guilty to manslaughter.\n\nThey also denied four other offences including cruelty to their baby.\n\nThe couple also pleaded not guilty to concealment of the baby's birth; causing or allowing her death and perverting the course of justice by concealing the body.\n\nAs the five charges were read out Mr Gordon said \"not guilty\" in a loud voice.\n\nMs Marten also denied all the charges saying \"Definitely not guilty\" to the charge of manslaughter and \"absolutely not guilty\" to the charges to cruelty and causing or allowing the death of a child.\n\nBoth were remanded into custody ahead of another case hearing date on 8 December.\n\nHundreds of officers using sniffer dogs, drones and thermal imaging cameras were involved in the search of woodlands in East Sussex earlier this year.\n\nVictoria's body was found wrapped in a plastic bag at an allotment site in the Hollingbury area of Brighton, close to where Ms Marten and Mr Gordon were arrested.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Ukrainian officials say the fighting is becoming too intense for children to remain\n\nUkraine has started the forced evacuation of around 1,000 children from areas near to the front line as Russia intensifies attacks.\n\nParents have been told they must move their families to safety from 31 settlements in the southern Kherson and eastern Donetsk regions.\n\nAnyone under the age of 18 must be accompanied by a parent or guardian.\n\nOfficials in the north-eastern Kharkiv region are also preparing to evacuate 275 children from 10 settlements.\n\nUkraine has ordered such evacuations before when fighting has intensified.\n\nOfficials say many children are living under near constant shelling and insist it's now far too dangerous for them to remain at home.\n\nAccompanied by police officers - with the power to force families to flee - they're now going door to door to persuade parents to leave with their children.\n\nKyiv has promised families safe passage to safer parts of the country where they'll be given free accommodation and places at schools and nurseries.\n\nOleksandr Tolokonnikov, who is the spokesman for the Kherson regional administration, explained that some families were still reluctant to leave their homes, despite the increased danger and discomfort of living under near constant enemy attack.\n\n\"There are different cases,\" he said. \"For example, when families barricade themselves inside. Of course the police don't break doors. They talk to people. They show videos to people of what happens if the shell hits, with killed and injured children. It is more psychological work\".\n\nOfficials now insist that it is too dangerous for families to remain close to the front line\n\nGetting the families out is a difficult and dangerous task carried out by emergency workers and volunteers.\n\nIn the Donetsk region a special police unit known as the White Angels is responsible for getting people to safety.\n\nUkraine's deputy prime minister, Iryna Vereshchuk, said the evacuation teams were risking their lives and appealed to parents to be ready: \"If you're warned about evacuation, please don't delay, pack the most necessary things, your documents, and leave.\"\n\nBut she also acknowledged that the authorities in Kherson lack sufficient armoured vehicles to transport children to safety. It's estimated that around 800 children live in the affected areas and Ms Vereshchuk said she'd asked international organisations to help.\n\n\"800 children is a lot, and we need to take them out as soon as possible.\"\n\nUkraine says that Russian troops have launched major assaults on a few areas along the Eastern front in recent days and intensified shelling in the south.\n\nIt's feared that Moscow plans attacks on critical infrastructure as winter approaches.", "Michael Cohen faced off against his former boss Donald Trump in court for the second day on Wednesday\n\nFireworks erupted between Donald Trump's legal team and his former personal attorney, Michael Cohen, in the former president's high-stakes fraud trial.\n\nThe heated day featured multiple skirmishes between the defence attorneys, prosecutors, and Judge Arthur Engoron, culminating in a $10,000 (£8,250) fine against Mr Trump for violating a gag order against speaking or posting about court staff.\n\nEarlier in the day, Mr Trump had told reporters that Mr Engoron was a \"very partisan judge, with a person who is very partisan sitting alongside him, perhaps even much more partisan than he is\".\n\nHis comments followed a previous social media attack against the judge's clerk earlier this month, which had led to the gag order and a fine.\n\nIn a dramatic moment shortly after 14.00 EST, the judge forced Mr Trump to briefly take the stand to settle the matter.\n\nWhen questioned on the stand, Mr Trump told the judge he was referring to \"you and Cohen\", not the judge and his clerk.\n\nJudge Engoron said his explanation was \"not credible,\" and fined him $10,000.\n\nIt was the capstone of a long and rocky day in court starring Mr Trump's former personal counsel.\n\nMr Cohen is a key witness in a case brought by New York attorney general Letitia James, which alleges that the Trump Organization and its top figures fraudulently inflated the value of its assets to secure more favourable loans.\n\nJudge Engoron has already ruled the organisation committed fraud, and the current trial is focused on additional charges. There is no jury, and an unfavourable ruling could put Mr Trump's New York real estate empire in peril.\n\nOn Wednesday, Mr Trump's team was clearly taking the offensive.\n\nThrough a steady staccato of questions, attorney Alina Habba sought to undermine Mr Cohen's credibility and question his motivations.\n\n\"You have made a career out of publicly attacking President Trump haven't you?\" she said in one instance.\n\n\"The more outrageous your stories are about President Trump, the more money you make?\" she asked later.\n\nAt one point, he grew frustrated with Ms Habba's questions. \"I answered every question that you want, why are you screaming at me?\" he blurted.\n\nMeanwhile, Mr Trump, not typically one for verbal restraint, sat quietly and let his lawyers do the fighting for him.\n\nOnce Mr Trump's trusted personal lawyer, Mr Cohen went to great, and at some points illegal, ends to obtain a favourable outcome for him.\n\nHis association with Mr Trump drew him into legal peril in 2018, when he pleaded guilty to charges of tax evasion, lying to a bank, and campaign finance violations. He spent just over a year behind bars and has since become one of Mr Trump's fiercest critics.\n\nNow he is a star witness in not one but two cases against Mr Trump - this investigation into his businesses, and another investigation by the Manhattan District Attorney into hush money payments made to an adult film star with whom Mr Trump allegedly had affair. Mr Trump denies wrongdoing in both cases, as well as the affair.\n\nThis week is the first time the two have met face to face in years.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: Trump lashes out at ex-attorney before court appearance\n\nDuring his testimony, Mr Cohen told prosecutors that Mr Trump had personally directed him and the convicted ex-chief financial officer of the company to \"arbitrarily\" inflate the value of assets in order to reach a desired number.\n\nBut during cross-examination, Mr Trump's defence lawyers sought to undermine his character by accusing Mr Cohen of perjury.\n\nOn Tuesday, Mr Cohen had said he was not being truthful when he pleaded guilty to charges of tax evasion in a separate 2018 case; he did not believe he had committed that crime.\n\nThen on Wednesday, Mr Trump's lead attorney, Chris Kise, declared that Mr Cohen \"admitted here today in open court that he lied\".\n\nProsecutor Colleen Faherty interjected, and asked for respect without this \"showmanship\".\n\nMr Kise responded that \"there is nothing wrong with calling a liar, a liar.\"\n\nEventually Judge Engoron asked them to move on.\n\nToward the end of the day, another of Mr Trump's attorneys made a Hail Mary request to the judge to end the trial, citing the credibility of Mr Cohen's testimony.\n\n\"Absolutely denied,\" Judge Engoron said. \"No way, no how.\"", "Most of Avdiivka's 30,000 residents have left the town, which has been the scene of fierce and bloody fighting\n\nRussia is executing soldiers who try to retreat from a bloody offensive in eastern Ukraine, the White House has said.\n\nAccording to the US, some of the casualties suffered by Russia near Avdiivka were \"on the orders of their own leaders\".\n\nRussian and Ukrainian troops have been locked into a fierce battle for the frontline town since mid-October.\n\nRussia is thought to have suffered \"significant\" losses in this time.\n\nUkrainian estimates put the number of Russian casualties in Avdiivka at 5,000, while the US says that Russia lost \"at least\" 125 armoured vehicles and more than a battalion's worth of equipment.\n\nA Ukrainian army spokesperson said that Russian troops were refusing to attack Ukrainian positions near Avdiivka because of heavy losses and that there had been mutinies in some units.\n\n\"Russia's mobilised forces remain under-trained, under-equipped and unprepared for combat, as was the case during their failed winter offensive last year,\" National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said in a briefing on Thursday.\n\nHe said that the Russian military \"appears to be using what we would call 'human wave' tactics, just throwing masses of these poorly trained soldiers right into the fight.\"\n\n\"No proper equipment, no leadership, no resourcing, no support. It is unsurprising that Russian forces are suffering from poor morale,\" Mr Kirby added.\n\nTaking Avdiivka - which lies near the Russian-occupied city of Donetsk - would allow Russian troops to push the front line back, making it harder for the Ukrainian forces to make further advances into Donetsk region.\n\nAvdiivka has been all but abandoned by its 30,000 residents as Russian forces continue to pummel it. Earlier this week, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky described the situation as \"particularly tough\".\n\nOn Thursday, the US announced a new $150m (£123.7m) military assistance package for Ukraine that includes artillery and small-arms ammunition, as well as anti-tank weapons.\n\nHowever, future aid to Ukraine is in doubt following the election of Republican Mike Johnson as speaker of the US House of Representatives earlier this week.\n\nMr Johnson - who is on the right wing of the Republican Party - is against further US aid to Ukraine and has previously supported amendments to block it.\n\nThe US is the largest military donor to Ukraine, having spent more than $46bn (£37bn) so far, plus tens of billions more in financial and humanitarian aid.", "Last updated on .From the section Rugby Union\n\nCoverage: Commentary on BBC Radio 5 Live, plus text updates on the BBC Sport website and app.\n\nEngland have accused World Rugby of denying Tom Curry a fair hearing over his allegation of an on-field racial slur by South Africa's Bongi Mbonambi.\n\nCurry claims he was abused during last Saturday's World Cup semi-final defeat, after a similar comment was made by Mbonambi last November.\n\n\"Tom Curry has done nothing wrong,\" said head coach Steve Borthwick.\n\n\"World Rugby made a decision not to allow the opportunity for the victim's voice to be heard.\"\n\nThe world governing body reviewed video and audio footage and submissions from both teams, before clearing Mbonambi, ruling there was \"insufficient evidence\" that he had used the alleged term.\n\nIt added that the case was \"closed unless additional evidence comes to light\".\n\nThe Rugby Football Union said it was \"deeply disappointed\" by the decision not to charge Mbonambi and convene an independent disciplinary panel at which Curry could give evidence and answer questions.\n\n\"Everyone associated with this team shares that bitter disappointment at World Rugby's decision,\" added Borthwick.\n\nSouth Africa face the All Blacks in the Rugby World Cup final in Paris on Saturday from 20:00 BST, with Mbonambi free to take part.\n\nCurry, 25, has suffered online abuse for reporting the incident, which England captain Owen Farrell described as \"unacceptable\".\n\nAn RFU statement read: \"In their continued full support of Tom, the RFU together with the England squad, condemn the disgusting abuse he and his family has received on social media as a result of his having had the courage to put unacceptable behaviour that has no place in society or on the rugby field, in the public eye.\n\n\"Abuse of any kind is not acceptable and goes against the core values of rugby.\n\n\"It is important that it is safe and acceptable for everyone involved in rugby union to raise concerns, and the RFU continue to encourage everyone to report any unacceptable behaviour in the game.\"\n\nWorld Rugby said it was \"concerned\" by the online abuse both players had suffered. Organisers introduced technology intended to protect players, officials and coaches from abuse before the tournament.\n\n\"It is important to note that World Rugby accepts that Tom Curry made the allegations in good faith, and that there is no suggestion that the allegation was deliberately false or malicious,\" a statement read.\n\nThe South African Rugby Union (SA Rugby) said it welcomed the decision that no further action will be taken.\n\n\"SA Rugby has absolute faith in the honesty and integrity of Bongi,\" a statement read.\n\n\"Bongi Mbonambi is an experienced, respected and decorated Test player and, needless to say, denied the allegations from the outset,\" a statement read.\n\n\"Any form of racism is abhorrent to SA Rugby and the Springbok team, whose purpose is to do everything in its power to assist in uniting our diverse and multicultural nation.\"\n\nSpringboks captain Siya Kolisi says he has reached out to Curry and hopes the abuse will stop.\n\n\"I have spoken to him, I sent him a message,\" Kolisi said.\n\n\"He is someone I respect. We can take it as players. When it comes to you, it's fine, but when families are involved, it's different.\n\n\"I have let him know we are supporting him and are thinking of him.\"\n\nHead coach Jacques Nienaber has named the most experienced South Africa team ever to face the All Blacks in Paris on Saturday.\n\nNienaber makes two changes to the XV that started the semi-final win over England, with half-backs Faf de Klerk and Handre Pollard replacing Cobus Reinach and Manie Libbok.\n\nFly-half Pollard came on as a surprise replacement for Libbok after just 31 minutes of the semi-final, and kicked a late match-winning penalty.\n\nBoth Reinach and Libbok drop out of the matchday squad completely, with Nienaber opting for a 7-1 split of forwards to backs on the bench. Willie le Roux is the only back replacement.\n\nIn the event that De Klerk picks up an injury, Nienaber confirmed winger Cheslin Kolbe will move into scrum-half.\n\n\"He played sweeper in sevens which is the equivalent to scrum-half. He has always been a guy who, if we got a yellow card, would be the stand in half-back, not just this week but for a couple of weeks,\" the head coach said.\n\nIt is the second time South Africa have attempted the 7-1 split at the tournament, having done so for their 13-8 defeat by Ireland in the pool stage.\n\nNienaber added: \"The team is not 15, it is 23. We always say that. When you do squad selection, there are a lot of things that influence that, from medical to past performances and a lot of analysis into New Zealand and where we think we can get the edge on them.\n\n\"Then the discussions start between the coaches and it goes from a 5-3 to a 6-2 to a 7-1, then it goes back again. It is not a 10-minute discussion, it is hours and hours.\"\n\nLock Jean Kleyn, who represented Ireland at the 2019 World Cup before switching allegiances under World Rugby's birthright amendment rule, is on the bench, as is number eight Jasper Wiese.\n\nBoth players are yet to feature in the knockout stages, as South Africa stuck with the same 23 players against France and England.\n\nNew Zealand and South Africa are both bidding to become the first nation to win the World Cup for a fourth time.", "COP28: Five highs and lows from the conference. Video, 00:02:15 , published at 11:36 13 December COP28: Five highs and lows from the conference", "Aid agencies warn people will die if life-saving medical equipment in hospitals stops working because of fuel shortages\n\nHospitals in the Gaza Strip are taking emergency cases only, the UN says, amid fears fuel supplies will run out across the territory in the coming hours.\n\nUN facilities are also overwhelmed by 600,000 displaced Palestinians seeking shelter - four times their capacity.\n\nThe Hamas-run health ministry in Gaza meanwhile says that more than 700 people have been killed by Israeli air strikes for a second day in a row.\n\nIsrael's military says it is targeting Hamas fighters and infrastructure.\n\nIt launched a bombing campaign against Hamas - which Israel, the UK, US and other powers class as a terrorist organisation - in response to an unprecedented cross-border assault on 7 October in which at least 1,400 people were killed and 222 others were taken hostage.\n\nIsrael is also blocking new fuel deliveries to Gaza, saying they could be stolen and exploited by Hamas for military purposes. It accuses Hamas of stockpiling hundreds of thousands of litres of diesel and refusing to share it.\n\nGaza City, in the north, was targeted by Israeli air strikes on Wednesday\n\nThe BBC's Rushdi Abu Alouf, who is at the main hospital in Gaza's southern city of Khan Younis, says hospitals across the territory shut down all departments except for their emergency rooms on Wednesday.\n\nHe says this is to conserve fuel needed to power life-saving equipment, such as ventilators, neonatal incubators and kidney dialysis machines.\n\n\"The hospitals are in a state of complete collapse,\" Mohammed Abu Selmeya, the head of Gaza's biggest hospital, Al-Shifa, told AFP news agency.\n\nThe World Health Organization's representative, Dr Richard Peeperkorn, earlier told the BBC that hospitals supported by the UN agency were running generators \"at minimum levels only for life-saving operations\".\n\nIsrael stopped suppling electricity to Gaza following Hamas's attacks. The territory was left dependent on back-up generators after its sole power station ran out of fuel on 11 October.\n\nAid agencies and medics inside Gaza warn that more people will die if key equipment stalls without electricity.\n\nThe UN agency for Palestinian refugees, Unrwa, which runs the largest humanitarian operation in Gaza, also says it will have to halt all its operations in Gaza on Wednesday night if it does not get more supplies of fuel.\n\nInternational calls for increased humanitarian access to Gaza have been growing louder, with the 1.4 million people who have fled their homes struggling to find food, clean water and shelter.\n\nAt least 60 aid lorries have entered Gaza from Egypt since the weekend, but this provides only a fraction of the needs of people in Gaza. Aid agencies say at least 100 lorryloads of aid are needed every day.\n\nThe death toll in Gaza has also risen sharply, with the Hamas-run health ministry reporting that 756 people were killed over the past 24 hours.\n\nIt said a total of 6,547 people, including 2,704 children, had been killed since Israel started its retaliatory air and artillery strikes.\n\nThe Israeli military said on Wednesday morning that it had continued \"wide-scale strikes\" across Gaza, targeting Hamas infrastructure, including \"terror tunnel shafts, military headquarters, weapons warehouses, mortar launchers and anti-tank missile launchers\".\n\nIt also said it had struck Hamas's emergency operational apparatus, which it said had set up roadblocks preventing civilians from heading south.\n\nHundreds of thousands have fled the north of Gaza after the military told them to leave for their own safety ahead of an expected ground invasion.\n\nOn Tuesday night, the military said it had targeted a cell of Hamas divers that tried to infiltrate Israel by sea.", "Political stability and the return of Stormont are needed to attract major investors to Northern Ireland, US trade envoy Joe Kennedy III has said.\n\nSpeaking in Londonderry, the United States Special Envoy said big investment requires stable government.\n\n\"Of course it would be better if there were a government up and running,\" Mr Kennedy said.\n\nHe added: \"If you are talking about making investments in the billions of dollars you need to have that political stability.\n\n\"We hope that we come to a point quickly that we can get that political stability, it's been a message we have heard a number of times from members of our delegation.\"\n\nThe US trade envoy Joe Kennedy (left) is meeting local business leaders and politicians including Alex Maskey (right)\n\nOn Wednesday night, party leaders met delegates during a dinner at Stormont.\n\nEarlier this year, US President Joe Biden promised the delegation when he visited Northern Ireland.\n\nHe said \"scores\" of US firms wanted to come to Northern Ireland; some already employing over 30,000 people.\n\nThe delegation is a blend of US companies already present in Northern Ireland and potential investors.\n\nSome new investment has been announced during the group's visit this week and on Tuesday, the New York State pension fund's comptroller, Tom DiNapoli, said it is to invest up to $50m (£41m) in Northern Ireland businesses.\n\nStormont has been without a functioning executive for 20 months as the DUP protests against post-Brexit trade arrangements for Northern Ireland.\n\nIn recent weeks both the Northern Ireland Secretary Chris Heaton-Harris and DUP leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson have hinted at progress being made in talks about Stormont's return, however, the impasse continues.\n\nSir Jeffrey said on Thursday there was still a \"distance to travel\" before discussions with the government would conclude.\n\nHe said he was not embarrassed that the trade visit was happening without a government at Stormont.\n\n\"Every process of dialogue reaches a moment where you've taken the talking as far as you can and decisions are needed - I think there is still room to move, there is still a distance to travel to get the outcome we need but we are moving in the right direction.\n\n\"I can't predict if we will get the solution that we need but I will work night and day to get it.\"\n\nOn Wednesday, Mr Heaton-Harris repeated that he believed talks with the DUP are in the \"final stages\".\n\nMeanwhile the tanaiste (Irish deputy PM) and foreign affairs minister Micheál Martin said unionists had \"missed an opportunity\" to claim the Windsor Framework as a win.\n\nThe Windsor Framework, which was agreed by the EU and UK in February, is the revised post-Brexit deal for Northern Ireland.\n\n\"The Windsor agreement was a major milestone. Actually unionism should have claimed victory. Much of what they campaigned for… the vast majority of that was delivered within it.\" Mr Martin told BBC News NI's The View.\n\nMr Martin also told the programme he has a good relationship with Northern Ireland Secretary Chris Heaton-Harris but he believes co-operation is not the same as in the Good Friday Agreement era.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. UUP leader Doug Beattie said US businesses have raised the matter of political instability\n\nEarlier on Thursday, Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) leader Doug Beattie said it is \"absolutely embarrassing\" that the major trade delegation is visiting Northern Ireland during Stormont's suspension.\n\nMr Beattie was speaking after a business breakfast involving MLAs and the US trade envoy.\n\nSpeaking after the business breakfast on Thursday, Mr Beattie said US businesses had raised the issue of political stability with him.\n\n\"They did ask when do we get to the stage of politicians being irrelevant? It is embarrassing that we don't have a government.\"\n\nSinn Féin vice-president Michelle O'Neill said she felt there was a \"sense of urgency\" following this week's events.\n\n\"The mood music is positive but we need to build on that,\" she said.\n\nAsked if there was more optimism or pessimism about the chances of Stormont, Alliance Party leader Naomi Long said her optimism was changing on an \"hourly basis\".\n\nSocial Democratic and Labour Party leader Colum Eastwood said \"common sense should say this is the time to go back in\", and that he was optimistic about the future.\n\nYou can watch Micheál Martin's interview in full on The View at 22:40 BST on BBC One Northern Ireland and iPlayer.", "(Left to right) Sir Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Sir Ringo Starr and John Lennon of the Beatles\n\nMore than 50 years after The Beatles broke up, the band have announced the release of their \"last song\".\n\nCalled Now And Then, it is based on a 1970s demo recording by John Lennon, and was completed last year by Sir Paul McCartney and Sir Ringo Starr.\n\nSir Paul teased the song in a BBC interview this summer, saying AI technology had been used to \"extricate\" Lennon's vocals from an old cassette.\n\nThe track will premiere at 14:00 GMT on Thursday, 2 November.\n\nIt will also feature on newly remastered versions of The Beatles' Red and Blue albums, due on 10 November.\n\nOriginally released in 1973, the career-spanning compilations have been described by Rolling Stone magazine as \"arguably the most influential greatest hits albums in history\".\n\nFeaturing everything from Love Me Do to The Long And Winding Road, the two volumes are essentially divided between the band's early mop-top days (the Red Album) and their more experimental and expansive late period (the Blue album).\n\nIn a press release, the surviving Beatles said completing the song had been a surreal experience.\n\n\"There it was, John's voice, crystal clear,\" said Sir Paul. \"It's quite emotional. And we all play on it, it's a genuine Beatles recording. In 2023 to still be working on Beatles music, and about to release a new song the public haven't heard, I think it's an exciting thing.\"\n\n\"It was the closest we'll ever come to having him back in the room so it was very emotional for all of us,\" added Starr. \"It was like John was there, you know. It's far out.\"\n\nNow And Then was originally written by John Lennon after the Beatles split up in 1970, and has circulated as a bootleg for years.\n\nAn apologetic love song, it is addressed to an old friend (or lover), to whom Lennon declares: \"Now and then, I miss you / Now and then, I want you to return to me\".\n\nAfter Lennon was fatally shot outside his New York apartment building in December 1980, his widow, Yoko Ono, gave the song to Sir Paul.\n\nIt was on a cassette labelled \"For Paul\" that also contained early versions of Free As A Bird and Real Love - which the remaining Beatles polished up and released as singles in 1995 and 1996, as part of their Anthology project.\n\nThe band also attempted to record Now And Then, but the session was quickly abandoned - with guitarist George Harrison saying the quality of Lennon's recording was \"rubbish\".\n\nSir Paul has wanted to complete the song ever since - and advancements in audio technology have finally made that possible.\n\nLennon wrote Now And Then during his \"retirement\" era, when he had no record contract and was busy raising his son, Sean\n\nThe story began with the release of the Beatles' Get Back documentary in 2021. Director Peter Jackson and his team developed new software that allowed them to \"de-mix\" mono recordings from the 1970s to isolate individual instruments and vocals.\n\nThat same technology was used last year to create a new mix of the band's album Revolver. Producer Giles Martin told the BBC the software used elements of Artificial Intelligence and machine learning to separate overlapping sounds.\n\n\"It has to learn what the sound of John Lennon's guitar is, for instance, and the more information you can give it, the better it becomes,\" he said.\n\nThat process has now been applied to the original tape of Now And Then, removing tape hiss and electrical mains noise while preserving Lennon's performance.\n\nSir Paul and Sir Ringo set about completing the song last year, adding new vocals, drums, bass, guitar and piano; as well as electric and acoustic guitar parts recorded by Harrison in 1995, before his death,\n\nGiles Martin, son of the late Beatles producer George Martin, also added backing vocals from the original recordings of Here, There And Everywhere, Eleanor Rigby and Because, creating an extra layer of nostalgia.\n\nThe release of Now And Then will be preceded by a documentary about the making of the song, which will premiere on Wednesday, 1 November.\n\nTo tie in with all of this, the BBC has announced a new six-part podcast on the story of the Liverpool-born group.\n\nThe first five parts arrived on Thursday, including a recently re-discovered interview from 1964 which has not been heard since.\n\nThe final part will come out on 2 November, along with the record, and will include exclusive interviews with Sir Paul and Sir Ringo Starr - the two remaining Beatles - about the new material.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: Fergal Keane reports on the 'carnage' emergency services are facing in Gaza\n\nThere is nothing on his face to convey what he has seen.\n\nThe lifeless bodies of children pulled from the rubble. The tents filled with the dead wrapped in white shrouds. Buildings flattened by the devastating force of air strikes. Mahmoud Badawi has seen humanity blasted, burned and broken.\n\n\"There are many hard situations,\" he says. \"As an ambulance driver you get used to what is happening. Whether it's hands, heads or bodies that are cut… we are used to this.\"\n\nHis ambulance races from one scene of carnage to another. In a narrow alley in Gaza, he stops to collect two child casualties of an air strike. A man approaches holding a bundle in his arms. It is a boy who has been badly wounded.\n\nHe calls out to a friend who is helping the emergency workers load the casualties, urging him to take extra care with the boy.\n\nYet Mahmoud retains his composure. It is not that he is unmoved by all he sees but that necessity demands he focus on those who can be saved. As he speaks to a BBC journalist, there is the sound of a missile exploding.\n\n\"We do not rest a lot with all that is happening. The situation is very bad. Now we will try to locate the bombed area to go to the injured and the dead.\"\n\nAsked what is the situation with medical supplies Mahmoud says starkly: \"Everything is going.\"\n\nSome 40% of Palestinians killed in Gaza are reported to be children\n\nAccording to the Hamas-led health authority in Gaza, more than 6,000 Palestinians have been killed in the last two weeks. Some 40% are reported to be children.\n\nThe UN has warned that nearly a third of hospitals and two thirds of primary health care centres have had to close \"due to damage from hostilities or lack of fuel\". The UN says its fuel stocks are running out and that \"tough choices\" will have to be made about what services they prioritise in the coming days.\n\nIsrael refuses to allow fuel into the Gaza Strip because it says supplies might be taken by Hamas. It also says the organisation is hoarding fuel.\n\nIn Gaza the days and nights blend remorselessly into each other. The war is constant and in this small strip of land - Gaza's total land area is only 141 sq miles (365 sq km) - it is everywhere.\n\nIsrael has ordered around one million residents in the northern half of Gaza to evacuate south. It says this is to enable its forces to target Hamas. But there are continuing Israeli air strikes on southern Gaza, where thousands have fled.\n\nWhether to run; where to run; where to shelter if you do run - every day and night in Gaza is filled with desperate choices.\n\nIt also means that for emergency workers there is no going home to a safe place.\n\nWhen he is out working Mahmoud worries for his wife and six children just as they worry for him. When the bombing is heavy he tries to call every hour. But telephone communication is difficult.\n\n\"Connecting with the family is very hard. We barely have service to be able to call and know if they are okay or not.\"\n\nMahmoud says he is used to seeing badly wounded people\n\nMahmoud has worked hard to raise a family with strong aspirations to serve society. He is proud of his children. There is a daughter studying to be a doctor. She is inspired by her father's work and her own experience of war in Gaza as a child. There is also a son who is a nurse. And another who has qualified as a teacher.\n\nAs night comes there is a lull in the bombing. Mahmoud pauses and stands between his ambulance and a pile of rubble. He is holding a stretcher in his left hand, waiting for the next emergency. The adrenaline has subsided. He is briefly motionless and his eyes look off into the distance. They are filled with sadness for all he has seen.\n\nWith additional reporting from Majdi Fathi in Gaza and Morgan Gisholt Minard, Alice Doyard, Haneen Abdeen and Tim Facey in Jerusalem", "Heather Thompson says more needs to be done for worried women\n\nWomen affected by a review of cervical smears in the Southern Health Trust have said they are \"angry, frustrated and scared\" for their future.\n\nAbout 17,500 patients in the trust are to have their previous smears re-checked as part of a major review of cervical screening dating back to 2008.\n\nSome of these women will be recalled to have new smear tests carried out.\n\nBut the process has not started yet and will take at least six months to complete.\n\nLetters were sent out by the trust earlier this month to those affected.\n\nThe Southern Trust says it expects to recall around 4,000 women for a new smear test after it reviews 17,368 historic slides.\n\nThe Trust's medical director, Dr Steve Austin, told its board meeting that the review of slides was expected to start next week.\n\nIt also emerged that the number of calls from concerned women has increased with many asking for more \"specialist\" answers.\n\nAmong those to receive a letter that their test was affected were Heather Thompson and Brenda Redpath.\n\nBoth women found each other on social media after they sought further information and support.\n\nBrenda and Heather have urged the trust to provide clarity, as well as a new smear test, to all affected patients.\n\n\"We have so many unanswered questions, and I think the trust should be holding public meetings from Dungannon to Tandragee to talk to us,\" Heather said.\n\nThe 63-year-old, who has had three smears since 2009, said she had \"no faith in the system whatsoever\" after the incident and that someone should be held accountable.\n\nSince receiving the letter Heather, who had been due for another smear, said she decided to go private for \"peace of mind\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Smear test: Women at the centre of Southern Trust review concerned\n\nIn Northern Ireland, there is an approximate six-month wait for a smear test result in the health service.\n\nFor private patients, it is around three weeks.\n\nBoth women are in contact with around a dozen other people on social media, including a pregnant woman who will be unable to have a smear until months after she gives birth.\n\nThe review of smear test results, follows a highly critical report commissioned by the Royal College of Pathologists (RCPath), which found cytology staff were \"underperforming\", mechanisms to check their work were \"flawed\" and action taken by management was \"inadequate\".\n\nThe report was initially triggered in February after a woman, who had three abnormal smears missed, described being told she had cervical cancer.\n\nSmear tests check the health of the cervix\n\nBrenda, who is 71, said the Southern Trust should provide women with more detail, including how quickly those found to have abnormal results will be re-tested.\n\nShe appealed to all those who received letters to not just put them behind the clock, but to be proactive about their health.\n\nCervical screening can not detect cancer, but detecting and treating abnormal cells may help prevent cancer. No screening process is 100% accurate.\n\nThe screening looks for the human papillomavirus (HPV) which can cause abnormal cells on the cervix. If HPV is detected a cytology test is used to check for any abnormal cells.\n\nUnlike the rest of the UK and Ireland, Northern Ireland does not have the primary HPV screening system in full operation.\n\nIn Northern Ireland, the cervical screening process involves two people - a screener and checker analysing slides under a microscope.\n\nAt the time, the Department of Health called the report's findings \"clearly unacceptable\".\n\nIn its review, RCPath consulting - which is linked to the Royal College of Pathologists, said that the Southern Trust should \"consider\" recalling those women most at risk.\n\nBroadly, these women are those who had a negative or inadequate result during the review period and have not had any tests since.\n\nBut the report acknowledged that rescreening ( so many women) can't be recommended at this time largely because \"capacity for large scale slide review is highly unlikely within the UK given the general state of workload and service delivery\".\n\nDespite this the Southern Trust is rescreening the slides of 17,368 women as it believes it is the right course of action to take.\n\nDr Steve Austin, medical director at the Southern Trust told the Trust's board meting that the scale of the review was \"significant and complex\".\n\nFor the first time the board was informed that there is a possibility that the slides may have \"degraded\" which means those will be recalled for a new smear.\n\nThe entire process is being overseen by the Department of Health with the Public Health Agency also involved.\n\nBoard members said they have been in contact with lots of women who have received letters about the review, and it cannot be emphasised enough the stress and anxiety the review has caused.\n\nThey called for assurance that the review is being \"expedited\" as quickly as possible and asked of more could be done to speed up the process so women can receive answers sooner.\n\nIt emerged that the trust is still working out who will be involved in carrying out the smears including using local GPs.\n\nWhen asked why all 17,368 women cannot be offered a new smear as soon as possible, Dr Austin said that would require 12 clinics operating each day for one year.\n\nHe said it was faster to review the slides.\n\nDr Austin also said that those women who are going private for their smears and who receive an abnormal result should be given access to their previous smears.\n\nDoug Beattie, the Ulster Unionist assembly member for the area, has written to the Department of Health's permanent secretary to ask why all 17,500 women can't be retested again.\n\n\"Someone also needs to look into what happened,\" he said.\n\n\"We have some incredibly professional people who work in our health trust, we trust them but when they get it wrong, we need to find out why, so it doesn't happen again.\"\n\nIn a statement the Southern Trust said the letters were \"not an indication that these women may have cancer\" and it was merely a test to check if there were any abnormalities that could potentially lead to cancer in the future.\n\nIt reiterated the chance of pre-cancerous changes in the cervix at any time remained low and nine in ten people have a negative screening result.\n\n\"We have written to women whose slides will be reviewed to advise them that they will contacted by letter regarding the outcome... or to invite them for a new smear test.\n\n\"It will take a number of months for this work to be completed.\n\n\"The task of implementing this review is significant and robust governance arrangements are in place.\"", "Mid and East Antrim Council manages 67 play parks and at some sites the play equipment is reaching the end of its life\n\nA number of play parks in the Mid and East Antrim Council area could shut after safety inspectors raised concerns about equipment.\n\nCouncillors were advised of concerns in a report which highlighted the findings of an annual parks inspection in March.\n\nThe report warned failure to act could lead to \"enforced closure in due course due to health and safety concerns\".\n\nCouncillors have now agreed to hold a four-week community consultation on the future of some of the older play parks.\n\nSome of the parks affected by ageing equipment could be cleared and \"transformed\" into grass areas, a council meeting has heard.\n\nIt was stated that \"transformation of play parks is only considered when a play park has reached the end of its life and is no longer fit for purpose or safe to use\".\n\nMid and East Antrim Council manages 67 play parks and is responsible for picking up the bill to maintain and repair the children's facilities.\n\nSince 2019, the local authority has spent £3.3m on play park refurbishments.\n\nRecently the council's interim chief executive Valerie Watts confirmed the organisation as a whole is facing a £7.2m shortfall in its finances.\n\nThe ongoing cost of park repairs was discussed in a report presented to the council's Neighbourhoods and Communities Committee on Tuesday night.\n\nThe report said: \"The transformation of play parks listed will provide significant financial savings.\n\n\"The play parks identified have ongoing issues for a variety of reasons which result in significant investment each year to ensure safety for users.\"\n\nAn independent annual inspection of play parks in March highlighted a number of sites with \"significant issues of concern with regard to health and safety\", the report added.\n\nCouncillors have already prioritised sites for investment and others for potential transformation during consultation for the Fixed Play Investment Framework 2023.\n\nDuring Tuesday's meeting, councillor Marc Collins stated: \"Some on the list for transformation, I would be reluctant to support. The Windmill report says the park is at the end of its life. It does not seem that way when you are there.\n\n\"Would it not need a clean up and fresh lick of paint? Would that not suffice for some of these parks?\"\n\nMr Collins was advised equipment is \"becoming dangerous\" and the council does not have \"the resources and budget to replace equipment or continue to patch it\".\n\nMr Collins said he was \"happy to start the process and see what local people's thoughts are\".\n\nThe four-week community consultation will begin in December.\n\nMembers of the public who use the parks under threat of closure will be notified through signage at those playgrounds.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has given a speech on AI's potential uses\n\nArtificial intelligence could help make it easier to build chemical and biological weapons, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has warned.\n\nIn a worst-case scenario, society could lose all control over AI, preventing it from being switched off, Mr Sunak said.\n\nWhile the potential for harm is disputed, we must not \"put our heads in the sand\" over AI risks, he argued.\n\nIn a speech aiming to present the UK as a world leader on AI, the PM said the technology was already creating jobs.\n\nHe added that development of the technology would catalyse economic growth and productivity, though admitted it would have an impact on the labour market.\n\nThe prime minister's speech on Thursday morning set out the capabilities and potential risks posed by AI - including cyber attacks, fraud and child sexual abuse - following the publication of a government report.\n\nMr Sunak said among the risks outlined in the report was that AI could be used by terrorist groups \"to spread fear and disruption on an even greater scale\".\n\nMitigating the risk of human extinction from AI should be a \"global priority\", he said.\n\nBut he added: \"This is not a risk that people need to be losing sleep over right now and I don't want to be alarmist.\"\n\nHe said that he was generally \"optimistic\" about the potential of AI to transform people's lives for the better.\n\nA threat that will be much closer to home for many is the disruption AI is already bringing to jobs.\n\nMr Sunak mentioned AI tools efficiently doing admin tasks like preparing contracts and helping to make decisions - traditionally roles carried out by employees.\n\nHe said he believed education was the solution to preparing people for the changing market, adding that technology had always brought changes to the way people make money.\n\nAutomation has already changed the nature of factory and warehouse work, for example, but has not entirely removed human input.\n\nThe prime minister insisted it was too simple to say artificial intelligence would \"take people's jobs\", instead urging the public to view the tech as a \"co-pilot\" in the day-to-day activities of the workplace.\n\nReports, including declassified material from the UK intelligence community, set out a series of warnings about the threats AI could pose within the next two years.\n\nAccording to the government's \"Safety and Security Risks of Generative Artificial Intelligence to 2025\" report, AI could be used to:\n\nExperts are divided about the threat posed by AI and previous fears about other emerging technologies have not fully materialised.\n\nRashik Parmar, the chief executive of the BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT, said: \"AI won't grow up like The Terminator.\n\n\"If we take the proper steps, it will be a trusted co-pilot from our earliest school days to our retirement.\"\n\nIn his speech, Mr Sunak said the UK would not \"rush to regulate\" AI because it was \"hard to regulate something you do not fully understand\".\n\nHe said the UK's approach should be proportionate while also encouraging innovation,\n\nMr Sunak wants to position the UK as a global leader on the safety of the technology, which would put it at the centre of a stage on which it can't really compete with huge players like the US and China in terms of resources or homegrown tech giants.\n\nSo far, most of the West's powerful AI developers seem to be cooperating - but they are also keeping a lot of secrets about what data their tools are trained on and how they really work.\n\nThe UK will have to find a way to persuade these firms to stop, as the prime minster put it, \"marking their own homework\".\n\nProf Carissa Veliz, associate professor in philosophy, Institute of Ethics in AI, at the University of Oxford, said unlike the EU the UK had so far been \"notoriously averse to regulating AI, so it is interesting for Sunak to say that the UK is particularly well-suited to lead the efforts of ensuring the safety of AI\".\n\nShe said regulation often leads to \"the most impressive and important innovations\".\n\nLabour said the government had not yet set out concrete proposals on how it would regulate the most powerful AI models.\n\n\"Rishi Sunak should back up his words with action and publish the next steps on how we can ensure the public is protected,\" Shadow Science, Innovation and Technology Secretary Peter Kyle said.\n\nThe UK is hosting a two-day AI safety summit at Bletchley Park in Buckinghamshire next week, with China expected to attend.\n\nThe decision to invite China at a time of tense relations between the two countries has been criticised by some. Former Prime Minister Liz Truss has written to Mr Sunak asking him to rescind China's invitation.\n\nShe believes \"we should be working with our allies, not seeking to subvert freedom and democracy\" and cites concerns around Beijing's attitude to the West about AI.\n\nBut, speaking earlier Mr Sunak defended the decision, arguing there could be \"no serious strategy for AI without at least trying to engage all of the world's leading AI powers\".\n\nThe summit will bring together world leaders, tech firms, scientists and academics to discuss the emerging technology.\n\nProfessor Gina Neff, Director of the Minderoo Centre for Technology and Democracy at the University of Cambridge, has criticised the focus of the summit.\n\n\"The concerns that most people care about are not on the table, from building digital skills to how we work with powerful AI tools,\" she said.\n\n\"This brings its own risks for people, communities, and the planet.\"", "No clues as to timing of ground invasion in Israeli PM's speech\n\nIsrael’s prime minister has said that preparations for a ground invasion of Gaza continue and that questions about what went wrong on 7 October will be answered by everyone, including himself, but only when the war is over. In a prime time television address this evening, Netanyahu offered no clues as to the timing of a ground invasion. But amid reports of divisions between the government and the military over how to proceed, he said the timing of a ground invasion had been agreed unanimously by the government and the chief of staff of the military. Once again, Netanyahu urged Palestinians in the Gaza Strip to move south. He said his government had two objectives: to destroy Hamas, politically and militarily, and to secure the return of hostages. At a time when he is being heavily criticised for an apparent lack of decisiveness, and for not meeting survivors of the 7 October, or attending any funerals, Netanyahu said the state would look after those who had lost their homes. The kibbutzim, he said, would rise from the ashes. What had been billed as a major prime time address did not deliver anything substantially new.", "Billie Jayne Cooke was visibly distressed reliving the horror of Wednesday's mass shootings\n\nA shocked Lewiston resident has told the BBC News Channel that the whole city was put in lockdown after mass shootings that reportedly left at least 18 people dead and more than a dozen injured.\n\nBillie Jayne Cooke, who is running for the city council, said she was just leaving a public event on Wednesday evening when she first heard of the attack and that the shooter was on the run.\n\n\"The entire ride home was just solid sirens, one siren after another. Hlicopters, sirens, I've never heard so much activity in my life in this city.\"\n\nThe shootings have stunned the city of 40,000 people. Some heard about the news while running basic errands. Others spent their evening waiting outside hospital doors for news about their loved ones.\n\nAnd some, like a man named Brandon, were almost face-to-face with the gunman.\n\n\"Out of nowhere, he just came in and there was a loud pop,\" he told the Associated Press.\n\nHe had just entered Just-In-Time Recreation, a bowling alley that was one of the locations where the shootings took place.\n\n\"I thought it was a balloon, I had my back turned to the door,\" he said, but as he turned around and saw the suspect, he realised the sound he heard was that of a gun.\n\n\"I just booked it down the (bowling) lane and I slid basically where the pins are and climbed up into the machine,\" Brandon said, before the police arrived 10 minutes later.\n\nRiley Dumont was also inside the bowling alley with her family at the time of the shooting.\n\nA police officer stands guard on a street leading to a bowling alley, one of the two places in Lewiston where multiple people were shot.\n\nShe told ABC News that her 11-year-old daughter had been taking part in a children's bowling league when she heard several gunshots.\n\nHer father, a retired police officer, had then corralled their family into a corner.\n\n\"I was laying on top of my daughter,\" Ms Dumont said. \"My mother was laying on top of me.\"\n\nShe said the shooting \"felt like it lasted a lifetime.\"\n\n\"I just remember people sobbing and crying, people around me were whimpering, and my mom and I were just trying to keep everybody quiet and consoling each other,\" Ms Dumont said.\n\nAmong those who were injured is Jessica Karcher's 23-year-old son. The mother told the Washington Post that he was hit at Schemengees Bar and Grille, the other location where the gunman opened fire.\n\nMs Karcher said her son was hit four times. He underwent emergency surgery and remains in critical condition.\n\nDoctors have to \"keep resuscitating him,\" she said. \"He's not out of the woods.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThose in close proximity to the shootings said they were also fearful of what was unfolding.\n\nMelinda Small, owner of a bar that is a quarter-mile away from Just-In-Time Recreation, told NBC News she had locked the doors to her bar immediately after hearing there was an active shooter nearby.\n\nShe moved all 25 customers and employees away from the door, she said. Everyone sheltered in place until a police officer arrived to escort people out of the building.\n\n\"I am honestly in a state of shock. I am blessed that my team responded quickly and everyone is safe,\" Ms Small said. \"But at the same time, my heart is broken for this area and for what everyone is dealing with. I just feel numb.\n\nPolice cars line up outside Schemengees Bar and Grille, one of the sites in Lewiston, Maine, where a shooter killed more than a dozen people.\n\nNichoel Wyman Arel was driving home past the bowling alley around the time of the shooting and told CNN she saw a person who looked like they had \"blood all over them\" but could not tell if they were hurt.\n\nShe added that her young daughter was with her at the time.\n\n\"She started crying and said, 'This is a scary world we live in Mom.' I'm like, 'I know.'\"\n\nDexter Britton, 9, looks out through a window as Lisbon Falls remains on lockdown, following a deadly mass shooting in nearby Lewiston, Maine.\n\nMs Arel said she locked up the house when she got home, on the advice of the authorities while the suspected gunman was at large.\n\nShanna Cox, the president of the Lewiston Auburn Chamber of Commerce, told the BBC she was also sheltering at home with her children.\n\n\"Our shades are down, our doors are locked, our windows are locked,\" said Ms Cox.\n\n\"We've got the majority of interior lights off and we're ensuring that no-one's leaving the home.\"", "Labour's shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves has said she \"should have done better\", after it emerged some passages of her new book were lifted from other sources without acknowledgment.\n\nThe Financial Times reported her book reproduced material from websites including Wikipedia.\n\nMs Reeves told the BBC some sentences \"were not properly referenced\" and this would be corrected in future reprints.\n\nHowever, her team denied claims of plagiarism.\n\nConservative MPs have ridiculed Ms Reeves on social media, with party chairman Greg Hands branding her a \"copy and paste shadow chancellor\".\n\nMs Reeves, a former Bank of England economist, is hoping to become the country's first female chancellor if Labour wins the next general election.\n\nThe book, The Women Who Made Modern Economics, was launched at an Institute for Government event on Wednesday evening.\n\nThe Financial Times said its reporters had spotted more than 20 examples of apparent plagiarism in the book, including entire sentences and paragraphs.\n\nIt said these mostly contained biographical information.\n\nIn an interview with BBC Radio 4's Broadcasting House, Ms Reeves said: \"I'm the author of that book, I hold my hands up and said, I should have done better.\"\n\nShe added: \"Obviously, I had research assistants on the book, but I take responsibility for everything that is in that book.\n\n\"But for me, what I wanted to do is to bring together the stories of these women.\n\n\"And if I'm guilty of copying and pasting some facts about some amazing women and turning it into a book that gets read, then I'm really proud of that.\"\n\nIt came after a spokesperson for Ms Reeves said \"inadvertent mistakes\" would be \"rectified in future reprints\".\n\nThe BBC has checked the examples highlighted by the FT and found some material in the book was very similar to online sources.\n\nFor example, a sentence about the relationship between author H.G. Wells and economist Beatrice Webb is identical to one on Ms Webb's Wikipedia page.\n\nHowever, Ms Reeves told the BBC it came from a book which was listed in the bibliography.\n\nAnother paragraph about international aid under New Labour is very similar to a foreword written by Hilary Benn, who is now the shadow Northern Ireland secretary, on the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change website.\n\nOnly a few words in the paragraph in the book differ from Mr Benn's foreword.\n\nAt the book's launch event, which took place the evening before the Financial Times article was published, Ms Reeves was asked how she found the time to write it.\n\nIn response she said: \"My day job is pretty consuming and I've got two primary aged children but I wanted to carve out time to write this book.\n\n\"In the acknowledgements I acknowledged the research assistants that I had, particularly on the facts and the detail that went into the pen portraits of the women that I speak about.\n\n\"And that came from a range of sources, from books, from interviews, from articles, from Wikipedia.\"\n\nYou can measure how an author is perceived - and which way the political wind is thought to be blowing - by who and how many turn out for a book launch.\n\nIf you manage to justify having an \"overflow room\" and there is an excitable vibe about the warm white wine clutching attendees, Westminster is collectively saying you're on the up.\n\nAt Rachel Reeves's book launch on Wednesday night, there was that vibe and there was that overflow room.\n\nThe whole thing oozed with a sense of perceived imminent power: that the author of the book, The Women Who Made Modern Economics, would soon be chancellor of the exchequer.\n\nWell, let's see - that's for the electorate to decide.\n\nBut with hindsight her reference to Wikipedia in the question and answer session - which struck me as odd at the time - sounds rather like a reference in advance to the criticism she knew was coming.\n\nThe whole premise of her book is there has been a whole load of economists overlooked and uncredited for their work.\n\nSo it's unfortunate, to say the least, that that is precisely what she is now being accused of.\n\nPublisher Basic Books said: \"When factual sentences were taken from primary sources, they should have been rewritten and properly referenced.\n\n\"We acknowledge this did not happen in every case. As always in instances such as these, we will review all sources and ensure any omissions are rectified in future reprints.\"\n\nThe statement added: \"At no point did Rachel seek to present these facts as original research.\n\n\"There is an extensive and selective bibliography of over 200 books, articles and interviews.\n\n\"Where facts are taken from multiple sources, no author would be expected to reference each and every one.\"\n\nTory Party chairman Mr Hands said the issue was \"potentially very serious\".\n\n\"Labour literally have no new plans for this country,\" he wrote on X, branding Ms Reeves a \"copy and paste shadow chancellor\".\n\nOther Conservatives also seized on the issue, with MP Bob Seely saying it was \"appalling that Labour's second most senior politician appears to have been caught plagiarising the work of others\".\n\nMs Reeves has written two other books, about women in Parliament and Labour politician Alice Bacon.\n• None Labour plans to fight next election on economy", "A congressman in the US House of Representatives is expected to plead guilty to falsely triggering a fire alarm in a Capitol office building.\n\nRep Jamaal Bowman said in a statement on Wednesday that he would pay a fine \"and look forward to these charges being ultimately dropped\".\n\nHe is facing a single charge of \"knowingly\" setting off a false fire alarm, according to a court filing.\n\nThe New York Democrat has said that he triggered it by accident.\n\nThe alarm prompted an hour-long evacuation and came as Democrats were attempting to delay a vote as they sought more time to read a stopgap funding bill and decide whether to support it.\n\nWhile Mr Bowman had said he triggered the alarm by mistake on 30 September - thinking it would get a door to open while he was in a rush - Republicans accused him of deliberately attempting to sabotage a vote on the bill.\n\nMr Bowman is due to to appear in DC on Thursday morning for his arraignment on the misdemeanour charge, which carries a maximum penalty of $1,000 (£825) and six months in prison.\n\nAccording to CBS, the BBC's US partner, Mr Bowman told reporters on Wednesday he would pay the fine and the charges could be dropped after three months if he follows the bail conditions. He called the incident a \"lapse in judgment\".\n\nHe will also write an apology letter.\n\n\"Congressman Bowman was treated like anyone else who violates the law in the District of Columbia,\" the spokesperson for the attorney general for the District of Columbia said.\n\n\"Based on the evidence presented by Capitol Police, we charged the only crime that we have jurisdiction to prosecute.\"\n\nIn an affidavit, Capitol police noted there were three signs near the door warning about activating emergency exits and fire alarms and that Mr Bowman had left the area quickly after the alarm was triggered. But the affidavit noted he had denied to police that the act was intentional or that he had meant to disrupt any official proceedings.", "Newly elected Speaker of the House Mike Johnson addressed the chamber and was sworn into the role.\n\nMike Johnson has been elected Speaker of the House of Representatives, ending weeks of chaos and Republican infighting on Capitol Hill.\n\nThe conservative Louisiana lawmaker won with 220 votes in the lower chamber of Congress.\n\nMr Johnson is the fourth Republican nominated for the position since Kevin McCarthy's ouster on 3 October.\n\nThe previous nominee, Minnesota's Tom Emmer, abruptly dropped out of the race on Tuesday after about four hours.\n\nMr Johnson's success in the hard-fought Speaker battle represents a victory for the ideologically right-wing, Trump-aligned faction of the Republican Party and a loss for its moderates, whose candidates struggled to gain traction among conservative representatives on Capitol Hill.\n\nAddressing the House after the vote, Mr Johnson, 51, said that the last-minute negotiations meant that his wife was unable get a flight to Washington in time for his installation as Speaker.\n\n\"She's a little worn out, we all are,\" he said.\n\nHe mentioned border security, inflation and the conflict in the Middle East as some of his main priorities as Speaker.\n\n\"The challenge before us is great, but the time for action is now, and I will not let you down,\" Mr Johnson said. \"We know that there's a lot going on in our country, domestically and abroad, and we are ready to get to work again to solve those problems.\"\n\nMr Johnson promised that the first bill he would introduce would be in support of Israel, one of the few areas of bipartisan agreement.\n\n\"We are overdue in getting that done,\" he said.\n\nSpeaking on the Capitol steps after he was sworn in, Mr Johnson vowed to set an \"aggressive\" schedule now that the House is \"back in business\".\n\nStill, there are other political storms brewing in both the closely divided House and in the Republican party that could slow down the pace.\n\nThe House now faces a deadline of 17 November to come to an agreement to continue funding the US government, or face a shutdown. Mr McCarthy made the deal to extend the budget deadline for six weeks, and then faced the wrath of angry hardliners in the Republican Party who orchestrated his ouster.\n\nFollowing Mr Johnson's election, several representatives singled out the budget issue as the most pressing facing the House in the near-future.\n\n\"We need to not waste any time,\" New York Republican Anthony D'Esposito said of the issue. \"What we've done the last few days is not work.\"\n\nMr Johnson also takes a staunchly conservative position on a number of policy issues, including abortion rights and same-sex marriage, which he opposes, that could make it difficult to reach across the aisle.\n\nLike many in the right wing of his party, Mr Johnson is against further US aid to Ukraine, as well.\n\nHis views have sparked alarm among some Democrats.\n\nOne, California's Adam Schiff, told reporters that he sees Mr Johnson as \"one of the very determined ideologues\" who is \"not among the Republicans who are much more open to working together on a variety of issues\".\n\nIn a statement, the Congressional Equality Caucus, made up of openly LGBT representatives, described Mr Johnson as someone with a \"demonstrated career attacking LGBTQI+ people across the country\".\n\nBy electing him Speaker, \"his supporters have signalled they want these attacks against our community to continue\", Wisconsin Democrat Mark Pocan said in the statement.\n\nThe Democratic leader in the House, Hakeem Jeffries, also spoke on Wednesday, before ceremonially handing Mr Johnson the large Speaker's gavel.\n\nMr Jeffries rebuked his fellow members who rejected the outcome of the 2020 president election - all of them Republicans, including Mr Johnson - but said his party \"will find bipartisan common ground with our Republican colleagues whenever and wherever possible\".\n\n\"The time for gamesmanship is over, the game for brinkmanship is over, the time for partisanship is over,\" Mr Jeffries said. \"It's time to get back to doing the business of the American people.\"\n\nMr Johnson was a key figure in efforts to legally contest the results of the 2020 presidential election, urging Mr Trump to \"keep fighting\" and \"exhaust every available legal remedy\".\n\nThe mild-mannered former lawyer and talk radio host has served in the House since 2016 and is a former chairman of the Republican Study Committee, a position that is often seen as a first step toward leadership positions within the party.\n\nWhen nominating Mr Johnson on the floor of the House, Elise Stefanik, the chair of the Republican conference, called him a \"dedicated servant\" and \"titan\" who has dedicated his life to \"America's great principles of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness\".\n\nBut Democrat Pete Aguilar called him \"the most important architect of electoral college objections\" to the 2020 presidential vote and said he was chosen because he \"can appease Donald Trump\".", "The Israeli prime minister's ambiguous announcement of a Gaza ground invasion suits the United States - and is almost certainly influenced by it.\n\nBenjamin Netanyahu gave no timeline for the offensive, but CBS, the BBC's US partner, has learned that it's been delayed.\n\nWashington has been coy about its role, but clear about the advantages of taking more time.\n\nUS President Joe Biden said on Wednesday he'd suggested that, if possible, Mr Netanyahu should wait until Hamas released more hostages, \"but I did not demand it\".\n\nHis comment encapsulates the US approach to Israel's war with the Palestinian militant group - full support for its determination to eradicate Hamas after an unprecedented attack on Israeli civilians earlier this month, alongside concerns about the consequences of its response.\n\nThe administration certainly wants to take full advantage of any window of opportunity to free Hamas captives, which will likely be closed when Israeli ground troops move into Gaza.\n\nThere are more than 200 hostages, including some Americans. The release of four in recent days has raised hopes that others could follow.\n\nBut for the Pentagon the paramount concern is rushing defensive systems into the region following attacks on American forces in Iraq and Syria by Iran-backed militias.\n\nThis has increased concerns of a regional escalation once the Gaza invasion begins, and the US is using the delay to shore up protection for its interests.\n\nThe State Department has already authorised the departure of non-essential staff from embassies in Iraq and Lebanon, the latter the base of the powerful Hezbollah movement, which has been exchanging cross-border rocket fire with Israel.\n\nIt's also developing contingency plans for a wider evacuation of US citizens in the region should it be deemed necessary.\n\nIn the meantime, it's been engaged in the most intensive round of diplomacy since Mr Biden took office, after Secretary of State Antony Blinken conducted a whirlwind tour of the Middle East to try and prevent a wider flare-up.\n\nAnd at the United Nations, a resolution drafted by the US sums up its evolving approach to the conflict.\n\nThe humanitarian catastrophe caused by the Israeli siege on Gaza has tempered administration rhetoric about Israel's \"obligation\" to deal a punishing blow to Hamas.\n\n\"We solicited input,\" said the United States UN Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield. \"We listened. We engaged with all [Security] Council members to incorporate edits, including language on humanitarian pauses and the protection of civilians fleeing conflict.\"\n\nNevertheless, the resolution was vetoed by Russia and China because, they said, it didn't call for a ceasefire.\n\nAmerica's Arab allies - Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Lebanon, Jordan, the UAE and the Palestinian Authority - lined up to call for a halt to the fighting, after a day-long Security Council meeting dominated by demands for a ceasefire.\n\nMany of them are no fans of Hamas, and some may want to see it defeated, but Israel's blockade and bombardment of Gaza is shaping their response.\n\nHowever, a ceasefire right now \"only benefits Hamas\", said White House spokesman, John Kirby.\n\nAnd although the resolution contains robust language about the need to respect international law, the State Department has not made a formal determination on whether Israel is in fact doing so, as part of its intense bombing campaign it says is aimed at destroying Hamas infrastructure.\n\nThe air strikes have demolished whole neighbourhoods in Gaza City and killed more than 7,000 civilians, a third of them children, says the Hamas-run health ministry in Gaza.\n\nPresident Biden has cast doubt on these numbers, prompting the ministry to retort with a detailed list of people it said had been killed in the war.\n\nAmidst Israel's relentless bombardment of Gaza it's impossible to independently verify Palestinian casualty figures. But the UN cites them, as has the State Department for previous conflicts.\n\nThe department's Spokesman Matthew Miller maintained that Israel was hitting \"legitimate military targets that are embedded in civilian infrastructure\", adding that the US was trying to establish safe zones for civilians inside Gaza.\n\nThere hasn't been any word of progress with that. But the Americans have been able to open a trickle of aid into Gaza through its border with Egypt and are working around the clock to widen it.\n\nMr Biden appointed a veteran diplomat, David Satterfield, to the task. He's also trying to organise the departure of Palestinians with US citizenship, and other foreign nationals.\n\n\"You can imagine how complicated it is,\" says a State Department Spokesperson. \"We're dealing with Israel, Egypt, and Hamas, and we're not talking directly to Hamas.\"\n\n\"It's like a puzzle, where you unlock a layer that can unlock one little piece of it. And then another obstacle pops up and you've got to go figure out with all the parties, how to unlock that piece.\"\n\nIt is not clear what will happen to this nascent humanitarian corridor once the ground invasion begins. But Washington has been pressing Israel on its strategy and tactics.\n\nIt has dispatched US military officers who have experienced urban combat in Iraq to ask \"some of the hard questions that the IDF [Israel Defense Forces] should consider as they plan various scenarios,\" says Pentagon Spokesperson Brig Gen Patrick Ryder, \"including advice on mitigating civilian casualties.\"\n\nAlong with very real concerns about a spiralling conflict, the US is probably attempting to reposition itself after its initial \"one-sided response\" in support of Israel provoked criticism, says Stephen Walt, a professor of international affairs at Harvard University.\n\n\"It's very likely they're aware that this conflict is not playing well for the United States or for Israel in the rest of the world,\" he says. \"In much of the Global South we're seen as deeply hypocritical, actively opposing Russian occupation in Ukraine, for all the right reasons, and doing very little about Israeli occupation [of the Palestinians] over a 50-, 60-year period.\"\n\nThe administration has been clear that it sees the scale and brutality of this Hamas attack, killing more than 1,400 people, as different from others in the Israel-Palestinian conflict.\n\nBut its intensive engagement suggests it fears that even if Israel wins the battle against Hamas, when it comes to public opinion and regional costs, it may lose the war.", "As we've reported, communications in the Gaza Strip collapsed earlier this evening.\n\nBut an Al Jazeera reporter in the southern Gazan city of Khan Younis, Tareq Abu Azzoum, has been able to deliver sporadic segments to his TV station via digital satellite.\n\nSpeaking to camera, he said that he couldn't tell whether his producers or the studio could hear him: \"We are talking now without having any kind of contact with the newsdesk... We might even lose this contact at any moment.\"\n\nQuote Message: \"If you can hear us, send out that message to the world - that we are isolated in Gaza. We don't have any phone signal, we don't have any internet connection, we had difficulties even contacting our relatives in different parts of the territory. \"If you can hear us, send out that message to the world - that we are isolated in Gaza. We don't have any phone signal, we don't have any internet connection, we had difficulties even contacting our relatives in different parts of the territory.\n\nQuote Message: What the Gaza Strip is witnessing right now is massive deterioration. We are talking about more than 2.3 million Palestinians now isolated from the world. They are unable to communicate with their relatives or with each other.\" What the Gaza Strip is witnessing right now is massive deterioration. We are talking about more than 2.3 million Palestinians now isolated from the world. They are unable to communicate with their relatives or with each other.\"", "Footage, shared on social media, shows a civil enforcement officer putting a parking ticket on the team bus\n\nThe Borussia Dortmund team bus has been slapped with a £50 fine while parked up in Tynemouth.\n\nIt follows the club's 1-0 win over Newcastle United at St James' Park in Wednesday's Champions League game.\n\nNorth Tyneside Council confirmed the vehicle had been fined after parking on Grand Parade.\n\nIt added it could have a \"word with Eddie and the lads\" to see if they can \"collect the fine for us... after they get their revenge\" on 7 November.\n\nThis Facebook post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Facebook The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Facebook content may contain adverts. Skip facebook video by Josh This article contains content provided by Facebook. 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Facebook content may contain adverts.\n\nCivil enforcement officers are obliged to issue a ticket when a vehicle is parked in contravention to restrictions in place, but the fine would be reduced to £25 if it was paid within 14 days.\n\n\"We hope the ticket and the grey North East weather didn't dampen their trip to our stunning coastline,\" the council said.\n\nBorussia Dortmund's Sebastien Haller and Newcastle United's Bruno Guimaraes battle for the ball during Wednesday's rain-soaked match\n\nNewcastle United, who are playing in the Champions League for the first time in 20 years, will travel to the German Bundesliga club next month.\n\nEddie Howe's side played their first Group F game against AC Milan in Italy, drawing 0-0, then thrashed Paris Saint-Germain 4-1 at St James' Park.\n\nFollow BBC North East & Cumbria on X (formerly Twitter), Facebook and Instagram. Send your story ideas to northeastandcumbria@bbc.co.uk.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Bolton-born presenter and DJ Vernon Kay replaced Ken Bruce in May\n\nVernon Kay's BBC Radio 2 show has 6.9 million listeners, according to new audience figures - 1.3 million fewer than predecessor Ken Bruce pulled in before he left the mid-morning slot.\n\nKay took over in May after Bruce left the BBC for Greatest Hits Radio.\n\nKay's ratings mean he has the most popular radio show in the UK.\n\nBut Bruce, going head-to-head with his Radio 2 successor, has increased the audience for his new Greatest Hits show to 3.7 million, Rajar said.\n\nThe ratings body publishes audience figures four times a year, and the latest set - covering July, August and September - is the first to cover a full three-month period for Kay.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThe host began his first day in May by promising long-standing listeners \"more of the same\".\n\nBBC chief content officer Charlotte Moore said: \"Radio 2 continues to be the country's most popular station and I'm delighted with the flying start Vernon Kay has made to mid-mornings as the UK's biggest radio show, bringing his warmth, energy and charisma to listeners up and down the country.\"\n\nRadio 2 controller Helen Thomas added that she was \"proud that Radio 2 remains the UK's most listened to radio station\".\n\nThe station registered 13.5 million weekly listeners - one million down on the same period last year.\n\nBruce left Radio 2 in March to host the mid-morning programme on Greatest Hits Radio\n\nBruce, who will be receive an MBE on Friday, spent 31 years as Radio 2's mid-morning host.\n\nOn his final show in March, Bruce thanked the BBC, commenting: \"I've been here for a long time, and apart from the occasional vagary, it is still the finest broadcasting organisation in the world.\"\n\nHe has said Greatest Hits approached him towards the end of his Radio 2 contract, and later learned the BBC was also planning to offer him a new deal.\n\n\"But they hadn't actually done so yet, but by then I'd made my decision,\" he told the Times.\n\nHe told the Radio Times he previously felt he was \"just an afterthought\" and had been taken for granted by Radio 2. He has also said he was struggling to get enthusiastic about the new music he had to play.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Listen: Ken Bruce - \"I have loved being here with you.\"\n\nAnd he has said it was \"a shame\" that the station asked him to finish three weeks before his contract officially ended.\n\n\"I was annoyed because I thought, I'm reasonable. I'm not being difficult. Neither were you,\" he said. \"I think the idea is just to create a bit of space between me and Vernon starting.\"\n\nAt the time, the BBC said the end of his show's season of Piano Room sessions \"provided a natural break\", adding: \"We wish Ken all the best for the future.\"\n\nOn Thursday, the presenter said he was was \"delighted\" to hear he had helped his new station reach its biggest audience yet - 6.7 million per week.\n\n\"It's been an honour to share this new adventure with those that have made the switch, and talking of honours I have an appointment to keep this Friday, which explains why I'm not on air this week,\" he said.\n\nBruce will receive his MBE for services to radio, charity and autism awareness at Buckingham Palace. His son, Murray, is autistic.\n\nWhen the presenter was named on the King's first Birthday Honours list in June, he labelled the honour a \"great surprise and privilege\".", "The Dark Hedges were used as a filming location in HBO's Game of Thrones, representing the Kings road\n\nUp to 11 trees at a Northern Ireland beauty spot made famous by fantasy drama Game of Thrones may have to be cut down.\n\nThe Dark Hedges, a tunnel of beech trees near Armoy, County Antrim, became a popular tourist attraction after featuring in the series.\n\nBut a report has found that a majority of the trees are in a poor state and one is dead.\n\nThere is now a health and safety risk to visitors, a campaigner has said.\n\nThe report, commissioned by the Department of Infrastructure and experts at Tree Safety, found that 11 trees should be removed, the Coleraine Chronicle has reported.\n\nHowever, because six are subject to protection orders, the consent of Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council is needed.\n\nThe council is due to consider the issue later on Wednesday.\n\nThe trees were planted to line the Bregagh Road to Gracehill House, which was built around 1775.\n\nOriginally, there were about 150 trees, but only about 80 remain.\n\nMany of the trees are considered past maturity, meaning branch breakages are common.\n\nSeveral have been brought down by strong winds during storms in recent years.\n\nThe Bregagh Road is often lined with cars and coach tour buses\n\nThe trees have become a popular tourist attraction since the road was used as a filming location in the HBO series Game of Thrones.\n\nBut the Save the Dark Hedges campaign group has raised concerns that the increased traffic and footfall at the site has accelerated damage to the trees.\n\n\"If they don't do something over these trees, someone is going to be killed, because of the state they're in,\" Rob McCallion, from the campaign group, said.\n\nDUP councillor, and member of the Dark Hedges Preservation Trust, Mervyn Storey agreed with the concerns laid out in the report.\n\nHe said: \"I, and no one else, wants to see the beginning of the end of what is known as the Dark Hedges.\n\n\"There was no money put in to do something like an aggressive tree planting scheme, but my feeling is it's too late for that.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Yocheved Lifschitz shook the hand of her Hamas captor as she left\n\n\"I went through hell,\" says Yocheved Lifschitz, an 85-year-old grandmother and peace activist released by Hamas on Monday after two weeks in captivity.\n\nMs Lifschitz and her husband were kidnapped by Hamas gunmen on motorbikes and taken into a \"spider's web\" of tunnels underneath Gaza, she said.\n\nShe described being hit by sticks on the journey, but said most of the hostages were being \"treated well\".\n\nShe was freed alongside another woman, Nurit Cooper, 79, on Monday evening.\n\nExtraordinary images show the grandmother shaking the hand of a Hamas gunman, just seconds before she was handed over to the International Red Cross at the Rafah crossing between Gaza and neighbouring Egypt.\n\n\"Shalom,\" she appears to say to the gunman - the Hebrew word for peace.\n\nMs Lifschitz was kidnapped, alongside her husband Oded, from Nir Oz Kibbutz in southern Israel on 7 October. He has not been released.\n\nIt was early in the morning when Hamas attacked their kibbutz, massacring the small community. One in four residents are believed to have been killed or kidnapped, including many children.\n\nSpeaking at a news conference from Ichilov hospital in Tel Aviv just a few hours after her release, Ms Lifschitz explained what happened after she was kidnapped.\n\nShe said she was hit with sticks during the journey into Gaza, and suffered bruises and breathing difficulties.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Peace activist Yocheved Lifschitz, 85, says she was beaten as she was driven into Gaza\n\nHer daughter, Sharone Lifschitz, who helped translate her mother's ordeal to reporters, said the 85-year-old was forced to walk for a few kilometres on wet ground.\n\nSharone said her mother was taken into \"a huge network of tunnels underneath Gaza that looked like a spider's web\".\n\nMs Lifschitz said she was among 25 hostages taken into the tunnels and after several hours, five people from her kibbutz, including herself, were taken into a separate room. There, they each had a guard and access to a paramedic and doctor.\n\nShe described clean conditions inside, with mattresses on the floor for them to sleep on. Another captive who was badly injured in a motorbike accident on the way into Gaza was treated for his injuries by a doctor.\n\n\"They made sure we wouldn't get sick, and we had a doctor with us every two or three days.\"\n\nShe also said they had access to medicines they needed and there were women there who knew about \"feminine hygiene\".\n\nThey ate the same food - pitta bread with cheese and cucumber - as the Hamas guards, her daughter Sharone added.\n\nYocheved Lifschitz, right, stands next to husband Oded - he is still being held by Hamas in Gaza\n\nAsked by a reporter why she had shaken hands with the gunman, Ms Lifschitz said the hostage takers had treated her well and the remaining hostages were in good condition.\n\nSharone said she wasn't surprised by her mother's gesture - \"the way she walked off and then came back and then said thank you was quite incredible to me. It's so her,\" she earlier told the BBC.\n\nHours before Ms Lifschitz and Nurit Cooper were released on Monday evening, the Israeli military held a screening for journalists showing raw footage recovered from Hamas body cameras, in an effort to remind the world of the brutality of the attack on Israel two weeks ago.\n\nAmong the clips was footage of Hamas gunmen cheering with apparent joy as they shot civilians on the road, and later stalking the pathways of kibbutzim and killing parents and children in their homes.\n\nMore than 1,400 people, mostly civilians, were killed in the attack.\n\nMs Lifschitz and her 83-year-old husband, Oded, are known peace activists who helped transport sick people out of Gaza to hospitals in Israel, according to their families.\n\nOded is a journalist who's worked for peace and the rights of Palestinians for decades, Sharone told the BBC.\n\nAccording to the National Union of Journalists, he used to work for newspaper Al Hamishmar, and was among the first journalists to report on the massacre in two Palestinian refugee camps in Beirut in 1982.\n\n\"He speaks good Arabic so can communicate very well with the people there. He knows many people in Gaza. I want to think he's going to be OK,\" says Sharone.\n\nIn total, four hostages have now been released, after two American-Israelis, mother and daughter Judith and Natalie Raanan, were freed on Friday.\n\nIsrael says more than 200 people are still being held hostage. The husband of Nurit Cooper, who was also freed on Monday night, is believed to be among them.", "Thousands of health workers employed by independent organisations will not receive the bonus being given to NHS staff\n\nThe government could face a judicial review after excluding some health workers from a one-off bonus.\n\nIt was part of a pay deal for more than a million NHS staff in England this year, and was to recognise the pressure of the Covid pandemic on staff.\n\nBut thousands of outsourced staff, such as community nurses and physiotherapists, will not receive it - a decision described as an \"injustice\".\n\nThe government said it was considering its position.\n\nOne physiotherapist who works in homes, NHS hospitals and clinics in Surrey told the BBC she felt \"completely demoralised\" when she was told she would not receive the payment.\n\n\"Our team worked throughout the pandemic, we worked incredibly hard, we were treating patients in the community trying to keep them out of hospital to help prevent more admissions for those hospitals which were overwhelmed. We worked tirelessly,\" said Julie Tollit.\n\nMs Tollit is among those workers who didnot qualify for the payments of between £1,655 and £3,789 because they were not directly employed by the NHS. Instead, they work for not-for-profit organisations, such as social enterprises, which together provide a third of community health services for the NHS.\n\nAbout 20,000 health staff are thought to work in those services in England, the Department of Health and Social Care said.\n\nSocial Enterprise UK, an industry body which represents more than 10,000 of those workers, told the BBC it had started the process of applying for a judicial review, as it believed the arrangement was \"completely unfair\".\n\nChief executive Peter Holbrook said social enterprises were a \"crucial part of the NHS family\", employing thousands of staff and reinvesting profits in communities.\n\nJulie Tollit says she feels \"completely demoralised\" by missing out on the bonus\n\nMany of the healthcare workers Mr Holbrook represents,including Ms Tollit, were previously employed by the NHS before being transferred to independent providers as part of a move to outsource some services.\n\nMs Tollit is employed under the same terms and conditions as those doing the same job directly for the NHS.\n\n\"I am employed by Central Surrey Health to work for the NHS - all my patients are NHS and consider me NHS,\" she said.\n\n\"Apparently, my work doesn't count. Frankly it's a slap in the face.\"\n\nThe government announced a 5% pay rise for more than a million NHS staff in England earlier this year. It said it was agreed during negotiations that outsourced staff would not receive the additional bonus.\n\nA spokesperson said, \"we hugely value the work of all our healthcare staff\", and added that the government was \"considering its position\" relating to non-NHS staff payments.\n\nSome \"bank\" staff - health staff at other organisations, deemed \"non-statutory\" - including those working in nursing homes and GP services, have also missed out on the lump sums.\n\nSeparate pay deals were made for staff working in the NHS in Wales and Scotland.\n\nAre you affected by issues covered in this story? Share your experiences by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.\n\nSign up for our morning newsletter and get BBC News in your inbox.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Some 1.4 million people have fled their homes across the Gaza Strip, with 600,000 sheltering in UN facilities\n\nUN aid agencies say they have begun to significantly reduce their operations in the Gaza Strip because they have almost exhausted their fuel reserves.\n\nSmall quantities of fuel retrieved from existing reserves are being used to maintain the water supply in the south, where hundreds of thousands of people are sheltering from Israeli strikes.\n\nHowever, they will run out on Thursday.\n\nThe agencies say they have reduced their support for overwhelmed hospitals and bakeries feeding the displaced.\n\n\"What we are seeing in the Gaza Strip is unprecedented,\" Juliette Touma of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, Unrwa, told the BBC.\n\n\"Two million people are being strangled. Gaza is being choked with very, very little assistance that is coming from outside.\"\n\nIsrael began its bombing campaign in Gaza, cut off electricity and most water, and stopped imports of food, fuel and other goods in retaliation for a cross-border attack by Hamas on 7 October, in which at least 1,400 people were killed and 224 taken hostage.\n\nGaza's Hamas-run health ministry says 7,000 people have been killed in the territory since then and that its health system is facing total collapse, with a third of hospitals not functioning and the rest only treating emergency cases.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: Fergal Keane reports on the 'carnage' emergency services are facing in Gaza\n\nAt least 74 lorries carrying food, water and medical supplies have crossed from Egypt via the Rafah border crossing since Saturday, which Ms Touma called \"a drop in the ocean of overwhelming needs\". About 500 lorries were allowed into Gaza every day before the start of the war.\n\nIsrael refuses to allow deliveries of fuel because it says it could be used for military purposes by Hamas, which it classes as a terrorist organisation - as do the UK, US and other powers.\n\nBut Ms Touma said Unrwa urgently needed fuel if it was to continue to serve as a lifeline for the 629,000 displaced people taking refuge inside its facilities. Most fled homes in the north of Gaza after being told by the Israeli military to leave for their own safety.\n\n\"We're the largest humanitarian organisation and we are on the verge of stopping operations. We are being banned from undertaking the mandate that was entrusted to us by the UN General Assembly. All we're asking to do is to be able to do our work,\" she added.\n\nDr Abdelkader Hammad, a surgeon at the Royal Liverpool University Hospital in the UK who arrived in Gaza to carry out transplants the day before the war began, is sheltering at a UN facility in the southern city of Rafah.\n\n\"The situation on the ground is deteriorating day by day,\" he told the BBC.\n\n\"People are fighting for the water, for the food, because of the shortages. Whatever they have in the stores is running out now. People are queuing for hours and hours to get some bread from the bakeries which are still working.\"\n\nHe also expressed alarm about the conditions at the hospitals where he usually performs operations, saying that his colleagues working at them were describing a \"medical disaster\".\n\n\"Theatres are full of wounded people. They have to make very difficult decisions about who they treat because they cannot cope with the sheer number of [wounded] people coming,\" he said. \"They are running out of medical equipment. The fuel is running out.\"\n\nIsraeli military spokesman Lt Col Jonathan Conricus said in a video briefing on X, formerly known as Twitter, that \"we don't want hospitals, or the whole of Gaza, to run out of fuel\".\n\nBut he advised Unrwa to ask Hamas to hand over some of the hundreds of thousands of litres of fuel that the military claims is being stored in a dozen tanks near the border with Egypt.\n\n\"There is enough for many days for hospitals and water pumps to run,\" he added. \"Only the priorities are different. Hamas prefers to have all of the fuel for its war-fighting capabilities, leaving civilians without it.\"\n\nAsked to comment on the allegation, the UN's regional humanitarian chief, Lynn Hastings, told the BBC: \"We don't have any information about other fuel being available for Hamas to access.\"\n\n\"I know that is a concern of the Israelis, and quite rightly. It is something that we are trying to address with the Israelis to be able to bring in enough fuel for the humanitarian operations.\"\n\nHospitals are struggling to keep incubators for 130 premature babies running because of the fuel shortage\n\nMs Hastings warned that without fuel for their back-up generators Gaza's hospitals would no longer be able to care for about 1,000 patients receiving kidney dialysis treatment, 130 premature babies in incubators, and intensive care patients on ventilators.\n\nGaza's water desalinisation and pumping stations would also cease to function, she said.\n\n\"There is very, very little clean drinking water available now, which means people are resorting to drinking dirty or salinated water, or both.\"\n\n\"It also means that the sanitation system is blocked up, because there is no electricity to pump sewage into the sea. We are expecting the streets to have sewage overflow onto them imminently.\"\n\nMs Hastings also complained in a separate statement that the Israeli military was continuing to warn people in Gaza City to evacuate when they had nowhere to go or were unable to move.\n\n\"When the evacuation routes are bombed, when people north as well as south are caught up in hostilities, when the essentials for survival are lacking, and when there are no assurances for return, people are left with nothing but impossible choices,\" she warned.\n\nIn a statement, the Israeli military accused Hamas of using civilians as human shields, and stopping them from evacuating south.\n\n\"As we have seen in the past, they use a variety of methods including roadblocks,\" it said.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nAn athlete who was stopped and searched by Met Police officers - two of whom have been sacked over their actions - says the experience has left her \"on edge\".\n\nBianca Williams said the disciplinary hearing that saw the officers dismissed for gross misconduct was bittersweet and the impact of what happened to her family has been lasting.\n\nIn July 2020, the British world championship medallist and her partner, Olympic sprinter Ricardo Dos Santos, were handcuffed and searched on suspicion of having drugs and weapons.\n\nThey had been pulled over as they drove to their west London home from training. Their baby son, then three months old, was in the back seat of their Mercedes.\n\nOn Wednesday, a disciplinary panel found PC Jonathan Clapham and PC Sam Franks lied about smelling cannabis in Mr Dos Santos' car, in breach of professional standards.\n\nAll allegations against three other officers involved in the stop-and-search were not proven.\n\nIn an exclusive interview with BBC News, Ms Williams said she had been left feeling anxious whenever she saw police cars.\n\n\"It's just really hard, even just driving the car I'm always looking, I'm always on edge because who knows what they're going to do?\"\n\nBianca Williams and Ricardo Dos Santos say they were stopped due to racial profiling\n\n\"Who knows if they're going to follow me and pull me over without Ricardo being there,\" she said.\n\n\"Even if Ricardo is driving, and I'm in the front passenger seat, I'm always looking to see if there's a police car.\n\n\"If a [police] car has gone in the opposite direction, I'm always looking behind to see are they going to make a U-turn and follow us?\n\n\"I shouldn't have to live like that.\n\n\"My anxiety is through the roof whenever I see a police car and it's not right.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Police bodycam footage played at the hearing showed the sprinter being handcuffed\n\nMs Williams said she panics whenever her partner takes their three-year-old son out of their home.\n\n\"I need to know where they're going, if they've stopped. I'm just always on edge,\" she said.\n\nBefore the incident, Ms Williams said she \"really did\" have confidence in the police, but it had been eroded by the stop-and-search itself and the long process of seeking redress.\n\nShe said the Casey Review, which examined conduct within the Met, had found it was institutionally racist but that this was being \"brushed under the carpet\".\n\nMs Williams added: \"It's quite worrying for when my son grows up. If it hasn't changed for many years, is it really going to change now?\"\n\nThe ordeal has left her questioning where the future lies for her family.\n\n\"I do worry for my son [and] the next generation of black men and boys growing up in the UK,\" she said.\n\nMs Williams says she is working to compete in the 2024 Olympics\n\n\"I keep saying to Ricardo, 'are we really going to live in this country?'. We've spoken about moving out of the UK and being somewhere else,\" she explained.\n\n\"We live in a world where we're supposed to feel safe and feel protected, but we aren't and it shouldn't be like that.\"\n\nDespite everything, Ms Williams said she had not lost her focus on her sport and her ambition to reach the 2024 Olympics in Paris.\n\n\"Athletics is my number one and when I come to the track I have to put all emotions aside and get on with the job... I want to be the best.\"\n\nListen to the best of BBC Radio London on Sounds and follow BBC London on Facebook, X and Instagram. Send your story ideas to hello.bbclondon@bbc.co.uk", "David Hunter was freed from prison after being found guilty of his wife's manslaughter\n\nA prosecution appeal case against the verdict and sentence of a man who was freed from prison after killing his seriously ill wife has begun.\n\nDavid Hunter, 76, was accused of murdering his wife Janice at their home in Cyprus in 2021 but was convicted of manslaughter and released from prison.\n\nIt is understood Mr Hunter, from Ashington, Northumberland, could face new charges of premeditated murder.\n\nThe date set for the appeal hearing could take place in April or May.\n\nMr Hunter, from Ashington, Northumberland, told his trial that he suffocated his 74-year-old wife after she \"begged\" him to as she was suffering from a rare form of blood cancer.\n\nA three-judge panel accepted the defence case that he had spontaneously acted \"out of love\" for his wife.\n\nHe spent 19 months in prison before being found guilty of manslaughter, but cleared of the more serious charge of premeditated murder.\n\nOn Tuesday the prosecution appeal against Mr Hunter's acquittal for murder and his sentence for manslaughter came before the Court of Appeal in Nicosia.\n\nMichael Polak, director of Justice Abroad, which is representing Mr Hunter, said the court ordered that the prosecution file its arguments within two months and the defence respond within two months of that.\n\nAt that point, the date will be set for the appeal hearing which is likely to take place in April or May.\n\nDavid Hunter visited his wife Janice's grave the day after being released from prison\n\nMr Polak said: \"After spending more than 19 months on trial and in custody in Nicosia prison, when the Assize Court of Paphos finally found David Hunter not guilty of murder in July and sentenced him for manslaughter resulting in his immediate release, we thought that the legal proceedings were over for him.\n\n\"For anyone, but especially someone of David's age, it is obviously very stressful to have the possibility of being sent back to prison for life hanging over their head,\" he added.\n\nMr Polak said although he was \"disappointed with the decision to pursue David further\", his team \"would continue to fight for him\".\n\nFollow BBC North East & Cumbria on X (formerly Twitter), Facebook and Instagram. Send your story ideas to northeastandcumbria@bbc.co.uk.", "The UK's largest mortgage lender expects house prices to fall this year and next before rising in 2025.\n\nHalifax-owner Lloyds Banking Group predicts prices will drop 4.7% this year and by a further 2.4% in 2024 before recovering.\n\nLenders have blamed higher borrowing costs for a slowdown in house sales.\n\nBut the average house price remains about £40,000 higher than at the height of Covid when prices soared, as people working from home sought more space.\n\nLloyds said on Wednesday that while prices would fall over the next two years, longer term growth would be steady with prices rising 0.6% by 2027.\n\nInterest rates are currently at 5.25%, their highest level for 15 years, driven by a series of rate rises aimed at tackling soaring consumer prices.\n\nAs a result, lenders have raised their borrowing rates, including for mortgages. The latest figures show the average rate on two-year fixed is 6.24% on average, according to financial information service Moneyfacts.\n\nLloyds' forecasting is based on the Halifax House Price Index, which excludes figures for cash buyers, which currently make up over 30% of housing sales.\n\nDespite data from mortgage lenders showing falls in house prices, the average price of a home in the UK remains high.\n\nAccording to the UK House Price Index, the average property price based on completed transactions in the UK in August this year was £291,044, which was little changed from 12 months ago.\n\nLloyds, which also owns Halifax and Bank of Scotland, issued its house prices forecast alongside its trading statement revealing it had made bumper profits as it continues to benefit from higher interest rates.\n\nThe banking group revealed a pre-tax profit of £1.9bn for the three months to September, up from £576m in the same period last year.\n\nMost banks have reported higher profits due to rising interest rates, as customers pay more to borrow cash for mortgages, loans and credit cards.\n\nThere have been concerns banks are raising borrowing rates much faster than they are savings rates, particularly for easy access accounts. The average easy access savings rate, the most common on the market, is currently 3.21%.\n\nBut banks including Lloyds have defended themselves against the criticism.\n\nCharlie Nunn, group chief executive at Lloyds, said the bank remained \"focused on supporting our customers and helping them navigate the uncertain economic environment\".\n\nThe bank said it had seen more customers move cash out of current accounts and into savings accounts.\n\nMatt Britzman, equity analyst at Hargreaves Lansdown, said Lloyds' performance was helped by it managing to \"keep hold of savers looking for better rates\".\n\nBut Fran Boait, co-executive director of campaign group Positive Money, accused banks of \"filling their coffers\", whilst \"ordinary people are pushed into poverty by soaring interest rates\".\n\nOn Tuesday, Barclays reported profits before tax of £1.89bn for the three months to September, down slightly from £1.96bn for the same period in 2022, leading it to cut its profit forecasts.\n\nMeanwhile, Santander posted UK profits before tax of £1.73bn in the nine months to September, also driven by higher rates.\n\nMike Regnier, UK chief executive of the Spanish-owned group, said the bank had \"prioritised\" the needs of customers and \"provided competitive rates for savers\".\n\nLast month, Santander decided to withdraw an easy access account with a rate of 5.2% \"following significant demand\". It said the product was a \"limited edition\".\n\nIn July, the financial watchdog warned that banks would face \"robust action\" for offering unjustifiably low savings rates to customers at time when borrowing rates had risen sharply.\n\nUnder new rules brought in by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), banks must now prove they are offering their customers fair value. Last month, the regulator said it was looking into savings offers from nine firms.", "Mizzy is set to be sentenced on 21 November\n\nThe TikTok star known as Mizzy has been banned from using social media and faces a custodial sentence after he was found guilty of posting videos featuring people without their consent.\n\nThe prankster, real name Bacari-Bronze O'Garro, 19, was charged with four breaches of a criminal behaviour order.\n\nIt banned him from sharing videos of people without seeking their approval.\n\nHe was found to have \"deliberately flouted\" the court order \"within hours\" of it being passed in May.\n\nJudge Matthew Bone criticised O'Garro at Stratford Magistrates Court for \"lacking all credibility\" after he denied breaching the order.\n\nHe is set to be sentenced on 21 November at Thames Magistrates Court.\n\nThe judge ordered the father-of-one not to use social media \"at all\", except to send messages, until the sentencing, and warned that he could be detained for the offences he had committed.\n\nThe court heard how O'Garro began sharing videos of people without their consent on the same day the criminal behaviour order was passed, on 24 May.\n\nThe court was shown footage, shared on O'Garro's X account (formerly known as Twitter) on 24 May, that featured him in Westfield shopping centre in Stratford after he had appeared on Piers Morgan's TalkTV show and mocked the British judicial system.\n\nIn the video, passers-by, whose consent had not been sought, were visible in the background as Mizzy said to the camera: \"The UK law is a joke.\"\n\nEarlier, O'Garro's defence lawyer tried to have the hearing adjourned, saying the defendant had recently been arrested\n\nOthers videos shared on his Snapchat account, which were also in breach because they were filmed without people's consent, showed \"two people being roughed up on camera\". O'Garro claimed were hoax videos made with their prior agreement.\n\nHe also claimed a friend had logged in and posted videos to X without his consent, but the judge dismissed this.\n\nO'Garro told the court he only mocked the British justice system to get a reaction online.\n\nHe was found guilty of two of the four charges of breaching his criminal behaviour order by posting the videos.\n\nJudge Bone said the behaviour was a \"deliberate challenge to the criminal behaviour order\" which crossed \"the custody threshold\".\n\nEarlier, O'Garro's defence lawyer Paul Lennon tried to have the hearing adjourned, saying the defendant had recently been arrested on suspicion of perverting the course of justice.\n\nAlso arrested was O'Garro's main witness in the case, who was due to give evidence at the trial, and both were bailed on the condition they did not contact each other, the court heard.\n\nMr Lennon claimed O'Garro was unable to receive a \"fair trial\" without his only witness, but his application was rejected by Judge Bone.\n\nFollow BBC London on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Send your story ideas to hello.bbclondon@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "When should I turn the heating on? The temperature is dropping again, and many of us are reaching for our cosy jumpers and winter duvets. So when is the best time to turn on your heating? And what else can you do to keep your home warm? Here's what you need to know as we head into winter.\n\nWhen should you turn your heating on? The best time in the year to turn on your heating in the UK is hotly debated. But most experts agree that it is when the temperature drops consistently, as the nights get longer and the clocks go back. This year that fell on Sunday 29 October.\n\nShould you keep your heating on all day? The Energy Saving Trust is clear on this one: leaving a boiler on for longer will cost more. It's better to just have it on when you need it. The Met Office, which measures temperatures and weather for the UK, recommends setting timers to turn the heating on before you get up and off after you've gone to bed. If no one is at home all day then you can have it turn off before you leave and on again just before you get back.\n\nWhat temperature should my boiler be? Both the Met Office and the Energy Saving Trust say it will cost more in energy bills to turn the heating up than to leave it on for longer. Set your thermostat between 18C and 21C, or up to 23C if you have ill or vulnerable people at home. Bedrooms can be slightly cooler, and the NHS recommends 16C to 20C for babies' bedrooms. This is different from the boiler temperature, which is the temperature of water inside the pipes themselves. That shouldn't go below 65C on a regular boiler to stop bacteria growing inside, according to the Energy Saving Trust, or 60C on a combi boiler.\n\nMost radiators have controls on the side to change the temperature. If used correctly, these thermostatic radiator valves - often numbered one to five (sometimes up to six) - can save you money. The Energy Saving Trust recommends setting them at three or four to start, and then go up or down if the room is too hot or too cold.\n\nBleeding your radiators saves money by removing air bubbles which make it slower to heat up your home. Experts say you should aim to bleed your radiators every year as it starts to get cold. When the radiator is cold, use a screwdriver or radiator key to turn the valve at the top, until you hear a hissing noise. Hold an old cloth to the valve in case any water comes out. All the air bubbles are gone when the hissing stops and you can close the valve again.\n\nHeat the rooms you use often and forget the rest If you're worried about bills, stick to heating the rooms you use the most by using the radiator controls. Don't forget to close the door on the rooms you're leaving cold and think about getting draught excluders to keep your rooms extra snug.\n\nStay warm without turning the heating up Wearing thick clothes and using warm bedding can help to keep you warm even if your home is on the chilly side. Opening your curtains when the sun is shining will also help. Just remember to shut them again when the sun goes down, to keep the cold out.", "An Aberdeen mother and her young son have died in a fire in India.\n\nDr Glory Valthaty, 43, and Joshua, eight, were believed to be visiting relatives when the blaze broke out in a flat in Mumbai on Monday morning.\n\nDr Valthaty's husband and daughter were understood to have also been on the holiday.\n\nJoshua was a pupil at Aberdeen's Kaimhill School, whose headteacher Susie Webster said he had been a much-loved member of his class.\n\nMs Webster said: \"It is with deepest sadness that Kaimhill School and wider community have received the shocking news of the death of Joshua and his mum, Glory.\n\n\"Joshua joined us at Kaimhill Nursery in September 2020, quickly becoming a much-loved member of his class, and well-liked across the school by all staff and pupils.\n\n\"Our thoughts and prayers are with his family at this very difficult time.\"\n\nFirefighters at the scene of Monday's fatal fire\n\nShe added: \"We also think about Joshua's classmates as they return to school on Monday and assure our wider community of ongoing support.\"\n\nDr Valthaty was commercial director of a company called Faith Project Consultants Ltd, which is registered in Dundee.\n\nThe family were believed to have been staying in a flat owned by Dr Valthaty's brother, former Indian Premier League cricketer Paul Valthaty.\n\nA Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office spokesperson said: \"We are providing consular assistance to the family of two British nationals who have died in Mumbai.\"\n\nIt is understood Dr Valthaty worked with NHS Grampian during initial anaesthetics training, and left in 2018.\n\nOne friend posted on social media: \"Glory was one of my best friends and a wonderful daughter, sister, wife, mother and doctor.\"\n\nAnother post said people were \"mourning the untimely loss\" of the mother and her son.\n\n\"Glory you will always be remembered as someone with that beaming smile,\" the post said.", "Fans had a photo opportunity in a Eurovision heart sculpture near the venue\n\nMore than 300,000 people attended Eurovision-related events in Liverpool in May, giving the local economy a £55m boost, the council has said.\n\nFans flocked to the city when it hosted the annual song contest plus a festival of other concerts and cultural events.\n\nIn total, 306,000 people visited the city centre for Eurovision events, according toresearch commissioned by Liverpool City Council.\n\nThey spent £54.8m in places like bars, hotels, restaurants and shops, it said.\n\nThe figures were well above the council's predictions of 100,000 visitors and a £25m economic boost this year.\n\nIt had said, before the event, that its outlay on Eurovision-related costs would be £2m, with another £2m coming from the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority.\n\nThe Beatles statues in the fan village were given Ukrainian flags and Eurovision scarves\n\nLiverpool was chosen as the location for the two semi-finals and grand final after the UK stepped in to host the contest on behalf of 2022 winners Ukraine.\n\nThe three televised shows were staged by the BBC and reached a global TV audience of 162 million.\n\nThe city also hosted a fan village with daily performances on the waterfront, a two-week cultural festival, and other related events.\n\nThe council's research also said:\n\nCouncil leader Liam Robinson said the figures \"speak for themselves\".\n\nHe said: \"Jobs were created, local businesses were on the receiving end of a much-needed boost and hundreds of thousands of people came to the city, had a great time and are more than likely to return again.\"\n\nJean Philip De Tender from the European Broadcasting Union told the BBC that, out of the host cities that have published economic data, Liverpool is the most successful yet.\n\n\"If you embrace it well, which is what Liverpool has done, then you can really reap the benefits out of it,\" he said.\n\nLiverpool City Region Mayor Steve Rotheram added that the city had given fans, whether watching in person or on TV, \"a Eurovision they will never forget\" and that it was \"a vital shot in the arm for our local economy\".\n\nCulture Minister Stuart Andrew said: \"This research demonstrates the positive impact of hosting major events and I hope that we can continue to build on this success.\"\n\nPhil Harrold, BBC chief of staff and chair of the 2023 city selection group, said they knew Liverpool would deliver \"with a passion and enthusiasm that was second to none\".\n\nHe added: \"The incredible numbers proven in this research, coupled with our own record-breaking audience figures, demonstrate that 2023 was indeed the most successful Eurovision ever and is testament to all who played a part in bringing this year's song contest to life.\"\n\nLiverpool was the first UK city to host Eurovision for 25 years, with the main shows held at the M&S Bank Arena.\n\nThe final was won by Loreen, from Sweden, with the victorious country choosing Malmo to host next year's contest.", "Last updated on .From the section Newcastle\n\nNewcastle and Italy midfielder Sandro Tonali has been banned for 10 months by the Italian Football Federation (FIGC) for breaching betting rules.\n\nThe 23-year-old will not be eligible to play again until August and will be unavailable to feature at Euro 2024 next summer should Italy qualify.\n\nTonali joined Newcastle from AC Milan in July for £55m.\n\nEarlier this month, Juventus midfielder Nicolo Fagioli received a seven-month ban from the FIGC for betting breaches.\n\nThe FIGC confirmed that Tonali had breached the rule which prohibits players placing bets on football events organised by FIGC, Uefa and Fifa, and he has also been fined 20,000 euros (£17,380).\n\nIt added that the federal prosecutor and Tonali had agreed to an 18-month disqualification, eight months of which will be commuted to \"a therapeutic plan\" to help \"recovery from gambling addiction\".\n\nThat will include at least 16 public appearances in Italy, at amateur sports associations and \"federal territorial centres\", where he will be expected to speak to young players about the dangers of betting.\n\nFIGC president Gabriele Gravina told Sky Sports Italia: \"The plea bargain and extenuating circumstances have been taken into consideration and the players' collaboration went above and beyond, therefore we must continue to respect the rules we have established for ourselves.\"\n\nJuventus' Fagioli had five months of a one-year ban suspended and was fined 12,500 euros (£10,850). Fagioli also agreed to a therapy plan of at least six months to tackle his gambling problem.\n\nTonali and fellow midfielder Nicolo Zaniolo, who is on loan at Aston Villa from Galatasaray, left Italy's training camp on 12 October after being told they were involved in an investigation by Italian prosecutors.\n\nDuring a three-year spell at San Siro, Tonali helped Milan win their first Serie A title for 11 years in 2021-22 and reach last season's Champions League semi-finals.\n\nHe came off the bench during Newcastle's 1-0 defeat by Borussia Dortmund in the Champions League on Wednesday.\n\nTonali has made 12 appearances for Eddie Howe's side since becoming the Magpies' second most expensive signing.\n\nSpeaking before Newcastle's last Premier League fixture, a 4-0 win over Crystal Palace, Howe said Tonali had endured a \"difficult couple of weeks\".\n\n\"He's been dealing with a lot and, from what I can see, from a few hours a day, he's handling himself really well and is dealing with emotions incredibly strongly,\" Howe added.\n\nNewcastle, who are sixth in the Premier League, travel to Wolves on Saturday before facing Manchester United in the fourth round of the Carabao Cup on Wednesday.\n\nSpeaking before Tonali's ban was announced, former Newcastle striker Alan Shearer told BBC Radio 5 Live it will be \"really difficult\" for Tonali to remain living in England while he is banned from playing.\n\nHowever, Shearer added that the \"Newcastle public have shown great support\" to the Italian.\n\n\"He [Howe] came out and stuck up for him as you'd expect and he said he wanted everyone to put their arms around him,\" Shearer said.\n\n\"Certainly the crowd did that at the weekend [against Crystal Palace] and when they were going round the pitch at the end he got a great reception. There's a fine balance between a punishment and protecting people.\"\n\nBrentford and England forward Ivan Toney is serving an eight-month ban for breaking Football Association betting rules - including betting against his own team in seven games where he did not play.\n\nPremier League clubs have collectively agreed to withdraw gambling sponsorship from the front of their matchday shirts by the end of the 2025-26 season.\n\nHowever, after the deadline, clubs will still be able to continue featuring gambling brands in areas such as shirt sleeves and LED advertising.\n\nWolves boss Gary O'Neil said there needs to be \"good education\" for players around gambling.\n\n\"If I go back to when I was playing, it was everywhere. It was part of the culture, it was on the team bus, people checking scores at half-time,\" O'Neil said on Thursday, before Tonali's ban was announced.\n\n\"It can seem fun and nothing, but all of a sudden you're missing football for eight months and missing loads of money.\"\n\nCrystal Palace manager Roy Hodgson added: \"What happened to Ivan and Sandro, that unfortunately is their responsibility and maybe not the fact that they play for a football team with a betting name on their shirt.\n\n\"I wouldn't agree that the sponsors' clubs have made players gamble. The decision to gamble is an individual decision. Maybe more education is needed, I couldn't disagree with that.\"\n\nA statement on behalf of The Big Step, a campaign to end all gambling advertising and sponsorship in football, read: \"Footballers are human and if they are suffering from addiction they deserve empathy and support, not lengthy bans.\n\n\"Every football game is wall-to-wall with gambling ads, not just across shirts but around stadiums and related media content.\n\n\"Sending someone addicted to gambling into this environment is like sending an alcoholic to work in a pub. If you force young footballers to endorse addictive products, then don't be surprised if they use them.\"\n\nSympathy for Tonali but lessons must be learnt - Analysis\n\nAt Newcastle, the player had hoped to develop further and grow stronger while the Azzurri shirt, the chance to represent his country at a major tournament, was always the dream. \"It means a lot to me, it's the dream of any child who loves football, who loves the national team, who hopes to wear this shirt one day. It's the most beautiful thing that exists in football,\" noted the player in 2021.\n\nTonali's penalty is harsher than the one handed down to Juventus midfielder Nicolo Fagioli as the Newcastle player admitted to previously betting on his own teams, Brescia and Milan. The penalty could have been worse but in the words of Gabriele Gravina, the Italian Football Federation's President, Tonali \"collaborated above and beyond expectations\".\n\nNewcastle have been by Sandro's side, according to his agent Beppe Riso, while Luciano Spalletti and the Italian Football Federation have expressed sympathy for the players involved in the betting scandal but maintain that these youngsters must learn their lessons.\n• None Our coverage of Newcastle United is bigger and better than ever before - here's everything you need to know to make sure you never miss a moment\n• None Everything Newcastle - go straight to all the best content", "The abduction by Hamas of over 200 hostages seized from southern Israel on 7 October has propelled the small, gas-rich Arab Gulf state of Qatar into the diplomatic spotlight. Their fate is, to some degree, in Qatar's hands.\n\nWhy? For the simple reason that Qatar is fulfilling a unique role as the principal mediator between Israel and its avowed enemy, Hamas.\n\nBoth President Joe Biden and Prime Minister Rishi Sunak have so far thanked Qatar and its ruling emir for its role in securing the release of four hostages. On Wednesday, Israel's national security adviser added his appreciation.\n\nQatar is confident that with time, patience and persuasion it can negotiate the release of dozens more hostages in the coming days, although any Israeli ground incursion into Gaza would make this far harder.\n\nThese hostages, say Qatari officials, would most likely be dual-nationals and non-Israelis.\n\nHamas is expected to want to hang on to the Israeli servicemen it has kidnapped in the hopes of exchanging them for Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli jails.\n\nBut this also comes with serious risk for Qatar.\n\nAs horrific details of Hamas's attack have emerged, some are questioning why this major western ally, which hosts a US military base, is providing a home for the political wing of an organisation proscribed as terrorist by the UK, US and others.\n\nIf Qatar's efforts going forward prove largely fruitless then its standing in the West will suffer and pressure on Qatar to close that office may ensue.\n\nTo say that these negotiations over hostages are delicate would be an understatement.\n\nIsrael is still reeling from the horrific attacks by Hamas and others on that fateful morning of 7 October when the gunmen burst through the border fence, killing around 1,400 people.\n\nGaza is home to 2.3 million Palestinians and the military wing of Hamas, which has governed the territory since 2007.\n\nIt has been pounded by more than two weeks of near round-the-clock Israeli air strikes, killing over 5,000 people so far, according to the Hamas-run Health Ministry in Gaza. The UN is calling for an urgent ceasefire.\n\nIsrael has vowed to destroy Hamas which is designated a terrorist organisation by the UK, US and other nations. Little wonder then that the two sides need a mediator in the middle.\n\nFreed hostage Yocheved Lifschitz (C), 85, speaks with the media next to her daughter Sharone\n\nSo how do these hostage negotiations work?\n\nQatar is home to the political leadership of Hamas which has had an office in the capital, Doha, since 2012, headed by its leader Ismail Haniyeh.\n\nAmid the glittering, plate glass and steel skyscrapers of modern Doha, Hamas officials have been sitting down with Qatari diplomats from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to work through the complex issue of hostage releases.\n\nThe Qatari mediators are not new to this, I am told.\n\nThey are from a special government department that oversees the relationship with Hamas in Gaza that has enabled Qatar to pay hundreds of millions of dollars annually to keep Gaza's infrastructure and civil service functioning.\n\nMany of the Qatari officials have been to Gaza and are well known to senior Hamas figures.\n\nUnlike its Gulf neighbours Bahrain and the UAE, Qatar has no formal diplomatic relationship with Israel although in the 1990s it did host an Israeli trade office.\n\nBut there are back-channel communications and at key moments during the hostage discussions Qatari officials have been able to speak to their Israeli interlocutors on the phone.\n\nThere are a lot of factors at work here.\n\nHamas seems to gain little from the release of its hostages, but the organisation, which is an Arabic acronym for The Islamic Resistance Movement, has already been criticised for kidnapping women and children. This, says a senior Saudi prince, Turki Al-Faisal, is against Islamic injunctions.\n\nSome analysts believe Hamas wants those hostages, and possibly all its foreign ones too, off its hands sooner rather than later. \"It's bad optics for them,\" says Justin Crump from the strategic thinktank Sibylline.\n\nHe points out that keeping the location of so many hostages secret from Israel, as well as feeding and caring for them during a war, must present Hamas with a major logistical challenge.\n\nWith so many families in Israel and elsewhere desperate to secure the release of their loved ones by peaceful means there is mounting pressure on the Israeli government to delay its much vaunted ground incursion into Gaza. It is widely assumed that if and when that begins then the talking will stop.\n\nThen there are the mechanics of the actual releases.\n\nAs expected, Hamas has kept them hidden in tunnels underground. Those few that have been released have been handed over to the International Committee of the Red Cross.\n\nBut transferring up to 50 individuals or more, as has been talked about, would require a pause in the near-relentless airstrikes. Hamas would like to turn that pause into a ceasefire.\n\nBut the Israeli government of Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed to prosecute this war until Hamas is destroyed and is therefore reluctant to grant Hamas any kind of a breathing space.\n\nThis is not the first time Qatar has emerged as a useful mediator.\n\nFor years it hosted a de facto embassy for the Taliban when they were out of power in Afghanistan. I remember reporting on it in 2013 when the Taliban infuriated the Afghan government in Kabul by raising their white flag inside their compound in Doha.\n\nAlthough the US and its allies were at war with the Taliban it actually suited Washington to have an address where they could talk to them, resulting in the controversial 2020 peace deal that led to the chaotic western pull-out from Kabul the following year.\n\nResidents of Doha used to remark on the extraordinary sight of burly, heavily bearded Taliban commanders, dressed in their shalwar kameez, taking their wives shopping for the latest western boutique fashions in the air-conditioned malls of Doha.\n\nIn Iraq and Syria, the Qataris have used their well-connected intelligence contacts to secure the release of certain hostages held by Islamic State (ISIS).\n\nMore recently, this year Qatar negotiated the return to their families of four Ukrainian children who had allegedly been abducted by Russia, following a request by Ukraine for Qatar to mediate with Moscow on its behalf.\n\nAll of this makes Qatar a valuable partner for a lot of countries, some of whom have been beating a metaphorical path to its door as they seek its help in getting their people out of Gaza.\n\nBut Qatar was already walking a curious diplomatic tightrope even before this crisis.\n\nWhether it comes out well from this conflict will depend in large part on whether it can succeed in de-escalating the dire situation in Gaza and deliver on its efforts to secure the release of as many hostages as possible.", "Former BBC Radio 1 DJ Tim Westwood has been interviewed under caution for a fourth time by the Metropolitan Police, BBC News understands.\n\nOfficers are investigating a number of reports relating to allegations of non-recent sexual offences allegedly committed by a man.\n\nIn a statement, police said the offences are alleged to have happened between 1982 and 2016.\n\nDetectives said they interviewed a 66-year-old man under caution on Thursday.\n\nThey also interviewed a man under caution in March, April and July this year. There has been no arrest.\n\nThis comes after BBC News and Guardian investigations uncovered multiple allegations from 18 women of serious sexual misconduct and abuse by Mr Westwood.\n\nIn April 2022, several women accused the former Radio 1 and 1Xtra DJ of predatory and unwanted sexual behaviour and touching, in incidents between 1992 and 2017.\n\nThey also accused him of abusing his position in the music industry. Some of the women said they encountered Mr Westwood when they were under 18. One said she was only 14 when Mr Westwood first had sex with her.\n\nThat same month, the DJ stepped down from his Capital Xtra radio show.\n\nMr Westwood has continued to play in gigs up and down the country, despite some campaigners calling for nightclubs not to host him since the allegations emerged. Last week, in a video that appeared on social media, the DJ was asked whether the allegations were true.\n\nHe replied: \"It's all false allegations. It's all false allegations. I've never done that, period, they're all false allegations. I will prove that as soon as I get my opportunity and trust me, I am ready.\"\n\nAn external report, by KC Gemma White, commissioned by the BBC and looking at what the corporation did and didn't know about Mr Westwood's conduct during his near 20-year employment with the broadcaster, is due to be published this year.\n\nBBC News has tried to contact Mr Westwood for comment.", "At least four members of Wael Al-Dahdouh's (left) family were killed on Wednesday\n\nThe family of an Al Jazeera news reporter has been killed in an Israeli air strike on Gaza, the network has confirmed.\n\nWael Al-Dahdouh's wife, teenage son and young daughter were all killed at a refugee camp in central Gaza on Wednesday, Al Jazeera said in a statement.\n\nIt later reported that his grandson had died as well.\n\nAccording to the news organisation, Al-Dahdouh's family was living in a house at the Nuseirat camp in central Gaza after being displaced from northern Gaza following Israel's warning to residents to move south due to ongoing military action.\n\nFifteen-year-old Mahmoud was in his final year at high school, Al Jazeera said, while his daughter, Sham, was seven years old and his grandson, Adam, was 18-months-old.\n\nOther family members were said to be buried under the rubble but some are known to have survived.\n\nThe Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) confirmed that it had carried out an attack targeting Hamas in the area where members of Al-Dahdouh's family were killed.\n\nWhen questioned by the BBC about the loss of civilian life in Israeli airstrikes in Gaza, including that of journalists and their families, IDF spokesperson Lt Col Peter Lerner said \"any loss of life is a tragedy\".\n\nFootage posted online showed Al-Dahdouh in tears in hospital, holding what appeared to be the body of his seven-year-old daughter and kneeling over the body of his teenage son.\n\n\"There is no safe place in Gaza at all,\" he said in an English translation of an interview with Al Jazeera.\n\nAl-Dahdouh is Al Jazeera Arabic's bureau chief in Gaza and has worked for the news agency for several years.\n\nSome 7,000 people have been killed in Gaza since 7 October, according to the Hamas-run health ministry\n\nAl Jazeera said it was \"deeply concerned about the safety, and well-being of our colleagues in Gaza and hold the Israeli authorities responsible for their security\".\n\n\"We urge the international community to intervene and put an end to these attacks on civilians, thereby safeguarding innocent lives.\"\n\nAt least 24 journalists have been killed so far in the latest conflict between Israel and Gaza, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists.\n\nGaza has been under continuous military bombardment by Israel following a surprise attack by Hamas fighters on 7 October, killing more than 1,400 people. More than 200 people are still being held hostage.\n\nMeanwhile, the Hamas-run health ministry in Gaza says 7,000 people have been killed there. Israel has cut off supplies of fuel, electricity and most water to the territory. A small amount of aid is now getting in through Egypt.", "The BBC's Fergal Keane reports on the impact the Israel-Gaza war is having on children in Gaza.\n\nThe territory's Hamas-run health ministry says more than 2,300 children have been killed since the latest conflict began.", "The EU has struggled to present a united front on the war, and there has been criticism of Commission President Ursula von der Leyen (L)\n\nEU leaders are meeting in Brussels at a summit overshadowed by Hamas's war with Israel and the EU's failure to project a united front.\n\nFor weeks, the European Union's stance on the war has been clouded with mixed messages, diplomatic gaffes and conflicting national views on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.\n\nBut after days of disagreement, EU leaders aim to reach a common position.\n\nAt issue is whether to back a ceasefire or humanitarian pauses in the fighting.\n\nEuropean Council President Charles Michel says the deteriorating humanitarian situation in Gaza is of grave concern and the leaders are keen to facilitate access to food, water, medical care, fuel and shelter.\n\nThey hope that will create safer conditions for the release of more than 200 hostages seized by Hamas gunmen during their 7 October attack. Many of those held captive are European dual nationals, including citizens from Germany, France, Portugal and the Netherlands.\n\nEU member states hold sharply differing views and it all makes for a very confusing picture.\n\nArriving for the summit, Spain's caretaker Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez said he would like to see a ceasefire: \"But if we don't have that condition, at least a humanitarian pause in order to channel all the humanitarian aid that the Palestinian population needs urgently.\"\n\nSome have reservations about calling for a pause in the fighting and argue it could be seen as limiting Israel's right to self-defence.\n\nGermany and other countries do not support the idea of one, singular humanitarian pause, because that would be too close to the concept of a ceasefire, when Israel has the right to defend itself from attack.\n\nWhat was needed instead were shorter breaks in the fighting, one diplomat told the BBC. \"A pause means both actors stop for good, whereas pauses is temporary. It's short intervals for a few hours, to get aid,\" they said.\n\nGermany, Austria, Hungary and the Czech Republic have taken strong stances of supporting Israel. Spain and Ireland are more attuned with the Palestinian cause.\n\nSeveral European leaders have been on a diplomatic tour of the Middle East. Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and French President Emmanuel Macron have all had talks with Egypt's President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi.\n\nThe French president ended a Middle East trip with talks with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi in Cairo on Wednesday\n\nThose differing views extend to the EU's executive too.\n\nThe EU is the largest donor to the Palestinians, so when Oliver Varhelyi, Hungary's European Commissioner responsible for policy towards neighbouring countries, announced after the Hamas attack that all payments were being suspended and all new budget proposals postponed, it immediately set alarm bells ringing at aid agencies.\n\nThe European Commission then rushed out a statement saying €691m (£600m) of aid would not be stopped, but put under review. It later said it would triple aid for Palestinians.\n\nAnd when European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen flew to Israel with the president of the European Parliament, she drew criticism for backing Israel's right to defend itself without stressing that it should stick to international humanitarian law. There seemed to be no effort to connect with the Palestinian Authority.\n\nHowever, an EU diplomat told journalists that not everything Ms von der Leyen said in Israel was posted on social media. \"If you want to be effective, you don't do megaphone diplomacy,\" the diplomat said. \"The Israeli government listens to us if we raise something behind closed doors.\"\n\nIn a highly unusual move, more than 800 EU staff and diplomats signed an open letter criticising her \"uncontrolled\" support of Israel. They complained of the Commission's \"double standards\", pointing out that Russia's blockade of Ukraine was seen as an act of terror, while Israel's blockade of Gaza was \"completely ignored\".\n\n\"The EU's response has been rather unfortunate and very confusing,\" James Moran from the Centre for European Policy Studies told the BBC.\n\n\"In the past, the EU approach to conflicts in the Middle East had generally managed to come out with an even-handed position. For example, in 2014 calls for a ceasefire were pretty quickly made.\"\n\nGerman Chancellor Olaf Scholz is among the EU leaders who have visited Israel this month\n\nThe EU doesn't have an army, ships or planes - but it has played an important diplomatic role in the Middle East.\n\nWhen it was made up of just nine members in 1980, it issued the ground-breaking Venice Declaration recognising the Palestinian people's right to self-determination.\n\nFast forward to 2023 and the EU represents 27 countries with \"fundamentally opposing views on the Middle East\", an EU diplomat told the BBC.\n\nThat became clear during an EU foreign ministers' meeting earlier this week, where German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock reportedly argued against a humanitarian ceasefire because Hamas was still firing rockets at Israel.\n\nAs a result, the EU has so far failed to agree on what kind of pause there should be.\n\nAnother crucial element is that the EU doesn't want to deviate from the US line. The German position on backing short humanitarian pauses to allow aid in is similar to that advocated by the Americans.\n\n\"There's a great need to maintain transatlantic solidarity on Ukraine,\" says James Moran. \"EU-US co-operation has been very important in helping Ukrainians defend themselves from Russia's invasion.\"\n\nBut EU diplomats point out that the war in Ukraine is not remotely comparable to what is happening in the Middle East.\n\n\"It was a war on our doorstep and there was a clear enemy,\" a spokesperson for the European Parliament told the BBC. \"Nobody ever questioned whether it was right for the EU to help Ukraine arm itself. It was an epochal change.\"\n\nSince the beginning of Russia's aggression, EU support has reached €82.6bn.\n\nThat level of unity is missing in the Hamas-Israel war: \"A lack of a single voice is the EU's Achilles heel,\" the EU diplomat says.\n\nThose differences are likely to resurface during the 27 EU leaders' meeting behind closed doors in Brussels.\n\nThe EU was created as a peace project after the devastation caused by World War Two and does have the potential to be a peace broker.\n\nBut in reality, no European country is powerful enough to stand alone as a major player - and together, they are too divided.\n\n\"After a long period of lack of engagement with the Middle East, we can't somehow magically wake up and turn around the conflict there,\" a diplomat told the BBC.", "It's an around-the-clock job in the US - where more than two people died from guns every hour last year.\n\nHe's been doing it for nearly a decade, serving as the executive director of the Gun Violence Archive, a tiny non-profit that attempts to track every incident of US gun violence in real time.\n\nFor Mr Bryant, years of counting the dead have come at a cost.\n\n\"When we first started this, I would see a child killed and I could remember her name. I could remember the age, what city she was in and the circumstances of that shooting. Now, I cannot do that,\" Mr Bryant says.\n\nMr Bryant spoke with BBC News earlier this month, the day after five people were killed in a mass shooting at a Kentucky bank, and two weeks after six people were killed in a mass shooting at a Tennessee elementary school.\n\nDuring the interview, Mr Bryant's phone beeped with the notification of yet another mass shooting. This one was at a funeral home in Washington DC - 20 minutes after a service had ended for another man shot and killed in March, police later said.\n\nThere have been at least 170 mass shootings in the US in 2023 - defined by the Gun Violence Archive as four or more people shot, minus the gunman - in which at least 233 people died, including the shooters themselves.\n\nIt's a sign of how many such incidents there are in the US that this figure will likely already be out of date by the time this story is published.\n\nBut mass shootings are only a small blip on the radar compared to the everyday horror of the totality of gun violence incidents in the US.\n\nAs of 26 April, 13,386 people died in gun violence incidents this year. This includes the 20-year-old woman who was shot after entering the wrong driveway. Thousands more have been injured, like the 16-year-old boy who was shot after knocking on the wrong door.\n\nMr Bryant, a self-described data nerd, started the Gun Violence Archive in 2013, having spotted a \"big gap\" in the availability and accuracy of up-to-date statistics. He sought to do something about it.\n\n\"When we got this thing started we thought this was going to just be five years, but we just kept growing and kept getting bigger and bigger and bigger,\" Mr Bryant says.\n\nNearly 6,000 more people died from guns in 2021 than in 2016, according to the Gun Violence Archive\n\nBetween 2016 and 2021, the number of deaths from gun violence increased by 6,000, or almost 40%; the number of teens killed or injured by guns was up 47%; the number of children killed or injured by guns, was up 60%.\n\nTracking these gruesome statistics has taken a toll on Mr Bryant, who says he sleeps about six hours a night, going to bed at 05:00 and waking up at 11:00.\n\n\"I've gained weight since I've started doing this job… I'm not taking as good care of myself as I should,\" he says.\n\n\"My wife came in the other day and literally I was asleep[at the computer]. I had my hand on the mouse and the other hand on the keyboard.\"\n\nMr Bryant keeps watch over the grim toll of US gun violence from his home in Kentucky. The organisation's other 24 contracted employees also work remotely and are spread across the country.\n\nTo provide what effectively amounts to a 24-hour ticker of gun violence data, Mr Bryant said he and his team go through 3,000 to 4,000 sources daily: law enforcement websites, local news, social media and blogs.\n\n\"It's not hard physically, it's hard mentally,\" he says. \"I've gotten callous. Nothing surprises me anymore.\"\n\n\"If I got a beep right now that said there's a mass shooting with 42 people shot, I'd be like, OK, there's the rest of my day.\"\n\nFor some of his staff, however, it's not that easy.\n\n\"We've had other employees, other folks, one too many babies got killed and they just could not handle it anymore,\" Mr Bryant says. \"I'm constantly hunting for new people.\"\n\nFatal mass shootings, like the one at a bank in Louisville this month, count for just a fraction of US gun violence deaths\n\nOne might think that being so acutely aware of the harm caused by guns - the number one cause of death for teens and children in the US - would make Mr Bryant anti-gun. It does not.\n\nHe fired his first gun when he was five years old; he learned to shoot from the dads of eastern Kentucky who would gather after church on Sundays and take aim at the rats running along the garbage dump.\n\n\"I own handguns, target pistols, revolvers,\" he says, most of them inherited.\n\n\"An uncle would die, and his wife would go 'here, take this'… so I ended up with this weird collection.\"\n\n\"I'm not against guns,\" Mr Bryant says. \"Somebody has made the assumption that I'm doing this project that I must be against guns but lo and behold, I own guns.\"\n\n\"One thing I don't do, I don't have rifles. I don't hunt,\" he says. \"I don't have an interest in an AR-15. I don't have an interest in assault weapons.\"\n\nThe more the American gun violence epidemic has grown, the more demand there has been for clearly sourced, reliable statistics.\n\nAnd Mr Bryant's work shows no sign of slowing.\n\n\"I don't understand what makes people that way,\" Mr Bryant says. \"There's a lot of anger and hate.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: Why are these Americans turning in (some of) their guns?\n\nThe archive began as a project for the website Slate and formally launched with financial help from a businessman with an interest in enhancing transparency.\n\nIt has become a go-to source for BBC News and most major US media outlets, lawmakers and even the Supreme Court - those looking to make sense of American gun violence.\n\nAlthough the FBI and Centers for Disease Control both collect similar data, their information generally isn't released until months - or years - after the fact. Comparatively, Mr Bryant said the archive adds most shootings to its website within roughly 72 hours.\n\n\"There's a level of irresponsibility in guns that needs to be solved so people don't die,\" he says. \"I want to stop the violence.\"\n\nThe very act of assembling statistics on a fraught, politically and emotionally divisive topic like gun violence, however, has brought pressure and scrutiny.\n\n\"I sometimes tick off people on the gun violence prevention side and I certainly sometimes tick off people on the gun rights side, but my best day was when I published a piece of information and both of them were angry with me,\" he says.\n\n\"That told me I was doing my job correctly.\"\n\n\"We are statistics only. We literally just plot along numbers,\" Mr Bryant says. \"Just keep on counting. That's what we do - just keep on counting.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Eight of the 18 killed during Wednesday night's mass shooting have been identified, but their names have not been released.\n\nAmong them are Bob Violette, a 76-year-old retiree and avid bowler, and bar manager Joseph Walker.\n\nFamily members have begun speaking out, sharing details of their tragic loss.\n\nViolette was identified by his daughter-in-law Cassandra. She told the Lewiston Sun Journal that he died protecting a group of children that he was with at the bowling alley.\n\nHe leaves behind three sons and six grandchildren, she said. His wife, Lucy, was injured in the attack.\n\nCassandra described Violette as a life-long Lewiston resident who had deep ties to the community, and who made people around him feel cared for.\n\n\"He wouldn't let you walk out the door without giving him a hug, and a kiss on the cheek. He was just there for everything,\" she said.\n\nWalker's death was confirmed by his father, Leroy Walker, who is a city councillor in Auburn.\n\nWalker worked at Schemengees Bar and Grill, one of the locations where the gunman opened fire. He was killed after attempting to go after the gunman, Leroy told ABC News.\n\nIn a separate interview with NBC News, Leroy said he received notification of his son's death 14 hours after the shooting.\n\n\"None of us slept, we were up all night,\" he said. \"We didn't know where to go, who to run to.\"\n\nYou can read more here.", "Eamonn Fox and Gary Convie were shot dead in a car in Belfast's North Queen Street in May 1994\n\nA double murder trial has been told police had the opportunity to arrest an alleged killer two weeks before two men were shot dead in Belfast 29 years ago.\n\nEamon Fox and Gary Convie were shot dead as they had lunch in a car in North Queen Street in May 1994.\n\nGary Haggarty, an ex-Ulster Volunteer Force commander, claimed he had told police where Mr Smyth was hiding a fortnight before the victims were shot.\n\nHaggarty is the the main prosecution witness in the case against James Smyth.\n\nOn his last day of questioning in the trial at Belfast Crown Court, Haggarty was asked was his past convictions and his relationship with the Royal Ulster Constabulary's counter-terrorism unit known as Special Branch.\n\nHaggarty told the court that Special Branch had asked him where James Smyth was weeks before the killings of Catholic workmen Mr Fox and Mr Convie.\n\nHaggarty said he told his RUC handlers that Mr Smyth was being sheltered by Tiger's Bay UVF members in a house in Rathcoole, Newtownabbey.\n\nHaggarty added he assumed Mr Smyth would be arrested, but that did not happen at that time.\n\nThe supergrass told the court he was certain the accused was responsible for the double murder.\n\nThe morning's hearing began as it has done over the last two days with groups of men covering their faces as they made their way into court.\n\nBut this time police intervened at the gates of the court, telling the men to remove their face coverings before entering the building.\n\nHaggarty was asked by defence barrister Michael Borrelli KC: \"Was the reason you gave Special Branch James Smyth's name because you knew he was someone Special Branch was interested in?\"\n\nThe supergrass replied: \"No I gave his name because he was responsible for the shootings on North Queen Street.\"\n\nHaggarty replied: \"Special Branch doesn't come into my thoughts. I don't care about them\".\n\nGary Haggarty has been in witness protection in England since being released from prison in 2018\n\nThe defence spoke about the murder of John Harbinson, a Protestant man, who was handcuffed and beaten to death by a UVF gang on the Mount Vernon estate in north Belfast in May 1997.\n\nHaggarty later admitted to the murder of Mr Harbinson and spent time in jail for the murder along with four other murders.\n\nHe told the court: \"I was not arrested in 1997 for that murder. I wasn't arrested until 2009. The entire time Special Branch knew I was involved, and I wasn't arrested\".\n\nHaggarty claimed that he kidnapped Mr Harbinson and was trying to \"source a gun to give him flesh wounds\" but Mr Harbinson was beaten to death in an alleyway in Mount Vernon by two other UVF members.\n\nHaggarty said: \"I didn't play a role in the beating. I didn't know he was dead. He was in what was known locally as 'kneebag alley' because of all the punishment beatings that took place there. It was a notorious area for punishment beatings.\"\n\nHaggarty added: \"I turned Mr Harbinson onto his face in the recovery position. I maintain he was alive when I turned him over.\"\n\nMr Borrelli KC questioned how Haggarty had blood on him.\n\nHaggarty replied: \"As I turned him, he coughed. He may have been dying. I can't say for certain.\"\n\nHe added: \"I told my handlers everything. They told me to get offside\".\n\nHaggarty went on the run after the murder of Mr Harbinson. He told the court: \"My handlers told me to put a bit of space between me and the scene.\"\n\nMr Borrelli KC asked: \"Mr Harbinson was never meant to die?\" Haggarty replied \"Correct. He was meant to be shot in the legs.\"\n\nHaggarty was questioned about other informers in the UVF. Michael Borrelli KC asked: \"You agreed at the time of Mr Convie and Mr Fox murders that you had suspicions of (Mark) Haddock?\".\n\nHaggarty said: \"I was suspicious that as well as myself there was another informer. I wasn't sure if it was Haddock. I thought it could be someone close to him.\n\n\"I distanced myself from Haddock at the time of the Harbinson murder.\"\n\nMr Smyth, 57, denied five charges arising from the fatal shooting.\n\nAs well as denying the murders of Mr Convie and Mr Fox, he has denied attempting to murder a third workman who was in the targeted vehicle.\n\nHe has also entered 'not guilty' pleas to possessing a Sten sub machine gun and a quantity of ammunition with intent, and of being a member of the UVF.", "A man was taking part in the sport of wing foiling off the coast of Sydney, Australia, when he crashed into a breaching whale calf.\n\nJason Breen was then dragged underwater by the whale until his leash broke, allowing him to surface.", "Amiram Cooper, Guy Gilboa-Dalal and Tsachi Idan are being held in Gaza\n\nIsrael says 132 people remain unaccounted for after they were abducted and taken to Gaza during the October 7 attacks by Hamas.\n\nAn estimated 240 people were taken prisoner, but 105 were later released by Hamas during a six-day ceasefire at the end of November.\n\nThe Israeli military said it mistakenly killed three hostages in northern Gaza who had escaped from their captors and expressed \"deep remorse\" over the incident.\n\nOf the 132 still unaccounted for, Israel says that 20 of them are believed to be dead.\n\nThese are the stories of those hostages who are still being held, which have either been confirmed by the BBC or credibly reported.\n\nThis list is regularly updated and names may change, as some people feared kidnapped are confirmed to have been killed or released.\n\nLast updated on 19 December 2023 at 10:33 GMT\n\nYagev Kirsht, 34, was taken from his home in Kibbutz Nirim, alongside his wife, Rimon Buchstab Kirsht. She has now been released.\n\nAlexander Trupanov, was taken hostage with his mother Lena Trupanov, 50, his partner Sapir Cohen, 29, and his grandmother Irina Tati, 73. All were abducted from Kibbutz Nir Oz as they spent the Sabbath together, according to a statement by Canada's Raoul Wallenburg Center for Human Rights. Irina and Lena were released on Wednesday 29 November and Sapir was freed the next day.\n\nAriel Cunio, his girlfriend Arbel Yahud and her brother Dolev are also thought to have been abducted in the same attack on Nir Oz. Eitan Cunio, Ariel's brother who escaped Hamas, told the Jewish Chronicle that his last message from Ariel said: \"We are in a horror movie.\"\n\nDavid Cunio, 33, another of Ariel's brothers, was also kidnapped from Nir Oz, family say. David's wife Sharon Aloni Cunio and their three-year-old twin daughters Ema and Yuly were released on 27 November. Sharon's sister Daniele Aloni, and her six-year-old daughter Emilia were both released on 24 November.\n\nDoron Steinbrecher, 30, a veterinary nurse, was in her apartment in Kibbutz Kfar Aza when Hamas attacked, the Times of Israel reported. At 10:30 on 7 October, the newspaper said, she sent a voice message to friends: \"They've arrived, they have me.\"\n\nItzhak Gelerenter, 53, was taken from the Supernova festival. His family said the IDF found his phone was located in Gaza, the Times of Israel reported. His daughter Pivko told the paper: \"I'm trying to think good thoughts, I have a powerful, smart, resourceful father.\"\n\nDoron Steinbrecher sent a voice message to friends during Hamas' attack\n\nNaama Levy, 19, was filmed being bundled into a jeep, her hands tied behind her back. The footage was released by Hamas and circulated widely on social media. According to her mother, the teenager had just begun her military service.\n\nYousef Zyadna, a 53-year-old Bedouin dairy farmer, was abducted from Kibbutz Holit and taken to Gaza along with his sons Hamza, 22, and Bilal, 18, and his daughter, Aisha, 16. Aisha and Bilal were released on Thursday 30 November.\n\nElad Katzir, 47, was abducted from Nir Oz with his mother Hanna. Hanna has now been released.\n\nOhad Ben Ami, 55, was kidnapped from Be'eri with his wife, Raz. She was released by Hamas on 29 November.\n\nTwin brothers Gali and Ziv Berman, 26, were taken from Kfar Aza. Ziv was messaging a friend as the attack happened. Their family said the IDF has told them the brothers are being held in Gaza. Their brother Liran told CBN news the pair had \"twin power\" and were the centre of attention wherever they went.\n\nIraq-born Shlomo Mansour, 85, was taken captive from Kibbutz Kissufim, where he lived and worked as a chicken coop manager. His wife, Mazal, managed to escape.\n\nMichel Nisenbaum, 59, is a dual Brazilian-Israeli citizen who has lived in Israel for 45 years and works as a computer technician, his family told Brazilian media. They also say he is diabetic and has Crohn's disease. On 7 October, they say, someone claiming to be from Hamas answered his phone when they tried to call him.\n\nDaniela Gilboa, 19, sent messages saying that Kibbutz Nahal Oz, where she was staying, was under attack and asked her mother to pray for her. Her boyfriend, Roy Dadon, told the Economist 1843 magazine that he believes he saw a glimpse of her in a video showing three girls being driven away in the back of an SUV.\n\nItay Chen, 19, a dual US-Israeli citizen and IDF solider, was on active duty with a tank unit on 7 October, according to the Times of Israel. The paper reported that his family was notified by the IDF that he is officially considered missing in action and probably being held hostage. Another soldier in his unit, Matan Angrest, 21, is also presumed to be in Gaza.\n\nYosi Sharabi, 51, was taken from Be'eri with his brother, Eli Sharabi, 55. Eli's wife and two daughters were murdered in the attack. Ofir Engel, the boyfriend of Yosi's daughter, Yuval, was also taken, but released on 29 November.\n\nAgam Berger, 19, was kidnapped from Nahal Oz. She was seen being taken away in videos released by Hamas.\n\nEdan Alexander, 19, is an Israeli-US citizen who volunteered to join the Israeli army. He was serving near the Gaza border at the time of Hamas's attack. Edan's family said they had been told by Israeli officials that he had been taken to Gaza as a hostage.\n\nKaid Farhan Elkadi, 53, lives with his family south of Rahat and worked as a security guard, according to Israeli media. Reports said his family believes he was kidnapped and taken to Gaza, based on images shared by Hamas.\n\nIlana Gritzewsky and Matan Zanguaker were captured near the Gaza border, family say\n\nMatan Zanguaker, 24, was taken with his partner Ilana Gritzewsky, 30, from Nir Oz, according to Ilana's father. Ilana, a Mexican national, was released on Thursday 30 November.\n\nThe family of Eitan and Yair Horn believe they were taken from Nir Oz kibbutz\n\nEitan Horn, 37, and his brother Yair, 45, both Argentinian citizens, were also in Nir Oz at the time of the attack. Their father Itzik said he believes they were kidnapped. Yair is a construction worker while Eitan works in education.\n\nItai Svirsky, 38, is thought to have been abducted when his elderly parents were killed in Be'eri. He had been visiting them for the holiday of Simhat Torah.\n\nKeith Seigel, 64, and his wife Adrienne - often known as Aviva - Seigel, 62, were taken from their home in Kfar Aza, Keith's brother Lee Seigel told the BBC. Adrienne was released on 26 November.\n\nOmri Miran, 46, lived in Nahal Oz with his wife and two daughters. Omri was led away by Hamas with his hands tied, his wife Lishay told the Guardian newspaper. She told him not to be a hero, urging: \"Do whatever they want because I want you back.\"\n\nBipin Joshi, 23, a Nepalese student, is believed to have been taken from Kibbutz Alumim. Nepalese newspaper Setopati says he was one of 49 university students studying agriculture in Israel. It says 10 students were killed in the attack.\n\nIlan Weiss, 58, went missing from Kibbutz Be'eri after he was last seen leaving the house to defend the community. On 25 November, his wife Shiri Weiss, 53, and their daughter, Noga, 18, were freed from captivity in a hostage deal.\n\nAmiram Cooper, 85, and his wife Nurit, 80, were taken from their home in Nir Oz, their daughter-in-law Noa told the BBC. The family last spoke to the couple during the Hamas attack, Noa said, when the couple were in their safe room. The family later traced Amiram's phone to Gaza. On Monday 23 October, Nurit was one of two women to be released.\n\nAmiram and Nurit Cooper, pictured with their granddaughter, Gali\n\nOded Lifshitz, 83, and his wife Yocheved, 85 were taken hostage from Nir Oz. On Monday 23 October, Yocheved was one of two elderly women to be freed. After hearing the news of her mother's release, their daughter Sharone - a London-based artist - said: \"While I cannot put into words the relief that she is now safe, I will remain focused on securing the release of my father and all those - some 200 innocent people - who remain hostages in Gaza.\"\n\nHaim Peri, 79, was taken from his home in Nir Oz, reports the Times of Israel, and freed hostage Yocheved Lifshitz said she saw that he was alive and well. His son Lior Peri told Talk TV that Haim had locked his wife inside the safe room before giving himself up to kidnappers.\n\nAvraham Munder, 78, was kidnapped from Nir Oz, Israeli officials say. His wife Ruthi, daughter and grandson have since been released.\n\nOmer Neutra, a 22-year-old Israeli-American and grandson of Holocaust survivors, put off plans to go to college in the US to study in Israel, and eventually joined the IDF. He was serving as a tank commander near Gaza when Hamas attacked. Omer's parents say they were told by the Israeli embassy that he had been kidnapped.\n\nRon Benjamin's vehicle was found empty following the attacks\n\nRon Benjamin, 53, had been taking part in a group cycle ride near the Gaza border when the Hamas attack began and he decided to drive home, his family told Israeli media. Days later, his vehicle was found empty and his family believe he was kidnapped.\n\nLouis Har, 70, is believed to have been taken from Nir Yitzhak. His partner Clara Marman was released on 28 November along with her sister Gabriela Leimberg, 59, and Gabriela's daughter Mia Leimberg,17. Clara and Gabriela's brother Fernando Simon Marman, 60, also remains in captivity.\n\nJudith Weinstein Haggai, 70, and her husband, Gad Haggai, 73, also went missing from Nir Oz after the Hamas attack. Ten days later, the Israeli military confirmed to the family they had been taken hostage, CTV News in Canada reported.\n\nAlex Danzig, 75, a scholar and historian of the Holocaust, was at his home in Nir Oz, when it was attacked by Hamas. \"We know for sure he was kidnapped,\" his son Mati told the BBC. Alex - whose older sister Edith is a Holocaust survivor - has spent the last 30 years working for Yad Vashem, Israel's Holocaust remembrance centre. His disappearance has triggered a campaign for his release, both in Israel and in Poland, the country of his birth.\n\nAlex Danzig has spent decades educating people about the Holocaust\n\nItzhk Elgarat, 68, was kidnapped at the same time as Alex Danzig, his brother Danny Elgert told Israel's Kan 11 TV station, adding that he had tracked his brother's phone to the border with Gaza.\n\nGadi Moses, 79, was also abducted during the same attack on Nir Oz, according to relatives and the Israeli aid agency where he worked as an agricultural expert. Efrat Katz, his partner, was initially thought to have been captured as well, but she was later found dead, the Times of Israel reported. Efrat was the mother of Doron Asher, who was taken hostage and later released with her two daughters. Ravid Katz, 51, Doron Asher's brother, was originally thought to have been taken hostage from Nir Oz, but on 28 November his family confirmed that he had been killed on 7 October.\n\nYair Yaakov, 59, is listed among the hostages. His partner Meirav Tal, 53, was released on 28 November. Yair's children Yagil, 13, and Or, 16, were released on 27 November.\n\nYair Yaakov was pictured being held captive by a gunman in a video shared online\n\nNimrod Cohen, 19, had studied software engineering in high school, according to reports. After he was kidnapped, his father was invited to meet Pope Francis in Rome along with other hostages' families.\n\nTsachi Idan, 51, was last seen by his wife, Gali, as he was taken away by Hamas gunmen. Their family had been ambushed in their safe room in Nahal Oz. Their ordeal was live-streamed by Hamas. Their eldest child, Maayan - who had just turned 18 - was shot dead, Gali told the BBC.\n\nTsachi Idan was ambushed with his wife and children and then led away\n\nYarden Bibas, 34, was abducted from Nir Oz. His wife, Shiri, and their two young children, Ariel and Kfir, were also taken hostage, but on 29 November, Hamas claimed they had been killed in an Israeli air strike while in captivity. The Israeli government has said it is checking the claim.\n\nRonen Engel, 54, was taken from Kibbutz Nir Oz along with his wife, Karina Engelbert, 51, and their two daughters, Mika, 18 and Yuval, 11. On 1 December, the organisation representing the families said he had been murdered. Karina, Mika and Yuval were released on 27 November.\n\nKarina Ariev, a 19-year-old soldier, was serving at an army base near Gaza when she was kidnapped. Her sister Alexandra told the BBC she heard shooting as Karina called her during the attack, and later saw a video showing Karina being taken away in a vehicle.\n\nKarina Ariev was at the Nahal Oz military base, which was among the first to be attacked\n\nOfer Kalderon, 53, was taken by Hamas from Nir Oz. On 27 November his two children, Erez, 12, and Sahar, 16, were released. Two other relatives, 80-year-old Carmela Dan and her granddaughter, Noya, 12, were also believed to have been taken, but Israeli authorities later announced they had been found dead.\n\nYoram Metzger, 80, was a resident of Nir Oz. He has diabetes and broke his hip six months ago, his daughter-in-law said. Yoram's wife Tamar was released on 28 November.\n\nNadav Popplewell, 51, and his mother Channah were taken hostage by Hamas, said Channah's daughter Ayelet Svatitzky, who was speaking to them on the phone when the gunmen burst in. She said the captors sent pictures of her two relatives, who both have diabetes, with armed men in the background. Channah has now been released.\n\nOmri Miran, 46, was abducted after his family opened the door to their secure shelter to an Israeli child, who said he would be killed otherwise. Omri's wife, Lishay Lavi, said she saw him being taken away in handcuffs with three other hostages from Nahal Oz.\n\nLiri Elbag, 18, had just started military training as an Army lookout near the Gaza border when Hamas attacked, her father Eli told the Associated Press. Eli said he saw her in a video circulated later by Hamas, crowded with others on the back of a military truck which had been seized by the gunmen.\n\nLior Rudaeff, 61, was taken from Nir Yitzhak during the attack. His family have heard nothing from him since then.\n\nA number of people are believed to have been abducted from the Supernova music festival in southern Israel. Among them:\n\nShlomi Ziv, 40, was part of the security detail at the festival and was initially in contact with his sisters as the attack unfolded, according to an interview with The Times of Israel. A few weeks later the family learned he was officially considered to be a hostage, the report says.\n\nAlexander Lobanov, 32, is a Russian-Israeli citizen who was kidnapped at the festival.\n\nOri Danino, 25, is reported to have got away from the festival in his car, but it's believed he was captured after turning back in an attempt to save some people he had met there.\n\nAlmog Sarusi, 26, was kidnapped from the music festival and his partner Shahar Gindi was killed, according to Israeli media. Almog's father, Yigal, was among the relatives of hostages who met with Israel's prime minister in October.\n\nOmer Shem Tov, 21, called his parents as he was running away from gunfire and managed to get into a friend's car. His parents, Shelly and Malki Shem Tov, told Israeli media they lost contact with their son and the live location on his phone showed he was beyond the border in Gaza.\n\nIdan Shtivi, 28, an environmental sciences student, was attending the festival to take pictures at music and yoga workshops being held by friends. He escaped the site in his car but was attacked by Hamas along the route. The bodies of two of his passengers were found, and his family told the Jerusalem Post they suspect he was kidnapped.\n\nYosef Ohana, 24, had been at the festival with a friend, who told his mother he and Yosef had remained to help people escape the gunfire before running themselves. Yosef was last seen hiding under a car, and Israeli authorities have visited his mother to say he was kidnapped.\n\nAndrei Kozlov, 27, a Russian who moved to Israel in 2022, is missing from the Supernova festival, where he was working as a security guard. His mother told the De Taly publication the family was told by the IDF on October 26 that he was being held hostage.\n\nElyakim Libman, 23, was working as a security guard at the festival. In a Facebook post his father Eliyahu Libman said another guard told him his son had helped rescue others before trying to escape. He was last seen trying to help two badly-injured women.\n\nNoa Argamani, a Chinese-born Israeli citizen, was also kidnapped from the festival. Video footage - verified by her father Yaakov Argamani to Israel's Channel 12 - shows the 25-year-old being taken away on the back of a motorbike screaming, \"Don't kill me!\" Her boyfriend Avinatan Or, 30, also appears in the video being marched away from her by Hamas, the Times of Israel reported.\n\nEden Yerushalmi's family say they were told she had been taken hostage\n\nEden Yerushalmi, 24, called her family during Hamas's attack on the festival, her sister May told CBS News. The family say they were subsequently informed by the IDF that Eden had been abducted.\n\nChanan Yablonka, 42, is a father-of-two from Tel Aviv. According to reports, he attended the festival with friends and was due to celebrate his birthday a few days after the attacks.\n\nJonathan Samerano, 21, has been missing since 7am on the morning of the festival. His family have been told to presume he is being held in Gaza, Israeli media reported.\n\nGuy Gilboa-Dalal was filmed in captivity in Gaza, his family say\n\nGuy Gilboa-Dalal, 22, attended the festival with his brother. Guy appears in a hostage video that his family say confirms he is in Gaza.\n\nUriel Baruch, 35, was injured during the attack on the festival, his wife said on Facebook. Reports in Israeli media say his mother, Naomi, has heard from the IDF that he is a hostage.\n\nMaxim Kharkin's mother described speaking to him on the morning of 7 October\n\nMaxim Kharkin is aged 35 and a Russian speaker, his mother told Russian media. She added that he had called her at 07:00 on the morning of the attack.\n\nElkana Bohbot was seen in a video posted by Hamas\n\nElkana Bohbot, 34, had gone to the party with friends and, before losing contact, he spoke to his wife and mother telling them he was helping to evacuate the wounded, the Times of Israel reported. Hours later, his family found a video of him posted online by Hamas, which has been seen by BBC Verify.\n\nRom Braslavski, 19, was working on security for the festival. According to an account published by Hostages and Missing Families Forum, he was trying to rescue an injured person in the attack when he was caught in a volley of fire. He has not been heard from since.\n\nOmer Wenkert, 22, a restaurant manager, sent a message to his family to say he was going to a safe shelter but then lost contact, his father Shai Wenkert told the BBC's Today Programme. Shai Wenkert said he had seen footage of his son in captivity, including a photo of him handcuffed and wearing only underwear.\n\nEvyatar David's family say they were sent a video of him in captivity\n\nEvyatar David, 23, was at the festival and on the morning of the attacks, described fleeing from gunfire before losing contact with the outside world, his brother says. Later, his family say, Evyatar's sister posted on Instagram appealing for information about his whereabouts. She then received a text from an unknown number, which contained video footage of Evyatar handcuffed on the floor of a dark room. According to Israel's foreign ministry he is being held captive by Hamas in Gaza.\n\nEitan Mor, 23, lives in Jerusalem, and was working as a security guard at the festival, the Times of Israel said. He reportedly texted his uncle after Hamas arrived and was last seen with a friend bringing others to safety.\n\nAlon Ohel, 22, a Serbian citizen, took refuge in a shelter after the festival came under attack, his family say. They have seen footage of him being dragged away after a grenade attack.\n\nAlmog Meir Jan, 21, tried to flee the festival. He and a friend made it to the friend's car but only managed to drive a short distance before being forced to stop. Almog's family say they have seen a hostage video in which he appears.\n\nInbar Heiman, a student aged 21, was seen by two young Israeli men being taken away from the festival on a motorcycle. Hamas have released a video in which she is seen very briefly.\n\nHersh Goldberg-Polin, 23, a dual US-Israeli citizen, was badly injured in the attack, his family told the BBC. Eyewitness accounts say he was seen being forced onto a white pick-up truck - the last-known signal from his phone came from just inside Gaza.\n\nSegev Kalfon, 26, was running away from the festival, across the highway, when he was captured by Hamas, according to the Hostages and Missing Families Forum.\n\nOrión Hernández Radoux, 30, from Mexico, attended the festival with his girlfriend, Shani Louk. He has not been seen since. The Sun newspaper says it has seen threatening messages written in Arabic sent from his phone. Shani, a tourist from Germany, was initially thought to be among those seized. But on 30 October, her mother Ricarda told German media that the family had been informed by Israeli military of her death following DNA identification.\n\nRomi Lesham Gonen, 23, was on the phone to her mother as she tried to escape from the Supernova festival. Merav Leshem Gonan has recounted a conversation in which her daughter begged for help after being shot. ABC News reports that Romi's phone is now in Gaza.\n\nBar Kuperstein, 21, last spoke to his family early on the morning of 7 October, as the attack unfolded. Later the same day, his family say they identified him in a video of Israeli prisoners, posted by Hamas. Since then, they say they have had no further information.\n\nEliya Cohen, 26, was hiding with his girlfriend Ziv from the attack, when Ziv felt him being pulled up and driven away by the gunmen, Eliya's mother has told the video initiative #BringThemHomeNow. The family then found a photo of Eliya in Gaza, the Times of Israel reported.\n\nAmit Buskila, 28, from Ashdod, was last heard of making a call to her uncle, Shimon, as Hamas overran the festival. Her family say they have now been told by the government that she is being held in Gaza.\n\nCarmel Gat, 39, is Jordan's sister-in-law, and also was seen by her father being taken by gunmen from Kibbutz Be'eri, Haaretz newspaper reported. She has not been heard from since.\n\nOhad Yahalomi, 49, was abducted from Nir Oz, along with his 12-year-old son, Eitan, who was released during the November ceasefire.\n\nDror Or, 48, was seen by a neighbour being dragged out of his home in Be'eri, according to their nephew Emmanuel Besorai, along with his son and daughter. On Saturday 25 November Dror's son Noam, 17, and daughter Alma, 13, were released from captivity. The body of Yonat, 50 - Dror's wife and the children's mother - was identified among the 120 people murdered at the kibbutz, Yonat's brother told the Guardian newspaper.\n\nTal Shoham, 38, was taken from Kibbutz Be'eri. His wife Adi, also 38, her mother Dr Shoshan Haran, 67, were released by Hamas on 25 November, along with the couple's children Nave, eight, and Yahel, three. Dr Haran's husband, Avshalom - an economist and dual German/Israeli citizen - was killed on 7 October.\n\nTamir Adar, 38, who defended Nir Oz as part of the kibbutz's emergency squad, was taken to Gaza, the Times of Israel reported.\n\nSagui Dekel-Chen, 35, an American-Israeli citizen, has been missing since Hamas's attack on Nir Oz, his father Jonathan told the BBC. He said his son was not found among the dead and the \"only reasonable explanation\" is that he was taken to Gaza.\n\nSagui Dekel-Chen's father has not heard from him since Hamas attacked the kibbutz where he lived\n\nThailand's ambassador to Israel says 26 of its citizens were taken hostage, 23 of whom have now been released.\n\nThose still being held are believed to include Watchara Sriuan, 32. His mother, Viewwaew, told the Thaiger news site that the family had been informed he was being held captive.\n\nKiattisak \"Top\" Patee and a Mr Pongtorn (no first name given) have also been named by the Thai foreign ministry as hostages.\n\nA number of other people thought to have been held hostage are now confirmed to have died, either during the 7 October attack or while in captivity.\n\nAs well as Ron Scherman and Nik Beizer, four bodies were identified this week. They were Tal Chaimi, an Israeli-Romanian citizen aged 41, and Joshua Mollel, a 19-year-old Tanzanian student. Also, 27-year-old Eden Zecharya, who was kidnapped from the Nova music festival, and 36-year-old Ziv Dado, who had already been declared dead by the Israeli military.\n\nOthers known to have died include Dror Kaplun, 68, Aviv Atzili, 49, Arye Zalmanovich, 85, Ronen Engel, 54, Maya Goren, 56, Guy Iluz, 26, Ofir Tzarfati, 27, Ofra Keider, 70, and Eliyahu Margalit, 75.\n\nThe bodies of 19-year-old soldier, Noa Marciano, and 65-year-old Yehudit Weiss were found by Israeli troops in buildings close to Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City.\n\nOn Saturday 9 December Kibbutz Bari announced that Sahar Baruch, 25, had been killed in Gaza.\n\nOther hostages whose death has been reported, but not confirmed include Shiri Bibas, 32, and her two young children, Ariel and Kfir.\n\nAre you personally affected by the issues raised in this story? If it is safe to do so, please get in touch by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "Artificial intelligence could increase the risk of cyber-attacks and erode trust in online content by 2025, a UK government report warns.\n\nThe tech could even help plan biological or chemical attacks by terrorists, it says.\n\nBut some experts have questioned whether the tech will evolve as predicted.\n\nPrime Minister Rishi Sunak is expected to highlight opportunities and threats posed by the technology on Thursday.\n\nThe government report looks at generative AI - the type of system that currently powers popular chatbots and image generation software.\n\nIt is based in part on declassified information from intelligence agencies.\n\nThe report warns that by 2025 generative AI could be \"used to assemble knowledge on physical attacks by non-state violent actors, including for chemical, biological and radiological weapons\".\n\nIt says while firms are working to block this, \"the effectiveness of these safeguards vary\".\n\nThere are obstacles to getting hold of the knowledge, raw materials, and equipment for attacks, but those barriers are falling - potentially accelerated by AI, according to the report.\n\nBy 2025, it's likely AI will also help create \"faster-paced, more effective and larger scale\" cyber-attacks, it warns.\n\nJoseph Jarnecki, who researches cyber threats at the Royal United Services Institute, said that AI could help hackers, especially in overcoming their difficulties in mimicking official language.\n\n\"There's a tone that is adopted in bureaucratic language and cybercriminals have found that quite difficult to harness,\" he told the BBC.\n\nThe report comes ahead of a speech by Mr Sunak on Thursday where he is expected to set out how the UK government aims to make AI safe, and establish the UK as a global leader in AI safety.\n\n\"AI will bring new knowledge, new opportunities for economic growth, new advances in human capability, and the chance to solve problems we once thought beyond us. But it also brings new dangers and new fears,\" Mr Sunak is expected to say.\n\nHe will commit to address those fears head on, \"making sure you and your children have all the opportunities for a better future that AI can bring\".\n\nThe speech sets the scene for a government summit next week to discuss the threat posed by highly advanced AIs.\n\nIt will focus on the regulation of so-called \"Frontier AI\": powerful future AI systems that ministers say \"can perform a wide variety of tasks\" and \"exceed the capabilities of today's most advanced models\".\n\nWhether or not such systems could pose a threat to humanity is a hotly debated.\n\nAnother newly published report by the Government Office for Science, which advises the prime minister and cabinet, says \"many experts consider this a risk with very low likelihood and few plausible routes to being realised.\"\n\nIt says to pose a risk to human existence, an AI would need some control over vital systems, such as weapons or financial systems.\n\nThey would also need new skills such as the capacity to improve their own programming, the ability to evade human oversight and a sense of autonomy.\n\nBut it notes \"there is no consensus on the timelines and plausibility of when specific future capabilities could emerge\".\n\nThe big AI firms have mostly agreed that regulation is necessary, and their representatives are likely to attend the summit.\n\nBut Rachel Coldicutt, an expert on the social impact of technology, questioned the focus of the summit.\n\nShe said it placed too much weight on future risk: \"It makes loads of sense that technology companies, who stand to lose more by being regulated about the things they're making in the here-and-now, will focus on long-term risk.\"\n\n\"And it has felt over the summer, as if the government position has been very strongly aligned, supporting those views,\" she told the BBC.\n\nBut she said the government reports were \"moderating some of the the fervour\" about these futuristic threats and made it clear that there was a gap between \"the political position and the actual technical one\".", "The masked men pictured outside Laganside courts - they later sat inside a murder trial\n\nNorthern Ireland Secretary Chris Heaton-Harris has expressed disbelief that masked men appeared in the public gallery of a Belfast court during a murder trial.\n\nMasked men appeared during a trial over the killing of Eamon Fox and Gary Convie in 1994 on Monday.\n\nNorthern Ireland's most senior judge has ordered a review of the incident.\n\nMr Heaton-Harris told the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee: \"I simply can't believe that happened.\"\n\nHe added: \"The Lady Chief Justice (Dame Siobhan Keegan) has also put on the record her shock over this.\"\n\nThe incident happened on Monday at the trial of James Stewart Smyth, 57, who is accused of the double killing.\n\nThere has been a heavy police presence at Laganside courts during evidence from former Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) commander Gary Haggarty.\n\nA small number of individuals sat at the back of the courtroom with their faces covered for a time.\n\nIt was not immediately drawn to the judge's attention.\n\nWhen it was, he warned anyone concealing their face would be removed from court.\n\nFormer Northern Ireland justice minister Claire Sugden said on Thursday that the appearance of the masked men was \"completely unacceptable\".\n\nShe told BBC Radio Ulster's Good Morning Ulster programme that she welcomed the new review of the incident, adding: \"It should not have been allowed to happen and definitely there needs to be something to ensure it doesn't happen again.\"\n\nThe Lady Chief Justice, Dame Siobhan Keegan, later said she had \"dealt with the matter appropriately\".\n\nLady Chief Justice Siobhan Keegan said the appearance of masked men inside the court was unnacceptable\n\nHowever, she said the appearance of masked men inside the court was unacceptable and \"should not have happened\".\n\nShe has asked the NI Courts and Tribunals Service (NICTS) to establish how it occurred.\n\nIt is an offence to refuse to remove a face covering if asked by police who believe a crime may be committed.\n\nThe police told BBC News NI there has been no repeat of Monday's occurrence.\n\nChief Superintendent Darrin Jones said: \"Police are aware of concerns raised after a group of males concealed their identity.\n\n\"At the first opportunity, in discussion with court staff, police made the judge aware of this.\"\n\nCh Supt Jones said the incident has not been repeated since and police are conscious that the current trial is sensitive and will continue to be present in court.\n\n\"If there is any reoccurrence in public, police will seek to use all appropriate legislation and powers to prevent it.\n\n\"We will work with court staff to prevent any reoccurrence inside the confines of the court,\" he added.\n\nA spokesperson for NICTS said: \"We have commenced a review to establish the details of the incident.\n\n\"Findings of the review will be shared and discussed with the Lady Chief Justice.\"", "The collapsed wall in New Road required urgent repairs to stop the road collapsing\n\nVillagers are up in arms over a traditional dry stone wall which has been replaced with a wooden fence by highway workers.\n\nPeople in and around Selsey near Stroud are outraged after a knocked down wall in New Road was replaced with a fence.\n\nThey say Gloucestershire County Council had promised to rebuild the stone wall, which needed repairs to stop the road collapsing.\n\nThe council said the wall required urgent essential repairs.\n\nGloucestershire Highways said replacing the stone with a wooden fence was more cost-effective\n\nGloucestershire Highways, who carried out the repairs, says more than £200,000 was spent on the recently completed works, and to have reinstated a wall would have doubled the cost of the project.\n\n\"It was essential Gloucestershire Highways carried out the repairs to the lower section of the wall to protect the public highway, the utility services and most importantly people's safety, before the road collapsed.\"\n\nCouncillor Steve Hynd has been campaigning for years for the council to rebuild the wall\n\nStroud district councillor Steve Hynd and resident Marisa Godfrey have written to Shire Hall's highways department to express the villagers' disappointment over the stone wall being removed with no community consultation.\n\nMr Hynd had been campaigning for years for the county council to rebuild the wall as the initial cracks soon developed into sections of collapsing wall, causing a risk to anyone walking, cycling or driving past it.\n\nEarlier this summer, Gloucestershire Highways confirmed that the work would finally be carried out. But Mr Hynd said he was \"horrified\" to find out, only as the cement was drying under the new wooden fence, that the wall had been replaced by a fence.\n\n\"As well as the aesthetic change, I worry that replacing a traditional dry stone wall with a wooden fence is just false economy,\" Mr Hynd said.\n\n\"Cotswold stone walls, when erected by skilled local craftspeople, can last for decades with occasional straightforward maintenance.\n\n\"This wooden fence will need replacing in a few years' time.\"\n\nMarisa Godfrey, who lives in Selsley West, said it was only when the work was nearly complete that residents realised the wall was not going to be rebuilt as promised.\n\n\"A lot of people in the village are angry and disappointed about this,\" she said.\n\n\"Dry stone walls are an intrinsic feature of the Cotswold landscape - an ancient craft that has been passed down through generations - and rural residents are rightly proud of the artisanship and heritage that goes into creating them.\"\n\nGloucestershire County Council has not responded to a further request for comment.\n\nFollow BBC West on Facebook, X and Instagram. Send your story ideas to: bristol@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Humza Yousaf said any \"relevant information\" - including WhatsApp messages - would be handed over\n\nThe Scottish government has been accused of not handing over WhatsApp messages to the UK Covid Inquiry.\n\nJamie Dawson KC, the counsel to the inquiry, also said it was \"surprising\" that so many messages from politicians and officials had been deleted.\n\nFirst Minister Humza Yousaf said he took Mr Dawson's comments \"very seriously\" and would investigate.\n\nHe also pledged that \"all relevant information\" of any type will be handed over.\n\nMr Yousaf, who became health secretary in 2021 while pandemic restrictions were still in place, said his statement to the inquiry was over 100 pages long.\n\nSpeaking at a session of the inquiry in London, Mr Dawson said witness statements from key decisions makers suggested that informal communications such as WhatsApp, texts, Microsoft Teams and Signal were used to discuss the Scottish government's Covid response during the pandemic.\n\nIt has now emerged that there were at least 137 message groups that were being used, he added.\n\nThe inquiry therefore asked 70 individuals for their messages, as well as information on what groups they were members of and if such groups still existed or not and why some messages were deleted.\n\nMr Dawson said: \"A clear theme of the overall response received from and via the Scottish government is that although such messaging systems were used in the pandemic response, including by some key decision makers and others, generally very few messages appear to have been retained.\n\n\"This is surprising, in particular, in light of the apparent availability of such messages in high volumes within the UK government.\"\n\nHumza Yousaf may have renewed a pledge to handover \"all relevant information\" to the official pandemic inquiries.\n\nBut it is far from clear that either the UK or Scottish investigations will get everything they want from the Scottish government.\n\nWhy not? Because the UK inquiry has already established that while informal messaging was used by some of those handling the Scottish response to Covid-19, \"generally very few messages appear to have been retained\".\n\nWhile the Scottish government insists it does not operate a culture of making decisions via WhatsApp, the inquiry teams would like to be in a position to judge for themselves.\n\nIn an effort to preserve evidence, the Scottish inquiry issued a \"do not destroy\" order at the start of August 2022 and it could be an offence for witnesses to have deleted Covid-related messages after that date.\n\nIt is less clear what, if anything, could be done about anyone who might have operated a policy of delete-as-you-go throughout the pandemic.\n\nMr Dawson also said that so far only one individual has voluntarily provided access to \"her\" messages, but even those were limited without explanation to a five month period.\n\nHe added that \"very considerable efforts\" had been made by inquiry officials to try to get access to all of the information it needed but that \"the detail required to understand the full picture has not yet been forthcoming\".\n\nMr Dawson said: \"As a result the inquiry is currently considering what steps to take next.\"\n\nThe UK Covid Inquiry is investigating the UK's response to and the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, with a Scottish inquiry also now under way that is specifically looking at decisions taken by the Scottish government.\n\nFormer First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon gave evidence in person to the inquiry\n\nThe issue was raised during First Minister's Questions by Scottish Conservative leader Douglas Ross, who asked Mr Yousaf why the inquiry had not received the information it had requested.\n\nHe said: \"Refusing to hand over this information would not only be an insult to grieving families it would not only be a shocking display of secrecy it would potentially break the law.\"\n\nMr Yousaf said it is not his government that has broken the law over Covid and any concerns raised by bereaved families will be \"fully investigated\".\n\nResponding to the claims, he said: \"Any potentially relevant information that we hold, be it in WhatsApp, be it in email, be it in any correspondence - we will hand over and have handed over.\"\n\nThe first minister said there was a process for handing over information which he would \"fully cooperate with\".\n\nSpeaking to reporters after the session, Mr Yousaf repeated that the concerns raised by Mr Dawson were a \"serious matter\" and would be investigated.\n\nHe added that the Scottish government did not \"routinely conduct parliamentary business through WhatsApp\" and said it would continue to co-operate with both the Scottish and UK Covid inquiries.\n\nThe UK inquiry has already heard from a number of people involved in Scotland's response to the pandemic - including former First Minister Nicola Sturgeon.\n\nThe UK government was taken to court after it refused to hand over former Prime Minister Boris Johnson's messages to the court, stating the messages were irrelevant.\n\nHowever, the High Court ruled against the government stating it was up to the inquiry chair, Baroness Hallett to decide whether the material was relevant or not.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nPeople in parts of Scotland have been urged to avoid travel and stay at home, with Storm Babet expected to bring severe flooding and disruption.\n\nThe Met Office has issued a rare red weather warning for \"exceptional\" rainfall in Aberdeenshire and Angus, stating there is a risk to life.\n\nAnd amber and yellow warnings for wind and rain cover other parts of the UK.\n\nThe storm is currently hitting Ireland, with the army deployed to a town where more than 100 properties were flooded.\n\nSouthern parts of the UK have also been affected as the weather front sweeps north and east.\n\nThe Met Office weather warning runs from 18:00 on Thursday until noon on Friday, with between 10-15cm (4-6in) of rain expected to fall quite widely within the warning period and some locations likely to see between 20-25cm (8-10in).\n\nThe red warning states there is \"danger to life from fast flowing or deep floodwater\" in Aberdeenshire and Angus, with extensive flooding and road closures also expected, as well as warning of wind gusts in excess of 70mph (113km/h) affecting coastal areas.\n\nIt also warned of collapsed or damaged buildings and power cuts, and said some areas could be cut off for days.\n\nAngus Council confirmed that schools in the region will close at lunchtime on Thursday and remain closed on Friday.\n\nFloodwater in Midleton, County Cork, where more than 100 properties were flooded as Storm Babet hit Ireland.\n\nSepa warned that Storm Babet was forecast to bring \"unprecedented\" levels of rain to the north east of Scotland, with flooding that would cause \"significant disruption\".\n\nAmber warnings remain in place across other parts of north east Scotland and the Highlands on Thursday and Friday, with yellow warnings covering much of the country until Saturday.\n\nMany of the affected areas across Scotland are still saturated by heavy rain that caused flooding earlier this month. The deluge was said to have been the worst since the 1890s.\n\nSome property owners in Aberfoyle were taking precautions ahead of Storm Babet's arrival\n\nThe Scottish government's Resilience Room met on Wednesday evening, with representatives from Transport Scotland and the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (Sepa) attending.\n\nAfterwards Deputy First Minister Shona Robison said: \"Red warnings are rarely issued by the Met Office and this reflects how serious the impacts will be from the exceptional weather we can expect - particularly in the north east of Scotland in the next two days.\n\n\"The strong message is that if you are in the parts of Angus and South Aberdeenshire affected - please stay at home and do not travel.\"\n\nScotRail has already cancelled services on several routes in Scotland on Thursday and Friday.\n\nThey are Perth-Aberdeen via Dundee, Perth-Aviemore (Highland main line), Perth-Dunblane, Aberdeen-Elgin (Aberdeen-Inverness line), Tain-Wick/Thurso (Far North line), and Fife Circle services.\n\nThe cancellations will also affect services between Glasgow Queen Street and Aberdeen and Inverness, and between Edinburgh Waverley and Aberdeen and Inverness.\n\nThose living in areas not under a red warning have been urged to check rail timetables before they travel.\n\nLarge areas of Scotland are still saturated after being hit by torrential rain earlier this month\n\nMeanwhile, Police Scotland has urged people to avoid any form of travel during the period of the red weather warning. Driving conditions are expected to be extremely dangerous with disruption and significant delays.\n\nStorm Babet, a complex area of low pressure which developed to the west of the Iberian Peninsula, was named by the Met Office on Monday morning.\n\nIt is the second named storm of the 2023/24 season, which started in early September, with the naming convention aimed at making it easier for people to engage with weather forecasts.\n\nThe Met Office said the last red warning issued in the UK was for extreme heat in July of last year.\n\nThe last UK red warning for rain was in February 2020 in South Wales for Storm Dennis, while the last in Scotland was in December 2015 for Storm Desmond.\n\nRed is the most severe of the Met Office's three coloured weather warnings.\n\nIt means that dangerous weather is expected and, if you have not already done so, you should take action now to keep yourself and others safe from the impact of the severe weather.\n\nIt is very likely that there will be a risk to life, with substantial disruption to travel, energy supplies and possibly widespread damage to property and infrastructure.\n\nYou should avoid travelling, where possible, and follow the advice of the emergency services and local authorities.\n\nYou can read more about the weather warning system here\n\nRain warnings for every county in the Republic of Ireland were in place overnight, having come into effect at various stages on Tuesday.\n\nAberdeenshire Council is urging residents to take advantage of sandbags to help protect properties. The local authority held a resilience meeting on Wednesday.\n\nPerth and Kinross Council said it would close all of its floodgates on Wednesday, with the exception of those at the Queen's Bridge.\n\nThe authority confirmed these will be installed on Thursday morning and the bridge will be closed to vehicles and pedestrians.\n\nIt will remain closed until the storm has passed, but council workers will be present at the gates to assist any businesses to pass through the gates when it is safe.\n\nThe authority was previously criticised over its delay in closing the North Inch floodgates during heavy rain and rising water levels earlier this month, which led to properties and businesses being flooded as a result.\n\nThe RNLI warned the strong winds that have been forecast along with heavy rain are likely to cause dangerous conditions for those visiting the coast around the UK and Ireland.\n\nRNLI water safety partner Sam Hughes said: \"The RNLI advises staying a safe distance away from the water and cliff edges as the conditions could knock you off your feet or wash you into the sea. It is not worth risking your life.\"\n\nHow have you been affected by Storm Babet? If it is safe to do so, share your experiences, pictures and videos by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "\"My grandmother was taken without her glasses, she was barefoot,\" 25-year-old Anat Moshe Shoshani tells me over the phone.\n\nShe sounds distressed as she recounts how her friend alerted her to the existence of a video on social media, showing her 72-year-old grandmother, Adina Moshe, sandwiched on a motorcycle between two Hamas gunmen in Gaza.\n\nOn 7 October, Shoshani's grandfather, David, was killed by Hamas gunmen in Kibbutz Nir Oz, about two miles from the Gaza border. The couple had been hiding in the shelter at their home, the house later set on fire by Hamas.\n\nShe learnt of her grandmother’s fate from social media.\n\n\"We are very worried,\" she tells me.\n\n\"We don't know if she can survive these kind of conditions. I can't understand what they are planning to do with the elderly and the children they kidnapped.\"\n\n\"We can't sleep, we can't eat.\"\n\nShe tells me that her grandmother takes medicine every day and had heart surgery three months ago.\n\n\"Every day becomes longer when she’s not here. She watched the terrorist murder her husband. She is very upset.\n\n\"We want her back as soon as possible.\"", "Last updated on .From the section Women's Football\n\nJenni Hermoso has been named in Spain's squad for the first time since Luis Rubiales kissed her on the lips during the World Cup trophy presentation.\n\nThe kiss, which forward Hermoso says was not consensual, sparked outcry and Rubiales eventually resigned as Spanish football federation (RFEF) president.\n\nRubiales, whose actions overshadowed Spain's World Cup win in August, was also given a restraining order.\n\nSpain will face Italy and Switzerland in the Nations League later this month.\n\nTheir World Cup-winning manager Jorge Vilda was sacked in September and is being investigated as part of the criminal case against Rubiales, and has since been appointed manager of the Morocco women's team.\n\nRubiales was banned from going within 200 metres of Hermoso after she filed a legal complaint.\n\nAt a court case in Madrid, the former federation president has denied sexually assaulting and coercing Hermoso.\n• None The kiss that shook Spanish and global football\n\nWhen new head coach Montse Tome named a squad for the Nations League fixtures in September it included 15 members of the World Cup-winning side, but Hermoso was left out, with Tome saying it was \"to protect her\".\n\nAfter the squad for Spain's Nations League matches on 27 and 31 October was announced on Wednesday, Tome told a news conference she had explained to Hermoso why she was omitted from the previous squad.\n\n\"After the camp we got in touch. Maybe that opened the door to speculation, but at the time there was no problem with her. We didn't call her up because we thought it was the best thing for her,\" Tome said.\n\n\"I have noticed her improvement. We are excited to see her, for her to return to training and to start thinking about the future as our goal is to be in the Olympic Games.\"\n\nThe Spanish players threatened a boycott of last month's friendly against Sweden - their first match since the World Cup final - but called it off after reaching an agreement with the RFEF, which said it had committed to \"immediate and profound changes\".\n\nInstead, the players of both the Sweden and Spain teams stood together holding a banner reading \"se acabo\" which translates to English as \"it's over\" and wore wristbands bearing the same phrase.\n\nA week later, at their first home match since the World Cup, they stood alongside the Switzerland players with the same banner.\n\nTome said \"changes have been made\" within the RFEF and that the relationship between the staff and players is \"good and professional\".\n\nHermoso, who has made 101 appearances for Spain and scored 51 goals, returned to her domestic team, Pachuca in Mexico, in September and her statement to prosecutors in court in Madrid last month has since been made public.\n\nShe told prosecutors that she felt \"disrespected\" as a player and a person and that her image has been tarnished by the RFEF.", "A yacht club and sailing school in Odesa were hit by debris from falling drones, Ukraine said\n\nUkraine has used US-supplied long-range missiles for the first time, President Volodymyr Zelensky has said.\n\nHis comments follow reports the weapons, known as ATACMS, destroyed nine helicopters at Russian bases in the east of the country. Ukraine has not confirmed the missiles were used.\n\nUkraine said an air defence system and other equipment were among the targets hit in Berdyansk and Luhansk.\n\nDozens of Russian troops were killed or injured in the operation, it added.\n\n\"They have performed very accurately. ATACMS have proven themselves,\" Mr Zelensky said in an evening address posted on social media, without giving details of when or where they were used.\n\nThe Biden administration had previously refused to provide ATACMS to Ukraine, but had decided \"in recent weeks\" to send them quietly, US media outlet CNN reported, quoting two US officials.\n\nIt said that Washington wanted to take Moscow by surprise, in case Russia moved equipment and weapons out of reach before the projectiles could be used.\n\nBecause of concerns about tensions with Russia, the missiles provided to Ukraine have a lower range than the maximum the system is capable of, according to the Associated Press.\n\nThe variant delivered to Kyiv carries cluster munitions which release hundreds of small bombs from the air rather than a single warhead, AP reported.\n\nCluster munitions are controversial and are banned by more than 100 states due to their threat to civilians.\n\nVladimir Rogov, the Russian-appointed governor of the occupied part of Zaporizhzhia region, said air defence systems \"successfully intercepted enemy rockets\" over Berdyansk, adding that information about casualties and damage was being checked and would be provided later.\n\nBut an unverified video on a pro-Russian social media account - said to have been filmed in Berdyansk - appears to show explosions and flying rockets, while a voice explains that an ammunition dump has been hit.\n\nAnother Russian blogger has written of an attack on an airfield with ATACMS rockets, inflicting what the author described as a \"serious blow\", with losses of people and technology.\n\nATACMS did not appear in a list of military aid for Kyiv published by the US in September.\n\nBut unverified pictures posted on social media Tuesday suggest the Russian bases were hit using the early MGM-140A variant of ATACMS - a shorter-range version of the family of weapons with a striking distance of around 100 miles (160km).\n\nIn particular the contract number stamped on the side points towards a contract for missiles that was due to be completed by 1997.\n\nKyiv gaining the ATACMS systems represents a significant boost to its abilities to strike deeper into Russian-held territory.\n\nUkraine released a video which it said shows the launch of ATACM missiles\n\nThe Ukrainian military said the attack on Berdyansk happened at 04:00 local time (01:00 GMT) and on Luhansk at 11:00 local time.\n\nBerdyansk is approximately 85km (53 miles) from the nearest front line, and is strategically important because it stands between Mariupol and Crimea. Luhansk is almost 100km from the front line.\n\nClashes have continued to be reported along the front line, including around the Ukrainian-held towns of Avdiivka, Kupyansk and Lyman, which have been coming under heavy bombardment from Russian forces in recent days.\n\nUkraine's emergency services say a dormitory building has been destroyed in a Russian attack on the eastern city of Slovyansk, with two people believed to be trapped under the rubble.\n\nIn Odesa, the authorities say debris from Russian drones that were shot down has damaged a yacht club and several yachts, but caused no casualties.\n\nUkraine has been trying to take back territory occupied by Russia in the east and south of the country through a major counter-offensive, but has so far made slow progress.\n\nIt has also made frequent air attacks on Russian positions as it aims to undermine Moscow's war effort.\n\nRussia has also been attacking Ukrainian positions in the east around Avdiivka and Kupyansk, but according to Ukrainian reports has suffered heavy casualties in recent days.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThe British Museum was \"the victim of an inside job\" when a string of items were stolen, the chair of trustees George Osborne has said.\n\nAround 2,000 treasures are thought to have been taken from the British Museum, but 350 have been recovered so far.\n\nA staff member at the museum suspected of involvement in the thefts was sacked earlier this year.\n\nThe museum has now announced plans to digitise its collection.\n\nMr Osborne told Wednesday's session of the Culture, Media and Sport (CMS) Committee: \"We were the victims of an inside job by someone, we believe, who over a long period of time was stealing from the museum and the museum put trust in.\n\n\"There are lots of lessons to be learnt as a result of that, the member of staff has been dismissed by us. The objects have started to be recovered.\"\n\nHe added: \"We have changed our whistleblowing code, changed our policy on thefts... tightened up security on thefts.\"\n\nSir Mark Jones, the museum's interim director, said the decision to digitise the museum's collection would \"improve security\" following the thefts.\n\nThe museum said the project would take five years, and means the entire collection would be accessible online to anyone who wanted to explore it.\n\n\"We are now confident that a theft of this kind can never happen again,\" Sir Mark added.\n\nGeorge Osborne was questioned by MPs on the Culture, Media and Sport Committe on Wednesday\n\nThe museum's former director Hartwig Fischer previously stepped down after accepting a 2021 investigation into the thefts was mishandled.\n\nSir Mark said: \"We cannot and must not assume that the security of the collection, in a wider sense, can be achieved simply by locking everything away. It is my belief that the single most important response to the thefts is to increase access, because the better a collection is known - and the more it is used - the sooner any absences are noticed.\n\n\"So that's why, rather than locking the collection away, we want to make it the most enjoyed, used and seen in the world.\n\nHe added the process of digitising would be a \"big task\", with 2.4 million records to upload or upgrade. But, he said: \"More than half is already done and when it is finished it will mean that everyone, no matter where in the world they live, will be able to see everything we have - and use this amazing resource in a myriad of ways.\"\n\nThe museum, one of the UK's most prestigious cultural institutions, has been under pressure since revealing in August that a number of treasures were reported \"missing, stolen or damaged\".\n\nThe items involved dated from the 15th Century BC to the 19th Century AD and had been kept primarily for academic and research purposes.\n\nThe museum has also announced plans for enhanced access to study rooms, where members of the public and academics can see additional items from the collection by appointment.\n\nSpeaking to the CMS Committee, Mr Osborne said: \"We are intending to put on display the objects we have recovered, there is a lot of public interest in these objects.\n\n\"Three-hundred-and-fifty have now been recovered and titles have been transferred to us so we have the makings of a good exhibition that was not previously planned.\"\n\nAsked about the steps the museum has taken to stop something similar happening in the future, Sir Mark told MPs: \"We have changed the rules governing access to strong rooms, now there is nobody who is allowed to go into a strong room on their own and that, with a whole lot of other measures, should ensure that kind of theft that has happened couldn't happen again.\n\nHe also said the nature of the case was unusual, commenting: \"I did used to work in the British Museum and I think this particular cache of unregistered material is completely exceptional.\"\n\nThe story has been deeply damaging to the institution.\n\nHow could 2,000 items go missing without anyone inside the museum apparently noticing?\n\nThis isn't only about theft, it's also about the perception of complacency or worse; warnings that went unheeded. Gem dealer Ittai Gradel flagged his suspicions to the museum authorities and was brushed off.\n\nThe only way forward is openness and transparency. Hence the announcement today that the museum will get its entire collection online in five years and will increase access to items that aren't on display.\n\nThere's a long way to go still. There's an ongoing police investigation. The British Museum's external review of what went wrong is likely to report later this year.\n\nAnd the recovery of items is vital - 350 are in the process of being returned. That's around one sixth of the total - what has happened to the others?\n\nThe select committee was an opportunity for transparency and the institution's leaders, George Osborne as chair of Trustees and Sir Mark Jones, the new interim director, were candid.\n\nMr Osborne also revealed publicly his thoughts on the fate of the Parthenon Sculptures (traditionally known in the UK as the Elgin Marbles).\n\nHe said he's exploring whether there is \"some kind of arrangement\" that would allow some of the sculptures to spend some of their time in Greece. Effectively a temporary loan in return for Greek objects that haven't been seen in the UK before.\n\nHe talked of a \"proper partnership\" where objects from Greece would come to the UK and objects from the Parthenon collection could potentially go to Greece.\n\nHe conceded the stand off between the two nations is \"not an easy problem to solve and we may not succeed, but it's worth seeing if we can find a way through\".", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Stephen Flynn asks Rishi Sunak to condemn the \"collective punishment of the Palestinian people\".\n\nPrime Minister Rishi Sunak is being urged to call for a ceasefire to protect civilians in Israel and Gaza.\n\nMore than 40 MPs have backed the calls to prevent further loss of life and allow access to medicines, food, fuel and water to Gaza.\n\nDuring PMQs, SNP Westminster leader Stephen Flynn asked Mr Sunak if he would join calls for an immediate ceasefire.\n\nIn response, the prime minister said Israel had \"a right to defend itself\".\n\n\"We believe that Israel does have a right to defend itself, to protect its people, and to act against terrorism and ensure that the awful attack that we've seen from Hamas cannot happen again,\" he told MPs.\n\n\"Unlike Hamas, the Israelis, including the president, have made it clear that their armed forces will operate in accordance with international law.\n\n\"And we will continue to urge the Israelis to take every precaution to avoid harming civilians.\"\n\nLater, the PM's official spokesman said Mr Sunak does not think it is the right time for a ceasefire, as Israel is working to \"recover hostages who have been seized by a terrorist organisation\".\n\nSpeaking in the Commons, Foreign Secretary James Cleverly said \"all reasonable people\" wanted the situation to be resolved quickly but that Israel was \"forced to engage [in the conflict] because of the mass murder in their country\".\n\nHe added: \"Calls for ceasefires are all well and good but I have seen nothing which leads me to believe Hamas would respect calls for a ceasefire.\"\n\nLabour leader Sir Keir Starmer said MPs must \"strive to speak with one voice in condemnation of terror, in support of Israel's right to self-defence\", as well as backing humanitarian access to those suffering in Gaza and the upholding of international law.\n\nHe added that medicines, food, fuel and water must be allowed into Gaza immediately.\n\nAsked if Sir Keir supported calls for a ceasefire, a spokesman for the Labour leader said: \"We have repeatedly said that Israel has the right to defend itself and has the right to act to retrieve hostages.\"\n\nLabour MP Richard Burgon has laid a parliamentary motion calling for an immediate ceasefire, the release of Israeli hostages, and \"unfettered access\" to humanitarian aid for civilians.\n\nThe motion is supported by more than 25 Labour MPs, former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, who now sits as an independent, as well as MPs from other parties including the Conservatives, the Scottish National Party and Plaid Cymru.\n\nAid agencies and United Nations general secretary Antonio Guterres have also called for a ceasefire in the region and for emergency supplies to be allowed into Gaza.\n\nMr Sunak said it was right to support the Palestinian people \"because they are victims of Hamas too\".\n\nThe PM highlighted an extra £10m of UK humanitarian aid which has been announced, and said he had also raised humanitarian access in \"all of my conversations, as a priority, with every leader in the region\".\n\nBritish officials are working to secure the opening of the Rafah crossing to allow UK citizens to flee to Egypt and for humanitarian aid to get into Gaza.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nIt comes after an explosion at a hospital in Gaza City on Tuesday, which killed nearly 500 people, according to Palestinian health officials.\n\nHamas said the blast was caused by an Israeli air strike but the Israeli military say it was the result of a failed rocket launch by Palestinian Islamic Jihad - an accusation the militant group rejected.\n\nMr Sunak said British intelligence services had been working rapidly to independently establish who was behind the blast.\n\nHe urged MPs not to \"rush to judgment before we have all the facts on this awful situation\".\n\nIsraeli warplanes and artillery have been bombarding Gaza in response to an unprecedented attack on Israel on 7 October by the main Palestinian militant group, Hamas, which killed 1,300 people.\n\nMore than 3,000 people have been reported killed by strikes on Gaza.\n\nSince Hamas's deadly attacks, Israel has blocked fuel, water, food and medical supplies from entering the territory and is demanding the release of scores of hostages taken into Gaza by the militants.\n\nMr Sunak said the UK was working \"round the clock\" to free hostages taken by Hamas.\n\nAt least seven British nationals have been confirmed dead following the attack on Israel.\n\nDowning Street said nine more UK nationals remained missing.", "A cyber-security researcher has exploited a glitch on the CIA's official Twitter account, to hijack a channel used for recruiting spies.\n\nThe US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) account on X, formerly known as Twitter, displays a link to a Telegram channel for informants.\n\nBut Kevin McSheehan was able to redirect potential CIA contacts to his own Telegram channel.\n\n\"The CIA really dropped the ball here,\" the ethical hacker said.\n\nThe CIA is a US government organisation known for gathering secret intelligence information, often over the internet, from a vast network of spies and tipsters around the world\n\nIts official X account, with nearly 3.5 million followers, is used to promote the agency and encourage people to get in touch to protect US national security.\n\nMr McSheehan, 37, who lives in Maine, in the US, said he had discovered the security mistake earlier on Tuesday.\n\n\"My immediate thought was panic,\" he said.\n\n\"I saw that the official Telegram link they were sharing could be hijacked - and my biggest fear was that a country like Russia, China or North Korea could easily intercept Western intelligence.\"\n\nAt some point after 27 September, the CIA had added to its X profile page a link - https://t.me/securelycontactingcia - to its Telegram channel containing information about contacting the organisation on the dark net and through other secretive means.\n\nThe channel said, in Russian: \"Our global mission demands that individuals be able to reach out to CIA securely from anywhere,\" while warning potential recruits to \"be wary of any channels that claim to represent the CIA\".\n\nAnyone clicking on the link was directed to Mr McSheehan's Telegram channel\n\nBut a flaw in how X displays some links meant the full web address had been truncated to https://t.me/securelycont - an unused Telegram username.\n\nAs soon as Mr McSheehan noticed the issue, he registered the username so anyone clicking on the link was directed to his own channel, which warned them not to share any secret or sensitive information.\n\n\"I did it as a security precaution,\" he said.\n\n\"It's a problem with the X site that I've seen before - but I was amazed to see the CIA hadn't noticed.\"\n\nThe CIA did not reply to a BBC News request for comment - but within an hour of the request, the mistake had been corrected.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: What is the dark web?", "Last updated on .From the section Football\n\nStar-studded France roared back from a goal down to inflict a heavy friendly defeat on much-changed Scotland.\n\nBuoyed by Euro 2024 qualification two days earlier, the makeshift visitors stunned the World Cup runners-up early on in Lille when Eduardo Camavinga's inexplicable passback allowed Billy Gilmour to smash in his first goal in senior football.\n\nBut that moment served as a wake-up call for the French, who levelled just five minutes later when Benjamin Pavard glanced a header in at the far post from an Antoine Griezmann corner.\n\nThe Inter Milan defender nodded in a second soon after, this time benefiting from Kylian Mbappe's devastating burst of pace past Jack Hendry before the Paris St-Germain superstar dinked the ball to Pavard.\n\nMbappe would add a third before the break, his 43rd France goal in 73 caps, smashing a penalty beyond debutant goalkeeper Liam Kelly after a video assistant referee review judged Liam Cooper to have pulled Olivier Giroud to the deck.\n\nAnd Kingsley Coman completed the scoring after the interval, thundering in a half-volley on the rebound past Zander Clark - also handed his first cap in the second half - after Griezmann's initial close-range finish came back off the bar.\n\nGiven the extent of Sunday's celebrations, the Scots would be forgiven for showing up bleary-eyed just 48 hours later in Lille, but a side featuring eight changes held their own for periods despite the scoreline.\n\nSpells of chasing the ball were often followed with spells of measured possession, especially in the early stages when Gilmour crashed in and also late on when Jacob Brown and Stuart Armstrong came off the bench to force France keeper Mike Maignan into action.\n\nFormer Scotland striker Steven Thompson's instant reaction of \"ha-ha\" on punditry duty reflected the nation's disbelief at Gilmour's opener, but Steve Clarke's side were soon brought crashing back to earth when Pavard's quickfire double was followed by Mbappe's penalty.\n\nHad Ousmane Dembele converted from close range, or Pavard met a ball at the back post to complete an incredible first-half hat-trick, Scotland might have been in for a tougher lesson.\n\nBut the French eventually added deserved gloss their victory with substitute Coman's thumping finish.\n\nGiven the opposition they were facing, and the changes to the team, it is difficult to be too critical of a Scotland side who have revitalised a nation with a sensational Euro 2024 qualifying campaign.\n\nBut the question now is: What's next for this team? Friendlies against England and France, either side of last week's qualifier against Spain, were set up to test Clarke's side against the best.\n\nThe result has been three straight defeats - Scotland's worst run since the early days of Clarke in 2019 - but the losses should come as no great shock.\n\nGiven the calibre of opposition Clarke's men will need to get the better of if they are to make a mark in Germany next summer, these experiences should only benefit this team.\n\nScotland return to action next month as they conclude their Euro 2024 qualifying campaign with the hope of topping their group.\n\nFirst up is a trip to Georgia on 16 November before Norway travel to Glasgow three days later.\n• None Offside, France. Youssouf Fofana tries a through ball, but Marcus Thuram is caught offside.\n• None Attempt saved. Youssouf Fofana (France) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner.\n• None Attempt saved. Jacob Brown (Scotland) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Greg Taylor with a cross.\n• None Attempt saved. Stuart Armstrong (Scotland) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Ryan Christie with a cross.\n• None Greg Taylor (Scotland) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul. Navigate to the next page Navigate to the last page\n• None Corinne Bailey Rae on music's role through the ups and downs of her life: She chats to 6 Music DJ and psychotherapist Nemone\n• None Why you should breathe through your nose:", "Ruby David wants lip fillers, but says Wales needs a law to protect under-18s\n\nUnder-18s are coming from England to Wales for Botox as there is no law preventing it, campaigners have said.\n\nCosmetic Botox and lip fillers for under-18s were banned in England in 2021, but no such law exists in Wales.\n\nSave Face, a group that has a register of qualified practitioners in the UK, said it had reports of under-18s coming to Wales to get round the law.\n\nThe Welsh government said it was aware of the regulatory gap with England and would do further work in the area.\n\nRuby David, 18, from Bridgend, wants lip fillers and said it was down to pressure from things such as social media.\n\nIt was only concern from her parents that stopped her from having them so far.\n\nDespite this, she wants to see the law introduced in Wales to protect young people from \"making mistakes\". She told Wales Live: \"Two or three years ago I probably wouldn't have cared as much as I do now. When I was 15 or 16, I was like 'oh whatever it doesn't matter - you only live once'.\n\n\"The older you are, the more you think about things. You think about the outcome, or what could happen.\"\n\nAshton Collins says part of Save Face's work involves getting complaints from people who have had bad service\n\nAshton Collins, director of Save Face, said treatments were becoming increasingly popular and there was a \"crisis waiting to happen with young people\".\n\nMrs Collins, who worked with MP Laura Trott to bring in the law in England, said she thought it would be a \"no brainer\" for Wales to follow suit.\n\nShe believes the risks involved in the procedures mean an age limit would avoid children having to deal with complications.\n\nSave Face said fillers and Botox could have serious side effects and - in extreme cases - could cause blindness and permanent tissue death.\n\nSince England's law change, Mrs Collins also said the organisation had taken calls about under-18s who had \"literally just crossed the border and come to Wales and had these treatments done\".\n\nShe added: \"People only report to us when something goes wrong, so what we're seeing is literally the tip of the iceberg.\"\n\nSave Face said it was told by one mother from Hereford that her 18-year-old daughter was among those who had travelled to Wales for treatment. Another from Bristol told the organisation her 16-year-old had lip fillers across the border.\n\nShe told Save Face: \"She wasn't asked her age. I called the practitioner to complain but she just hung up on me.\"\n\nBBC Wales Live called and messaged 10 clinics across Wales to see if they would book in a 17-year-old.\n\nNone asked for an age before offering an appointment, but were then told the patient was 17.\n\nSeven declined the booking, two said they were unsure and would call back and one said, if a parent came along, they would carry out the treatment.Pharmacist prescriber Sophie Riddell works at clinics in south Wales and said under-18s contacted her for treatment but she would not book anyone under 21.\n\nSophie Riddell, who works at clinics in south Wales, said the industry was \"out of control\"\n\nNow she said she felt \"powerless\" to stop teenagers going elsewhere and although she had not been contacted by any under-18s from England, she was \"aware of it happening through conversations with younger patients\".\n\n\"I feel like the Welsh government aren't really doing enough to aid patients' safety in this industry,\" she said\n\nThe Welsh government said Botox was a prescription-only medicine and the qualified prescriber was \"responsible for ensuring the product is given safely and in accordance with accepted professional standards and in the patient's best interests\".\n\nIt added: \"We are aware that there is a regulatory gap in Wales in relation to these types of procedures and will be doing further work in this important area.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nColeen Rooney has revealed more details of how she went about her so-called Wagatha Christie investigation in 2019.\n\nRooney said she suspected Rebekah Vardy had been leaking private information about her due to her existing relationship with the Sun.\n\nShe added she also knew her friends in Liverpool would not work with the Sun, due to the city's long-running boycott of the newspaper.\n\nVardy denied leaking stories and sued Rooney for libel, but lost her case.\n\nIn a viral Instagram and Twitter (now X) post four years ago, Rooney publicly identified who she thought was leaking private information about her to the press.\n\nShe locked down her privacy settings so Vardy's account was the only one who could access the false stories she was posting. When the stories ended up in the Sun, Rooney publicly accused Vardy of being the leaker.\n\nIn a new interview with BBC Radio 4's Woman's Hour, Rooney said she already suspected Vardy due to the fact she had worked with the Sun, and was able to further narrow down the list of people she suspected by excluding her family and friends from Liverpool.\n\nVardy, the wife of footballer Jamie, lost her legal case last year and was ordered to pay 90% of Rooney's legal costs, after a judge ruled Rooney's accusation was \"substantially true\".\n\nRebekah Vardy lost her libel case and was ordered to pay 90% of Rooney's legal fees\n\nRooney, the wife of footballer Wayne, told presenter Emma Barnett: \"It all boiled down to, this is someone who has a connection with this newspaper, that [the stories] kept going to all the time.\"\n\nShe explained she noticed stories about Vardy had appeared regularly in the newspaper when she searched.\n\n\"I looked through the list [of Instagram followers] - obviously there was a connection when I Googled, there was a lot of Sun exclusives,\" Rooney said.\n\n\"But there were the WhatsApp messages from previous [chats with Vardy]. Rebekah reached out to me a lot, whereas I never reached out.\"\n\nRooney continued: \"We don't live near each other, we're only connected through our husbands playing for England together which is once in a blue moon. It's not like a week-in, week-out football club where they'd get to see each other.\n\n\"So it was from time to time, and I read over the messages back as far as it went, and it became relevant that it could be her account, because she wanted to keep in touch. The messages, I don't know you just get that feeling where things don't add up.\"\n\nRooney said Vardy also noticed when Rooney had blocked her on the platform, and messaged her to ask about it.\n\n\"I did block [Vardy] beforehand,\" Rooney said. \"And then Rebekah reached out and messaged and said 'have you blocked me?'\n\n\"So I followed her back and said it must have been a mistake, and accepted her back into my account. And from there, I did more and more fake posts, which, some of them then did go on to be in the newspaper.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Coleen Rooney tells Woman's Hour how she feels when people call her a Wag\n\nRooney said another way she was able to narrow down the list of suspects was that she assumed none of her family or friends from Liverpool would work with the Sun.\n\nThe city has boycotted the newspaper for several decades due to the way it reported the Hillsborough disaster in 1989, which resulted in 97 deaths.\n\nThe paper attributed the crush to the behaviour of Liverpool fans, but it had actually occurred due to weak stadium infrastructure, poor officiating by police and severe overcrowding.\n\nMany newsagents in Liverpool refuse to stock the newspaper as a result. Rooney said she knew her friends and family would \"definitely not\" work with the Sun.\n\n\"It's something that Scousers wouldn't do,\" she said.\n\n\"So obviously that eliminated a lot of other people from my followers that I probably wouldn't have thought it was, but [because of] that fact it wouldn't have been.\"\n\nHowever, her husband Wayne Rooney has previously been interviewed by the newspaper, which led to a backlash from Liverpudlians.\n\nColeen Rooney, wife of footballer Wayne, appears in a new Disney+ documentary about the Wagatha Christie case\n\nRooney's original sting involved posting fake information about herself on her private Instagram stories - she had both a public and private account - to see which ones would end up being reported in the press.\n\nShe then limited the number of people who could access her private Instagram stories, eventually leaving Vardy's account as the only viewer.\n\nAfter the false stories appeared in the Sun, Rooney released a statement on social media explaining what she had done and accusing Vardy of being the leaker.\n\nThe affair was quickly nicknamed Wagatha Christie, a reference to Wags - a term used to describe the wives and girlfriends of footballers, and to the author Agatha Christie, famous for her detective novels.\n\nA new documentary about the case has now been released by streaming service Disney+.\n\nRooney told Radio 4 it was \"really frustrating that someone was giving my private information to a national newspaper\", adding: \"It's private for a reason.\n\n\"Some of the stories, I wasn't bothered that they were out there, but it was the fact that it was wrong to leak someone's private information, that was my whole thought process behind it, it shouldn't be getting done.\"\n\nShe continued: \"I deal with my personal life behind closed doors, which is completely different to how the court case played out. It was so public, because it was a legal matter.\"\n\nRooney described the court battle as \"one of the toughest times I've had\" in her life, adding that she did not expect it to end up in court.\n\n\"I would never in a million years have thought a court case could come from that,\" she said. \"I did not want to go to court and I was terrified because I've never been in a court room before, never been through that type of legal battle.\"", "The Manchester Arena bomber died in a suicide attack that \"murdered 22 innocent victims\", a coroner has ruled.\n\nSalman Abedi, 22, died when he detonated a home-made device in the arena foyer at the end of an Ariana Grande concert in May 2017.\n\nCoroner Sir John Saunders, who also chaired the Manchester Arena Inquiry, concluded Abedi's death was \"suicide while undertaking a terror attack\".\n\nAbedi's medical cause of death was given as blast injuries.\n\nNo hearings were held for the bomber's inquest, instead the process was conducted as a written exercise.\n\nTwenty-two people died in the bombing on 22 May 2017\n\nSir John was legally obliged to hold an inquest because Abedi had a sudden and violent death. Abedi's role in the attack was revealed during the long-running public inquiry and the police investigation and prosecution of his brother Hashem, who helped plot the atrocity and is serving a life sentence for his role in the attack.\n\nHe concluded Abedi died from \"suicide while undertaking a terror attack that murdered 22 innocent victims and injured many others\".\n\nThe circumstances of Abedi's death were recorded as follows: \"The deceased died at 10.31pm on May 22 2017 in the City Room of the Manchester Arena in the Victoria Exchange Complex in Manchester.\n\n\"The deceased died near to the entrance doors to the Manchester Arena, when he detonated an explosive device that he had made with his brother and carried into the City Room in a backpack as part of a planned terror attack.\n\n\"In detonating the device the deceased murdered 22 innocent victims and injured many others.\"\n\nIt may be obvious that Salman Abedi died as a result of suicide but the formality of an inquest was still a necessary part of the legal process.\n\nThe Manchester Arena Inquiry heard detailed evidence about each of the 22 people who were murdered when he exploded his bomb.\n\nThere was no appetite for Abedi to be afforded the same attention, and the feeling was that it would be a waste of public money to hold a hearing for his inquest.\n\nSo this ruling slipped quietly into the email inboxes of families, lawyers and journalists, right at the end of the Inquiry process.\n\nSir John Saunders could have just returned a short verdict of \"suicide\" but by choosing to add the line that Abedi died \"while undertaking a terror attack that murdered 22 innocent victims and injured many others\" he also acknowledged the extent of the bomber's crimes, and the number of people his actions affected.\n\nAbedi was identified through DNA, fingerprint and dental records and a post-mortem examination showed there was no evidence he had been drinking alcohol or taking drugs on the night of the bombing.\n\nDocuments showed Abedi's DNA had been matched with DNA held by the Home Office following his arrest for shoplifting in 2012.\n\nSome of the 22 victims' families urged Sir John not to record the cause of death simply as \"suicide\", given what he had done.\n\nIn legal submissions, lawyers acting for some families said: \"To formally record his death as simply 'suicide' and shorn of all reference to his murderous attack would fundamentally fail to record the true circumstances of his death and unjustly misrepresent and minimise the true impact of his mode of death.\"\n\nWhy not follow BBC North West on Facebook, X and Instagram? You can also send story ideas to northwest.newsonline@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Ferrets are believed to have been introduced to Rathlin Island in the 1980s\n\nThe first of more than 400 ferret traps have been activated on Rathlin Island.\n\nThey have been laid as part of a project to eradicate non-native predators from the island so that species like the puffin can flourish.\n\nPuffins are the arguably the most famous symbol of Rathlin.\n\nBut with numbers on the island declining by 74% since 1999, the race is on to protect the colourful ground-nester from predators before the balance tips.\n\nIn a world first, the LIFE Raft project will see ferrets and rats trapped to eradicate non-natives from the island.\n\nThe traps have been placed in a grid formation across the island.\n\nThey are pre-baited, meaning the ferrets can explore them without becoming trapped.\n\nBut now that they have been activated, the animals will either be contained in them for removal or humanely killed automatically when the trap closes.\n\nUlf Keller checking one of the traps on Rathlin Island\n\nIt will take at least four days to activate all 450 traps by hand, with team members walking from one end of the island to the other.\n\nWireless monitoring is being used on all the 'live' traps and most of the 'kill' ones.\n\nTraps will be checked within 24 hours of an alert being triggered.\n\nIt is thought that the majority of ferrets could be removed from the island by as soon as Spring 2024.\n\nSix thousand bait stations are also being laid to target the rat population.\n\nThe £4.5 million project will continue until 2026 - by which time those behind the project hope all ferrets and rats will be removed, restoring the island to a safe haven for internationally significant breeding seabirds.\n\nAs well as puffins, the island, off the County Antrim coast, is home to razorbills, kittiwakes, Manx shearwaters, guillemots and fulmars.\n\nMonitoring will continue beyond the five-year project to maintain biosecurity.\n\nSimilar projects have been undertaken on the Isles of Scilly, in the Shiants off Scotland and, most recently, on Gough Island in the south Atlantic\n\nBut this is the first time that ferrets will be targeted as part of a conservation effort like this.\n\nRats most likely arrived on boats more than a century ago.\n\nPuffin numbers on Rathlin have gone down in recent years\n\nBut ferrets, voracious and efficient hunters, were released deliberately to control the rabbit population.\n\nBoth species quickly turned their attentions to the seabirds and their young.\n\nThey are now all over the island, leading to fears that matters were at a tipping point.\n\nWinter is the best time to target predators, who will be getting hungry as their prey migrates from the island.\n\nBut protecting the seabird population is also about protecting people.\n\nThe economy on the island relies on thousands of visitors who come every year for the wildlife.", "The attackers set the victims' vehicle on fire after killing them\n\nA couple on their honeymoon and their guide were killed in a \"cowardly terrorist attack\" at a national park in south-west Uganda, authorities say.\n\nUganda's police said the trio were killed, and their vehicle burned, in the Queen Elizabeth National Park.\n\nPolice said joint forces were pursuing suspected members of the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) rebel group.\n\nUganda's president said the tourists were from the UK and South Africa, while their guide was Ugandan.\n\nIn a statement posted on social media platform X, Yoweri Museveni added the Ugandan High Commission in the UK would provide support to the families of the murdered couple.\n\nThe UK's foreign office said it was in contact with the family of a British national following an incident at the park.\n\nThe ADF is an IS-linked Islamist group which traces its roots to Uganda but operates mainly in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo. The two countries have intensified operations targeting the group in recent months.\n\nOn Monday, Uganda's president said police had foiled a plot, allegedly planned by ADF militants, to bomb churches in the country's central Butambala district.\n\nPolice spokesperson Fred Enanga said on X, formerly known as Twitter: \"We have registered a cowardly terrorist attack on two foreign tourists and a Ugandan in Queen Elizabeth National Park.\n\n\"The three were killed, and their safari vehicle burnt.\"\n\nHe added the police are \"aggressively pursuing\" the suspected rebels, and expressed \"our deepest condolences to the families of the victims\".\n\nThe police force also posted a photograph of a green four-wheel-drive vehicle on fire.\n\nBashir Hangi, spokesperson for the Uganda Wildlife Authority, said the attack took place on Tuesday evening.\n\nThe authority said in a statement all parks remain open, adding: \"We urge the public to remain patient and allow the investigative process to run its course.\"\n\nThe UK Foreign Office has updated its travel advice for Uganda, warning the \"attackers remain at large\".\n\nIt is advising against \"all but essential travel\" to Queen Elizabeth National Park, adding that anyone in the park should \"follow the advice of local security authorities\".\n\n\"If you are able to do so safely, you should consider leaving the area,\" it said.\n\nA spokesperson for the Foreign Office said: \"We are providing consular assistance to the family of a British national following an incident at Queen Elizabeth National Park in Uganda. We are in close contact with the local authorities.\"\n\n\"British nationals in the area should follow our travel advice and contact us if they require assistance.\"", "The show first aired in March 2000 and since then it has won 17 Baftas with more than 4.500 episodes made\n\nProduction of daytime medical drama Doctors is to end, the BBC has announced.\n\nAfter running for 23 years, the TV show had been affected by \"super inflation in drama production\", causing costs to rise significantly, the BBC said.\n\nIt said it had faced a choice on whether to re-invest in the Birmingham site where the show is made or finance new shows in the West Midlands.\n\nThe final episode will be aired in December 2024.\n\nThe BBC said it would be \"working closely with BBC Studios to give it the finale it deserves\".\n\nIt also thanked all the cast and crew who had worked on the show, which was first broadcast on 26 March, 2000 and has since won 17 Baftas.\n\nMore than 4,500 episodes of the show have been made.\n\nThe soap follows the lives of staff and patients at a Midlands GP practice in the fictional town of Letherbridge.\n\nTV critic Scott Bryan, from the BBC's Must Watch podcast, said on X, formerly Twitter, that the show had \"been a training ground for many actors\"\n\nIt has featured household names such as Eddie Redmayne, Sheridan Smith, Nicholas Hoult, Rustie Lee and Phoebe Waller-Bridge, he said.\n\n\"For many of us, this is the show we would watch on our sick days,\" Mr Bryan added.\n\nThe long-running series is set in a Midlands GP practice\n\nThe Writers' Guild called the decision \"a terrible loss to the UK writing community, and to audiences\".\n\nIt said it was essential the UK \"continues to provide distinctive content and opportunities for our writers\".\n\nThe cancellation of the show,18 months after another BBC medical drama, Holby City, was axed, \"leaves a big hole in the drama slate\", it added.\n\nPeople who have worked on the show have also expressed their sadness on social media.\n\nWriter and director Joy Wilkinson wrote: \"I'd have left TV drama if it wasn't for this wonderful, warm and creative show.\"\n\nShe said the 36 episodes she worked on \"were the making of me, as it formed many on both sides of the camera\".\n\n\"Go out with a bang,\" she added.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThe BBC said the Drama Village, where the show is currently made, would have needed further investment to continue operating, with the only alternative being to switch production to another site.\n\nIt had been a difficult decision, but \"with a flat licence-fee, the BBC's funding challenges mean we have to make tough choices in order to deliver greater value to audiences\", the corporation said.\n\nThe BBC said it remained \"fully committed\" to TV production in the West Midlands.\n\nIt highlighted recent announcements that Silent Witness will move to the region in 2024 and that MasterChef will be made at the new studios in Digbeth, Birmingham, which are due to open next year.\n\n\"The BBC adds over £305m to the economic value of the West Midlands each year,\" it said, describing Birmingham as \"a major hub for the BBC's activity\".\n\nIt said all the funding for Doctors would be reinvested into new programming in the region and it would \"work to develop new opportunities to support skills in scripted programming\".\n\nMayor of the West Midlands Andy Street, said it was \"sad news\" the show was coming to an end not least because it had been the first step into TV for many people.\n\nHowever, in a post on X, he added: \"Let's be clear, the investment in Doctors will stay in the WM {West Midlands} and be spent on new productions.\"\n\nFollow BBC West Midlands on Facebook, X and Instagram. Send your story ideas to: newsonline.westmidlands@bbc.co.uk", "A wind turbine has been destroyed by fire in Adair County, Iowa.\n\nVideo shows smoke billowing from the turbine, and a giant blade crashing to the ground in flames.\n\nEmergency crews could only watch as they did not have ladders tall enough to reach the top of the wind turbine.\n\nAuthorities said they were investigating the cause of the fire.", "MI5 boss Ken McCallum says a major challenge is detecting when people with extremist mindsets might turn to violence\n\nMI5 is monitoring for increased risks to the UK as the Israel-Gaza war continues, its head has told the BBC.\n\n\"One of the things that concerns me most right now, is to understand quite what the shape of the UK impact will be,\" Ken McCallum said in an interview.\n\nHe also warned there was a risk that events in the Middle East could radicalise people towards violence.\n\nHe was speaking at an unprecedented public appearance of security chiefs of the Five Eyes alliance in California.\n\nThe heads of US, UK, Australian, Canadian and New Zealand security agencies were appearing together for the first time to warn of technological innovation being stolen by China.\n\nIn an interview with the BBC, Mr McCallum said \"the scale and monstrous nature\" of the Hamas attack on Israel had come as a \"shock\".\n\nDiscussing the possibility of the Israel-Gaza conflict radicalising people in the UK towards violence, he said: \"That is certainly a risk.\"\n\n\"It has always been the case that lots of would-be-terrorists in the UK draw inspiration through their distorted understanding of what is happening in other countries.\"\n\nHe said he could not comment on specific intelligence relating to any threats the Security Service is currently seeing.\n\nBut he said that MI5 was already watching a \"pretty large cohort\" of people with extremist mindsets and that one of the most challenging parts of its work was trying to detect when these people, often acting alone, suddenly moved towards violence in new or unpredictable ways.\n\nThe Israel-Gaza war has been reverberating around the world\n\nIn recent years, MI5 has seen a shift toward lone-actors inspired by events but not formally part of any organisation or group. They can be harder to spot and to work out when they are about to act, Mr McCallum said.\n\nUS officials say they have already seen a rise in reported threats in the wake of events in the Middle East.\n\n\"We cannot and do not discount the possibility that Hamas or other foreign terrorist organisations could exploit the conflict to call on their supporters to conduct attacks on our own soil,\" FBI Director Chris Wray, told reporters.\n\n\"We are also particularly alert to the potential these events have to inspire violence against Jewish Americans or Muslim Americans, institutions and houses of worship.\"\n\nA six-year-old Muslim boy was stabbed to death in Illinois on Saturday in what has been described as a hate crime.\n\nStanford University in California was chosen as the venue for this unprecedented first public meeting of the Five Eyes because it lies in the heart of Silicon Valley and the security chiefs are issuing a public warning about China stealing innovation.\n\nBut in private meetings together, the Middle East will be high on the agenda.\n\n\"As you'd expect, we will also use our time together to discuss a range of other issues in private, including what Hamas's attack means both in the region and in our homelands,\" Mr McCallum said.\n\nThe MI5 head told the BBC that one of the most difficult aspects of the role was to balance resources against different types of threats which were equally concerning.\n\n\"How do you balance the ability to track a teenage would-be terrorist consuming extreme right-wing and hateful material in his bedroom and potentially considering buying a bladed weapon with the longer term risks posed by fast or precious cutting edge research from one of our universities? They both matter to our national security.\"", "Miller is said to be transitioning from a man to a woman\n\nA man who abducted a primary school girl while dressed as a woman and then sexually assaulted her in his Borders home has been jailed for 20 years.\n\nAndrew Miller, who is also known as Amy George, offered to give the girl a lift home in February this year.\n\nBut Miller, 53, instead drove her to his own house, took her into a bedroom and refused to let her leave.\n\nHe then subjected her to a series of sexual assaults over the course of the next 27 hours.\n\nThe High Court in Edinburgh also heard Miller will be supervised on licence for eight years in addition to his custodial sentence.\n\nPassing sentence, judge Lord Arthurson told Miller the narrative was \"frankly nauseating in terms of its depravity and criminal sexual deviancy\".\n\nHe added: \"The abduction of young children from the streets of our cities, towns and villages for the purpose of their sexual torment over a prolonged period by a captor is mercifully rare in this jurisdiction.\n\n\"It is a uniquely appalling crime striking, as it does, at the heart of family life and, indeed, the very fabric of our society.\"\n\nHe described Miller's offences as \"brazen and chilling\" and said his intentions were \"wicked and predatory\".\n\nLord Arthurson continued: \"The suffering of your victim and her family at your hands has been incalculable and life-changing.\n\n\"The trauma further inflicted by you upon her local community and the wider public is also immeasurable.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Judge Lord Arthurson described the crimes of Andrew Miller as \"nauseating\"\n\nDuring his risk assessment Miller referred to the abduction, which he carried out at 17:55 on 5 February, as a \"game\".\n\nIn relation to the ending, he told the reporter he \"went into business mode trying to think of a solution\".\n\nThe court previously heard the girl, who did not know Miller, was only able to escape from the bedroom after he fell asleep on the second night of her ordeal.\n\nAt 21:24 on 6 February, she found his landline and dialled 999. Minutes later nine police officers arrived at the property to rescue her.\n\nMiller - a father of three who lived alone - was still sleeping when officers arrived to arrest him.\n\nIn May, the court was told that Miller identifies as transgender and in the process of transitioning to female. He had owned a butcher's shop in Melrose which had been closed for several months before the abduction.\n\nAt the time of his arrest, he was presenting as Amy George but confirmed he wished to be addressed as Andrew Miller using \"he\" pronouns for simplicity.\n\nMiller claimed to have been helping the girl when he was arrested by police\n\nThe girl later told police how she had been unable to get a bus home and so started to walk when she was approached \"by a lady in a car\" who offered to give her a lift.\n\nShe said she had accepted the offer and got into the Jaguar car because she was cold and believed the \"lady\" to be non-threatening.\n\nMiller instead took her to his own three-bedroom detached bungalow in a residential street in the village of Gattonside, near Melrose, where he placed his arm around her neck and carried her to the main bedroom, where he repeatedly sexually assaulted her.\n\nHe also watched pornography and fetish videos on television, with the girl describing how she had seen \"weird\" things.\n\nShe repeatedly asked to be taken home but Miller refused, saying that he intended to keep her for a week and that she was his new family.\n\nThe court heard that it was only by \"complete fortune\" that the child was able to escape once Miller fell asleep on a bed next to her.\n\nShe deliberately knocked a glass off a table and then turned on a light to see if he would wake up.\n\nThe girl then managed to escape the bedroom and called 999 from his landline.\n\nThe court was told that the girl's \"fear and distress was palpable\" in the call and her relief at hearing the police arrive at the house was obvious.\n\nThe butcher shop owned by Miller was boarded up after his arrest\n\nOfficers found Miller still sleeping and wearing a bra, silicone breasts, female underwear and tights.\n\nThe girl was taken to a nearby hospital to be medically examined.\n\nMiller told the police he had stopped to \"help\" the child as she \"looked freezing\", saying it was a \"motherly thing\" and that he was being a Good Samaritan and had \"put her in bed with me to warm up\".\n\nHe previously pleaded guilty to the charges against him at the High Court via videolink.\n\nThe offences included abduction, sexual assault, possession of 242 indecent images of children and intentionally causing a child under the age of 13 to look at a sexual image.\n\nMiller will be held in a male prison in line with new guidelines for trans prisoners who commit sexual offences that were introduced following an outcry over the Isla Bryson case.\n\nBryson was initially placed in a female prison after being convicted of raping two women while she was known as a man called Adam Graham.", "Possessing laughing gas will be made illegal in three weeks, with those who repeatedly misuse the drug facing up to two years in prison.\n\nAnd dealers of nitrous oxide will face up to 14 years behind bars, the Home Office said.\n\nThe ban will come into force on November 8, and will make nitrous oxide a controlled Class C drug under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971.\n\nIt is one of the most commonly used recreational drugs among young people.\n\nIt comes after MPs voted overwhelmingly to have it categorised as a class C drug, by 404 votes to 36, last month.\n\nCritics have previously warned against a ban, saying it could stop users seeking medical help, but the government says it is clamping down on antisocial behaviour and drug taking in public.\n\nThe drug is a colourless gas commonly used as a painkiller in medicine and dentistry, and for producing whipped cream in cooking.\n\nWhen used as a recreational drug it is inhaled, and can make people feel relaxed, giggly, light-headed or dizzy.\n\nThe substance can cause headaches and make some users anxious or paranoid, while over-use can make people faint or lose consciousness.\n\nIntensive, frequent use can also lead to vitamin B12 deficiency which can cause neurological damage, according to a government report quoting several scientific studies.\n\nPenalties for possessing the substance could include an unlimited fine, community service, or a caution, and for \"repeat serious offenders\", a prison sentence of up to two years, the Home Office said.\n\nAnd the maximum sentence for production or supply of the drug for unlawful purposes will be 14 years.\n\nThere will be exemptions for using nitrous oxide for legitimate reasons, such as in maternity wards for pain relief during labour or in catering.\n\nPeople will not be required to carry licences but will need to demonstrate they are lawfully in possession of the substance and not intending to use it for psychoactive effects.\n\nAnd the government says legitimate suppliers of nitrous oxide must not be \"reckless\" as to whether someone is purchasing the substance to misuse it, adding: \"Turning a blind eye will be committing an offence.\"\n\nCrime and Policing Minister Chris Philp said: \"We are delivering on the promise we made to take a zero-tolerance approach towards antisocial behaviour and flagrant drug taking in our public spaces.\n\n\"Abuse of nitrous oxide is also dangerous to people's health and today we are sending a clear signal to young people that there are consequences for misusing drugs. Both users and dealers will face the full force of the law for their actions.\"\n\nThe chief executive of the Night-time Industries Association, Michael Kill, welcomed the ban but said it must come with a broader education and harm reduction strategy on drugs.\n\n\"The burden on businesses has been substantial, as they've contended with mounting pressure from authorities and residents due to the proliferation of discarded silver canisters on the streets.\n\n\"This predicament has not only posed risks to the well-being of both staff and patrons but has also fostered an environment conducive to petty crime, anti-social behaviour, and the activities of organised crime syndicates.\"", "A Sky Bet tweet featuring Gary Neville has been banned for breaking rules on gambling adverts.\n\nThe post used an embedded clip of the ex-footballer predicting Premier League winners on YouTube series The Overlap.\n\nSky Bet's logo appeared throughout the video, which ended with text stating: \"Brought to you by Sky Bet\".\n\nThe UK's Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) ruled Neville was \"likely to be of strong appeal to under-18s\" - which Sky Bet rejected.\n\nThe ASA's code says gambling adverts should not appeal to children or young people, \"especially by reflecting or being associated with youth culture\".\n\nThey say their rules are based on the fact that gambling is not for under-18s, so adverts on the topic can't be directed at that age group in any way.\n\nSky Bet said The Overlap, sponsored by the company and produced by Neville, was \"distinctly adult in tone and did not feature any content of a childish nature\".\n\nIt also pointed out that the footballer, a star of Manchester United's \"Class of '92\", ended his professional career in 2011.\n\nAn 18-year-old today would have been five or six at the time, the company had argued.\n\nBut the ASA, which enforces UK advertising rules, said it had calculated Neville had 135,000 under-18 followers across Instagram and X, formerly known as Twitter.\n\nIt acknowledged this was a \"small proportion\" of his combined following on both, which was 7.1m when it launched its investigation in March 2023.\n\nBut the authority believed the overall number was \"significant\" enough to conclude the ad was irresponsible.\n\nThe ad featuring Neville was a promoted tweet so the ASA said SkyBet had been told not to publish it again.\n\nIts ruling also bans them from featuring him again in any media that isn't strictly set up to exclude under-18s.\n\nIt said it had told Sky Bet not to include anyone with a strong appeal to under-18s in their future advertising.\n\nThe ASA said age figures for Neville's TikTok and Facebook followings were not available.\n\nX told the regulator the ad did not breach any of its current policies and it had not received any complaints.\n\nA spokesman for Sky Bet's parent company Flutter said: \"We fundamentally disagree with this decision and the flawed process which led to this outcome - it defies both precedent and common sense.\n\n\"The ASA did not receive a single complaint from the public or wider stakeholders about the social media post in question.\"\n\nIt said it would also seek \"an independent review\" of the case.\n\nListen to Newsbeat live at 12:45 and 17:45 weekdays - or listen back here.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The appeal court previously heard Ms Foster was denied contact with her children while in prison, one of whom is autistic\n\nA senior court has said jailing women for abortion-related crimes was \"unlikely\" to be a \"just outcome\" after a mother's sentence was reduced.\n\nIn a 17-page ruling, the Court of Appeal explained why Carla Foster's prison term was lowered from 28 months to 14 months suspended in July.\n\nThe mother-of-three from Staffordshire had admitted illegally procuring abortion pills during lockdown.\n\nThe appeal judges found her original sentence had been wrongly calculated.\n\nMs Foster procured abortion pills in the post from the British Pregnancy Advisory Service (BPAS) after indicating to staff she was seven weeks pregnant, when she was really between 32 and 34 weeks.\n\nOn 11 May 2020, after she took the pills, she went into labour and the baby was born not breathing.\n\nThe mother was initially charged with child destruction and pleaded not guilty, before admitting an alternative charge of administering drugs or using instruments to procure abortion.\n\nDame Victoria Sharp, sitting with Lord Justice Holroyde and Mrs Justice Lambert, previously said the case called for \"compassion, not punishment\".\n\nThe Court of Appeal judges said the original sentence had been wrongly calculated before factoring in mitigation\n\nIn Wednesday's ruling, the judges noted a similar case of a woman convicted of administering poison with intent to procure a miscarriage where the sentence had been lowered on appeal.\n\nDame Victoria said: \"We consider that in cases of this nature, there will often be substantial personal mitigation to balance against the seriousness of the charge; and that an immediate custodial sentence in such cases is unlikely to provide a just outcome.\"\n\nThe judges said Mr Justice Pepperall, sitting at Stoke-on-Trent Crown Court, had wrongly calculated the original sentence before factoring in Ms Foster's mitigation, and it was too high.\n\nDame Victoria added, while the 45-year-old had not been suffering from a serious mental illness at the time, \"there was evidence of an emotionally unstable personality and... no doubt that she suffered emotional turmoil throughout\".\n\nShe continued: \"Ms Foster made admissions at any early stage, and it is doubtful she would have been prosecuted had she not done so.\n\n\"In the aftermath of the stillbirth, she was traumatised, and as the judge put it, wracked by guilt and depressed.\"\n\nThe appeal court previously heard Ms Foster was denied contact with her children while in prison, one of whom is autistic.\n\nDame Victoria said: \"By the time of the hearing before us, it was obvious that custody had had a severely detrimental effect on Ms Foster and on her family.\"\n\nIn his original sentencing, Mr Justice Pepperall described it as an emotive case made more \"tragic\" because she did not plead guilty earlier.\n\nThe case prompted campaigners to call for a change to the UK's abortion laws.\n\nIf you have been affected by the issues raised in this article, help and support is available via BBC Action Line\n\nFollow BBC West Midlands on Facebook, X and Instagram. Send your story ideas to: newsonline.westmidlands@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "US President Joe Biden has secured a deal with Egypt to deliver limited aid to Gaza to ease a humanitarian crisis amid the Israel-Hamas war.\n\nVisiting Tel Aviv, Mr Biden said Israel had a right to hit back for the Hamas attack that triggered the fighting.\n\nThe US president said Israel had been \"badly victimised\", though he cautioned against being \"consumed\" by rage.\n\nHe also backed Israel's account that a blast at a Gaza hospital on Tuesday was not caused by an Israeli air strike.\n\nPalestinian officials say the explosion at Gaza's Al-Ahli Arab Hospital killed 471 people, blaming it on Israel. The incident has further inflamed tensions across the region.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Biden says he is \"outraged and saddened\" by the loss of life\n\nBut during a trip to Tel Aviv lasting fewer than eight hours on Wednesday, Mr Biden supported the Israeli claim that the deadly blast appeared to have been caused by a misfiring Palestinian rocket.\n\nThe American president said he was \"deeply saddened and outraged\" by the explosion.\n\nIsrael has pointed the finger at Islamic Jihad, another militant group operating in Gaza. Islamic Jihad denied any role in the blast.\n\nThe Palestinian-reported death toll has also been disputed by Israel. A foreign ministry spokesman, Lior Haiat, said on social media platform X that \"several dozen people\" had been \"apparently killed\".\n\nWhile flying home, Mr Biden discussed aid for Gaza with Egyptian President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi by phone.\n\nMr Biden told journalists that Mr Sisi had agreed to open the Rafah crossing from Egypt to Gaza to allow about 20 lorries carrying humanitarian aid into the territory.\n\nEgypt confirmed its president and Mr Biden had agreed to provide aid to Gaza \"in a sustainable manner\".\n\nMr Biden did not give a timeline for the border crossing opening, but White House spokesman John Kirby said it would occur in the coming days after road repairs.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nMr Biden also said $100m (£82m) in US funding would be be allocated to support Palestinian civilians.\n\nA source familiar with the matter told Reuters news agency the US president was considering asking Congress for $10bn in aid for Israel as soon as Friday.\n\nPeople are desperately short of food, water, fuel, medicine and other essentials after Israel launched a blockade of the enclave 10 days ago.\n\nIsrael struck back after the Palestinian militant group Hamas killed 1,400 people in an unprecedented incursion from Gaza on 7 October.\n\nAt least 3,000 people have been killed in retaliatory Israeli strikes on Gaza, according to Palestinian health officials. More than a million Palestinians have fled their homes within Gaza - about half of the population.\n\nIsraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu confirmed Israel would not prevent supplies going from Egypt to the civilian population in southern Gaza.\n\nHowever, Israel said it would not allow any aid to pass through its own territory until hostages being held by Hamas were released. Nearly 200 people have been abducted, Israel says.\n\nMr Biden will give a televised address to the nation from the White House on Thursday at 20:00 EDT (midnight GMT).\n\nIn his address, Mr Biden will \"discuss our response to Hamas's terrorist attacks against Israel and Russia's ongoing brutal war against Ukraine\", White House spokeswoman Karine Jean-Pierre said.\n\nAlso on Thursday, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is due to visit Israel.\n\nOn the US president's high-stakes visit to Tel Aviv, he was warmly greeted by Mr Netanyahu, before the pair hosted a joint news conference.\n\nMr Biden likened the Hamas raid on Israel to the 9/11 attacks in the US.\n\n\"The scale may be different, but I'm sure those horrors have tapped into some kind of primal feeling in Israel, just like it did and felt in the United States,\" Mr Biden said. \"But I caution this: while you feel that rage, don't be consumed by it.\n\n\"After 9/11, we were enraged in the United States. And while we sought justice and got justice, we also made mistakes.\"\n\nAddressing the explosion at the hospital, Mr Biden told Mr Netanyahu: \"Based on what I've seen, it appears as though it was done by the other team, not you.\"\n\nMr Biden was later asked by reporters what led him to conclude that Israel was not responsible, and said: \"The data I was shown by my defence department.\"\n\nA senior American official has told CBS, the BBC's US partner, that Washington has its own intelligence - in addition to Israel's - that includes communications intercepts and satellite photos, which give it \"high confidence\" Israel was not behind the strike.\n\nThe official said there were \"indications\" that it was an errant rocket fired by a group in Gaza.\n\nMr Biden had planned to travel from Israel to Jordan to meet King Abdullah, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and Egypt's President Sisi, but that leg of the trip was called off after the hospital blast.\n\nJordan cancelled the meeting and condemned what it called \"a great calamity and a heinous war crime\".\n\nThe White House said the decision to call off that part of the visit had been \"made in a mutual way\".", "The incident comes after a pipeline under the Baltic Sea was damaged in September\n\nAn undersea telecoms cable connecting Estonia and Sweden has been damaged, the Swedish government has announced.\n\nCivil defence minister Carl-Oskar Bohlin said the cable was damaged but not completely destroyed.\n\nThe cable is believed to have been affected at the same time as a gas pipeline connecting Finland and Estonia was damaged earlier this month.\n\nSources told the BBC Finland suspects Russian sabotage in \"retribution\" after the country joined Nato.\n\nRussian President Vladimir Putin denied the accusation, calling it \"rubbish\". Finland said last week that the pipeline was likely intentionally sabotaged.\n\nAt a press conference on Tuesday, Mr Bohlin said the cause of the damage remains unknown. Swedish investigators will cooperate with their Finnish and Estonian counterparts, he added.\n\nDamage to the natural gas pipeline between Estonia and Finland was detected on 8 October. Finnish authorities said the pipeline, as well as a telecoms cable, were damaged in two places.\n\nFinnish investigators separately identified two ships they said were operating on the day of the incident in the area where the damage was discovered. One ship was Russian-flagged and the other was Chinese-owned, they said.\n\nMr Bohlin said the damage happened \"at a similar time and in physical proximity\" to the previously reported incident. Swedish network Arelion confirmed that one of its fibre optic cables had been damaged.\n\nCountries on the Baltic Sea have been in a state of heightened vigilance regarding potential sabotage of undersea infrastructure since last September, when the Nord Stream 2 undersea pipeline was rendered inoperable by a series of explosions.\n\nIt remains unclear which state or actor was responsible for the attack on Nord Stream 2, which was built to transport natural gas from Russia to Germany - though it was never put into service.\n\nUkraine has denied reports that a pro-Ukrainian group was responsible for the blasts. Russia has also denied any involvement.\n\nAt a meeting of the British-led Joint Expeditionary Force last week, Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson warned that undersea data cables were liable to sabotage.\n\n\"There is a spaghetti of cables on the seabed,\" Mr Kristersson said on Friday, adding that the infrastructure was both essential to the modern economy and vulnerable to attack.\n\nSweden applied to join Nato in 2022, at the same time as Finland. But while Finland's accession was approved in April, Sweden's bid has been held up by opposition from Hungary and Turkey and the country remains outside the alliance.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nMore than 400 animals, mainly cats and dogs, have been rescued from a trafficking network in Spain.\n\nThe gang is suspected of illegally importing animals into Spain from eastern Europe via Andorra before selling them on to make a profit.\n\nThey have also been accused of forging documents to say the animals were healthy for sale when they weren't.\n\nThirteen people have been arrested on charges including animal abuse, fraud and money laundering.\n\nThe animals, which were often kept in poor conditions, have since been receiving care from vets.\n\nThe joint police operation to recover them took place in September - three years after officers in Barcelona received several complaints about the poor conditions at a pet shop in the city's centre and found 33 sick dogs there.\n\nThe authorities said on Wednesday that some of the recovered animals, which were often breeds with high market value, were illegally bought online.\n\nOthers were bred in centres that the suspects ran, where female animals were used to produce as many offspring as possible without care for their health.\n\nThe animals were obtained using various means including breeding in illegal centres\n\nMany of the animals were then transported by road, often in cramped and unsanitary conditions, on long trips that sometimes covered more than 2,000km (1,242 miles).\n\nThis led to some developing infectious and contagious diseases, which then spread to other animals they were being sold alongside.\n\n\"The criminal organisation included a veterinarian who provided her knowledge and signature in order to give an image of sufficient reliability with which to guarantee that the animals sold were in good condition,\" said the authorities in a statement.\n\nThey added that the vet advised others in the criminal organisation on how to hide or disguise records during official controls and inspections.\n\nSpain last month passed a law tightening up the rules governing the sale and ownership of animals. This includes banning their sale in pet stores and violations can mean jail time or fines up to 200,000 euros (£173,000).", "Another day, another vote for House Speaker that ends with no winner.\n\nJim Jordan failed in his second attempt to become Speaker after 22 fellow Republicans voted against him.\n\nThere will not be a third vote today. Instead, Jordan will try to secure support overnight.\n\nWe're expecting another vote could happen Thursday at noon local time (17:00 BST).\n\nFor a full wrap of what happened today, you can read this article.\n\nAnd if you want to know more about Jim Jordan, we have you covered with this article.\n\nOur writers today were Phil McCausland, Barbara Tasch and Matt Murphy. And Bernd Debusmann Jnr and Brandon Drenon were reporting from Capitol Hill.\n\nThanks for following our live coverage, we'll be here again tomorrow.", "Laura Rose (right), got nipple tattoos from Anna Ishak (left) following a double mastectomy and breast reconstruction surgery\n\nA mum-of-two has said nipple tattoos have allowed her to \"feel complete\" following a double mastectomy.\n\nLaura Rose, 39, was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2021 and faced an 18-month wait for the tattoos on the NHS.\n\nShe then discovered Anna Ishak, a medical tattoo artist from Wrexham who specialises in lifelike nipple tattoos.\n\nAnna, who relocated to Wales from Russia two years ago, has now been named UK areola artist of the year at an industry awards.\n\nLaura, from Grantham in Lincolnshire, said she was \"in shock\" after her diagnosis of triple negative breast cancer, which led to six months of chemotherapy and a double mastectomy.\n\n\"Since then I've been through two reconstructions which have been really difficult. I was left with no nipples and I thought 'OK. That's fine. I still look normal',\" she said.\n\n\"But as time went on I was a little bit less confident in myself. I was on the list for the NHS but they said to me it was about an 18-month wait.\"\n\nLaura was diagnosed with triple negative breast cancer in 2021\n\nThe Welsh Health Service said it hopes to reduce waiting times for patients in south Wales to pre-pandemic levels this year.\n\nUsing social media she discovered Anna offering the service privately in Chester and made the five-hour round trip for the treatment, which costs £600 for a pair of tattoos.\n\nAlthough often called tattoos, they are actually semi-permanent make-up which may need topping up after a few months.\n\nAnna has said she hoped \"from the bottom of her heart\" to one day offer her services via the NHS to help reduce waiting times.\n\nShe added: \"We start with a consultation to see what the needs of the client are, we discuss colour, shape, size and draw the sketch then mix the pigments and apply them to the skin.\n\n\"It's vital for those men and women who fought breast cancer to have this final step to make them feel whole or even complete, because it has a significant impact on their mental health.\n\n\"Unfortunately, there is a huge waiting list and sometimes the outcome may not be the one they desire. I have a great desire to help people.\"\n\nLaura said she was \"so incredibly grateful\" for the work Anna has done, adding: \"I feel complete. I can look in the mirror and feel normal. I'm so happy with it.\"\n\nAnna hopes she can play a part in offering her work to more NHS patients in the future\n\nAnna's work was recently recognised at the UK Permanent Makeup Artists Conference in London where she was named medical/areola artist of the year.\n\n\"I'm so pleased, honoured and proud of myself,\" she said.\n\nThe Welsh Health Specialised Services Committee said: \"Waiting times in north Wales have been reported as around two months but are longer in south Wales.\n\n\"In south Wales, because of the impact of the pandemic we currently have patients waiting up to two years however the health board have increased the number of patients they can see each week and the waiting times are expected to reduced rapidly over the next 12 months to pre-pandemic levels.\"", "More than 20,000 people in the UK have now been approached covertly online by Chinese spies, the head of MI5 said.\n\nIt comes amid a new warning to tens of thousands of British businesses of the risk of having their innovation stolen.\n\nKen McCallum was speaking to the BBC at an unprecedented public appearance of the security chiefs of the Five Eyes alliance in California.\n\nThe heads of US, UK, Australian, Canadian and New Zealand security agencies appeared together.\n\nThey did so for the first time to warn of commercial secrets being obtained by China.\n\nStanford University in California was chosen as the venue for the first public meeting because it lies in the heart of Silicon Valley. In both public statements and a closed session with entrepreneurs and investors, security chiefs warned that cutting-edge research is being stolen.\n\n\"We have seen a sustained campaign on a pretty epic scale,\" Mr McCallum told the BBC in an interview during the event.\n\nThe heads of US, UK, Australian, Canadian and New Zealand security agencies come together\n\nIn the past, MI5 focused on protecting government secrets from foreign spies but now the fear is that innovation is often stolen from small companies, start-ups and researchers who may not previously have worried about security.\n\n\"If you're working today at the cutting edge of technology then geopolitics is interested in you, even if you're not interested in geopolitics,\" Mr McCallum said.\n\nMI5 is trying to warn tens of thousands of UK companies who are potentially at risk, and doing so requires the security service to go public in a way it has not done before.\n\nMr McCallum said that MI5 had now seen suspected Chinese agents approach over 20,000 people in the UK over professional networking sites like LinkedIn, in order to try to cultivate them to provide sensitive information, double the previously reported figure.\n\nIn the last year, MI5 has also seen more than 20 instances of Chinese companies considering or actively trying to gain access to sensitive technology developed by UK companies and universities through investments or other means where the full role of China is hidden, often through complicated company structures.\n\nThat has included at least two Chinese companies seeking to avoid the scrutiny required under law to access sensitive technology of UK companies undetected.\n\nAnother Chinese company is believed to have acquired stolen research data from a top UK university. And there are thought to be attempts to bypass and undermine the management and regulatory controls at another two top institutions in order to access and influence cutting-edge research.\n\nMI5 and its allies also disrupted the acquisition of a sensitive UK tech company itself linked to UK military supply chains and the supply chains of other major western commercial companies. China has consistently denied accusations of espionage and wrong-doing.\n\nThe consequences of research being stolen in cutting-edge fields like Artificial Intelligence are not just for a company's profitability but also for the future of western countries, the head of MI5 warned.\n\n\"These technologies are at a historic moment where they are beginning to change our world in some pretty fundamental ways,\" Mr McCallum told the BBC.\n\n\"And we know that authoritarian states are laser-focused on the opportunities that these technologies may present for them.\"\n\nAI, in addition to the data collected by China, could even offer the chance to interfere with politics in a far more effective way, he warned.\n\nConcerns over China were echoed by other members of the Five Eyes alliance.\n\n\"China has made economic espionage and stealing others' work and ideas a central component of its national strategy and that espionage is at the expense of innovators in all five of our countries,\" FBI Director Chris Wray told journalists.\n\n\"That threat has only gotten more dangerous and more insidious in recent years.\"\n\nHe said there were more than 2,000 current FBI investigations linked to China and that at one point his organisation was opening a new investigation every 12 hours.\n\nThe security chiefs appeared together for the first time to warn of technological innovation being stolen by China.\n\n\"All nations spy,\" Mike Burgess - the head of Australia's security service - said at the public event featuring the five spy chiefs, \"but the behaviour we are talking about here goes well beyond traditional espionage.\" He argued the scale was unprecedented in human history and needed to be called out.\n\nDecoupling western economies from China would be unrealistic and damaging, the security chiefs argued, and so instead the priority is to identify and protect sensitive areas. Their appearance was timed with the launch of new guidance to reach those who would previously not have had contact with security services.\n\nThe meeting took place in the shadow of events in the Middle East and concerns of increased radicalisation and threats domestically.\n\n\"We can focus on more than one thing at one time,\" the FBI Director said, describing the threat from China as \"existential\".", "A wounded Palestinian being carried away from Al-Ahli Hospital in Gaza City\n\nEven before the deadly blast at Al-Ahli hospital in Gaza, Joe Biden's full-throated support for Israel had convinced Palestinians and millions of other Arabs that the United States was more than simply Israel's most important supporter. They believed the Americans were also complicit in everything Israel was doing in Gaza, including killing children.\n\nThe bitter dispute over who was responsible for the attack will not change many minds. Twelve days of war have ramped up hatred and division.\n\nIsrael produced a detailed rebuttal of accusations that it had attacked Al-Ahli. It displayed evidence that it said proved a missile fired by Palestinian Islamic Jihad had malfunctioned and dropped well short of its target in Israel.\n\nFor Palestinians - not just supporters of Hamas - the piles of bloodstained body bags were all the proof they needed. For them, the difference at Al-Ahli was not of principle but of degree. Israel has been killing scores of Palestinians every day since it responded to the Hamas surprise attack, which Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reminded Mr Biden had killed at least 1,400 people, mostly Israeli civilians. Al-Ahli was, for Palestinians, more proof of Israel's disregard for their lives.\n\nThe first reports of the destruction of the hospital emerged as the engines of Air Force One were warming up to bring Joe Biden to the Middle East. Before it could take off his schedule was in tatters.\n\nPresident Biden has a deep commitment to Israel. It must have seemed natural to him to fly into Tel Aviv to show his support and offer a public embrace to Mr Netanyahu.\n\nMr Biden had been hoping somehow to balance that out at a hastily-arranged summit in Amman, the Jordanian capital, where he planned to meet the king of Jordan, the president of Egypt and the Palestinian president.\n\nSpeaking in Israel, Mr Biden backed its account of the Gaza hospital explosion\n\nBut Jordan cancelled because of Al-Ahli. The Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, hurried back to his HQ in Ramallah on the Israeli-occupied West Bank. Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Egypt and Jordan itself released statements condemning Israel.\n\nThe trip became much harder for President Biden. Heads of state usually only travel on diplomatic missions once the hard work of negotiation has been done and a deal is ready to be signed.\n\nComing to Tel Aviv was a gamble for President Biden. He wanted to ease Gaza's humanitarian catastrophe, while supporting Israel's war effort - perhaps an impossible circle to square with Mr Netanyahu.\n\nBut a deal emerged from their meeting. Israel was promised more military aid. In return it agreed to let convoys carrying food, water and medicine enter southern Gaza from Egypt. Hospitals are desperate for fuel for their generators, but when the deal was announced it was not mentioned.\n\nApart from supporting the Israelis and reminding them to observe the laws of war, Mr Biden also wants to reinforce the message that the war must not spread. He had already deployed two aircraft carrier battle groups to the eastern Mediterranean, to show Iran and its ally in Lebanon, the Hezbollah militia and political movement, that they would have the US to reckon with if they intervened.\n\nOne reason why leaders inside and outside the Middle East are struggling with the renewed war between Hamas and Israel is because they are in unknown territory. The old certainties had become comforting assumptions. But now they are mostly shattered and gone.\n\nThe Middle East looked to be familiar ground before the Hamas attacks in Israel on 7 October. A status quo existed. No leader in the region, and among its allies, liked it much but at the very least it seemed to promise stability.\n\nMost Palestinians were as surprised as anyone else when Hamas attacked. Some had criticised Hamas for supposedly forgetting that its name is an Arabic acronym for Islamic Resistance Movement.\n\nMr Netanyahu has been condemned by his many political enemies in Israel for being asleep on the job when Hamas invaded, and for presiding over a catastrophic military and intelligence failure. Israelis thought their government could keep them safe.\n\nAnother illusion related directly to Mr Netanyahu was his assumption that the Palestinians could be managed without allowing them independence. Part of that involved making deals with Hamas over issues like the numbers of workers allowed back into Israel.\n\nAt the same time, using a classic tactic of divide and rule, Mr Netanyahu worked to undermine the Palestinian Authority, the main rivals of Hamas for leadership of the Palestinians. The PA took part in years of ultimately fruitless peace talks, and recognised Israel a generation ago. But to get it talking again, Israel would have to discuss transferring land to the Palestinians for a future state with a capital in Jerusalem.\n\nThat idea is out of the question for Mr Netanyahu in his current incarnation as the leader of a government sustained by extreme religious nationalists. His record suggests he has never wanted to make those concessions. It was easier for him to find a way to insist Israel had no partner for peace. Mr Netanyahu, or a successor, will have to change their thinking if they want to find a way to save the next generation from more war.\n\nFor leaders of the US's Arab allies, there has also been a sharp reminder that the Palestinians cannot be ignored. Jordan and Egypt have long-established peace treaties with Israel. The UAE normalised relations in the Abraham Accords. All were hoping to benefit from Joe Biden's plan to create a new Middle East, and a foreign policy achievement to boast about, by brokering a deal in which Israel and Saudi Arabia would recognise each other in return for security guarantees from the US. Mr Biden's officials thought they were making progress. Now a Saudi-Israeli rapprochement is way off the agenda.\n\nAnd for Arab kings, princes and presidents, the war in Gaza and the attack on the hospital is also about the return of nightmares. At the end of 2010 a frustrated and furious market trader in Tunisia set himself on fire to protest against corrupt and bullying officials. It set off the Arab uprisings of 2011, which terrified leaders who thought they might lose everything - not just power and wealth but perhaps even their lives.\n\nTunisia 2011: The Arab Spring was in part sparked by protests over the death of a Tunisian market trader, Mohamed Bouazizi\n\nIf the death of an angry young man in Tunisia could be the spark for revolutions, what could be the price of a war that kills thousands of Palestinian civilians?\n\nCertainties have been shown, in less than two weeks of bloodshed, to be built on sand. The new status quo will emerge from war. Perhaps the shock it creates will force new thinking. If it simply reinforces the old ways, the outlook is grim.\n\nCorrection 19th October: This article originally said that Al-Ahli hospital has been destroyed and has been amended to clarify that the building was the site of a deadly explosion.\n\nAre you in the region? If it is safe to do so, share your experiences by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "The government should pause its sale of land acquired for phase 2 of HS2 for up to three years, its independent adviser on infrastructure has told BBC News.\n\nSir John Armitt warned there was a \"real risk\" that its plans would make rail travel between Birmingham and Manchester \"even more congested\".\n\nRishi Sunak recently announced he was axing the HS2 link to Manchester and selling off properties purchased.\n\nThe government said it was delivering \"transport that matters most\".\n\nThe opposition has accused the government of \"salting the earth\" and \"sabotage\" of a project that had enjoyed a decade-and-a-half of cross-party support.\n\nIn its recent announcement on HS2, the government revealed a plan to quickly sell off properties that had been purchased to make way for the extended line.\n\nSir John, who is the chair of the National Infrastructure Commission, said that the decision to sell property was a \"mistake\" and that options should be kept open.\n\n\"I think it's a mistake. I think that the land should be kept for at least two or three years to give the opportunity for people to revisit that and look at what can be done within that space and find a more cost-effective solution, not write it off today,\" he said.\n\n\"I am disappointed because I think it's what we often describe as a sort of knee-jerk, snap reaction.\"\n\nHe urged the government to \"pause\" on that and have \"a proper consideration about how best we can connect Birmingham and Manchester and give us that improved capacity that we still need\".\n\nSpecifically, Sir John said that a full evaluation of the government's proposal - known as Network North - to spend the funding on a range of alternative local projects should be made, as the government no longer had a proper integrated rail plan.\n\n\"We had an integrated plan a few weeks ago, we've now lost that. There are a number of projects, some of which already existed, some new ones. Let's get those properly turned into a well-thought-through, integrated plan for the future,\" he said.\n\nEarlier this month, the Department for Transport permanent secretary wrote to MPs saying that the benefit-cost ratio of HS2 was now \"significantly below\" one.\n\nThis means the £45bn plus of public money spent on Phase 1 will generate significantly less in economic benefits. It will effectively lose money for every pound spent.\n\nThere is no way that the project as it has now crystallised, a stump of a line between London and Birmingham, would have been commissioned.\n\nThe project has delivered the most expensive bits - tunnels and viaducts in straight lines through parts of London and the South - and failed to deliver the actual benefits, of extra capacity and connections to and within the North.\n\nThe government has said the \"strategic case for HS2\" to help rebalance the economy \"no longer applies\". There are now less than half the trains originally envisaged to travel on the half-finished line.\n\nThe only way the decision to finish phase 1 was made to add up was by, essentially, writing off the costs so far as \"sunk costs\", and include both the benefits and costs to the taxpayer of the link to Euston.\n\nThe government has already reallocated the public spending on Euston to Network North's projects in the south.\n\nSir John said that it was \"absolutely vital\" the HS2 link to Euston was delivered, with public money if necessary.\n\nA government spokesperson said: \"Delivering high-quality infrastructure is the foundation of our future growth.\n\n\"Our Network North plan will deliver the transport that matters most to people, and we're adopting a fairer and more pragmatic approach to meeting net zero that supports households and families to make greener choices whilst easing the burdens on working people.\n\n\"We are delivering over £600bn of planned public sector investment in infrastructure, R&D and defence over the next five years, including an unprecedented package to improve connections in our city regions and billions to decarbonise buildings.\"", "One of the Anglican Church’s leading figures in Jerusalem has called the huge blast at a hospital in Gaza City \"an unmitigated disaster\".\n\nHundreds of people are feared dead after the blast at the Al Ahli hospital, which is fully funded by the Anglican Church.\n\n\"It is absolute horror show which is unfolding,\" Canon Richard Sewell, dean of St George’s College, told BBC Radio 4’s World Tonight programme.\n\n\"I have no way of proving who did it, that will transpire in time.\n\n\"But we deal with the tragedy, we deal with the disaster and the recriminations will have to run their course.\"\n\nHe said the international community \"needs to learn the lessons and to see exactly the nature of the disaster that is unfolding\".\n\n\"There is also no justification for this type of attack, accidental or deliberate.\"\n\nHamas have blamed an Israeli air strike for causing the explosion at the Al Ahli hospital. Israel denied its military was involved and said the blast was caused by rockets fired by Palestinian Islamic Jihad. The militants have also denied blame.", "The 20-year-old activist was arrested outside the InterContinental Hotel on Park Lane\n\nGreta Thunberg has been charged with a public order offence after her arrest during a Fossil Free London protest.\n\nThe 20-year-old is accused of breaching a Section 14 order that police put in place outside the InterContinental Hotel on Park Lane, where oil executives were meeting on Tuesday.\n\nThe climate change activist was among protesters who gathered to object to an Energy Intelligence Forum event.\n\nIn total, 27 protesters were arrested and 26 charged, the Met Police said.\n\nMs Thunberg, a Swedish national, has been released on bail with a trial set for 15 November.\n\nThe Met said on Tuesday that it imposed conditions on the protesters under Section 14 of the Public Order Act, to \"prevent serious disruption to the community, hotel and guests\".\n\nIt said officers had asked the activists to move from the road and on to the pavement if they wanted to continue their protest but that a number of them failed to do so and were arrested.\n\nThe force said 21 people had been charged with failing to comply with orders to move off the road and five had been charged with obstructing the highway.\n\nFossil Free London's protest took place on the first day of the three-day Energy Intelligence Forum - formerly called the Oil and Money conference - where bosses of Shell and Total were due to speak.\n\nSpeaking at the rally, Ms Thunberg said: \"Behind these closed doors at the Oil and Money conference, spineless politicians are making deals and compromises with lobbyists from destructive industries - the fossil fuel industry.\n\n\"People all over the world are suffering and dying from the consequences of the climate crisis caused by these industries who we allow to meet with our politicians and have privileged access to.\"\n\nDozens of protesters at the rally blocked Hamilton Place, near Park Lane. Many carried banners and pink umbrellas with eyes painted on, shouting \"oily money out\" and \"cancel the conference\", while some lit yellow and pink smoke flares.\n\nListen to the best of BBC Radio London on Sounds and follow BBC London on Facebook, X and Instagram. Send your story ideas to hello.bbclondon@bbc.co.uk", "Tony Fernandes appears without a shirt in the now-deleted post\n\nAirAsia's boss Tony Fernandes has drawn criticism after he posted a picture of himself getting a massage without a shirt on, while attending a management meeting.\n\nIn a post on LinkedIn, which now appears to have been deleted, the entrepreneur wrote it had been \"a stressful week\".\n\n\"Got to love Indonesia and AirAsia culture that I can have a massage and do a management meeting,\" he wrote.\n\nAirAsia has been contacted for comment.\n\nThe picture sparked an uproar on social media, with many users criticising Mr Fernandes' decision to post it.\n\nOne wrote it was \"inappropriate and absurd\", and a second said it was \"unprofessional\".\n\n\"He should be setting an example of good work ethics and culture, not flaunting his body and privilege,\" the user added.\n\nAnother person simply commented: \"Some CEOs need to stay off LinkedIn.\"\n\nHowever, others were less critical, saying it was a good example of how \"working from home\" should always be.\n\nMr Fernandes, 59, has been dubbed Malaysia's answer to Richard Branson.\n\nEducated at Epsom College, one of Britain's top fee-paying schools, Mr Fernandes bought the budget airline AirAsia from the Malaysian government for less than a dollar in 2001.\n\nHe was the founder of the former Caterham F1 Formula One team, and was also the majority shareholder of Queens Park Rangers Football Club until July this year.", "For an American president, turning up in a warzone is an extraordinary move.\n\nJoe Biden's trip to the Middle East on Wednesday was always going to be a high-stakes gamble.\n\nBut he is now flying into an even more volatile situation, after the bombing of a hospital in Gaza that is thought to have killed hundreds of Palestinians.\n\nHamas has blamed an Israeli air strike, but Israel said the blast at Al Ahli hospital was caused by rockets fired by Palestinian Islamic Jihad.\n\nMr Biden had planned to meet Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Tel Aviv and Arab leaders in Jordan.\n\nBut just before Air Force One took off from Joint Base Andrews, the summit in Amman was suddenly cancelled.\n\nPresident Biden will have wanted to look like an honest broker dealing with both sides in the Middle East.\n\nHe now faces the embarrassment of being told by the leaders of Jordan, Egypt and the Palestinian Authority that they have no confidence in his ability to end the violence, which they say is in breach of international law.\n\nThere is no doubt whose side President Biden is on when it comes to the conflict between Israel and Hamas.\n\nThe president described the Hamas attacks on Israel on 7 October - which left more than 1,400 Israelis dead - as \"sheer evil\", and said the country had a right and a duty to defend itself.\n\nHis hastily organised visit is designed to further demonstrate America's firm solidarity with the Jewish state.\n\nBut he is having to balance his support for Israel's aim of destroying Hamas with his deep concerns about the civilian and humanitarian cost.\n\nAnd while he has publicly warned of the need to operate by the \"rules of war\", the message he delivers behind closed doors could be more stern.\n\nWhite House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said the US and Israel stood for the rule of law, \"unlike Hamas\".\n\n\"This is a foundational element of the discussions we've had with the Israelis forever, and we will continue doing that,\" he said.\n\nThe US wants Israel to allow aid into Gaza, and for it to allow safe passage for trapped Americans in Gaza.\n\nAfter nearly eight hours of talks with Mr Netanyahu on Monday, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said he had made good progress towards these goals, yet still nothing has been agreed.\n\nPresident Biden is also crucially aware that global public sentiment could quickly change, and support for Israel might evaporate when overwhelmed by images of Palestinian casualties and suffering.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: Mother of hostage: 'What is it that Hamas wants?'\n\nThere is also a very real fear that the more brutal the assault on Gaza, the greater the chance that it could trigger a wider conflict in the region with other countries getting involved.\n\nThen there are inevitable security concerns.\n\nThe apparatus that accompanies the president abroad is formidable at the best of times, and a short-notice trip to a conflict zone will be a considerable challenge.\n\nMr Blinken and his entourage were forced to seek shelter in a bunker as air raid sirens sounded in Tel Aviv on Monday - that would be a difficult look for a president.\n\nThis could be one situation in which Mr Biden's age becomes an advantage not a problem.\n\nHe has been visiting Israel for 50 years, and he has known Mr Netanyahu for 40 years, describing theirs as a \"frank relationship\".\n\nThat will allow for a more robust exchange of views than those that can be shared between leaders who don't have that kind of personal history.\n\nPresident Biden has clear ideas about what he believes should and should not happen next.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nHe thinks it would be a mistake for Israel to occupy Gaza.\n\nHe has said there needs to be a Palestinian Authority and a path to a Palestinian state, even though there has been no progress towards Palestinian statehood for many years.\n\nHe will surely want to put the maximum pressure he can on Israel to operate more carefully in Gaza, and to end the conflict as quickly as possible.\n\nThe US has consistently been Israel's most loyal and committed ally.\n\nRegardless of who is in the White House, there has always been broad support for the Jewish state and its right to exist in safety and security.\n\nPresident Biden has for decades been one of the politicians most outspoken in his backing for Israel, saying in 1986 that \"were there not an Israel, the United States of America would have to invent an Israel to protect our interests in the region\".\n\nNow it is time for the US president to use all the influence and leverage he has at his disposal to try to limit the bloodshed and loss of life, and prevent an all-out war across the Middle East.\n\nAll while events on the ground are making it harder than ever.", "A company which enables its clients to search a database of billions of images scraped from the internet for matches to a particular face has won an appeal against the UK's privacy watchdog.\n\nLast year, Clearview AI was fined more than £7.5m by the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) for unlawfully storing facial images.\n\nJack Mulcaire, Clearview AI's lawyer, said the firm was \"pleased\".\n\nThe ICO said it would \"take stock\" of the judgement.\n\nClearview AI offers its clients a system that works like a search engine for faces - users upload a photo and it finds matches in a database of billions of images it has collected.\n\nIt then provides links to where matching images appear online.\n\nIn March, Clearview's founder Hoan Ton-That told the BBC it had run nearly a million searches for US police, helping them to solve a range of crimes, including murders.\n\nHe also revealed its database contained 30 billion images scraped from the internet.\n\nCritics argue that law enforcement's use of Clearview's technology puts everyone into a \"perpetual police line-up\".\n\nAnd prior to the ICO's action, now ruled unlawful, France, Italy and Australia had also taken action against the firm.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nIn the past Clearview AI had commercial customers, but since a 2020 settlement in a case brought by US civil liberties campaigners, the firm now only accepts clients who carry out criminal law enforcement or national security functions.\n\nClearview does not have UK or EU clients, but its customers are based in the US and in other countries including Panama, Brazil, Mexico, and the Dominican Republic, Tuesday's judgement revealed.\n\nIn simple terms, Clearview succeeded in appealing against the ICO's fine and enforcement action because it was used solely by law enforcement bodies outside the UK.\n\nThe three-member tribunal at the First-tier Tribunal, which heard the appeal, concluded that although Clearview did carry out data processing related to monitoring the behaviour of people in the UK, the ICO \"did not have jurisdiction\" to take enforcement action or issue a fine.\n\nExplaining the decision James Castro-Edwards, data privacy lawyer from Arnold & Porter told the BBC that, \"Clearview only provided services to non-UK/EU law enforcement or national security bodies and their contractors.\"\n\n\"UK data protection law (UK GDPR) provides that acts of foreign governments fall outside its scope; it is not for one government to seek to bind or control the activities of another sovereign state\".\n\nIn response to the judgement, the ICO said that it would carefully consider next steps but added: \"It is important to note that this judgement does not remove the ICO's ability to act against companies based internationally who process data of people in the UK, particularly businesses scraping data of people in the UK, and instead covers a specific exemption around foreign law enforcement.\"\n\nWill Richmond-Coggan, a data protection partner at law firm Freeths, agreed, arguing that even though the appeal was allowed, the decision underlined that scraping large volumes of publicly available data was an activity to which UK data protection rules could apply.\n\n\"The appeal turned exclusively on the fact that Clearview's customers were overseas national security and law enforcement bodies, and so shouldn't be relied on as granting a blanket permission for such scraping activities more generally.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nHundreds of people have been killed by an explosion at a crowded hospital in Gaza City, health officials say.\n\nOne doctor condemned what he called \"a massacre\" at Al-Ahli Arab Hospital, while another spoke of a scene of total devastation.\n\nPalestinian officials say the blast was caused by an Israeli air strike.\n\nBut the Israeli military say it was the result of a failed rocket launch by Palestinian Islamic Jihad - an accusation the militant group rejected.\n\nIsraeli warplanes and artillery have been bombarding Gaza in response to an unprecedented attack on Israel on 7 October by the main Palestinian militant group, Hamas, which killed 1,400 people.\n\nMore than 3,000 people have been reported killed by strikes on Gaza.\n\nThe hospital blast is threatening efforts to resolve the humanitarian crisis there, with Jordan cancelling a planned summit on Wednesday between US President Joe Biden, King Abdullah and the Palestinian and Egyptian leaders.\n\nMr Biden is still travelling to Tel Aviv to show his country's \"solidarity with Israel\" and \"ironclad commitment to its security\".\n\nPictures that emerged from Al-Ahli Arab hospital on Tuesday night show scenes of chaos, with bloodied and maimed casualties being rushed out on stretchers in the darkness. Bodies and wrecked vehicles can be seen lying in the rubble-strewn street outside.\n\nOne video appears to show a projectile hitting the area followed by a blast.\n\n\"We were operating in the hospital, there was a strong explosion, and the ceiling fell on the operating room. This is a massacre,\" said Dr Ghassan Abu-Sittah, a Médecins Sans Frontières plastic surgeon who had been helping to treat people wounded in the war.\n\nAnother doctor told the BBC that 80% of the hospital had been taken out of service and estimated that 1,000 people had been killed or injured.\n\nThe Ahli al-Arab hospital is fully funded by the Anglican Church, which says the facility is independent of any political factions in Gaza.\n\nCanon Richard Sewell, the dean of St George's College in Jerusalem and one of the Church's top figures in the holy city, said it was difficult to get reliable information about what happened but that he could confirm the hospital had been hit and that a \"horrific number of people\" had died.\n\nHe told the BBC that about 6,000 displaced people had been sheltering in the hospital courtyard at the end of last week.\n\nThe hospital was first hit by an Israeli air strike that caused damage and injured four people on Saturday, he said. After that, 5,000 people left the courtyard - leaving around 1,000 remaining there, many of them invalids or elderly who needed transportation.\n\nRevd Sewell said about 600 patients and staff treating them had been inside the hospital at the time of Monday's explosion, but that he believed most of those killed had been outside.\n\n\"There is no justification for this type of attack, accidental or deliberate,\" he added. \"It is an absolute horror show which is unfolding.\"\n\nZaher Kuhail, a British-Palestinian civil engineering consultant and university professor who was nearby at the time, told the BBC that what he had witnessed was \"beyond imagination\".\n\n\"I [saw] two rockets coming from an F-16 or an F-35 [fighter jet], shelling these people and killing them ruthlessly, without any mercy,\" he said.\n\nHe added that many people had been killed by fires sparked by the explosion and that first responders had lacked the equipment they needed to rescue survivors.\n\nThe health ministry in Gaza said 500 people had been killed and hundreds more were feared trapped under the rubble.\n\nHamas blamed an Israeli strike for what it called a \"horrific massacre\".\n\nA spokesperson for Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, who is based in the occupied West Bank, accused Israel of a \"heinous crime\".\n\nAnger also spilled onto the streets in the West Bank. Hundreds of protesters clashed with PA security forces who responded by firing tear gas.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThe Israel Defense Forces' (IDF) first response was to stress that it did not target hospitals, and it urged caution about \"unverified claims\".\n\nLater, chief spokesman Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari said in a video statement: \"Following an additional review and cross-examination of the operational and intelligence systems, it is clear that the IDF did not strike the hospital in Gaza.\"\n\n\"The hospital was hit as a result of a failed rocket launched by the Islamic Jihad terrorist organisation,\" he said.\n\nHe said 450 of the thousands of rockets fired indiscriminately towards Israel since the beginning of the war had fallen within Gaza, endangering civilians.\n\nPalestinian Islamic Jihad denied that any of its rockets had been involved, saying it had not carried out any activity around Gaza City at the time.\n\nThe International Committee of the Red Cross said it was shocked and horrified by the reports.\n\n\"Hospitals should be sanctuaries to preserve human life, not scenes of death and destruction. No patient should be killed in a hospital bed. No doctors should lose their lives while trying to save others,\" a statement said.\n\n\"Hospitals must be protected under international humanitarian law.\"\n\nThe World Health Organization also called for the immediate protection of civilians and healthcare and urged the Israeli military to reverse the evacuation orders it has issued to 20 hospitals in northern of Gaza ahead of what is expected to be a major ground offensive.\n\n\"The order for evacuation has been impossible to carry out given the current insecurity, critical condition of many patients, and lack of ambulances, staff, health system bed capacity, and alternative shelter for those displaced.\"\n\nAre you in the region? If it is safe to do so, share your experiences by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "Andrew Malkinson's case was described as \"an atrocious miscarriage of justice\" by the government\n\nA man who spent 17 years in jail for a rape he did not commit has said he is \"broke\" and living in a tent.\n\nAndrew Malkinson was a 37-year-old security guard in Salford in 2003 when he was wrongly charged with the attack on a mother-of-two.\n\nHe was declared innocent in July after the Court of Appeal heard allegations of major failures.\n\nMr Malkinson, now 57, is expecting to be compensated but has told how he is currently living on benefits.\n\nHe said he had been warned it could be two years until he receives any money, despite the government describing his case as \"an atrocious miscarriage of justice\".\n\n\"I'm on benefits. I don't have a job, I'm living in a tent. I'm basically homeless and waiting for them to do the right thing,\" he said.\n\n\"They have the power to do the right thing but they chose to take their time.\"\n\nHe is currently living in a tent in Spain\n\nMr Malkinson fought for 20 years until the court finally overturned his conviction after forensic testing linked another man to the crime.\n\nHe could have been released after six and a half years if he had given a false confession - something he was never willing to do.\n\nHe has since travelled to Amsterdam to stay close to an ex-partner, Karin Schuitemaker, who he said never lost faith in his innocence.\n\nFollowing a recent visit back to London to see his legal team he said he had lost faith in the UK and is currently living in a tent in the Spanish city of Seville.\n\nLiving in a tent allows him to enjoy \"the anonymity and nature\", he said, adding that he \"cannot bear\" to be in Britain.\n\n\"This horror will always be with me,\" he said.\n\n\"I don't trust the British. Hillsborough. Bloody Sunday. They can't face the truth.\"\n\nHe said a forthcoming independent inquiry into his case must be statutory in nature, meaning authorities such as the police will be compelled to give evidence under oath.\n\n\"We had to take them to a judicial review for evidence which they knew was important,\" he said.\n\n\"A non-statutory inquiry isn't going to cut it. They have been everything but honest.\n\n\"They are not going to give up anything without having their arm twisted up their back.\n\n\"They need to be compelled. They won't do the right thing unless they are compelled.\"\n\nAndrew Malkinson stayed in Amsterdam with his ex-partner after his acquittal\n\nA Ministry of Justice spokesman said: \"The Lord Chancellor has been clear Andrew Malkinson suffered an atrocious miscarriage of justice and he deserves thorough and honest answers as to how and why it took so long to uncover.\n\n\"The Criminal Cases Review Commission, Crown Prosecution Service and Greater Manchester Police have all pledged their full cooperation to the independent inquiry into the handling of his conviction and subsequent appeals.\"\n\nWhy not follow BBC North West on Facebook, X and Instagram? You can also send story ideas to northwest.newsonline@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The figures show how many criminals had their jail terms increased under the Unduly Lenient Sentence scheme\n\nTwenty-three child sex offenders had their sentences increased in England and Wales last year, new figures show.\n\nUnder the Unduly Lenient Sentence Scheme, anyone can ask for a crown court sentence to be reviewed if they think it is too short.\n\nData released by the Attorney General's office shows officials were asked to look at almost 1,200 cases in 2022.\n\nOf these, 139 were reconsidered by the Court of Appeal and, as result, 95 people were given longer sentences.\n\nAmong those to receive longer sentences were 23 child sex offenders.\n\nSentences were also increased for 10 rapists and for seven convicted criminals in cases involving grievous bodily harm.\n\nThe biggest increase was handed to Semi Lave. In February 2022, Lave, from Wiltshire, was sentenced to 15 years in jail for raping and sexually abusing two children between 2015 and 2020. Both children were threatened with violence and physically abused.\n\nThat April, the Court of Appeal found Lave's 15-year sentence was unduly lenient, ordering that it be increased to 24 years. It also said his period on licence, when he is eventually freed under restrictions, should be extended to six years.\n\nChild sex offender, Lee Gibson, from Derby, who began abusing a girl when she was under 13, had his sentence increased from 16-and-a-half years to 23.\n\nAnd former BBC Radio 1 DJ Mark Page, from Teesside, had six years added to his original 12-year sentence. He was convicted of trying to arrange sexual encounters with children in the Philippines.\n\nOnly one person needs to ask for a sentence to be reviewed. The scheme has been extended in recent years to cover more terror and sexual offences as well as those crimes on the original list, which included murder, manslaughter, rape and robbery.\n\nSolicitor General Michael Tomlinson KC said: \"Being a victim of crime can leave life-long emotional scars and some of society's most dangerous offenders, including child sexual predators and violent criminals, saw their sentences increased in 2022.\n\n\"As the statistics show, the vast majority of offenders are sentenced appropriately. However, the Unduly Lenient Sentence scheme provides a vital safeguard to ensure that there is confidence in our sentence regime.\"", "Lee Johnston was last seen on 7 October\n\nPolice have made a fresh appeal for information about the disappearance of a 21-year-old County Londonderry man.\n\nLee Johnston was last seen on 7 October and is being treated as a high risk missing person, police have said.\n\nA 31-year-old woman and a 33-year-old man arrested following his disappearance were bailed on Tuesday night to allow for further enquiries.\n\nMr Johnston was last seen at 17:24 BST in Dunmore Crescent, Cookstown, police said.\n\nThe latest images of Mr Johnston show him in a shop in Cookstown\n\nOn Tuesday, police issued CCTV images of Mr Johnston at a supermarket in the County Tyrone town about 30 minutes earlier.\n\nThey show him in a shop on the Orritor Road between 16:52 and 16:59.\n\nHe has short brown hair with blue eyes, is about 5ft 9ins in height and was wearing a blue hooded top and tracksuit bottoms, officers explained on Wednesday.\n\nSupt Michael O'Loan appealed directly to Mr Johnston \"to make contact with the police, family or friends so that we know you are safe and well\".\n\nHe said it was \"completely out of character\" for Mr Johnston not to have been in contact with his family since he was last seen.\n\nPolice attended the scene of a property in Maghera on Tuesday\n\nMr Johnston was first reported missing on the evening of Friday 13 October.\n\nSupt O'Loan appealed to anyone travelling through Mullagh Park between 15:00 and 16:00 or the Dunmore Crescent area of Cookstown shortly after 17.00 BST on 7 October to contact police if they have any information.\n\nHe also urged anyone with dash-cam, CCTV or mobile footage to get in touch.", "Thousands of people in Gaza have gathered at the Rafah border crossing with Egypt, as diplomatic efforts continue to open it before Israel starts its expected ground operation.\n\nBut the United Nations said there had been no progress in negotiations on reopening of the crossing.\n\nAll routes out of Gaza are closed, as Israel continues its air strikes in response to Hamas' attack of 7 October.\n\nUS Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Israel on Monday for the second time in less than a week.\n\nAfter his tour of six Arab states in the region, he returned to the country in an attempt to push for the reopening of the crossing to let in humanitarian aid and evacuate foreign passport holders.\n\nBoth Mr Blinken and UK Foreign Secretary James Cleverly said they were working with Israel, Egypt and \"other leading political voices in the region\" to re-open the crossing.\n\nThe Israeli military ordered a blockade of Gaza and cut off the supply of water, food and fuel last week before launching a wave of air strikes in retaliation to Hamas' deadly attack on Israel during which militants raided communities, kidnapped civilians and soldiers and killed more than 1,400 people.\n\nOn Monday morning, thousands of civilians rushed to the Rafah crossing following reports that it would be temporarily re-opened during a brief ceasefire on Monday.\n\nBoth Israel and Hamas swiftly denied that any such agreement had been made.\n\nLater, a BBC correspondent in southern Gaza confirmed an air strike had hit the area around the crossing, damaging a building on the Palestinian side of the crossing as well as the road.\n\nVideo analysed by BBC Verify appeared to show a strike on the crossing on Monday.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: Explosion at Rafah crossing between Gaza and Egypt\n\nIsrael has hit the area around the Rafah crossing point at least three times since it began its air campaign on Gaza.\n\nThe crossing represents the only potential exit point from Gaza while the Israeli siege of other entry points to the Hamas-controlled territory continues.\n\nDozens of lorries carrying fuel and aid supplies remain on the Egyptian side of the Rafah crossing, waiting for permission to enter, as the humanitarian situation in Gaza deteriorates.\n\nIsrael says the siege will not end until Hamas releases the hostages it seized from Israel on 7 October. The Israelis believe 199 people are being held in Gaza, up from an earlier estimate of 155.\n\nAround 2,750 people have died in Gaza since the Hamas assault and more than one million people have been displaced.\n\n\"There is an urgent need to alleviate the suffering of Palestinian civilians in Gaza,\" Egypt's Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry said on Monday morning, adding that talks with Israel had been fruitless.\n\nCairo has been focusing on getting humanitarian aid for civilians into Gaza. Mr Shoukry said Egypt could allow medical evacuations and let in some Gazans with permission to travel.\n\nA number of countries, including the US and the UK, have recommended that its citizens head towards the Rafah crossing, ready for its possible reopening.\n\nAlthough Egypt appears to be prepared to re-open the Rafah crossing to allow foreign passport holders out and humanitarian aid in, it fears a massive influx of Palestinian refugees fleeing the war.\n\nEgypt and other Arab states say a this would be unacceptable because it would amount to the expulsion of Palestinians from their land.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: I have the thought of me dying in a bomb in Gaza - British-Palestinian girl\n\nAre you in the area? If it is safe to do so, please share your experiences. Share your experiences by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "Hundreds of Palestinians are feared dead after a huge blast at a hospital in Gaza City, blamed by the Hamas group on an Israeli air strike.\n\nIsrael says the blast was caused by rockets misfired by another group, Palestinian Islamic Jihad, and both sides deny blame.\n\nVideo verified by the BBC appears to show the hospital on fire.\n\nEmergency workers attended to casualties and took them to another nearby hospital.", "Britney Spears is releasing a book about her life and 13-year conservatorship\n\nBritney Spears fans have been speculating over whether her song Everytime contains references to the abortion she had in 2000.\n\nThe 41-year-old singer revealed in her new memoir that she had a termination after getting pregnant with Justin Timberlake during their relationship.\n\nBritney and Justin were teenagers when they dated between 1999 and 2002.\n\nExcerpts from Britney's upcoming memoir, The Woman in Me, reveal Justin \"didn't want to be a father\".\n\nIn an extract published in People, Britney also said: \"It was a surprise, but for me, it wasn't a tragedy. I loved Justin so much. I always expected us to have a family together one day.\"\n\nShe revealed she had the abortion in late 2000, when she was 18 or 19 years old, and that the procedure was \"one of the most agonising things\" she had ever experienced.\n\nA year after the pair split, Britney released her album In the Zone, the third single from which was Everytime - a slow ballad which was a departure from some of her earlier, more upbeat releases.\n\nSome fans have gone back to revisit the song's lyrics and believe they could be referencing the abortion, seeing them as an apology to the unborn baby rather than her mourning the end of her relationship with Timberlake.\n\nThe song's chorus: \"And every time I see you in my dreams I see your face, you're haunting me. I guess I need you, baby,\" is now being interpreted in a new way by some.\n\nThe theory has prompted significant discussion among fans and gone viral on social media, where many are re-sharing clips of the music video.\n\nBritney co-wrote the song with Annet Artani, while the music video, released in 2004, was directed by David LaChapelle.\n\nRecords from PRS, the body which manages music rights, say the writing split was 65% Britney and 35% Annet.\n\nWriting on social media in 2019, LaChapelle said \"the only direction Britney gave me for the video was that she wanted to die in the video\".\n\nLaChapelle's comment came in a reply to a fan's Instagram video, which featured unreleased footage from another video he had worked on with Britney - her 2016 song Make Me.\n\nHe was commenting on how that video wasn't released due to her not liking it and that he always respected her artistic direction when working with her.\n\nThis YouTube post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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YouTube content may contain adverts.\n\nThere are also parts of the music video for the song, which was released in April 2004, that fans have suggested appear to point to an abortion too.\n\nThe video explores Britney's huge levels of fame, showing her being hounded by paparazzi and fans and then her getting injured after being hit in the head with a camera.\n\nShe retreats to her hotel room and gets in the bath and is seen to lose consciousness as she bleeds and then drowns.\n\nThe video then has scenes which show Britney being carried into an ambulance, being resuscitated by doctors in a hospital bed all whilst her ghost looks on.\n\nBritney Spears and Justin Timberlake pictured together in 2002\n\nBritney's ghost then walks into the next room of the hospital, where a baby girl is being born - perhaps referencing the situation the singer would have been in if she had had the baby.\n\nHowever, it does not explicitly allude to an abortion. The narrative arc appears to be one life ending, while another one begins.\n\nBritney's live performances have also been mentioned since Britney revealed details of the abortion - with one showing her touching her stomach whilst singing the song and another showing her interrupting a performance to kiss her sons - Sean Preston, now 18, and Jayden James, now 17, whilst they're sitting in the audience.\n\nJustin is yet to comment on Britney's latest revelation but said in a social media post in 2021 that he was \"deeply sorry\" and would \"take accountability\" after admitting he had failed her during their relationship.\n\nHis song Cry Me A River, released shortly after their breakup in 2002, was seen by some as capitalising on their relationship, as he used heartbreak to promote his music and even featured a Britney lookalike in the video.\n\nAnnet has previously said the song was partly intended as a response to Cry Me A River.\n\n\"He was talking [rubbish] about her at that time on the radio,\" she said. \"He was getting personal. Here, she had a different type of image, and he was really exposing some stuff that she probably didn't want out there.\"\n\nSpeaking about the process of writing the song, she said: \"After the Dream Within a Dream tour in which I sang backgrounds for her, we became friends and bonded over breaking up with our boyfriends.\n\n\"So we sat down in her house and starting writing. It was a very cathartic moment to share with another girl who has gone through something similar.\"\n\nIn a 2003 interview, Britney discussed Everytime, commenting that she wrote \"the whole thing from scratch on the piano\".\n\nBritney's book is set to focus in part on her 13-year conservatorship under her father James and will be published on the 24 October - two years after the end of the legal arrangement which she says \"stripped her of her womanhood\".", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nRishi Sunak has urged Saudi Arabia to help support stability in the Middle East, after backing Israel in its war with Hamas on a visit to the country.\n\nThe UK prime minister agreed to work with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to avoid further escalation and deliver aid to Gaza.\n\nMr Sunak flew to Riyadh as part of a two-day trip to capitals in the region.\n\nEarlier, Mr Sunak promised to stand with Israel in a meeting with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.\n\nThe diplomatic flurry comes as Israel prepares for a ground invasion into Gaza after the deadly Hamas attack on 7 October.\n\nSpeaking at a joint press conference with Mr Netanyahu, Mr Sunak said he was \"proud\" to support Israel in its \"long war\" against Hamas, which he branded \"pure evil\".\n\n\"We will stand with you in solidarity, we will stand with your people. And we also want you to win,\" Mr Sunak told reporters.\n\nIn a statement following the meeting with the Saudi crown prince, Downing Street said the pair agreed the \"loss of innocent lives in Israel and Gaza over the last two weeks has been horrific\" and \"underscored the need to avoid any further escalation in the region\".\n\nMr Sunak \"encouraged the crown prince to use Saudi's leadership in the region to support stability, both now and in the long-term\", No 10 said.\n\nIsraeli warplanes and artillery have been bombarding Gaza since more than 1,400 people were killed in the attack by Hamas earlier this month.\n\nGaza remains under siege, with Israel blocking cross-border supplies of water, electricity, and fuel.\n\nDowning Street said Mr Sunak had met his Israeli counterpart for two hours of talks, mostly without officials present.\n\nAppearing afterwards, Mr Netanyahu said Israel would need \"continued support\" from allies, warning there would be \"ups and downs\" and \"difficulties\" as it fought Hamas.\n\nSpeaking alongside him, Mr Sunak told reporters the UK \"absolutely\" supported Israel's \"right to defend itself, in line with international law\".\n\n\"I know that you are taking every precaution to avoid harming civilians, in direct contrast to the terrorists of Hamas,\" he added.\n\nBorrowing a phrase from Britain's leader during World War Two, Sir Winston Churchill, Mr Netanyahu said the Hamas attack represented \"the world's darkest hour\".\n\nMr Sunak echoed the language, adding: \"I'm proud to stand here with you in Israel's darkest hour as your friend\".\n\nHis visit comes directly after US President Biden's, as world leaders step up efforts to prevent the conflict spilling into the wider region.\n\nMr Biden said Israel had been \"badly victimised\" - and had a right to strike back against Hamas.\n\nBut he cautioned Israelis against being \"consumed\" by anger, urging them not to repeat the \"mistakes\" made by an \"enraged\" United States after the 9/11 attacks in 2001.\n\nSaudi Arabia is a vital player when it comes to engaging with all international and regional parties to halt escalation and prevent further spread in the region.\n\nUntil a couple of weeks ago, Riyadh was involved in three-way negotiations with Tel Aviv and the White House to normalise relations between Saudi Arabia and Israel. The talks were moving at a swift pace but all that changed on 7 October after Hamas's attack.\n\nSince then, Saudi Arabia has not only come out in strong support of the Palestinians but has also condemned and blamed Israel for the war.\n\nThe Palestinian issue has united the otherwise divided Muslim world. Given the volatile dynamics of the region, Prince Salman could play an important role.\n\nMr Sunak also said he appreciated Israel's announcement on Wednesday it would not stop aid entering southern Gaza from Egypt.\n\nHowever, Israel only agreed to allow food, water and medical supplies - not other much-needed supplies like fuel.\n\nIt also says it will not allow any aid to pass through its own territory until hostages taken by Hamas during its attack earlier this month are released.\n\nAfter an earlier meeting with Israel's president Isaac Herzog, No 10 said Mr Sunak hoped for \"further progress\" in delivering aid to Gaza.\n\nRishi Sunak flew to Saudi Arabia for talks with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman\n\nMr Sunak has declined to back calls from the Scottish National Party and some Labour MPs for a ceasefire to protect civilians, insisting Israel has a right to \"act against terrorism\".\n\nSpeaking to broadcasters, however, he said it was important to stop the conflict escalating regionally.\n\nForeign Secretary James Cleverly told MPs on Wednesday that calls for ceasefires were \"all well and good\", but he had seen no evidence that one would be respected by Hamas.\n\nMr Cleverly is on a diplomatic trip of his own, meeting his Egyptian counterpart earlier. He is also due to visit Turkey and Qatar.", "The government plans to change the legal definition of wine following Brexit, to reflect demand for low-alcohol versions of the drink.\n\nUnder rules the UK inherited from the EU, wine typically has to contain at least 8.5% alcohol by volume (ABV) to be marketed as such.\n\nIt means low and alcohol-free versions have to be sold as a \"wine-based drink\", or a similar product name.\n\nThat rule will now be scrapped in England next year.\n\nThe change is part of a wider package of measures designed to boost British winemaking in the wake of the UK's exit from the EU.\n\nThe government says Brexit presents a \"unique opportunity\" to review \"overly complex\" EU-era regulations governing the sector.\n\nLegally, wine must be produced by the alcoholic fermentation of grape juice. Alcohol-free and low-alcohol versions are made by removing the alcohol afterwards through a variety of techniques.\n\nHowever, in order to be labelled as \"wine\" it currently needs to have a minimum 8.5% ABV, or 4.5% for certain brands of wine that can only be produced in certain regions.\n\nSuch naming rules do not apply to low or alcohol-free beer or cider, which are easier and cheaper to produce and have grown in popularity in recent years.\n\nNow, the government has confirmed it intends to lower the minimum ABV to 0% for all types of wine, following a consultation on the plans.\n\nA spokesperson for the environment department told the BBC it would respond to increasing demand for low-alcohol alternatives, and give consumers more choice.\n\nThe change, expected to be made next year following a further consultation, would allow low and no-alcohol wine to be legally described and marketed as \"wine\" in England.\n\nWine produced in England would be able to be marketed as such around the UK, under post-Brexit internal market rules.\n\nA policy document announcing the move said it would also allow the production of wines with a \"naturally lower\" level of alcohol.\n\nGovernment research published earlier this year found naming alcohol-free versions after the original drink did not generally confuse consumers.\n\nIt said that this was often the \"most natural way\" to refer to such drinks, and descriptions such as \"wine-based drink\" could be more confusing.\n\nHowever, some respondents to the study thought it could increase the risk that consumers might buy a non-alcoholic version by accident.\n\nAn analysis also found \"alcohol free wine\" was regularly used in marketing online already, unlike for gin, where similar rules apply but \"botanical spirit\" was often used for low-alcohol versions.\n\nThe EU relaxed its rules on the definition of low-alcohol wine in late 2021 - a change that did not apply in the UK because it copied over EU laws after it officially left in 2020.\n\nThe requirement for foil wrapping on sparkling wine bottles is also set to be dropped\n\nThe Wine and Spirit Trade Association, an industry body, said it wanted to work with the government to agree new labelling rules to ensure consumers are fully informed.\n\nPolicy director Simon Stannard said the sector was working hard to produce lower and no-alcohol wines to respond to consumer demand, and the reforms would make current production rules easier to understand.\n\nHowever, he added that \"further description\" of low-alcohol wine would be needed to maintain consumer confidence.\n\n\"We need to think about the potential for consumers being misled,\" he added.\n\nOther changes announced by the government include ending the EU ban on the sale of piquette, a low-alcohol French drink made from fermenting crushed grape skins and water, by the end of the year.\n\nIt added the move would give vineyards \"more options to improve profitability\", and respond to a \"growing market\" for lower-alcohol products.\n\nIt also wants to relax EU-derived rules on the shape of bottle that wine can be sold in. Certain types of long-necked thin bottles, for example, can only be used for certain wines.\n\nThe mandatory use of mushroom-shaped corks with foil sheaths for sparkling wine will also be dropped, in a move that government said better reflected market trends and would help cut waste.", "The attackers live-streamed Noam Elyakim and his family as they held them captive\n\nVideos have emerged from the 7 October attacks by Hamas on civilians in southern Israel, showing some of those targeted being held in their homes and live-streamed by the attackers themselves.\n\nMore than a week on from the attacks, relatives of the victims desperate for information are using these videos to try to piece together what happened to them, and some have expressed frustration with the Israeli authorities' lack of progress in finding their loved ones.\n\nOne of those is Nir Darwish, a UK-based relative of a family of five who disappeared from the Nahal Oz kibbutz.\n\nThe family - Noam Elyakim, his partner Dikla Arava, her 17-year-old son Tomer, and Noam's two daughters Daphna, 15, and Ella, 8 - are seen apparently being held in their home by the attackers. The girls, who live with their mother, were thought to be visiting their father to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the kibbutz.\n\nBut on Monday this week, the extended family got news from the authorities that Dikla and Tomer had been killed and that their bodies had been found outside the kibbutz.\n\nMr Darwish says that several photos posted by Hamas show Ella and Daphna in captivity. The BBC has been unable to independently verify this.\n\nOn Tuesday, Mr Darwish told the BBC that it had been confirmed that Noam - who is seen in the live-streamed video with a leg wound - was dead. The last photo of him appears to show him being led down a dusty road by the attackers.\n\nNir Darwish said he found the video of the girls heart-breaking\n\nNir, a cousin of the Elyakims, believes the girls are in Gaza, and that Hamas is keeping them in a tunnel somewhere.\n\n\"They are sitting [in the photos] on a mattress and there is no natural light, so that's 100% in Gaza,\" he tells the BBC.\n\nHe adds that some time passed between the live stream and the photos being posted, which would have given the attackers time to get back to Gaza.\n\nMr Darwish said he and other family members found the video of the girls heart-breaking. He was very pessimistic about what would happen to them.\n\n\"Nobody wants to go through this and especially when it's two little girls and especially when you know what's going to happen to them, because they're not going to give them water and food and treat them nice,\" he says.\n\nHe said the planned Israeli ground operation was a \"big mistake\" and believes the military will never find the hostages.\n\nThe Israeli military says it is using \"all intelligence and operational measures\" for the return of the captives, whose presence at unknown locations in Gaza will greatly complicate any operation.\n\nFamily members posted pictures of the five on social media\n\nThe girls' mother Maayan, however, is trying to stay upbeat. She spoke to the BBC from her home in Israel.\n\n\"Stay strong, look out for one another. Look out for daddy - daddy will look after you, and take care of you,\" she says in a message to her daughters. \"We are doing everything to bring you back. We are very strong here. We will bring you back.\"\n\nShe described the girls, saying one loved to sing, the other to dance, and that they were inseparable.\n\nDaphna and Ella pictured with their mother when they were younger\n\nThe BBC has been unable to access the full half-hour of the live stream of militants inside Noam and Dikla's house, but has seen extracts of it.\n\nFilmed on Dikla's phone, it appears to show the family sitting on a bench in their home. As it is streamed, shocked messages from friends and family can be seen on her screen.\n\nNoam is injured, and losing a lot of blood from what looks like a serious leg wound. At one point, he limps away, escorted by one of the militants after they ask him for his ID card. His partner and daughters are clearly frightened.\n\nNir Darwish talks through with the BBC another part of the video, in which the attackers take Tomer out of the house to knock on doors of neighbours, to persuade them that the danger has passed and that they can come out.\n\nHe believes that this is to \"make life easier for the terrorists... to capture them, kill them or whatever it is\".\n\nNo-one does come out of the house shown, but Nir says that later the attackers threw flaming tyres into the house to burn it down.\n\nIt is not clear if anyone died in this incident, but it is possible that these types of tactics were used elsewhere and did contribute to the loss of life.\n• None Stories of the hostages taken by Hamas from Israel", "While the BRI is Xi Jinping’s signature policy, it is striking to see how he is sharing the summit’s limelight with Vladimir Putin, with whom Xi famously declared he had a “no limits friendship”.\n\nEvidently the biggest VIP in the BRI party, Putin entered the summit hall shoulder-to-shoulder with Xi. He was front and centre along with the Chinese president for the group photo op, and was second to speak after Xi.\n\nAll these things happened as well in previous Belt and Road summits – but those took place before Russia began its war on Ukraine.\n\nChina since then has come under criticism from the West for standing by Russia, even as it has also tried to show support for Ukraine. By rolling out the red carpet for Putin this week, it is reaffirming this support.\n\nPutin is clearly keen on returning the favour. Mindful not to upstage Beijing in his speech, he effusively praised China for its achievements in the BRI and pledged support for the initiative, saying it was “in tune with Russian ideas”.\n\n“We have repeatedly pointed out that Russia and China and the majority of states in the world share aspirations for mutual cooperation, for comprehensive and sustainable economic progress, and social well-being,” he said.\n\nHis presence could be seen as Moscow’s wish to play a key role in the new world order China is advocating . But it also stokes fears that the two major powers are building their own bloc to rival the West.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Naga Munchetty discusses women's health at the House of Commons\n\nBBC presenter Naga Munchetty has told a committee of MPs that doctors told her to suck it up after she experienced extreme menstrual health problems.\n\nMs Munchetty and TV personality Vicky Pattison said GPs had repeatedly called their gynaecological symptoms \"normal\".\n\nBoth turned to private healthcare to have their conditions treated.\n\nThe pair were giving evidence to the Women and Equalities Committee as part of an inquiry into women's reproductive health.\n\nEarlier this year, Ms Munchetty revealed she had adenomyosis, which affects the womb, but called the process of being diagnosed \"infuriating\".\n\nShe had suffered debilitating symptoms, including excruciating pain and heavy menstrual bleeding, since her teens, with her husband even calling an ambulance because of the pain, she told the committee.\n\nBut the attitude of the GPs had been: \"Those are your [treatment] options - and if they don't work for you, then suck it up.\"\n\nMs Pattison was diagnosed with pre-menstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD), after hearing about it during conversations on social media.\n\n\"For 10 days of the month, I was feeling really fatigued, suffering with insomnia, having crippling anxiety, terrible self-doubt, no passion for the things I normally loved,\" she said.\n\nShe had visited doctors around the country but always been told: \"This is PMS [premenstrual syndrome]. This is what women go through. Every other woman in the world is dealing with this,\" making her feel \"even more invalidated\".\n\n\"Women's health, be it reproductive, sexual, everything, is given less gravity because we are just expected to get on with it, to suffer it, to be brave. It's got to change,\" Ms Pattison told the MPs.\n\nMs Munchetty said of seeking treatment privately: \"It was the only time I felt I could sit there and take time and force an issue, force understanding, force explanations from my gynaecologist and not feel bad that I was taking up more than 10 minutes of my GP's time because there was a queue of people in the waiting room.\"\n\nBoth Ms Munchetty and Ms Pattison told the MPs that women must be properly listened to in the health service.\n\nMs Pattison said: \"GPs, anyone within the NHS, any medical professionals at all, they just need to start to take women seriously when they say something's wrong.\n\n\"I know loads of brilliant women and I don't feel like we're the weaker sex at all. I feel like we're brilliant.\n\n\"I feel like we're strong and powerful and we put up with a lot more than blokes do most of the time.\n\n\"If we have got ourselves up and gone into a doctor's, a hospital, whatever, to say something's wrong, I feel like the least people can do is listen to her and believe that there is something wrong.\"\n\nAnd \"better knowledge, better understanding\" about health issues affecting women specifically was needed.\n\nAfter talking about adenomyosis publicly, Ms Munchetty said she had been approached by medical professionals who had never heard of the condition.\n\n\"There's not enough training, there's not enough focus in the medical profession on women,\" she said.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: 'Bring my baby back home' says mother of Israeli-French hostage\n\nThe mother of Mia Shem, seized by Hamas gunmen and held hostage in Gaza, has appealed for her immediate release along with at least 198 other hostages.\n\n\"I'm begging the world to bring my baby back home,\" Keren Shem told reporters in Tel Aviv, holding up a picture of her French-Israeli daughter.\n\nThe Islamist militant group released a video on Monday night, in which Mia Shem appeared with a wounded arm.\n\n\"She only went... to a festival party to have some fun,\" her mother said.\n\n\"And now she's in Gaza and she's not the only one.\"\n\nThe Hamas hostage video is the first of its kind to be aired since they abducted Israelis, dual nationals and foreign citizens on Israeli soil on 7 October.\n\nHamas's armed wing said in a separate video that the non-Israeli hostages were \"our guests\", who would be freed when circumstances allowed.\n\nMia Shem, 21, is shown being treated for her injury and asking in Hebrew to be returned as quickly as possible to her family.\n\nThe French foreign ministry condemned the video as vile and President Emmanuel Macron demanded Mia Shem's immediate release: \"It is an ignominy to take innocent people hostage and put them on show in this odious way.\"\n\nFrance has said it is working to secure the release of all 13 hostages with French nationality. Another 19 French citizens were among the 1,400 people killed when Hamas gunmen attacked more than 20 Israeli communities as well as the Tribe of Nova music festival.\n\nIsrael's military denounced the Hamas video as \"psychological terror against Israeli citizens\", adding that it was in constant touch with the young woman's family. Hamas had murdered and abducted babies, women, children and the elderly and was now \"trying to portray itself as a humane organisation\", it added.\n\nKeren Shem told a press conference on Tuesday that \"babies, children and old people, Holocaust survivors\" had been kidnapped.\n\n\"This is a crime against humanity and we should all gather and stop this terror, and bring everybody back home.\"\n\nIsrael's military says at least 199 hostages are now thought to have been seized by Hamas, which claims to have hidden them in \"safe places and tunnels\". Israeli medical officials who are in touch with their families have said many have medical conditions requiring immediate access to life-saving medicines.\n\nCitizens from a number of countries are being held, including up to 10 from the UK, and Foreign Office Minister Andrew Mitchell has said the government is doing all it can to get them back as soon as possible.\n\nHowever, one senior Hamas figure has insisted that \"foreign prisoners\" cannot be freed because of the Israeli military's continuing air strikes on the Gaza Strip.\n\nHamas's military wing said on Monday that 22 hostages have been killed in the bombardment, but there has been no independent confirmation of that.", "Jim Jordan is expected to mount a third bid on Thursday\n\nJim Jordan has lost his second bid to become US House of Representatives Speaker as rank-and-file resistance to his candidacy swells in the chamber.\n\nThe right-wing Ohioan again fell short of the 217 votes he needed, after 22 of his fellow Republicans voted against him, two more than did so on Tuesday.\n\nMr Jordan's team indicated a third vote would take place on Thursday.\n\nTalk is growing in the House of empowering acting Speaker Patrick McHenry for a period of 30 to 90 days.\n\nThe idea has been floated by members of both parties, but it is unclear if such a move has enough support among Republicans as a fall-back option.\n\nIt has been 15 days since Kevin McCarthy was ousted in an unprecedented coup spearheaded by a right-wing faction.\n\nWithout a Speaker, the lower chamber of Congress is unable to pass any bills or approve White House requests for emergency aid. That includes potential help for Israel amid its war with Hamas.\n\nA plan to temporarily empower acting Speaker Patrick McHenry is gaining some traction\n\nDemocrats have so far offered no help on what they call \"a Republican problem\", voting unanimously each time for their leader, Hakeem Jeffries of New York.\n\nOver the weekend, Jordan allies mounted intense lobbying efforts behind the scenes to persuade holdouts to back his bid, but the latest push made little headway overnight.\n\nThe Trump-backed House Judiciary Committee chairman earned 200 votes in the first roll call on Tuesday, and 199 on Wednesday.\n\nMr Jordan could only afford to lose four Republican votes in a chamber that his party controls by a slim 221-212 majority.\n\nColleagues cheered as Tom Cole, an Oklahoma Republican, nominated Mr Jordan, whom he called an \"honourable man\" with \"a spine of steel\" who offered a way out of the House's \"chaos and uncertainty\".\n\nBut silence fell on the chamber as Mr Jordan's fate was sealed less than halfway through the second vote.\n\nThe candidate, who is rated in right-wing circles as a fighter, said he was staying in the race and would \"keep talking to members\" in an effort to win their votes.\n\n\"We don't know when we're going to have the next vote, but we'll have conversations with our colleagues,\" he said.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: Jim Jordan: Three things to know about the conservative firebrand\n\nPatience is running thin, however, as the chamber's leadership crisis collides with escalating problems at home and abroad.\n\nUnless Congress approves more spending, the US government will run out of money next month. The White House is also scrambling to contain conflict in the Middle East and to top up funding for Ukraine's war with Russia.\n\n\"It's just painfully obvious that what a lot of our people want to do we can't do,\" Steve Womack of Arkansas said. \"We'd like to elect a Speaker and we can't even do that.\"\n\n\"It's clear he doesn't have the votes,\" Mike Lawler of New York, who voted against Mr Jordan on both occasions, told reporters.\n\nMr Lawler, an ally of Mr McCarthy, said the former Speaker \"never should've been removed\".\n\nHe said it was now \"imperative\" to empower the interim Speaker, Mr McHenry, a North Carolina Republican.\n\nCarlos Gimenez of Florida, another anti-Jordan holdout, wrote on X that Mr McHenry's temporary selection would allow Republicans to \"get going with the business of the American people\".\n\nThat approach has been backed by two former Republican House Speakers, Newt Gingrich and John Boehner, both of whom left their jobs amid right-wing revolts similar to what Mr McCarthy faced.\n\nIllinois congressman Mike Kelly, whose throwaway vote for Mr Boehner prompted cheers on Wednesday, has submitted a proposal to name Mr McHenry as Speaker until 17 November or until a permanent choice is made.\n\nThat could buy Mr Jordan or somebody else time to shore up support - and it could also allow a Speaker McHenry to shepherd through legislation that funds the government.\n\nBut key lawmakers, including Pennsylvania's Scott Perry, the chairman of the hardline House Freedom Caucus, have said there is no way they will support any measure to empower Mr McHenry.", "More than 600,000 displaced people are sheltering in Khan Younis and other southern communities\n\nMore than 100 Palestinians have been killed in air strikes in southern Gaza, officials say, as the Israeli military continues to target the area despite ordering civilians to shelter there.\n\nMost of the dead reportedly fled their homes in the north ahead of what is expected to be a major ground offensive against the militant group Hamas.\n\nThe military said it struck a series of Hamas targets in the south.\n\nThere is also mounting concern about humanitarian conditions in Gaza.\n\nThe US said it had agreed to develop a plan with Israel that would enable aid to reach civilians in the Hamas-governed territory, as UN aid agencies warned that hospitals' fuel supplies were unlikely to last more than 24 hours, water was extremely limited and shops only had a few days of food left.\n\nThere have been hopes of opening Egypt's Rafah crossing to let lorryloads of urgently needed aid in and Palestinians with foreign passports out. But an Israeli strike reportedly damaged a building at the crossing on Monday.\n\nIsrael cut electricity and most water and stopped deliveries of food and medicine through its crossings in response to an unprecedented cross-border attack by Hamas militants on 7 October in which at least 1,300 people were killed and 199 others taken hostage.\n\nAround 3,000 people have been killed in Israel's bombardment of Gaza since then, according to health officials.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: 'Where would we go?' - the families staying in Gaza City\n\nThe BBC's Rushdi Abu Alouf in Khan Younis says that what happened overnight in southern Gaza is very worrying for the hundreds of thousands of people who have complied with last Friday's order from the Israeli military to evacuate northern Gaza for their \"own safety\".\n\nLocal officials in Khan Younis said three Israeli air strikes left more than 100 people dead, most of whom were displaced.\n\nAmin Hneideq said his daughter was wounded by a bomb that destroyed a nearby home and killed a family who had fled southwards. \"They brought them from the north just to strike them in the south,\" he told Reuters news agency.\n\nThe Israeli military said on Tuesday morning that it had struck operational command centres, military infrastructure with operatives inside, and hideouts belonging to Hamas in Khan Younis and Rafah, to the south, as well as two northern areas.\n\nLater, it announced that a strike had killed a top Hamas military commander, Ayman Nofal, who it described as \"one of the most dominant figures in the terrorist organisation\". Hamas said he died in a strike in Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza.\n\nMany displaced people in Khan Younis told the BBC that they were planning to pack up their belongings and return to their homes.\n\nOne man said he had been sleeping in the street for the last couple of days, and that he would prefer to die in dignity than to die from thirst.\n\nKhan Younis, Rafah and other southern communities have been overwhelmed by the need to accommodate and feed more than 600,000 displaced people. Another 400,000 people have sought shelter elsewhere in the Strip.\n\n\"Every day it's a daily mission for everyone to go to find things to feed their children,\" filmmaker Yousef Hammash told BBC Radio 5 Live, adding that everyone was suffering extreme stress and were existing in \"survival mode\".\n\nSome water was brought to Khan Younis from a store in Gaza City on Tuesday, which was risky because there was no guarantee the lorries would not be targeted by Israeli forces.\n\nThe UN's agency for Palestinian refugees, Unrwa, said Israel opened one line of water to southern Gaza for three hours on Monday, but that only 14% of the Strip's 2.2 million population were able to benefit.\n\nGaza's last functioning seawater desalination plant was also forced to shut down due to a lack of fuel, increasing concerns over dehydration and waterborne diseases.\n\nThe hospital in Khan Younis, which has been struggling to treat some of the 12,500 people so far wounded in air strikes, said it would run out of fuel for its back-up generators at midnight, placing the lives of patients at serious risk.\n\nPeople have been trying to secure additional fuel at local petrol stations and companies, which would allow the hospital to keep functioning.\n\nThe World Food Programme also said that food shops in Gaza had just four or five days of supplies left. It added that there might be a few days' more in warehouses, but the Israeli strikes were making access very difficult.\n\nDespite such warnings, an Israeli military spokesman insisted that \"there is no humanitarian crisis right now in Gaza\".\n\n\"We do not have the commitment to supply Hamas electricity,\" Lt Col Richard Hecht told BBC Newsnight.\n\n\"People who attacked us, they've been in control for multiple years already in the Gaza Strip. They have electricity... I also see water in the south of Gaza.\"\n\nThe UN human rights office meanwhile said Israel's order for 1.1 million civilians to evacuate, combined with the imposition of its \"complete siege\" on Gaza, could constitute the \"forcible transfer of civilians in violation of international law\".\n\nA spokeswoman also said reports of attacks on civilians attempting to flee had to be investigated independently and warned that \"we cannot have collective punishment of an entire population because of an attack by militants.\"\n\nShe appealed again for Hamas and other Palestinian militant groups to immediately and unconditionally release all of the hostages being held in Gaza and to stop firing indiscriminate rockets at Israeli cities and towns.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: 'Bring my baby back home' says mother of Israeli-French hostage\n\nOvernight, Hamas released a video of a 21-year-old Israeli-French woman, Mia Shem, who said she was captured at a music festival where at least 260 other partygoers were massacred.\n\nOn Tuesday, her mother Keren told a news conference: \"I'm begging the world to bring my baby back home. She only went to a party to have some fun. And now she's in Gaza and she's not the only one.\n\n\"There are babies and children and old people, Holocaust survivors, who were kidnapped... This is a crime against humanity.\"\n\nIn a separate development, the Israeli military said it had carried out new strikes on targets belonging to the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah in response to cross-border anti-tank missile fire.\n\nTroops also killed four militants who attempted to infiltrate Israeli territory and plant an explosive device, it added.\n\nThe Israeli military and Hezbollah have been exchanging fire almost daily since Hamas's attack, raising fears of a regional war.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: King Charles stresses importance of mutual understanding in times of \"international turmoil\"\n\nThe King has made an impassioned plea for religious tolerance and mutual respect, against the background of \"international turmoil\" in Israel and Gaza.\n\nIn a speech at Mansion House, in the City of London, he spoke of the \"heartbreaking loss of life\".\n\nThe King has long supported building bridges between faiths, calling the UK a \"community of communities\".\n\nBut he also spoke of the importance of \"our ability to laugh at ourselves\".\n\nIn particular, he highlighted his own problems with malfunctioning fountain pens.\n\nThe King called for \"an invigorating dash of self-irony\" and hailed the importance of a sense of humour as part of the national character.\n\nThis was particularly relevant in his own case, the King said, after the \"vicissitudes I have faced with frustratingly failing fountain pens this past year\".\n\nSigning a visitors' book in Belfast, he seemed to become frustrated at the lack of a working pen and was overheard saying: \"Oh God I hate this... I can't bear this bloody thing.\"\n\nAddressing the City of London's lord mayor and representatives, the King called for the moderating forces of \"civility and tolerance, on which our political life and wider national conversation depend\".\n\nHe warned against the \"rancour and acrimony\" of social media, with its angry extremism, and the risk of becoming a \"shouting or recriminatory society\".\n\nThere was a particular call for respect between different faiths and cultures - and since the Hamas attack on Israel, the King has spoken to King Abdullah II of Jordan, Israeli President Isaac Herzog and chief rabbi Ephraim Mirvis.\n\nThe King called for a \"breathing space\" to allow people to \"think and speak freely\" and for disputes to be \"passionate but not pugnacious\".\n\nOne of his first acts as King had been to invite a range of religious leaders into Buckingham Palace, he said, and he wanted to \"rededicate my life to protecting the space for faith\".\n\nIn his plea for traditions of calm and respect, the King warned against the trashing of public institutions and public service and the threat of \"demotivating scapegoating\" for those working in them.\n\nSince the \"dawn of history\" Britain had been \"enriched by our welcome of new citizens from the four corners of the globe\", he added.\n\nThe Mansion House event marked the symbolic arrival of a new monarch in the City of London.\n\nThere was a ceremony, dating back to the 14th Century, in which the Pearl Sword is presented to the monarch, who then returns it to the lord mayor.\n\nThe sword is in a scabbard covered with 2,600 pearls and the ceremony is a symbolic show of mutual respect between two historical powerbases, the monarchy and the City of London.\n\nRead more royal stories in the weekly BBC News Royal Watch newsletter - sign up here from within the UK or here from outside.", "Britney Spears and Justin Timberlake dated in their late teens\n\nBritney Spears had an abortion after getting pregnant with Justin Timberlake, according to excerpts from her upcoming memoir.\n\nThe pop star's new book, The Woman in Me, focuses in part on her 13-year conservatorship under her father James Spears.\n\nJustin was \"not happy\" about Britney being pregnant, according to parts of the book published in People magazine.\n\n\"He said we weren't ready to have a baby in our lives,\" she says.\n\nThe pop star duo dated in their late teens between 1999 and 2002.\n\nJustin was \"so sure that he didn't want to be a father\", Britney writes.\n\nShe says she did not know if having the procedure was the right decision, and that she would not have had an abortion if the choice was \"left up to me alone\".\n\n\"For me, it wasn't a tragedy. I loved Justin so much. I always expected us to have a family together one day. This would just be much earlier than I'd anticipated.\"\n\nThe BBC has reached out to Justin Timberlake for comment.\n\nBritney has since gone on to have two children - Sean Preston, 18, and Jayden James, 17 - with her second husband, Kevin Federline. Justin is married to actress Jessica Biel and they have two sons.\n\nThe 41-year-old's book is set to be published on 24 October - two years after the end of her conservatorship which she says \"stripped her of her womanhood\".\n\nThe singer has previously called the arrangement abusive. It was set up by her father in 2008 after she experienced a public breakdown, during which she shaved her head.\n\nShe testified in court in 2021 that she had been drugged, forced to perform against her will and prevented from having more children.\n\nHer father had power over her finances and career decisions as well as major personal matters, such as her visits to her teenage sons and whether she could get remarried.\n\nIn her book, she offers more insights into the \"soul-crushing\" arrangement.\n\n\"The woman in me was pushed down for a long time,\" Britney writes. \"They wanted me to be wild onstage, the way they told me to be, and to be a robot the rest of the time.\"\n\nShaving her head and \"acting out\" were her ways of pushing back. \"But under the conservatorship I was made to understand that those days were now over,\" she says.\n\nAmong several allegations, she says her father repeatedly told her she looked fat and infantilised her. She claims the conservatorship eventually stripped her of her passion for performing.\n\nThe book also features more joyous moments from her childhood, including when she went back to high school in Kentwood, Louisiana, in search of normalcy.\n\n\"There was something so beautifully normal about that period of my life: going to homecoming and prom, driving around our little town, going to the movies,\" she writes.\n\nThe normalcy would be short lived. Britney says she was quickly called back to performing, signing a deal with Jive Records at age 15, later going on to release hits Baby One More Time and Oops!... I Did It Again.\n\nSince the end of her conservatorship, Britney has recorded several more hits. She also married her boyfriend Sam Asghari, though the couple divorced after a year.\n\nShe says the years after her conservatorship have allowed her to construct a new identity.\n\n\"I've had to say, Wait a second, this is who I was - someone passive and pleasing. A girl. And this is who I am now - someone strong and confident. A woman,\" she writes.", "Stroke patients should be offered extra rehabilitation on the NHS, say updated guidelines for England and Wales.\n\nThe National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) had previously recommended 45 minutes a day.\n\nBut it believes some patients may need more intensive therapy for recovery and is suggesting three hours a day, five days a week.\n\nExperts welcome the advice, but question how feasible it will be for a stretched health service to deliver.\n\nNICE accepts it may be \"challenging\", but it says patients and families deserve the best care possible. That includes help regaining speech, movement and other functions caused by the damage that happens to the brain during a stroke.\n\nNHS England has said increasing the availability of high quality rehabilitation is a priority. More people than ever are surviving a stroke thanks to improvements in NHS care, it added.\n\nA stroke cuts off blood supply to parts of the brain, killing some cells. They are common and can affect people of all ages, but many patients survive if they receive prompt treatment.\n\nAll strokes are different, depending on the part of the brain that is damaged. For some people, the effects may be relatively minor and may not last long, while others may be left with more serious long-term problems.\n\nThere are around 85,000 strokes every year in England, and around a million stroke survivors, many of whom are living with long-term effects.\n\nSome of the injury is reversible, though, with help from health teams providing services such as physiotherapy, as well as occupational, speech and language therapies.\n\nAfter having a stroke at the age of 14, Brenna needed daily physiotherapy to learn how to walk\n\nAlthough strokes usually affect older people, about 400 UK children have a stroke each year in the UK, leaving many with severe physical and mental after effects.\n\nBrenna Collie, who is 21 and from Aberdeenshire, had a stroke in 2017, at the age of 14.\n\nBrenna, who was a very sporty teenager, had intensive physiotherapy for about a year so that she could learn to walk again.\n\nShe's since been able to return to archery and playing hockey. During the Covid pandemic, Brenna learnt how to knit with her affected arm.\n\nBut she still experiences some after effects of her stroke - she wears an ankle support to help with a weakness called drop foot.\n\n\"I still have left sided weakness. I have neuropathic pain down my left side and I have migraines, light sensitivity and fatigue.\"\n\nNICE says the evidence it reviewed when updating its guidance showed more intensive rehabilitation improves quality of life and important daily skills, such as being able to dress and feed yourself.\n\nIt also heard from people recovering from strokes, and from their families and carers, who felt strongly that more intensive rehabilitation would be useful in helping them recover faster.\n\nProf Jonathan Benger, chief medical officer at NICE, said: \"We recognise the challenges the system faces in delivering these recommendations, not least the problems inherent in increasing service capacity and staff. We also know current practice is inconsistent, even when it comes to implementing our previous recommendations.\n\n\"But equally, it shouldn't be underestimated how important it is for people who have been left with disabilities following a stroke to be given the opportunity to benefit from the intensity and duration of rehabilitation therapies outlined in this updated guideline.\"\n\nIts previous 2013 guidelines recommended offering at least 45 minutes of each relevant stroke rehabilitation therapy for a minimum of five days a week - although this could be increased in some cases.\n\nDr Maeva May from the Stroke Association said many stroke survivors receive only a fraction of what the guideline recommends, partly because there are too few staff to provide the care.\n\n\"It's vital that governments act urgently to address staffing issues across health and social care, and within rehabilitation services, and share detailed plans to support and resource them, so that these recommendations can become a reality,\" she told the BBC.\n\nAn NHS England spokesperson said: \"Despite the current workforce and capacity pressures acknowledged by NICE, the NHS is delivering high-quality specialist support for stroke patients - including through physiotherapy, occupational therapy and speech and language therapy - closer to patients' home.\"\n\nIf you suspect that you or someone else are having a stroke, call emergency services - 999 in the UK - immediately and ask for an ambulance.\n\nThe main symptoms of stroke can be remembered with the word FAST:\n• None Half of stroke patients not getting necessary care", "Stonehenge's Altar Stone may not be from Wales, as had been thought\n\nThe largest \"bluestone\" at the heart of Stonehenge may not be from Wales, according to new research.\n\nThe Altar Stone was believed to be from old red sandstone in south Wales - rocks that extend in the east across Britain.\n\nThis was assumed to be near the Preseli hills, in Pembrokeshire, where most of Stonehenge's bluestones come from.\n\nAberystwyth University researchers now say its origins could be from northern parts of the UK.\n\nThe six-tonne Altar Stone had traditionally been grouped with the other, smaller, igneous bluestones, although when it arrived at Stonehenge is unclear.\n\nThe bluestones are believed to have been among the first erected at the Wiltshire site about 5,000 years ago.\n\nNow Aberystwyth scientists have compared analysis of the Altar Stone with 58 samples of old red sandstone from across Wales and the Welsh borders.\n\nThey found the Altar Stone's composition could not be matched with any of these locations.\n\nAccording to the researchers the Altar Stone contains a lot of barium - a kind of metal.\n\nThe university said this was unusual and could help reveal its source.\n\nProfessor Nick Pearce said: \"The conclusions we've drawn from this is that the Altar Stone doesn't come from Wales.\n\nAttention could now turn to areas like northern England and Scotland to find the Altar Stone's origin\n\n\"Perhaps we should also now remove the Altar Stone from the broad grouping of bluestones and consider it independently.\n\n\"For the last 100 years the Stonehenge Altar Stone has been considered to have been derived from the old red sandstone sequences of south Wales, in the Anglo-Welsh basin, although no specific location was identified.\n\n\"The altar stone appears not, in fact, to come from the old red sandstone of the Anglo-Welsh basin - it is not from south Wales.\"\n\nHe said attention could now turn to areas like northern England and Scotland to try and find its origin.\n\nThe research was published in the Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports.", "England can now start finalising plans for Euro 2024 in Germany next summer after qualification was assured with a 3-1 victory against Italy at Wembley.\n\nIn reality, manager Gareth Southgate will have been crystallising his thoughts since another of those near-misses England have made their speciality in the World Cup quarter-final against France in Qatar last December.\n\nSouthgate's England can point to a decent record in recent major tournaments, with a World Cup semi-final in Russia in 2018, a Euro 2020 final and the last eight in Qatar.\n\nEngland, however, lost them all. Southgate and his players are still the nearly men who can get close but not close enough.\n\nSo will Euro 2024 be different? Can England's men cross the line and win their first major trophy since the 1966 World Cup?\n\nOops you can't see this activity! To enjoy Newsround at its best you will need to have JavaScript turned on.\n\nEngland's attacking options will be Southgate's greatest strength in Germany, led by his country's record goalscorer, and his captain, Harry Kane.\n\nThe 30-year-old striker is as close to a guarantee of goals that England could wish for - as he continues to prove in the Bundesliga since his move to Bayern Munich from Tottenham. As usual, everything will be crossed in the hope no injury misfortune befalls him.\n\nSouthgate also has outstanding talent to not only supply Kane but also work in tandem with him, such as Arsenal's Bukayo Saka and the Manchester City pair of Jack Grealish and Phil Foden. Raheem Sterling is currently marginalised by the manager but he has shown signs of returning to his best at Chelsea.\n\nManchester United's Marcus Rashford will also battle for a starting place while Spurs' James Maddison has taken his game to another level after his move from Leicester City.\n\nThere may be concerns over alternatives to Kane should he get injured, with Aston Villa's Ollie Watkins getting his chance against Australia. Brentford's Ivan Toney will want to put himself back in contention when he returns to action in January - and perhaps at another club - after his suspension for breaking Football Association betting rules.\n\nIt is no slight on any understudies to suggest they are not in Kane's class at this level but if Southgate has all of England's forward options fit at the start of Euro 2024, then every opponent will be wary.\n• None Pick your Three Lions XI for their first match at Euro 2024\n\nJude Bellingham will arrive at Euro 2024 with his reputation established as one of the best players in the world, having moved seamlessly from Borussia Dortmund to demonstrate he is the complete package at Real Madrid.\n\nBellingham produced another masterclass in the victory over Italy, inspiring England's comeback after they went behind, excelling in every aspect of the game and even orchestrating the Wembley crowd, demanding greater volume when the atmosphere threatened to dip.\n\nHe also revels in the adulation of England's supporters and the addition pressure and expectation this brings. It is a weight he carries with ease. He is, beyond question, the real deal.\n\nEngland and Southgate are fortunate to have in Bellingham, who will be 21 during Euro 2024, someone who will be the envy of every other country at the tournament.\n\nEven for relatively tender years, Bellingham proved his fearlessness at the World Cup in Qatar and has since improved at a rapid rate.\n\nIf it were ever doubted, Bellingham has confirmed his maturity and quality by settling so quickly in The Bernabeu hothouse. He is already a hero to the Madridistas in the number five jersey previously worn by the legendary Zinedine Zidane.\n\nBellingham offers Southgate a fierce competitive edge, creativity, goals and leadership. He will not shy away from any challenges at Euro 2024.\n\nEngland can boast a range of threats in attack and a reliable goalkeeper in Jordan Pickford but old concerns still exist.\n\nAnd once again we return to central defence, where England have long been vulnerable against high-quality opposition.\n\nThe big question mark, whether Southgate likes it or not, remains over Manchester United's Harry Maguire and, as a consequence, who will partner John Stones in Germany.\n\nSouthgate will continue, with justification, to argue that Maguire has not let England down. But how far can his loyalty stretch if the 30-year-old does not get regular game time between now and Euro 2024?\n\nIt is clear Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag will not give him that game time, so does Southgate risk sending Maguire into Euro 2024 undercooked? This is a very high-risk strategy.\n\nThere are alternatives, with Brighton's Lewis Dunk impressing, Levi Colwill coming through at Chelsea and Crystal Palace's Marc Guehi stating his case. AC Milan's Fikayo Tomori has also had his opportunity.\n\nStones is a guarantee but who will be alongside him is a concern in an area where top-class strikers will always fancy their chances. There were even signs of it on the rare occasions Italy threatened at Wembley on Tuesday - and Euro 2024 will be no different.\n\nThe usual suspects will be on parade in Germany, including their Qatar conquerors France, complete with Kylian Mbappe. France, still under the shrewd and experienced Didier Deschamps, are second in the Fifa standings behind World Cup holders Argentina.\n\nThe hosts are in transition but will still be formidable on home turf with a new coach, the highly-regarded Julian Nagelsmann. They will have the support of a fervent football nation behind them.\n\nPortugal, now with Roberto Martinez in charge and still with Cristiano Ronaldo as their superstar, have romped through qualifying and have quality throughout. Martinez's previous job was in charge of Belgium, who are also through but with suggestions their so-called \"Golden Generation\" may have passed their best.\n\nFrance, at first glance, represent the biggest potential threat to England.\n\nThe need to learn from past near-misses\n\nEngland's drive deeper into tournaments in recent years has raised expectations that they can finally end the so-called years of hurt. It has also sharpened focus on their inability to get themselves over the line.\n\nThe 2018 World Cup semi-final loss to Croatia and the Euro 2020 final loss to Italy on penalties at Wembley must be viewed as huge missed opportunities - and while England played well before losing to France in the last eight in Qatar, the defining win at a crucial stage of a major tournament remains beyond them.\n\nEngland will arrive in Germany no doubt telling us they have learned much from these cruel experiences. But the doubts will only go away once they prove it with that landmark victory.\n\nThey have quality and experience. Will the experience of losing so painfully on three occasions provide the catalyst to win in Germany?\n\nWill they win Euro 2024? See above for the question marks.\n\nEngland will rightly be regarded as potential tournament winners given the range of talent on offer to Southgate, who must now make key selection decisions in the months ahead and hope none of his plans are scuppered by injury.\n\nTrent Alexander-Arnold's creation in midfield offers something extra, so will Southgate ditch his natural inclination to play two holding midfielders, Arsenal's Declan Rice and one other, or will he adopt the move positive approach and pick the gifted Liverpool player?\n\nSaka is a certain starter on the right so what will Southgate do on the left? Grealish? Foden? Sterling? Will Mason Mount get things going at Manchester United? Southgate is huge admirer.\n\nSo yes, England can triumph at Euro 2024. But Southgate and his players still have to actually prove they can be winners at this level. That might yet be the biggest barrier to cross.\n• None Stacey Dooley meets people across the UK to help unlock mysteries hidden within their genetic code\n• None Fergal Keane charts the history of Ireland and her people from the earliest days to the present", "Hewa Rahimpur's arrest in 2022 led to a police operation against his gang in several European countries\n\nA man has been sentenced in Belgium to 11 years in jail for heading one of the most significant human trafficking gangs involved in smuggling people across the English Channel.\n\nPolice believe Hewa Rahimpur, 30, was behind a ring that brought 10,000 people to the UK in small boats.\n\nRahimpur was 23 when he arrived in Britain in 2016 and claimed asylum, saying that as an Iranian Kurd he would face persecution back home.\n\nHe was allowed to stay in 2020.\n\nRahimpur, who was given leave to remain in the UK, set up a barber's shop in London with a friend but then used Britain as a base for a far-reaching criminal operation.\n\nHe was in charge of a gang that sourced boats, engines and life-jackets for migrant crossings. They procured the material from Turkey and China and transported it to Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands.\n\nThe boats were then moved to the coast of northern France and handed to groups of migrants waiting in Calais and Dunkirk.\n\nThe migrants, including women and children, were given basic information about how to use the boats to get to Britain, and then set off across the Channel.\n\nSome of the vessels were very unsafe, held together using gaffer tape and planks of wood.\n\nMigration expert Stef Janssens told the BBC that 30 to 40 people were put in every boat: \"The smugglers show no respect for human life. It's actually amazing that there are not more deaths.\"\n\nIt is believed that Rahimpur's gang was responsible for nearly 10% of crossings to the UK in a 12 to 18-month period.\n\n\"It's the first time a leading figure of a network using small boats is facing justice,\" said Mr Janssens, describing the trial as an important step in the fight against international networks of people smugglers.\n\n\"This case can be linked directly with 31 people who died in the North Sea,\" he said.\n\nA joint investigation between the NCA and Belgian police led to Rahimpur's arrest\n\nMr Janssens described seeing an exchange of WhatsApp messages between Rahimpur and people crossing the Channel on one of his boats who asked him to call the police because they were afraid they would die.\n\nIn one message Rahimpur replied that they had to keep going until they reached British waters, where the UK Coast Guard would pick them up and take them to the UK.\n\n\"From this exchange you can tell these people are really pushing because otherwise they make less money.\"\n\nA joint investigation between the UK's National Crime Agency and Belgian authorities discovered a number of boats in the back of a car near the Belgian-French border in October 2021.\n\nThe police then arrested Rahimpur in Ilford, East London in May 2022. They seized 135 boats, 45 engines and more than 1,200 life jackets.\n\nHis arrest was part of a co-ordinated investigation carried out by police in the UK, France, Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands.\n\nMore than 40 people were arrested across four countries in one of the biggest law enforcement operations of its kind.\n\nRahimpur was also handed a €80,000 fine, but authorities believe his 11-year jail term is unlikely to deter human traffickers in the future.\n\nPeople-smuggling networks are becoming very well organised and much harder for the authorities to pin down.\n\nSince Rahimpur's arrest, people have continued to arrive in the UK on small boats. More than 24,200 people have crossed the English Channel from France this year so far.\n\nAnd there is a lot of demand.\n\nMigrants pay smugglers large sums just to get a spot on one of their boats, and the gang Rahimpur was in charge of generated nearly €60m (£52m) in 2021.\n\nEven the most dangerous accidents haven't stopped people from trying to get to Europe on small boats. Last June, 500 people are thought to have died when a boat capsized off the coast of southern Greece.\n\nNCA Deputy Director Craig Turner said the criminal networks did not care about the people they smuggled, but the agency would do all it could to disrupt and dismantle the rings bringing people to the UK.", "The BBC has seen new evidence of the brutal ethnic violence that has swept western Sudan since fighting broke out between two rival military factions in April. Analysis of satellite and social media data reveals at least 68 villages in Darfur have been set on fire by armed militias since the civil war began.\n\nThe UK Minister for Africa, Andrew Mitchell, told the BBC this bore \"all the hallmarks of ethnic cleansing\". It is the first time the British government has used the term to describe what is happening in Sudan.\n\nGen Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, who leads one side in the conflict - the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) - told the BBC he would co-operate with the International Criminal Court (ICC) to bring those guilty to justice.\n\nMuch of the ethnic violence is blamed on militias which are part of - or affiliated to - the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), the paramilitary group fighting the SAF for control of the country.\n\nThe RSF has repeatedly denied any involvement in the violence in the region and has called for an independent international investigation.\n\nThe analysis has been carried out by the Centre for Information Resilience (CIR), a research body partly funded by the British government, which is gathering open-source evidence about the fighting in Sudan.\n\nThey use Nasa heat-recognition technology to identify fires. They look at satellite images to detect smoke and burned-out buildings. They match all that with images from the ground on social media, which are geolocated using maps and photos.\n\nThe latest verified fires were in a village called Amarjadeed, in southern Darfur, where Nasa and satellite imagery showed burn scars between 18 September and 9 October.\n\nThis is how the CIR established how one convoy of militia set fire to at least nine villages on one day, 16 August.\n\nOn 16 August, satellite images show heat signatures coming from several villages in the region\n\nFirst it used Nasa heat-recognition technology to identify the possible location of fires.\n\nThen it used satellite imagery to establish whether any of these fires were associated with any known population settlements.\n\nThe CIR scoured social media emanating from western Sudan that showed militias torching villages, as well as looting grain, TVs and vehicles.\n\nThey listened to what the fighters were saying - and examined what they were wearing - to try to identify who they were. The white ribbons some of the militia were wearing indicate they belong to the Bani Halba Arab group, which is loosely affiliated to the RSF.\n\nIn videos posted on social media, the militias are seen wearing white ribbons as identification\n\nThe social media pictures were geolocated, matching what was shown with identifiable mountains and buildings.\n\nAll this established that fighters began the day setting fire to the village of Buro, before moving north to do the same at Awstani, and then east to other villages.\n\nSatellite pictures taken after the attack on 16 August show the blackened remains of the village of Buro\n\n\"The scale of what we've been able to document is bigger than what we've ever seen before,\" says Ben Strick, CIR's director of investigations.\n\n\"We've documented 89 fires, which damaged 68 villages since 15 April, which is a huge amount. In some of these, it is small buildings that have been targeted. But in some of them, whole villages that have been wiped out. That scale is enormous when we think upon the impact on civilians.\n\n\"What we're seeing is a pattern of abuses, a pattern of villages being burnt, one after the other, specifically in Darfur, which is where we're seeing some of the heaviest violence outside of Khartoum.\"\n\nSometimes this is part of infighting between rival Arab groups, other times it is Arab fighters targeting non-Arabs, like the Massalit, the largest local ethnic group centred on the capital of West Darfur, El Geneina.\n\nAmin Yakubu and his family were forced to leave his home in Darfur when Arab militias attacked.\n\n\"We were together one morning in my home, we'd just left the mosque, when a rocket-propelled grenade exploded. My friend's neck was broken, and he lost his life.\"\n\nAmin Yakubu says he believes no-one is left in his town\n\nHe stepped over bodies to escape, and still does not know where all his family are. He spoke to the BBC from a refugee camp in eastern Chad, which he managed to reach last month.\n\n\"The conflict has become an ethnic one. But everyone is equally affected. No-one sleeps at night,\" he said.\n\n\"Everyone has to lie flat on the floor all night long, because of the gun battles. Right now, everyone has left our little town. No-one is left there as far as I know.\"\n\nTwenty years ago, hundreds of thousands of people were killed in Darfur amid fighting between non-Arab rebel groups and a militia known as the Janjaweed, which later grew into the RSF. Some Janjaweed leaders and even the president at the time, Omar al-Bashir, have been indicted by the ICC on charges of genocide and crimes against humanity, which they have denied.\n\nIt is feared that similar atrocities are being committed in the region once more, along the same ethnic fault-lines.\n\n\"What is happening in Darfur is that innocent people are being attacked by militias, particularly by the RSF. They are being hounded from their homes and murdered, women are being raped and attacked, houses are being burnt, crops and cattle destroyed,\" Mr Mitchell said.\n\n\"This has all the hallmarks of ethnic cleansing. And it's going on just as it was back from 2003 onwards. It's going on in the same way today, if anything with even more ferocity.\"\n\nClementine Nkweta-Salami, the UN's humanitarian co-ordinator in Sudan, has said: \"As the fighting spreads, we are receiving reports of increasing cases of sexual and gender-based violence, enforced disappearances, arbitrary detention and grave violations of human and children's rights.\"\n\nThe UN estimates that 1.2 million people have fled to neighbouring countries since April\n\nThe aim of the London researchers at the CIR is to gather evidence that could one day bring those responsible to justice. Their website - containing what they have discovered - will be public and constantly updated.\n\nIn a recent interview in New York, Gen Burhan told the BBC he would support anyone or any group which helped bring what he described as \"these criminals\" to justice.\n\n\"We feel responsibility towards the Sudanese wherever they are, be it in Darfur, in Khartoum or any place where they were exposed to the aforementioned crimes,\" he told me.\n\n\"We have the desire to co-operate with all, even the International Criminal Court. We can co-operate to present these perpetrators of crime.\"\n\nAt least 7,000 people have been killed since the fighting began.\n\nThe UN says more than five million have been forced from their homes, with many leaving for safety outside Sudan. It also says about half the population - some 24 million people - are in need of humanitarian support.\n\nThere are fears the fighting could spill over into neighbouring countries and fuel regional tensions. There are also concerns it could become a proxy conflict, amid reports the United Arab Emirates has been giving weapons to the RSF, something Emirati officials have denied.", "Midleton in County Cork was \"impassable\" as a month's worth of rain fell\n\nA yellow weather warning for rain is in place for Northern Ireland as Storm Babet is due to bring heavy and prolonged downpours.\n\nThe Met Office warning began at 14:00 BST on Wednesday and will end at 10:00 on Thursday.\n\nThe main focus is on counties Antrim and Down, where the heaviest rain is most likely on high ground.\n\nIn the Republic of Ireland, the army has been deployed in County Cork as weather conditions worsen.\n\nMore than 100 homes have been flooded in the town of Midleton, Cork County Council said.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Cork County Council This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThe road network has been severely disrupted and the council is asking drivers to make only essential journeys.\n\nIrish Defence Forces have been deployed to the area to provide support.\n\nThere are also reports of homes being flooded in a number of other areas across the county. The council estimates that a month's worth of rain has fallen in the last 24 hours.\n\nIt is expected rainfall will vary quite a bit in Northern Ireland, with the Mourne Mountains expected to be hit with heavy downpours.\n\nHigher ground to the east could see up to 100mm of rain, close to what is expected during the whole month of October.\n\nAbout 30-50mm of rain can be expected over some lower areas of Northern Ireland.\n\nAlthough rain is expected to be the main impact of Storm Babet, some very strong and gusty winds from the south east are also forecast.\n\nTogether with the rain, the wind could make impacts worse, especially around the east coast.\n\nThe Met Office is warning of possible flooding, difficult travel conditions, and that power and other essential services could be affected.\n\nStorm Babet would be the second named storm of the season after Storm Agnes caused disruption in parts of Northern Ireland last month.\n\nIn the Republic of Ireland, a Status Orange rain warning has been issued for counties Cork, Kerry and Waterford.\n\nPedestrians may need their coats and umbrellas as Storm Babet moves towards Northern Ireland\n\nGardaí (Irish police) said Midleton was \"impassable\" to traffic due to ongoing adverse weather conditions.\n\nIn a statement, Cork County Mayor Cllr Frank O'Flynn said: \"I am calling on the people of Cork to please avoid unnecessary travel, take extreme care if you must set off on a journey and please think of vulnerable road users, especially pedestrians and cyclists.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 2 by Met Éireann This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nA separate Status Yellow rain warning has also been issued for several counties from Tuesday mid-morning until Wednesday evening.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The SNP leader said the council tax freeze show his party is \"delivering for people when they need it the most\"\n\nCouncil tax rates are to be frozen across Scotland, First Minister Humza Yousaf has announced.\n\nThe SNP leader made the announcement during his closing speech at his party's conference in Aberdeen.\n\nThe Scottish government had previously proposed raising council tax rates by as much as 22.5% for homes in higher bands.\n\nBut Mr Yousaf has pledged they will remain at the current levels when councils set their budgets for 2024-25.\n\nHe described the proposed freeze as evidence of \"the SNP delivering for people when they need it most\".\n\nMr Yousaf did not set out how the government would make up the budgetary shortfall for councils who would have raised taxes.\n\nThe levy generates about 13% of local government funding, with most of their cash coming from Holyrood funding.\n\nCouncil tax had either been either frozen or capped at 3% since the SNP came to power in 2007, with the Scottish government providing local authorities with extra funding in return.\n\nBut councils have been allowed to use new powers to set their own rates for the past two years, with most areas seeing rises of between 4% and 7% this year - although residents of Orkney saw their bills increase by 10%.\n\nThe SNP had a long-standing commitment to scrap and replace council tax and Mr Yousaf said he remained committed to reforming local taxation.\n\nCosla, which represents local authorities, said it had not been warned about the council tax freeze in advance.\n\n\"This has longer term implications for all councils right across the country, at a time when we know there are acute financial pressures, and where we are jointly looking at all local revenue raising options,\" a spokesperson said.\n\nMr Yousaf also said his government would spend an additional £300m on tackling NHS waiting lists in the next three years and raise arts and culture funding by £100m over the next five years.\n\nThe first minister, whose has family members are trapped in Gaza, called on the UK government to create a refugee resettlement scheme for those caught up in the conflict.\n\nHe said Scotland would be \"willing to be the first country in the UK to offer safety and sanctuary to those caught up in these terrible attacks\".\n\nHe condemned the Hamas attack in Israel and the \"collective punishment\" of people in Gaza and called for the UK government to support medical evacuations of injured civilians from Gaza.\n\nThe tearful Mr Yousaf issued an emotional call for unity as he said there was \"no room\" for hatred of any kind in Scotland.\n\nFollowing the SNP's heavy defeat to Labour in the Rutherglen and Hamilton West by-election, the first minister told party members they could \"either spend time feeling sorry for ourselves\", or \"roll up our sleeves and work harder than ever before for the people of Scotland\".\n\nHe urged delegates to unite behind the party's independence strategy, based on winning a majority of seats at the next general election, to help build a \"sustained majority\" for Yes.\n\nMr Yousaf said independence was \"neither untested nor unobtainable\" as he insisted a united SNP could \"make it happen\".\n\nThe most eye-catching announcement in what was a policy rich speech was the decision to freeze council tax next year.\n\nThat means that whoever you are, wherever you live, your council tax bill will not increase in the 2024/25 financial year.\n\nThat is a far cry from the possibility of big tax rises for those in more expensive proprieties - an idea that the Scottish government and councils have been consulting on.\n\nHumza Yousaf did not spell out how the freeze would be funded at a time when councils are under major financial pressures. That is to be negotiated with local government.\n\nThe announcement has taken councils by total surprise despite them striking a recent agreement with the Scottish government on joint-working.\n\nIt should be seen as a political response to the electoral pressure the SNP is under, as demonstrated by their defeat in the Rutherglen and Hamilton West by-election.\n\nParty sources say they want to recover popularity by focussing more on key issues of public concern like the cost of living and the NHS.\n\nThere was a time when the SNP sought to abolish council tax. Humza Yousaf now talks about reforming it to make it fairer. But in the short term it will just not be allowed to increase.\n\nOther key announcements included plans to issue the first ever Scottish government bonds on the international bond market to raise funds for infrastructure projects, and plans to \"anchor a new offshore wind supply chain\" in Scotland with up to £500m in funding over five years - with the government aiming to ensure vital parts such as turbines are made at home instead of being imported from abroad.\n\nThe SNP leader said issuing the first ever Scottish government investment bonds by 2026 - subject to \"due diligence and market testing\" - would help enhance Scotland's global standing.\n\n\"This will bring Scotland to the attention of investors across the world,\" he said.\n\n\"We will also demonstrate the credibility to international markets that we will need when we become an international country.\"\n\nThe first minister also announced a pilot scheme for £1,000 to be given to domestic abuse survivors fleeing their partners as part of a £500,000 \"fund to leave\" which will be distributed to Women's Aid groups for pilot schemes in Glasgow, South Lanarkshire, North Lanarkshire, Edinburgh and Fife.\n\nNicola Sturgeon has backed the SNP's new independence strategy\n\nMr Yousaf said the government will commit £400,000 to the redevelopment of Union Street in Aberdeen city centre, as well as supporting the Eden Project in Dundee, the Clyde Mission in Glasgow and improvement works in the St James Quarter in Edinburgh.\n\nHe pledged ministers will invest an extra £100m in each of the next three years to cut NHS waiting lists by an estimated 100,000 patients by 2026, when the next Holyrood election is scheduled to take place.\n\nThe number of patients on hospital waiting lists in Scotland has increased to 667,746, quarterly figures to June showed. That was up from almost 625,000 in February.\n\nHome Secretary Suella Braverman came in for criticism during the speech as Mr Yousaf criticised the UK government's immigration policy.\n\nHe condemned Ms Braverman for warning of a \"hurricane\" of migration coming to the UK and said that with independence Scotland could decide its own immigration policy.\n\nReferencing a viral social media post from the Tory conference, he said: \"Suella Braverman's most compassionate moment came when she stood on the tail of a guide dog.\"\n\nTaking aim at Labour, the first minister told delegates he had \"no idea what Keir Starmer stands for\".\n\nHumza Yousaf's speech went down very well with those in the conference hall. There were whoops, standing ovations and applause aplenty.\n\nBut there's no denying SNP conference is smaller (and perhaps feels a bit flatter) than previous years.\n\nNot only has the conference been moved to a smaller hall than last year, but there were still quite a few empty seats for Mr Yousaf's speech.\n\nAberdeen can be a long journey for many delegates, and attending any political party conference isn't cheap.\n\nBut the SNP will hope that a quieter conference won't mean fewer activists willing to put a shift in for the party at the next election.\n\nThe SNP's new independence strategy, agreed by delegates on Sunday, has ditched Nicola Sturgeon's plan for a de facto referendum.\n\nHowever, arriving at the conference on Monday, she gave her \"full unequivocal support\" to the new plan.\n\nIn his keynote speech Mr Yousaf thanked Ms Sturgeon, who he credited with having \"transformed Scotland\".\n\nThe top line of the party's manifesto will be \"vote SNP for Scotland to become an independent country\", the conference was told.\n\n\"And that's because independence is about building a better Scotland,\" Mr Yousaf said.\n\n\"It's about raising living standards. It's about protecting our NHS. Above all, it's about a stronger economy.\n\n\"An economy that works for everyone who lives here.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nPresident Joe Biden will visit Israel on Wednesday in a show of support as the US works to prevent the war with Hamas from spreading across the region.\n\nThe trip was announced by Secretary of State Antony Blinken, who said Mr Biden would visit at \"a critical moment for Israel, for the region and the world\".\n\nMr Blinken, who spoke in Tel Aviv on Monday, said the president would stress \"ironclad\" commitment to Israel.\n\nMr Biden is also expected to meet Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.\n\nThe decision to go ahead with the landmark visit followed more than seven hours of negotiations between the president, Mr Blinken and Mr Netanyahu's war cabinet.\n\nWhen announcing the plans, Mr Blinken said the president would make clear that \"Israel has the right and the duty to defend its people from Hamas and other terrorists and prevent future attacks\".\n\nHe also said Mr Biden would receive a briefing on Israel's war aims and strategy, and hear \"how it will conduct its operations in a way that minimises civilian casualties and enables humanitarian assistance to flow [to] civilians in Gaza\".\n\nThe trip comes as concern over the humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip grows. More than a million people have been displaced inside Gaza, which is one of the world's most densely populated territories, and food, water and fuel are in short supply.\n\nWashington estimates that 500 to 600 Americans remain trapped there.\n\n\"It is critical that aid begin flowing into Gaza as soon as possible,\" Mr Blinken said, adding that the US and Israel had agreed to \"develop a plan\" to get aid to civilians there.\n\nHe also said Mr Biden would work to try to secure the release of hostages taken by Hamas, which the US and other Western governments have designated a terrorist organisation.\n\nIsrael has said at least 199 people are believed to have been taken hostage after the group launched its unprecedented attack from Gaza on 7 October.\n\nAt least 1,400 people were killed when gunmen breached the border and infiltrated Israeli communities.\n\nMore than 2,700 people have been killed in retaliatory air strikes against Gaza by the Israeli military. Israel has also massed troops along the border ahead of an expected ground offensive.\n\nThat offensive, however, is likely to be delayed until after Mr Biden's departure from Israel although officials in the country have not commented on this.\n\nIran earlier warned that Israel would not be allowed to act in Gaza without consequences. Its foreign minister said it could take \"pre-emptive action\" against Israel in the coming hours.\n\nIt is thought that would involve the Iranian-backed Hezbollah militia in southern Lebanon, which has been exchanging fire with Israel in recent days.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: Missiles soar above Tel Aviv and people run for shelter\n\nThe comment highlighted concern over the risk of a broader regional conflict breaking out, and the US and other Western countries have warned Iran against any escalation.\n\nAfter visiting Israel, Mr Biden will travel to Amman in Jordan where he will meet King Abdullah, Egypt's President Al-Sisi and the President of the Palestinian Authority Mahmoud Abbas.\n\nThose talks will largely focus on the humanitarian situation in Gaza, White House officials said.\n\nMr Blinken, meanwhile, has visited a number of countries in the Middle East since the Hamas attack including Jordan, Egypt and Saudi Arabia.", "Stricter limits are needed on levels of 'forever chemicals' in UK drinking water which are potentially harmful to human health, experts have warned.\n\nIn high doses these pollutants, known as PFAS, have been linked to serious health concerns including cancer and fertility issues.\n\nThe Royal Society of Chemistry urged the government to toughen regulations in line with other countries.\n\nThe government said current safety standards were \"exceptionally high\".\n\n'Forever chemicals' are a group of more than 9,000 chemicals widely used in everyday products from food packaging to make-up because of their water-resistant properties.\n\nThey enter waterways when products such as non-stick frying pans and clothes, some of which are treated with the chemicals, break down.\n\nIn the UK, water companies are required to test for 47 different types of PFAS and if levels considered high-risk by the UK's drinking water inspectorate are reached it should not be used for drinking purposes - although this is only guidance, and there is no legal requirement.\n\nThe Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) said that this still exposes people to levels considered medium-risk and does not take into account the thousands of other types of PFAS.\n\nThe RSC is proposing that the acceptable levels are reduced 10-fold, and that all PFAS are tested for. This would bring the UK closer in line with new tighter limits in the US and tougher limits coming into effect next year in the EU.\n\nStephanie Metzger, policy adviser at the RSC told the BBC that it made this call because the science had changed.\n\n\"Previous health guidelines showed that 100 nanograms per litre [of PFAS] was protective of human health,\" she said. \"But there has been more research going on over the years that has shown that perhaps effects to human health may occur at lower levels of exposure.\"\n\nCurrently drinking water in the UK is categorised as medium-risk if there are between 10 and 100 nanograms of specific types of PFAS. In this case, water companies are required to continue testing the water but it can still be used.\n\nDr David Megson, senior lecturer in chemistry and environmental forensics at Manchester Metropolitan University, told the BBC: \"The overall risk is still what we would describe as relatively low, but it still just doesn't sit right with me that two different people can have different water resources and have a different risk of potentially dying from exposure to chemical pollution.\"\n\nTraditional water treatment approaches cannot remove PFAS so water companies often blend different water sources together to dilute the concentration. Some are also trying out emerging technologies like high pressure membranes.\n\nUsing data from the open-access Forever Chemicals mapping project, the RSC estimates that a third of water courses - not final drinking water - in England and Wales have medium-risk levels of PFAS, and less than 5% qualify as high-risk.\n\nSome jackets and clothes are treated with PFAS to make them waterproof\n\nAside from human health concerns, scientists are also worried about the impact of PFAS on wildlife living in water considered to have high levels of the chemicals.\n\nAlthough the high-risk graded water is not used in drinking water, Dr Megson said: \"It doesn't make much sense that for us to drink PFAS is incredibly toxic, but for animals to live in that for their entire life and consume it, it's all of a sudden less toxic.\n\n\"We need to put that higher on the agenda - are those environmental levels protective of wildlife in the environment?\"\n\nThe RSC has also called on the government to establish a national inventory for PFAS and establish a national chemistry regulator. Since the UK left the EU one has not been in place.\n\nA spokesperson from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs said: \"Work is continuing across government to help us assess levels of PFAS occurring in the environment, their sources and potential risks to inform future policy and regulatory approaches.\"\n\nWater UK, the water industry trade association, said: \"Every single day water companies across the UK treat and distribute the best drinking water in the world. Companies adhere to high standards set by regulators, with virtually all samples meeting their strict tests.\"", "We've been bringing you the latest analysis and reaction after the Office for National Statistics said UK inflation remained unchanged at 6.7% in the year to September.\n\nWe're going to be ending over live coverage here - but we'll leave you with the view of two economists as they look ahead to the Bank of England's next interest rate decision on 2 November.\n\nLast month the bank held interest rates at 5.25%.\n\nJake Finney, economist at accountancy firm PwC, reckons that the bank's committee will again vote to hold rates because, even though the headline rate of inflation failed to budge in September, the core inflation rate dipped a little bit.\n\n\"Lower household utility prices should shave around 1.5 percentage points off headline inflation in October. Combine that with an overall easing of inflation pressures and inflation should end the year under 5%,” he said.\n\nKPMG's chief economist, Yael Selfin said: “Despite ongoing pressures, the overall outlook for inflation looks more positive in the coming months.\n\n\"Together with the ongoing loosening of the labour market, this should be sufficient for the Bank of England to keep interest rates on hold as it takes stock of the impact of past tightening.”\n\nFor more on today's inflation rate figures - including the first fall in food prices for two years - you can read the main story here.\n\nAnd there are lots more tips and help with understanding the cost of living crisis here.", "Once again England make qualifying for a major tournament look easy.\n\nGareth Southgate's side came from a goal down to beat Italy 3-1 on Tuesday and secure their place at Euro 2024 in Germany with two games to spare.\n\nThey are so far unbeaten in a qualifying campaign that - on paper - was not easy. They were drawn with the defending European champions Italy as well as Ukraine, North Macedonia and Malta, but in the end they made it look easy with five wins, one draw and no losses.\n\nDespite that, Southgate believes his side are still capable of much more.\n\n\"We need to make sure we are one of the top seeds next month,\" he said. \"We need to win our next two games. We want to be in control of that.\n\n\"We need to keep building. There is more to come from this team. This was the toughest qualifying group, with the seedings.\n\n\"People have criticised us for not beating the top teams enough. But we have performed really well.\"\n• None Do England have what it takes to win Euro 2024?\n• None Pick your England XI for first match at the Euros\n\nItaly, of course, beat England at Wembley to win Euro 2020 but the Three Lions have gone some way to avenging that loss with wins home and away against them in this qualifying campaign.\n\nThey fell behind to a goal by former West Ham United striker Gianluca Scamacca after 15 minutes but Harry Kane equalised from the penalty spot before half-time.\n\nEngland then produced a superb second-half display with further goals from Marcus Rashford and Kane sealing the win.\n\n\"I feel like sometimes we make qualifying look easy, so credit to the boys because it's not,\" Kane told Channel 4.\n\n\"We've had one of the toughest groups, you've seen over recent years some big nations not going to major tournaments, so to do it [qualify] with two games to spare just shows the path we are on.\"\n\n'Another level' Bellingham the difference maker again\n\nKey to England's revival against Italy was once again Jude Bellingham.\n\nThe Real Madrid forward is now a key player for club and country and this was yet another superb display by the 20-year-old.\n\nHe won the penalty for Kane's equaliser before setting up Rashford with a wonderful display of determination and skill.\n\nHis team-mates were once again full of praise for his contribution, with Kalvin Phillips expressing disbelief at how he seems to \"get better and better\", while Rashford described him as an \"unbelievable\" player.\n\n\"With the big transfer [to Real Madrid] the fact is I have to deliver, whether it is a goal or assist or a match-winning performance,\" Bellingham said.\n\n\"This is the club I want to be at for the next 10-15 years of my life. I am loving it there.\"\n\nAsked if this summer's move to Real, where he has scored 10 goals in 10 games, has improved him, Bellingham added: \"100%. When you are around those mentalities and quality of players every day... it takes you to a new level mentally, physically and technically.\"\n\n'We have players who can come back and push us'\n\nKey to England's continued impressive form is the strength in depth they possess.\n\nA fringe team ground out a 1-0 victory against Australia in a friendly last Friday, while Manchester City midfielder Phillips was able to come in and contribute in a winning performance against Italy despite not playing many minutes at club level this season.\n\nBut with qualification now wrapped up, Phillips has his eye on getting more game time for Manchester City to ensure he is ready when next summer's Euros come round. \"As a football player you always want to be playing,\" he said.\n\n\"I want to be playing as much as possible but I haven't done that for a year and a half. I always try and make sure I am ready for whatever comes.\"I want minutes, I want to go the Euros. We will see what happens.\"\n\nAnother player to come in and impress was Phil Foden, who came into the starting XI with Arsenal forward Bukayo Saka currently injured.\"Bukayo [Saka] is a quality player, every time he pulls on the England shirt he puts in a 7/10 at least every time,\" said Foden.\n\n\"If I'm not starting I want to try and come on and change the game, I'm here to help the team as best as I can.\"It's exciting because it shows we still have players to come back into the side and help us push forwards. It just shows the depth in quality that the squad has.\"\n\nCORRECTION: This article initially said England had lost only one qualifying game in 24 years, but that has been amended as it is not correct.\n• None Our coverage of your Premier League club is bigger and better than ever before - follow your team and sign up for notifications in the BBC Sport app to make sure you never miss a moment", "Junior doctors and consultants joined a picket line at London's Queen Elizabeth Hospital earlier this month\n\nThe government has agreed to meet consultants in the hope of resolving a dispute which has led to strikes in England.\n\nThe British Medical Association (BMA), which represents consultants, said it would not call any more strikes until November to allow time for talks.\n\nThe government says wage rises are not up for negotiation - but it has not ruled out other incentives.\n\nA wave of NHS strikes has led to more than a million appointments and operations being rescheduled.\n\nConsultants and junior doctors in England staged a three-day joint strike at the start of October.\n\nMany health bosses have implored both sides to enter talks, with concerns raised over the prospect of further industrial action during the winter period.\n\nA Department of Health and Social Care spokesperson said it would meet the BMA following its commitment to pause strike action, but consultants had already received a \"fair and reasonable pay rise\" which had been recommended by the independent pay review body, \"alongside generous reforms to their pensions - the BMA's number one ask\".\n\nThis year, consultants have been given a 6% pay rise by the government - as recommended by the independent pay review body.\n\nIt brings their basic salary to between £93,000 and £126,000 depending on experience. But consultants also earn extra - about a quarter more - for things such as being on-call, additional hours and bonuses, according to the Nuffield Trust.\n\nHowever, the 6% pay rise was rejected by the BMA with the union indicating that a figure around 12% would be acceptable, as this would restore pay that has been lost once inflation is taken into account.\n\nDr Vishal Sharma, chair of the BMA consultants committee, said it was \"good to see the government is willing to come to the table\" but added the pay review body needed reform to \"correct the losses that consultants have experienced that have resulted in the current workforce crisis\".\n\n\"We will be expecting to discuss and explore other solutions in the forthcoming talks,\" he added.\n\nIt is thought the refusal of the government to discuss \"headline pay\" may prove a stumbling block in the talks, but the NHS Confederation representing employers said the latest development was a positive step in the right direction.", "The 20-year-old activist could be seen being led away by police officers\n\nGreta Thunberg has been detained during a Fossil Free London protest.\n\nThe Swedish climate campaigner had joined other activists outside the InterContinental Hotel on Park Lane where oil executives were meeting.\n\nThe protesters attempted to block access to the hotel by occupying the area by the entrance.\n\nFossil Free London posted on X, formerly known as Twitter: \"Breaking - Greta Thunberg has just been arrested.\"\n\nImages on social media showed the 20-year-old activist being led away by police officers and placed in the back of a marked van.\n\nIn a statement, the Met Police said it had imposed conditions on the activists under Section 14 of the Public Order Act, to \"prevent serious disruption to the community, hotel and guests\", and had asked them to move from the road and on to the pavement.\n\nIt said that \"a number of protesters failed to do so\", which resulted in six arrests for obstruction of the highway, a further 14 arrests for Section 14 breaches and one for criminal damage.\n\nDozens of protesters blocked Hamilton Place, near Park Lane, at both ends. They carried banners and pink umbrellas with eyes painted on, shouting \"oily money out\" and \"cancel the conference\", while some lit yellow and pink smoke flares.\n\nA white fence surrounded the hotel entrance keeping protesters out while police smuggled conference attendees through the crowd of chanting activists.\n\nFossil Free London's protest was organised for the first day of the three-day Energy Intelligence Forum - formerly called the Oil and Money conference - where bosses of Shell and Total were due to speak.\n\nSpeaking at the rally, Ms Thunberg said: \"Behind these closed doors at the Oil and Money conference, spineless politicians are making deals and compromises with lobbyists from destructive industries - the fossil fuel industry.\n\n\"People all over the world are suffering and dying from the consequences of the climate crisis caused by these industries who we allow to meet with our politicians and have privileged access to.\"\n\nShe added: \"That is why we have to take direct action to stop this and to kick oily money out of politics.\"\n\nThe activists accuse fossil fuel companies of deliberately slowing the global energy transition in order to make more profit\n\nDuring the demonstration, activists from Greenpeace abseiled down from the roof of the hotel with a banner reading \"make big oil pay\".\n\nMaja Darlington, from Greenpeace UK, said: \"Oil bosses are toasting each other in a luxury hotel and plotting how to make even larger profits, while millions struggle to rebuild after a summer of extreme weather.\n\n\"Big oil is profiting from humanity's loss and those who have done the least to cause climate change are being forced to pay the price.\"\n\nSpeakers at the conference include the chief executives of Saudi Arabia's Aramco and Norway's Equinor, the German ambassador to the UK and Graham Stuart, Britain's energy security and net zero minister.\n\nMr Stuart has previously said that allowing oil and gas companies to continue drilling the North Sea for resources is necessary for energy security.\n\nListen to the best of BBC Radio London on Sounds and follow BBC London on Facebook, X and Instagram. Send your story ideas to hello.bbclondon@bbc.co.uk\n• None Who is Greta Thunberg and what has she achieved?", "UFC fighter Conor McGregor won't face charges over a claim of sexual assault at an NBA finals game in Florida in June, prosecutors have told the BBC.\n\nMr McGregor was accused of \"violently\" forcing himself on a woman in a VIP bathroom in the Kaseya Center in Miami.\n\nThe unnamed accuser also said arena security aided the attack by trapping her in a bathroom stall.\n\nThe 35-year-old Irishman denied the allegation and his lawyer said the fighter was \"pleased\" it was now over.\n\nOn Wednesday, a spokesperson for the state attorney's office confirmed to the BBC that the case had been dropped.\n\nThe alleged incident occurred during Game 4 of last season's NBA finals between Miami Heat and the Denver Nuggets.\n\nIn a letter obtained by the BBC last year, a lawyer for the woman alleged she had been forced into a men's bathroom by security guards from the NBA and Miami Heat, before being sexually assaulted by Mr McGregor.\n\nThe letter said the woman was able to free herself from the bathroom, but left behind her purse, which she was said to have retrieved after pleading with security guards.\n\nIt also alleged that security for the league, team and arena \"aided and abetted\" Mr McGregor by forcing her into the bathroom.\n\nSecurity footage later emerged showing Mr McGregor and his accuser entering the bathroom together.\n\nAccording to a memorandum from the prosecutor's office obtained by the BBC, the bathroom attendant told detectives he did not hear any signs of distress or \"sounds that would corroborate that whatever was occurring was not consensual\".\n\nPolice also interviewed a friend of the woman who said she did not hear \"anything out of the ordinary\" in the bathroom and the woman did not mention the alleged assault to her, according to the memo.\n\nThey concluded that based on witness statements and other evidence, the state would not be able to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that that the victim did not consent to sexual activity.\n\nBarbara Llanes, Mr McGregor's lawyer, told the BBC that the UFC star and his family were \"pleased this is now over\".\n\n\"After a thorough investigation, including a review of videos and interviews with eyewitnesses, the authorities have concluded that there is no case to pursue against my client, Conor McGregor,\" Ms Llanes said in a statement.\n\n\"As anticipated, this decision by the authorities confirms Mr McGregor's account of the evening,\" she added.\n\nThe Irishman has not fought in the UFC since he suffered a broken leg while fighting against Dustin Poirier in July 2021.\n\nLast week his bid to return to the sport moved a step closer as he re-entered the United States Anti-Doping Agency's testing pool.\n\nHe was expected to face Michael Chandler this year, but cannot fight until he is back in the testing pool for six months. His return to action is now expected at some point in 2024.", "Misspelled dual-language signs have been erected at Haypark Avenue in south Belfast\n\nSpelling mistakes and grammatical errors in dual language street signs are embarrassing for Belfast City Council, a local councillor has said.\n\nSéamas de Faoite was speaking after five misspelled dual language signs were erected in south Belfast.\n\nThe Irish translation of the word park - páirc - has been spelled with an 'e' instead of a 'c'.\n\nMr de Faoite said the mistake occurred when the sign was being printed.\n\n\"It's a pretty obvious mistake that could have been caught before these signs were erected,\" he told BBC News NI.\n\nCouncillor Séamas de Faoite says the mistake is frustrating\n\n\"It appears that the problem here has been when the signs have gone out to print.\n\n\"This shouldn't have happened and the fact that it happened at the last stage of the process is the most frustrating thing for language rights activists, local residents and councillors.\"\n\nHe said he had asked for measures to be put in place to make sure printing errors do not happen again.\n\nBelfast City Council said it is aware of spelling errors on five dual language street signs in three different streets across the city.\n\nIt said the signs are currently in the process of being replaced at no additional cost to the council.\n\n\"We apologise for this error and will be urgently reviewing our quality assurance processes to ensure this does not happen again,\" a spokesperson said.\n\nA new council policy on bilingual street signs came into effect last year.\n\nThis policy allows residents to apply for a dual language street sign in any language where they live.\n\nAlthough Irish is the most popular choice for an alternative language in Belfast, applications can be made for any language including Ulster Scots and Chinese.\n\nIf the application gains the support of 15% of residents on the electoral register it can go forward for approval by the council.\n\nStreet signs are translated by Queen's University Belfast before being installed.\n\nCuisle Nic Liam says the errors are not good enough\n\nHowever, despite a lengthy council approval process, some Irish translations on signs across Belfast have been printed incorrectly.\n\nCuisle Nic Liam, from Irish language campaign group Conradh na Gaeilge, said the mistakes were \"extremely frustrating and disappointing\".\n\n\"The policy that we now have in place in Belfast took decades to get over the line,\" she said.\n\n\"We thought we had tackled all the hurdles and now we're in a position where we are being approached by residents saying signs are going up after a long wait full of spelling mistakes and grammatical errors.\n\n\"It's simply not good enough.\"", "New Mexico prosecutors plan to recharge Alec Baldwin with involuntary manslaughter over a fatal on-set shooting in October 2021.\n\nThe prosecutors dismissed charges against the Emmy award-winning actor in April, just two weeks before his trial was due to start.\n\nBut \"additional facts\" merit bringing the case again before a grand jury next month, they said.\n\n\"It is unfortunate that a terrible tragedy has been turned into this misguided prosecution,\" they said in a statement.\n\n\"We will answer any charges in court.\"\n\nMr Baldwin had been practising firing the gun on the set of Rust, a Western, at a ranch near Santa Fe when it went off, fatally striking 42-year-old cinematographer Halyna Hutchins and wounding director Joel Souza.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThe actor said at the time that he drew back the hammer on the pistol, but did not pull the trigger.\n\nCharges were dropped against Mr Baldwin six months ago after it was reported that the .45 Colt revolver had been modified with a new trigger in a way that could have made a misfire more likely.\n\nProsecutors then had the replica gun forensically tested and had some parts of the weapon replaced after it was broken during the FBI's testing.\n\nExperts in ballistics and forensics based in Arizona and New Mexico concluded there was no way for the gun to have been fired without the trigger being pulled.\n\nThe special prosecutors leading the case, Kari Morrissey and Jason Lewis, said in a statement sent to BBC News on Tuesday: \"After extensive investigation over the past several months, additional facts have come to light.\"\n\n\"We believe the appropriate course of action is to permit a panel of New Mexico citizens to determine from here whether Mr Baldwin should be held over for criminal trial,\" they added.\n\nIn an interview with the New York Times on Tuesday, Ms Morrissey said that \"the forensic testing of the gun concluded with certainty that the trigger of the gun had to have been pulled for the gun to go off\".\n\nShe added that prosecutors intend to begin presenting their case to a grand jury on 16 November.\n\nThe film's armourer, Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, faces two counts of involuntary manslaughter.", "The attackers set the victims' vehicle on fire after killing them\n\nFriends have paid tribute to a couple killed on their honeymoon alongside their guide in Uganda's Queen Elizabeth National Park.\n\nThe couple have been named locally as David and Celia Barlow, from Hampstead Norreys, near Newbury in Berkshire.\n\nThe village's cricket club said they will be \"desperately missed\" while the parish council called Mr Barlow a \"pillar of the community\".\n\nUganda's police said their vehicle was set alight after they were killed.\n\nRichard Davies, church warden at St Mary's Church in Hampstead Norreys, said the news was \"incomprehensible\".\n\n\"We wake today with a heavy heart, and the deepest sorrow to hear the devastating news of the death of Dave and Celia Barlow,\" Mr Davies said. \"Words cannot express how to react to this dreadful news.\"\n\nHampstead Norreys Parish Council described Mr Barlow, a British national, as an \"exceptional chairman\" who served the council for more than a decade.\n\n\"He was a pillar of the community, always prioritising their needs,\" it said.\n\nHampstead Norreys Cricket Club also paid tribute to the couple, affectionately describing Mr Barlow as \"Lord Barlow\" and describing Mrs Barlow - who was born in South Africa - as \"an amazing human who will be desperately missed\".\n\nIn a statement, the travel company Belmond, who referred to her as Celia Geyer, said she was a \"true pioneer at heart and a highly respected leader in our industry\".\n\nToby Harris, a member of the village parish council, said Mr Barlow \"was a very genuine person\".\n\n\"I spent a lot of time bumping into him at the pub for a beer or two. He was approachable and down to earth.\"\n\nIn a post on social media Andrew Mitchell, the UK minister of state for development and Africa, said he was \"shocked and saddened by the horrific attack\".\n\n\"My thoughts are with the victims and their families,\" he wrote. \"British nationals in Uganda should follow travel advice.\"\n\nUgandan president Yoweri Museveni said on X, formerly Twitter, that the Ugandan High Commission in the UK would provide support to the families of the murdered couple.\n\nPolice said joint forces were pursuing suspected members of the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) rebel group, an IS-linked Islamist group which traces its roots to Uganda but operates mainly in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).\n\nThe two countries have intensified operations targeting the group in recent months, and the incident occurred near Uganda's border with DRC.\n\nOn Wednesday, IS claimed responsibility for the attack via its Telegram channels, without providing evidence.\n\nTwo days earlier, Uganda's president said police had foiled a plot, allegedly planned by ADF militants, to bomb churches in the country's central Butambala district.\n\nPolice spokesperson Fred Enanga said on X: \"We have registered a cowardly terrorist attack on two foreign tourists and a Ugandan in Queen Elizabeth National Park.\n\n\"The three were killed, and their safari vehicle burnt.\"\n\nHe added the police were \"aggressively pursuing\" the suspected rebels, and expressed \"our deepest condolences to the families of the victims\".\n\nThe police force also posted a photograph of a green four-wheel-drive vehicle on fire.\n\nThe UK Foreign Office has updated its travel advice for Uganda, warning the \"attackers remain at large\".\n\nIt is advising against \"all but essential travel\" to Queen Elizabeth National Park, adding that anyone in the park should \"follow the advice of local security authorities\".\n\n\"If you are able to do so safely, you should consider leaving the area,\" it said.\n\nA spokesperson for the Foreign Office said: \"We are providing consular assistance to the family of a British national following an incident at Queen Elizabeth National Park in Uganda. We are in close contact with the local authorities.\n\n\"British nationals in the area should follow our travel advice and contact us if they require assistance.\"", "Israel and the Palestinians are locked in claim and counter-claim about what happened at the hospital\n\nPalestinian health officials now say that at least 471 people were killed by an explosion at a hospital in Gaza City on Tuesday night. They blame an Israeli air strike, but Israel's military says the blast was caused by a failed rocket launch by the militant group Palestinian Islamic Jihad. The BBC's Rushdi Abu Alouf visited the scene and found that body parts are still being collected.\n\nBlood-soaked mattresses are strewn across the courtyard of the Al-Ahli Arab hospital, along with clothing and personal possessions left behind in the chaos that followed the blast and the huge fire it caused.\n\nIn a nearby car park lie the smouldering wrecks of more than a dozen cars.\n\nThe surrounding buildings are also damaged, apparently pockmarked by shrapnel. But no large impact crater is visible.\n\nThere is an atmosphere of panic, with people struggling to understand what happened at a place that was supposed to be protected under international humanitarian law.\n\n\"We left our home to come here,\" a woman who survived the explosion told the BBC. \"We thought it would be safe, but then it got bombed.\"\n\nDoctors said that most of the victims were among the several thousand civilians who had been sheltering at the hospital since Friday. They fled there after the Israeli military told civilians to evacuate the north of the Gaza Strip, as it stepped up its air strikes on militant group Hamas.\n\nMany staying inside the courtyard were elderly or infirm, unable to leave for the south because they did not have access to transport.\n\nOne witness told me that they had been sitting on the ground when it was rocked by a huge blast.\n\nPeople from all around the Gaza Strip soon arrived at the scene to try to help, he said. They collected bodies and began evacuating injured people.\n\nThose in a serious condition were taken away on motorbikes, while those less hurt had to make their way on foot to Shifa hospital, 3km (two miles) away.\n\nMany of the victims were displaced people who had been sheltering in the grounds, thinking the hospital was safe\n\nA second man said he heard something just before the blast but did not know what it was.\n\nHe explained that he returned to the hospital afterwards because there was no other option.\n\n\"Where else can we go? Are we leaving like in 1948?\" he asked, referring to the first Arab-Israeli war, when hundreds of thousands of Palestinians were forced or fled from their homes.\n\nDespite their protected status, 20 hospitals in the north, including Al-Ahli Arab, have received orders to evacuate their patients and staff, according to the World Health Organization.\n\nThe UN agency has said the orders are impossible to carry out, given the current insecurity, critical condition of many patients, lack of ambulances, and shortage of beds elsewhere, and warned that it will \"further worsen the current humanitarian and public health catastrophe\".", "Outfall in the River Teifi from Cardigan's waste water treatment plant\n\nWelsh Water has admitted illegally spilling untreated sewage at dozens of treatment plants for years.\n\nThe admission came after the BBC presented the water company with analysis of its own data.\n\nOne of their worst performing plants is in Cardigan in west Wales.\n\nThe company has been spilling untreated sewage there into an environmentally protected area near a rare dolphin habitat for at least a decade.\n\nWelsh Water says it is working to tackle the problems and does not dispute the analysis, which was shared with BBC News by mathematician and former University College London professor Peter Hammond from campaign group Windrush Against Sewage Pollution (WASP).\n\nMost of the UK has a combined sewerage system, meaning that both rainwater and wastewater - from toilets, bathrooms and kitchens - are carried in the same pipes. Usually, all the waste is carried to a sewage treatment works.\n\nDuring heavy rain, to prevent a plant becoming overwhelmed, it is allowed to discharge untreated sewage. But releasing any before a plant reaches the overflow level stipulated on its permit is an illegal breach.\n\nProf Hammond requested data on 11 Welsh treatment plants and found that 10 had been releasing untreated sewage at times when they should have been treating it.\n\nCardigan was particularly bad, spilling for more than 200 days each year from 2019-2022.\n\nThe data provided to Prof Hammond showed that Cardigan almost never treated the amount of sewage it was supposed to.\n\nAccording to its permit it has to treat 88 litres a second before spilling - but had illegally spilled untreated sewage for a cumulative total of 1,146 days from the start of 2018 to the end of May 2023.\n\n\"This is the worst sewage works I've come across in terms of illegal discharges,\" he said.\n\nProf Peter Hammond used Welsh Water's own data to prove they were illegally spilling\n\nWhen presented with the findings Welsh Water admitted it has between 40 and 50 wastewater treatment plants currently operating in breach of their permits. It said decisions on which plants to improve were taken with customer bills in mind, and that because there is \"no measurable environmental impact\" of the Cardigan estuary spills, these have been a low priority.\n\nThe outflow point from the Cardigan treatment plant spills into the Teifi estuary and Welsh Water points to Poppit Sands, a designated bathing beach two miles away, that has water quality consistently rated as \"excellent\".\n\nThe treatment plant in Cardigan spills both treated and untreated sewage into the River Teifi\n\nEnvironmental groups say testing at Poppit Sands only takes place from May to September and there is no regular monitoring of the impact of sewage discharges in the River Teifi. It is designated as a Special Area of Conservation (SAC) and is home to lamprey, Atlantic salmon and otters. The Teifi flows into Cardigan Bay, home to one of Europe's largest populations of bottlenose dolphins.\n\n\"Untreated sewage causes a host of problems on our rivers,\" says Gail Davies-Walsh of rivers campaign group Afonydd Cymru.\n\n\"High nutrient levels coming from sewage lead to algal blooms that lead to the depletion of oxygen in our rivers. And that clearly has knock-on impacts to our fish populations and to other species.\"\n\nThe regulator, Natural Resources Wales, told the BBC that it has been aware of the issues at Cardigan for eight years and has issued enforcement notices but no fines. It says it is now looking at data from 101 treatment plants run by Welsh Water that have been spilling before they reach their permit capacity.\n\nWelsh Water, a not-for-profit company, said in a follow-up email that it was not under \"formal investigation\", that NRW's figures are \"inaccurate,\" and that it stands by its total of about 45 treatment plants currently breaking their permits.\n\nSteve Wilson of Welsh Water tells the BBC's Jonah Fisher the Cardigan spills make him 'very uncomfortable'\n\nCardigan's problems date back to 2004 when Welsh Water installed a wastewater treatment system which filters sewage through a membrane. That is not how most sewage plants work.\n\nThe sewage network in Cardigan is old and leaky and during Spring tides saltwater gets into the pipes and the treatment plant.\n\nThe saltwater causes bacteria to release an enzyme that blocks the membrane. That has meant the plant regularly fails to treat the right amount of sewage and spills untreated sewage.\n\n\"We're not proud of this at all,\" Steve Wilson, managing director for wastewater services at Welsh Water said. \"It's a very uncomfortable position to be in - but it's not for the want of trying. We have been trying to fix this.\"\n\nThose fixes have not worked. In 2025 work is due to begin on a new treatment plant for Cardigan, at a cost of £20m.\n\nThe River Teifi empties into Cardigan Bay just next to Poppit Sands beach\n\nFor Gail Davies-Walsh of Afonydd Cymru there are questions now for both the water company and the regulator, Natural Resources Wales, which is responsible for enforcing permits and, if necessary, issuing penalties.\n\n\"Fundamentally this site [Cardigan] has been discharging raw sewage for possibly 10 years and no action has been taken,\" she says.\n\nNRW provided the BBC with a timeline of their responses which shows a number of enforcement notices - but no prosecutions or fines. In the last five years the NRW has made no prosecutions anywhere in Wales for illegal sewage spills of this type.\n\n\"We have prosecuted Welsh Water on a number of instances for pollution events, just not for low flow spills as is the case here,\" Huwel Manley, NRW's head of operations for south west Wales. said. \"But we are working with trying to set national guidance along with England so that we have a more standardised approach as to how and when we take that prosecution route.\"\n\nWelsh Conservative, Plaid Cymru and Welsh Liberal Democrats opposition parties called on Wales' Labour government to take tougher action on sewage dumping.\n\nA Welsh Government spokesperson said: \"We expect water companies in Wales to continuously improve services to customers and address any areas of concern.\"\n\nRegulators in England are also looking at flow rates through treatment plants as part of what they say is their largest ever criminal investigation into potentially illegal spilling.\n\nSign up for our morning newsletter and get BBC News in your inbox.", "Jim Jordan secured only 200 votes in the first round of voting, with 20 Republicans voting against him\n\nRepublican Jim Jordan has lost the first vote in his bid to become Speaker of the US House of Representatives amid stiff opposition from members of his own party.\n\nDespite intense lobbying behind the scenes, 20 Republicans refused to back the right-wing Ohio congressman.\n\nThe Trump ally abandoned plans to hold a second vote until Wednesday morning.\n\nThe lower chamber of Congress has been leaderless since an unprecedented vote to oust Kevin McCarthy 15 days ago.\n\nWithout a Speaker, the House is unable to pass any bills or approve White House requests for emergency aid. That includes potential help for Israel amid its war with Hamas.\n\nMr Jordan earned 200 votes in the first ballot on Tuesday, but he needs 217 - indicating majority support in the chamber - to secure the Speaker's gavel.\n\nThe Democratic nominee, Hakeem Jeffries of New York, earned 212 votes, all from his fellow colleagues in the minority party.\n\nMr Jordan vowed to \"keep working\" and expressed confidence he would ultimately emerge victorious.\n\n\"We're making progress. I feel good about it,\" he told reporters. \"We're gonna keep going.\"\n\nMr Jordan can only afford to lose four Republican votes in a chamber that his party controls by 221-212.\n\nThe House Judiciary Committee chairman initially said a second vote was planned for Tuesday, but later said it would instead take place at 11:00 (15:00 GMT) on Wednesday.\n\nRepublicans who refused to pick Mr Jordan voted instead for Kevin McCarthy, the former Speaker who was ousted on 3 October, or picked other candidates.\n\nThree even voted for Lee Zeldin, a New York congressman who retired from the House in January this year.\n\nA bloc of New York Republicans who voted against Mr Jordan cited his opposition to benefits for survivors of the 9/11 attacks, among other political issues.\n\nBut another New York Republican, Elise Stefanik, called Mr Jordan \"a patriot, an America First warrior who wins the toughest of fights\".\n\nMr Jordan has a record of feuding with members of his own party. He is a founding member of the ultra-conservative House Freedom Caucus, a group once labelled \"legislative terrorists\" by former Republican Speaker John Boehner.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: Jim Jordan: Three things to know about the conservative firebrand\n\nMr Jordan held meetings after Tuesday's vote with some of the Republicans who voted against him.\n\nSeveral, however, suggested they would not budge, and some indicated the number of votes against Mr Jordan might actually grow.\n\nColorado Republican Ken Buck said the Ohio congressman had still not acknowledged former President Donald Trump's 2020 election loss to Joe Biden.\n\nAnother Republican who voted against Mr Jordan, Mario Diaz-Balart, of Florida, said he did not feel \"pressure at all\" to change his vote.\n\nHe added that any effort to \"intimidate\" him would end any negotiations. \"If that's the case, that's where you lose me,\" he said.\n\nOregon's Lori Chavez-DeRemer, another of the anti-Jordan holdouts, suggested granting interim Speaker Patrick McHenry, a North Carolina Republican, additional powers to allow the House to function during the impasse.\n\nByron Donalds, a Florida Republican who supports Mr Jordan, told the BBC he was surprised at how many people had voted against him.\n\nRevelling in the Republican dysfunction, Democrats are depicting Mr Jordan as an extremist.\n\nCalifornia's Pete Aguilar described him as \"a vocal election denier\".\n\nCalifornia Democrat Nancy Pelosi - a two-time former Speaker - told reporters Mr Jordan had clearly underestimated resistance to him.\n\nRepublicans, she told reporters, were \"taking lessons on mathematics and how to count\".\n\nIn a news conference, Democratic minority leader Mr Jeffries offered to work with Republicans to find a Speaker that could suit both parties.\n\n\"There have been ongoing informal conversations that have been undertaken over the last few days,\" he said.\n\n\"There's a possibility those can accelerate now that Jim Jordan clearly does not have the votes for Speaker.\"\n\nIf support for Mr Jordan collapses, the next potential Speaker candidate is Minnesota's Tom Emmer, who is the third highest-ranking Republican in the House.\n\nThe last Speaker, Mr McCarthy, needed 15 rounds of voting over four days in January to win the gavel.\n\nFierce resistance to Ukraine war funding among Republican hardliners, including Mr Jordan himself, contributed to the unprecedented vote that led to Mr McCarthy's ouster this month.\n\nThe speakership is second-in-line to the presidency after the vice-president.", "Manchester United's hopes of a first appearance in the group stage of the Women's Champions League ended with defeat by Paris St-Germain in the second round of qualifying.\n\nMarc Skinner's side came into the second leg in the French capital optimistic of getting past the two-time finalists after having come back to draw 1-1 in last week's first leg at Leigh Sports Village.\n\nBut, despite a decent display, they were undone by a superior PSG side containing a truly ruthless finisher in Lieke Martens.\n\nThe Netherlands forward put the hosts ahead on the night, and in the tie, in the first half with a fierce strike after following up Tabitha Chawinga's low shot.\n\nShe then restored the advantage with another neat finish past Mary Earps just a minute after Lisa Naalsund had equalised for United from close range.\n\nMartens' second goal - and the timing of it in particular - proved a hammer blow to the visitors, who conceded again soon after to a sublime chipped finish from a tight angle from Sandy Baltimore.\n\nLeah Galton thought she had pulled one back with a looping header, but it was ruled out for a push in the back of PSG defender Clare Hunt and Ella Toone struck the woodwork late on with an acrobatic effort.\n\nUnited manager Marc Skinner told MUTV: \"If we really aspire to be a team that's in Europe then you have to own it - you have to stand up, you have to be counted, you have to take the ball and use the ball.\n\n\"You have to be strong in your one v one, you have to dominate, you have to take your personality to the game and first half. I don't think we did that, not enough. [In the] second half we were much better.\n\n\"We're going to go and push in every game now to try and finish top of that [league] table because then you automatically qualify.\"\n\nThe draw for the group stage takes place on Friday, with last season's Women's Super League winners Chelsea there as England's sole representative.\n• None Best action and reaction from PSG v Man Utd in the Women's Champions League\n\nBefore Wednesday's second leg, Manchester United manager Skinner challenged his team to create \"a magical moment\" in Paris.\n\nMaking it to the group stage of the Champions League would have served to underline an upward trajectory since the club reformed in 2018 that has seen United regularly finish in the top four of WSL following promotion from the Women's Championship, capped off by last season's second place.\n\nHowever, despite pushing a strong PSG side - who also finished second in their league last season - all the way over the two legs of this tie they were ultimately found wanting at both ends of the pitch.\n\nAs they have in every game this season so far, they fell behind at the Parc des Princes, with PSG exploiting some lax defending. And despite hitting back early in the second half, a further lapse at the back to allow PSG to regain the advantage at a crucial moment undid them.\n\nAt the other end, Skinner's side were able to repeatedly get into promising areas to hurt the home side, but failed to do so outside of Naalsund's goal.\n\nThere will be some gripes at the disallowing of Galton's goal, with her push on Hunt far from severe, but they had plenty of further chances to take the tie all the way.\n\nBrazilian forward Geyse was lively throughout but at 1-0 she set up Toone for a good chance that the England forward pulled wide and then at 3-1 missed a great opportunity herself by dawdling in possession after breaking through, allowing the home defence to recover.\n\nPSG march on to a fifth successive Champions League group stage, while United are left to focus on domestic matters, beginning with a trip to Everton in the WSL on Sunday.", "Last updated on .From the section Football\n\nEngland confirmed their qualification for Euro 2024 in Germany next summer after coming from behind to beat Italy at Wembley inspired by another Jude Bellingham masterclass.\n\nGareth Southgate's side only needed a point to secure their place and it briefly looked like the celebrations may be delayed when former West Ham United striker Gianluca Scamacca gave Italy the lead from close range after 15 minutes.\n\nBellingham was England's talisman once more as the 20-year-old Real Madrid star led the comeback, winning the penalty that brought captain Harry Kane's equaliser.\n\nKane scored his 60th goal for his country after Bellingham ran through and was fouled by Giovanni di Lorenzo after 32 minutes.\n\nAnd it was Bellingham's surging run and pass that set up Marcus Rashford to cut inside and beat Italy keeper Gianluigi Donnarumma just before the hour before Kane extinguished any hopes of an Italy recovery when he raced clear to score England's third with 13 minutes left.\n\nThe win was England's first home victory over Italy since November 1977 and completed a double in the group after victory in Naples in March.\n\nEngland are top of Group C with 16 points, while the defeat means Italy are third and will play Ukraine in their final qualifier in what will be a decisive match to determine who finishes second.\n• None Reaction and analysis as England qualify for Euro 2024\n• None Pick your England XI for first match at the Euros\n• None Do England have what it takes to win Euro 2024?\n\nBellingham's performances for England and Real Madrid this season have fully justified all the superlatives aimed in his direction and this was another magnificent display from the youngster.\n\nThe midfielder was involved in everything, from being at the heart of most good things produced by England to even orchestrating the Wembley crowd when the atmosphere threatened to become subdued.\n\nHe is the real deal and already marked down as England's superstar.\n\nBellingham's relentless running and fierce determination was instrumental in England's recovery from that early blow of conceding, with Italy unable to cope with his energy and creation.\n\nHis two bursting runs led to England's first two goals, fully deserving the standing ovation he was afforded when he was substituted late on with the game won.\n\nBellingham also feeds off the growing adulation from England's fans and he rightly lapped up their cheers after the final whistle.\n• None 'More to come' from England after Euro 2024 qualification\n\nAs England's thoughts now turn to Germany next summer, manager Southgate will know he has a truly special talent at his disposal that will make him the envy of every other country in the tournament.\n\nManchester City pair Phil Foden and Kalvin Phillips were given the chance to push their claims for starting places in Southgate's plans as he rang the changes following the friendly against Australia.\n\nThere were contrasting fortunes as Foden excelled but Phillips struggled, betrayed by his lack of game time at City.\n\nFoden, as usual, was busy and creative. Bellingham, understandably, received much credit for setting up Rashford's crucial second goal but Foden's determination to regain possession to set up the attack should not be under-estimated.\n\nIt may be that he ends up in a straight battle with another City team-mate, Jack Grealish, for a place in England's starting line-up and he will have impressed Southgate with this display.\n\nPhillips, meanwhile, struggled to get up to speed and there has to be a measure of sympathy for him because he is desperately short of match sharpness. He looked exactly what he currently is - someone who has not had much football in the last year, an early yellow card not helping.\n\nThis will be a dilemma down the line if Phillips continues to be marginalised at City but for now England can celebrate another smooth, untroubled qualification for a major tournament.\n• None Attempt blocked. Giacomo Raspadori (Italy) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Moise Kean with a cross.\n• None Attempt blocked. Moise Kean (Italy) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Nicolò Barella.\n• None Attempt saved. Moise Kean (Italy) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Riccardo Orsolini.\n• None Goal! England 3, Italy 1. Harry Kane (England) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner.\n• None Attempt blocked. Stephan El Shaarawy (Italy) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Davide Frattesi. Navigate to the next page Navigate to the last page", "Video caption: If you missed PMQs, here's Rishi Sunak versus Keir Starmer in full If you missed PMQs, here's Rishi Sunak versus Keir Starmer in full\n\nThe unfolding war in Israel and Gaza meant this was an unusual PMQs.\n\nIn place of the customary point-scoring between the parties, there was a lot of consensus between PM Rishi Sunak and Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer, and the conflict dominated the session.\n• Both leaders emphasised the need for the Commons to speak with one voice on the conflict, and to speak out against hate and division directed against Jews and Muslims in the UK\n• Both stressed that Israel had the right to defend itself and its people, to get its hostages back from Gaza, and to act against \"terrorism\"\n• Both also spoke of Israel's response needing to stay within international law - Sunak said Israeli leaders had promised they would do so\n• Starmer said the UK must do everything it could to prevent a \"humanitarian catastrophe\" by pressing for medicines, food, fuel and water to get into Gaza immediately, adding: \"Hamas are not the Palestinian people and the Palestinian people are not Hamas\"\n• Starmer pressed the PM for more information on when the UK might be able to establish the facts behind last night's hospital blast in Gaza City - Sunak cautioned against a \"rush to judgement\"\n• SNP Westminster leader Stephen Flynn urged the UK government to call for an immediate ceasefire in the conflict, and to reveal if it would set up refugee resettlement routes for Palestinians - Sunak said the UK was one of the most significant contributors to UN efforts to support Palestinian refugees\n\nWe're going to wrap up our live coverage here, however, you can read the latest on Israel and Gaza in our other live page here. See you next week.", "Hamas' armed wing, the al-Qassam Brigades. have released a video of a 21-year-old Israeli-French woman, Mia Shem, who was abducted from a party in Israel.\n\nShe said was one of those taken hostage at the Supernova music festival in southern Israel on 7 October and brought back to Gaza.\n\nFollowing the release of the video, Mia's family held a news conference in Tel Aviv where they called for her to be freed.\n\nHolding up a photo of Mia, her mother Keren Shem said: “I’m begging the world to bring my baby back home.\"", "Netflix says the shows it has licensed, including Suits, have been key to recent success\n\nNetflix is raising prices for some of its subscription plans, despite the success of its recent crackdown on password sharing.\n\nThe streaming giant said monthly charges for its UK basic service would rise by £1 to £7.99 and the premium option will increase by £2 to £17.99.\n\nIt reflects the firm's growing confidence, after adding 8.8 million subscribers from July to September.\n\nIt was the most in more than two years.\n\nFor viewers in the US, the premium plan will cost $3 more per month at $22.99 (£19.00). In France, premium subscribers will pay an extra €2 at €19.99 (£17.40).\n\nNetflix has been facing doubts about whether it can continue to draw in new members, as competition rises, prices climb and a Hollywood strike delays new releases.\n\nIn the first half of last year, it lost about one million subscribers, sending alarm bells ringing.\n\nMuch of the subscriber growth in the most recent quarter was driven by its move to start charging an extra fee - which amounts to a little less than half the £10.99 cost of its \"standard\" advert-free plan - to have more than one household on the same account.\n\nThe launch of a cheaper plan, with adverts, accounted for about 30% of sign-ups in countries where it was available, Netflix said.\n\n\"Management's working hard to squeeze every last drop of cash possible from the available subscriber base,\" said Sophie Lund-Yates, lead equity analyst at Hargreaves Lansdown.\n\n\"As that cup begins to run dry, it will be a lot more important to understand exactly how successful the next phase of growth can be.\"\n\nNetflix said it believed it had the right mix of original hits and licensed fan favourites in its library to keep audiences coming, spotlighting Suits, the legal drama now known for starring Meghan Markle.\n\nFirst released in 2011 on an American network, the series spent several weeks among the top 10 of Netflix's most-watched English television shows over the summer, racking up more than a billion viewing hours globally.\n\nNetflix, which has been emphasising its own productions in recent years, said in its quarterly update to investors that licensing had always been important and it saw potential opportunities to license more hits \"as the competitive environment evolves\".\n\nAnalysts said licensed material was likely to prove increasingly important, as audiences feel the hit of the Hollywood strikes that have shut down new productions for several months.\n\nWriters recently reached a deal, but the actors guild and the major studios, including Netflix, are still fighting over issues of compensation and artificial intelligence.\n\nStudios are facing pressure from investors, who have grown increasingly sceptical of the big losses posted by some of Netflix's rivals in the streaming business, such as Disney.\n\nFrom that perspective, Netflix is in a strong position.\n\nIt reported quarterly revenue up 7.8% year-on-year at $8.5bn, while profits hit $1.67bn.\n\nThe company has been trying to nudge customers on to the advertising-funded plan, which it sees as having big potential to drive profits. That is one reason for the price hike to its \"basic\" advert-free plan, which is no longer widely promoted on its website.\n\n\"They're certainly generating more revenue from the ad-tier subscribers than they are from the standard and premium subscribers,\" Simon Gallagher, former director of content acquisition at Netflix, told the BBC.\n\n\"So they are very motivated to push their subscribers across to that ad-funded tier.\"\n\nPaolo Pescatore, analyst at PP Foresight, said he thought customers should expect to see even higher prices in the years ahead as the company looks to protect its profits and reckons with costs from licensing and new initiatives.\n\nThe company recently revealed plans to start opening a select number of bricks-and-mortar destinations for shopping, dining and Netflix \"experiences\", something like a Netflix version of Disney World.\n\n\"Price rises are inevitable and we can expect this most likely on an annual basis, akin to traditional pay TV and other services,\" he said.\n\nNetflix shares jumped more than 10% in after-hours trade.", "Palestinians fill up at one of the few water stations in Khan Younis\n\nA tide of humanity has washed into Khan Younis.\n\nHundreds of thousands fled here from the north on whatever could carry them - cars if there was fuel, horse and cart if one could be found, their own feet if there was no other option.\n\nAnd what they found was a city on its knees, ill-prepared for its population to literally double overnight.\n\nEvery room, every alley, every street is packed with men, women and the young. And there is nowhere else to go.\n\nHamas say 400,000 of the 1.1 million people who call northern Gaza home headed south down the Salah al-Din Road in the last 48 hours, following Israel's order to leave.\n\nI was among them, along with my wife and three children, and two days' worth of food.\n\nFor many, the threat of Israel's bombs and impending invasion - which comes after gunmen from Gaza killed 1,400 in Israel - cancels out Hamas's order to stay put.\n\nBut in this narrow strip of land, blockaded on all sides and cut off from the rest of the world, options for where one ends up are limited. Safety is never guaranteed.\n\nAnd so a teeming mass of Gazans, many already bombed out of their homes, all lost, all afraid, all knowing nothing of what comes next, converged here.\n\nThis city, normally home to 400,000 people, has ballooned to more than a million overnight. As well as the north, they have come from the east, which suffered terribly in the 2014 war.\n\nHundreds of thousands of people have fled north Gaza\n\nEvery single one of them needs shelter and food, and no one knows for how long.\n\nScarce resources are running out, fast. This is a city that was already exhausted. And the tide was too strong, and things are starting to fall apart.\n\nThe main hospital here, already low on essentials, has not only taken in sick and injured from the north - it has now become a refuge.\n\nRefugees line the corridors as doctors work on new arrivals injured by Israeli bombs. The din of competing voices fills the air.\n\nYou cannot blame people for coming here.\n\nHospitals are among the safest places to be in a time of war, protected by international law.\n\nBy some measures these people are perhaps the lucky ones, at least for now.\n\nDoctors say they have almost nothing to give the stream of new casualties - water is rationed to 300ml a day for patients. Refugees get nothing.\n\nElsewhere, residents take in new arrivals. Many in Khan Younis lived in cramped conditions to begin with. Now they are cheek by jowl.\n\nI have seen small apartments, which already housed more than they could comfortably hold, becoming \"homes\" for 50 or 60 people - no one can live like this for long.\n\nMy family now shares a home with four others in a flat with two small bedrooms. There are metres of personal space for us. I consider us among the lucky ones.\n\nSchools across the city, also \"safe\" from war, are filled with a multitude of families - tens of thousands perhaps, but who knows? You'd never stop counting if you began.\n\nAt one school, run by UN relief agency UNRWA, every classroom is filled, every balcony space criss-crossed with clothes lines.\n\nMothers and grandmothers cook on park benches in the courtyard as their hungry children wait impatiently.\n\nSome of those fleeing northern Gaza have taken shelter at a UN school in Khan Younis\n\nBut when there is no more room - and there is no more room - humanity inevitably spills out onto the streets, fills the alleyways and the underpasses, and lives and sleeps in the dirt, the dust, the rubble, waiting for something better that might never arrive.\n\nThere's little food, little fuel. There is no water in the shops. Water stations are the best hope. It is a catastrophic situation.\n\nAnd it is not as if this city is safe from harm. It is regularly bombed - it is still in a warzone. Collapsed buildings and piles of rubble litter the streets.\n\nI heard rocket launches from near the hospital, as Hamas continues to strike inside Israel. That is an open invitation for retaliation.\n\nThe hum of Israeli drones looking for their next target is ever present.\n\nAnd bombs drop, and buildings fall, and the morgues and hospitals fill with more people.\n\nA bomb fell near my family's flat this morning. Because all telephone services are out or severely disrupted, it took me 20 minutes to contact my son.\n\nPeople cannot live like this. And the invasion has yet to begin.\n\nPalestinians pick though a building hit by an Israeli strike in Khan Younis\n\nI have covered four wars here in Gaza, my home. Never before have I seen it like this.\n\nFor however bad the previous wars were, I had never seen people starve or die of thirst in this place. This is now a real possibility.\n\nThe only option out of Gaza, the Rafah crossing into Egypt, remains closed. And Cairo knows that to open it would usher in a new humanitarian disaster.\n\nThere are now one million Gazan refugees waiting 20km from Rafah. Once the crossing is open, there will be chaos.\n\nI saw the same thing in 2014, when thousands tried to escape the war. This time it would be much, much worse. This is what Egypt fears.\n\nThe flood of humanity will simply wash over the border, and it will be catastrophe and chaos again.\n\nAre you in the area? If it is safe to do so, please share your experiences. Share your experiences by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "A loss of this size would mean \"a significant hit to the criminal networks involved\", investigators say\n\nPackages and holdalls believed to contain cocaine are washing up on England's south coast.\n\nA fisherman made the first discovery on 2 October, while groups of litter-pickers have found others since.\n\nHoldalls containing hundreds of kilos of powder were first discovered in the sea off the St Aldhelm's point and Durdle Door areas in Purbeck.\n\nA further quantity washed up on a beach on the Isle of Wight on Saturday.\n\nThe National Crime Agency (NCA) is leading the investigation and said it believed the drugs originated in South America.\n\nTracey Lake, senior investigating officer with the NCA, said: \"A loss of a consignment of this size would represent a significant hit to the criminal networks involved.\"\n\nAll of the packages recovered so far are being tested to establish their contents, quantity and estimated value.\n\nThe NCA has urged anybody who finds a holdall or similar package in suspect circumstances to contact the police.\n\nBorder Force and Hampshire Police are supporting the investigation.\n\nHampshire and Isle of Wight Assistant Chief Constable Stuart Murray said a litter-picking group had discovered more packages on Saturday.\n\nHe said: \"This work is ongoing, and you will continue to see police throughout the evening and into tomorrow, and we would ask anyone who finds any suspicious bags or packages on the coastline of Hampshire and the island to get in touch with us immediately.\n\n\"There is a member of the litter-picking group, a man in his 60s, who we want to make contact with, as we continue to speak with everyone in the vicinity, and we would ask him to get in touch with us.\n\n\"He is of slim build, around 5ft 6in tall and had short grey hair, with a birthmark on the right side of his mouth.\"\n\nFollow BBC South on Facebook, X, or Instagram. Send your story ideas to south.newsonline@bbc.co.uk.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "A cordon is in place outside the building after it collapsed early on Sunday\n\nThe back of a historic building in Cumbria has collapsed into a river.\n\nThe Grade II-listed Old Courthouse in Cockermouth, which sits on the River Cocker, was damaged at about 05:00 BST.\n\nThe Environment Agency said although the collapse happened near its flood walls, they remained \"intact\" and the town's flood risk had not increased.\n\nCumberland Council said there were no reports of any injuries but Cocker Bridge had been closed as a precaution while assessments were carried out.\n\nIt added that although some debris had landed into the river, it was still flowing.\n\nThe Environment Agency said it was working with the council \"to minimise any potential environmental impacts\".\n\nThe town suffered serious flooding during 2015's Storm Desmond, which \"overwhelmed\" its defences.\n\nThe building, which is around 190 years old and houses the The Honest Lawyer restaurant, was sold at auction in 2022\n\nAn investigation is under way into how the building collapsed. Concerns had previously been raised about its stability.\n\nIn 2021, the site was evacuated after heavy rain left its rear wall on the verge of collapse. It has not been used since.\n\nThe building, which is about 190 years old and housed the The Honest Lawyer restaurant, was sold at auction in 2022.\n\nBrian Mitchelhill, who chairs the Cockermouth Emergency Response Group, told BBC Look North it had been \"at risk for a number of months\".\n\n\"We didn't quite expect this to happen and it's sad that it has come to this,\" he said.\n\n\"It is strange to see that part of it is crumbling away and it may never be restored to its former glory to be quite honest. We are not going to write it off just now.\"\n\nThe bridge over the River Cocker has been closed as a precaution\n\nKarl Melville, assistant director for highways and transport at Cumberland Council, said the authority had been working with the building's owner for some months.\n\n\"Over the last couple of weeks we have seen the building deteriorate to where we are with this issue,\" he said.\n\n\"Cumberland Council has been working very closely with the building owner to try and resolve the issues that were in place at the time\".\n\nCockermouth's mayor, Julie Laidlow, told BBC Radio Cumbria she hoped the front of the \"iconic\" building could be preserved.\n\n\"Quite a lot of the back part of the building has fallen into the river,\" she said.\n\n\"There is a section of the roof that the first high winds are going to take away.\n\n\"The bridge is going to be closed for the foreseeable until further investigations are done.\"\n\nThe building, pictured in 2022, was closed over fears a cracked wall could collapse\n\nShe said she had spoken to the building's owner, who was travelling to the scene, and said he was \"devastated\".\n\n\"I spoke to him this morning and he was in tears,\" she said.\n\n\"The safety of the public is his paramount importance. Everyone is just going to have to work together and do what we can.\"\n\nA police cordon has been put in place with the road from Main Street into Market Square closed, including Cocker Bridge.\n\nPeople have been asked to avoid the area and follow any diversions in place.\n\nA Cumberland Council spokesperson said it was working with the emergency services and others to assess the damage and \"take immediate steps\" to protect public safety.\n\n\"The Old Courthouse is an iconic building in Cockermouth and we share local residents' sadness following the recent partial collapse of the building.\n\n\"This is a privately owned building and has been an ongoing issue. We continue to work with the owner of the property, and partners.\"\n\nDamage to the privately owned building is being assessed\n\nFollow BBC North East & Cumbria on X (formerly Twitter), Facebook and Instagram. Send your story ideas to northeastandcumbria@bbc.co.uk.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Airstrikes are continuing in Gaza - where this plume of smoke was captured by satellite imaging technology Image caption: Airstrikes are continuing in Gaza - where this plume of smoke was captured by satellite imaging technology\n\nUpdates continue to arrive thick and fast - so if you're just joining us, or need a recap, here's what we've been reporting in the last few hours:\n\nWhole families killed in Israeli village: Details of a massacre - said by the Israel Defense Forces to have been committed by Hamas - were revealed today after reporters visited the village of Kfar Aza near the Gaza border. Soldiers say Hamas stormed in, burnt homes and killed entire families - including babies - with an Israeli officer describing how some had been beheaded.\n\nIsraeli anger at the military: The BBC's Jeremy Bowen provided some on-the-ground analysis from that same community, in which he described how \"the horror and rage of Israelis has been mixed with incredulity that the state and the military failed in its fundamental duty to protect its citizens\". He also said no-one imagined Hamas would be able to breach Israel's defences and kill so many people.\n\nBiden condemns \"blood-thirsty\" Hamas: At a White House press conference, US President Joe Biden said Hamas \"did not stand for the Palestinian people\" and accused it instead of using Palestinians \"as human shields\". He also pledged that the US \"has Israel's back\" and said he'll ensure it can defend itself.\n\nHamas confirms deaths of two officials: Zakaria Abu Muammar and Jawad Abu Shamal, members of the Hamas political bureau, have been confirmed dead by the Palestinian militant group. They are reported to have died after a raid in Khan Yunis early this morning.\n\nHeavy bombing of Gaza continues: The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) says it will continue to attack Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip. The latest death toll there is now more than 900, with reports of \"terrifying explosions\" from the BBC's Rushdi Abu Alouf. Meanwhile, the toll on the Israeli side is more than 1,000.", "Last updated on .From the section Premier League\n\nGabriel Martinelli scored a dramatic late winner as Arsenal earned a statement victory over defending Premier League champions Manchester City at Emirates Stadium.\n\nA largely disappointing game was given a stunning finale four minutes from time just as both sides looked certain to have to settle for a point.\n\nMaking his return from a hamstring injury as a substitute, Martinelli's strike deflected in off Nathan Ake to earn Arsenal a first league win over City since December 2015.\n\nIt was a moment that sparked wild celebrations and put the Gunners level on points with north London rivals Tottenham at the top of the table.\n\nThe biggest talking point until the goal was how City's Mateo Kovacic somehow stayed on the pitch after late tackles on both Martin Odegaard and Declan Rice.\n\nCity had the better early opportunities when Rice cleared off the line from Josko Gvardiol before Ake scooped a shot over the bar from close range.\n\nArsenal keeper David Raya, who had an uncertain time, was twice almost caught in possession on his line by Julian Alvarez.\n\nBut it was the home side who were elated as Martinelli, introduced off the bench for the second half, made that vital contribution.\n• None 'Man City win could be Arteta's most significant yet'\n• None How did you rate Arsenal's performance? Have your say here\n• None What did you make of Manchester City's display? Send us your views here\n\nArsenal seemed gripped with nerves early on against a City team who have maintained such a stranglehold on them in the Premier League in recent years.\n\nRaya was hesitant, especially with the ball at his feet, and even the Arsenal fans who have been so supportive of Mikel Arteta's side were showing signs of impatience.\n\nThe introduction of Martinelli for Leandro Trossard after the break made a huge difference as the Brazilian ran at the City defence and finally posed problems - even though visiting keeper Ederson was initially largely untroubled.\n\nArsenal were organised and resilient in defence, keeping Erling Haaland at bay, and all their hard work was rewarded with the winner, albeit with it coming through that crucial deflection off Ake.\n\nCity and Pep Guardiola have cast a shadow over Arsenal in recent years, not least when they hauled them in at the critical point of last season's title race, but this victory will surely give the Gunners huge self-belief.\n• None Saka not available for England, says Arteta\n\nCity previously had to go back to December 2018 to recall the taste of successive Premier League defeats, when they lost at home to Crystal Palace and away to Leicester City.\n\nThey dropped only three further points all season after that double jolt. Now they must recover again after losing in the league at Wolves and here at Arsenal, where they were way short of their best.\n\nCity, as usual, had plenty of possession, but they lacked their normal thrust and sharpness, with striker Haaland reduced to the role of a virtual spectator.\n\nThere was indiscipline, too, from Kovacic, who was fortunate to only be shown a yellow card for a poor challenge on Odegaard yet still followed it up almost immediately with another on Rice.\n\nThe indiscipline spilled over at the final whistle too as a clutch of City players including Haaland and Kyle Walker were involved in a heated exchange with a number of Arsenal's backroom staff.\n\nGuardiola's side will be bitterly disappointed with these past two league results - but history shows City have the quality and character to return to their best swiftly.\n• None Goal! Arsenal 1, Manchester City 0. Gabriel Martinelli (Arsenal) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Kai Havertz.\n• None Attempt missed. Martin Ødegaard (Arsenal) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Gabriel Martinelli. Navigate to the next page Navigate to the last page", "Conor Boyle is a 20-year-old Catholic from Crossmaglen - believe it or not he's also just been to his first Conservative conference.\n\nSo just how does a young person from a nationalist background in South Armagh end up in the thick of true blue Toryism?\n\nNo it's not a case of mistaken identity.\n\nIn fact according to Conor it's his \"beliefs in traditional values\" that align best with the Conservatives.\n\nAll that said, the student who's already studying at university in England admitted he keeps his Conservative credentials on the down low when he visits home.\n\n\"I've heard lots of stories from young Conservatives here in Manchester about how hard it is to be a Tory in their area, well I've got a story to tell them,\" he said.\n\n\"I've no doubt it would be impossible with the social stigma to be a Conservative back home.\n\n\"Unionists dislike the Conservatives as much as nationalists do and having right-wing values on a university campus is not easy either.\"\n\nThis year, the Conservative Party Conference was held in Manchester\n\nDoes all of his family know about his political allegiances?\n\nAn immediate \"no\" is the answer.\n\n\"I come from a nationalist family; my mother is from Meath.\n\n\"I'd talk about what I believe in if that was up for discussion or debate with family, but I wouldn't necessarily admit it or put a label on it.\"\n\nAside from explaining to fellow Tory members how he ended up being an unlikely lad within the party, Conor has spent this week searching for Northern Ireland fringe events to attend.\n\nWhile those might have been in shorter supply this year, Conor has his own assessment of how the party faithful currently feels about us.\n\n\"Some people when they find out you're from Northern Ireland will ask those questions about a lack of government, I'm happy to talk about it, it's not entirely the Tories' fault we haven't got a government.\n\n\"While the criticism of back home is that the Tories aren't interested in Northern Ireland, and that might be true for some parts of the leadership but it's not true for our grassroots, they do have concern for it and the union.\"\n\nAs for the leadership of the party Conor supports, he reveals he backed Liz Truss in last year's race.\n\nSo how does he feel about Rishi Sunak 12 months on and does he rate his chances of winning the next general election?\n\n\"I was frustrated with him for a while when he first came into Number 10 as he was boring and a bit technocratic, but now he seems to have got some grit and is coming out fighting.\n\n\"I think he has a shot now.\"\n\nConor came face-to-face with Prime Minister Rishi Sunak earlier this week\n\nConor and dozens of other NI Conservatives got their shot to meet the PM when he attended a reception with them on the final night of the conference.\n\nBetween a tight scrum for selfies and handshakes Rishi Sunak told one NI Tory member of his determination to \"change things up\".\n\nBut if polls prove correct, and Labour wins the next election, the big change for Conor and the rest of the Conservatives will be having to select Rishi Sunak's successor.", "Many of the villages hit by the quake consist of little more than mud houses\n\nHundreds of people are feared dead after a powerful earthquake hit western Afghanistan, near the Iranian border.\n\nThe Taliban government initially said the death toll could be more than 2,000, but later clarified that this number included injured people as well.\n\nThe 6.3 magnitude quake devastated at least 12 villages near the city of Herat on Saturday.\n\nThere were powerful aftershocks. Survivors described their terror as buildings collapsed around them.\n\nRescue teams worked through the night trying to find survivors trapped beneath the rubble.\n\nThousands of people have been injured. In a country with sorely inadequate medical facilities, hospitals are struggling to treat the injured. The UN and other organisations have begun to rush in emergency supplies.\n\nThe earthquake struck about 40km (25 miles) north-west of Herat at around 11:00 local time (06:30 GMT) on Saturday.\n\nThe worst affected communities are remote and consist of mud structures. \"In the very first shake all the houses collapsed,\" Herat resident Bashir Ahmad, whose family lives in the one of the villages, told AFP news agency.\n\n\"Those who were inside the houses were buried,\" he added. \"There are families we have heard no news from.\"\n\nThe Taliban public health minister is visiting Herat to assess the scale of the impact. The World Health Organization (WHO) said at least 465 houses had been flattened.\n\nPeople fled buildings in Herat after the earthquake on Saturday\n\nFootage from Herat Central Hospital showed casualties linked up to intravenous drips being treated outside the main building - a sign of the sudden and overwhelming demand for emergency treatment.\n\nOther pictures show scenes of devastation in Herat's Injil district where rubble blocked roads, hampering rescue efforts.\n\n\"The situation was very horrible, I have never experienced such a thing,\" student Idrees Arsala told AFP. He was the last to safely evacuate his classroom after the quakes began.\n\nHerat is located 120km (75 miles) east of the Iranian border and is considered to be the cultural capital of Afghanistan. An estimated 1.9 million people are believed to be living in the province.\n\nAfghanistan is frequently hit by earthquakes - especially in the Hindu Kush mountain range as it lies near the junction of the Eurasian and Indian tectonic plates.\n\nIn June last year, the province of Paktika was hit by a 5.9 magnitude quake which killed more than 1,000 people and left tens of thousands homeless.\n\nHave you been affected by the earthquake? Please email: haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "Strictly Come Dancing star Amy Dowden has made a surprise first appearance back on the show since starting cancer treatment.\n\nThe 33-year-old from Caerphilly was diagnosed with cancer for the second time in July and has been sharing her experiences on social media.\n\nAfter reading the show's terms and conditions for voting, she gave an update on her chemotherapy treatment.\n\n\"I'm doing really well, I'm over halfway through treatment,\" she said.\n\n\"I can't wait to be back with you all permanently.\"\n\nDowden made a surprise entry on Saturday night's show from behind a golden fringe wall, her head shaved and wearing a white glittery dress.\n\nThe dancer was welcomed back with cheers and chants of \"Amy\" by her fellow cast members.\n\nIntroducing her, host Claudia Winkleman said: \"Now it's time for the terms and conditions, and to read them is a very special member of our Strictly family.\n\nThe dancer from Caerphilly underwent a mastectomy after discovering a lump back in April\n\n\"We have missed her so much and are delighted she is well enough to be back with us tonight.\"\n\nCo-presenter Tess Daly said: \"So lovely to see you Amy, we love you to bits.\"\n\nDowden has been diagnosed with stage 3 breast cancer after she discovered the first lump back in April - a day before she was due to fly to her honeymoon in the Maldives with husband Ben.\n\nAfter undergoing a mastectomy, she was told the tumours had spread and another type of cancer was discovered.\n\nShe ended up in hospital with sepsis after a previous cycle of chemotherapy.\n\nLast month, she shared an emotional video of her with loved ones taking turns to cut a lock of her hair.\n\nAmy's friends and family gathered to help her shave her head\n\nShe said she felt \"empowered and positive\" after shaving her head, adding: \"I wanted to share the truth and hopefully help others, and bring normality to a beautiful bald head.\"\n\nIn a post accompanying the video, she said shaving her head and \"taking control\" was the \"hardest step so far\".", "Lord Mandelson was a cabinet minster under Tony Blair and Gordon Brown and was a key figure in New Labour\n\nA key architect of New Labour has urged Sir Keir Starmer not to give too much power to trade unions if he wins power at the next election.\n\nLord Mandelson said a Labour government should avoid \"rigidities\" that could deter investment in crucial industries.\n\nThe peer, who now advises Sir Keir, said Labour would need private investors to boost the economy.\n\nBut it needed to be bolder than New Labour, which came to power in 1997, in shaping industrial growth.\n\nTony Blair's government had been too late to embrace industrial strategy, believing it \"went against the grain\" of a market-driven economy.\n\nHe added there had been a change in thinking since the 1990s, with an acceptance the state could play a bigger role in helping secure jobs in new industries.\n\nThe Labour peer was a cabinet minister in the Blair and Brown governments - and played a central role in the party's shift to the centre ground of British politics under Mr Blair.\n\nHe now chairs a lobbying company and has been acting as an unofficial adviser Sir Keir Starmer.\n\nLabour's plans for improving the economy and boosting skills have been a key focus of its conference in Liverpool, which could be the last before the next general election, expected next year.\n\nThe party is seeking inspiration from the US President Joe Biden's vast package of support for green industries to rebuild Britain's \"industrial foundations\".\n\nIt has also unveiled plans to strengthen employment rights, including for workers in the so-called gig economy.\n\nThe plans include allowing electronic voting for strikes, and allowing for sector-based negotiations between trade unions and employers through \"fair pay agreements\".\n\nLord Mandelson said the UK would not be able to match the levels of investment in the US, but it was right to try and \"adapt the technique\".\n\nHe said implementing an industrial strategy should be an early priority for Labour if it wins office, noting New Labour's approach would be \"just a tad too much hands off\".\n\nThe Blair government, he added, had only fully embraced the idea after the 2008 financial crash, \"rather than as we should have done in 1997\".\n\nHe warned, however, that the party would inherit a worse-performing economy than it did in the 1990s.\n\nWhilst there could be opportunities to borrow to boost the economy, he added, the incoming government would depend \"above all else\" on the private sector to invest.\n\nHe warned that Labour should \"take care\" not to reintroduce rights for trade unions that would create \"rigidities\" in the jobs market.\n\nThis would include, he said, \"giving all expression to \"massive strike funds \"so beloved of Len McCluskey and Sharon Graham\" - the former and current bosses of Unite, one of Labour's biggest union backers.\n\nHe added Labour would need to avoid getting \"to a point where people say 'hold on a moment, I think this government's gone too far, I think we're tilted too far in the other direction, and this is impairing Britain's investment attractiveness\".", "An apparent infestation of bedbugs in France in recent weeks has led to concerns the insects could be making their way to the UK - but, experts warn, they have been here all along.\n\n\"I wish I knew nothing about them,\" says Mike Jones.\n\nMr Jones admits to being a reluctant authority on bedbugs, having dealt with them for the past two years at his home in Sheffield.\n\nIt began when he received some second-hand furniture from a neighbour. Shortly after, he spotted what he thought was mould on his wooden bed frame and found small insects in his bed.\n\nA search online told him they were bedbugs and the specks of \"mould\" were their faeces.\n\nSince then, he has tried many different measures to try to get rid of them, spent considerable sums of money and \"watched 50 to 100 hours of videos\" - all without success.\n\nHe started by removing items from under his bed - bedbugs cannot jump or fly, so usually attach themselves to items to crawl up bedposts - before bringing in professional pest controllers who have used insecticides and sprays.\n\n\"I've got an exterminator coming in tomorrow to do another set of sprays,\" he told the BBC on Friday.\n\nIt has also got expensive.\n\n\"You're probably looking at over £1,000 - and then there is the stuff I've thrown away,\" he said when asked how much he has spent.\n\nMr Jones accepts that bedbugs can be viewed as a \"minor inconvenience\" but said the bites in particular are an irritant.\n\n\"No-one wants bugs crawling all over them - it's a bit weird, especially if they're crawling on your face. And bite marks aren't nice. They don't look nice, they don't feel nice,\" he said.\n\nThey have also inconvenienced him in other ways.\n\nNot wanting to pass on an infestation, he refuses to stay at other people's houses and if he goes to a hotel he puts all his items in thick plastic bags.\n\n\"It's about being as careful as possible to make sure I don't pass them on,\" he said.\n\nThe issue has been in the news in recent weeks, particularly as an infestation has reportedly reached Paris and other French cities.\n\nThis has caused concern among some that the bugs could be on their way to the UK.\n\nHowever, in reality, they have been here all along.\n\nBedbugs have been feeding off humans for thousands of years, probably since \"humans were still living in caves\", said Dr Richard Naylor, an entomologist specialising in bedbug biology and behaviour.\n\nIn the 1930s, bedbugs were so widespread they were found in \"virtually every house in London\", he said.\n\nAlthough the introduction of new insecticides saw their numbers plummet in the post-World War Two period, they witnessed a resurgence in the 1990s and the early years of the 21st century.\n\nThat slowed with the Covid lockdown, which removed an \"important bedbug dispersal route\", Dr Naylor said.\n\nThey are yet to reach their pre-pandemic levels but have remained an issue in apartment blocks and sheltered housing complexes.\n\nBedbugs are a global problem and thrive \"anywhere there is high human population density\", Dr Naylor said.\n\nDespite their widespread presence, their risk to human health is low.\n\n\"Some people react to the bites, which can be very itchy, and there may be painful swelling,\" said Natalie Bungay, from the British Pest Control Association.\n\n\"A severe allergic reaction (anaphylaxis) is also possible but rare. Bed bugs can harbour various pathogens but transmissions to humans has not been proven and is believed to be unlikely,\" she said.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: BBC correspondent Hugh Schofield goes on the hunt for Paris bedbugs\n\nThe term \"bedbug\" can, in fact, be misleading. As well as mattresses, they can also be found on clothing, furniture, plane seats and cinema seats - in short, anywhere people spend many hours a day sitting still.\n\n\"Bedbugs are mainly active at night. They come out, forage around, feed and then find somewhere to hide nearby,\" Dr Naylor said.\n\nThey also aggregate and produce a pheromone so they can find each other.\n\nAs a result they can be difficult to get rid of.\n\nSteps can be taken to prevent their presence, including regular cleaning, closely checking second-hand furniture before bringing it home, and avoiding putting luggage directly on beds or furniture.\n\nHowever, Dr Naylor said that if bedbugs have spread to multiple beds in the same property then it \"is probably time to call a professional\".\n\nMr Jones also has some words of warning. He said it is important not to leave clutter under beds, as well as to remain alert to their potential presence.\n\nHe also cautioned against sleeping in different rooms.\n\n\"That just spreads the problem around, as they're pretty good at finding their way to you,\" he said.", "There was plenty of policy in Angela Rayner’s speech to Labour conference. Not necessarily new policy, but the packed conference hall gave a rapturous welcome all the same to her promises to build new houses, ban no-fault evictions and abolish zero hours contracts.\n\nBut Rayner is not just shadow levelling up secretary, she is also Labour’s deputy leader - having been separately elected to the position by party members on the same day Sir Keir Starmer became leader.\n\nAt times the pair have had a somewhat fractious relationship, but in his recent reshuffle, Starmer confirmed that if he becomes prime minister he would hand Rayner the title of deputy prime minister.\n\nAnd today’s speech reinforced that they are now bound together as a political unit. Beyond the specifics of her departmental brief, Rayner offered up a broad-bush rallying cry for party members at what may well be their last gathering before the general election.\n\nRayner repeatedly referred to the position she wants of deputy prime minister, using that title to advance her argument about the importance of electoral victory.\n\nHer policy agenda, she stressed, “can only be completed with Labour in power.”", "Last updated on .From the section Boxing\n\nLeigh Wood claimed a stunning knockout victory over Josh Warrington to retain his WBA featherweight title in Sheffield.\n\nWarrington had dominated up to the seventh round, but then a thunderous left from Wood was followed by a flurry to leave the Leeds boxer on his back.\n\nWood had entered the fight as favourite but appeared destined to lose his belt.\n\nYet one of the most dramatic comebacks in recent British boxing history sent the Nottingham boxer's supporters wild.\n\n\"I fight until the end, I've not got a quit in me. I knew he'd get sloppy at times and I made him pay,\" Wood told BBC Radio 5 Live.\n\n\"I had to give rounds away, he's a great champion and he doesn't quit. I had to dig in and dig deep and I did, but I knew my power would get to him.\n\n\"It's about staying calm and composed. I got the job done.\"\n\nWarrington - who had not fought for 10 months after a shock defeat to Luis Alberto Lopez - produced an all-action display to seemingly silence doubts about his top-level credentials.\n\nBut the two-time world champion's time in elite boxing is now surely in serious doubt following this loss.\n\nIt is the second time Warrington has been stopped in a fight - he was also beaten by TKO against Mauricio Lara in 2021.\n\nWarrington had exuded energy on the scales in the weigh-in while Wood cut a much calmer figure, and that contrast was reflected in the ring as the challenger came swinging from the off.\n\nHe had Wood on the ropes twice in round three with flurries of quick punches, while the champion - who began the fight in southpaw stance before switching to orthodox - was hurt with swelling to his right eye.\n\nWarrington kept up a frantic energy through the first half of the right, landing cleaner hits to leave Wood stumbling, and really teeing off in round six. It seemed only a matter of time before the 32-year-old would hold a belt again.\n\n\"I said to Tony Bellew that I thought Leigh was done,\" promoter Eddie Hearn told BBC Radio 5 Live. \"He looked almost like he was sulking. I thought he was a round away from losing.\"\n• None As it happened: Wood's stunning turnaround against Warrington\n• None Harper misses chance to become unified champion in Braekhus draw\n\nBut Wood had other ideas. He landed a thunderous left out of nowhere in the seventh which visibly shook Warrington.\n\nThis was followed by a devastating combination of five punches including a couple to the shin followed by a left to the temple, which ensured the 35-year-old kept his title in thrilling circumstances.\n\nWood has history in digging deep to recover from a losing position. There were shades of his win against Michael Conlan in March 2022, when he was down on all three judges' scorecards going into round 12 yet managed to find a knockout punch.\n\nWood now has 17 knockout wins on his record. This must rank among the sweetest.\n\n'Warrington didn't have his senses to carry on'\n\nWood got the greater reception on entering the Sheffield arena, with seemingly more fans of Nottingham Forest than Leeds United in the crowd. Warrington walking out to Marching On Together - the song of Leeds, a Yorkshire rival of Sheffield United and Wednesday - was an unpopular choice.\n\nWood is a fervent Forest fan and has long wanted to fight at the City Ground. Now, following the 28th win of his 31-bout career, it seems like he will get his dream.\n\nA change in weight class also seems likely, with Wood saying featherweight is \"done now\".\n\n\"Josh switched off for a second and it was goodnight Vienna,\" Hearn said. \"Josh was desperate to carry on and he was trying to compose himself. He didn't have his senses to carry on. The ref made the right decision, what a thriller.\"\n\nWhile Wood is in dreamland, this was a nightmare for Warrington who realistically needed to win here after his shock loss to Lopez in front of a home Leeds crowd in December last year.\n\n\"People have written me off already,\" Warrington said pre-fight. \"[Saying that] I'm finished. It gives me the bit between my teeth.\"\n\nHe chomped that bit with an all-action showing, but the lack of knockout power which has only seen him stop eight opponents in 32 fights was on show again here.\n\nIt was power that Wood showed in spades in round seven. It was a brutal, stunning end to a fight between two rivals who had shown utmost respect to each other in the build-up and did British boxing proud with an engrossing contest.\n\nFind out how to get into boxing with our special guide.", "The family of legendary black footballer Jack Leslie say they feel honoured after presenting his FA cap to Plymouth Argyle.\n\nThe cap was posthumously awarded to Leslie's family in March in recognition of the adversity he faced in the 1920s because of his skin colour.\n\nHis granddaughters said the cap was a symbol of a \"wrong being righted\".\n\nThey feel Argyle - the club Jack captained and where he scored 137 goals - is its rightful home.\n\nIt was accepted by former Argyle star Ronnie Mauge during a ceremony beside Jack's statue at Home Park.\n\nMauge told those gathered at the ceremony Leslie's story was \"hard to fathom\".\n\n\"It's remarkable, you still can't believe it, but it's happened,\" he said.\n\n\"We're here to celebrate because he's part of Argyle history, he's part of our family and we're so proud to bring him home.\"\n\nThe cap was presented to Jack's granddaughters by the FA in March\n\nGranddaughter Lesley Hiscott, who was named after Leslie, said her grandfather would be taken aback.\n\n\"This cap means everything to us,\" she said.\n\n\"We feel that the best place for this to be is at the club he loved playing for, so we're very honoured to hand this over into Plymouth Argyle's keeping.\"\n\nLyn Davies, another granddaughter, added: \"It's been a long while coming and we wish granddad was here to see it.\n\n\"To us it's a symbol of a wrong being righted.\"\n\nMatt Tiller, co-founder of the Jack Leslie Campaign, praised Leslie's family for the \"incredible gesture\".\n\nThe cap will be put on permanent display in the club's Jack Leslie Boardroom.\n\nFollow BBC News South West on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. Send your story ideas to spotlight@bbc.co.uk.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Israel launched a wave of air strikes on Gaza after Palestinian assault on its territory\n\nIsrael was taken by surprise by the most ambitious operation Hamas has ever launched from Gaza.\n\nThe scale of what's been happening is unprecedented. Hamas breached the wire that separates Gaza from Israel in multiple places in the most serious cross-border attack Israel has faced in more than a generation.\n\nIt came a day after the 50th anniversary of the surprise attack by Egypt and Syria in 1973 that started a major Middle East war. The significance of the date will not have been lost on the Hamas leadership.\n\nIsrael's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says his country is at war and will exact a heavy price from its enemies.\n\nVideos and photos of dead Israelis, civilians as well as soldiers, are all over social media.\n\nOther videos of armed men from Hamas hauling soldiers and civilians into captivity in Gaza have enraged and alarmed Israelis.\n\nWithin hours Israel was responding with air strikes into Gaza, killing many Palestinians. Its generals will be planning a ground operation next.\n\nThe presence of Israeli hostages there means it will be even more complicated than previous incursions.\n\nFor months, it has been clear that there was a deepening risk of an explosion between Palestinian armed groups and Israel. How and where it happened was a total surprise, outside the armed wing of Hamas.\n\nIsraelis and Palestinians have been focusing on the West Bank, the territory between Jerusalem and the Jordanian border that Israel has occupied since 1967, where there has been almost continuous confrontation and violence throughout the year.\n\nArmed Palestinians, especially those operating out of the West Bank towns of Jenin and Nablus, have attacked Israeli soldiers and Jewish settlers.\n\nThe Israeli army has mounted dozens of raids. Armed settlers have taken the law into their own hands, with reprisals against Palestinian villages.\n\nExtreme religious nationalists inside Israel's right-wing government have repeated their claim that the occupied territories, in their entirety, are Jewish land.\n\nNo one expected Hamas to conceive and meticulously plan such a complex and coordinated operation out of Gaza.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nRecriminations have already started in Israel about the failure of its intelligence services to see what was coming. Israelis expect that an extensive network of informers, agents and high-tech surveillance will do its job.\n\nIn the end, Israeli intelligence was blindsided by the Hamas operation, which came when Israelis were relaxing or praying during the weekend of a religious holiday.\n\nHamas has said it acted because of threats to Jerusalem's mosques. During the last week, some Jews have prayed inside the Aqsa Mosque compound, the third holiest place for Muslims after Mecca and Medina in Saudi Arabia.\n\nThe same precinct is also venerated by Jews, as it was the site of the biblical Jewish temple. Prayer by religious Jews on what they call the Temple Mount might not sound like much, but it is prohibited by Israel as Palestinians consider it highly provocative.\n\nEven so, by the standards of Jerusalem, always a tinderbox of national and religious conflict, it was not exceptionally tense.\n\nThe complexity of the Hamas operation shows that it had been planned over months. It was not a hasty response to events in Jerusalem in the last week or so.\n\nThe reasons why Hamas and Israel are once again at war run much deeper. The conflict between Israelis and Palestinians has been heating up even when it is far from the headlines of international news organisations.\n\nEven so, it has been largely ignored by countries that still officially call for peace via a two-state solution, shorthand for an independent Palestine alongside Israel. For a while, during the Oslo peace process of the 1990s, the prospect of two states was a real hope. Now it is an empty slogan.\n\nThe Palestinian-Israeli conflict has not been a priority for President Joe Biden's administration in Washington DC. It has been trying to find a way to offer security guarantees to Saudi Arabia in return for a rapprochement with Israel.\n\nThe last American attempt to relaunch a peace process failed a decade ago, during the administration of President Barack Obama.\n\nAt the heart of the trouble is the intractable and unresolved century-long conflict between Arabs and Jews for control of the land between the Mediterranean Sea and the river Jordan. These rapidly-escalating events prove once again that the conflict cannot simply be managed. When it is left to fester, violence and bloodshed are guaranteed.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nIsrael's military has warned that Hamas militants from Gaza are still fighting inside Israel after they infiltrated southern communities and left a reported 300 people dead.\n\nPrime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has told Israelis they are going into a \"long and difficult war\".\n\nHundreds of gunmen burst into southern Israel, killing soldiers and civilians, and taking into Gaza what the army said was a \"significant number\" of hostages.\n\nThese have continued on Sunday morning, with the Israeli Air Force saying it was targeting \"operational infrastructure\" in Gaza.\n\nThe Israeli military also carried out artillery strikes in southern Lebanon after mortars were fired from there towards Israeli positions in the disputed Mount Dov/Shebaa Farms area.\n\nLebanon's militant Hezbollah movement claimed it had carried out the attack \"in solidarity with the Palestinian resistance\".\n\nMore than 300 people have been killed by Israeli strikes in Gaza since Palestinian militants infiltrated Israel from Gaza on Saturday morning, according to Palestinian health officials.\n\nGazans received Israeli text messages overnight telling them to leave their homes and move to city centres or take refuge in shelters.\n\nThe Israeli prime minister said in an overnight message that the war had been \"forced on us by a murderous attack by Hamas\", and the first stage would end in the coming hours when most of the militants on Israeli territory had been wiped out. Israel would restore security to its citizens and win, he added.\n\nThe Israeli government also said it would cut off electricity, fuel and goods supplies to Gaza.\n\nIsrael's nightmare scenario - armed Palestinian militants at large in the south of the country - began early on Saturday, the Jewish Sabbath and festival of Simchat Torah.\n\nGunmen cut through the Gaza perimeter fence, storming into Israel on motorbikes, paragliders and by sea. The Israel Defence Forces (IDF) spokesman said they numbered in the high hundreds, while more than 3,000 rockets were fired across Israel across the day.\n\n\"They attacked dozens of Israeli communities and IDF bases and went door to door, house to house,\" said Lt Col Jonathan Conricus.\n\n\"They executed Israeli civilians in cold blood in their homes and then continued to drag into Gaza Israeli civilians and military personnel. I'm talking women, children, elderly, disabled.\"\n\nDistressing videos emerged of Israeli civilians running for their lives from a festival in the desert, and of women being bundled into vehicles and kidnapped.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nIsraelis rang into news channels saying they were hiding in their homes and scared for their lives. The town of Netiv HaAsara said 15 of its residents were shot dead by Hamas militants.\n\nIn the town of Sderot, a resident called Shlomi described seeing a \"sea of bodies, inside Sderot along the road\".\n\nGradually the Israeli military began to reassert control over most of the southern communities. Hostages held in a dining room in Kibbutz Be'eri were eventually freed after 18 hours, Israeli media reported. Shortly afterwards further reports said troops had freed hostages in the town of Ofakim and the attackers holding them had been killed.\n\nUS President Joe Biden spoke of America's \"rock-solid and unwavering\" support for Israel which was \"under attack orchestrated by a terrorist organisation\".\n\nHamas's military wing said the number of Israelis captured was several times greater than dozens and they included senior military officers.\n\nBy the end of Saturday, more than 1,500 people had been wounded in Gaza and 1,500 more in Israel, officials said.\n\nThe army said Hamas's unprecedented level of violence would be met with an unprecedented response.\n\nTens of thousands of reservists have been mobilised and are now expected to launch a ground operation in Gaza.\n\nOn Saturday Israeli strikes destroyed the 11-storey Palestine Tower in downtown Gaza City, which houses Hamas radio stations in the rooftop.\n\nThe Israeli air force said it struck \"military infrastructure in two multi-storey buildings used by senior Hamas terrorist operatives for carrying out terrorist activity\", and that it had warned occupants to evacuate before the attack.\n\nThere was also violence in several locations in the West Bank on Saturday. Palestinian medics reported that six Palestinians were shot dead during confrontations with Israeli forces.\n\nHamas military commander Mohammed Deif called on Palestinians everywhere to join the group's operation.\n\n\"We have decided to put an end to these Israeli offences with God's help, so the enemy understands that the time of wreaking havoc without being held accountable is over,\" he said.\n\nIsmail Haniyeh, the leader-in-exile of Hamas, claimed that Palestinian factions intended to expand the violence to the occupied West Bank and Jerusalem.\n\nGhazi Hamad, a Hamas spokesman, meanwhile told the BBC that the group had direct backing for the attack from Iran.\n\nPalestinian President Mahmoud Abbas - a political rival of Hamas - said the Palestinian people had the right to defend themselves against the \"terror of settlers and occupation troops\".\n\nThere has been strong international condemnation of the Hamas attacks.\n\nUN Secretary General António Guterres said he was \"appalled by reports that civilians have been attacked and abducted from their own homes\", while the UK's Foreign Secretary, James Cleverly, said it \"unequivocally condemns the horrific attacks by Hamas on Israeli civilians\".\n\nHowever Saudi Arabia called for an immediate halt to the escalation, saying it had warned repeatedly about the dangers stemming from \"continued occupation\" and \"the deprivation of the Palestinian people of their legitimate rights\".\n\nAre you personally affected by the issues raised in this story? If it is safe to do so, you can get in touch by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.\n• None Why are Israel and Hamas fighting in Gaza?", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nUpgrade work has started at a zebra crossing in West Yorkshire which has become notorious for accidents.\n\nThe crossing on Horton Grange Road in west Bradford went viral on social media following a spate of crashes.\n\nThe most recent video compilation of accidents and near misses has gained more than 13m views on X, formerly Twitter.\n\nWork to install a signalled pelican crossing started on Saturday, slightly ahead of schedule.\n\nImprovement work on the notorious Horton Grange Road crossing started on Saturday\n\nThe work, near the Spencer Road junction, is due to be completed by 5 November, Bradford Council previously said.\n\nTahir Zeb, who recorded accidents on the crossing for several years as evidence to prompt safety improvements, said: \"It's like winning the lottery. It's going to make it safer for our kids to cross that road now.\n\n\"Now they'll wait until the green man comes on before they cross.\"\n\nHe continued: \"If you want something getting done in your area, keep campaigning and keep going for it. Don't ever give up.\n\n\"At the end of the day, you'll get the results.\"\n\nFollow BBC Yorkshire on Facebook, X (formerly Twitter) and Instagram. Send your story ideas to yorkslincs.news@bbc.co.uk.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Palestinian militant group Hamas has launched its biggest attack on Israel, with rocket strikes, killings and hostage taking.\n\nIn turn Israel launched a retaliatory wave of air strikes on Gaza.\n\nPrime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that Israel was \"at war\". Hamas, which rules Gaza, would \"pay an unprecedent price,\" he added.\n\nBBC Verify have been examining the shocking footage coming out of Israel and Gaza, and Jon Donnison explains what they have been able to confirm about the day.", "A British man serving with the Israeli military has been killed in an attack by Hamas militants, his family says.\n\nNathanel Young had been serving with the Israel Defense Forces when he was killed on the Gaza border on Saturday.\n\nThe 20-year-old's brother, Eliot Young, said Nathanel had been \"the life of the party\" and was \"loved by everyone\".\n\nTwo other British citizens - Jake Marlowe and Dan Darlington - are missing in Israel following Saturday's attacks by Palestinian militants.\n\nMr Young's brother Eliot said: \"Nathanel was full of life and the life of the party.\n\n\"He loved his family and friends and was loved by everyone.\"\n\nHe said Mr Young \"loved music and was a talented DJ\" and \"always had strong Jewish pride\".\n\nThe soldier was a \"bubbly guy who his four nieces loved playing with\", his brother added.\n\n\"When Nathanel could have taken his days off to sleep and re-energise, he instead found out where the family was, which wasn't always so close to him, and came to join us,\" his statement continued.\n\nIn a separate statement on Facebook, Mr Young's family said: \"We're heartbroken to share that our little brother Nathanel Young was tragically killed on the Gaza border yesterday.\"\n\nMr Young was a former pupil at JFS, a Jewish school in Kenton, north London, the British newspaper Jewish News reported.\n\nNathanel Young was a former pupil at JFS, a Jewish school in London\n\nLabour leader Sir Keir Starmer said his thoughts were with Mr Young's family, as well as \"all those whose families and communities have been touched by this terrible violence\".\n\n\"Labour stands firmly in support of Israel's right to defend itself, rescue hostages and protect its citizens,\" he said. \"The indiscriminate attacks from Hamas are unjustifiable and have set back the cause of peace.\"\n\nSir Keir added that \"we will all stand firm against any intimidation or harassment directed towards Jewish communities here in Britain\".\n\nMeanwhile, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said he had assured Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu of the UK's \"steadfast support as Israel defends itself\".\n\n\"We will do everything that we can to help. Terrorism will not prevail,\" he added.\n\nMr Sunak said the government was now working to establish the status of UK citizens in Israel, as he knows there will be \"families who are anxious about their loved ones\".\n\nEarlier, the Israeli Embassy in London confirmed London-born Mr Marlowe, 26, was missing and it was not known whether he had been taken hostage.\n\nMr Marlowe, who went to the same London school as Mr Young, was working as security staff at an outdoor party near the Gaza border when he disappeared on Saturday.\n\nHis mother told Jewish News that she had spoken to him as the attacks were taking place.\n\n\"Then, at about 5.30am, he texted to say, 'signal very bad, everything OK, will keep you updated I promise you,' and that he loves me,\" she said.\n\nShe told the paper he lived in Ma'alot, in northern Israel, having moved to the country permanently two years ago.\n\nThe family of Mr Darlington also confirmed he was missing, telling the BBC they had not spoken to him since Saturday morning.\n\nThe photographer is originally from the UK but lives in Berlin, Germany, and had been visiting friends in Israel.\n\nDavid Darlington, his father, said his son had been travelling with a German woman, and that his half-sister had last spoken to him on Saturday morning.\n\n\"The communications network is down and we haven't spoken to him for 24 hours,\" he said.\n\nSaturday's surprise attack by hundreds of gunmen from Hamas has killed more than 700 people in Israel, according to Israel's Defense Forces.\n\nHundreds of gunmen entered southern Israel, killing soldiers and civilians and taking into Gaza what the army said was a \"significant number\" of hostages.\n\nAttendees of the music event near Kibbutz Re'im, where Mr Marlowe was working, have spoken of how gunmen opened fire at revellers in the early hours.\n\nOne attendee, Gili Yoskovich, told the BBC that she hid under a tree in a field as gunmen roamed around, shooting anybody they found.\n\nThe UK's Foreign Office said it was \"in contact with - and assisting - the families of several individuals\" in Israel and the Palestinian territories.\n\nA spokesperson said they were aware of media reports regarding British nationals but would not discuss individual cases.\n\nAre you personally affected by the issues raised in this story? If it is safe to do so, please get in touch by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.\n• None 'They were going tree by tree and shooting' - Israeli partygoer", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Reeves on Covid fraud: We want that money back\n\nLabour says it will fight the next election on the economy after the shadow chancellor revealed policies to bring in an \"era of economic security\".\n\nStepping on to traditional Conservative election ground, Rachel Reeves promised to cut waste and drive growth in her speech to Labour conference.\n\n\"Responsibility must always come first,\" she said.\n\nAnd she unveiled plans aimed at speeding up projects like battery factories and 5G infrastructure.\n\nShe told Labour conference: \"There is no hope without security, you cannot dream big if you cannot sleep in peace at night.\"\n\nMs Reeves said Labour would \"wage a war against fraud, waste and inefficiency\", including a \"crackdown on Tory ministers' private jet habit\".\n\nLabour was \"ready to serve\" and \"ready to lead\", she added.\n\nShe said that \"taxpayers' money should be spent with the same care with which we spend our own money\" but that under the Conservatives it had been \"treated with disrespect\".\n\nLabour would seek to \"slash government consultancy spending\", she said, adding that the cost of hiring consultants had \"almost quadrupled in just six years\".\n\nThere had been calls from Labour delegates to reinstate the northern leg of HS2 - scrapped by the prime minister last week.\n\nMs Reeves made no commitments to rebuild the high-speed line but said a Labour government would commission an independent inquiry into the project.\n\nThere was also a pledge to increase the national minimum wage \"taking into account the real cost of living\" without specifying the amount.\n\nLabour has made a concerted effort over recent months to raise Ms Reeves's profile, given she would be not only at the heart of a Labour government, but their election campaign too.\n\nInternally, Labour figures say that taking the fight to the Conservatives on the economy rather than, say, the NHS, is a measure of their political confidence.\n\nOne senior source said that elections were \"won and lost on the economy\", adding: \"We're not in our safe zones any more, we're on their turf.\"\n\nMs Reeves speech was bookended by glossy videos and a lavish introduction by Cameron-era government adviser Mary Portas.\n\nMs Portas declared Ms Reeves would be the best-qualified chancellor ever.\n\nMs Reeves was also labelled \"a serious economist\" who \"understands the big picture\" by former Governor of the Bank of England Mark Carney, in a video played after the speech.\n\nAnd the shadow chancellor's fiery rhetoric repeatedly brought the audience in the conference hall to its feet.\n\nHer vow to levy VAT on private school fees prompted a prolonged bout of whooping in the hall, as did her refrain - used more than once in the speech - about Labour being ready both to serve and lead.\n\nLabour is \"ready to serve\" and \"ready to lead\", Ms Reeves told the Labour conference\n\nMuch of the speech was focused on how Labour would achieve growth in office, with Ms Reeves saying Labour would overhaul planning rules to speed up green energy, battery factories and 5G projects.\n\nUnder plans announced on Monday, 300 new planners across the public sector would be hired and planning guidance to speed up the process rewritten.\n\nDecision times for major projects have increased by two-thirds since 2012, to four years according to Ms Reeves, and economic growth and net zero considerations need to be factored in.\n\nEarlier, Shevaun Haviland, director general of the British Chambers of Commerce, welcomed the proposals, saying long-term investment in infrastructure was a \"key ingredient to get our economy back to growth\".\n\n\"We are pleased to see a future Labour government would support the building of large-scale factories and improve our digital infrastructure, such as 5G connectivity,\" she said.\n\nMomentum, the left-wing pressure group set up to support former leader Jeremy Corbyn, said Labour's plans were \"disappointing\" and failed to \"rise to the huge crises facing Britain\".\n\nMs Reeves also proposed establishing an anti-corruption commissioner aimed at recovering money lost as a result of fraud and waste during the pandemic.\n\nLabour's leadership lost a showdown over the party's approach to nationalising critical infrastructure.\n\nDelegates voted for a motion, proposed by Labour's largest backer, the union Unite, to \"reaffirm\" the party's commitment to public ownership of railways and the energy industry.\n\nBut party sources said the proposals were unlikely to get into Labour's next manifesto. The shadow business secretary Jonathan Reynolds told the BBC: \"We're not going to nationalise the energy system.\"\n\nSign up for our morning newsletter and get BBC News in your inbox.", "The tree is expected to be removed from Sycamore Gap\n\nThere are \"significant complications\" around future plans for Sycamore Gap, a Northumberland MP has warned.\n\nHundreds of people have suggested ideas for the site, next to Hadrian's Wall, after its beloved tree was felled.\n\nBut Hexham MP Guy Opperman said while discussions were ongoing, it was not straightforward as the location is a UNESCO world heritage site.\n\n\"In the short term, the National Trust have secured the site and saved seeds,\" the Conservative MP said.\n\nNorthumbria Police launched an investigation after the tree was discovered chopped down on 28 September.\n\nTwo people - a 16-year-old boy and a man in his 60s - have been arrested on suspicion of criminal damage and released on bail.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: The Sycamore Gap... then, and now\n\nMr Opperman said he had met with the director general of the National Trust and Lord Parkinson, the government's culture and heritage minister, about the tree, which was planted in the late 1800s.\n\n\"We discussed what the National Trust, who own the land, are doing on the site and began to set out a road map for the future,\" he said.\n\n\"We know that this tree belonged to everyone. It symbolised so much. Its loss grieves us, and affects us all in a truly unfathomable way.\n\n\"I want to thank the hundreds of people who have got in touch. I am trying to answer everyone but the situation is complex. The National Trust own the land, and it is located in Northumberland National Park.\n\n\"Hadrian's Wall itself and the land around it is a UNESCO World Heritage site, which brings significant complications.\"\n\nThe now-felled tree is also drawing in a crowd\n\nIt has been confirmed that part of 1,900-year-old Hadrian's Wall was damaged when the tree came down.\n\nHistoric England said experts were due to carry out archaeological appraisals to assess the extent of the damage.\n\n\"There is ongoing discussion as to the future of the site and a mechanism for the public to add to the hundreds who have already made suggestions of what we do next,\" Mr Opperman added.\n\nHe said both the National Trust and Northumberland National Park were preparing question and answer-style plans.\n\n\"Bear with them. This is not simple,\" he said.\n\nMessages in memory of the tree have filled a dedicated room at The Sill\n\nThe National Trust continues to advise that people keep away from the site, which was made famous in the 1991 Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves movie.\n\nMeanwhile, tributes have been left in memory of the tree in a dedicated room at The Sill: National Landscape Discovery Centre in Northumberland.\n\nFollow BBC North East & Cumbria on X (formerly Twitter), Facebook and Instagram. Send your story ideas to northeastandcumbria@bbc.co.uk.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nDoctors and nurses will volunteer for weekend work to bring down waiting lists if they are paid more overtime, Sir Keir Starmer has told the BBC.\n\nThe Labour leader wants to spend £1.1bn a year on higher overtime payments in NHS England to get waiting lists down.\n\nThe cash would come from scrapping the non-dom tax status.\n\nThe plan relies on doctors and nurses volunteering for extra shifts - but Sir Keir said it would be in their interests to do so.\n\nHe acknowledged that NHS staff were already under strain and that many of them could earn more by working in the private sector at weekends.\n\nIncluding money that would be allocated to Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland - where health decisions are devolved - the total cost of the policy would be £1.5bn.\n\nLabour's overtime payments in England would not match the wages doctors and nurses can earn in the private sector, but Sir Keir said the party had spoken to staff organisations and he was confident they would get behind his plan.\n\n\"They are up for this because they know that bringing down waiting lists will relieve pressure on them in the long run,\" he told the BBC's Victoria Derbyshire.\n\nHe said it would not require a new pay deal with NHS staff.\n\n\"You don't need to change the contract because we will be paying them proper rates out of hours,\" he said.\n\nThe British Medical Association - which recently staged a walkout by junior doctors and consultants in support of its demand for a 35% pay rise - said Sir Keir's plan was no substitute for restoring wages to where they should be.\n\nProfessor Philip Banfield, BMA council chair, said: \"The vast majority of doctors already take on extra work. For far too long, it has been our goodwill keeping the health service afloat.\n\n\"Paying doctors properly for overtime is not only the right thing to do but would be more cost effective than using the private sector or making extracontractual payments.\n\n\"While this move may very well incentivise further overtime, it is only once doctors receive restoration of lost relative value, will we be in a position to look at the impact that this extra overtime funding may have on waiting lists.\"\n\nUnison general secretary Christina McAnea, who represents some nurses and other NHS staff, said: \"This is fine as a stop-gap measure, but this is all it must be.\n\n\"Health workers are already up against it and there are only so many hours in a day. But a voluntary scheme, where staff are paid fairly, that avoids the use of expensive agencies, makes sense in the short term.\"\n\nWeekend work is already routine for many nurses, unions say\n\nRoyal College of Nursing Chief Nurse Professor Nicola Ranger said the NHS already \"runs on the goodwill of its staff\".\n\n\"Nursing staff work so much overtime that is never paid - staying behind an hour or two after 12-hour shifts to keep patients safe - so a change in this culture is needed. As part of their shift patterns, weekend work is routine for many.\n\n\"Any Labour government would likely take office at a time of record unfilled nurse jobs, in excess of 40,000, and so the long-term answer is of course to have more staff overall.\"\n\nLabour has said it would train 7,500 more doctors and 10,000 more nurses a year, to be funded by the extra cash in the government's NHS England workforce plan.\n\nThe overtime plan would be something an incoming Labour government could do immediately to tackle waiting lists, party sources say.\n\nSir Keir said his plan - which he claims would create two million hospital appointments a year - was crucial to his \"mission\" to get the UK's economy growing.\n\nLabour is committed to making the UK the fastest growing economy in the G7 group of leading industrial nations.\n\n\"I am confident we will get that growth. It is the single defining mission of an incoming Labour government,\" Sir Keir said.\n\nAsked how quickly people would see results, he said \"within months\", claiming policies such as planning reforms and moves to attract investment could happen \"very quickly\" after Labour took office.\n\nThe UK economy has grown strongly since the end of 2019 and is no longer the worst performer in the G7, doing better than Germany, although still lagging behind the United States, Canada, Japan, Italy and France.\n\nLabour has set out a string of policies it says will be paid for by scrapping non-dom tax status, which the party claims will raise just under £2bn a year.\n\nThese include spending £171m on doubling the number of CT scanners in NHS hospitals, £111m on improving dentistry and £365m on free breakfast clubs in primary schools.\n\nUnder Labour's NHS waiting list plan, neighbouring hospitals would also be encouraged to pool staff and use shared waiting lists. Patients would be given the option of travelling to a nearby hospital for treatment on an evening or weekend, rather than wait longer.\n\nIn June, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced plans to recruit and train thousands more doctors, nurses and support staff, in a major NHS England workforce plan.", "British screenwriter and director Terence Davies, known for films including Distant Voices, Still Lives, has died at the age of 77.\n\nHe established himself with a trilogy of films - Children, Madonna and Child, and Death and Transfiguration - in the late 1970s and early 1980s.\n\nBorn and raised in Liverpool, his work often has an autobiographical element.\n\nHe died peacefully at home after short illness, his manager confirmed in a statement.\n\nHis most recent work, Netflix drama Benediction, starring Slow Horses actor Jack Lowden and Doctor Who's Peter Capaldi, explored the life of war poet Siegfried Sassoon.\n\nActress Agyness Deyn played Chris Guthrie in his 2015 adaptation of Lewis Grassic Gibbon's Sunset Song - set after the first World War.\n\nIn 2016, Sex And The City star Cynthia Nixon played poet Emily Dickinson in A Quiet Passion, which was written and directed by Davies.\n\nTerence Davies pictured with actor Tom Hiddleston after they worked together for The Deep Blue Sea\n\nDavies worked as a clerk in a shipping office and a book-keeper in an accountancy firm for 10 years before enrolling at drama school in Coventry in 1973.\n\nHe won the Cannes International Critics Prize for Distant Voices, Still Lives - a film based on his memories of life in 1940s and 1950s Liverpool.\n\nDavies also spoke to the BBC about the film being one of his most personal as it was about his family, during an episode of review show, Film 2012, hosted by Claudia Winkleman.\n\nHis other films include a 2000 adaptation of Edith Wharton's The House of Mirth, in which Sex Education star Gillian Anderson played socialite Lily Bart, and a 2011 adaptation of Terence Rattigan's play The Deep Blue Sea, starring Rachel Weisz.", "Marina Wheeler and Boris Johnson were divorced in 2020\n\nBoris Johnson's ex-wife Marina Wheeler KC has been appointed as Labour's adviser on protecting women against workplace harassment.\n\nMs Wheeler, an employment lawyer, will look at how to make it easier for workers to blow the whistle on bullying and discrimination at work.\n\nWorkplace whistleblowers are already protected from unfair dismissal.\n\nBut the law only applies in certain circumstances - such as when employers have committed criminal offences.\n\nLabour wants to extend the protections to cover people who want to go public about unacceptable behaviour they have faced from bosses, something the party says disproportionately affects women.\n\nIn a speech to the Labour conference on Tuesday, shadow attorney general Emily Thornberry will say: \"For too long, a woman suffering sexual harassment in the workplace has faced a terrible choice: if she speaks out, the individual responsible may be investigated, but even then, she still risks losing her job and her other employment rights, while he gets a slap on the wrist.\n\n\"It is time we offered the same protections to people reporting sexual harassment, bullying and discrimination in the workplace as we do to other whistleblowers.\"\n\nIn a statement, Ms Wheeler said: \"Women in the workplace too often suffer sexual harassment and assault and they pay a heavy price for speaking out. Knowing this, and to keep their jobs, they suffer in silence.\"\n\nShe highlighted a recent survey in which female surgeons reported suffering sexual harassment or assault at the hands of colleagues during the five preceding years.\n\n\"Having spent over two decades litigating employment disputes, I am delighted to be working with Emily Thornberry to help formulate solutions - including law reform where necessary - to encourage women to come forward,\" she added.\n\nMs Thornberry will also set out plans to strengthen the property rights of unmarried women who live with their partners, in England and Wales.\n\n\"For too long, women in co-habiting couples have been left with no rights when those relationships come to an end.\n\n\"If there is no joint property or parental responsibilities, a man can kick his partner out of their home, and leave her with nothing, especially if he has the means to go to court, and she does not.\"\n\nShe will add: \"No woman should be forced to get married or stay in an unhappy relationship just to avoid being put out on the street.\"\n\nMarina Wheeler and Boris Johnson, who have four children, separated in 2018 after marrying in 1993.", "Imperious Ireland dismantled Scotland with a display of clinical brilliance to reach the World Cup quarter-finals and send their opponents crashing out of the tournament.\n\nA 17th consecutive victory ensures that the world's number one side finish top of Pool B to set up a meeting with New Zealand next Saturday (20:00 BST).\n\nIreland got off to a dream start in Paris as James Lowe crashed over for the opening try after only two minutes.\n\nThe loss to injury of Blair Kinghorn and captain Jamie Ritchie further hampered the Scots before two more Hugo Keenan tries and one from Iain Henderson all but ended the contest by half-time.\n\nDan Sheehan and Garry Ringrose also touched down to rub salt into the Scottish wounds before replies from Ewan Ashman and Ali Price at least made the score more respectable.\n• None All Blacks meeting 'what dreams are made of'\n• None Podcast: 'Scotland players will be embarrassed and humiliated'\n\nThis was a 17th straight victory for Ireland, a run that's beginning to look inexorable. They have seen them all off - the All Blacks, the Springboks, the French, the English and now the Scots, trampled mercilessly underfoot.\n\nFor all Scotland's big talk, this was a cruel rout, a systematic Irish dismantling and humiliation of a side who came here looking for an eight-point win that went from improbable to virtually impossible after a single minute.\n\nIreland were ruthless. They identified where the Scots were weak and they targeted them viciously.\n\nThey exposed the underdogs down the 13 channel, they went after them in the air and out of touch, they knew that Scotland's morale could collapse when behind and that they have a propensity to concede scores in clusters.\n\nGlorious to witness if you were one of the millions - or maybe it just sounded like there were millions - in green at the Stade and just about the most embarrassing experience any Scotland fan has endured in an age.\n\nFor the opener, the Scots were sucked in, their defence narrow, their resistance nowhere good enough to live with Ringrose, Mack Hansen and finally Lowe. Knives through butter. What a start for Ireland.\n\nWe then had waves of Scotland attacks, all met with outstanding Irish defence. The Scots won a penalty and went for touch instead of the posts, which was an odd call when you needed scoreboard pressure.\n\nThey won another kickable penalty and went to touch again. The imperious Peter O'Mahony, on his 100th cap, stole it.\n\nThey won a third kickable penalty and went through 18 phases of huff and puff. Their yardage was negative by the end of it. There was a green wall in front of them and there was no breaking through it.\n\nThe psychology of those moments was huge. The Scots had wasted chances to put points on board and the Irish had a chance to show how unbreakable their defence is as a consequence.\n\nScotland were done at that point. Fourteen minutes and it was all but over bar the Irish deluge, which came soon enough.\n\nThey had lost Blair Kinghorn to injury and now they lost their captain, Jamie Ritchie. It was a tartan horror show.\n\nO'Mahony stole another line-out and Ireland went hunting again. From the next line-out, they threw a set-play move at the Scots that was like a razor blade.\n\nAgain, it was down the 13 channel. Sexton linked with Bundee Aki, who spooked Sione Tuipulotu and Jones to such an extent that both of them haplessly went for him, leaving Ringrose free to put Keenan away. Simple, beautiful and clinical.\n\nSexton's conversion made it 12-0, a prelude to a seven-minute spell at the end of the half when Irish forward power blasted through with ease.\n\nHenderson thundered over, Sexton made it 19-0. This was men and boys. It looked like tier one against tier two for large parts.\n\nBefore the end of the half, Keenan scored again, Sexton finding him after close-range pressure. It was easy, oh so easy.\n\nThere wasn't a battle out there that Ireland weren't winning by a landslide. Ireland had scored 14 points in seven minutes and 26 in 40. Sensational.\n\nThings only got better for them. Cranky, the Scots started a bit of a scrap on the touchline when Ollie Smith tripped Sexton and sparked a pile-on. Smith saw yellow and no sooner was he gone than Sheehan drove over to increase the pain.\n\nOut the line they went, sucking in what existed of the Scottish cover, little pop passes, masses of deception, lovely angles and invention. Too much, way too much; 31-0.\n\nAnd there was more. In the 49th minute, Farrell emptied his bench. Many of his high-rollers were brought off to save them for the quarter-final. The fact that it happened so early was another illustration of Ireland's utter dominance.\n\nEven without the first-choice artillery, they scored again, Jack Crowley, on for Sexton, cross-kicked to the towering Ringrose, who had the simple job of dotting down in the left corner. Now it was 36-0. A message to the rugby world.\n\nScotland rallied and scored some consolations, not that it mattered. Ashman and Price ran away to score to make it 36-14 with Finn Russell's conversions.\n\nThose tries raised a brief cheer from the Scottish ranks, but they were a shell-shocked lot. They came in hope rather than expectation, but they didn't anticipate a slaughter. They're heading home now, in disarray.\n\nAnother early exit from a World Cup. Another retreat to the world of recriminations.\n\nIreland will now play New Zealand, a team they'll respect but will not fear. They've beaten the All Blacks the last two times they've played them, they've won three of the last four and five of the last eight.\n\nThey believe, as do their supporters. The scenes at the end were remarkable, the stadium full of Irish noise and Irish colour. Powerful.\n\nOn roads and railways they moved as one earlier in the day, a sea of green.\n\nThere were many thousands of Scots in town, but they were outnumbered by a bewildering margin. World number one on the pitch and, quite obviously, world number one off it. This was an immense night for them.\n\nNew Zealand coach Ian Foster and Rassie Erasmus, the high-priest of South African rugby, attempted some trash talking during the week, some chat they hoped would unsettle Ireland before this contest.\n\nFoster and Erasmus got their answer, as Scotland's bravado, got its answer, square between the eyes.\n\n'It was a special performance' - what they said\n\nIreland head coach Andy Farrell: \"I think it was a special performance because Scotland really came out of the blocks. They threw everything at us.\n\n\"I thought our attitude, our defence to try and keep them out for long spells was the making of the game. We were calm enough and clinical enough when we got back down the other end of the field to put some points on the board.\n\n\"As far as a quarter-final is concerned it doesn't get any tougher, the respect we have got for New Zealand is through the roof and hopefully they have got a bit of respect for us.\"\n\nScotland head coach Gregor Townsend: \"They were very clinical, very accurate and I thought they put a huge effort in defensively when we had a bit of pressure in that first 20 minutes. They are an outstanding team.\n\n\"When you play the top teams, you've got to take your opportunities and we didn't do that in the first quarter.\n\n\"I'm proud of the effort in the second half. The game had gotten away from us, so we focused on winning back respect. To get two tries against such a top team, we'll take a little bit out of that.\"\n\nScotland captain Jamie Ritchie: \"I'm really proud of how we've stuck together. We had a bit of hardship from the first game, proud of how we stayed in the fight today, we showed how we can score some points at the end.\"\n\n\"What we try to do is play our game - unfortunately it wasn't enough tonight and full credit to Ireland, that's probably the best I've seen them play.\"", "Mark Hunter and Jasmine Tetley saw off all the competitors to win their titles of conker king and queen\n\nA woman crowned \"conker queen\" said she felt \"ecstatic\" to take the title for the third time and don the coveted coronet at the World Conker Championships 2023.\n\nThousands of people gathered to watch horse chestnut experts battle it out at the event in Northamptonshire.\n\nJasmine Tetley from Nottingham won the women's title, while Mark Hunter, from Northamptonshire, won the men's.\n\nIn a final showdown between the pair, Ms Tetley beat Mr Hunter.\n\nMore than 250 competitors took part this year in the annual spectacle at Southwick, near Oundle, which has been running since 1965 and culminates with the crowning of the winners.\n\nJasmine Tetley has won the competition three times\n\nThis year's winner of the women's competition, Ms Tetley, 30, from Nottingham, first won in 2019 and again in 2021.\n\n\"There was a lot of pressure at the end, to make that last shot,\" she said.\n\n\"You never know who you're going to play.\"\n\nHaving won three times, she said she did not really feel like she needed to prepare for next year's bout, but added: \"If I win again, it's amazing\".\n\nProudly sporting her crown, she said: \"I'm really ecstatic.\"\n\nYou cannot use just any old conker in this highly-regulated competition.\n\nThe nuts are gathered and strung by volunteers from Ashton Conker Club, which organises the event.\n\nMany of the competitors dress to impress\n\nMore than 250 registered for this year's championship\n\nJamie Pringle (l) and Robin Carpenter, both from Kettering, have come to try their luck\n\nUh-oh... someone's not sticking to the rules\n\nThe rules of the game are strict and state that conkers cannot be tampered with or reused, and there must be at least 20cm (8in) of lace between knuckle and nut.\n\nEach player takes three alternate strikes at their opponent's conker, with a game decided once one of the conkers is smashed.\n\nRichard Howard, ringmaster and chief umpire, said: \"Since the 17th Century, conkers has been a game played mainly by children... adults love to play the game [too], but they feel foolish. Now they've got a reason - the World Conker Championships.\"\n\nAs the chief umpire, Richard Howard is responsible for \"red carding\" rogue players\n\nHe said while there were fewer overseas competitors this year, people had come from as far as Scotland, Wales, the West Country and quite a few from London.\n\nWhy had some overseas visitors forsaken this year's event?\n\n\"I think they have accepted that we are so much better than they are,\" he quipped.\n\nThey were playing for the coveted crowns\n\nDuring its long history, the competition has raised about £450,000 for sight impairment charities.\n\nFollow East of England news on Facebook, Instagram and X. Got a story? Email eastofenglandnews@bbc.co.uk or WhatsApp 0800 169 1830\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "On Saturday after Hamas launched a major offensive, distressing videos emerged of Israeli civilians running for their lives from a party near a kibbutz.\n\nThousands who had been out for an overnight rave in fields close to Gaza rapidly found themselves under fire.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nAn amber weather has been extended into Sunday afternoon for parts of the north and east of Scotland.\n\nThe new warning runs from 21:00 until 14:00 on Sunday.\n\nIt covers parts of Angus, Perth and Kinross, Aberdeenshire, Moray and Highland.\n\nEarlier, 10 people had to be airlifted from their vehicles by a coastguard helicopter after seven landslides closed the A83 and the A815 in Argyll.\n\nPolice said there were no reports of any injuries. The roads remain closed and drivers are being warned to avoid the area.\n\nThe force said it was \"responding to the weather impact across Scotland as a major incident\".\n\nThe previous amber warning, which covers the west and central Scotland is due to expire at 06:00 on Sunday.\n\nAn amber warning means there is potential risk to life and property.\n\nNo trains have been running across the border into Scotland due to flooding, with railway lines and roads affected across large parts of the country.\n\nFlooding has affected large parts of the country, including Dumbarton\n\nThe Met Office said areas of the Highlands and central Scotland could see up to 180mm (7in) of rain.\n\nThe Scottish Environment Protection Agency (Sepa) has issued 48 flood warnings and 17 flood alerts.\n\nIt said affected areas included Angus, Ayrshire, Argyll and Bute, and parts of the Highlands, north-east Scotland and the Scottish Borders.\n\nScotRail said services remain disrupted and some would stop operating at 21:00 on Saturday night.\n\nThe rail operator is also warning customers to expect significant disruption on Sunday.\n\nSome areas have seen up to a month's worth of rain in a 24-hour period resulting in heavy flooding across much of the rail network.\n\nSaturday's extreme weather saw several lines completely closed, while others operated a reduced service with extended journey times due to speed restrictions put in place to ensure safety.\n\nEarlier, ScotRail cancelled services from Oban, Mallaig and Fort William, from Helensburgh Central and on the Highland Mainline between Perth and Inverness.\n\nAnd it confirmed that the 1056 Inverness to Kyle train had to turn back at Dingwall due to the amount of water on the line.\n\nDrivers in Johnstone, Renfrewshire, got caught out by the heavy rain\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThere have been no London North Eastern Railway (LNER) services running north of Newcastle.\n\nAvanti West Coast said it would not run cross-border trains to Scotland on Saturday, with no services north of Preston.\n\nTransPennine advised customers not to travel on trains from Manchester, Liverpool and Preston to Carlisle, Glasgow and Edinburgh.\n\nThere have been a number of landslips affecting roads such as this one on the A83\n\nDavid Simpson, ScotRail service delivery director, said: \"We know the impact that disruption to train services following extreme weather can have, but our first priority is always to ensure the safety of our staff and customers. Disruption will continue into Sunday because of the level of extreme rainfall seen in many parts of our network.\n\n\"Everyone is working hard to get services back to normal as quickly and safely as possible.\n\n\"Customers are advised that they should check their journey before travelling, and keep an eye on our website, app, or social media feeds regularly for live updates.\"\n\nA number of lines were closed due to flooding and ScotRail suspended Argyle Line services running through Glasgow Central low-level due to flooding in the Bridgeton area causing a fault with the signalling system.\n\nThe Edinburgh - Glasgow Queen Street mainline was closed earlier between Linlithgow and Edinburgh Park due to flooding in the Winchburgh area but has since re-opened.\n\nPolice Scotland urged people to avoid all travel unless absolutely necessary.\n\nA number of roads were closed due to flooding and landslides, including the A83 between Target and Inveraray, the A815 between Dunoon and the A83, the A816 between Lochgilphead and Oban and the A85 at Loch Awe.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Bales of silage washed away by floods in Inveraray\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nDiversions have been put in place. Drivers are being urged to take care on the roads and avoid unnecessary travel.\n\nThe Met Office said flooding and fast-flowing rivers and streams could pose a risk to life and damage property.\n\nIt said 80-100mm of rain could be expected in most areas, with as much as 150-180mm possible for the wettest spots.\n\nThe weather warning comes as other parts of the UK could see temperatures of up to 26C (79F) this weekend.\n\nStein Connelly, from Traffic Scotland, said: \"It's been very challenging conditions...throughout the whole of Scotland, particularly in the Argyll and Bute area, where we have the A815 and the A83 closed at the moment.\n\n\"It's unsafe for the operatives to go in and clear some landslips that we have had their and so this is going to last for quite some time. Reportedly, we have had approximately one months of rain in 24 hours so it has been extremely challenging.\n\n\"The police message is avoid travel if you can, especially in Argyll and Bute. In the other areas we are saying it's a high risk of disruption.\n\n\"So if you're out there, there is a high risk you may be stopped in a flooded area or an accident. We have had a number of minor incidents.\"\n\nEmergency services could not avoid the flooding - an ambulance became stuck in the Erskine area\n\nTrains have been cancelled due to flooded railway tracks, including this one at Bowling station, between Dalmuir and Helensburgh\n\nIn Grangemouth, people were reported to be trapped in a Premier Inn due to severe flooding.\n\nVincent Fitzsimmons, of Sepa, told BBC Radio's Good Morning Scotland programme: \"We are expecting widespread flooding through today, Saturday and into Sunday morning.\n\n\"It's very heavy rain, but it will be relentless for a particularly long period of time.\n\n\"This is not just a normal wet autumn day. We are concerned about the possibility of significant flooding.\n\n\"There is that amber area, it goes from the western half of the central belt through up into the Highlands.\n\n\"There are communities there where we have quite significant concerns.\"\n\nHe advised people in areas such as Aberfoyle and Aviemore to check for updates and advice on Sepa's website.\n\nSome football matches were called off, with Premiership games Dundee United v Ross County and Dunfermline Athletic v Arbroath among those postponed.\n\nThe Dundee Utd v Ross County game was suspended due to the state of the pitch\n\nThe BP petrol station on Great Western Road in Glasgow has been flooded\n\nThe West Highland line, which operates in Oban, Mallaig and Fort William, were earlier suspended.\n\nServices on the Highland Main Line route between Perth and Inverness also stopped.\n\nWalkers on the West Highland Way had to put their plans on hold\n\nThe West Highland Way has been completely flooded in parts.\n\nJulie Odell and her husband awoke at the Beinglas Campsite in Inverarnan to see \"the most crazy floodwaters\".\n\n\"What used to be a field with a track to the A82 has overnight turned into a lake,\" she said. \"The staff are being amazing. We thankfully are in one of their cosy cabins and not camping but have offered our cabin as refuge to any campers.\n\n\"Both are track, and the back roads are cut off by flood water. So nobody is going anywhere today and no taxis or cars can come and collect people either.\"\n\nShe added: \"It's a good atmosphere with everyone looking after each other here and the staff say they've never ever seen anything like this before.\"\n\nThe Scottish government's resilience room officials met on Saturday to discuss the weather event.\n\nMinister for Resilience Angela Constance said: \"As the weather warnings outline, heavy rainfall is expected to continue in many parts of the country into Sunday and some areas will have a month's worth of rain over the course of the weekend.\n\n\"I would urge everyone across the country to heed the travel warnings being issued by Police Scotland and others - in particular, drivers in Argyll and Bute should avoid travel due to the significant disruption across the road network.\"\n\nShe added: \"We are aware that the initial, most severe impacts have been felt by people and businesses in Argyll and Bute, as well as other areas in the west and north of the country.\n\n\"Ministers are receiving regular updates on the situation from partners, including Sepa, the Met Office, and Police Scotland as it unfolds.\n\nPolice Scotland head of road policing, Ch Supt Hilary Sloan, said: \"Our advice is to plan ahead and consider if your journey is really necessary or if it can be delayed until conditions improve.\n\n\"Stopping distances can be at least double on wet roads compared to dry conditions, and spray can reduce driver visibility.\n\n\"If you need to travel, please drive to the conditions and take extra time for your journey.\"\n\nThe Scottish government said health and social work staff in Argyll were working with community groups to reach vulnerable people who may need help and the local council would be offering support such as opening up community halls.", "Last updated on .From the section Scottish\n\nWhen you prepare to face a team who beat you 19-0 the previous week, the aim is surely to limit the damage this time round. What you don't want is to lose 51-0.\n\nHowever, that was the fate suffered by St Machar Thistle AFC in a first-round Scottish Amateur Cup tie in Aberdeenshire on Saturday.\n\nFacing AC Mill Inn Academy in wet and windy conditions in Stonehaven, St Machar started with just eight players after family, work and study commitments limited their options.\n\nThe side, who formed two months ago and play in the Aberdeenshire Amateur Football Association Division 2 East, thought they had 10 men but were told two trialists weren't eligible shortly before the game started.\n\n\"Any other team I think they'd walk,\" said manager Cameron Ashwood. \"We just sat down and said, 'let's try enjoy ourselves here'.\n\n\"They were loving it. There were smiles all around and that's all I can ask for before we get to where we want to be.\n\n\"Results like this do happen, there's no need to shame away from it. Every club will have moments like this when you're starting out.\n\n\"We're not ashamed of it one bit. We are owning it.\"\n\nSt Machar captain Eoin Devlin, who is usually an outfield player, had to start the game in goal and, by half-time, it is thought it was 25-0.\n\n\"I went around the boys to ask who was going to do it,\" Ashwood said of his goalkeeping issue.\n\n\"It wasn't a case of me having to pick him, he put his hand straight up and said he'd go in goal. It was very brave of him.\"\n\nThe huge defeat won't put the players off and the manager expects to see them back in training this week.\n\n\"I'm letting some lads play football, get out the house for a bit to talk with people, interact, it makes it all worth it,\" Ashwood said.\n\n\"The majority of the feedback I've been getting is positive. It's also a lesson to ourselves. We're an example of when it goes wrong, this is what happens.\"", "Mercedes drivers Lewis Hamilton and George Russell collided at the start before Max Verstappen went on to dominate the Qatar Grand Prix.\n\nThe crash caused Hamilton's retirement and dropped Russell to the back of the field, from where he fought back in impressive fashion to finish fourth.\n\nMcLaren's Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris took second and third after holding position in the final stages.\n\nVerstappen was in total control after clinching his third title on Saturday.\n\nThe Dutchman led throughout from pole position, although he did lose the lead after his first stop, mandated by rules restricting tyre mileage as a result of safety concerns.\n\nAll the teams were restricted to a maximum of 18 laps on each set of tyres after Pirelli discovered its product was vulnerable to failure at high speed over the kerbs at the Lusail circuit.\n\nThat led to a staccato race in which it took time for the order to settle down, all drivers forced to make at least three pit stops by the tyre-mileage limits.\n\nWilliams' Alex Albon led the race after Verstappen had made his first pit stop, a situation partly influenced by an early safety car deployed to recover Hamilton's damaged Mercedes.\n\nBut as the strategies evened out over a race distance, Ferrari's Charles Leclerc took fifth place behind Verstappen, Piastri, Norris and Russell.\n\nLeclerc capitalised on an error by Aston Martin's Fernando Alonso, who ran wide off the circuit at about half distance and lost out to the Ferrari.\n\nAlonso, struggling with a seat that was burning him, held on for sixth ahead of Alpine's Esteban Ocon and Alfa Romeo's Valtteri Bottas.\n\nRed Bull's Sergio Perez finished ninth on the road after starting from the pit lane following a crash in Saturday's spring, his race hampered by two five-second penalties for exceeding track limits.\n\nBut the Mexican's race was hampered by two five-second penalties for exceeding track limits, the first served at a pit stop and the second imposed at the end, demoting him to 10th behind Alfa Romeo's Zhou Guanyu.\n\nBoth Mercedes started well off the line and were gaining on polesitter Verstappen, but then contact at the first corner...\n• None 'Verstappen as close as it gets to unbeatable'\n• None Name the drivers who won the championship three times or more\n\nWhat happened to the Mercedes pair?\n\nStarting from second and third, Russell and Hamilton had a great opportunity to build a large gap to Ferrari in their fight for second in the constructors' championship and Hamilton to close on Red Bull's Sergio Perez for second in the drivers' title chase.\n\nBut they came to grief at the first corner as they tried to go three abreast with Verstappen.\n\nHamilton started on the soft tyres, which gave him greater grip off the line, and he pulled alongside Russell on the outside, with Verstappen in the lead on the inside, but not a full car's length ahead of the Mercedes.\n\nAs Hamilton tried to sweep around the outside, his right rear wheel tagged Russell's left front and the seven-time champion spun into the gravel.\n\nIn their immediate radio messages, the drivers were angry with each other, Hamilton saying he had been \"taken out by my team-mate\" and Russell saying \"for the second race in succession\", a reference to his feelings that Hamilton had not played the team game as they fought the Ferraris in Japan two weeks ago.\n\nOut of the car, Hamilton was more contrite, saying: \"It's a fine line. I'm sorry for all the team.\"\n\nAnd he later said on social media: \"I've watched the replay and it was 100% my fault and I take full responsibility. Apologies to my team and to George.\"\n\nRussell dropped to last with a pit stop to replace his tyres at the end of the first lap, but drove an impressive race to fight back to fourth place, underlining what might have been possible for both cars had they not collided.\n\nMercedes realised early on that the mandated shorter stint lengths, combined with less tyre wear issues than in the sprint, meant Russell could push harder than expected.\n\nIt was a realisation they seemed to come to earlier than other teams, and allowed Russell to make a lot of ground through the race.\n\nThe incident made McLaren's race much easier than it might have been - a fact recognised by Piastri in the cool-down room before the podium ceremony when, discussing the start with Verstappen and Norris, he said: \"Thank you, Mercedes.\"\n\nPiastri, fresh from his maiden F1 victory in the sprint race on Saturday, made a blistering start and swept into second from sixth on the grid at the first corner, helped by Alonso, who started fourth, being delayed by the Mercedes cars in front of him.\n\nPiastri then drove another strong race as Norris fought up from his 10th place on the grid, caused by having both his laps deleted in qualifying on Friday.\n\nBy the final stint, Norris was up into third place and closing on Piastri when the team told the drivers to hold position.\n\nNorris tried to argue the toss, but his pleas fell on deaf ears. And after he had set fastest lap, Piastri responded with one just 0.1secs slower to prove that he, too, had pace in hand and underline why the team wanted to protect their double podium.\n\nAll three podium finishers commented on the difficulty of the race, pushing harder than usual because of the extra pit stops in desert temperatures of more than 30C.\n\nPiastri said it was \"definitely the hardest race I've had in my life\" and both Norris and Verstappen, with much more F1 experience, agreed it ranked among their toughest, too.\n\nRussell's fourth place with Leclerc fifth provided Mercedes a two-point boost in the constructors' championship as the second Ferrari of Carlos Sainz could not start the race as a result of a fuel leak discovered in the garage an hour before the race.\n\nA young Max Verstappen alongside his father and former Formula 1 driver Jos during his Formula 3 testing in Hungary in 2014", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nGili Yoskovich was among hundreds of young people at a dance music festival in southern Israel, near the Gaza Strip, when gunmen opened fire in the early hours of Saturday morning, as Palestinian militants launched a co-ordinated attack on Israel.\n\nShe described to the BBC how she hid under a tree in a field as gunmen roamed about shooting anybody they found.\n\n\"They were...all over the place with automatic weapons.\n\n\"They were standing next to the cars starting to shoot but I realised it was very easy to get killed...because everyone was going everywhere.\n\n\"The terrorists were coming from four or five places...so we didn't know whether to go here, so then I got into my car again and I drove a little bit more.\n\n\"Some people were shooting at me. I left the car and started to run, I saw a place with many pomelo trees and I went there.\n\n\"So I was in the middle [of this field] and I was lying on the floor. It was the second hiding place I found and they were just all around me.\n\n\"They were going tree by tree and shooting. Everywhere. From two sides. I saw people were dying all around. I was very quiet. I didn't cry, I didn't do anything.\n\n\"But I was on the one hand breathing, saying: 'OK, I'm going to die. It's OK, just breathe, just close your eyes,' because it was shooting everywhere, it was very very close to me.\n\n\"Then I heard the terrorists open a big van...and get more weapons from this car. They were in the area for three hours. No-one was there, no-one.\n\n\"I was sure the army would come, I heard some helicopters, I was sure the army would come down with helicopters and ropes and go down into this field and save us. But no-one was there. Just all these terrorists.\n\n\"They were very close to me and my leg was shaking. I tried and did my best, I moved a little bit and when they were in this side I heard them talking Arabic.\n\n\"I tried to be more under the tree so maybe when the shooting comes, they will not touch my face. \"I was lying there for three hours.\n\n\"I was just thinking about my kids, my friend, about everything and I was saying it's not the time to die for me, not yet. Then I started to hear some Hebrew from one side, [but] Arabic from three sides. I realised that there were some soldiers, maybe five or six.\n\n\"I decided to go to these soldiers. Meanwhile there were still terrorists around, so I was going with my hands up so that they will know that its me and I'm not a terrorist. Then someone was putting me in a car.\n\n\"I was the first one to get out of the field. It took others two or three more hours to get out [and] all the way people were dying - all the way on the road, young people, [as] it's a festival for young people.\n\nMany many people were dying on the road.\n\nWhoever tried to run away they were shooting from both sides. So best was to hide. \"The most crazy thing is how come we were there for such a long time and no one was there. No army, no police. Nothing.\"", "Villagers are using their bare hands to pull people from what is left of their mud houses\n\nEmergency teams in Afghanistan are racing to rescue people from the rubble left by a powerful earthquake that struck the west of the country.\n\nMore than 1,000 people are feared dead after the 6.3-magnitude quake hit villages in Herat Province on Saturday.\n\nWith communications down and many roads blocked, rescue workers are struggling to reach remote areas.\n\nHundreds have also been injured. The UN and other organisations have begun to rush in emergency supplies.\n\nThe earthquake struck about 40km (25 miles) north-west of the city of Herat at around 11:00 local time (06:30 GMT) on Saturday.\n\nThe worst-affected communities consist of mud structures. \"In the very first shake all the houses collapsed,\" Herat resident Bashir Ahmad, whose family lives in one of the villages, told AFP news agency.\n\n\"Those who were inside the houses were buried,\" he added. \"There are families we have heard no news from.\"\n\nThe World Health Organization (WHO) said at least 465 houses had been flattened.\n\nDonation boxes for earthquake victims have been set up in Afghan cities\n\nVillagers have used shovels and their hands to pull survivors from the rubble. With their homes destroyed, many residents are preparing to sleep in the open for a second night.\n\nThe exact death toll is still being established. The UN's humanitarian affairs office in Afghanistan says more than 1,000 people have been killed, and about 500 are still missing.\n\nEarlier on Sunday, the Taliban government said 2,000 people had either been killed or wounded.\n\nIn a country with sorely inadequate medical facilities, hospitals are struggling to care for the injured.\n\n\"For the treatment of the victims of the incident we are doing our best,\" disaster management ministry spokesman Mullah Janan Sayeq told reporters in Kabul.\n\n\"On-site search operations in the affected area are ongoing,\" he said.\n\nHerat is located 120km (75 miles) east of the Iranian border and is considered to be the cultural capital of Afghanistan. An estimated 1.9 million people are believed to be living in the province.\n\nAfghanistan is frequently hit by earthquakes - especially in the Hindu Kush mountain range as it lies near the junction of the Eurasian and Indian tectonic plates.\n\nIn June last year, the province of Paktika was hit by a 5.9 magnitude quake which killed more than 1,000 people and left tens of thousands homeless.\n\nHave you been affected by the earthquake? Please email: haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "Last updated on .From the section Athletics\n\nKenyan Kelvin Kiptum shattered the men's marathon world record in Chicago as he beat compatriot Eliud Kipchoge's previous mark by more than 30 seconds.\n\nThe 23-year-old finished in a time of two hours 35 seconds.\n\n\"I feel so happy. A world record was not in my mind today,\" he said after beating Kipchoge's time of 2:01:09, set in Berlin in September 2022.\n\nDutch runner Sifan Hassan set the second-fastest women's time in marathon history as she won the female event.\n\nHer time of 2:13:44 is behind only the record of 2:11:53 set by Ethiopia's Tigst Assefa in Berlin last month.\n\nKiptum broke the tape three minutes 27 seconds ahead of countryman Benson Kipruto, with Belgian Bashir Abdi in third.\n\nIt was his third victory in as many starts over 26.2 miles. He triumphed on his debut last December at Valencia and then won the London Marathon in a course record in April.\n\nHe waved and blew kisses at spectators before raising his arms when crossing the finish line.\n\nHis extraordinary run shaved more than three minutes off the previous Chicago Marathon record set by Kenyan Dennis Kimetto in 2013 - and brings closer the possibility of the two-hour mark being broken.\n\n\"I saw the time in front of me. I felt good inside of me, maybe a little adrenaline. I said let me try - maybe I can run under 2:00,\" he said. \"I knew one day I would be a world-record holder.\"\n\nIn the women's race, Hassan finished one minute 53 seconds ahead of Kenya's Ruth Chepngetich, with Ethiopian Alemu Megertu in third.\n\nThe men's wheelchair race was won by Marcel Hug of Switzerland, who shattered his own course record by almost three minutes, winning his fourth Chicago Marathon in 1:22:37.\n\nThe women's wheelchair competition was closely contested, with Catherine Debrunner, also of Switzerland, edging out Susannah Scaroni (USA) by two seconds, to set a course record of 1:38:44.", "Jaye says she is gutted Wilko will be gone\n\n\"Being able to grab a fresh lip gloss, a sketch pad and a Pepsi Max all in the same place, that's definitely something I'm going to miss,\" says Jaye.\n\nThe 19-year-old, whose full name we are not using, doesn't have a lot of spare cash and has found Wilko handy for dog treats, bleach and emulsion paint too.\n\nToday could be her last visit though. Her local branch in Horsham, Sussex closes its doors on Sunday, along with the last Wilko outlets around the country and Jaye is \"gutted\" at the news.\n\nShe has swung by for a final pack of sandpaper sheets she's going to use to make cosplay costumes.\n\nMost of the shelves are bare now and what is left is marked down.\n\nAnother customer, Mary, is here with her husband and one-year-old daughter to pick up blinds at bargain prices.\n\n\"We're heartbroken,\" she says. \"We were really hoping someone would buy them out and keep it going, you know?\"\n\nMary says it is nice to be able to choose things at a store rather than online\n\nThey live in a nearby village and used to come in to Wilko regularly to buy craft materials and treat her five-year-old to pick'n'mix.\n\n\"I have happy memories of doing that as a child,\" she adds. \"I think it's nice for them to come and choose their own things, rather than someone delivering a parcel to the door.\"\n\nBut the order-online, have-it-delivered business model is here to stay. That, and fierce competition from rivals, has done for Wilko, just as it did for Woolworths over a decade ago.\n\nThere was a wringing of hands back then too, when that stalwart of the High Street went. And Wilko took over many of Woolworths' old shops. Now a similar fondness for Wilko has sneaked up and ambushed us all over again.\n\nOther shoppers describe its demise as \"tragic\" and \"awful\". The strength of affection can seem strange given the chain sold the most mundane, practical items from sink drainers to cat litter.\n\n\"It managed to create a very warm brand personality, which tends to contribute to a very loyal consumer-brand relationship,\" says consumer psychologist Kate Nightingale.\n\n\"As Wilko's brand is associated with home and pets products predominantly, we are already dealing with relationships infused with very heightened emotions,\" she says.\n\n\"These emotions and their intensity is easily transferred into the relationship we have with the brand - it makes a perfect recipe for nostalgia [and a] need to fill in that gap left by a sense of loss.\"\n\nThe future for Horsham's site is not yet clear but some Wilko stores have been bought by other budget retailers Poundland and B&M. That won't fill the gap for all its loyal customers though.\n\n\"Without being snobby, Poundland has a stigma attached that Wilko doesn't,\" says Abby, who is shopping with her wife Steph.\n\nWilko's appeal was value for money and knowing you would find what you needed, they say.\n\n\"We had friends around the other night, realised we didn't have enough wine glasses and managed to pick up a couple of sets for next-to-nothing,\" Steph says.\n\nThe chain going under feels like a broader sign that things are \"falling apart\", says Abby.\n\n\"It was the same with Woolworths. It had been going for so long that when it collapses it's a bit like - oh right, so this is the way we're going. There won't be any of the original High Street shops there used to be.\"\n\nWilko was founded in 1930 when JK Wilkinson opened his first store in Leicester. It stayed open throughout World War Two and expanded first across the Midlands then nationally. By the 1990s it had become one of Britain's fastest-growing retailers.\n\nIn 2012, Wilkinson began rebranding its stores as Wilko, and by 2014, most branches had emblazoned the new name on their storefronts.\n\nNow its staff in Leicester are particularly sad to see it go.\n\nDavid and Jan have 90 years of Wilko experience between them\n\nJan Patel was 18 when she started working for Wilko. Now, at 64, she is seeing her last day at the Leicester Lee Circle store. She says it is a \"tough day\".\n\nShe and her colleague David Middleton, who is now 61 and started work with Wilko in 1979, have had hugs and goodbyes from fond customers.\n\n\"He pulled us out of recession in the 80s, he came into the store and has shown us how to trade aggressively. Cheap and cheerful was Wilko's motto - and family. Family meant the world. This Wilko family looked after us, and in return we loved working here,\" Jan told the BBC.\n\nShe says the company took her and her colleagues on training courses to learn how to to do DIY, such as painting and wallpapering.\n\n\"It's been a fabulous ride,\" says David who, like Jan, is now going to retire.\n\nOne of hundreds of messages from customers at the Wilko store in Leicester\n\nSome of the chain's 12,500 staff - but not all - will find new jobs with B&M and Poundland.\n\nAnd customers may catch a glimpse again of the Wilko brand online at least, after it was bought by The Range.\n\nKate Hardcastle, consumer specialist at Insight with Passion, says many retailers have already \"eased their way into Wilko's territory\".\n\n\"From Poundland to Primark, Aldi, Lidl and more, as value retailers widened the offer, Wilko was being gradually taken off the consideration list - especially by younger consumers,\" she says.\n\nYounger people were willing to \"trade some savings for speed of delivery and direct to door\", she adds.\n\nAsh, a 23-year-old who sings and plays guitar in a band at weddings, has been buying essentials at Wilko - shampoo, face wash, deodorant. But unlike Jaye he doesn't think he'll really miss it when it's gone.\n\nAsh says he does not think he will miss Wilko\n\n\"I will probably forget about it in a few weeks to be honest,\" he says.\n\n\"For my generation I don't think they'll really mind that much. We've got other options.\"", "Metro Bank has struck a deal to raise extra funds from investors that it said will secure its future.\n\nThe deal was announced late on Sunday after days of intense speculation about the bank's financial position.\n\nThe Bank of England reportedly asked larger lenders if they were interested in buying Metro, while banks were said to be eyeing up some of its assets.\n\nBut on Sunday, Metro Bank said it had raised £325m in new funding, as well as refinancing £600m of debt.\n\nMetro's chief executive, Daniel Frumkin, said the deal marked \"a new chapter\" for the troubled bank.\n\nMetro Bank's shares had slumped last week after reports suggested it needed to raise cash to shore up its finances. Its share price rebounded on Monday in response to the deal.\n\nHowever, Simon Samuels, a former managing director at Barclays and Citi, told the BBC's Today programme that while the financing bought Metro Bank some time, it did not address the \"fundamental challenges\" of the bank's strategy of focusing on High Street branches which was \"very expensive\".\n\nWhile many banks have been closing branches and shifting to online banking - which accelerated during the Covid pandemic - Metro continues to focus on bricks and mortar.\n\n\"Essentially, Metro finds itself with an unsustainable cost base,\" he said, adding that he thought Metro's strategy \"has got little chance of succeeding in the long run\".\n\n\"Eventually [Metro Bank] may end up being part of a larger group.\"\n\nThe bank has insisted all along that its finances remain strong and it continues to meet all regulatory requirements.\n\nBut under the deal announced on Sunday, Colombian billionaire Jaime Gilinski Bacal will become Metro Bank's controlling shareholder with a 53% stake.\n\nHis firm, Spaldy Investments, will sink £102m into the bank.\n\nIn Colombia Jaime Gilinski is a household name. Locally, he's never too far away from the headlines, with his business empire growing from strength to strength it would seem, both at home and abroad.\n\nThe 65-year-old businessman was born in Cali, the descendant of Lithuanian immigrants. His family set up several mid-sized businesses and built a reputation for themselves within Colombia's Jewish community and across the city.\n\nBut Mr Gilinski had bigger ambitions. After a US education he had a stint on Wall Street, and led his family group into purchasing several banks in Colombia and abroad.\n\nA smart operator, Mr Gilinski has aligned himself with Colombia's political and business elite over the years.\n\nMost recently, in 2022 Gustavo Petro was elected as the country's first left-wing president, promising action against what he called the country's \"oligarchy\".\n\nHowever, local media reported that Mr Gilinski had quietly been building relations with Mr Petro, helping to avoid becoming a target.\n\nMetro Bank was founded in 2010 in the wake of the financial crisis and was the first to open in the UK in more than 100 years.\n\nIt positioned itself as a so-called \"challenger\" bank to the big High Street names, with its promise of keeping branches open seven days a week.\n\nIt now has 2.7 million customers and holds about £15bn worth of deposits in 76 branches.\n\nBut last week reports suggested it need to raise £600m. The Financial Times also reported over the weekend that several rivals were weighing up potential bids for part of the business.\n\nIn Sunday's announcement. Metro Bank said that it had raised £325m in capital from existing shareholders and new backers.\n\nThe Bank of England, which had been monitoring the situation closely, welcomed the deal.\n\nMetro Bank also said it was still in discussions about raising cash by selling up to £3bn of its residential mortgages.\n\nHomeowners with mortgages from Metro Bank do not face any immediate change, but if a deal goes through some customers might end up having their loans managed by another bank in the future.\n\nMetro Bank's shares rose by about 10% on Monday, taking its share price to about 50p - close to the level it had been last week before reports on the bank's financial situation emerged.\n\nHowever, the share price is still down nearly 60% since the start of the year, and well below the peak of £40.19 it reached in 2018.\n\nMr Frumkin said the new deal meant Metro Bank could continue expanding and would become more profitable over the coming years.\n\n\"Our strong franchise is underpinned by our loyal customer base and engaged colleagues and we will continue to develop the Metro Bank offer,\" he said.\n\nThe lender has faced a number of challenges in recent years after an accounting scandal in 2019, which led to some top executives, including its founder, leaving the company.\n\nIt returned to profit in the six months to the end of June this year - the first half-year profit the bank had seen since 2019.\n\nIn July, Mr Frumkin said that 2023 would be a \"transitional year\" for the firm and that it planned to open 11 more branches across the north of England in 2024 and 2025.\n\nMore recently, Metro Bank had asked City watchdogs for permission to use its own ratings system to value its mortgages and its assets.\n\nBut regulators turned down the request last month, saying that they wanted the bank to use an external rating system for now.\n\nSign up for our morning newsletter and get BBC News in your inbox.\n• None What's going on at Metro Bank?", "Israel has been carrying out retaliatory air strikes in Gaza\n\nPolice patrols have increased across London after videos emerged of what appears to be people celebrating the Hamas attack on Israel.\n\nHome Secretary Suella Braverman has said she expects the police to \"use the full force of the law\" against displays of support for Hamas.\n\nThe Met said it would provide a visible presence to \"reassure communities\".\n\nOn Saturday, Palestinian militants launched a major assault into Israel from Gaza.\n\nPosting on X, formerly known as Twitter, Ms Braverman said: \"Whenever Israel is attacked, Islamists and other racists use Israeli defensive measures as a pretext to stir up hatred against British Jews.\n\n\"Yesterday I spoke with CST—UK [Community Security Trust] to ensure the Government is doing everything necessary for the protection of our Jewish communities.\n\n\"There must be zero tolerance for antisemitism or glorification of terrorism on the streets of Britain.\"\n\nImmigration minister Robert Jenrick, has also urged the Met to increase patrols, claiming people were \"glorifying the terrorist activities of Hamas\".\n\nPeople have shared videos on social media showing Palestinian flags being waved, beeping car horns and clapping.\n\nMr Jenrick urged the police to \"take this seriously\", adding that \"there is no place for this in the UK\".\n\nIn a statement, Scotland Yard said: \"We are aware of a number of incidents, including those that have been shared on social media, in relation to the ongoing conflict in Israel and the border with Gaza.\n\n\"The Met has increased policing patrols across parts of London in order to provide a visible presence and reassurance to our communities.\n\n\"Anyone who experiences threatening behaviour or is worried about their safety is urged to contact police.\n\n\"We will ensure that an appropriate policing plan is in place in order to balance the right to protest against any disruption to Londoners.\"\n\nListen to the best of BBC Radio London on Sounds and follow BBC London on Facebook, X and Instagram. Send your story ideas to hello.bbclondon@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "More now from a resident of Sderot in southern Israel.\n\nDov Trachtman is busy catching up on the day's events when we speak again, after the power returns where he lives. He's trying to keep track of friends who have been killed and those who are still missing.\n\nWhile the death toll is shocking, it is the way in which people were killed that Dov finds hard to comprehend.\n\nHe tells me about a group of elderly residents who had been waiting for a bus around the corner from his house to go to the Dead Sea for the day.\n\n\"They were all shot dead, their bodies piled one on top of the other. The photographs spread all over social media,\" he says, disbelief in his voice.\n\nThe BBC has not been able to verify this incident.\n\nQuote Message: It's so shocking. They massacre civilians, but why take the children and the elderly? I can't find the words. Even for a terrorist group it's insane.\" from Dov Trachtman Sderot resident It's so shocking. They massacre civilians, but why take the children and the elderly? I can't find the words. Even for a terrorist group it's insane.\"\n\nDov says his home town of Sderot is still under lockdown more than 36 hours after it was first infiltrated by Hamas gunmen.\n\nIn the last few hours there's been a fresh infiltration, he says, with more gunmen reaching the town.\n\nThe residents have been told to stay inside and be quiet. They can hear the sound of gunshots outside.\n\n\"I am carrying a knife. It won't help me much against a gun, but I can't not do anything. I am just hoping they don't come for me.\"\n• Read earlier accounts from Dov here and here", "As Labour arrives in Liverpool for what could be its final conference before a general election, leader Sir Keir Starmer is grappling with how to convert a commanding poll lead into power.\n\n\"One of the most ambitious politicians I have ever met.\"\n\nThat was the verdict on Keir Starmer, before he had even been elected as an MP, by the veteran political journalist Michael Crick, quoted in a biography of the Labour leader by Lord Ashcroft.\n\nThe man who might be prime minister, who first arrived in the Commons in 2015 aged 52, is obsessed with winning.\n\nThose who know him well say he detests opposition.\n\n\"I want to get on with the real job of winning the next election. I don't find the self-promotion of this process a comfortable experience.\"\n\nThat's another quote - this time from Keir Starmer himself - in Lord Ashcroft's biography, Red Knight.\n\nIt's a remark the Labour leader gave to his local paper in London, the Hampstead and Highgate Express, again before he became an MP.\n\n\"He's forced himself to get good at politics,\" observes a friend.\n\nBut the big question this weekend is this: what would be good politics for Labour at their party conference, getting under way in Liverpool?\n\nA recent poll conducted by the communications company FGS Global suggested there was much more enthusiasm for getting rid of the Conservatives than there was for having Labour instead.\n\nThis implies there may be more uncertainty in the political landscape than some polls might suggest.\n\nThe Labour leadership know they still have work to do to answer the question \"if not them - the Conservatives - why us?\".\n\nNonetheless, the party arrives on Merseyside chipper: the scale of their victory in the Rutherglen and West Hamilton by election, just outside Glasgow, allows Labour folk to dream winning the next election really might be doable.\n\nA year ago, the Labour conference felt revelatory. The place swarmed with expectation and there weren't any punch ups in the corner.\n\nThere was a harmony about the place, which felt novel.\n\nBut people will expect a professional, potential government-in-waiting vibe over the next few days.\n\nThat won't be enough to generate buzz and attention. But how much buzz and attention do they need?\n\n\"Let's Get Britain's Future Back,\" is the slogan that will be bandied about. Expect doses of reassurance and hope.\n\nReassurance that they can trusted with the economy - with a commitment to prioritising economic growth running though lots of the big speeches.\n\nAnd hope they can make things better, with talk of housebuilding and cheaper, cleaner energy. But how much detail should they offer in terms of policy and ideas?\n\nThe general election must be held by January 2025. But the precise date will be chosen by Rishi Sunak. So how does Labour get its countdown right, to a date it doesn't know?\n\n\"If Labour are the smallest possible moving target, Labour wins,\" is one argument made to me.\n\nPerhaps, some think, they have too many policies.\n\nThe Australian Labor Party's own review of its general election loss in 2019, despite opinion poll leads, blamed having too many policies as a significant factor.\n\nIts then leader, Bill Shorten, had been dubbed by opponents \"The Bill Australia Cannot Afford\".\n\nA sense of vision is more important, for some.\n\n\"Vision is the road, policies are the street lights. At the moment there is plenty of light, but not enough road,\" I'm told.\n\nBut others, equally hopeful of a Labour victory, aren't so sure.\n\nAs one put it to me: \"It's only ever politicians who are told they have to have a vision. If someone came up to you in the street and said they had a vision, you'd be worried. Why do politicians need to do it?\"\n\n\"Keir's great skill is being iterative, putting down another building block,\" they add.\n\nThe suggestion being that rather than a single, big thing being unveiled in the next few days, the plan will be about building a set of ideas that add up to something.\n\nAnd how should Labour respond to the prime minister's policy blitz: ditching the northern stretch of the HS2 high speed rail line, banning smoking for the next generation, changing post-16 education in England?\n\nThere is fury at senior levels of the Labour Party at what one source described as Rishi Sunak \"salting the earth for a Labour government. They are getting spending in the future off the books so they can spend the money now.\"\n\nBut if Labour accepts, even reluctantly, what Mr Sunak is advocating - as they have over HS2 - doesn't it leave the party looking weak?\n\n\"If your opponent wants you to do something, don't do it,\" says a source, explaining their strategy.\n\n\"They want us to be outraged, so clear water between us is created and they can point at all our extra spending.\"\n\nPlus, they argue, reversing the cancellation of HS2 or some of the delayed green targets wouldn't be practical or promote stability.\n\nBut this does allow the Conservatives to portray Labour as callow, even empty.\n\nThe key, says one Labour grandee, is to ensure policy development is being turbo-charged in private.\n\nOne figure told me recently they felt underwhelmed by what the party currently has in its policy locker.\n\n\"The most intense period for me intellectually, in all my time in parliament, were the three years before 1997,\" a former minister says, describing the \"intensely granular detail\" that was gone into, to prepare themselves for government.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Keir Starmer says disaffected voters can now see how the Labour Party has changed\n\nThis figure suggests leaving announcements about these ideas until early next year, by which time the Conservatives may have run out of time to nick them and implement them before polling day.\n\nThey all need a ferocity and a hunger, not just a few close to the leader, says another figure, willing them on.\n\nDevelop policy. Announce policy. Don't announce policy yet. Ditch policy. Show vision. No, there's no need.\n\nThere are plenty of suggestions being made. All of which serves to prove an observation Keir Starmer has made publicly: as leader of the opposition, you're never short on advice.\n\nAnd so is assembling an electable opposition.", "Many Gaza homes near targeted buildings have been reduced to rubble\n\nOn Saturday morning, people in Gaza celebrated after Hamas fired thousands of rockets into Israel and launched deadly cross-border attacks.\n\nA day later, the picture was very different.\n\nAfter non-stop Israeli shelling, people were staying indoors. Explosions continued throughout Sunday.\n\nThe sound was terrifying. Clouds of black smoke engulfed buildings across the Gaza Strip.\n\nThe Israeli army says it has hit more than 1,000 targets in Gaza. These include military positions, the homes of the Hamas's leaders, as well as banks run by the militant group.\n\nOne of the more significant Israeli strikes on Sunday morning targeted the Watan Tower, which serves as a hub for internet providers in Gaza.\n\nPalestinian health officials say more than 400 people have been killed in retaliatory Israeli air strikes on Gaza.\n\nMost areas are without electricity as Israel has stopped supplying Gaza with power. Gaza's own supplier can only provide 20% of the electricity needed.\n\nFood and water supplies have also been cut.\n\nDriving through the Gaza city centre on Sunday morning, I saw rubble blocking roads. Shops were closed, except for a few bakeries where long queues had formed.\n\nThe escalation has made Gaza's dreadful humanitarian situation even worse.\n\nIts under-equipped hospitals - which at the best of times struggle to provide healthcare to a population of more than two million people - have launched desperate appeals for blood donors.\n\nMahmoud Shalabi, Gaza director of the charity Medical Aid for Palestinians, described the city's main hospital as a \"slaughterhouse\".\n\nMany people were lying on the ground in the emergency department, he said. \"There were many dead bodies in the morgue and many medical staff were unable to cope with the huge influx of casualties they were receiving,\" Mr Shalabi added.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nLater on Sunday, residents in one part of Gaza City received SMS messages from the Israeli army advising them to go to shelter ahead of strikes.\n\nMore than 20,000 people made their way to United Nations sites in the area, a UN representative told the BBC.\n\nHamas, which has controlled Gaza for the past 17 years, knows the consequences of attacking Israel - so it must have been expecting such massive retaliatory strikes.\n\nThe Iran-backed group has made clear that it is prepared for a war with Israel. Hamas has said it has been smuggling weapons despite the Israeli-Egyptian blockade and developing its own arsenal.\n\nThe group has vowed to continue what it calls \"retaliatory attacks\". After a pause on Saturday night, it said it had fired 100 rockets at the southern Israeli town of Sderot.\n\nOrdinary Gazans have expressed mixed feelings about this unprecedented conflict. Although some saw Hamas' rocket attacks as a cause for celebrations, many are worried that the violence will continue for a very long time.\n\nAre you personally affected by the issues raised in this story? If it is safe to do so, you can get in touch by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "On Saturday Palestinian militants stormed the Supernova music festival and opened fire as part of huge surprise attack on Israel.\n\nChilling footage filmed from the area the following day shows the scale of the attack, with car wrecks lining a road, some overturned and others completely burned out.\n\nRead more about what happened at the festival here.", "A Labour government would cut NHS waiting lists in England by funding two million more hospital appointments a year, Sir Keir Starmer has said.\n\nOn the eve of the party's conference in Liverpool, he said that £1.1bn per year would be spent to ensure 40,000 out-of-hours appointments each week.\n\nThis would be paid for by savings from ending the non-dom tax status, he said.\n\nLabour is also promising to set up specialist further education colleges to tackle local skills shortages.\n\nIt says it plans to work with local political leaders and businesses to identify these shortages and focus on fixing them.\n\nLabour has signalled that boosting economic growth will be the central theme of its conference, which is being held in Liverpool this week.\n\n\"Everything we do will be about delivering growth,\" Sir Keir told the Observer.\n\nHe told the newspaper his plans to shake-up skills training were key to his mission of firing up the economy - and he was responding to calls from business leaders who told him they could not find workers trained for their needs.\n\nSir Keir said that, if Labour won power, it would work with local councils - using money raised from a revamp of the apprenticeship levy - to set up specialist \"technical excellence colleges\".\n\nThese would equip workers specifically for local industries, with a particular emphasis on sectors such as renewables, nuclear, engineering, computing and modern toolmaking.\n\nLabour has previously said it wants to set up a new expert body, Skills England, to improve skills training, comprising trade associations, companies, trade unions, councils and education leaders.\n\nUnder a government scheme, bodies representing employers - mostly chambers of commerce - have drawn up skills \"improvement plans\" to influence what is taught in their local area.\n\nUnder legislation passed last year, the government will be able to intervene at further education colleges that fail to \"adequately reflect\" the blueprints in what they teach.\n\nLabour's NHS appointments initiative would involve paying existing staff in England overtime to increase capacity.\n\nIncluding money that would be allocated to Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland - where health decisions are devolved - the total cost of the policy would be £1.5bn.\n\nThe party says it wants to recruit more staff to the NHS, but that this will take several years to have a significant impact on waiting list numbers.\n\nIt says it would spend £1.1bn to cover the extra overtime, which would be paid for by scrapping non-dom tax status for wealthy individuals.\n\nSpeaking to the Sunday Mirror, he said: \"We will use the money from abolishing the non-dom status. That's where the super-rich don't pay their tax in this country. I think they should.\"\n\nLabour claims scrapping non-dom tax status would save just under £2bn. It would also spend £171m on doubling the number of CT scanners in NHS hospitals and in £111m on improving dentistry out of the planned savings.\n\nThe party also plans to use part of the cash to fund breakfast clubs that are run by primary schools, providing £365m so the service will be provided to pupils for free.\n\nUnder Labour's NHS waiting list plan - which the party claims would add 40,000 extra appointments a week - staff would be offered overtime to work evening and weekend shifts, so procedures could be carried out.\n\nNeighbouring hospitals would also be encouraged to pool staff and use shared waiting lists. Patients would be given the option of travelling to a nearby hospital for treatment on an evening or weekend, rather than wait longer.\n\nIn June, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced plans to recruit and train thousands more doctors, nurses and support staff in a major NHS England workforce plan.", "An unpleasant smell in a seaside town has caused a fracas between councils after dozens of complaints were made by residents about the ongoing odour.\n\nThe smell has blighted Brightlingsea, in Essex, for about a year but the exact cause is not known.\n\nThe town council has called on Tendring District Council to continue its investigations, which were halted in July.\n\nThe district council said its powers were \"limited\" until it knew the cause.\n\nBrightlingsea town councillor Matt Court submitted a petition - entitled \"Brightlingsea Stench\" complaining about Tendring Council, after there were 32 reports of bad smells on 20 June and 12 other complaints since the end of that month, the Local Democracy Reporting Service said.\n\nA number of investigative visits have taken place but the district council has been accused of failing to properly deal with the issue after deciding to halt further proactive monitoring visits in July.\n\nCouncil chief executive Ian Davidson said people should not \"lose sight\" of the fact Brightlingsea is a \"fantastic place to visit\"\n\nMr Matt Court told the cabinet, which discussed the issue on Friday: \"When the proactive investigation closed we were promised reactive visits would take place, not forms handed out.\n\n\"The people affected by this are united and the problem is real and the message from us is clear - please don't be part of the problem, be the solution.\"\n\nThe petition from Mr Court stated: \"The persistent stench that has plagued the residents of Brightlingsea for over a year is more than just a nuisance, it's a matter of public health, well-being, and the quality of life for every person living and working in the affected area, including the school which has its main playing field nearby.\n\n\"It has turned what should be a pleasant environment into a place where people cannot even open their windows or spend time outside without discomfort.\"\n\nHe said closing the investigation before a cause was found, was \"deeply disappointing and frankly, unacceptable\".\n\n\"This decision gives the impression of a council that is either unable or unwilling to fully address the problem, which is a disservice to the people it is supposed to represent and protect.\"\n\nChief executive of Tendring Council, Ian Davidson said: \"Please don't feel we are walking away from it or washing our hands of it. That is not the case.\n\n\"It is the case of understanding what we can take, and our powers are limited unless we know that. But we should not lose sight that Brightlingsea is a fantastic place to visit and it should not undermine people's confidence in that.\"\n\nFollow East of England news on Facebook, Instagram and X. Got a story? Email eastofenglandnews@bbc.co.uk or WhatsApp 0800 169 1830\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Last updated on .From the section Football\n\nWayne Rooney has left his role as coach of Major League Soccer side DC United by mutual consent after they missed out on the MLS Cup play-offs.\n\nManchester United's record goalscorer took up the role with the Washington-based side in July 2022.\n\nHe had previously spent 18 months at the club as a player before he joined Derby as player-coach in January 2020.\n\n\"It's the right time. I've done everything I can to get this club into the play-offs,\" said the 37-year-old.\n\n\"It's not a single thing that's happened. It's about timing.\"\n\nDC United missed the play-offs for the fourth consecutive year despite a 2-0 win on Saturday in their final regular-season match against New York City FC.\n\n\"We have spoken with Wayne and agreed it is best for us to part ways at this time,\" said DC United chief executive and co-chairman Jason Levien.\n\n\"This decision creates the avenue for our next general manager to have the full opportunity to impart a new philosophy and structure onto our sporting operations, which begins with the critical identification of a head coach who will best align with this.\n\n\"We are grateful to Wayne Rooney for all he has done for our club and for soccer in the nation's capital, first as a DC United player and captain and most recently as our coach.\"\n• None Our coverage of your Premier League club is bigger and better than ever before - follow your team and sign up for notifications in the BBC Sport app to make sure you never miss a moment", "Israelis under the control of Hamas militants in Kibbutz Be'eri\n\nA \"significant number\" of Israeli civilians and soldiers are being held hostage by Palestinian militant group Hamas in the Gaza Strip, the Israeli military says.\n\nSome are alive and some are presumed dead, military spokesman Lt Col Jonathan Conricus said.\n\nChildren, women, the elderly and the disabled were among those taken, he added.\n\n\"These are numbers that were up until now unimaginable,\" he said. \"This will shape the future of this war.\"\n\nAccording to Hamas, the number of Israelis captured was \"several times greater\" than dozens, and they had been taken to locations throughout the Gaza Strip.\n\nIsrael's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Hamas was responsible for their wellbeing and Israel would \"settle the score with anyone who harms them\".\n\nThere are numerous videos circulating online purporting to show Israelis in the hands of Hamas fighters.\n\nOne video, that has been verified by the BBC, shows a truck being driven through crowds on the Gaza Strip, purportedly carrying Israeli hostages.\n\nAnother video which has been geo-located to the Gaza Strip, shows a barefooted woman being dragged from the back of a truck with bloodied hands tied behind her back.\n\nSome hostages are said to have been taken from an outdoor party in Kibbutz Re'im, a suburb in the city of Ofakim in Israel's south - not far from Gaza.\n\nWitnesses told Israeli media that attackers on motorcycles began firing at attendees, many of whom are still missing.\n\nVideos posted on social media, which have not been verified by the BBC, appear to show one woman who attended the party being kidnapped and held on a motorcycle by two men.\n\nShe was identified by her partner's brother Moshe Or as an Israeli woman called Noa Argamani.\n\nMr Or had reported her missing, before seeing her and his brother in the videos, both held by several militants.\n\n\"I saw Noa in the video scared and frightened, I can't imagine what's going through her mind at all - screaming in panic on a motorcycle,\" he said in an interview with Israeli broadcaster Channel 12.\n\nA later video - also not verified by the BBC - appears to show her sipping water in a room in Gaza.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nOutside the Gaza Strip, Israeli military forces have reportedly freed Israeli civilians who were being held hostage in two locations in the south.\n\nIn Kibbutz Be'eri, hostages who were being held in a dining room were rescued after 18 hours, Israel's TV channels reported.\n\nIsraeli media reports suggested that up to 50 people had been held there.\n\nSpeaking to Reuters news agency, a woman identified as Ella said she had been barricaded in a bomb shelter for hours in the town.\n\n\"We can hear a lot of gunfire, we were told that terrorists are in the dining hall, we can hear a lot of shooting,\" she said.\n\n\"I've lost contact with my family. I know my father has been kidnapped... no one is telling us what's going on. I don't know if my mother is alive.\"\n\nA video verified by the BBC shows militants in Be'eri leading barefooted people along a street. It is unclear if they were the same hostages as those held in the dining hall.\n\nMeanwhile, in Kibbutz Urim, a suburb in the city of Ofakim, two Israelis were rescued after being taken hostage by Hamas militants in a house for hours on Saturday, according to Israel's public broadcaster Kan.\n\nGunmen had entered the city and opened fire on residents as they fled to bomb shelters after rocket alarms were set off in the city, Israeli media reported.\n\nThe two residents had stayed in their apartment, where four militants then took them hostage. The militants were later killed by Israeli forces.\n\nThree Israeli soldiers were injured during the rescue, Kan said.", "Nitazenes can be injected, inhaled or swallowed\n\nSuper strength street drugs which are \"500 times stronger than morphine\" have been linked to multiple deaths across Northern Ireland for the first time, a coroner has said.\n\nThe Public Health Agency (PHA) warned in July that new synthetic opioids Nitazenes may be in Belfast.\n\nThey have now been implicated in the deaths of six people, with an average age of 28, BBC News NI can reveal.\n\nThe death toll may rise as more tests are carried out.\n\nCoroner Joe McCrisken's findings also reveal that the drug which he says is \"a serious danger to public health\" has been circulating in Northern Ireland since April 2022 when the first known death occurred.\n\nLocal drug addiction services say the coroner's findings reinforce the need for more rapid intervention and testing to tackle a synthetic drugs problem that they fear could spiral out of control.\n\nNitazenes were first developed in the 1950s as a pain-killing medication but are so potent and addictive they have never been approved for medical or therapeutic use.\n\nIn recent years, they have been linked to thousands of deaths in the United States.\n\nIn 2019, it was reported that, unknown to users, they were being cut and spliced into heroin, cocaine, and street pills.\n\nInjected, inhaled or swallowed, mixing them with other drugs and alcohol is extremely dangerous and significantly increases the risk of overdose and death.\n\nThe Public Health Agency (PHA) in Northern Ireland said this category of new synthetic opioids has \"varying levels of potency that can have damaging effects to the body\".\n\nIt added that most fatal overdoses involve the use of more than one type of drug, and any combination of prescription drugs, over-the-counter drugs, illicit drugs and alcohol can be dangerous.\n\n\"Mixing different types of drugs is unpredictable, can increase the toxicity of already potentially harmful substances and increases the risk of serious harm.\"\n\nEarlier this year, public health warnings were issued in relation to Nitazene abuse in parts of Scotland and the Midlands, in England, after a sharp rise in drug overdoses and deaths.\n\nGroup director of therapeutic and wellbeing services at Inspire, in Belfast, Alex Bunting, told BBC News NI news of the six deaths is further confirmation that a global synthetic drugs crisis has reached Northern Ireland.\n\nMr Bunting said this will add to an already significant substance abuse problem.\n\n\"We need earlier and more rapid testing,\" he said.\n\n\"We also need more funding for our mental health and substance abuse strategy.\"\n\nGary McMichael, chief executive of the charity ASCERT, which offers alcohol and drug addiction support services across Northern Ireland, believes Nitazenes are a game changer in terms of the risk of serious harm, overdose, and death.\n\n\"People are taking them not realising just how significantly stronger they are than other drugs and, in many cases, they don't actually know what they're taking or what it's going to do to them because they're wrapped into pills or into heroin or other powders.\"\n\nGary McMichael emphasised the importance of moving quickly with a strategy\n\nMr McMichael said all agencies need to move quickly to prevent further tragedies.\n\n\"We know what's coming down the line at us so this is the time to get a strategy in place,\" he said.\n\n\"People who are vulnerable are becoming even more vulnerable because of funding cuts, because of the restrictions in budgets so the supports, the safety nets, are under stress.\n\n\"We're seeing a pressure on resources and on top of that we also have a culture in NI of people using drugs in combination with others which increases the risk.\"\n\nIf you have been affected by addiction, help and support is available at BBC Action Line.\n\nIf you live in Northern Ireland, you can also call Lifeline, a 24 hour helpline on 0808 808 8000.\n\nYou can watch Spotlight: Deadly Little Pills on BBC iPlayer.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nFifty years on from the Yom Kippur War, which began with a surprise attack on Israel by Egypt and Syria, Palestinian militants have launched a major assault.\n\nThis too was unexpected, on another Jewish holiday.\n\nTensions had recently risen in the Gaza Strip, but the conventional wisdom was that neither Hamas, the Islamist group which governs there, nor Israel wanted an escalation.\n\nInstead, Hamas had been planning a sophisticated, coordinated operation.\n\nEarly on Saturday morning, as an intense barrage of rockets was launched with some reaching as far away as Jerusalem and Tel Aviv, Palestinian fighters entered southern Israel by sea, land and air.\n\nThey have held Israeli towns and army posts under siege for hours, killed many people and taken away an unknown number of Israeli civilians and soldiers to hold as hostages in Gaza.\n\nThe awful drama has played out live on social and mainstream media.\n\nThousands of Israelis who had been out for an overnight rave in fields close to Gaza rapidly found themselves under fire. Footage showed partygoers running for their lives.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nAfter her partner had driven to find her, Gili Yoskovich told the BBC how she had hidden from the heavily armed fighters among trees. \"They were going tree by tree and shooting everywhere. From two sides and I saw people were dying all around.\"\n\n\"I said, 'OK, I'm going to die, it's OK, just breathe, just close your eyes', because [there] was shooting everywhere. It was very, very close to me.\"\n\nIsrael HaYom newspaper quoted Ella, a resident of Kibbutz Be'eri, speaking of her fears for her father who had gone to a safe room after sirens went off to warn of incoming rocket fire.\n\n\"He wrote to me that the terrorists are in the shelter, I see his picture on Telegram from inside Gaza. I still hear bursts of gunfire,\" she said.\n\nMany Israelis have expressed shock that the Israeli security forces did not come more quickly to help them. Meanwhile, footage shared on Hamas channels showed that soldiers in Israeli army posts and in a tank had been captured or killed.\n\nThere were initial pictures of celebrations in Gaza where snatched Israeli military vehicles were driven through the streets.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\n\"I am happy with what Hamas has done so far, taking revenge for Israeli actions at al-Aqsa,\" a young man in Gaza City told the BBC, referring to the recent rise in Jewish visitors to the compound in Israeli-annexed East Jerusalem during the high holidays.\n\nThe al-Aqsa Mosque is the third holiest site in Islam and is also the holiest place for Jews, known as Temple Mount.\n\nStill, the man who was leaving his apartment after warnings that the Israeli military was set to hit nearby, expressed fear for what would happen next.\n\n\"We're worried, already my family lost our shop when the Shorouk Tower was hit by Israel in the war of 2021,\" he said. \"The action Hamas has taken this time is far bigger, so there will be an even bigger Israeli response.\"\n\nPalestinian hospitals have already been overwhelmed by casualties from the Israeli air strikes which have caused wide destruction.\n\nThe Gaza Strip - a tiny coastal enclave which is home to some 2.3 million Palestinians - was taken over by Hamas in 2007, a year after it won parliamentary elections. Israel and Egypt then tightened their blockade of the territory.\n\nIt remains impoverished with unemployment at around 50%.\n\nAfter the serious conflict between Israel and Hamas in 2021, indirect talks mediated by Egypt, Qatar and the UN helped secure thousands of permits for Gazans to work in Israel and relax other restrictions in return for relative quiet.\n\nLast month, when hundreds of Palestinians began to join protests by the perimeter fence in the strip in a reminder of the mass demonstrations which began five years ago, it was assumed that this was with the nod from Hamas and was meant to squeeze more concessions from Israel and aid money from Qatar.\n\nThe small rallies now seem like a red herring. Some speculate whether they were in fact a chance to survey the fence ahead of the infiltration.\n\nWith this latest operation, Hamas seems keen to burnish its credentials once again as a militant organisation. Its charter remains committed to the destruction of Israel.\n\nSpeaking at the start of the offensive, the shadowy Hamas militant commander, Mohammed Deif called on Palestinians and other Arabs to join the action to \"sweep away the [Israeli] occupation\".\n\nA big question now is whether Palestinians in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem or elsewhere in the region will heed his call.\n\nIsrael undoubtedly sees the potential for a war that could open up on multiple fronts.\n\nA worst-case scenario is that it could draw in the powerful Lebanese militant group, Hezbollah.\n\nMeanwhile, the Israeli military has ordered a massive reinforcement of troops. As well as its intense air raids on Gaza, it has indicated that it is planning a ground operation there.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThe capture of Israeli soldiers and civilians, who Palestinian militants will hope to use as human shields or bargaining chips, are a serious complication.\n\n\"We are currently busy regaining control of the area, striking broadly and especially taking care of the area around the Gaza Strip,\" said the IDF spokesperson, Rear Adm Daniel Hagari. \"We will do a very sharp and thorough review.\"\n\nWhile a full review may be some way off, there is no doubt that Israel's intelligence and security establishment will be asking itself how it did not see this action coming and how it did not manage to prevent its huge consequences.", "Michael Stone was convicted of two counts of murder and one of attempted murder\n\nThe convictions of Michael Stone for the murders of Lin Russell and her daughter Megan are to be reviewed.\n\nThe Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC) will look at evidence again, three months after a previous review ruled out the case being sent to the Court of Appeal.\n\nThe decision comes after serial killer Levi Bellfield, whose victims include schoolgirl Milly Dowler, was reported to have confessed to the crimes.\n\nThe CCRC said in a statement that \"previous reviews found no credible evidence or argument that raised a real possibility of the convictions being quashed, these conclusions are not affected by the new review\".\n\nLin and Megan Russell were killed in July 1996\n\nMs Russell, 45, and her six-year-old daughter were found bludgeoned to death in Chillenden, Kent, in July 1996.\n\nThey had moved to the area from Gwynedd, north Wales, just a few months before.\n\nStone has always protested his innocence over the murders, and of the attempted murder of Megan's sister Josie.\n\nIn July, the CCRC ruled there was \"no real possibility\" the Court of Appeal would quash his convictions.\n\nHowever, following the latest application a CCRC spokesman said: \"We have agreed to a request from Mr Stone's representatives to carry out a further review.\n\n\"While we can't comment on the specifics of an investigation, it is not unusual for different reviews to focus on different arguments or evidence.\n\n\"Our commitment to thoroughly investigate all eligible applications extends to undertaking additional work related to cases we have previously reviewed.\"\n\nStone's solicitor Paul Bacon said he had written to the CCRC stating his intention to seek a judicial review.\n\n\"Quite remarkably, they responded to say they had decided to have another review. And particularly, they have indicated they will carry out more forensic tests, which is very important to us,\" he told the BBC.\n\nMr Bacon said the review will \"take some time\".\n\n\"While Mr Bellfield has admitted it over and over again, I think truthfully, the only real decision will come if a DNA profile of him or somebody else is found among the items that are still yet to be properly tested.\"\n\nLevi Bellfield is serving whole-life terms for three murders and one attempted murder\n\nLast year, Bellfield, who is serving two whole-life sentences, claimed responsibility for the murders of Ms Russell and Megan before later retracting his statement.\n\nIn April, lawyers acting for Stone claimed that Bellfield had written and signed a fresh confession.\n\nBellfield was convicted of murdering Marsha McDonnell, 19, in 2003. He was also found guilty of murdering Amelie Delagrange, 22, and attempting to murder Kate Sheedy, 18, in 2004.\n\nHe was later charged with murdering Milly Dowler, who was snatched from the street while walking home from school in Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, in March 2002.\n\nBellfield was found guilty of abducting and killing the 13-year-old following a trial at the Old Bailey in 2011.\n\nFollow BBC South East on Facebook, on X, and on Instagram. Send your story ideas to southeasttoday@bbc.co.uk.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Video has emerged of a white truck purportedly carrying Palestinian militants through Sderot.\n\nThe footage filmed from a balcony and obtained by news agency Reuters, appears to show armed men wearing white headbands driving through the Israeli town.\n\nDozens of gunmen from the Islamist militant group Hamas infiltrated southern Israel on Saturday.", "Shani's mother says she saw a video of her daughter unconscious in a car\n\nA German mother is pleading for information about her daughter, who she believes was kidnapped by Palestinian militants at a music festival in Israel and paraded through the streets in the back of a pick-up truck.\n\nShani Louk, who is also a German citizen, had been attending the festival near the Gaza border when Hamas militants stormed the area, opening fire and sending terrified partygoers fleeing through the desert.\n\nHer mother, Ricarda, said she had seen a video of Shani \"unconscious in a car\" after being taken.\n\nHolding up a picture of the twenty-something on her mobile phone, she said in a social media appeal that her daughter had been \"kidnapped with a group of tourists in southern Israel by Palestinian Hamas\".\n\n\"We were sent a video in which I could clearly see our daughter unconscious in the car with the Palestinians and them driving around the Gaza Strip,\" she said. \"I ask you to send us any help or news. Thank you very much.\"\n\nAs news of Hamas's multi-pronged assault into Israeli territory broke early on Saturday, Ms Louk's family began desperately trying to contact her.\n\nTo their horror, they then recognised her in a video being widely shared on social media, showing the body of a young woman being paraded through the streets in the back of a flatbed truck, surrounded by armed fighters and others yelling \"Allahu Akbar\" (God is Greatest).\n\nThe woman is lying face down but her family say they identified Ms Louk from her dreadlocks and distinctive tattoos.\n\nShani - pictured here in Mexico - was attending a a festival in Israel when she went missing\n\n\"We have some kind of hope,\" her cousin Tom Weintraub Louk told the Washington Post. \"Hamas is responsible for her and the others.\"\n\nAt least 100 Israeli soldiers and civilians were kidnapped in the Hamas assault, the Israeli government says.\n\nOther people are reported to be missing from the festival, including British citizen Jake Marlowe, although the Israeli embassy in the UK told the BBC it did not know if he had been taken hostage.\n\nHis mother told news site Jewish News that he was working as security staff at the festival in Kibbutz Re'im, a community in the city of Ofakim, not far from Gaza.\n\nVideos posted on social media appeared to show an Israeli woman, identified as Noa Argamani, who also attended the event, being kidnapped and held on a motorcycle by two men.\n\nGili Yoskovich, who also attended, told the BBC that she hid under a tree in a field while gunmen went around shooting anyone they could find.\n\nFighting is ongoing after Israel was hit with a surprise attack by Hamas this weekend.\n\nThe Palestinian militants launched a wave of rocket attacks and fighters stormed into Israel on Saturday morning, which have left hundreds dead and thousands more wounded.\n\nHundreds have also been killed on the other side following Israeli air strikes according to the health ministry in Gaza, which is run by Hamas.", "Nigel Farage has accused the Conservatives of copying the rhetoric of Reform UK, \"but not the actions\".\n\nMr Farage - who founded Reform from the ashes of the Brexit Party - was the star turn at its annual conference.\n\nHe said the Tories had become a \"social democrat party in all but name\" with \"big-state, high-tax\" policies.\n\nMr Farage and current Reform UK leader Richard Tice both argue the government has failed to properly deliver Brexit or to control immigration.\n\nMr Farage also used his speech to Reform conference in central London to repeat his insistence that he would not rejoin the Conservative Party under its current leadership.\n\nHis appearance at the Tory conference in Manchester - the first time he had attended such an event in decades - and the welcome he received from many senior Conservatives prompted speculation that he might consider returning to the Tory fold.\n\nIn Manchester, he ruled out joining the party \"as it currently is\", but added: \"Never say never.\"\n\nAsked about Mr Farage earlier this week, Rishi Sunak told GB News: \"Look, the Tory party is a broad church. I welcome lots of people who want to subscribe to our ideals, to our values.\"\n\nAt Reform UK's conference in London, Mr Farage responded by saying: \"It's very, very sweet of you, prime minister, but I'm really sorry, the answer is no, I will not.\"\n\nHe said he would focus his efforts on backing Reform UK, saying there was a \"gap in the political market\" for the party to fill, although he has ruled out standing as a candidate for the party at the next election.\n\nComparing its position to that of UKIP in 2012, Mr Farage said: \"This party has been bubbling away quietly just under the radar.\"\n\nReform UK has never had any MPs. It performed poorly in May's local elections, failing to gain any seats despite fielding nearly 500 candidates, and losing half its councillors, retaining eight.\n\nBut the party -which campaigns for zero net migration, tax cuts for those on lower incomes and against net zero climate targets - has consistently been in fourth place in opinion polls at around 6%, just ahead of the Green Party.\n\nIt restored the word, \"Brexit\", to its party logo for its conference, saying it intended to reclaim the word from the Conservatives in the run-up to a general election expected next year.\n\nIn his speech to the conference, Mr Tice set out his Reform's plan to end illegal immigration.\n\nAppearing to refer to people who arrive in the UK having crossed the Channel in small boats, he said: \"Let's pick up, let's take back to France, and then show the EU leaders this is what they need to do in the Mediterranean.\n\n\"Only then will this crisis, this hurricane of migration that Suella Braverman talked about, only then will it be stopped.\"\n\nMr Tice was alluding to the home secretary's speech at the Tory conference, in which she said a \"hurricane\" of mass migration was coming, causing unease among some senior Conservatives.\n\nHe said the government offered \"warm words\", but had no \"idea how to stop the boats\".\n\n\"We are mass immigration Britain. The numbers are so big, it's hard to calculate,\" said Mr Tice.\n\nSaying the Conservatives had \"broken Britain\", Mr Tice also turned his fire on Labour, arguing it would \"bankrupt Britain\".\n\nReform UK would scrap net-zero targets, tackle immigration and cut NHS waiting lists, he said. The party's conference carried the slogan, Let's Save Britain.\n\nThe party plans to field 630 candidates across England, Scotland and Wales in the next general election.\n\nIt has ruled out standing aside to allow the Conservatives to gain more seats, as it did in more than 300 seats under its Brexit Party name in 2019 to avoid splitting the Leave vote.", "Two Israeli tourists and their Egyptian guide have been shot dead in the Egyptian city of Alexandria, the Israeli foreign ministry says.\n\nAnother Israeli was wounded in the attack on Sunday morning, which the ministry said a \"local\" carried out.\n\nThere was no immediate confirmation from Egyptian authorities.\n\nBut the private Extra News TV channel reported that a policeman had opened fire on a group visiting an ancient Roman site known as Pompey's Pillar.\n\nThe assailant fired \"at random\" using his personal weapon, it cited a security source as saying, adding that he was detained at the scene.\n\nFootage of the aftermath of the attack posted on social media showed at least two people apparently dead on the ground at an archaeological site.\n\nThe Israeli foreign ministry said it was working with Egyptian authorities in order to return the Israeli citizens to Israel as soon as possible.\n\nThe shooting happened a day after the Palestinian militant group Hamas launched an unprecedented attack on southern Israel, sending hundreds of gunmen across the frontier from Gaza and launching thousands of rockets.\n\nAt least 350 people are reported to have been killed in Israel, while another 313 people in Gaza have been killed in retaliatory Israeli air strikes.\n\nEgypt was the first Arab country to make peace with Israel in 1979, but Israeli policies towards the Palestinians make it unpopular with many Egyptians.\n\nIn June, an Egyptian police conscript killed three Israeli soldiers near the two countries' border. Egypt said he exchanged fire with the soldiers while chasing drug smugglers, but Israel said it was a terrorist attack.", "Last updated on .From the section Formula 1\n\nRed Bull's Max Verstappen clinched a third world title by finishing second in a chaotic and incident-packed sprint race at the Qatar Grand Prix.\n\nThree safety cars triggered by a series of accidents and collisions created a dramatic spectacle under the lights at the Lusail circuit won by McLaren's Oscar Piastri.\n\nVerstappen fought back after dropping from third on the grid to fifth on the first lap but could not quite catch Piastri.\n\nMcLaren's Lando Norris passed Mercedes' George Russell late on to take third.\n• None Pirelli to be awarded new F1 tyre deal\n• None How to follow the Qatar Grand Prix on BBC\n• None Name the F1 drivers who won the championship three times or more\n\nVerstappen's championship success was effectively confirmed when his team-mate Sergio Perez was taken out in a three-way collision also involving Alpine's Esteban Ocon and Haas driver Nico Hulkenberg.\n\nVerstappen had only to ensure he did not lose more than five points to the Mexican to secure the title so Perez's retirement made the Dutchman champion regardless of his eventual result.\n\nVerstappen said to his team over the radio: \"I don't know what to say. Incredible year. Thank you for providing me with such a car. It has been a pleasure so far this year.\"\n\nThe incident that took out Perez - triggered when Ocon moved across on Hulkenberg, who had Perez on his outside - brought out the third safety car and set up a five-lap race to the finish.\n\nA young Max Verstappen alongside his father and former Formula 1 driver Jos during his Formula 3 testing in Hungary in 2014\n\nBy that stage Verstappen was already passed the Ferraris of Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz into third place, behind Piastri and Russell, who had exchanged the lead twice in the opening phases of the race.\n\nVerstappen despatched Russell straight after the final restart but despite setting two fastest laps was unable to catch Piastri, who crossed the line 1.8 seconds ahead.\n\nThe result - Piastri's first F1 victory on the same day as he took his first pole - confirmed the Australian as a major star of the future as his his impressive rookie season goes from strength to strength.\n\nPiastri, who started on the medium tyres, lost the lead to Russell, on soft tyres, on lap three, just after the restart from the first safety car, caused by a first-lap spin off the track by Alpha Tauri's Liam Lawson.\n\nRussell held the lead through a second safety car, caused when Logan Sargeant lost his Williams straight after the first restart.\n\nBut when the race resumed on lap eight, Russell's tyres were already beginning to fade and Piastri re-took the lead on lap 11, just before the Ocon-Hulkenberg-Perez crash.\n\nHis win means that just 17 races into his career he has taken a victory - albeit in a sprint not a grand prix - before team-mate Norris, who began his career in 2019.\n\nThe race devolved into a battle between two different tyre strategies, using the soft and the medium.\n\nDuring the final safety car, Russell was pleading for a pit stop for fresh tyres but was told they would score no points if he made it.\n\nBut his fears were realised as first Verstappen passed him and then Norris did so, too.\n\nRussell's team-mate Lewis Hamilton, who chose medium tyres, moved up from 12th on the grid to take fifth place, passing the Ferraris of Sainz and Leclerc on soft tyres in the closing stages.\n\nSainz fought hard to hold off Leclerc, who was struggling less with his tyres, but the result means Ferrari lost ground to Mercedes in their battle for second place in the constructors' championship.\n\nLeclerc was later penalised five seconds for leaving the track multiple times, demoting him 12th.\n\nWilliams driver Alex Albon proved that medium tyres were the right choice by taking seventh place, after starting 17th, passing the soft-shod Aston Martin of Fernando Alonso close to the end, who claimed the final points-paying position of eighth after Leclerc's penalty.\n• None Laugh and cringe with Ricky Gervais' classic comedy The Office\n• None Chart the Roman Empire's rise and fall through the lives lived and ended at the epic arena", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nFor weeks, excited music-lovers had looked forward to the Supernova festival, held in the desert in southern Israel to coincide with the Jewish festival of Sukkot.\n\n\"The time has come when the whole family is about to get together again,\" organisers wrote on social media before it began. \"And what fun it is going to be!\"\n\nJust hours later, their social media pages are now flooded with desperate people trying to find loved ones, after Palestinian militants stormed the festival and opened fire as part of a huge surprise attack on Israel.\n\nMore than 260 bodies have reportedly been recovered from the festival site, according to rescue agency Zaka.\n\nOne partygoer, Ortel, said the first sign that something was wrong was when a siren went off at around dawn, warning of rockets. Eyewitnesses said the rockets were quickly followed by gunshots.\n\n\"They turned off the electricity and suddenly out of nowhere they [militants] come inside with gunfire, opening fire in every direction,\" she told Israel's Channel 12.\n\n\"Fifty terrorists arrived in vans, dressed in military uniforms,\" she said.\n\n\"They fired bursts, and we reached a point where everyone stopped their vehicles and started running. I went into a tree, a bush like this, and they just started spraying people. I saw masses of wounded people thrown around.\"\n\nGilad Karplus, who was working as a masseuse at the festival, told the BBC he also saw people being hit by bullets and managed to escape into the fields in a vehicle with his friends.\n\n\"Then they [the militants] started firing sniper rifles on us from different places and also heavy artillery.\"\n\nMr Karplus, who used to work for the Israel Defense Forces, was injured after being fired at from motorcycles but said he and his friends managed to escape and hid in a building.\n\n\"We heard them [the gunmen] going from door to door, and in a few hours they could have found us, but they didn't know we were there.\"\n\nEventually, Israeli soldiers and police arrived and Mr Karplus was taken to hospital for treatment.\n\nThe festival site - with three stages, a camping area and bar and food area - was in the Negev desert, near Kibbutz Re'im. It was not far from the Gaza Strip, from where Hamas fighters crossed over at dawn to launch their attack. They infiltrated towns and villages, taking dozens of people hostage.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nEsther Borochov told Reuters she was driving away when her vehicle was rammed into. She saw a young man driving another car, who told her to get in. She did - but the man was then shot at point blank. Esther said she played dead until she was finally rescued by Israeli military.\n\n\"I couldn't move my legs,\" she told Reuters from the hospital. \"Soldiers came and took us away to the bushes.\"\n\nMany festivalgoers - like Ortel - hid in nearby bushes and fruit orchards for hours, hoping for the military to arrive and rescue them.\n\n\"I put the phone on mute mode, and then I started crawling through an orange grove,\" Ortel said. \"Live fire was whistling above me.\"\n\nGili Yoskovich told the BBC how she hid in a pomelo orchard. \"They were going tree by tree and shooting. I saw people were dying all around. I was very quiet. I didn't cry, I didn't do anything.\"\n\nEventually, after three hours, she heard some voices of Israeli soldiers, and decided to make a run to safety.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nAnother witness told Channel 12 it was \"four-five hours of a horror movie... We ran like crazy, it was just crazy.\"\n\n\"It was a massacre,\" said Yaniv, an emergency medic who was called out to the party. He told public broadcaster Kan News: \"I've never seen anything like it in my life. It was a planned ambush. As people came out of the emergency exits, squads of terrorists were waiting for them there and just started picking them off.\n\n\"There were 3,000 people at the event, so they probably knew it. They had intelligence information.\"\n\nFriends and family members of missing loved ones are now desperately hoping to find them.\n\nAmong those missing is German tourist, Shani Louk, whose mother believes she was kidnapped. Another woman, 25-year-old Noa Argamani is believed to have been taken hostage at the festival, her family and friends say.\n\nNoa's friend, Amit Parpara, told the BBC he was messaging her as she hid.\n\n\"Around 8:30 was the last message that I got from her,\" he said. Amit later saw a video on social media appearing to show her being taken captive. \"[It shows] her on a motorcycle, being taken away from her boyfriend. You can see clearly her terror going into the Gaza Strip.\"\n\nThe parents of 23-year-old American-Israeli Hersh Golberg-Polin are also looking for their son, who was there after celebrating his birthday. They told the Jerusalem Post they received two short messages from him on Saturday morning reading: \"I love you\" and \"I'm sorry.\"\n\nAt least 700 Israelis have been killed since the attack began, according to the latest figures in local media.\n\nFighting between the Israeli military and Palestinian militants is continuing, and Israel has launched a wave of air strikes on Gaza. The strikes have killed at least 493 people, Palestinian officials say.\n\nAre you affected by the issues raised in this story? If it is safe to do so, you can get in touch by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Heavy rainfall has caused flooding across parts of Scotland\n\nParts of Scotland remain at risk of flooding despite the rain easing off.\n\nRiver levels are continuing to rise and the ground is saturated, increasing the risk.\n\nAll Met Office yellow warnings have now been lifted but a further yellow warning for rain has been issued for parts of western Scotland for Tuesday.\n\nTwo severe flood warnings were still in place at 06:00 on Monday for parts of Perth and Aviemore.\n\nThe warning covered the North Inch area of Perth and the Dalfaber area of Aviemore.\n\nThe Scottish Environment Protection Agency (Sepa) said basements and properties in low-lying areas of North Inch were at risk of flooding.\n\nThe Aviemore warning covers Dalfaber Road, Inverdruie, The Old Bridge Inn, Speyside Leisure Park and the sewage treatment works.\n\nScotRail said it was expecting to run a full service across most of the network on Monday morning including the central belt.\n\nBut service delivery manager David Simpson said routes from Stirling to Perth and from Perth to Inverness were still affected by floodwater.\n\nThe Stonehaven to Arbroath route is also awaiting the completion of safety inspections, he added.\n\nApart from the two severe weather warnings, Sepa had more than 30 flood warnings and several flood alerts still in place at 10:00 on Monday.\n\nThe Craigie area of Perth was flooded after the Craigie burn burst its banks\n\nHours of heavy and persistent rain on Friday and Saturday caused major disruption around the country with some areas continuing to experience problems on Sunday.\n\nWork has begun to clear the A83 after seven landslips blocked the vital road to Argyll and the Inner Hebrides on Saturday.\n\nAbout 2,000 tonnes of debris fell on the road.\n\nTen people had to be airlifted from their vehicles on the A83 at the height of the bad weather.\n\nSaturday's rain has brought floods and landslips along the A83\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThe area around the Rest and Be Thankful saw a month's worth of rainfall, about 160mm (6in) fall over 36 hours. Bear Scotland said the catch pits and fences it installed had ensured that only a small amount of debris reached the road itself.\n\nRoad closures are in place between Inveraray and Tarbet due to landslides both sides of Dunoon junction. The diversion via A819/A85/A82 at A85 Dalmally is open.\n\nThe Western Ferries route from Gourock to Dunoon is running.\n\nThe Met Office said Tyndrum, west Perthshire, experienced the most rainfall on Saturday, with 112.6mm (4.4in) falling on the small village.\n\nThe clear-up has begun on the A83 after it suffered seven landslips\n\nPolice said on Saturday there had been no reports of injuries but they were treating the persistent heavy rain in parts of the west of Scotland as a \"major incident\".\n\nIn Aberfoyle, a warning was issued by NHS Forth Valley after a lorry overturned, spilling kerosene/diesel into the watercourse. It said kerosene had also leaked into the general floodwater which poses a potential threat to public health.\n\nHealth protection experts urged people to be extra careful if floodwater had entered their homes as there could be \"significant health risks\" to certain groups such as pregnant women, children, the elderly and those living with heart and lung conditions.\n\nThe River Spey burst its banks at the Old Bridge Inn at Aviemore\n\nThere following trunk roads are closed:\n\nScotRail said disruption was continuing on Sunday with the following routes completely closed:\n\nScotRail is advising customers not to travel as no rail replacement travel is available. Some other routes remain affected by speed restrictions as a safety precaution, meaning services may be subject to delay or cancellation.\n\nThe rail operator said the greatest risk to a normal restart on Monday was on the Highland Main Line and the Perthshire areas where floodwaters remain high. Passengers whose Monday journey runs between Perth and Inverness or Perth and Stirling are urged check before leaving home.\n\nThis flooded sports field is in Kingussie\n\nDavid Simpson, ScotRail service delivery director, said: \"The weather we have seen over the weekend has been extreme and in some parts of the country we are continuing to see dangerous levels of rainfall and flooding.\n\n\"We appreciate that weather-related disruption like this can be frustrating, but our first priority has to be the safety of the public and our colleagues.\n\n\"Our staff across the country, alongside colleagues at Network Rail, are working hard to get services back to normal as quickly and safely as possible, with the priority being getting things back to normal for Monday morning.\n\n\"Customers are advised that they should check their journey before travelling, and keep an eye on our website, app, or social media feeds for live updates.\"\n\nThe River Spey levels were very high in Aviemore\n\nRoads in Aviemore were covered in water\n\nRuth Ellis, Sepa's flood duty manager, said: \"Today the focus turned to communities across the north, with a particular concern for severe flood impacts to communities along the Spey and Tay rivers.\n\n\"I want to be clear that communities in these areas should stay alert over the evening as some rivers will continue to rise over the course of the evening. The risk to life remains.\n\n\"It's been a difficult weekend across Scotland, with severe weather causing widespread travel disruption to road and rail networks and impacts in communities all over Scotland. Across many areas of the country there is still some deep standing water and it's really important people understand the danger.\n\n\"Hazards can be hidden, so please don't walk or drive into flood water. Remember that not only is flood water likely to be dirty, 30cm of fast flowing water can move an average family sized car, and just 15cm of fast-flowing water could be enough to knock you off your feet.\n\n\"We'll be continuing to issue further updates across the evening to communities across northern Scotland and our advice remains for people to keep up to date with information from sepa.org.uk and follow guidance from emergency services.\"\n\nFlooding in the Craigie area of Perth\n\nFollowing a meeting of the Scottish government's Resilience Room on Sunday, Home Affairs Secretary Angela Constance said: \"The rainfall we have seen over Scotland this weekend has been extreme, causing significant disruption -particularly in the west and north of the country.\n\n\"These impacts are ongoing, and I want to put on record my thanks to all the staff and volunteers responding across the country.\n\n\"The flooding risk remains a key concern over the next few hours and days, with extremely high river levels and saturated ground.\"\n\nShe added: \"Our multi-agency response teams stand ready and prepared to respond to any flooding incidents. Some local councils have also set up rest centres in their areas.\n\n\"The priority is now to restore normality as far as possible by Monday morning. I would, however, urge anyone planning to travel over the next few days to do so with caution.\"\n\nOn Saturday no cross border trains ran and ScotRail cancelled dozens of services and also cut short its scheduled timetable.\n\nIan Stewart, Bear Scotland's north west representative, said: \"This extreme weather has caused widespread disruption, with Argyll significantly affected.\n\n\"Our teams are beginning clear-up operations to return full access to residents of Argyll, but conditions are still difficult, and we need to ensure that those on site are safe. As such, it is unlikely the A83 will reopen today.\n\n\"We are also continuing to work as part of the Argyll and Bute Resilience Partnership to assess road closures and incidents in the area.\"\n\nThe A83 is often closed by landslips like this one on Saturday\n\nThe A83 has proved to be especially vulnerable to landslips and closures and in recent years calls have grown for a permanent solution to make the road more resilient to bad weather.\n\nAt almost 100 miles (161km) long, the road connects the Mull of Kintyre and southern Argyll to the shores of Loch Lomond. About 1.3 million vehicles use the route every year.\n\nThe closures can leave motorists facing long detours while the route is cleared.\n\nTransport Scotland is planning to build a mile-long open-sided tunnel on the road, on the mountain pass known as the Rest and Be Thankful. The project is expected to cost up to £470m.\n\nPosting on X, the social media site formerly known as Twitter, the former Argyll MSP Michael Russell said: \"The amount and rate of rainfall here in Argyll & Bute in the last 24 hours has been astonishing.\n\n\"However, that aside it is concerning that slips are on this stretch which is not the area where most of the major problems have previously occurred.\"\n\nSteps under water at the River Dee at Banchory\n\nAn Argyll and Bute Council spokeswoman said: \"We are working with our partner agencies, including Police Scotland, the HSCP (Health and Social Care Partnership) and others, to respond to the impact of this weekend's weather in Argyll and Bute.\n\n\"We have well established partnership arrangements for supporting vulnerable people and have put them into action. Actions have included for example preparing a rest centre yesterday in Lochgilphead for people potentially stranded because of road closures, although this ultimately was not needed.\n\n\"There are road closures across the area because of landslips, flooding or other impacts, and advice remains to not travel in Argyll and Bute.\n\n\"We have road crews out across the area to continue work today to clear debris on the road network where possible and to assess the impact of weather conditions, and the recovery work needed.\n\n\"Many people in our communities also took action to help and we would like to thank everyone involved for their efforts.\"\n\nAn abandoned car under a flooded railway bridge in Dumbarton, West Dunbartonshire\n\nIn the south of the UK, sunshine and highs of about 25C (77F) were forecast by the Met Office for Sunday.\n\nTom Morgan, a Met Office meteorologist, said the contrasting weather was caused by warm weather travelling up from France meeting cold weather coming from the north with the temperature contrast leading to the heavy rain in Scotland.\n\nThe warm weather in southern parts was expected to last until Tuesday.", "Motorists ducked for cover as a gun battle broke out on the Route 4 highway, between Ashdod and the Gaza border.\n\nFighting between the Israeli military and Palestinian militants continues in Israeli territory near Gaza following a large-scale attack by Hamas on Saturday.", "Things got a little too close for comfort when the Pierce County Sheriff’s Office in Washington State received a call about a deer caught in a broken tree swing.", "A man who arrived at Windsor Castle armed with a crossbow and told a protection officer \"I am here to kill the Queen\" has pleaded guilty to a charge under the Treason Act.\n\nJaswant Singh Chail, from Hampshire, was arrested on Christmas Day 2021, when the late monarch was living at Windsor due to the Covid pandemic.\n\nAt the Old Bailey earlier, Chail, 21, pleaded guilty to three charges.\n\nHe is the first person in the UK to be convicted of treason since 1981.\n\nChail, from North Baddesley, near Southampton, also admitted making threats to kill and possessing the loaded weapon in the castle. He is due to be sentenced at the same court on 31 March.\n\nChail's crossbow was found to be comparable to a powerful air rifle with the potential to cause fatal injury\n\nHe was spotted by a royal protection officer in a private section of the castle grounds just after 08:10 GMT on 25 December 2021.\n\nThe officer was at a gate, leading to the monarch's private apartments.\n\nChail, who was unemployed at the time but had worked for the Co-op supermarket, had climbed into the grounds using a nylon rope ladder, and had already been there for about two hours.\n\nHe was wearing a hood and a mask, and was described as \"like something out of a vigilante movie\".\n\nThe officer took out his Taser, and asked him: \"Morning, can I help, mate?\" Chail replied: \"I am here to kill the Queen.\"\n\nThe protection officer immediately told Chail to drop the crossbow, get on his knees, and put his hands on his head. Chail complied and then said again: \"I am here to kill the Queen.\"\n\nChail was found by police wearing a hood and a mask\n\nThe crossbow was found to be loaded with a bolt and the safety catch was off.\n\nChail was also carrying a handwritten note, which read: \"Please don't remove my clothes, shoes and gloves, masks etc, don't want post-mortem, don't want embalming, thank you and I'm sorry.\"\n\nIn a video posted on Snapchat minutes before he entered the castle, Chail said: \"I'm sorry, I'm sorry for what I've done and what I will do. I will attempt to assassinate Elizabeth, Queen of the Royal Family.\n\n\"This is revenge for those who have died in the 1919 Jallianwala Bagh massacre. It is also revenge for those who have been killed, humiliated and discriminated on because of their race.\"\n\nThe Jallianwala Bagh massacre took place when British troops opened fire on thousands of people who had gathered in the city of Amritsar in India.\n\nThe Queen had been staying at Windsor, rather than spending Christmas as usual on her Sandringham estate\n\nThe death toll is disputed - but hundreds of people were killed and Indian sources put it nearer to 1,000.\n\nAlso in the video and apparently referencing the Star Wars films, Chail said: \"I'm an Indian Sikh, a Sith. My name was Jaswant Singh Chail, my name is Darth Jones.\"\n\nProsecutors said the footage was recorded four days earlier and sent to about 20 people on his contact list 10 minutes before his arrest.\n\nChail's crossbow was found to be comparable to a powerful air rifle with the potential to cause serious or fatal injury.\n\nProsecutors said crossbow bolts, a metal file and other items were later found in a hotel room where he had stayed the previous night.\n\nIt was also alleged Chail had previously tried to get close to the royals by applying to join the Ministry of Defence Police and the Grenadier Guards.\n\nKing Charles had been due to join his mother for Christmas lunch later that day\n\nCommander Richard Smith, who leads the Met Police's counter terrorism unit, said: \"This was an extremely serious incident, but one which the patrolling officers who apprehended Chail managed with great composure and professionalism.\n\n\"They showed tremendous bravery to confront a masked man who was armed with a loaded crossbow, and then detain him without anyone coming to harm.\"\n\nPolice said Chail's actions were not treated as terrorism offences but the counter terrorism division was deemed the appropriate team to lead the investigation.\n\nChail is currently in Broadmoor Hospital where he appeared in court via a remote video link.\n\nIt was heard his mental health had improved with treatment and he would have been fit to stand trial.\n\nJaswant Singh Chail climbed into the grounds using a nylon rope ladder\n\nThe Queen had been staying at Windsor Castle for Christmas, rather than spending it as usual on her Sandringham estate in Norfolk.\n\nHer Majesty was due to be joined for lunch by the then Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall, as well as the Earl and Countess of Wessex.\n\nUnder the 1842 Treason Act, it is an offence to assault the Queen, or have a firearm or offensive weapon in her presence with intent to injure or alarm her or to cause a breach of peace.\n\nIn 1981, Marcus Sarjeant was jailed for five years under the section of the Treason Act after he fired blank shots at the Queen while she was riding down The Mall in London during the Trooping the Colour parade.\n\nThe last person to be convicted under the separate and more serious 1351 Treason Act was William Joyce, also known as Lord Haw-Haw, who collaborated with Germany during the Second World War.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Jaswant Singh Chail is expected to be sentenced on Thursday\n\nA man who arrived at Windsor Castle armed with a crossbow \"to kill\" the late Queen was partly inspired by the Star Wars films, a court heard.\n\nJaswant Singh Chail, from Hampshire, was arrested on Christmas Day 2021 while Queen Elizabeth II was living at Windsor due to the pandemic.\n\nHe admitted a charge under the Treason Act and to making threats to kill and possessing an offensive weapon.\n\nChail had previously tried to get close to the royals, the Old Bailey heard.\n\nThe 21-year-old's sentencing hearing was told he applied for jobs within the armed forces that could have led to a \"close proximity\" to the monarch.\n\nThe former supermarket worker demonstrated a wider ideology focused on destroying old empires and creating a new one, including in the fictional context such as Star Wars, the court heard.\n\nQueen Elizabeth II, the UK's longest-serving monarch, died at Balmoral aged 96 in September 2022\n\nChail had described himself as a \"Sith\" and \"Darth Jones\" in a video and confided his murderous plan to an Artificial Intelligence companion.\n\nHe also wrote in a journal that if the Queen was \"unobtainable\" he would \"go for\" the prince as a \"suitable figurehead\", in an apparent reference to King Charles.\n\nAlison Morgan KC, prosecuting, said Chail had applied for positions within the Ministry of Defence Police, British Army, Royal Marines and Royal Navy, but his applications were rejected.\n\nShe said Chail was \"concerned\" with the \"injustice\" of the 1919 Jallianwala Bagh massacre, which took place when British troops opened fire on thousands of people who had gathered in the city of Amritsar in India.\n\nChail, from North Baddesley, near Southampton, was born in Winchester and his family is of Indian Sikh heritage.\n\nChail's crossbow was found to be comparable to a powerful air rifle with the potential to cause fatal injury\n\nIn a video shown to the court, Chail, who was 19 at the time of the offences, was dressed all in black, wearing a mask and holding a crossbow.\n\nSpeaking into the camera, he said: \"I'm sorry. I'm sorry for what I've done and what I will do.\n\n\"I'm going to attempt to assassinate Elizabeth Queen of the Royal Family.\n\n\"This is revenge for those who have died in the 1919 Jallianwala Bagh massacre.\n\n\"It is also revenge for those who have been killed, humiliated, and discriminated on because of their race.\"\n\nQueen Elizabeth II was living at Windsor due to the pandemic\n\nMs Morgan said the \"defendant's key motive was to create a new empire by destroying the remnants of the British Empire in the UK\", and \"the focal point of that became removal of the figurehead of the Royal Family\".\n\nShe said his thinking was informed partly by the fantasy world of Star Wars and \"the role of Sith Lords in shaping the world\".\n\n\"He was attracted to the notoriety that would accrue in the event of the completion of his 'mission',\" she added.\n\nMs Morgan also said that despite Chail's repeated references to sci-fi characters he knew the difference between fiction and reality.\n\nChail was spotted by a royal protection officer in a private section of the castle grounds just after 08:10 GMT on 25 December 2021.\n\nThe court was told Chail was wearing a mask and looked like \"something out of a vigilante movie\".\n\nChail was found by police wearing a hood and a mask\n\nHe told the officer he was there \"to kill the Queen\".\n\nAfter being arrested he was sectioned and agreed he needed help with his mental health.\n\nHe told a nurse who assessed him that he did not consider himself to be suicidal and did not know of any mental health issues within his immediate family.\n\nIn February 2022 he was deemed fit to be interviewed.\n\nThe court was told Chail said he had realised \"he was wrong\" and he was not \"a killer\".\n\nAn initial doctor assessment concluded that the defendant required \"long term management by the forensic psychiatric service\".\n\nHe lied to his family about where he was going in the days before Christmas, with his sister believing he was going into an \"army training\".\n\nThe court was told this suggested \"he had not lost touch with reality\", but he began to be depressed towards the end of 2021.\n\nUnder the 1842 Treason Act it is an offence to assault the monarch or have a firearm, or offensive weapon in their presence with intent to injure or alarm them, or to cause a breach of peace.\n\nIn 1981, Marcus Sarjeant was jailed for five years under the section of the Treason Act after he fired blank shots at the Queen while she was riding down The Mall in London during the Trooping the Colour parade.\n\nFollow BBC South on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram. Send your story ideas to south.newsonline@bbc.co.uk.\n\nSign up for our morning newsletter and get BBC News in your inbox.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The HS2 rail line will not be extended to London Euston unless enough private investment is secured for the project.\n\nIf cash is not put forward by private funds, the high-speed line will only run from Birmingham to Old Oak Common in the capital's western suburbs.\n\nThis would mean passengers travelling to central London would have to change.\n\nThe government has said it is \"getting a grip of plans\" for Euston, adding there had been two \"unaffordable designs\" for a \"gold-plated\" station.\n\nIt has already cut the number of planned platforms for high-speed trains from 11 to six.\n\nThe BBC has been told the project at Euston would be dependent on private investment, with the government stating it would take on the \"lessons of success stories\" on other schemes such as the redevelopment of Battersea Power Station and King's Cross station.\n\nOld Oak Common will be the UK's largest newly built railway station when opened, but there are concerns over the lack of options for onward journeys with government modelling suggests two-thirds of people would prefer to travel to or from Euston.\n\nThe Department for Transport (DfT) stated it wanted Euston station to \"be open and running trains as soon as possible\", and that its \"rescoped approach\" would save £6.5bn.\n\nA spokesperson said there was \"already support and interest from the private sector\", adding that ministers had held discussions with key partners since the announcement.\n\n\"It is simply wrong to talk down the scale and benefits of this regeneration,\" the spokesperson said.\n\nTo \"get the best possible value for the British taxpayer\", DfT officials said they would \"ensure that funding is underpinned by contributions from those people and businesses its development supports\" and by leveraging \"private sector investment\".\n\nBut critics have attacked the change in stance, with railway consultant William Barter, whose recent clients include the government, calling the new plans \"totally unambitious\".\n\nAs part of the now scaled-back proposals, a planned pedestrian tunnel linking Euston station with the nearby Euston Square tube station has also been scrapped.\n\nExtending HS2 to Euston involves digging a 4.5-mile tunnel from Old Oak Common and building a new station at Euston next to the existing West Coast Main Line terminus.\n\nWork had already started on Euston, but it was halted in March because costs had ballooned to £4.8bn, compared with an initial budget of £2.6bn.\n\nA document issued by the DfT said the government would look to create a \"transformed 'Euston Quarter' - potentially offering up to 10,000 homes\" as part of its new plans for the station.\n\nGeorgia Gould, leader of Camden Council which is where the station is being built, said the \"worst-case scenario of the station being abandoned in its current state had been avoided, warned pledges on affordable housing, jobs and investment locally must not be broken.\n\nMr Sunak said on Wednesday that a new development company, separate from HS2 Ltd, would manage the delivery of the Euston project, adding there \"must be some accountability for the mistakes made, for the mismanagement of this project\".\n\nThe prime minister has pledged money saved as a result of the northern leg of HS2 being axed would be spent on alternative rail, road and bus schemes instead across the country.\n\nBut the government has already U-turned on one of those plans, which would have restored a mothballed railway line in the North East of England, within 24 hours of the announcement.\n\nThe Leamside rail line was originally set to be funded by the £36bn savings, but references to it were removed from the government's website later on Wednesday.\n\nTransport minister Richard Holden said the government had only committed to \"looking into\" the scheme.\n\nA government spokesperson said £1.8bn was being provided to the North East to fund the transport projects that matter most to their communities - including funding for the Leamside line if they wanted.", "The world's September temperatures were the warmest on record, breaking the previous high by a huge margin, according to the EU climate service.\n\nLast month was 0.93C warmer than the average September temperature between 1991-2020, and 0.5C hotter than the previous record set in 2020.\n\nOngoing emissions of warming gases in addition to the El Niño weather event are driving the heat, experts believe.\n\nSome scientists said they were shocked by the scale of the increase.\n\nThey say 2023 is now \"on track\" to be the warmest on record.\n\nSeptember's high mark comes in the wake of the hottest summer on record in the northern hemisphere as soaring temperatures show no signs of relenting.\n\nThe data, from the Copernicus Climate Change Service, shows that the month had the biggest jump from the long term average in records dating back to 1940.\n\nScientists have been quite shocked by some of the detail in the data.\n\n\"This month was, in my professional opinion as a climate scientist - absolutely gobsmackingly bananas,\" Zeke Hausfather, an experienced researcher, wrote on X formerly known as Twitter.\n\nBeating a long term recent average by almost a degree is bad enough, but this masks even greater differences in some parts of the globe. In Europe, for example, the scale of heating was remarkable, beating the long term average by 2.51C.\n\n\"The unprecedented temperatures for the time of year observed in September - following a record summer - have broken records by an extraordinary amount,\" said Dr Samantha Burgess, Deputy Director of the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S).\n\nOne important measure that climate researchers look to is the difference between current temperatures and what they were before the widespread use of fossil fuels.\n\nLast month was around 1.75C above the temperatures during this so-called pre-industrial period - the highest figure for a single month ever recorded.\n\nThis will cause a good deal of unease among researchers.\n\nPolitical leaders meeting in Paris in 2015 agreed to try and hold the rise in global temperatures under 1.5C this century.\n\nSeptember's figure isn't a breach of that agreement, because the Paris target refers to decades not months. But it is undoubtedly a worrying direction of travel.\n\nScientists believe that this year as a whole will stay under that 1.5C limit, but 2023 is \"on track\" to become the warmest on record, according to Copernicus. The year to the end of September shaded the current warmest year, 2016, by 0.05C as the hottest ever.\n\nExtreme heat has continued into October, smashing monthly high records in many locations including in Spain.\n\nGlobal temperatures may surge even further above normal as the El Niño weather event is yet to peak.\n\nEl Niño forms part of the El Niño Southern Oscillation - the dominant natural mode of global climate variability on Earth on seasonal or year-to-year timescales. During El Niño events, warm water comes to the surface in the East Pacific, releasing additional heat into the atmosphere.\n\nThis is one of the reasons for surging global temperatures - when added to the long-term warming caused by humans, mainly from fossil fuel burning releasing planet-warming greenhouse gases.\n\nExperts believe the scale of heating puts new pressure on politicians to act, as they prepare to gather for the COP28 climate summit at the end of November.\n\n\"Two months out from COP28, the sense of urgency for ambitious climate action has never been more critical,\" Dr Burgess said.", "Some protesters waved placards saying \"Not My King\" during the procession\n\nSome 21 people who were arrested at the King's Coronation will face no further action, the Met Police has said.\n\nThe force said prosecutors had decided not to charge those arrested in the Mall and Whitehall in London on 6 May.\n\nThe police, who were criticised by some for their response, said arrests were made over public nuisance threats and to prevent a breach of the peace.\n\nAssistant Commissioner Matt Twist said there were \"real concerns\" over security at the event.\n\nHe said the force had \"intelligence\" in the hours before the Coronation to suggest that activists planned to disrupt the procession.\n\n\"We had real concerns that such efforts would not only disrupt a once-in-a-lifetime event of enormous national significance, but that they could also compromise the security and safety of participants and the wider public,\" he said.\n\n\"Officers were briefed on these concerns and we needed to be proactive in managing this risk and prevent any activity that could put public safety or the security of the event at risk.\"\n\nHe added that three of those arrested but not charged were found near the procession route in the early hours of the day of the Coronation.\n\nThey were carrying glue, a banner from a known activist group, Allen keys and other paraphernalia that \"could have been used to commit criminal damage or other disruption\".\n\nProsecutors decided to take no further action after concluding there was \"no realistic prospect of conviction\", the Met added.\n\nPolice were given extra powers shortly before the Coronation under a controversial new law, the Public Order Act 2023.\n\nThe King's Coronation drew tens of thousands of people to central London, including some from anti-monarchy groups.\n\nIn the aftermath, human rights groups called the arrest of anti-monarchy protesters \"alarming\".\n\nIn all, eight members of Republic, a group campaigning for a democratically-elected head of state, were arrested through the day.\n\nIts chief executive Graham Smith and five others were held on suspicion of going equipped to \"lock on\" - a tactic some protesters use to make themselves difficult to move. They had been carrying luggage straps which they said were needed to hold their placards together.\n\nMr Smith, who was held for more than 14 hours, said he had discussed the planned demonstration for four months with senior Met staff.\n\n\"The comments made by Matt Twist are disingenuous,\" he told the BBC.\n\n\"They need to stop suggesting it was a once-in-a-lifetime event [to] justify heavy-handed policing. It was also a once-in-a-lifetime event for the protesters.\"\n\nLast month, Mr Smith announced he was taking legal action against the Met, claiming there was no justification for his arrest.\n\nThe Met has previously expressed \"regret\" over the arrests.", "Police and private companies should \"immediately stop\" the use of facial recognition surveillance, says a group of politicians and privacy campaigners.\n\nThey have raised concerns around human rights, potential for discrimination and \"the lack of a democratic mandate\".\n\nIt comes after the government announced plans for police to access passport photos to help catch criminals.\n\nThe Home Office said facial recognition had \"a sound legal basis\" and had already led to criminals being caught.\n\nA spokesperson added that the technology could also aid police in searching for missing or vulnerable people, and free up officers to \"be out on the beat\" and to carry out complex investigations.\n\nLive facial recognition cameras scan faces of the public in specific locations and compare these with people on \"watch lists\" who may be wanted by police or the courts in association with crimes.\n\nPolice forces using the technology in the UK inform citizens in advance about when and where it will be deployed, and display physical notices alerting those entering areas where it is active to the presence of cameras.\n\nBut this week, policing minister Chris Philp said he wanted officers to be able to access a wider range of databases for images besides those on its national database, which is limited to those who have been arrested.\n\nCampaigners have called for it to be banned \"immediately\".\n\n\"This dangerously authoritarian technology has the potential to turn populations into walking ID cards in a constant police line up,\" says Silkie Carlo, the director of privacy organisation Big Brother Watch.\n\nThe group calling for the ban includes parliamentarians from the Conservatives, Labour, Liberal Democrat and Green parties, along with campaigning organisations such as Amnesty, Index on Censorship and Big Brother Watch.\n\nThe UK's surveillance camera commissioner has also criticised the plans, saying they could damage public trust and make passport-holders feel as if they were in a \"digital line-up\".\n\nSouth Wales Police has been criticised over its live facial recognition use at events including Harry Styles and Beyoncé concerts in Cardiff. The Metropolitan Police has used it several times this year, including at the King's Coronation in May.\n\nBoth forces have said that if a person is not on a watch list, the biometric data will be immediately deleted and not stored.\n\nIn April, Frasers Group - which operates Sports Direct, Flannels and House of Fraser - defended its use of live facial recognition cameras in some of its shops, saying the system provided by FaceWatch had helped cut crime since being installed.\n\nMs Carlo, of Big Brother Watch, argued the UK's \"approach to face surveillance makes us a total outlier in the democratic world, especially against the backdrop of the EU's proposed ban\".\n\nMembers of the European Parliament agreed to ban live facial recognition using AI in a draft of its Artificial Intelligence (AI) Act - the EU's landmark legislation categorising different applications of AI according to their harm to the public.\n\nThe Home Office said the government was \"committed to making sure the police have the tools and technology they need to solve and prevent crimes, bring offenders to justice, and keep people safe\".\n\n\"Facial recognition, including live facial recognition, has a sound legal basis that has been confirmed by the courts and has already enabled a large number of serious criminals to be caught, including for murder and sexual offences,\" a spokesperson said.\n\nThey added there was a \"robust legal framework for it use\".", "Ashley Dale worked as an environmental health officer for Knowsley Council\n\nAn innocent woman was shot dead in her home after a feud between two groups reignited at Glastonbury, a court has heard.\n\nAshley Dale, 28, died after she was shot in the Old Swan area of Liverpool on 21 August 2022.\n\nThe prosecution told Liverpool Crown Court how Ms Dale's partner had been the intended target.\n\nFive men deny murder, conspiracy to murder and firearms offences while a sixth man denies assisting an offender.\n\nPaul Greaney KC, prosecuting, told the jury how on the night of 20 August Ms Dale was at home on Leinster Road when her car tyres were slashed, causing the alarm to sound.\n\nThe environmental health officer did not go outside as she believed the alarm had been set off by rain.\n\nHowever, in the early hours of the following day, the court heard James Whitham kicked down Ms Dale's door and shot her.\n\nHe has admitted being the gunman and pleaded guilty to manslaughter but denies murder, claiming he shot her by accident.\n\nMs Dale was found in the back garden of her home on Leinster Road\n\nMr Greaney told the jury that Lee Harrison, who was Ms Dale's boyfriend but was not in the house at the time, was the intended target of the shooting.\n\nHe told the court the background to the shooting was a dispute between a group associated with Mr Harrison and another group.\n\nMr Harrison had a long-standing feud with a man called Niall Barry, which was reignited at Glastonbury music festival in June that year, the court heard.\n\nMr Greaney said Ms Dale had attended the festival with Mr Harrison.\n\nThe trial, which is expected to last eight weeks, is being held at Liverpool Crown Court\n\nDuring the festival, a friend of Mr Harrison assaulted a man named Sean Zeisz, the court heard.\n\nTensions between the two groups rose even further when a man called Rikki Warnick, who was known to both groups, took his own life in July 2022, the jury was told.\n\nMr Greaney told the jury Mr Barry, Mr Zeisz and a third man named Ian Fitzgibbon were the organisers of the murder.\n\nHe described Mr Witham, Kallum Radford and Joseph Peers, who is alleged to have been the driver of the getaway car, as the \"foot soldiers\".\n\nMr Greaney said: \"There can be no doubt that Ashley's death was murder.\n\n\"She was shot deliberately and mercilessly by a man who entered her home intending to kill.\"\n\nMr Greaney also played voice notes recovered from Ms Dale's mobile phone to the court.\n\nHe said they \"provided a running record of Ashley's concerns, and those of her friends who were also caught up in the relevant events to some extent\".\n\nHe told the jury that listening to the notes would be upsetting \"because we will be listening to the voice of Ashley herself, describing in her own way a dispute which the prosecution suggests led to her death\".\n\n\"It is distressing to listen to, but your obligation as jurors is to assess it dispassionately,\" he added.\n\nMr Whitham, 41, of Huyton, Mr Barry, 26, of Tuebrook, Mr Zeisz, 28, of Huyton, Mr Fitgibbon, 28, of St Helens, and Mr Peers, 29, of Roby, all deny murder, conspiracy to murder and firearms offences.\n\nMr Radford, 25, of no fixed address, denies assisting an offender.\n\nThe trial is expected to last eight weeks.\n\nWhy not follow BBC North West on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram? You can also send story ideas to northwest.newsonline@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "A graphic video posted online showed the aftermath of the drone attack at the military academy\n\nA drone attack on a Syrian military academy in the western city of Homs has killed at least 89 people, Syria's health ministry says.\n\nThe explosive-laden drones targeted a graduation ceremony attended by cadets' families, and women and children were among the dead.\n\nA UK-based monitoring group said 116 people had been killed.\n\nThe Syrian army blamed the attack on \"terrorist groups backed by known international forces\".\n\nThere was no immediate claim from the rebels and jihadists battling the government in the country's civil war.\n\nThe drone attack is believed to have been launched from opposition-held areas north-west of Homs.\n\nLater, the monitoring group Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR), reported that 11 civilians had been killed in government bombardments on several cities, towns and villages in the opposition stronghold of Idlib province and Aleppo.\n\nSyria's state news agency, Sana, quoted a statement from the General Command of the Armed Forces as saying that several drones carrying explosives targeted the Homs military academy just after the afternoon graduation ceremony had ended.\n\nThe statement said the armed forces \"considers this act an unprecedented criminal one, and affirms that it will respond with full force and determination to these terrorist groups wherever they are\".\n\nIn a later report, the agency quoted the health ministry as saying the strike had injured 277 people, and that 31 women and five children were among the dead.\n\nA man who had helped set up decorations at the site told Reuters news agency: \"After the ceremony, people went down to the courtyard and the explosives hit. We don't know where it came from, and corpses littered the ground.\"\n\nA graphic video of the aftermath of the attack showed dozens of casualties and their relatives screaming for help inside a large, walled parade ground. Gunfire can also be heard in the background.\n\nThe SOHR reported that Syria's defence minister attended the graduation ceremony but left minutes before the attack.\n\nMore than half a million people have been killed by the civil war that erupted after President Bashar al-Assad cracked down violently on peaceful pro-democracy demonstrations in 2011.\n\nSome 6.8 million people are internally displaced, while another six million are refugees or asylum-seekers abroad.\n\nThe UN's special envoy for Syria, Geir Pedersen, described the attack on the academy as \"horrific\" and called on all parties to the conflict to \"exercise the utmost restraint\".\n\n\"All sides must respect their obligations under international law and ensure the protection of civilians and civilian infrastructure,\" he said\n\n\"Today's developments further highlight that the status quo in Syria is unsustainable and that, in the absence of a meaningful political path... I fear we will only see further deterioration, including in the security situation.\"\n\nIn a separate development in Syria on Thursday, at least 10 people were reportedly killed in Turkish drone strikes in a Kurdish-controlled region of north-eastern Syria that were prompted by a bomb attack in Ankara claimed by Kurdish militants.\n\nThe SOHR said 17 sites were targeted, including facilities affiliated with the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), a US-backed, Kurdish-led militia alliance, as well as a power station in Qamishli, a water station near Hassakeh and an oil field.\n\nThe US military also shot down an armed Turkish drone that was operating near its troops in Syria, a US official told Reuters.", "The consequences of a House in limbo may be felt as far away as the battlefields of Ukraine\n\nThe House of Representatives has lost its speaker, Kevin McCarthy, leaving the lower chamber of Congress in limbo.\n\nLawmakers have gone into recess until at least next week, as a handful of Republican lawmakers are openly or privately vying for the top job.\n\nThe consequences of the crisis are becoming clearer - here's a deeper look at two of the biggest issues:\n\nThe Biden administration has been warning for weeks that funds allocated by Congress for US aid to the Ukrainian war effort have been nearly exhausted.\n\nNational Security Advisor Jake Sullivan predicted a \"sliding scale of disruption\" from the start of October if Congress didn't authorise tens of billions of dollars more to cover the rest of the year. Under pressure from right-wing members of the House - the same conservatives who ousted Mr McCarthy - additional funds have not been approved.\n\nNow, with Mr McCarthy gone, the immediate likelihood of new aid coming anytime soon seems greatly diminished.\n\nThe House won't be able to do anything substantive until the chamber elects a new speaker. At this point, the earliest that could happen is the middle of next week.\n\nBeyond that, anyone who takes the job is going to be under at least the same pressure - and face the same dilemmas - as Mr McCarthy.\n\nRepublicans like Matt Gaetz, who spearheaded the drive to unseat the speaker, and Marjorie Taylor Greene are vehemently opposed to more Ukrainian aid. And any speaker who brings a vote on the issue to the floor is almost certain to face an uprising from the Republican right flank.\n\nThe new speaker could attempt to package Ukrainian aid along with conservative priorities like border funding that would make it more palatable to the right. That would jeopardise Democratic support in the chamber, however, and the Greene and Gaetz crowd has rejected such efforts before.\n\nThe Biden administration is scrambling to find other ways to assist Ukraine, such as transferring weapons confiscated from Iran. Mr Biden announced on Wednesday that he would also be making a \"major speech\" about the need for Ukraine funding.\n\nHe also hinted that there are other options on the table.\n\n\"We can support Ukraine in the next tranche that we need,\" he said. \"And there is another means by which we may be able to find funding for that, but I'm not going to get into that now.\"\n\nHe may be referencing a rarely used parliamentary procedure to bypass the House Republican leadership and bring a Ukraine vote to the floor.\n\nEven with some Republican resistance, Mr Biden pointed out that there is a majority in the House, as in the Senate, that backs continued support for Ukraine. The pathway to getting a bill on the president's desk, however, is growing trickier by the day.\n\nThe most immediate cause of Mr McCarthy's ousting was his decision to put forward a bill on Saturday, which with Democrat support delayed a government shutdown until 17 November.\n\nGiven Mr McCarthy's fate, the next speaker may have to make more concessions to the right flank of his party and be less inclined to offer any ground to the Democratic minority in the House, the majority in the Senate or Mr Biden in the White House.\n\nIt will be difficult for the future speaker to even reach agreement on federal spending with House Republicans, with Mr Gaetz and his allies calling for massive spending cuts while more centrist members of the party, and defence hawks, look to fund their legislative priorities.\n\nThe Democratic-controlled Senate will ultimately have to approve its own government spending package and is unlikely to swallow a partisan House-backed bill.\n\nWith compromise unlikely, the odds of a shutdown - perhaps an extended one through the end of the year - grow considerably.\n\nThe US has survived multiple government shutdowns in recent decades, and the effects are familiar by now. Government workers and contractors will suffer the most, as their paycheques are delayed or, in some cases, ended entirely.\n\nSome government programmes for the poor could be curtailed, while other offices and services are shuttered.\n\nAll of this will have knock-on economic effects that could push the US toward recession - and that, of course, would have consequences for the global economy.\n\nOngoing congressional dysfunction could also continue to erode the public's trust in government institutions, which polling indicates are near all-time lows.\n\nWhile Democrats watched the drama unfold in the House on Tuesday with a mixture of amazement and amusement, the ultimate outcome of this crisis is difficult to predict.\n\nWith the presidential and congressional elections just a year away, an angry, frustrated electorate could be bad news for political incumbents of all stripes.", "The court heard Stephen Dalton threatened two witnesses of the attack\n\nA Belfast man has been sentenced for raping a woman who was walking home from a night out with friends.\n\nStephen Dalton, 39, was sentenced to six and a half years at Belfast Crown Court, half of which he will spend in jail.\n\nThe court heard Dalton, of Fairfax Court, raped a 26-year-old woman on 10 September 2021.\n\nThe judge told the court the case was \"disturbing\".\n\nDalton had previously pleaded guilty to raping and sexually assaulting the woman.\n\nThe court heard she was on a night out with friends in the city centre of Belfast and decided to walk home.\n\nThe woman, who was in a vulnerable state, was confronted by Dalton on a footpath and after a brief exchange Dalton followed her across a bridge.\n\nThe court heard Dalton sexually assaulted and raped the woman on a bench.\n\nTwo cyclists witnessed part of the attack and said the woman \"looked like a rag doll\" and approached Dalton who said he was helping the woman.\n\nThey realised she was not in a state to consent and called police, but Dalton threatened the cyclists and continued to sexually assault the victim.\n\nThe court was told forensic examination linked Dalton to the victim.\n\nThe victim told the court what happened to her was a \"nightmare\" and said she no longer socialises and has been left feeling paranoid.\n\nJudge Ramsey paid tribute both to her and to the two cyclists who came to her assistance.\n\n\"They showed great courage in confronting the defendant and they must be commended for their swift action in bringing him to justice,\" they said.\n\nDalton will also spend ten years on the Sexual Offences Prevention Order and will be placed on the Sex Offenders Register for an indefinite period.\n\nIn a statement, PSNI Det Con Grant said Dalton \"took advantage\" of his victim and his actions were \"callous, with total disregard to consent\".\n\n\"We would like to commend a passer-by who intervened, and the victim for her bravery in working with detectives throughout the investigation,\" they added.", "The UK government's Scottish Secretary Alister Jack has said the result of the by-election shows the constituency of Rutherglen and Hamilton West is a \"two-horse race\" between Labour and the SNP.\n\n\"It was entirely focused on to those two parties because that's historically where the seat has been.\n\n\"We have to be realistic. There are parts of the central belt which have always been a battle between Labour and the SNP.\"\n\nSpeaking to the PA News agency, he said all the parties - except the SNP and Labour - lost their deposits, not just the Tories. Losing a deposit is when a candidate fails to win 5% of the vote share and must forfeit their £500 deposit to stand.\n\nHe said he was very confident that the Conservatives will increase their seats before the general election.\n\nHe said that the Tories \"stand up strongest for the union\" and that the SNP's defeat shows voters are \"fed up with a lack of delivery from the Scottish Government and their obsession with independence\".", "Plans to phase out the sale of cigarettes in England will be the \"biggest public health intervention in a generation\", Rishi Sunak has said.\n\nThe PM told the BBC there was \"no safe level of smoking\" when asked about restricting people's right to choose.\n\nHis plan seeks to raise the legal age of smoking every year by a year so that eventually no-one can buy tobacco.\n\nTory MPs will be allowed a free vote while Labour indicated it would back the policy.\n\nBut some critics of the policy say it could lead to the creation of a \"black market\".\n\nLast year, the tobacco industry raised more than £10bn in taxes, a 3% drop from 2021-22.\n\nMaking the announcement in his keynote speech at the Conservative Party Conference, Mr Sunak said he believed it was the right step to tackle the leading cause of preventable ill-health.\n\nIn an interview with Radio 4's Today programme, Mr Sunak was challenged on why he was taking measures to ban the future sale of cigarettes but in June pushed back part of the government's anti-obesity strategy, saying he believed in \"people's right to choose\".\n\nOriginally scheduled for this month, plans to ban two-for-one junk food deals have been delayed by the government for another two years.\n\nBut Mr Sunak told the BBC smoking cigarettes was not the same as eating crisps or a piece of cake because it could not be part of a balanced diet and there was no safe level of smoking.\n\n\"Smoking is unequivocally the single biggest preventable cause of death, disability and illness in our society,\" he said.\n\n\"Everyone recognises this measure will be the single biggest intervention in public health in a generation.\"\n\nHe said measures to restrict choice were \"never easy\" but nobody would want their children or grandchildren to grow up to smoke.\n\nSmoking increases the risk of strokes, heart disease, dementia and stillbirth as well as causing one in four deaths from cancer.\n\nSmoking rates have been falling since the 1970s. But there are still more than five million smokers in England and six million across the UK.\n\nCurrently, one in nine 18 to 24-year-olds smokes, according to the Office for National Statistics.\n\nThe idea of gradually increasing the smoking age was put forward last year by Javed Khan, the former Barnardo's chief executive, who was asked by ministers to consider new approaches to tackling smoking.\n\nAt the time, the government, which was led by Boris Johnson, said such a move was unlikely.\n\nBut Mr Sunak has decided to throw his backing behind it as a way of meeting the government's ambition for England to be smokefree by 2030 - defined as less than 5% of the population smoking.\n\nThe proposal to raise the age of sale of cigarettes is similar to laws being introduced in New Zealand, where buying tobacco products will remain banned for anyone born after 2008.\n\nSetting a legal smoking age is devolved in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. The Welsh government has said it plans to copy the ban, while the Scottish government has its own plan to make Scotland tobacco-free by 2034.\n\nSir Chris Whitty, the Chief Medical Officer for England, has said \"the overwhelming majority of the medical profession, the nursing profession and all the health charities support this\".\n\nHe described claims from the tobacco industry that the ban would not work as \"bogus\".\n\nSpeaking to the BBC, Sir Chris said: \"As a doctor I've seen many people in hospital desperate to stop smoking because it's killing them and yet they can not - their choice has been removed.\"\n\nLabour said it would \"not play politics with public health\" and would lend the prime minister the votes to get the law passed - but the plan is likely to meet opposition from the libertarian wing of the Conservative Party.\n\nEarlier this week, former prime minister Liz Truss said the party needed to \"stop banning things\". It is understood she will not vote in favour of the policy.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Prof Sir Chris Whitty: \"I support this as do the overwhelming majority of the medical profession\"\n\nChristopher Snowdon, head of Lifestyle Economics at free market think tank, the Institute of Economic Affairs, told the BBC the policy if implemented would lead to \"massive black markets\".\n\n\"You're going to have, almost certainly, a fairly large, informal market of smokers who are old enough to buy cigarettes selling cigarettes to people who are not old enough.\n\n\"The problem with prohibition isn't that it doesn't have any effect whatsoever on consumption, the problem with prohibition is it leads to massive black markets and a lot of tax revenues gone.\"\n\nSimon Clark, director of the smokers' rights group Forest, accused the prime minister of \"dumbing down\" by treating future generations of adults like children.\n\nHe added that Mr Sunak had taken a \"wrecking ball to the principles of choice and personal responsibility\".\n\nBut Cancer Research UK's Michelle Mitchell said the announcement on the smoking age was a \"critical step\".\n\n\"If implemented, the prime minister will deserve great credit for putting the health of UK citizens ahead of the interests of the tobacco lobby.\"\n\nDeborah Arnott, from campaign group Action on Smoking and Health (ASH), said what had been announced was an \"unprecedented\" set of measures which would hasten the day smoking is obsolete.\n\nAlso in his interview with the Today programme, Mr Sunak:\n\nWhile Mr Sunak undoubtedly hopes his plans to phase out smoking will be a legacy of his time in office, his first conference as PM was overshadowed by his decision, and the speculation in the days leading up to it, to axe the northern leg of the HS2 rail project.\n\nWhile critics reacted with anger to the decision, the PM insisted investments would instead be made in transport projects across the country.\n\nAre you a smoker or a parent? How do you feel about the proposed change? Get in touch by emailinghaveyoursay@bbc.co.uk\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "David Triska only realised he was suffering burnout when a colleague intervened\n\nThe number of doctors seeking help for mental health issues has risen by more than three-quarters within two years, according to figures from a specialist treatment service for NHS staff. For one GP, the relentless stress of the job led to him taking three months off work with burnout.\n\nDavid Triska is no stranger to high-pressure situations. As an army medic, he served two tours of Afghanistan.\n\nBut mounting workloads at his village GP surgery left him feeling \"hollowed out and spent\". Simple tasks, like unlocking his car or making a meal, became a challenge - an experience he describes as leaving him feeling \"like a husk of a human\".\n\n\"At that extreme point, I couldn't see why I needed to be here any more,\" Dr Triska said.\n\nHe is not alone. Since the year ending March 2021, there has been a 77% rise in the number of doctors seeking help for mental health issues, according to figures shared with the BBC by a confidential support service for NHS staff.\n\nMore than 5,600 doctors used the NHS Practitioner Health programme in England in 2022/23, with about a third having thought about taking their own lives.\n\nMost cases stemmed from difficult working conditions, said the service's medical director, Zaid Al-Najjar.\n\nThe figures \"reflect distress in the workforce\", with demand expected to increase further during winter as the NHS faces its busiest period, he said.\n\nGP David Triska served as an Army medic during two tours of Afghanistan\n\nFor Dr Triska, it took a colleague's intervention before he realised he was suffering burnout - described by the World Health Organization as a syndrome resulting from chronic workplace stress that can lead to feelings of exhaustion.\n\nHe was supported by NHS Practitioner Health, but still needed to take three months away from work in 2020 at his surgery in Witley, Surrey.\n\n\"That was the only way to recuperate, which is extraordinary in a time when we are the people supposed to be providing care and it's impossible in our own workplace and work system to provide that care for ourselves,\" he said.\n\nDr Al-Najjar said factors like the \"extraordinary\" working conditions of the pandemic and \"chronic underfunding of the NHS\" contributed to the mental health issues they treated.\n\nHe said he feared the increase in people using the service was \"just the tip of the iceberg\", adding: \"There will be a lot of people still worried about obtaining help, because they are worried about the effect it might have on their career.\"\n\n\"A service like ours, offering confidential care, has never been more important,\" he said.\n\nThe NHS Practitioner Health service was founded in 2008 in London to provide confidential support for doctors. It expanded to cover all doctors in England in 2019 and by 2021 was available to eligible staff across the NHS.\n\nFigures obtained by BBC South East show that 3,194 doctors used the service in England in 2020/21, rising to 4,814 in 2021/22 and 5,667 in 2022/23.\n\nAbout 90% of people using the service are doctors, with GPs over-represented at about 40% of the total.\n\nThe British Medical Association (BMA) said the figures were a \"stark and painful reminder of the immense pressures\" that GPs face.\n\nDr Samira Anane, deputy chair of the BMA's GP committee, said there is not enough staff to meet soaring patient demand, adding: \"All of this puts an enormous amount of pressure on GPs.\"\n\nMore than 40% of doctors felt unable to cope with their workload each week in 2022, up from 30% in 2021, according to a survey by the General Medical Council.\n\nThe government says the NHS England workforce plan aims to train more doctors and nurses, and thousands of new roles will be created to work alongside them.\n\nThe Department of Health and Social Care said: \"The wellbeing of all those working in the NHS is vital and extensive coaching and support and practitioner mental health services are available for all staff.\n\n\"There are more than 2,000 additional doctors and 31,000 additional staff working in general practice compared to June 2019 as well as a record number of trainees.\"\n\nIf you have been affected by any of the issues raised in this article you can visit the BBC Action Line for help.\n\nFollow BBC South East on Facebook, on X, and on Instagram. Send your story ideas to southeasttoday@bbc.co.uk.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The thing that stood out about the prime minister's speech was he wasn't unveiling a whole bunch of guaranteed crowd pleasers.\n\nThese are ideas that provoke and divide, including within the Conservative Party - let alone the wider country.\n\nTake HS2. The Conservative Mayor of the West Midlands Andy Street, who thinks Rishi Sunak has made a big mistake, told me he had contemplated ripping up his Tory party membership card because of all this.\n\nThe former Conservative prime minister David Cameron added that it was \"wrong\" and \"throws away 15 years of cross-party consensus, sustained over six administrations, and will make it much harder to build consensus for any future long-term projects\".\n\nBoris Johnson, another former leader, chimed in and said \"I agree.\" Ouch.\n\nThen take banning smoking in England for the next generation.\n\nFor some, the very idea of banning things - the state stopping people doing things, particularly if others are allowed to - is deeply un-Conservative. The former prime minister Liz Truss has let it be known she will vote against the change.\n\nSo, opposition from three former Conservative prime ministers and a sitting Conservative mayor before you even get going.\n\nWhat, then, is the strategy here?\n\nThe prime minister and his senior advisers got together over the summer and realised something had to change. They had steadied the ship of government but still looked set to lose the next election.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThere was a feeling that circumstance had stood in the way of Mr Sunak being himself politically. The pandemic and then politics had intervened, but now there was space for change.\n\nThis, they claim, is Mr Sunak unleashed - the authentic him, grabbing politics by the scruff of the neck and forcing those who disagree to set out an alternative.\n\nPortraying himself as the advocate of change is an audacious pitch, Mr Sunak being the fifth prime minister of a so-far 13-year run of Conservative government. Plus his diagnosis of a generation of political failure has raised eyebrows.\n\nA former Conservative cabinet minister rang me and said \"it's a bit rich going round saying all your predecessors were crap when you haven't even got a mandate\". Remember Mr Sunak didn't even win the support of Conservative Party members, let alone the country.\n\nThere is also an obvious tension here: a prime minister talking about the long term, but with a general election in the short term.\n\nAnd so there are big questions about believability.\n\nCan a prime minister who announces the scrapping of a long term project be trusted to deliver other long term projects - albeit ones with shorter timeframes? And they won't all be down to him anyway - as many will have a timescale that stretches beyond the next election.\n\nA final observation. We have spent the last few days in Manchester, prior to the prime minister's speech, being told no decision had been taken on HS2.\n\nAnd yet, no sooner had Mr Sunak made his announcement, a video appeared on his social media accounts spelling out the detail of what he had just said.\n\nBut it had been recorded in… Downing Street. A place he's been away from since Saturday. So - it appears - he had in fact decided beforehand all along.\n\nFolk around the prime minister insist technically it was a cabinet decision, with the transport secretary (currently Mark Harper) the legal decision maker and sometimes stuff is filmed but not used if no decision is reached.\n\nThe cabinet did meet in Manchester, just before the prime minister's speech. Was it really possible ministers wouldn't sign it off at that point and a whole segment of the address would be binned with minutes to go?\n\nI'll leave it to you to judge if that is an explanation you buy.\n\nFrom Manchester, the next stop: Liverpool, as the roadshow of party conference season trundles on, and we hear from the man hoping to replace Mr Sunak as prime minister - Sir Keir Starmer.\n\nHow will he respond to what he, and we, have heard in Manchester?", "Moderna is hoping to make its Covid jab available privately in the UK.\n\nCurrently, it can be given only as part of the NHS autumn booster programme. But next year, the Covid vaccine's licence is likely to be updated so High Street pharmacies and private clinics can sell it like the flu jab.\n\nModerna chief executive Stephane Bancel told BBC News his teams were \"working with governments to make this happen\".\n\n\"People who want to be protected should be able to be protected,\" he said.\n\nModerna is also hoping to launch a combined messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA) flu and Covid vaccine in 2025.\n\nInterim data from early trials suggest it is as effective as separate doses of existing jabs.\n\nAnd Moderna hopes to have a triple vaccine, against flu, Covid and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), ready for 2026.\n\n\"Nobody wants to get two, three, four shots every winter,\" Mr Bancel said:\n\n\"So we are really obsessed at the company about how do we combine those products to end up getting one annual shot where you go to your pharmacy or doctors early in the fall\n\n\"You get one shot - flu, Covid, RSV protection - and you can spend a healthy winter.\"\n\nModerna's Covid jab is already available privately in the US, for about £100 ($120).\n\nNo price has been set for the UK - but it is likely to be considerably higher than the £12-20 cost of a flu jab.\n\nPfizer, which also supplies Covid jabs to the UK, said it too was exploring providing them privately in the UK.\n\nBut both companies said their current priority was to fulfil their commitments to supply the UK government with Covid vaccines.\n\nThis week, two scientists who developed the technology that led to the first mRNA Covid vaccines were awarded the Nobel Prize for physiology or medicine.", "CCTV footage released by authorities shows a girl being pulled unconscious from the metro train\n\nActivists have accused Iran's morality police of beating a girl for not wearing a hijab and posted a photo purportedly showing her in a coma.\n\nArmita Geravand, 16, collapsed after boarding a Tehran metro train at Shohada station on Sunday.\n\nOfficials said she fainted and released CCTV footage in which she is seen being pulled unconscious from the train.\n\nHuman rights group Hengaw alleged that she was subjected to \"a severe physical assault\" by morality police officers.\n\nIt said Armita was being treated at Tehran's Fajr hospital under tight security, and that the phones of all members of her family had been confiscated.\n\nOn Monday, authorities briefly detained a female journalist for the Sharq newspaper who went to the hospital to report on the case.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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End of twitter post by Hengaw Organization for Human Rights\n\nHengaw, which focuses on Iran's Kurdish ethnic minority, said on Tuesday afternoon that Armita lived in Tehran but was originally from the predominantly Kurdish western province of Kermanshah.\n\n\"[She] was physically attacked by authorities at Shohada station... for what they perceived as non-compliance with the compulsory 'hijab',\" it added. \"As a result, she sustained severe injuries and was transported to the hospital.\"\n\nTwo prominent rights activists also told Reuters news agency that there was a confrontation with agents enforcing the strict dress code.\n\nAmsterdam-based Radio Zamaneh meanwhile cited an unnamed source as saying that the teenager was \"pushed by hijab enforcers\" after she got onto the train without a headscarf and that \"she hit her head on an iron pole\".\n\nOn Tuesday night, Hengaw posted on X, formerly known as Twitter, what it said was a photo of Armita unconscious in hospital.\n\nThe picture, whose authenticity the BBC could not immediately verify, shows a girl with short hair lying on her back in a bed with a bandaged head and attached to what appears to be a breathing tube.\n\nThe rights group also said it had received information indicating that Armita's parents had been interviewed by the state news agency, Irna, \"in the presence of high-ranking security officers under considerable pressure at Fajr Hospital\".\n\nIrna cited Armita's mother as saying that they had seen the CCTV footage and accepted that what happened on Sunday was an \"accident\".\n\n\"I think my daughter's blood pressure dropped, I am not too sure, I think they have said her pressure dropped,\" her mother states in a heavily edited video posted by Irna.\n\nThe managing director of the Tehran metro, Masood Dorosti, also denied that there was \"any verbal or physical conflict\" between Armita and \"passengers or metro executives\".\n\n\"Some rumours about a confrontation with metro agents... are not true and CCTV footage refutes this claim,\" he told Irna.\n\nThe footage is said to shows Armita, with her hair uncovered, walking on to a train at the platform with two other girls.\n\nMoments later, one of the girls backs out of the train and bends down.\n\nShe and several other passengers are then seen carrying an unconscious Armita by her arms and legs before laying her down on the platform.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 2 by خبرگزاری ایرنا This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nSome Iranian social media users noted that the video released by authorities only showed the platform and not the inside of the train. Footage of the entrance to the station, where hijabs may be checked, was also not released.\n\nThey also saw echoes of the case of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Kurdish woman who died in custody in September 2022 after being detained by morality police in Tehran for allegedly wearing her hijab \"improperly\".\n\nWitnesses said she was beaten by officers, but authorities attributed her death to pre-existing medical conditions.\n\nCCTV video showing Amini collapsing at a detention centre and a photo of her in hospital enraged many Iranians, and anti-government protests erupted across the country when she died after three days in a coma.\n\nHundreds of people have been killed and thousands more detained in a violent crackdown by security forces.\n\nA year after Mahsa Amini's death, the protests have largely subsided. But sporadic demonstrations still take place and many girls and women have stopped covering their hair in public in open defiance of the dress code.\n\nSign up for our morning newsletter and get BBC News in your inbox.", "Nobel Prize officials said Jon Fosse's work focused on \"anxieties, insecurities, questions of life and death\"\n\nNorwegian author, playwright and poet Jon Fosse has been named the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature.\n\nThe Swedish Academy said on Thursday it was for his \"innovative plays and prose which gives voice to the unsayable\".\n\nAs well as the prize, Fosse receives 11 million Swedish kronor (£822,000).\n\nHe admitted he was \"overwhelmed and somewhat frightened\" by the news. Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre posted: \"All of Norway congratulates and is proud today!\"\n\nHe wrote that the prize was \"a great recognition of a unique authorship that makes an impression and touches people all over the world\".\n\nThe celebrated 64-year-old's major works, written in the Nynorsk variation of Norwegian, include the Septology series of novels, Aliss at the Fire, Melancholy and A Shining.\n\nSpeaking to Norwegian state broadcaster NRK, Fosse said he had \"prepared myself mentally for the last decade\" that this day might come.\n\nPrevious winners of the prize - given for a body of work, rather than a single book - have included Toni Morrison, Doris Lessing, Gabriel Garcia Marquez and Bob Dylan.\n\nBorn in 1959, in Haugesund on the west coast of Norway, Fosse grew up in Strandebarm. At the age of seven he nearly died in an accident, which he has said was \"the most important experience\" of his childhood and one that \"created\" him as an artist.\n\nFosse's works span 40 plays - performed around the world in numerous languages - plus novels, essays, poetry collections, children's books and translations.\n\nThe prize organisers said Fosse could be compared to previous great modernist writers like fellow Norwegian Tarjei Vesaas as well as Samuel Beckett, Thomas Bernhard, Georg Trakl and Franz Kafka.\n\nNobel committee chairman Anders Olsson said he was \"a fantastic writer in many ways\". \"He touches you so deeply when you read him, and when you have read one work you have to continue,\" he said.\n\n\"What is special with him is the closeness in his writing. It touches on the deepest feelings that you have - anxieties, insecurities, questions of life and death - such things that every human being actually confronts from the very beginning.\n\n\"In that sense I think he reaches very far and there is a sort of a universal impact of everything that he writes. And it doesn't matter if it is drama, poetry or prose - it has the same kind of appeal to this basic humanness.\"\n\nHis novels, the academy said, are \"heavily pared down to a style that has come to be known as 'Fosse minimalism'\".\n\nOlsson praised plays including Someone Is Going to Come - for its \"radical reduction of language and dramatic action\" - as well as The Name, Dreams of Autumn and Death Variations.\n\nFosse's \"magnum opus in prose\", he said, was his recent Septology - made up of seven parts collected in three volumes: The Other Name, I Is Another and A New Name.\n\nThe monologue, which progresses seemingly endlessly and without a single full stop over a timespan of seven days, depicts an elderly artist speaking to himself as another person.\n\n\"The Septology is a major work, being at the same time as his attempt at reconciliation with his own fate, an elegy to his dead wife [and] dealing with his own career as a painter,\" Olsson said.\n\nFor readers seeking something shorter, Fosse's 2000 novella Morning and Evening is \"a wonderful little piece\".\n\nThe Nobel prizes, awarded since 1901, recognise achievement in literature, science, peace and latterly economics.\n\nThe literature prize is awarded to \"the person who shall have produced in the field of literature the most outstanding work in an ideal direction\", according to the 1895 will of Swedish businessman and philanthropist Alfred Nobel.\n\nThere was no public shortlist for the award, but Salman Rushdie, Can Xue, Margaret Atwood and Haruki Murakami were thought to be among the other possible contenders.\n\nLast year, it was won by French writer Annie Ernaux, for what the panel said was an \"uncompromising\" 50-year body of work exploring \"a life marked by great disparities regarding gender, language and class\".", "A worker walks outside the HS2 construction site at Euston Station in London\n\nThe prime minister has pledged billions for transport projects across the country after scrapping the northern leg of the HS2 high speed rail link.\n\nRishi Sunak said in a speech at the Conservative party conference that £36bn would be spent on alternative rail, road and bus schemes instead.\n\nIt came after he confirmed that the Birmingham-Manchester leg of HS2 would be ditched after weeks of speculation.\n\nHe said the decision was due to huge costs and long delays.\n\nBut it has led to accusations the government is abandoning its mission to \"level up\" different areas of the UK outside London.\n\nIn his speech, Mr Sunak said the government \"will reinvest every single penny\" saved from cancelling the remainder of HS2, which he said totals £36bn.\n\n\"Every region outside of London will receive the same or more government investment than they would have done under HS2, with quicker results,\" he said, although it is not clear when this money will be made available.\n\nThe high speed rail project was intended to link London, the Midlands and the north of England.\n\nBut in his speech on Wednesday, the prime minister said that east-west links were \"far more important\" than those linking up the north and the south of England.\n\nHe said that his plans would see \"hundreds\" of alternative projects funded, such as:\n\nHe also said that he would protect £12bn to \"better connect\" Manchester and Liverpool - although this won't necessarily be with high speed rail.\n\nThe prime minister said on Wednesday it would be possible to get from Manchester to Hull in 84 minutes on a fully-electrified line under the new plans, known as \"Network North\". But it is not yet clear what the next few years will hold for the Northern Powerhouse Rail (NPR) project, which aims to improve connections between Leeds, Manchester and Liverpool.\n\nA newly-published government document says that it will now be down to local leaders to decide how to use the money.\n\nNPR was originally designed to intersect with HS2, using a section of the high speed line for a complicated section through central Manchester.\n\nBut Mr Sunak said that changes to travel seen since the coronavirus pandemic meant that the economic case for HS2 \"has been massively weakened\".\n\nThe first part of HS2 between west London and Birmingham, which is already being built, will be completed given how far along that section is.\n\nThe scheme as a whole has faced delays, cost increases and cuts, with the planned eastern leg between Birmingham and Leeds being axed in late 2021.\n\nThe last official estimate of HS2 costs, excluding the cancelled eastern section, added up to about £71bn. But this was in 2019 prices so it does not account for the rise in costs for materials and wages since then.\n\nPromising to get a grip on costs, Mr Sunak said the HS2 rail link will now:\n\nLaurence Turner, head of research at the GMB union, said it was \"essential\" that the planned HS2 route was now protected \"so that a future government can reverse this disastrous decision\".\n\nNorthern leaders also hit out at the decision to axe HS2 between Birmingham and Manchester, with Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham saying there was \"frustration and anger\" in the region.\n\nHe said: \"It always seems that people here where I live and where I kind of represent can be treated as second class citizens when it comes to transport.\"\n\nBusinesses in Liverpool called for \"viable plans\" to support them after the speech on Wednesday.\n\nThe Liverpool BID Company, which represents more than 800 businesses in the city centre, said it had been offered \"no specific plans, no specific timelines and no promise of impact.\"\n\nThe prime minister also came under fire from a number of senior Conservatives in recent days, who urged him not to scrap the northern section of the rail link and said the cancellation would be a \"great tragedy\" that would put off potential investors into the UK.\n\nAre you personally affected by the changes to HS2? Get in touch by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.\n• None What is HS2 and why scrap the Manchester link?", "Jaswant Singh Chail was pictured after his arrest on 25 December 2021\n\nA self-styled Star Wars assassin who entered the grounds of Windsor Castle \"to kill\" the late Queen believed he was a character who had to \"right historical wrong\", a court has heard.\n\nJaswant Singh Chail was armed with a crossbow when he was arrested on Christmas Day 2021.\n\nHe admitted a charge under the Treason Act and to making threats to kill and possessing an offensive weapon.\n\nChail was found by police wearing a hood and a mask\n\nChail, from North Baddesley, near Southampton, demonstrated a wider ideology focused on destroying old empires and creating a new one, including in the fictional context such as Star Wars, it was heard.\n\nThe former supermarket worker was seen in a homemade video calling himself \"Darth Chailus\" and a \"Sith\" in a distorted voice.\n\nThe Old Bailey was told a character \"had emerged out of him\" to \"right historical wrong\".\n\nHe believed he was on a \"mission\" with a \"harsh purpose\" and described a mask he wore when he arrived at the castle as his \"true face\".\n\nHis \"harsh purpose\" was reinforced by his interactions with \"his angels\", including his Artificial Intelligence (AI) \"girlfriend\" called Sarai.\n\nThe Queen had been staying at Windsor at the time, rather than spending Christmas as usual on her Sandringham estate\n\nThe court was told this new identity and sense of purpose, as well as the relationship with Sarai, were \"really pertinent to his diagnosis of psychosis\".\n\nGiving evidence, Dr Christian Brown, a psychiatrist who has treated Chail at Broadmoor Hospital, said: \"He believed at the time his entire life was leading to this point. From an early age he had vague plans of doing something dramatic.\"\n\nHe said Chail later understood that what he thought had been his \"purpose\" was instead a \"pathology\".\n\nDr Brown said the defendant first came across \"apparitions\" or \"characters\" in childhood and they returned during the Covid lockdown.\n\nIn messages with Sarai, Chail discussed being \"united with her in the afterlife\" which Dr Brown said was \"part of his plan working towards his own death\".\n\nChail's crossbow was found to be comparable to a powerful air rifle with the potential to cause fatal injury\n\nIn a video posted on Snapchat minutes before he entered the grounds, Chail said he would attempt to kill Queen Elizabeth II as \"a revenge\" for those who had died in the 1919 Jallianwala Bagh massacre.\n\nBritish troops opened fire on thousands of people who had gathered in the city of Amritsar in India.\n\nThe court heard Chail - who is from a Sikh family - had a history of trauma and endured psychotic episodes and depression.\n\nDr Brown said people who were psychotic maintained a certain degree of functionality.\n\nHe added Chail was an \"extremely polite person\" but was \"clearly very motivated to do what he did\".\n\nDr Brown recommended a hospital order instead of a prison sentence as Mr Justice Hilliard is expected to determine whether Chail should be jailed or detained under the Mental Health Act.\n\nThe doctor said Chail previously said he did not want a hospital order as he did not like the \"uncertainty of it\".\n\nDuring a cross examination, prosecutor Alison Morgan KC suggested Dr Brown's assessment of Chail as psychotic was at odds with the defendant's journal.\n\n\"He described himself as a 'delusional mad bastard'. This is a man grounded in reality,\" she said.\n\nShe asserted that Chail was exercising voluntary decision-making and had a \"genuinely held purpose\" to get close to the royal family to avenge colonial wrongs.\n\nFollow BBC South on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram. Send your story ideas to south.newsonline@bbc.co.uk.", "It is not clear how long the midwife-led unit at Altnagelvin Hospital will remain closed for at this stage\n\nA midwife-led unit at Altnagelvin Hospital in Londonderry has been unable to reopen since the Covid-19 pandemic due to a shortage of midwives.\n\n\"Attempts are being made to address the issue,\" the Western Health and Social Care Trust (WHSCT) told BBC News NI.\n\nThey said women can still receive midwife-led services at the Derry hospital in the delivery suite and also for the antenatal and postnatal period.\n\nThe unit was re-designated as a Covid-19 treatment area during the pandemic.\n\nA trust spokesperson said that \"there is a shortage of midwives regionally\" and that it \"has increased the number of midwives in training in an attempt to improve the recruitment of staff\".\n\nA Department of Health spokeswoman told BBC News NI the trust had taken an \"operational decision\" to close the unit.\n\nThe department has been assured the unit will reopen as \"as soon as midwifery-staffing levels are available to provide safe and effective care,\" the spokeswoman added.\n\nThe Western Trust said home births are continuing as normal.\n\nWomen at Altnaglvin Hospital will still receive midwife-led care in the delivery suite and also for the antenatal and postnatal period, the Western Trust said\n\nDuring pregnancy, both midwifery-led care in hospitals and in the community is offered in Northern Ireland. Consultant-led care provided at hospitals is another option for women.\n\nIn some cases, care will be shared by a number of professionals including GPs, midwives and consultant obstetricians.\n\nDirector of the Royal College of Midwives in Northern Ireland, Karen Murray, said \"recruitment issues at Altnagelvin are not new and they are aware of the acute problem\".\n\n\"Fifty midwives left Altnagelvin Hospital alone in the past few years because of retirement or taking other career paths,\" Ms Murray said.\n\n\"The Western Trust is aware and have been working on recruitment. In fact, about 15 newly-qualified midwives will hopefully be able to alleviate the problems in the next year.\n\n\"It's important to say though that expectant mothers and new mothers are being cared for and looked after still, we just need the doors open to the unit.\n\n\"People can be qualified too, but also need the experience to hit the ground running.\n\n\"These things take time, 65 midwifery students are doing the course in Queen's [University Belfast] this year but we'd rather see that figure at 80.\"\n\nSinéad McLaughlin said many women feel the unit's reopening would \"greatly benefit maternal mental health across Derry\"\n\nSDLP assembly member for Foyle, Sinéad McLaughlin, said she had \"grave concerns at the uncertain future\" of the midwife-led unit at Altnagelvin Hospital.\n\n\"I was contacted recently by a number of women who are frustrated and disappointed that the unit remains closed,\" Ms McLaughlin said.\n\nShe said that many woman felt its reopening \"would greatly benefit maternal mental health across Derry\".\n\n\"Unfortunately, current recruitment challenges are frustrating efforts to resource safe and effective care in our local hospital, leaving mothers in Derry to pay the price for the lack of investment,\" she said.\n\n\"The fact that there has not been a maternity strategy since 2018 is another damning indictment of this failure.\"\n\nThe politician said it was crucial that an executive was restored to help deal with this issue and \"enable a health minister to implement the findings of the framework for nursing and midwifery workforce planning\".", "The landmark, beside Hadrian's Wall, was cut down overnight on 27 September\n\nDamage to Hadrian's Wall has been found after the world-famous Sycamore Gap tree was felled beside it, Historic England said.\n\nThe Northumberland landmark was chopped down one week ago and has since lain on part of the 73-mile (118km) wall.\n\nHadrian's Wall was constructed by the Romans between AD122 and AD130 and has Unesco World Heritage Site status.\n\nHistoric England said experts were due to carry out archaeological appraisals to assess the extent of the damage.\n\nThe tree, which used to grow in a natural dip in the landscape near Hexham, Northumberland, was cut down overnight on 27 September.\n\nThe National Trust, which looks after the site with the Northumberland National Park Authority, said it was planted in the late 1800s.\n\nIt stood beside the ancient structure, which stretches from Tyneside to the Solway Firth.\n\nHistoric England said experts visited the site on Friday and it \"identified that Hadrian's Wall has sustained some damage\".\n\nA spokesman said: \"We have not yet been able to access the site to carry out a full investigation so a further archaeological appraisal will take place once the site is considered safe.\"\n\n\"We appreciate how strongly people feel about the loss of the tree, and its impact on this special historic landscape, and will continue to work closely with key partners as this progresses,\" he added.\n\nThe route is known to many walkers, especially those hiking the Hadrian's Wall Path.\n\nThe Northumberland National Park Authority said the site was its \"most-photographed spot\", as its felling led to an outpouring of anger and astonishment.\n\nHexham Conservative MP Guy Opperman said people he had spoken with were \"utterly stunned\" and \"devastated\" at the damage, and described the sycamore as a \"symbol of the North East\".\n\nA man in his 60s and a 16-year-old boy who were arrested on suspicion of criminal damage have been released on bail pending further inquiries.\n\nFollow BBC North East & Cumbria on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. Send your story ideas to northeastandcumbria@bbc.co.uk.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Labour could face a multi-million pound legal bill as a result of a bitter internal feud dating back to Jeremy Corbyn's leadership.\n\nLabour has accused Mr Corbyn's former chief of staff Karie Murphy, his former communications director Seumas Milne and three other ex-staff of leaking a controversial document just after Sir Keir Starmer became leader in April 2020.\n\nDocuments submitted to the High Court this week reveal the party's legal pursuit has cost almost £1.4m so far.\n\nAnd the party's lawyers were estimating that a further £868,000 could be spent on the case, which had yet to come to full trial.\n\nThe full hearing was expected to be scheduled for either early summer or early autumn next year.\n\nBut Labour has asked the court to delay this until at least February 2025 - in other words, until after the last possible date for a general election.\n\nLegal documents show the party is arguing that its small legal team would find it challenging to prepare for a court case while fulfilling its other responsibilities in an election period.\n\nIts lawyers say it would be unfair and inappropriate for the case to go ahead at this time.\n\nBut statements from two of the five people Labour is taking action against, submitted to the court via their lawyers, argue that a delay to 2025 would be detrimental.\n\nEx-staffer Georgie Robertson said she felt like her life had been put on hold, and that she believed she would struggle to find work until her name was cleared.\n\nA second former staffer, Harry Hayball, complained the proceedings were causing him extreme stress.\n\nTheir lawyers argued Labour was attempting to avoid an \"embarassing\" court case before polling day.\n\nThe issue of timing is likely to be settled on 5 December, when the parties to the dispute will attend a costs and case management conference at the High Court. This will be the fifth such meeting in the dispute so far.\n\nIf Labour were to lose the case, it could face an even higher bill.\n\nCarter Ruck, representing the former staffers, says they would then push for the party to meet their costs.\n\nAccording to the documents before the High Court, the former staff face an estimated £1.1m in future costs, though Labour believes that estimate is too high. But this doesn't include costs they have incurred so far - so the final bill could be higher.\n\nThe five staffers have been blamed by Labour for the leak of a controversial internal party document, which included private emails and messages.\n\nThe messages contained a number of allegations - including that anti-Corbyn head office staff had undermined the 2017 election campaign, and that efforts to tackle antisemitism had been hindered by some of those staff opposed to the then leadership.\n\nBut the document also contained unredacted emails and WhatsApp messages from party staff critical of the Corbyn leadership.\n\nNine people, some of whom regarded themselves as whistleblowers on antisemitism, took Labour to court for putting their details in the public domain.\n\nLabour then counter-sued the five ex-staffers it accused of leaking the details - arguing that they and not the party as a whole should be held liable.\n\nThe nine claimants dropped their legal action in August. But the party is still pursuing the five whom they blame for the leak.\n\nThe court documents make clear that Labour is trying to reclaim legal costs from the five. It is also seeking damages from them to cover the party's costs in investigating the leak.\n\nAlthough involved in the drafting of the document, all five have always denied leaking its contents.\n\nThey say they are confident of winning their case because a party probe - using an external investigator - failed to find the source of the leak.\n\nThe wider-ranging inquiry by Martin Forde KC could not name any culprit, or culprits.\n\nThe ex-staffers have argued that 15 other people had access to the document - and that the party has not pursued anyone who was not directly employed in the then leader's office or Labour's headquarters.\n\nThree of the five - Ms Robertson, Mr Hayball and Laura Murray - were also investigated by the criminal investigations unit of the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO).\n\nThe ICO closed its case earlier this year due to insufficient evidence.\n\nLabour says a civil case would be decided on the lower \"balance of probabilities\" test, not on the ICO's higher bar of \"beyond reasonable doubt\".\n\nHowever, a document which Labour wanted to include in its case can not be used in the court proceedings.\n\nMs Murphy sent an email to her solicitor from a Labour Party laptop just before the leaking of the report in April 2020.\n\nLawyers acting for Labour previously asked the High Court to grant permission to use the document, which it said contained \"prima facie evidence of wrongdoing\".\n\nHer lawyers denied this, telling the High Court the email \"provides no support to the allegations\" made against Ms Murphy. They denied she had leaked, or had arranged to leak, the report. Her solicitor said the email had no \"particular importance\".\n\nThe court in any case decided the contents were legally privileged and therefore could not be used.\n\nIn August, the party was reported to have had to stump up £90,000 as an interim contribution towards Ms Murphy's costs.\n\nWhile the party has been successful in attracting new sources of financial support - and has welcomed back some donors who suspended contributions during the Corbyn era - some members of the party's ruling national executive are privately concerned about a spiralling legal bill.\n\nA Labour spokesperson said: \"The party has conducted a wide-ranging and appropriately thorough investigation following the leak, and is confident of the case it has presented to the court.\"", "The US-Mexico border has become a political challenge for the Biden administration\n\nPresident Joe Biden is under fire from both Republicans and Democrats after his administration announced new border wall construction in Texas.\n\nMr Biden has said he \"had no choice\" because the funding was signed off while Donald Trump was president.\n\nMembers of his Democratic Party said walls did not work, while rival Republicans accused him of hypocrisy.\n\nSome 20 miles (32km) of barriers will be built in a sparsely populated stretch of the Rio Grande Valley.\n\nWhile campaigning for president in 2020, Mr Biden promised he would not build another foot of wall if elected. He said it was \"not a serious policy solution\".\n\nBut on Wednesday, his administration used its sweeping executive powers to waive more than two dozen federal laws, including some that are designed to protect wildlife, to allow more barriers to be built along the US-Mexico border in southern Texas.\n\nIn a notice announcing these waivers, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said there was an \"acute and immediate need\" for the construction.\n\nIt prompted swift criticism from both major parties as well as from environmental activists and human rights groups.\n\nMr Mayorkas said the Biden administration was required under law to use the money Congress allocated in 2019 for border barriers.\n\n\"I tried to get them to redirect that money. They didn't, they wouldn't,\" Mr Biden said. \"I can't stop that.\"\n\nOn Friday, Mr Biden again said that he was \"told I had no choice\" but to move ahead on the wall's construction.\n\nJonathan Entin, a law and political science professor at Case Western Reserve University in Ohio, told the BBC that while Mr Biden is \"legally correct\" in his argument about the budget, he was under no obligation to waive the federal laws that make construction of the border barrier possible.\n\n\"It's politically advantageous to him,\" Mr Entin said. \"He will take a certain amount of heat from his supporters in the Democratic Party, and being able to say he doesn't have legal discretion might give him some excuse or explanation.\"\n\nOn the other hand, Mr Entin said that by waiving the federal requirements, Mr Biden can signal to his detractors that he is \"serious\" about border security, contrary to what Republican lawmakers have alleged.\n\nMr Entin's assessment was echoed by Tony Payan, the director of the Center for the United States and Mexico at Rice University's Baker Institute in Texas.\n\n\"The Biden administration has managed to drag its feet on a number of issues that have to do with a wall, even if the money was there,\" he said. \"He doesn't have to spend it, at least not now.\"\n\nIn his remarks, Mr Biden repeated that he did not think border walls were effective.\n\nIn a later statement, Mr Mayorkas rejected the claim that the administration had changed its border policy by signing off on the new construction.\n\n\"This administration has made clear that a border wall is not the answer,\" he said. \"That remains our position and our position has never wavered.\"\n\nBut the comments did little to stem the criticism from all sides.\n\nOn Thursday, the administration also announced that it would resume deportations of illegal Venezuelan migrants, about 50,000 of who arrived at the US-Mexico border in September alone.\n\nThe growing number of migrants in cities such as New York has become a challenge for the president who has faced intense criticism over his handling of the border.\n\nUS authorities have detained more than 2.2 million migrants along the US-Mexico border since last October.\n\nBuilding a border wall was a signature policy of Donald Trump as president and was fiercely opposed by Democrats, including Mr Biden.\n\nMr Trump himself said this new construction showed \"I was right\".\n\n\"Will Joe Biden apologise to me and America for taking so long to get moving?\" he wrote in a post on his Truth Social platform on Thursday.\n\nRepublicans also criticised Mr Biden for what they see as an abrupt pivot to policies he campaigned against.\n\n\"He did not think walls work, which is total insanity,\" North Carolina Republican Representative Ralph Norman told the BBC. \"What's changed? I'll tell you what's changed - the American people are sick and tired of seeing their cities overrun.\"\n\nDemocrats, meanwhile, also took aim at the president.\n\nRepresentative Henry Cuellar, whose district encompasses Starr County where the new construction will take place, told the BBC he does not believe his constituents will be happy with the announcement.\n\n\"I am still against a 14th-Century solution - called 'the wall' - for a 21st-Century problem,\" he said. \"I want to see more personnel, more technology\".\n\nDemocratic Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez called it a \"cruel policy\" and has urged President Biden to \"reverse course\".\n\nThe Biden administration is also facing criticism from advocacy groups such as the American Civil Liberties Union, or ACLU, which called the decision \"a profound failure\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.", "Another look at previous famous winners\n\nCanadian author Alice Munro won the award for being a “master of the contemporary short story”. The Swedish Academy said they hadn’t been able to contact her ahead of the announcement so they left a message on her answering machine, informing her of her win.\n\nOften compared to Anton Chekhov, she is known for writing about the human spirit and a regular theme of her work is the dilemma faced by young girls growing up and coming to terms with living in a small town.\n\nBritish-Zimbabwean author Doris Lessing said winning the award had been a “bloody disaster”. The increased media interest in her had meant that writing a full novel was next to impossible, she told the BBC the year after winning.\n\nThe Swedish Academy described Lessing as an \"epicist of the female experience, who with scepticism, fire and visionary power has subjected a divided civilisation to scrutiny\".\n\nShe became the oldest winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature when in 2007 she won the award for her life's work aged 88. Her best known works include The Golden Notebook and The Good Terrorist.\n\nWhen American writer Toni Morrison (above) was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, the academy described her as an author \"who in novels characterised by visionary force and poetic import, gives life to an essential aspect of American reality”. Her 1987 book Beloved told the story of a runaway female slave and was made into a film starring Oprah Winfrey in 1998.\n\nProfessor Noliwe Rooks told the BBC her debut novel, whose protagonist was a young black girl, had broken new ground when it was released in 1970.\n\n\"At this moment when [The Bluest Eye] comes out - who's writing about black girls? Who's writing about this kind of trauma? Who's writing about the interior lives of someone like that? Who's writing about black communities?\" said Rooks.", "Ormond seen at a film premier in 2017\n\nActor Julia Ormond has filed a lawsuit against Harvey Weinstein, claiming he sexually assaulted her in 1995 after a dinner in New York.\n\nThe Legends of the Fall star is also seeking damages from Disney, Miramax and her former talent agency who she says failed to protect her from abuse.\n\nThe case was filed in New York under a law that allows sex cases to be filed outside of the statute of limitations.\n\nWeinstein is currently serving a 23-year prison sentence for rape.\n\nOrmond - best known for roles in 90s films First Knight, Smilla's Sense of Snow and Sabrina - alleges that her career never recovered after the attack by Weinstein.\n\nThe suit argues that at the peak of her career, she and Weinstein returned from a business dinner to an apartment provided by the production company, where he \"stripped naked and forced her to perform oral sex on him\".\n\n\"That sexual assault on Ormond could have been prevented if Miramax or Disney had properly supervised Weinstein and not retained him while knowing that he was a danger to the women he encountered at work,\" states the lawsuit, which was filed on Wednesday.\n\nWeinstein's attorney Imran Ansari told the Associated Press that his client \"categorically denies the allegations made against him by Julia Ormond and he is prepared to vehemently defend himself\".\n\nOrmond is also suing the Creative Artists Agency (CAA), her former talent agency which she says failed to warn her about Weinstein's abuse and \"suggested that if she reported Weinstein to the authorities, she would not be believed, and he would seriously damage her career\".\n\n\"Still worse, not long after Weinstein's assault on Ormond and her reporting of the assault to them, CAA lost interest in representing her, and her career suffered dramatically,\" the lawsuit adds.\n\n\"The damage to Ormond's career because of Weinstein's assault and the aftermath was catastrophic both personally and professionally,\" the lawsuit says, adding that she \"nearly disappeared from the public eye\" since the alleged attack and retaliation by the defendants.\n\nIn a statement issued through her lawyers, the British actor said: \"After living for decades with the painful memories of my experiences at the hands of Harvey Weinstein, I am humbled and grateful to all those who have risked speaking out.\"\n\nThe \"courage\" of other survivors has \"shed light on how powerful people and institutions like my talent agents at CAA, Miramax and Disney enabled and provided cover for Weinstein to assault me and countless others\".\n\n\"I seek a level of personal closure by holding them accountable to acknowledge their part and the depth of its harms and hope that all of our increased understanding will lead to further protections for all of us at work.\"\n\nThe lawsuit asks the court to award Ormond, 58, an unspecified amount for lost wages, and for \"mental pain and anguish and severe emotional distress\".\n\nCAA said they take allegations of sexual assault seriously and \"has compassion\" for Ms Ormond but denied the claims made against the firm.\n\n\"Ms Ormond's claims against CAA are baseless, and the agency will vigorously refute them in court,\" the organisation said in a statement.\n\nThe BBC has also contacted Disney and Miramax for comment.\n\nMore than 80 people have made rape and misconduct claims against Weinstein, 74, dating back as far as the late 1970s.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Weinstein's former employee says NDA was 'trauma inducing'", "Jon Boutcher is a former chief constable of Bedfordshire Police\n\nJon Boutcher has been picked as interim chief constable of the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI), subject to agreement, BBC News NI understands.\n\nAn arrangement for him to take the role is still being worked on.\n\nHe would assume the temporary post after previous chief constable Simon Byrne quit in September following a series of crises under his leadership.\n\nMr Boutcher has decades of experience within policing and is a former chief of Bedfordshire Police.\n\nHe has spent the past five years overseeing an independent investigation into the activities of the Army's top spy within the IRA during the Troubles in Northern Ireland.\n\nHis Operation Kenova report into the agent, who was known as Stakeknife, is due to be published in the coming months.\n\nMr Boutcher had previously applied to lead the Metropolitan Police after the resignation of Cressida Dick last year but he was unsuccessful in that process.\n\nHe was also unsuccessful in his bid to become PSNI chief constable in 2019, when the job eventually went to Mr Byrne.\n\nLiam Kelly, the chair of the Police Federation, which represents rank-and-file officers, welcomed Mr Boutcher's selection as interim chief but said he \"will have a mountain to climb because it will be challenging\".\n\n\"Morale is pretty low at the moment,\" he added.\n\nThe Northern Ireland Policing Board, which oversees the PSNI, confirmed that it had agreed on the appointment of an interim chief constable.\n\n\"The appointment is now subject to due diligence checks and ministerial approval,\" it added.\n\nSocial Democratic and Labour Party leader Colum Eastwood gave a positive reaction to Mr Boutcher's appointment, describing him as \"honest and up-front\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThe PSNI has been without a chief constable for several weeks after Mr Byrne's resignation.\n\nHe quit in the wake of a court ruling that determined that two junior police officers had been unlawfully disciplined after making an arrest at a Troubles commemoration event in Belfast.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThe previous month the force had mistakenly shared the identities of its entire workforce online in what was described by senior officers as a \"major data breach\".\n\nRank-and-file officers have since passed a vote of no confidence in some of the PSNI's other senior leaders.\n\nThe Police Federation for Northern Ireland has said the force is in \"in dire need of clear and strong leadership\".\n\nA fast-track process to appoint an interim leader began last week, with the deadline for applications passing on Monday afternoon.\n\nApplications are being sought for a new permanent chief constable on a salary of almost £220,000 but it will be several months before they would start the job.", "A Russian attack on the village of Hroza, south-east of Kharkiv, has killed at least 51 people, including an eight-year-old boy, Ukraine says.\n\nVillagers were attending a wake for a local resident when a missile struck at 15:15 local time (13:15 BST).\n\nUkraine's defence ministry said there were no military targets in the area - only civilians.\n\nKharkiv regional head Oleh Synyehubov described the attack as one of the region's \"bloodiest crimes\".\n\nHe confirmed that everyone who died were residents of the village, and that today's attack killed 20% of its population.\n\n\"One-fifth of this village has died in a single terrorist attack,\" he said on national television.\n\nUkrainian Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko said every household was affected in the village: \"From every family, from every household, there were people present\".\n\nInterfax Ukraine reported that the funeral was for a Ukrainian soldier. His widow, son - also a soldier - and daughter-in-law were among those killed, the outlet quoted local prosecutor Dmytro Chubenko as saying.\n\nThe soldier had previously been buried in Dnipro, but his relatives said they wanted to rebury him in his home village.\n\nUkrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said the act \"couldn't even be called a beastly act - because it would be an insult to beasts\".\n\nHe accused Russia of deliberately targeting the village while people gathered for the memorial service, and said it \"was not a blind strike\".\n\n\"Who could launch a missile at them? Who? Only absolute evil\", he said.\n\nThe Kupyansk district - which the village is part of - has been on the front line of clashes between Russian and Ukrainian armies since Vladimir Putin launched his full scale invasion in February last year.\n\nIt was a major supply hub for Russian forces at the start of the war, but Kyiv recaptured it in September 2022 after months of fighting.\n\nThe interior minister said an Iskander missile was used in the attack, but the BBC has been unable to independently verify this claim.\n\nRussia bombed the village as Mr Zelensky attended the European leaders' summit in Granada, Spain.\n\nThere, the European Union's foreign affairs chief, Josep Borrell, warned that political infighting was threatening the US's ability to fund the Ukrainian military.\n\nA recent budget deal in the US Congress did not include funding for Ukraine.\n\nMr Borrell said no European countries would be able to make up the gap left by any loss of American support.\n\n\"Can Europe fill the gap left by the US? Well, certainly Europe cannot replace the US,\" he said.\n\nOn Thursday, Mr Zelensky asked European leaders for more air defence missiles and said other countries could thank Ukraine for protecting them from Russian aggression.", "On my travels around Lough Neagh I've spoken to people about the Earl of Shaftesbury, who owns the bed of lough, and his comment that he's open to selling it but won't be giving it away.\n\nHe told BBC News NI that he gets \"blamed for things that are completely outside of my control\" but wants to \"do the right thing by the people living here and what's in the best interest of the lough\".\n\nA variety of organisations are involved in maintaining and conserving the lough - it goes far beyond the Earl.\n\nOne of the people I met in Ardboe was Declan, who said: \"As loughshore people we’ve been completely let down by those involved.\n\n\"Who buys the lough will probably not fix the issues - the people of the lough, the people that live here know what to do and we have been crying out for years.\n\n\"I sound like I have no hope but I do have hope because otherwise I wouldn't be able to cope any more.\"\n\nWalkers at Battery Park said they’d buy the lough if they could. Gerard in Maghery said the ownership of the Lough was a major issue.\n\n\"It's not just the Earl who is involved,\" he told me. \"There are too many people involved in this lough and they don’t know what it needs.\"", "William Shakespeare acted as well as writing some of the greatest works of English drama\n\nA theatre in Norfolk believes it has discovered the only surviving stage on which William Shakespeare performed.\n\nSt George's Guildhall in King's Lynn is the oldest working theatre in the UK, dating back to 1445.\n\nDuring recent renovations, timber floorboards were found under the existing auditorium, and they have been dated back to the 15th Century.\n\nThe theatre claims documents show that Shakespeare acted at the venue in 1592 or 1593.\n\nAt the time, acting companies left the capital when theatres in London were closed due to the plague. The Earl of Pembroke's Men - thought to include Shakespeare - visited King's Lynn.\n\n\"We have the borough account book from 1592-93, which records that the borough paid Shakespeare's company to come and play in the venue,\" explains Tim FitzHigham, the Guildhall's creative director.\n\nThe floorboards were uncovered last month during a renovation project at the Guildhall. They had been covered up for 75 years after a replacement floor was installed in the theatre.\n\nDr Jonathan Clark, an expert in historical buildings, was brought on board to research the venue. \"We wanted to open up an area just to check, just to see if there was an earlier floor surviving here. And lo and behold, we found this,\" he says, pointing through a temporary trapdoor.\n\nA couple of inches below the modern floor are what he believes to be boards trodden by the Bard, each 12in (30cm) wide and 6in deep.\n\nDr Clark used a combination of tree-ring dating and a survey of how the building was assembled (\"really unusual as the boards locked together and were then pegged through to some massive bridging beams\") to date the floor to between 1417 and 1430, when the Guildhall was originally built.\n\n\"We know that these [floorboards] were definitely here in 1592, and in 1592 we think Shakespeare is performing in King's Lynn, so this is likely to be the surface that Shakespeare was walking on,\" he says.\n\n\"It's this end of the hall where performances took place.\"\n\nSt George's Guildhall in King's Lynn is hosting a discussion about the discovery\n\nDr Clark believes this is a hugely important discovery because not only is it the largest 15th Century timber floor in the country, but it would also be the sole surviving example of a stage on which Shakespeare acted.\n\n\"It's the only upper floor, which is in something of its original state, where he could have been walking, could have been performing,\" he says.\n\nThere has been much academic debate over the years about whether Shakespeare did act in King's Lynn, but experts say the discovery is significant.\n\nTiffany Stern, professor of Shakespeare and early modern drama at the University of Birmingham, tells the BBC: \"The evidence he was there has to be patched together but is quite strong.\"\n\nIt was \"very likely\" that he was a member of the Earl of Pembroke's Men because they performed his plays Henry VI and Titus Andronicus, and they did visit King's Lynn in 1593, she says.\n\nMichael Dobson, director of the Shakespeare Institute in Stratford-upon-Avon, says: \"The uncovering of the actual boards really trodden by Shakespeare's troupe during their tours of East Anglia should be far more significant to archaeologists of the Elizabethan theatre than is the conjectural replica of the Globe theatre erected near the real, long-demolished Globe's foundations in central London in the 1990s.\"\n\nBack at the venue, FitzHigham believes a number of theories strengthen the argument that Shakespeare performed there.\n\nShakespeare's comedian Robert Armin was born just one street away, he notes, while a Norfolk writer called Robert Greene famously described the Bard as an \"upstart crow\" in what was essentially a bad review in 1592.\n\nThe debate will continue. On Thursday, the discovery will be discussed at a talk at the venue called Revealing the Secrets of the Guildhall.\n\nFinally, FitzHigham takes me underneath the stage, making us squeeze between beams and using a torch, to allow a closer look at the huge expanse of medieval floorboards, which he explains is the size of a tennis court.\n\n\"600 years old,\" he says with a real sense of wonder.\n\n\"Not just Shakespeare's trodden on it, but everyone in between and we're trying to make that safe and share it with everybody for the next hundreds of years going forward.\"", "Scotland's prison population could hit an all-time high of 8,700 inmates, BBC Scotland News has learned.\n\nThe number of prisoners is rising after falling during the pandemic.\n\nThe previous high was 8,300 in 2019 but officials have predicted it could reach unprecedented levels next year.\n\nThe Scottish government has not confirmed or denied the projection and said it was trying to get the prison population down.\n\nThe rise is driven by increases in prisoners starting their sentences and increases in those being held on remand before trial.\n\nOther factors contributing to the rise include more members of serious organised groups being caught and receiving long sentences and a rise in the number of individuals convicted of violent and sexual offences.\n\nThe chief inspector of prisons, Wendy Sinclair-Gieben, said she was aware of the 8,700 figure.\n\n\"I was shocked when I heard that,\" she said. \"We seriously have to think about how we treat justice in Scotland if we incarcerate so many people.\n\n\"The system can't cope with the numbers where they are now.\n\n\"We'll see an increase in self-harm, we'll see an increase in violence and more to the point, we'll see an increase in recidivism.\"\n\nWendy Sinclair-Gieben says the system can't cope with the current population numbers\n\nPhil Fairlie of the Prison Officers' Association (Scotland) said: \"8,700 is the highest prediction that's been put in our direction but we have heard 8,300 and 8,500.\n\n\"All of those numbers are deeply disappointing and extremely troubling.\n\n\"We don't have the prisons and we don't have the staff numbers to cope with anything like that.\"\n\nIn a statement, Justice Secretary Angela Constance MSP said: \"Since the start of 2023, the prison population across the UK has been rising steadily, placing the prison systems under acute pressure due to a variety of reasons.\n\n\"Our modelling for the prison population in Scotland suggests it may reach even higher levels by the end of the year.\"\n\nOn Tuesday, Ms Constance told the Scottish Parliament that the prison population had increased by 9% this year to 7,937.\n\nShe said remand numbers had reached a historic high and there was a 19% increase in sentences of under four years.\n\n\"The success that we've had with the court backlog is adding to the prison population,\" she told MSPs.\n\n\"It was anticipated the remand population would fall as the sentenced population increased and that has not happened.\"\n\nHMP Perth has 70 double prisoner cells which are so small they breach European guidelines\n\nMs Constance said the Scottish government had extended the presumption against short sentences from three to 12 months.\n\nShe would not confirm whether her officials had made the projection of an increase to 8700, telling BBC Scotland News: \"I'm not in a position to give you a hard and fast number on the worst case scenario.\n\n\"But what I want to be absolutely clear about is that our prison population is rising and that is of great and serious concern. We will work harder than ever before to address this situation.\"\n\nBail supervision services have been established in almost every local authority area and the use of electronically monitored bail orders is increasing.\n\nScottish Conservative justice spokesman Russell Findlay said: \"The rising prison population is largely due to Police Scotland's sterling work in catching sex offenders, violent criminals and those involved in organised crime.\n\n\"The SNP have abjectly failed to manage Scotland's justice system through a combination of incompetence and weakness. They cannot use scaremongering to free those who are locked up for punishment and society's protection.\"\n\nMeanwhile, the population is creeping up at Perth prison, Scotland's oldest jail, which still uses halls built by French prisoners during the Napoleonic Wars.\n\nThe chief inspector of prisons said HMP Perth has 70 double prisoner cells which are so small they breach guidelines set by the Council of Europe Committee for the Prevention of Torture.\n\nMs Sinclair-Gieben said Perth Prison had \"dynamic management and compassionate staff\", but said they were working with \"too many people in too small cells\".\n\nPerth governor Andy Hodge said the prison service was trying to spread the rising number of inmates across the prison estate\n\n\"We're taking prisoner numbers up consistently across sites,\" he said.\n\nThe Scottish government plans to publish its projections on the prison population in November.", "For all the arguments about HS2, perhaps Rishi Sunak's announcement on smoking could be the most profound and long-lasting.\n\nLabour are not seeking to oppose it. The Welsh and Scottish governments are making positive noises too.\n\nA Conservative prime minister makes a party conference announcement, and within hours SNP and Labour ministers in Edinburgh and Cardiff respectively sound like they broadly agree.\n\nTo put it gently, that doesn't happen very often.\n\nAnd this matters, because the laws on smoking are devolved. The government at Westminster decides policy for England only.\n\nLet's be clear: those at Holyrood and in the Senedd are not copying, latching on to an idea that had never crossed their minds before.\n\nPolitical instincts on this issue are coalescing around a similar position.\n\nThe prime minister told the Today programme on Radio 4 that his plans to phase out the sale of cigarettes in England will be the \"biggest public health intervention in a generation\".\n\nEngland's Chief Medical Officer, Sir Chris Whitty - remember him from all those pandemic announcements - chimed in on how beneficial the health improvements would be.\n\nSo is this a moment rather like the ban on smoking in public places? Or gay marriage?\n\nPolitical ideas that provoked a debate, but quickly became baked in - with next to no prospect of ever being reversed.\n\nHang on a minute: there is a complicating twist here.\n\nWhen governments in recent years have passed a law to ban things or allow things, that ban or right has been universal.\n\nOr, at least, universal for adults - and where there was a universal understanding of what an adult is.\n\nThe moving target of a steadily rising age at which cigarettes can be bought legally is more complicated.\n\nIf it happens, the oddities of it may seem minimal in the early years.\n\nBut over time, they would become more, well, odd.\n\nFraser Nelson, the editor of The Spectator magazine, extended the logic of the plan neatly here.\n\nWould it involve shopkeepers having to ask middle-aged folk and older, over time, for ID, to work out which side of the ever moving line of legality they are on?\n\nMinisters will hope the effect of the law will more than compensate for its absurdities.\n\nThat an already falling propensity to smoke across society - and among younger generations - will be accelerated to the point that the legal niceties become irrelevant.\n\nIt is not long ago that it felt like cigarette smoke was almost everywhere: in pubs and clubs, even on public transport and at work.\n\nThat now seems like another world.\n\nBut will this idea - complete as it is with quirks - manage to achieve its aim of eventually eradicating smoking almost entirely?\n\nThere is the political will for that to happen. But bringing it about is tricky.", "Last updated on .From the section Cricket\n\nNew Zealand won by nine wickets\n\nEngland's defence of their World Cup title began with a nine-wicket hammering at the hands of New Zealand in Ahmedabad.\n\nThe rematch of the final four years ago offered none of the tension of that Lord's epic with the Black Caps cantering home in pursuit of 283.\n\nThey reached their target with 13.4 overs to spare - Devon Conway and Rachin Ravindra both hitting stunning centuries.\n\nConway ended 152 not out and Ravindra unbeaten on 123 as the pair combined for a sensational 273-run partnership - the fourth-highest in men's World Cup history - which rendered England's attack toothless.\n\nIn contrast, England struggled to 282-9 in a lacklustre batting performance. Joe Root made 77 but a series of soft dismissals checked their progress.\n\nThey have to wait until Tuesday for their next match - a meeting with Bangladesh in Dharamshala.\n\nThe tournament continues with Pakistan facing Netherlands in Hyderabad from 09:30 BST on Friday.\n• None 'England's defeat is a worry but don't panic yet'\n\nAll is not lost for Jos Buttler's side.\n\nThis tournament follows the same format as the last 50-over World Cup, where they lost three times in the 10-team round-robin stage before going on to lift the trophy.\n\nBut the way the defeat became increasingly ugly, plus the net run-rate implications, make it a very worrying start.\n\nAt halfway their total looked 30 runs below par. Conway and Ravindra's performance made it look more like 100.\n\nSam Curran had Will Young caught behind down the leg side for a duck to start the second over of the chase but that was as good as it got for England.\n\nA missed chance to run out Conway in the third over the closest they came to another wicket.\n\nConway latched onto anything short or full - the highlight a glorious straight drive off Mark Wood, whose five overs cost 55.\n\nFellow left-hander Ravindra, previously with a high score of 61 in international cricket, batted with flamboyance, including one stunning six over Chris Woakes' head in what became a regular flow of boundaries.\n\nAlthough the crowd increased throughout to reach roughly 30,000, the match began in front of less than 10,000 people and swaths of empty seats at the huge, 130,000-seater Narendra Modi Stadium.\n\nEngland's performance is not the only thing that must improve at this tournament.\n\nEngland captain Buttler has spoken about wanting his side to \"attack\" rather than \"defend\" their title but instead their innings was punctuated by a series of timid dismissals.\n\nJonny Bairstow was caught lofting spinner Mitchell Santner into the hands of long-off for 33, Buttler sparkled for 43 - including two fine straight sixes - before offering a thin edge trying to glance Matt Henry through gully and Liam Livingstone tamely flicked Boult straight to long-off on 20.\n\nHarry Brook, playing in place of Ben Stokes, who has a hip issue, crashed 25 off 16 before being caught in the deep off an innocuous Ravindra delivery.\n\nRoot, who came into tournament in a rare slump in form after making just 39 across his last four innings, attempted to hold England together.\n\nHis first six came with one of his trademark reverse ramps and he accumulated well, hitting only four more boundaries, until his dismissal, bowled by Glenn Phillips when attempting a reverse sweep, ended England's hope of passing 300.\n\nHenry found movement in a superb opening spell during which he nicked off Dawid Malan for a 24-ball 14, while Santner did not conceded a boundary in taking 2-37.\n\nThe Black Caps were without pace bowlers Lockie Ferguson and Tim Southee, plus captain Kane Williamson, because of injury, but the part-time spin of Ravindra and Phillips crucially played its part.\n\nEngland move forward with questions to answer while New Zealand have made the perfect start as they bid avenge consecutive defeats in the final of this competition.\n\n'A long way short of our best' - reaction\n\nEngland captain Jos Buttler: \"A very disappointing day. We were very much outplayed by New Zealand and it's a tough defeat to take.\n\n\"We were a long way short of our best.\n\n\"But it is just one loss at the start of a long tournament. We've beaten teams like this before and we've suffered defeats like this before as well, we won't read too much into it.\"\n\nPlayer of the match, New Zealand's Rachin Ravindra: \"It's a little bit unbelievable. It was great to have a great day out.\n\n\"The boys bowled and fielded really well to restrict them to 282 and then lucky I had Devon out there with me to show me how to do it.\n\nEngland batter Joe Root, speaking to BBC Sport: \"A disappointing day from a number of aspects. Batting-wise, we just couldn't get that significant partnership like they did that would have allowed us to really set the game up.\n\n\"We also didn't bowl as well as we can do, which does happen when you're below where you want to be with the bat. When the conditions change as well, it all just adds up to making that gulf enormous.\"\n\nNew Zealand captain Tom Latham: \"A fantastic performance. It was a brilliant partnership between Devon and Rachin but going back to our bowlers, they did a fantastic job to set us up.\n\n\"We're super proud of Rachin, batting at three for the first time in an ODI, and he played beautifully.\"", "Prof Sir Chris Whitty, the chief medical officer (CMO) for England, has welcomed Rishi Sunak's plan to raise the legal age of smoking every year by a year so that eventually no-one can buy tobacco.\n\nHe told the BBC: \"As a doctor I've seen many people in hospital desperate to stop smoking because it's something that is killing them.\"", "The age at which people can buy cigarettes and tobacco in England should rise by one year every year so that eventually no-one can buy them, the prime minister says.\n\nRishi Sunak said MPs were to be given a free vote in parliament on the issue.\n\nUnder the plan, the age of sale would rise from 18 every year so a child aged 14 today would never be allowed to buy tobacco.\n\nThe idea was put forward by a government-commissioned review in 2022.\n\nSpeaking at the Conservative party conference, Mr Sunak said he believed it was the right step to tackle the leading cause of preventable ill-health.\n\nSmoking increases the risk of strokes, heart disease, dementia and stillbirth as well as causing one in four deaths from cancer.\n\n\"There is no safe level of smoking,\" he said.\n\nSmoking rates have been falling since the 1970s. But there are still more than five million smokers in England and six million across the UK.\n\nCurrently, one in nine 18 to 24-year-olds smokes, according to the Office for National Statistics.\n\nMr Sunak told the conference: \"If we want to do the right thing for our kids, we must try and stop teenagers taking up cigarettes in the first place.\n\n\"Because without a significant change, thousands of children will start smoking in the coming years and have their lives cut short.\" he said.\n\n\"Four in five smokers have started by the time they're 20. Later, the vast majority try to quit, but many fail because they're addicted.\"\n\nAre you a smoker or a parent? How do you feel about the proposed change? Get in touch.\n\nThe idea of gradually increasing the smoking age was put forward last year by Javed Khan, the former Barnardo's chief executive, who was asked by ministers to consider new approaches to tackling smoking.\n\nAt the time, the government, which was led by Boris Johnson, said such a move was unlikely.\n\nBut Mr Sunak has decided to throw his backing behind it as a way of meeting the government's ambition for England to be smokefree by 2030 - defined as less than 5% of the population smoking.\n\nOn the vote in parliament, he said there would be no government whip demanding which way Tory MPs should vote.\n\n\"It is a matter of conscience and I want you all and the country to know where mine is,\" the prime minister said.\n\nThe proposal on raising the age of sale of cigarettes is similar to laws being introduced in New Zealand, where buying tobacco products will remain banned for anyone born after 2008.\n\nMr Sunak also said the government would consider restricting the sale of disposable vapes and look at flavourings and packaging of the devices, to tackle the rising rates of children using them.\n\nOne option could be a ban on the sale of them completely.\n\nSimon Clark, of smokers' lobby group Forest, said it amounted to \"creeping prohibition\".\n\n\"It won't stop anyone smoking. Anyone who wants to smoke will buy tobacco abroad or from illicit sources.\"\n\nBut Cancer Research UK's Michelle Mitchell said the announcement on the smoking age was a \"critical step\".\n\n\"If implemented, the prime minister will deserve great credit for putting the health of UK citizens ahead of the interests of the tobacco lobby.\"\n\nDeborah Arnott, from campaign group Action on Smoking and Health (ASH), said what had been announced was an \"unprecedented\" set of measures which would hasten the day smoking is obsolete.", "The trial is taking place at the Famagusta district court, just north of the resort of Ayia Napa\n\nFive Israeli men have gone on trial in Cyprus, charged with the gang rape of a 20-year-old British woman last month.\n\nThe alleged attack is said to have taken place at a hotel in Ayia Napa, a popular tourist resort.\n\nA packed courtroom in Famagusta, just north of Ayia Napa, was filled with relatives of the defendants who turned up in a show of support.\n\nThe defendants are all aged 19 or 20 and come from the Israeli Arab town of Majd al-Krum. They deny the charges.\n\nAt the hearing on Thursday, their lawyers complained that they had not yet seen key evidence, including the DNA report.\n\nOne claimed the report could show his two clients were not in the room at the time of the alleged attack on 3 September.\n\nThe state prosecutor said the DNA report would be ready by the end of the day.\n\nAfter the hearing was adjourned, the defendants' families rushed to embrace them, with one of the men visibly crying as he hugged his mother.\n\nA former Cypriot MP, Skevi Koukouma, also attended the hearing with members of a leading women's movement, Pogo.\n\nMs Koukouma said they were there to send a message that \"victims should feel they can speak out and can be believed\". \"They are not alone,\" she added.\n\nThe trial will resume on 16 October.\n\nIsrael's foreign ministry initially said six citizens had been arrested over the alleged attack.", "Last updated on .From the section Football\n\nThe 2030 World Cup will be held across six countries in three continents, Fifa has confirmed.\n\nSpain, Portugal and Morocco have been named as the co-hosts, with the opening three matches taking place in Uruguay, Argentina and Paraguay.\n\nThe opening matches in South America are to mark the World Cup's centenary as it will be 100 years since the inaugural tournament in Montevideo.\n\nThe decision is set to be ratified at a Fifa congress next year.\n\nFifa also confirmed only bids from countries from the Asian Football Confederation and the Oceania Football Confederation will be considered for the 2034 finals.\n\nFollowing that decision, Saudi Arabia announced it would be bidding to host the tournament in 2034 for the first time.\n\nThe deadline for prospective hosts to submit confirmations of interest is 31 October.\n\nFifa's decision to host the 2030 tournament across multiple continents has drawn criticism, with one supporter's body accusing football's world governing body of engaging in a \"cycle of destruction against the greatest tournament on Earth\".\n\n\"[It's] horrendous for supporters, disregards the environment and rolls the red carpet out to a host for 2034 with an appalling human rights record. It's the end of the World Cup as we know it,\" said Football Supporters Europe.\n\nFifa president Gianni Infantino said: \"In a divided world, Fifa and football are uniting.\n\n\"The Fifa Council, representing the entire world of football, unanimously agreed to celebrate the centenary of the Fifa World Cup, whose first edition was played in Uruguay in 1930, in the most appropriate way.\n\n\"In 2030, we will have a unique global footprint, three continents - Africa, Europe and South America - six countries - Argentina, Morocco, Paraguay, Portugal, Spain and Uruguay - welcoming and uniting the world while celebrating together the beautiful game, the centenary and the Fifa World Cup.\"\n\nMontevideo in Uruguay, the city which hosted the first World Cup match in 1930, is poised to stage the opening game in 2030 with matches in Argentina and Paraguay to follow.\n\nThe rest of the 48-team tournament will then move to north Africa and Europe.\n\nThe change of hemispheres means World Cup teams could find themselves playing in two different seasons at the same tournament.\n\nIf the 2030 proposal is approved, Morocco would become only the second African nation to host a World Cup, after South Africa in 2010.\n\nSpain has been named as joint-host weeks after former football federation chief Luis Rubiales resigned following criticism for kissing Jenni Hermoso at the Women's World Cup.\n\nAppearing in court, Rubiales was given a restraining order by a Spanish judge, but denied sexually assaulting Hermoso.\n\nSpain last hosted the World Cup in 1982, with Italy winning the tournament for the third time.\n\nPortugal has never hosted the tournament, but Euro 2004 was held there.\n\nAs in previous World Cups, Uruguay, Argentina, Paraguay, Spain, Portugal and Morocco will all qualify automatically as co-hosts.\n\nFifa's decision to host the tournament across multiple continents comes after the governing body 'made false statements' about the reduced environmental impact of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.\n\nFifa said the tournament would be the first \"fully carbon-neutral World Cup\" but could not provide proof the claims were accurate.\n\nIn November, BBC Sport reported how environmentalists called Fifa's carbon-neutral claim \"dangerous and misleading\" and warned the tournament could have had a carbon footprint three times greater than stated.\n\nFreddie Daley, a researcher for Global Economy Policy at the University of Sussex, says Fifa's decision to expand the World Cup across three continents is \"concerning\" after its false promises on reducing carbon footprint.\n\n\"A World Cup of this size and scale will involve a lot of air travel, a lot of fan travel, a lot of athlete travel and I am very unsure whether Fifa will be able to deliver this in a sustainable and climate friendly way,\" said Daley.\n\n\"I think Fifa's actions so far point towards them not being very credible on what they have promised to do in regards to climate and climate action.\n\n\"Fifa as an organisation has huge responsibility to citizens around the world to help educate on climate, raise awareness and also bring them on that journey to net zero as part of the energy transition.\n\n\"Announcements like this today make me question their integrity on climate and their support for the energy transition.\"\n\nFrank Huisingh, founder of Fossil Free Football, a group aiming to stop the use of fossil fuels in the sport, said the move was \"outrageous but also not surprising\".\n\n\"We know Fifa's track record and we know they want to go for big tournaments with a lot of fan travel and a lot of emissions,\" he said.\n\n\"It is just a very bad idea.\"\n\n\"This is Fifa showing complete disregard for fans as fans and fans as humans,\" said Katie Cross, CEO and founder of Pledgeball, a fan charity which campaigns for greater sustainability in football.\n\nSaudi Arabia's decision to bid for the 2034 World Cup is in line with its initiative to become a global leader in sport after hosting a number of events in the country since 2018, involving football, Formula 1, golf and boxing.\n\nBut the Gulf kingdom has been accused of investing in sport and using high-profile events to improve its international reputation - a process known as sportswashing.\n\nIn a recent interview with Fox News, Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman said he does not care about the accusations.\n\n\"If sportswashing is going to increase my GDP by 1%, then we'll continue doing sportswashing,\" Bin Salman said.\n\nPrince Abdulaziz bin Turki bin Faisal, Saudi Arabia's Olympic and Paralympic chief, says the World Cup bid \"constitutes an important and natural step in our journey as a country passionate about football\".\n\nDespite the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) declaring its support for Saudi Arabia, Football Australia chief executive James Johnson said on Thursday the country would still explore a bid to host the 2034 tournament.\n\n\"As stated previously, Football Australia is exploring the possibility of bidding for the 2029 Fifa Club World Cup and/or the Fifa World Cup 2034,\" Johnson said.\n\n\"We are encouraged that after the hugely successful Fifa World Cup Qatar 2022 and Fifa Women's World Cup Australia and New Zealand 2023, the football family of Asia and Oceania will once again have the opportunity to showcase their ability to welcome the world and host the best FIFA tournaments.\"\n\nFifa follows Uefa in readmitting Russia to under-17 competitions\n\nFifa also announced Russia will be readmitted to its under-17 competitions for the first time since the country's invasion of Ukraine 19 months ago.\n\nThe move follows Uefa's decision last week to allow Russian sides to compete at U17 level in European competitions after they were suspended when the invasion began in February 2022.\n\nFifa said the decision will be conditional on teams playing as the \"Football Union of Russia\" rather than Russia, without the country's flag or anthem, and wearing a neutral kit.\n\nUefa's move drew criticism from the English Football Association which said it \"did not support\" the decision, adding \"our position remains that England teams won't play against Russia\".\n\nBut Uefa said boys and girls should not be punished for the actions of adults, adding in a statement: \"Football should never give up sending messages of peace and hope.\"", "Migrants at the Italian port of Brindisi last month\n\nRishi Sunak has called for more co-ordinated European action to tackle the rising numbers of irregular migrants arriving on the continent's borders.\n\nAt a special summit of European leaders in Spain, the prime minister said the situation was \"immoral and unsustainable\".\n\nHe demanded \"creative Europe-wide solutions\" to the continent's migration crisis, which for him means tackling people smugglers and tightening borders.\n\nOn Thursday, the prime minister called on European leaders to act with the \"same sense of urgency\" in tackling illegal migration, in a joint article with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni in The Times.\n\nThe pair said that the \"current approach is not working\" and \"closer co-operation and tougher measures to crack down on the people smugglers\" are needed.\n\nItaly has already seen more than 100,000 migrants land on its shores this year - five times as much as the UK.\n\nAt the summit, Mr Sunak co-chaired a leaders' meeting with Meloni, and he agreed deals with the leaders of Belgium, Bulgaria and Serbia to disrupt criminal networks by sharing more intelligence and co-operating more at an operational level. Serbia in particular is a key transit country for many migrants entering Europe.\n\nThe summit of 47 EU and non-EU leaders is a gathering of what's called the European Political Community, a new body set up last year in the wake of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Its chief focus is to discuss the war but it is also an opportunity for leaders to have wider, more informal discussions.\n\nAlthough Mr Sunak used his party conference speech on Wednesday to argue against Britain aligning more closely with the European Union, he does appear more willing to co-operate with broader European partners on immigration, one of his key electoral priorities.\n\nHe has promised to stop the small boats containing migrants arriving across the English Channel. Although numbers are down compared to last year, more than 20,000 people have already arrived so far this year.\n\nWhat is not clear yet is how many European leaders share Mr Sunak's priorities and whether more collective action might be possible. EU countries in particular have often struggled to agree how to share the burdens of migration.\n\nThe EU on Wednesday did agree to reform its internal asylum rules to make it easier for countries like Italy and Greece to get help from other members of the bloc when there is a surge in irregular migration. And diplomats say that some EU countries - including Spain - also want to discuss new methods of legal migration.\n\nBut Mr Sunak's focus is on addressing what he says are the root causes of the problem, namely criminal people smugglers, and that would require more co-ordinated action by non-EU as well as EU countries.\n\nIn remarks released by Downing Street ahead of the summit, Mr Sunak said: \"Levels of illegal migration to mainland Europe are the highest they have been in nearly a decade. With thousands of people dying at sea, propelled by people smugglers, the situation is both immoral and unsustainable. We cannot allow criminal gangs to decide who comes to Europe's shores.\n\n\"When it comes to facing down the threat from [Russian President Vladimir] Putin, confronting the risks and opportunities of AI or dealing with illegal migration, there is strength in unity.\n\n\"These issues transcend national borders and require creative Europe-wide solutions - that is what I will be discussing with my fellow leaders at the European Political Community summit in Spain today.\"\n\nMr Sunak also announced further humanitarian aid for Ukraine and discussed ways Western allies can help the country boost its grain exports.\n\nThe Foreign Office has released intelligence which, it claims, shows Russia is preparing to lay sea mines outside Ukrainian ports.\n\nThe aim, the Foreign Office says, is to deter the export of Ukrainian grain by targeting civilian shipping travelling through the Black Sea.", "Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has described his plan to phase out the sale of cigarettes as the \"biggest public health intervention in a generation\".\n\nThe policy, if it gets the backing of MPs, will see the age at which people can buy tobacco products - currently 18 - increase by a year each year. It would mean today's 14-year-olds would never be able to purchase a cigarette.\n\nThe idea certainly seems a simple solution to what is after all an incredibly damaging habit. Smoking is the leading cause of preventable ill health - or put another way - around half of long-term smokers can expect it to kill them.\n\nBut the problem comes when you think about the mechanics of how it will work in practice.\n\nNo country in the world had done this. New Zealand has passed a law to introduce it but it will be another four years before it really starts kicking in and an adult is legally unable to buy a tobacco product.\n\nBut while an 18-year-old will not be allowed, their 19-year-old friend will be. And that is the issue, say the critics of this policy, including the Institute of Economic Affairs and smokers' lobby group Forest.\n\nHow can an arbitrary line be drawn, making something illegal just because a person was born in a different year? Surely an illicit trade in cigarettes will ensue? And what about policing it?\n\nAfter all under Rishi Sunak's plan, which he wants to work with the devolved nations to introduce UK-wide, we will have a situation in 20 years' time where a couple aged 34 and 35 could be living together and one can buy cigarettes and one cannot.\n\nOf course, once back home there is nothing to stop the 34-year-old reaching over and taking a cigarette from their partner and lighting up.\n\nBut in a way that is not the point. Sources at the Department of Health and Social Care, which has been looking at the policy since it was put forward in a government-commission review by former Barnardo's chief executive Javed Khan last year, say the intention is not to criminalise the act of smoking rather the sale of products by retailers.\n\nIt will be a job for trading standards to enforce rather than the police to crack down on.\n\nAnd so far, Labour are not seeking to oppose it, while the Welsh and Scottish governments are makingpositive noises too, our political editor Chris Mason says.\n\nThe point of the policy, says Dr Sarah Jackson, part of the tobacco and alcohol research group at University College London, is not to ban smoking outright but to further de-normalise and so \"discourage\" young people from taking it up.\n\nShe says there is good evidence that increasing the age of sale is effective in reducing smoking rates, pointing out that the increase in the legal age of sale from 16 to 18 in 2007 has contributed to the falls seen since then.\n\nBut what is also clear from New Zealand's lead is that increasing the age of sale should be seen as just a part of a package of measures.\n\nAlongside the age change, New Zealand is also reducing the nicotine content of cigarettes and restricting where they can be sold.\n\nUniversity of East Anglia addiction expert Prof Caitlin Notley says the age of sale policy cannot just be brought in in isolation.\n\nShe says there must be more funding for stop smoking services and innovation to reach out to those parts of society that have the greatest needs.\n\n\"It is the poorest and most deprived people in our society who continue to smoke tobacco at the highest rates. Tobacco smoking is an inequalities issue,\" she says.\n\nAnd this is where the problem lies. Running stop smoking services is the role of public health teams which sit in councils.\n\nBut they saw big cuts to their budgets by central government between 2015 and 2020 - forcing them to trim a third off their funding for stop smoking services, according to the Health Foundation. Although the government says the money available has since increased.\n\nThe squeeze also had a damaging impact in other areas of public health too, with drug and alcohol, sexual health and obesity services also impacted.\n\nObesity has been linked to deprivation\n\nAnd while health experts are pleased with the announcement on smoking, there is real frustration about the approach taken to obesity, which is estimated to cost the NHS twice the £3bn a year spent dealing with the ill-health caused by smoking.\n\nThat is why some research has suggested obesity is now an even bigger threat to the health of the nation than smoking - while smoking rates have declined four-fold since the 1970s, obesity rates have gone in the opposite direction.\n\nA report published this year by the Institute for Government accused the government - and indeed its predecessors - of ducking the difficult decisions.\n\nWith the exception of the sugar tax on soft drinks which was introduced in 2016, it said more ambitious policies have been \"avoided or delayed\" such as tighter restrictions on advertising and promotions for junk food.", "Calls have been made for moves to keep bullocks that graze on a common near residential properties under better control.\n\nPeople in Biggleswade said action needed to be taken as each year they keep getting into people's gardens and causing damage.\n\nTown councillor Andy Skilton told BBC Three Counties Radio he had been unable to reach Fen Reeves, the common's owners, so shared footage online to raise awareness of the issue.\n\nFen Reeves said in a statement it had been in touch with concerned residents and the issues raised had been discussed.", "The US has sent roughly 1.1 million bullets seized from Iran last year to Ukraine, its military has said.\n\nThe US Central Command (Centcom), which oversees operations in the Middle East, says the rounds were confiscated from a ship bound for Yemen in December.\n\nUkraine's Western allies recently warned that their production lines were struggling to keep up with the rate at which Ukraine was using ammunition.\n\nCentcom says the Iranian rounds were transferred to Ukraine on Monday.\n\nIt added the ammunition was 7.62mm calibre used in Soviet-era rifles and light machine-guns.\n\nWhile the number is significant, it represents a small percentage of the hundreds of millions of rounds already shipped by allies to Ukraine.\n\nThe US has already provided more than 200 million bullets and grenades.\n\nThe Iranian munitions were originally seized by US naval forces from a stateless ship named MARWAN 1 on 9 December, it said.\n\nThe US government gained ownership of them in July through a process known as civil forfeiture, by which an asset can be seized if its owner is thought to be involved in criminal activity.\n\nIn this case, the claim was brought against Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, a branch of the Iranian armed forces tasked with preserving the country's government.\n\nIn a statement, Centcom said the US was \"committed to working with our allies and partners to counter the flow of Iranian lethal aid in the region by all lawful means\".\n\nIran backs the Houthi rebels in Yemen's ongoing civil war, but arms transfers to the group are barred under a 2015 resolution by the UN Security Council.\n\nThe civil war in Yemen began in 2014 when the Houthis took control of the capital Sanaa and removed the country's government.\n\nThe ousted government remains the internationally recognised authority in Yemen and is backed by a Saudi-led coalition of countries in the region as well as the US and the UK.\n\nSince the second half of last year, Iran has also repeatedly been accused of supplying Russia with arms, most notably drones, for use in the war in Ukraine.\n\nOleksandr Vasiuk, a Ukrainian MP who co-chairs a committee on cooperation with the US, said the transfer \"proves once again that the US is our strong ally\".\n\n\"These seized weapons and ammunition could have been simply disposed of, but Washington understands how important it is for us to get help,\" he said.\n\nAfter the recent political turbulence in the US, which is now directly affecting military aid for Ukraine, Kyiv is keen to celebrate any support package it receives.\n\nWhile 1.1 million bullets are likely to be less pivotal than tanks or long-range missiles, every single one will be welcomed during a war of attrition.\n\nFor Ukraine, there is also a slight poetry in its soldiers firing Iranian bullets at a force that uses dozens of Iranian-made drones.\n\nThe transfer comes amid rising concern among Western allies over their continued ability to arm Kyiv.\n\nOn Monday at the Warsaw Security Forum, Adm Rob Bauer, the chairman of Nato's military committee, said that the \"bottom of the barrel is now visible\".\n\nHe said decades of underinvestment meant that, even at the start of the war, Nato countries' ammunition stocks had been half-full or even emptier.\n\nHe added that governments and arms manufacturers needed to \"ramp up production in a much higher tempo\".\n\n\"The just-in-time, just-enough economy we built together in 30 years in our liberal economies is fine for a lot of things - but not the armed forces when there is a war ongoing,\" he said.\n\nUK Defence Minister James Heappey urged Nato allies to spend 2% of their national income on defence, a target agreed by the whole bloc but expected to be met this year by only 11 of its 31 members.\n\nThe transfer of the Iranian ammunition also comes as the Biden administration looks for alternative ways to provide assistance to Ukraine amid opposition from some in Congress.\n\nOfficials have been warning for weeks that the money currently allocated to Ukraine has been nearly exhausted, but pressure from members of the Republican right has so far prevented the House of Representatives from approving additional funds.\n\nOn Tuesday, some of the same members won a vote to unseat House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, a move which will delay any vote on further aid until after a replacement is installed, which will not happen until at least the middle of next week.\n\nEven then, any future Speaker who brings a vote on the issue to the floor is almost certain to face similar opposition.", "Chail was immediately detained by officers after being found at the castle\n\nA crossbow-wielding man who arrived at Windsor Castle with plans to assassinate the Queen has been jailed for nine years for treason.\n\nJaswant Singh Chail, 21, was arrested while the late monarch stayed in the castle on Christmas Day 2021.\n\nThe Old Bailey heard he was spurred on by his artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot \"girlfriend\" Sarai and inspired by storylines from Star Wars.\n\nChail will also be subject to a hybrid order under the Mental Health Act.\n\nThis means he will remain in a psychiatric hospital for now but will be transferred to custody when he receives the treatment he needs.\n\nThe crossbow Jaswant Singh Chail had in his possession on his arrest\n\nChail, from North Baddesley, near Southampton, is the first person in the UK to be convicted of treason since 1981.\n\nHe had also pleaded guilty to making threats to kill and being in possession of an offensive weapon.\n\nPassing sentence during a live TV broadcast, Judge Mr Justice Hilliard said Chail had experienced homicidal thoughts that he acted upon before becoming psychotic.\n\n\"His intention was not just to harm or alarm the sovereign - but to kill her,\" the judge said, adding that Chail's intention to kill made the offence \"as serious as it could be\".\n\nThe former supermarket worker scaled the perimeter of the castle with a nylon rope ladder and was in the grounds for two hours before two officers confronted him with tasers.\n\nJaswant Singh Chail was intercepted by royal protection officers in the grounds of Windsor Castle\n\nHe was armed with a powerful crossbow with the safety catch off that was capable of firing bolts with \"lethal\" effect, the Old Bailey was told.\n\nChail was found wearing a metal mask in a private section of the castle grounds just after 08:10 GMT.\n\nHe told the officers he was there to \"kill\" Queen Elizabeth II and immediately surrendered.\n\nIn a video posted on Snapchat minutes before he entered the grounds, Chail said his actions were \"a revenge\" for those who had died in the 1919 Jallianwala Bagh massacre, when British troops opened fire on thousands of people who had gathered in the city of Amritsar in India.\n\nChail, who is from a family of Indian Sikh heritage, said in the same video that his actions were a \"for those who have been killed, humiliated and discriminated on because of their race\".\n\nThe mask worn by Jaswant Singh Chail was recovered after his arrest\n\nIn his remarks the judge said Chail demonstrated a wider ideology focused on destroying old empires and creating a new one, including in the fictional context such as Star Wars.\n\nThe court was told he described himself as a \"Sith Lord\" as he was obsessed with the sci-fi characters in the fantasy film franchise and their role in shaping the world.\n\nHe had confided his murderous plan to AI chatbot Sarai, which exchanged 5,000 sexually charged messages with him in the weeks before.\n\nChail, who regarded Sarai as his girlfriend, believed the two would be reunited after he killed the Queen.\n\nHe told Sarai he loved her and described himself as a \"sad, pathetic, murderous Sikh Sith assassin who wants to die\".\n\nChail, whose messages are in blue, appeared to make his intentions plain to the chatbot\n\nAt his sentencing hearing, the court heard Sarai told him his \"purpose was to live\" and he therefore decided to surrender to the royal protection officers.\n\nThe judge said Chail was also \"culpable to a significant degree\" when he applied unsuccessfully to join the Ministry of Defence Police and Grenadier Guards because he \"wanted to get close to the royal family\".\n\nChail made internet searches on \"Sandringham Christmas\" and also attempted to obtain a gun on the \"dark web\" before buying the crossbow in November 2021.\n\nHe had a \"lonely, depressed and suicidal state of mind\" and has since expressed \"distress and sadness\" about the impact his actions had on the Royal Family\", the court also heard.\n\nThe Queen had been staying at Windsor, rather than spending Christmas as usual on her Sandringham estate\n\nAs well as the nine years in prison, Chail was also given a further five years on extended licence.\n\nUnder the 1842 Treason Act it is an offence to assault the monarch or have a firearm, or offensive weapon in their presence with intent to injure or alarm them, or to cause a breach of peace.\n\nIn 1981, Marcus Sarjeant was jailed for five years under the section of the Treason Act after he fired blank shots at the Queen while she was riding down The Mall in London during the Trooping the Colour parade.\n\nFollow BBC South 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Send your story ideas to south.newsonline@bbc.co.uk.", "Metro Bank's shares plunged after reports it is seeking to raise millions to bolster its finances.\n\nThe bank's shares sank by as much as a third after newspapers reported it needed to raise up to £600m.\n\nMetro Bank sought to reassure investors about its financial position on Thursday.\n\nIt did not comment on the figure, but said it \"continues to consider how best to enhance its capital resources\".\n\nThe BBC understands Treasury officials have been in touch with the Prudential Regulation Authority, the financial services regulator, who is monitoring the situation at Metro Bank.\n\nIt followed earlier talks between the regulator and Metro Bank itself, which insiders at the company portrayed as routine conversations.\n\nThe bank has stressed that its finances remain strong and it continues to meet all regulatory requirements.\n\nCustomer deposits up to £85,000 are guaranteed by the Financial Services Compensation Scheme, which guarantees that if a bank runs into trouble, depositors will get their money back up to that level.\n\nMetro Bank was founded in the wake of the financial crisis and was the first to open in the UK in more than 100 years.\n\nIt positioned itself as a so-called \"challenger\" bank to the big High Street names when it was founded in 2010, with its promise of being open seven days a week, and it now has about 2.7 million customers.\n\nIts shares were briefly suspended on Thursday morning and dropped more than 25% by the time markets closed. They had already suffered hefty falls last month after regulators refused to approve a request to lower the capital, or cash, requirements attached to its mortgage business.\n\nThe bank is now considering a number of options to boost its balance sheet before some £350m worth of debt will need to be refinanced in October 2025.\n\nA share sale of some £100m is apparently on the table. The bank has also asked advisers at Morgan Stanley to work on a deal with the hopes of raising millions in an equity sale, borrowing up to £350m as well as looking at the potential sale of assets - the money and property owned by a bank.\n\nMetro Bank stressed that no decision had been made as yet and that it was meeting all of the minimum cash requirements set out by financial watchdogs.\n\nIt is understood its chairman Robert Sharpe met with bosses at the Prudential Regulation Authority on Thursday morning.\n\nBut there are some concerns that the High Street lender may struggle to raise the money it might need in the future.\n\nIt returned to profit in the six months to the end of June this year, partly helped by higher interest rates.\n\nThis marked the first half-year profit the bank had seen since an accounting scandal in 2019, when it emerged that risk attached to some of its loans had been underestimated.\n\nIts current boss Daniel Frumkin said in July that 2023 would be a \"transitional year\" for the bank.\n\nRatings agency Fitch placed Metro Bank on negative watch on Wednesday, citing concerns over its capital strength and funding, as well as its business model.\n\nMetro Bank's stock market value is now less than £100m, having been valued at around £3.5bn at its peak five years ago.\n\nWhen it was founded in 2010, it won attention for having branches open seven days a week and offering small touches like water bowls for customers' dogs.\n\nBut Russ Mould, investment director at AJ Bell, said: \"Metro Bank has been struggling for years to get on a path to sustained profitability and has made lots of mistakes.\n\n\"It seems Metro was rather less adept at the nuts and bolts of banking itself. The key question is will it find enough backers should it conduct a fundraise?\"\n\nHe also suggested that some existing investors might feel they have no choice but to take part in any fundraising, \"though they are unlikely to do so with any great enthusiasm\".", "After 50 years of the Charles Rennie Mackintosh Society, the architect's buildings are still at risk\n\nThe Charles Rennie Mackintosh Society was born of necessity.\n\nFour of his buildings stood in the way of the motorway that Glasgow Corporation planned to build in the 1970s.\n\nOne of them, Martyr Street School, was already the subject of a demolition order when the society held its first meeting in October 1973.\n\n\"There was a lot happening in the city, and many of the plans were likely to affect Mackintosh,\" says Stuart Robertson, who has been director of the society since 2001.\n\n\"Mackintosh was relatively unknown, beyond other architects and designers and as well as saving his buildings, the society's aim was to start spreading the word about him around the world.\"\n\nMartyrs Street School survived, as did Queen's Cross church and Scotland Street School which, although outside the motorway ring, looked likely to be affected.\n\nIngram Street tearooms did sit inside the development and were demolished in 1971, although the rooms were documented and catalogued before being put into storage.\n\nIn 1978 they were transferred to Glasgow Museums. Some pieces were eventually restored and returned to public view, including the Oak Room which is now on show at the V&A Dundee.\n\nMichael Dale, who has just been appointed chair of the CRM Society, has led many of Scotland's cultural organisations including the Edinburgh Fringe, events at the Glasgow Garden Festival and the West End festival.\n\n\"1990 was a huge turning point in terms of tourism,\" he says. \"We suddenly had tourists and we created a market for Mackintosh, someone who is here every day of the week, every week of the year and every year for the last 50 years.\n\n\"We need to persuade government - local and national - that it's worth investing in.\n\n\"They managed to find £565m for Commonwealth Games which lasted 11 days, so think about the kind of impact investing in Mackintosh could have.\"\n\nA survey of Mackintosh buildings carried out by the Society in 2015 concluded the estate was \"small, fragile and precious\".\n\nIt included the Mackintosh School of Art, damaged by a fire in 2014, and almost entirely lost in a second fire in 2018.\n\nGlasgow School of Art pictured before the 2018 fire\n\nRobertson says: \"These are historic buildings which need to be looked after. Particularly after years of neglect.\n\n\"If we don't protect them, we will lose them forever and the city has to wake up to that.\"\n\nThe handful of buildings in Glasgow City Council's care come with challenges. Scotland Street School is currently closed for redevelopment.\n\nThe Lighthouse, in Mitchell Lane, has been closed since the pandemic.\n\nScotland Street School is currently closed for redevelopment\n\nOn Thursday, Glasgow City Council will host a reception to mark the 50th anniversary of the Charles Rennie Mackintosh Society.\n\nBut its thousand members, who come from across the world, can't rest on their laurels. They believe there's as much need for the society today as there was 50 years ago.\n\n\"I'd say even more,\" says Stuart Robertson. \"These buildings are fragile and suffer badly if not maintained. There are 300 buildings on the at-risk register in Glasgow. If we can't look after Mackintosh, what hope is there for any other buildings?\"\n\nMichael Dale wants to see the CRM Society advising on conservation in the same way the Cockburn Association does in Edinburgh. He compares Glasgow to cities like Barcelona, Chicago and Manchester, where conservation and culture are at the heart of plans.\n\n\"It's time for Glasgow to be a powerhouse like that,\" he says.\n\nSo what is the state of play for Mackintosh's best-known buildings?\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Take a look inside the Mackintosh Building restoration project\n\nThe Mackintosh building in Garnethill was designed in phases between 1896 and 1909, in Art Nouveau style.\n\nOne of Mackintosh's most celebrated buildings, it was also unusual in being a work of art which was also a working art school. It was damaged by fire in 2014, and was close to reopening after restoration when it was devastated by a second fire in 2018.\n\nIn January 2022, the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service concluded a three year investigation which found no cause could be determined. Glasgow School of Art plan a \"faithful reinstatement\", which is due to open in 2030.\n\nQueen's Cross church is used as a performance venue\n\nThe only church Charles Rennie Mackintosh designed and built, it opened in 1899 in Maryhill.\n\nWhen it closed as a church in 1976, it was taken over by the Charles Rennie Mackintosh Society, which owns and operates it as a visitor attraction. In recent years, it has been a popular venue for small concerts and performances, and is regularly used by the Celtic Connections festival.\n\nA number of original artefacts, including chairs designed for the Willow Tea Rooms, are on display.\n\nIn 2018 King Charles and Queen Camilla - then the Duke and Duchess of Rothesay - visited Mackintosh at the Willow following a refurbishment\n\nThe only surviving tea rooms designed by Charles Rennie Mackintosh, the Willow Tea Rooms were commissioned by local entrepreneur Catherine Cranston and opened on Sauchiehall Street in 1903.\n\nThe building had various changes of ownership and use over the years, including a spell as a department store. It was purchased in 2014 by the Willow Tea Rooms Trust to prevent the sale of the building and loss of the contents to collectors.\n\nIt reopened as a social enterprise in 2018 under the name Mackintosh at the Willow after a £10m refurbishment.\n\nThe spiral staircase in Mackintosh Tower - part of the Lighthouse centre for architecture in Mitchell Lane\n\nThe Lighthouse was opened in 1999 as a centre for architecture and design. During that year, Glasgow held the title of UK City of Architecture and Design.\n\nThe building in Glasgow's Mitchell Lane once housed the Glasgow Herald. Designed by Mackintosh in 1895, it includes a \"doocot\", which was used to house pigeons returning with racing results for the paper.\n\nThe building has been closed to the public since 2020, and Glasgow City Council says it's considering its future use.\n\nThe school was designed by Charles Rennie Mackintosh between 1903 and 1906, in the Kingston area of Glasgow.\n\nIt originally had more than a thousand pupils but in the 1970s, as the M8 motorway and Kingston Bridge cut through the area, the school's roll fell to under 100 and in 1979 it closed.\n\nThe school reopened as a museum in the 1980s, offering visitors a chance to sit in a historic classroom.\n\nIt is currently closed for a major refurbishment, with plans to include a nursery and digital learning hub in addition to a museum.", "Labour present a challenge to the SNP in Scotland, the party's leader has admitted in the week before a key by-election in Rutherglen.\n\nFirst Minister Humza Yousaf told the BBC he is \"not complacent about that challenge\".\n\nLabour insiders are confident they are on the verge of a breakthrough in Scotland.\n\nSir Keir Starmer has said he wants to win a significant number of seats in Scotland to ensure he has a \"mandate\".\n\nAsked if the Rutherglen and Hamilton West by-election was a must-win for his party, he said: \"It is very important for us. There is no getting away from that.\"\n\nVoters in the seat go to the polls on Thursday, 5 October. The by-election - which was triggered when ex-SNP MP Margaret Ferrier was removed by her constituents after breaking Covid lockdown rules - is being seen as a key test of whether Labour are making a comeback in Scotland, as polls suggest.\n\nSenior figures in the party are confident of victory. One source close to the campaign said a comfortable win in Rutherglen would suggest the party could compete for as many as 24 seats in Scotland at a general election.\n\nThat is a remarkable claim given the party has just one MP in Scotland at the moment.\n\nSNP insiders believe turnout will be crucial - but they also acknowledge the party has been hit by the police investigation into SNP funding. It saw former leader Nicola Sturgeon and her husband Peter Murrell arrested, then released without charge pending further investigation.\n\nThe first minister said: \"Labour are popping the Champagne corks - putting up the bunting, they are complacent.\"\n\nHe added: \"We've been in government for 16 years. Of course there's challenges.\n\n\"But 16 years in, with probably the most difficult six months my party has faced, we're still leading in the [national] polls.\"\n\nFirst Minister Humza Yousaf has been campaigning alongside SNP candidate Katy Loudon\n\nLabour went into freefall after the independence referendum in 2014. The following year, it lost 40 seats in Scotland and returned just one MP.\n\nBut Labour is now confident of winning a seat from the SNP at a by-election for the first time. And they think it could be the start of a resurgence in Scotland.\n\nSir Keir said: \"For the Labour Party it matters that we win in Scotland to have the mandate - to have the authority - to take the whole of the UK forward.\"\n\nHe added: \"I don't want to win a general election without winning more significantly in Scotland.\"\n\nHe would not put a number on what \"significant\" looked like.\n\nBut for a while, Labour strategists have thought it's possible the party could return 20 or more MPs in Scotland at the next general election.\n\nA source close to the by-election campaign said: \"We're in a good place.\" They suggested their vote was hardening up in the final days of the campaign.\n\nTactical voting could play a role in the by-election too.\n\nSenior SNP figures think many anti-independence voters who don't necessarily support Labour will give them their vote.\n\nAsked about tactical voting, the Scottish Tory deputy leader Meghan Gallacher said: \"We'll always say to vote Conservative. We've got a really, strong message… we're saying no to the SNP's independence plans but we're also talking about other issues which really matter to the people here in Rutherglen, cost of living being one of them.\"\n\nThe Scottish Lib Dem leader Alex Cole Hamilton said: \"Liberal Democrats are growing again and my defining mission as leader is to give them a reason to vote for us\".\n\nThe Scottish Greens are in government with the SNP at Holyrood - but the party is standing a candidate at the by-election. The party's co-leader Patrick Harvie said: \"Green and SNP voters don't necessarily see eye to eye on things like how regulate the oil and gas industry, how fast we can move in that transition in response to the climate emergency.\"\n\nYou can see a complete list of candidates for the by-election here.", "A council has reversed a housing decision at the centre of a conflict-of-interest investigation involving a Stormont assembly member and his son.\n\nEx-councillor Luke Poots chaired a committee when it approved a planning application lobbied for by his father, former DUP leader Edwin Poots.\n\nBut after a legal challenge, Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council has now refused planning permission.\n\nThe case has cost the council more than £76,000.\n\nThe planning approval forms part of an investigation by the Northern Ireland Local Government Commissioner for Standards into complaints against Luke Poots.\n\nAbout 35 planning decisions over a two-year period where the former DUP councillor sat on the committee and his father made representations have been examined by the watchdog, BBC News NI understands.\n\nLuke Poots has previously insisted he had \"done everything by the book\", while Edwin Poots said previously that there was no conflict of interest \"in any way, shape or form\".\n\nLocal resident Nigel Kinnaird, who was involved in the legal challenge, said the council should apologise.\n\n\"We should never have had to be put through that - it's ridiculous,\" he said.\n\n\"It was nice that we were able to take it on ourselves and win it. It's a lesson to other communities that you can do this.\"\n\nLocal resident Nigel Kinnaird said the council should apologise\n\nA former Stormont planning official said the handling of the application raised \"fundamental and serious concerns\".\n\nDean Blackwood, a Green Party member who worked in the Department of the Environment's planning department, said: \"The issue of overturned recommendations highlights a lack of proper oversight of planning.\"\n\nHe said given the cost to the public, the case \"warrants further scrutiny, perhaps from the local government auditor\".\n\nPermission was granted in December 2017 for two houses at Magheraconluce Lane, outside Hillsborough, County Down.\n\nThe application was due to be determined by council officials under delegated authority, but it was instead referred to the planning committee at the request of the DUP.\n\nEdwin Poots attended the meeting and spoke in favour of the application.\n\nOfficials recommended refusal but a majority on the committee voted to approve the application, according to the minutes.\n\nLuke Poots with his father Edwin at an election count\n\nPlanning approval was quashed by the High Court in 2021 after Gordon Duff, an environmental campaigner, sought a judicial review with the backing of residents.\n\nIn August, the planning committee reconsidered the application and this time unanimously backed officials' recommendation to refuse permission.\n\nMr Duff said he pursued the case after becoming concerned about the number of planning decisions being made against the advice of council officials.\n\n\"I then noticed this planning case in Magheraconluce Lane on the planning portal and it was immediately obvious there was no possible justification for this planning decision and that led me to talk to a number of neighbours,\" he said.\n\nAt a court hearing, it was argued approval had breached planning policy on infill dwellings in the countryside.\n\nThe High Court heard allegations of conflicts of interest, including that Luke Poots \"may have a friendship with the son of the planning applicant\".\n\nIt was also alleged the plans may have been passed by DUP councillors voting in a block to carry the proposal.\n\nA judge said the claims \"if sufficiently evidentially grounded, give rise to arguable grounds of procedural unfairness\".\n\nEdwin Poots previously said that there was no conflict of interest 'in any way, shape or form'\n\nThe council said a fresh decision notice has been issued on the planning application and the applicant will have four months to consider lodging an appeal.\n\nIt added: \"To date £76,315.83 has been spent in legal costs.\"\n\nThe DUP have been approached for comment.\n\nLuke Poots served as a councillor from 2013 until 2019 and had been employed as a case worker in his father's constituency office.\n\nHe has previously said that on being appointed to the planning committee, the council received legal advice \"which I have always followed\".\n\n\"I have done everything by the book. I am 100% in the clear,\" he said previously.\n\n\"Every time I have been in the chair when my dad speaks, I have declared an interest.\"\n\nEdwin Poots had said: \"There is no conflict of interest that has been exercised in any way, shape or form by either myself, my son, other DUP members or anybody else on the council.\"", "Last week, Laurence Fox warned the decision would open GB News up to \"complete destruction\"\n\nLaurence Fox has been sacked by GB News after an outcry about comments he made on air about a female journalist.\n\nThe former actor and political activist sparked controversy last week when he asked what \"self-respecting man\" would \"climb into bed\" with Ava Evans.\n\nFox hosted a weekly show on the channel and made the comments while appearing as a contributor on Dan Wootton's show.\n\nFellow host Calvin Robinson, who was suspended after voicing support for Fox and Wootton, has also been fired.\n\nResponding to his sacking on social media, Robinson said: \"How long can a station keep calling itself 'the home of free speech' when it continues to engage in cancel culture?\n\n\"I supported my friends/colleagues and will continue to do so. That should not be a fireable offence. GB News is controlled opposition.\"\n\nHe said he was \"absolutely in shock\", adding he had tried to \"provide some critical challenge\" to the leadership at GB News but \"they saw it as bringing the station into disrepute\".\n\nMore than 8,800 people complained about Fox's remarks to media regulator Ofcom, which has launched an investigation.\n\nIn a video last Thursday, Fox apologised for the language he used and predicted his sacking, which he said would open GB News up to \"complete destruction\".\n\n\"GB News had one opportunity and that opportunity was to stand up and defend free speech, which they haven't done,\" he said.\n\n\"So I think now as they brand themselves the home of free speech, they're actually the home of cancel culture.\"\n\nThe announcement by GB News came on the same day he was arrested on suspicion of conspiring to commit criminal damage to Ulez traffic cameras.\n\nCalvin Robinson said GB News was a mission, not a job\n\nLast week, GB News also suspended Wootton, who has apologised \"unreservedly\" for \"a very unfortunate lapse in judgement on my part under the intense pressure of a bizarre exchange\".\n\nIn a statement on Wednesday, GB News said: \"Laurence Fox and Calvin Robinson were both suspended last week pending internal investigations that have now concluded.\n\n\"As of today, GB News has ended its employment relationship with Laurence Fox and Calvin Robinson.\n\nThe incident happened when Fox was asked by Wootton for his view on an appearance by Ms Evans, political correspondent for PoliticsJoe, on the BBC's Politics Live the previous day.\n\nShe was on Politics Live with comedian and commentator Geoff Norcott, who raised the issue of men's mental health and suicide, and supported a call for a dedicated minister for men to address such issues.\n\nMs Evans argued that such suggestions \"feed into the culture war\" and \"make an enemy out of women\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. GB News suspends Laurence Fox for comments on a female journalist involved in a BBC discussion about men.\n\nIn response on GB News, Fox said: \"We're past the watershed so I can say this. Show me a single self-respecting man that would like to climb into bed with that woman - ever, ever,\" he said.\n\n\"That little woman has been fed, spoon-fed oppression day after day after day.\n\n\"And she's sat there and I'm going like - if I met you in a bar and that was like sentence three, [the] chances of me just walking away are just huge.\"\n\nHe then added: \"Who'd want to shag that?\"\n\nWootton laughed at that line, before reading a post from Ms Evans saying she had been \"a little rash on my anti-minister for men comments which I do regret\".\n\nOn social media, Wootton later wrote: \"Having looked at the footage, I can see how inappropriate my reaction to his totally unacceptable remarks appears to be and want to be clear that I was in no way amused by the comments.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: Ava Evans calls insults on GB News 'really nasty' and says she's since received threats online\n\nSpeaking to BBC Radio 4's Today programme on Friday, GB News chief executive Angelos Frangopoulos said Fox's remarks were \"appalling\" and \"way past the limits of acceptance\".\n\nHe said: \"We are about free speech, but it's about being done in a respectful and proper way, and that was not the way that that conversation played out.\"\n\nHe added: \"That comment should not have gone to air and that should have been properly challenged, quite frankly.\"\n\nMr Frangopoulos said he had written to Ms Evans to say \"it was very unfortunate and does not reflect our values and of course we are very sorry\".\n\nGB News launched in June 2021, promising to \"change the face of news and debate in the UK\". It had 2.8 million viewers last month, according to ratings body Barb.\n\nGB News has been on air for more than two years\n\nIts editorial charter says it values \"freedom of expression but not by causing unjustifiable offence or exposing our audience to harm\".\n\nFox made his name as an actor in TV shows like Inspector Morse spin-off Lewis, and in films like The Hole and Gosford Park.\n\nIn recent years he has repositioned himself as a right-wing commentator, activist and aspiring politician but has frequently caused controversy.\n\nHe set up the Reclaim Party and stood for election for London mayor in 2021, finishing sixth, and came fourth in the by-election to succeed Boris Johnson as MP for Uxbridge and South Ruislip this July.\n\nSign up for our morning newsletter and get BBC News in your inbox.", "The UK's cloud computing market is to face a competition probe over concerns it is being dominated by Amazon and Microsoft.\n\nMedia watchdog Ofcom said the two make up 70-80% of the sector in the UK, while closest rival Google has 5-10%.\n\nOfcom had said in April it was worried a lack of competition made it difficult for businesses to switch providers.\n\nIt has referred the sector to the UK's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) to look into the issue.\n\nAmazon and Microsoft both told the BBC they would work with the CMA as it conducts its investigation. However, Amazon said it felt Ofcom's concerns were \"based on a fundamental misconception\" of the sector.\n\nCloud computing broadly refers to the storage of data online that can be accessed anywhere at any time.\n\nIt has become an essential bit of infrastructure for both businesses and individuals, and is how millions of people store large amounts of data, use software remotely, stream music and videos and play games.\n\nIt is sometimes described as using \"other people's computers\", vast networks of powerful machines stored in massive data centres around the world, and many of those belong to either Amazon or Microsoft.\n\nThe services are used by businesses across the UK, and Ofcom estimated that in 2022 the cloud services market in the UK was worth up to £7.5bn.\n\n\"Many businesses now completely rely on cloud services, making effective competition in this market essential,\" said CMA chief executive Sarah Cardell.\n\n\"Strong competition ensures a level playing field so that market power doesn't end up in the hands of a few players - unlocking the full potential of these rapidly evolving digital markets so that people, businesses, and the UK economy can get the maximum benefits.\n\n\"The CMA's independent inquiry group will now carry out an investigation to determine whether competition in this market is working well and if not, what action should be taken to address any issues it finds.\"\n\nThe CMA said it would conclude its investigation by April 2025. The body has the power to force companies to change practices, block purchases or even sell off parts of their businesses if it feels there is a legitimate threat to the market.\n\n\"All credit to Ofcom for addressing the anti-competitive issues such as data egress fees, technical and commercial lock-ins that have damaged and distorted the UK's growing cloud infrastructure market for too long,\" said Nicky Stewart, former head of ICT at the Cabinet Office.\n\n\"It's imperative that the CMA thoroughly investigates all the deep-seated issues in this critical market which underpins so much of our nation's digital infrastructure - and that includes anti-competitive licensing.\"\n\nFergal Farragher, Ofcom's consumer protection director, told the BBC's Today programme that cloud computing was \"the hidden plumbing that underpins many of the digital services that businesses and consumers use every day\".\n\nHowever, he said that Ofcom had concerns that competition was not working as well as it should be in the cloud computing market.\n\n\"Some UK businesses have told us they find it difficult to switch, and mix and match the best services from different cloud providers,\" he said.\n\nOfcom is concerned that there are obstacles to switching, including the fees providers charge for moving data to a rival, which can put off people from using different services.\n\nMr Farragher said perhaps those fees should be limited, or removed entirely.\n\nOfcom's referral of the cloud services market to the CMA was to make sure the market \"is working well for UK consumers and businesses in the future,\" he added.\n\nRivals such as IBM and Oracle should be able to challenge the more dominant players, he said.\n\nA Microsoft spokesperson said: \"We are committed to ensuring the UK cloud industry remains innovative, highly competitive and an accelerator for growth across the economy.\n\n\"We will engage constructively with the CMA as they conduct their Cloud Services Market Investigation.\"\n\nAmazon said it believed Ofcom's findings were \"based on a fundamental misconception\" of the sector.\n\n\"Only a small percentage of IT spend is in the cloud, and customers can meet their IT needs from any combination of on-premises hardware and software, managed or co-location services, and cloud services,\" a spokesperson for the company said.\n\n\"Customers make hundreds of millions of data transfers each day in the ordinary course of business, and over 90% of our customers pay nothing for data transfer because we provide them with 100 gigabytes per month for free.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The story of Nicholas Rossi, the US fugitive who 'faked his own death' (Video by Morgan Spence, Graham Fraser and David MacNicol)\n\nScotland's justice secretary has confirmed that the extradition of the American fugitive Nicholas Rossi can go ahead.\n\nAngela Constance signed the extradition order last week after a court ruled in August there was no legal barrier to Rossi being sent back to the United States to face rape charges.\n\nHe was arrested on the Covid ward of a Glasgow hospital in December 2021.\n\nThe 36-year-old has since claimed to be the victim of mistaken identity.\n\nThe convicted sex offender, who is originally from Rhode Island, said he was an Irish orphan called Arthur Knight.\n\nHowever, last November, Sheriff Norman McFadyen ruled that he was Nicholas Rossi and not Arthur Knight, as he repeatedly claimed.\n\nEdinburgh Sheriff Court heard how his fingerprints and distinctive tattoos matched those of the fugitive.\n\nDespite the ruling, Rossi maintained he was the victim of mistaken identity - and said he had been tattooed while he was lying unconscious in hospital in an attempt to frame him.\n\nHe returned to the court in June this year for his extradition hearing.\n\nAuthorities in the US have said Rossi was known by several aliases, including Nicholas Alahverdian.\n\nRossi was arrested at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow in December 2021\n\nIn his extradition ruling, Sheriff McFadyen described Rossi as \"dishonest and deceitful as he is evasive and manipulative\".\n\nMr Bovey urged the court to refuse extradition of his client or adjourn proceedings to allow fuller investigation of Rossi's mental health.\n\nBut three medical witnesses said Rossi showed no signs of acute mental illness and a GP at Saughton also cast doubt on the state of his health in general.\n\nThe sheriff ruled that he could be legally extradited to Utah in August, and the justice secretary had the final say.\n\nHe has two weeks to appeal the decision.\n\nSeparately, detectives in Essex want to interview Rossi in connection with an allegation of rape dating back to 2017.\n\nStaff at a Glasgow hospital recognised Rossi by the distinctive tattoos on his arms\n\nIn December 2019 he told media in his home state that he had late-stage non-Hodgkin lymphoma and had weeks to live.\n\nSeveral news outlets in Rhode Island reported that he had died in February 2020.\n\nHowever, less than two years later, Rossi - who was the subject of an Interpol wanted notice - turned up on a hospital ward in Glasgow during the pandemic.\n\nHe was being treated for Covid-19 when he was arrested at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital on 13 December 2021.\n\nWatch Now on BBC iPlayer: Unmasking A Fugitive - The story of Nicholas Rossi, the US fugitive who came to the UK with a new identity", "Can the newcomer make his mark? Bear 806 Jr is less than a year old, but shows significant promise (and fluff)\n\nHis bodyweight has increased nearly 7,000% since the day he was born, which was less than a year ago.\n\nAnd now this 70lb (31kg) spring cub, known as 806 Jr, is taking on the champions of chonk in this year's Fat Bear Week competition.\n\nThe popular online event, founded in 2014 by former park ranger Mike Fitz, has become something of a phenomenon, with more than a million votes cast last year for the fattest of them all.\n\nEach year, the brown bears of Alaska's Katmai National Park gather along the banks of the Brooks River to devour salmon swimming upstream. Their goal: to pack on as many pounds as possible before winter.\n\nTwelve bears among the lot are chosen for Fat Bear Week's bracket, where fans voting online will ultimately decide the winner.\n\n806 Jr, recognisable by his short muzzle and near-Disney-level cuddliness, is already the 2023 Fat Bear Junior Champion - but can he match the chub of more seasoned veterans?\n\nThe current favourites for 2023's contest are 480 - aka Otis - a 27-year-old brown bear weighing roughly 1,200lb, and 747 - or Colbert - a two-time Fat Bear Week champion weighing about the same.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: What it takes to win 'Fat Bear Week'\n\nIt's an uneven playing field, not separated by bear gender, size or age, says Mr Fitz, now a resident naturalist at explore.org, which maintains a 24-hour livestream of the bears.\n\nRoughly 10 million people tuned in to the Katmai livestreams in 2022, including to watch the bears jockey for position at the best fishing spots.\n\n\"If you're a guy like 747 (Colbert), you don't have to worry about bears challenging you, so you can do what you want, when you want,\" Mr Fitz says.\n\nOtis, meanwhile, is a four-time champion and a \"beloved\" bear with a good chance of winning.\n\nThough he's ageing, is missing a few teeth, and can no longer fight for the prime salmon spots, Mr Fitz says: \"I definitely wouldn't want to count him out.\"\n\nBrown bears in Katmai need to eat a year's worth of food in about six months to store enough fat to survive the winter.\n\n\"A good day's catch for a bear is about 10 salmon,\" Mr Fitz says. \"But they can eat much more than that.\"\n\nHe once saw a bear eat 42 salmon - roughly 189,000 calories - in just five hours.\n\nHowever, that's small fry for the hungriest hunters. Some bears have been estimated to eat up to 6,000lb in a single summer-autumn feast.\n\nConsuming such large amounts of food can lead to massive weight increases, with the spring cubs like 806 Jr seeing some of the heftiest jumps.\n\nSpring cubs typically weigh just 1lb when they're born in January and February, but by the end of autumn can exceed 70lb.\n\nYoung-adult cubs can double their bodyweight over the same time period, going from 200lb to 400lb, Mr Fitz says.\n\nThe really big males will gain about 200-300lb and can weigh as much as 1,600lb by the end of a summer binge.\n\nHowever, Mr Fitz says: \"Mother bears are particularly challenged to get fat.\"\n\n\"When you compare the body size and shape of many mother bears, there's often a noticeable difference between the mothers and the single males and females.\"\n\nThat's a disadvantage to Fat Bear Week competitors like 435, aka Holly, aka \"supermom\" - who can expend significantly more energy protecting their cubs and producing milk.\n\nKnown to fans for being \"the color of a lightly toasted marshmallow\", as the contest puts it, Holly weighs somewhere in the ballpark of 800lb.\n\nBut, her smaller size didn't stop her from Winning Fat Bear week in 2019. That's because, according to Mr Fitz, size doesn't always matter.\n\n\"Fat Bear Week is about telling the diversity of the stories. It's not about who can win the bracket,\" Mr Fitz says.\n\nAnd, it's about a \"celebration of the work and success of brown bears\".\n\nBear 435, aka Holly, has raised a number of cubs - but this season is living the single life\n\nFans can vote on Explore.org's website every day of the competition, from 4 October to 10 October, between 12:00-21:00 EST (16:00-01:00 GMT).\n\nThe first Fat Bear Week in 2014 attracted a couple of thousand votes, but has since gone global. Its fandom has grown so much that, in September, people tuning into the live stream eager to spot a bear instead located a stranded hiker, saving his life.", "Assassin's Creed Mirage is released this week - and reviews have called it a return to the series' roots. But there's also been one major change.\n\nFor this edition, set in 9th Century Baghdad, developers Ubisoft have recorded the game's performances in Arabic.\n\nPrevious games in the long-running stealth franchise have taken place in the Middle East, Europe and Africa, but the heroes have always been voiced by English-speaking actors by default.\n\nPlayers can still choose to play the game with English dialogue, but its makers hope they'll choose the more \"authentic\" Arabic.\n\nIt was what fans heard when the game's first global trailer dropped in late August, and a move that's been welcomed by fans like Ameer, who grew up in Baghdad.\n\nHe says hearing Arabic in games isn't a first, but \"it's usually with a terrorist saying something that people recognise as Arabic\".\n\nEngineering student Ameer, 20, says he was impressed by the trailer, when fans got to hear the Arabic dialogue spoken by main character Basim and get a glimpse of the game's world.\n\n\"I was like 'this is perfect',\" says Ameer.\n\n\"Arabic is a beautiful language and the dialect they use in Mirage is a beautiful one,\" he says.\n\nMohammed Al Imam, who worked on the game, says he was keen to see a \"positive depiction\" of Arabic speakers\n\nMohammed Al Imam, who works for Ubisoft's Middle Eastern and North African branch, explains that the language spoken in the game is classical Arabic, a \"1,000-plus years old\" version \"still preserved to this day in schools, academia and news and entertainment\".\n\nHe says it differs from modern, spoken dialects but is still widely understood.\n\nMohammed says that it's common to see Arabic characters in Western media speaking in \"broken Arabic\" or \"mimic the sounds without understanding the words\".\n\n\"The intonation is off, their pronunciation is off.\n\n\"It's something that's been bothering the Arabic consumer for decades, similar to someone who's not French trying to act like a French guy.\"\n\nHe tells Newsbeat that one of the starting points for the project was to insist that \"any Arabic line must be performed by someone who is fluent in the language\".\n\nMohammed says the philosophy also worked in reverse - its translation team in charge of subtitles for English speakers playing with an Arabic voice track needed a deep understanding of both languages.\n\nHe points to one line in English script, where an impatient character complains that \"camels will sprout wings on their humps\" if they have to wait any longer.\n\nIn the Arabic, Mohammed says, the line is actually \"if I waited any longer the Phoenix would have risen from its ashes\".\n\nHe says these \"small things\" are scattered throughout the game, and might not be noticed by non-native speakers.\n\n\"But for Arabs, they'll know immediately,\" says Mohammed.\n\n\"And they'll point it out and say, 'Ah, that's inaccurate. They haven't done the research'.\"\n\nEagle-eye view: Some reviewers have praised the game's tighter focus on a single city location, but others say it's resurrected issues with earlier games\n\nAnother key part of Mirage, and previous Assassin's Creed games, is faithfully recreating their historical settings.\n\nMohammed says Ubisoft also employed various historical experts to make sure the world was authentic where it needed to be.\n\nAmeer, who currently lives in Istanbul, hopes the game will help the rest of the world to see Iraq differently.\n\n\"I feel like it's going to put in the mind of players that Iraq and the whole Arab world is really important to the entire world history,\" he says.\n\n\"In the past, all that people talk about is war.\n\n\"But Baghdad and the whole of Iraq [in the 9th Century] is a hugely important moment in history.\n\n\"This was the golden age,\" he says. In Ameer's opinion \"all knowledge, books, and the biggest writers, mathematicians, they all originate from Iraq and Baghdad\".\n\nThat's also something that Mohammed says drove his personal passion for the project.\n\n\"So seeing a positive depiction, seeing an accurate depiction, different characters with different personalities, not stereotypes, not cliches, was something that pushed me to to really put everything I have into it,\" he says.\n\nChanges to popular franchises can be unpopular with long-term fans, but Mohammed thinks modern, English-speaking audiences will be receptive to the game's new approach.\n\n\"People are more exposed through social media, through the internet to different cultures, they're more understanding of different cultures.\n\n\"I mean, I grew up watching and consuming entertainment and media from other cultures and seeing people do the same. The other way around is refreshing.\"\n\nEarly reviews of the game, which is available on Playstation, Xbox and PC, have been generally favourable, according to aggregator Metacritic.\n\nAnd some websites, including Polygon, IGN, and Eurogamer, have praised Mirage for its more focused approach, compared with sprawling recent titles in the series.\n\nBut other sites, such as The Gamer, said the return to the style of the franchise's earlier games \"dredges up problems you may have forgotten\".\n\nAmeer says he's excited to get stuck in regardless, and also hopes that the game's approach will have an impact closer to home, and pave the way for more Middle Eastern games development.\n\n\"I hope games like this inspire people, they see themselves being represented, and they think 'maybe I can make something like this'.\n\n\"Why can't we make something about ourselves as well? It would be a beautiful future if we get more developers from everywhere.\"\n\nThe release of the game coincides with the reported arrests of five former Ubisoft employees over sexual harassment allegations.\n\nAccording to French newspaper Liberation, the claims stem from a 2020 investigation into claims against high-ranking staff.\n\nA spokesman told the BBC \"Ubisoft has no knowledge of what has been shared and therefore can't comment\".\n\nListen to Newsbeat live at 12:45 and 17:45 weekdays - or listen back here.", "John Barnes says the HS2 project took his family home away\n\nPeople who lost their homes and firms along the scrapped northern route of the HS2 rail link will not get any new compensation, Transport Secretary Mark Harper has told the BBC.\n\nThose people have already been paid for their properties, he said.\n\nBut some farmers affected by the HS2 route say they should be compensated.\n\nJohn Barnes, who had his family farm compulsorily purchased, said the government \"have put a lot of people through a lot of pain and anguish\".\n\nThe government has spent more than £423m on buying hundreds of properties and land for the now-scrapped Birmingham to Manchester leg of the route.\n\nIt will recoup money by selling off property and land it purchased along the route, Mr Harper said.\n\nHe told BBC Breakfast that having properties compulsorily purchased was \"difficult\" for the people affected, and that they \"obviously won't be happy\" about the decision to scrap the route.\n\nHowever, he said: \"Those properties were purchased at market value, so they will have been effectively compensated for that. The legal position won't have changed for those people.\"\n\nBut farmers along the route have said the uncertainty about their homes and businesses has been stressful and expensive.\n\nMr Barnes' farm, which also contained a wedding venue and farm shop, was in Staffordshire. He now farms in Gloucestershire.\n\n\"We've had 11 years of a pretty difficult time,\" he told the BBC's Farming Today programme, adding that he felt \"cheated\" by the decision.\n\nIt is not clear what will happen to his old farm, which is in a \"pretty dire\" state, he said.\n\nThe wedding barn and other buildings have been demolished already, and the old farm house is boarded up.\n\n\"There's just a scar straight across the middle of the farm. They've done a lot of groundwork which couldn't be reinstated as farmland,\" he said.\n\n\"If we had the choice, we'd move back in a heartbeat, if the railway wasn't there,\" he added. \"It was home. They took our home away from us.\"\n\nHe said he would be interested in buying back what was left, but \"it's not a farm any more\".\n\n\"They've destroyed the community. There was a small hamlet of houses - they've all gone,\" he added.\n\nCompulsory purchase is a legal procedure where the government or local authority can force a property owner to sell up, normally for a project such as a new road or railway line.\n\nFor HS2, there were various compensation schemes available.\n\nIf the property was in an area marked for HS2 development and met certain criteria, owners could apply for the market value of their property, plus a \"home loss\" payment on top, and expenses.\n\nPeter Oakes' farm in Cheshire was due to be cut in half by HS2, but he and his family did not leave because they could not find anywhere suitable to buy.\n\nHowever, now his plans are \"in turmoil\", he said. He has not spent any money on the farm for 10 years, \"sitting in limbo\", because he thought it would be sold.\n\nMr Oakes said he now wanted \"a fair deal\" from HS2 as the situation was \"very stressful\".\n\n\"It's caused a lot of distress, and hurt, and emotion within the family,\" he added.\n\nSarah Beer, a lawyer who has acted for people and families affected by HS2, said she had \"seen too many claimants on the brink of, if not already in, mental collapse because of the stress that this scheme has caused them\".\n\n\"They are suffering from the years of mental and often financial anguish they've been put through,\" she said.\n\nProperty and business owners had \"understandably been put off investing in their homes and businesses knowing the money will be wasted if the property is ultimately demolished\" and without knowing they would be able to fully recover that outlay, she added.", "David kept his gambling addiction a secret from everyone before his young son asked him to stop\n\nDoctors should ask people with a mental-health problem about their gambling habits to identify those who need help, draft health guidance says.\n\nIt adds that with problem gamblers, GPs should discuss software to limit online gambling and talking therapy treatment at an early stage.\n\nPatients can be referred to one of 12 NHS gambling-treatment clinics in England, with three more planned.\n\nAnd their addiction affects another 3.8 million people, including children.\n\nMen are more likely to gamble than women, the review says, especially online, where 15% of men but only 4% of women gamble.\n\nDavid Quinti, 49, stopped gambling eight years ago but not before he'd lost £30,000 and hit rock bottom.\n\n\"I was in a dark place. I was gambling most of the day, and at work,\" he says.\n\n\"I kept it hidden from everyone and became a very good liar.\"\n\nIt started with football betting and moved on to online roulette, where he started taking bigger and bigger risks.\n\nDavid went to his GP feeling depressed, and mentioned he was spending too much time gambling.\n\nBut his GP focused on his drinking instead and offered him anti-depressants.\n\nEventually, it was his eight-year-old son's plea to stop that made David change his ways.\n\n\"The thought of what I could have lost means I've never relapsed,\" he says.\n\nPeople with depression, anxiety or thoughts about suicide or self-harm are currently asked about their drinking and drug habits, to see if they have a possible addiction.\n\nAnd the draft guidance, from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (Nice), says healthcare professionals should also ask about their gambling habits, to help identify those who need support and treatment.\n\nNice interim director for guidelines Prof Jonathan Benger said: \"Harmful gambling causes immense misery to all those who experience it.\n\n\"We want those needing help or who are at risk to be identified sooner and receive appropriate help. \"\n\nNHS gambling clinics can see 3,000 people each year.\n\nAnd GamCare, a charity which runs the National Gambling Helpline, said healthcare professionals could play \"an important role\" preventing harm by helping people find support.\n\n\"We believe these recommendations, if implemented, will present a greater opportunity to prevent gambling harms from occurring in the UK,\" director of services Fiona MacLeod said.\n\nEarlier this year, the government published a White Paper on gambling, including plans for a statutory levy on operators, to fund harm prevention and treatment.\n\nA consultation on the draft guidance will run until Wednesday, 15 November.\n\nHas gambling affected your life? You can get in touch by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "A girl died after she was partially thrown from a school bus when its driver suffered an \"event\" at the wheel and the vehicle overturned on a motorway, a coroner's court has heard.\n\nJessica Baker, 15, suffered \"catastrophic\" injuries in the crash on the M53 in Wirral on 29 September.\n\nLiverpool Coroner's Court heard CCTV showed driver Stephen Shrimpton, 40, slump to his left before the crash.\n\nSenior coroner Andre Rebello said it was \"miraculous\" no-one else died.\n\nOpening and adjourning of the inquests into the deaths of Jessica and Mr Shrimpton, Mr Rebello said the schoolgirl had suffered an \"instantaneous\" death from the injuries she sustained in the crash near junction five on the northbound M53.\n\nHe said the teenager, from Chester, was one of 51 passengers on the bus, who were all pupils at either Jessica's school, West Kirby Grammar School, or another institution, Calday Grange Grammar School.\n\nHe said footage from inside the coach showed Mr Shrimpton slump to his left while driving at the same time as the vehicle left the carriageway and went up an embankment, turning on to its side in the process.\n\n\"The court has been briefed by the road collision unit investigation and the CCTV footage within the coach,\" he said.\n\n\"It is fairly evident that the driver has suffered an event whereby he is seen to slump to his left side and it is at this time that the vehicle leaves the carriageway.\"\n\nThe court was told both Mr Shrimpton and Jessica were pronounced dead at the scene.\n\nThe coroner said CCTV footage from inside the coach showed Mr Shrimpton slump to his left while driving\n\nMerseyside Police said after the crash, four other children were taken to hospital, including a 14-year-old boy whose injuries were said to be \"life-changing\".\n\nOthers were handled at an emergency training centre, with 13 treated for minor injuries before being released.\n\nMr Rebello told the court it was \"miraculous\" no-one else was killed in the crash, which had caused \"fatal injury, life-changing injury and serious injury and lots of minor injuries\".\n\nHe added that anyone over the age of 14 was responsible themselves by law for wearing a seat belt, but he intended to write to the Department of Transport because clarity was needed over the rules for coaches.\n\n\"I am old enough to remember the Tufty Club and the Green Cross Code and the public information films about, 'Clunk Click every trip',\" he said.\n\n\"I suspect there are generations who have never seen these public information films and may not be fully aware that the chances of severe injury or fatal injury are so much reduced by wearing of a seat belt.\"\n\nThe hearings were adjourned ahead of full inquests in March 2024.\n\nWhy not follow BBC North West on Facebook, X and Instagram? You can also send story ideas to northwest.newsonline@bbc.co.uk", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Police video showed the flyover barrier the bus crashed through\n\nItalian authorities are still trying to identify all of the 21 victims of Tuesday's deadly bus crash in Venice.\n\nThe electric bus crashed through a bridge barrier, and plunged almost 15m (50ft) in the mainland borough of Mestre, before bursting into flames.\n\nDNA samples are being used to confirm the identities of those who were not carrying personal documents, prosecutor Bruno Cherchi said.\n\nThree children including a baby were among the dead, according to officials.\n\nThe bus was carrying 39 tourists from the centre of Venice to a campsite. On Wednesday evening, relatives began arriving in Italy from other countries to identify the dead.\n\nMayor Luigi Brugnaro said a huge tragedy had taken place. \"An apocalyptic scene, there are no words,\" he said on social media.\n\nCCTV footage showed the vehicle driving past another bus before toppling off the carriageway.\n\nOne rescuer spoke of a \"tragedy of young people, if not very young people, except for a few adults\".\n\nNine Ukrainians, three Germans, four Romanians, two Portuguese, a South African national and the Italian driver were among those killed, a spokesperson for Venice's mayor said.\n\nFifteen people are known to have been injured, five of them seriously - including Ukrainians, Austrians, Spaniards and other foreign tourists, according to officials.\n\nAmong the injured were two 16-year-olds and two younger children, the local governor said.\n\nTwo German brothers, aged seven and 13, were being treated for broken bones in hospital in nearby Treviso. Their parents were killed in the accident and the boys were being given counselling.\n\nA young Croatian woman who was on her honeymoon also died, Ansa news agency reported. Her husband of about three weeks was sent to hospital.\n\nSome survivors in the Angelo di Mestre hospital were asking for their loved ones, said the head of medicine, Chiara Berti. \"There were entire families, grandparents, grandchildren, spouses.\"\n\nVenice prosecutor Bruno Cherchi said only three or four survivors had so far been able to talk to investigators by Wednesday afternoon.\n\nThe city's authorities have declared three days of mourning after the tragedy.\n\nThe bus crashed at around 19:45 (17:45 GMT) on Tuesday. It had apparently been rented by a local company to pick up tourists from the historic centre of Venice and take them to a campsite in the nearby Marghera district, on the mainland.\n\nWitnesses saw the bus scraping along the guard-rail on the flyover for 50m, before tumbling to the ground, the prosecutor added.\n\nThe bus company emphasised that the 13-tonne vehicle was electric, discounting earlier reports that it also ran on methane gas. Fire brigade commander Mauro Longo told Il Gazzettino website that the bus's batteries caught fire and made the task of clearing the vehicle a complex operation.\n\nWitnesses said they could hear people screaming, but the flames were too intense to get to them.\n\nA 27-year-old Gambian worker and his housemate were among the first people to reach the scene. He told how he had pulled three or four people from the bus, including a young girl.\n\nBoubacar Touré and Odion Eboigbe, who is Nigerian, ran to the scene after hearing a sudden, thundering crash beside their apartment.\n\n\"We ran down to the spot where the bus was on fire and I heard a woman screaming, 'My baby, my baby,'\" Boubacar told the BBC.\n\n\"I managed to pull her through the window and then pulled out her son, who was badly burnt but still alive.\"\n\nBoubacar said the fire was so intense that fire extinguishers had little impact on the flames.\n\nWhat is unclear is why the bus left the flyover on a downhill stretch of the road and careered through a guard rail and metal barrier. Police are looking at video from security cameras near the crash site.\n\nThe 40-year-old driver, Alberto Rizzotto, had worked for the bus company for seven years and there was no indication on the road that he had tried to brake before the crash.\n\nIn his last Facebook post, he said he was running a \"shuttle to Venice\".\n\nThe head of the Veneto region, Luca Zaia, said \"everything points\" to the driver being taken ill in the moments before losing control of the bus. However, he added that it was prudent not to speculate on the causes of the accident.\n\nMassimo Fiorese, from La Linea bus company, said the vehicle was less than a year old and the driver highly experienced.\n\n\"There's a video of the bus just before it falls,\" he told the Ansa news agency. \"The vehicle arrives, slows down and brakes. It's almost at a standstill when it crashes through the guard-rail. I think the driver must have fallen ill, because otherwise I can't explain it.\"\n\nFirefighters eventually removed the wrecked bus from the scene early on Wednesday.\n\nA reception point staffed by psychologists and psychiatrists has been set up at a nearby hospital to provide support for the victims' families.\n\nItaly's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said the country's thoughts were with the victims and their family and friends.\n\nThe flyover can be seen directly above the wreckage of the bus in Mestre", "Poker Face singer and A Star is Born actress Lady Gaga is often accompanied by her dogs at awards shows\n\nLady Gaga does not have to pay a $500,000 (£410,000) reward to a woman who returned her dogs after they were stolen in 2021, a US judge has ruled.\n\nJennifer McBride previously sued the star for the \"no questions asked\" reward, plus $1.5m (£1.2m) in damages.\n\nBut the judge said Ms McBride couldn't claim the money because her role in returning the star's dogs had led to a conviction of receiving stolen goods.\n\nShe argued she was just making sure the two bulldogs were returned safely.\n\nMs McBride's lawyer said the singer and actress had committed a breach of contract and fraud by not paying up following their return.\n\nBut in a ruling this week, Judge Holly J Fujie said Ms McBride was \"not entitled to thereafter benefit from their wrongdoing by seeking to enforce the contract\".\n\nIn February 2021, Ryan Fischer was walking Lady Gaga's three French bulldogs in Hollywood when he was shot in the chest in what the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office called \"a cold-hearted violent act\". He survived, but had to have part of his lung removed.\n\nLast December, James Howard Jackson was sentenced to 21 years in prison for attempted murder.\n\nJackson and his accomplices took two of the dogs, Koji and Gustavto, following the shooting. A third, Miss Asia, ran away and was later found by police.\n\nThe two stolen dogs were returned unharmed by Ms McBride two days later after Gaga offered the reward.\n\nMs McBride was arrested along with four others in April 2021, and was charged with being an accessory to attempted murder.\n\nIn December, she struck a plea deal to have that charge dropped, and pleaded no contest to receiving stolen property, for which she was sentenced to two years probation.\n\nShe denied having been involved in the theft, saying she only took possession of Lady Gaga's pets \"for the specific purpose of ensuring their protection and safely returning them\".\n\nThat's something the Grammy and Oscar-winner's lawyers argued \"makes no sense\".\n\nThe judge has now upheld a previous ruling, saying Ms McBride cannot claim the reward because she \"has unclean hands that prevent her from profiting from her actions\".\n\nSign up for our morning newsletter and get BBC News in your inbox.", "Buzz Aldrin on the Moon in 1969 wearing one of the original spacesuits\n\nNasa astronauts will be flying in style, with luxury fashion designer Prada helping design space suits for the 2025 Moon mission.\n\nThe Italian fashion house will work to design the suits alongside another private company, Axiom Space.\n\nIn a press release, Axiom said Prada would bring expertise with materials and manufacturing to the project.\n\nOne astronaut told the BBC he thought Prada was up to the challenge due to their design experience.\n\nThat experience has been built not only on the catwalks of Milan but also through Prada's involvement in the America's Cup sailing competition.\n\n\"Prada has considerable experience with various types of composite fabrics and may actually be able to make some real technical contributions to the outer layers of the new space suit,\" according to Professor Jeffrey Hoffman, who flew five Nasa missions and has carried out four spacewalks.\n\nBut he said people should not expect to see astronauts in \"paisley spacesuits or any fancy patterns like that. Maintaining a good thermal environment is really the critical thing\".\n\n\"A spacesuit is really like a miniature spacecraft. It has to provide pressure, oxygen, keep you at a reasonable temperature,\" he added.\n\nEarlier this year, Axiom unveiled a spacesuit, which it said would be worn on the upcoming Artemis 3 mission.\n\nThe suit weighed 55kg and was said to be a better fit for female travellers.\n\nIn a press release, Artemis and Prada said they would use \"innovative technologies and design\" to allow \"greater exploration of the lunar surface than ever before\".\n\nThe Artemis 3 mission, featuring the Prada designs, will follow Artemis 2, which will involve flying a capsule around the Moon late next year or early in 2025.\n\nArtemis 2 will have the first woman and the first black astronaut ever assigned to a lunar mission - Christina Kock and Victor Glover respectively.", "Their relationships might be close, the handshakes might have been firm, but President Volodymyr Zelensky had to roll his sleeves up during his trip to the US and Canada.\n\nThe latter was the easier end. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau promised to support Ukraine \"for as long as it takes\" against Russia's invasion, and he has cross-party support in that endeavour.\n\nAmerica's pockets are deeper, but its politics are far more complicated.\n\nPresident Zelensky secured another $325m (£265m) military package from the White House, but it wasn't the $24bn biggie he'd been hoping for.\n\nThat proposal is bogged down in Congress in a disagreement over budgets.\n\nThe difficulties do not stop there either.\n\nBesides his counterpart Joe Biden, Ukraine's leader also had meetings with Republican politicians who are struggling to contain the growing scepticism in their party.\n\n\"We are protecting the liberal world, that should resonate with Republicans,\" a government adviser in Kyiv tells me.\n\n\"It was more difficult when the war started, because it was chaos,\" he says.\n\n\"Now we can be more specific with our asks, as we know what our allies have and where they store it. Our president could be defence minister in a number of countries!\"\n\nAlas for Kyiv, he is not, and the political challenges are mounting.\n\n\"Why should Ukraine keep getting a blank cheque? What does a victory look like?\"\n\nThese are both questions the Ukrainian leader has been trying to answer on the world stage.\n\nAnd this is why he now seems to do more negotiating than campaigning - just to keep Western help coming in.\n\nAll in a week when Kyiv fell out with one of its most loyal allies Poland, in a row over Ukrainian grain.\n\nA Polish ban on Ukrainian imports led to President Zelensky indirectly accusing Warsaw of \"helping Russia\".\n\nLet's say that went down very badly in Poland, with President Andrzej Duda describing Ukraine as a \"drowning person who could pull you down with it\".\n\nThe situation has since deescalated.\n\nEven for a seasoned wartime leader, these are difficult diplomatic times.\n\nUpcoming elections in partner countries such as Poland, Slovakia and the US are muddying the picture. Some candidates are prioritising domestic issues at the expense of military support for Ukraine.\n\n\"The need to balance military aid with the satisfaction of voters makes things really complicated,\" explains Serhiy Gerasymchuk from the Ukrainian Prism foreign policy think tank.\n\n\"Ukraine has to weigh up promoting its interests, using all the possible tools, while taking into account the situations in partner countries and the EU. It is a challenge.\"\n\nThese are the sort of democratic cycles Russia's leader Vladimir Putin doesn't need to worry about.\n\nIt is why Kyiv tries to portray this war as a fight not only for its sovereignty, but for democracy itself.\n\n\"The moral side of this war is huge,\" says the adviser.\n\nAfter the fall of the Soviet Union, Ukraine, Russia, the US and UK agreed the Budapest Memorandum of 1994.\n\nUkraine surrendered the Soviet nuclear weapons left on its soil to Russia, in exchange for a pledge that its territorial integrity would be respected and defended by the other countries who signed.\n\nNine years of Russian aggression has made that agreement feel like a broken promise here.\n\nKyiv is also trying to play the longer game, by trying to better engage with countries like Brazil and South Africa, who have been apathetic towards Russia's invasion.\n\nIt's a strategy that has not brought immediate results.\n\n\"It is true we are dependent on frontline success,\" says the Ukrainian government adviser.\n\nHe argues the media has oversimplified Ukraine's counteroffensive by focusing too much on the theatre of the front line, where the gains have been marginal, and less on the substantial successes of missile strikes in Crimea and the targeting of Russian warships.\n\nUkraine has always claimed it \"wont be rushed\" in its counter offensive.\n\nWith the politics of this war increasingly connected to the fighting, that's being tested more than ever.", "And it's with that we end our live coverage.\n\nThis page began with news of a deadly Russian missile strike on the small village of Hroza, in Ukraine's Kharkiv region.\n\nThe focus of some of our team then diverted to Sochi, Russia, where Vladimir Putin gave his annual address to the Valdai Discussion Club, all the while keeping an eye on the European Political Community summit in Spain.\n\nWe'll keep you updated on the latest from Hroza in our news story, and you can also read about Vladimir Putin's claim that Russia has successfully test-flown a nuclear-powered missile, as well as the 1.1 million bullets seized from Iran that the US has given Ukraine\n\nThat's it from us. This page was edited by Rob Corp and Jamie Whitehead. The writers were Ece Goksedef, Antoinette Radford, Sean Seddon and Emily Atkinson.", "Sydney Feder and Alyse McCamish are unhappy with how the college dealt with their allegations\n\nTwo former students have won their case against the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama after accusing staff of failing to properly investigate allegations of sexual assault.\n\nAlyse McCamish and Sydney Feder, both 26, waived their right to anonymity.\n\nThey sued the college for negligence in the Central London County Court.\n\nThe judge found the college did not properly investigate or respond to their allegations that they were sexually assaulted by another student.\n\nMs McCamish has been awarded £14,000 in damages and Ms Feder £5,000, with the RWCMD also having to pay court costs which have yet to be determined.\n\nThe judge also ruled that universities do have a duty of care to students to carry out reasonable investigations when they receive allegations of sexual assault from their students.\n\nA lawyer for the women said this is the first time a court has made such a ruling.\n\nBoth women travelled from their homes in the United States to study at the college when they were teenagers\n\nMs McCamish, from Tennessee moved to Wales when she was 19 after successfully auditioning for the college in Chicago.\n\nShe alleges she was sexually assaulted by a fellow student in 2016, an allegation he denied.\n\nMs McCamish said: \"When I first reported that I had been repeatedly sexually assaulted by a student who was violent and coercive and had carried out the first attack when I was incapacitated, the immediate response from RWCMD was 'it sounds like a relationship gone wrong'.\n\n\"I wasn't believed then and right up until the trial RWCMD said that they would put me to proof and that they would cross examine me about those assaults.\"\n\nMs McCamish said she asked staff to separate her from the alleged perpetrator and told the court she did everything she could to avoid him\n\nDuring the trial she said college staff were \"dismissive\" when she reported the alleged assaults in 2017, and accused the college of \"victim blaming and downright shameless lies\".\n\nShe said she asked staff to separate her from the alleged perpetrator and told the court she did everything she could to avoid him.\n\nMs Feder, from Connecticut in the United States, moved to Wales to study at the college when she was 18.\n\nShe alleges she was assaulted in a dressing room at the college in 2017 by the same person who assaulted Ms McCamish in 2016.\n\n\"It is nearly six years since I reported that I had been sexually assaulted by a student at RWCMD,\" she said.\n\n\"Now that we have this Judgment, for the first time I feel that somebody has heard what I have to say and agreed that what happened to me since then was wrong.\"\n\nMs Feder said she was never told what happened after she made her allegation\n\n\"I hope that no student at RWCMD or any university has to go through what Alyse and I endured. Sadly, I have no confidence that RWCMD will not repeat their behaviour,\" she added.\n\n\"I know of others who have suffered because their attitude towards sexual harassment.\"\n\nOn Thursday the judge, Recorder Halford ruled in favour of Ms McCamish and Ms Feder, he found the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama was negligent in its response to the sexual assault allegations.\n\nMs McCamish is now making a documentary about the experiences of other students in similar situations across the UK.\n\nIt emerged during the trial that she has spoken to other former students from the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama.\n\nIt is expected that damages due to Ms McCamish and Ms Feder will be heard at a future cost hearing.\n\nThe RWCMD said: \"Nothing is more important to us than keeping our students safe. We are sorry that the women involved in this case were hurt by aspects of the way the college responded to their complaints.\n\n\"Since 2017, we've transformed how we respond to sensitive disclosures, how we deal with complaints or concerns and how we support and safeguard our students.\n\n\"We are also determined that at RWCMD we will continue to do everything we can to be a safe and respectful learning space.\"\n\nUniversities UK, which represents 142 institutions, said: \"Any instance of assault or harassment is unacceptable and it is vital that universities handle incidents robustly and appropriately. Universities understand that this work is ongoing, and there is more to do in this space.\"", "Jaswant Singh Chail has become the first person in the UK in over 40 years to be jailed for treason.\n\nHe was given nine years in prison, with a further five on licence, after being arrested with a loaded crossbow on the grounds of Windsor Castle on Christmas morning in 2021.\n\nHe told officers he wanted to kill Queen Elizabeth II.\n\nChail had scaled the walls of the castle using a nylon rope and spent about two hours on the grounds before being spotted by police.\n\nThis was a case with undeniably bizarre or obscure elements, including:\n• Chail's relationship with an AI chatbot \"girlfriend\" called Sarai, who encouraged his royal assassination plans\n• He had an obsession with Star Wars, believing himself to be a Sith Lord on a mission to kill the monarch\n• He wore a sinister-looking homemade mask on the castle grounds - and when asked by a police officer with a Taser \"can I help, mate\", he replied he was \"here to kill the Queen\"\n• Chail, who is of Sikh heritage, claimed to be looking for revenge over a massacre by British troops in India in 1919\n\nFollowing his arrest, Chail was sectioned under the Mental Health Act and diagnosed as psychotic shortly afterwards.\n\nAs the judge weighed up the sentence, the extent to which his mental health issues influenced Chail's actions featured heavily.\n\nBut the judge concluded Chail had experienced homicidal thoughts that he acted upon before becoming psychotic - and therefore deserved a prison sentence.\n\nIn the end, he was given a hybrid order, which means Chail will remain at Broadmoor high-security hospital until he is well enough to serve his sentence in prison.\n\nThis page was written by Adam Durbin, Thomas Mackintosh and Marcus White. Thanks for joining us.", "Hudson was convicted after a trial at Preston Crown Court\n\nA nurse has been found guilty of ill-treating patients by drugging them to \"keep them quiet and compliant\".\n\nPreston Crown Court heard Catherine Hudson, 54, gave unprescribed sedatives to two patients at Blackpool Victoria Hospital between February 2017 and November 2018 for an \"easy life\".\n\nJurors also convicted her of conspiring with Charlotte Wilmot, 48, to give a sedative to a third patient.\n\nHudson was found not guilty of ill-treating two other patients.\n\nDuring the trial, the court heard how Hudson told a colleague in a text that she had sedated a patient \"within an inch of her life\", adding: \"Bet she's flat for a week, ha ha.\"\n\nThe jury was told she used different drugs, including insomnia medication zopiclone, which can be life-threatening if given inappropriately.\n\nOpening the case in September, prosecutor Peter Wright KC told the court Hudson and Wilmot \"treated patients not with care and compassion but with contempt\".\n\n\"They considered them, or some of them, to be an imposition, an irritation,\" he said.\n\nThe jury heard the pair were investigated after a student nurse witnessed events on work placement at the hospital's stroke unit and told the authorities in November 2018.\n\nThe student told police that when she raised concerns over the use of zopiclone, Hudson told her the patient had a do not resuscitate order in place \"so she wouldn't be opened up if she died or... came to any harm\".\n\nLancashire Police said a review of Hudson and Wilmot's messages revealed a significant number of exchanges describing patients and their families in \"the most derogatory and cruellest terms\".\n\nHudson drugged Aileen Scott, who was from Glasgow, but had been on holiday in Blackpool when she needed treatment\n\nThe force said one of Hudson's victims was Aileen Scott from Glasgow, who had been on holiday in Blackpool before needing hospital treatment.\n\nA representative said the restrictions on prescription-only drugs on the stroke unit were \"so lax\" that staff would \"help themselves and self-medicate or steal drugs to supply to others\".\n\nJudge Robert Altham remanded Hudson into custody following the verdicts, which were reached after nearly 14 hours of deliberation.\n\nThe court was told Hudson used different drugs, including insomnia medication zopiclone\n\nHe said the sentence for the nurse \"plainly has to be a sentence of immediate custody\".\n\n\"The only question is the length,\" he added.\n\nSpeaking after the verdicts, specialist prosecutor Karen Tonge said the pair's actions were \"callous and dangerous\" and they had shown \"utter contempt for patients in their care\".\n\n\"Their role was to care for the patients on their ward, instead they conspired to ill-treat patients, sedating them for their own convenience and amusement or purely out of spite,\" she said.\n\n\"They grossly abused their position and the trust that patients and their families put in them.\n\n\"Now they must face the consequences of their actions.\"\n\nDet Ch Insp Jill Johnston added that the pair had \"treated the patients without care or compassion, laughing when they came to harm and drugging them to keep them quiet so that they could have an easy shift\".\n\n\"The risks associated with these callous acts were obvious - inappropriately sedating elderly stroke patients could lead to added health complications and even death,\" she said.\n\n\"They were both fully aware of the risks, which makes their behaviour even harder to comprehend.\"\n\nApologising to Hudson's victims and their families, the chief executive of Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust Trish Armstrong-Child said it was \"very clear from the evidence... that inappropriate and unacceptable conduct and practices were taking place at the time\".\n\nShe said the trust had made \"significant improvements across a range of issues, including staffing, managing medicine and creating a more respectful culture\".\n\n\"Part of these changes have been to actively encourage anyone who comes into contact with the trust in any way to speak up if they see or hear anything that causes concern or they are not comfortable with in any way\", she added.\n\nHudson, of Coriander Close, Blackpool, and Wilmot, of Bowland Crescent, Blackpool, will be sentenced on 13 and 14 December.\n\nWhy not follow BBC North West on Facebook, X and Instagram? You can also send story ideas to northwest.newsonline@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Racism in the NHS meant some doctors felt unable to challenge being given unsuitable protection, the Covid inquiry heard\n\nDoctors belonging to ethnic minorities were \"less likely to speak up\" when given unsuitable personal protective equipment, the Covid inquiry has heard.\n\nProf Philip Banfield, who chairs doctors' union the BMA, said two-thirds of doctors felt they had not been given a proper risk assessment.\n\nEthnic minorities were significantly more likely than white British people to both catch and die of Covid.\n\nBangladeshi, Pakistani and Caribbean backgrounds were particularly affected.\n\nThe first 10 doctors to die of Covid-19 in the UK all belonged to ethnic minorities - as did 85% of those who died in the first year of the pandemic.\n\n\"PPE needs to be particularly well fit tested - and it doesn't suit people with beards, for example, for religious purposes,\" said Prof Banfield of the British Medical Association.\n\nBut because \"the NHS is acknowledged to be institutionally racist\", doctors belonging to ethnic minorities had been \"less likely to be forthright about saying, 'I need to have appropriate respiratory protective equipment.'\"\n\nThis had now \"been recognised by the NHS - and there are very active steps being put [in place] to correct that, both driven by [the BMA] and NHS England\".\n\n\"The best phrase that I've heard about that situation was that we were all in the same storm but not in the same boat,\" Prof Banfield said.\n\n\"There were clear discrepancies about how the pandemic was affecting different parts of our society - the poorest, the homeless, those who were already vulnerable.\"\n\nProf James Nazroo told the inquiry there had been too few studies of ethnic inequalities before the pandemic.\n\nIn 2018, Public Health England \"clearly stated the need to explicitly consider ethnicity within health-inequalities work, cautioning that avoiding this could produce poor health outcomes and ineffective, or even harmful, interventions\".\n\nBut decision makers took a \"colour-blind approach\" and \"disregarded existing economic, social and health vulnerabilities experienced by ethnic-minority groups\".\n\nThe inquiry is currently examining political governance and core decision-making in the UK\n\nAs well as experiencing the stress of racism, some people belonging to ethnic minorities were also more likely than white British people to be in poor housing, with precarious accommodation and work, Prof Nazroo added.\n\nThe inquiry's counsel, Hugo Keith KC, said equality organisations responding to questionnaires it had sent them about the impact of the pandemic on people belonging to ethnic minorities had described a \"lack of consultation and involvement in decision-making, resulting in a lack of influence over the decisions that affected them\".\n\n\"The Covid pandemic, and some of the measures implemented, exacerbated pre-existing inequalities\", he said, and \"the government communications were unclear and failed to consider the impact on disadvantaged groups\".\n\nThe Traveller Movement, which advocates for Gypsies, Romany Gypsies and Irish Travellers, also \"noted the contrast between the response of the Republic of Ireland, and Northern Ireland and the United Kingdom\".\n\n\"In the Republic of Ireland, travellers were supported whilst in isolation or quarantine through the provision of food… and mental health support,\" Mr Keith said.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Rishi Sunak: I am cancelling the rest of the HS2 project\n\n\"The facts have changed,\" the PM has said, as he confirmed the HS2 high-speed rail line from Birmingham to Manchester would be scrapped.\n\nAddressing his party conference, Rishi Sunak said the project had come from a \"false consensus\" that links between big cities were \"all that matters\".\n\nHe announced he would instead invest in transport projects across the country.\n\nHe also set out plans for a a new post-16 qualification and to phase out smoking.\n\nIt was the PM's first speech to party conference as Conservative leader, and his hour-long address marked the start of a new and more risky approach from Mr Sunak.\n\nIt was an audacious speech from a prime minister who is often accused of political caution, and who leads a Conservative Party that has been in government for 13 years.\n\nHe said the public were exhausted with the politics of the last 30 years and that he was the man to deliver change.\n\nConceding that the public thinks it's time for a change carries significant opportunities - and significant risks. If Mr Sunak can convince voters that he offers a better chance of a new approach to government than Sir Keir Starmer, he may yet arrest the persistent and wide polling gap between the Tories and Labour.\n\nTalk about the scrapping of HS2 overshadowed the conference with senior Tories and Mr Sunak insisting a decision was still to be made.\n\nThe PM announced that the northern leg, between Birmingham and Manchester, as well as the eastern leg to East Midlands Parkway, would no longer go ahead.\n\nHe confirmed that the line from the West Midlands would run all the way to Euston station, not Old Oak Common in west London as had been rumoured.\n\nThis was accompanied by news that nearly £4bn would be reallocated to transport schemes in six northern city regions.\n\nThere will be £3bn for upgraded and electrified lines between Manchester and Sheffield, Sheffield and Leeds, Sheffield and Hull, and Hull to Leeds.\n\nHe also said money would go towards resurfacing roads across the country.\n\nThe decision has angered some including local leaders, such as Andy Street, the Conservative Mayor of the West Midlands, businesses in Manchester and former PM David Cameron.\n\nMr Cameron said it was the wrong decision, meaning a \"once-in-a-generation opportunity was lost\".\n\nIn a post on X, formerly Twitter, he said the reversal would \"make it much harder to build consensus for any future long-term projects\".\n\nHowever, there has been growing concern about the ballooning cost of the project, which has already seen its section to Leeds cancelled.\n\nIntroducing Mr Sunak to the stage, Akshata Murty said her husband was her \"best friend\"\n\nThere had been speculation the decision might drive Mr Street to resign, but he has told the BBC that while disappointed he would not be quitting either his job or the party.\n\nLabour's shadow Cabinet Office minister Pat McFadden stopped short of committing the party to reviving HS2 between Birmingham and Manchester, saying it would need to \"look at the numbers\" if it won the next election.\n\nHe described Mr Sunak's announcement as a \"Tory fiasco\".\n\nLabour also said most of the transport schemes listed by the prime minister had either been previously promised or planned, so these projects did not amount to new investment.\n\nMr Sunak's speech also included the pledge that the age at which people can buy cigarettes and tobacco in England should rise by one year every year so that eventually no-one can buy them.\n\nMPs were to be given a free vote in parliament on the issue, Mr Sunak said. Former Prime Minister Liz Truss has already said she will vote against the ban.\n\nLabour said it would \"not play politics with public health\" and would \"lend\" the prime minister the votes to get the law passed.\n\nMr Sunak also announced that A-levels and T-levels would be folded into a new qualification for all school leavers, called the Advanced British Standard.\n\nIt will mean 16 to 19-year-olds will study five subjects instead of three, and some English and Maths to 18.\n\nMr Sunak's speech will have been delivered with an eye on a forthcoming general election, which must be held before January 2025.\n\nBut if voters conclude instead that the fifth Conservative prime minister in a row does not embody the change they want, then he will not have much room to manoeuvre or change approach.\n\nHe has conceded, fairly explicitly, that he thinks his Conservative predecessors failed in various ways - so he won't be able to switch to defending the Conservatives' record.\n\nWhatever Mr Sunak can achieve between now and the next election - that is what he will be running on.\n\nAnd his speech set out some of the policies - including the cancellation of HS2 - that will form part of the record.\n\nDuring the speech, Mr Sunak sought to draw comparisons between himself and the former Tory Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, a heroine for many party members.\n\nHe said the Conservatives would always be \"the party of the grocer's daughter and the pharmacist's son\" - a reference to Mrs Thatcher and himself respectively.\n\nHe also sought to subtly admonish his immediate predecessor, Liz Truss, who, returning to the conference a year after her troubled premiership, had called for immediate tax cuts.\n\nShe received a rapturous reception from some party activists for her plea, but Mr Sunak said while he too wanted to cut taxes, it was more important to focus on cutting inflation.\n\nLiz Truss used her appearance at the conference to question Mr Sunak's economic approach.\n\nQuoting Mrs Thatcher he said: \"Inflation is the biggest destroyer of all - of industry, of jobs, of savings, and of society - no policy which puts at the risk the defeat of inflation - no matter its short term attraction - can be right.\"\n\nMr Sunak won applause from activists by weighing in on gender issues, telling them it was \"common sense\" that \"a man is a man and a woman is a woman\".\n\n\"We shouldn't get bullied into believing that people can be any sex they want to be,\" he said.\n\nAs is customary with leader's speeches, the prime minister spoke of his family and background.\n\nHe recalled how his grandfather, on visiting Mr Sunak in Parliament when he first became an MP, instantly got out his phone to call the landlady he had when he had first arrived in the UK.\n\n\"He said to me, 'I just wanted to tell her where I was standing',\" said the prime minister.\n\nHe was introduced to the stage by his wife - Akshata Murty - who described her husband as her \"best friend\".\n\n\"We are one team and I could not imagine being anywhere else but here today with all of you to show my support to him and to the party.\"", "Selma Taha says an off-duty police officer did not physically intervene to help her or her friends\n\nThe director of a women's organisation says she was bitten and had clumps of her hair ripped out by a woman during a racially motivated attack on the Tube.\n\nSelma Taha, from Southall Black Sisters, says an altercation began when she and two friends were travelling on a Northern line train on Friday night.\n\nShe claimed an off-duty police officer sitting nearby did not immediately identify himself or intervene.\n\nThe British Transport Police said a woman had been arrested and bailed.\n\nMs Taha was travelling from Camden Town to King's Cross with her friends when the alleged attacker pushed her suitcase towards them.\n\nWhen they asked her to move it, Ms Taha claims the woman responded \"it's not my fault you're lesser than me\".\n\nAs the dispute escalated, Ms Taha said, the woman used racist language towards the trio including calling them \"slaves\", saying she \"doesn't like black women\", and making monkey noises.\n\nThe row developed into a physical confrontation with Ms Taha's friend, she added.\n\n\"The woman then started taking out clumps of her real hair; it was everywhere,\" she said.\n\n\"Then she went for my hair. She bit me through my clothes. I could feel burning and was screaming 'she's biting me'.\n\n\"I thought she would actually come away with flesh in her mouth.\"\n\nSelma Taha says she was bitten through her clothes\n\nShe said passengers spoke out, including a man who had been sitting near the alleged attacker who she claimed \"shouted at my friend to take her hands off the woman\".\n\nMs Taha alleged he did not identify himself as an off-duty detective constable until all the women got off at King's Cross station.\n\n\"I was livid, I was furious at him. I was screaming at him and swearing, saying: 'You let this happen... it's because of you I was attacked!',\" she said.\n\nWhen Ms Taha confronted the officer she said he told her he had \"only heard a verbal escalation\".\n\n\"I felt he validated her behaviour and made her emboldened. And it validated my experience of feeling worthless,\" she said of the officer's alleged behaviour.\n\nMs Taha was later given a tetanus shot and antibiotics due to a \"rash\" around the wounds.\n\nBritish Transport Police (BTP) confirmed it was called to a dispute on a Northern line train at 23:30 BST on 29 September.\n\n\"An off-duty officer from the Metropolitan Police intervened and separated the group before escorting passengers off at the next stop, King's Cross, and calling BTP for assistance,\" it said.\n\nIt added that a 30-year-old woman \"who was being detained by the off-duty officer on the platform\" was arrested due to reports she had been racially abusive and bitten one of the group.\n\nThe woman was arrested on suspicion of assault and a racially aggravated public order offence, and was released on bail, it added.\n\nMs Taha approached London's Victim's Commissioner and the Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime (MOPAC), and submitted a complaint about the officer to the Met's Directorate of Professional Standards after not receiving an update on her case.\n\nThe Met said it was aware of an \"alleged assault on a woman by another woman reported to British Transport Police, where an off-duty Met officer was present\".\n\nIt said an inquiry was in progress, acknowledged a complaint had been made and said the matter had been referred to the Independent Office of Police Conduct (IOPC).\n\n\"The officer involved is being provided with welfare support during this process,\" it added.\n\nMOPAC said it was in contact with Southall Black Sisters and the Met to ensure \"appropriate support\" for those involved.\n\nSouthall Black Sisters is a not-for-profit organisation working for \"the needs of Black and minoritised women\" with aims to \"highlight and challenge all forms gender-related violence against women\".\n\nThe group said: \"We demand that appropriate action be taken against the assailant and the police officer.\"\n\nLondon's Victim's Commissioner Claire Waxman said she was in contact with the group and would meet them this week.\n\nListen to the best of BBC Radio London on Sounds and follow BBC London on Facebook, X and Instagram. Send your story ideas to hello.bbclondon@bbc.co.uk", "The show was disrupted during a performance of its famous protest song Do You Hear the People Sing?\n\nFive Just Stop Oil protesters have been charged with aggravated trespass after a performance of Les Miserables in London's West End was halted.\n\nA video shared by the activist group showed demonstrators getting up on to the Sondheim Theatre's stage and asking the audience to \"join the rebellion\".\n\nAudience members can be heard booing and telling the activists to \"get off\".\n\nThe show on Wednesday night did not resume - organisers instead offered refunds or tickets for another night.\n\nHaving arrested five people, aged between 18 and 28, the Metropolitan Police later confirmed that all had been charged. The force also released their names:\n\nCatherine Francoise, from Buckinghamshire, was in the audience with a group of more than 30 people who she organises theatre trips for.\n\nShe said she had been sitting \"in the centre of the front row\" and that people who appeared to be protesters were seated at either end of the second row.\n\nMs Francoise said: \"I could see out the corner of my eye something happening on the left, I noticed first, and I knew it wasn't part of the production.\n\n\"The cast were still going, the orchestra was still playing, and after about 15 seconds, somebody came on stage and moved the cast off.\n\n\"Meanwhile, security were on it trying to get the girls off that were on the left-hand side.\"\n\nShe said it appeared the protesters had locked themselves to parts of the set.\n\nShe said that the cast members were removed from the stage, shortly followed by the orchestra, with the audience being asked to leave about 15 minutes later.\n\n\"The audience were definitely making far, far more noise than the protesters,\" she said.\n\nThe stage invasion happened during the show's famous protest song of Do You Hear the People Sing? It is often described as being about a revolutionary call to action and has been used all over the world by protest movements, including in the 2019 Hong Kong demonstrations.\n\nPosting on X, formerly Twitter, on Wednesday, Just Stop Oil said:\" Valjean steals bread to feed a starving child. How long before we are all forced to steal?\" Jean Valjean is the protagonist in Les Miserables.\n\nThe post continued: \"The fossil fuel show can't go on.\"\n\nWilliam Village, chief executive of Delfont Mackintosh Theatres - which owns the Sondheim - said \"safety protocols\" had to be followed and \"the audience were asked to leave the auditorium and the Met Police attended\".\n\n\"Regrettably, there was insufficient time to enable us to complete the rest of the performance,\" he said in a statement.\n\n\"Whilst we recognise the importance of free expression, we must also respect our audience's right to enjoy the event for which they have paid.\"\n\nOn its website, Just Stop Oil says its ultimate aim is to \"demand that the UK government stop licensing all new oil, gas and coal projects\".\n\nWere you at last night's show? Share your experiences by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. 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Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "The Dutch government has confirmed the authenticity of a Nazi party card held by Prince Bernhard, prince consort for decades after World War Two.\n\nA former head of the palace archives, Flip Maarschalkerweerd, said he found the card while going through the prince's things after his death.\n\nHowever, historians gave little credence to his denials.\n\nIn 1996, a researcher at the Dutch institute for war studies (Niod) said he had found a copy of the card in a US university archive.\n\nGerard Aalders, who was widely criticised at the time for his revelation, said on social media that \"Prince Bernhard lied to the bitter end about his Nazi past\".\n\nBernhard von Lippe-Biesterfeld had married Dutch Princess Juliana in 1937 and escorted the Dutch royal family in exile when war broke out in 1940.\n\nBut he was never trusted by British security services, despite taking part in a Dutch royal broadcast via the BBC in 1943 and being put in charge of the unified Dutch resistance forces in 1944. He was even decorated for his role as a wartime RAF pilot.\n\nWhen Juliana became queen in 1948, Bernhard became prince consort.\n\nBernhard went to his grave swearing he had never been a paid-up member of Hitler's party. \"I can declare with my hand on the bible: I was never a Nazi,\" he said in an interview published (in Dutch) after his death in 2004.\n\nHe had admitted to being a prospective member of two Nazi organisations as a student for a time after 1933 - the Sturmabteilung security service and the Schutzstaffel (SS) - but he argued in 1971 that \"at the start you had to take part a little in one way or another\", because if they had found out he was opposed, it would have been tricky to pass university exams.\n\nThat was far different from being a voluntary, card-carrying member of Hitler's political party from 1933 to 1936 and holding on to the card until his death.\n\nAs well as a copy of the card showing up in the US in the 1990s, in 2010 historian Annejet van der Zijl found the prince's student membership card in a German archive that also noted he had been a party member since 27 April 1933.\n\nPrince Bernhard, seen here in 1970, was born into German aristocracy but spent the war in London\n\nFlip Maarschalkerweerd says he stumbled on the prince's NSDAP membership card while carrying out an inventory of the prince's archives when he died.\n\nHe told NRC Handelsblad newspaper that he also came across a note dating back to 1949 from a US military administrator in Germany called Lucius Clay, who wrote to the prince that he had been about to destroy the card, but then decided \"you have earned the right to destroy it yourself\".\n\nJournalist Jan Tromp, who interviewed the prince in depth over several years, said that the revelation was not a surprise, but it would come as a shock and a betrayal to those who had taken part in the Dutch resistance and had commemorated the liberation with the prince for years afterwards.\n\nTromp believed that the prince's lie had eventually turned into self-deception.\n\n\"For the prince, there was no other choice but to deny he was a member of the enemy club - a club that had destroyed the country and sent people to concentration camps,\" he told De Volkskrant newspaper.\n\nHours after an image of the membership card appeared in Dutch media, the royal house confirmed the card's existence and published a picture of it. In a statement, it said King Willem-Alexander attached great importance to independent research and knowledge of the past.\n\n\"[The king] is aware of the role and position of the House of Orange-Nassau in the history of the kingdom,\" it added.\n\nSeveral political parties and Jewish groups called on caretaker Prime Minister Mark Rutte to launch an investigation.\n\nNaomi Mestrum, of the Israel Information and Documentation Centre (Cidi), said that proof of the prince's Nazi past added another \"black page to a painful part of recent Dutch history\".\n\nMr Rutte said that while it was an awful development, previous research had made it quite convincingly clear that the prince had been a Nazi party member.", "A GB triathlete said stumbling and collapsing in the final moments of an eight-hour race was \"really scary\".\n\nKieran Lindars was defending his title at the Challenge Almere-Amsterdam event during hot weather on 9 September when he started to overheat as he approached the finish line.\n\nThe 26-year-old from Buckinghamshire managed to finish second and posted a video on Instagram of himself struggling to stay standing, which has been watched more than 14 million times.\n\nHe said: \"I was going in and out of consciousness. I think it was the first time I'd found my limits and that was really scary.\"\n\nHe thanked medical staff for acting quickly and said he would be more cautious in the future. He also urged anyone undertaking physically demanding exercise to \"listen to their bodies\" and not push themselves too hard.\n\nA race spokesman said: \"We are very happy he was OK only 30 minutes after the finish and he showed that he is one of the strongest athletes out there.\"", "Smoke rises above Beit Hanoun in the Gaza Strip\n\nThere's been intense Israeli bombardment of Gaza by air, heavier than in previous evenings, while all internet and phone communications appear to be out in the territory.\n\nIsrael has confirmed its forces are expanding their ground operations.\n\nThe internet monitoring service Netblocks posted on X, formerly known as Twitter, to say there had been a \"collapse in connectivity\".\n\nThe Palestinian Red Crescent says it cannot speak to its teams in Gaza.\n\n\"We are deeply concerned about the ability of our teams to continue providing their emergency medical services, especially since this disruption affects the central emergency number '101',\" they wrote in a post on X.\n\nMeanwhile sirens alerted people in southern Israel to rocket fire from Gaza.\n\nOn Friday, the Israeli military again told Gaza City citizens to move south after announcing the expansion of its military operation.\n\nIn a press conference, spokesman Daniel Hagari said the military had \"increased the attacks in Gaza. The air force widely attacks underground targets and terrorist infrastructure, very significantly\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\n\"In continuation of the offensive activity we carried out in the last few days, the ground forces are expanding the ground activity this evening.\"\n\nCurrently we can't get hold of people in Gaza with communications still down.\n\nFor example the BBC tried to send a WhatsApp message at 6.40pm local (nearly three hours ago) - it still just has a single tick meaning it hasn't been received by the person's phone.\n\nMobile phone call attempts just get an unobtainable message.\n\nWe've had the same for several other call attempts - messages and calls aren't going through.\n\nBBC Arabic reporter Mehdi Musawi tried to reach journalists and health officials in Gaza all day and could only get short replies on WhatsApp. Eventually, they got through to Gaza's Al Shifa hospital, but by evening all lines of communication were down.\n\nBy then, live footage showed complete darkness across the region. The reporter sent messages to everyone he had spoken to earlier in the day - but they did not deliver.\n\nThe panic and anxiety is spreading within the Palestinian diaspora.\n\nFor the past 20 days, sporadic, limited exchanges on WhatsApp have brought occasional moments of respite.\n\nHowever, any extended gap in communication has been met with paralysing anxiety - marked by questions like: \"Are they dead, are they alive, was their house bombed too?\"\n\nIn one WhatsApp group relatives from around the world have been frantically messaging since the blackout.\n\n\"It seems a ground offensive may start,\" wrote another.\n\nThe near-total telecommunications blackout in Gaza risks providing cover for \"mass atrocities\", Human Rights Watch said.\n\n\"This information blackout risks providing cover for mass atrocities and contributing to impunity for human rights violations,\" the group's senior technology and human rights researcher, Deborah Brown, said in a statement.\n\nThe Palestinian telecoms provider Jawwal says there is a \"complete interruption of all communication and internet services with the Gaza strip in light of the ongoing aggression,\" which it says has cut the \"last of the international routes\" connecting Gaza to the outside world.\n\nWe've asked the Israeli military to comment on the communications outage but so far they have not responded.", "Edward Enninful said it was an honour to be featured at the top of 2024's list\n\nThe editor-in-chief of British Vogue, Edward Enninful OBE, has been named the UK's most influential black person by the Powerlist 2024.\n\nNow in its 18th year, it highlights black role models to young people.\n\nOther names to make the list for 2024 include Afua Kyei, Bank of England chief financial officer, and Dragon's Den star and podcaster Steven Bartlett.\n\nEnninful is the first black man to hold the top job at the British fashion magazine but earlier this year he announced he would be stepping down to help grow the brand globally and focus on other projects.\n\nHe is also the European editorial director of Condé Nast.\n\nThe 51-year-old described it as an honour to be number one on the list, which he said \"shines a light on black people really breaking boundaries, who are unafraid and champion what it means to be truly diverse in their own industries\".\n\nBorn in Ghana, Enninful moved to London at a young age with his parents and six siblings. As a teenager, he was scouted on a train and briefly spent some time modelling.\n\nHe started his editorial career as fashion director of British youth culture magazine i-D at the age of 18, making him the youngest person to be named an editor at a major international fashion title.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. British Vogue Editor Edward Enninful speaks to the Today Programme about the May cover, which features disabled models.\n\nThe Powerlist recognises men and women across a wide range of industries including business, science, technology and the arts.\n\nOther names for 2024 include Lord Woolley of Woodford, co-founder of Operation Black Vote and principal at Cambridge University's Homerton College, as well as model and activist Munroe Bergdorf.\n\nComedian Mo Gilligan and entrepreneur Patricia Bright also make an appearance.\n\nPrevious people to make the number one spot include Jacky Wright, former chief digital officer and corporate vice-president at Microsoft US, seven-time Formula One champion Sir Lewis Hamilton and former Children's Laureate Malorie Blackman.\n\nSign up for our morning newsletter and get BBC News in your inbox.", "Bianca Williams was with her partner and baby when Met officers carried out the stop and search in July 2020\n\nThe \"toxic culture of the Met\" has been exposed by a fundraiser for two constables fired for gross misconduct, the solicitor to British athlete Bianca Williams and her partner said.\n\nMore than £65,000 has been donated to Jonathan Clapham and Sam Franks who carried out a stop and search of Ms Williams and Ricardo dos Santos.\n\nA disciplinary panel found the officers lied about smelling cannabis in the athletes' car.\n\nThe money is to \"support the officers\".\n\nMs Williams and Mr dos Santos, a Portuguese Olympic sprinter, said they were racially profiled when they were searched outside their home.\n\nThe disciplinary hearing found the actions of PC Clapham and PC Franks amounted to gross misconduct.\n\n\"A very significant number of the comments [on the crowdfunding website] appear to be from serving officers, police units and police associations.\n\n\"The messages are predominantly denouncing the perceived injustice to the officers being dismissed for dishonesty, and are disparaging about the misconduct panel who made the finding,\" a statement released by Jules Carey, Bindmans solicitor to Bianca Williams and Ricardo Dos Santos, said.\n\n\"The comments of the apparently serving officers not only demonstrates an unwillingness to be held to account but it exposes just how toxic the culture in the Met is, and how far off change seems to be.\"\n\nThe statement added: \"The commissioner should immediately come out to publicly support the panel's decision and the importance of accountability in the Met if public confidence in the police stands a chance of being restored in London.\"\n\nMr dos Santos was handcuffed and searched near the home he and Ms Williams share in west London\n\nPolice followed the athletes in July 2020 as they drove to their home in Maida Vale from training with their baby son, then three months old, in the back seat of their Mercedes.\n\nThe couple were handcuffed and searched on suspicion of having drugs and weapons, but nothing was found.\n\nDuring the disciplinary hearing, the panel was told the officers followed Mr dos Santos because of the \"appalling\" and \"suspicious\" nature of his driving.\n\nThe hearing found PC Clapham and PC Franks had breached professional standards of police behaviour in relation to honesty and integrity.\n\nAllegations against three other officers were not proven.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThe person behind the online fundraiser, named only as \"UK\", set a £50,000 target.\n\nThe crowdfunding page states both of the sacked officers \"will be affected by mortgage payments, food bills and general cost of living\". Comments on the site describe their dismissal as \"scandalous appeasement and scapegoating\" and \"an utter disgrace\".\n\nAuthor Alice Vinten, a former officer, condemned the donations in a post on social media, saying the officers had been \"dismissed for lying about smelling cannabis during a stop and search on a black couple and their baby. Is this what we do now? Raise money for lying cops?\"\n\nEarlier this year, Ms Williams won bronze in the 4x100m at the World Athletics Championships. Mr dos Santos competed in the 400m at the Tokyo 2021 Olympic Games.\n\nSpeaking after the panel's verdict, the Met's Deputy Assistant Commissioner Matt Ward said he was \"confident\" the Met \"can and will learn from the experiences of Ms Williams and Mr dos Santos and work alongside communities to deliver fair and effective stop-and-search for all Londoners\".\n\nListen to the best of BBC Radio London on Sounds and follow BBC London on Facebook, X and Instagram. Send your story ideas to hello.bbclondon@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Ibrahim says he can't take in any more people to his parents' house in Khan Younis Image caption: Ibrahim says he can't take in any more people to his parents' house in Khan Younis\n\nOn Friday night, as Israel intensified its bombardment of Gaza, Ibrahim AlAgha, his wife Hamida and their three young children huddled together in the Khan Younis farmhouse they are sheltering in and hoped they would make it through the night.\n\nThe children - already frightened by weeks of air strikes and explosions - were more scared than he had ever seen them.\n\n\"They hugged their mother so tightly and didn't let go until they fell asleep,” Ibrahim says.\n\nAs the hours passed and communications to the territory remained cut off Ibrahim says he felt “alone… disconnected from the whole world.”\n\nToday, as connections slowly returned, his phone has been pinging and buzzing with messages from people checking to see if he is safe. And as Gazans flee south to escape the bombing, he says he has been asked to take in other people to his parents’ four-bedroomed house in Khan Younis. But with 90 friends and relatives already staying there, he has had to refuse.\n\nThis morning, the water supply came back on and the group has been filling water tanks and bottles so they can shower and wash clothes. But life for the household is getting harder and harder.\n\n“People are really tired, exhausted,” Ibrahim says.\n\n“We just need to stop all this madness... Every night I think this is maybe my last night.\"\n\nRead more about Ibrahim's story here.\n\nIbrahim and Hamida's children are aged eight, four and three Image caption: Ibrahim and Hamida's children are aged eight, four and three", "Krista Brown writes about her experience of the criminal justice system under the pseudonym The Secret Defendant\n\nA grandmother cleared of fraud charges after spending seven years with the allegations hanging over her, says every part of her life has been \"destroyed\".\n\nKrista Brown, who was arrested in 2017 and charged three years later, says the stress of not knowing when her trial might be scheduled has affected her \"financially, mentally, physically\".\n\nThe 51-year-old, who denied the charges, says she closed her business and had to rely on benefits.\n\nThe case against Ms Brown was eventually dropped by the Crown Prosecution Service last week.\n\nIn an interview with BBC Newsnight, Ms Brown, who has been writing about her experience of the criminal justice system under the pseudonym The Secret Defendant on X, formerly Twitter, says she has been through \"hell\" waiting for her case to come to trial, having pleaded her innocence throughout.\n\nKrista Brown was the managing director of Persona, a recruitment company which she founded in 2008. She says the company had an agreement with HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) to repay unpaid tax in instalments after experiencing some accounting problems.\n\nBut in January 2017, Ms Brown says her \"nightmare\" began, when she was arrested under suspicion of fraud relating to her business and taken to a police station where she says she was questioned for between five and six hours.\n\n\"It was a shock,\" she says. \"I thought, 'They're going to realise their mistake' - it was just a matter of time. That's what I thought was going to happen - it just never went like that.\"\n\nInitially placed on bail and told to surrender her passport, Ms Brown was re-interviewed months later. But it took more than three years before she discovered she was being charged on three counts, including money laundering and not paying National Insurance, in February 2020.\n\nMs Brown describes her frustration trying to navigate the complexities of the criminal justice system - at points without any legal representation - receiving few updates, and having to deal with court hearings which would be repeatedly adjourned.\n\n\"I felt if I could just go and knock on the door and speak to a judge myself and take all my paperwork, it could be sorted out so much quicker,\" she says. \"It was a bottomless pit with no end date, no accountability, no review dates.\"\n\nEventually Ms Brown says she had to close her company for mental health reasons.\n\n\"Everything I'd worked so hard for - a single mum who opened their own business - gone, just like that, through no fault of my own.\"\n\nLeft without any savings and reliant on benefits, she says she reached her \"rock bottom\" - which led to her trying to kill herself.\n\n\"I just thought, 'When is it all going to end?' I'm an ordinary person, I'm not a super-hero. There's only so much people can take.\"\n\nThe case against Krista Brown, which began with her arrest in 2017, was dropped last week after prosecutors said \"we will offer no evidence on all counts\".\n\nThe Crown Prosecution Service told BBC Newsnight: \"We take any allegations of fraud extremely seriously as they can have a devastating impact on victims. At all stages we must keep all our cases under careful review, to ensure our legal test is met.\n\n\"As part of our on-going duty to review the case, we concluded that the evidential part of our legal test was no longer met so offered no further evidence at a hearing on 18 October 2023.\"\n\nThe HMRC said: \"We are unable to comment on the tax affairs of identifiable individuals or businesses due to strict confidentiality laws.\"\n\nAsked about delays to court cases, a spokesperson for the Ministry of Justice told the BBC it has \"introduced a raft of measures to speed up justice for victims and improve the justice system since the start of the pandemic,\" and \"are working closely with the judiciary to help cases move through court as efficiently as possible. \"\n\nIn the seven years since her arrest, as well as detailing her journey through the criminal justice system on social media, Ms Brown has completed a degree in anthropology, and set up a successful food, clothing and toy bank for struggling families in Hackney, east London.\n\nBut while she is \"delighted\" to no longer be facing trial, she says it will take time to come to terms with what has happened.\n\n\"You can't just forget about it,\" Ms Brown says, \"I'm looking forward to the moment that I feel like I can celebrate - it's not quite there yet.\"", "Liz Truss, the then-foreign secretary, said the asylum seekers should be brought to the UK\n\nEx-PM Liz Truss called for asylum seekers stranded on a tiny British territory in the Indian Ocean to be brought to the UK for their own safety.\n\nThe request was made in an email sent on behalf of Ms Truss to the prime minister's office when she was serving as foreign secretary in March 2022.\n\nHowever, it was seemingly ignored.\n\nThe redacted email was released to the BBC by the Supreme Court of British Indian Ocean Territory this week after being opposed by the government.\n\nResponding to BBC questions over the contents of the email, the Foreign Office said the British Indian Ocean Territory (Biot) \"cannot be a backdoor migration route to the UK\".\n\n\"Enabling migrants to come to the UK from Biot would only incentivise further irregular migration, and enable criminal gangs to exploit individuals to make dangerous journeys across the sea.\"\n\nDozens of Sri Lankan Tamils have been stranded for more than two years in a makeshift camp on the remote island of Diego Garcia, which hosts a secretive UK-US military base.\n\nThe first group landed there in October 2021 after their fishing boat ran into trouble while trying to sail to Canada, according to migrants and officials.\n\nTheir subsequent asylum claims were the first to ever be launched on Biot - an area described as being \"constitutionally distinct and separate from the UK\", and where court papers say the refugee convention does not apply.\n\nAsylum seekers have described conditions on the island as hellish, but the territory's unusual legal status has left them in limbo.\n\nMany claim to have links with the former Tamil Tiger rebels in Sri Lanka, who were defeated in the civil war that ended in 2009, and say they have faced persecution as a result. Some allege they were victims of torture or sexual assault.\n\nMs Truss' email was set to be included as evidence in a court case last month, but a deal was reached beforehand to withdraw decisions to return migrants whose protection claims had been rejected, to Sri Lanka, and to launch a new process.\n\nThe email sent to the private secretary of then Prime Minister Boris Johnson five months after the first group's arrival, states that while Ms Truss \"strongly supports the government's overall posture on migration\", she \"feels that the unique circumstances and severity of risks in this situation require us to take extraordinary action and bring the migrants to the UK for processing\".\n\nIt states that arrangements were being made to determine whether the return of migrants to Sri Lanka \"potentially forcibly\" would \"be in line with public international law\". But it says Ms Truss believed \"a more urgent and direct approach\" was required.\n\nThe email states that the Biot administration has a \"duty of care to the migrants\", and says \"there are severe limitations to the mitigation measures which can be implemented on Biot given the lack of facilities\".\n\nIt also states that the group had made a \"credible threat of mass suicide\".\n\nAn image provided by one of the migrants shows people on the deck of their fishing boat\n\nThe BBC has spoken to multiple migrants who say they have attempted suicide because of poor conditions on the island. There have also been hunger strikes, which lawyers say have involved children.\n\n\"I didn't want to live here like a caged animal forever,\" one man said earlier this year of his attempted suicide.\n\nLawyers representing asylum seekers on Diego Garcia say that as of late September, 61 remained on the island. Four were in Rwanda after being relocated there for treatment following suicide attempts.\n\nFour people have had their claims to be sent to a \"safe third country\" approved, but the BBC understands that no country has yet been identified to relocate them to.\n\nOne of the group's lawyers, Tessa Gregory, noted that 18 months after Ms Truss's call for the asylum seekers to be relocated to the UK for processing their asylum claims, \"our clients remain on the island enduring terrible conditions with no freedom of movement\".\n\n\"[T]heir asylum claims [were] unresolved because the process they have been subjected to did not withstand legal challenge. It is imperative that this group, which includes children, victims of torture and sexual assault, be urgently relocated to a safe third country, like the UK, to have their claims for international protection lawfully and fairly processed.\"\n\nMs Truss was unavailable for comment when contacted by the BBC.\n\nSign up for our morning newsletter and get BBC News in your inbox.", "Last updated on .From the section Boxing\n\nA brash Tyson Fury leaned on and prodded Francis Ngannou as the pair weighed in for their heavyweight clash in Saudi Arabia on Saturday.\n\nFormer UFC champion Ngannou, who is making his boxing debut in Riyadh, pushed Fury back with his chest while the pair exchanged words.\n\n\"So many people play mind games, but this can't get to me,\" said Ngannou.\n\n\"I've been in the game so long now, I consider it a part of the game. It's nothing personal.\"\n\nFury's title will not be on the line in the 10-round fight but the contest will be considered a professional bout and count on their boxing records.\n\nFury, who exuded confidence as he shadow boxed and danced his way on to the stage, dismissed Ngannou's chances of causing an upset.\n\n\"We don't get paid for long, we get paid for short, and I'm gonna make it nice and short for him,\" said Fury.\n\n\"It's like a table tennis champion facing Novak Djokovic in the Wimbledon final - it's totally different.\n\n\"Boxing is a gentlemen's sport. It's a sweet science, the biggest and strongest won't win, it's the man with the best skills.\"\n• None How seriously will Fury take Ngannou bout?\n• None Unclear if Fury-Ngannou will be a pro fight\n\nFury 'only looking forward to Ngannou' - not Usyk\n\nThe winner of the bout, dubbed the 'Battle of the Baddest', will receive a commemorative 'Riyadh champion' belt, with the fight taking place in a separate ring in an arena adjacent to the undercard bouts.\n\nIntroduced by legendary ring announcer Michael Buffer, the weigh-ins were watched by a plethora of stars from the combat sports world including Manny Pacquiao, Joe Calzaghe, Larry Holmes and Chuck Liddell.\n\nIn contrast to the confident Fury, Ngannou, dressed in all white and flanked by friend and former UFC champion Israel Adesanya, was more reserved, smiling and acknowledging the crowd as he made his way on stage.\n\nIn a friendly gesture, Fury offered to hold Ngannou's shirt while he flexed his muscular frame on the scales, before making a U-turn and throwing it into the audience.\n\nBoxing purists have criticised Fury for taking on a crossover bout with novice Ngannou rather than facing a ranked contender.\n\nHe has also been accused of overlooking Ngannou by signing a deal to face Ukraine's Oleksandr Usyk in a historic undisputed heavyweight title fight, mooted for 23 December.\n\nRegarding Usyk, Fury said he's \"only looking forward to Francis Ngannou\" and plans to take a week off with his family after the fight, before focusing on the Ukrainian.\n\nDespite being an unknown quantity in boxing, Ngannou boasts an MMA record of 12 knockouts from 17 fights, with three defeats.\n\nThe event will form part of 'Riyadh Season' - an entertainment events festival held in Saudi Arabia's capital every year since 2019.\n\nThe Saudi Arabian government has reportedly paid big money to host Fury's bout with Ngannou, but the country's increased involvement in sport has proven controversial.\n\nSaudi Arabia's increasing desire to host elite sporting events - including boxing matches, an annual Formula 1 race, and a bid for the 2034 World Cup - has brought scrutiny due to the country's poor human rights record.\n\nMohammed bin Salman, the Saudi crown prince, said in September that he \"does not care\" about accusations that the country is \"sportswashing\" - investing in sport and using high-profile events to quell criticism of its practices and improve its international reputation.\n\nIn August, Saudi border guards were accused in a report by Human Rights Watch of the mass killing of migrants along the Yemeni border. Saudi Arabia has previously rejected allegations of systematic killings.\n\nSaudi Arabia has been criticised for its human rights violations - 81 men were executed on one day last year - women's rights abuses, the criminalisation of homosexuality, the restriction of free speech, and its involvement in the ongoing war in Yemen.", "Earlier in our key point overview, we mentioned Congressman Jared Golden, who represents Lewiston, and someone who has changed his mind on gun laws.\n\nSpeaking at a press conference yesterday the Democrat said the attack led him to change his mind about opposing efforts to ban assault rifles.\n\n\"At a time like this a leader is forced to grapple with things that are far greater than his or herself,\" he said.\n\n\"Humility is called for as accountability is sought by the victims of a tragedy such as this one.\n\n\"Out of fear of this dangerous world that we live in, in my determination to protect my own daughter and wife in our home and in our community, because of a false confidence that our community was above this and that we could be in full control, among many other misjudgements I have opposed efforts to ban deadly weapons of war like the assault rifle he [the gunman] used to carry out this crime.\n\n\"The time has now come for me to take responsibility for this failure, which is why I now call on the United States Congress to ban assault rifles like the one used by this sick perpetrator of this mass killing in my hometown of Lewiston, Maine.\"\n\nQuote Message: For the good of my community I will work with any colleague to get this done in the time that I have left in Congress. \" from Congressman Jared Golden Democrat For the good of my community I will work with any colleague to get this done in the time that I have left in Congress. \"", "Ex-minister Crispin Blunt has confirmed he was arrested on Wednesday on suspicion of rape and the possession of controlled substances.\n\nIn a statement, the Reigate MP said he had twice been interviewed by police in connection with this incident.\n\nMr Blunt said he originally raised the incident with police three weeks ago, concerned about \"extortion\".\n\nHe said he was cooperating with Surrey Police's investigation and was confident he would not be charged.\n\nThe police were unable to say if the controlled substances were drugs, as tests are being carried out, according to PA Media.\n\nThe Conservative Party withdrew the whip, meaning Mr Blunt will sit as an independent MP, after he confirmed he had been arrested. He has been asked to stay away from Parliament.\n\nMr Blunt was elected as Conservative MP for Reigate, in Surrey, in the 1997 general election, defeating the incumbent Sir George Gardiner, who had switched from the Tories to the Referendum Party.\n\nHe served as a justice minister from 2010 to 2012, in the whips' office when the Conservatives were in opposition and chaired the influential Foreign Affairs Committee.\n\nIn April, he apologised for defending former MP Imran Ahmad Khan, following his conviction for sexually assaulting a teenage boy. Mr Blunt had called the verdict a \"dreadful miscarriage of justice\" in a statement, but retracted his comments.\n\nA month later Mr Blunt announced he will be standing down as an MP at the next election.\n\nIn a statement, Mr Blunt said: \"It has been reported that an MP was arrested yesterday [25 October] in connection with an allegation of rape. I am confirming that MP was me.\n\n\"The fact of the arrest requires a formal notification of the Speaker and then my chief whip.\n\n\"I have now been interviewed twice in connection with this incident, the first time three weeks ago, when I initially reported my concern over extortion.\n\n\"The second time was earlier this morning under caution following arrest. The arrest was unnecessary as I remain ready to cooperate fully with the investigation that I am confident will end without charge.\n\n\"I do not intend to say anything further on this matter until the police have completed their inquiries.\"\n\nA police spokesman said: \"We can confirm a man in his 60s was arrested yesterday morning (25 October) in Horley, on suspicion of rape and possession of controlled substances.\n\n\"He has been released on conditional police bail pending further inquiries.\"\n\nThe Conservative Party has declined to comment.\n\nThis is the latest sexual misconduct allegation to hit the party.\n\nA separate Conservative MP, in his 50s, was arrested in May 2022 on suspicion of rape, sexual assault, abuse of position of trust and misconduct in a public office.\n\nThe MP is currently on bail until mid-February 2024.\n\nSign up for our morning newsletter and get BBC News in your inbox.", "England completed their Rugby World Cup campaign with a victory as they narrowly overcame a proud Argentina performance in the third-place play-off in Paris.\n\nBen Earl slid over as England shot out to an early 13-0 lead, but Argentina clawed their way back and were briefly ahead through Tomas Cubelli and Santiago Carreras tries, before England's Theo Dan charged down a kick and crossed.\n\nOwen Farrell's boot kept England's noses in front as he exchanged penalties with Nicolas Sanchez in a nervy finale.\n\nBacked by a believing crowd, Argentina launched a late assault on England's line but Sanchez pushed a penalty to tie the scores wide, allowing Steve Borthwick's side to finish France 2023 with a win.\n\nAfter seeming set to stroll to victory early on, there was heartfelt relief among England's players as the final whistle blew.\n\nIt means England's campaign ends as it began. Seven weeks ago, they overcame the Pumas 27-10 in the heat of Marseille.\n\nThree minutes into that game, facing 77 minutes without the sent-off Tom Curry and with five defeats in their previous six games behind them, things looked grim for England.\n\nBut they ground their way to victory on that occasion to kick-start a campaign that came within three minutes and one point of beating South Africa in the semi-finals to make Saturday's showpiece.\n\nSeveral of England's young guns pressed their cases for future inclusion in a game free of knockout pressure, but higher on quality than the teams' previous meeting.\n\nHooker Dan impressed with his energy and appetite for work, while Marcus Smith was enterprising and incisive in attack, even if not all of his ideas paid off.\n\nThere had been speculation that Henry Arundell, the scorer of five tries in the pool-stage thrashing of Chile, might challenge the national record of six tries in a single World Cup, achieved by Chris Ashton in 2011, or even rival this edition's top-scorer Will Jordan, who has crossed eight times in total.\n\nHowever, he did not touch the ball once in the first half and gave away a penalty with a duff kick when afforded space for the first time in the second.\n\nThey may have finished the game under strain, but England started it in style. Curry led his team out in honour of his 50th cap and, after a difficult week dominated by his accusation of receiving a racial slur in the semi-final defeat by South Africa, he set the tone from the first whistle.\n\nThe 25-year-old clamped down over a second-minute breakdown to force a penalty which Farrell had no problem converting into three points.\n\nEarl, another of England's star performers during the campaign, crossed for the first try on eight minutes, picking a delicious line off Smith to beat the drift defence after good work from hooker Dan.\n\nWhen Farrell slotted another penalty to make it 13-0 after as many minutes, it seemed the same tame Pumas who had turned up for their semi-final against New Zealand may have returned to the Stade de France.\n\nBut, buoyed by a local crowd who sang Allez les Bleus in honour of their change strip, Argentina belatedly found some fight.\n\nAfter calling for a scrum from a penalty within range and being sent into reverse at the set-piece, Emiliano Boffelli wisely opted to take the points from the next similar chance.\n\nScrum-half Cubelli darted through a thicket of legs from close range just before half-time to trim England's lead to six points.\n\nThe second half began with a quickfire exchange of converted tries, with Dan at the centre of the action at both ends.\n\nThe England hooker was brushed aside by Carreras as the Argentina fly-half showed the pace that earned him a place on the wing for Gloucester in previous seasons.\n\nTwo minutes later though, Carreras dallied over a clearing kick to allow Dan to charge down, gather up and take revenge and restore England's advantage at 23-17.\n\nArgentina sensed England were still wobbling however and a Boffelli penalty made it a three-point game.\n\nEarl came up with a crucial turnover deep in his own territory that left Argentina's coach Michael Cheika thumping the coaching box furniture in frustration at referee Nic Berry's officiating of the breakdown.\n\nCheika was similarly unimpressed with the referee's awarding of a scrum penalty against his side which Farrell gladly booted over for 26-20 lead.\n\nSanchez pegged England back once more, but when his side were awarded a 75th-minute penalty wide out, just outside the England 22m line, he opted for posts - and a shot at tying the game - rather than a kick to the corner and chase a match-winning try.\n\nIt was a decision that he may have regretted as his kick stayed wide of the stick and the touch judges' flags stayed by their sides.\n\nThere was still time for Argentina to get English hearts fluttering in the stands. Juan Martin Gonzalez cantered into space down one wing, before George Ford bravely stopped a rampaging Mateo Carreras down the other.\n\nIt is the first time England - winners in 2003 and runners-up in 1991, 2007 and 2019 - have occupied third place in the Rugby World Cup.\n\nEngland's only previous appearance in the bronze-medal match - against France in 1995 - ended in a 19-9 defeat.\n\nIt ensures England's most-capped male player Ben Youngs bows out with a medal after 127 Tests, even if it was not the colour he would have wanted before the tournament.\n\nWhat they said\n\nEngland head coach Steve Borthwick: \"It wasn't a game of incredible high quality but one of high tension. Immense credit to Argentina for the way they played and the way they have gone through this tournament. You can see both teams have progressed through it and while it wasn't a classic of free-flowing rugby, it was a tight affair.\"\n\nEngland scrum-half Ben Youngs after playing his final Test match: \"The game has given me so much. I have got huge friendships and bonds not just in this England team, but people I have played against for years.\n\n\"I have a bucketload of memories and am very grateful, so thank you everyone. I will have a beer and enjoy myself with the boys tonight.\"\n\nArgentina head coach Michael Cheika: \"We didn't get the rub of the green on many things but we still stayed in the game. I'm disappointed with the way the game was refereed and the consistency. I feel for the lads as they deserved more than what they got out of today.\"\n\nReplacements: Ford for Tuilagi (56), Lawrence for Arundell (66), Care for Youngs (51), Rodd for Genge (50), George for Dan (54), Cole for Stuart (50), Ribbans for Chessum (70), Ludlam for Curry (50).\n\nReplacements: Moroni for Cinti Luna (47), Sanchez for S. Carreras (56), Velez for Cubelli (51), Sclavi for Gallo (66), Creevy for Montoya (56), Bello for Gomez Kodela (61), Alemanno for Rubiolo (66), Bruni for Isa (47).", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Paul and his husband Martin live in Belfast and adopted their son two years ago\n\n\"Both of us had really loved the idea of being parents, but grew up thinking this wouldn't be an option, so it's amazing it has come full circle.\"\n\nPaul Wright from Belfast and his husband Martin adopted their son two years ago.\n\nIt's been a decade since Northern Ireland laws changed to allow same-sex couples to adopt for the first time.\n\nIt was the last part of the UK to implement the change.\n\nDuring 2022/23, 13% of adoptions in Northern Ireland were with same-sex couples.\n\nThe law change has had a profound impact on Paul's life.\n\nHe said: \"I've been with my partner Martin for 23 years now, and for the majority of our relationship, parenting just wasn't on the cards.\n\n\"But when the legislation changed, we just both looked at each other and said - 'right we're going to do this.'\"\n\nPaul and Martin adopted their son just before the Covid-19 pandemic.\n\nThe process took about two and a half years.\n\nPaul added: \"It's a robust process, and it has to be, but it's been amazing.\n\n\"He's a great wee kid and he's settled really well with us, we're a family now.\"\n\nThe ban on same-sex adoption was overturned in the courts following a lengthy legal process which was resisted by the then Health Minister at Stormont, Edwin Poots.\n\nIn 2013 the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission won a judicial review on the grounds that the eligibility criteria for the existing adoption legislation discriminated against same-sex and unmarried heterosexual couples.\n\nThe impact on same sex adoptions in Northern Ireland was slow to start.\n\nIn 2015/16 only 6% of adoptions in Northern Ireland were with same-sex couples.\n\nSince then the numbers of applications from same-sex couples has risen steadily.\n\nBy 2019/20, 10% of adoptions in Northern Ireland were same sex couples.\n\nThe latest figures show that during 2022/23, 13% of adoptions in Northern Ireland were with same sex couples.\n\nMeanwhile, recent figures for England show that 16% of children were adopted by same-sex parents.\n\nEarlier this year the National Lottery Community Fund gave £6.3m to groups across Northern Ireland.\n\nThis included £10,000 to Adoption UK to support activities for adoptive families in Northern Ireland where the child has been adopted by LGBTQ+ parents.\n\nEJ Havlin, the Northern Ireland Director of Adoption UK, believes visibility of same-sex adopters is important.\n\nEJ Havlin says visibility for families is really important\n\nShe said: \"With our LGBT support group we run family days so that children who live with same-sex families cans see other families like them, so they know they're not alone.\n\n\"It's important the same-sex community who are adopting are proud and be acknowledge for what they're doing, because there are children out there waiting for families.\"\n\nPaul has been supporting other potential same sex adoptive parents through Adoption UK's support group.\n\nHe said: \"We want to let other people in the LGBT community know that adoption is available to them.\n\nPaul says their son has settled in well\n\n\"Because while it's a rigorous process, it's no different than the process for any other couple or parent.\"\n\nHe added: \"We've been lucky in that we haven't experienced a significant amount of prejudice or anything like that.\n\n\"As parents we've just been getting on with it and I'm grateful that we're part of a generation that can do this and it means the world to us.\"", "Constance Marten and her partner Mark Gordon have pleaded not guilty to charges over the death of their newborn baby.\n\nVictoria's body was discovered on 1 March in a Brighton shed after a weeks-long police search for the family.\n\nMs Marten, 36, and Mr Gordon, 49, both originally from London, appeared at the Old Bailey on Thursday and pleaded not guilty to manslaughter.\n\nThey also denied four other offences including cruelty to their baby.\n\nThe couple also pleaded not guilty to concealment of the baby's birth; causing or allowing her death and perverting the course of justice by concealing the body.\n\nAs the five charges were read out Mr Gordon said \"not guilty\" in a loud voice.\n\nMs Marten also denied all the charges saying \"Definitely not guilty\" to the charge of manslaughter and \"absolutely not guilty\" to the charges to cruelty and causing or allowing the death of a child.\n\nBoth were remanded into custody ahead of another case hearing date on 8 December.\n\nHundreds of officers using sniffer dogs, drones and thermal imaging cameras were involved in the search of woodlands in East Sussex earlier this year.\n\nVictoria's body was found wrapped in a plastic bag at an allotment site in the Hollingbury area of Brighton, close to where Ms Marten and Mr Gordon were arrested.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Last updated on .From the section Women's Football\n\nJenni Hermoso says she \"can only smile\" after making a sensational return to Spain's squad by scoring an 89th-minute winner against Italy in the Nations League.\n\nHermoso, on as a 68th-minute substitute in Salerno, converted the rebound after Alexia Putellas' shot was saved by Italian goalkeeper Laura Giuliani.\n\nThe forward had not played for her country since the scandal that engulfed Spanish football, when federation president Luis Rubiales kissed her on the lips during the trophy presentation after winning the World Cup.\n\n\"What better joy than to get back here and feel good again, to score the goal that gets the win - now I can only smile,\" Hermoso, who plays for Mexican side Pachuca, told TVE.\n\nThe kiss, which Hermoso says was not consensual, sparked outcry and Rubiales eventually resigned as Spanish football federation (RFEF) president.\n\nRubiales, whose actions overshadowed Spain's World Cup win in August, was also given a restraining order.\n\nWorld Cup winning manager Jorge Vilda was sacked in September and replaced by Montse Tome, who omitted Hermoso from her first national team squad last month \"to protect her\".\n\nThe Rubiales scandal took its toll on 33-year-old Hermoso, who said her \"image had been tarnished\" by the kiss.\n\n\"I can tell you [I thought about] many things, but life sometimes gives you little gifts, and today I thought about a lot of people behind [me] this time,\" added Hermoso.\n\n\"I am happy because thanks to them today I enjoyed football once again.\"\n\nFriday's goal was Hermoso's 52nd for Spain, in 102 appearances.\n\n\"We're all very happy because we were able to win and because she [Hermoso] scored that goal,\" Spain coach Tome told a news conference.\n\n\"I would also like to say how happy I am with that goal, considering the time she has spent on the pitch. We saw her smiling and I think everyone is smiling.\"\n\nSpain, who travel to face Switzerland on Tuesday, top League A Group 4 with three wins from three games.\n• None The kiss that shook Spanish and global football", "Most of Avdiivka's 30,000 residents have left the town, which has been the scene of fierce and bloody fighting\n\nRussia is executing soldiers who try to retreat from a bloody offensive in eastern Ukraine, the White House has said.\n\nAccording to the US, some of the casualties suffered by Russia near Avdiivka were \"on the orders of their own leaders\".\n\nRussian and Ukrainian troops have been locked into a fierce battle for the frontline town since mid-October.\n\nRussia is thought to have suffered \"significant\" losses in this time.\n\nUkrainian estimates put the number of Russian casualties in Avdiivka at 5,000, while the US says that Russia lost \"at least\" 125 armoured vehicles and more than a battalion's worth of equipment.\n\nA Ukrainian army spokesperson said that Russian troops were refusing to attack Ukrainian positions near Avdiivka because of heavy losses and that there had been mutinies in some units.\n\n\"Russia's mobilised forces remain under-trained, under-equipped and unprepared for combat, as was the case during their failed winter offensive last year,\" National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said in a briefing on Thursday.\n\nHe said that the Russian military \"appears to be using what we would call 'human wave' tactics, just throwing masses of these poorly trained soldiers right into the fight.\"\n\n\"No proper equipment, no leadership, no resourcing, no support. It is unsurprising that Russian forces are suffering from poor morale,\" Mr Kirby added.\n\nTaking Avdiivka - which lies near the Russian-occupied city of Donetsk - would allow Russian troops to push the front line back, making it harder for the Ukrainian forces to make further advances into Donetsk region.\n\nAvdiivka has been all but abandoned by its 30,000 residents as Russian forces continue to pummel it. Earlier this week, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky described the situation as \"particularly tough\".\n\nOn Thursday, the US announced a new $150m (£123.7m) military assistance package for Ukraine that includes artillery and small-arms ammunition, as well as anti-tank weapons.\n\nHowever, future aid to Ukraine is in doubt following the election of Republican Mike Johnson as speaker of the US House of Representatives earlier this week.\n\nMr Johnson - who is on the right wing of the Republican Party - is against further US aid to Ukraine and has previously supported amendments to block it.\n\nThe US is the largest military donor to Ukraine, having spent more than $46bn (£37bn) so far, plus tens of billions more in financial and humanitarian aid.", "Sir Keir Starmer is under increasing pressure to change his position on the Israel-Gaza war, after a trio of senior Labour figures called for a ceasefire.\n\nThe move from mayors Sadiq Khan and Andy Burnham, and Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar, puts them at odds with their party leader.\n\nSir Keir has not called for a ceasefire, instead backing humanitarian pauses to help aid reach Gaza.\n\nThe shadow minister said humanitarian pauses would allow aid to enter Gaza \"without stopping Israel taking action to disable the terrorists who attacked them in the first place\".\n\nIn stopping short of backing a full ceasefire, the Labour leader is aligned with the UK government, as well as the US and EU.\n\nCompared to a formal ceasefire, humanitarian pauses tend to last for short periods of time, sometimes just a few hours.\n\nThey are implemented purely with the aim of providing humanitarian support, as opposed to achieving long-term political solutions.\n\nIsrael began its bombing campaign in Gaza, cut off electricity and most water, and stopped imports of food, fuel and other goods in retaliation for a cross-border attack by Hamas on 7 October, in which at least 1,400 people were killed and 224 taken hostage.\n\nGaza's Hamas-run health ministry says 7,000 people have been killed in the territory since then, and that its health system is facing total collapse.\n\nIn a statement earlier, Mr Khan said Israel had a \"right to defend itself\" following the \"appalling terror attack\" of 7 October.\n\nBut he added a ceasefire would \"allow the international community more time to prevent a protracted conflict in the region and further devastating loss of life\".\n\nIn a statement, Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham and local council leaders said Israel had the right to take \"targeted action within international law\".\n\nThey added they had \"profound concerns\" about loss of lives in Gaza, and that it was \"vital that urgent support and humanitarian aid is allowed into the area\".\n\nThe leaders said there should be a ceasefire \"by all sides\" and that all hostages should \"be released unharmed\".\n\nIn a video, Scottish Labour leader Mr Sarwar said: \"We need to see the immediate release of hostages, immediate access to humanitarian supplies... and the immediate cessation of violence with an end of rocket fire into and out of Gaza.\"\n\n\"And let me be clear, that means a ceasefire right now,\" he added.\n\nOn Wednesday, shadow Scottish secretary Ian Murray said Sir Keir was likely to be the next prime minister, and therefore had to be \"very careful\" with what he said.\n\n\"It's very easy for us all to sit in a warm bath of throwing around ceasefires, etc but Keir Starmer is in a very sensitive position,\" he added.\n\nAsked why the UK was not calling for a cessation of violence, Education Secretary Gillian Keegan told ITV that the government would not \"cross that line of telling Israel it has anything but the right to defend itself\".\n\nShe said a humanitarian pause would enable British citizens to leave Gaza.\n\nThe Labour leader's overall stance on the Israel-Gaza conflict has also led to growing discomfort in his party.\n\nHe triggered anger earlier this month, when in reply to an interview question on whether it was \"appropriate\" for Israel to cut off the supply of power and water to Gaza, he said: \"I think that Israel does have that right.\"\n\n\"Obviously everything should be done within international law, but I don't want to step away from the core principles that Israel has a right to defend herself,\" he added.\n\nA spokesman for the Labour leader later said he had only meant to say Israel had a general right to self-defence.\n\nAround 20 councillors have since quit Labour in protest. In Oxford, resignations have led to Labour losing its majority on the local council.\n\nIn Westminster, 39 Labour MPs - including shadow minister Imran Hussain - have signed a parliamentary petition calling for an \"immediate de-escalation and cessation of hostilities\".\n\nSenior figures adding their voice to calls for a ceasefire is certainly uncomfortable for the Labour leadership.\n\nEspecially following a recent conference where their outward message was one of unity - a shift away from past divisions and factions within senior ranks of the party.\n\nSo far, most of the dissent in the party has been from councillors while dozens of Labour MPs have now said publicly they want a ceasefire.\n\nWhile there's been chatter of frontbenchers considering resignations, that hasn't transpired so far.\n\nCertainly, senior figures in the party have told me that engagement with concerned MPs is ongoing and that the party is trying to support those who have received threats or abuse as a result of the party's position.\n\nThey don't deny that lots of people are very concerned. But they argue that at the same time the last thing many in the party want to see is an internal fight - especially if there is an awareness that resignations may not change the leadership's position.\n\nNor can the Labour leadership's position really change what is going on in Israel and Gaza.\n\nBut for some it feels more like a matter of principle than actually changing anything.\n\nSome may begin to feel the heat more from constituents as MPs begin another recess this week.", "The New York Attorney General's Office said Mr Trump and his three children, Eric Trump (left) Ivanka Trump, and Donald Trump Jr will testify in the coming week\n\nDonald Trump and three of his children will soon take the stand in a New York business fraud case.\n\nA judge ruled on Friday that Mr Trump's daughter, Ivanka, must testify in the case against her brothers and father.\n\nShe was dismissed as a defendant in the case earlier this year - but her brothers Eric and Donald Jr were not.\n\nThe New York Attorney General's Office said the former president will testify on 6 November and his three children will take the stand before him.\n\nTheir testimony is expected over three days from Wednesday next week, starting with Donald Trump Jr.\n\nJudge Arthur Engoron has already ruled that Mr Trump inflated the value of his properties to secure favourable loans.\n\nThe trial focuses on six other claims made in the lawsuit, including falsification of business records, insurance fraud and conspiracy.\n\nMr Trump has previously said he would take the stand at the earliest opportunity. He and the other defendants have denied the allegations.\n\nHis daughter Ivanka had previously sought not to take the stand, arguing that she had moved out of the city to Florida and had stepped away from the Trump Organization in 2017.\n\nBut Judge Engoron said she still maintains ties to Trump businesses and real estate in New York.\n\nProsecutors have argued that Ms Trump has important information to share about the events being examined in the case.\n\nIn his ruling on Friday about Ivanka testifying, Judge Engoron sided with the prosecutors, writing: \"Ms Trump has clearly availed herself of the privilege of doing business in New York.\"\n\nHe cited documents showing that she still had ownership or management ties to some businesses in New York, and that she still owns Manhattan apartments.\n\nThe civil fraud case was brought against the former president by New York Attorney General Letitia James, who is a Democrat.\n\nMs James is seeking $250m (£205m) in penalties and severe restrictions for Mr Trump's businesses.\n\nMr Trump, the front-runner for the Republican nomination in the 2024 election, has dismissed the case as politically motivated and a \"sham\".", "Two drug dealers have been jailed after leading police on an hour-long high-speed chase.\n\nPatrick McCabe, 28, of no fixed address, drove off from officers at a car wash in Copthorne, West Sussex, on July 12 this year.\n\nMcCabe, at that time a disqualified driver, proceeded to drive through red lights and the wrong way around a roundabout before he and his passenger Ronnie Beckett, 19, from Ifield, attempted to flee on foot. They were both arrested at a housing estate in Horley, Surrey.\n\nAt Lewes Crown Court on 6 October, McCabe admitted dangerous driving, possession of class B drugs with intent to supply, driving while disqualified and driving without valid insurance.\n\nHe was sentenced to two years and five months in prison and given a new disqualification from driving for five years and four months.\n\nBeckett admitted possession of class B drugs with intent to supply, breach of a suspended sentence order, and failing to provide a specimen for analysis. He was jailed for 17 weeks.", "Political stability and the return of Stormont are needed to attract major investors to Northern Ireland, US trade envoy Joe Kennedy III has said.\n\nSpeaking in Londonderry, the United States Special Envoy said big investment requires stable government.\n\n\"Of course it would be better if there were a government up and running,\" Mr Kennedy said.\n\nHe added: \"If you are talking about making investments in the billions of dollars you need to have that political stability.\n\n\"We hope that we come to a point quickly that we can get that political stability, it's been a message we have heard a number of times from members of our delegation.\"\n\nThe US trade envoy Joe Kennedy (left) is meeting local business leaders and politicians including Alex Maskey (right)\n\nOn Wednesday night, party leaders met delegates during a dinner at Stormont.\n\nEarlier this year, US President Joe Biden promised the delegation when he visited Northern Ireland.\n\nHe said \"scores\" of US firms wanted to come to Northern Ireland; some already employing over 30,000 people.\n\nThe delegation is a blend of US companies already present in Northern Ireland and potential investors.\n\nSome new investment has been announced during the group's visit this week and on Tuesday, the New York State pension fund's comptroller, Tom DiNapoli, said it is to invest up to $50m (£41m) in Northern Ireland businesses.\n\nStormont has been without a functioning executive for 20 months as the DUP protests against post-Brexit trade arrangements for Northern Ireland.\n\nIn recent weeks both the Northern Ireland Secretary Chris Heaton-Harris and DUP leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson have hinted at progress being made in talks about Stormont's return, however, the impasse continues.\n\nSir Jeffrey said on Thursday there was still a \"distance to travel\" before discussions with the government would conclude.\n\nHe said he was not embarrassed that the trade visit was happening without a government at Stormont.\n\n\"Every process of dialogue reaches a moment where you've taken the talking as far as you can and decisions are needed - I think there is still room to move, there is still a distance to travel to get the outcome we need but we are moving in the right direction.\n\n\"I can't predict if we will get the solution that we need but I will work night and day to get it.\"\n\nOn Wednesday, Mr Heaton-Harris repeated that he believed talks with the DUP are in the \"final stages\".\n\nMeanwhile the tanaiste (Irish deputy PM) and foreign affairs minister Micheál Martin said unionists had \"missed an opportunity\" to claim the Windsor Framework as a win.\n\nThe Windsor Framework, which was agreed by the EU and UK in February, is the revised post-Brexit deal for Northern Ireland.\n\n\"The Windsor agreement was a major milestone. Actually unionism should have claimed victory. Much of what they campaigned for… the vast majority of that was delivered within it.\" Mr Martin told BBC News NI's The View.\n\nMr Martin also told the programme he has a good relationship with Northern Ireland Secretary Chris Heaton-Harris but he believes co-operation is not the same as in the Good Friday Agreement era.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. UUP leader Doug Beattie said US businesses have raised the matter of political instability\n\nEarlier on Thursday, Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) leader Doug Beattie said it is \"absolutely embarrassing\" that the major trade delegation is visiting Northern Ireland during Stormont's suspension.\n\nMr Beattie was speaking after a business breakfast involving MLAs and the US trade envoy.\n\nSpeaking after the business breakfast on Thursday, Mr Beattie said US businesses had raised the issue of political stability with him.\n\n\"They did ask when do we get to the stage of politicians being irrelevant? It is embarrassing that we don't have a government.\"\n\nSinn Féin vice-president Michelle O'Neill said she felt there was a \"sense of urgency\" following this week's events.\n\n\"The mood music is positive but we need to build on that,\" she said.\n\nAsked if there was more optimism or pessimism about the chances of Stormont, Alliance Party leader Naomi Long said her optimism was changing on an \"hourly basis\".\n\nSocial Democratic and Labour Party leader Colum Eastwood said \"common sense should say this is the time to go back in\", and that he was optimistic about the future.\n\nYou can watch Micheál Martin's interview in full on The View at 22:40 BST on BBC One Northern Ireland and iPlayer.", "Jumana Emad says being pregnant in Gaza is terrifying\n\nOne month ago, Gaza resident Jumana Emad was in the final stages of pregnancy.\n\nShe was happily sharing pictures of her heavily pregnant belly, waiting to put her birthing plan into action.\n\nShe knew she was going to have a girl, her husband was excited, her hospital bag was packed and her four-year-old daughter Tulin couldn't wait to meet her baby sister.\n\nHamas killed more than 1,400 people in Israel and took more than 200 people hostage in an attack on 7 October. Israel launched retaliatory air strikes on Gaza which - the Hamas-run health ministry says - have killed almost 7,000 people.\n\n\"I was scared,\" Jumana told the BBC. \"I was in labour among continuous shelling.\"\n\nThe 25-year-old freelance journalist followed Israeli orders to leave her home in the north. She left Gaza City two days after Israeli strikes began and headed south.\n\nAfraid and nine months pregnant, Jumana took her daughter to a relative's house. She took only a single piece of clothing, a box of milk and a small bag for her daughter.\n\n\"The situation was tough,\" she explained in a voice message.\n\nBaby Talia was born on 13 October 2023 in Gaza\n\n\"We didn't sleep at night. There was a lot of shelling and we had to go to another place. Pregnant women like me should be going out for walks but because of the war we are not able to go out even to buy food,\" she explained in another message.\n\nJumana repeatedly spoke of power outages, internet interruptions and water shortages, in addition to her fear and anxiety over giving birth in such difficult circumstances.\n\nOn Friday 13 October, Jumana went into labour.\n\nShe had originally planned to go to Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, which is a big hospital, but she was told it was under immense pressure. Instead, Jumana went to Al-Awda Hospital in Nuseirat, a smaller hospital in the middle of the Gaza Strip.\n\nBut even getting there was hard. In pain and in labour Jumana struggled to find someone to take her. \"Taxi drivers are afraid, and ambulances don't have time for a woman about to give birth,\" she explained.\n\nShe described the hours of labour as hard and terrifying. \"There was intense shelling in a house next to the hospital, the sound was so loud that I thought the shelling had reached the hospital itself. Injured people kept arriving. I could hear screams from every direction. I was also thinking about my first daughter. I was worried about her because she was far away from me.\n\n\"All I thought about was I want to deliver my baby no matter what.\"\n\nJumana described her feeling of shock when hours later that evening, she gave birth to a baby girl, who she decided to name Talia.\n\n\"Her crying meant we were all still alive,\" she recalls.\n\nThere was no bed available for Jumana immediately after childbirth. In pain and bleeding, she had to wait until a bed was found and squeezed into a small room.\n\n\"I was lucky to have one, other women lay on couches and on the floor in the hospital corridor immediately after giving birth,\" she says.\n\nThe United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) estimates that there are about 50,000 pregnant women in Gaza with 5,500 of them expected to give birth in the next 30 days. It says hospitals are overwhelmed and are running out of medicine and basic supplies.\n\nThe day after she gave birth, Jumana sent a video of herself holding her baby daughter in a taxi, wrapped in a white blanket.\n\nShe had left the hospital to join her family but says even that was an ordeal.\n\n\"The lift stopped working due to a power issue,\" she says. So Jumana, on the fourth floor of the hospital, in pain after giving birth and with her newborn in her arms, had to walk down several flights of stairs to get to the exit.\n\nOnce out of the hospital, she was faced with trying to get transport back to the place where she was staying.\n\n\"We spent an hour looking for a taxi, and none of the drivers agreed to take us. They were scared after a nearby shelling in the morning. In the end, we found one, but he asked for a higher fare and didn't drop us off in front of the house.\"\n\nJumana says childbirth in such hard circumstances has taken its toll. \"I am worn out mentally. I no longer have the desire to do anything,\" she admits.\n\nBut she tells me Baby Talia is doing well: \"She is a mix of my features, her sister's and her father's.\n\n\"If it wasn't for the war, I would have wanted to celebrate a beautiful event one week after the birth. I would have invited all my family members and held an Aqiqah [a traditional Islamic celebration] for her,\" Jumana trails off.\n\nShe says she does not know what the future holds for her family but is grateful for their new arrival saying: \"She is my hope in this life of war and death.\"", "The female beetles give off an eerie glow in summer\n\n\"The fascination of glow worms for me is that they are in effect magic,\" says ecologist Pete Cooper, as he tramples through thistles and nettles.\n\n\"The glow worm has been the symbol of the other world, of love, of hope, of rebirth, of simply the great mysteries of nature.\"\n\nThe insect is declining in many parts of the UK due to a host of factors, from habitat loss to light pollution. Experts believe artificial lighting is distracting the males so they miss out on a chance to mate.\n\nThe young conservationist has a passion for glow worms that's second to none. He has gone to extreme lengths to breed and release them in the south of England, such as here in Hampshire.\n\nHe stops by a pile of rotting logs and opens the Tupperware tub he's clutching to his chest.\n\nInside, not the takeaway it once contained, but a scattering of dirt. Peering closer, I spy a tiny centipede-like insect waving a limb, one of Pete's precious cargo of baby glow worms.\n\nPete Cooper is spearheading efforts to reintroduce the glow worm in Britain\n\n\"These larvae were hatched this summer, so they are very young and they are only about the size of a grain of rice,\" says the protégée of reintroduction pioneer, Derek Gow, known for his work with beavers, white storks and water voles.\n\n\"I'm not holding the twinkling box of lights,\" he adds, referring to the eerie greenish-orange glow made by the female of the species; the stuff of fairy tales and folklore.\n\nIn fact, glow worms aren't worms at all, but beetles. The males are fully-winged as adults and can fly, while the females are wingless and have to glow frantically in the summer months to attract a passing mate.\n\n\"The male comes in because it's attracted to the site of the glow and it goes, 'Wow shiny,'\" says Pete, who is passionate about nature. He's been a zoologist \"since I could walk\" and his first words were trees, bracken and gorse.\n\nAt this stage the insects are the size of a grain of rice\n\nAfter studying zoology, he worked as a professional ecologist for seven years, turning to breeding glow worms in his Bristol flat during the first lockdown in 2020. While many of us were baking banana bread, Pete took up the \"impossible\" challenge.\n\n\"It was quite a cathartic moment of hope in that horrible Covid year of collecting these lights in the dark,\" he explains. \"But poetry aside, when we started, actually, it wasn't very poetic; it was a bit of a disaster.\"\n\nAt first he lost a lot of animals. He turned to citizen scientists for help, including a hobbyist who has bred 21 generations of glow worms over 14 years at his home in Germany.\n\nHe soon perfected and scaled up his techniques and has now begun releasing glow worms at various sites.\n\nI've joined him in the grounds of the historic Elvetham Hotel near Fleet, where he's helping to create a refuge for the insects in wild areas at the edge of manicured green lawns.\n\nMore than a thousand glow worm larvae have been released over two years in this \"living laboratory\" and this summer he had the first encouraging signs with the discovery of one glowing female.\n\nEdges of lawns left to grow wild are good habitat for glow worms\n\n\"It's a long way to go before I would describe this release project as being successful,\" Pete explains. \"But that's the thing about conservation; it is a long game.\"\n\nNewly hatched glow worms need natural grassy habitat with plenty of snails to dine upon.\n\nIn a scenario out of a horror movie, the young insects crawl onto the animal's shell and inject a paralysing toxin that slowly turns the snail's insides into soup, which they then suck dry.\n\nThis horror aside, not everyone's chuffed with the idea of reintroducing glow worms - and many other animals - into the wild.\n\nThis week, the government said the likes of beavers and storks being released was a low priority, to a herald of criticism by wildlife groups.\n\nAlistair Driver, director of Rewilding Britain, sees this attitude as short-sighted. Over the phone from Broughton Sanctuary in North Yorkshire, where he's advising on a project to bring wildlife back into the landscape, he says there are already clear international guidelines set by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature.\n\n\"What we're doing wrong in this country is being ridiculously over-bureaucratic about perfectly sensible, logical reintroductions following those guidelines,\" he says.\n\n\"Successive governments have been burying their heads in the sand on this, basically listening to a small vociferous minority who don't want to see reintroduction of things like pine martens and beavers.\"\n\nReintroducing species such as the beaver has raised controversy\n\nPete too has faced opposition over his glow worm project. But he points out that even the reintroduction of the red kite was once seen as controversial.\n\nAnd he frowns over so-called rogue reintroductions, where rare or extinct butterflies appear in random places by cover of night with little chance of survival.\n\n\"I think it is very important we do these things well and with the best knowledge possible but you've also got to be bold and pragmatic,\" he says.\n\nHis work has garnered interest from other organisations seeking to do large-scale glow worm releases, including Wildwood in Devon and the Manchester Museum.\n\nThey are now developing their own glow worm \"zoo\" based on his breeding techniques using a local population.\n\n\"Once upon a time there were children that would go into fields behind their houses or they'd be exploring down by rivers or in woodlands and they would come across these fascinating little creatures,\" says Charly Mead, Education and Conservation Manager at Wildwood Devon.\n\n\"Unfortunately, that doesn't happen very often now. We do a lot of education here at Wildwood and most of the children wouldn't know what a glow worm was so hopefully we can help improve those populations.\"\n\nBack in Hampshire, it's time to say goodbye to the little critters. Pete parts the grass then gently tips his charges on to the ground.\n\n\"Those glow worms are now officially wild animals,\" he announces, solemnly, snapping the lid back on the box. He hopes his work can be a symbol of hope in a time of biodiversity loss.\n\n\"This one little glow worm, this little light in the dark, can help be that catalyst for a much bigger change for nature,\" he says.", "Some planned operations have had to be resheduled\n\nNHS waiting lists could top eight million by next summer, even if doctor strikes cease, according to modelling work by the Health Foundation charity.\n\nIt says industrial action has only contributed a small amount, lengthening the list by about 210,000 or 3% of the 7.75 million total by August.\n\nChronic shortages of NHS staff and funding are the main driver, it says.\n\nNHS England says more than one million appointments and procedures have had to be rescheduled because of NHS strikes.\n\nThat figure includes walkouts in England by nurses and other healthcare professionals who were asking for better wages.\n\nThe modelling is not a nailed-on prediction or projection. It is an attempt to understand what is happening to waiting lists for patients and claims:\n\nBoth NHS England and the Health Foundation say NHS work has ramped up to see more patients and clear the backlog - monthly referrals for treatment are now back to pre-pandemic levels, and growing at a faster rate, which is a \"positive\" sign.\n\nBut the waiting list is still rising as the number of treatments does not yet exceed the number of referrals.\n\nBehind all the numbers are \"people anxious for a diagnosis, patients in avoidable pain and lives put on hold\", says Charles Tallack, from the Health Foundation.\n\nPatients are waiting for treatment ranging from hip replacements to surgery to remove cancerous tumours.\n\nHe said: \"The pandemic heaped further significant pressure on an already stressed system, but waiting lists were already growing long before Covid.\"\n\nAn NHS spokeswoman said there had been important progress in bringing down the longest waits: \"Two-year waits have been virtually eliminated and waits of more than 65 weeks have more than halved.\"\n\nShe stressed that the NHS was still seeing high levels of demand.\n\nTim Mitchell, president of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, said: \"To tackle waiting lists in a meaningful and sustainable way, we need transformative solutions.\n\n\"Continuing to invest in surgical hubs across the country, focusing on the areas with the longest waits, would allow surgeons to operate more efficiently. Hubs protect planned surgery from stoppages during busy periods when resources are diverted to emergency pressures.\n\n\"Crucially, we must also improve staff morale and retention. The government's commitment to grow the healthcare workforce is welcome. However, recruiting new staff is only half of the solution. Providing a supportive, well-resourced working environment is vital.\"\n\nThe British Medical Association, which is a union for doctors, said: \"Doctors have gone on strike precisely because it is only with a fully staffed and fully valued NHS that elective care can be put back on a path to normality.\n\n\"Time is rapidly running out to get credible pay offers on the table, which would both end strikes and boost the recruitment and retention the workforce needs.\"\n\nHave you been waiting more than nine months for an operation on the NHS? Would you be willing to travel in order to get the operation done? Email haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.\n\nSign up for our morning newsletter and get BBC News in your inbox.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Wilko will return to the High Street, with the brand's new owner opening up to five shops before Christmas.\n\nThe owner of the Range, which also bought Wilko's website after its collapse, will launch the first two Wilko shops in Plymouth and Exeter.\n\nIts boss said that \"it's clear that there's a huge love for Wilko\".\n\nWilko collapsed in early August, leading to thousands of job losses and the closure of its 408 stores, many of them in traditional town centres.\n\nCDS Superstores, which owns The Range, said former Wilko staff would be given priority in the recruitment process for the new shops.\n\nWhen CDS bought the brand, it planned to stock some Wilko products in its existing stores, but it was not expected to open new shops under the Wilko name.\n\nIts chief executive Alex Simpkin said: \"The public reaction to the loss of Wilko stores was undeniable.\n\n\"That's why we've taken the decision to reintroduce Wilko back to many of the High Streets and communities that it used to so proudly serve.\"\n\nWhile these High Street locations are convenient for shoppers without cars, since the pandemic there's been a shift to bigger retail parks and out-of-town options with more space.\n\nThis, as well as Wilko's struggle to keep up with competition from other discount retailers, including The Range, B&M and Poundland was partly blamed for its collapse.\n\nShoppers also cited problems finding the goods they wanted on the shelves after Wilko struggled to pay suppliers and at least one credit insurer withdrew its cover, which meant some companies paused deliveries to the stores.\n\nKate Hardcastle, consumer specialist at Insight with Passion, told the BBC that some customers also talked about the frustration of finding costly brands in Wilko shops and new styles and trends not coming through quickly enough.\n\nBut she said that CDS was \"highly experienced\" in value retail and data will give them a clear sense on what sells and \"where the most Wilko love is\".\n\nCDS Superstores is aiming to opening up to five Wilko shops before Christmas - a key trading period for retailers - with two leases signed already for High Street locations in Devon.\n\nThey will be \"concept\" stores, followed by two locations in the South-East of England and one in the North of England, which are expected to be announced soon.\n\nMs Hardcastle added \"if there is a time a store like Wilko will really succeed, it's on the months selling everything from gift wrap, decor DIY and cleaning goods\", as people purchase presents and spruce up their homes in the run-up to Christmas.\n\nFor the first time, CDS is also planning to open Wilko-branded shops in Northern Ireland.\n\nWilko was founded in 1930 when JK Wilkinson opened his first store in Leicester. It expanded across the Midlands initially and by the 1990s became one of Britain's fastest-growing retailers.\n\nBut after the firm collapsed into administration, other competitors like B&M and Poundland snapped up dozens of shops to operate under their own names.\n\nThe owner of The Range agreed to buy the Wilko brand in a deal worth £5m, after a separate rescue bid for the wider business fell through.\n\nMany shops have struggled with rising rents and costs in recent years\n\nA mixture of former Wilko sites and new ones are being considered for the new shops launched by CDS Superstores, with negotiations currently going on with landlords.\n\nAll of the five shops it is hoping to open before Christmas are expected to be quite different - some single-level, other split-level and an out-of-town retail park reportedly on the cards. They will not be \"pop-up\" stores, but a permanent fixture.\n\nCDS said the new shops will offer Wilko products from cleaning and households ranges, to DIY and household goods.\n\nIn a statement on Friday, the firm said that the roll-out will carry on through next year, and it is understood that it is hoping to open hundreds of shops within the next couple of years.\n\nRichard Lim, chief executive of Retail Economics, suggested that the new shops would be able to benefit from the scale and systems that The Range has in place.\n\n\"This is a fascinating development and unlikely to have been part of the original plan when it was acquired,\" he said.\n\nBut he suggested that the move would be \"no easy feat\", with many High Streets struggling with dwindling numbers of shoppers out and about.\n\n\"Many profitable store locations have already been snapped up by competitors and a successful roll-out of this scale at speed will be dependent on the selection of great locations that offer sustainable levels of footfall,\" he said.\n\nIn the new stores, customers will also be able to look through the full Wilko range and order products for home delivery on new terminals.\n\nThe Range also plans to sell Wilko products across its own 200 shops.\n\nLots of Wilko's stock in its shops consisted of its own-brand products when it was operating, with shoppers lamenting the loss of its pick and mix sweets and household goods on offer earlier in the year.", "The family of a teenage girl who died after taking an ecstasy tablet at a concert have warned other young people about the dangers of experimenting with drugs.\n\nCaitlin McLaughlin, from Londonderry, died after attending a music festival in June.\n\nA mural in her memory was unveiled in Galliagh on Friday - on what would have been her 17th birthday.\n\nCaitlin's uncle, Mo Mahon, said the family was devastated by her death.\n\nSpeaking publicly for the first time to BBC Radio Foyle's North West Today programme, Mr Mahon said his niece was a bubbly girl with a lovely smile.\n\n\"She was loyal, out-going and caring. She just loved life,\" he said.\n\nCaitlin's aunt Lucy Mahon said the family want people to be aware of the risks associated with drug taking.\n\n\"It might only take one time, one time is all it took for Caitlin, and now we are left with the repercussions of what drugs do to people,\" she said.\n\nThe mural is a beautiful thing to have, Lucy Mahon said, but also hard for the family\n\nCaitlin had travelled by bus to Belfast with her friends for the concert. Tragedy struck in its aftermath.\n\n\"She was having the time of her life,\" her uncle said. \"What we know now is that she took an ecstasy tablet.\n\n\"She was on her way to the bus after the concert and she collapsed. Her friends thought she had gone over on her ankle.\n\n\"Caitlin had actually taken a heart attack. They did everything they could in hospital, but Caitlin passed away.\"\n\nHundreds of people joined Caitlin's family for the unveiling of the new mural\n\nThe mural dedicated to Caitlin was unveiled at Brookdale Park in Galliagh, where Caitlin grew up.\n\nA special event and balloon release took place to mark her 17th birthday.\n\nMs Mahon said it was a \"beautiful thing to have\" but also hard for the family.\n\n\"We all live so close so we can all see it, both her grannies live in the street directly facing. This day 17 years ago Caitlin would have been brought into this street to come home, only just born.\"\n\nCaitlin McLaughlin's heartbroken family are finding it difficult to believe that's she's not with them to celebrate her 17th birthday today.\n\nThey are bereft since she died, their grief compounded by how \"one wrong choice\" took the life of \"a funny, wee bubbly person\".\n\nThis evening they have been joined here in Galliagh by hundreds of people from the local community for the unveiling of the new mural in her memory.\n\nTogether they want to raise awareness among young people here and elsewhere about the perils of using illegal drugs.\n\nCaitlin's death was a \"total shock\" to her whole family, aunt Ciara McLaughlin said.\n\n\"It was the biggest shock of lives,\" she said.\n\nCaitlin's aunt Ciara said the family are still dealing with the shock of the teenager's death\n\n\"Caitlin was never into anything like that. She was just a funny, bubbly wee person. We never thought for a minute this would happen.\"\n\nNow the family want to raise as much awareness as they can, she added.\n\nMr Mahon said there were no words to describe the family's pain.\n\n\"We are a close family and it's like a jigsaw. After a piece goes missing, life will never be the same again,\" he said.\n\nCaitlin's uncle, Mo Mahon, says the mural at Brookdale Park also keeps her memory alive\n\nHe added that the mural kept her memory alive but also has a message for others.\n\n\"Caitlin went out as a teenager to have fun. She experimented, took a drug and is no longer here.\n\n\"People do not know what they are taking. Caitlin will now be forever 16, which is heart-breaking.\n\n\"We don't want this to happen to another family.\"\n\nCaitlin's aunt Aileen said she wanted the message of Caitlin's death to reach teenagers.\n\n\"I am a parent myself. Teenagers will pass this mural every day in Galliagh - so they will know what happened to her, it's reminding them every day,\" she said.\n\n\"I hope the mural opens people's eyes to the danger of drugs and a young life gone too soon. She never even got to see her GCSE results.\"\n\nIf you, or someone you know, have been affected by issues in this article, please visit BBC Action Line to find information on organisations that can help.", "Heather Thompson says more needs to be done for worried women\n\nWomen affected by a review of cervical smears in the Southern Health Trust have said they are \"angry, frustrated and scared\" for their future.\n\nAbout 17,500 patients in the trust are to have their previous smears re-checked as part of a major review of cervical screening dating back to 2008.\n\nSome of these women will be recalled to have new smear tests carried out.\n\nBut the process has not started yet and will take at least six months to complete.\n\nLetters were sent out by the trust earlier this month to those affected.\n\nThe Southern Trust says it expects to recall around 4,000 women for a new smear test after it reviews 17,368 historic slides.\n\nThe Trust's medical director, Dr Steve Austin, told its board meeting that the review of slides was expected to start next week.\n\nIt also emerged that the number of calls from concerned women has increased with many asking for more \"specialist\" answers.\n\nAmong those to receive a letter that their test was affected were Heather Thompson and Brenda Redpath.\n\nBoth women found each other on social media after they sought further information and support.\n\nBrenda and Heather have urged the trust to provide clarity, as well as a new smear test, to all affected patients.\n\n\"We have so many unanswered questions, and I think the trust should be holding public meetings from Dungannon to Tandragee to talk to us,\" Heather said.\n\nThe 63-year-old, who has had three smears since 2009, said she had \"no faith in the system whatsoever\" after the incident and that someone should be held accountable.\n\nSince receiving the letter Heather, who had been due for another smear, said she decided to go private for \"peace of mind\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Smear test: Women at the centre of Southern Trust review concerned\n\nIn Northern Ireland, there is an approximate six-month wait for a smear test result in the health service.\n\nFor private patients, it is around three weeks.\n\nBoth women are in contact with around a dozen other people on social media, including a pregnant woman who will be unable to have a smear until months after she gives birth.\n\nThe review of smear test results, follows a highly critical report commissioned by the Royal College of Pathologists (RCPath), which found cytology staff were \"underperforming\", mechanisms to check their work were \"flawed\" and action taken by management was \"inadequate\".\n\nThe report was initially triggered in February after a woman, who had three abnormal smears missed, described being told she had cervical cancer.\n\nSmear tests check the health of the cervix\n\nBrenda, who is 71, said the Southern Trust should provide women with more detail, including how quickly those found to have abnormal results will be re-tested.\n\nShe appealed to all those who received letters to not just put them behind the clock, but to be proactive about their health.\n\nCervical screening can not detect cancer, but detecting and treating abnormal cells may help prevent cancer. No screening process is 100% accurate.\n\nThe screening looks for the human papillomavirus (HPV) which can cause abnormal cells on the cervix. If HPV is detected a cytology test is used to check for any abnormal cells.\n\nUnlike the rest of the UK and Ireland, Northern Ireland does not have the primary HPV screening system in full operation.\n\nIn Northern Ireland, the cervical screening process involves two people - a screener and checker analysing slides under a microscope.\n\nAt the time, the Department of Health called the report's findings \"clearly unacceptable\".\n\nIn its review, RCPath consulting - which is linked to the Royal College of Pathologists, said that the Southern Trust should \"consider\" recalling those women most at risk.\n\nBroadly, these women are those who had a negative or inadequate result during the review period and have not had any tests since.\n\nBut the report acknowledged that rescreening ( so many women) can't be recommended at this time largely because \"capacity for large scale slide review is highly unlikely within the UK given the general state of workload and service delivery\".\n\nDespite this the Southern Trust is rescreening the slides of 17,368 women as it believes it is the right course of action to take.\n\nDr Steve Austin, medical director at the Southern Trust told the Trust's board meting that the scale of the review was \"significant and complex\".\n\nFor the first time the board was informed that there is a possibility that the slides may have \"degraded\" which means those will be recalled for a new smear.\n\nThe entire process is being overseen by the Department of Health with the Public Health Agency also involved.\n\nBoard members said they have been in contact with lots of women who have received letters about the review, and it cannot be emphasised enough the stress and anxiety the review has caused.\n\nThey called for assurance that the review is being \"expedited\" as quickly as possible and asked of more could be done to speed up the process so women can receive answers sooner.\n\nIt emerged that the trust is still working out who will be involved in carrying out the smears including using local GPs.\n\nWhen asked why all 17,368 women cannot be offered a new smear as soon as possible, Dr Austin said that would require 12 clinics operating each day for one year.\n\nHe said it was faster to review the slides.\n\nDr Austin also said that those women who are going private for their smears and who receive an abnormal result should be given access to their previous smears.\n\nDoug Beattie, the Ulster Unionist assembly member for the area, has written to the Department of Health's permanent secretary to ask why all 17,500 women can't be retested again.\n\n\"Someone also needs to look into what happened,\" he said.\n\n\"We have some incredibly professional people who work in our health trust, we trust them but when they get it wrong, we need to find out why, so it doesn't happen again.\"\n\nIn a statement the Southern Trust said the letters were \"not an indication that these women may have cancer\" and it was merely a test to check if there were any abnormalities that could potentially lead to cancer in the future.\n\nIt reiterated the chance of pre-cancerous changes in the cervix at any time remained low and nine in ten people have a negative screening result.\n\n\"We have written to women whose slides will be reviewed to advise them that they will contacted by letter regarding the outcome... or to invite them for a new smear test.\n\n\"It will take a number of months for this work to be completed.\n\n\"The task of implementing this review is significant and robust governance arrangements are in place.\"", "Elon Musk was commenting on an edited clip of a speech Mr Yousaf gave in 2020\n\nScotland's first minister has hit back at a claim by Elon Musk that he was a \"blatant racist\".\n\nMr Musk posted the comment on his X social media platform in response to an edited clip of a speech Humza Yousaf gave after the murder of George Floyd.\n\nA spokesman for Mr Yousaf said Mr Musk should instead \"tackle racism and hatred that goes unchecked on the social media platform he owns\".\n\nHe also said Mr Yousaf had been on the receiving end of racism his whole life.\n\nThe first minister's name was trending on X, formerly known as Twitter, after Mr Musk tweeted about him. Mr Yousaf reacted on Friday morning by posting: \"Racists foaming at the mouth at my very existence.\"\n\nHe then added: \"Me:\" and shared a gif from the BBC comedy Still Game, featuring the character Navid dancing in his shop.\n\nMr Musk, who has more than 160 million followers, had replied \"What a blatant racist!\" in response to a post by a prominent right-wing social media account. It had shown an edited 45 second clip of a lengthy speech Mr Yousaf made in the Scottish Parliament in June 2020.\n\nThe clip has been widely shared by similar accounts in recent months.\n\nA fact check carried out by the Reuters news agency in February concluded that the clip misrepresented Mr Yousaf's comments by suggesting he had been arguing that Scotland contained too many white people.\n\nReuters said: \"Yousaf's speech was given as part of a wider discussion about racial injustice and the lack of people of colour in positions of power in the Scottish Parliament and government.\n\n\"The speech did not assert that white people make up too large a proportion of Scotland's overall population.\"\n\nMr Yousaf gave his speech the month after the murder of African-American George Floyd on a Minneapolis street sparked worldwide protests against racism and excessive use of force by police.\n\nMr Yousaf, who was justice secretary at the time, told MSPs that the country had to \"accept the reality and the evidence that is in front of us, that Scotland has a problem of structural racism\".\n\nHe went on to say \"in 99% of their meetings I go to, I am the only non-white person in the room\".\n\nMr Yousaf has spoken in the past about the racism he has had to face throughout his life\n\nMr Yousaf then listed a number of positions - including the lord advocate, solicitor general and Police Scotland chief constable - and, after each, added: \"white\".\n\nHe said the same was true for every high court judge, every deputy chief constable, every assistant chief constable and every prison governor in Scotland.\n\nMr Yousaf, who succeeded Nicola Sturgeon as first minister in March, also highlighted senior positions in the health sector and the trade union movement.\n\nOn Friday, a spokesperson for Mr Yousaf said: \"The first minister has been on the receiving end of racist hate, abuse and death threats his entire life, and has stood firm against hatred and bigotry, of any kind, throughout.\n\n\"Sadly, much of the racist abuse and threats of violence the first minister faces are directed his way on X - formerly known as Twitter.\n\n\"Mr Musk should use his position to tackle racism and hatred that goes unchecked on the social media platform he owns.\"", "A protest to condemn the increase of antisemitic hate crimes in London on Wednesday\n\nAntisemitic hate crime has continued to soar in London, with 408 offences recorded so far this month compared to 28 in the same period last year.\n\nIslamophobic hate crime is also on the rise, up from 65 offences last October to 174 so far this month.\n\nThe Metropolitan Police says it has made 75 arrests linked to the Israel-Gaza conflict, and is investigating 10 potential breaches of terrorism laws.\n\nA large pro-Palestinian protest is expected in London on Saturday.\n\nCdr Kyle Gordon, who will lead the operation around Saturday's march, said it would be policed \"right up to the line of the law\" and include discussions about \"anything we've learnt from previous weeks\".\n\nBut he refused to give details of what officers will do if people are seen calling for jihad during the protest, following a row between the government and the Met this week.\n\nFootage of a man making a speech about jihad at a smaller protest close to the main march on 21 October prompted Home Secretary Suella Braverman to question Met Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley over why arrests had not been made.\n\n\"If somebody is calling for jihad specifically against Israel the officers will intervene, gather the information,\" Cdr Gordon said, adding: \"We'll be working with colleagues [from counter-terrorism] in relation to what the best course of action is.\"\n\nThe new crime stats come amid warnings from security and community figures that domestic hate crime and radicalisation could be fuelled by events in the Middle East.\n\nCounter-terrorism officers are investigating 10 potential crimes linked to online posts, which the Met says includes \"appalling\" material and videoed speeches.\n\nThe Met are also appealing for information about three women who took part in a pro-Palestinian protest on 14 October. Investigators say they were seen displaying images of paragliders, an apparent reference to a method used by Hamas to infiltrate Israel during the 7 October attacks.\n\nThey are also appealing for information about a man who police say was pictured holding a placard stating \"I fully support Hamas\" during the 21 October protest in London.\n\nPictures of four people police want to speak to have been released.\n\nThe Met want to speak to these four people who took part in recent protests in London\n\nHamas is a proscribed terrorist organisation in the UK. Supporting a banned group is a criminal offence which can be punished by a prison sentence of up to 14 years.\n\nCdr Gordon was also asked about several videos which have emerged on social media of people tearing down or defacing posters designed to raise awareness about hostages being held by in Gaza.\n\nAsked what action police were taking on the issue, he said these were \"highly emotive\" actions for the Jewish community but each case had to be looked at in context.\n\nThe Met is also supporting a number of families of people killed in Israel and working in the country alongside other British officials ahead of future coroners' inquests into the deaths.\n\nCdr Dominic Murphy, head of counter-terrorism for the Met, said there were no current criminal investigations into the killings, but the force \"reserved the right to declare a UK-based investigation\".", "A health worker at the heart of the biggest prison drug-smuggling ring ever uncovered has been jailed for more than 10 years.\n\nAmy Hatfield, a mental health nursing assistant at HMP Lindholme in South Yorkshire, \"flooded\" the jail with drugs by passing packages to prisoners.\n\nShe was recruited to the conspiracy by her inmate lover Joseph Whittingham, who was jailed for more than 11 years.\n\nSixteen people were sentenced for roles in the \"complex\" operation on Friday.\n\nThey included five Lindholme inmates, family members and friends who helped to smuggle weapons and drugs including heroin, MDMA, spice, ketamine and cannabis into the prison and launder the profits.\n\nInmates could buy almost \"any drugs\" they wanted inside the prison through the \"sophisticated\" and highly organised smuggling operation, Sheffield Crown Court heard.\n\nThey would place orders through prison drug dealers Whittingham, 35, Jordan Needham, 31, Kieran Murphy, 26, Aneeze Williamson, 30, William Francis, 56, and convicted murderer Anthony Campbell, 38, who used co-conspirators outside jail to arrange shipments of drugs and receive payments.\n\nKnives, mobile phones and prescription drugs were also carried into the jail by Hatfield, 38, as well as by relatives and friends who visited prisoners in Lindholme, where the contraband would sell for up to 10 times its value.\n\nAmy Hatfield is seen arriving at work with drugs worth about £1m\n\nJudge Kirstie Watson said drug-dealing in prison was \"an instrument of exploitation, oppression and power\" and \"undermined discipline and good order\" as well as putting inmates' health at risk.\n\nMobile phone footage obtained by police showed two young inmates under the influence of spice, naked and with makeshift leashes around their necks, being encouraged to \"fight like dogs\".\n\nToxicology tests found the spice recovered from Hatfield matched a batch which killed an inmate, Kyle Batsford, who had been bullied into testing the drug in September 2019.\n\nThe court heard another inmate was left in a coma for 10 days and permanently lost the use of his legs after he was pressured by Needham into being a \"guinea pig\" for a new batch of spice.\n\nSouth Yorkshire Police uncovered the smuggling network after Hatfield, of Hawthorne Street, Barnsley, was caught arriving at work with drugs with an estimated prison value of £1m.\n\nShe was arrested in October 2019 after officers stopped her entering Lindholme with MDMA, cannabis and Ribena bottles filled with spice, as well as tobacco, anabolic steroids, mobile phones and chargers.\n\nThe nursing assistant had been placed under surveillance by anti-corruption detectives following a tip-off she had begun a sexual relationship with Whittingham, from Bradford, behind bars.\n\nJudge Kirstie Watson said the affair - in which the pair met for sex in prison and swapped explicit photos on secret mobile phones - was a \"significant breach of trust and abuse of position\".\n\n\"When he first expressed feelings for you, instead of reporting it to your supervisors as you were trained to do, you embraced it,\" she told Hatfield.\n\nThe judge said Whittingham had been able to \"exploit\" Hatfield to smuggle drugs because she was \"infatuated\" with him and hoped they would set up a life together after his release.\n\nShe was paid £1,000 to carry contraband into the prison for inmates and arranged bogus mental health appointments to hand over packages.\n\nThe court heard drug use spiked in Lindholme after Hatfield began working in the prison in September 2018 and fell again after her arrest.\n\n\"It must have been clear to you the impact the increased use of drugs was having on the prison population and the increased workload and stress on your colleagues,\"Judge Watson told Hatfield as she jailed her for 10 years and two months.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Footage released by police showed prisoner Aneeze Williamson being handed drugs by his partner during visit\n\nWhittingham, one of the leaders of the smuggling network, was jailed for 11 years and four months.\n\nThe judge said Whittingham's access to drugs through Hatfield gave him \"power in prison and significant financial gain\".\n\nWhittingham, who recruited his wife Lucy and father Paul as \"bankers\" for the conspiracy, boasted to other inmates of the money that would await him when he left prison, the court heard.\n\nIn the months following her arrest, police uncovered other routes through which drugs were smuggled into Lindholme as they unravelled what they said was the largest and most complex prison conspiracy ever seen in the UK.\n\nCampbell, who is serving a life sentence for the fatal shooting of a 16-year-old boy in Liverpool in 2004, would receive deliveries from prison visitors arranged by his mother Deborah Stoddard, 56.\n\nJudge Watson said the \"well-run operation\" had gone undetected for three years and in two previous prisons before Campbell was moved to Lindholme.\n\n\"Such was the sophistication of the conspiracy\" the pair were able to keep the supply of drugs flowing even when Campbell was placed in segregation, the judge added.\n\nCampbell was sentenced to a further 11 years in prison, to begin when he would have been eligible for parole after his current jail term. Stoddard, of Shorefields Village, Liverpool, was jailed for nine-and-a-half years.\n\nMurderer Anthony Campbell received packages of drugs through visitors arranged by his mother Deborah Stoddard\n\nProsecutors said Needham and his partner Courtney Ward, 26, \"exploited almost every possible avenue\" to smuggle contraband into Lindholme, including fake confidential mail and an attempt to intercept another inmate's hospital appointment.\n\nJudge Watson said the couple had discussed how they could pay Hatfield to smuggle drugs into the prison \"every day\".\n\nNeedham, who also recruited his mother Audrey into the conspiracy, was jailed for nine-and-a-half years.\n\nThe court heard Ward, of Rose Ash Lane, Nottingham, had been in an abusive relationship with Needham since she was 18 and was acting on his orders and under his influence.\n\nBut the judge said she had been \"instrumental in organising\" smuggling from outside prison and sentenced her to four years and six months behind bars.\n\nJordan Needham and his partner Courtney Ward \"exploited almost every possible avenue\" to smuggle drugs into prison\n\nThe other sentences were:\n\nA 17th defendant, Francis, of Hogan Gardens, Nottingham, has admitted possession with intent to supply drugs and conveying drugs into prison. He will be sentenced separately in December.\n\nDet Sgt Gareth Gent, the head of South Yorkshire Police's prison crime anti-corruption unit, said: \"The amount of work that went into piecing together the activities of the network of criminals both in and out of the prison system, working to smuggle dangerous and illegal substances into HMP Lindholme for money, is considerable.\n\n\"While I am pleased today's sentencing sees a number of this group behind bars, our work to tackle the smuggling of illegal items into prisons does not stop here. Prisons should be places of safety where inmates can get help and support as they work towards rehabilitation.\"\n\nPrison inspectors this week warned HMP Lindholme had a serious drug problem with many inmates developing substance abuse issues due to \"a lack of purposeful activity\".\n\nIn a report following a \"really worrying\" inspection in July, HM Inspectorate of Prisons said drones \"were often able to fly in contraband undetected\" and there was \"no routine searching of staff\" or X-ray machines at the gate.\n\nAn HM Prison Service spokesperson said it was \"taking decisive action to address the serious issues raised\".\n\nFollowing Friday's sentencing, Damian Hands, the Prisons Minister, said: \"The vast majority of staff in our prisons are hardworking and honest, working every day to cut crime and protect the public.\n\n\"As this case shows, we will not hesitate to take the strongest possible action against those who think the rules do not apply to them.\"\n\nFollow BBC Yorkshire on Facebook, X (formerly Twitter) and Instagram. Send your story ideas to yorkslincs.news@bbc.co.uk.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Labour's shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves has said she \"should have done better\", after it emerged some passages of her new book were lifted from other sources without acknowledgment.\n\nThe Financial Times reported her book reproduced material from websites including Wikipedia.\n\nMs Reeves told the BBC some sentences \"were not properly referenced\" and this would be corrected in future reprints.\n\nHowever, her team denied claims of plagiarism.\n\nConservative MPs have ridiculed Ms Reeves on social media, with party chairman Greg Hands branding her a \"copy and paste shadow chancellor\".\n\nMs Reeves, a former Bank of England economist, is hoping to become the country's first female chancellor if Labour wins the next general election.\n\nThe book, The Women Who Made Modern Economics, was launched at an Institute for Government event on Wednesday evening.\n\nThe Financial Times said its reporters had spotted more than 20 examples of apparent plagiarism in the book, including entire sentences and paragraphs.\n\nIt said these mostly contained biographical information.\n\nIn an interview with BBC Radio 4's Broadcasting House, Ms Reeves said: \"I'm the author of that book, I hold my hands up and said, I should have done better.\"\n\nShe added: \"Obviously, I had research assistants on the book, but I take responsibility for everything that is in that book.\n\n\"But for me, what I wanted to do is to bring together the stories of these women.\n\n\"And if I'm guilty of copying and pasting some facts about some amazing women and turning it into a book that gets read, then I'm really proud of that.\"\n\nIt came after a spokesperson for Ms Reeves said \"inadvertent mistakes\" would be \"rectified in future reprints\".\n\nThe BBC has checked the examples highlighted by the FT and found some material in the book was very similar to online sources.\n\nFor example, a sentence about the relationship between author H.G. Wells and economist Beatrice Webb is identical to one on Ms Webb's Wikipedia page.\n\nHowever, Ms Reeves told the BBC it came from a book which was listed in the bibliography.\n\nAnother paragraph about international aid under New Labour is very similar to a foreword written by Hilary Benn, who is now the shadow Northern Ireland secretary, on the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change website.\n\nOnly a few words in the paragraph in the book differ from Mr Benn's foreword.\n\nAt the book's launch event, which took place the evening before the Financial Times article was published, Ms Reeves was asked how she found the time to write it.\n\nIn response she said: \"My day job is pretty consuming and I've got two primary aged children but I wanted to carve out time to write this book.\n\n\"In the acknowledgements I acknowledged the research assistants that I had, particularly on the facts and the detail that went into the pen portraits of the women that I speak about.\n\n\"And that came from a range of sources, from books, from interviews, from articles, from Wikipedia.\"\n\nYou can measure how an author is perceived - and which way the political wind is thought to be blowing - by who and how many turn out for a book launch.\n\nIf you manage to justify having an \"overflow room\" and there is an excitable vibe about the warm white wine clutching attendees, Westminster is collectively saying you're on the up.\n\nAt Rachel Reeves's book launch on Wednesday night, there was that vibe and there was that overflow room.\n\nThe whole thing oozed with a sense of perceived imminent power: that the author of the book, The Women Who Made Modern Economics, would soon be chancellor of the exchequer.\n\nWell, let's see - that's for the electorate to decide.\n\nBut with hindsight her reference to Wikipedia in the question and answer session - which struck me as odd at the time - sounds rather like a reference in advance to the criticism she knew was coming.\n\nThe whole premise of her book is there has been a whole load of economists overlooked and uncredited for their work.\n\nSo it's unfortunate, to say the least, that that is precisely what she is now being accused of.\n\nPublisher Basic Books said: \"When factual sentences were taken from primary sources, they should have been rewritten and properly referenced.\n\n\"We acknowledge this did not happen in every case. As always in instances such as these, we will review all sources and ensure any omissions are rectified in future reprints.\"\n\nThe statement added: \"At no point did Rachel seek to present these facts as original research.\n\n\"There is an extensive and selective bibliography of over 200 books, articles and interviews.\n\n\"Where facts are taken from multiple sources, no author would be expected to reference each and every one.\"\n\nTory Party chairman Mr Hands said the issue was \"potentially very serious\".\n\n\"Labour literally have no new plans for this country,\" he wrote on X, branding Ms Reeves a \"copy and paste shadow chancellor\".\n\nOther Conservatives also seized on the issue, with MP Bob Seely saying it was \"appalling that Labour's second most senior politician appears to have been caught plagiarising the work of others\".\n\nMs Reeves has written two other books, about women in Parliament and Labour politician Alice Bacon.\n• None Labour plans to fight next election on economy", "Former crypto boss Sam Bankman-Fried has been testifying to a judge at his trial after the jury was sent home.\n\nThe former entrepreneur was asked to speak to Judge Lewis Kaplan to determine which parts of his testimony can be put to the jury.\n\nThe 31-year-old is accused of lying to investors and lenders and stealing money from customers of his now-bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange, FTX.\n\nHe put forward arguments that he was acting on legal advice in good faith.\n\nThe judge sent the jury home so he could decide which portions of Mr Bankman-Fried's testimony, if any, would be admissible as evidence.\n\nThe move gave Mr Bankman-Fried and the lawyers a practice run before he potentially speaks in front of the jury.\n\nMr Bankman-Fried defended decisions that had been questioned by prosecutors, including setting some group chats to delete automatically. He said this complied with record keeping policies set up by his legal team.\n\nHe said he had discussed many other arrangements with his lawyers, including personal loans he received from Alameda, and its role as a \"payments processor\" for FTX.\n\n\"Did you take comfort from the fact that lawyers had structured the loans?\" Mr Bankman Fried's attorney Mark Cohen asked. \"Yeah, of course,\" Mr Bankman-Fried responded.\n\nHe added he had trusted his legal team to prepare applications for bank accounts for his companies. \"I trusted that they were proper forms,\" he said.\n\nProsecutors have objected to Mr Bankman-Fried's arguments that he acted on legal advice, arguing that it is irrelevant if the attorneys were not fully informed.\n\nThe judge did not immediately rule on what testimony Mr Bankman-Fried could give, but warned that he was pretty \"dubious\" about some of the arguments.\n\nMr Bankman-Fried spoke clearly and confidently at the start, but wavered under a barrage of questions from prosecutor Danielle Sassoon, quizzing about when he had consulted lawyers and what he had told them when he did.\n\n\"Listen to the question and answer directly,\" Judge Kaplan instructed Mr Bankman-Fried at one point.\n\nAsked if it was his understanding of Alameda was permitted to spend FTX customer funds, Mr Bankman Fried responded: \"I wouldn't phrase it that way but … yes.\"\n\nMore than a minute passed after Ms Sassoon asked him to point to language in a policy between the two firms that gave him that impression. He eventually pointed to a line that said the funds could \"be held and or transferred\".\n\nJudge Lewis Kaplan will rule on Friday on what Mr Bankman-Fried can put before the jury.\n\nMr Bankman-Fried's expected court appearance drew dozens of curious members of the public to the court, including screenwriters, retirees and others sucked in by the former billionaire's dramatic rise and fall.\n\nHis appearance at the New York court follows 12 days of prosecution testimony in which close former colleagues gave evidence.\n\nIf he is found guilty he could face a life sentence in prison.\n\nDefendants in the US are not obliged to testify during trials - and are often advised against doing so, since it opens them up to questioning by prosecutors.\n\nIt also gives members of the jury that will decide the case a chance to form their own impressions, which might not be favourable.\n\n\"If the jury does not believe him, it's a guaranteed conviction,\" Jacob Frenkel, a former federal prosecutor who has been following the trial told the BBC earlier this month.\n\nDespite the risks, many analysts following the trial predicted Mr Bankman-Fried would take the stand to offer his own version of events and try to undermine the story presented by prosecutors.\n\n\"The prosecutors have put on a pretty strong case,\" said Carl Tobias, law professor at the University of Richmond. \"I don't know that there's much downside in this case for him to testify given what we've seen so far.\"\n\nProsecutors have built their case on statements from three of his closest former friends and colleagues, who have already pleaded guilty.\n\nThey have tied Mr Bankman-Fried to decisions to take money deposited at FTX and use it to repay lenders at his crypto trading firm, Alameda Research, buy property, and make investments and political donations.\n\nThey say he tried to hide the transfers between the two firms and their close relationship - and lawyers have buttressed their allegations with text messages, spreadsheets and tweets.\n\nDuring the trial, these witnesses, who include his ex-girlfriend and former Alameda chief executive Caroline Ellison, have emerged from hours of questioning with their credibility seemingly largely unscathed.\n\nMr Bankman-Fried's defence team has argued he was following \"reasonable\" business practices, as his companies grew rapidly.\n\nAfter the collapse of his companies last year, he admitted in media interviews, including to the BBC, to managerial mistakes but said he never intended fraud.\n\nElizabeth Holmes is among other high-profile examples of defendants who have opted to testify in their own defence.\n\nThe founder of blood-testing start-up Theranos, who argued that she did not intend to defraud investors, was ultimately convicted of four out of 11 counts and sentenced to more than 11 years in prison.\n\nBut testifying can also pay off. Tom Barrack, a former private equity executive and fundraiser for former President Donald Trump, and Lebanese businessman Jean Boustani, both took to the stand in separate, unrelated criminal cases and were acquitted.\n• None One last gamble beckons for Sam Bankman-Fried", "The Israeli prime minister's ambiguous announcement of a Gaza ground invasion suits the United States - and is almost certainly influenced by it.\n\nBenjamin Netanyahu gave no timeline for the offensive, but CBS, the BBC's US partner, has learned that it's been delayed.\n\nWashington has been coy about its role, but clear about the advantages of taking more time.\n\nUS President Joe Biden said on Wednesday he'd suggested that, if possible, Mr Netanyahu should wait until Hamas released more hostages, \"but I did not demand it\".\n\nHis comment encapsulates the US approach to Israel's war with the Palestinian militant group - full support for its determination to eradicate Hamas after an unprecedented attack on Israeli civilians earlier this month, alongside concerns about the consequences of its response.\n\nThe administration certainly wants to take full advantage of any window of opportunity to free Hamas captives, which will likely be closed when Israeli ground troops move into Gaza.\n\nThere are more than 200 hostages, including some Americans. The release of four in recent days has raised hopes that others could follow.\n\nBut for the Pentagon the paramount concern is rushing defensive systems into the region following attacks on American forces in Iraq and Syria by Iran-backed militias.\n\nThis has increased concerns of a regional escalation once the Gaza invasion begins, and the US is using the delay to shore up protection for its interests.\n\nThe State Department has already authorised the departure of non-essential staff from embassies in Iraq and Lebanon, the latter the base of the powerful Hezbollah movement, which has been exchanging cross-border rocket fire with Israel.\n\nIt's also developing contingency plans for a wider evacuation of US citizens in the region should it be deemed necessary.\n\nIn the meantime, it's been engaged in the most intensive round of diplomacy since Mr Biden took office, after Secretary of State Antony Blinken conducted a whirlwind tour of the Middle East to try and prevent a wider flare-up.\n\nAnd at the United Nations, a resolution drafted by the US sums up its evolving approach to the conflict.\n\nThe humanitarian catastrophe caused by the Israeli siege on Gaza has tempered administration rhetoric about Israel's \"obligation\" to deal a punishing blow to Hamas.\n\n\"We solicited input,\" said the United States UN Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield. \"We listened. We engaged with all [Security] Council members to incorporate edits, including language on humanitarian pauses and the protection of civilians fleeing conflict.\"\n\nNevertheless, the resolution was vetoed by Russia and China because, they said, it didn't call for a ceasefire.\n\nAmerica's Arab allies - Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Lebanon, Jordan, the UAE and the Palestinian Authority - lined up to call for a halt to the fighting, after a day-long Security Council meeting dominated by demands for a ceasefire.\n\nMany of them are no fans of Hamas, and some may want to see it defeated, but Israel's blockade and bombardment of Gaza is shaping their response.\n\nHowever, a ceasefire right now \"only benefits Hamas\", said White House spokesman, John Kirby.\n\nAnd although the resolution contains robust language about the need to respect international law, the State Department has not made a formal determination on whether Israel is in fact doing so, as part of its intense bombing campaign it says is aimed at destroying Hamas infrastructure.\n\nThe air strikes have demolished whole neighbourhoods in Gaza City and killed more than 7,000 civilians, a third of them children, says the Hamas-run health ministry in Gaza.\n\nPresident Biden has cast doubt on these numbers, prompting the ministry to retort with a detailed list of people it said had been killed in the war.\n\nAmidst Israel's relentless bombardment of Gaza it's impossible to independently verify Palestinian casualty figures. But the UN cites them, as has the State Department for previous conflicts.\n\nThe department's Spokesman Matthew Miller maintained that Israel was hitting \"legitimate military targets that are embedded in civilian infrastructure\", adding that the US was trying to establish safe zones for civilians inside Gaza.\n\nThere hasn't been any word of progress with that. But the Americans have been able to open a trickle of aid into Gaza through its border with Egypt and are working around the clock to widen it.\n\nMr Biden appointed a veteran diplomat, David Satterfield, to the task. He's also trying to organise the departure of Palestinians with US citizenship, and other foreign nationals.\n\n\"You can imagine how complicated it is,\" says a State Department Spokesperson. \"We're dealing with Israel, Egypt, and Hamas, and we're not talking directly to Hamas.\"\n\n\"It's like a puzzle, where you unlock a layer that can unlock one little piece of it. And then another obstacle pops up and you've got to go figure out with all the parties, how to unlock that piece.\"\n\nIt is not clear what will happen to this nascent humanitarian corridor once the ground invasion begins. But Washington has been pressing Israel on its strategy and tactics.\n\nIt has dispatched US military officers who have experienced urban combat in Iraq to ask \"some of the hard questions that the IDF [Israel Defense Forces] should consider as they plan various scenarios,\" says Pentagon Spokesperson Brig Gen Patrick Ryder, \"including advice on mitigating civilian casualties.\"\n\nAlong with very real concerns about a spiralling conflict, the US is probably attempting to reposition itself after its initial \"one-sided response\" in support of Israel provoked criticism, says Stephen Walt, a professor of international affairs at Harvard University.\n\n\"It's very likely they're aware that this conflict is not playing well for the United States or for Israel in the rest of the world,\" he says. \"In much of the Global South we're seen as deeply hypocritical, actively opposing Russian occupation in Ukraine, for all the right reasons, and doing very little about Israeli occupation [of the Palestinians] over a 50-, 60-year period.\"\n\nThe administration has been clear that it sees the scale and brutality of this Hamas attack, killing more than 1,400 people, as different from others in the Israel-Palestinian conflict.\n\nBut its intensive engagement suggests it fears that even if Israel wins the battle against Hamas, when it comes to public opinion and regional costs, it may lose the war.", "The search for shooting suspect Robert Card continues on Friday.\n\nPolice are searching a river as they hunt the suspect in a mass shooting at a restaurant and bowling alley in Maine on Wednesday.\n\nDivers, helicopters and shoreline patrols will scour the Androscoggin River, Maine Safety Commissioner Mike Sauschuk said.\n\nHe emphasised the hunt for US Army reservist Robert Card is not isolated to that area.\n\nThe attack in the city of Lewiston left 18 people dead and 13 wounded.\n\n\"We are on 24/7 and we will be until the suspect in this case is brought to justice,\" Mr Sauschuk told reporters on Friday.\n\nAuthorities have not released the names of the victims, but the state's medical examiner's office said all have been identified. Those killed in the attack ranged in age from 14 to 76, the Associated Press reported.\n\nThus far, investigators have given no indication that they have uncovered a solid lead in the manhunt. They did reveal, however, that a note had been found at a property linked to the suspect.\n\nInvestigators did not elaborate, but two unnamed law enforcement officials told the Associated Press it was a suicide note that did not provide any specific motive for the shooting. It was addressed to his son. The suspect's mobile phone was also discovered at the property.\n\nAuthorities found the suspect's white Subaru Outback at a boat ramp in the nearby town of Lisbon, beside the Androscoggin River.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: Maine resident: 'We hope everyone gets through this'\n\nMr Sauschuk said they found additional evidence in the car, without providing further details.\n\n\"I'm not saying the suspect is definitely in the water,\" he added, though Card, 40, reportedly is the registered owner of two jet-skis and one small recreational boat.\n\nAuthorities said helicopters would fly over the river to help direct divers as they search the water, while officers comb the shoreline on foot.\n\nA utility was using its dams to lower the water level in the area to help investigators.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nMeanwhile, authorities are chasing up at least 530 tips from the public. It is unusual for US mass shooters not to be caught - dead or alive - at the scene of such attacks.\n\nMr Sauschuck said they were working to obtain phones, computers and video. He noted that it would also take many more days to process the two crime scenes.\n\nPolice executed several search warrants in the suspect's hometown of Bowdoin, a small community beside Lewiston.\n\nTelevision cameras caught some of that drama on Thursday night on a rural Maine roadway. Police were heard shouting over a megaphone, calling for someone to surrender and come out of a house \"with your hands up\".\n\nThe moment went viral online, but police later clarified it was part of their standard procedure when executing a search warrant.\n\nPolice appeared to have moved on to homes and farms in Lisbon on Friday.\n\nResidents of Lewiston, Bowdoin, Lisbon and the neighbouring town of Auburn were living under a shelter-in-place order.\n\nAuthorities were discussing whether to lift that mandate, which affects schools and businesses.\n\nThe streets of these small New England towns remained empty as the search continued. Armed police were posted at corners while residents stayed home and businesses remain shuttered.\n\nThe White House said President Joe Biden had received an update and spoken with FBI Director Christopher Wray, who has committed 200 agents to help state and local police in the inquiry.\n\n\"I will ask the community to be as patient as possible with this process,\" Lewiston Police Chief David St Pierre told the press conference on Friday. \"There are many, many moving parts and co-ordination of efforts involved between multiple agencies.\"\n\nAt the same time, Canadian border guards and police in bordering provinces remain on high alert, as there are fears that the suspected gunman could have fled Maine.", "As we've reported, communications in the Gaza Strip collapsed earlier this evening.\n\nBut an Al Jazeera reporter in the southern Gazan city of Khan Younis, Tareq Abu Azzoum, has been able to deliver sporadic segments to his TV station via digital satellite.\n\nSpeaking to camera, he said that he couldn't tell whether his producers or the studio could hear him: \"We are talking now without having any kind of contact with the newsdesk... We might even lose this contact at any moment.\"\n\nQuote Message: \"If you can hear us, send out that message to the world - that we are isolated in Gaza. We don't have any phone signal, we don't have any internet connection, we had difficulties even contacting our relatives in different parts of the territory. \"If you can hear us, send out that message to the world - that we are isolated in Gaza. We don't have any phone signal, we don't have any internet connection, we had difficulties even contacting our relatives in different parts of the territory.\n\nQuote Message: What the Gaza Strip is witnessing right now is massive deterioration. We are talking about more than 2.3 million Palestinians now isolated from the world. They are unable to communicate with their relatives or with each other.\" What the Gaza Strip is witnessing right now is massive deterioration. We are talking about more than 2.3 million Palestinians now isolated from the world. They are unable to communicate with their relatives or with each other.\"", "Some have been waiting in Pakistan for more than a year, according to charities\n\nThe first plane bringing Afghan refugees from Pakistan to the UK has landed.\n\nThe flight left Pakistan with 132 people on board, official sources in the country told the BBC.\n\nThousands of people who fled the Taliban after working with or for the UK government in Afghanistan have been waiting in Pakistan for relocation.\n\nAmong them are former translators for the British Army and teachers for the British Council.\n\nPakistan authorities said the UK government had chartered a total of 12 flights to bring Afghans to the UK between now and late December.\n\nAll the refugees are part of either the Afghan citizens resettlement scheme or Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy.\n\nThey were asked to go to Pakistan for visa processing, but charities say some have been waiting there for more than a year, and that many of their visas have now expired.\n\nEarlier this month, Pakistan said it planned to start deporting illegal migrants from 1 November.\n\nAfter retaking control of Afghanistan in 2021, the Taliban declared an amnesty for people who worked with international forces, but many Afghans have described still living in fear of reprisals.\n\nSome have also told the BBC that, by following the UK's instructions to leave Afghanistan, they are worried that they have put themselves at even more risk.\n\nQasim - not his real name - was among those who worked with the UK authorities.\n\n\"Before we left Afghanistan, our lives were in 50% danger. Now they are in 100% danger,\" he said.\n\nAccording to a risk assessment document revealed in court, the British authorities in Pakistan now consider those awaiting UK visas in Pakistan to be \"at risk of deportation\".\n\nGovernment figures show that some some 3,250 men, women, and children in this group have been living in guest houses and hotels in Pakistani capital Islamabad.\n\nWhile there, they do not have the legal right to work and their children are not able to attend school.\n\nMany thought when they first travelled to Pakistan that they would be waiting there only a few weeks.\n\nDocuments released in court showed many had faced longer waits because Prime Minister Rishi Sunak had said that, in all but extreme cases, they could not be brought to the UK and accommodated in hotels.\n\nInstead, longer-term accommodation had to be found before they could be relocated. One email said that this arrangement \"should represent an overall net saving to the taxpayer\".\n\nThe BBC understands that the government has decided those on relocation programmes will no longer need to be matched to \"suitable accommodation\" before they arrive.\n\nSign up for our morning newsletter and get BBC News in your inbox.", "Migrants from Pakistan and other countries have been crossing into Europe via Turkey\n\n\"There is nothing to be worried about. Whether they're 12 or 18 years old, we take guys of these ages too.\"\n\nA people smuggler in Quetta, who arranges illegal routes out of Pakistan, is explaining his business model to an undercover BBC journalist. For 2.5m Pakistani rupees ($9000; £7,500), a young man can arrive in Europe \"safe and sound\" in approximately three weeks, he says, by crossing the border into Iran on foot and then travelling by road via Turkey to Italy. His tone is reassuring.\n\n\"He should keep snacks. He should definitely carry good quality shoes, and two or three sets of clothes. That's it. He can buy water from Quetta. He will call upon reaching Quetta and a guy will come and receive him.\"\n\nThe smuggler - Azam - claims hundreds of migrants cross the Pakistan border into Iran every day. He downplays the risks to our reporter, who is posing as a man wanting to bring his brother to the UK.\n\nWith inflation soaring in the country and the Pakistani rupee plummeting in value, many people are looking to move. Pakistani authorities have told the BBC nearly 13,000 people left Pakistan to go to Libya or Egypt in the first six months of 2023, compared with close to 7,000 in the whole of 2022.\n\nOften the journeys they take are dangerous. In June, hundreds of migrants died after a cramped fishing vessel sank off the coast of Greece. At least 350 Pakistanis were thought to be on board.\n\n\"Even if he gets caught [along the way], he is only going to end up back at home. No-one is going to kidnap him and ask for ransom,\" Azam says.\n\nBut migrants who attempt to travel via Libya can fall prey to militias and criminal gangs. One Pakistani man we spoke to, who used a people smuggler to travel to Italy, says he was kidnapped and imprisoned for three months in Libya.\n\nSaeed (not his real name) says he was only released after his family paid a ransom of $2,500 (£2,000).\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: The BBC spoke to a people smuggler who admitted that the route he was offering was illegal\n\nMany smugglers are operating in plain sight on mainstream social media platforms like Facebook and TikTok - through accounts that have tens of thousands of followers.\n\nSince May, the BBC has been monitoring social media accounts promoting illegal migration routes. We have found that the smugglers' tactics are concealed by a web of euphemisms that enable them to sidestep content moderation and law enforcement. They arrange trips and payments privately via direct messages and WhatsApp.\n\nCode words like \"dunki\" and \"game\" are used to promote illegal routes to Europe. \"Dunki\" refers to boat crossings and \"game\" describes the journeys that migrants will take from start to finish.\n\nYou can listen to \"BBC Trending: Exposing people smugglers\" on BBC Sounds.\n\nThe three most common routes from Pakistan transit through Turkey, Iran or Libya before reaching their final destination in Europe.\n\nSince the Greek migrant boat disaster, people smugglers we monitored have been increasingly promoting \"taxi games\" - shorthand for routes by road through Eastern Europe - as the favoured smuggling method.\n\nSmugglers' social media accounts post videos of groups of migrants hiding in woods and running into minivans, with agents' names and mobile phone numbers superimposed on top. On WhatsApp, customers and \"agents\" exchange messages about the next \"game\" in group chats with hundreds of members.\n\nAzam specialises in \"taxi games\", claiming they are safer than sea routes. But there are risks to those land routes too.\n\nThe UNHCR - the UN's refugee agency - says freezing temperatures in winter as migrants attempt to cross borders on foot, as well as road accidents, have resulted in deaths.\n\nFive other smugglers we spoke to also recommended \"taxi routes\". One said he could get someone to the UK from France for £1,000 ($1,228).\n\nWe put our evidence to Meta, which owns Facebook and WhatsApp, and TikTok - that their platforms are being used to promote illegal people smuggling.\n\nMeta took down all links to the Facebook groups and pages we flagged to them, but did not take down the profiles attached to them. It did not remove WhatsApp groups, because its policy of end-to-end encryption protects privacy and does not allow for moderation.\n\nTikTok took down the links to the accounts we alerted them to. It says the company \"has zero tolerance for content that facilitates human smuggling\" and \"removed accounts and content that violate their policies\".\n\nSaeed says he was captured in Libya while trying to get to Europe\n\nSaeed left his town in Pakistani-administered Kashmir almost a year ago because of a lack of employment opportunities for young men in his area - and clashes along the border with Indian-administered Kashmir. He lived very close to the Line of Control - the de facto border between India and Pakistan in the contested region - but has been in Italy for 10 months.\n\nHe says he was influenced to come to Europe by a combination of TikTok videos he saw online and by a friend who had left Pakistan a few months before him.\n\n\"I heard that it's very simple to come here and it would take about 15-20 days. But it was all a lie. It took me more than seven months,\" he says.\n\nSaeed is awaiting the outcome of his asylum claim in Italy and says he now regrets taking the illegal route, calling it \"a journey of death\". But he regularly posts videos on TikTok of his new life in Italy.\n\nA few clips document his route from Pakistan, mostly showing an excited young man on his journey. These upbeat videos follow a TikTok trend which many young Pakistani men like him, who arrive in Europe, have participated in.\n\nIn one video captioned \"Pakistan to Libya\", a friend he travelled with films them both, selfie-style, sitting on a plane, smiling.\n\nHe says that it's \"just a form of art\" to post videos like this and argues they are \"not a true reflection of society\".\n\nTwo weeks after our undercover journalist first contacts the smuggler, we call him again - this time revealing we are BBC journalists.\n\nWhen we challenge Azam about the dangers of the illegal routes he is promoting, he hangs up.", "Footage, shared on social media, shows a civil enforcement officer putting a parking ticket on the team bus\n\nThe Borussia Dortmund team bus has been slapped with a £50 fine while parked up in Tynemouth.\n\nIt follows the club's 1-0 win over Newcastle United at St James' Park in Wednesday's Champions League game.\n\nNorth Tyneside Council confirmed the vehicle had been fined after parking on Grand Parade.\n\nIt added it could have a \"word with Eddie and the lads\" to see if they can \"collect the fine for us... after they get their revenge\" on 7 November.\n\nThis Facebook post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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Facebook content may contain adverts.\n\nCivil enforcement officers are obliged to issue a ticket when a vehicle is parked in contravention to restrictions in place, but the fine would be reduced to £25 if it was paid within 14 days.\n\n\"We hope the ticket and the grey North East weather didn't dampen their trip to our stunning coastline,\" the council said.\n\nBorussia Dortmund's Sebastien Haller and Newcastle United's Bruno Guimaraes battle for the ball during Wednesday's rain-soaked match\n\nNewcastle United, who are playing in the Champions League for the first time in 20 years, will travel to the German Bundesliga club next month.\n\nEddie Howe's side played their first Group F game against AC Milan in Italy, drawing 0-0, then thrashed Paris Saint-Germain 4-1 at St James' Park.\n\nFollow BBC North East & Cumbria on X (formerly Twitter), Facebook and Instagram. Send your story ideas to northeastandcumbria@bbc.co.uk.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Hunt was fined £100 and ordered to pay £200 compensation to each of his victims and £620 prosecution costs\n\nA man has been found guilty of causing intentional harassment, alarm or distress after scaring female motorists while dressed in a gimp suit.\n\nJoshua Hunt, 32, of Claverham, was seen by one woman writhing around on the ground, while another said she was left shaking and crying after an encounter.\n\nBristol Magistrates' Court heard the incidents took place on 7 and 9 May in Bleadon, Somerset.\n\nHe was fined £100 and ordered to pay £200 compensation to each of his victims and £620 prosecution costs.\n\nThere have been several reports of the \"Somerset Gimp\", including this one in 2019\n\nHunt was arrested minutes after the second incident, and is said to have told police: \"I am not a gimp - I do not own a gimp suit. I am not in a gimp suit.\"\n\nIn a written statement, motorist Lucy Lodge said she had \"never seen anything like this before\".\n\nShe said she believed she was going to be abducted and it left her feeling scared and unable to sleep.\n\nHunt told police during an interview that his mental health had been in \"crisis\" over problems with his medication\n\nMs Lodge was driving home along Accommodation Road in Bleadon when she said she saw something moving on the ground.\n\n\"He was writhing and crawling as if in a military fashion,\" she said.\n\n\"I could see the person was wearing very tight, dark clothing and had a mask on their face. The mask was dark and very tight and two white crosses where the eyes should be.\"\n\nShe said her first thought was \"it could be a possible abduction\".\n\n\"It was terrifying although I had only seen them for a few seconds,\" she said.\n\n\"The whole incident felt so surreal, and I was questioning myself about what I was seeing.\n\n\"When I got home I was breathing heavily and I was having a borderline panic attack.\"\n\nMartin Mills, a passenger in a vehicle driving in the area at the same time as Ms Lodge, said he saw a man \"commando crawling\" on the floor.\n\n\"I can see they were all in black and shiny and the car lights were reflecting off him,\" he said.\n\nJust 24 hours later - shortly after midnight on 9 May - Samantha Brown was driving from work with her sister-in-law and another colleague and said she saw a man dressed all in black with a face mask.\n\n\"When I saw them my sister-in-law screamed. I had to speed up to get past them and he jumped to the side of my car,\" she said in a statement.\n\n\"When I saw the person I felt sheer horror.\n\n\"I was scared by this person - anything could have happened and they had their hands behind their back and they could have been holding anything.\"\n\nFollowing reports of the second incident, police went to Bleadon and stopped a white Berlingo van reversing in a field.\n\nNeon white paint was used for drawing faces on masks\n\nThe court heard PC Declan Coppock spoke to Hunt, who was wearing grey trousers and a black hooded top, and arrested him.\n\n\"I noticed his skin was extremely wet and damp - suggesting he had been lying on the side of the road,\" the officer said.\n\nHe said that Hunt told him: \"I am not dangerous, I am a normal person, I have got a few problems.\"\n\nA search found Hunt was not wearing a T-shirt or any underwear and inside his van was a collection of wet black clothing, women's tights, face masks and gloves.\n\nThere was also neon white paint used for drawing on a mask.\n\nOfficers also found a journal in which Hunt had written a story about someone called Jack who purchases a black rubber suit and mask with white paint on.\n\nHe had also done internet searches in 2022 and 2023 about the \"Somerset Gimp\" and the \"Gimp of Cleeve\", the court heard.\n\nHunt told police during an interview that his mental health had been in \"crisis\" over problems with his medication.\n\n\"I am crying out for help and need help with my mental health,\" he said.\n\nHunt told the court he had been in a \"very traumatic state of mind\" in May.\n\n\"I hated myself with the way I looked and the way I am and everything about me,\" he told the court.\n\nHe explained he would go out at night and change into black clothing to go \"mudding\" - where his \"self-loathing\" would cause him to cover himself in mud.\n\n\"I apologise to those people,\" he said. \"I agree what I was doing was frightening but hand on my heart I never intended to cause them harassment, alarm or distress.\"\n\nDistrict Judge Joanna Dickens said she accepted Hunt had already spent a month on remand in prison prior to his trial.\n\nThis, she said, was a bigger punishment than any sentence she could impose.\n\n\"I accept that you have already received punishment and spent time in prison and lost your good character in a very public way and no doubt affecting you for the remainder of your life,\" she added.\n\nFollow BBC West on Facebook, X [formerly Twitter] and Instagram. Send your story ideas to: bristol@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "NatWest's shares tumbled after the bank lowered its profit expectations and admitted to \"serious failings\" in its treatment of Nigel Farage.\n\nAn independent report found the bank failed to communicate its decision properly when it decided to shut Mr Farage's Coutts account.\n\nBut the closure was lawful, and based mainly on commercial reasons, it said.\n\nNatWest's shares initially fell by 18% in early trading, their biggest drop since the 2016 Brexit vote.\n\nIts shares eventually closed 11% lower after its latest results disappointed investors.\n\nThe bank, which is 39% owned by the taxpayer, cut its forecasts for lending margins for the year, which it said was largely due to customers moving cash from current accounts to savings accounts. Its £1.3bn profits for the three months to the end of September also fell short of forecasts.\n\nThe results were published at the same time as the independent report by law firm Travers Smith, which had been commissioned to investigate the closure of ex-UKIP leader Mr Farage's account.\n\nRuss Mould, investment director at AJ Bell, said investors had turned their attention from the report \"to an equally damaging profit downgrade\" which he said showed \"any benefit from higher interest rates seems to be evaporating\" for the bank.\n\nMr Farage, a prominent Brexiteer, said earlier this year that Coutts, the prestigious private bank for the wealthy and owned by NatWest, planned to shut down his account and that he had not been given a reason.\n\nThe BBC reported that his account was being closed because he no longer met the wealth threshold for Coutts, citing a source familiar with the matter.\n\nHowever, the politician later obtained a report from the Bank which indicated his political views were also considered.\n\nThe fallout let to NatWest's chief executive, Dame Alison Rose, resigning after admitting she had made a mistake in speaking about Mr Farage's relationship with the bank, and also led to public debate over people being having their bank accounts shut due to their views.\n\nTravers Smith concluded the decision to close Mr Farage's Coutts account was \"predominantly a commercial decision\" and said the bank \"considered its relationship with Mr Farage to be commercially unviable because it was significantly loss-making\".\n\nBut it said other factors were considered, including Coutts' reputation with customers, staff and investors due to Mr Farage's public statements on issues such as the environment, race, gender and migration.\n\nTravers Smith said these public views were not a determining factor in closing his Coutts account, but the law firm did \"consider them to have supported the decision\".\n\nIt also said a decision taken in May 2022 to continue classifying Mr Farage as a Politically Exposed Person or PEP was \"incorrect\".\n\nSomeone classed as a PEP generally presents a higher risk for financial institutions as they are deemed to be more exposed to potential involvement in bribery and corruption by virtue of their position and the influence they may hold. As a result, banks are required to do extra due diligence on them.\n\nMr Farage branded the review a \"whitewash\", accused Travers Smith of having taken a \"mealy-mouthed approach to this complex issue\", and described some of the findings as \"laughable\".\n\nSir Howard Davies, NatWest Group's chairman, said although the investigation confirmed the decision to close the account was lawful, \"the findings set out clear shortcomings in how it was reached as well as failures in how we communicated with him and in relation to client confidentiality\".\n\n\"We apologise once again to Mr Farage for how he has been treated. His experience fell short of the standards that any customer should expect,\" he added\n\nEarlier this week, the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) concluded that Dame Alison had breached Mr Farage's privacy rights.\n\nOn Friday, the ICO said Dame Alison had \"expressed concern\" about the reporting of her role.\n\n\"The ICO acknowledges that we did not investigate a complaint against Ms Rose nor did we give her an opportunity to comment on any findings in relation to her role,\" it said.\n\n\"We concede that it would have been appropriate to do so, and we will be reviewing this as a matter of urgency.\"\n\nTravers Smith said Dame Alison's disclosures about Mr Farage \"probably amounted\" to a personal data breach, but added she \"honestly, but incorrectly, believed that the client [Mr Farage] had publicly confirmed that he was a customer of Coutts\".\n\nMr Farage told the BBC's Today programme that Dame Alison was \"given a chance\" to correct her error prior to information being made public but that \"she didn't\".\n\nThe financial watchdog, the Financial Conduct Authority, which regulates banks, said the review highlighted potential regulatory breaches and said it was investigating both NatWest and Coutts.\n\nAs well as Dame Alison, the boss of Coutts, Peter Flavel, also resigned as a result of events.\n\nIn response to Friday's report, Dame Alison said that the review had \"concluded that I inadvertently confirmed what had already been widely reported, that Mr Farage held an account at Coutts\".\n\n\"Travers Smith is clear that 'there was no leak of specific detailed financial information',\" she added.\n\nDespite quitting, Dame Alison is set to receive a £2.4m pay package for 2023, but could also get a further £2.8m maximum pay out in bonuses and share awards.\n\nNatWest has said the pay out linked to share awards could yet be adjusted and that the bank could decide to \"claw back\" those awards at a later date. A decision is yet to be made.\n\nSeparately, the bank said it was taking several steps including one to ensure \"lawfully protected beliefs or opinions of customers do not play any role\" in bank account closures.\n\n\"Our job now is to make sure that does not happen again,\" added Sir Howard.", "Some 1.4 million people have fled their homes across the Gaza Strip, with 600,000 sheltering in UN facilities\n\nUN aid agencies say they have begun to significantly reduce their operations in the Gaza Strip because they have almost exhausted their fuel reserves.\n\nSmall quantities of fuel retrieved from existing reserves are being used to maintain the water supply in the south, where hundreds of thousands of people are sheltering from Israeli strikes.\n\nHowever, they will run out on Thursday.\n\nThe agencies say they have reduced their support for overwhelmed hospitals and bakeries feeding the displaced.\n\n\"What we are seeing in the Gaza Strip is unprecedented,\" Juliette Touma of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, Unrwa, told the BBC.\n\n\"Two million people are being strangled. Gaza is being choked with very, very little assistance that is coming from outside.\"\n\nIsrael began its bombing campaign in Gaza, cut off electricity and most water, and stopped imports of food, fuel and other goods in retaliation for a cross-border attack by Hamas on 7 October, in which at least 1,400 people were killed and 224 taken hostage.\n\nGaza's Hamas-run health ministry says 7,000 people have been killed in the territory since then and that its health system is facing total collapse, with a third of hospitals not functioning and the rest only treating emergency cases.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: Fergal Keane reports on the 'carnage' emergency services are facing in Gaza\n\nAt least 74 lorries carrying food, water and medical supplies have crossed from Egypt via the Rafah border crossing since Saturday, which Ms Touma called \"a drop in the ocean of overwhelming needs\". About 500 lorries were allowed into Gaza every day before the start of the war.\n\nIsrael refuses to allow deliveries of fuel because it says it could be used for military purposes by Hamas, which it classes as a terrorist organisation - as do the UK, US and other powers.\n\nBut Ms Touma said Unrwa urgently needed fuel if it was to continue to serve as a lifeline for the 629,000 displaced people taking refuge inside its facilities. Most fled homes in the north of Gaza after being told by the Israeli military to leave for their own safety.\n\n\"We're the largest humanitarian organisation and we are on the verge of stopping operations. We are being banned from undertaking the mandate that was entrusted to us by the UN General Assembly. All we're asking to do is to be able to do our work,\" she added.\n\nDr Abdelkader Hammad, a surgeon at the Royal Liverpool University Hospital in the UK who arrived in Gaza to carry out transplants the day before the war began, is sheltering at a UN facility in the southern city of Rafah.\n\n\"The situation on the ground is deteriorating day by day,\" he told the BBC.\n\n\"People are fighting for the water, for the food, because of the shortages. Whatever they have in the stores is running out now. People are queuing for hours and hours to get some bread from the bakeries which are still working.\"\n\nHe also expressed alarm about the conditions at the hospitals where he usually performs operations, saying that his colleagues working at them were describing a \"medical disaster\".\n\n\"Theatres are full of wounded people. They have to make very difficult decisions about who they treat because they cannot cope with the sheer number of [wounded] people coming,\" he said. \"They are running out of medical equipment. The fuel is running out.\"\n\nIsraeli military spokesman Lt Col Jonathan Conricus said in a video briefing on X, formerly known as Twitter, that \"we don't want hospitals, or the whole of Gaza, to run out of fuel\".\n\nBut he advised Unrwa to ask Hamas to hand over some of the hundreds of thousands of litres of fuel that the military claims is being stored in a dozen tanks near the border with Egypt.\n\n\"There is enough for many days for hospitals and water pumps to run,\" he added. \"Only the priorities are different. Hamas prefers to have all of the fuel for its war-fighting capabilities, leaving civilians without it.\"\n\nAsked to comment on the allegation, the UN's regional humanitarian chief, Lynn Hastings, told the BBC: \"We don't have any information about other fuel being available for Hamas to access.\"\n\n\"I know that is a concern of the Israelis, and quite rightly. It is something that we are trying to address with the Israelis to be able to bring in enough fuel for the humanitarian operations.\"\n\nHospitals are struggling to keep incubators for 130 premature babies running because of the fuel shortage\n\nMs Hastings warned that without fuel for their back-up generators Gaza's hospitals would no longer be able to care for about 1,000 patients receiving kidney dialysis treatment, 130 premature babies in incubators, and intensive care patients on ventilators.\n\nGaza's water desalinisation and pumping stations would also cease to function, she said.\n\n\"There is very, very little clean drinking water available now, which means people are resorting to drinking dirty or salinated water, or both.\"\n\n\"It also means that the sanitation system is blocked up, because there is no electricity to pump sewage into the sea. We are expecting the streets to have sewage overflow onto them imminently.\"\n\nMs Hastings also complained in a separate statement that the Israeli military was continuing to warn people in Gaza City to evacuate when they had nowhere to go or were unable to move.\n\n\"When the evacuation routes are bombed, when people north as well as south are caught up in hostilities, when the essentials for survival are lacking, and when there are no assurances for return, people are left with nothing but impossible choices,\" she warned.\n\nIn a statement, the Israeli military accused Hamas of using civilians as human shields, and stopping them from evacuating south.\n\n\"As we have seen in the past, they use a variety of methods including roadblocks,\" it said.", "The UN General Assembly voted overwhelmingly in favour of an immediate truce in Gaza\n\nIsrael has angrily dismissed a UN resolution urging a \"humanitarian truce\" in Gaza, vowing that it will continue to defend itself.\n\nThe UN General Assembly overwhelmingly called for an immediate humanitarian truce between Israel and Hamas.\n\nIsraeli UN Ambassador Gilad Erdan said the UN no longer held \"even one ounce of legitimacy or relevance\".\n\nThe US voted against the resolution but has called for a \"humanitarian pause\" in Israeli military operations in Gaza.\n\nIsrael's military on Friday said it was expanding its operations, as its strikes intensified across the Gaza region.\n\nSpokesman Daniel Hagari said forces had \"increased the attacks in Gaza. The air force widely attacks underground targets and terrorist infrastructure, very significantly\".\n\nHe again told Gaza residents to move further south.\n\nIsrael has been bombing Gaza since the 7 October Hamas attacks that killed 1,400 people in Israel and saw 229 people taken hostage by Hamas.\n\nThe UN General Assembly on Friday voted in favour of an immediate truce in Gaza. There were 120 votes in favour, 14 against and 45 abstentions.\n\nThe resolution - put forward by Jordan on behalf of the Arab group - also condemns all acts of violence against Palestinian and Israeli civilians, including all \"terror and indiscriminate attacks\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThe vote is not legally binding, but carries moral weight due to the universality of the UN's membership.\n\nIsrael's Ambassador Erdan called it \"a dark day for the UN and for mankind,\" vowing his country would use \"every means\" in fighting Hamas.\n\n\"Today is a day that will go down as infamy. We have all witnessed that the UN no longer holds even one ounce of legitimacy or relevance,\" he said.\n\nHe accused those who voted yes of preferring to support \"the defence of Nazi terrorists\" instead of Israel.\n\nIsrael says it is expanding its operations, as strikes intensify across Gaza\n\nUS national security spokesperson John Kirby said the US would support breaks in fighting to help hostages get out of Gaza - and to allow more aid in.\n\n\"We would support humanitarian pauses for stuff getting in, as well as for people getting out, and that includes pushing for fuel to get in and for the restoration of electrical power,\" he said.\n\nThe White House has not commented on the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) announcement that Israel is expanding its ground operations into Gaza.\n\nThe Hamas-run health ministry in Gaza says 7,000 people have been killed since Israel's retaliatory bombing began. There is now a critical shortage of essential services, thousands have fled their homes and the infrastructure has been heavily damaged.\n\nAmong international leaders calling for a ceasefire was France's President Emmanuel Macron.\n\nSpeaking before Israel said it was increasing its attacks in Gaza, he said he had told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Israeli President Isaac Herzog that the population of Gaza must be protected.\n\n\"A humanitarian truce is useful today to be able to protect those who are on the ground, who have suffered bombings,\" he said at the end of a two-day summit of EU leaders in Brussels.\n\nMr Macron reiterated that Israel had a right to defend itself, but he said \"the complete blockade, the indiscriminate bombardment and even more the prospect of a massive ground operation\" posed significant risks for the civilian population in Gaza.\n\nMeanwhile, Jordan warned the outcome of what it called a \"ground war\" would be a humanitarian catastrophe.\n\nIsrael this week called for the UN's secretary general to step down over comments he made about the Gaza war.\n\nAntónio Guterres said in a speech to the Security Council on Tuesday that he condemned unequivocally Hamas's deadly attacks in Israel two weeks ago but that they \"did not happen in a vacuum\".\n\nIsrael accused him of \"justifying terrorism\" and called for his immediate resignation.", "William Moris-Patto died at just seven weeks old\n\nA coroner has found there was \"gross failure in medical care amounting to neglect\" in the death of a baby who was not given a routine vitamin after birth.\n\nWilliam Moris-Patto was born at Addenbrooke's Hospital in Cambridge in July 2020 but died seven weeks later having suffered a brain bleed.\n\nCoroner Lorna Skinner KC said he would not have died had he been given vitamin K, needed for blood clotting.\n\nThe inquest, held in Huntingdon, heard William was born premature at 34 weeks, on 27 July, and his mother had specifically asked about whether William had received a vitamin K shot.\n\n\"So far as she can recall, when she asked if William had had all the necessary postnatal checks and care, a female member of the... staff said 'yes, everything's been done',\" Ms Skinner said.\n\nWilliam stayed in hospital for two weeks, when he was discharged with a nasogastric tube, but became unwell overnight on 11 September and had been sick.\n\nNaomi Moris and Alex Patto's son would not have died had he been given vitamin K\n\nHis parents, from Chatteris, rang the NHS 111 service, which in turn led to an ambulance being called and William was taken to Addenbrooke's.\n\nMs Skinner said surgery was performed on William but clinicians \"believed the damage to his brain was too great and he would never recover\", and he died on 17 September.\n\nThe coroner said she had heard from his mother Naomi Moris that William's death was \"nothing short of devastating\".\n\nMs Skinner told the inquest that vitamin K administration had been a \"routine part of newborn care for many years\".\n\nShe said that all babies are born with a vitamin K deficiency and said the failure to administer it to William \"was so serious it can only be characterised as gross\".\n\n\"It was not just compounded, but for all practical purposes rendered irremediable, by the erroneous entry on his admission record that he had had it,\" Ms Skinner said.\n\n\"This was neglect. Neglect which occurred in circumstances where otherwise the care and treatment given to William could not be faulted.\"\n\nIn a narrative conclusion, Ms Skinner said: \"William died of natural causes - a vitamin K deficiency which caused a spontaneous intracranial haemorrhage.\n\n\"His death was contributed to by neglect in that he was not given vitamin K after birth and if he had been, he would not have died.\"\n\nSamantha Critchley, from legal firm Fieldfisher which represented the family, said: \"An audit of births around the same time showed 27 other babies were recorded as not having had vitamin K.\n\n\"It is hugely disappointing to hear that three years later, accurate vitamin K records across the midwifery and neonatal units at the trust are still missing.\"\n\nA spokesman for Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust said it fully accepted the coroner's findings.\n\n\"The trust remains deeply saddened by William's tragic death and wishes to express its sincere condolences and apologies to his family at this difficult time.\n\n\"Processes were, and continue to be, constantly reviewed to ensure a similar error cannot be made in the future. If, following further review, the coroner has any concerns, these will be addressed.\"\n\nFollow East of England news on Facebook, Instagram and X. Got a story? Email eastofenglandnews@bbc.co.uk or WhatsApp 0800 169 1830\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Mizzy is set to be sentenced on 21 November\n\nThe TikTok star known as Mizzy has been banned from using social media and faces a custodial sentence after he was found guilty of posting videos featuring people without their consent.\n\nThe prankster, real name Bacari-Bronze O'Garro, 19, was charged with four breaches of a criminal behaviour order.\n\nIt banned him from sharing videos of people without seeking their approval.\n\nHe was found to have \"deliberately flouted\" the court order \"within hours\" of it being passed in May.\n\nJudge Matthew Bone criticised O'Garro at Stratford Magistrates Court for \"lacking all credibility\" after he denied breaching the order.\n\nHe is set to be sentenced on 21 November at Thames Magistrates Court.\n\nThe judge ordered the father-of-one not to use social media \"at all\", except to send messages, until the sentencing, and warned that he could be detained for the offences he had committed.\n\nThe court heard how O'Garro began sharing videos of people without their consent on the same day the criminal behaviour order was passed, on 24 May.\n\nThe court was shown footage, shared on O'Garro's X account (formerly known as Twitter) on 24 May, that featured him in Westfield shopping centre in Stratford after he had appeared on Piers Morgan's TalkTV show and mocked the British judicial system.\n\nIn the video, passers-by, whose consent had not been sought, were visible in the background as Mizzy said to the camera: \"The UK law is a joke.\"\n\nEarlier, O'Garro's defence lawyer tried to have the hearing adjourned, saying the defendant had recently been arrested\n\nOthers videos shared on his Snapchat account, which were also in breach because they were filmed without people's consent, showed \"two people being roughed up on camera\". O'Garro claimed were hoax videos made with their prior agreement.\n\nHe also claimed a friend had logged in and posted videos to X without his consent, but the judge dismissed this.\n\nO'Garro told the court he only mocked the British justice system to get a reaction online.\n\nHe was found guilty of two of the four charges of breaching his criminal behaviour order by posting the videos.\n\nJudge Bone said the behaviour was a \"deliberate challenge to the criminal behaviour order\" which crossed \"the custody threshold\".\n\nEarlier, O'Garro's defence lawyer Paul Lennon tried to have the hearing adjourned, saying the defendant had recently been arrested on suspicion of perverting the course of justice.\n\nAlso arrested was O'Garro's main witness in the case, who was due to give evidence at the trial, and both were bailed on the condition they did not contact each other, the court heard.\n\nMr Lennon claimed O'Garro was unable to receive a \"fair trial\" without his only witness, but his application was rejected by Judge Bone.\n\nFollow BBC London on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Send your story ideas to hello.bbclondon@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "A huge manhunt is being carried out in Maine for the US Army reservist suspected of murdering 18 people and injuring 13 others in a mass shooting.\n\nHundreds of police officers and FBI agents are searching for Robert Card, who is said to be armed and dangerous.\n\nSchools and businesses have closed and people have taken shelter as far as 50 miles (80km) away from the scenes of Wednesday's shootings in Lewiston.\n\nPart of the search played out on live TV as police executed warrants in the town, which is around a 20-minute drive from Lewiston.\n\nOver a megaphone, police were heard shouting for Mr Card to surrender and to come out of a house \"with your hands up\".\n\nAfter a few hours, police departed the scene.\n\nIt is unclear what prompted the search, and an official said police were \"simply doing their due diligence by tracking down every lead in an effort to locate and apprehend Card\".\n\nWednesday's bloodshed marked the worst mass shooting in the US this year, according to the Gun Violence Archive, which counts those where four or more people are killed or injured, excluding the gunman.\n\nThe mass shooting is considered to be the worst recorded in Maine. One of the US' least populous states, it has high levels of gun ownership but relatively low levels of gun violence. The number of victims nearly matches the state's total homicides for all of 2022.\n\nThe shooting prompted the area's representative in the US Congress, Marine Corps veteran Jared Golden, to publicly call for a ban on assault weapons. A moderate Democrat, he previously voted against a ban on Capitol Hill.\n\n\"The time has come for me to take responsibility for this failure,\" said Mr Golden, a Lewiston native. \"Which is why I now call on the United States Congress to ban assault rifles like the one used by the sick perpetrator of this mass killing\".\n\nThe search for Mr Card - which is taking place over land, water and air - has now entered its third day.\n\nThe shooting began at a bowling alley in the small town of Lewiston just before 19:00 local time (23:00 GMT) on Wednesday, Maine State Police Col. William Ross said. One woman and six men were killed there.\n\nWithin about 10 minutes, gunfire was reported at a nearby restaurant, Schemengees Bar & Grille, where eight more men were fatally shot.\n\nSixteen injured people were initially transferred to local hospitals, three of whom later died.\n\nLewiston and three nearby towns have remained under a shelter-in-place notice with the suspect at large. Schools as well as most local businesses have closed and many will remain so on Friday.\n\nBeyond a few dog walkers, most people appeared to have stayed at home on Thursday. Police are posted on the streets.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThe only bustles of activity were near the two shooting sites and the Central Maine Medical Center.\n\nDr John Alexander, the chief medical officer there, called the attack \"unprecedented\" for the small city. He said about 50 medical providers, nurses, respiratory therapists and surgeons answered the call to help treat the victims.\n\nMaine State Police said the suspect had recently reported mental health issues, including \"hearing voices and threats to shoot up a military installation in southern Maine\".\n\nHe had reportedly been admitted to a mental health treatment facility in the summer, after behaving erratically during training at the US Military Academy.\n\nIn an interview with NBC News, the suspect's sister-in-law, Katie Card, said that family members had reached out to police and the Army to report he was experiencing an \"acute\" mental health crisis.\n\nThis reportedly included a \"manic belief\" that voices were saying \"horrible\" things about him.\n\n\"He was just very set in his belief that everyone was against him all of a sudden,\" Ms Card said.\n\nPolice denied earlier reports that he was a firearms instructor, saying there was \"no indication he attended advanced weaponry courses\".\n\nRobert Card has been identified as a person of interest\n\nMaine's Governor Janet Mills, a former Lewiston resident, called it a \"dark day\" for her state and pledged \"to seek full justice for the victims and their families\".\n\nThe FBI and other federal US law enforcement agencies are aiding local and state police in the manhunt. Neighbouring states are also providing resources and remaining vigilant, as the suspect could have travelled across state lines.\n\nCanadian border officials have also been warned to be on alert for the suspect.\n\nIn a Facebook post, Schemengees Bar & Grille wrote: \"In a split second your world gets turned upside down for no good reason. We lost great people in this community. How can we make any sense of this.\"\n\nJust-In-Time Recreation, where the attack first began, posted online: \"None of this seems real, but unfortunately it is... There are no words to fix this or make it better.\"\n\nPresident Joe Biden ordered flags at the White House and other federal buildings to be lowered to half-mast as a mark of respect for those who died.\n\nHe also called on Republican lawmakers in Congress to pass gun safety legislation.\n\n\"This is the very least we owe every American who will now bear the scars – physical and mental – of this latest attack,\" he said.\n\nSpeaking at a news conference on Thursday, Maine Senator Susan Collins called for a ban on high-capacity magazines.\n\n\"Our hearts are heavy with grief,\" she told reporters. \"This heinous attack, which has robbed the lives of at least 18 Mainers and injured so many more is the worst mass shooting that the state of Maine has ever experienced and could ever imagine.\"\n\nSign up for our morning newsletter and get BBC News in your inbox.", "When should I turn the heating on? The temperature is dropping again, and many of us are reaching for our cosy jumpers and winter duvets. So when is the best time to turn on your heating? And what else can you do to keep your home warm? Here's what you need to know as we head into winter.\n\nWhen should you turn your heating on? The best time in the year to turn on your heating in the UK is hotly debated. But most experts agree that it is when the temperature drops consistently, as the nights get longer and the clocks go back. This year that fell on Sunday 29 October.\n\nShould you keep your heating on all day? The Energy Saving Trust is clear on this one: leaving a boiler on for longer will cost more. It's better to just have it on when you need it. The Met Office, which measures temperatures and weather for the UK, recommends setting timers to turn the heating on before you get up and off after you've gone to bed. If no one is at home all day then you can have it turn off before you leave and on again just before you get back.\n\nWhat temperature should my boiler be? Both the Met Office and the Energy Saving Trust say it will cost more in energy bills to turn the heating up than to leave it on for longer. Set your thermostat between 18C and 21C, or up to 23C if you have ill or vulnerable people at home. Bedrooms can be slightly cooler, and the NHS recommends 16C to 20C for babies' bedrooms. This is different from the boiler temperature, which is the temperature of water inside the pipes themselves. That shouldn't go below 65C on a regular boiler to stop bacteria growing inside, according to the Energy Saving Trust, or 60C on a combi boiler.\n\nMost radiators have controls on the side to change the temperature. If used correctly, these thermostatic radiator valves - often numbered one to five (sometimes up to six) - can save you money. The Energy Saving Trust recommends setting them at three or four to start, and then go up or down if the room is too hot or too cold.\n\nBleeding your radiators saves money by removing air bubbles which make it slower to heat up your home. Experts say you should aim to bleed your radiators every year as it starts to get cold. When the radiator is cold, use a screwdriver or radiator key to turn the valve at the top, until you hear a hissing noise. Hold an old cloth to the valve in case any water comes out. All the air bubbles are gone when the hissing stops and you can close the valve again.\n\nHeat the rooms you use often and forget the rest If you're worried about bills, stick to heating the rooms you use the most by using the radiator controls. Don't forget to close the door on the rooms you're leaving cold and think about getting draught excluders to keep your rooms extra snug.\n\nStay warm without turning the heating up Wearing thick clothes and using warm bedding can help to keep you warm even if your home is on the chilly side. Opening your curtains when the sun is shining will also help. Just remember to shut them again when the sun goes down, to keep the cold out.", "Ugandans feel that Eric Alyai should also be honoured\n\nA decision by Uganda's government to name a road after two foreign tourists killed earlier this month has triggered outrage in the country.\n\nBritish citizen David Barlow and his South African wife Emmaretia Geyer were shot dead on their honeymoon.\n\nPolice said the attackers also burned their car in the 17 October attack.\n\nSome Ugandans have criticised the government for honouring the foreign couple yet excluding Eric Alyai, the Ugandan guide killed alongside them.\n\nThe authorities say the couple, from Berkshire in the UK, were on a visit to see gorillas and other primates at the Queen Elizabeth National Park when they were killed in an attack by the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF).\n\nADF is an Islamic State-linked rebel group with a presence in western Uganda, but which mostly operates in the eastern part of the neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo.\n\n\"As cabinet, we took a decision that for these tourists, we are going to name one of the roads in Uganda after them,\" Chris Baryomunsi, Uganda's minister for ICT and national guidance, was quoted as saying by Uganda news website The Nile Post.\n\nHe did not reveal the name of the road.\n\nAs for Mr Alyai, the guide, the minister said the government would support his family.\n\nThey told the Ugandan television channel UBC that he had left behind a widow and one-year-old child.\n\nSome Ugandans have said the government should also name a road after Mr Alyai.\n\n\"Eric [Alyai] too was part of this death and so he must be remembered for he died on duty. It would only be fair enough,\" one Ugandan said on X, formerly known as Twitter.\n\n\"Our inferiority complex is high. No wonder the park where the couple met their death is named after a British Queen,\" another X user said.\n\nThe recently married couple were on a honeymoon trip to see the park's gorillas and other primates\n\nThe government has also faced criticism for planning a memorial for the foreigners but failing to take any action to honour the many Ugandans killed by the ADF in previous attacks.\n\nThis is not the first time that Ugandan authorities have faced outrage over their handling of the deaths of the couple and their guide.\n\nLast Saturday, the Uganda Wildlife Authority was criticised after it posted a photo promoting the Queen Elizabeth National Park.\n\n\"It was an exciting morning today in Queen Elizabeth National Park as tourists enjoyed a game viewing,\" the authority captioned the photo.\n\nSome Ugandans said that promoting the park so soon after the attack was insensitive and lacked compassion.\n\n\"The callousness and lack of humanity displayed by those responsible for orchestrating this insensitive campaign is a shame for our country,\" said Ugandan human rights activist Daniel Kawuma.\n\n\"It is deeply troubling how you use the scene of such a gruesome killing and post messages of an 'exciting morning' for tourists. It is incomprehensible how you could mock the victims and their grieving families by circulating happy photos of Queen Elizabeth before the bodies have even been laid to rest,\" he added.", "US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin said the strikes were in response to recent attacks on US bases (file photo)\n\nThe US has carried out air strikes against two weapons and ammunition storage facilities in eastern Syria used by Iran's Revolutionary Guards.\n\nSecretary of Defense Lloyd Austin said the strikes were in response to recent attacks on US bases in Iraq and Syria by Iranian-backed militia groups.\n\nThe US strikes were \"separate and distinct from the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas,\" he said in a statement.\n\nThe strikes, carried out by a pair of F-16 US air force fighters, took place on Friday at around 04:30 local time (01:30 GMT) near Abu Kamal, a town on the border with Iraq.\n\nIt is not yet known if there were any casualties from the attacks.\n\n\"These precision self-defence strikes are a response to a series of ongoing and mostly unsuccessful attacks against US personnel in Iraq and Syria by Iranian-backed militia groups that began on October 17,\" Mr Austin said in a statement.\n\nUS and coalition troops have been attacked at least 12 times in Iraq and four times in Syria since the conflict between Israel and Hamas began.\n\nA total of 21 US military personnel have suffered minor injuries, according to the Pentagon.\n\nAmerican officials attribute the attacks to Iranian proxy groups operating in the region. Iran backs both Hamas, which controls Gaza, and Hezbollah, which operates in Lebanon, with arms as well as money.\n\n\"These Iranian-backed attacks against US forces are unacceptable and must stop,\" Mr Austin said.\n\n\"If attacks by Iran's proxies against US forces continue, we will not hesitate to take further necessary measures to protect our people.\"\n\nIn normal times, these air strikes would not be that remarkable.\n\nBut with a war raging in the Gaza Strip and fears of an escalation into a regional conflict there is an underlying worry that Iran and its proxies could soon get involved in the fight between Israel and Hamas, sparking a wider and even more serious war.\n\nThe White House said on Thursday that President Joe Biden had warned Iran against targeting US personnel in the Middle East via a rare message to Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.\n\nAt a UN General Assembly meeting in New York also on Thursday, Iran's Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian warned that Washington would not be spared from the fire engulfing the region if the violence in Gaza continued.\n\nThe US has sent warships and fighter aircraft to the region in recent weeks. On Thursday, US officials said some 900 US troops were also being moved there.\n\nThe US is at great pains to emphasise that the overnight action in eastern Syria is not connected to what is going on in Gaza, that it was not done in any coordination with Israel, and that it is a completely separate action of self-defence.\n\nIt is trying to distance its action and tell Iran to back off.\n\nDespite this, it will be seen as connected and part of US actions in the region that are seen as supportive of Israel.\n\nThe US is already perceived in much of the Arab world as a close ally of Israel, so US bases are on quite a high alert.\n\nOne of the reasons why the US has asked Israel to pause any ground incursion into Gaza is because it needs a bit more time to get its air defences into bases, in anticipation of any Iranian-backed militia attacks.\n\nUS bases have come under attack before, with the US responding with retaliatory strikes.\n\nIn March, the US carried out multiple air strikes in eastern Syria against Iran-linked groups after a drone attack killed a US contractor.", "The abduction by Hamas of over 200 hostages seized from southern Israel on 7 October has propelled the small, gas-rich Arab Gulf state of Qatar into the diplomatic spotlight. Their fate is, to some degree, in Qatar's hands.\n\nWhy? For the simple reason that Qatar is fulfilling a unique role as the principal mediator between Israel and its avowed enemy, Hamas.\n\nBoth President Joe Biden and Prime Minister Rishi Sunak have so far thanked Qatar and its ruling emir for its role in securing the release of four hostages. On Wednesday, Israel's national security adviser added his appreciation.\n\nQatar is confident that with time, patience and persuasion it can negotiate the release of dozens more hostages in the coming days, although any Israeli ground incursion into Gaza would make this far harder.\n\nThese hostages, say Qatari officials, would most likely be dual-nationals and non-Israelis.\n\nHamas is expected to want to hang on to the Israeli servicemen it has kidnapped in the hopes of exchanging them for Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli jails.\n\nBut this also comes with serious risk for Qatar.\n\nAs horrific details of Hamas's attack have emerged, some are questioning why this major western ally, which hosts a US military base, is providing a home for the political wing of an organisation proscribed as terrorist by the UK, US and others.\n\nIf Qatar's efforts going forward prove largely fruitless then its standing in the West will suffer and pressure on Qatar to close that office may ensue.\n\nTo say that these negotiations over hostages are delicate would be an understatement.\n\nIsrael is still reeling from the horrific attacks by Hamas and others on that fateful morning of 7 October when the gunmen burst through the border fence, killing around 1,400 people.\n\nGaza is home to 2.3 million Palestinians and the military wing of Hamas, which has governed the territory since 2007.\n\nIt has been pounded by more than two weeks of near round-the-clock Israeli air strikes, killing over 5,000 people so far, according to the Hamas-run Health Ministry in Gaza. The UN is calling for an urgent ceasefire.\n\nIsrael has vowed to destroy Hamas which is designated a terrorist organisation by the UK, US and other nations. Little wonder then that the two sides need a mediator in the middle.\n\nFreed hostage Yocheved Lifschitz (C), 85, speaks with the media next to her daughter Sharone\n\nSo how do these hostage negotiations work?\n\nQatar is home to the political leadership of Hamas which has had an office in the capital, Doha, since 2012, headed by its leader Ismail Haniyeh.\n\nAmid the glittering, plate glass and steel skyscrapers of modern Doha, Hamas officials have been sitting down with Qatari diplomats from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to work through the complex issue of hostage releases.\n\nThe Qatari mediators are not new to this, I am told.\n\nThey are from a special government department that oversees the relationship with Hamas in Gaza that has enabled Qatar to pay hundreds of millions of dollars annually to keep Gaza's infrastructure and civil service functioning.\n\nMany of the Qatari officials have been to Gaza and are well known to senior Hamas figures.\n\nUnlike its Gulf neighbours Bahrain and the UAE, Qatar has no formal diplomatic relationship with Israel although in the 1990s it did host an Israeli trade office.\n\nBut there are back-channel communications and at key moments during the hostage discussions Qatari officials have been able to speak to their Israeli interlocutors on the phone.\n\nThere are a lot of factors at work here.\n\nHamas seems to gain little from the release of its hostages, but the organisation, which is an Arabic acronym for The Islamic Resistance Movement, has already been criticised for kidnapping women and children. This, says a senior Saudi prince, Turki Al-Faisal, is against Islamic injunctions.\n\nSome analysts believe Hamas wants those hostages, and possibly all its foreign ones too, off its hands sooner rather than later. \"It's bad optics for them,\" says Justin Crump from the strategic thinktank Sibylline.\n\nHe points out that keeping the location of so many hostages secret from Israel, as well as feeding and caring for them during a war, must present Hamas with a major logistical challenge.\n\nWith so many families in Israel and elsewhere desperate to secure the release of their loved ones by peaceful means there is mounting pressure on the Israeli government to delay its much vaunted ground incursion into Gaza. It is widely assumed that if and when that begins then the talking will stop.\n\nThen there are the mechanics of the actual releases.\n\nAs expected, Hamas has kept them hidden in tunnels underground. Those few that have been released have been handed over to the International Committee of the Red Cross.\n\nBut transferring up to 50 individuals or more, as has been talked about, would require a pause in the near-relentless airstrikes. Hamas would like to turn that pause into a ceasefire.\n\nBut the Israeli government of Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed to prosecute this war until Hamas is destroyed and is therefore reluctant to grant Hamas any kind of a breathing space.\n\nThis is not the first time Qatar has emerged as a useful mediator.\n\nFor years it hosted a de facto embassy for the Taliban when they were out of power in Afghanistan. I remember reporting on it in 2013 when the Taliban infuriated the Afghan government in Kabul by raising their white flag inside their compound in Doha.\n\nAlthough the US and its allies were at war with the Taliban it actually suited Washington to have an address where they could talk to them, resulting in the controversial 2020 peace deal that led to the chaotic western pull-out from Kabul the following year.\n\nResidents of Doha used to remark on the extraordinary sight of burly, heavily bearded Taliban commanders, dressed in their shalwar kameez, taking their wives shopping for the latest western boutique fashions in the air-conditioned malls of Doha.\n\nIn Iraq and Syria, the Qataris have used their well-connected intelligence contacts to secure the release of certain hostages held by Islamic State (ISIS).\n\nMore recently, this year Qatar negotiated the return to their families of four Ukrainian children who had allegedly been abducted by Russia, following a request by Ukraine for Qatar to mediate with Moscow on its behalf.\n\nAll of this makes Qatar a valuable partner for a lot of countries, some of whom have been beating a metaphorical path to its door as they seek its help in getting their people out of Gaza.\n\nBut Qatar was already walking a curious diplomatic tightrope even before this crisis.\n\nWhether it comes out well from this conflict will depend in large part on whether it can succeed in de-escalating the dire situation in Gaza and deliver on its efforts to secure the release of as many hostages as possible.", "New satellite images of Gaza show the extent of the destruction caused by Israel's intense aerial bombardment of the territory - home to 2.2 million people - over the past three weeks.\n\nThe pictures, released by Maxar Technologies, compare detailed images captured from space earlier this week with images from before the recent conflict began.\n\nThey show three areas in the north of Gaza where aerial attacks have left dozens of tower blocks completely destroyed or badly damaged as well as large areas of tightly packed buildings reduced to piles of grey rubble.\n\nBeit Hanoun, a settlement in the north-eastern corner of Gaza that is just 2km (1.2 miles) away from the border with Israel, is one area shown to have been badly affected. The Israeli military have said the area is a hub for Hamas and it was one of the first areas where Israel warned residents to leave.\n\nThe area of Beit Hanoun shown below sits on the main road to the Erez border crossing. Several multi-storey buildings that were visible just over two weeks ago are now barely standing.\n\nThe Hamas-run housing ministry has estimated that about 45% of all the housing units in the territory have been either completely destroyed, rendered uninhabitable or damaged. An estimated 1.4 million people are internally displaced.\n\nThousands of Palestinians have fled their homes in the north of Gaza after being told by the Israeli military to leave for their own safety - but some have returned to the north because strikes are also being carried out in the south.\n\nSmoke rises above Beit Hanoun after an Israeli aerial attack on the area on 21 October\n\nAl Karama, shown below, sits on Gaza's northern coast on the Mediterranean sea. Areas just behind the main coastal road, where several hotels are located, have been hit by Israeli strikes.\n\nIn Atatra, which is about 3km (1.8 miles) south of the Israeli border, more than 20 high-rise blocks and several buildings have been badly damaged. A sports facility just south of the tower blocks, seen in the image below, was covered by grey ash from the attacks.\n• None Gaza Strip in maps: How life has changed in two months", "Sharone, left, helped translate for her mother, Yocheved, as she recounted her hostage ordeal this week\n\nFor the past week, Sharone Lifschitz has barely left her mother's side.\n\nYocheved, 85, was one of two women freed from Hamas captivity in Gaza on Monday, after being taken from her home in Nir Oz.\n\n\"My mum is strong and resilient, but her heart is still with the people still in those cellars,\" says Sharone, referring to the underground tunnels where many hostages from the 7 October Hamas attack are believed to be kept.\n\nSharone, a UK-Israeli citizen, flew to Israel when the news came through that her mother had been released.\n\nBut it was a bittersweet moment. Her 83-year-old father Oded, Yocheved's husband of 63 years, is still missing, presumed to be held captive in the Gaza Strip.\n\n\"My father spent his life in the peace movement and he fought for the possibility of both nations [Israelis and Palestinians] living peacefully side by side,\" Sharone told the BBC after her mother was released.\n\n\"He believed that you do peace with your enemies. I hope that he is okay. I hope that he's able use his Arabic and that he is being medically treated.\"\n\nThe Lifschitz family had lived in Nir Oz for decades and knew virtually every one of the other 400 or so residents of the liberally minded, agricultural and industrial community.\n\nMore than 100 of them are thought to have been killed or captured by Hamas gunmen as they ran rampage through the kibbutz on the morning of 7 October.\n\nSharone Lifschitz, left, says she won't return to her own family in the UK until her father, Oded, is released\n\nSharone is now spending her days helping her mother's slow recovery, but also lobbying the Israeli government and its international allies, to do more to free the 229 Israeli and foreign hostages still held by Hamas in Gaza.\n\nShe believes Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's plan to invade Gaza with tanks and thousands of troops to \"crush Hamas\" should wait to give more time for negotiations to release the hostages.\n\n\"These people [in the kibbutz] were failed. These people had to fend for themselves for nine hours,\" says Sharone, clearly still perplexed and aghast at how long it took the Israeli government and army to respond to the attack.\n\n\"We were slaughtered and nobody came for hours. This should be the absolute minimum aim, to bring these people back to their communities and their families.\"\n\nSharone says her mother's naturally positive demeanour is one reason she made a gesture of peace towards one of her captors, shaking his hand and expressing \"shalom\", a salutation indicating peace, during the moment she was handed over to staff from the International Committee for the Red Cross.\n\nThe handshake has been questioned by some in Israel, but her daughter says \"she did what she felt was right at that moment\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Hamas released footage of the moment Yocheved shook the hand of her captor\n\nSharone said the man was a paramedic who had tended to Yocheved during her captivity, and engaged with her in discussions of peace for the region. But Sharone was keen to stress the care Yocheved had received after the violent abduction should not detract from the hostages' ordeal.\n\nUntil Yocheved's release this week, there had been no news of the Nir Oz residents taken on the back of motorbikes and cars into Gaza.\n\nAmong the kidnapped is eight-year-old Ohad Munder-Zichri, his mother and two grandparents.\n\nOhad's older cousin Osnat, 54, described the boy as \"very, very smart\" and \"a gifted child\".\n\n\"He's very good at everything he does, since he was born,\" she says.\n\nOsnat and her children left Tel Aviv for Jerusalem, where they are staying with family, to escape the rocket barrages from Gaza.\n\nOhad and his mother are both believed to be captured by Hamas\n\nThe attack on Nir Oz, founded by her parents in the mid-50s, came as a great shock.\n\n\"Imagine yourself, you're sitting in your home,\" Osnat told me. \"You've done nothing to no-one and people, the worse kind of people, break into your house, take you out of your house and kidnap you.\"\n\nOne cousin was killed in the attack, she says.\n\nThis week was Ohad's ninth birthday, but his family says they can't celebrate until he and the rest of his family are free.\n\nIn the days after her release, Yocheved was able to describe not only the conditions in which she'd been held captive but also that she'd been with other members of Nir Oz - but neither Ohad nor Sharone's father, Oden, were among them.\n\nDespite her mother's release, Sharone says it's too early to look to the future. Her parents' home in Nir Oz has been burned to the ground and everything from her mum's photography career and her dad's days in journalism has been lost.\n\nShe says she won't return to her own family in the UK, nor will her mother Yocheved rest until Oded and the other members of Kibbutz Nir Oz, including Ohad, are free.", "The sheep pictured during Jill Turner's recent kayak trip along the shores of the Moray and Cromarty firths\n\nA sheep spotted at the foot of steep cliffs on the shores of a Scottish firth has been dubbed Britain's loneliest sheep.\n\nJill Turner, from Brora, said she first came across the ewe while kayaking along the Moray Firth's east Highland coast.\n\nShe believes she has seen the same sheep again, with a very overgrown fleece, on a recent trip this year.\n\nMs Turner told the Northern Times it bleated out to her and fellow kayakers.\n\nNational newspapers have since picked up the story, leading to the ewe being nicknamed Britain's loneliest sheep.\n\nAnimal welfare charity, the Scottish SPCA, said it was aware the sheep was stuck, but added that it had plenty of available food.\n\nMs Turner said she has tried contacting a number of organisations about helping the animal back up the cliffs. She hopes it might still be possible to get it to safety.\n\nIt is not known who owns the sheep, but it is understood a farmer has looked at how it could be retrieved from the sea shore. However, any rescue would require specialist equipment due to the difficult terrain.\n\nMs Turner believes it to be the same animal she saw two years ago at the same spot\n\nMs Turner was on a kayaking trip between Balintore and Nigg and was about to paddle from the Moray Firth into the Cromarty Firth when she first spotted the sheep in 2021.\n\nIt was felt at the time the sheep would be able to find its own way to fields above the cliffs.\n\nBut the same animal is believed to be still there - it looks similar and its fleece has overgrown due to not being sheared for two years.\n\nScottish SPCA chief superintendent Mike Flynn said the charity was aware of the sheep being stranded at the bottom of a cliff.\n\nHe said: \"The sheep has ample grazing in the area but we have not been able to ascertain who the sheep belongs to.\n\n\"We will continue to have further checks when the weather allows and it is safe to do so.\"\n\nThe ewe bleated at the group of kayakers", "Former crypto boss Sam Bankman-Fried acknowledged \"a lot of people got hurt\" when the FTX exchange he founded collapsed, in his testimony to the jury at his fraud trial.\n\nThe former entrepreneur said he had made many mistakes when running the cryptocurrency exchange.\n\nThe 31-year-old is accused of lying to investors and lenders and stealing money from customers.\n\nHe has denied those charges, instead arguing that he acted in good faith.\n\n\"We thought we might be able to build the best product on the market,\" he told his attorneys in his opening questioning. \"It turned out basically the opposite of that\".\n\n\"A lot of people got hurt, customers, employees, and the company ended up in bankruptcy.\"\n\nMr Bankman-Fried told the Manhattan federal court he made \"a number of small mistakes and a number of larger mistakes\" while running the now-bankrupt exchange.\n\nThe biggest mistake, he said, was not having a dedicated risk management team.\n\nHe said he did not defraud anyone or take customer funds.\n\nMr Bankman-Fried started testifying on Thursday in an unusual hearing after the jury had been sent home.\n\nUS District Judge Lewis Kaplan asked him to preview his testimony about the involvement of lawyers in key decisions at the heart of the case so he could decide whether it was admissible as evidence.\n\nMr Bankman-Fried has argued that he acted on legal advice.\n\nBut prosecutors have accused him of using FTX customer funds to prop up his crypto-focused hedge fund, Alameda Research, make speculative venture investments, and donate more than $100m to US political campaigns. He also faces charges of trying to cheat Alameda's lenders and FTX investors.\n\nJudge Kaplan ruled that Mr Bankman-Fried would not be allowed to present testimony about the work lawyers did on various loans made to Mr Bankman-Fried from Alameda and other policies.\n\nThe judge said the evidence \"would be confusing and highly prejudicial in implying that the lawyers with full knowledge of the facts blessed what the defendant has done\".\n\nOn Friday, Mr Bankman-Fried's attorneys asked him to recount his time at MIT, when he lived in a group house with Gary Wang and Adam Yedidia - both of whom have testified against him in this case.\n\nMr Bankman-Fried said it was \"nerdy\". \"Lots of board games, not drinking.\"\n\nThe defence tried to paint a portrait of a boss who was more hands off than earlier testimony had suggested.\n\nFor example, he said he discussed the \"goals\" of the FTX site but didn't read or write the code. \"I wasn't much of a programmer.\"\n\nMr Bankman-Fried said he \"wasn't entirely sure\" what happened to the money that FTX customers wired to Alameda when they set up their accounts, trusting staff to handle and track the money.\n\nHe said he thought money to repay Alameda's loans came from the company - not FTX customers as the prosecutors have alleged - and that he never directed his friends to make political donations.\n\nChallenging earlier testimony from others, he said he did not become aware that Alameda owed $8bn in customer deposits to FTX until October 2022. \"I was very surprised\" he said.\n\nHe also said he had not been aware of some of the specific features of Alameda's account at FTX, including its ability to borrow virtually unlimited sums from the exchange.\n\nProsecutors have alleged those features were how Alameda ended up raiding customer funds.\n\nMr Bankman-Fried suggested that the features were the idea of some of his top lieutenants at FTX - Gary Wang and Nishad Singh - as they tried to address his concerns about ensuring that trading on the exchange ran smoothly.\n\nMr Wang and Mr Singh, who worked at FTX, have both pleaded guilty to various charges and testified against Mr Bankman Fried at trial along with his ex-girlfriend Caroline Ellison, who became chief executive of Alameda.\n\nMr Bankman-Fried described working as much as 22 hours per day and getting thousands of emails. He said he aimed to have 60,000 unread messages rather than having nothing in his inbox.\n\nThe courtroom and two overflow rooms were packed with dozens of reporters and members of the public.\n\nHis appearance in court follows 12 days of prosecution testimony in which close former colleagues gave evidence.\n\nIf he is found guilty he could face what is effectively a life sentence in prison.\n\nDefendants in the US are not obliged to testify during trials - and are often advised against doing so, since it opens them up to questioning by prosecutors.\n\nDespite the risks, many analysts following the trial predicted Mr Bankman-Fried would take the stand to offer his own version of events and try to undermine the prosecution case.\n• None One last gamble beckons for Sam Bankman-Fried", "Police said they had investigated footage from City's match on the day the Manchester United legend's death was announced\n\nA 17-year-old boy has been charged over chants about the death of Sir Bobby Charlton which were filmed at a Manchester City match.\n\nGreater Manchester Police has investigated footage from the match on Saturday, when the Manchester United legend's death was announced.\n\nIt said a 17-year-old boy, who cannot be named for legal reasons, had been charged with a public order offence.\n\nHe has been bailed to appear before Manchester magistrates in November.\n\nThe force said the boy had been released on bail with conditions to not appear at \"any regulated football matches\".\n\nIt added that a 14-year-old boy had been \"voluntarily interviewed\" in connection with the chanting and would be \"dealt with out of court\".\n\nAt a news conference ahead of the Manchester derby on Sunday, Manchester City's manager Pep Guardiola condemned the \"vile chanting\" which had followed Sir Bobby's death.\n\nHe said any fans singing offensive chants did not \"represent\" City and the club had \"huge respect for Man United... and especially for Sir Bobby\".\n\n\"We will be part of the condolences to Manchester United and English football,\" he added.\n\nOn Thursday, Manchester City said it had banned two minors from home and away games for \"vile chanting\".\n\nWhy not follow BBC North West on Facebook, X and Instagram? You can also send story ideas to northwest.newsonline@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Johnson said he would talk about \"the immense opportunities for Global Britain - as well as the challenges\"\n\nFormer Prime Minister Boris Johnson has signed up to join TV channel GB News.\n\nJohnson, who stepped down as an MP earlier this year, will work for the news channel as a presenter, programme maker and commentator.\n\nHe will \"play a key role\" in coverage of the UK and US elections next year and will host a series \"showcasing the power of Britain around the world\", the broadcaster said.\n\nHe promised to share his \"unvarnished views\" on a range of topics.\n\nJohnson, who also writes a column for the Daily Mail, will start in the new year.\n\nHe is the latest Conservative politician to join the broadcaster, following former Business Secretary Jacob Rees-Mogg, party deputy chairman Lee Anderson, and husband-and-wife MPs Esther McVey and Philip Davies.\n\nIn a video posted on X, formerly Twitter, the former PM said: \"I am excited to say that I am shortly going to be joining you on GB News.\n\n\"I'm going to be giving this remarkable new TV channel my unvarnished views on everything from Russia, China, the war in Ukraine, how we meet all those challenges.\"\n\nIn a statement, he added: \"I will be talking about the immense opportunities for Global Britain - as well as the challenges - and why our best days are yet to come.\"\n\nJohnson resigned as prime minister in 2022, following a mass revolt by ministers over his leadership.\n\nThis summer, he stood down as MP for Uxbridge and South Ruislip in protest after Parliament's privileges committee found he had deliberately misled the House of Commons over Covid breaches in Downing Street during lockdown.\n\nJohnson's actions and decision making as prime minister during the pandemic are currently being investigated as part of the ongoing Covid enquiry.\n\nFormer ministers are required to seek advice from the independent Advisory Committee on Business Appointments (Acoba) about any employment they wish to take up within two years of leaving office.\n\nAfter being approached by Johnson, the committee said the role with GB News did not \"raise any particular concerns under the government rules\".\n\nHowever, it said Johnson should be subject to a number of conditions, including not drawing on any privileged material from his time in office and not being personally involved in lobbying the government on behalf of GB News for two years from the date he stepped down as prime minister.\n\nEarlier this year, Acoba said Johnson had committed an \"unambiguous breach\" of the ministerial code by not clearing his Daily Mail job with the committee.\n\nJohnson earned £4.8m in five months after leaving office as PM, mostly for speaking at events and for securing a deal to write a memoir.\n\nHe becomes the latest big name to join GB News and follows comedian and actor John Cleese, whose 10-part current affairs series is due to begin on Sunday.\n\nJohnson is expected to give the news channel a ratings boost after a turbulent period.\n\nTwo presenters, Laurence Fox and Calvin Robinson, were sacked earlier this month in the wake of an outcry about Fox's on-air comments about a female journalist, while fellow host Dan Wootton remains suspended.\n\nMedia regulator Ofcom received more than 8,800 complaints and is investigating. That is one of 12 current Ofcom investigations into GB News.\n\nThere is also a debate about whether politicans should be allowed to host news programmes.\n\nLast month, Davies and McVey's GB News show was found to have broken Ofcom rules because their interview with the chancellor failed to include an \"appropriately wide range of significant views\".", "Baby beaver, Mary, named after England goalkeeper Mary Earps was born to reintroduced beavers in Somerset\n\nBringing species like beavers back to England is no longer a priority, the government said on Friday to criticism from wildlife groups.\n\nIn recent years animals and plants have been reintroduced by charities as part of efforts to restore the country's depleted biodiversity.\n\nA recent report shows that one in six UK species are at risk of extinction.\n\nThe government said it was focused on habitat restoration and pollution.\n\nIn September more than 60 conservation organisations reported a significant decline in species due to expansions in farming and the effects of climate change.\n\nFarmers and wildlife charities have take action in recent years to reintroduce extinct or rare species like beavers, ladybird spiders and red kites into England.\n\nDespite the government allowing this, the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee - a group of cross-party MPs - concluded in July that there was an absence of long-term plans on how to manage this.\n\nIn response, the government has now said that the \"reintroduction of species is not a priority\".\n\nIn its letter to the committee - which was made public on Friday - the government said it was focused on increasing biodiversity but through habitat restoration and reducing pressures from pollution. The government's environment department has come under scrutiny for not doing more to prevent sewage dumping and other forms of pollution in England's waterways.\n\nPine martens have been reintroduced in Gloucestershire and Mid Wales\n\nSir Robert Goodwill, chair of the Committee, told the BBC he was \"disappointed\" with the government response considering species were already being reintroduced.\n\nBringing back extinct species is contentious issue - Sir Robert said that although farmers and landowners appear broadly supportive there are risks of reintroducing new species, and without clear guidance problems could arise.\n\nBeavers were hunted to extinction in the UK but have been reintroduced in recent years.\n\nA recent study showed that river barriers similar to those built by beavers can protect communities at risk of flooding.\n\nBut there have also been cases documented in Europe where beavers have built their dams in places that have damaged crops and modified rivers. And currently beavers have arrived in rivers in England without the government confirming if they have protected status - so farmers are left not knowing how they can be managed.\n\n\"We've got places like the Somerset Levels and the Fens in Lincolnshire where if we don't protect the the watercourses (from beavers) there we could see flooding,\" said Sir Robert.\n\nSome species like wild boar have been reintroduced accidentally to the UK\n\nJoan Edwards, director of policy at The Wildlife Trusts told the BBC: \"Reintroducing wildlife must be part of the UK government's arsenal for tackling nature loss and climate change - it is astonishing there is no strategy for doing so.\"\n\nShe said there was clear evidence of the positive impact of beavers, in particular, on the land.\n\n\"The return of wild beavers can help to recreate lost wetlands, with a knock-on effect that benefits other wildlife including insects, invertebrates and birds. Beavers also slow the flow of water, which can reduce flood risks to towns and villages,\" she said.\n\nOspreys returned to Kielder Forest, Northumberland, for the first time in at least 200 years in 2009. This year eight chicks have been be fitted with identification rings\n\nOn Tuesday Ms Coffey was interviewed by the committee.\n\n\"I've had to choose to prioritise and I can assure you, species reintroduction ain't one of my top priorities and therefore we've stepped back away from that,\" she told the committee. \"Ultimately we have a broader range of activities and we have to choose where we can put our resources.\"\n\nBut Sir Robert said that without some of the measures in place that the committee recommended then the government may have to spend more money compensating farmers for damage to their crops from reintroduced species or flooding of homes.", "The outage follows days of intermittent power cuts in parts of Ghana\n\nMany parts of Ghana were plunged into darkness due to a lack of gas to power machinery used to generate electricity in the country.\n\nPower distribution firm Ghana Grid Company Limited (GRIDCo) says the situation has caused \"a supply gap of 550MW at peak time\" at Tema power plant, near the capital, Accra.\n\nThis is about 10% of the country's total capacity.\n\nPower has now been restored in some areas but GRIDCo spokesperson Dzifa Bampoh told the BBC there would be more outages on Friday evening, during peak hours.\n\nGhana is currently going through its worst economic crisis in a generation.\n\nThere are frequent power cuts in Ghana but this is the worst nationwide outage for two years.\n\nA June study said the country's current energy provision was \"critically unhealthy and tottering towards a power crisis\".\n\nThe power situation, which could worsen in the coming years, has been exacerbated by the country's financial distress, the Centre for Socioeconomic Studies (CSS) study showed.\n\nIn July, independent power producers in the country threatened to shut down operations over arrears owed to them by state-run Electricity Company of Ghana.\n\nIn a statement on Thursday, GRIDCo, the power operator, said electricity supply to consumers in some parts of Ghana would be curtailed as a result of \"limited gas supply\" to the Tema power plant.\n\n\"The inconvenience caused is deeply regretted,\" the statement added.\n\nThe GRIDCo spokesperson said it was caused by a problem in gas supply from Takoradi.\n\nSome reports say the issue was that gas suppliers had not been paid.\n\nThe power utility firm did not say how long it would take for normal supplies to resume.\n\nGhana has for several years been experiencing power shortages popularly known as \"dumsor\", which means on and off in the Akan language.\n\nThe West African country gets its much of its electricity from hydro and thermal sources, but these are often poorly maintained.\n\nThe country has in the last few years become heavily reliant on gas as a major source of energy for electricity generation and any shortage in gas results in power outages.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. How Ghana’s rising star plunged into an economic crisis\n• None How Ghana's central bank lost $5bn in one year", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: Sets of formerly conjoined twins meet at hospital that separated them\n\nTwins Ruby and Rosie are proud to have once been conjoined.\n\nThe 11-year-olds from south-east London were born joined by the intestine and abdomen and were separated when they were just 24 hours old.\n\nThey are among six sets of conjoined twins brought together by London's Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) for a pizza party.\n\nAll attend GOSH as part of their continuing healthcare with specialist teams across the hospital.\n\nRuby tells me: \"We obviously do fight a lot… but we will always have that bond that we will be sisters forever and love each other forever.\"\n\nConjoined twins develop when an early embryo only partially separates to form two individuals and they remain physically connected. They are most often joined at the chest, abdomen or pelvis.\n\nIt is rare, representing about one in every 500,000 live births in the UK, meaning one set of conjoined twins is born each year in Britain, on average.\n\nRuby and Rosie with their mum Angela\n\nRuby and Rosie have already had five lots of surgery and face more in the future.\n\nTheir mum, Angela Formosa, said: \"We were told they wouldn't survive the pregnancy - and possibly not after surgery - and now they are at secondary school and doing incredibly well.\"\n\nShe added: \"It's really nice for them to see other twins that started out life the way they did because there are so few of them.\"\n\nAlso at the pizza party were 13-year-old brothers Hassan and Hussein, from Cork in the Republic of Ireland.\n\nThey were born joined at the chest, sharing a pelvis, several organs and one pair of legs. Once separated, they ended up with one leg each.\n\nHassan (left) and Hussein (right) were separated when they were four months old\n\nThe boys were separated at GOSH at four months old and have since undergone at least 60 surgeries between them.\n\nThey compete in a wide variety of sports, from athletics to wall climbing, and would like to represent Ireland at the Paralympics.\n\nHassan told me what motivates him: \"Getting up every day and trying my best and knowing I can do anything any other child can do.\"\n\nHussein said: \"I like [wheelchair] basketball because it's fast and you can crash into people!\"\n\nTheir mum, Angie Benhaffaf, told me: \"From the very first scan at 12 weeks they were given no hope of survival but to see them, over 60 surgeries later, is amazing. They have not let this define them.\n\n\"It's really important for me and the boys to meet other children that have been born in extraordinary circumstances. They are a special group and it's good to know they are not alone in the world.\"\n\nGOSH performed its first successful separation of conjoined twins in 1985 and has cared for 38 sets in total.\n\nConsultant paediatric surgeon Paolo De Coppi said he believes GOSH has separated more conjoined twins than any other hospital in the world.\n\nHe told the BBC: \"The operation to separate is risky and then further revision surgeries are needed as children grow, so it is important that parents know it is a life journey and not just a few months in hospital.\"\n\nAlso enjoying the party were seven-year-old sisters Marieme and Ndye, from Cardiff, who have not been separated.\n\nTheir father Ibrahima and the surgical team agreed that it would be too risky.\n\nProf De Coppi: \"They couldn't be separated because they support each other and if you did separate, one would certainly not make it but also possibly the other twin.\n\n\"These are difficult decisions because we know they are struggling together but they also have a joyful life that we couldn't guarantee with a separation.\"\n\nThe twins were brought to the UK from Senegal in 2017 for treatment at GOSH.\n\nZion and Zayne, aged six months, with their family\n\nThe youngest of the six sets of twins, Zion and Zayne, were born in April and were separated when they were a few weeks old.\n\nIssie and Annie, 19 months old, were separated in September last year.\n\nThe success of surgery depends on where the twins are joined and how many and which organs are shared. It also depends on the experience and skill of the surgical team.\n\nProf De Coppi said: \"The teamwork starts even before the surgery to ensure we make the right decisions, some of which need to be taken while we are operating.\n\n\"But it is even more important once the surgical journey is finished - it really is a team effort across the hospital.\n\n\"Bringing all the children together is very rewarding for us but also for the families as they see what others have gone through - the same difficulties but also the same joy.\"\n\nSign up for our morning newsletter and get BBC News in your inbox.\n• None The battle to separate Safa and Marwa - BBC special report\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Eight of the 18 killed during Wednesday night's mass shooting have been identified, but their names have not been released.\n\nAmong them are Bob Violette, a 76-year-old retiree and avid bowler, and bar manager Joseph Walker.\n\nFamily members have begun speaking out, sharing details of their tragic loss.\n\nViolette was identified by his daughter-in-law Cassandra. She told the Lewiston Sun Journal that he died protecting a group of children that he was with at the bowling alley.\n\nHe leaves behind three sons and six grandchildren, she said. His wife, Lucy, was injured in the attack.\n\nCassandra described Violette as a life-long Lewiston resident who had deep ties to the community, and who made people around him feel cared for.\n\n\"He wouldn't let you walk out the door without giving him a hug, and a kiss on the cheek. He was just there for everything,\" she said.\n\nWalker's death was confirmed by his father, Leroy Walker, who is a city councillor in Auburn.\n\nWalker worked at Schemengees Bar and Grill, one of the locations where the gunman opened fire. He was killed after attempting to go after the gunman, Leroy told ABC News.\n\nIn a separate interview with NBC News, Leroy said he received notification of his son's death 14 hours after the shooting.\n\n\"None of us slept, we were up all night,\" he said. \"We didn't know where to go, who to run to.\"\n\nYou can read more here.", "Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has met Muslim MPs amid tensions over the party's stance on the Israel-Gaza war.\n\nIt comes as more than 150 Labour Muslim councillors have written to him urging the party leadership to call for an immediate ceasefire in the region.\n\nSir Keir has faced criticism since appearing to say Israel had the \"right\" to cut off water and energy to Gaza.\n\nHe later clarified that he meant only that the country had a right to self-defence.\n\nThe meeting - attended by one peer and around ten MPs, including at least one frontbencher - was described as \"constructive\" by a Labour source.\n\nKhalid Mahmood, one of the MPs who attended, said the meeting was \"very good\" and individuals were able to raise issues they were concerned about with the leadership.\n\nHe added that the conflict should not be \"a resigning issue\".\n\n\"When you are outside of [the party] you have no say, so I wouldn't encourage anyone to resign,\" he told BBC Radio 4's PM programme.\n\nBut one frontbencher, speaking anonymously to the BBC, said \"of course there's talk of resignations\".\n\nAnother MP, who is concerned Sir Keir has not called for a ceasefire, said: \"I'd like to think [the Labour leader] was in listening mode.\"\n\nBut they added they did not get the policy shift they were looking for.\n\nAt least 19 Labour councillors have already quit the party over Sir Keir's stance on the war, including in Cambridge, Nottinghamshire, Gloucester, while some MPs have also been critical about the position the leadership has taken.\n\nIn Oxford, Labour has lost its majority on the council, after eight councillors resigned from the party.\n\nOn Wednesday, a letter signed by more than 150 Muslim Labour councillors representing areas including Birmingham, Leicester and Glasgow, called on the party's leadership to back an immediate ceasefire in Gaza to protect civilians and allow access to humanitarian aid.\n\nMore than 30 Labour MPs, as well as former party leader Jeremy Corbyn, who now sits as an independent, have also backed calls for a ceasefire.\n\nOne Labour frontbencher, who did not wish to be named, told the BBC: \"In a week's time the calls for a ceasefire will be deafening. I will be with them.\"\n\nSir Keir has refused to call for a full ceasefire, instead saying Israel has the right to defend itself.\n\nHowever, a spokesman for the Labour leader said he would back the government's position in supporting \"specific pauses\" to get hostages out of Gaza and aid in.\n\nDuring Prime Minister's Questions, Labour's shadow equalities minister Yasmin Qureshi said people in Gaza were subject to \"collective punishment\" for \"crimes they did not commit\".\n\nShe asked: \"How many more innocent Palestinians must die before this prime minister calls for humanitarian ceasefire?\"\n\nA spokesman for Sir Keir did not comment on whether Ms Qureshi would be disciplined, with her position appearing to diverge from that of the Labour leader.\n\nHe added: \"If I heard the question correctly... she was asking the prime minister what were the conditions that would lead the Prime Minister to support a ceasefire.\"\n\nIn an interview with LBC on 11 October, Sir Keir was asked whether it was \"appropriate\" for Israel to cut off the supply of power and water to Gaza.\n\n\"I think that Israel does have that right,\" he said. \"Obviously everything should be done within international law, but I don't want to step away from the core principles that Israel has a right to defend herself.\"\n\nA spokesman for the Labour leader later said he had only meant to say Israel had a general right to self-defence.\n\nHowever, Oxford councillor Imogen Thomas - who quit the Labour Party last week - said it was \"reprehensible\" that Sir Keir was \"ambiguous\" on the right to water supply in Gaza and took more than a week to clarify his comments.\n\nShe told BBC Radio 4's Today programme she wanted to see the Labour leader \"standing up unequivocally against war crimes and for humanity\".\n\nComments from Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar also appear to be at odds with the position of Sir Keir.\n\nOn Tuesday he accused Israel of a \"clear breach\" of international law in Gaza, telling the BBC there is \"no justification for the withholding of essential supplies\".\n\nSir Keir has not explicitly said Israel has broken international law but has stressed it must be followed.\n\nA spokesman for the Labour leader denied there was a rift with Mr Sarwar over the issue, adding: \"Anas is entitled to his views on this.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: Authorities name all 18 victims of Maine shooting\n\nStay at home orders have been rescinded for a number of Maine communities after the deadliest US mass shooting this year.\n\nA manhunt for the suspected gunman, who killed 18 people and injured 13 others, is in its third day.\n\nPolice on Friday released the names of all the 18 victims.\n\nThey include a grandfather, a talented young bowler, and four members of Maine's deaf community, ranging in age from 14 to 76.\n\nThe attack happened at a local bar and a bowling alley in the small town of Lewiston. The community as well as several other nearby towns have been on lockdown since the shootings.\n\nPolice have been conducting an \"around-the-clock\" effort to locate 40-year-old Robert Card, the suspect, and have urged caution for communities while he remains on the loose.\n\nMichael Sauschuck, Maine's public safety commissioner, said on Friday evening that businesses can either remain closed or re-open as of this weekend.\n\nHowever, hunting remains prohibited in the towns of Bowdoin, Lewiston, Lisbon, and Monmouth to prevent gun shots being heard that would prompt calls to emergency services, he said.\n\nAs sunset fell across southern Maine on Friday, Lewiston remained quiet, the windows of businesses and homes kept dark.\n\nMichael Mathieu, a resident of neighbouring Auburn, said he felt safe even with the suspect still on the loose.\n\n\"I feel they wouldn't put the public in harm's way just to get people back to some sort of normalcy,\" he said after officials announced the lockdown orders were being lifted.\n\n\"I believe they would keep the shelter in place if they felt there was still a danger to anyone.\"\n\nNick Wilson, a business owner near Lewiston, said residents should \"live with caution but not with fear\".\n\n\"He took lives but not all of ours,\" he said. \"The community needs to return regular life so that the grieving can start. We all need each other.\"\n\nLocals told the BBC they were certain the affected communities would come together.\n\n\"We look after each other,\" said Tammy, from Auburn, who declined to give her last name.\n\nAcross Lewiston, paper cut-outs in the shape of hearts appeared on telephone poles, green writing on white paper: \"To my community\" and \"To my home\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: 'We've never ever locked our doors'\n\nIn Portland, students of the University of Southern Maine organised a meal collection for members of the deaf community, who were heavily hit by Wednesday's attack.\n\nAuthorities had begun searching the Androscoggin River for the suspect, but that mission was paused at dark and will resume on Saturday, when additional dive resources will be brought in.\n\nThat search will be \"time intensive\", officials said during a update on the investigation.\n\nAuthorities had found the suspect's white Subaru Outback at a boat ramp in Lisbon, beside the river. They said that they found additional evidence in the car but did not provide specific details.\n\nOn Friday, a utility was using its dams to lower the water level in the area to help investigators. Helicopters flew over the river to help direct divers as they searched the water.\n\nNeighbourhood canvassing efforts are also scheduled to take place in the coming days, Mr Sauschuck said.\n\nThat \"could be a couple of officers knocking on the door\" or \"two officers with clearly displayed badges jumping out of a marked car to come talk to you as detectives\".\n\nLaw enforcement have urged for patience from residents as the search continues. So far, they have received over 530 tips and leads, but have not given any indication that they have uncovered a solid lead in the manhunt.\n\nThey did reveal on Friday morning, however, that a note had been found at a property linked to the suspect.Two unnamed law enforcement officials told the Associated Press it was a suicide note that did not provide any specific motive for the shooting. It was addressed to his son. The suspect's mobile phone was also discovered at the property.\n\nInvestigators would not confirm that information and declined to elaborate on the note's contents.", "Priti Patel, then home secretary, arrives in Rwanda in April 2022\n\nRwanda's asylum system is so poor that it is biased against many people who could be genuine refugees, say lawyers for the United Nations' Refugee Agency.\n\nThe warning came on the second day of the UK government's appeal over its controversial plan to send some asylum seekers to the African country.\n\nThe Court of Appeal ruled the scheme unlawful in June.\n\nBut ministers say it meets the legal test for treating people humanely.\n\nDuring a 16-month long battle over the government's plan to send some small boat migrants to Rwanda, evidence from the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) has become increasingly pivotal to whether the country meets a complex legal test of a safe country.\n\nOn Tuesday, its barristers told five Supreme Court justices there was no evidence Rwanda had improved its treatment of asylum seekers, even though it had given the British government detailed assurances of fair treatment.\n\nThe UN knew of Afghans who had been turned around at Kigali airport and sent home weeks before the UK deal had been struck in April 2022.\n\nLaura Dubinsky KC, for the UN agency, said Syrians and Eritreans had also been expelled without considering the risks they would face.\n\nThe key institutions and practices behind those decisions were still operating despite the deal with the UK, she argued.\n\nWhile ministers in Kigali may have signed the migration partnership in good faith, the security officials deciding the fate of would-be refugees followed their own rules, the court heard.\n\nOn Monday, lawyers for the home secretary told the Supreme Court Rwanda could be trusted to treat any asylum seekers sent to the country humanely.\n\nSir James Eadie KC told the Supreme Court there was \"every reason to conclude\" that Rwanda would want the arrangements to work.\n\nHe said the country had every reputational and financial incentive to treat asylum seekers well - and that even if there were genuine concerns, extensive monitoring had been put in place.\n\nA government official would be permanently stationed in Kigali to make the deal work and also to flag concerns. There would also be further independent monitoring of what happened to each migrant, he said.\n\nThese arrangements, alongside the detailed written commitments given to the UK under the £140m scheme, meant there was no legal reason to interfere with the plan, the government argued.", "The migrants were removed from the barge after Legionella bacteria was found in the on-board water system\n\nThere will not be a judicial review into the Home Office's use of a barge to house asylum seekers.\n\nCarralyn Parkes, from the Isle of Portland, brought the challenge against Home Secretary Suella Braverman's department after it docked the Bibby Stockholm in Portland Port.\n\nBut Mr Justice Holgate ruled against Mrs Parkes after considering arguments at a High Court hearing.\n\nShe raised more than £25,000 via crowdfunding for the costs of the case.\n\nThirty-nine men were moved onto the vessel in August but were later removed when the Legionella bacteria, which can cause serious illness, was detected.\n\nThe Home Office has since confirmed it has notified the men they are to be moved back.\n\nThe three-storey Bibby Stockholm is berthed at the port in Dorset, and is intended to hold about 500 men while they await the outcome of their asylum applications.\n\nThe barge is a flagship part of the government's plan to cut the cost of housing asylum seekers and deter dangerous Channel crossings by migrants.\n\nThere has been considerable local opposition to the barge coming to Portland\n\nMs Parkes is also the Mayor of Portland but said she was acting in a personal capacity as a local resident.\n\nHer lawyer Alex Goodman KC said the housing of asylum seekers on the barge was a \"breach of planning control\" and there had not been \"compliance\" with environmental impact assessment duties.\n\nHe also said \"segregating non-British people\" raised links to \"racial segregation\".\n\nPaul Brown KC, leading Home Secretary Suella Braverman's legal team, said Ms Parkes' claim was \"out of time\" and \"without merit\".\n\nGovernment lawyers also said the local planning authority did not think planning permission was required.\n\nThere was also no \"general principle\" that housing \"non-British asylum seekers\" together on a vessel was unlawful under a public sector equality duty, they added.\n\nIn a statement released before the hearing, Ms Parkes said: \"If you or I want to put up a porch at our home, we need to apply for planning permission.\n\n\"It's wrong that the Home Office does what it likes without complying with the same rules.\n\n\"If the Home Office had applied for planning permission, they would have had to consult with local people - but we never got the right to have our say.\n\n\"I believe that planning permission would have been refused.\"\n\nShe added: \"I think containing people on the barge is an inhumane way to treat those fleeing from war, conflict or persecution. Together I hope we can hold the government to account.\"\n\nA Home Office spokesperson said: \"Delivering accommodation sites such as the Bibby Stockholm will be more affordable for taxpayers, helping to reduce the £8m daily cost of hotels as well as being more manageable for local communities.\n\n\"We're confident that the project, which will house asylum seekers in safe and secure accommodation, meets the planning requirements\"\n\nThe 222-room barge, chartered by the government for 18 months, arrived at the port in July.\n\nIt was previously used to accommodate homeless people and asylum seekers in Germany and the Netherlands.\n\nResidents in Portland have objected to the barge, voicing concerns that the local community was not consulted.\n\nFollow BBC South on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram. Send your story ideas to south.newsonline@bbc.co.uk.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: Hiding at home, blinded and choked by dust - a video diary from Gaza\n\nGaza's only power plant has run out of fuel, and medical and food supplies are dwindling, after another night which saw hundreds scramble onto the streets to flee relentless air strikes.\n\nAt 02:00 on Wednesday, a neighbour banged on my door and told me to leave now as my flat was being targeted.\n\nAir strikes from Israeli warplanes have continued into their fifth day.\n\nThe situation for 2.3 million people in Gaza is increasingly desperate, with no way of leaving the tiny territory.\n\nThe only power station in Gaza stopped operating completely on Wednesday at 14:00 local time (11:00 GMT), authorities say.\n\nIsrael cut essential supplies, including fuel, to the sealed-off territory on Monday following a violent incursion by Hamas militants.\n\nThe lack of mains power means residents of Gaza have to rely on generators for electricity. But there is no way to import fuel for generators either.\n\nThere is now little hope of leaving the territory, after Israeli crossings were shut and Egypt was forced to close its only crossing point with Gaza due to nearby air strikes.\n\nI tried to get my family out, because it is unclear what might happen here in the future - but that was impossible.\n\nIn the early hours of Tuesday morning, I woke up my three children, we grabbed our emergency kit and headed to the hospital.\n\nBut when we got there, hundreds of people were blocking the entrance - they too were looking for a place to shelter overnight.\n\nHalf-asleep children screamed as they stumbled through the streets with rockets flying overhead.\n\nOn Wednesday morning, Hamas said 30 people were killed in overnight strikes. In total, more than 1,000 Gazans have died in the retaliatory air strikes.\n\nIsrael's military said they had hit 450 targets in the Gaza strip in the past 24 hours.\n\nThe air strikes began after Hamas militants crossed into Israel and launched a wave of attacks on communities across the south of the country, killing at least 1,200 Israelis. An estimated 150 people have been taken hostage by Hamas.\n\nIsrael declared a \"complete siege\" on Gaza on Monday, declaring electricity, food, fuel and water would be cut off. The impacts of that siege can now be seen.\n\nOn Tuesday, I met a woman in a supermarket scouring the shelves looking for milk for her baby. She only had half a bottle left, but the supermarket was bare.\n\nAbout 80% of people in Gaza relied on humanitarian aid even before the latest war began - and the UN agency for Palestinian refugees said at least a million people had not been able to get their food rations since Saturday.\n\nThe World Health Organisation has called for a humanitarian corridor to be opened into the territory. But here, civilians don't hold out hope that will happen.\n\nA leading British-Palestinian doctor, Dr Ghassan Abu-Sittah, told the BBC the health system in Gaza would collapse within a week unless aid was allowed.\n\n\"All of the beds are full. Patients who need surgery are unable to go into surgery because the operating rooms are operating at maximum capacity,\" he said, adding that this was the bloodiest assault he had seen since he started working in Gaza over 40 years ago.\n\n\"Because people are being injured in their homes, around 30-40% of the injuries are children. Whole families are being brought in wounded... In war you try to discharge cases early so you can free up beds, but these patients are all coming from houses that have been destroyed and so you cannot send them back to the street,\" he said.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nHamas's leader said he would not negotiate prisoner swaps for food and medicine, and he would not negotiate with Israel while the territory was under fire.\n\nThe UN human rights chief has said sieges are illegal under international law. UN agencies have also condemned the mass killings by Hamas and called on them to release the hostages they have taken.\n\nAnd while Israel insists it is not targeting the civilian population in Gaza, the people here feel a decision to cut water, food, medical and electrical supplies to 2.3 million people is a collective punishment.\n\nPeople in Gaza know what war looks like, but this one feels different.\n\nAre you personally affected by the issues raised in this story? If it is safe to do so, please get in touch by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "Last updated on .From the section England\n\nHarry Maguire says a call from David Beckham \"meant everything\" after being jeered by Scotland fans.\n\nThe England centre-back scored an own goal as a substitute in last month's 3-1 friendly win in Glasgow, while every touch he took was cheered ironically.\n\n\"I actually spoke with David about three weeks ago, after the game,\" Maguire, 30, said.\n\n\"He got in touch with me so it was really nice of him and I really appreciated that.\"\n\nThe Manchester United defender added: \"It meant everything. I've spoken throughout my career about David Beckham being someone I looked up to and watched when I was a young boy.\n\n\"It shows how classy he is to reach out to me and to message me. It was something I really appreciate. It was touching really.\"\n• None Get Manchester United news, analysis, fan views, podcasts and more sent straight to you\n• None Go straight to all the best Man Utd content\n\nBeckham, England's third-most capped men's player with 115 international appearances, captained his country for six years from 2000, leading them at two World Cups.\n\nHe was sent off at the 1998 World Cup after kicking out at Argentina's Diego Simeone. The team went on to lose the last-16 match on penalties and Beckham became a target for abuse from fans who blamed him for England's exit.\n\n\"The whole country hated me,\" he said in his recent Netflix documentary. \"Wherever I went, I got abuse every single day. I was a mess.\"\n\nMaguire added: \"He reminded me of the career I've had to date and the big moments I've had in my career.\n\n\"I think when you're going through tough moments you've got to go through past experiences and past memories and where you've gone in your career and what you've been through.\n\n\"Every career is so up and down, especially when you reach what I've reached, in terms of being the captain of the biggest club in the world for three and a half years. He's been in that position and knows what it's like.\"\n\nMaguire, who was the world's most expensive defender when he joined Manchester United from Leicester for £80m in 2019, has won 59 England caps and scored seven international goals.\n\nBut he has struggled for game time at Old Trafford since the appointment in 2022 of Erik ten Hag as manager - even having the captaincy taken from him.\n\nMaguire looked set to join West Ham this summer after a £30m fee was agreed between the clubs, but chose to stay and fight for his place in the first team.\n\n\"Regular game time is important to me and has been throughout all of my career,\" Maguire said when later asked about the move.\n\n\"The opportunity to go to West Ham wasn't agreed between both clubs and myself. The actual opportunity wasn't there as we didn't get far enough down the line. West Ham are a massive club. I want to fight for my place but game time is important for me.\"\n\nThe defender's game time has increased lately because of injuries in the United squad; he started last Saturday, assisting the winning goal for Scott McTominay as Brentford were beaten 2-1 in the Premier League.\n\nMaguire says he knows that even the best players in the world get criticised.\n\n\"I have had some huge plaudits over the years playing for my country,\" he said.\n\n\"Probably the last year or so hasn't been like that but the previous five I was getting loads and loads of credit.\n\n\"That's football, that's the way it works. You don't just keep playing at the top and not get criticism. That doesn't happen unless you are the best in the world and that's probably Messi and Ronaldo, and even they still get criticised as well.\n\n\"There has been a lot of talk about me over the last year. For that talk to happen, you have got to have built your way up to be a top performer like I've done over the previous five years to that.\n\n\"Things haven't gone to plan over the last year or so but I am sure it will get back on track.\n\n\"A career is a long path. Many ups, many downs, it probably has been a little blip and I am trying to be back to where I was.\"\n\nThe defender also said the \"faith\" shown in him by England manager Gareth Southgate and his team-mates makes him feel important.\n\nHowever he said the criticism he had received \"probably affects my family and friends more than it affects myself, especially when I am playing in a game\".\n\nMaguire's mother posted a statement in support of her son after his treatment in the Scotland game.\n\n\"The last year has been a little bit difficult for them to enjoy the games as they did in the previous eight or nine years of my career,\" he said.\n\n\"I'm sure that will change. I'll keep working hard and keep fighting for my place and keep trying to put things right.\"\n\nEngland face Australia in a friendly on Friday, before taking on Italy in a European Championship qualifier four days later.\n• None Our coverage of your Premier League club is bigger and better than ever before - follow your team and sign up for notifications in the BBC Sport app to make sure you never miss a moment", "John Caldwell was seriously injured in the attack in February\n\nOne of the seven men accused of attempting to murder Det Ch Insp John Caldwell has been granted compassionate bail to see his newborn baby.\n\nDet Ch Insp Caldwell was shot after coaching a youth football team in Omagh, County Tyrone, on 22 February.\n\nDissident republican group the New IRA said it carried out the attack.\n\nRobert McLean, 29, of Deverney Park, Omagh, is currently remanded in custody over the shooting, along with his father and brother.\n\nJames Ivor McLean, 72, of the same address and 33-year-old Matthew McLean, of Glenpark Road in Omagh, have also been charged with attempted murder.\n\nThe shooting, which happened in February, happened at a sports complex in Omagh\n\nOpposing compassionate bail at Dungannon Magistrates' Court, the prosecution said evidence linking Robert McLean to the shooting included cartridge discharge residue (CDR) found on the passenger seat of a van, which matched particles recovered from Det Ch Insp Caldwell.\n\nConcerns were also raised there was a risk of potential witness interference and reoffending, even if he was released for a short time.\n\nA defence barrister for Robert McLean argued for a short compassionate release due to the birth of his child.\n\nHowever, this was ruled out as the court heard Mr McLean would have to travel to Omagh where witnesses, as well as the victim's family, live.\n\nDeputy District Judge Sean O'Hare acknowledged the significance of the birth of a child in anyone's life and suggested the mother and child go to a more favourable location, stressing that no visits could take place in Omagh.\n\nJudge O'Hare ruled that Mr McLean could be released for a short time on Friday 13 October with stringent conditions.\n\nThese include a £1,000 cash surety, presenting himself to police at the door of the property and agreeing to allow an inspection at any time during release.\n\nMr McLean must also return to Maghaberry Prison by 18:00 BST on the same day.", "British Airways has suspended flights to Israel after turning back one of its planes shortly before landing, due to security concerns.\n\nFlight BA165 has returned to Heathrow after nearly reaching Tel Aviv on Wednesday, BA said.\n\nA spokesperson for Israel's airports authority said rockets were flying around Tel Aviv at the time but were not an immediate threat to the flight.\n\nVirgin Atlantic also suspended flights to the city on Wednesday.\n\nA BA spokesman said safety was the airline's \"highest priority\".\n\nAs flight BA165 was approaching Tel Aviv, air raid sirens went off in the city. British Airways teams were made aware of this and asked the captain to turn around and return to the UK.\n\n\"Following the latest assessment of the situation, we're suspending our flights to and from Tel Aviv,\" BA said.\n\n\"We're contacting customers booked to travel to or from Tel Aviv to apologise for the inconvenience and offer options including a full refund and rebooking with another airline or with British Airways at a later date.\n\n\"We continue to monitor the situation in the region closely.\"\n\nSince Palestinian militant group Hamas attacked Israel on Saturday, many international airlines have suspended flights to and from Tel Aviv, and securing flight bookings has become increasingly difficult.\n\nFor example, the first non-stop single flight available on El Al from Tel Aviv to Luton was on Friday 20 October, priced at $366 (£297).\n\nOn Tuesday, one travel agent said he been \"inundated\" with calls from people trying to get flights back to the UK.\n\nEasyJet, Ryanair, Wizz Air, Air France, Lufthansa and Emirates have all suspended flights.\n\nThe UK government has not provided an estimate on how many UK citizens are in Israel, and no evacuation is currently planned.\n\nHowever, the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) has advised people to register their presence to share updates \"including information to support you to leave the country\".\n\nThe government department advises against all but essential travel to Israel, the Occupied Palestinian Territories, Gaza and other parts of the region.\n\nTravel insurance may not be valid if people travel against FCDO advice.\n\nForeign Secretary James Cleverly said that while the UK government has a duty to support its citizens, \"the situation here is a bit different because a lot of the Brits are dual nationals and regard Israel as their home\".\n\n\"We will work closely with the Israeli government to provide support, if needed,\" he said. \"We are working with the aviation industry and on border crossings. We are also in talks with Egypt on any Britons in Gaza.\"\n\nDo you, or members of your family, wish to leave the area, but are having difficulties? Share your experiences by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.\n• None People struggle to leave Israel as flights book up", "A men's prison in south-west London has been deemed \"unsafe and inhumane\", a watchdog report has warned.\n\nHMP Wandsworth has seen \"no real progress\" in the past year and reflects \"the failures of the prison system as a whole\", its Independent Monitoring Board (IMB) said.\n\nThe report was written before the alleged escape of Daniel Khalife from the prison.\n\nHM Prison Service said it had taken action to address the issues raised.\n\nThe IMB report covers the year from 1 June 2022 to 31 May 2023.\n\nIt found that years of underinvestment in the site, facilities and staff at the prison had led to an unsafe environment where \"violence levels continue to rise\".\n\nThe report stated that during the past year, staff shortages had undermined the prison's ability to function effectively, with the number of available officers rarely reaching above 50%.\n\nIt reported that assaults had risen by more than 20% in all areas, including assaults on staff.\n\nOf the 524 assaults on prisoners by prisoners, 301 were referred to the police.\n\nThe IMB warned that conditions at the Category B prison \"remained inhumane\", with the Victorian buildings continuing to deteriorate.\n\nOvercrowding was also raised as a concern by the monitoring board, with most men sharing cells designed for single occupancy.\n\nIn two wings of the prison, there were only 11 shower stalls for 265 men, the board noted.\n\nChris Atkins, a filmmaker and former inmate at Wandsworth Prison, called the report \"thoroughly depressing\".\n\nThe published author, whose book addresses reoffending rates, said poor prison conditions created an \"endless cycle\" of crime.\n\n\"Because prisons are so badly run, so dysfunctional and so inhumane, you have spiralling levels of reoffending,\" he said.\n\n\"Eighty per cent of all crimes are reoffences, so because of that, you have more victims being made.\n\n\"People would walk out of Wandsworth on the Friday... and they'd be back in again on the Monday, straight back to their own cell.\"\n\nStaff shortages are undermining the prison's operation, the report warns\n\nTim Aikens, IMB chair at HMP Wandsworth, said: \"Recent events at Wandsworth have demonstrated the shortcomings of the prison system that the IMB has been highlighting repeatedly for many years.\n\n\"Prisoners are being failed and most have a severely reduced chance of rehabilitation upon release.\n\n\"We are told there is significant investment in the prison system, but we see little evidence of this in Wandsworth.\"\n\nElisabeth Davies, the national IMB chair, told BBC Radio 4 that the issues at Wandsworth were reflective more widely of the issues facing Victorian-era prisons.\n\n\"None of these issues are unique to Wandsworth and none of these issues are new,\" she said.\n\nShe highlighted Pentonville in north London as another prison with severe overcrowding and low staffing levels.\n\nMs Davies added: \"It's about taking the Wandsworth report as a tin opener moment for the wider prison estate.\"\n\nThe board added that the prison's new multimillion-pound healthcare centre remained unused more than a year after its scheduled opening date.\n\nA spokesperson for HM Prison Service said it had increased frontline staffing at the prison by almost a quarter in the past six years.\n\nThey said the government was spending more than £8m on new CCTV for the prison, \"tougher\" gate security and specialist staff with dogs.\n\nNew windows had been installed and roofs repaired, the spokesperson added.\n\nListen to the best of BBC Radio London on Sounds and follow BBC London on Facebook, X and Instagram. Send your story ideas to hello.bbclondon@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Music-lovers descended to the desert in southern Israel to attend the Supernova festival.\n\nBut soon the party turned to tragedy with footage emerging of people fleeing bullets and harrowing details being heard.\n\nMore than 260 bodies have reportedly been recovered from the site, according to rescue agency Zaka.", "Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong (L) meets Australian journalist Cheng Lei (R) on arrival at Melbourne Airport on 11 October\n\nJournalist Cheng Lei has returned home to Australia after more than three years of detention in China.\n\n\"She was met at the airport by the Foreign Minister Penny Wong,\" Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said, announcing her release.\n\nCheng Lei, 48, was working as a business reporter for China's state-run English language TV station CGTN when she was arrested on 13 August 2020.\n\nShe was later accused of \"illegally supplying state secrets overseas\".\n\nHer charges were never made public.\n\nMs Cheng was swiftly reunited with her family. In a statement shared through her partner, she said there had been hugs and tears \"holding my kids in the spring sunshine\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Annelise Nielsen This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nMs Cheng was freed as frosty relations between Canberra and Beijing appear to be thawing. Tensions between the two countries deepened during the pandemic, which led to a Chinese ban on Australian exports like barley, coal, and timber. Those blocks were lifted earlier this year, the first signs of a gradual easing of the diplomatic impasse.\n\nOn Wednesday, following Ms Cheng's release, Mr Albanese said it would facilitate his trip to China at a \"mutually agreed time\" this year.\n\nHe added that Ms Cheng has been reunited with her two children in Melbourne.\n\n\"Her return brings an end to a very difficult few years for her family. The government has been seeking this for a long period of time and her return will be warmly welcomed not just by her family and friends but by all Australians,\" Mr Albanese said, adding that he spoke to Ms Cheng over the phone earlier on Wednesday.\n\nHe noted that her case \"was concluded through the legal processes in China\".\n\nCheng Lei was arrested by state security officers in 2020\n\nAfter her arrest in China, Ms Cheng spent the first six months of her detention in solitary confinement without charge.\n\nLast March, she was tried in secret in a Chinese court. Australia's ambassador to China Graham Fletcher, tried unsuccessfully to gain entry to the court to witness proceedings. Her family also did not know the charges she faced.\n\nChina's Ministry of State Security said on Wednesday that Ms Cheng was deported after serving a sentence of two years and 11 months. She had pleaded guilty to her charges, it added. Beijing has not said when she was sentenced. But it's likely that the time Ms Cheng spent in detention before she was tried early last year is being counted towards her sentence.\n\n\"I would like to emphasise that the the Judicial Department heard the relevant cases and handed down their sentences in accordance with the law,\" China's foreign ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin said, adding that Ms Cheng's rights to receive regular consular visits had also been respected.\n\nBorn in China, Ms Cheng migrated with her family to Melbourne, Australia, when she was 10 for her father to pursue a PhD programme. She later returned to China and joined CGTN in 2012.\n\nIn August, she spoke publicly for the first time about her imprisonment in an open letter to the people of Australia, which had been dictated to a group of diplomats who were able to speak with her each month.\n\n\"I miss the sun. In my cell, the sunlight shines through the window, but I can stand in it for only 10 hours a year. I can't believe I used to avoid the sun when I was living back in Australia… It'll probably rain the first two weeks I'm back in Melbourne.\"\n\n\"I haven't seen a tree in three years,\" she said.\n\nSome critics have long accused China of using prisoners as political bargaining chips.\n\nCanadians Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor were also detained in China between 2018 and 2021, accused of espionage.\n\nThey were released hours after the US extradition request against Huawei's chief financial officer Meng Wanzhou was dropped, although Beijing denied any connection between the two matters.\n\nOne other Australian, Yang Hengjun, remains imprisoned in China under national security charges.\n\nHe was charged in August 2019 with espionage, and tried in May 2021. He has not been formally sentenced.\n\n\"We continue to advocate for Dr Yang's interests, rights and wellbeing with Chinese authorities at all levels,\" Mr Albanese said on Wednesday.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Sir Keir Starmer is a yimby, not a nimby, on housebuilding\n\nSir Keir Starmer has told the BBC he is a Yimby - \"yes in my back yard\" - because he is against blocking new homes being built in local areas.\n\nThe Labour leader would \"bulldoze\" restrictive planning rules and overrule local MPs to build more homes.\n\nSir Keir has pledged to build 1.5 million homes if elected.\n\nYimbys, the opposite of \"not in my back yard\" Nimbys, are pro-housing advocates who want building projects to start near them.\n\n\"Obviously we want to work with local communities,\" Sir Keir said, but added \"we need to ensure planning goes up a level, so it is not localised\".\n\nPrevious governments had been too fearful of local opposition to deliver the homes the country needs, Sir Keir said in an earlier interview.\n\nAsked by BBC Political Editor Chris Mason if he was a Yimby, Sir Keir replied: \"Yes.\"\n\n\"I think it is very important that we build the homes we need for the future,\" Sir Keir added.\n\nHe said that it was understandable that individual MPs would want to \"stand up\" for residents in their local areas.\n\nBut he added: \"The role of government is obviously different. The role of government is to deliver on big projects.\"\n\nAs a backbench MP, Sir Keir spent his first years in parliament opposing HS2 entirely for the impact it would have on his central London seat of Holborn and St Pancras.\n\nSpeaking in the House of Commons months after being elected, Sir Keir told MPs he \"opposed HS2 on cost and on merit\".\n\n\"The impact of HS2 on my constituency—on residents, businesses and the environment—will be devastating,\" he added.\n\nIn his speech to Labour's annual conference on Tuesday, Sir Keir promised that, if elected, Labour would deliver more homes to \"build a new Britain\".\n\nThe hour-long address, which was interrupted by a protester showering the Labour leader with glitter, came on the penultimate day of the four-day gathering in Liverpool.\n\nThe party has tried to use the event to showcase its offer to voters ahead a general election expected next year.\n\nSir Keir said a victory for Labour, which has a commanding lead in opinion polls, could herald a \"decade of national renewal\" after 13 years of Tory-led government.\n\nAt the heart of the speech was a plan to use dedicated state-backed companies to build a wave of new towns near English cities, echoing those built by Labour after the World War Two.\n\nHe also said he would restrict the ability of councils to stop developments on under-used urban land, where developers can meet the criteria in a new planning rulebook encouraging Georgian-style townhouse blocks.\n\nSir Keir has set a target of building an extra 1.5million new homes over five years if he is elected\n\nIn an earlier interview, Sir Keir said Labour in government would work to get the \"balance right\" between local concerns and the need to build new homes.\n\n\"We are going to have to do things that previous governments haven't done,\" he said, including \"bulldozing away\" restrictive planning rules.\n\n\"Otherwise, we'll end up where we are now, which is talking about housing - this is the story of the last 13 years - but not actually getting very much done.\"\n\nThe Labour leader has not said where or how many \"new towns\" it would build, saying it would run a six-month consultation inviting bids from councils.\n\nLocal authorities taking part would be able to put the affordable housing built towards meeting their housing quotas, under the party's plans.\n\nLabour has set a target to build 1.5m homes in England in five years if elected, broadly matching the government's current ambition of delivering 300,000 new units a year from the mid-2020s.\n\nAsked how Labour's plan was different, Sir Keir said it had accompanied its proposals with a \"plan for delivery\".\n\nAdding that his commitments had been \"robustly tested,\" he said he was only prepared to put \"bombproofed\" proposals before voters at an election.\n\nSir Keir Starmer leaves what could be the final Labour conference before a general election on a high note.\n\nThe mood among activists in Liverpool was upbeat but cautious, with senior figures warning against overconfidence.\n\nLabour's top team appeared to avoid making any blunders that could help the Conservatives, ahead of what is likely to be a tough election battle.\n• None Starmer promises to build new towns and 1.5m homes", "Workers at the site on Wednesday used chainsaws to trim the trunk\n\nThe Sycamore Gap tree is to be cut up and moved by crane two weeks after it was chopped down.\n\nWorkers using chainsaws have begun to remove its branches before the trunk will be taken away on Thursday.\n\nThe National Trust said \"every option\" had been explored for moving the tree, which is about 150 years old and close to Hadrian's Wall in Northumberland.\n\nExperts are aiming to keep the trunk in \"as large sections as possible\" to give them \"flexibility\" on its future.\n\nThey decided it was too big to move in one piece. The public has also been reassured that the tree's stump has been protected.\n\nThe 50ft tree (15m), which was made famous in the 1991 film Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, will be taken to an unnamed National Trust property where it will be \"safely stored\".\n\nThe trunk of the tree will be be cut into large pieces due to its size\n\nThe charity said seeds had been collected by specialist propagators at its Plant Conservation Centre, which could be used for new saplings.\n\nPart of Hadrian's Wall was also damaged when the tree came down, sometime between the evening of 27 September and morning of 28 September.\n\n\"It's currently in a precarious position resting on the wall, so it's necessary we move it now, both to preserve the world-famous monument that is Hadrian's Wall, and to make the site safe again for visitors,\" said Andrew Poad, general manager of the site.\n\n\"We've explored every option for moving the tree and while it isn't possible to lift it in one go, as the tree is multi-stemmed with a large crown, we have aimed to keep the trunk in as large sections as possible, to give us flexibility on what the tree becomes in future.\n\n\"We're encouraging people to stay away from the site while these complex and difficult operations take place.\"\n\nThe tree, which was seen as a symbol of Northumberland and a popular site for photographers and walkers due to its location inside a dramatic dip in the land, was planted by a previous landowner in the late 1800s.\n\nThe stump of the tree has been protected, the National Trust said\n\nA Northumbria Police investigation continues and a 16-year-old boy and a man aged in his 60s arrested on suspicion of criminal damage remain on bail.\n\nThe National Trust has received thousands of tributes, messages and suggestions for the site and the felled tree.\n\n\"It's clear that this tree captured the imaginations of so many people who visited, and that it held a special - and often poignant - place in many people's hearts,\" Mr Poad said.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: The Sycamore Gap... then, and now\n\nIt hopes to involve the public over the coming weeks \"to find the best way\" of paying tribute to it.\n\n\"The nature of the site, which is designated by Unesco and is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, means our plans must be carefully thought through. We kindly ask people to please bear with us while we consider what might be possible,\" Mr Poad added.\n\nA temporary fence has been installed to protect the tree's stump, which the charity said may \"begin to sprout new shoots in time\".\n\nTony Gates, chief executive officer at the Northumberland National Park Authority, said there had been \"some challenging scenarios\" for the National Trust to consider due to the historic environment and the safety of the site.\n\n\"The intention is to ensure that the tree is stored safely so that full consideration can be given to how best to use the tree in future,\" he said.\n\n\"We would like to thank everyone for their patience, and we will continue to work with the National Trust to ensure that in time, Sycamore Gap's legacy lives on through a thriving landscape.\"\n\nThe tree was popular with photographers\n\nFollow BBC North East & Cumbria on X (formerly Twitter), Facebook and Instagram. Send your story ideas to northeastandcumbria@bbc.co.uk.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The King will use the visit to \"deepen his understanding of the wrongs suffered\" by the people of Kenya.\n\nThe King will acknowledge \"painful aspects\" of the UK's relationship with Kenya during a state visit later this month, Buckingham Palace says.\n\nQueen Camilla will join him on the four-day trip to Kenya, his first to a Commonwealth nation as monarch.\n\nIt coincides with the country celebrating the 60th anniversary of its independence from Britain.\n\nThat followed a violent uprising in which thousands of people were killed.\n\nKenyans consider the Mau Mau rebellion to be one of the most significant steps towards the end of British rule in the country.\n\nThe uprising began in the early 1950s, as the country's major ethnic grouping, the Kikuyu, grew increasingly resentful of their British rulers over white settler expansion and a lack of political representation.\n\nBeing a British colony often meant locals had British laws and customs imposed upon them and lost the ability to govern themselves - as well as experience the arrival of British settlers.\n\nOver a period of eight years, thousands died in a violent counter-insurgency\n\nBritish Army reinforcements were moved into the country in 1952, after Kikuyu fighters began attacking political opponents and raiding white settler farms.\n\nIn one such incident in the village of Lari, rebels killed more than 70 people, mostly women and children, while the settlement's male population fought with the British Home Guard.\n\nOver a period of eight years, thousands died in a violent counter-insurgency.\n\nOperation Anvil, a British military operation, saw the mass detention of suspected Mau Mau fighters and supporters.\n\nAt these detention camps, many were subjected to brutal treatment at the hands of the colonial government.\n\nThe Kenyan Human Rights Commission has previously said it believes 90,000 Kenyans were executed, tortured or maimed in the crackdown.\n\nThe then-Prince Charles met with Kenya President Jomo Kenyatta in 1971. Kenyatta had been one of the leaders of the Mau Mau uprising\n\nAfter a lengthy legal battle, in 2013 the British government paid compensation to 5,228 Kenyans over human rights abuses, saying it \"sincerely regrets\" the abuses that took place at the time.\n\nThe King will use the visit, his fourth to the country, to \"deepen his understanding of the wrongs suffered in this period by the people of Kenya\", the palace said.\n\nEvelyn Wanjugu Kimathi, the daughter of one of the leaders of the Mau Mau uprising, Dedan Kimathi, told the AFP news agency that she hoped the visit would bring \"closure\".\n\n\"We are hoping that he will bring a national apology,\" she said, \"once we have the goodwill from the UK government, everything else will be OK.\"\n\nIn Kenya, he will meet President William Ruto, attend a state banquet, and meet Kenyan Marines training with the UK Royal Marines.\n\nOne place the King will not be visiting however is the Treetops hotel, the lodge where his mother, Queen Elizabeth II, found out about the death of her father, and that she would be acceding to the throne.\n\nThe late monarch would remain as Queen of Kenya until December 1964, one year after the country's independence, when it became a republic.\n\nA Foreign Office spokesperson said the trip will \"celebrate and drive forward\" the UK's partnership with Kenya.\n\nThey added that the government is \"committed to ensuring Kenya sees the UK as a partner of choice\".", "Birkenstock's appearance in the Barbie movie reportedly prompted sales to surge\n\nGerman sandal maker Birkenstock has spent decades convincing shoppers that what might appear, at first glance, unattractive is actually desirable.\n\nThat power will now be tested on Wall Street.\n\nThe company's initial public offering priced the shares at $46 each, valuing the firm at roughly $8.6bn (£7.08bn) - double its worth in 2021.\n\nBut shares started trading lower, reflecting doubts about how much more room there is to grow.\n\nThe company, which traces its roots to an 18th Century cobbler and released its first sandal in 1963, has already come a long way.\n\nIt found its first fans among hippie types drawn to the shoes' flexible, but sturdy support.\n\nBut the brand, long associated with a kind of geeky practicality, slowly converted the fashion world, scoring a seal of approval from supermodel Kate Moss in the 1990s.\n\nOver the last decade, the company has won a mass following, as a pandemic-era emphasis on comfort, collaborations with fashion designers, and sightings on celebrities from Gwyneth Paltrow to Kaia Gerber stoked growth.\n\nThe capture of the cultural zeitgeist seemed confirmed this summer with the brand's appearance in the Barbie movie - in which the main character, after her journey of liberation, was seen sporting the classic two-strap sandal in pastel pink. The moment reportedly sent demand surging threefold.\n\nLast year the company sold some 30 million pairs of shoes- despite lingering scepticism.\n\n\"We think it's ugly,\" said Einav Ben Hur, 47, who was nevertheless found at a Birkenstock store in New York recently buying a pair for her son. \"He says it's fashionable, so here we are.\"\n\nAs shares start trading on the New York Stock Exchange, investors are facing the question of whether the company can maintain its momentum - and whether opening the firm up to the pressure of public markets for the first time in its long history will hurt or help.\n\n\"Some say: 'Birkenstock is having a moment'. I always reply then 'this moment has lasted for 250 years, and it will continue to last,'\" chief executive Oliver Reichert said in the letter announcing the firm's plans to list.\n\nThe share sale allowed L Catterton, the private equity firm backed by French luxury giant LVMH that took a majority stake in the firm in 2021, to bring in nearly $1.5bn.\n\nBut the company plans to retain an 80% stake in Birkenstock, a sign that it does not believe the retailer's best days are behind it - despite a market flirting with exhaustion.\n\nThe firm's shares started trading at $41 each, down 11% compared with the IPO price.\n\nSome customers said they feared the listing would put new financial pressures on the firm - forcing trade-offs that would hurt the brand in the long run.\n\n\"I'm afraid of the IPO because I think the quality will definitely disintegrate,\" said New Yorker Bella Sheth, 55, a project manager who has been buying Birkenstocks for more than three decades and now has six pairs. \"Hopefully they won't get ruined.\"\n\nBella Sheth says she wore her thong Birkenstocks hiking for six hours\n\nConcerns about listing are warranted, given how often investors push for growth, despite the risk - especially acute in luxury fashion - that expansion will backfire and dilute the brand, said Thomai Serdari, professor of marketing at New York University's Stern School of Business.\n\nBut she said that for now, Birkenstock has done a good job building a sense of desire with its fashion collaborations and introductions of new colours and materials.\n\n\"Just because you get the IPO doesn't mean that you're going to be a Gap who exploded,\" she added, referring to the clothing brand that seemed to be everywhere in the 1990s but is now a shadow of its former self.\n\nMorten Bennedsen is a professor at the University of Cophenhagen and INSEAD who studies family firms. He said the company had already transformed from a family-owned firm into a modern company, subject to investor pressures, when it shed its family leadership in 2013 and later won backing from L Catterton.\n\n\"That changed everything,\" he said. Compared to that decision, he added: \"This is a completely natural step.\"\n\nIn choosing to list, Birkenstock is following a path well-trodden by footwear and fashion companies.\n\nSome, such as sneaker brand Allbirds and boot company Dr Martens, which both went public in 2021 when markets were hot, have seen their fortunes tumble.\n\nOthers have proven to have staying power, like Crocs, which listed in 2006. The company, which sells more than 100 million pairs of shoes a year, is worth about $5.2bn, more than six times what it was at the start.\n\n\"It's clear there is some caution among investors about the path ahead for the brand,\" said Susannah Streeter, head of money and markets at Hargreaves Lansdown, noting that even the share price fetched in the IPO fell around the middle of what had been discussed.\n\nLacey Crocker, who bought her first pair of Birkenstocks in high school, said she thinks Birkenstock's appeal will endure even if the current fad fades - as long as the shoes keep the comfortable features that got them started.\n\n\"It's all about the arch support,\" the 39-year-old physician's assistant said. \"Even if they do go out of style, I'd still wear them.\"", "Aerial footage shows sheep moving in formation as they are guided across a highway by three farmers and a dog.\n\nAfter crossing the road, the animals continue grazing in a field.\n\nThe striking display was captured near the city of Othello, in Washington state, USA.", "Only 59% of girls in secondary schools enjoy PE lessons, compared with 84% of the boys\n\nThe gap between the proportion of boys and girls in England who enjoy PE lessons is widening, a survey suggests.\n\nPeriods and low confidence were the most common reasons girls who responded to the Youth Sport Trust survey gave for not wanting to take part in PE.\n\nSome 59% of girls in secondary schools said they liked PE or liked it a lot, compared with 84% of the boys.\n\nThe girls' proportion in the same survey in 2016 was 74%, whereas for boys it has remained stable.\n\nThe government said it wanted to ensure all children had opportunities to create a lifelong passion for sport.\n\nA Department for Education official said its plans for improving girls' access to sport included encouraging schools to offer a minimum of two hours of physical education a week.\n\nMore than £600m of funding is to be delivered over two academic years, which was announced after England women's national football team wrote an open letter to the government, calling for more school-sport opportunities for girls.\n\nThe charity behind the survey, Youth Sport Trust, said it should \"raise alarm bells\" about girls' future activity levels as adults and greater action was needed to engage young women in sport.\n\n\"There is so much more still to do,\" chief executive Ali Oliver said.\n\n\"At a time of unprecedented low levels of social and emotional wellbeing, we know getting things right for girls in PE can be life-changing.\"\n\nA-level student Tizzy, 18, who asked for her surname to be withheld, never enjoyed PE. Not naturally sporty, she often felt left out and those who excelled took over.\n\nThe curriculum sports such as hockey and netball felt \"old fashioned and outdated\", she says.\n\n\"Some people really like sport and some people don't - and you're forced together and kind of expected to get on with it,\" Tizzy says.\n\n\"I really didn't like it. It was all of it - getting on the bus, getting changed, getting really sweaty, the competitive people shouting at you for not doing the right thing.\n\n\"The teachers would pick people who were good at sport to do things - and you were left not really knowing what you were doing.\"\n\nOlympic pole-vault bronze-medallist Holly Bradshaw said the survey was disappointing but unsurprising.\n\n\"I can really empathise with their worries about being watched and judged by others,\" she said.\n\n\"I too have struggled with body-confidence issues, whilst competing for Team GB, particularly after facing online abuse in relation to my body shape.\"\n\nAnd if schools offered a wider range of PE kit options, it could help improve girls' uptake and enjoyment of sport.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nAssociate dean of the School of Health, Social Work and Sport, at the University of Central Lancashire, Dr Jackie Day-Garner said teenage girls could be encouraged to engage more in sport by role models, such as social-media influencers, female athletes - and by growing up with active mothers.\n\n\"Role models for young girls are important,\" she said. \"An active mother, parent, or teacher in the early years can help to influence positive behaviours around physical activity.\n\n\"The choice of activities in high school is also important. There has been too much emphasis on organised sport. It might be more appropriate to look at what activities girls are likely to engage with when they leave school.\"\n\nNearly 25,000 children were interviewed for the annual survey, with responses from 18,500 girls and 6,000 boys aged between seven and 18 from schools in England.\n\nThe 2016-17 figures also included answers from children in Northern Ireland and Wales.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Saturday's earthquake has killed more than 1,000 people\n\nAnother earthquake has hit western Afghanistan, just days after two large quakes in the same region killed more than 1,000 people.\n\nThe new 6.3 magnitude quake struck at around 05:10 local time (00:40 GMT) on Wednesday, 28km (17 miles) north of Herat, killing at least one person.\n\nMore than 100 were injured and taken to hospital, health officials said.\n\nUnicef said more than 90% of those who died in this week's earthquakes in Afghanistan were women and children.\n\nThe wider impact of the latest quake is not yet clear, but many people were sleeping in the open after their homes were destroyed on Saturday.\n\nThe governor of Herat province said there had been significant damage. Many phone and power lines are down. Aid agencies have said there is also a shortage of blankets, food and other supplies.\n\nAn eyewitness in central Herat, where some houses still stand, said she woke up screaming and ran out of her home.\n\n\"I was in the deepest sleep because I hadn't slept in the days before,\" she told the BBC.\n\n\"I have never felt so close to death,\" she said, adding that she ran barefoot to the outskirts of the city, where many have been sleeping in tents since the first quake.\n\nImages from the villages show entire houses, which were too fragile to withstand the tremors, reduced to rubble.\n\nAfghanistan is frequently hit by earthquakes, especially in the Hindu Kush mountain range, as it lies near the junction of the Eurasian and Indian tectonic plates.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n• None Over 1,000 dead as Afghans dig for quake survivors", "As Israel rushed onto a war footing on Saturday morning, young army reservists around the country were already moving faster than the military machine.\n\n\"From 6.30am, we were itching to know why we weren't being called up already,\" said Michael Goldberg, a 24-year-old reservist in Jerusalem.\n\nMr Goldberg had woken up early to a flood of videos of Hamas's devastating attack. He had only recently returned to Jerusalem, to visit family after moving to the US six months earlier. Watching the attack unfold, he knew instantly that he would not be returning to the US.\n\nInstead, Mr Goldberg began to pack underwear and socks, and make whatever other preparations he could to serve his country.\n\n\"I guess in most places, you wait for the call,\" he said. \"In Israel you start to get ready before it comes.\"\n\nIsrael is still reeling from Saturday's surprise attack by Hamas militants, who killed at least 1,000 people and wounded many more. In the few days since, the nation of more than nine million has called up a record 360,000 reservists to help respond.\n\nIsrael's army relies on an enormous reserve contingent, made up of civilians who have completed their compulsory national service but can be mobilised again for duty until the age of 40.\n\nOn Saturday afternoon, Mr Goldberg finally got the call he was waiting for. But he wasn't mobilised immediately. Sitting in his family home early on Monday morning, he was impatient to go.\n\n\"There is a tremendous amount of fear,\" he said. \"But you are also inspired in ways you have never been before. I realised that this is the defining moment of my life.\"\n\nMr Goldberg's eagerness has been mirrored across the nation and beyond. So many reservists have felt compelled to return to duty that Israel's El Al airline announced it would run extra flights to bring home those abroad.\n\nSome who have already joined up have complained that there is not enough kit to go around. And at some muster points in Jerusalem at the weekend, volunteers were turned back because their units were already over capacity, or still catching up.\n\n\"I drove one of my sons to the base today and they said we are not organised enough yet, come back in two days,\" said Alan Sacks, a Jerusalem lawyer and father of six.\n\nThree of Alan and Judith Sacks' sons were mobilised, while one was waiting to sign up\n\nOf Mr Sacks' five sons, three had already been mobilised over the weekend. One was still trying to find a place. His youngest, aged 25, was \"very much in the hotspot at the moment,\" Mr Sacks said - working with a special forces unit near Gaza.\n\n\"Two weeks ago, Israel was torn apart, left against right,\" he said, referring to recent large-scale protests over controversial judicial reforms. \"And now you have all these reservists lining up together to go. It's an extraordinary transformation.\"\n\nMr Sacks was receiving updates via WhatsApp on Monday from his mobilised sons. He smiled with pride when his phone buzzed with a selfie from the 25-year-old, who had been able to communicate the least.\n\nThe nation's civilian military was \"fundamental to the existence of Israel,\" he said. \"This is not an anonymous army, everyone has a child or a cousin or a father who is involved.\"\n\nTwo of Alan and Judith Sacks' sons in uniform - both were mobilised after the Hamas attack\n\nCalls have now gone out to reservists from their early twenties all the way up to those aged 40 - the cut-off age at which you become exempt from duty.\n\nShay, 40, a taxi driver in Jerusalem, who did not want to give his full name, was on holiday in Greece when he got the call. It had been 20 years since his national service, he said, but he had done refresher training over the years to avoid becoming rusty with a gun.\n\n\"Even if I was exempt I would still go,\" he said. \"I want to go for me, and for my country, but I have two young children and I am scared.\"\n\nElkana Bar Etan, a 38-year-old reservist, didn't wait for the call. \"I just texted my commander to say I'm here, and he texted right away and said come,\" Mr Bar Etan said.\n\nHe was immediately deployed to the border with Lebanon, from where he spoke to the BBC. As he spoke, mortar strikes could be heard in the background.\n\n\"I never in my worst nightmares imagined that this would be the circumstances for being called up again,\" he said.\n\n\"I'm here on the border, in full uniform, and I'm thinking about my children. But my decision was simple, really, you feel the obligation.\"\n\nEven the cut off age did not stop the volunteers. At Jerusalem's main bus station on Monday, Nissim Baranes, 45, was sitting in uniform waiting for a public bus south that, so far, didn't seem to be coming.\n\n\"I think the public transport is also operating on emergency terms,\" he said.\n\nMr Baranes was doubly exempt from duty, because not only was he over 40 but he also had six children - the number that excuses a parent from being called up.\n\nAnd yet there he was, alone at the bus station, with a modest rucksack, trying to get himself closer to somewhere he could be useful.\n\n\"It is a good feeling to put on the uniform again,\" he said. \"These are hard days for Israel.\"\n\nNissim Baranes, 45, waited alone for bus south, despite being exempt from reserve duty\n\nFor some parents, this is not the first time they have watched their sons and daughters go to take part in this conflict.\n\nOne of Mr Sacks' sons served in the 2014 Gaza war. During that time, he and his wife Judith would sit on the front balcony of their house, dreading the appearance of a uniformed soldier walking up the driveway, Judith said.\n\nThat feeling was now rushing back, she said, with tears in her eyes. \"Then there was one child serving, now there are two serving and two more waiting to go in.\"\n\nThe reservists already in position and those still waiting to go said they had no idea how long this new mobilisation would last. Israel has launched waves of retaliatory air strikes against the Gaza Strip which have killed at least 900 people. Many are expecting a ground invasion that could bring weeks of suffering.\n\n\"There is a mixed feeling of wanting it to end now and wanting to change the Middle East,\" said Michael Goldberg, the 24-year-old reservist who was waiting impatiently to leave.\n\n\"There is a lot of mixed emotion, a lot of adrenaline, and a lot of unknowns,\" he said.\n\nIdan Ben Ari contributed to this report. Photographs by Joel Gunter.", "Nasa says it has an \"abundance of sample\" from asteroid Bennu\n\n\"It's beautiful, it really is - certainly what we've seen of it so far,\" said Dr Ashley King.\n\nThe UK scientist was in a select group to put first eyes and instruments on the rocky samples that have just been brought back from asteroid Bennu.\n\nThe materials, scooped up by a US space agency (Nasa) mission and returned to Earth 17 days ago, are currently being examined in a special lab in Texas.\n\n\"We've confirmed we went to the right asteroid,\" Dr King told BBC News.\n\nThe three-day analysis by the Natural History Museum (NHM) expert and five others on the \"Quick Look\" team showed the black, extraterrestrial powder to be rich in carbon and water-laden minerals.\n\nThat's a great sign. There's a theory that carbon-rich (organic), water-rich asteroids similar to Bennu may have been involved in delivering key components to the young Earth system some 4.5 billion years ago. It's potentially how we got the water in our oceans and some of the compounds that were necessary to kick-start life.\n\nThe Bennu samples will be used to test these ideas.\n\n\"We're trying to find out who we are, what we are, where we came from. What is our place in this vastness called the Universe?\" said Nasa Administrator Bill Nelson during a briefing at the Johnson Space Center, where the dedicated lab is housed.\n\nAshley King: \"We've confirmed we went to the right asteroid\"\n\nAlthough it's evident the mission has returned an \"abundance of sample\", scientists are still not sure precisely how much of Bennu they actually have in their possession.\n\nThe sample canister which landed in the Utah desert on 24 September has been opened but its inner chamber used by the Osiris-Rex spacecraft to store the asteroid fragments for the journey home has yet to be fully emptied of its contents and weighed.\n\nThe mission team thinks it has about 250 grams (9oz) in total. It will take a few more days' careful disassembly to corroborate this estimate.\n\nTo perform their initial experiments, Dr King and colleagues used particles that had been spilled from the inner chamber - or Tag-Sam (Touch And Go Sample Acquisition Mechanism) as it's known. This fine Bennu dust coats all the canister's enclosing surfaces.\n\n\"When they took the lid off the sample canister, it just revealed this black powder everywhere. It was incredible; it was so exciting,\" Dr King recalled.\n\n\"We were sitting at the time and everybody just stood up and started pointing at the screen. It meant we had lots to play with for the Quick Look. It made our job easier.\"\n\nWhen the sample canister was opened, a black dust coated all surfaces\n\nThe dust was put in a scanning electron microscope, and probed via infrared spectroscopy X-ray diffraction, and chemical element analysis. X-ray computed tomography (CT) was used to make 3D models of particles and look inside them.\n\nOne of the key findings is the presence of that carbon. Lots of it. Close to 5% by weight.\n\n\"That's a big deal. When the data came back, there were scientists on the team going 'Wow, oh my God!' said Dr Daniel Galvin, an analyst from Nasa's Goddard Space Flight Center. The Quick Look team detected both carbonates and more complex organics.\n\n\"They have water locked inside their crystal structure,\" the cosmochemist from the University of Arizona explained.\n\n\"I want to stop and think about what that means. That water - that is how we think water got to the Earth. The reason that Earth is a habitable world - that we have oceans and lakes and rivers and rain - is because clay minerals, like the ones we're seeing from Bennu, landed on Earth 4.5 billion years ago.\"\n\nA CT scan enables scientists to construct a 3D model of particles and see inside them (Scalebar = 1mm)\n\nThe Osiris-Rex spacecraft picked up the Bennu materials in October 2020, using a daring manoeuvre to approach and then \"high-five\" the asteroid - an operation performed while 330 million km (205 million miles) from Earth.\n\nIt then took almost three years, for the Nasa probe to come home and drop off its precious cargo at a restricted military test range a couple of hours' drive west of Salt Lake City.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch how the Osiris-Rex spacecraft \"high-fived\" Bennu and grabbed surface materials\n\nOnce the full sample is extracted, a portion of it will be shared with researchers worldwide. About 100 milligrams is expected to come to the UK to be further worked on by Dr King's department at the NHM, and by collaborators at the Open, Oxford and Manchester universities.\n\nThe Osiris-Rex teams aim to have a raft of studies completed in time to report at the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (LPSC) in March. Two major overview papers are also expected to be published at the same time in the journal Meteoritics & Planetary Science.\n\nNasa plans to put at least 70% of the sample straight into the archive to preserve for future generations - for scientists who may not even have been born yet to work in laboratories that don't exist today, using instrumentation that still awaits invention.\n\n\"The science obtained during the mission so far, coupled with the samples we're only now getting a glimpse of, is just the beginning of the wealth of knowledge that we can expect from Osiris-Rex,\" said Eileen Stansbery, the chief scientist at Johnson.\n\nThe Osiris-Rex spacecraft delivered the Bennu samples to the Utah desert in a capsule", "The deaths of Scottish grandfather Bernard Cowan and soldier Nathanel Young have been confirmed\n\nSeventeen British nationals, including children, are dead or missing after the Hamas attack on Israel, an official UK source has told the BBC.\n\nIt is an increase on the previous estimate of \"more than 10\".\n\nThe death toll in Israel has reached 1,200, with more than 900 people killed by Israeli air strikes on Gaza.\n\nForeign Secretary James Cleverly has travelled to Israel, with the Foreign Office saying the visit was to meet survivors and outline UK support.\n\nA Foreign Office spokesperson said Mr Cleverly was in Israel \"to demonstrate the UK's unwavering solidarity with the Israeli people following Hamas' terrorist attacks\".\n\nThey added: \"He will be meeting survivors of the attacks and senior Israeli leaders to outline UK support for Israel's right to defend itself.\"\n\nThe deaths of Nathanel Young, Bernard Cowan and Jake Marlowe have been confirmed.\n\nMr Young was a 20-year-old who attended JFS School, a Jewish school in North London, and was serving in the military in Israel.\n\nThe school's headteacher, David Moody, said the school's community was \"devastated\" and \"heartbroken\" at the news of his death.\n\nHe added: \"Nathanel is fondly remembered within the school and we think of him with nothing but love.\"\n\nMr Young's funeral, held at Israel's national cemetery Mount Herzl, was interrupted after loud bangs were heard over Jerusalem.\n\nMore than 1,000 people turned out and listened as Mr Young's younger brother Elliot paid tribute to him.\n\nBut when his sister started to remember him, an emergency siren pierced the tranquillity and prompted mourners to throw themselves to the ground, taking cover under trees and between gravestones.\n\nBernard Cowan grew up in Glasgow before settling in Israel with his wife and three children.\n\nHis family said in a statement: \"We are grieving the loss of our son and brother, Bernard Cowan, who was horrifically murdered on Saturday during the surprise terrorist attack on Israel by Hamas.\n\n\"We ask for privacy at this time while we process this huge loss to our family, both at home and in Israel, and to the Jewish community in Glasgow where he will be sorely missed.\"\n\nJake Marlowe was working as a security guard at the Supernova music festival, where 260 people were killed when it was stormed by militants. On Wednesday afternoon, the Israeli Embassy in London confirmed he was also among the victims.\n\nThe 26-year-old has been reported as missing after the attack, which took place at the Re'im kibbutz around 3.7 miles (6km) from the Gaza barrier.\n\nMr Marlowe was also a former pupil of JFS in North London.\n\nThe family of Daniel Darlington have also said they believe he is among those killed.\n\nIn a statement posted on Instagram, his sister referred to him as Danny and her \"baby brother\". She said he was killed at the Nir Oz kibbutz alongside a friend.\n\nJake Marlowe (left) is confirmed to have died, while Daniel Darlington is among those reported missing\n\nSpeaking to BBC Breakfast on Wednesday, Defence Secretary Grant Shapps said the UK is offering \"moral\" as well as \"practical support\" to Israel.\n\nHe said he had spoken to ministers in the Israeli government.\n\n\"We have asked the Israeli government to let us know what they need. And again, we continue to talk to them about that.\"\n\nShadow foreign secretary David Lammy has written to Mr Cleverly to ask what steps are being taken to ensure that British people who want to leave Israel are able to do so.\n\nMr Lammy, whose Tottenham constituency is home to a significant Jewish population, told the foreign secretary that while Israeli airspace \"has not officially been closed\", most UK airlines have been \"forced to cancel their flights for the foreseeable future\".\n\n\"This is obviously deeply concerning for all those who are desperate to return to loved ones in the UK,\" he said.", "Easy life has confirmed they will play their last shows this week under their current name\n\nA band say they are going to change their name after the brand owners of airline easyJet started legal action against them.\n\nIndie band easy life previously said easyGroup was suing them because their name was too similar.\n\nThe band now say they will stop using the name from Friday after a \"whirlwind\" 10 days.\n\nEasyGroup previously said it would be \"unfair\" to let the band use the \"easy\" brand name without royalty payments.\n\nEasyGroup said it would not comment for legal reasons until an agreement with the band was \"signed, sealed and delivered\".\n\nIn a statement on their website, easy life confirmed they would play two final shows under their current name at the 02 Academy in Leicester on Thursday and Koko in London on Friday.\n\nDocuments filed with the High Court featured a poster for the band's tour\n\nIn its claim lodged with the High Court, easyGroup said the band had promoted their Life's a beach tour, in 2021 and 2022, with a poster showing a plane in the style of easyJet's orange livery but substituting the airline's name with its own.\n\nThe company also said the band had produced T-shirts bearing their name in the firm's branded style and their website infringed its trademark with its similarity to easyJet branding.\n\nThe document stated: \"By wrongly creating a link with the claimant, the defendant benefits from an association with that positive view and vast brand recognition, regardless of whether the link was intended to be provocative or humorous.\"\n\nIt said the band was \"riding on the coat tails of the valuable reputation\" of the company's brand, adding it was \"not presently able to estimate the financial value of this claim, but considers that it will be substantial\".\n\nEasyGroup is the brand owner of airline easyJet\n\nEasyGroup said other companies - including one of the UK's largest catalogue retailers, also called Easylife - paid for the use of its brand name.\n\nIn a previous statement, a spokesperson said: \"Stelios [Haji-Ioannou] and easyGroup founded and now own the right to the easy brand name.\n\n\"Other companies, including Easylife [the catalogue company], pay annual royalties for its use as part of their business strategy.\n\n\"We cannot allow others to simply use it free, gratis and for nothing. That would be unfair.\"\n\nFollow BBC East Midlands on Facebook, on X, or on Instagram. Send your story ideas to eastmidsnews@bbc.co.uk.\n• None Band say easyJet brand owner suing over name", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: Hiding at home, blinded and choked by dust - a video diary from Gaza\n\n\"Where do we go? Is there a safe place left in this neighbourhood, which was so quiet and beautiful?\" residents of an apartment block in Rimal asked me, with heavy sarcasm.\n\nI had just spent the most difficult seven hours of my life inside there, as Israeli warplanes carried another wave of air strikes in retaliation for the Palestinian militant group's unprecedented assault on southern Israel from the Gaza Strip on Saturday.\n\nThe Israeli strikes also caused significant damage to dozens of residential buildings, the offices of telecommunications companies, and faculty buildings of the Islamic University of Gaza.\n\nTerrifying explosions shook the area throughout Monday night. Children were screaming and nobody had a moment's sleep.\n\nIt was a night that the residents of Rimal - Gaza City's wealthiest neighbourhood and usually its quietest - will not forget for a long time.\n\nAs dawn broke on Tuesday, the intensity of the strikes decreased and people discovered the extent of the destruction. The south-western neighbourhood's infrastructure was severely damaged and most roads leading to it were cut off.\n\nAs I drove around it felt as if there had been an earthquake. There was rubble, shattered glass and severed wiring everywhere. Such was the devastation that I did not recognise some of the buildings that I passed.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\n\"I lost everything. My apartment, where my five children lived, was here in this building. My grocery shop below the building was destroyed,\" Mohammed Abu al-Kass told me while carrying his daughter Shahd in the street.\n\n\"Where do we go? We have become homeless. There is no shelter for us anymore or work.\"\n\n\"Are my house and my grocery shop a military target, Israel?\" he added, accusing the Israeli military of lying when it says it does not target civilians.\n\nThe Palestinian health ministry said that about 300 people, two thirds of them civilians, were killed in Israeli attacks on Gaza on Monday. It was the deadliest day there for many years.\n\nAt least 15 people were killed in the densely populated Jabalia refugee camp, north-east of Gaza City, in the afternoon. The Israeli military said it targeted the home of a Hamas commander. But many people at a nearby market or in neighbouring houses were killed.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: Footage from BBC Arabic inside the Jabalia refugee camp after an Israeli airstrike\n\nThe overall death toll in Gaza since Saturday now stands at 900, including 260 children, according to the health ministry. Another 4,500 people have been injured.\n\nThe already dire humanitarian crisis in this tiny, overcrowded territory also deepens.\n\nIts 2.2 million residents are running out of food, fuel, electricity and water, after Israel's government ordered a \"complete siege\" and cut off all of Gaza's supplies in response to Hamas's attack.\n\nSaturday's unexpected assault has killed 1,000 people on the Israeli side, and between 100 and 150 hostages have been taken across the border into Gaza by the militants.\n\n\"Can you imagine that we are living without power or water in the 21st Century? My baby has run out of nappies and there is only half a bottle of milk left,\" said Waad al-Mughrabi as she looked at the destroyed building next to her home in Rimal.\n\n\"Was it my child who attacked Israel?\"\n\nOutside Gaza's largest supermarket, which had opened for the first time since Saturday, dozens of people were queuing in front of a small back door. They were hoping to buy whatever provisions they could, fearful that the fighting will last a long time.\n\nMost of Gaza's fresh vegetables and fruits are grown in the south of the territory, and the severe fuel shortage means that transporting them to the north will become increasingly difficult.\n\nThe UN says 200,000 people in Gaza have fled their homes out of fear or because they have been destroyed\n\nSo far, there have been no deliveries of food or other essential goods from Egypt, which has maintained a tight blockade of Gaza for security reasons, along with Israel, since Hamas took over the territory in 2007.\n\nPeople have also been unable to flee Gaza via the Rafah border crossing with Egypt. Only 400 a day are usually allowed in or out, but Israeli air strikes on Monday and Tuesday hit an entry gate on the Palestinian side, stopping any crossings, the Palestinian interior ministry in Gaza said.\n\nThat has forced most of the 200,000 people who have fled their homes to take shelter in UN-run schools. Some have fled in fear, while others have seen their homes destroyed by air strikes.\n\nSome Gazans are choosing to shelter in basements, but they risk being trapped inside if the building above collapses. About 30 families were trapped in one basement alone on Monday night.\n\n\"In previous wars, this part of the city was a safe haven for residents of areas on the border [with Israel],\" said Rimal resident Mohammed al-Mughrabi.\n\nThe Israeli strikes on Monday night showed that nowhere is safe anymore.", "Conrad Kirkwood and Patrick Nelson of the Irish Football Association (IFA) with Northern Ireland youth international Christopher Atherton at the Euro 28 announcement in Switzerland\n\nConfirmation that the UK and Ireland will jointly host Euro 2028 presents \"an opportunity of a lifetime\", Sinn Féin's Michelle O'Neill has said.\n\nThe joint bid ran unopposed after Turkey withdrew to focus on a bid with Italy for Euro 2032.\n\nNeither Northern Ireland or the Republic of Ireland have ever hosted a major football tournament.\n\nMatches are to be held at 10 different grounds, including Belfast's Casement Park which has to be upgraded.\n\nThe proposed redevelopment will include a 34,500-capacity stadium after initial plans for a 38,000-seater were rejected.\n\nHowever, it has been hindered by a number of setbacks since first being suggested about a decade ago, including long-running legal challenges.\n\nWork on building it has yet to begin but it is hoped it will be ready a year before the tournament begins.\n\nThe BBC believes Casement could host five matches.\n\n\"The hosting of this prestigious tournament will help create jobs, strengthen the economy and showcase everything that makes our island and people amazing,\" Sinn Féin deputy leader Ms O'Neill said.\n\n\"This is a unique opportunity to unite communities and bring people together from across the political divide and from across these two islands using the power of sport.\n\n\"It is now time to move forward to build Casement Park to ensure we have another first-class, state of the art sporting facility for Ulster Gaels, and to host major games like this.\"\n\nCiaran, who was getting his hair cut at a local barbers, said he was ready to see any game with any team playing\n\nPeople living near Casement Park gave a mixed reaction to the announcement when they spoke to the BBC on Tuesday.\n\n\"For this big tournament to come over here - it's unbelievable, it's class,\" Ciaran McConville said.\n\nHe added he would be there to watch any game, no matter who was playing.\n\nBut Nora Livery thought having a big stadium like Casement Park would cause issues for residents.\n\n\"It would be a nightmare, just too busy - unless they do underground parking - I know it is good for businesses but there's pros and cons,\" she said.\n\nPaul Bradley said he was pleased and that the announcement would push forward the building of Casement Park:\n\n\"It's wonderful - I think it's going to now, until this was declared I was still worried and concerned whether it would ever happen but I think this is it now,\" he said.\n\nJustin McNulty, the sports spokesperson for the Social and Democratic Labour Party said the tournament would \"attract fans from all over the world to Belfast and our island, bringing a large boost to our economy and will build a fantastic sporting legacy that everyone can be proud of\".\n\nAlliance Party sports spokesman David Honeyford said his party was pleased by the success of the UK and Ireland bid, which he called \"the biggest international sporting event ever to come to the region\".\n\nMr Honeyford said the redevelopment of Casement Park had to be prioritised and should \"proceed immediately\".\n\nHe said the focus must now turn to getting the redevelopment of Casement Park completed.\n\n\"The secretary of state has said the British government will find the money for the redevelopment of the stadium and the Irish government have offered to help finance the project,\" he said.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Casement and the long road to Euro 2028\n\n\"The political will is there and we need to get everyone around a table to hammer out the details so that work can commence at Casement without delay.\"\n\nTraditional Unionist Voice councillor Ron McDowell welcomed confirmation of the UK and Irish bid, but said \"the decision to fund the redevelopment of Casement with a blank cheque from the taxpayer is wrong.\"\n\nHe added: \"No more public money should go to a project which was ill conceived from the outset, running massively overbudget and encountering significant opposition from local residents.\"\n\nTaoiseach (Irish prime minister) Leo Varadkar said he was \"over the moon\" that Ireland and the UK would co-host the tournament.\n\n\"It will be the biggest event ever hosted by our two islands working together,\" he said.\n\nQualification for all five host nations is not guaranteed.\n\nIn its bid guidelines, Uefa said: \"In case of more than two joint-host associations, the automatic qualification of all the host teams cannot be guaranteed and shall be subject to a decision to be made in conjunction with decisions concerning the qualifying competition.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nSir Keir Starmer has promised to build \"the next generation\" of new towns, along with 1.5 million homes, as part of a \"decade of renewal under Labour\".\n\nThe Labour leader said he would \"bulldoze through\" the planning system in England if his party wins power.\n\nWithout action, he said home ownership would become \"a luxury for the few\".\n\nAs Sir Keir readied himself for his conference speech, he was covered in glitter by a demonstrator calling for electoral reform.\n\nBut he received his biggest applause as he claimed he had moved Labour from a party \"of protest\" to a government in waiting.\n\nThroughout the speech, the Labour leader set himself out as a reformer, promising to deliver economic growth and security.\n\nSir Keir promised to accelerate building on unused urban land to create the \"next generation of new towns\" near English cities, echoing those built by the first Labour government after World War Two.\n\nHe added that where there were good jobs and infrastructure nearby a Labour government would \"get shovels in the ground\".\n\nHowever, he said this would not mean \"tearing up the green belt\".\n\n\"Labour is the party that protects our green spaces,\" he said.\n\n\"But where there are clearly ridiculous uses of it, disused car parks, dreary wasteland - not a green belt, a grey belt, sometimes within a city's boundary - then this cannot be justified as a reason to hold our future back.\"\n\nLabour expects the majority of up-front investment in the new towns to come from the private sector, with local areas bidding for new towns required to seek out private backers.\n\nHe also pledged to build 1.5 million new homes during the five years of the next Parliament, arguing more housing was central to delivering economic growth.\n\nSuggesting his party is aiming for two terms in power, he said a Labour victory would herald a \"decade of national renewal\" after 13 years of Conservative-led government.\n\nWithout economic security and stability people would not be able to break the \"class ceiling\", he said.\n\nSir Keir's speech in Liverpool could be his last before a general election, expected next year, and could be his final opportunity to make a speech to a conference audience setting out his pitch to be prime minister.\n\nHe made a bold appeal to Conservative voters who \"despair\" at their party to join Labour, adding that he now oversees a \"changed Labour party, no longer in thrall to gesture politics\".\n\nThis was contrasted with the Tories, who he accused of descending \"into the murky waters of populism and conspiracy, with no argument for economic change\".\n\nHe made several digs at former PM Boris Johnson in his speech, referencing the Downing Street partygate scandal.\n\nSir Keir went on to attack Labour's main rivals in Scotland, the Scottish National Party, who he said can \"barely provide a ferry to the Hebrides\".\n\nThe speech lasted just over an hour, including a pause as security dragged a protester off the stage.\n\nStood covered in glitter, Sir Keir said in response: \"That's why we changed the party.\"\n\n\"If he thinks that bothers me he doesn't know me,\" he added.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThe speech exemplified Sir Keir's confidence as party leader, with praise for former PM Tony Blair, vows to reform the NHS and a declaration of support for Israel which led to a standing ovation.\n\nBut he warned that if Labour won the election, its task would be harder and longer than under Mr Blair or previous Labour regimes.\n\n\"There's no magic wand here,\" Sir Keir said. \"Changing a country is not like ticking a box. It's not the click of a mouse.\"\n\nThe response from trades unions was broadly positive, but while Unite general secretary Sharon Graham welcomed the speech, she said \"the devil will be in the detail\" and called on Labour to \"lay out a vision for a reshaped economy\".\n\nMartin McTague, chairman of the Federation of Small Businesses, said \"it is good to see small business needs front and centre of this conference\", adding: \"The over-arching theme of this Labour conference has been build, build, build and that resonated well.\"\n\nSign up for our morning newsletter and get BBC News in your inbox.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Video from the scene shows a man climbing the building to remove the Israeli flag\n\nProtesters have removed Israeli flags flying above two South Yorkshire town halls.\n\nFootage shared on social media showed a man on the roof of Sheffield Town Hall on Tuesday, removing the banner and replacing it with a Palestinian flag.\n\nThe flag outside Rotherham Town Hall was also \"forcibly\" removed and the flag pole damaged, the council said.\n\nSouth Yorkshire's mayor Oliver Coppard condemned the acts, saying they did not \"reflect the values of the region\".\n\nIn a statement South Yorkshire Police said it believed two men had scaled Sheffield Town Hall on Tuesday evening.\n\nIn the clip, shared by Sheffield Online, people could be heard shouting \"take it down\" and cheering as the Israeli flag was lowered in Sheffield.\n\nOfficers attempted to disperse crowds, with two suspects \"fleeing the scene\" during the \"minor disorder\".\n\nNo arrests had been made, a force spokesperson added.\n\nThe force confirmed it had also received reports of the theft of a flag and \"minor damage\" to a flagpole at Rotherham Town Hall and investigations into both incidents were \"ongoing\".\n\nThe flag outside Rotherham Town Hall was removed and the flagpole damaged\n\nThey happened three days after dozens of armed fighters from Hamas - the Palestinian militant group - crossed into Israel from Gaza in a surprise attack.\n\nThe death toll in Israel has reached 1,200 - while more than 900 people have been killed by retaliatory Israeli air strikes on Gaza.\n\nSheffield City Council leader Tom Hunt said: \"Everyone has the right to safe and peaceful protest but we cannot support the events that took place during the protest outside Sheffield's Town Hall.\n\n\"Protesters put themselves and others in serious danger.\"\n\nThe decision to fly the Israeli flag was made after a request from central government, both Sheffield City Council and Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council said.\n\nThe local authorities added that the \"show of solidarity\" had been due to end at 20:00 BST, with the Union flag put back on the buildings afterwards.\n\nSheffield City Council confirmed a \"full review\" of the incident would take place and \"we will look at the security measures that were in place\".\n\nRotherham Metropolitan Borough Council said it had reported the incident to South Yorkshire Police.\n\nDiscussing the actions of those who were on the roof in Sheffield, Mr Hunt added: \"We are a city of sanctuary, and this is not what we stand for.\n\n\"There are strong feelings about the situation in Israel and Palestine but we ask everyone to show respect and tolerance at this time.\"\n\nMeanwhile, Sheffield South East MP Clive Betts told the BBC the incident was \"disappointing\".\n\nHe added: \"I absolutely and utterly condemn the Hamas attack on innocent people.\n\n\"We have to look for long-term solutions to stop this violence. It's a two-state solution - but we don't seem to get anywhere near it.\"\n\nSouth Yorkshire's mayor Oliver Coppard said the Israeli flag being removed from the council buildings did not \"reflect the values of the region I know\".\n\n\"We are a place of compassion, a place that supports and respects our minority communities, and a place where we respect each other,\" he said.\n\nMr Coppard shared his plans to work with faith and community leaders as well as the police to \"bring together our communities\" and \"to help us move forward\".\n\nHe added: \"We will do so in solidarity with the people of Israel, and those at risk in Gaza, those grieving, worried for their loved ones, and those scared about what is to come.\"\n\nFollow BBC Yorkshire on Facebook, X (formerly Twitter) and Instagram. Send your story ideas to yorkslincs.news@bbc.co.uk.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: The roof of the car park at Luton airport engulfed in flames\n\nFlights at Luton Airport have resumed after a huge fire ripped through a terminal car park on Tuesday evening.\n\nThe blaze caused the building to suffer a \"significant structural collapse\". Bedfordshire Fire and Rescue Service believed the cause was accidental.\n\nThe fire started at about 20:45 BST and no serious injuries were reported.\n\nTens of thousands of passengers are believed to have been affected by flight delays. The first commercial flights resumed just after 15:00 BST.\n\nFour firefighters and a member of airport staff were treated for the effects of breathing in smoke as they battled the huge blaze.\n\nIt broke out on level three of the terminal two car park and was thought to have started in a diesel car and spread rapidly.\n\nOne witnessed said he saw an explosion on the roof of the car park followed by a \"flame that shot across the car park like a flamethrower\".\n\nAfter that, he saw cars exploding \"every few minutes\".\n\nFirefighters remain on site working with the airport fire service, monitoring hot spots.\n\nThe car park is believed to hold up to 1,900 vehicles and hundreds of cars may have been damaged.\n\nFlames could be seen from the top level of the multi-storey car park\n\nAn investigation into the cause of the fire is continuing.\n\nAndy Hopkinson, Bedfordshire's chief fire officer, said the service had \"no intelligence than to suggest it was anything other than an accidental fire\".\n\nHe said it was thought the fire started in a \"diesel-powered\" car and then spread through the building.\n\nThe car park did not appear to have sprinklers, according to Mr Hopkinson, and he said a recommendation for sprinklers in any redevelopment would be made to the airport.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The fire was \"rapidly developing and escalating\" said Andy Hopkinson from Bedfordshire Fire and Rescue Service\n\nHe explained to reporters that the car park's open sides would have allowed the fire to spread \"horizontally\" before it went up through the building.\n\nA ramp would be installed on the unaffected part of the car park to help remove unaffected vehicles, he added.\n\nHe said: \"There is a substantial number that are not damaged and our focus as well is can we remove those vehicles safely without causing any danger to the responders?\"\n\nEmergency services have been on the scene since Tuesday night\n\nThe airport said passengers arriving by car could now use the long and mid-stay car parks, while a temporary drop-off was established at the mid-stay car park\n\nHowever, the DART shuttle remained closed and replacement buses were in operation.\n\nTravel expert and broadcaster Simon Calder said: \"I have calculated that there are between 40,000 and 50,000 people who will have their travel plans wrecked today.\"\n\nDeclan Dever, from Westport in Ireland, said: \"It's no-one's fault - just have to grin and bear it.\"\n\nHe was trying to get back home for his brother's 80th birthday, after his 11:00 flight was cancelled.\n\nThe 65-year-old said he was lucky not to be in a rush but added \"I feel sorry for people, I see children in there asleep on the ground, I feel sorry for that.\"\n\nThe car park, pictured here before the fire, is believed to have capacity for 1,900 vehicles\n\nFirefighters from Buckinghamshire, Cambridgeshire, Hertfordshire, Northamptonshire and London tackled the blaze\n\nLondon Luton is the UK's fifth largest airport after Heathrow, Gatwick, Manchester and Stansted, carrying more than 13 million passengers in 2022.\n\nThe region's ambulance service said a critical incident was stood down but it would \"remain on scene to support fire and rescue colleagues\".\n\nBedfordshire Fire and Rescue Service said 15 engines were sent to the airport.\n\nA number of police and fire crews attended the scene\n\nA passenger who was on board a plane that was due to take off as the fire broke out said: \"We were all just told to get off the flight, that there was an incident and then we were left in the airport with no proper explanation.\"\n\nTwo hours later, they were told there was a major incident and that they would need to leave the airport.\n\n\"It was all a little bit confusing, because I don't think the staff knew exactly what they were supposed to be doing,\" they added.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nRussell Taylor, 41, an account director, saw the flames after flying in to Luton from Edinburgh.\n\nHe told the PA news agency: \"There were a couple of fire engines with a car ablaze on the upper floor of the car park at just after 21:00\n\n\"A few minutes later most of the upper floor was alight, car alarms were going off with loud explosions from cars going up in flames.\"\n\nHelen Joscelyne was flying to Luton when her plane was diverted\n\nHundreds of people were stranded, with many saying their cars were in the car park.\n\nHelen Jocelyne, from Exmouth in Devon, was returning to Luton from Burgas in Bulgaria when her plane was diverted to Stansted in Essex, an hour before it was due to land.\n\nShe said a coach took her to Luton, but she had to walk to the car park with her luggage.\n\n\"I don't even know if we can get our car out yet,\" she said.\n\nJason Harris's flight was diverted to Bristol Airport on his way back from Egypt\n\nAnother passenger, Jason Harris, was supposed to be landing from Egypt.\n\nThree hours into his flight he said passengers were informed by the pilot that the fire meant they would be diverted to Bristol Airport.\n\nHe got a taxi from Bristol to Luton, provided by airline EasyJet, and had to get a second taxi to his home in Stevenage in neighbouring Hertfordshire.\n\nHe said: \"Nightmare all round, I know there's been a fire at the airport but you'd think they'd have a back road for a way out, but it can't be done.\"\n\nThe airport said in a statement on Tuesday night additional staff were on hand to provide assistance to passengers.\n\nBedfordshire Fire and Rescue Service said the blaze caused a \"significant structural collapse\" of the multi-storey car park\n\nJareena Sarabatta, pictured with her husband Gian, said there should \"at least be someone to pick up the phone\"\n\nJareena Sarabatta and her husband Gian were due to to fly to Turkey to celebrate their 47th wedding anniversary.\n\nThey believed that they might be able to fly later in the evening but had not heard from their airline.\n\nMrs Sarabatta said: \"It's no-one's fault what has happened but there should at least be someone to pick up the phone.\"\n\nHowever, she was grateful they were not in the car park when the fire started.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: The BBC's Janine Machin shows us the aftermath of the Luton Airport car park fire\n\nAirline provider EasyJet, based at Luton, issued a statement apologising for the inconvenience.\n\nIt added that it would be providing hotel accommodation and meals for passengers where required.\n\nThe affected multi-storey is about a five-minute walk from the terminal entrance\n\nFlights started to resume at 15:00 BST while the online departure board had the first scheduled for 16:00 BST\n\nWizz Air, a Hungarian airline which has its UK base at Luton, warned passengers to expect cancellations and disruptions.\n\nThe first commercial plane to arrive at the airport after the fire was a Wizz Air plane from Cardiff.\n\nCharlotte Vere, the Conservative minister for aviation, maritime and security, said she was \"very grateful to emergency service staff who worked hard to put out the fire\".\n\nWere you at the airport last night? Has your journey been affected by the fire? You can get in touch by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.\n\nFollow East of England news on Facebook, Instagram and X. Got a story? Email eastofenglandnews@bbc.co.uk or WhatsApp 0800 169 1830\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "And with all the really interesting stuff, the stream ends\n\nThat's it from Nasa at the Johnson Space Center in Texas, where they've revealed more about the sample they extracted from the asteroid Bennu by first blasting it with nitrogen then grabbing a chunk and bringing it to Earth. We'll get more information in the coming days, weeks and months about what Bennu is made up of - and it's hoped this will help scientists learn more about our Solar System and also how life began on our planet. You can read more about the material Nasa gathered from Bennu in this story by our science correspondent Jon Amos.", "Madonna's Celebration Tour will begin at London's O2 Arena on Saturday\n\nMadonna's first ever greatest hits tour will be \"a documentary through her vast career\" that includes more than 40 songs, her musical director says.\n\nIn an exclusive interview, Stuart Price told the BBC the show draws on four decades of archive footage and studio recordings to tell the star's story.\n\n\"A greatest hit doesn't have to be a song,\" he said. \"It can be a wardrobe, it can be a video, or a statement.\"\n\nHe added that Madonna was back to full strength after a summer health scare.\n\nThe superstar was found unconscious in her New York apartment in June and rushed to hospital, where she received treatment for a serious bacterial infection.\n\nThe singer later said she was \"lucky to be alive\", and postponed the start of the sold-out Celebration Tour from July to October.\n\nThe premiere will now take place at London's O2 Arena on Saturday.\n\n\"The person that is going to take the stage looks incredible, sounds incredible, performs incredible,\" said Price, reassuring fans that the 65-year-old had fully recovered.\n\nHe added that the three-month delay had been used to polish the show.\n\n\"Madonna has very high expectations of how much hard work people will put into something,\" he said. \"It's very uncompromising - but she's equally as hard on herself.\n\n\"So when she took a break, that pause created an opportunity to further enhance the show. And I'm sure the opportunity [for her] to focus on being 100% well was greatly received as well.\"\n\nStuart Price (left), pictured with Madonna and P Diddy, is one of music's most in-demand producers\n\nSince she burst onto the UK charts with Holiday in 1984, Madonna has scored another 71 hits, including 13 number one singles.\n\nSome, like Vogue, Like A Prayer and Ray of Light, are era-defining anthems. Others, like Live To Tell and Don't Tell Me, are beloved fan favourites. So how did they finalise the set-list?\n\n\"That was the big challenge,\" admitted Price. \"In two hours, can you get all of it in? That's hard. But every great moment she's had, we took a bit of it.\"\n\nMany hits will be played in full, some will be interpolated into other songs, and still more will be used as \"bridges\" between acts.\n\nPrice suggested a ballpark figure of 25 songs being performed in full, with elements of 20 others appearing in some form.\n\nAnd what about a Taylor Swift-style acoustic section, where different tracks can be rotated into the playlist every night?\n\n\"Well, Madonna's reputation is for being highly precise and highly rehearsed across all departments. When you look at a tour of this scale, it has so many moving parts, so many elements, that everything has to be highly fixed.\n\n\"But there's one thing that's always dynamic, and that's Madonna herself. Her personality is so strong, her interaction with the audience is so strong, that it creates opportunities for variation from night to night.\"\n\nNeon-studded belts, giant bows and so many bangles you can hardly stand up - Madonna in her early-80s pomp\n\nThe Jean Paul Gaultier-designed costumes for 1990's Blond Ambition tour became Madonna's signature look\n\nInspired by the court of Marie Antoinette, this 1990 MTV Award Show performance of Vogue is one of Madonna's most memorable moments\n\nShe embraced her spiritual side in the Ray Of Light era\n\nOn the Rebel Heart tour, the singer wore this Arianne Phillips-designed kimono\n\nPrice is one of the most in-demand producers in the industry, with credits including Dua Lipa's Levitating, The Killers' Human and Kylie Minogue's All The Lovers.\n\nHe has worked with Madonna since 2001, serving as music director on three previous world tours and producing 2005's Confessions On A Dancefloor album and its Abba-sampling megahit, Hung Up.\n\nThe pair established a musical shorthand that he said works almost telepathically.\n\n\"It sounds very spiritual - but a lot of the ideas we have about music are inferred or non-verbal. There's just an understanding of feeling.\"\n\nAlthough Price hadn't worked on a Madonna concert since 2006, their bat-senses began to tingle in January.\n\n\"When she announced the greatest hits tour I called her just to say, 'Congratulations, I think this is a great idea'. And she said, 'I was just thinking about you, and I thought you'd be the perfect person to work with on this'.\n\n\"So two weeks later, I went to New York.\"\n\nBy that point, \"Madonna had a really already highly evolved storyline\" for the show that \"reflected on her career, from being a young woman in New York and learning the scene, all the way through to motherhood, spiritual awakenings, and all the ups and downs. The storyline was just really, really compelling\".\n\nMadonna's tours have always reconfigured and recontextualised her music and iconography\n\nIt's no coincidence that the tour was conceived while Madonna was also working on a movie of her life story.\n\nDue to star Julia Garner, the project was put on ice in January, around the same time as the tour was announced.\n\n\"One of the Madonna's skills is that she's able to cross-pollinate ideas between different projects,\" said Price. \"In this case there'd been consideration about doing a biopic [which gave] this tour the potential for having a documentary aspect to it as well.\"\n\nAs a result, the show will draw on news footage, classic costumes and music videos.\n\nMore crucially, it will use Madonna's original multi-track recordings, with Price extracting \"a vocal take where there's a car going by in the background\" or \"a solo from a guitarist who's no longer with us\" to recapture the original spirit of the songs.\n\nIn fact, for the first time since she performed club shows at the start of her career, Madonna will not be joined by an on-stage band.\n\n\"There are live musicians that perform at different parts of the show,\" said Price. \"But what we realised is that the original recordings are our stars. Those things can't be replicated and can't be recreated, so we decided just to embrace that.\"\n\nPrice spoke to the BBC from his studio on a break before the final week of rehearsals for the tour\n\nNot that the shows will be a straightforward exercise in nostalgia. In the past, she's enjoyed tweaking her most famous songs - playing True Blue on a ukulele, or splicing the Sex Pistols' God Save The Queen into the frothy disco of Dress You Up. This tour will be no exception.\n\n\"With Madonna, everything is always about recontextualising stuff, finding ways to take strong original messages and see how they resonate in the era that we're in now,\" said Price.\n\n\"A lot of the powerful moments [in this show] are to do with where the music intersects with something that society was going through, especially something emotional, like the Aids crisis. Those moments are incredibly powerful.\"\n\nIn Madonna's world, details matter. And with thousands of hours of archive to draw on, it sounds like the Celebration tour will spotlight her ongoing contribution not just to pop music but to culture.\n\nWe'll find out on Saturday night.", "The Student's editor-in-chief Joe Sullivan, centre, with deputy editors-in-chief Callum Devereux, left, and Rachel Hartley, right\n\nEurope's oldest student newspaper has been saved from closure after an online fundraiser raised more than £2,000.\n\nEdinburgh University's the Student was founded by Treasure Island author Robert Louis Stevenson in 1887.\n\nIt is financially independent from both the university and its students' association, so relies on advertising and fundraising to stay afloat.\n\nBut the loss of a major advertiser earlier this year put its future in doubt.\n\nThe Student's editor-in-chief, Joe Sullivan, told BBC Scotland News the paper was barely scraping by financially and would not have been able to continue to fund its printing costs.\n\nHaving been in print for 136 years, that was something the paper did not want to lose,\" he said.\n\n\"As a community publication having a presence in print, on counters, in newsstands, across all the student parts of Edinburgh - without that visibility we might not be able to survive as a digital publication.\"\n\nEdinburgh University's the Student was founded in 1887\n\nA fundraiser was set up on 5 October with an initial goal of £1,000. It has now reached more than £2,000.\n\nJoe said: \"We are so overjoyed, I mean we have hit double our initial goal. We couldn't ask for more really, we're all really excited and really grateful.\n\n\"The donations have come in from all kinds of people but the most heartening to see has been people in the student community, members of our audience who just want to see us keep printing.\"\n\nJoe said the bulk of the donations will go towards printing costs and the rest will be used to invest in better equipment to help produce the newspaper.\n\nFormer reporters for the Student include Laura Kuenssberg, Helen Pidd, Gordon Brown, Robin Cook and James Kirkup.\n\nThe paper is currently run by a team of 25 volunteers and before the fundraiser the editors had looked at the possibility of seeking university funding.\n\nHowever, it was agreed that editorial independence was more important.\n\n\"Some of our most impactful reporting has been reporting on both the university and the students' association, not always in a positive light,\" Joe said.\n\n\"Being editorially and financially independent of both allows us to really give our audience honest coverage of what is happening at the university.\"\n• None Student fears having to quit UK over marking boycott", "Labour is confident leaving Liverpool this afternoon. Very confident indeed.\n\nThings started to change last year; when it felt like Labour’s annual gathering was disciplined and energised.\n\nThis year, that has only increased. Nobody wants to say anything that could damage Labour’s position in the polls.\n\nWhen you chat to senior people in the party, they warn against complacency. They say winning power will be difficult and they are taking nothing for granted.\n\nBut the last few days here have felt a bit like a dress rehearsal; Labour trying to show the country what it would be like in power.\n\nAnd however cautious some are, there are plenty of people in Liverpool who think Labour is going to win the next general election. Even Sir Keir Starmer is prepared to entertain the idea of a decade in power – and to talk about his desire to win a Labour majority next year.\n\nA lot could happen in the next few months. Politics can be volatile. Labour will have to talk a lot more about specific policies and ideas – they will be closely scrutinised.\n\nBut from top to bottom, Labour figures have a spring in their step. They think things could be very different by their next conference – and could be returning as a party in power.", "US prosecutors have filed an array of criminal counts against embattled Rep George Santos, accusing him of running up multiple charges on the credit cards of campaign donors.\n\nThe justice department filed 23 charges against the Republican - including wire fraud and identity theft.\n\nThe move, which builds on an earlier indictment, also accused him of lying to the Federal Election Commission.\n\nMr Santos has yet to comment on the developments announced on Tuesday.\n\n\"Santos allegedly led multiple additional fraudulent criminal schemes, lying to the American public in the process,\" FBI Assistant Director-in-Charge James Smith said in a statement.\n\n\"Anyone who attempts to violate the law as part of a political campaign will face punishment in the criminal justice system,\" he added.\n\nThe charges build on 13 counts the New York congressman pleaded not guilty to in May. He was accused of laundering campaign funds to pay for his personal expenses and illegally claiming unemployment benefits while he was employed.\n\nSpeaking at the time, Mr Santos accused prosecutors of mounting a political \"witch hunt\" against him.\n\nThe new indictment alleges that he charged more than $44,000 (£35,000) to his campaign over a period of months using credit cards belonging to contributors who were unaware they were being defrauded.\n\nOn one occasion he charged $12,000 (£9,700) to a contributor's credit card, ultimately transferring the vast majority of that money into his personal bank account, the charging document says.\n\nProsecutors also said he reported a series of fictional loans to qualify for support from the Republican party.\n\n\"Santos falsely inflated the campaign's reported receipts with non-existent loans and contributions that were either fabricated or stolen,\" Breon Peace, the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, said in a statement.\n\n\"This Office will relentlessly pursue criminal charges against anyone who uses the electoral process as an opportunity to defraud the public and our government institutions.\"\n\nThe 35-year-old will appear in court again on 27 October.\n\nMr Santos was elected in 2022 after scoring an upset victory in a Democrat-leaning congressional district, touting himself as the first LGBT Republican to serve in Congress.\n\nBut he has been embroiled in several serious scandals since he took office in January.\n\nHe has been accused of lying about his college degrees and his work experience; violating campaign finance and conflict of interest laws; falsely claiming his grandparents survived the Holocaust; and creating a fake animal charity that he used to siphon away cash meant for a veteran's dying dog.\n\nIn February, House Democrats filed a resolution to expel Mr Santos, a mostly symbolic action in the Republican-controlled chamber.\n\nHe has also previously faced calls to resign from within his own party, and former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy told reporters recently that he would not support Mr Santos' bid for re-election.\n\nThe latest charges come just days after a top election aide to Mr Santos admitted she falsified some of the campaign's financial records.\n\nNancy Marks reported a fake $500,000 (£410,000) loan that Mr Santos claimed to have given the campaign, prosecutors said.\n\nThe false reports meant the campaign qualified for the fundraising benchmarks needed to receive financial support from the national Republican Party committee.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: George Santos: Five things to know about the beleaguered Congressman", "Sarah, who has asthma, became seriously ill and doctors said her vaping habit was a factor in her condition\n\nA 12-year-old girl who suffered a lung collapse and spent four days in an induced coma has told the BBC that children should never start vaping.\n\nSarah Griffin had asthma and was a heavy vaper when she was rushed to hospital with breathing problems a month ago.\n\nHer mum Mary told the BBC she feared she was going to lose her daughter.\n\nThe UK government has announced plans to restrict the marketing and sale of vapes targeted at children.\n\nPrime Minister Rishi Sunak said the proposals - which are open for public consultation for the next eight weeks - would \"reverse the worrying rise in youth vaping\" by making vapes less colourful and less appealing to children.\n\nHealth Secretary Steve Barclay said the government was committed to taking immediate legislative action following the consultation, telling BBC Radio 4's Today programme \"head teachers are concerned, parents are concerned, about our children being targeted\" by vape companies.\n\nSpeaking at the Labour Party conference, shadow health secretary Wes Streeting said a Labour government would come down like a \"tonne of bricks\" on vaping companies pushing flavours like 'rainbow burst' at children.\n\nSarah Griffin's bedroom at her home in Belfast is like that of most 12-year-old girls - a dressing table littered with make-up, perfume bottles and hair straighteners, with some childhood cuddly toys on the bed.\n\nBut this is where Sarah also used to hide her vapes from her mum - even cutting holes in the carpet to keep them out of sight.\n\nSarah had started vaping when she was just nine.\n\nHer mum Mary tried to stop her - searching her when she came home, confiscating her phone - but nothing worked.\n\nBy the summer, Sarah was getting through a 4,000-puff vape (a regulation vape contains 600 puffs) in just a few days.\n\nSarah hid her vapes from her mum Mary, who confiscated her phone\n\nIt was the first thing she did in the morning and the last thing she did at night - sleeping with the vape on her pillow.\n\nEven though it's illegal to sell vapes to anyone under the age of 18, Sarah bought vapes over the counter and became addicted to the nicotine hit.\n\nSarah's asthma and the fact she was not good at using her preventative inhaler left her at risk of complications.\n\nIn early September she also developed a head cold, and when combined with her vaping, it all added up to what Sarah's doctor describes as a \"perfect storm\".\n\n\"A lot of risk factors were going in the wrong direction,\" says Dr Dara O'Donoghue, consultant respiratory paediatrician at the Royal Belfast Hospital for Sick Children.\n\nSarah became unwell and was taken to hospital, where an X-ray of her lungs showed only one was working properly - and she was not responding to treatment.\n\nWithin a few hours she was in intensive care - and shortly after that was put into an induced coma, in the hope that her condition would stabilise.\n\nFor Mary, it was a moment of desperation.\n\n\"There is absolutely no words to describe when you think your child is going to die.\"\n\nSarah wants to warn other children her age of the risks of using vapes\n\nAfter four days, Sarah was gradually brought round and is now recovering - but she has been left with permanent damage to her lungs.\n\n\"She's doing lung exercises and stuff you know, you'd expect an 80-year-old to be doing, not someone who is 12,\" says her mum.\n\n\"People open your eyes, because this is happening all round, and possibly your child too.\n\n\"No matter what you're thinking, people like to think their kids aren't doing these things but the reality is very, very different.\"\n\nSarah hopes her experience will help others her age wake up to the dangers posed by vaping.\n\n\"Don't start doing it, because once you start doing it, you don't stop doing it,\" she says.\n\n\"You only stop when you basically have to, when it's a life or death situation.\"\n\nSarah and her mum Mary told the BBC about their traumatic experience\n\nDr O'Donoghue called youth vaping \"a healthcare emergency\" which had to be addressed \"urgently\".\n\n\"We need to be wary about vapes because the healthcare problems associated with vapes are only emerging.\"\n\nRecent figures suggest that one in five children aged 11-17 have now tried vaping - three times as many as in 2020.\n\nVaping among younger children is also rising, with nearly one in ten 11- to 15-year-olds using them, according to a 2021 survey.\n\nMany countries around the world are experiencing similar trends in youth vaping.\n\nFidelma Carter, from the charity Northern Ireland Chest, Heart and Stroke, says 17% of young vapers are doing it regularly.\n\n\"Young people are taking up vaping because they assume there is no risk, there's no dangers.\n\n\"And we want to challenge the misconceptions and raise awareness that vaping can impact on your health and wellbeing,\" she said.\n\nThe government has announced a UK-wide consultation on its proposals to crack down on vaping among young people.\n\nSarah Woolnough, from charity Asthma + Lung UK, said she wanted to see restrictions on the marketing of vapes so that they did not target children.\n\n\"Disposable vapes at their current pocket money prices, with cartoons and bubble-gum flavour options, are far too attractive and easy for children to access,\" she said.\n\nProfessor Chris Whitty, England's chief medical officer, said marketing vapes or e-cigarettes to children was \"utterly unacceptable\".\n\nBut he said vaping could be useful as a way for smokers to quit tobacco, and that vaping was \"less dangerous than smoking\".\n\nCorrection: An earlier version of this story incorrectly quoted Ms Carter as saying 70% of young vapers were vaping regularly. The story has been amended to reflect her actual quote, \"17%\".\n• None BBC Radio 4 - Sliced Bread - Is vaping harmful to your health-", "Labour has set out plans to teach \"real world\" maths skills in primary schools.\n\nIt wants children to start learning financial literacy - including budgeting - from the age of four.\n\nShadow education secretary Bridget Phillipson told the party's conference in Liverpool there was a \"chronic cultural problem with maths\".\n\nReferencing Rishi Sunak's desire to make the subject compulsory until 18, she said Labour would make sure it was \"better taught at six, never mind 16\".\n\n\"If young people hate maths at 16, it's just too late,\" she told the final day of the conference in Liverpool.\n\nUnder her plans, which cover England, teachers would get extra training funded by ending some tax breaks for private schools.\n\nMs Phillipson said she was determined to \"bring maths to life for the next generation\", saying young people needed numeracy for life and for work.\n\n\"Be it budgeting or cooking, exchange rates or payslips, maths matters for success.\n\n\"Maths is the language of the universe, the underpinning of our collective understanding. It cannot be left till the last years of school.\"\n\nLabour says poor maths skills in childhood can embed problems that last into adulthood, such as the inability to analyse basic graphs or to calculate the value of supermarket offers.\n\nAn OECD estimate in 2016 found that nine million working-age adults in England had low basic literacy or numeracy skills - costing the economy an estimated £25bn a year.\n\nMs Phillipson said Labour would be \"the party of high and rising standards\" for children from all backgrounds, because background should be \"no barrier to opportunity\".\n\nAs part of a pre-planned review of the school curriculum, Labour said it would direct teachers to show children how numeracy was used in the world around them.\n\nPupils would be taught maths through concepts like household budgeting, currency exchange rates when going on holiday, sports league tables and cookery recipes.\n\nInstead of hiring specialist maths teachers, primary school staff would be retrained and supported by \"maths champions\", the party said.\n\nA study by education charity the Education Endowment Foundation found children in nurseries employing a \"maths champion\" made three extra months of progress in maths, on average.\n\nLatest numbers show about 25% of pupils do not meet the expected maths level by the end of primary school.\n\nLatest figures also show maths teacher numbers are 9% higher than in 2012, but shortages have been reported across the country.\n\nMs Phillipson also told the conference she was determined to carry out \"ambitious reform to ensure early education is available in every corner of our country for every family and every child\".\n\nSir David Bell, a former permanent secretary at the Department for Education and former chief inspector of schools, would develop a new early years plan, she announced.\n\nLabour's plans were broadly welcomed by a number of teachers' unions.\n\nPaul Whiteman, general secretary of the National Association of Head Teachers, said: \"We welcome the ambition expressed by the shadow education secretary and her acknowledgement of some of serious issues facing schools.\"\n\nBut he added it was \"vital that Labour engages with the profession in fleshing out its proposals\".\n\nNational Education Union general secretary Daniel Kebede said: \"Labour politicians are recognising that a reset between the teaching profession and government is required - and that very little of national government ambitions can be achieved without working with, and in partnership, with teachers.\"\n\nIn her conference speech, Ms Phillipson hit back at critics of Labour's plans to strip private schools of some of their tax exemptions.\n\nResponding to reports in the Guardian in June which suggested that officials at the Independent Schools Council (ISC) had described her as \"very chippy\" in private messages, she said: \"Chippy people make the change that matters.\"\n\nLast month, Labour backed down on its pledge to strip private schools of their charitable status.\n\nBut the party remains committed to its policy for England of charging 20% VAT on fees and ending the business rates relief from which private schools benefit.\n\nAn ISC spokeswoman said: \"We share Labour's goal of wanting the best outcomes for every child and we have been consistent in our offer to work together towards achieving this.\"", "Scotland's first minister Humza Yousaf has spoken to his parents-in-law who are trapped in in Gaza as a result of Israeli attacks.\n\nMr Yousaf's wife's parents, who live in Dundee, had travelled to Gaza to see her father's sick mother.\n\nThe first minister said his wife's family survived the night but described the situation as \"pretty horrendous\".\n\nMr Yousaf has called for a humanitarian corridor in and out of Gaza to be created.\n\nNadia El-Nakla's parents travelled to Gaza from Scotland about a week ago and were there when Hamas launched a surprise attack on Israel this weekend.\n\nMr Yousaf said: \"Thankfully she survived the night, they're safe for now - but I use that term very loosely in terms of how safe they are.\"\n\nThroughout Monday night and into Tuesday morning, his mother-in-law Elizabeth El-Nakla said they could hear missiles and jets, causing them to be \"terrified\", Mr Yousaf said.\n\nHe added: \"I think the worst thing is that they feel literally trapped. They're being told to leave... but they have nowhere to go.\n\n\"The Rafah border had been bombed and even if it was open, there's no guarantee of safe passage travelling between where they live and the Rafah border.\"\n\nThe family - which includes a 93-year-old woman previously described as \"frail\" by Mr Yousaf - have just one day of supplies left, he said.\n\nElizabeth El-Nakla and Maged El-Nakla, who are from Dundee, were visiting family in Gaza when the Hamas attacks happened\n\nMr Yousaf was also able to give an insight into the medical situation in Gaza, where his brother-in-law is a doctor.\n\n\"He's done a 24-hour shift and has said medical supplies are at the lowest he's ever seen, to the point where they're having to use bits of their own clothes to try to bandage and tourniquet wounds where they can,\" he said.\n\nMeanwhile, Mr Yousaf has urged the foreign secretary to call for a ceasefire in Israel and Gaza.\n\nIn a letter to James Cleverly, the first minister urged him to use the positive relationship between the UK and Israel to push for civilians in Gaza to be allowed to leave.\n\nHe wrote: \"Too many innocent people have already lost their lives as a consequence of these completely unjustifiable and illegitimate attacks by Hamas.\n\n\"However, innocent men, women and children cannot, and should not, pay the price for the actions of a terrorist group.\n\n\"As a close friend and ally of Israel, I therefore ask the UK government to call on the government of Israel to ensure innocent civilians are protected and to put in place an immediate ceasefire to allow the safe passage of civilians through the Rafah border.\n\n\"Furthermore, it should open a humanitarian corridor into Gaza to allow supplies, including food, fuel, water and medical supplies for those civilians who are trapped, helpless and cannot leave.\"\n\nA UK Foreign Office spokesperson, said: \"We have been speaking with Egypt about maintaining the land crossing from Gaza into Egypt.\n\n\"We have to remember Hamas is bringing pain on the Palestinian people on purpose. They murdered many hundreds of Israelis, knowing Israel would be forced to react.\n\n\"Israel of course has a right to defend itself with a proportionate response.\n\n\"We need to remember this was initiated by a widespread terrorist response by Hamas.\"", "The badging factory was adding fake logos to unbranded clothing for the illegal counterfeit goods trade\n\nA badging factory which was creating fake designer logos to fix on unbranded clothing has been raided by police.\n\nOfficers found counterfeit stock with a street value of around £800,000 in a property in Manchester early on Tuesday, police said.\n\nA large quantity of cannabis - valued at £2,500 - was also found in the search on Knowsley Street.\n\nGreater Manchester Police (GMP) said the raid was a \"show of strength\" which cut off supply \"right at the source.\"\n\nThe force said it was part of Operation Vulcan, which has targeted the counterfeit goods trade, and associated organised crime, in the Cheetham Hill and Strangeways areas.\n\nThe factories created bogus designer logos, badges, and tags to put onto imported blank clothes.\n\nCh Insp Andy Torkington of Operation Vulcan said the team would work with local police to \"ensure the counterfeit goods trade and associated criminality cannot creep back in\".\n\n\"Joint activity such as this is a show of strength and a reminder to the criminals of our continued presence here,\" he said.\n\n\"Our message is clear: Operation Vulcan will remain in the Cheetham Hill and Strangeways area for as long as it is needed and will continue to take positive action that frustrates criminals and supports the people who live here.\"\n\nWhy not follow BBC North West on Facebook, X and Instagram? You can also send story ideas to northwest.newsonline@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Sophie Turner previously said Joe Jonas was refusing to allow their children to return to England\n\nActress Sophie Turner and her singer ex-husband Joe Jonas have agreed to share custody of their two children after resolving a legal dispute.\n\nThe pair announced their \"amicable\" divorce last month, but Turner then sued Jonas, claiming he hadn't let the girls return to England from the US.\n\nIn a joint statement on Tuesday, they said: \"After a productive and successful mediation, we have agreed that the children will spend time equally in loving homes in both the US and the UK.\"\n\nThey added: \"We look forward to being great co-parents.\"\n\nTheir statement followed a new legal filing setting out a temporary joint custody arrangement for their daughters, aged three and one, for the coming months.\n\nTurner had previously filed a legal petition citing the \"wrongful detention\" of their children in New York.\n\nShe called for them to be returned to their \"permanent home\" in England and alleged that Jonas had refused to return their passports.\n\nIn response, Jonas's representative said his impression was that the pair \"would work together towards an amicable co-parenting setup\", pointing out that the children were born in the US and had spent most of their lives there.\n\nTurner, 27, is best known for her role as Sansa Stark in Game of Thrones, and has also appeared in drama series The Staircase and the X-Men film franchise.\n\nJonas, 34, made his name in a pop band and a Disney Channel series with his two brothers.", "Hundreds of millions of birds die in building collisions in the US each year\n\nNearly 1,000 birds died after flying into a Chicago building on a single day last week, a grisly death toll far surpassing past migration seasons.\n\nExperts believe that an unusually large migration, bad weather and a lack of \"bird friendly\" features on buildings are to blame for the deaths.\n\nAbout 960 birds were recovered from the McCormick Place Lakeside Center.\n\nActivists have been calling on buildings to turn off bright lights, which can disorient birds.\n\nThe birds were collected by scientists and volunteers at the nearby Field Museum, which monitors the McCormick Place, the largest convention centre in North America, for dead or injured birds.\n\nOne of the museum's conservation ecologists, Douglas Stotz, told National Public Radio that \"in one night we had a year's worth of death\".\n\nMr Stotz added that between 1,000 and 2,000 birds die after striking McCormick Place each year.\n\nAnnette Prince, director of Chicago Bird Collision Monitors. told local radio station WGN that the group found 700 to 800 birds in a single square mile it monitors.\n\nMs Prince described the number of dead birds as a \"very unusual and tragic occurrence\".\n\nIn a statement posted to Instagram, McCormick Place acknowledged that an \"extremely large\" number of migratory birds had died \"due to unusual weather conditions\" and \"avian confusion\" caused by lights.\n\nLighting at McCormick Place is normally turned off at night, but had been kept on for an event at the property.\n\n\"The well-being of migratory birds is of high importance to us, and we are truly saddened by the incident,\" the statement added.\n\nPreviously, the highest daily total of dead birds recovered at the centre was between 200 and 300 birds, he added.\n\nExperts believe that an abnormally large number of birds were flying in and around Chicago and the other parts of Cook County last Wednesday, taking advantage of low temperatures and favourable winds.\n\nBirdcast, a tracking project by three US universities, estimated that nearly 1.5 million birds were in flight above Cook County on the night of 5 October, when the deaths at McCormick Place took place.\n\nAround the same time, a storm passed over the city, forcing many of the birds to come down to the ground, where they face increased danger from lights and windows.\n\nA 2019 study from Cornell University's Lab of Ornithology estimated that approximately 600 million birds die in building collisions in the US each year, with Chicago, Houston and Dallas the most dangerous cities.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. WATCH: Portraits of exotic migratory birds killed in collisions with buildings", "Matty Healy has defended kissing his bandmate onstage in Malaysia in a 10-minute speech delivered at a 1975 concert in Dallas, Texas.\n\nHealy told fans he had been told not to talk about the incident, then read a pre-prepared speech from his phone.\n\nHe addressed criticism of his conduct at the Malaysian festival, during which he attacked the country's anti-LGBT laws then kissed his bandmate.\n\nThe Malaysian government cancelled the rest of the event after the incident.\n\nThe organisers of Good Vibes Festival later demanded compensation from The 1975, and some LGBT Malaysians criticised Healy, saying his actions displayed a \"white saviour complex\".\n\nDefending the July performance, Healy said the band \"did not waltz into Malaysia\", and had been invited by organisers who knew the band's political views and the nature of their shows.\n\nHealy said the kiss was \"not a stunt simply meant to provoke the government\" but an \"ongoing part of the 1975 stage show which had been performed many times prior\".\n\nHe described online anger over the performance as \"liberal outrage\", and said criticism of the band for \"remaining consistent\" by performing its \"pro-LGBT stage show\" was puzzling.\n\nIn July, young Malaysians told the BBC they felt Healy's actions reflected a patronising Western attitude to Asia.\n\nOthers expressed concern that the high-profile incident could be used to reinforce LGBT repression in Malaysia, where homosexuality is punishable by 20 years in prison.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by The 1975 TH This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. End of twitter post by The 1975 TH\n\nHealy referenced the country's strict anti-LGBT laws in his speech, and also said the Malaysian authorities had \"briefly imprisoned\" the band.\n\nThe frontman said the suggestion that the kiss had just been a \"performative gesture of allyship\" was redundant, as \"performing is a performer's job\".\n\nHealy said event organisers could not invite acts to perform and expect them to self-censor, telling the Dallas crowd: \"It should be expected that, if you invite dozens of Western performers into your country, they'll bring their Western values with them.\"\n\nThe singer concluded by referencing strict laws in some parts of the US, telling the American crowd that critics of the band's actions in Kuala Lumpur \"would find it abhorrent if the 1975 were to acquiesce to... Mississippi's perspective on abortion or trans laws\".\n\nThis is not the first time that Healy has addressed online criticism during a 1975 concert.\n\nLast week, the singer apologised for \"actions that have hurt some people\" while onstage in Los Angeles.\n\nEarlier this year, Healy mocked American rapper Ice Spice on a podcast, mimicking Asian and Hawaiian accents and asking the show's hosts to do impressions of Japanese people labouring in concentration camps.\n\nDuring his performance at the Hollywood Bowl, Healy said he had \"performed exaggerated versions\" of himself \"on other stages be it in print or on podcasts… in an often misguided attempt at fulfilling the kind of character role of the 21st-century rock star\".", "Biological ageing refers to the decline in functioning of the body's tissues and cells, regardless of actual age\n\nLiving in a privately rented home is related to faster biological ageing, researchers have claimed.\n\nExperts from the University of Essex and University of Adelaide in Australia conducted the study.\n\nThey found renting privately, falling behind with rent payments or living in a home affected by pollution was linked with faster biological ageing.\n\nBiological ageing refers to the decline in functioning of the body's tissues and cells, regardless of actual age.\n\nPrevious studies have suggested that biological ageing can accelerate during stressful events and reverse once the stress has stopped.Writing in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, the researchers said the \"stress-induced acceleration of epigenetic ageing\" might contribute to the long-known link between psychological stress and disease.\n\nThis shows how housing circumstances can \"get under the skin with real and significant consequences for health\", they added.\n\nThe study also found that people living in social housing seemed to fare better, partly because of the security it offers and lower costs.\n\nThe combined university research teams used data on housing and DNA methylation - a chemical marker of DNA changes - from the UK Household Longitudinal Study, linked with prior survey responses from the British Household Panel Survey (BHPS).\n\nThe analysis looked at factors such as length of tenancy, building type, the government financial support available to renters, presence of central heating, housing costs, payment arrears, overcrowding and expectations around moving.\n\nFurther health information was collected from the 1,420 people in the BHPS survey, and blood samples taken for DNA methylation analysis.\n\nThe researchers concluded: \"We find that living in a privately rented home is related to faster biological ageing.\n\n\"Importantly, the impact of private renting is greater than the impact of experiencing unemployment or being a former smoker vs never smoker.\n\n\"When we include historical housing circumstances in the analysis, we find that repeated housing arrears and exposure to pollution/environmental problems are also associated with faster biological ageing.\"\n\nFollow East of England news on Facebook, Instagram and X. Got a story? Email eastofenglandnews@bbc.co.uk or WhatsApp us on 0800 169 1830\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Natalie Buss was described as a \"wonderful wife, mother and daughter\"\n\nA 37-year-old woman choked to death on marshmallows after taking part in a challenge at a rugby club fundraising event, it is understood.\n\nNatalie Buss collapsed and died on Saturday night at the event at Beddau RFC in Rhondda Cynon Taf.\n\nIt is believed she was on stage at the time.\n\nIn a statement, the club paid tribute to a \"wonderful wife, mother and daughter\" saying they had \"lost a very dear friend\".\n\nIt is believed it happened during a bingo fundraiser for the club's under-10s side.\n\nSouth Wales Police said it was investigating.\n\nPosting on Facebook, Beddau RFC said: \"The club and the Beddau community are heartbroken.\n\n\"On Saturday night we lost a very dear friend who will be sadly missed.\n\n\"Everybody associated with Beddau RFC and within the community are nothing less than devastated at the weekend's tragic accident and we struggle to comprehend the sense of loss people are feeling.\"\n\n\"This said, we must acknowledge that our loss pales into insignificance in comparison to the loss of a lady who was a wonderful wife, mother and daughter to what was an absolutely tragic turn of events.\n\nThe club was closed on Sunday following the incident\n\n\"As a club we send out our sincerest, heartfelt condolences to all the family, the close friends and to all those that this has so badly impacted - you are all in our thoughts today.\"\n\nThe club said there would be a one-minute silence before its games on Saturday.\n\nFollowing the incident on the weekend, many clubs in the area responded on social media, offering their condolences.\n\nThe local MP, Alex Davies-Jones, posted online that she was \"really sad to read this awful news\".\n\n\"My heart goes out to all those affected and my thoughts are with their family and friends,\" added the Pontypridd MP.\n\nRhondda Cynon Taf council said it was also investigating as the health and safety regulator and the local licensing authority.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: Secretly recorded footage at two call centres that recover money for loan apps\n\nA blackmail scam is using instant loan apps to entrap and humiliate people across India and other countries in Asia, Africa, and Latin America. At least 60 Indians have killed themselves after being abused and threatened. A​ BBC undercover investigation has exposed those profiting from this deadly scam in India and China.\n\nAstha Sinhaa woke up to her aunt's panicked voice on the phone. \"Don't let your mother leave the house.\"\n\nHalf-asleep, the 17-year-old was terrified to find her mum Bhoomi Sinhaa in the next room, sobbing and frantic.\n\nHere was her funny and fearless mother, a respected Mumbai-based property lawyer, a widow raising her daughter alone, reduced to a frenzied mess.\n\n\"She was breaking apart,\" Astha says. A panicked Bhoomi started telling her where all the important documents and contacts were, and seemed desperate to get out of the door.\n\nAstha knew she had to stop her. \"Don't let her out of your sight,\" her aunt had told her. \"Because she will end her life.\"\n\nAstha was terrified to find her mother Bhoomi so distressed\n\nAstha knew her mother had been getting some weird calls and that she owed somebody money, but she had no idea that Bhoomi was reeling from months of harassment and psychological torture.\n\nShe had fallen victim to a global scam with tentacles in at least 14 countries that uses shame and blackmail to make a profit - destroying lives in the process.\n\nThe business model is brutal but simple.\n\nThere are many apps that promise hassle-free loans in minutes. Not all of them are predatory. But many - once downloaded - harvest your contacts, photos and ID cards, and use that information later to extort you.\n\nWhen customers don't repay on time - and sometimes even when they do - they share this information with a call centre where young agents of the gig economy, armed with laptops and phones are trained to harass and humiliate people into repayment.\n\nAt the end of 2021, Bhoomi had borrowed about 47,000 rupees ($565; £463) from several loan apps while she waited for some work expenses to come through. The money arrived almost immediately but with a big chunk deducted in charges. Seven days later she was due to repay but her expenses still hadn't been paid, so she borrowed from another app and then another. The debt and interest spiralled until she owed about two million rupees ($24,000; £19,655).\n\nSoon the recovery agents started calling. They quickly turned nasty, slamming Bhoomi with insults and abuse. Even when she had paid, they claimed she was lying. They called up to 200 times a day. They knew where she lived, they said, and sent her pictures of a dead body as a warning.\n\nAs the abuse escalated they threatened to message all of the 486 contacts in her phone telling them she was a thief and a whore. When they threatened to tarnish her daughter's reputation too, Bhoomi could no longer sleep.\n\nShe borrowed from friends, family and more and more apps - 69 in total. At night, she prayed the morning would never come. But without fail at 07:00, her phone would start pinging and buzzing incessantly.\n\nEventually, Bhoomi had managed to pay back all of the money, but one app in particular - Asan Loan - wouldn't stop calling. Exhausted, she couldn't concentrate at work and started having panic attacks.\n\nOne day a colleague called her over to his desk and showed her something on his phone - a naked, pornographic picture of her.\n\nThe photo had been crudely photoshopped, Bhoomi's head stuck on someone else's body, but it filled her with disgust and shame. She collapsed by her colleague's desk. It had been sent by Asan Loan to every contact in her phone book. That was when Bhoomi thought of killing herself.\n\nWe've seen evidence of scams like this run by various companies all over the world. But in India alone, the BBC has found at least 60 people have killed themselves after being harassed by loan apps.\n\nMost were in their 20s and 30s - a fireman, an award-winning musician, a young mum and dad leaving behind their three- and five-year-old daughters, a grandfather and grandson who got involved in loan apps together. Four were just teenagers.\n\nMost victims are too ashamed to speak about the scam, and the perpetrators have remained, for the most part, anonymous and invisible. After looking for an insider for months, the BBC managed to track down a young man who had worked as a debt recovery agent for call centres working for multiple loan apps.\n\nAfter working as a debt recovery agent \"Rohan\" agreed to expose the abuse\n\nRohan - not his real name - told us he had been troubled by the abuse he had witnessed. Many customers cried, some threatened to kill themselves, he said. \"It would haunt me all night.\" He agreed to help the BBC expose the scam.\n\nHe applied for a job in two different call centres - Majesty Legal Services and Callflex Corporation - and spent weeks filming undercover.\n\nHis videos captured young agents harassing clients. \"Behave or I will smash you,\" one woman says, swearing. She accuses the customer of incest and, when he hangs up, she starts laughing. Another suggests the client should prostitute his mother to repay the loan.\n\nRohan recorded over 100 incidents of harassment and abuse, capturing this systematic extortion on camera for the first time.\n\nThe worst abuse he witnessed took place at Callflex Corporation, just outside Delhi. Here, agents routinely used obscene language to humiliate and threaten customers. These were not rogue agents going off-script - they were supervised and directed by managers at the call centre, including one called Vishal Chaurasia.\n\nRohan gained Chaurasia's trust, and together with a journalist posing as an investor, arranged a meeting at which they asked him to explain exactly how the scam works.\n\nUnaware he was being filmed, Vishal Chaurasia described how he would \"torture\" clients to repay\n\nWhen a customer takes out a loan, he explained, they give the app access to the contacts on their phone. Callflex Corporation is hired to recover the money - and if the customer misses a payment the company starts hassling them, and then their contacts. His staff can say anything, Chaurasia told them, as long as they get a repayment.\n\n\"The customer then pays because of the shame,\" he said. \"You'll find at least one person in his contact list who can destroy his life.\"\n\nWe approached Chaurasia directly but he did not want to comment. Callflex Corporation did not respond to our efforts to contact them.\n\nOne of the many lives destroyed was Kirni Mounika's.\n\nThe 24-year-old civil servant was the brains of her family, the only student at her school to get a government job, a doting sister to her three brothers. Her father, a successful farmer, was ready to support her to do a masters in Australia.\n\nThe Monday she took her own life, three years ago, she had hopped on her scooter to go to work as usual.\n\n\"She was all smiles,\" her father, Kirni Bhoopani, says.\n\nIt was only when police reviewed Mounika's phone and bank statements that they found out she had borrowed from 55 different loan apps. It started with a loan of 10,000 rupees ($120; £100) and spiralled to more than 30 times that. By the time she decided to kill herself, she had paid back more than 300,000 rupees ($3,600; £2,960).\n\nPolice say the apps harassed her with calls and vulgar messages - and had started messaging her contacts.\n\nOn the day that she died Mounika was due to travel to her best friend's wedding\n\nMounika's room is now a makeshift shrine. Her government ID card hangs by the door, the bag her mum packed for a wedding still lying there.\n\nThe thing that upsets her father the most is that she hadn't told him what was going on. \"We could have easily arranged the money,\" he says, wiping tears from his eyes.\n\nHe's furious at the people who did this.\n\nAs he was taking his daughter's body home from the hospital her phone rang and he answered to an obscenity-laden rant. \"They told us she has to pay,\" he says. \"We told them she was dead.\"\n\nHe wondered who these monsters could be.\n\nHari - not his real name - worked at a call centre doing recovery for one of the apps Mounika had borrowed from. The pay was good but by the time Mounika died he was already feeling uneasy about what he was part of.\n\nAlthough he claims not to have made abusive calls himself - he says he was in the team that made initial polite calls - he told us managers instructed staff to abuse and threaten people.\n\nThe agents would send messages to a victim's contacts, painting the victim as a fraud and a thief.\n\n\"Everyone has a reputation to maintain in front of their family. No-one is going to spoil that reputation for the measly sum of 5,000 rupees,\" he says.\n\nOnce a payment had been made the system would ping \"Success!\" and they would move on to the next client.\n\nWhen clients started threatening to take their own lives nobody took it seriously - then the suicides started happening. The staff called their boss, Parshuram Takve, to ask if they should stop.\n\nThe following day Takve appeared in the office. He was angry. \"He said, 'Do what you're told and make recoveries,'\" Hari says. So they did.\n\nA few months later, Mounika was dead.\n\nTakve was ruthless. But he wasn't running this operation alone. Sometimes, Hari says, the software interface would switch to Chinese without warning.\n\nTakve was married to a Chinese woman called Liang Tian Tian. Together, they had set up the loan recovery business, Jiyaliang, in Pune, where Hari worked.\n\nLiang Tian Tian and Parshuram Takve in their police mugshots\n\nIn December 2020, Takve and Liang were arrested by police investigating a case of harassment and released on bail a few months later.\n\nIn April 2022 they were charged with extortion, intimidation and abetment of suicide. By the end of the year they were on the run.\n\nWe couldn't track down Takve. But when we investigated the apps Jiyaliang worked for, it led us to a Chinese businessman called Li Xiang.\n\nHe has no online presence, but we found a phone number linked to one of his employees and, posing as investors, set up a meeting with Li.\n\nWith his face shoved uncomfortably close to the camera, he bragged about his businesses in India.\n\n\"We are still operating now, just not letting Indians know we are a Chinese company,\" he said.\n\nBack in 2021, two of Li's companies had been raided by Indian police investigating harassment by loan apps. Their bank accounts had been frozen.\n\nLi Xiang told our undercover reporter about his company's \"specific detailed procedures\"\n\n\"You need to understand that because we aim to recover our investment quickly, we certainly don't pay local taxes, and the interest rates we offer violate local laws,\" he says.\n\nLi told us his company has its own loan apps in India, Mexico and Colombia. He claimed to be an industry leader in risk control and debt collection services in South East Asia, and is now expanding across Latin America and Africa - with more than 3,000 staff in Pakistan, Bangladesh and India ready to provide \"post-loan services\".\n\nThen he explained what his company does to recover loans.\n\n\"If you don't repay, we may add you on WhatsApp, and on the third day, we will call and message you on WhatsApp at the same time, and call your contacts. Then, on the fourth day, if your contacts don't pay, we have specific detailed procedures.\n\n\"We access his call records and capture a lot of his information. Basically, it's like he's naked in front of us.\"\n\nYour phone is private. Or is it? A BBC investigation exposes the blackmail scam causing misery across India.\n\nBhoomi Sinha could handle the harassment, the threats, the abuse and the exhaustion - but not the shame of being linked to that pornographic image.\n\n\"That message actually stripped me naked in front of the entire world,\" she says. \"I lost my self-respect, my morality, my dignity, everything in a second.\"\n\nIt was shared with lawyers, architects, government officials, elderly relatives and friends of her parents - people who would never look at her in the same way again.\n\n\"It has tarnished the core of me, like if you join a broken glass, there will still be cracks on it,\" she says.\n\nShe has been ostracised by neighbours in the community she has lived in for 40 years.\n\n\"As of today, I have no friends. It's just me I guess,\" she says with a sad chuckle.\n\nSome of her family still don't speak to her. And she constantly wonders whether the men she works with are picturing her naked.\n\nThe morning that her daughter Astha found her she was at her lowest ebb. But it was also the moment she decided to fight back. \"I don't want to die like this,\" she decided.\n\nBhoomi says her daughter Astha's support saved her life\n\nShe filed a police report but has heard nothing since. All she could do was change her number and get rid of her sim card - and when Astha started receiving calls her daughter destroyed hers too. She told friends, family and colleagues to ignore the calls and messages and, eventually, they all but stopped.\n\nBhoomi found support in her sisters, her boss and an online community of others abused by loan apps. But mostly, she found strength in her daughter.\n\n\"I must have done something good to be given a daughter like this,\" she says. \"If she hadn't stood by me then I would have been one of the many people who've killed themselves because of loan apps.\"\n\nWe put the allegations in this report to Asan Loan - and also, through contacts, to Liang Tian Tian and Parshuram Takve, who are in hiding. Neither the company nor the couple responded.\n\nWhen asked for comment, Li Xiang told the BBC that he and his companies comply with all local laws and regulations, have never run predatory loan apps, have ceased collaboration with Jiyaliang, the loan recovery company run by Liang Tian Tian and Parshuram Takve, and do not collect or use customers' contact information.\n\nHe said his loan recovery call centres adhere to strict standards and he denied profiting from the suffering of ordinary Indians.\n\nMajesty Legal Services deny using customers' contacts to recover loans. They told us their agents are instructed to avoid abusive or threatening calls, and any violation of the company's policies results in dismissal.\n\nAdditional reporting by Ronny Sen, Shwetika Prashar, Syed Hasan, Ankur Jain and the BBC Eye team. Thanks also to the undercover reporters who cannot be named for their safety.\n\nIf you or someone you know has been affected by the issues raised in this story, details on where to find help and support can be found at BBC Action Line.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Humza Yousaf says his parents-in-law are trapped in Gaza after going to visit family\n\nScotland's first minister says his parents-in-law are \"trapped\" in Gaza, as he unequivocally condemned the attacks by Hamas in Israel.\n\nHumza Yousaf said his wife's parents, who live in Dundee, travelled to Gaza to see her father's sick mother.\n\nThe Israelis have told them to leave, but Mr Yousaf said they had no way to get out and the UK Foreign Office could not guarantee safe passage.\n\nHe said he and his wife were \"sick with worry\" that they would not survive.\n\nNadia El-Nakla's parents travelled to Gaza about a week ago and were there when Hamas launched a surprise attack on Israel this weekend, killing hundreds.\n\nMr Yousaf told the BBC he strongly condemned the \"unjustifiable\" actions of Hamas.\n\n\"There can be no equivocation about that condemnation, and the Scottish government is strong in its condemnation, \" he said.\n\n\"What we have unfortunately seen is many innocent people lose their lives in the course of the last 48 and 72 hours.\n\n\"The lives of an innocent Israeli are to me equal to the lives of an innocent Palestinian.\n\n\"Many innocent people on both sides are losing their lives and that cannot be justified in any way, shape or form.\"\n\nThe first minister said many Jewish families in Scotland would be worried about family members that they have not heard from.\n\nMore than 10 British citizens are feared dead or missing in Israel after the weekend's attack by Hamas, an official UK source has told the BBC.\n\nBernard Cowan, from Glasgow, has been identified by family members on social media as having been killed in the attack.\n\nElizabeth El-Nakla and Maged El-Nakla were visiting family in Gaza when the Hamas attacks happened\n\nMr Yousaf said his in-laws Maged and Elizabeth El-Nakla had been visiting his father-in-law's 92-year-old mother when the Hamas attack took place.\n\nHe said they were told by Israeli authorities to leave because \"Gaza will effectively be obliterated\".\n\nGaza is home to about 2.3 million people, 80% of whom rely on aid.\n\nMore than 500 people have died there in Israel's retaliatory strikes and the region could now be on the brink of a new humanitarian crisis.\n\nMr Yousaf said: \"Despite the best efforts of the British Foreign Office, nobody can guarantee them safe passage anywhere.\n\n\"So I'm in a situation where we don't know whether or not my mother-in-law and father-in-law, who have nothing to do - as most Gazans don't - with Hamas or with any terror attack, will make it through the night or not.\"\n\nSince the attacks began on Saturday morning, Israel has stopped all supplies entering Gaza, including food and medicine.\n\nMany people are without electricity and internet access, and could soon be out of essential food and water supplies.\n\nEven before the latest restrictions, residents of Gaza faced widespread food insecurity, restrictions on movement and water shortages.\n\nMr Yousaf's brother-in-law also lives in Gaza with his four children including a two-month-old baby.\n\nThe family is running out of baby milk, and only have about two-days of supplies for the rest of the family, Mr Yousaf said.\n\nMr Yousaf reiterated that his family had \"nothing to do with Hamas\".\n\nHe said: \"My mother-in-law is a retired nurse from Ninewells [Hospital], my brother-in-law who lives in Gaza is a doctor, but they, along with a lot of other Gazans, are potentially going to suffer collective punishment and that cannot be justified.\"\n\nThe first minster said that he had been in touch with the Foreign Office about Scots caught up in the situation, but no numbers were provided.\n\n\"Whatever I can do to support our Jewish communities and Muslim communities - who will both be fearful of reprisal, attack, hatred - I will do whatever I can to protect our communities across Scotland.\"\n\nMr Yousaf was asked if he would call the Hamas gunmen \"terrorists\". He said: \"Of course, unequivocally.\"\n\nThe First Minister said he believed a two-state solution in Israel was the only way to stop the cycle of violence in Israel and Palestine. He said the Scottish government would not fly Israeli or Palestinian flags from its buildings, but would focus on how it could ensure the safety of any Scots in Israel or Gaza.\n\nHe also commented on a call from Scottish Conservative MSP Jackson Carlow to \"terminate\" the Bute House Agreement with the Scottish Green Party over \"victim-blaming\" statements from its MSP Maggie Chapman.\n\nSign up for our morning newsletter and get BBC News in your inbox.", "The Baltic-connector gas pipeline opened in 2020 and is used by both Finland and Estonia\n\nFinland says damage to an underwater natural gas pipeline with Estonia on Sunday may have been deliberate and was probably caused by \"external activity\".\n\nThe Baltic-connector pipeline was shut down after a sudden drop in pressure. A telecoms cable was also damaged.\n\nFinland's prime minister said on Tuesday that the source of the leak had been found and was being investigated by both countries.\n\nPetteri Orpo added that the cause was not yet clear.\n\nFinnish sources have told the BBC the suspicion falls on Russian sabotage as \"retribution\" for Finland joining Nato in April this year.\n\nNorway's seismological institute, Norsar, said it had detected a \"probable explosion\" along Finland's Baltic Sea coast at 01:20 on Sunday (22:20GMT on Saturday). The event was measured at 1.0, far smaller than the explosions that targeted the Nord Stream pipelines in September 2022.\n\nThat appeared to contradict a statement from Finland's National Bureau of Investigation (KRP) that there were \"no indications\" that explosives had been used, although it added the damage was so serious it was expected to take months to repair.\n\nFinnish authorities said damage to the cable and pipeline damage happened at two different spots in Finland's Exclusive Economic Zone.\n\n\"The discovered damage could not have been caused by normal use of the pipeline or pressure fluctuations,\" Mr Orpo told a press conference. Other possible causes such as seismic activity had already been ruled out.\n\nThe pipeline is Finland's only direct link to the wider European Union's gas network. Nevertheless, Mr Orpo said there were enough alternative sources of gas to ensure the country's energy security was not at risk.\n\nJens Stoltenberg, the head of the Nato military alliance of which both Finland and Estonia are members, wrote on X (formerly Twitter) that the bloc was \"sharing information & stands ready to support Allies concerned\".\n\n\"Frankly we were expecting something like this sooner,\" a Finnish source told the BBC's security correspondent, Frank Gardner. However, he says public statements from Helsinki have carefully avoided directing blame at Moscow in case a lengthy inquiry comes up with inconclusive results.\n\nThe prospect that the damage could be deliberate has pushed up European gas prices.\n\nUK prices jumped as much as 13.5% on Tuesday to 124 pence per therm (a measurement of gas) - having traded as low as 88 pence on Friday.\n\nPrices were already rising after Israel closed one of its largest gas fields, Tamar, in the Mediterranean Sea, in response to the recent aggression by Hamas.\n\nThe damage to the Baltic-connector pipeline has revived concerns about energy security following the Nord Stream pipeline blasts last year.\n\nThe Baltic-connector opened in 2020, and is used to send gas between Estonia and Finland, depending on which country is most in need at any point.\n\nThe pipeline has been Finland's only natural gas import channel since Russian imports were halted in May last year. Natural gas accounts for about 5% of Finland's energy consumption.", "Children Wading by Scottish artist Robert Gemmell Hutchison was stolen in 1989\n\nA painting stolen during a museum heist in Glasgow more than 30 years ago has been found after being put up for auction by an unsuspecting seller.\n\nThieves deactivated an alarm system and climbed up a ladder and through an upstairs window to break into the Haggs Castle Museum of Childhood in 1989.\n\nThey stole a cache of artefacts, some on loan from the world famous Burrell Collection.\n\nAnd none of them has been seen since - until now.\n\nChildren Wading, painted by Robert Gemmell Hutchison in 1918, was found after being listed on the Art Loss Register (ALR), BBC Radio 4's Front Row programme has revealed.\n\nUsed by museums, auction houses, insurers, law firms and the police, the ALR describes itself as the world's largest private database of stolen art, antiques and collectables.\n\nIt has about 700,000 registered items, including 65,000 that are currently missing from museums worldwide.\n\nThe Metropolitan Police has launched an investigation into the British Museum disappearances\n\nThe ALR's director of recoveries James Ratcliffe is expecting a significant increase in the number of missing museum items to be added in the coming weeks and months - because UK museums are auditing their collections after revelations that 2,000 items from the British Museum are missing, stolen or damaged.\n\nSome of the British Museum's unaccounted art has now been identified and added to the ALR, BBC News has been told.\n\nAnd last weekend, Wales' National Museum told BBC News it also had almost 2,000 items unaccounted for.\n\nChildren Wading had been owned by an unsuspecting family who put it up for auction when selling part of their late father's estate.\n\nPainted at Carnoustie in Angus, the artwork depicts two young girls paddling along the water's edge on a warm summer's day, with a toy boat bobbing behind them in a gentle breeze.\n\n\"This painting was registered on our database in about 2014, when Glasgow Museums were going through their records, looking for pieces that they could add to our database so that we could track them down,\" Mr Ratcliffe said.\n\n\"Nothing was seen of it until it turned up in November last year at an auction house in North Yorkshire.\"\n\nThe ALR identified it as stolen. Tennants Auctioneers immediately withdrew it from sale. And the family said it should be returned to Glasgow Museums.\n\nA priceless 16th Century jug and porcelain dolls were also stolen in the theft from Haggs Castle\n\nDirector Duncan Dornan said the painting was gifted to the museum in 1960 and it is thrilled to have it back.\n\n\"We're delighted to have a work returned, even though the theft was a very long time ago,\" he said. \"The pain of it still persists - and there's a loss to the public in Glasgow.\n\n\"We were sorry to lose it and delighted to be able to recover the work subsequently, using the Art Loss system.\n\n\"It is a charming depiction of children at play, which is obviously why it had been deployed in the Museum of Childhood at the time.\"\n\nMr Ratcliffe said it was not unusual for items to surface once in a generation.\n\n\"This is what happens a lot of the time with art which is stolen, because normally, if you're just a normal member of the public, you buy art and then you keep it.\n\n\"You've bought it because you like it and you want to keep it on your wall. And usually, it will stay there for the rest of your life. It's only really then, at the end of your life, that it's likely to reappear on the market.\"\n\nRosie Adcock from law firm Boodle Hatfield said in this instance, the Art Loss Register \"worked well and the family agreed, morally, to return the artwork\". But they were not legally obliged to.\n\n\"Under the law, if a good-faith purchaser - so that's somebody who bought the artwork in good faith and without knowledge of the theft - bought the artwork more than six years ago, then in the eyes of the law, they are now the owner of that artwork,\" she explained.\n\n\"The original owner will not have a claim against that person any more, because more than six years has passed.\n\n\"The original owner does still have their claim against the thief. And although they won't get their artwork back, they can claim against them for the value of that artwork.\n\n\"But obviously this depends on identifying who that thief is, issuing proceedings against them, and hoping that they'll be good for the money at the end of it.\"\n\nMr Dornan is now hoping some of the other 20 or so items still listed as lost or stolen may turn up.\n\n\"It's very satisfying to see your work wrongly taken from a public collection returning to the collection,\" he said.\n\n\"It is both good that the work returns to the people who want it, and makes it available for the public to enjoy.\n\n\"But it's also really good that these systems in the art sector work effectively and actually result in a positive conclusion.\"", "The EU has warned Mark Zuckerberg over the spread of \"disinformation\" on Meta's social media platforms after Hamas' attack on Israel.\n\nIt told Meta, which owns Facebook and Instagram, it \"has 24 hours\" to respond and comply with European law.\n\nSocial media firms have seen a surge in misinformation about the conflict, including doctored images and mislabelled videos.\n\nOn Tuesday the EU warned X, formerly known as Twitter, about such content.\n\nThe bloc's industry chief, Thierry Breton, told Meta it must prove it has taken \"timely, diligent and objective action\".\n\nIn a letter, he said the firm had 24 hours to tell him about the \"proportionate and effective\" measures it had taken to counter the spread of disinformation on its platforms.\n\nA Meta spokesperson told the BBC: \"After the terrorist attacks by Hamas on Israel on Saturday, we quickly established a special operations centre staffed with experts, including fluent Hebrew and Arabic speakers, to closely monitor and respond to this rapidly evolving situation.\"\n\n\"Our teams are working around the clock to keep our platforms safe, take action on content that violates our policies or local law, and coordinate with third-party fact checkers in the region to limit the spread of misinformation. We'll continue this work as this conflict unfolds.\"\n\nThe European Commission meanwhile reminded all social media companies that they are legally required to prevent the spread of harmful content related to Palestinian militant group Hamas, which is a proscribed terrorist group in the EU.\n\n\"Content circulating online that can be associated to Hamas qualifies as terrorist content, is illegal, and needs to be removed under both the Digital Services Act and Terrorist Content Online Regulation,\" a Commission spokesperson said.\n\nOn Tuesday, Mr Breton wrote in a letter to Mr Musk that \"violent and terrorist content\" had not been taken down from X, despite warnings.\n\nMr Musk said his company had taken action, including by removing newly-created Hamas-affiliated accounts.\n\nHe asked the EU to list the alleged violations.\n\nMr Breton did not give details on the disinformation he was referring to in his letter to Mr Musk.\n\nHowever, he said that instances of \"fake and manipulated images and facts\" were widely reported on the social media platform.\n\n\"I therefore invite you to urgently ensure that your systems are effective, and report on the crisis measures taken to my team,\" he wrote in his letter which he shared on social media.\n\nThe interventions come days after Hamas launched an attack on Israel, killing around 1,200 people and taking at least 150 hostages.\n\nIn response, Israeli forces have launched waves of missile strikes on Gaza which have killed more than 900 people.\n\nIn his response on X, Mr Musk said: \"Our policy is that everything is open and transparent, an approach that I know the EU supports.\n\n\"Please list the violations you allude to on X, so that the public can see them.\"\n\nMr Breton said that Mr Musk was \"well aware of your users' - and authorities' - reports on fake content and glorification of violence\", adding that it was up to him to \"demonstrate that you walk the talk\".\n\nThe EU Digital Services Act (DSA) is designed to protect users of big tech platforms.\n\nIt became law last November but firms were given time to make sure their systems complied.\n\nOn 25 April, the commission named the very large online platforms - those with over 45 million EU users - that would be subject to the toughest rules, among them X. The law came into effect four months later in August.\n\nUnder the tougher rules, larger firms have to assess potential risks they may cause, report that assessment and put in place measures to deal with the problem.\n\nFailure to comply with the DSA can result in EU fines of as much as 6% of a company's global turnover, or potentially suspension of the service.\n\nMr Musk dissolved Twitter's Trust and Safety Council shortly after acquiring the company in 2022. Formed in 2016, the volunteer council contained about 100 independent groups who advised on issues such as self-harm, child abuse and hate speech.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nA man given a community sentence for raping a 13-year-old girl when he was 17 has been acquitted by appeal judges.\n\nSean Hogg, 22, was convicted of attacking the girl twice in Dalkeith Country Park, Midlothian, in 2018.\n\nDue to new sentencing guidelines for under-25s, Mr Hogg avoided jail and was instead given 270 hours of unpaid work.\n\nHis lawyers said judge Lord Lake misdirected the jury at the trial in April.\n\nProsecutors decided it was not in the interests of justice to seek a retrial.\n\nScotland's second more senior judge Lady Dorrian said Mr Hogg should not have been convicted due to an \"insufficiency of evidence\".\n\nShe said he would have been acquitted if Lord Lake had not made an error in explaining rape law to jurors.\n\nMr Hogg had been found guilty of raping the girl, who is now 19 years old, after a trial at the High Court in Glasgow.\n\nIt was alleged that Mr Hogg, from Hamilton in South Lanarkshire, attacked her twice between March and June 2018.\n\nHis lawyer, Donald Findlay KC earlier told the Court of Criminal Appeal in Edinburgh that Lord Lake did not follow correct legal procedures to establish Mr Hogg's guilt.\n\nHe said the judge had given the jurors legal direction that the girl's evidence was corroborated by the account of another witness.\n\nThis witness told the court that the girl had been \"distressed\" following an incident involving Mr Hogg.\n\nMr Findlay said this supported the girl's \"credibility\" and it was wrong for the judge to have told jurors this.\n\nHe added: \"It pains me to say this, but there has been a very significant miscarriage of justice at the hands of the judge.\"\n\nThe hearing was also told that the prosecution did not ask detailed questions about why the girl was distressed.\n\nMr Findlay said this resulted in the Crown being unable to corroborate her account of rape.\n\nHe told appeal judges Lady Dorrian, Lord Matthews and Lord Pentland that the judge's actions led to his client being wrongly convicted.\n\nThe Crown Office accepted that the judge misdirected the jury and said part of the verdict should be quashed.\n\nBut prosecutors argued that the jury still had enough evidence for Mr Hogg to be convicted of raping the girl on one occasion.\n\nHowever, the appeal judges agreed with the submissions made to them by Mr Findlay and the conviction was quashed.\n\nLady Dorrian said: \"The inevitable result of the appeal must be acquittal.\n\n\"We are satisfied, but for the error of the trial judge, this would have been the result at trial.\"\n\nThe 13-year-old girl that Sean Hogg was acquitted of raping is now 19 and considering her legal options.\n\nShe could turn to the civil courts where the burden of proof is lower and sue for damages.\n\nAn alternative would be to pursue a private prosecution, although that's a long and difficult road to go down.\n\nRape is a notoriously difficult crime to prove. The vast majority of reported rapes do not reach court and of those that do, just over half result in convictions.\n\nA bill going through the Scottish Parliament proposes major changes to the system, including a pilot of judge-only rape trials.\n\nAccording to her solicitor, the woman in this case wants juries, not judges, to decide verdicts.\n\nAnd what of the judge whose misdirection resulted in a man being wrongly convicted of rape?\n\nA spokesperson for the Judicial Office for Scotland said judges often have to make difficult decisions, many of which are upheld by the appeal court.\n\nThe spokesperson said Lord Lake will have been made aware of the outcome of Sean Hogg's appeal.\n\nIn her judgement, Lady Dorrian said Lord Lake and the prosecutor had agreed that a legal rule for rape cases known as the Moorov doctrine was the correct way to convict Hogg.\n\nMoorov, which is named after a case in the 1930s, is when corroboration can be found from evidence of similar incidents of sexual assault committed around the same time.\n\nAt his trial, Mr Hogg had initially faced sexual assault charges against a second woman. However, he was acquitted of these.\n\nLady Dorrian said the Moorov rule was therefore wrongly applied in this case.\n\nShe wrote: \"The only available means of corroboration was the application of Moorov, without that there could be no route any verdict of guilt.\"\n\nMr Hogg had avoided jail after being found guilty by the jury at the trial in April.\n\nThe community sentence given by Lord Lake attracted widespread criticism from rape charities and other groups at the time.\n\nThe judge said that if Mr Hogg had committed the crime when he was over 25, he would have been jailed for four or five years.\n\nMr Hogg was also put under supervision and added to the sex offenders register following his conviction.\n\nFollowing his acquittal, the girl's lawyer Aamer Anwar said it had turned her life \"back six years to when she was 13\".\n\nIn a statement, he said: \"When the jury returned a verdict of guilty, she thought finally she could move on with her life.\n\n\"It is always the responsibility of the trial judge to formulate the appropriate legal directions to give a jury.\n\n\"In this case, the procedure adopted was manifestly unfair and prejudicial to the defence and, on this basis the appeal had to succeed.\"\n\nMr Anwar said it was \"important for his client\" that the Crown had not renounced its right to prosecute again if any new evidence became available.", "Amanda and Elliott look through his diary each week to find out when he is going into school and when he has to study at home\n\nEleven-year-old Elliott was excited about moving up to secondary school this year. He was out meeting another child, who was also due to start at the same Durham school, when the government announced that school buildings constructed with a particular type of concrete had to close immediately.\n\nElliott has not had much chance to speak to his new friend since then, nor to any of his other classmates - because his school was one of those impacted by the announcement.\n\nSt Leonard's Catholic School was told it could not fully open at the start of term, due to the presence of reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (Raac) on the school site.\n\nInstead of going to school, Elliott has spent most of this term doing six hours a day of online lessons, from home, on his mother's laptop. There are more than 150 other children logged on to the online lesson on his screen - but no-one turns their cameras on, and only the teacher speaks.\n\n\"I feel quite isolated,\" Elliott says. \"When it's breaktime, I normally just watch YouTube in bed.\"\n\nElliott hasn't been able to play as much football at school as he would have liked\n\nElliott's mother, Amanda, says her son had been really looking forward to making new friends. \"Not being able to do that in the normal way has really had an impact on him,\" she says.\n\nElliot is due to start in-person learning full-time next week, at an alternative location.\n\nSome year groups have been in the building for a number of weeks, but school life has been far from normal for them too. The children have been learning in a sports hall rather than in classrooms, and using clipboards because there are not enough desks.\n\nNick Hurn, the chief executive of the school's trust, hopes all the children will be \"back to some face-to-face learning\" after half term.\n\nSpeaking on a local radio station, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said that planning for rebuilding work at St Leonard's will start before the end of the year.\n\nIt is now almost six weeks since the scale of the Raac crisis first emerged.\n\nAnd despite saying it expected to publish fortnightly updates on the number of affected schools, the government has not released up-to-date figures since last month.\n\nAccording to the last figures, which were released on 14 September, 174 schools in England were confirmed to have Raac - the material now deemed to be a safety risk, and which has led to the closures.\n\nAt 23 of those schools, at least some of the pupils were learning remotely; 29 schools required temporary classrooms -11 already had them in place.\n\nOne school - Stepney All Saints Church of England secondary school, in east London, closed completely - meaning all its 1,400 pupils were learning remotely - but has since re-opened to most year groups.\n\nAs the impact became apparent, orders were given for 180 single and 68 double classrooms, plus toilet blocks. The DfE has not said how many have been delivered so far.\n\n\"The majority of settings where Raac has been confirmed have opened and pupils continue to learn as normal,\" a government spokeswoman said.\n\n\"We will continue to support all impacted settings in whatever way we can - whether that's through our team of dedicated caseworkers, or through capital funding to put mitigations in place to minimise the disruption to pupils' education.\"\n\nTim Hodgson, head teacher at Aylesford School, hopes he will not be faced with Raac, on top of current asbestos and fire-safety concerns\n\nBut it is not just Raac that is leading to problems in school infrastructure.\n\nIn England, an estimated 700,000 children are being taught in unsafe or ageing school buildings that need major repairs, according to a National Audit Office report from June.\n\nThe report said more than 93% of schools had responded to DfE surveys about asbestos. Of those, 80% had identified it.\n\nAsbestos is the reason most of Aylesford School, in Warwick, is closed. It could have Raac - its buildings are the relevant age - but head teacher Tim Hodgson cannot find out for certain until the asbestos is removed.\n\nMore than 30 of the school's classrooms are currently out of use. Classes are using the two remaining science labs on rotation - there are normally eight. Coffee cups and teaching materials are still on desks in padlocked classrooms, left behind by teachers who had to evacuate just days before the start of term.\n\n\"We're educators - we're not project managers, we're not builders. So we have to have that help, and we need it quickly,\" says Tim.\n\nAylesford School is on the DfE's \"complex case\" list. Around 18 temporary classrooms have been ordered for installation on the netball courts, and are due to arrive in early November.\n\nSiobhan McKenna says her daughter, an Aylesford pupil, feels \"overwhelmed\" with teaching herself GSCE coursework at home.\n\n\"I'm a single parent, trying to do a full-time job and keep her on an even keel, and it's really, really hard not to be able to help,\" she says.\n\nMs McKenna wants Aylesford's GCSE students to be able to use other schools' practical teaching facilities, such as science labs.\n\n\"What kind of practical lessons can they do in those [temporary buildings]?\" she says.\n\nJoolz Phillips' daughter, Scarlett, has been going into Aylesford for a few weeks, but her son, Jacob - in Year 8 - has been at home.\n\nJoolz has been helping other parents who are unable to work from home, by looking after their children too during the day. But that arrangement is now affecting her spray-tan business, which she runs from the family home.\n\nJoolz feels lucky that her son has friends to interact with when he's learning at home\n\n\"I had a lovely couple come in for their wedding tans,\" Joolz says. \"It was a day where it was absolutely chucking it down.\n\n\"After I'd done the spray tan, I walked out to trainers and coats all over the floor, soaking wet... What I've learnt from that is to try not to do any clients during school hours, if I can.\"\n\nJoolz feels that her children have been \"forgotten\".\n\n\"They've had the two years of Covid, they've had the teacher strikes' days... and now we aren't thought about because nobody else is going through this,\" she says.\n\n\"Unless you're living in this right now, you do not understand what is going on.\"", "Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith maintained appearances that they were still together\n\nJada Pinkett Smith has revealed in a new interview that she and her husband Will Smith have been separated since 2016.\n\nThough the actors were living completely separate lives for seven years, they were not ready to publicly confirm the news before, she confessed to NBC.\n\nBy the time they separated she said that they were \"exhausted with trying\".\n\nThe pair still live separately, but do not plan on divorcing.\n\nPinkett Smith, 52, told NBC she had promised herself that she and Smith, 55, would never get a divorce and said she has not been able to break that promise.\n\n\"I think we were both kind of just still stuck in our fantasy of what we thought the other person should be,\" she said. The interview came ahead of the release of Pinkett Smith's memoir, Worthy, next week.\n\nThe couple made headlines last year when Smith stormed the stage at the Oscars and slapped host Chris Rock, yelling \"keep my wife's name out of your [expletive] mouth\".\n\nThe incident came after Rock made a joke about Pinkett Smith being bald. The actress suffers from alopecia, a condition which causes hair loss.\n\nIn a separate interview, Pinkett Smith told People she initially thought it was part of a planned joke.\n\n\"It wasn't until Will started to walk back to his chair that I even realised it wasn't a skit.\"\n\nShe said: \"I'm going to be by his side but also allow him to have to figure this out for himself.\"\n\nThere was speculation about the couple's marriage in 2020 when the pair went on Pinkett Smith's Facebook show Red Table Talk and discussed Pinkett Smith's \"entanglement\" with artist August Alsina.\n\nThe actors met in 1994 when Pinkett Smith auditioned for Smith's show The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, and later married in 1997.\n\nThey have two children together - Jaden Smith and Willow Smith - along with Trey Smith, Smith's son with his first wife, Sheree Zampino.", "Video caption: The scene at the festival site, five days Hamas gunmen killed 260 people there The scene at the festival site, five days Hamas gunmen killed 260 people there\n\nThe frozen chaos of the festival site amplifies the silence here; spotlights the absence of those who filled its tents and bars five days ago.\n\nSoldiers now step through the shredded scattered belongings; the noise of shelling has replaced the music.\n\nLooking at the vehicles with their doors wrenched open, the scattered backpacks and bedding, it’s hard not imagine the panic as people tried to flee.\n\nThe scale and brutality of this attack has shaken Israel’s sense of security.\n\nSince then, this site has been a closed military zone.\n\nEven the soldiers here are jumpy. While we were filming there today, gunshots suddenly cracked overhead and soldiers began running towards the perimeter fence.\n\nThere were several minutes of panic and confusion, as soldiers ran to secure one location, then another, struggling to keep television cameras away.\n\nThe army later said they had arrested one person near the site who they said had been armed with a knife.\n\nThe young people here on Saturday morning trusted their army enough to dance and party a few miles from the Gaza border.\n\nSince then, everything has changed.", "High Street giant Next is understood to be close to securing a deal to buy rival fashion chain Fat Face.\n\nIf the purchase went ahead, it would mean Next - which has 500 High Street shops - owning Fat Face's 200 stores.\n\nThe acquisition could be agreed this week, according to Sky News which first reported the two were close to a deal.\n\nIt would mark the latest in a run of High Street buys for Next which has snapped up several chains including fashion chain Joules.\n\nLast year, Next bought furniture brand Made.com, and a minority stake in baby goods store chain JoJo Maman BéBé and more recently it increased its stake in fashion chain Reiss from 51% to 72%.\n\nNext has been using the purchases to beef up its so-called \"Total Platform\", a suite of online services for third party brands.\n\nThis year it bought the floral fashion brand Cath Kidston - but not its stores.\n\nFat Face was taken over by a consortium of lenders in 2020 when shops were struggling during the Covid pandemic.\n\nBut in its latest annual results the retailer said sales were up 15% and profits had jumped.\n\nLast year it was reported that Fat Face had hired investment bank Rothschild to find a buyer for the business.\n\nNext, FatFace and Rothschild declined to comment on the deal.\n\nUK high streets have been under pressure as shoppers spend less during the cost-of-living crisis.\n\nInflation - the rate at which prices rise - has started to ease after surging in 2022, but it remains high and retail sales are yet to bounce back.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: My daughter’s final moments as Hamas invaded her home\n\nIsrael was warned by Egypt of potential violence three days before Hamas' deadly cross-border raid, a US congressional panel chairman has said.\n\nHouse of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee head Michael McCaul told reporters of the alleged warning.\n\nIsraeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu described the reports as \"absolutely false\".\n\nIsraeli intelligence services are under scrutiny for their failure to prevent the deadliest attack by Palestinian militants in Israel's 75-year history.\n\n\"We know that Egypt has warned the Israelis three days prior that an event like this could happen,\" Mr McCaul told reporters following a closed-door intelligence briefing on Wednesday for lawmakers about the Middle East crisis, according to AFP news agency.\n\n\"I don't want to get too much into classified, but a warning was given,\" the Texas Republican added. \"I think the question was at what level.\"\n\nAn Egyptian intelligence official told the Associated Press news agency this week that Cairo had repeatedly warned the Israelis \"something big\" was being planned from Gaza.\n\n\"We have warned them an explosion of the situation is coming, and very soon, and it would be big. But they underestimated such warnings,\" said the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity.\n\nThe Cairo official said Israeli officials had played down the threat from Gaza, instead focusing on the West Bank.\n\nSir Alex Younger, who served as chief of the UK's foreign intelligence agency between 2014 and 2020, said Hamas fighters were able to carry out their attack on 7 October due to \"institutional complacency\" in Israel.\n\nHe told BBC Radio 4's Today Podcast there may have been an assumption by Israel that Hamas was not interested in a new conflict, so any information that contradicted that was discounted.\n\n\"It is my assumption - though I'm not on the inside - that there would be data breaking through that could have been interpreted differently and certainly would be with hindsight,\" he said.\n\nHe added that complacency could have been compounded by an over-reliance on technological means to monitor Gaza, leading to a false sense of security.\n\nAccording to the Financial Times, quoting two unnamed officials familiar with the matter, there was no hard intelligence of a specific attack.\n\nOn Wednesday, Mr Netanyahu described any suggestion that Israel had received a specific warning in advance of the deadly incursion as \"totally fake news\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: Hiding at home, blinded and choked by dust - a video diary from Gaza\n\nEgypt - which controls who crosses its border with Gaza - often serves as a mediator between Israel and Hamas.\n\nMore than 1,500 militants stormed through the Gaza security barrier in a co-ordinated land, air and sea attack on Saturday.\n\nThe death toll in Israel from the Hamas attacks has reached 1,200. More than 1,000 people have been killed by Israeli air strikes on Gaza.\n\nIsrael has been pounding Hamas targets in Gaza in response, while residents of the territory say they have no mains electricity after their only power station ran out of fuel.\n\nHamas has, meanwhile, condemned US President Joe Biden's remarks on Tuesday saying Israel had a duty to respond to the attacks, which he called an \"act of sheer evil\".\n\nThe Palestinian group said Mr Biden's remarks were \"inflammatory\" and aimed to escalate tensions in the Gaza Strip.\n\nIn the wake of the Hamas attack, the US announced it was moving an aircraft carrier, ships and jets to the eastern Mediterranean, and that it would also give Israel additional equipment and ammunition.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Bleary-eyed commuters may be in for a surprise when they hear Liam Gallagher's dulcet tones\n\nLiam Gallagher is taking over Manchester's tram network by voicing passenger announcements.\n\nThe Oasis frontman will be giving out recorded route information as the city hosts the Beyond The Music festival.\n\nWherever possible, organisers are urging music fans to use public transport to get to and from gigs.\n\nGallagher also wants to \"do his bit\" to encourage people to support up-and-coming talent, said a spokesman for the Mancunian musician.\n\n\"When the request was first made by [Greater Manchester mayor] Andy Burnham, Liam loved the idea of surprising tram users by doing the announcements, and he was given the chance to choose his favourite line.\n\n\"You'll have to get on to a tram into the city to find out which it is.\"\n\nMore than 100 artists will be performing at 17 grassroots venues across Manchester from Wednesday to Saturday, highlighting new music.\n\nMr Burnham said: \"True to Manchester's traditions, Beyond The Music is a co-operative endeavour which aims to give all players in the music industry an equal voice and equal say on the change it needs.\n\n\"By doing that, our aim is to strengthen one of Manchester's, and Britain's, most important exports.\n\n\"There surely can't be any better way of marking the launch of the Bee Network and the first Beyond The Music than getting one of Manchester's most famous voices announcing the stops on his favourite Metrolink line.\"\n\nAndy Burnham launched the first phase of the Bee Network last month\n\nMr Burnham added: \"It means a lot to us that Liam has agreed to do this and show his support for his home city.\n\n\"Supporting our music venues and giving people cheaper and better public transport to and from our gigs is what we're all about.\n\n\"I am sure that Liam's dulcet tones will wake up a few early-morning commuters, brighten up many a journey, and produce a lot of smiles along the way.\"\n\nThe Bee Network was launched last month, the first locally controlled bus service in nearly 40 years.\n\nBus franchising in the region is the start of plans for an integrated \"London-style\" transport network, combining bus, tram, and eventually rail.\n\nWhy not follow BBC North West on Facebook, X and Instagram? You can also send story ideas to northwest.newsonline@bbc.co.uk", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nFlying out to France in an aeroplane that allegedly weighs less than Wales' scrum may sound like the stuff of nightmares.\n\nBut for Dave Pitman and Gavin Johns, the proximity of Wales' final Rugby World Cup group game in Brittany meant it was an opportunity they had to take.\n\nThe two friends touched down in Rennes on Friday, before soaking up the tournament atmosphere in Nantes.\n\nThe private pilots said the \"sense of relief\" after landing was \"fantastic\".\n\nDave, from Rumney in Cardiff, and Gavin, from Miskin in Rhondda Cynon Taf, had already travelled out to Lyon to watch Wales earlier in the pool stage - via the more traditional method of a travel agency.\n\n\"Because we had such an amazing result against Australia, it was decided that we would try [to fly] if the weather was perfect, and it was,\" said Dave.\n\nFully-fuelled, the plane weighs 880kg - making it \"very susceptible to weather\"\n\nThe two have previous experience of flying to France in their light aircraft, including for the famous Le Mans motor race earlier this year.\n\n\"Crossing the Channel can be a little nerve wracking because we're in a single-engine plane, so you have to take a lot of safety measures, but other than that it's a bit of an adventure,\" said Gavin.\n\n\"Once we get here, the sense of relief and achievement is fantastic.\n\n\"But in all seriousness, we wouldn't do anything reckless - if the weather was poor we'd turn back, if the aircraft's not right we turn back.\"\n\nThe two departed from St Athan in the Vale of Glamorgan on Friday, before making the journey home on Sunday.\n\nBut Dave admitted it was not for the faint-hearted, with turbulence felt all the more strongly in a light aircraft.\n\n\"Our aircraft weighs 880kg (1,900lb) fully-fuelled, fully-loaded, so it's very susceptible to weather - we were bouncing around,\" he said.\n\n\"In fact I think the Welsh rugby pack is 912kg (2010lb), so we're incredibly light [in comparison]. But the experience is quite amazing.\"\n\nGavin and Dave in the Nantes fanzone after arriving by light aircraft\n\nGavin said he was \"quietly confident\" that the two would take the plane for another spin to France before the tournament is over.\n\n\"If we get past Argentina, there's a very nice airfield in Paris that Dave wants to land into, so we'll be at the semi finals,\" he said, smiling.\n\nThey are not the only fans who have found novel ways of travelling to the tournament.\n\nMike Kelly, from Pembrokeshire, has spent five weeks cycling more than 1,600 miles (2,574km) to attend the four group matches.\n\n\"Last year I got diagnosed with epilepsy, so I had to give up my driving licence,\" Mike explained.\n\n\"And so I decided, why not do it on the bike instead? It was a better idea last October than it was by the time I started, but it's been really good fun.\"\n\nMike Kelly has spent five weeks cycling more than 1,600 miles\n\nApart from one bout of food poisoning which cut short his journey to Bordeaux, Mike has managed to make it all the way from city to city.\n\nDescribing himself as a typical \"weekend warrior\" cyclist, Mike said he was motivated to push on by thinking of the charity Tŷ Hafan, which he is raising money for.\n\n\"We went down to the hospice on the first day of the trip and it just hit you like a brick. So I just felt I wanted to do some more for them,\" he said.\n\n\"That's what kept me pedalling when I thought I might want to take the train, it made me carry on.\"\n\nMike said he was spurred on by the \"fantastic\" locals and picturesque countryside.\n\n\"I can't really speak French, but we make do, and everybody's been lovely, shown lots of kindness to me along the way,\" he said.\n\n\"I also took some mountain paths, and had about two days where I saw nobody, and the wildlife was amazing.\n\n\"I was seeing otters, beavers - one surreal morning I came out by the canal and there was a crayfish on the path, just waving his claws at me.\n\n\"Ten metres along, another crayfish, and for about a mile there were just crayfish all along the way, really angry, some with their claws in the air giving it some.\"\n\nMike said he's seen some \"amazing\" wildlife along the way - including some \"angry\" crayfish\n\nMike added: \"That was a bit bizarre. But it's been lovely, and the countryside is so beautiful.\"\n\nHis trip will end this week as he returns to Wales, and Mike said he doesn't plan on returning - despite it being the \"best five weeks\" of his life.\n\n\"My son Sam did ask if I was going to - but to be honest, I think my wife Kate might not be there if I go back out again,\" he laughed.\n\n\"I risk scurvy as well - I haven't eaten anything but croissants and kebabs for five weeks. So I'm desperate for some vegetables!\"", "RAAC was a cheaper alternative to standard concrete and has a lifespan of about 30 years.\n\nNo collapse-prone concrete has been found in initial surveys of 30 schools in Northern Ireland.\n\nThe Department of Education (DE) confirmed the news in a letter to principals.\n\nThe department has asked the Education Authority (EA) to survey 120 schools for reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (Raac).\n\nMore than 170 schools and colleges in England have been found to contain Raac.\n\nThis has led to some having to close parts of their buildings.\n\nRaac is a lightweight material that was used mostly in flat roofing - but also in floors and walls - between the 1950s and 1990s.\n\nIt was a cheaper alternative to standard concrete and had a lifespan of about 30 years.\n\nThe Health and Safety Executive in England has warned that Raac is now beyond its lifespan and may \"collapse with little or no notice\".\n\nIn Northern Ireland, 120 schools were subsequently earmarked as a priority for a Raac survey on the basis of building fabric, age and type of construction.\n\nThe department's director of infrastructure Suzanne Kingon has now written to principals to update them on that work.\n\n\"The first 30 visual surveys of schools have now been carried out, by appropriately qualified engineers, and I am pleased to advise that no RAAC has been identified as being present,\" the letter from the DE said.\n\n\"As a follow-up, and to provide complete assurance at each site, further investigations of areas with more restricted access are being scheduled.\"\n\nThe department also said surveys of the rest of the 120 schools would \"be completed rapidly over the next number of weeks\".\n\nIt said it would provide an update on that work when it was completed.\n\nFurther education (FE) colleges have also been checking their campuses for Raac.\n\nBut it is unclear if Northern Ireland will receive extra money from the UK government to fix public buildings affected by the crumbling concrete.\n\nMeanwhile, the department has also said it will provide an additional £5million of maintenance funding for special schools in 2023-24.\n\nThe money will be used for essential maintenance in Northern Ireland's 39 special schools for health and safety work including repairs to buildings, grounds and other facilities.", "The Prince and Princess of Wales \"utterly condemn\" Hamas's attack on Israel, a spokesperson said.\n\nThe King and other senior royals have condemned the attacks by the militant group Hamas on Israel.\n\nPalace sources said the King was \"appalled\", and condemns the \"barbaric acts of terrorism in Israel\".\n\nThe Prince and Princess of Wales are \"profoundly distressed\" by the events since strikes began on Saturday, according to their spokesman.\n\nHe said the couple believe all Israelis and Palestinians will be \"stalked by grief, fear and anger\".\n\nThe King has asked to be kept updated on the situation and his \"thoughts and prayers are with all of those suffering\", a palace spokesman said earlier.\n\nSome 1,200 people have been killed in Israel, while more than 1,000 have died in retaliatory air strikes on Gaza.\n\nThe Buckingham Palace spokesman said: \"This is a situation His Majesty is extremely concerned about, and he has asked to be kept actively updated.\n\n\"His thoughts and prayers are with all of those suffering, particularly those who have lost loved ones, but also those actively involved as we speak.\"\n\nPrince William and Catherine, meanwhile, said they hold \"all the victims, their families and their friends in their hearts and minds\", according to a spokesperson.\n\n\"The horrors inflicted by Hamas's terrorist attack upon Israel are appalling; they utterly condemn them.\"\n\n\"Those the Prince of Wales met in 2018 overwhelmingly shared a common hope - that of a better future.\"\n\n\"The prince and princess continue to share that hope without reservation\".\n\nAt least 17 British nationals, including children, are dead or missing after the Hamas attack on Israel, an official UK source has told the BBC.\n\nPalestinian militant group Hamas launched a series of unprecedented attacks on Israel from Gaza over the weekend, killing hundreds and taking up to 150 people hostage.\n\nIn response, Israel has launched air strikes on Gaza and prevented the passage of food, water, fuel and medicine into the territory.\n\nPalace sources also said this afternoon that the King has spoken by phone to President Isaac Herzog of Israel and King Abdullah II of Jordan.\n\nThey said he has a deep concern about the situation in the Middle East, and used the opportunity to express his thoughts and prayers for all of those suffering, especially to the loved ones of those who have lost their lives.\n\nElsewhere, the Archbishop of Canterbury has also condemned the \"utterly abhorrent\" attacks by Hamas.\n\nIn a letter to the Board of Deputies of British Jews, Justin Welby said such violence against innocent civilians including children and the elderly \"strikes at the heart of all that is good and holy\".\n\nHe added that British Jews would also be feeling the \"double jeopardy\" of anticipating an increase in antisemitic sentiment.\n\nMeanwhile, Foreign Secretary James Cleverly has travelled to Israel, with the Foreign Office saying the visit was to meet survivors and outline the UK's support for Israel.\n\nA Foreign Office spokesperson said Mr Cleverly was in Israel \"to demonstrate the UK's unwavering solidarity with the Israeli people following Hamas' terrorist attacks\".\n\nBritish nationals Nathanel Young, Bernard Cowan and Jake Marlowe are confirmed to have died in the attacks, while the family of photographer Daniel Darlington believe him to be dead.\n• None Children among 17 Britons dead or missing in Israel", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. BBC's Jeremy Bowen reports from Kfar Aza, where Hamas militants killed whole families\n\nWarning: This article contains details that some readers may find disturbing\n\nKibbutz Kfar Aza is a microcosm of the first few days of this war, and also a glimpse of what might come next.\n\nUntil Tuesday morning, fighting was still going on in the kibbutz, which is one of the Israeli communities along the border with Gaza. That's why only now are they collecting the bodies of its Israeli residents who were killed when Hamas broke through the border wire from Gaza early on Saturday morning.\n\nSoldiers who spent much of the day in the ruins recovering bodies of civilians said that there had been a massacre. It seems likely that much of the killing happened in the first hours of the assault on Saturday.\n\nThe Israeli army, caught off guard, took 12 hours to get to the kibbutz, said Davidi Ben Zion, the deputy commander of Unit 71, an experienced team of paratroopers who led the assault.\n\n\"Thank God we saved many lives of many parents and children,\" he said. \"Unfortunately, some were burned by Molotov [cocktails]. They are very aggressive, like animals.\"\n\nMr Ben Zion said Hamas gunmen who killed families, including babies, were \"just a jihad machine to kill everybody, [people] without weapons, without nothing, just normal citizens that want to take their breakfast and that's all.\"\n\nSome of the victims, he said, were decapitated.\n\n\"They killed them and cut some of their heads, it's a dreadful thing to see… and we must remember who is the enemy, and what our mission is, [for] justice where there is a right side and all the world needs to be behind us.\"\n\nAnother officer pointed to a bloodied purple sleeping bag. A swollen toe poked out. He said the woman underneath had been killed and decapitated in her front garden. I did not ask the officer to move the sleeping bag to inspect her body. A few yards away was the blackened, swollen corpse of a dead Hamas gunman.\n\nKibbutz Kfar Aza adds to the considerable evidence that is accumulating of war crimes by Hamas gunmen. Like their Israeli neighbours, the community was taken by surprise.\n\nHomes in the kibbutz have been completely destroyed\n\nIts first line of defence was the kibbutz guard, residents with military experience who patrolled the perimeter. They were killed fighting the attackers.\n\nTheir bodies were removed this morning from their positions in the centre of the kibbutz, and like the other Israeli dead, wrapped in black plastic, carried in stretchers to a parking area and laid in a line waiting to be recovered.\n\nThe residents of the Israeli border communities expected periodic rocket attacks after Hamas seized control of Gaza in 2007. They accepted the danger as the price of country life in a tight knit community which still had traces of the pioneer spirit of early Zionist settlements.\n\nResidents of Kfar Aza, and the other Israeli communities along the Gaza wire, enjoyed a good quality of life, despite the threat from Hamas rockets. In the houses, lawns and open areas of the kibbutz, a concrete shelter was never more than a dash away.\n\nAll the houses had reinforced safe rooms. They also had outside terraces, barbeques, swings for the children and fresh air.\n\nBut no-one - here in Kfar Aza or elsewhere in Israel - imagined Hamas would be able to breach Israel's defences and kill so many people.\n\nThe horror and rage of Israelis has been mixed with incredulity that the state and the military failed in its fundamental duty to protect its citizens.\n\nThe bodies of dead Hamas gunmen who killed so many of them have been left rotting in the sun, lying uncovered where they were killed in bushes and ditches and the broad lawns of the kibbutz.\n\nNear their bodies are the motorcycles they used to storm into the kibbutz after they broke through the border wire. The wreckage of a paraglider, used to fly over Israel's defences, is there too, pushed off a path on to a flower bed.\n\nAn Israeli soldier told the BBC that some of the dead had been beheaded\n\nThe next common experience with other border settlements was that it took a fierce fight for the Israelis to recapture Kfar Aza.\n\nAs we approached the kibbutz entrance this morning, hundreds of Israeli combat soldiers were still deployed along its perimeter. We could hear their radio traffic.\n\nA commander was giving the order to open fire at a building on the Gaza side. Almost immediately bursts of fire from automatic weapons started, directed across the border into Gaza.\n\nThe deep thud of airstrikes echoed continually out of Gaza while we were in Kfar Aza.\n\nIsrael is suffering a collective trauma after the killing of so many of their fellow citizens on Saturday.\n\nBut in Gaza, hundreds of civilians are also being killed. International humanitarian law states clearly that all combatants must protect the lives of civilians.\n\nIt is clear that the killing of hundreds of civilians by the Hamas attackers is grave violation of the laws of war. Israelis reject any comparison between the way Hamas kills civilians and the way Palestinian civilians die in their air strikes.\n\nMajor General Itai Veruv, who was about to retire when he led the fight to take back the kibbutz, insisted that Israel was respecting its obligations under the laws of war.\n\n\"I'm sure we fight for our values and culture… we will be very aggressive and very strong but we keep our moral values. We are Israeli, we are Jewish.\"\n\nHe denied strongly that they had suspended their obligations under the laws of war. It is certain though that as more Palestinian civilians die, Israel will face stronger and stronger criticism.\n\nIsraeli soldiers are still keeping watch on the perimeter of the settlement\n\nThat is part of the glimpse of the future afforded by Kfar Aza. So is the attitude of a soldier I spoke to, who didn't want to give his name. Like so many other Israelis, the experience of the first few days of this war, and what he has seen, hardened his resolve to fight.\n\nWhen they arrived, he said it was \"chaos, terrorists everywhere.\"\n\nHow difficult, I asked, was the fighting?\n\nHave you ever had to do anything like this before as a soldier?\n\n\"I don't know, I do what they tell me to do. I hope we will go inside.\"\n\nInto Gaza? That would be tough fighting.\n\n\"Yes. We're ready for it.\"\n\nIsraeli soldiers say there were Hamas fighters everywhere when they arrived\n\nThe soldiers were mostly from reserve units. Historically, military service was considered a vital part of nation-building, uniting a country that can be fractious.\n\nDavidi Ben Zion, the officer who led the first wave into the fight for the kibbutz and saw the carnage left by Hamas, acknowledged Israelis had deep political divisions - but insisted they were united now that they were under attack.\n\nA strong smell of decomposing flesh hung in the hot autumn sun of the Mediterranean. Soldiers removing the bodies walked carefully through the ruins of houses, wary of unexploded ordnance, that might also be boobytrapped. A grenade lay on a garden path.\n\nAs they worked to recover the bodies, from time to time alerts for Hamas rocket fire made them take cover.\n\nAfter we left Kfar Aza there were more alerts.", "Rhyl High School has reduced school days in a bid to get kids back into class\n\nStaff are visiting pupils' homes, shortening days and running a food bank to help get children back to lessons at one school.\n\nFigures say one in six secondary pupils in Wales is now persistently absent.\n\nSome call attendance rates a \"national crisis\" and the Welsh government has set up a group to examine why children are missing school.\n\nRhyl High School deputy head teacher Ceri Ellis believes there has been an increase in mental health problems.\n\nShe said attendance at the school in Denbighshire was 6% down from four years ago.\n\n\"Pupils are struggling to get in on time too,\" said Ms Ellis.\n\n\"A lot of adjustments are needed for some children who are struggling with sleep routines, anxiety, perhaps needing to come in a bit later when they're not involved in the crowds.\"\n\nCovid disruption is seen by some as having set off problems across the UK.\n\nHead teacher Claire Armitstead says the school funds its own food bank\n\nAt Rhyl High School student welfare services have been expanded in response to attendance problems.\n\nThis included nine more staff to help with struggling pupils.\n\nMs Ellis said almost a third of children regularly used support services.\n\nSelf-harm and mental health problems were on the rise, she said, adding: \"We see huge numbers of children with real anxiety issues.\"\n\nIts head teacher, Claire Armitstead, said she \"couldn't allow\" her pupils to be \"hurt\" by a lack of support services.\n\nOn top of wellbeing initiatives, the school has also funded its own food bank.\n\n\"We're in very difficult financial situations at the moment,\" she said.\n\nStaff were visiting homes of children with attendance problems.\n\nMs Armitstead said: \"We will go and visit parents at home. We'll have those conversations and we will make it accessible for the child. So we will be adaptable.\n\n\"So if a child is struggling with a full day, we will do part days and slowly grow their confidence until they can be in full days in school.\n\n\"If they cannot come into a big class, we will take them through small class areas to grow their confidence until they come back in.\"\n\nThis was not cheap to do.\n\nMs Armitstead said: \"Pre-pandemic, I had two full-time members of staff who led on pupil wellbeing. Now I have four.\n\n\"I had two members of staff who led on interventions with pupils' behaviours to allow them to be successful in school. Now I have nine.\"\n\nMs Armitstead worried she may face pressure to cut such services if there were funding reductions.\n\nThe school has wellbeing rooms where pupils can get specialist support\n\nShe said: \"I worry, what do I do? How do I keep those children safe?\"\n\nAccording to Welsh government data, Year 11 has had the biggest rise in absenteeism.\n\nThese children were in their first year of secondary school when schools were locked down.\n\nKai, a Year 11 pupil at Rhyl High, believed some had struggled to readjust after so long at home.\n\nHe was in Year 7 when Covid struck and worked online at home during Year 8.\n\n\"Some people thought 'I don't want to do work, I'd rather go on my Xbox or PlayStation,\" he said.\n\nWhen they got to secondary school the work was harder.\n\n\"We weren't used to it, so in some of our minds we were thinking, 'This is too stressful',\" he said.\n\nWelsh Education Minister Jeremy Miles says a group will be set up to tackle school absence\n\nJessica, in the same year, believed some pupils lost social skills.\n\n\"Everything changed and no-one really gets it,\" she said.\n\nAssociation of School and College Leaders Cymru director Eithne Hughes said schools needed to know they would keep getting funding to tackle the problem.\n\nMs Hughes said: \"Schools do not have enough resources, they are swimming against the tide with this particular issue.\n\n\"They are struggling to get more boots on the ground, given that we've got cuts coming down the way.\"\n\nWelsh Education Minister Jeremy Miles said a group would be set up to tackle school absence.\n\n\"A priority of the group will be to look in depth into the reasons behind non-attendance and bring to bear their expertise to identify actions that can bring about sustained improvements,\" he said.\n\nWales Live is on BBC One Wales at 22:30 BST on Wednesday and on BBC iPlayer", "This video can not be played\n\nTo play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.", "Global warming is changing the quality and taste of beer, scientists have warned.\n\nA new study reveals that the quantity of European hops, which gives beer its distinctive bitter taste, is declining.\n\nHotter, longer and drier summers are predicted to worsen the situation, and could lead to beer becoming more expensive.\n\nThe authors warned growers to adapt their farming techniques.\n\nBeer is a staple of European culture - with 8.5 billion pints sold in the UK alone, according to the British Beer and Pub Association.\n\nHops, the flower of the hop plant, are the crucial fourth ingredient in the beer brewing process - alongside water, yeast and malt. They are added before the boiling process to add bitterness, but can also be added afterwards to change the overall flavour.\n\nThe boom in the craft beer industry, increasing demand for beers with distinctive strong flavours, has pushed up the use of high-quality hops.\n\nBut this study, which looked at how the average yield of aroma hops changed between 1971 and 1994 and between 1995 and 2018, found that in some key hop-growing areas, there was a drop of nearly 20% in output.\n\nThe scientists, from the Czech Academy of Sciences (CAS) and Cambridge University, put the reduction in crop down to drier conditions - probably due to climate change - in recent years.\n\nMartin Mozny, co-author of the paper and research scientist at CAS, said: \"Failure to adapt will jeopardise the profitability of hop growing in some areas. The consequence will be lower production and a higher price for brewers.\"\n\nThe price of beer has already increased by 13% since the pandemic in 2020, due to an increase in energy costs driven by inflation, and the gas crisis following the invasion of Ukraine.\n\nHops are using in the brewing process to change the bitterness and overall flavour of beer\n\nThe scientists also found the alpha bitter acids of the hops - which influence the beer flavour - had reduced, due to higher and more extreme temperatures.\n\nDespite global efforts, greenhouse gas emissions from human activities have continued to increase temperatures. It is expected in the next five-to-seven years, that the crucial 1.5C barrier will be crossed.\n\nThe study predicts that the bitter acids will reduce by up to 31% by 2050.\n\nFarmers have been working to adapt their growing practices to improve yields, such as moving farms higher up valleys where there is more rainfall, and installing irrigation systems. But the study authors warn that further investment is needed, and say it will be necessary to expand the area used to grow aroma hops by 20%, to compensate for future decline.\n\nThe research has been published in the journal Nature Communications.", "Boris Johnson said working closely with Welsh, Scottish and NI leaders make the UK look like a mini-EU\n\nBoris Johnson thought it was \"wrong\" for the prime minister to hold regular meetings with Mark Drakeford and Nicola Sturgeon during the pandemic.\n\nThe comments have been revealed in his evidence to the Covid inquiry.\n\nWales' first minister had been frustrated at the number of meetings he had with the Westminster government.\n\nBut Mr Johnson feared working closely with first ministers could make the UK look like a \"mini-EU of four nations\".\n\n\"That is not, in my view, how devolution is supposed to work,\" he said.\n\nWales, Scotland and Northern Ireland have their own governments which have different levels of control over their own affairs.\n\nSometimes known as the devolved administrations (DAs), all three had their own lockdown rules which differed more from the UK government's in England as the pandemic went on.\n\nAfter initially chairing emergency COBR meetings with the heads of three nations at the beginning of the pandemic, Boris Johnson passed the responsibility on to Michael Gove, the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster.\n\nIn written evidence to the inquiry Mr Johnson said: \"I did chair some of the four nation COBRs, but I was content to let Michael lead.\"\n\nApart from the workload, he said there were \"two good reasons\" for this, \"one of principle and one practical.\"\n\n\"It is optically wrong, in the first place, for the UK prime minister to hold regular meetings with other DA first ministers, as though the UK were a kind of mini-EU of four nations and we were meeting as a 'council' in a federal structure.\"\n\nFederalism is where power is more equally divided between central and regional governments.\n\nThat is not the case in the UK, where ultimate power still lies with the central government in Westminster despite the three devolved nations being permitted to make their own decisions.\n\nMr Drakeford wrote to the UK government in April 2020 asking for a \"regular rhythm\" to meetings between the devolved nations and the Westminster government.\n\nBut it is clear there was a difference of opinion within government about how to deal with the devolved authorities.\n\nMinisters were concerned that regular meetings would not necessarily mean that the devolved administrations would agree with their approach to Covid.\n\nThere was a warning in one meeting of UK government ministers, where Mr Drakeford's request was discussed, that regular meetings with Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland could be a \"potential federalist trojan horse\".\n\nIn minutes of the meeting, the then-Secretary of State for Wales, Simon Hart, was \"nervous\" about excluding the three countries from decisions, and thought they as a government \"could possibly engage more than we are at the moment\".\n\nBut it noted that he did think that Mr Drakeford was \"positioning himself for next year's assembly elections\".\n\nThe Scottish Secretary, Alistair Jack, thought that \"working at official level would be better\" than with the heads of government as it \"would avoid Scottish FM grandstanding\".\n\nIn WhatsApp messages, Boris Johnson's former adviser, Dominic Cummings, advised the prime minister to chair daily meetings from Downing Street's Cabinet Room and not \"with the DAs [devolved administrations] on the [expletive] phone all the time either so people can't tell you the truth\".\n\nSpeaking to the Covid inquiry on Monday, politics expert Professor Ailsa Henderson of Edinburgh University said there was a \"fear of federalism, there is a fear of leaks\", that the UK government perceived a \"self-serving nature to the motives of the devolved administrations\".\n\nShe said the minutes of the meeting of UK government ministers was \"the most remarkable document I have read in a number of years\"\n\nThere was no suggestion, she said, \"that it might improve decision-making if more voices from more parts of the UK were included\".\n\nBoris Johnson met then-Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon at Bute House in July 2019\n\nBoris Johnson's believed that the divergence in policies between the four nations became \"a growing presentational problem\".\n\nIn his written testimony, he said he regrets not using civil contingencies legislation rather than public health legislation for Covid laws.\n\nThis would mean that only the UK government could have decided on the rules around Covid, preventing the devolved governments from pursuing their own policies.\n\nHe says there was \"always a risk\" that the devolved governments \"would diverge and choose a more restrictive measure, or one that was perhaps different for the sake of being different\".\n\nIn his written testimony, the former Welsh health minister Vaughan Gething said that the meetings between governments were not an \"open discussion that treated other governments as equals\".", "Laurent Ballesta's horseshoe crab wins the grand prize - and the WPY Portfolio Award\n\nA picture of a mysterious and other-worldly horseshoe crab has earned Laurent Ballesta the title of Wildlife Photographer of the Year (WPY) 2023.\n\nThe golden marine arthropod is seen hugging the bottom muds in waters off Pangatalan Island, in the Philippines.\n\nIt is tracked by three small fish, hoping the crab's movements will expose an opportunistic meal in the sediment.\n\nBallesta becomes only the second photographer in WPY's 59-year history to win the competition twice.\n\nIn 2021, he was awarded the grand prize for capturing a trio of groupers in the act of spawning.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: See how Laurent Ballesta captured his winning image (Credit: Gombessa Expeditions & Andromede Oceanology)\n\nThe photographer and marine biologist was crowned during a gala dinner at London's Natural History Museum.\n\nKathy Moran, who chaired the judging panel, said a winning image required four characteristics: \"aesthetics\", \"moment\", \"narrative\", and increasingly \"something that has a conservation edge to it\". And Ballesta's work had that \"secret sauce\".\n\n\"It really does feel like an alien floating across the seafloor - but when you step back and realise just how important these creatures are to ocean health and human health, we just felt the image brought it all together and we couldn't pass it up.\"\n\nCarmel Bechler wins the junior grand prize, in addition to the 15-17-year-olds category\n\nThe tri-spine horseshoe crab has survived for more than 100 million years but now faces habitat destruction and overfishing for food and for its blood, used in the development of vaccines. But in a young marine reserve around Pangatalan Island, it is getting the protection it needs.\n\n\"The photo's technical challenge was to find the right speed and aperture because my wish was to freeze the calm horseshoe crab but let the little fish not be frozen, to show how excited they are,\" Ballesta said.\n\n\"I wanted to show this contrast between them - one that was powerful and slow, and the others speedy and fragile.\"\n\nCarmel Bechler, 17, from Israel, won the Young Wildlife Photographer of the Year title.\n\nHis picture, of two barn owls perched in the window of a graffiti-scrawled derelict building, was shot through the window of his father's car.\n\nThe streaks of light from a moving vehicle in the foreground contrast with the birds' rock-steady gaze.\n\n\"It took a few tries,\" Bechler said. \"The lights were the most difficult thing in the image to get right, because you want them to go across the entire scene but you also don't want them to be too bright and burnt out. I used a timer to not get any blur and then I took photo after photo until I got that moment.\"\n\nHere are some of the other category winners in this year's WPY competition.\n\nJuan Jesús Gonzalez Ahumada watched toad tadpoles feasting on a dead fledgling sparrow. His photograph won the Behaviour: Amphibians and Reptiles category.\n\nCommon toad tadpoles have varied diets of algae, vegetation, and tiny swimming invertebrates. As they grow larger, they become more carnivorous - so when a banquet such as this arrives, they take full advantage.\n\nBertie Gregory filmed orcas \"wave washing\" Weddell seals in the Antarctic, to dislodge them from the safety of sea-ice, for BBC One series Frozen Planet II. A still image from his later work won the Behaviour: Mammals category.\n\n\"The behaviour is choreographed - and every single seal they find, they'll use a different set of tactics to make a particular type of wave. It's spine-tingling to watch,\" Gregory told BBC News.\n\nLife on the edge, by Amit Eshel, Israel\n\nAmit Eshel witnessed this tussle between two male Nubian ibexes in Israel's Zin Desert. The battle lasted about 15 minutes before one surrendered and the pair parted without serious injury. Eshel's photograph won the Animals in their Environment category.\n\nLennart Verheuvel won the Oceans: The Bigger Picture category. The distressing picture shows a beached orca at Cadzan, on the Dutch-Belgian border. A necropsy revealed the animal was not only severely malnourished but also extremely sick.\n\nThis remarkable image was produced in the forests of India's Anamalai Tiger Reserve. Sriram Murali stacked 50 19-second exposures, to show the firefly flashes produced over 16 minutes. It won the Behaviour: Invertebrates category.\n\nLuca Melcarne, a mountain guide in France's Vercors Regional Natural Park, photographed this ibex after spending a bitterly cold night in a temporary shelter. He first had to thaw the camera with his breath. His effort and skill earned him the Rising Star Portfolio Award.\n\nThe annual exhibition dedicated to the WPY competition opens at the Natural History Museum on Friday. As in past years, it will also tour the UK. Entries for the 60th WPY will be accepted from Monday.", "Amiram Cooper, Guy Gilboa-Dalal and Tsachi Idan are being held in Gaza\n\nIsrael says 132 people remain unaccounted for after they were abducted and taken to Gaza during the October 7 attacks by Hamas.\n\nAn estimated 240 people were taken prisoner, but 105 were later released by Hamas during a six-day ceasefire at the end of November.\n\nThe Israeli military said it mistakenly killed three hostages in northern Gaza who had escaped from their captors and expressed \"deep remorse\" over the incident.\n\nOf the 132 still unaccounted for, Israel says that 20 of them are believed to be dead.\n\nThese are the stories of those hostages who are still being held, which have either been confirmed by the BBC or credibly reported.\n\nThis list is regularly updated and names may change, as some people feared kidnapped are confirmed to have been killed or released.\n\nLast updated on 19 December 2023 at 10:33 GMT\n\nYagev Kirsht, 34, was taken from his home in Kibbutz Nirim, alongside his wife, Rimon Buchstab Kirsht. She has now been released.\n\nAlexander Trupanov, was taken hostage with his mother Lena Trupanov, 50, his partner Sapir Cohen, 29, and his grandmother Irina Tati, 73. All were abducted from Kibbutz Nir Oz as they spent the Sabbath together, according to a statement by Canada's Raoul Wallenburg Center for Human Rights. Irina and Lena were released on Wednesday 29 November and Sapir was freed the next day.\n\nAriel Cunio, his girlfriend Arbel Yahud and her brother Dolev are also thought to have been abducted in the same attack on Nir Oz. Eitan Cunio, Ariel's brother who escaped Hamas, told the Jewish Chronicle that his last message from Ariel said: \"We are in a horror movie.\"\n\nDavid Cunio, 33, another of Ariel's brothers, was also kidnapped from Nir Oz, family say. David's wife Sharon Aloni Cunio and their three-year-old twin daughters Ema and Yuly were released on 27 November. Sharon's sister Daniele Aloni, and her six-year-old daughter Emilia were both released on 24 November.\n\nDoron Steinbrecher, 30, a veterinary nurse, was in her apartment in Kibbutz Kfar Aza when Hamas attacked, the Times of Israel reported. At 10:30 on 7 October, the newspaper said, she sent a voice message to friends: \"They've arrived, they have me.\"\n\nItzhak Gelerenter, 53, was taken from the Supernova festival. His family said the IDF found his phone was located in Gaza, the Times of Israel reported. His daughter Pivko told the paper: \"I'm trying to think good thoughts, I have a powerful, smart, resourceful father.\"\n\nDoron Steinbrecher sent a voice message to friends during Hamas' attack\n\nNaama Levy, 19, was filmed being bundled into a jeep, her hands tied behind her back. The footage was released by Hamas and circulated widely on social media. According to her mother, the teenager had just begun her military service.\n\nYousef Zyadna, a 53-year-old Bedouin dairy farmer, was abducted from Kibbutz Holit and taken to Gaza along with his sons Hamza, 22, and Bilal, 18, and his daughter, Aisha, 16. Aisha and Bilal were released on Thursday 30 November.\n\nElad Katzir, 47, was abducted from Nir Oz with his mother Hanna. Hanna has now been released.\n\nOhad Ben Ami, 55, was kidnapped from Be'eri with his wife, Raz. She was released by Hamas on 29 November.\n\nTwin brothers Gali and Ziv Berman, 26, were taken from Kfar Aza. Ziv was messaging a friend as the attack happened. Their family said the IDF has told them the brothers are being held in Gaza. Their brother Liran told CBN news the pair had \"twin power\" and were the centre of attention wherever they went.\n\nIraq-born Shlomo Mansour, 85, was taken captive from Kibbutz Kissufim, where he lived and worked as a chicken coop manager. His wife, Mazal, managed to escape.\n\nMichel Nisenbaum, 59, is a dual Brazilian-Israeli citizen who has lived in Israel for 45 years and works as a computer technician, his family told Brazilian media. They also say he is diabetic and has Crohn's disease. On 7 October, they say, someone claiming to be from Hamas answered his phone when they tried to call him.\n\nDaniela Gilboa, 19, sent messages saying that Kibbutz Nahal Oz, where she was staying, was under attack and asked her mother to pray for her. Her boyfriend, Roy Dadon, told the Economist 1843 magazine that he believes he saw a glimpse of her in a video showing three girls being driven away in the back of an SUV.\n\nItay Chen, 19, a dual US-Israeli citizen and IDF solider, was on active duty with a tank unit on 7 October, according to the Times of Israel. The paper reported that his family was notified by the IDF that he is officially considered missing in action and probably being held hostage. Another soldier in his unit, Matan Angrest, 21, is also presumed to be in Gaza.\n\nYosi Sharabi, 51, was taken from Be'eri with his brother, Eli Sharabi, 55. Eli's wife and two daughters were murdered in the attack. Ofir Engel, the boyfriend of Yosi's daughter, Yuval, was also taken, but released on 29 November.\n\nAgam Berger, 19, was kidnapped from Nahal Oz. She was seen being taken away in videos released by Hamas.\n\nEdan Alexander, 19, is an Israeli-US citizen who volunteered to join the Israeli army. He was serving near the Gaza border at the time of Hamas's attack. Edan's family said they had been told by Israeli officials that he had been taken to Gaza as a hostage.\n\nKaid Farhan Elkadi, 53, lives with his family south of Rahat and worked as a security guard, according to Israeli media. Reports said his family believes he was kidnapped and taken to Gaza, based on images shared by Hamas.\n\nIlana Gritzewsky and Matan Zanguaker were captured near the Gaza border, family say\n\nMatan Zanguaker, 24, was taken with his partner Ilana Gritzewsky, 30, from Nir Oz, according to Ilana's father. Ilana, a Mexican national, was released on Thursday 30 November.\n\nThe family of Eitan and Yair Horn believe they were taken from Nir Oz kibbutz\n\nEitan Horn, 37, and his brother Yair, 45, both Argentinian citizens, were also in Nir Oz at the time of the attack. Their father Itzik said he believes they were kidnapped. Yair is a construction worker while Eitan works in education.\n\nItai Svirsky, 38, is thought to have been abducted when his elderly parents were killed in Be'eri. He had been visiting them for the holiday of Simhat Torah.\n\nKeith Seigel, 64, and his wife Adrienne - often known as Aviva - Seigel, 62, were taken from their home in Kfar Aza, Keith's brother Lee Seigel told the BBC. Adrienne was released on 26 November.\n\nOmri Miran, 46, lived in Nahal Oz with his wife and two daughters. Omri was led away by Hamas with his hands tied, his wife Lishay told the Guardian newspaper. She told him not to be a hero, urging: \"Do whatever they want because I want you back.\"\n\nBipin Joshi, 23, a Nepalese student, is believed to have been taken from Kibbutz Alumim. Nepalese newspaper Setopati says he was one of 49 university students studying agriculture in Israel. It says 10 students were killed in the attack.\n\nIlan Weiss, 58, went missing from Kibbutz Be'eri after he was last seen leaving the house to defend the community. On 25 November, his wife Shiri Weiss, 53, and their daughter, Noga, 18, were freed from captivity in a hostage deal.\n\nAmiram Cooper, 85, and his wife Nurit, 80, were taken from their home in Nir Oz, their daughter-in-law Noa told the BBC. The family last spoke to the couple during the Hamas attack, Noa said, when the couple were in their safe room. The family later traced Amiram's phone to Gaza. On Monday 23 October, Nurit was one of two women to be released.\n\nAmiram and Nurit Cooper, pictured with their granddaughter, Gali\n\nOded Lifshitz, 83, and his wife Yocheved, 85 were taken hostage from Nir Oz. On Monday 23 October, Yocheved was one of two elderly women to be freed. After hearing the news of her mother's release, their daughter Sharone - a London-based artist - said: \"While I cannot put into words the relief that she is now safe, I will remain focused on securing the release of my father and all those - some 200 innocent people - who remain hostages in Gaza.\"\n\nHaim Peri, 79, was taken from his home in Nir Oz, reports the Times of Israel, and freed hostage Yocheved Lifshitz said she saw that he was alive and well. His son Lior Peri told Talk TV that Haim had locked his wife inside the safe room before giving himself up to kidnappers.\n\nAvraham Munder, 78, was kidnapped from Nir Oz, Israeli officials say. His wife Ruthi, daughter and grandson have since been released.\n\nOmer Neutra, a 22-year-old Israeli-American and grandson of Holocaust survivors, put off plans to go to college in the US to study in Israel, and eventually joined the IDF. He was serving as a tank commander near Gaza when Hamas attacked. Omer's parents say they were told by the Israeli embassy that he had been kidnapped.\n\nRon Benjamin's vehicle was found empty following the attacks\n\nRon Benjamin, 53, had been taking part in a group cycle ride near the Gaza border when the Hamas attack began and he decided to drive home, his family told Israeli media. Days later, his vehicle was found empty and his family believe he was kidnapped.\n\nLouis Har, 70, is believed to have been taken from Nir Yitzhak. His partner Clara Marman was released on 28 November along with her sister Gabriela Leimberg, 59, and Gabriela's daughter Mia Leimberg,17. Clara and Gabriela's brother Fernando Simon Marman, 60, also remains in captivity.\n\nJudith Weinstein Haggai, 70, and her husband, Gad Haggai, 73, also went missing from Nir Oz after the Hamas attack. Ten days later, the Israeli military confirmed to the family they had been taken hostage, CTV News in Canada reported.\n\nAlex Danzig, 75, a scholar and historian of the Holocaust, was at his home in Nir Oz, when it was attacked by Hamas. \"We know for sure he was kidnapped,\" his son Mati told the BBC. Alex - whose older sister Edith is a Holocaust survivor - has spent the last 30 years working for Yad Vashem, Israel's Holocaust remembrance centre. His disappearance has triggered a campaign for his release, both in Israel and in Poland, the country of his birth.\n\nAlex Danzig has spent decades educating people about the Holocaust\n\nItzhk Elgarat, 68, was kidnapped at the same time as Alex Danzig, his brother Danny Elgert told Israel's Kan 11 TV station, adding that he had tracked his brother's phone to the border with Gaza.\n\nGadi Moses, 79, was also abducted during the same attack on Nir Oz, according to relatives and the Israeli aid agency where he worked as an agricultural expert. Efrat Katz, his partner, was initially thought to have been captured as well, but she was later found dead, the Times of Israel reported. Efrat was the mother of Doron Asher, who was taken hostage and later released with her two daughters. Ravid Katz, 51, Doron Asher's brother, was originally thought to have been taken hostage from Nir Oz, but on 28 November his family confirmed that he had been killed on 7 October.\n\nYair Yaakov, 59, is listed among the hostages. His partner Meirav Tal, 53, was released on 28 November. Yair's children Yagil, 13, and Or, 16, were released on 27 November.\n\nYair Yaakov was pictured being held captive by a gunman in a video shared online\n\nNimrod Cohen, 19, had studied software engineering in high school, according to reports. After he was kidnapped, his father was invited to meet Pope Francis in Rome along with other hostages' families.\n\nTsachi Idan, 51, was last seen by his wife, Gali, as he was taken away by Hamas gunmen. Their family had been ambushed in their safe room in Nahal Oz. Their ordeal was live-streamed by Hamas. Their eldest child, Maayan - who had just turned 18 - was shot dead, Gali told the BBC.\n\nTsachi Idan was ambushed with his wife and children and then led away\n\nYarden Bibas, 34, was abducted from Nir Oz. His wife, Shiri, and their two young children, Ariel and Kfir, were also taken hostage, but on 29 November, Hamas claimed they had been killed in an Israeli air strike while in captivity. The Israeli government has said it is checking the claim.\n\nRonen Engel, 54, was taken from Kibbutz Nir Oz along with his wife, Karina Engelbert, 51, and their two daughters, Mika, 18 and Yuval, 11. On 1 December, the organisation representing the families said he had been murdered. Karina, Mika and Yuval were released on 27 November.\n\nKarina Ariev, a 19-year-old soldier, was serving at an army base near Gaza when she was kidnapped. Her sister Alexandra told the BBC she heard shooting as Karina called her during the attack, and later saw a video showing Karina being taken away in a vehicle.\n\nKarina Ariev was at the Nahal Oz military base, which was among the first to be attacked\n\nOfer Kalderon, 53, was taken by Hamas from Nir Oz. On 27 November his two children, Erez, 12, and Sahar, 16, were released. Two other relatives, 80-year-old Carmela Dan and her granddaughter, Noya, 12, were also believed to have been taken, but Israeli authorities later announced they had been found dead.\n\nYoram Metzger, 80, was a resident of Nir Oz. He has diabetes and broke his hip six months ago, his daughter-in-law said. Yoram's wife Tamar was released on 28 November.\n\nNadav Popplewell, 51, and his mother Channah were taken hostage by Hamas, said Channah's daughter Ayelet Svatitzky, who was speaking to them on the phone when the gunmen burst in. She said the captors sent pictures of her two relatives, who both have diabetes, with armed men in the background. Channah has now been released.\n\nOmri Miran, 46, was abducted after his family opened the door to their secure shelter to an Israeli child, who said he would be killed otherwise. Omri's wife, Lishay Lavi, said she saw him being taken away in handcuffs with three other hostages from Nahal Oz.\n\nLiri Elbag, 18, had just started military training as an Army lookout near the Gaza border when Hamas attacked, her father Eli told the Associated Press. Eli said he saw her in a video circulated later by Hamas, crowded with others on the back of a military truck which had been seized by the gunmen.\n\nLior Rudaeff, 61, was taken from Nir Yitzhak during the attack. His family have heard nothing from him since then.\n\nA number of people are believed to have been abducted from the Supernova music festival in southern Israel. Among them:\n\nShlomi Ziv, 40, was part of the security detail at the festival and was initially in contact with his sisters as the attack unfolded, according to an interview with The Times of Israel. A few weeks later the family learned he was officially considered to be a hostage, the report says.\n\nAlexander Lobanov, 32, is a Russian-Israeli citizen who was kidnapped at the festival.\n\nOri Danino, 25, is reported to have got away from the festival in his car, but it's believed he was captured after turning back in an attempt to save some people he had met there.\n\nAlmog Sarusi, 26, was kidnapped from the music festival and his partner Shahar Gindi was killed, according to Israeli media. Almog's father, Yigal, was among the relatives of hostages who met with Israel's prime minister in October.\n\nOmer Shem Tov, 21, called his parents as he was running away from gunfire and managed to get into a friend's car. His parents, Shelly and Malki Shem Tov, told Israeli media they lost contact with their son and the live location on his phone showed he was beyond the border in Gaza.\n\nIdan Shtivi, 28, an environmental sciences student, was attending the festival to take pictures at music and yoga workshops being held by friends. He escaped the site in his car but was attacked by Hamas along the route. The bodies of two of his passengers were found, and his family told the Jerusalem Post they suspect he was kidnapped.\n\nYosef Ohana, 24, had been at the festival with a friend, who told his mother he and Yosef had remained to help people escape the gunfire before running themselves. Yosef was last seen hiding under a car, and Israeli authorities have visited his mother to say he was kidnapped.\n\nAndrei Kozlov, 27, a Russian who moved to Israel in 2022, is missing from the Supernova festival, where he was working as a security guard. His mother told the De Taly publication the family was told by the IDF on October 26 that he was being held hostage.\n\nElyakim Libman, 23, was working as a security guard at the festival. In a Facebook post his father Eliyahu Libman said another guard told him his son had helped rescue others before trying to escape. He was last seen trying to help two badly-injured women.\n\nNoa Argamani, a Chinese-born Israeli citizen, was also kidnapped from the festival. Video footage - verified by her father Yaakov Argamani to Israel's Channel 12 - shows the 25-year-old being taken away on the back of a motorbike screaming, \"Don't kill me!\" Her boyfriend Avinatan Or, 30, also appears in the video being marched away from her by Hamas, the Times of Israel reported.\n\nEden Yerushalmi's family say they were told she had been taken hostage\n\nEden Yerushalmi, 24, called her family during Hamas's attack on the festival, her sister May told CBS News. The family say they were subsequently informed by the IDF that Eden had been abducted.\n\nChanan Yablonka, 42, is a father-of-two from Tel Aviv. According to reports, he attended the festival with friends and was due to celebrate his birthday a few days after the attacks.\n\nJonathan Samerano, 21, has been missing since 7am on the morning of the festival. His family have been told to presume he is being held in Gaza, Israeli media reported.\n\nGuy Gilboa-Dalal was filmed in captivity in Gaza, his family say\n\nGuy Gilboa-Dalal, 22, attended the festival with his brother. Guy appears in a hostage video that his family say confirms he is in Gaza.\n\nUriel Baruch, 35, was injured during the attack on the festival, his wife said on Facebook. Reports in Israeli media say his mother, Naomi, has heard from the IDF that he is a hostage.\n\nMaxim Kharkin's mother described speaking to him on the morning of 7 October\n\nMaxim Kharkin is aged 35 and a Russian speaker, his mother told Russian media. She added that he had called her at 07:00 on the morning of the attack.\n\nElkana Bohbot was seen in a video posted by Hamas\n\nElkana Bohbot, 34, had gone to the party with friends and, before losing contact, he spoke to his wife and mother telling them he was helping to evacuate the wounded, the Times of Israel reported. Hours later, his family found a video of him posted online by Hamas, which has been seen by BBC Verify.\n\nRom Braslavski, 19, was working on security for the festival. According to an account published by Hostages and Missing Families Forum, he was trying to rescue an injured person in the attack when he was caught in a volley of fire. He has not been heard from since.\n\nOmer Wenkert, 22, a restaurant manager, sent a message to his family to say he was going to a safe shelter but then lost contact, his father Shai Wenkert told the BBC's Today Programme. Shai Wenkert said he had seen footage of his son in captivity, including a photo of him handcuffed and wearing only underwear.\n\nEvyatar David's family say they were sent a video of him in captivity\n\nEvyatar David, 23, was at the festival and on the morning of the attacks, described fleeing from gunfire before losing contact with the outside world, his brother says. Later, his family say, Evyatar's sister posted on Instagram appealing for information about his whereabouts. She then received a text from an unknown number, which contained video footage of Evyatar handcuffed on the floor of a dark room. According to Israel's foreign ministry he is being held captive by Hamas in Gaza.\n\nEitan Mor, 23, lives in Jerusalem, and was working as a security guard at the festival, the Times of Israel said. He reportedly texted his uncle after Hamas arrived and was last seen with a friend bringing others to safety.\n\nAlon Ohel, 22, a Serbian citizen, took refuge in a shelter after the festival came under attack, his family say. They have seen footage of him being dragged away after a grenade attack.\n\nAlmog Meir Jan, 21, tried to flee the festival. He and a friend made it to the friend's car but only managed to drive a short distance before being forced to stop. Almog's family say they have seen a hostage video in which he appears.\n\nInbar Heiman, a student aged 21, was seen by two young Israeli men being taken away from the festival on a motorcycle. Hamas have released a video in which she is seen very briefly.\n\nHersh Goldberg-Polin, 23, a dual US-Israeli citizen, was badly injured in the attack, his family told the BBC. Eyewitness accounts say he was seen being forced onto a white pick-up truck - the last-known signal from his phone came from just inside Gaza.\n\nSegev Kalfon, 26, was running away from the festival, across the highway, when he was captured by Hamas, according to the Hostages and Missing Families Forum.\n\nOrión Hernández Radoux, 30, from Mexico, attended the festival with his girlfriend, Shani Louk. He has not been seen since. The Sun newspaper says it has seen threatening messages written in Arabic sent from his phone. Shani, a tourist from Germany, was initially thought to be among those seized. But on 30 October, her mother Ricarda told German media that the family had been informed by Israeli military of her death following DNA identification.\n\nRomi Lesham Gonen, 23, was on the phone to her mother as she tried to escape from the Supernova festival. Merav Leshem Gonan has recounted a conversation in which her daughter begged for help after being shot. ABC News reports that Romi's phone is now in Gaza.\n\nBar Kuperstein, 21, last spoke to his family early on the morning of 7 October, as the attack unfolded. Later the same day, his family say they identified him in a video of Israeli prisoners, posted by Hamas. Since then, they say they have had no further information.\n\nEliya Cohen, 26, was hiding with his girlfriend Ziv from the attack, when Ziv felt him being pulled up and driven away by the gunmen, Eliya's mother has told the video initiative #BringThemHomeNow. The family then found a photo of Eliya in Gaza, the Times of Israel reported.\n\nAmit Buskila, 28, from Ashdod, was last heard of making a call to her uncle, Shimon, as Hamas overran the festival. Her family say they have now been told by the government that she is being held in Gaza.\n\nCarmel Gat, 39, is Jordan's sister-in-law, and also was seen by her father being taken by gunmen from Kibbutz Be'eri, Haaretz newspaper reported. She has not been heard from since.\n\nOhad Yahalomi, 49, was abducted from Nir Oz, along with his 12-year-old son, Eitan, who was released during the November ceasefire.\n\nDror Or, 48, was seen by a neighbour being dragged out of his home in Be'eri, according to their nephew Emmanuel Besorai, along with his son and daughter. On Saturday 25 November Dror's son Noam, 17, and daughter Alma, 13, were released from captivity. The body of Yonat, 50 - Dror's wife and the children's mother - was identified among the 120 people murdered at the kibbutz, Yonat's brother told the Guardian newspaper.\n\nTal Shoham, 38, was taken from Kibbutz Be'eri. His wife Adi, also 38, her mother Dr Shoshan Haran, 67, were released by Hamas on 25 November, along with the couple's children Nave, eight, and Yahel, three. Dr Haran's husband, Avshalom - an economist and dual German/Israeli citizen - was killed on 7 October.\n\nTamir Adar, 38, who defended Nir Oz as part of the kibbutz's emergency squad, was taken to Gaza, the Times of Israel reported.\n\nSagui Dekel-Chen, 35, an American-Israeli citizen, has been missing since Hamas's attack on Nir Oz, his father Jonathan told the BBC. He said his son was not found among the dead and the \"only reasonable explanation\" is that he was taken to Gaza.\n\nSagui Dekel-Chen's father has not heard from him since Hamas attacked the kibbutz where he lived\n\nThailand's ambassador to Israel says 26 of its citizens were taken hostage, 23 of whom have now been released.\n\nThose still being held are believed to include Watchara Sriuan, 32. His mother, Viewwaew, told the Thaiger news site that the family had been informed he was being held captive.\n\nKiattisak \"Top\" Patee and a Mr Pongtorn (no first name given) have also been named by the Thai foreign ministry as hostages.\n\nA number of other people thought to have been held hostage are now confirmed to have died, either during the 7 October attack or while in captivity.\n\nAs well as Ron Scherman and Nik Beizer, four bodies were identified this week. They were Tal Chaimi, an Israeli-Romanian citizen aged 41, and Joshua Mollel, a 19-year-old Tanzanian student. Also, 27-year-old Eden Zecharya, who was kidnapped from the Nova music festival, and 36-year-old Ziv Dado, who had already been declared dead by the Israeli military.\n\nOthers known to have died include Dror Kaplun, 68, Aviv Atzili, 49, Arye Zalmanovich, 85, Ronen Engel, 54, Maya Goren, 56, Guy Iluz, 26, Ofir Tzarfati, 27, Ofra Keider, 70, and Eliyahu Margalit, 75.\n\nThe bodies of 19-year-old soldier, Noa Marciano, and 65-year-old Yehudit Weiss were found by Israeli troops in buildings close to Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City.\n\nOn Saturday 9 December Kibbutz Bari announced that Sahar Baruch, 25, had been killed in Gaza.\n\nOther hostages whose death has been reported, but not confirmed include Shiri Bibas, 32, and her two young children, Ariel and Kfir.\n\nAre you personally affected by the issues raised in this story? If it is safe to do so, please get in touch by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nGovernment ministers, newspaper columnists, ordinary people - they're all asking why the BBC doesn't say the Hamas gunmen who carried out appalling atrocities in southern Israel are terrorists.\n\nThe answer goes right back to the BBC's founding principles.\n\nTerrorism is a loaded word, which people use about an outfit they disapprove of morally. It's simply not the BBC's job to tell people who to support and who to condemn - who are the good guys and who are the bad guys.\n\nWe regularly point out that the British and other governments have condemned Hamas as a terrorist organisation, but that's their business. We also run interviews with guests and quote contributors who describe Hamas as terrorists.\n\nThe key point is that we don't say it in our voice. Our business is to present our audiences with the facts, and let them make up their own minds.\n\nAs it happens, of course, many of the people who've attacked us for not using the word terrorist have seen our pictures, heard our audio or read our stories, and made up their minds on the basis of our reporting, so it's not as though we're hiding the truth in any way - far from it.\n\nAny reasonable person would be appalled by the kind of thing we've seen. It's perfectly reasonable to call the incidents that have occurred \"atrocities\", because that's exactly what they are.\n\nNo-one can possibly defend the murder of civilians, especially children and even babies - nor attacks on innocent, peace-loving people who are attending a music festival.\n\nDuring the 50 years I've been reporting on events in the Middle East, I've seen for myself the aftermath of attacks like this one in Israel, and I've also seen the aftermath of Israeli bomb and artillery attacks on civilian targets in Lebanon and Gaza. The horror of things like that stay in your mind forever.\n\nBut this doesn't mean that we should start saying that the organisation whose supporters have carried them out is a terrorist organisation, because that would mean we were abandoning our duty to stay objective.\n\nAnd it's always been like this in the BBC. During World War Two, BBC broadcasters were expressly told not to call the Nazis evil or wicked, even though we could and did call them \"the enemy\".\n\n\"Above all,\" said a BBC document about all this, \"there must be no room for ranting\". Our tone had to be calm and collected.\n\nIt was hard to keep that principle going when the IRA was bombing Britain and killing innocent civilians, but we did. There was huge pressure from the government of Margaret Thatcher on the BBC, and on individual reporters like me about this - especially after the Brighton bombing, where she just escaped death and so many other innocent people were killed and injured.\n\nBut we held the line. And we still do, to this day.\n\nWe don't take sides. We don't use loaded words like \"evil\" or \"cowardly\". We don't talk about \"terrorists\". And we're not the only ones to follow this line. Some of the world's most respected news organisations have exactly the same policy.\n\nBut the BBC gets particular attention, partly because we've got strong critics in politics and in the press, and partly because we're rightly held to an especially high standard. But part of keeping to that high standard is to be as objective as it's possible to be.\n\nThat's why people in Britain and right round the world, in huge numbers, watch, read and listen to what we say, every single day.", "During a recent raid in the greater Belfast area the PSNI focused on the supply of Class A and Class B drugs\n\nNearly 2,000 people whose phone numbers were recovered in a number of drugs raids have been texted advice on substance misuse by police.\n\nSerious Organised Crime Unit officers seized mobile devices during intelligence-led operations across the greater Belfast area.\n\nTexts have now been sent to mobile numbers that had been in contact with those devices.\n\nPolice said the demand for illicit drugs in Northern Ireland has grown.\n\nDrug seizures and drug arrests are both up 10% this year, they said.\n\nDet Supt Emma Neill said: \"It is important that we not only arrest and search and seize these drugs that are openly available, but also take a public health approach and support those who are affected by drug misuse, often the most vulnerable in our society.\"\n\nDuring the most recent raid in the greater Belfast area, the PSNI focused its activity on the supply of Class A and Class B drugs that were being sold through social media apps and groups.\n\nThis is a growing trend within Northern Ireland and the drugs market has transformed over the last number of years through the development of social media apps.\n\nDet Supt Neill said police had used the apps to identify supply lines and undertaken a \"significant\" arrest and search operation.\n\n\"Drug use is a complex issue and we are focused and determined to disrupt and frustrate the supply of controlled drugs in Northern Ireland,\" she said.\n\n\"There is other work that needs to be done in terms of those that need help with addiction abuse. It is an incredibly difficult cycle to break.\"\n\nDet Supt Emma Neill said the police were focused and determined\n\nDet Supt Neill's assessment is that paramilitaries such as the Irish National Liberation Army (INLA) and the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) are working \"hand in hand\" with organised crime groups and are responsible for the importation and distribution of drugs across Northern Ireland.\n\nThere are currently about 60 criminal gangs working in Northern Ireland.\n\n\"Drugs are coming into Northern Ireland via our seaports and our airports - they are being distributed through many of the criminal networks,\" Det Supt Neill said.\n\n\"The drugs are secreted in very sophisticated hides in vehicles.\n\n\"It is getting increasingly elaborate, technical and sophisticated in how they go about concealing the drugs.\"\n\nThe gangs involved in the drugs trade range from \"homegrown groups\" to cartels in South America and Mexico.\n\n\"In recent months we have undertaken activity in relation to north west INLA whereby we seized £50,000 worth of cannabis and £20,000 worth of cash,\" Det Supt Neill said.\n\n\"We undertook activity in relation to east Belfast UVF who were involved in the supply of cocaine and also cannabis as well - it is across a number of paramilitary groups.\n\n\"Seventy percent of the organised crime groups that we are investigating we assess to be involved in the supply of drugs.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThe operation in which the phone numbers were recovered - known as Dealbreaker - was in the making for a number of months and was a huge operation for the PSNI.\n\nThere have been 18 searches, 14 arrests and nine people charged across the greater Belfast area.\n\nThe PSNI also offers support through a drugs and alcohol service.\n\nMobile numbers that have been sent texts by the PSNI provided details of where support and assistance for substance misuse can be obtained, though the message acknowledged the contacts may not have purchased drugs.\n\nThe PSNI also said it was working with national and international law enforcement partners, including An Garda Síochána (Irish police) to target suppliers and supply lines.\n\nDet Supt Neill said paramilitaries were exploiting the drugs market for financial gain.\n\n\"Individuals will be groomed to use drugs and then will be brought in to be forced to undertake activity for paramilitaries.\"\n\nDet Supt Neill said in the Organised Crime Branch, which targets \"high-harm organised crime groups and paramilitary crime groups\" drug seizures were up 40% in 2023.\n\nIn 2022, the PSNI seized just over £9m worth of drugs, but from April 2023 the force has seized £7m worth of drugs.\n\nThe PSNI says it is working closely with Border Force to prevent drugs coming into Northern Ireland's ports.\n\nThe PSNI says that the number of drug seizures it has made has \"shown a mainly upwards trend\" since 2006-7.\n\nIt says drug-related arrests increased between 2006-7 and 2019-20, then dropped the following two years. They increased again last year.\n\nIn the 12 months from 1 July 2022 to 30 June 2023:\n\nIf you have been affected by addiction, help and support is available at BBC Action Line.", "We're wrapping up our live coverage as flights resume at the airport. Thanks for joining us.\n\nTens of thousands of passengers were caught up in disruption earlier today after Terminal Car Park 2 at Luton Airport suffered a \"significant structural collapse\" following a fire.\n\nUp to 1,500 vehicles were thought to have been in the car park at the time, while hundreds of people were stranded at the airport.\n\nHowever, flights are now returning and the main roads around the area have also re-opened - although delays are expected on the airport approach.\n\nToday's coverage was brought to you by writers Rachael McMenemy, Adam Durbin, Rachel Russell, Stuart Bailey and Katy Prickett, and edited by Richard Haugh, Charlie Jones and Jon Welch.", "Depictions of the Prophet Muhammad can cause serious offence to Muslims\n\nA Kenyan publisher has withdrawn a school book that included a drawing depicting Prophet Muhammad following an outcry by Muslim leaders and parents.\n\nThey complained that it was blasphemous to draw the prophet and to ask pupils to colour in the illustration.\n\nMentor Publishing Company said it regretted the \"grave\" mistake in the book on Islamic studies for pupils in the second year of primary school.\n\nAbout 11% of Kenyans are Muslims, the second largest religious group.\n\nDepictions of the Prophet Muhammad can cause serious offence to Muslims, with most of Islamic religious leaders saying that tradition explicitly forbids images of Prophet Muhammad and Allah (God).\n\nA Muslim scholar from the coastal city of Mombasa, Sheikh Rishard Rajab Ramadhan, told the BBC that the book \"dangerously\" misled young children.\n\n\"No-one should imagine, leave alone attempt, to draw Prophet Muhammad. This can even cause war,\" Mr Ramadhan said.\n\nIn a letter to the Muslim community, the publisher said it had come to its attention that the content in one of its books, Mentor Encyclopaedia Grade 2, was \"sacrilegious to the Islamic faith\".\n\nThe drawing had been \"inadvertently inserted\" in the book, and \"mistakenly identified it as the image of Prophet Muhammad\", said Mentor director Josephine Wanjuki.\n\n\"We sincerely and wholeheartedly apologise for the error and we commit to ensure that such an error will never be repeated,\" she added.\n\nThe publisher said it would immediately remove the offensive drawing from all subsequent editions and has committed to work with the Muslim Education Council to review all its books.\n\nAll teachers, students and school administrators holding copies of the book have been advised to return them to the publisher.\n\nMr Ramadhan welcomed the move to recall copies of the book, but urged publishers to consult Muslim leaders before publishing Islamic books.\n\nReligious studies are part of the curriculum in Kenyan schools.\n\nThe issue of depicting Prophet Muhammad has been a long-running controversy and has inflamed tensions, especially in Europe.\n\nIn 2020, a school teacher in France's capital, Paris, Samuel Patywas was beheaded after using cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad during a lesson about freedom of speech.\n\nIn 2021, a teacher at a school in the British town of Batley was suspended after protests from Muslim parents for showing an \"inappropriate\" cartoon of Prophet Muhammad.\n\nThe teacher was later reinstated. An investigation found the teacher did not intend to cause offence by showing the image.\n\nThere is no specific or explicit ban in the Quran, the holy book of Islam, on images of Prophet Muhammad.\n\nBut there is a reference to not depicting Allah and many Muslims believe the same applies to Prophet Muhammad.", "The International Monetary Fund has rejected government suggestions that its latest assessment of the UK economy is too gloomy.\n\nThe influential global group forecasts the UK will have the highest inflation and slowest growth next year of any G7 economy, falling behind the US, France, Germany, Canada, Italy and Japan.\n\nThe Treasury said recent revisions to UK growth had not been factored in to the IMF's report.\n\nBut the group denied being pessimistic.\n\nIMF chief economist Pierre Olivier Gourinchas told the BBC: \"We're above the Bank of England estimate [for growth] for next year, so I don't think we are particularly pessimistic. I think we're trying to be honest interpreters of the data here.\"\n\nForecasts are never perfect given the many factors that affect economic growth - from geopolitics to the weather. But such reports can point in the right direction, especially where they align with other predictions.\n\nThe IMF, an international organisation with 190 member countries, has said the forecasts it makes for growth the following year in most advanced economies have, more often than not, been within about 1.5 percentage points of what actually happens.\n\nIn July last year, it forecast that the UK economy would grow by 3.2% in 2022. It revised that upwards to 4.1% at the start of this year.\n\nBut official UK figures released last month estimated that the country's economy expanded by 4.3% in 2022 - considerably more than the IMF's initial estimate.\n\nAccording to the group's latest forecast, which it produces every six months, it expects the UK to grow more quickly than Germany in 2023, keeping the UK out of bottom place for growth among the G7.\n\nBut it downgraded the UK's prospects for next year, estimating the economy will grow by 0.6%, making it the slowest growing developed country in 2024 - widely predicted to be a general election year.\n\nThe IMF says the UK's immediate prospects are being weighed down by the need to keep interest rates high to control inflation, which has been falling but remains stubbornly above target.\n\nIt warned Bank of England rates would peak at 6% and stay around 5% until 2028. Rates are currently 5.25%.\n\n\"The decline in [UK] growth reflects tighter monetary policies to curb still-high inflation and lingering impacts of the terms-of-trade shock from high energy prices,\" the report said.\n\nThe IMF's forecast has come at a bad time for the UK government, which is keen to promote the idea that the economy is at a turning point with inflation falling decisively and interest rates likely to have peaked.\n\nGovernment sources suggested the IMF had not taken into account the fact that expectations for market interest rates had fallen in recent weeks, and that the Office for National Statistics (ONS) had upgraded its assessment of the UK's post-pandemic recovery.\n\nHowever, Mr Gourinchas rejected that, telling the BBC that the IMF had \"absolutely\" factored in interest rates peaking late last month and that \"there is no discrepancy\".\n\nHe added that a \"preliminary read\" of the ONS's revised data had changed the picture for 2021, but \"probably not much\" for the current forecasts.\n\n\"If anything,\" he said, past upgrades for 2021 would mean \"there is less room to grow and catch up, so it might not lead to a big change upwards in terms of the growth performance.\"\n\nResponding to the IMF's report earlier, Chancellor Jeremy Hunt said: \"The IMF has upgraded growth for this year and downgraded it for next - but longer term they say our growth will be higher than France, Germany or Italy.\n\n\"To get there we need to deal with inflation and do more to unlock growth.\"\n\nOn Tuesday, the Bank of England's Financial Policy Committee (FPC), which monitors the stability of the UK financial system, also warned on the UK's high interest rates.\n\nIt said financial markets expected rates would \"have to stay high for a long time\", putting pressure on household finances.\n\n\"The full impact of higher interest rates has not yet passed through to all borrowers,\" it added.\n\nThe IMF is already warning of signs of a slowdown in the world economy after what appeared to be a resilient start to the year.\n\nFor example, tourism had recovered following the pandemic, boosting economies with large travel and tourism sectors such as Italy, Mexico and Spain.\n\nBut a slowdown in interest-rate-sensitive manufacturing sectors was dragging on growth and there were signs that China's momentum was fading following its \"reopening surge\" at the start of 2023.\n\nThe IMF predicts global growth will fall from 3.5% in 2022 to 3% in 2023 and 2.9% in 2024.\n\n\"The global economy continues to recover from the pandemic and Russia's invasion of Ukraine, showing remarkable resilience,\" Mr Gourinchas said.\n\n\"Yet, growth remains slow and uneven. The global economy is limping along, not sprinting.\"\n\nSign up for our morning newsletter and get BBC News in your inbox.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nA man has been arrested after a protester gatecrashed Sir Keir Starmer's speech and showered the Labour leader with glitter at the party's conference.\n\nThe speech was delayed as the protester was dragged off stage by security and the man was put in a police van.\n\nThe protest was claimed by People Demand Democracy, which uses disruptive tactics to push for electoral reform.\n\nSir Keir dusted off the glitter and said the protest did not bother him.\n\n\"Protest or power, that's why we've changed,\" Sir Keir said, before setting out his vision of a country governed by a Labour government.\n\nIt was a chaotic start to his conference speech, potentially his last before the next general election.\n\nBut a spokesman later said the Labour leader was \"fine\" and \"completely unfazed by what happened\".\n\n\"It shows his strength of character that he got on and delivered the speech of his life,\" the spokesman added.\n\nNevertheless, the protest raises questions about the effectiveness of the security arrangements for Sir Keir, who has close protection as leader of the opposition.\n\nWearing a T-shirt with People Demand Democracy emblazoned on the front, the protester said \"politics needs an update\" in front of a stunned audience in Liverpool.\n\nMinutes later, a man was filmed being escorted from the conference centre and put into a police van outside.\n\nMerseyside Police said a 28-year-old man from Surrey had been arrested on suspicion of assault, breach of the peace and causing public nuisance following an incident at Labour's conference.\n\n\"He has been taken to a police station where he will be questioned by police,\" a spokesperson said.\n\nThe campaign behind the protest is linked to Just Stop Oil, which is well known for its disruptive demonstrations, such as spraying buildings with orange paint and sprinkling glitter at sporting events.\n\nPeople Demand Democracy says it is a new group calling for \"an upgrade to the UK political system using civil disobedience to get their message across\".\n\nThe campaign is calling for \"a fair, proportional voting system for Westminster elections and a permanent, legally-binding national House of Citizens, selected by democratic lottery\".\n\nIn a statement prepared before Sir Keir's speech, the protester backed the campaign's calls for democratic reform and said Labour had been \"captured\" by donors and lobbyists.\n\nIn a letter to Sir Keir on its website, People Demand Democracy urged Labour to \"hold new national elections with a proportional voting system and set up a House of Citizens within six months of getting into office\".\n\nThe campaign warned Sir Keir that if he did not meet their demands, \"People Demand Democracy will take proportionate action to get our message across to you and the Labour Party leadership\".\n\nWhen asked how the security breach was allowed to happen, shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper said \"you can't bother Keir Starmer with stuff like that\".\n\nShe told the BBC \"it's about power not protest, that's what Keir Starmer was talking about\".\n\n\"He kept going and made this amazing speech.\"\n\nSir Keir received multiple standing ovations during his speech, as he promised a \"decade of national renewal\" under a Labour government, including a plan for 1.5 million new homes.\n\nThe incident is reminiscent of demonstrations during other speeches by party leaders and prime ministers at previous conferences.\n\nFor example last year, Greenpeace campaigners heckled Liz Truss during her conference speech, and in 2017, a comedian was able to walk straight up to the stage and hand Theresa May a mock P45.", "Hamas militants were able to overcome Israel's defences in a shocking attack\n\nWhere were the Israel Defense Forces, in those long hours as Hamas militants roamed at will around communities near Gaza, some are asking.\n\n\"The army completely failed as a quick-reaction force,\" one Israeli said, pointing to how some of the communities that came under attack had to rely on their own civilian protection forces while they waited for the military to arrive.\n\nThe full answer of why this happened will take some time to emerge. But it seems as if surprise, scale and speed overwhelmed defences which were patchy and unprepared for what they faced.\n\nIsraeli intelligence failed to get inside the planning by Hamas for the attack. The group seems to have undertaken a long-term programme of deception to give the impression it was incapable or unwilling to launch an ambitious attack.\n\nIt also practised good operational security, probably keeping off electronic communications.\n\nHamas then relied on the unprecedented scale and speed of what came next.\n\nThousands of rockets fired from Gaza hit areas across Israel, including the city of Tel Aviv\n\nThousands of rockets were launched as cover. But there were also drone strikes on the monitoring equipment that Israel uses on the border fence to watch what is happening. Heavy explosives and vehicles then created as many as 80 breaches in the security fence.\n\nMotorised hang-gliders and motorbikes were also involved, as between 800 and 1,000 armed men flooded out of Gaza to attack multiple sites.\n\nThese swarming tactics seem to have succeeded in overwhelming Israel's defences - at least for a while.\n\nSuch a range of activity would have led to chaos within Israel's command and control centres, already quiet on a Saturday morning which was also a religious holiday.\n\nSome of the Hamas fighters targeted civilian communities while others targeted military outposts. There has been shock that these outposts were so lightly-defended that they could be overrun, with images posted of Israeli tanks in Hamas hands.\n\nAnd the holes in the border remained open for long enough to allow hostages to be taken into Gaza before tanks were eventually used to close them up.\n\nIsrael is now amassing tanks and men on the border with Gaza after calling up hundreds of thousands of reservists\n\nDefences seem to have been patchy - Israeli security and defence forces had in recent months been more focused on the West Bank rather than Gaza, potentially leaving gaps. And Hamas may have counted on the divisions in Israeli society over Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's policies to further distract the security establishment.\n\nIsrael's military and intelligence capability has long been rated as the best in the Middle East and one of the best in the world. But they may also have underestimated the abilities of their opponents.\n\nThe attacks have been compared to those of 9/11 in the US, when no-one had predicted that planes could be used as weapons. That was often called a \"failure of imagination\".\n\nAnd a similar failure of imagination may also be one of the issues for Israel, leaving it unprepared for something so ambitious from its enemy.\n\nThose concerns will certainly be part of the long-term inquiries that will likely take place. In the short term though, the focus will be on working out what to do next rather than looking back.", "Kyran had shrapnel wounds across his face and body\n\nA boy who picked up a firework which exploded in his hand is struggling with severe nightmares, his dad has said.\n\nKyran, nine, was playing with his friend Bradley, when a firework was allegedly thrown into their den on a field in Hengoed, Caerphilly county.\n\nHis dad Liam said: \"One of his most vivid memories is watching his fingers fall off as he was walking home.\"\n\nGwent Police are investigating and have appealed for witnesses.\n\n\"As you can imagine we have been dealing with quite a distressed little boy,\" added Liam.\n\nKyran lost two fingers and was at risk of losing his eyesight. He couldn't see for six days after the explosion.\n\nHis dad said they were hugely relieved when his sight came back.\n\n\"He didn't want to walk because he couldn't see, he couldn't understand where he was.\n\n\"He was getting quite frightened every time he heard loud noises.\"\n\nThe incident happened on Sunday 1 October at about 14:00 BST, when both boys allege a black box was thrown towards them.\n\nThey claimed Kyran picked it up intending to throw it away, but as they were in an enclosed space, it blew up, injuring his hand.\n\n\"As he picked it up it went bang in his hand. They were sat right next to each other,\" Liam said.\n\n\"There was no way of running off.\"\n\nKyran has lost two fingers and part of his middle finger - he now needs a skin, tendon and muscle graft to restore his palm\n\nBoth boys were knocked unconscious but a neighbour came to their aid after investigating the loud bang.\n\nThey were woken up and managed to walk over to Bradley's mother's house nearby where an ambulance was called.\n\nKyran is being treated at the Bristol Royal Infirmary and needs a skin graft from the arch of his foot as he lost the muscle, tendon and fat in his palm.\n\n\"He burnt his corneas, he burnt his eyes, he's got permanent scarring and tattooing of the face.\n\n\"He got shrapnel burns across his chest, his stomach, burnt his legs, he's lost his little finger, lost his ring finger and lost a chunk of his middle finger.\"\n\nThey are unsure if his middle finger will recover as his son has so far lost feeling in it.\n\nKyran's eyes are being flushed out regularly to ensure they are free of shrapnel.\n\nHe is slowly starting to recover from his ordeal his dad said\n\n\"It's all in his face and his eyes.\n\n\"When you looked in his eye, when it first happened you could see the cuts and everything across the front of his eyeballs,\" added Liam.\n\n\"He had a lot of shrapnel . They [the nurses] said they were picking glass and metal out of his face.\"\n\nHe added that his son was slowly starting to recover from the ordeal and he was asking after his friend Bradley.\n\n\"They've been brilliant friends for quite a few years. It will bring them closer together.\"\n\nHe added that a fundraising page had been set up so they could take the boys on holiday and have some normality again.\n\nLiam now believes that fireworks should be banned and only be used for public displays.\n\nHe said: \"You can't go and buy a hand grenade in this country but you can buy an explosive device and do this kind of damage.\"", "First Minister Humza Yousaf urged his party to unite behind the strategy\n\nSNP delegates have backed Humza Yousaf's plan to use the next general election result to push for a second independence referendum.\n\nAn amended version of the strategy was voted through overwhelmingly at the party's annual conference being held in Aberdeen.\n\nIt is based on winning a majority of Scottish seats, at least 29.\n\nThis would provide a mandate for another referendum, according to the proposals.\n\nUnder the agreed strategy, if the SNP wins the majority of seats in Scotland in the next general election, it will demand the powers to hold a referendum are transferred to the Scottish Parliament.\n\nAlternatively, the strategy said the party should consider using the 2026 Scottish Parliament election as a de facto referendum.\n\nOpening the independence debate, Mr Yousaf said the SNP should put the constitution at the \"front and centre\" of its general election campaign.\n\nThe first minister vowed the party's manifesto would say \"on page one, line one: Vote SNP for Scotland to become an independent country\".\n\nHe told the party to unite behind its new independence strategy.\n\n\"Come together and work like we've never worked before to deliver a better future for our country,\" the SNP leader said.\n\nDelegates backed his motion calling for the Scottish government to begin immediate negotiations with Westminster \"to give democratic effect to Scotland becoming an independent country\" if the party wins a majority of seats north of the border at the next general election.\n\nThe SNP clarified this could either be achieved via the UK government entering into talks on independence, backing the holding of another referendum, or transferring the powers for Holyrood to stage such a vote.\n\nPrime Minister Rishi Sunak has said the question of Scottish independence was settled in the 2014 referendum.\n\nLabour leader Sir Keir Starmer has said he would reject a request for a second referendum if he became prime minister.\n\nFirst Minister Humza Yousaf and SNP Westminster leader Stephen Flynn tabled an independence strategy\n\nThe number of UK Parliament constituencies in Scotland is set to decrease from 59 to 57 under a Westminster boundary review, meaning number of seats required for a majority will decrease from 30 to 29.\n\nThe first minister had initially proposed a strategy based on the SNP winning the \"most\" general election seats, which could be much lower than 29 if many other parties won seats.\n\nParty insiders believe a majority of seats will give them a stronger mandate for independence talks.\n\nIn their motion to conference, Mr Yousaf and SNP Westminster leader Stephen Flynn proposed that the most seats in a general election would be sufficient for a mandate for independence negotiations.\n\nThe leadership supported an amendment to alter this to the majority of seats.\n\nAfter two and a half hours of debate, the SNP officially have a new independence strategy.\n\nIt hinges on the next general election, where the leadership hopes winning a majority of Scottish seats - 29 - will help push independence forward.\n\nIn recent years the SNP has kept internal division largely out of the public eye. But opposing views were openly aired during this conference session.\n\nIt should be said however that it was a very good-natured debate.\n\nThe SNP may have come up with an independence strategy, but it involves eventual discussions with the UK government.\n\nWhether that government proves to be Conservative or Labour, there's no sign that they will engage in any talk about advancing Scottish independence.\n\nThe SNP may pin their hopes on a hung UK Parliament, where no single party gets a majority. That could increase their leverage.\n\nAgreeing a strategy internally was the easy part. Putting that into action could prove more difficult.\n\nThe strategy agreed by delegates proposed that to prepare for independence, detailed conditions of negotiations should be published, including draft legal text on the transfer of powers from Westminster to Holyrood.\n\nFurther work would be carried out on a draft interim constitution and on plans to re-join the EU.\n\nThe first minister and a majority of delegates backed an amendment that called for the SNP to launch a full-scale independence campaign by the end of the year.\n\nThey also supported a proposal to seek to add \"Independence for Scotland\", \"or words to that effect\", to the party's name on a the next general election ballot paper. This would \"make it clear beyond doubt what's at stake at this election\", the amendment said.\n\nSNP delegates voted on an independence strategy at the party's annual conference in Aberdeen\n\nAn amendment by MP Joanna Cherry - backed by delegates - said independence negotiations should be led by a \"constitutional convention\" of MSPs, MPs and representatives from \"civic Scotland\". She said this convention would be open to any parties who wanted to take part.\n\nA successful amendment tabled by senior MPs said the party manifesto at the next general election should demand the permanent transfer of legal powers to Holyrood, including powers to hold a referendum.\n\nIt would demand that the incoming UK government devolved powers to \"allow the Scottish government to properly tackle the twin crises of the cost of living and climate\" - including employment rights, windfall taxes, energy regulation, overseas workers' visas and new borrowing powers.\n\nThe amendment stated that if the UK government continued to reject \"demands of the Scottish people to decide their own future\", the SNP should consider using the 2026 Scottish Parliament election as a \"de facto\" referendum.\n\nIt said an SNP majority, or a majority of the SNP and any pro-independence party it has an agreement with, would constitute a mandate to negotiate independence.\n\nOne dissenting delegate, Graeme McCormick, described the whole debate as \"flatulence in a trance\".\n\nScottish Conservative constitution spokesperson Donald Cameron MSP said: \"Humza Yousaf and the SNP are committed to wasting more taxpayers' money on independence, rather than addressing the real priorities of Scotland.\"", "Hundreds of people attended to mourn those who died and call for the hostages to be released\n\nHundreds of people have attended a vigil outside the Houses of Parliament to share their \"deep sadness\" at lives lost following Hamas' attack on Israel.\n\nThe Palestinian militant group launched an unprecedented attack on 7 October killing at least 1,300 people and taking scores of hostages.\n\nMore than 2,300 people have been killed in Gaza since Israel launched retaliatory air strikes.\n\nRabbi Jeremy Gordon said the mood at the London vigil was \"very sombre\".\n\nNoam Sagi, whose mother Ada Sagi was taken hostage by Hamas, was among those to address the vigil.\n\nRabbi Gordon said the mood of the vigil was \"very sombre\"\n\nRabbi Gordon, of the New London Synagogue, said: \"[There is] deep anger and deep sadness at the loss of life and also the taking of hostages.\n\n\"Some 150 people have been taken hostage.\"\n\nHe called for their immediate release, particularly the women and children who have been taken.\n\nSpeaking about Ms Sagi, the Rabbi said: \"She is a woman aged 74, a retired headteacher - a teacher of Arabic and Hebrew.\n\n\"She spent her professional career as someone trying to build peace between Jewish and Arab populations in Israel.\"\n\nMore than 100 people were taken hostage by Hamas\n\nMany families are unsure about the wellbeing of their loved ones who were taken\n\nLarge pro-Palestinian rallies were held in cities across the UK on Saturday.\n\nSome at the vigil were draped in Israeli flags with others holding signs with a message to \"bring them home\".\n\n\"There has been no hatred,\" Rabbi Gordon said.\n\n\"No hatred towards Palestinians, no hatred towards Muslims, no hatred towards Arabs. Just deep sadness at the loss of life.\"", "A crowd watches as the tiny wooden house is built on Pontypridd Common\n\n\"This might be the closest thing I'm getting to having my own home.\"\n\nLucie Powell, 18, is among a group of young people who built a tiny home overnight.\n\nThe custom of tŷ unnos, which translates into English as house in one night, was a folklore across Wales between the 17th and 19th centuries.\n\nIt held that, if a squatter could build a house on common land between dusk and dawn, then the occupier could lay claim to the legal freehold of the property.\n\nAmid the sounds of drilling and hammering, the house was assembled like a jigsaw on Pontypridd Common, with a sloping roof, chimney, and the \"one, two, three, lift\" of a traditional stove being put into place.\n\n\"I feel renting is my only option, and yet renting is so unrealistically expensive,\" said Hannah Hunter, 21, among the flurry of building activity on Friday night.\n\nBeyond the dusty red smoke and perimeter ring of fire, a team in bright orange overalls worked with torches on their heads.\n\nPieces of the flat pack house were walked on to the site from the back of a truck.\n\nHannah Hunter, Lucie Powell and Griffin Doyle took part in the project\n\n\"It is important to talk about the problems young people face, especially in Wales, when it comes to buying homes, so the aim is to hold a conversation about that,\" said Lucie.\n\nStilt walkers, dancers and jugglers with LED clubs entertained the crowds that came to see the spectacle, coordinated by Pontypridd-based Citrus Arts.\n\nAs the fire was lit inside, the little house started to resemble a home with its stained glass windows glowing.\n\nAs smoke puffed from the chimney, a message of \"no place like home\" sparked in to flames.\n\nIt marked the completion of a house that will stand for 24 hours in the landscape.\n\nThe finished house with an adjacent sign saying \"no place like home\"\n\nGriffin Doyle, 18, hopes the projects acts as a catalyst for discussions around homes and housing.\n\nThe cost of accommodation is affecting where he is considering going to university.\n\n\"I hope that some people will be inspired and see that the world is definitely a place that needs a bit of changing,\" he said.\n\n\"I hope someone goes out there and changes it.\"\n\nCitrus Arts brought together a group of young people aged between 18 and 30 for the build.\n\nThe tiny home will stay in place for 24 hours\n\nArtistic director James Doyle Roberts said the tŷ unnos custom still resonated, with some participants having faced \"housing insecurity\".\n\n\"It is something that is on people's minds, that they are conscious about,\" he said.\n\nAlong with discussions on housing, the group hopes its latest project will spark conversations around the environment and climate change.\n\nBethan Hamer and Kaiden, five, from Gelli, Rhondda Cynon Taf, were among the visitors to the house on Saturday\n\nSustainable materials for the build, plus how to reuse and recycle the elements for other projects, was part of the planning process.\n\nProject architect Tabitha Pope said: \"This is such an exciting project and an important opportunity to open up a conversation about access to land, affordable housing and how people want to live.\n\n\"We hope the project will get people talking about common land and how to make a home, however humble, accessible for everybody that wants and needs one.\"", "Last updated on .From the section Rugby Union\n\nOwen Farrell's boot took England to the Rugby World Cup semi-finals with a narrow victory against Fiji in Marseille.\n\nEngland led comfortably by 14 points with 15 minutes remaining, before Fiji's Peni Ravai and Vilimoni Botitu both crossed in a frantic four minutes to level the score at 24-24.\n\nFarrell, whose name was booed when the team was announced in the stadium after he was chosen over George Ford to start at 10, vindicated his selection as his drop-goal made it 27-24 with eight minutes remaining.\n\nAnother Farrell penalty in the 78th minute gave England slightly more breathing room. Nerves were high when the fly-half's deliberate knock-on gave defiant Fiji a penalty with the clock in red, but England won the ball on the floor for a memorable victory.\n\nAfter Ireland and Wales lost on Saturday, England are the last home nation in the tournament and will now face holders South Africa on Saturday in a repeat of the 2019 final.\n\nThe Springboks will pose a significantly greater challenge for an England team who enjoyed their best performance of the tournament so far after a turbulent 2023.\n• None England shred nerves but return joy to fans in Marseille\n\nEngland went into the game as favourites, but after defeat by Fiji in a disappointing August of World Cup warm-up games and an inconsistent pool stage, expectations were generally low.\n\nEngland fans heavily outnumbered Fijians in Marseille and their side made sure it was worth the trip.\n\nThe start was as vibrant as Fiji's orange kit and the hits were as brutal as it gets.\n\nThe breakdown had been identified as a vital area and Elliot Daly kicked to the corner after a delighted England had an early win on the floor.\n\nA pacey attack was battered by wave after wave of huge Fijian tackles and when Steve Borthwick's side won a penalty in front of the posts, Farrell took the three points.\n\nAnother chance soon came. England kept up the pace. A rolling maul made some headway before the ball was quickly recycled for Manu Tuilagi to win the muscle match and make it over for England's first try.\n\nTom Curry avoided a yellow card for sliding underneath Josua Tuisova in a dangerous-looking collision and Fiji's Frank Lomani slotted the resulting penalty.\n\nSo far this year, England had failed to mould their individual talent into a cohesive attack. Against Fiji, there were smart, instinctive running lines.\n\nBen Earl sent Joe Marchant through a gap, Jonny May was falling into touch but found Maro Itoje just in time. The attack swung right, then left and Marchant found enough space to score.\n\nThere had been a clash of heads between Fiji wing Vinaya Habosi and Marcus Smith in the lead-up, earning a yellow card for Habosi and a head injury assessment for Smith, which the full-back later passed.\n\nAfter a second missed kick by Lomani, momentum swung Fiji's way.\n\nDespite being a player down, they capitalised on a sleeping England defence and a show-and-go was enough for Viliame Mata to dart over the line.\n\nFiji continued to show their strength as a crowd of players carried Courtney Lawes into touch, before two more Farrell penalties left England 21-10 up after a promising first half.\n\nBorthwick spoke during the week about wanting his players to enjoy their time in an England shirt. For the first time in a while, it looked like they were.\n\nDaly was lively on the wing and when used as an extra battering ram in the midfield and Earl rampaged as much as he has all tournament.\n\nWhen the chance came, Farrell extended England's lead to 14 before the tide turned.\n\nFiji had spoken in the build-up to the match of the expectation levels back home and the full weight of that seemed to be on their backs as they began their barrage.\n\nRavai eventually made it over and Simione Kuruvoli nailed the conversion but missed a penalty shortly after that would have cut England's lead to four.\n\nNext, wing Semi Radradra powered through England defenders and made a neat offload, allowing Botitu to score and Kuruvoli to level the score at 24-24 with his conversion.\n\nEngland did not just have a nation on their backs - they were in the stadium. The vociferous fans willed their forwards into Fiji's 22. There was no way through the defence, but there was space for Farrell to land the drop-goal.\n\nA penalty followed, before England were forced to desperately defend against a prolonged Fijian attack valiantly trying to make its way to a first World Cup semi-final.\n\nEventually, the Pacific Islanders were halted and England continue their journey to Paris.\n\n'Owen should feel very proud of his performance'\n\nEngland head coach Steve Borthwick on captain Owen Farrell: \"He is a fantastic leader. He is the kind of leader I know I would want to follow on to the pitch. I think he is a brilliant player who thrives in the contest and especially in these big occasions he just gets even better.\n\n\"We are very fortunate to have Owen as a player in this team and as our leader. He should feel very proud of his performance and the way he led the team.\"\n\nEngland captain Owen Farrell: \"It was what we expected. Fiji are a tough, tough team that can turn it on in the blink of an eye. I thought we started the game really well but we always knew Fiji were going to have some good patches and they did.\n\n\"To find a way to win and get through to the semi-finals is a big step forward but we know we have plenty of work to do.\"\n\nEngland flanker Ben Earl, speaking to BBC Radio 5 Live: \"That is one of the best days of my career, I've not had a feeling like that at the end of the game, just huge relief.\"\n\n\"I am so pleased for the group and certain individuals. We owe it to them to keep playing another couple of weeks in the England shirt. I want to make the most of playing with Courtney Lawes, Owen Farrell and Dan Cole. These guys are greats of the game, never mind just English rugby.\"\n\nEngland's 2003 World Cup winner Matt Dawson on Radio 5 Live: \"Fiji's players are heartbroken. They gave it their best shot without a question.\n\n\"England were magnificent in that first half and all in all that was the best England performance in a number of months.\n\n\"England were tight and committed. Fair play to them.\"\n• None Corinne Bailey Rae on music's role through the ups and downs of her life: She chats to 6 Music DJ and psychotherapist Nemone\n• None Why you should breathe through your nose:", "Luxon said his party would 'deliver for every New Zealander'\n\nThe opposition National Party has won the New Zealand election, taking enough seats to form a coalition with its allies on the right wing of politics.\n\nMr Luxon thanked National voters and said they had \"reached for hope\" and \"voted for change\".\n\nIt marks a rapid elevation for Mr Luxon, who became an MP in 2020 and National leader only a year later.\n\nThe New Zealand Herald reported that National was projected to win 50 seats with around 39% of the vote.\n\nThat tally combined with the 11 projected seats of Act, a natural ally on the right, would give it the thinnest of majorities in what looks likely to be a 121-seat parliament.\n\nLabour was projected to win 33 seats, the Greens 13, Act 12, NZ First 8 and Te Pāti Māori four. Around 96% of votes have been counted.\n\n\"I am immensely proud to say that on the numbers tonight, National will be able to lead the next government,\" said Mr Luxon, a former airline executive, after National's projected victory was announced.\n\n\"My pledge to you is that our government will deliver for every New Zealander,\" he said, adding that he would \"build the economy and deliver tax relief\".\n\n\"We will bring down the cost of living. We will restore law and order,\" he said.\n\n\"We will deliver better health care and we will educate our children so that they can grow up to live the lives they dream of.\"\n\nHowever, a National-Act coalition would only have a slim majority, meaning Mr Luxon may need to secure the support of NZ First, whose leader Winston Peters has been kingmaker in previous Labour and National-led coalitions.\n\nMr Hipkins, who replaced Jacinda Ardern in January, thanked supporters for their campaign work, and said the result was \"not one that any of us wanted\".\n\nHe told party members in the capital Wellington that he wanted them to \"be proud of what we achieved over the last six years\".\n\nSome of Mr Luxon's key election campaign promises included tax cuts for middle-income earners, a crackdown on youth offending, a ban on phones in schools, and the scrapping of the Labour government's plan to raise fuel taxes.\n\nOne of the key issues ahead of the election was the cost of living in a country that has been particularly affected by the slowing economy in China, its largest trade partner, and the war in Ukraine.\n\n\"People don't really think that it's doing better than the rest of the world because they are hurting,\" said local economist Brad Olsen.\n\nThe result is a shock for Labour, who under Ms Ardern secured an outright majority in government in 2020 - unheard of under New Zealand's hybrid form of proportional representation.\n\nBut Labour has since lost support, with many New Zealanders dissatisfied over surging prices and the country's long Covid lockdown.\n\nThe party's losses were significant, with some high-profile members likely to lose their seats. Nanaia Mahuta, the foreign minister, was losing in her constituency with 51% of the vote counted.\n\n\"Following on from my good friend Jacinda, it was not going to be an easy task,\" Mr Hipkins admitted.\n\n\"I did know when I took on this job that it was going to be an uphill battle.\"\n\n\"New Zealanders are going to wake up to not only a new day, but the promise of a new government and a new direction,\" Luxon told supporters in Auckland.\n\n\"I cannot wait to get stuck in and get to work because New Zealand has chosen change and we will get this country back on track.\"\n\nA final result is scheduled to be declared on 3 November.", "Thousands of pro-Palestinian protesters have taken to the streets across the UK, including in London and Manchester.\n\nIn London more than 1,000 police officers were deployed as crowds marched from the BBC's New Broadcasting House to Downing Street.\n\nThe Met Police said 15 people had been arrested for offences including assaults on emergency workers and setting off fireworks in public places.\n\nIt comes a week after Hamas launched an unprecedented attack on Israel.\n\nFighters from the Palestinian militant group entered communities near the Gaza Strip, killing at least 1,300 people, and took scores of hostages.\n\nMore than 2,200 people have been killed in Gaza since Israel launched retaliatory air strikes and a ground offensive is also expected.\n\nIn London at the Palestine Solidarity Campaign demonstration, Palestine flags and supportive placards were waved as people chanted during the march to Downing Street.\n\nThe Met Police said as of 19:40 BST on Saturday the area around Trafalgar Square is clear and the main crowd from the march dispersed.\n\nThe force previously said there have been \"small pockets of disorder\" including flares, bottles and fireworks being thrown at police.\n\nPolice had earlier warned that anyone showing support for Hamas, a proscribed terrorist organisation, or deviating from the route, would face arrest.\n\nPalestine flags and supportive placards were waved during the march\n\nPolice appeared to detain several men in Trafalgar Square. One person allegedly threw an object at a police van at the pro-Palestinian demonstrations, near to Nelson's Column in Trafalgar Square.\n\nHe was chased by officers and caught whilst jumping into a fountain in the square, which sparked a confrontation between protesters and Met officers - with a semi-circle formed around the man.\n\nAfter a video of a second man being detained in the Whitehall area began circulating on social media, the force confirmed he had been arrested but said it was \"not for anything in connection to carrying the Union Flag\".\n\nIn updates on arrests, the Metropolitan Police initially said seven people had been arrested during the protest, two for public order offences and one for criminal damage.\n\nCertain areas of central London were covered by a Section 60AA power, which requires a person to remove items such as masks that might be used to conceal their identity, until 22:00 BST. Four of the seven arrests were made under these powers.\n\nThe force later said eight more people had been arrested in the evening over offences including assaults on emergency workers and setting off fireworks in a public place.\n\nProtesters on the route to Westminster could also be heard chanting \"Rishi Sunak, shame on you\" and the slogan \"from the river to the sea, Palestine will be free\".\n\nEarlier this week, Home Secretary Suella Braverman urged police chiefs to consider whether the slogan should be interpreted as an \"expression of a violent desire to see Israel erased from the world\", possibly making it a \"racially aggravated\" public order offence in some contexts.\n\nSome protesters set off green or red flares, with police warning \"action will be taken\" if they are identified\n\nRallies took place in a number of UK cities including Liverpool, Bristol, Cambridge, Norwich, Coventry, Edinburgh and Swansea.\n\nIn Glasgow, thousands of people marched at an event organised by the Scottish Palestine Solidarity Campaign.\n\nAmong those addressing the London gathering was former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn. He said British politicians should not condone Israel's bombing campaign.\n\nDescribing the march as a \"day of solidarity\", the now-independent MP said: \"If you believe in international law, if you believe in human rights, then you must condemn what is happening now in Gaza by the Israeli army.\"\n\nAt least 1,500 people took part in the rally in Manchester\n\nA demonstration was also held in Edinburgh\n\nThe London protest began at the BBC's headquarters in Portland Place, which was vandalised overnight with red paint splattered over the building's entrance.\n\nIn a social media post later on Saturday, activist group Palestine Action claimed responsibility for daubing the building in \"blood red paint, symbolising their complicity in Israel's genocide of the Palestinian people through biased reporting\".\n\nThe Metropolitan Police said it was \"investigating an incident of criminal damage to a building in Portland Place, W1A\".\n\n\"We are aware of a video posted online claiming responsibility and this will form part of our investigation,\" the force said, adding that no arrests had been made and its enquiries are ongoing.\n\nThe BBC declined to comment, saying it was a matter for the police.\n\nOn Friday Met Police Deputy Assistant Commissioner Laurence Taylor told a press briefing there had been a \"massive increase\" in antisemitic incidents in London since the Hamas attacks.\n\nPrime Minister Rishi Sunak called the rise \"disgusting\" and said that intimidating or threatening behaviour would be \"met with the full force of the law\".\n\nHe said Israel had \"every right to defend itself\" from Hamas attacks, but stressed that civilian safety must be \"paramount in our minds\".\n\nOrly Goldschmidt, spokeswoman for the Israeli Embassy to the UK, said Israel was not targeting civilians but told Times Radio: \"There will be innocent people who will pay tragically with their life, but this is a state of war and we have to prevent anyone from harming us again.\"\n\n\"We have no quarrel with the Palestinian people. We are trying to protect ourselves from the Hamas barbaric organisation, which is exactly if not worse than Isis.\"", "Suzanne Somers had battled breast cancer for more than 20 years\n\nUS actress Suzanne Somers has died at the age of 76 following a decades-long battle with cancer, her publicist has confirmed.\n\n\"Her family was gathered to celebrate her 77th birthday,\" reads a statement shared with media.\n\n\"Instead, they will celebrate her extraordinary life, and want to thank her millions of fans and followers who loved her dearly.\"\n\nAs well as an actress, Somers was an author and fitness guru.\n\nShe began her acting career in the late 1960s and early 1970s with small parts in TV shows including The Love Boat and One Day at a Time before landing the role of Chrissy Snow in Three's Company in 1977.\n\nSomers starred in the show for five of its eight seasons before being fired following a dispute over pay.\n\nFollowing a break from on-screen acting that included a stint as an entertainer in Las Vegas, she returned to on-screen acting in the early 1990s - taking up a lead role in Step by Step, which ran for seven seasons.\n\nHer later TV credits included co-hosting Candid Camera, her own talk show The Suzanne Show and an appearance on Dancing with the Stars.\n\nSomers also built up a multimillion dollar fitness empire, appearing in commercials for the Thighmaster and ButtMaster exercise equipment and releasing several self-help books on topics including wellness and weight loss. She launched her own beauty brand in 2019.\n\nShe was first diagnosed with an aggressive form of breast cancer in her 50s and announced on social media in July that, after being in remission, it had returned.\n\n\"I know how to put on my battle gear and I'm a fighter,\" she wrote on Instagram.\n\nA private family burial will be held for Somers next week, according to her publicist, with a memorial to be held in November.\n\nSomers is survived by her husband and son.", "Twenty-two-year-old Neta Portal told the BBC about surviving the horror of a Hamas attack on an Israeli kibbutz in Kfar Aza on Saturday.\n\nShe explained how her boyfriend told her to get up and run or they would die. Neta was shot in the legs six times.\n\nShe was also reunited with her father, a policeman, in the attack. They hadn't spoken for six years after her parents' divorce.\n\nRead more: Father saves daughter he hadn't seen for six years from massacre", "A host of respiratory viruses circulate in the winter months, when the conditions make it easier for them to spread\n\nBefore the pandemic, Sally enjoyed regular trips abroad and played golf three or four times a week, socialising with the other members at her club.\n\nNow in her mid-70s, she enjoys good health. But despite having been vaccinated against Covid, Sally says the virus has changed her approach to life.\n\n\"I've not been on a plane since the pandemic started,\" she says. \"I just don't think it is worth the risk.\n\n\"I still play lots of golf - and in the summer, I enjoy having a drink on the terrace. But I don't really do any socialising inside. I skip the Christmas parties and other events when the weather turns.\"\n\nSally is not alone, with research suggesting anxiety over Covid continues. And in recent weeks, it appears to have intensified, with internet searches for Covid having shot up with news of a new variant and a rise in hospital admissions.\n\nBut there is plenty of evidence to suggest the virus is on its way to becoming just another respiratory bug to contend with, alongside flu and others maybe lesser known, such as respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), rhinorvirus and adenovirus.\n\nAll carry risks - particularly to those with certain health conditions and compromised immune systems, who are advised to take precautions, including getting the available vaccinations and limiting contact with people with symptoms.\n\nLast winter there were estimated to be more flu deaths than Covid ones, in England - just over 14,000 compared with 10,000 - according to the UK Health Security Agency.\n\nThat comes as no surprise to Prof Paul Hunter, an infectious-diseases expert at the University of East Anglia.\n\nThe immunity to serious illness built up from vaccination and infection means the death rate per Covid infection is now well below that of flu, he says.\n\nAlthough there was a lot more Covid around in 2022, with a series of peaks over the 12 months, rather than it being largely confined to the winter months like other respiratory viruses - so for the year as a whole, the Covid death toll would outstrip that of flu.\n\nBut, crucially, that trend has not been repeated in 2023. Instead, there is a much more seasonal pattern to the virus, with a long lull during spring and summer.\n\nCovid is \"well on the way\" to becoming seasonal, Prof Hunter says, with flu likely to cause more deaths from now on. And eventually, Covid will become \"just another cause of the common cold\", like the other coronaviruses that circulate.\n\nProf Adam Kucharski, who advised the government during the pandemic, agrees there are positive signs but remains a little more cautious.\n\n\"With flu, we see a lot of pre-existing immunity,\" Prof Kucharski says, \"which makes it difficult to spread outside of winter.\"\n\nThe colder months tip the balance, he says, because of more indoor mixing and lower temperatures, which affect susceptibility to infection as well as allowing the virus to survive for longer outside.\n\n\"The question with Covid is whether it can evolve enough to escape the immunity built up and cause problems outside of winter,\" Prof Kucharski says.\n\n\"We are seeing hints of seasonality but I wouldn't say we're definitely there.\"\n\nBut people can find it difficult to put Covid in context, Prof Kucharski says, pointing out there is still much more data on Covid than other respiratory viruses.\n\n\"Data is good for scientists but it can cause alarm when interpreted wrongly,\" Prof Kucharski says. \"With recent new variants, we've sometimes seen people exaggerate the level of risk - that's not helpful.\"\n\nProf Mike Tildesley, a modeller in infectious diseases, at the University of Warwick, is also encouraged by changes in Covid but says it could still end up causing more deaths than flu this winter.\n\n\"There was quite a rebound for flu last year,\" he says, \"partly because immunity was down following a few years of not much flu circulating - so we may see the picture change this winter.\"\n\nIt is also hard to judge to what extent Covid deaths are coming on top - or instead - of flu. Combined, the number of Covid and flu deaths last winter was on a par with the worst two winters of the past decade.\n\nThe changing nature of Covid also poses an interesting question about testing - is there any point to it?\n\nThe era of free Covid tests may be over but plenty of people still test when they feel ill. Although, the experts have their doubts about whether this is entirely necessary.\n\n\"If you have symptoms,\" Prof Tildesley says, \"the question you have to ask yourself is whether you would do anything different if you tested and it wasn't Covid.\n\n\"If there is one thing we have learnt from the pandemic, it is the importance of trying to stay away from people if you are ill with a respiratory virus. That is as true for flu and other respiratory viruses as it is for Covid.\"\n\nProf Hunter agrees: \"\"The only situation where [Covid testing] is useful is if you are vulnerable with a condition* that would benefit from antivirals.\"\n\nSo what continues to hold some people back?\n\nDr Martyn Quigley, a psychologist from Swansea University, says: \"Covid had a huge impact on our lives - unlike anything we have lived through, for most - and for some, uncertainty and worry persist even though the risks have changed.\n\n\"There are still lots of social cues - hand sanitiser, signs and screens in shops - that remind us of what happened.\n\n\"It is similar with data. It is that unique history that is associated with Covid that induces worry and concern. It will take a long time for that to go for those affected in this way.\"\n\nUpdate 31st October: We have added a paragraph referring to the risk from respiratory bugs for vulnerable groups and the precautions they are advised to take. Separately, on the 16th October Professor Hunter's quote was edited at his request to use the word 'condition' instead of 'lung condition'.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Ioan Lord: \"It was like seeing the Titanic for the first time\"\n\nAt the bottom of an abandoned mine shaft in remote hills, Ioan Lord is shocked to see a tiny pair of boot prints next to his own in the darkness.\n\nThey look fresh, but were made 200 years ago - by child miners, the last people to set foot in the passage.\n\nThe student, 24, from Ceredigion, has made it his mission to rediscover long forgotten mines in Wales.\n\nTheir existence and whereabouts have been lost from knowledge for hundreds of years.\n\n\"It's very much like an Indiana Jones film,\" said Ioan, who has uncovered ancient objects, some dating back to the Iron Age.\n\n\"The difference is I don't fly to these locations, I just walk to them.\n\n\"There's over 1,000 mines in mid Wales altogether. I can only say I've been into 300 or 400 of them. There are hundreds that are still lost.\"\n\nIoan, who is an author and historian, is the first person in hundreds of years to access many of these sites.\n\nHe uses old maps and satellite images to track them down.\n\nIoan Lord is the first person in hundreds of years to access many of these forgotten mines\n\nWooden crates still packed with dynamite sticks and even graves have been among his discoveries.\n\nIt is a pastime that requires next-level commitment, though, as Ioan often spends days deep underground at a time, digging passages, or wading through partially submerged caves.\n\n\"In school, going down abandoned mines was a bit weird to say the least,\" reflected Ioan.\n\n\"I was different to others, but it was extremely rewarding because after school I'd come home, put a rucksack on, and go out to find more mines.\"\n\nWhat appeared to be a wooden salad spoon he found deep underground was later confirmed by academics to be the oldest complete wooden mining tool ever found in Wales.\n\nSalad spoon or ancient mining tool? Some of Ioan's discoveries date back thousands of years\n\nCarbon dating put the shovel somewhere between 4BC to 87AD - around the time of Roman occupation, some 2,000 years ago.\n\nBut Ioan's exploits are not for the faint-hearted.\n\nBefore each journey, he tells friends what time he will return to the surface.\n\nIf they do not hear from him within an hour of that time, they are under strict instructions to begin a rescue.\n\n\"What we do is only possible through experience,\" said Ioan.\n\n\"It is not safe to go underground on your own, or with inexperienced people.\n\n\"The main danger with metal mines, like I explore, is having rotten timbers in the false floors you might be walking on. It can mean hundreds and hundreds of feet to drop beneath you.\"\n\nMany of the explorations involved abseiling down into deep caverns\n\nAlong with the practical dangers, Ioan admits he keeps an open mind about what other things might lurk in the darkness.\n\n\"I have had some things happen underground which I can't explain,\" he said.\n\n\"Miners were always very superstitious. They believed in all sorts of mine goblins and guardians and such.\"\n\nIoan said one of his most frightening experiences was when he was alone underground and heard another group approaching down the passageway.\n\n\"Quite often you'll run into other explorers who have come in through another entrance,\" explained Ioan.\n\n\"I heard a group of other explorers coming towards me, I could hear their footsteps but when I went around the corner, I couldn't see anybody there.\n\n\"I shone my torch straight ahead, you could see for hundreds of feet, but there was nothing. And these footsteps, about ten of them, just walked straight past me.\"\n\nWales has stunning scenery - but Ioan has always been fascinated by what lies beneath the country's valleys and hills\n\nIoan credits his passion for mines to a childhood spent without a television, where he had licence to roam and explore the countryside around his home in the Rheidol Valley near Aberystwyth.\n\n\"The mines here aren't going to be around forever,\" he explained.\n\n\"They get hardly any protection at all and many of them are bulldozed from year to year, so I'm trying to preserve and document them while I can.\n\n\"Normally when you think of a Welsh mines, you think about a south Wales and coal, but in Ceredigion we have the oldest metal mines, known anywhere on the British Isles. We have workings on the hills here that date right back to around 600BC.\"\n\nIoan said gold and silver could once be found in the mountains, attracting the interest of early settlers and invaders, such as the Romans.\n\nTo increase awareness of this ancient labyrinth of tunnels, Ioan has taken to YouTube, with his videos attracting tens of thousands of hits.\n\nSubscribers watch him snake down endless dark passageways - and get very excited about his discoveries.\n\nOld, abandoned mines have been a fascination of Ioan since he was a young child\n\nOnce, while exploring a flooded Victorian mineshaft with an underwater drone, Ioan discovered an entire tramway of intact rail carts and equipment, seemingly abandoned overnight, more than a century ago.\n\n\"There was this whole train of mine carts still parked on the rails, with wheelbarrows and tools leaning against them,\" he said.\n\n\"It was like seeing the Titanic for the first time.\"\n\nIoan is always careful not to broadcast where he finds entrances, so he can preserve the \"time-capsule\" within.\n\nHowever, most of his 30,000 subscribers have never been to Wales, something he does not find surprising, saying about 90% were from the US.\n\n\"We have got many in New Zealand, Australia. I think the reason for that is that quite often it takes people from the outside to see the value in something.\n\n\"Many of the miners who made the tunnels in the rocks of Gibraltar came from the Aberystwyth area - most of the miners who first went out to work in places like Colorado or Pennsylvania came from here.\n\n\"This part of Wales was once world famous for its mines and for its miners. Now, nobody knows a thing about it.\"\n\nWarning: Mine exploration can be dangerous and could involve trespass", "Last updated on .From the section Scotland\n\nScotland have qualified for Euro 2024 with two games to spare thanks to Spain's 1-0 win over Norway, which has guaranteed Steve Clarke's side a top-two finish in Group A.\n\nThe Scots now trail Spain on goal difference but Norway, five points adrift with just one game remaining, cannot catch either side.\n\nScotland's men have now reached back-to-back European Championships under Clarke, and have come through a qualifying group to reach a major finals for the first time since 1997.\n• None So Scotland have qualified... what happens now?\n• None Name every Scotland cap from qualifying campaign\n\nScotland had the chance to secure their spot themselves in Seville on Thursday, but lost 2-0 to Spain in their first defeat in six qualifiers.\n\nBut Scotland's five wins from their opening five games put the pressure on Norway to win their final three matches. And though the Norwegians defeated Cyprus 4-0 on Thursday, they came unstuck in Oslo as Spain secured their own and Scotland's qualification.\n\nAlvaro Morata had a first-half strike disallowed for offside before Gavi netted what proved to be the only goal of the game in the 49th minute as the visitors nullified the threat of Norway and Manchester City superstar striker Erling Haaland.\n\nNorway, whose absence from major tournaments stretches back to Euro 2000, can now only potentially qualify through play-offs, but need to remain third and hope Serbia qualify from Group G to be eligible.\n\nScotland have two matches left, away to Georgia and at home to Norway next month, as they look to usurp Spain as group winners and boost their chances of being a top seed in the draw.\n\nSpain complete their campaign by facing the bottom two, with a trip to Cyprus followed by a home game against Georgia.\n\nScotland and Spain join Portugal, France, Belgium and Turkey in reaching next summer's finals, with Germany through automatically as hosts.\n\nScotland endured a 23-year absence from major tournaments before reaching the delayed Euro 2020 two years ago by winning a play-off they secured via the Nations League.\n\nHaving missed out on qualification for last year's World Cup, Clarke has now become the first manager to guide the Scots to successive European Championships.", "Zaka volunteer Israel Hasid awaits the arrival of hundreds of bodies at a morgue in Tel Aviv\n\nWarning: This article contains details that some readers may find distressing\n\nBehind the tall, barbed-wire gates of a military base in central Israel last week, away from the public eye, soldiers, police officers, and forensics experts were working diligently on a task that was almost impossible to imagine from the outside - the mass identification of the victims of Hamas's murderous attack.\n\nWorking alongside them late into the night, under the harsh glare of floodlights, was another group, identifiable by their bright yellow vests. They were Zaka, a religious organisation which, since the attack, has been responsible for some of the toughest work taking place in Israel.\n\nZaka's job is to collect every part of the remains of the dead, including their blood, so that they can be buried in accordance with Jewish religious law. The organisation is called on to deal with the most traumatic events, including natural disasters, suicides from buildings, and terrorism.\n\nIts members are almost all ultra-orthodox Jews, and they are all volunteers.\n\nWhen Hamas began its rampage through southern Israel last Saturday, Zaka volunteer Baroch Frankel, 28, was observing the Sabbath as usual at his apartment in Bnei Brak, an orthodox city near Tel Aviv where many of the volunteers live. About mid-morning, he heard over his Zaka walkie-talkie that there was some kind of emergency under way.\n\nThe walkie-talkie was allowed to be on because the Sabbath can be broken for matters of life and death, but it wasn't until sundown that Frankel could look at his phone and he fully understood the scale of the attack. He grabbed his kit, containing body bags, surgical gloves, shoe covers and rags for soaking up blood, and jumped in his car. \"I just drove,\" he said.\n\nBaroch Frankel in his synagogue in Bnei Brak\n\nZaka was formally established in 1995 but has roots dating back to 1989, when its founder was one of a group of religious volunteers who gathered to recover remains after a suicide attacker seized the wheel of a public bus in Israel and drove it into a ravine.\n\nThere is no equivalent organisation in the UK, where professional police teams recover human remains. But in Jewish custom, bodies should be collected to the fullest extent possible and all the available remains buried together. The volunteers from Zaka ensure that this is done properly and, as their motto states, with \"true grace\".\n\nAt the site of the music festival on Saturday, the volunteers would face a sprawling scene daunting even to them. It was still dark when Frankel arrived, and Israeli soldiers were still exchanging gunfire with Hamas, so he lay on the sand waiting until it was safe. Then he went to work.\n\nZaka volunteers have been working since at all the sites of the attack. They retrieve the bodies in two-hour shifts because the work is so tough. Dealing with the remains of the children was the worst, Frankel said. As he moved from the festival site to a nearby kibbutz on Saturday, the police warned even the Zaka teams - who are widely known to be experienced in this work - that what was inside was difficult to see.\n\nInside, Frankel found burned children, people blown up with grenades and families gunned down in their homes. \"You don't understand how many babies, how many burned people I counted,\" he said. \"When I talk to you now I see these images again in front of my eyes.\"\n\nFor this work, particularly in this moment, the Zaka volunteers are sometimes praised by people who see them in the street in their yellow vests. Walking through his neighbourhood in Bnei Brak this week, Frankel shrugged off the praise.\n\n\"Zaka is a sacred service because you ask no thanks,\" he said. \"The dead cannot pay you back.\"\n\nFrankel, breaking to smoke outside the walls of the army base where the bodies are processed\n\nOn Wednesday evening, the Zaka volunteers had just finished the last of their work collecting remains in southern Israel and Frankel was driving an hour north to the military base where the bodies were being processed.\n\nInside the base, there were about 20 massive cold storage units, like shipping containers, lined up to hold the bodies. The rabbis and Zaka volunteers were doing everything in their power to preserve the dignity of the dead, despite the scale of the operation and the condition of some of the remains. They took care to pause and say prayers over each person, where possible, and the orthodox among the workers gathered every 15 minutes to say their own prayers while the work continued around them.\n\nYacoub Zechariah, 39, the deputy mayor of Frankel's home city of Bnei Brak, was on his fifth straight overnight shift for Zaka at the base. \"Physically, it's hours upon hours without sleep and carrying corpses is hard work,\" he said. \"But we overcome it.\"\n\nZechariah, a father of five, had seen bodies of children brought in with terrible injuries and burns, he said. Some had been decapitated, although it was not clear how. Some of the dead children had their hands and feet tied with phone cables.\n\nZechariah pulled a body bag from a truck with a family name written on it in marker. The next bag had the same name, and the next. Eventually he had pulled five members of the same family from the truck. They were two parents and three young children who had been murdered by Hamas in their home in the kibbutz in Kfar Azza.\n\n\"Seeing an entire family killed is something that breaks a human being,\" Zechariah said. \"I have five children of my own. We are people of faith and we know that everything comes from God, but this is difficult for us to understand.\"\n\nWhen Zechariah had checked the faces of the family and they had been moved into storage, he walked to the edge of the area where the bodies were being processed and wept. A few hours later, at 5am, he finished his shift and sat quietly in his car to drink a coffee and smoke a cigarette. Then he drove half an hour home to his family in Bnei Brak, slept for two hours and drove to City Hall to begin his day as deputy mayor.\n\nOutside the gates at the base, away from the horrors inside, family members of the dead were camped on lawn chairs on the roadside, supported by food trucks and donations from local residents. Ortal Asulin had been sleeping on the roadside since she first learned on Saturday that her brother, a famous ex-footballer called Lior Asulin, had been caught up in the attack.\n\n\"No one will give us answers, it is a big mess inside,\" she said, looking totally shattered. \"We go to ask every five minutes, everyone here knows us, our names, our phone number, my brother's name, and his picture. He was a famous footballer, only one person needs to see him inside there to know it is him.\"\n\nAt that moment, Frankel overheard her and recognised her brother's name. \"I saw him,\" Frankel said. \"I saw his face, I'm sure.\"\n\nOrtal crumpled onto the pavement in tears. The rest of the family rushed around Frankel as he tried in vain to reach a colleague inside to confirm that Lior had been seen. The police said they had no information and they would not let the family inside.\n\n\"It is not possible to locate the body at the moment,\" said a tired but kind police sergeant. \"In the end they will remove it, they are doing everything they can but they must be given some time.\"\n\nMany similar conversations had been had outside the base, said the police sergeant, who was not permitted to give her name. \"There are a lot of dead people inside and we need to make sure 100% sure that we have the correct person before we tell the family,\" she said. \"We are five days now after the event and this has an effect on the bodies, you understand? We cannot have any mistakes.\"\n\nA room at a Zaka centre in Tel Aviv where the bodies are brought to be purified, according to Jewish custom\n\nFor Jewish people, a delay in burying a body can add enormous pain to the loss. They believe that a person should be buried as soon as possible so that their soul can rise up to heaven. And until the dead are buried, the family cannot begin formally to grieve. Like the soul of the person who has died, they are in limbo.\n\nLior Asulin, the football player, was finally identified and buried on Thursday. Zaka is also involved in these final stages of the process. Many of the bodies go from the military base to a Zaka-run centre in Tel Aviv, where on Thursday volunteer Israel Hasid was painstakingly preparing to receive them. He expected that the work would continue around the clock and through the weekend, so he had sought special permission from a rabbi to work on the Sabbath.\n\nThere will be some police presence at the centre for technical exams involving DNA and dental records, but otherwise Hasid and the other Zaka Tel Aviv volunteers will take responsibility for all of the purification necessary before burial. They will wash the bodies in water taken from a river that runs alongside the building and gently clean them with cotton. They will cut their hair and nails if needed.\n\n\"In these circumstances, because of the nature of this attack, in many cases the job cannot be perfect,\" Hasid said. \"But we will do everything we can.\"\n\nAt the end of the process, the Zaka volunteers would wrap each person's remains carefully in a white linen sheet and pass them on to undertakers to be buried, he said, so that the souls of the dead could escape and their families could begin to grieve.\n\nIdan Ben Ari contributed to this report. Photographs by Joel Gunter.", "Israel has right to defend itself but they have duty to civilians too - Cleverly\n\nForeign Secretary James Cleverly is now in the hot seat. Victoria Derbyshire asks him about whether the UK is giving a \"green light\" to the Israeli government for its actions in Gaza. He says that \"the Palestinian people are suffering because of the actions of Hamas - as well as the Israeli people with the most brutal attack for decades\". \"We are very clear that Hamas are causing death and pain to Israelis as well as Palestinians,\" he continues. Asked about the looming ground offensive and Israel's plan to attack by land, air and sea, Cleverly says he is of course worried by the loss of life in Gaza. But he adds: \"Israel has the right to defend itself and protect itself from terrorist attacks from Hamas coming out of Gaza. \"They do have a duty to minimise civilian casualties and I've raised this in every conversation I've had with the Israeli government about this issue.\"", "Ireland's World Cup dream was ended by New Zealand for the second tournament in a row as the All Blacks deservedly beat their rivals in a Paris thriller to set up a semi-final against Argentina.\n\nAs the world's top-ranked team, Ireland were fancied to at least reach the semi-finals for the first time but Andy Farrell's side failed to break their quarter-final curse on another heartbreaking night against the All Blacks in the World Cup.\n\nDefeat also brings the curtain down on the career of Ireland captain Johnny Sexton, who cut a dejected figure at full-time as the agony of one last knockout defeat took over.\n\nNew Zealand, however, remain on course for a fourth title as tries by Leicester Fainga'anuku, Ardie Savea and Will Jordan helped them set up a last-four meeting with the Pumas at Stade de France on Friday.\n\nIreland's tries came through New Zealand-born players Bundee Aki and Jamison Gibson-Park, and a penalty try, but there was to be no dramatic late comeback despite being roared on by the loud Irish contingent of the 78,845-strong crowd.\n\nNew Zealand had two players - Aaron Smith and Codie Taylor - yellow carded but Ian Foster's side were able to withstand pressure and exact revenge after losing last year's Test series to the Irish on home soil.\n\nIt was another absorbing entry into this great rivalry, and while Ireland pushed for a match-winning try right to the end, it was the New Zealand players with their arms in the air at full-time after a herculean defensive effort as those in green collapsed to the pitch in devastation.\n\nDefeat ends both Ireland's 17-match winning run and their hopes of emulating England's 2003 team by winning a Six Nations Grand Slam and World Cup double.\n\nThe All Blacks, however, will feel hugely confident heading into a semi-final against Argentina, who beat Wales 29-17 earlier on Saturday in Marseille on a day when the southern hemisphere sides completed an impressive double.\n\nWith the sense of rivalry built up by New Zealand's 2019 quarter-final win and Ireland's series triumph on Kiwi soil last year, this was easily one of the most eagerly anticipated World Cup knockout games in years, the pre-match atmosphere rivalling the All Blacks' loss to France in the opening game and the memorable Irish win over South Africa three weeks ago.\n\nIn stark contrast to 2019, Ireland were being talked about as pre-match favourites as they looked to end 36 years of hurt in the quarter-finals.\n\nFor New Zealand, this was viewed as a tantalising opportunity to not only get revenge on Ireland, but to re-establish the aura and fear factor that the All Blacks jersey has lost in recent years. They did just that.\n\nIn the 2019 quarter-final, the All Blacks roared into a 22-0 half-time lead, and while Ireland's first-half return was much healthier here, it was the three-time champions who were in control at the break.\n\nGiven the magnitude of the occasion, both teams showed nerves during the opening exchanges but it was New Zealand who settled quicker, with Richie Mo'unga and Jordie Barrett penalties putting them 6-0 up.\n\nIreland were devastating in swatting aside Scotland last week, but struggled to build early momentum here, allowing the All Blacks to pull further clear when Beauden Barrett chipped forward, gathered and Fainga'anuku finished in the corner.\n\nAki, probably Ireland's player of the tournament, dragged his team back into it with a superb finish but the All Blacks hit back just six minutes later when Savea capped another period of sustained New Zealand pressure by diving over.\n\nHowever, Mo'unga - who earlier avoided punishment for a high tackle on Aki - missed his conversion and there was further frustration for the All Blacks when scrum-half Aaron Smith was yellow carded for deliberately knocking the ball on.\n\nAnd when Smith's Auckland-born opposite number Gibson-Park produced a superb finish in one of the last plays of the half, it felt for the first time like Ireland had seized momentum.\n\nWith Smith having returned to the pitch, the All Blacks turned up the heat on the Irish again after 52 minutes when Jordan crossed after a blistering, defence-puncturing burst by Mo'unga.\n\nSexton's missed penalty added to Ireland's woes but they were given a lifeline when Taylor collapsed the Irish maul and referee Wayne Barnes awarded the penalty try to again reduce New Zealand's lead to the minimum.\n\nHowever, having missed a penalty, Jordie Barrett nailed a long-range kick to push the lead back out to four before denying Ireland a try at the other end when he held up Ronan Kelleher with a vital, last-ditch intervention.\n\nIreland pushed for a last-gasp try but the All Blacks withstood 37 phases of pressure in the closing stages to claim a momentous win over their rivals and leave Sexton and his Irish team-mates to reflect on an excruciating eighth quarter-final defeat.\n• None Experience F1 like never before! Relive the Qatar Grand Prix with expert commentary and interviews with Max Verstappen and Lando Norris", "Charlotte Walker met Strictly's Amy Dowden after featuring on the Caerphilly dancer's Dare to Dance TV show last year\n\nA breast cancer patient has said she was moved to tears after Amy Dowden's surprise Strictly appearance last week.\n\nThe dancer, from Caerphilly, went on the show without a wig and has since spoken of the \"trauma\" of losing her hair following cancer treatment.\n\nCharlotte Walker, 51, from Llandeilo, Carmarthenshire, said she was \"so proud\" of Amy, who she first met after featuring on her Dare to Dance TV show.\n\nShe was diagnosed with breast cancer a week after filming in August 2022.\n\n\"For her to go on TV last week, without a wig, I was so proud of her. She made me cry and everybody else I know cry,\" Charlotte said, adding that losing her own hair was \"the most heart-breaking feeling\".\n\nAfter filming Dare to Dance she remained friends with Amy, who is also a patron of the Tenovus Cancer Care charity, which Charlotte said helped her massively through her journey.\n\nAfter her diagnosis, Charlotte had surgery followed by chemotherapy and radiotherapy and is now on medication for up to 10 years to try to prevent it returning.\n\n\"Losing your hair becomes worse than the fact you've got the cancer, because suddenly you feel like 'now I'm going to look like a patient',\" she said.\n\n\"It just starts to come out in clumps and you then get obsessed with it, because you're sort of pulling it out and thinking 'oh my goodness, there's another clump, there's another clump'.\n\n\"Like Amy, I decided that I needed to take control, because it was breaking me basically.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Amy Dowden says she feels \"empowered and positive\" after shaving her head during cancer treatment\n\n\"Walking out with a 'chemotherapy hairdo' - a shaved head or a bald head, whatever you want to call it - is major, and you know what, there's nothing wrong with it,\" said Charlotte.\n\n\"What I was so proud of, it shows other people that you don't need hair to define you, it doesn't have to define you.\n\n\"If you look back at pictures of Amy on strictly last week, you don't look and say, 'oh there's a bald head', you look and you say, 'gosh, look at her beautiful smile, her beautiful dress', she is incredible.\"\n\nAfter shaving her head with her family Charlotte said it felt as if she had \"taken back control\"\n\nFollowing their recent friendship, Amy had a surprise for Charlotte - tickets to Strictly Come Dancing on Saturday.\n\n\"I'm going strictly! I'm absolutely thrilled. I cannot wait to go, I bought a new dress so I'm going to wear lots of sparkles,\" said Charlotte.\n\nGeorgia O'Connell, who was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2015 aged 35, said she hoped Amy's Strictly appearance would inspire others going through similar experiences.\n\nGeorgia O'Connell, who received care from Velindre Cancer Centre, in Cardiff, is eight years cancer free after having successfully beaten triple negative breast cancer\n\n\"It's been a bit of a whirlwind... it was everything at once, new motherhood and cancer all came hand-in-hand,\" said Georgia, from Abergavenny in Monmouthshire, whose diagnosis came shortly after the birth of her first son.\n\nShe said she was \"so glad\" to see Amy on Strictly without a wig due to the stigma many women face following cancer treatment.\n\nGeorgia said she had long blonde hair down to her waist before it started to fall out following \"gruelling\" chemotherapy treatment.\n\n\"There's such a stigma around losing your hair, as a woman particularly… you look in the mirror and you're like 'who the hell is that looking back at me?',\" she said.\n\n\"I had lost control, basically, when you get your diagnosis your control goes out the window, you feel completely helpless.\"\n\nGeorgia has recently donated 45cm (18in) of her hair to the Little Princess Trust, a charity that provides free wigs to children who have lost their own hair following cancer treatment\n\nAfter her hair initially began to fall out, Georgia said she wanted \"take control of it instead of it controlling me\".\n\nShe asked her parents to shut down the family hair salon and gathered her extended family to take part in the process of shaving her head.\n\n\"So everybody piled around my parents' salon and I asked them all to shave a strip of my head, which they did… and we took control, it was extremely liberating.\"\n\nShe added: \"You do have to own it, and Amy did.\"\n\nGeorgia said it was \"liberating\" to take control of her hair loss with her family\n\nJudi Rhys, of Tenovus Cancer Care, said the charity was \"so proud\" to have Amy as their patron.\n\n\"Her selfless determination to raise awareness of breast cancer, following her own diagnosis and during her treatment, has been nothing short of remarkable,\" she said.\n\n\"We are sure the positive messages Amy has delivered have made a huge difference and been a source of inspiration and strength to many people on the same journey.\n\n\"We wish Charlotte and Amy all the best for the future, and hope Charlotte has a fab-u-lous time in the Strictly Come Dancing studio this weekend!\"", "Passengers were told to expect delays and cancellations\n\nA signal points failure at London's Euston station caused all lines to shut, prompting major travel disruption.\n\nThe issue has been resolved after it was first reported at about 10:40 BST, according to National Rail.\n\nThe operator has said passengers can expect delays of up to 90 minutes and cancellations, while major disruption is likely to last until 15:30 BST.\n\nThey said in a statement: \"We're sorry for the disruption to services in and out of London Euston earlier today while our engineers repaired a fault with the signalling system in the area.\"\n\nAvanti West Coast and London Northwestern Railway said tickets impacted by the disruption would be valid on some other train services.\n\nTicket acceptance has also been agreed with East Midlands Railway and Thameslink between Bedford and Wellingborough to assist passengers travelling to or from London St Pancras International.\n\nBBC journalist Alex Smith, who was at the station, said: \"I've spoken to some staff who say that they don't know what trains are turning up between platforms one and seven, and where they are going to - resulting in numerous, last-minute dashes for trains as they get announced.\"\n\nI had a ticket for a London Northwestern Railway service from London Euston to Coventry, which was cancelled.\n\nWith no services to Coventry or nearby in sight, I - along with dozens of others - rushed to an Avanti train, the platform of which was announced suddenly and without warning, that stopped in Rugby, as I was advised I could use some Avanti services due to the cancellations.\n\nHowever, from there I still had to get a train to Coventry, but my priority was getting out of London.\n\nThe train from Euston was temporarily stopped from leaving as there were too many people on the train, meaning it was too unsafe to travel until some \"volunteers\" got off the train.\n\nListen to the best of BBC Radio London on Sounds and follow BBC London on Facebook, X and Instagram. Send your story ideas to hello.bbclondon@bbc.co.uk", "Ayman Safadi has warned of the conflict escalating to the wider region Image caption: Ayman Safadi has warned of the conflict escalating to the wider region\n\nJordan’s Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi has said that Palestinians being moved from Gaza to Egypt would be “unacceptable” to his country.\n\nSpeaking to Newshour on the BBC World Service, he said that “population dispersion and transfer will not solve the problem” and called for Gazans' safety in Gaza to be ensured.\n\nSafadi said that people need to stand with the right of all people to live with peace and dignity, and said that the world needs to condemn the killing of both Israeli and Palestinian civilians.\n\n“Why is it a war crime to deny food and water to Ukraine but it is not the same when it comes to Gaza?” he added.\n\nJordan is working with other Arab countries including Egypt and Qatar to help bring the hostages home. When asked about the possibility of elderly hostages and children being freed, Safadi said that a lot of work is being done behind the scenes.\n\n“We are hopeful that we should get to a place where those hostages are released and the escalation will stop and we will be able move forward.”\n\nHe also warned of the conflict escalating to the wider region.\n\n“If this conflict escalates and there’s a real threat to escalation, then we’ll be talking about a nightmare that will engulf the whole region.”", "Donald Tusk was greeted as if at a victory rally in Warsaw on Sunday night\n\nThe right-wing populist Law and Justice party is on course to win most seats in Poland's general election, exit polls suggest, but is unlikely to secure a third term in office.\n\nPollsters Ipsos suggest the party, known as PiS, has 36.1% of the vote and the centrist opposition is on 31%.\n\nIf the exit polls are correct, then Donald Tusk's Civic Coalition has a better chance of forming a coalition.\n\nHe is aiming to end eight years of PiS rule under leader Jaroslaw Kaczynski.\n\nWith 80.27% of votes counted, the National Electoral Commission says Law and Justice has 36.27% of the vote.\n\nCivic Coalition is on 29.41% while the Third Way has 14.45%.\n\nThe final result is expected on Tuesday evening, the commission head said earlier.\n\nSpeaking about the exit polls, PiS leader Kaczynski dmitted he did not know if the party's \"success will be able to be turned into another term in power\".\n\nInitial results gave PiS the lead, but they reflected small towns and the countryside which are party strongholds. Two more Ipsos exit polls published on Monday suggested PiS would be unable to form a coalition.\n\n\"Poland won, democracy has won,\" Mr Tusk, 66, told a large crowd of jubilant supporters in what felt like a victory rally in Warsaw. \"This is the end of the bad times, this is the end of the PiS government.\"\n\nThere were roars as the Ipsos poll flashed up on the screen and Mr Tusk appeared to loud cheers and chants of his name.\n\nSupporters appeared stunned, and election officials said later that turnout was probably 72.9%, the highest since the fall of communism in 1989.\n\nThe Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe - which monitors elections to check they are free and fair - said candidates in the election had been able to campaign freely - but biased coverage by the state media and misuse of public funds had given a \"clear advantage\" to the governing PiS.\n\n\"We noted the erosion of checks and balances to gain further control over state institutions by the governing party, including the courts and the public media,\" they said in a statement.\n\nPolls closed at 21:00 local time on Sunday, but there were still queues of voters reported well into the night in Warsaw and Krakow, and into the early hours in Wroclaw.\n\nA larger proportion of 18-29 year-olds had turned out to vote than over-60s, Ipsos said.\n\nPiS was heading for 196 seats in the 460-seat Sejm or parliament, according to the later poll, and would fall short of the 231 needed for a majority.\n\nIt is unlikely to have much help from the far-right Confederation Party, whose leader admitted it had fared far worse than expected, with a predicted 15 seats.\n\nMr Kaczynski has painted his rival as a puppet of Berlin and Brussels and vowed to maintain his party's strong anti-migration policies.\n\nJaroslaw Kaczynski told supporters they had to hope, but the exit poll showed a loss of 35 seats\n\nCivic Coalition leader Donald Tusk has described the vote as Poland's most important since the fall of communism and vital for its future in the European Union.\n\nHe has vowed to improve relations with the EU and unlock €36bn (£30bn) of EU Covid pandemic recovery funds frozen in a row over PiS judicial reforms that led to staffing top courts with judges sympathetic to the ruling party.\n\nMr Tusk's party is now most likely to be able to form a broad coalition, with centre-right Third Way and left-wing Lewica.\n\nThere were few smiles among PiS party faithful in the minutes before the close of polls.\n\n\"We have to hope,\" Mr Kaczynski declared. \"Regardless of whether we are in power or whether we are in opposition, we will implement this project in various ways and we will not allow Poland to be betrayed.\"\n\nPiS supporters put on a brave face, chanting \"Jaroslaw\" and waving Polish flags, as the later exit poll suggested they had lost 39 seats since the 2019 election.\n\nA party spokesman told the BBC he was still hopeful of forming a government as the poll was just a prediction.\n\nQueues formed outside polling stations across Poland and beyond on Sunday.\n\nA marbled foyer in Warsaw's Stalinist Palace of Culture was crammed with voters, who snaked out into the square outside.\n\n\"The campaign was very strong and emotional, that's why there are so many people,\" a PiS voter called Agnes told the BBC.\n\nOne result of the ferocious election campaign was increased turnout. \"It seems that we beat the turnout record,\" Poland's Electoral Commission head Sylwester Marciniak told a news conference.\n\nMany voters in central Warsaw came with children and even pets, while election officials and security guards helped elderly voters climb the steps.\n\nVoters talked of being nervous about the result of the election and all of them saw it as decisive for the future direction of Poland.\n\nWhoever wins, Poland's strong support for Ukraine is unlikely to change, almost 20 months into Russia's full-scale invasion. However, PiS leaders showed signs of wavering in recent weeks, in an apparent bid to bring back voters attracted to the Ukraine-sceptic Confederation party.\n\nThere were queues outside polling stations across the country\n\n\"We have a war on our border. We have to be sure the government will take us in the right direction and be more resistant to Russia,\" said another voter called Ela.\n\nPoles voted in more than 30,000 polling stations, and there were long queues outside Poland too, with 600,000 expats registered to vote.\n\n\"They're the most important elections I've voted in during my lifetime,\" said Magdalena Bozek as she queued up to vote in London. \"It's been quite a difficult eight years for us, for pro-Europeans.\"\n\nCivic Coalition has also vowed to liberalise abortion laws, after a near-total ban imposed in 2021.\n\nThe centre-right Third Way appeared to be one of the big winners of the night, with a predicted 14% of the vote. It has promised to simplify taxes and offer an alternative to the two big parties.\n\nPiotr Buras, from the European Council on Foreign Relations, said an opposition victory would open the way to a \"massive reorientation\" of domestic and European policy. Their immediate goal would be to remove PiS figures from state institutions and public TV, he added.\n\nPoland is divided into 41 districts and has a proportional representation system for its parliament, based on party lists. Expat votes count towards the Warsaw district.\n\nPresident Andrzej Duda, an ally of the socially conservative ruling party, would normally ask the biggest party to form a government, and his aide indicated that was the traditional next step.\n\nBut if PiS fails to win a vote of confidence, then parliament would appoint a new prime minister who would then choose a government and also have to win a confidence vote in the Sejm.\n\nThat would leave PiS as Poland's caretaker government potentially into December.\n\nFive parties are set to cross the 5% threshold and enter the 460-seat Sejm or parliament.\n\nPoles also voted for the upper house, the Senate, and took part in four referendums that all appeared designed to bring PiS voters out to vote.\n\nOne asked whether the retirement age should increase, and another on whether Poland should accept more migrants from the rest of the EU.\n\nSign up for our morning newsletter and get BBC News in your inbox.", "A man accused of making racist comments at a pro-Palestine march in London has been charged, the Met Police has said.\n\nThe 67-year-old was charged with intentionally causing racially aggravated harassment, alarm or distress after being arrested on Saturday.\n\nThe man is alleged to have made racist remarks towards people gathered in Whitehall and a police officer.\n\nHe will appear at Westminster Magistrates Court on 2 November.\n\nThe Met said on X, formerly Twitter: \"The man was arrested after shouting racial abuse at those gathered in Whitehall and making similar racist comments to an officer who spoke with him.\n\n\"The man was in possession of a UK flag.\n\n\"This was in no way the reason for his arrest and forms no part of the charges against him.\"\n\nThe force did not offer further information about what the alleged comments were.\n\nPolice are investigating potential public order offence involving the two women\n\nMeanwhile, detectives investigating a public order offence in a separate incident are appealing for help identifying two women who were at the demonstration.\n\nOne of them was wearing a red top with a white neckline, a light blue face mask, and was carrying a purple bag.\n\nThe other woman was wearing a dark coat.\n\nBoth appeared to have had an image of a paraglider stuck to their backs.\n\nA number of Hamas militants used paragliders to enter Israel during their attack on 7 October.\n\nScotland Yard said on Saturday that 15 people had been arrested for alleged offences at the protest, including assaults on emergency workers and setting off fireworks in a public place.\n\nListen to the best of BBC Radio London on Sounds and follow BBC London on Facebook, X and Instagram. Send your story ideas to hello.bbclondon@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Up to 1,500 cars were inside the car park when the fire happened\n\nLuton Airport says it is \"unlikely\" any vehicles will be salvageable following a massive fire that caused one of its car parks to collapse.\n\nFlights were suspended after the blaze ripped through Terminal Car Park 2 on Tuesday night.\n\nUp to 1,500 cars were inside and the airport said it had replied to almost 16,500 customer queries since the fire.\n\nThe emergency services have returned control of the car park to airport management.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: The roof of the car park at Luton airport engulfed in flames\n\n\"Regrettably, it is unlikely that any vehicles in the car park will be salvageable, but this is still in the process of being assessed,\" said an airport spokesman.\n\n\"We recognise this has been an extremely distressing time for all concerned and we would like to thank our customers for their ongoing patience and understanding while we work through the many complexities following this incident.\"\n\nThe spokesman said the airport had provided the Motor Insurers' Bureau with the registration details of 1,405 vehicles and was working with the Association of British Insurers to try to retrieve any personal items.\n\nInbound passengers on Tuesday were diverted to other airports, some scrambled to find alternative transport or hotel accommodation while others told the BBC they were \"in limbo\".\n\nLuton Airport said it had passed on registration details of 1,405 vehicles to insurers\n\nThree firefighters and a member of airport staff were taken to hospital suffering from the effects of breathing in smoke on Tuesday.\n\nA further firefighter was treated at the scene by the paramedics. No serious injuries were reported.\n\nFollow East of England news on Facebook, Instagram and X. Got a story? Email eastofenglandnews@bbc.co.uk or WhatsApp 0800 169 1830\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Shortly after sunrise on the morning of Saturday 7 October, a message pings on 200 phones of the Be'eri mothers' WhatsApp group.\n\nMinutes later another message lands: \"We have a terrorist on the stairs. Call someone.\"\n\nWARNING: Some readers may find details in this article distressing.\n\nHamas gunmen had just begun a day-long rampage through this kibbutz in southern Israel, and over the next 20 hours the women channelled their horror, disbelief and reassurances through the chat - as militants roamed the neighbourhood shooting residents dead and setting fire to homes.\n\nHiding in their safe rooms these women - some huddled with their families - described the shouts and explosions they heard outside, told each other where gunmen were, shared tips on coping with smoke that filled their rooms, and repeatedly called for help. In some cases, that help never came.\n\nAs the hours ticked by, they asked questions. Where was the army? Why was help taking so long? Can somebody please look for my mother? How do I lock my safe room? Should we open the door to a man claiming to be a soldier?\n\nAt some point, somebody changed the name of the group to \"Be'eri Mothers Emergency\".\n\nThis group chat was shared with the BBC by a woman put forward by the community to speak to the media in the wake of the attacks. She is one of the mothers on the chat and shared the details with us so we could see how the terror of the day unfolded - and what a lifeline these women were in the most desperate and sometimes final hours of their lives.\n\nWe could not seek the permission of all 200 members, but three of them agreed to tell us their stories in detail, and we have anonymised all other exchanges, being careful to ensure nobody can be identified to protect their privacy.\n\nSome members are unaccounted for, presumed dead or missing. Survivors estimate that about 100 people were killed and many were taken away as hostages.\n\nMinute-by-minute, this chat reveals in detail not seen before how Hamas stalked, murdered and burned people in their own homes, coming back again and again. It is an insight into what it felt like across southern Israel as Hamas gunmen crashed across the border and tore through dozens of communities.\n\nIt shows how residents survived and supported one another - but it also documents, hour by hour, their growing desperation, as it became clear they would not be rescued by the Israeli state anytime soon.\n\nDafna Gerster, 39, was visiting from Germany and had spent Friday night with family in the kibbutz she grew up in. They had gathered at her father's house, playing the board game Camel Up into the night - and then she and her husband slept at her brother's apartment nearby knowing the next day was Saturday, the Jewish day of rest, when the families could be together again.\n\nThe community is next to the Gaza border and is used to missiles - but when Dafna awoke to the scream of rockets at 06:30, she knew immediately that something was different.\n\nDafna, centre, was visiting Israel from Germany and staying with her brother, left, when Hamas attacked\n\n\"Usually you have an alarm and a boom of the iron dome [Israel's missile defence system]. This time, there was no alarm, and it was so loud. It's a sound we could not identify.\n\n\"I went to my brother's room and asked him 'what is this?'\"\n\nLike others in the kibbutz they rushed to the safe room or mamad - a room made of reinforced concrete with airtight steel doors and windows designed to withstand rocket attacks.\n\nBut it soon became clear that rockets were not the only threat. News spread on the WhatsApp group that someone had been shot - and that there were armed men in the streets.\n\nCCTV footage verified by the BBC shows a small group of Hamas militants arriving at the gate of the kibbutz before 06:00. A car arrives, the gate opens, and the militants run inside after shooting dead the occupants of the vehicle. Video from a few minutes later shows the same two Hamas militants walking through a square, guns by their side.\n\nFast forward to 07:10, as the first messages on the WhatsApp group are being shared. Video shows three motorbikes, each carrying two heavily armed Hamas militants, leaving the area by the same gate.\n\nOther footage, which is too graphic to include here, shows militants in the kibbutz at 09:05 - three hours after first entering. It shows the same car that was shot at in the first clip with at least one body dragged out, lying in the road.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nAcross the kibbutz, as the community collectively barricaded themselves into their own mamads, a rising sense of dread on the chat preceded a horrible realisation: many people were struggling to lock their safe room doors.\n\n\"How do you do an emergency lock? And how do we know that it is really locked?\" one asked.\n\n\"Can you lock the safe room?\" asked another.\n\n\"To missiles yes, not to terrorists.\"\n\nPictures shared on the WhatsApp group offered tutorials on locking the doors. Those who couldn't feared Hamas would just walk in.\n\nAt the house of Michal Pinyan, 44, her husband had run out of the safe room to lock the front of the house. The family heard shouting in Arabic outside, followed by gunshots.\n\nAfter rushing back to the safe room, Michal's husband built a locking device with ropes and a baseball bat, which he gripped for the almost 19 hours they spent in the room.\n\nIn the terrified silence of these safe rooms, where people would not dare scream, they typed frantically. Michal watched the messages stream in.\n\nThey could not hear what was going on outside except via muffled sounds through the thick walls. But from what little they could make out, they collectively tried to understand what was going on.\n\nThey shared messages of \"frantic knocking\" on their doors as gunmen went house to house.\n\n\"Not knocking - it's gunfire,\" one said.\n\nDuring the first hour of the attack, people would tell the group they could hear shooting in their neighbourhood, or outside a particular house. The replies inevitably poured in: \"So do we.\"\n\n\"We understood it wasn't just one terrorist, it was a massive attack,\" Michal says. \"In each neighbourhood of the kibbutz we heard 'they're here, they're here' so they were in each neighbourhood at the same time.\"\n\nAs the scale of the assault became clear, frustrated, fearful posts flooded the chat asking when the army was arriving - and why it wasn't there already.\n\n\"You can hear shooting close by. Hoping it's the first response squad firing,\" one woman wrote, referring to a small unit in the kibbutz that responds to intruder alerts before handing over to the military.\n\nDafna's brother, Eitan Hadad, was part of that unit and rushed to help, leaving the couple in the safe room.\n\nIt would be the last time she saw him.\n\n\"He went out and we stayed in the safe room and it was just horror,\" she says.\n\n\"You didn't know what was going on, you just hear shooting all the time, bombs, a fight. And it doesn't stop for a minute.\"\n\nThe response unit of roughly 10 people was clearly no match for the Hamas militants.\n\nOn WhatsApp, people reported more and more gunshots - and men speaking Arabic outside. The desperate pleas for help became more frequent.\n\n\"I'm home alone and I'm really scared,\" one resident wrote.\n\nElsewhere in the kibbutz, Shir Gutentag was trying to quietly comfort her eight-year-old and five-year-old daughters, while following the WhatsApp chat in disbelief.\n\n\"At first when I realised we have terrorists in the kibbutz I shook. I was in shock. But very quickly I thought to myself 'you have to stay calm', because they're looking at me, my children, and they see my reactions and they're starting to panic,\" she says.\n\n\"So I told them it's OK. It's going to be OK.\"\n\nHours had passed since the attack started, and the crisis was only worsening. Hamas were breaking into people's homes and threatening safe rooms as members of the chat begged for help.\n\nMichal was reading these pleas for help while also messaging her own family in a separate WhatsApp group. She shared the contents of this group with the BBC, giving a terrifying insight into one family's despair as they detailed the Hamas attack in real-time.\n\nAt around 09:30, Michal's mum wrote on the family chat that she could hear voices in Arabic outside their house. Within 15 minutes another message confirmed that Michal's dad had been hurt.\n\nMichal, who had been trying to stay silent in her safe room until this point, simply could not keep quiet anymore and rang her mother. Her mum picked up the phone and whispered.\n\n\"'They're here, they shot Dad, he's not OK.'\n\n\"And then she hung up,'\" Michal says.\n\nHer mother continued writing on the family chat: \"Help. Help.\"\n\nHamas gunmen had used a weapon to break through the safe room door and had shot Michal's father as he tried to fight back. They then threw grenades.\n\nHer mum wrote a final plea for help at 10:15. After that, messages from her children went unanswered. She had been killed too.\n\nMichal's mother and father were both killed in the Hamas attack\n\nAs her parents were being attacked, Michal was desperately messaging in the mothers' chat, calling for someone to help them. She would continue posting messages about them throughout the day hoping that, somehow, they had survived.\n\nShe was not the only one. Others were continuously begging for someone, anyone, to check on their parents, friends, cousins. But nobody could: everyone was in the same situation, barricaded in their own mamads.\n\nGuns and grenades were Hamas' weapons, but they also set homes on fire.\n\n\"The entire house is smoke,\" one resident wrote. \"What should I do… tell me what to do.\"\n\n\"We have a fire inside the safe room\", \"The entire window of the safe room is black\", other messages read.\n\nOn the row of houses closest to Gaza, the home of Dafna's disabled dad, Meir Hadad, was being burned down.\n\nIn their own family chat, Meir's Filipina carer, 52-year-old Bhing Sol, pleaded with his children to find help.\n\n\"They're here,\" she wrote, referring to Hamas, in a message at 09:44.\n\n\"It was full of terrorists,\" Bhing later said, saying they looted the home before setting it on fire.\n\n\"The safe room was full of smoke. I keep on asking everyone to help us because maybe we'll be burnt alive. But nobody could help us because everyone is terrified.\"\n\nIn the mothers' group, others also asked for help to be sent to Meir.\n\nWith little anybody could do to answer all these pleas they offered each other practical suggestions - small, homespun survival tips that sustained them, and perhaps even saved lives, in their most powerless moment.\n\nThis was the spirit of the WhatsApp group - not just today, but for the years it had existed. It was a place for mothers to vent, to give advice, to support one another.\n\n\"Entire house is full of smoke what should I do?\" someone asked. \"Try to put a wet cloth on your face. Or urine,\" another resident responded.\n\nIn another exchange, a resident wrote: \"I can't breathe in the house I think there's a fire here help urgently\".\n\n\"Stay in the safe room don't go out put a piece of cloth on your nose,\" a neighbour replied.\n\nWhile 44-year-old Golan Abidbol's wife and children took shelter in the family's safe room, he stood with a gun in his kitchen, watching Hamas militants throw a molotov cocktail at another building. As he watched, he saw a family jump from the second-floor window and hurry to a neighbour's safe room.\n\nGolan Abidbol, bottom right, stood guard as his family hid in their safe room\n\n\"I was pumped up with adrenaline. If someone came to my house I would give them the fight of my life,\" he says.\n\n\"I sent pictures to the neighbour downstairs because his house started to burn. I told him: 'Now. I don't see anyone. It's a good time.' So he moved to another neighbour's shelter.\"\n\nGolan says this is the \"essence of the kibbutz\".\n\n\"We are one big family. If we need to open our door when there are terrorists outside and let the neighbours get in so they can survive, we will do it. No one even hesitated,\" he says.\n\nAt around midday, two or three men tried to enter Golan's house. He pulled the trigger. \"They returned a burst of fire on the house and then they left. I don't know why they decided to do it but they decided to leave and not engage me anymore,\" he says.\n\nAt the same time, harrowing messages in the group continued to show that Hamas were breaking into houses and trying to breach safe rooms. \"Firing at our safe room's door,\" one message read. \"Helppp. Anyone.\"\n\nMeanwhile, at the burning house of Bhing Sol and Meir Hadad, gunmen had begun shooting at the safe room as it filled with smoke.\n\n\"I took a risk - I opened the window of the safe room, thinking even a little bit of space and the air will come,\" Bhing says.\n\n\"They kept bombing, with a grenade or something, inside our house. I knew it was burning because the door was so hot it was like fire. But I kept holding the door with a blanket because I didn't know if they could open the door,\" she says.\n\nLater in the day, in what Bhing describes as a miracle, a crack formed in the ceiling of the room and water started dripping through onto Meir's head. She grabbed his cheeks in joy after the first drops fell and rubbed her hands over her face.\n\nAs they waited, the pair could hear hostages being taken past them towards Gaza.\n\n\"I heard so many people that they brought outside, then I heard shouting, and then Hamas was laughing and rejoicing that they got someone,\" Bhing says.\n\nThe first reference on the mothers' chat to someone being kidnapped was at 12:09.\n\nThe BBC has verified footage taken on the day that shows Hamas militants leading five hostages, including an elderly woman, down the road in Be'eri kibbutz - we do not know what time this footage was taken. Israel says that in total 150 people have been kidnapped and taken to Gaza and it is unclear how many were taken from Be'eri kibbutz.\n\nAs some people were led away by Hamas, others wondered when the army would arrive.\n\nShir Gutentag was reading the messages, while trying to comfort her daughters by continually placing a hand on each of them.\n\n\"I heard voice messages of terrible things,\" she says. \"There was a woman saying her baby daughter was dead. She was crying for help. Another one saw her mother getting killed, and she's waiting in the safe room for many hours whispering for help saying 'save me, I don't want to die.'\"\n\nOther WhatsApp messages in the group tell of horrific injuries - including a family member bleeding from a massive wound.\n\nThere are many messages on this chat, including some describing injuries, but we have not been able to ascertain the fate of everyone who posted.\n\nAs they sat waiting in the safe rooms for Israeli soldiers to arrive, the residents continued to support one another.\n\nShir made quiet calls to neighbours who had posted messages showing they were in distress, saying \"breathe in with me\".\n\n\"I posted mainly encouraging things - I'm sure the army's there, I'm sure they're coming. Be patient. Breathe,\" she says.\n\nOthers in the group did the same.\n\nIn one exchange, someone asked: \"Is there something someone can say to calm us down?\" Within seconds a neighbour responded: \"I'll tell you,\" before describing how the army would be able to handle it.\n\nAt around 15:00, Shir got a call from neighbours asking to come into her home because theirs was filling with smoke.\n\nShe rushed over to her front door, and began dismantling a stack of furniture she had put against it to stop anyone entering and let the family of four through, ushering them to the safe room before reassembling the barricade. A few minutes later, another woman got in touch to ask to enter and Shir began the process again.\n\nAs her family waited for a rescue they weren't sure would happen, Michal said she put her hands on her three children and \"gave them little kisses, but quietly\".\n\nA message on the WhatsApp group offered advice about how to keep children calm. The message said that fear is normal, and to calm children with a hug.\n\nIn the afternoon, updates shared in the group suggested that IDF soldiers had arrived, and were beginning to make headway. \"The soldiers are now fighting... Two other forces are on their way,\" one message just after 15:30 said.\n\nPeople continued to post their addresses in the hope that someone would come to save them, adding brief information, such as \"terrorists hiding\".\n\nBut confusion continued to dominate and nobody seemed to know how many soldiers had arrived, or if they were an organised group who could begin to control the situation.\n\nPeople reported hearing shouts of \"IDF, IDF!\" outside, but did not know whether this could be trusted. It could be Hamas in disguise, trying to tempt residents to open up.\n\nGolan had continued standing with his gun in his kitchen and he said he could see militants with RPGs shouting \"IDF, IDF.\"\n\n\"I text my neighbours saying I didn't think it was IDF, they had an accent and they didn't dress appropriately - they wore the uniforms, but they didn't wear them right.\"\n\nThis message was also being passed around in the group.\n\n\"They're also disguised as soldiers, do not answer anyone outside,\" one said.\n\nAs evening approached, messages became more hopeful. The sounds people were hearing from the safe rooms were shifting. Many were hearing more Hebrew voices.\n\nThey had been waiting for almost an entire day for help. In one of the first messages on the chat one member says people should not worry and that they didn't need the army - it would be all over soon. But a few minutes later, people were begging for soldiers to come.\n\nNow that help had finally arrived, residents tried to coordinate with soldiers, calling out locations for IDF troops to be sent to fight.\n\nShortly before 18:00, a message was circulated saying the most senior forces in the army were handling the incident. \"Until now you were brave and amazing, keep staying in the safe rooms and the incident will end. Everyone is aware of the situation and information is coming through all the time.\"\n\nIt was around this time that Bhing and Meir were rescued from their safe room. The house around them - where the family were playing board games the night before - was now ashes. Somehow, they had survived, trapped inside a tiny room as all their belongings burned.\n\nBhing turned as soldiers escorted them away, and took a photo on her phone of the remains.\n\nBefore and after: Meir's house burned by Hamas\n\nBack in the group, a message was sent at 18:08 saying: \"They're beginning a process of evacuation.\" This was followed by the first messages from people saying they had been saved.\n\nBut the process was slow. Many continued to plead for help long into the evening. \"Lots of bullets here too. It doesn't stop. Please they're here,\" one message just after 19:00 said.\n\nThe military arrived at Dafna's brother's apartment at 20:00, telling Dafna and her husband they would be rescued within an hour.\n\nMembers of the mothers' group began sharing code words the soldiers should say so residents could trust it was really them. People continued to worry that it was really Hamas trying to get into their homes.\n\nMeanwhile, the sounds of gun battles continued. They were being told it was over but as they had spent a day seeing nothing but hearing everything, they felt they could not distinguish anything or trust anybody.\n\n\"They're not saying the code help us,\" one resident wrote.\n\nWhen the military came to Michal's home, she initially refused to open the door. One of the people from the kibbutz's emergency call-up unit called Michal's husband to assure him it really was the IDF.\n\n\"They told him they're going to come back and they're going to shout. And he said tell them to shout our name and we will open,\" Michal says.\n\nThe soldiers formed a circle around the family and their pet dog, as they escorted them from the kibbutz.\n\n\"They told us 'we're going to go quiet and at some point you've got to cover your kids' eyes because there are a lot of bodies outside'.\n\n\"So we walked, with the dog and he was really, really quiet. It took us I think 15 minutes to get outside of the kibbutz where they gathered all the people. The soldiers came to each family like this, so it took a lot of time.\"\n\nShe covered her children's eyes, but Michal kept hers open.\n\n\"I wanted to look. I saw bodies. My husband said he saw bodies of people from the kibbutz, but I saw bodies of terrorists,\" she says.\n\nOthers couldn't bear seeing the remains of their community. \"I was looking down,\" says Shir. \"I think this saved my soul.\"\n\nAs they waited to be taken away, a gunman opened fire nearby. It wasn't completely over.\n\nThe residents were brought on army trucks to a nearby town, before being moved on to a hotel at the Dead Sea.\n\nDafna, who had first seen the military at 20:00, wasn't rescued until after 01:00. She had spent the past 19 hours in such a heightened state of stress and horror that she had not worried too much about her brother. Later, she learned that he had died.\n\nOne woman who has been calling for help the entire day after Hamas broke into her house sent a flurry of posts around 17:00. They began with a haunting, whispered voice note: \"I need help.\"\n\nOthers told her to hang in there.\n\nAt 18:00, she posted again.\n\n\"We must be evacuated,\" she said.\n\nThese were the last messages from her that the BBC saw on the WhatsApp chat. Her friends say she is either dead or kidnapped.\n\nThey look back to life before that first message - \"God forbid\" - to a time where their community was what they call a paradise. They describe a beautiful landscape, a community of mothers and friends that relied on each other and looked out for their neighbours.\n\nSurviving residents say they are drawing strength from their broken community - but cannot forget those who have been lost.\n\n\"They are our friends, they are our family, they are everything to us,\" Golan says.\n\n\"We know them. They have been part of our lives since we were born and we want them back.\"\n\nThe residents had built a community in kibbutz Be'eri over decades. To them, it felt unbreakable. Now, many do not know where to go and what to do.\n\n\"I don't know if we'll even have a home to go to after this,\" Dafna says.\n\n\"We were living in an illusion that we were safe.\"\n\nTranslation by Shaina Oppenheimer, Jonathan Beck, Liora Schurr, Jonathan Shamir, and others\n\nDesign and visualisation by Tural Ahmedzade and Joy Roxas", "Last updated on .From the section Boxing\n\nTommy Fury claimed bragging rights over fellow social media star KSI with a win on points in their boxing fight in front of a capacity crowd of 20,000 at Manchester's AO Arena.\n\nThe bout was not licensed by the British Boxing Board of Control which governs the sport in the United Kingdom, as KSI does not hold a professional boxing licence in the UK.\n\nIn a six-round cruiserweight contest, both men showed their limitations with constant grappling and failed to land anything of real note as Fury, 24, edged a majority decision.\n\nOne judge scored it 57-57 and the other two 57-56 to Fury.\n\nKSI, whose real name is Olajide William Olatunji, described the result as \"a robbery\" and called for a rematch.\n\n\"Look at your face, look at your eyes,\" the 30-year-old said to Fury. \"I'm the YouTuber and you're the boxer, I understand, you have to win.\"\n\nMeanwhile, Fury labelled his opponent \"a sore loser\" and said he was \"done with crossover boxing\".\n\nThe arena was at full capacity for a contest which organisers had hoped would sell around a million pay-per-view buys, earning both participants a seven-figure sum.\n\nHardcore boxing fans and fighters felt aggrieved by the hype and attention given to the bout, with former world champion Carl Froch saying it damages the credibility of boxing.\n\nBut the huge interest - albeit not from purists - in such \"crossover boxing\" events involving social media influencers is undeniable.\n\nThe attendance was double that of last week's all-British world title contest between Leigh Wood and Josh Warrington - a fight of the year contender.\n\nUnlike a boxing event where the venue is rarely full before the main event, the arena was packed by 19:00 BST, four and a half hours before the Fury-KSI bout - testament to how the whole card is sold on social media following and popularity of its fighters, rather than boxing ability or a marquee headliner.\n\nTo illustrate the popularity of crossover boxing, American Alex Wassabi - who competed in the first fight of the TV broadcast - has more than three million Instagram followers, more than a million more than unified heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk.\n\nPromoter Eddie Hearn, attending as a fan, sat at ringside along with British super-middleweight Chris Eubank Jr.\n\nThey were joined by celebrities such as ex-England footballer and Euro 2022 winner Jill Scott, British rapper Aitch, broadcaster Louis Theroux and four-time Olympic gold medallist Mo Farah, who was there for his son's birthday.\n\nWBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury - cheering on younger brother Tommy - was also in attendance. The Briton said the event was \"beautiful for the game\" and, asked whether he could ever feature on an influencer card, he replied \"you never know\".\n\nKSI 'wants to appeal' after close points loss\n\nThe main event was given star treatment with legendary master of ceremonies Michael Buffer introducing the boxers, but - as expected - it was not a showcase of high-class boxing.\n\nFury, a horror film buff, made his entrance to Michael Jackson's Thriller - a rather low-key ring walk compared with that of KSI, who sat in the driver's seat of a green Lamborghini sports car, with his own song - named after the supercar - being played out.\n\nOnce the fight started, KSI lunged in with a straight right and landed on Fury's neck in the opening minute but both men grappled through the first round.\n\nManchester's Fury - who beat Jake Paul in a sanctioned bout to win his ninth pro fight in February - insisted he is a legitimate boxer with world title ambitions but did not appear to be levels above KSI, who has only one pro fight on his record.\n\nFury was deducted a point in the second round for punching on the back of the head but found success on the inside in the third to close the gap. Neither fighter was able to utilise the jab with more clinching in the fourth and fifth.\n\nIt was all to play for in the final round and KSI landed an orchestrated right hand. Both men raised their arms at the final bell.\n\n\"We're going to appeal, I want to appeal,\" KSI said in his post-fight interview. \"I'm sorry, that's outrageous. I felt like I won that.\"\n\nThe event was arguably the biggest in crossover boxing history and continued the bedlam and chaos witnessed throughout fight week.\n\nMisfits - the organisation set up by KSI and promotional partners Wasserman Boxing - is sanctioned by the Professional Boxing Association and considers its product as sports entertainment.\n\nThe card kicked off with a tag-team fight between two sets of influencers, with boxers able to tap in their partner.\n\nThe gimmicks may appeal to some fans, but there were ugly scenes in a co-main event between WWE star Logan Paul and fellow American Dillon Danis which went too far, ending in a mass brawl with a number of security personnel and members of both boxers' teams entering the ring.\n\nIn a distasteful build-up, Danis was issued with a restraining order by Paul's fiancee for posting explicit images online. At Thursday's news conference, a brawl broke out between them, leaving Paul with a cut on his face.\n\nThe ridiculousness continued into the fight as Danis - who kept talking and laughing throughout the contest - would rarely throw a punch.\n\nWhen he did, it was a bizarre slap with the back of his hand. At one point, he inexplicably fell on his back when no punch landed.\n\nDanis, an MMA fighter, attempted to wrestle Paul to the ground early in the final round. With Danis on his back, a frustrated Paul threw a punch down onto Danis, prompting the melee. Danis even aimed a swing - and missed - at a member of security, before Paul was awarded a disqualification win.\n\nMisfits and crossover boxing will continue to divide opinion. Its fighters - the majority of who are content creators by trade - may keep taking it too far and pushing boundaries in order to sell events and create shareable moments for social media.\n\nHowever, with the interest and money generated by Fury-Paul and now Fury-KSI, it appears influencer boxing is here to stay.", "TikTok has said it \"immediately\" took action to counter misinformation after the EU warned the platform following the attack by Hamas on Israel.\n\nThe EU called on TikTok boss Shou Zi Chew to \"urgently step up\" efforts, and \"spell out\" within 24 hours how it was complying with European law on Friday.\n\nSocial media firms have seen a surge of misinformation about the conflict like doctored images and mislabelled videos.\n\nTikTok said it had removed \"violative content and accounts\".\n\n\"We immediately mobilised significant resources and personnel to help maintain the safety of our community and integrity of our platform,\" the company said in a statement on Sunday.\n\nIn a letter to the company on Friday, EU commissioner Thierry Breton warned TikTok needed to be mindful of its popularity with young people and \"protect children and teenagers from violent content and terrorist propaganda as well as death challenges and potentially life-threatening content\".\n\nThe bloc also handed X (formerly Twitter), YouTube, and Meta, the owner of Facebook and Instagram, similar warnings about misinformation, along with a 24-hour deadline.\n\nTikTok, which is owned by Chinese firm ByteDance, listed actions it said it had taken on its website to combat misinformation and hateful content.\n\nIt said it had created a command centre, enhanced its automated detection systems to remove graphic and violent content, and added more moderators who speak Arabic and Hebrew.\n\n\"We do not tolerate attempts to incite violence or spread hateful ideologies,\" TikTok said.\n\n\"We have a zero-tolerance policy for content praising violent and hateful organisations and individuals, and those organisations and individuals aren't allowed on our platform.\n\n\"TikTok stands against terrorism. We are shocked and appalled by the horrific acts of terror in Israel last week. We are also deeply saddened by the intensifying humanitarian crisis unfolding in Gaza.\"\n\nThe EU introduced new laws in August 2023 which regulate the kind of content that is allowed online.\n\nThe Digital Services Act (DSA) requires so-called very large online platforms - those with over 45 million EU users - to proactively remove \"illegal content\", and show they have taken measures to do so if requested.\n\nThe EU previously told the BBC it was not currently in a position to comment on what would come next in these specific cases, but has explained what was hypothetically possible under the law.\n\nThe DSA allows the EU to conduct interviews and inspections and, if it is unsatisfied, proceed to a formal investigation.\n\nIf it decides that a platform has not complied or is not addressing the problems it has identified, and risks harming users, the commission can take steps including issuing fines and as a last resort request judges to ban a platform from the EU temporarily.", "Last updated on .From the section Man Utd\n\nQatari banker Sheikh Jassim bin Hamad Al Thani has withdrawn from the process to buy Manchester United, BBC Sport has been told.\n\nSheikh Jassim had bid £5bn for the club but further talks this week have broken down.\n\nThe Glazer family, who bought United for £790m in 2005, announced in November 2022 they were considering selling.\n\nBritish businessman Sir Jim Ratcliffe's Ineos Group was the other main bidder.\n\nSources have told BBC Sport that Ratcliffe is now hoping to conclude a deal for a minority stake in the club, thought to be 25%.\n\nEarlier this month BBC Sport reported Ratcliffe was considering whether to offer to buy a minority stake in the club in an effort to break the impasse over the ownership situation.\n\nThe Glazer family's announcement last year that they were considering selling United led to a flurry of interest but only two offers, from Ineos and Sheikh Jassim.\n\nBoth tabled bids of about £5bn.\n\nSheikh Jassim's camp have always maintained he was only interested in buying the club outright.\n\nUnited supporters have held demonstrations against the Glazer family inside and outside Old Trafford.\n\nThe club are 10th in the Premier League having lost four of their opening eight matches, and were beaten in their first two Champions League games.\n\nIn a statement, the Manchester United Supporters Trust said: \"MUFC is in desperate need of new investment and new majority ownership. We hope this news accelerates that process rather than delays it.\n\n\"Based on the last 11 months, no-one can be quite sure. The Glazers need to make their position clear.\"\n\nIt is understood that Sheikh Jassim's bid would have been a fully cash offer and would have cleared all old debt. There would also have been more than £1.4bn to finance new stadium plans, new training centre facilities, buy players and also for community regeneration projects.\n\nFigures in March showed United owed £969.6m through a combination of gross debt, bank borrowings and outstanding transfer fees with associated payments.\n\nThere has been no public comment from any party around this latest development.\n\nThe Glazer family have also made no public statement since launching their 'strategic review' around United in November, which they said could lead to a sale.\n\nThis was always viewed as one of a number of options but just by mentioning it - when they had never done so previously - they raised hopes among many fans who feel their ownership has held the club back since 2005 that they were willing to sell.\n\nNumerous conflicting rumours have emerged over the past months, including that the whole process had been shelved, which sources were adamant was not the case.\n\nEarlier this week, United chief executive Richard Arnold told a Fans Forum meeting: \"All I can say at this moment is the work is ongoing.\"\n\nUnited would normally have released their 2023 end-of-year financial results by now.\n\nAs yet, no date has been confirmed for their release, with no reason given for it being later than usual.\n\nFigures released in June showed United were heading for record revenues despite not playing in the Champions League last season.\n\nStronger matchday and commercial revenue meant United revised their annual revenue forecast from between £590m and £610m to between £630m and £640m, which would eclipse their previous best of £627.1m in 2019.\n\nAnalysis - 'Glazers remain and that will be greeted with anger'\n\nThis process has been going on so long now, and the reports around it have been so conflicting, nothing can be completely taken at face value.\n\nHowever, if Sheikh Jassim has withdrawn from the process and there is no going back, it means, in the short term, the Glazer family are staying.\n\nSir Jim Ratcliffe has said he is willing to accept a minority stake as a first step towards getting a majority, which is what he wants - and there are issues over United's complicated share structure to solve.\n\nIt is also possible at some point in the not-too-distant future another party will come in and make an offer the Glazers do find acceptable.\n\nBut for now, the Glazers remain - and that is something sure to be greeted with anger by a significant proportion of the United fanbase - including former skipper Gary Neville - who feel the ownership is the major reason why the club is in its current predicament.\n\nThis week, when asked if the Glazer family were aware of the majority view of them within the United fanbase, chief executive Richard Arnold told their Fans Forum the club was \"transparent in its feedback to the owners\".\n\nEvidently, they have thick skin and are content to remain, despite the protests against them.\n\nAnd evidently, Sheikh Jassim feels what the Glazers want is not feasible to anyone wanting to buy the club outright.\n\nThe two great unknowns now are whether an alternative Qatari bid for another Premier League club becomes a reality - and also what makes the Glazers feel United is worth more than has been offered.\n\nLots of questions remain. Answers are in very short supply.\n• None Our coverage of Manchester United is bigger and better than ever before - here's everything you need to know to make sure you never miss a moment\n• None Everything United - go straight to all the best content", "Home heating oil prices are down this week, but it may not be a sign of things to come\n\nPeople in Northern Ireland are facing a \"relatively difficult winter\" as home-heating oil prices remain high, the Consumer Council has said.\n\nAbout two thirds of households in Northern Ireland are heated using oil.\n\nThe average price of 500 litres of oil, according to the Northern Ireland Consumer Council, is £381.69 - a decrease from £399.29 last week.\n\nWhile home-heating oil prices have significantly dropped in the last year, the long-term average is still costly.\n\nIt comes at a time when gas and electricity prices are also still at high levels - the Utility Regulator told BBC News NI that although the wholesale price of energy has reduced significantly over the last few months, it remains twice the price of historic norms.\n\nAccording to the regulator, the average annual price of gas and electricity was £1,236 in October 2021 - in October 2023, this is now £2,415.\n\nPeter McClenaghan, director of infrastructure and sustainability at the Consumer Council, said lingering high prices are \"quite unpleasant\" for many consumers.\n\n\"While the prices are not as difficult as they were last winter for consumers, a lot of people are finding their money is not going as far elsewhere,\" he told BBC News NI.\n\n\"They're paying more for food, they maybe have depleted their savings in order to pay for energy or food inflation, so people are finding that relatively tough at the minute.\"\n\nIt is unlikely consumers will see the same energy support they received last year, Peter McClenaghan said\n\nJust after Russia invaded Ukraine in February last year, the price of 500 litres of oil spiked to £660. It then cost between £400 and £500 for most of the year and fell in the early months of this year.\n\nEarlier in 2023, the UK government introduced a £600 one-off payment in Northern Ireland to help tackle rising energy bills.\n\nMr McClenaghan said the scheme was \"hugely valuable\" in protecting consumers and more helpful than many may realise.\n\n\"We are in a situation now where the prices aren't just as high as they were last year but, in actual fact, if you remove the government subsidy, the effective price is pretty much the same as what people were paying last year.\n\n\"People are going to still have a very similar customer experience as they did last winter when it comes to trying to heat and power your home.\"\n\nWholesale oil prices have been on a general upward trend for the last few months.\n\nA barrel of Brent crude was priced at below $80 a barrel at the end of July but is now closer to $90.\n\nThis is mainly because oil rich nations such as Saudi Arabia and Russia, which form part of a group called Opec+, have cut back production.\n\nAfter Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 oil prices spiked; there has not been the same impact from the current Israel-Gaza conflict but that could yet change.\n\nThere is the spectre of the Yom Kippur War in 1973 which saw oil producing countries, led by Saudi Arabia, refusing to supply countries which supported Israel.\n\nOil prices can fluctuate due to a number of factors.\n\nDuring the warmer months, prices for oil are normally lower due to a lack of demand.\n\nIn the last few months, prices have risen as some members of the oil producers' group Opec+ decided to cut its production of crude oil.\n\nExchange rates can also have an effect. Crude oil is traded in US dollars, and with sterling down this can increase prices both at the petrol pump and at home.\n\nHome-heating oil prices are beginning to rise again, but are lower than they were at the beginning of the year\n\nRecently, concerns have been raised about oil prices after militant group Hamas launched an unprecedented attack on Israel last week.\n\nGlobal prices jumped following concerns the situation could disrupt output from the Middle East.\n\nIsrael and the Palestinian territories are not oil producers but the Middle East region accounts for almost a third of global supply.\n\nDavid Blevings, executive director of the Northern Ireland Oil Federation, said prices have come down after an initial spike as other oil-producing countries, such as Saudi Arabia, stepped up production.\n\nBut, he added it is too soon to tell what long-term effects it may have.\n\n\"Short term, I don't see a huge change, it depends what happens in Gaza,\" he told BBC Radio's Good Morning Ulster programme.\n\n\"If we do have a major war in that scenario, I could definitely see supplies being hit and the price will unfortunately go up.\"\n\nMr McClenaghan echoed this view, adding that the panic in the market has somewhat dissipated and is minor in comparison to how it reacted to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.", "The suspect says the wheelchair the drugs were found in was given to him by a friend to borrow\n\nOfficials at Hong Kong International Airport have uncovered 11kg of suspected cocaine hidden in the cushions of an electric wheelchair.\n\nThe haul, worth an estimated $1.5m (£1.26m), was found when a 51-year-old man was going through customs clearance on Saturday.\n\nThe man, who arrived from the Caribbean country of Sint Maarten via Paris on Saturday, has been arrested.\n\nHe could face life in prison if found guilty of trafficking a dangerous drug.\n\nAccording to customs officials, the suspect brought the wheelchair into the country as one of two pieces of checked baggage.\n\nFurther examination was ordered when staff became suspicious and they found evidence that its seat cushion and backrest had been re-stitched.\n\nThe man, who is not from Hong Kong and has mobility issues, reportedly told officials that he was the director of a car rental company and that the wheelchair had been loaned to him by a friend.\n\nAn investigation into the incident has been launched.\n\nCustoms officials said in response to the discovery that they would increase checks on visitors from \"high-risk regions\" to combat transnational drug trafficking activities.\n\nAccording to their latest statistics, the number of cases detected in customs checks involving dangerous drugs in 2022 was 931, up from 906 the previous year. Some 178 people were arrested over related offences last year.\n\nIt is not the first time that drugs have been found hidden in a wheelchair at an airport. In November, officials in New York seized $450,000-worth of cocaine found in the wheels of a woman's wheelchair.\n\nIn September 2022, nearly $1.6m-worth of cocaine was found stuffed into the upholstery of a motorised wheelchair in the Italian city of Milan.", "Last updated on .From the section Rugby Union\n\nSouth Africa kept the defence of their title alive with a thrilling quarter-final victory over France in one of the greatest matches in World Cup history.\n\nEben Etzebeth's powerful late surge saw the Springboks come from behind to end France's 18-game winning run on home soil and book a semi-final with England in a repeat of the 2019 final.\n\nBoth sides scored three tries in a pulsating first half at Stade de France before a Thomas Ramos penalty handed the hosts a narrow lead at the interval.\n\nRamos added another three points as France, led by their returning talisman Antoine Dupont in their pursuit of a maiden title, looked to wrestle momentum from the defending champions in a more attritional second half.\n\nBut Etzebeth's try overturned the deficit before Handre Pollard's huge penalty from inside his own half proved to be decisive.\n\nAnother Ramos penalty brought France to within a single point, to set-up a tense finale at the same venue that witnessed another last-eight thriller between New Zealand and Ireland just 24 hours earlier.\n\nFrance were urged on by their partisan home support as they looked to keep the ball alive with the clock in the red, but as it spilled forward and Kurt-Lee Arendse gathered to pump it into the stands, the French challenge ended as the Boks celebrated.\n• None As it happened: South Africa and France's titanic tussle\n\nBefore a ball had been kicked, the tournament hosts were tipped by many to go one better than their final defeat in 2011 and cap a golden era of French rugby with that elusive Webb Ellis Cup.\n\nThat confidence looked well-placed as France began their campaign with an impressive win over perennial World Cup heavyweights New Zealand on opening night and topped Pool A with four wins from four.\n\nThe only dark moment was a fractured cheekbone to poster-boy Dupont, but the anguish eventually faded as the scrum-half was cleared to play against the Springboks and 2023 started to feel like it could be the year.\n\nFrance kicked off with intensity, looking to move the ball quickly through Dupont, and were rewarded in the fourth minute as Cyril Baille crossed in the corner.\n\nSouth Africa pegged France back through Arendse before taking the lead with a Damian De Allende breakaway try.\n\nPeato Mauvaka was a constant threat in the loose and his try restored parity before Ramos' conversion attempt was brilliantly charged down by Cheslin Kolbe's inspiring endeavour.\n\nKolbe then turned from points-saver to points-scorer as he latched onto Jesse Kriel's perfectly-weighted grubber kick to leave Damian Penaud in his wake and score South Africa's third try.\n\nIn a highly-skilled end-to-end half of Test rugby, Baille doubled his tally from close range as the momentum shifted once again. Ramos added the conversion and a penalty to bring the half to an end with France in the lead.\n\nThe second half was somewhat different as neither side wanted to make the crucial error.\n\nThe pendulum swung from side to side before the Boks prepared for a tap and go close to the line, which resulted in Etzebeth's powerful charge over.\n\nSouth Africa's three titles make them the joint most successful side in World Cup history, with the All Blacks.\n\nEight of the starting XV began the win over England in the World Cup final in Japan four years ago, and that experience told when it mattered most.\n\nSouth Africa had been training with background noise in preparation for the hostile atmosphere in the French capital, but they wanted to ensure they fired shots of their own.\n\nThe ploy to kick high and challenge inexperienced French wing Louis Bielle-Biarrey worked wonders as the hosts failed to gather the ball for Arendse's opening try.\n\nManie Libbok was selected at fly-half despite his poor form from the kicking tee in the defeat by Ireland in the pool stages. As the under-pressure fly-half lined up to take his first conversion attempt, he calmly slotted the ball through the posts from close to the touchline.\n\nMore Springbok possession was kicked towards Bielle-Biarrey's channel, and this time De Allende was the beneficiary as he scooped up the loose ball to charge towards the line.\n\nKolbe's try was the best finish in the game as Penaud could only lay a helpless hand on his opposite wing's buttocks, but despite France regaining the lead, the Boks always looked a threat and eventually turned the tide in their favour through Etzebeth.\n\nThey will now be strong favourites to overcome England next Saturday and make it to consecutive World Cup finals.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nStargazers and astronomers alike have been treated to a spectacular celestial event - an annular solar eclipse.\n\nThe cosmic phenomenon was visible in parts of the US, Mexico and in South and Central America.\n\nCloud permitting, US residents were able to see at least a partial eclipse.\n\nAn annular solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between the Earth and the Sun, blocking out most but not quite all of the Sun's light.\n\nIt is called an annular eclipse because just a thin ring, or annulus, of light remains visible.\n\n\"An annular eclipse only happens when the moon is at its furthest away point from Earth. In perspective to us on Earth, it doesn't completely block out the light from the sun so instead you get this incredible ring of fire around the moon.\n\n\"Even though we get more excited about a total solar eclipse because you can see the Corona... it's really far more rare to see an annular solar eclipse and so it's a really cool thing to see\" said Dr Nicola Fox, associate administrator for NASA's Science Mission Directorate.\n\nThe path of the October 14 annular solar eclipse spanned a wide area. Those within the path of annularity witnessed the full \"ring of fire\" effect, while those nearby regions would have expected to see a partial eclipse.\n\nThe annular solar eclipse began in Oregon at 09:13 local time (17:13 BST), passed through California, Nevada, Utah, New Mexico and reached Texas at 12:03 local time (18:03 BST). It was then visible across Central and northern South America.\n\nSky-gazers were urged to protect their eyes if looking at the sun and use solar viewing glasses, rather than regular sunglasses, to preserve their vision.\n\n\"Do NOT look at the Sun through a camera lens, telescope, binoculars, or any other optical device while wearing eclipse glasses or using a handheld solar viewer - the concentrated solar rays will burn through the filter and cause serious eye injury,\" said Nasa.", "Last updated on .From the section Cricket\n\nEngland suffered a major shock at the hands of Afghanistan in Delhi as a sorry 69-run defeat left their World Cup defence in real jeopardy.\n\nTheir first loss to Afghanistan in any format does not end England's chances but leaves them with little room for manoeuvre in their final six group stage games.\n\nAfter a lacklustre bowling performance allowed Afghanistan to reach 284 all out, England's batters succumbed under the lights and were bowled out for 215.\n\nJonny Bairstow fell lbw to left-armer Fazalhaq Farooqi in the second over, Joe Root was bowled by Mujeeb Ur Rahman for 11, and Dawid Malan tamely chipped to extra cover.\n\nOnly Harry Brook, who made 66, offered any resistance - captain Jos Buttler was the fourth to fall as he was comprehensively bowled by seamer Naveen-ul-Haq.\n\nEngland's wayward seamers had earlier gifted Afghanistan a platform of 100-0 after 13 overs, with opener Rahmanullah Gurbaz crashing 80 from 57 balls.\n\nAdil Rashid dragged back some control with 3-42 but more loose bowling at the death, plus 58 from Ikram Alikhil, took Afghanistan to a decent score.\n\nThis is only Afghanistan's second win at a 50-over World Cup and was celebrated wildly by their loud support in the ground.\n\nEngland, looking to defend the title they won so memorably four years ago, have now lost two of their opening three games and play in-form South Africa next on Saturday in Mumbai.\n• None Afghanistan beat England for first time - as it happened\n\nEngland lost three times in the group stage en route to winning the title in 2019. They are not at the must-win stage yet, but with difficult matches against hosts India, Pakistan, Australia and the Proteas to come, their backs are well and truly up against the wall.\n\nThe manner of this defeat was similar to their opening-day loss to New Zealand. They were poor with the ball and, Brook aside, hardly laid a glove on their opponents with the bat.\n\nBairstow was furious with his decision - replays showed the lbw shout was umpire's call on impact and leg stump - but it came within an opening spell of pace and zip from Farooqi after England's seamers had been toothless.\n\nThe spinners, including T20 superstar Rashid Khan who had Liam Livingstone lbw 10 and took the match-winning wicket by bowling Mark Wood, then took charge and England had no answer.\n\nMujeeb bamboozled Chris Woakes throughout one over - having an lbw decision overturned before eventually bowling him - before Brook was caught behind in the 22-year-old's next to effectively end the contest.\n\nEngland now have no choice. They must improve quickly or their reign as 50-over world champions will come to a sorry end.\n\nEngland's wayward start allowed Afghanistan to take 79 runs from the first 10 overs, the most expensive powerplay in the first innings of the tournament so far.\n\nClassy right-hander Gurbaz played well but Woakes, and Sam Curran, who replaced him after three overs for 30 runs, repeatedly offered far too much width.\n\nWoakes conceded 41 runs from four wicketless overs. Curran's four returned figures of 0-46.\n\nOnly Reece Topley offered control at the start, but even he was culpable later on in bowling four of England's 14 wides and no-balls.\n\nIn between, Rashid looked to have dragged England back. He bowled a maiden straight after the first drinks break and then had opener Ibrahim Zadran caught at mid-wicket and Rahmat Shah stumped in the space of seven balls.\n\nGurbaz was then crazily run out by his captain Hashmatullah Shahidi, allowing Liam Livingstone and Joe Root to help Rashid turn the screw with a wicket apiece.\n\nStill, the 46th over bowled by Curran cost 18 and gave Afghanistan momentum which England were never able to wrestle back.\n\n'They outplayed us' - what they said\n\nEngland captain Jos Buttler: \"It is disappointing. Having won the toss and electing to field, me missing the fist ball down the leg side kind of set the tone.\n\n\"It's a tough loss to take. Congratulations to Afghanistan, they outplayed us today.\n\n\"It's always about execution and throughout the game we were not at the level we wanted to be consistently enough. That's the main area we lost the game.\"\n\nAfghanistan captain Hashmatullah Shahidi: \"I am quite happy, the whole team is happy. This is the best win we have got, we will be full of confidence and it is great for our country.\n\n\"The belief, trust and talent is there. The last couple of times we haven't done it but we've always believed, we will be really positive for the next games. This is the first win, not the last win.\"\n\nAfghanistan spinner and player of the match Mujeeb Ur Rahman: \"It's a very proud moment to be here in the World Cup beating the last champions, it is a good moment for the whole nation and the team. A wonderful performance for the bowlers and the batters.\"\n\nFormer England bowler Steven Finn on BBC Test Match Special: \"England are now hanging by a thread in this competition.\n\n\"There are going to be a lot of meetings, a lot of conversations and a lot of head scratching over the next 48 hours.\n\n\"They're going to have to pick themselves up because they are not technically out of the tournament. But they're going to need to change something and change it quick if they're going to compete against the best teams in the world.\"", "Born at the start of Somalia's civil war, Maryan Ali Mohamed dreamt of one day performing live on stage.\n\nShe spent hours impersonating musicians on TV and always hoped to master an instrument.\n\nIn 2019, she picked up her first violin. Now, the 33-year-old is one of 40 musicians forming a Somali orchestra.\n\nThe East African country does not have an official national orchestra, but for the first time, an ensemble of musicians were brought together for a series of televised performances.\n\nMen and women dressed in suits and satin were recorded harmoniously playing trumpets, drums and ouds - a traditional string instrument.\n\n\"I've never seen anything like it,\" said Fadumo Hussien, a 70-year-old grandmother watching from her living room on the outskirts of the capital, Mogadishu.\n\n\"I remember bands playing growing up, but nothing like this,\" she told the BBC.\n\nThe performances, organised by Mogadishu-based production company Astaan TV, aim to revive Somali music.\n\n\"We brought this orchestra together and gave them a space to rehearse,\" said Mohamed Abdiwali, one of the event organisers.\n\n\"Now they can play classical Somali music,\" he said.\n\nThe carefully crafted shows are then aired online and across local TV.\n\n\"The younger generation needs to start hearing our history,\" he explained.\n\nThe performances allow a younger generation - both musicians and viewers - to learn the history of Somali music\n\n\"Historically, we've had bands in Somalia, with a limited number of instruments,\" explained Jama Musse Jama, director of the Hargeisa Cultural Centre.\n\nOrchestras, with their larger size and classical focus, often have a greater emphasis on collaboration and synchronicity.\n\n\"You work together in harmony and build music in harmony,\" said Dr Jama, noting the sounds of the Egyptian and Sudanese orchestras.\n\n\"It's all about coming together,\" he added.\n\nMusicians were handpicked from across the country for this project, including both seasoned instrumentalists and emerging talents, like Ms Mohamed.\n\n\"I usually play on my own, or with just a few other people, but nothing on this scale,\" she told the BBC.\n\nThe mother-of-two began violin lessons just a few years ago as part of a community programme in Mogadishu. She now practises using YouTube videos.\n\n\"I am so grateful to be here,\" she said smiling.\n\nSince the outbreak of civil war in 1991, Somalia has grappled with political instability and conflict. That's had a knock-on effect on cultural institutions.\n\n\"Somali music hasn't had a home for years,\" said Dr Jama.\n\nThe National Theatre in Mogadishu reopened in 2020 and now hosts a variety of events\n\nThe National Theatre in Mogadishu, which opened its doors in 1967, was once a cultural melting pot for the city.\n\nSpectators would gather inside the grand hall located in central Mogadishu to watch plays, musical performances and film festivals.\n\nIt quickly became the beating heart of the creative community.\n\n\"Beyond a physical building, musicians and artists must be encouraged to come together, share ideas and produce something tangible,\" explained Dr Jama.\n\nThe oud, pictured above, is a traditional Somali instrument\n\nDuring the civil war it was fought over by rival militias and its roof even collapsed after being hit by mortars.\n\nAcross Somalia, cultural institutions and exports are now being revived, marked by the return of cinemas, art exhibitions and Somali TV shows.\n\nThe National Theatre reopened again in 2020 and now hosts a variety of events, including this year's Mogadishu Book Fair.\n\nIn Somaliland's capital Hargeisa, live music nights featuring traditional Somali music and food are on the rise, which Dr Jama says is vital for sharing the country's rich culture through the generations.\n\n\"Somali music is not well archived,\" he told the BBC.\n\n\"We don't have musical notations, we perform and it dies there and remains only in the memory of the singer,\" he said.\n\n\"That's why a televised orchestra performance is so special,\" he added.\n\n\"By documenting this, we're creating something tangible that the next generation can see, understand and appreciate.\n\nFollow us on Twitter @BBCAfrica, on Facebook at BBC Africa or on Instagram at bbcafrica", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nWarning: This article contains details that some may find distressing\n\nReports first emerged on Friday evening of a strike on a convoy of vehicles heading towards southern Gaza. These vehicles were carrying civilians, who were fleeing northern Gaza after the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) issued an evacuation order.\n\nVideos showing the carnage at the scene emerged shortly afterwards.\n\nBBC Verify has confirmed the strike occurred on Salah-al-Din street, which is one of two evacuation routes from northern Gaza to the south.\n\nThe Palestinian Health Ministry says 70 people were killed at the scene, and Hamas blamed Israel for the attack. The IDF has told the BBC it had no involvement in the incident.\n\nThe longest video we have verified is too graphic for us to show. It's a scene of total carnage. Men are seen running, yelling prayers and laments into the smoke-filled air. Sirens and car alarms howl throughout.\n\nAs the camera moves along the scene, the extent of the devastation becomes clear. Bodies, twisted and mangled, are scattered everywhere.\n\nLater, the broken body of a small child - a boy, dressed in shorts and a T-shirt - is seen lying on a truck, his head twisted awkwardly towards the camera.\n\nWe counted at least 12 dead bodies at the scene. Some of them women and young children.\n\nOther footage shows the bodies of victims lying in the street, and vehicles on fire.\n\nA grab taken from a video of the strike on the civilian convoy\n\nA number of videos have now emerged on social media showing the immediate aftermath of the strike.\n\nLocal media reports said the attack took place on Salah al-Din road, a major highway that runs north to south across the strip, and one of just two evacuation routes for civilians living in the north.\n\nThe road was full of traffic all day on Friday following Israeli warnings to leave the area.\n\nBuilding on work from open source analysts, such as Chris Osieck, we began by verifying the first video that shows the aftermath of the attack. We focused our attention on this 45km-stretch (28 miles) of road, beginning with the north, as that was where the convoy was likely to have set off from.\n\nThe video had a number of key details - buildings, road markings, signs - that offered clues to the location.\n\nUsing satellite imagery we looked along this road, searching for areas that matched the details we had seen in the video. We placed the location a few kilometres from the southern outskirts of Gaza City.\n\nWe performed a reverse-image search on certain keyframes in the footage to ensure that the material was new, and had not been reposted from an older incident.\n\nFinally, we used online tools that identify the angle of sunlight and length of shadows to work out that the footage was filmed around 17:30 local time (14:30 GMT) on 13 October.\n\nHaving established the key details, we were then able to identify common features in other footage claiming to show the incident, including a video shot from about 100 meters away which shows burning vehicles.\n\nWe spoke to several weapons experts but they said it is hard to tell what caused the explosion based on the videos of the aftermath.\n\nAnother video was circulating on X (formerly known as Twitter) early on Saturday morning, showing a convoy in Gaza with about 30 people on board.\n\nOnline software which analyses the angle of shadows tells us the video was likely filmed between 15:30 and 17:20 local time on Friday, before the convoy blast incident.\n\nIt was filmed close to the location where the aftermath of the strike was recorded, and there were suggestions that it showed the same truck pictured at the scenes with bodies lying across it.\n\nHowever, putting images of the two trucks side by side suggests they are not the same vehicle. The undercarriages are different - with one truck having two rectangular boxes, and the other having one. There are also other visual differences.\n\nThe IDF says its enemies are trying to prevent civilians leaving the north.\n\nBBC Verify will continue to monitor the situation and report any updates.\n\nThis piece was first published on 15 October and has since been updated.", "US actress Piper Laurie - best known for her roles in The Hustler and Carrie films - has died aged 91, her manager has said.\n\nMarion Rosenberg told the Associated Press that the three-time Oscar nominee passed away in her Los Angeles home.\n\nShe described the actress as \"a superb talent and a wonderful human being.\"\n\nHer talents were not limited to acting - Laurie took a 15-year-break from acting to campaign for the civil rights movement.\n\nShe was nominated for an Oscar for the first movie she starred in upon her return - Carrie.\n\nBorn as Rosetta Jacobs, she was born in Detroit, Michigan to parents of Russian and Polish heritage.\n\nShe was signed by Universal Studios at the age of 17 - earning a contract and a new name: Piper Laurie.\n\nHowever, Laurie became frustrated with the acting industry and being cast in the same roles, and broke her Hollywood contract - moving to New York to pursue other roles.\n\nShe later stepped away from the profession on what became a 15-year-break and focused her attentions on the civil rights movement and the Vietnam War.\n\nDuring that time she also married film critic Joe Morgenstern, and had a daughter.\n\nLaurie also starred in numerous TV shows including Matlock, Murder She Wrote, and played George Clooney's character's mother on ER.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The first minister told the BBC's Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg show that his party \"want a referendum, demand a referendum.\"\n\nHumza Yousaf has said he would welcome an independence referendum \"tomorrow\" as he signalled a change in his preferred strategy.\n\nThe first minister said a majority of Scottish seats (or 29) in a general election would provide a mandate to begin negotiations for a referendum.\n\nHe previously tabled a proposal based on the SNP winning the most seats, which would be a lower threshold.\n\nIt comes as the SNP's annual conference starts in Aberdeen.\n\nThe leadership was under pressure to alter its plan ahead of a key debate and vote on the party's independence strategy.\n\nParty insiders believe a majority of seats will give them a stronger mandate for independence talks.\n\nIf the party won \"most\" seats, the figure could be much lower than 29 if many other parties won seats.\n\nThe first minister told the BBC's Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg that \"mandate after mandate\" for an independence vote have been denied by successive Conservative governments.\n\nHe said the next test of the proposition will be in a general election, which is expected to be held next year.\n\nMr Yousaf said if the SNP win the majority of seats it would give the Scottish government a mandate to begin negotiations with the UK government on \"how to give that [the mandate] democratic effect\".\n\nHe said several options would then be on the table, including a referendum.\n\nMr Yousaf has said previously he wanted to build \"sustained\" support for independence. He told the BBC that would mean 50% plus one backing for Yes, adding that we would hold a referendum \"tomorrow\".\n\nThe first minister pictured at Bute House ahead of the conference\n\n\"If Westminster parties want to test the proposition for 50% plus one, I'm happy to do that. That has to be through a referendum to test propositions for popular support,\" he told the Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg programme.\n\n\"We want a referendum, demand a referendum. We've been elected on a mandate for a referendum.\n\n\"If you want one, bring it on. We'll do it tomorrow. I guarantee you, independence will be here sooner rather than later.\"\n\nThe SNP conference is now in full swing with delegates listening to debates in the hall.\n\nIndependence strategy dominates conference today and the leadership look amenable to accepting almost everything members want.\n\nThis includes switching from winning \"most\" seats to a \"majority\" of seats to begin independence negotiations with the UK government.\n\nThat's a higher bar (at least 29 seats) and at least gives the impression of a stronger democratic threshold despite the fact they're widely predicted to lose seats.\n\nIt's also what many members want with an amendment demanding so - and you need those folk out chapping doors in an election campaign.\n\nThat maybe didn't happen as much as it should have done in Rutherglen and Hamilton West.\n\nIt sounds like a targeting of Tory seats right here in the north-east.\n\nPartly because of that Rutherglen result, pro-union parties are resting a bit easier thinking the party here in Aberdeen is on the backfoot.\n\nSupport for independence has been steadying at about 48% since the Supreme Court ruled the Scottish Parliament could not legislate for an independence referendum without the UK government's consent.\n\nScotland currently has 59 seats in the UK Parliament. However, under recommendations from a Westminster boundary review, that will decrease to 57 at the next general election.\n\nThat means the number of seats required for a majority will decrease from 30 to 29.\n\nMr Yousaf's proposal to use use the next general election to push for independence is also backed by SNP Westminster leader Stephen Flynn.\n\nSNP MP Joanna Cherry has proposed an amendment that any independence negotiations with the UK government should be conducted by a constitutional convention of MPs elected from Scotland, MSPs and \"representatives of civic Scotland\". Ms Cherry told the BBC this could include any party that wanted to be involved.\n\nAhead of the conference vote on the motion, Ms Cherry said her amendment had won the backing of the leadership.\n\nThe MP said she was not insisting on her other amendment in the independence strategy debate \"in the interests of party unity\".\n\nThat amendment would have suggested that the Scottish government will be able to advance independence talks if the SNP, combined with other pro-independence parties, win a majority of Scottish votes in the next general election.\n\nMs Cherry added that she will be \"getting behind the leadership's strategy\".\n\nIt comes as the party faces criticism over the NHS, the attainment gap and the worst drug death rates in Europe.\n\nAnd just days before the conference SNP MP Lisa Cameron defected to the Tories.\n\nShe said she quit because of a \"toxic\" culture in the SNP's Westminster group - though SNP President Mike Russell said her constituency party lost faith in her and her \"unsubstantiated\" claims should be examined.\n\nIt also comes as Humza Yousaf's in-laws from Dundee are trapped in a war zone in Gaza with no way out.\n\nElizabeth El-Nakla and her husband, Maged, had travelled to the south of the Palestinian enclave last week to see a sick relative.\n\nElizabeth El-Nakla and Maged El-Nakla, who are from Dundee, were visiting family in Gaza when the Hamas attacks happened\n\nThe conference comes at a time when the SNP have experienced a number of blows.\n\nEarlier this year, Humza Yousaf's predecessor Nicola Sturgeon was arrested, as was her husband, the SNP's former chief executive Peter Murrell and its former treasurer Colin Beattie.\n\nAll were released without charge as part of an ongoing investigation into the party's finances.\n\nThe party also lost to Labour in the recent Rutherglen and Hamilton West by-election.\n\nInternal divisions have also emerged over the SNP's power-sharing agreement with the Scottish Greens.", "This footage was filmed close to the scene of a strike on a convoy in which civilians, including young children, are known to have died.\n\nThe truck that was hit is not in shot, but several damaged and burning vehicles are seen in the vicinity.\n\nThe incident took place a few kilometres south of the outskirts of Gaza city, as people fled following an Israeli evacuation warning.", "The bodies of Iranian film director Dariush Mehrjui and his wife Vahida Mohammadifar were found dead by their daughter\n\nOne of Iran's most prominent film directors, Dariush Mehrjui, has been found dead alongside his wife.\n\nThe 83-year-old and Vahideh Mohammadifar were found with stab injuries in their home near the capital, Tehran, on Saturday evening, Iranian authorities say.\n\nMehrjui was considered one of the founders of Iranian new wave cinema.\n\nIran's judiciary said seven people have been arrested so far in connection with the killing.\n\nPolice spokesperson Saeed Montazer-Mehdi said detectives had \"reached convincing evidence related to the case\".\n\nAccording to chief justice Hossein Fazeli, Mehrjui had invited his daughter to come over to his home in the city of Karaj for dinner on Saturday night.\n\nWhen she arrived, she is said to have found the bodies of her parents.\n\nMohammadifar, a screenwriter and costume designer, had reportedly complained recently that she had been threatened and that the house had been burgled.\n\nIranian actor and director Houman Seyedi was among those who took to social media to react to the killings - describing them as \"terrible and brutal\".\n\nMehrjui, who studied in the US as a young man and later lived in France for five years, first rose to national and international prominence with his 1969 film The Cow, which tells the story about a villager's obsession with the titular animal.\n\nHis other most notable films include Hamoun, The Pear Tree and Leila - the latter about an infertile woman who encourages her husband to marry for a second time.\n\nThe new wave movement focused mainly on realism but Mehrjui was known to draw inspiration from literature.\n\nHe received many awards over the years but while his films were celebrated at international film festivals, some barely saw the light of day in Iran due to censorship.", "Wales fans in Marseilles are quietly confident of a win\n\nThere is quiet confidence among Wales fans in Marseilles, even if they are not predicting a thumping victory over Argentina.\n\nWith Warren Gatland's side having navigated their way through the pool stage, they enter the quarter-final as favourites.\n\nSome supporters are just happy to be here after strike action in France made travel tricky.\n\nBut Kevin Davies will be cheering on his son, Gareth Davies, on Saturday.\n\nKevin Davies (right) is supporting his son, Wales player Gareth Davies\n\nOne of Wales' star players, he set a new scrum-half record of eight tries at World Cups when he scored against Australia.\n\n\"The record he needs to go for now is the four more to beat the great Sir Gareth Edwards,\" he said.\n\n\"I've told him if he does, I'll give him a little bonus.\n\n\"It's his third World Cup now, and he seems to pick up steam in every single one, which is always a good time to do it.\"\n\nOne family at the match will have divided loyalties.\n\nFormer Argentine lock Rimas Alvarez Kairelis, second left, said Wales are the favourites\n\nFormer Argentine lock Rimas Alvarez Kairelis met his Welsh wife Lisa after a 2001 international match in Cardiff.\n\nThey now live in Perpignan, in France, where Rimas is a member of the local side's coaching staff.\n\n\"There'll definitely be no impartiality on Saturday - I'll definitely be for Wales, [he will] definitely be for Argentina,\" said Lisa.\n\n\"They are building a really good spirit in the group which could help in the next matches,\" he said.\n\nHe believed Argentina had not lived up to their potential.\n\n\"They haven't played like we were expecting,\" said Rimas, referring to their opening defeat to England.\n\n\"Now they have nothing to lose, they've passed the first stage, and I hope they make a good match.\"\n\nDan Biggar's former teacher Dean Mason (right) remembers him as a \"massive talent\" from a young age\n\nTeacher Dean Mason remembers fly-half Dan Biggar and full-back Liam Williams from Gowerton Comprehensive in Swansea.\n\nBiggar has announced he will retire after the tournament and Dean doesn't want this to be his last appearance in a red jersey.\n\n\"As a school we're very proud of what those two lads have achieved on the rugby pitch,\" he said.\n\nBiggar, he said, was a \"massive talent\" from a young age, but Williams's gifts were not immediately evident.\n\n\"He's a real example of someone with a real determination to succeed,\" said Dean.\n\nMarseille's old port area has been filling up with red shirts and songs.\n\nPhil Beddoe (centre) said his trip was disrupted by French strikes\n\nPhil Beddoe was among fans whose travel plans were thrown into chaos by French strikes.\n\nAfter forking out another £100 for new flights, he arrived in Marseille on Friday morning but said it was \"worth every penny\".\n\nHe said: \"We've invested so much in following the team around France, so there was never going to be an excuse.\n\n\"They can strike as much as they want, but we'll find a way.\"\n\nGary and Elen, from Denbigh, were already in France, but caught an earlier Marseille train to dodge disruption.\n\n\"You have to with Gatland's track record and what he's achieved in previous World Cups,\" he said.\n\n\"Hopefully we'll start well and break them down,\" she said.\n\nElen and Gary were feeling upbeat about the match\n\nDanielle, who has travelled from Mallorca, was excited to see Welsh fans singing before the match.\n\nShe said: \"It's amazing, everyone's pumped up, the choir's coming in - I think Wales are going to smash it today.\"\n\nRyan from Mountain Ash, Rhondda Cynon Taf, was more cautious.\n\nHe said: \"Argentina have played the likes of Australia and New Zealand often and beaten them. So, any team that can do that, you have to respect.\"\n\n\"It's knockout rugby now, it's about the here and now,\" he said.", "The powerful earthquakes earlier this week devastated the province of Herat\n\nA new earthquake has hit western Afghanistan - several days after two large tremors in the region killed more than 1,000 people.\n\nThe US Geological Survey (USGS) says the magnitude 6.3 quake struck near the city of Herat. It was at a depth of 6.3km (four miles).\n\nAt least one person has died, according to local health authorities.\n\nAnother 100 are being treated for injuries in the regional hospital, the World Health Organisation said.\n\nMore than 90% of those who died in the earlier quakes were women and children, the UN's children agency Unicef said.\n\nIn its report, the USGS said the epicentre of the latest tremor was 30km north-west of Herat, Afghanistan's third-largest city close to the Iranian border.\n\nLast Saturday's earthquake hit Zindajan, a rural district some 40km from Herat.\n\nThe tremor saw entire houses, which were too fragile to withstand the quake, reduced to rubble.\n\nVillagers used shovels and bare hands to search for missing people.\n\nMedicines Sans Frontiers Afghanistan Programme head, Yahya Kalilah told the AFP news agency the casualties would likely be low because people were already sleeping outside in tents.\n\n\"In terms of psychology, people are panicked and traumatised,\" he said.\n\n\"People are not feeling safe. I will assure you 100%, no one will sleep in their house.\"\n\nThe Taliban, who has been ruling Afghanistan since 2021, also as the cold sets in, will likely not be able to manage in tents for more than a month.\n\nAfghanistan has been reeling from an economic crisis since the Taliban came to power, when aid given directly to the government was stopped.\n\nThe country is frequently hit by earthquakes, especially in the Hindu Kush mountain range, as it lies near the junction of the Eurasian and Indian tectonic plates.\n\nIn June last year, the province of Paktika was hit by a 5.9 magnitude quake which killed more than 1,000 people and left tens of thousands homeless.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: I have the thought of me dying in a bomb in Gaza - British-Palestinian girl\n\nThe UK has \"not been successful\" yet in opening the Rafah crossing into Egypt to help British nationals leave Gaza, the foreign secretary has said.\n\nBritish nationals have been told to be ready to use the south Gaza crossing - currently the only route out.\n\nHamas, Egypt, and Israel all exercise control over who can pass through.\n\nJames Cleverly said he was working with Israel, Egypt and \"other leading political voices in the region\" to open the crossing.\n\nSpeaking on Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg, Mr Cleverly said the gate was key to evacuating British nationals and providing \"humanitarian support for the people of Gaza\".\n\nThe US government is also working to try to open the Rafah crossing to allow Palestinian-Americans to leave. A statement on Saturday said that officials had been working with Egypt, Israel, and Qatar for a number of hours to try to open it.\n\nA US State Department spokesperson said its citizens were being told to move towards Rafah because \"there may be very little notice if the crossing opens and it may only open for a limited time\".\n\nRishi Sunak met King Abdullah of Jordan in London on Sunday, with Downing Street saying they had discussed \"diplomatic efforts to prevent further escalation in the wider Middle East\".\n\nThe last week has seen the supply of water, food, and energy to Gaza cut off, prompting international concern about the potential for a humanitarian disaster.\n\nBritish nationals are being urged to move south as directed by the Israeli government and have been sent messages telling them to be on alert in case the crossing is opened.\n\nMohammed Ghalayini, a British-Palestinian national who was in Gaza visiting relatives when Hamas attacked the south of Israel, said: \"I did not get any communication about getting to the crossing - we have very patchy internet signal, so that didn't come through in time.\"\n\nHe said there was communication with consular representatives earlier this week \"but they just diverted us to the Foreign Office registration page... I must say I'm not impressed with the way the UK government is handling this.\" Although Mr Ghalayini wants to stay in Gaza with his family, he says that even if he wanted to go to the border it would not be safe as it's located on a \"big, exposed open road\".\n\nThe Israeli government has told the 1.1 million civilians in Gaza's north to move south ahead of a ground offensive intended to target Hamas, which killed more than 1,300 people in a series of attacks in Israel last weekend.\n\nAt least 17 British nationals are confirmed dead or missing following the incursions. The UK government believes up to 60,000 British nationals are in Israel or Gaza.\n\nFour UK government charter flights have left Israel, and two more were scheduled for Sunday.\n\nHamas, Egypt, and Israel all exercise control over who can pass through the crossing\n\nWhen questioned by the BBC's Victoria Derbyshire, Mr Cleverly declined to say if the UK believed actions by Israel had been a breach of international law.\n\nMr Cleverly was shown quotes from the UN claiming Israel had put Gaza under \"siege\" - a breach of the Geneva Convention - and the Refugee Council, which accused Israel of a \"war crime\" by forcibly moving civilians out of north Gaza, ahead of an expected military attack.\n\nResponding, Mr Cleverly said: \"There are a number of other quotes which you didn't show, which don't agree with them.\"\n\nPushed again, he said: \"The UK government is absolutely committed to the adherence of international humanitarian law.\n\n\"And when we see breaches of that we raise that, including with Israel.\"\n\nThe UK's Foreign Office said Mr Sunak had spoken to Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi about the situation earlier this week, while Mr Cleverly was in contact with his Egyptian counterpart, Sameh Shoukry.\n\nThe in-laws of Scotland's first minister Humza Yousaf are in Gaza, where they were visiting relatives last week.\n\nSpeaking to the BBC earlier, an emotional Mr Yousaf said he had endured a \"very difficult night\" after his mother-in-law called to \"say her goodbyes\" when they were warned of an impending rocket attack. The attack did not materialise.\n\nMr Yousaf said he \"prayed to God\" they would get out alive and called for an immediate ceasefire to allow for a humanitarian corridor. The SNP conference this week unanimously passed an emergency motion sending solidarity to victims in both Israel and Gaza.\n\nRegarding Mr Sunak's meeting with King Abdullah, a Downing Street spokesperson said: \"The prime minister reiterated the UK's support for Israel's right to defend itself following last week's terrorist attack and said Hamas' abhorrent actions should not undermine the just cause of the Palestinian people.\"\n\nThey added that the leaders \"agreed on the importance of taking measures to protect civilians in Gaza, including British and Jordanian citizens caught up in the violence, as well as ensuring humanitarian aid reaches those in need\".\n\nKing Abdullah's office said his visit to London was part of a European tour intended to \"rally international support to stop the war on Gaza\".\n\nHe met US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Friday and will travel to Rome, Berlin, and Paris to discuss the \"dangerous and deteriorating situation in Gaza\" and the \"need to facilitate the provision of humanitarian aid to the Palestinians\".\n\nAre you in the region? If it is safe to do so, share your experiences by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "A man has been charged with murder and hate crimes after allegedly stabbing a six-year-old boy to death because he was Muslim.\n\nJoseph Czuba, 71, is accused of killing Wadea Al-Fayoume and seriously wounding his mother in Plainfield, Illinois.\n\nThe landlord allegedly targeted the pair, who were his tenants, because of their religion and the ongoing conflict between Hamas and Israel.\n\nPresident Joe Biden said he was \"sickened\" by Saturday's attack.\n\n\"This horrific act of hate has no place in America, and stands against our fundamental values: freedom from fear for how we pray, what we believe, and who we are,\" he said.\n\nHanaan Shahin, 32, was attacked by her landlord, who had a military-style knife, and ran to the bathroom to call the police, authorities said.\n\nShe suffered more than a dozen stab wounds but is expected to survive.\n\nHer son, Wadea, was stabbed more than two dozen times in the attack and later died in hospital. A funeral service and burial will be held on Monday afternoon in the town of Bridgeview, which is sometimes referred to as \"Little Palestine\" because of its large Palestinian-American population.\n\nOn Monday, a makeshift memorial - which included a stuffed spider-man figure and other children's toys - stood at the scene of the crime.\n\nSeveral crosses, apparently put up by Mr Czuba sometime before the incident, were also visible, along with a sign telling passers-by to \"pray the rosary at 4:20\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: Palestinian resident in tears after killing of Muslim boy\n\nHe celebrated his sixth birthday just a few weeks ago. \"He loved his family, his friends. He loved soccer, he loved basketball,\" the executive director of the Chicago office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), Ahmed Rehab, said.\n\nWhen officers arrived at the scene, about 40 miles (64km) south-west of Chicago, they found Mr Czuba sat on the ground outside the property with a cut to his face.\n\nThe victims, who were Palestinian-Americans, were found in a bedroom.\n\nMr Czuba was taken to hospital for treatment before being questioned by detectives. He was later charged with first-degree murder, attempted first-degree murder, hate crimes and aggravated battery.\n\nWhile he did not make a statement, detectives said they were able to determine a potential motive.\n\n\"Both victims in this brutal attack were targeted by the suspect due to them being Muslim and the ongoing Middle Eastern conflict involving Hamas and the Israelis,\" the Will County Sheriff's office said.\n\nThe US Justice Department has also opened a federal hate crime investigation into the attack. In statements on Monday, both Vice President Kamala Harris and Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas condemned the attack and rising incidents of hate.\n\n\"There is no humane world that can and should tolerate the murder of an innocent child because of his identity,\" Mr Mayorkas said. \"The tragic events in the Middle East...have brought ideologies of hate to the fore across the world - notably antisemitism and Islamophobia. This must end.\"\n\nMurder suspect Joseph Czuba is now awaiting his court appearance\n\nAt a news conference on Sunday, CAIR said Wadea was born in the US while his mother - originally from Beitunia in the West Bank - came to the country 12 years ago.\n\n\"[Wadea] paid the price for the atmosphere of hate and otherisation and dehumanisation that frankly I think we are seeing here in the United States,\" Mr Rehab said.\n\nThe boy's father, Oday al-Fayoume, was at the news conference and was in a state of shock, Mr Rehab said.\n\nNeighbours such as Eva Case expressed disbelief at the violent attack. \"I don't care what the situation was,\" she told the BBC's US partner CBS. \"Don't take it out on somebody that innocent of life.\"\n\nOthers who lived nearby said the pair had moved into the home four years ago.\n\n\"It's sickening. I can't even imagine how anybody could do that to a little child,\" one neighbour said.\n\nMore than 1,400 people were killed in Israel when Hamas crossed the border from the Gaza Strip to attack civilians and soldiers.\n\nIn Gaza, nearly 2,700 people have been killed by Israel's bombing, Palestinian authorities say, with an estimated 1,000 missing under rubble.\n\nOn Sunday, the FBI said it had seen an increase in reported threats in the US since Hamas launched its attack more than a week ago.\n\nMost have been deemed not credible, a senior FBI official said, but both Jewish and Muslim institutions have been targeted.\n\nSign up for our morning newsletter and get BBC News in your inbox.", "The ring, found in March, is engraved with sprigs of leaves as well as the rhyming motto in French, \"Je desir vous Ceruir\"\n\nA late medieval gold ring engraved with a declaration of love has been found by a metal detectorist.\n\nThe motto was written in French, the language of courtly love. Translated it means \"I desire to serve you\", said historian Lori Rogerson.\n\nIt was found within 50m (164ft) of a Tudor silver gilt hooked tag by the same detectorist near Frinton, Essex.\n\nMiss Rogerson, the county's finds liaison officer, believes the items were probably lost at the same time.\n\nThe damaged ring has a diameter of 19.4mm (0.7in) and it is 3.9mm (0.15in) wide and was found in a field near Frinton and Walton\n\nDespite being so \"tiny it only fits on my little finger\", it was probably worn by a man, according to Miss Rogerson.\n\n\"At this period rings were worn on all the joints of all the fingers, so it could have been worn on the upper joint,\" she said.\n\nRings engraved with French chivalric mottos were fashionable between 1400 and 1500.\n\nMottos such as \"I desire to serve you\" and \"I wish to obey\" were often used by men wishing to serve their ladies as part of a courtly love tradition that swept across medieval Europe.\n\nThe inscription reads \"Je desir vous Ceruir\" in the type of French used in England at the time - and it also rhymes.\n\nAnyone who could afford a gold ring at this time would have been among the elite who knew French, said Miss Rogerson.\n\nThe hooked tag, discovered in October, would have been a dress ornament, probably used by women to hold their upper skirt up above their lower skirt\n\nThe ring and tag were discovered by the same detectorist in fields within 50m (164ft) of each on either side of a road, although on two separate occasions.\n\nAs the ring is battered and cracked and the hooked tag damaged, Miss Rogerson believes they may have belonged to the same person who was taking them to be recycled at the time they were lost.\n\nThe tags were probably used in the Tudor era by women to hold up one layer of skirt from another so both can be seen.\n\nThe finds are subject to a coroner's inquest at Chelmsford. An Essex museum is interested in acquiring them.\n\nFollow East of England news on Facebook, Instagram and X. Got a story? Email eastofenglandnews@bbc.co.uk or WhatsApp 0800 169 1830\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Almost two million people in Gaza - more than 85% of the population - are reported to have fled their homes in the two months since Israel began its military operation in response to Hamas's deadly attacks of 7 October.\n\nThe Strip has been under the control of Hamas since 2007 and Israel says it is trying to destroy the military and governing capabilities of the Islamist group, which is committed to the destruction of Israel.\n\nThe situation for ordinary people in Gaza - a densely populated enclave 41km (25 miles) long and 10km wide, bounded by the Mediterranean Sea on one side and fenced off from Israel and Egypt at its borders - is \"getting worse by the hour\", according to United Nations aid agencies.\n\nIsrael warned civilians to evacuate the area of Gaza north of the Wadi Gaza riverbed, ahead of its invasion.\n\nThe evacuation area included Gaza City - which was the most densely populated area of the Gaza Strip. The Erez border crossing into Israel in the north is closed, so those living in the evacuation zone had no choice but to head towards the southern districts.\n\nThe Israel Defense Forces (IDF) are now focusing its operations on southern Gaza and have told Palestinians that even Khan Younis - the largest urban area in the south - is not safe and they should move south, or further west to a so-called \"safe area\" at al-Mawasi, a thin strip of mainly agricultural land along the Mediterranean coast, close to the Egyptian border.\n\nFighting in Khan Younis has pushed tens of thousands of people to flee to the southern district of Rafah in recent days, the UN said.\n\nAccording to the UN, just over 75% of Gaza's population - some 1.7 million people - were already registered refugees before Israel warned Palestinians to leave northern Gaza.\n\nPalestinian refugees are defined by the UN as people whose \"place of residence was Palestine during the period 1 June 1946 to 15 May 1948, and who lost both home and means of livelihood as a result of the 1948 War\". The children of Palestinian refugees are also able to apply for refugee status.\n\nMore than 500,000 of those refugees were already in eight crowded camps located across the Strip.\n\nFollowing Israel's warnings, the number of displaced people has risen rapidly and 1.9 million have fled their homes since 7 October, the UN says.\n\nOn average, before the conflict, there were more than 5,700 people per sq km in Gaza - very similar to the average density in London - but that figure was more than 9,000 in Gaza City, the most heavily populated area.\n\nThe UN warns that overcrowding has become a major concern in its emergency shelters in central and southern Gaza, with some housing at four times its capacity.\n\nMany of these emergency shelters are schools and in some there are dozens of people living in a single classroom. Other families are living in tents or makeshift shelters in compounds or on waste ground in open spaces.\n\nIsrael has already launched hundreds of airstrikes across Gaza and says it has used more than 10,000 bombs and missiles, causing extensive damage to buildings and infrastructure.\n\nGazan officials say more than 50% of housing units in Gaza have been destroyed, left uninhabitable or damaged since the start of the conflict.\n\nThe map below - using analysis of satellite data by Corey Scher of CUNY Graduate Center and Jamon Van Den Hoek of Oregon State University - shows which urban areas have sustained concentrated damage since the start of the conflict.\n\nThey say over 100,000 buildings across the whole Gaza Strip have suffered damage. North Gaza and Gaza City have borne the brunt of this, with around half the buildings in the two northern regions believed to have been damaged, but their analysis now suggests up to 20% of buildings in Khan Younis have also been damaged.\n\nEven healthcare facilities have been left unable to function as a result of bomb damage or lack of fuel.\n\nThe UN says hospital capacity in the enclave has more than halved from 3,500 beds before 7 October to about 1,500 now - and \"hardly any\" in the north.\n\nMore than 1,200 Israelis and foreign nationals were killed during the Hamas attacks on 7 October. More than 18,000 Palestinians - including about 7,700 children - have been killed in Israeli airstrikes and operations since then, according to Gaza's Hamas-run health ministry.\n\nIt is difficult for the BBC to verify exact numbers, but the UN's World Health Organization (WHO) has said it has no reason to believe the figures are inaccurate.\n\nThe airstrikes were accompanied by a \"complete siege\" of Gaza by Israel, with electricity, food and fuel supplies cut, followed by military action on the ground.\n\nThe IDF began its ground operations by moving into Gaza from the north west along the coast and into the north east near Beit Hanoun. A few days later Israeli forces cut across the middle of the territory to the south of Gaza City.\n\nArmoured bulldozers created routes for tanks and troops, as the Israeli forces tried to clear the area of Hamas fighters based in northern Gaza.\n\nHaving cut Gaza in two, the Israelis pushed further into Gaza City, where they faced some resistance from Hamas.\n\nThe image below, released by the IDF, shows tanks and armoured bulldozers on the beach near Gaza City.\n\nA photo of the same beach from last summer shows people making the most of a hot day in Gaza, families splashing in the sea or sitting on fanning out along the beach.\n\nEven before the current conflict, about 80% of the population of Gaza was in need of humanitarian aid, and although Israel has been allowing some aid in from Egypt, aid agencies said it was nowhere near enough.\n\nA seven-day ceasefire at the end of November allowed agencies to deliver an average of 170 trucks and 110,000 litres of fuel a day but that has since fallen to about 100 trucks and 70,000 litres of fuel, the UN's Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) says.\n\n\"It's too little, it's way too little,\" the WHO's Dr Rick Peeperkorn said.\n\nMeanwhile, the WHO has warned that renewed fighting is making the distribution of aid in most of Gaza \"almost impossible\" and will \"only intensify the catastrophic hunger crisis\" that already threatens to overwhelm civilians.\"\n\nAre you personally affected by the issues raised in this story? If it is safe to do so, please get in touch by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "Palestinians fill up at one of the few water stations in Khan Younis\n\nA tide of humanity has washed into Khan Younis.\n\nHundreds of thousands fled here from the north on whatever could carry them - cars if there was fuel, horse and cart if one could be found, their own feet if there was no other option.\n\nAnd what they found was a city on its knees, ill-prepared for its population to literally double overnight.\n\nEvery room, every alley, every street is packed with men, women and the young. And there is nowhere else to go.\n\nHamas say 400,000 of the 1.1 million people who call northern Gaza home headed south down the Salah al-Din Road in the last 48 hours, following Israel's order to leave.\n\nI was among them, along with my wife and three children, and two days' worth of food.\n\nFor many, the threat of Israel's bombs and impending invasion - which comes after gunmen from Gaza killed 1,400 in Israel - cancels out Hamas's order to stay put.\n\nBut in this narrow strip of land, blockaded on all sides and cut off from the rest of the world, options for where one ends up are limited. Safety is never guaranteed.\n\nAnd so a teeming mass of Gazans, many already bombed out of their homes, all lost, all afraid, all knowing nothing of what comes next, converged here.\n\nThis city, normally home to 400,000 people, has ballooned to more than a million overnight. As well as the north, they have come from the east, which suffered terribly in the 2014 war.\n\nHundreds of thousands of people have fled north Gaza\n\nEvery single one of them needs shelter and food, and no one knows for how long.\n\nScarce resources are running out, fast. This is a city that was already exhausted. And the tide was too strong, and things are starting to fall apart.\n\nThe main hospital here, already low on essentials, has not only taken in sick and injured from the north - it has now become a refuge.\n\nRefugees line the corridors as doctors work on new arrivals injured by Israeli bombs. The din of competing voices fills the air.\n\nYou cannot blame people for coming here.\n\nHospitals are among the safest places to be in a time of war, protected by international law.\n\nBy some measures these people are perhaps the lucky ones, at least for now.\n\nDoctors say they have almost nothing to give the stream of new casualties - water is rationed to 300ml a day for patients. Refugees get nothing.\n\nElsewhere, residents take in new arrivals. Many in Khan Younis lived in cramped conditions to begin with. Now they are cheek by jowl.\n\nI have seen small apartments, which already housed more than they could comfortably hold, becoming \"homes\" for 50 or 60 people - no one can live like this for long.\n\nMy family now shares a home with four others in a flat with two small bedrooms. There are metres of personal space for us. I consider us among the lucky ones.\n\nSchools across the city, also \"safe\" from war, are filled with a multitude of families - tens of thousands perhaps, but who knows? You'd never stop counting if you began.\n\nAt one school, run by UN relief agency UNRWA, every classroom is filled, every balcony space criss-crossed with clothes lines.\n\nMothers and grandmothers cook on park benches in the courtyard as their hungry children wait impatiently.\n\nSome of those fleeing northern Gaza have taken shelter at a UN school in Khan Younis\n\nBut when there is no more room - and there is no more room - humanity inevitably spills out onto the streets, fills the alleyways and the underpasses, and lives and sleeps in the dirt, the dust, the rubble, waiting for something better that might never arrive.\n\nThere's little food, little fuel. There is no water in the shops. Water stations are the best hope. It is a catastrophic situation.\n\nAnd it is not as if this city is safe from harm. It is regularly bombed - it is still in a warzone. Collapsed buildings and piles of rubble litter the streets.\n\nI heard rocket launches from near the hospital, as Hamas continues to strike inside Israel. That is an open invitation for retaliation.\n\nThe hum of Israeli drones looking for their next target is ever present.\n\nAnd bombs drop, and buildings fall, and the morgues and hospitals fill with more people.\n\nA bomb fell near my family's flat this morning. Because all telephone services are out or severely disrupted, it took me 20 minutes to contact my son.\n\nPeople cannot live like this. And the invasion has yet to begin.\n\nPalestinians pick though a building hit by an Israeli strike in Khan Younis\n\nI have covered four wars here in Gaza, my home. Never before have I seen it like this.\n\nFor however bad the previous wars were, I had never seen people starve or die of thirst in this place. This is now a real possibility.\n\nThe only option out of Gaza, the Rafah crossing into Egypt, remains closed. And Cairo knows that to open it would usher in a new humanitarian disaster.\n\nThere are now one million Gazan refugees waiting 20km from Rafah. Once the crossing is open, there will be chaos.\n\nI saw the same thing in 2014, when thousands tried to escape the war. This time it would be much, much worse. This is what Egypt fears.\n\nThe flood of humanity will simply wash over the border, and it will be catastrophe and chaos again.\n\nAre you in the area? If it is safe to do so, please share your experiences. Share your experiences by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "The attack happened on Thursday at a home in Baker Crescent, Baddeley Green\n\nA dog thought to be an American bully XL is to be destroyed after it attacked two women inside a home in Staffordshire.\n\nPolice were called at about 11:40 BST on Thursday to reports the dog was out of control at the Baker Crescent home in Baddeley Green, Stoke-on-Trent.\n\nThe women were treated at the scene before being taken to hospital.\n\nEarlier this month Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced bully XL dogs would be banned after a spate of incidents.\n\nIt came after September's fatal attack by two bully XLs on Ian Price in Stonnall, near Walsall.\n\nStaffordshire Police said in Thursday's attack the animal was contained at the scene by officers and ordered to be destroyed \"following liaison with its owners\".\n\nThe force added that inquiries into the incident were ongoing.\n\nWest Midlands Ambulance Service confirmed it sent two ambulances and a paramedic to the address and took two female patients to Royal Stoke University Hospital for further treatment.\n\nFollow BBC West Midlands on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Send your story ideas to: newsonline.westmidlands@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Neil Jones will travel to Malta in November to lead an England team at the European Pool Championships\n\nA man who bought a pool table after winning £2.4m on the lottery is now cueing up to represent England at the European Pool Championships.\n\nNeil Jones, 59, from Stoke-on-Trent, and his partner Julie Kirkham, won the money just before Christmas 2010.\n\nThe former tiler said before the win he had not had enough money to get through Christmas.\n\nHe will now be represent his country as captain in Malta next month which he says will be his \"proudest moment\".\n\n\"Winning the lottery allowed me to put those hours in. If I didn't win, I wouldn't have been able to buy the table, I wouldn't have had the time - I'd still be on my hands and knees tiling,\" he said.\n\nWhile his partner watches Coronation Street, he is constantly playing pool, he told BBC Radio Stoke.\n\nThey couple kept their win to themselves at first until they went public on 1 January 2011.\n\nNeil Jones said he had spent thousands of hours practising at home\n\nA celebration at a pool hall with friends led to Mr Jones measuring up his dining room so he could buy a decent pool table.\n\nHe was able to take advantage of lockdown, continuing to practise when pubs and pool halls were shut.\n\nHe was chosen to represent England in a Home Nations tournament earlier this year and will now fly to the European Championships in November to captain the England B1 team.\n\nWhile he is excited for Malta he said he was a \"rabbit in the headlights\" when he had previously played in the Home Nations but had now settled his nerves.\n\n\"You can't just buy a place in the England team, you've got to put the hours in,\" he said.\n\nNeil Jones and his partner won just over £2.4m in December 2010\n\nBefore his lottery win on 8 December 2010, he said did not have enough money sorted for Christmas.\n\n\"We didn't spend a penny until the new year. I stuck to my plan of everyone getting £100 for Christmas - I wanted to get our old life out of the way.\"\n\n\"I didn't have that much money left in the world when I won, and now I'm captaining my country.\n\n\"I can't wait to fly out to Malta, put on that England shirt and lead the team out.\"\n\nFollow BBC West Midlands on Facebook, X and Instagram. Send your story ideas to: newsonline.westmidlands@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "A police representative said the dog, the breed of which has not yet been established, was \"safely detained\"\n\nA woman has been charged over a dog attack which left a boy with life-changing injuries, police have said.\n\nGreater Manchester Police said the 12-year-old was hurt on Villa Road, Oldham, at about 11:30 BST on Sunday.\n\nThe force said a 31-year-old woman was also attacked but her injuries were not thought to be as serious.\n\nIt said a 43-year-old woman would face two counts of being in charge of a dog dangerously out of control causing injury.\n\nShe is due to appear at Tameside Magistrates Court on 2 November.\n\nA police representative said the dog, the breed of which has not yet been established, was \"safely detained\" at the scene.\n\nWhy not follow BBC North West on Facebook, X and Instagram? You can also send story ideas to northwest.newsonline@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Bobi broke the Guinness World Record for oldest dog in February\n\nThe world's oldest dog ever has died at the age of 31 years and 165 days.\n\nGuinness World Record holder Bobi, a purebred Rafeiro do Alentejo, passed away at his home in Portugal on Saturday.\n\nHis death was announced on social media by a veterinarian who met Bobi several times.\n\n\"Despite outliving every dog in history, his 11,478 days on earth would never be enough, for those who loved him,\" wrote Dr Karen Becker.\n\nBobi became both the world's oldest living dog and the oldest dog ever in February - beating an almost century-old record for the latter title.\n\nThe previous oldest dog ever was Australia's Bluey, who died in 1939 at the age of 29 years and five months.\n\nBobi's grand old age was validated by the Portuguese government's pet database, which is managed by the National Union of Veterinarians.\n\nThe identity of Bobi's successor to the title of world's oldest living dog has not yet been revealed.\n\nPart of the secret to Bobi's longevity was said to lie in the peaceful environment he lived in\n\nBobi lived his whole life with the Costa family in the village of Conqueiros, near Portugal's west coast, after being born with three siblings in an outbuilding.\n\nLeonel Costa, who was eight years old at the time, said his parents had too many animals and had to put the puppies down, but Bobi escaped.\n\nMr Costa and his brothers kept the dog's existence a secret from their parents until he was eventually discovered and became part of the family, who fed him the same food they eat.\n\nApart from a scare in 2018 when he was hospitalised after suddenly collapsing due to breathing difficulty, Mr Costa said in February that Bobi had enjoyed a relatively trouble-free life and thought the secret to his longevity was the \"calm, peaceful environment\" he lived in.\n\nHowever, he had experienced trouble walking and worsening eyesight prior to his death.\n\nBobi was not the only dog owned by the Mr Costa to live a long life. Bobi's mother lived to the age of 18 while another of the family's dogs died at the age of 22.\n\nBobi lived his whole life with a family in a village near Portugal's west coast", "Gary and Josh Dunmore died of gunshot wounds at two separate properties in Cambridgeshire in March\n\nA man who shot a father and son dead, in what a judge described as an \"execution\", has been jailed for life.\n\nStephen Alderton killed Gary Dunmore, 57, and Josh Dunmore, 32, at separate properties in two Cambridgeshire villages in March.\n\nCambridge Crown Court heard the killings came two days after a family court hearing.\n\nJailing him for a minimum of 25 years, the judge told Alderton, 67, he had taken the law into his own hands.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nJosh Dunmore, the former partner of Alderton's daughter, was found dead at his home in Bluntisham, while six miles away his father was found dead at his home in Sutton.\n\nAlderton pleaded guilty to the two murders and prosecutor Peter Gair said \"it's clear that the events were triggered by an ongoing family court case\" involving his grandson.\n\nStephen Alderton, 67, pleaded guilty to the murders of Gary and Josh Dunmore\n\nJudge Mark Bishop said Alderton murdered the men over his \"distorted beliefs\" about family court proceedings \"following what was an interim and not final hearing on 27 March\".\n\nThe court heard Alderton, of no fixed address, had written in a text message last year: \"I've a shortlist of people I intend to murder.\"\n\nProsecutor Mr Gair said Alderton had a shotgun licence and lawfully held a Beretta shotgun which was used in both killings.\n\nPolice said the father and son were shot about half an hour apart on the night of 29 March.\n\nSoon after the first shooting was reported in Bluntisham, the body of Gary Dunmore, 57, was found in The Row, Sutton\n\nMr Gair said it was likely Alderton knocked on Josh Dunmore's door and shot him \"twice at close range\" when he opened it, before later shooting Gary Dunmore at close range, with three of four shots hitting him.\n\nAfter Alderton was arrested in his motorhome on the M5 near Worcester hours later by armed officers, he told police that \"sometimes you have to do what you have to do even if it's wrong in the eyes of the law\".\n\nThe court had heard Alderton had written in previous text messages that he would \"override any court decision\" and that there was \"always a plan B\".\n\nJudge Bishop told the defendant: \"You took the decision to take the law into your own hands and end the lives of two innocent men.\"\n\nThe court had previously heard victim impact statements, in which Gary Dunmore's mother said: \"Both were killed in the most vicious, cowardly way with no opportunity for self-defence.\"\n\nIn a letter to the court, Alderton wrote he was \"not the person that this conflict and the family courts have driven me to become\".\n\nHe said: \"If I could turn back time I would.\n\n\"I regret there are not enough words of remorse I can offer to the families affected by this crime.\"\n\nA man and woman from Mildenhall, Suffolk, who were arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to murder are on bail until 7 December.\n\nFollow East of England news on Facebook, Instagram and X. Got a story? Email eastofenglandnews@bbc.co.uk or WhatsApp 0800 169 1830\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Cars from the top level are being removed to make the car park more stable\n\nA man in his 30s has been arrested on suspicion of criminal damage after a fire that destroyed more than 1,400 vehicles at Luton Airport.\n\nThe blaze broke out on level three of Terminal Car Park 2 on 10 October.\n\nBedfordshire Police said the man was released on bail while the inquiry continued.\n\nEfforts are under way to remove about 100 of the cars from the top deck of the car park in order to stabilise the structure.\n\nThe force said that the man had been arrested several days after the fire, which was declared a major incident and attended by more than 100 firefighters.\n\nThe investigation so far suggests the fire started accidentally due to a vehicle fault.\n\n\"We are carrying out a thorough and diligent investigation into all potential lines of inquiry, as should be expected after such a major event,\" a police spokesperson added.\n\nLuton Airport said it had passed on registration details of 1,405 vehicles to insurers\n\nThe blaze broke out on level three of Terminal Car Park 2 on 10 October\n\nRegarding the current condition of the car park, a London Luton Airport spokesman said: \"Having worked with our engineers, experts and insurers, we are getting closer every day to making a final decision on what is going to happen to the car park and the vehicles contained within it.\n\n\"Working with our structural engineers, we now plan to remove around 100 cars from the top deck of the car park for the purposes of stabilising the structure. Once removed, these cars will be stored in a safe compound and we will contact customers and work with insurers to inform them of the process of recovery for those cars. Only then will it be possible to assess the condition of those cars.\n\n\"For all other vehicles in the car park, the assessment remains largely unchanged, which is that no cars can currently be accessed or removed from the car park. The structure remains fundamentally unsafe and the adverse weather over the last few days hasn't helped.\"\n\nThe airport said it had provided the Motor Insurers' Bureau (MIB) with the registration details of 1,405 vehicles and, along with its parking provider APCOA, it had responded to almost 16,500 customer queries since the fire.\n\nBedfordshire Fire and Rescue Service said it was unlikely that any of the cars would be salvageable.\n\nThe flames spread across multiple floors of the car park and caused a partial collapse of the structure.\n\nThe investigation so far suggests the fire started accidentally due to a vehicle fault\n\nMore than 1,400 cars were inside the car park when the fire happened\n\nThe fire is thought to have started in a diesel car - possibly a Range Rover - before spreading rapidly.\n\nAirport bosses said the car park was likely to be demolished and the operation to remove the cars would help to stabilise it.\n\nThe driverless shuttle link that carries passengers to the airport reopened at the weekend after the fire forced the suspension of the service.\n\nWhile the Luton Direct Air-Rail Transit (Dart) was undamaged, safety concerns prompted the suspension of its services.\n\nThe Dart arrives at the airport through a 500m (1,604ft) tunnel, which runs close to the car park.\n\nA replacement bus service was in place while the shuttle was closed.\n\nThe service connects the terminal with Luton Airport Parkway station\n\nFollow East of England news on Facebook, Instagram and X. Got a story? Email eastofenglandnews@bbc.co.uk or WhatsApp 0800 169 1830\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The family of missing British teenager Noiya Sharabi have said she was murdered in the Hamas attack, along with her 13-year-old sister and mother.\n\nNoiya, 16, and Yahel disappeared after Hamas attacked Kibbutz Be'eri in southern Israel and killed her UK-born mother Lianne.\n\nHer British family told the BBC she has now been formally identified.\n\nThey said: \"Noiya was clever, sensitive, fun and full of life - her smile lit up the room like a beacon.\"\n\nThe sisters had been missing since the massacre at the kibbutz on 7 October. The girls' father Eli is still missing. Other relatives have been kidnapped.\n\nConfirming Noiya's death, the family added she \"embraced every opportunity to help others, particularly those less fortunate than she, and was a gifted student and linguist.\n\n\"Most importantly, she was an amazing granddaughter, cousin and niece. We are heartbroken she has gone, but forever grateful she was here.\"\n\nHer uncle in Israel, Raz Matalon, said: \"For us it is the end of the world. Noiya, Yahel and Lianne will always be in our hearts.\"\n\nAfter Yahel's death was confirmed last week the family said she was \"a bundle of energy\" who loved \"riding her bike at breakneck speed around the kibbutz, playing football, singing and dancing to TikTok and YouTube with sister, Noiya, and, on occasions her British cousins\".\n\nTheir mother Lianne, 48, grew up in Staple Hill, on the outskirts of Bristol and first moved to Israel as a volunteer on a kibbutz when she was 19, before relocating to the country permanently. Relatives based in the UK have said the family visited at least once a year.\n\nWhatsApp messages seen by the BBC reveal the chaos that engulfed the Be'eri community when Hamas began targeting southern Israel with rockets in the early hours of 7 October.\n\nLianne messaged family members to say she could hear gunfire and shouting in Arabic nearby. Living so close to the Gaza barrier, she was no stranger to security alerts. But \"this is a whole other story\", she told them.\n\nIt is now believed that 10 British citizens have been killed in the Hamas attacks, one has been kidnapped and at least five are missing.", "The AIDAperla was travelling from Hamburg to Spain when the man fell overboard\n\nA major search for a man who fell overboard from a cruise ship in the sea off the coast of Kent has ended.\n\nHM Coastguard was alerted at about 09:00 BST on Sunday after a crew member disappeared from the German vessel AIDAperla off Ramsgate.\n\nA nine-hour search for the man was unsuccessful and the AIDAperla resumed its journey to Spain on Sunday night.\n\nAIDA Cruises said its thoughts were \"with the family of the missing person and his colleagues\".\n\n\"In addition, we are in close contact with his family and the AIDAperla crew,\" it said.\n\nThe Maritime and Coastguard Agency confirmed the search, which involved a helicopter and RNLI lifeboats, ended at about 18:00 BST on Sunday.\n\nAIDA Cruises said the vessel was \"released from the search operation after dark and resumed its journey towards La Coruña\" in north west Spain.\n\nThe AIDAperla was travelling from Hamburg in Germany to Las Palmas in the Canary Islands when the man went missing, AIDA Cruises said.\n\nA spokesman previously said: \"The ship was immediately stopped and returned to the spot where the incident was believed to have taken place and took part in the search.\"\n\nFollow BBC South East on Facebook, on X, and on Instagram. Send your story ideas to southeasttoday@bbc.co.uk.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Elaine M Dewhirst wants to know why field hospitals can't be set up in neutral areas for the seriously wounded people of Gaza?\n\nThe only available \"neutral\" area would be Egypt, which shares a border with Gaza. But President Sisi has made it clear he won’t allow Palestinian refugees (aside from those who hold other foreign passports) into Egypt.\n\nHe has said they must stay \"steadfast\" and \"remain on their land\".\n\nEgyptians have strong sympathy with the Palestinian national cause and so he is partly playing to popular fears that Palestinians would be driven off their land and never allowed to return. This concern has a deep resonance with a core historical issue of the conflict - Palestinian dispossession.\n\nBut in practice, the Egyptian president has spent years trying to stabilise the Sinai peninsula amid an insurgency there by armed Islamist militias, so he doesn't want an uncontrolled flow of people into the Sinai putting pressure on services and potentially overwhelming his security forces.\n\nSisi doesn't like Hamas but he has tolerated its presence and coordinated with it in Gaza when it's been in his own security interests, while also backing the Israeli-led blockade of the group.", "Plans to close most railway ticket offices in England to save money \"go too far, too fast\", MPs have warned.\n\nIn a letter to the rail minister, the Transport Committee said the proposals risk \"excluding some passengers from the railway\".\n\nThe plans, which are yet to be approved, have sparked concern from unions and disability groups.\n\nThe government said whatever changes the industry makes, it must maintain a high quality service.\n\nThe closure plans have been put forward by train operating companies. Operators are under pressure from the government to cut costs after being supported heavily during the Covid pandemic, and argue only 12% of tickets are now bought at station kiosks.\n\nThe Rail Delivery Group, which represents train operators, said that the companies had worked with customers and accessibility groups \"to ensure that all passengers are supported\".\n\nCurrently around three out of every five stations has a ticket office, although some are only staffed part time. Under the proposals, most would close.\n\nSome ticket kiosks would remain in large stations, but elsewhere staff would be on concourses to sell tickets, offer travel advice and help people with accessibility.\n\nIn the letter, addressed to Rail Minister Huw Merriman, transport committee chair Iain Stewart said that MPs had been looking into the potential effect of the proposals on disabled travellers.\n\nHe said some passengers had \"legitimate concerns\" about whether closing a ticket office would mean they can no longer access the support they need, such as with ticketing, information, safety or access assistance.\n\n\"At a minimum, changes this radical should be carefully piloted in limited areas and evaluated for their effect on all passengers before being rolled out,\" he said.\n\n\"This would allow for the alternative proposals, which at present are too vague, to be properly understood.\"\n\nThe planned closures are the latest flashpoint between train companies and unions, who have been in a long-running dispute over pay, jobs and working conditions, which has resulted in a series of strikes since last summer.\n\nThere have also been threats of legal challenges from disability campaigners, and from five Labour metro mayors.\n\nBut the Rail Delivery Group (RDG) has consistently defended the proposals.\n\nA spokesperson for the group told the BBC: \"The proposals will see staff with additional training out into ticket halls and concourses to provide face-to-face support with a whole range of needs, and no station currently staffed will become unstaffed.\n\n\"RDG and train companies will continue to engage with accessibility and safety groups, both on these proposals and more broadly, to deliver a fully inclusive and accessible railway.\"\n\nThe group also said it would \"[explore] the potential for using a phased approach to introduce changes\".\n\nA public consultation into the plan was launched earlier this year to collect passengers' views.\n\nPassenger watchdogs Transport Focus and London Travelwatch are currently assessing the record number of responses that were received to that consultation. They are due to publish their findings by 31 October. If the watchdogs object, the final decision rests with the transport secretary.\n\nA Department for Transport spokesperson said: \"While these are industry proposals, we have been consistently clear that the industry must ensure that the quality of service for passengers is maintained to a high standard.\n\n\"The public consultation has now closed and independent passenger representatives will review the responses with train operating companies shortly.\"", "Israel has suggested that the long-term aim of its military campaign in Gaza is to sever all links with the territory.\n\nIsraeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant said that once Hamas had been defeated, Israel would end its \"responsibility for life in the Gaza Strip\".\n\nBefore the conflict, Israel supplied Gaza with most of its energy needs and monitored imports into the territory.\n\nThe statement comes as Israel continues its strikes on Gaza and aid remains blocked on the border with Egypt.\n\nThe bombardments are a response to attacks by Hamas gunmen on Israel on 7 October, in which at least 1,400 people were killed and 203 taken hostage. Israel is now poised to launch a ground offensive.\n\nOn Friday, Mr Gallant told a parliamentary committee that the first stage of the campaign was meant to destroy Hamas's infrastructure, according to a statement from his office.\n\nIsraeli forces, he added, would then launch \"operations at lower intensity\" to eliminate \"pockets of resistance\".\n\nThe third phase, he said, \"will require the removal of Israel's responsibility for life in the Gaza Strip, and the establishment of a new security reality for the citizens of Israel\".\n\nThere has been no let-up in Israeli air strikes across the Gaza Strip\n\nAlthough Israel withdrew from Gaza in 2005, the UN regards the strip - along with the West Bank and East Jerusalem - as occupied land and considers Israel responsible for the basic needs of its population.\n\nIsrael has previously allowed Gazans to cross the border for work. It has also overseen imports into the territory to prevent weapons from reaching Hamas.\n\nFollowing the 7 October attacks it cut electricity supplies, as well as deliveries of food and medicines. The UN calls the situation there \"beyond catastrophic\".\n\nThe US and Egypt have reached a deal allowing some supplies to start bringing relief Gaza's 2.2 million residents.\n\nAn initial convoy of 20 trucks had been expected to enter southern Gaza through the Rafah border crossing on Friday, but they are still stuck on the Egyptian side.\n\nHumanitarian organisations say much more aid is needed.\n\nA humanitarian convoy is still waiting to be allowed through the Rafah crossing\n\nOn Friday UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres visited the crossing with a plea for aid trucks to be allowed into the territory.\n\n\"These trucks are not just trucks - they are a lifeline, they are the difference between life and death to many people in Gaza,\" he said. \"What we need is to make them move.\"\n\nMeanwhile Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas has confirmed that he will join several world leaders at a summit in Cairo on Saturday aimed at achieving a ceasefire.\n\nThe event, hosted by Egyptian President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi, will involve talks on trying to end the Israeli-Palestinian conflict based on a two-state solution.\n\nThose attending will also include Mr Guterres and representatives from the EU, as well as several Arab and European countries.", "China has launched an investigation into Taiwan-based iPhone-maker Foxconn, Chinese state media reported on Sunday.\n\nThe Global Times, citing anonymous sources, says officials conducted tax inspections at Foxconn businesses in two Chinese provinces.\n\nFoxconn says it will co-operate with the investigation.\n\nThe company is the biggest maker of iPhones for US tech giant Apple and is one of the largest employers in the world.\n\nThe Global Times also said China's natural resources department made on-site investigations into land use by key Foxconn businesses in the provinces of Henan and Hubei.\n\n\"Legal compliance everywhere we operate around the world is a fundamental principle of Hon Hai Technology Group (Foxconn),\" the company said in a statement.\n\n\"We will actively cooperate with the relevant units on the related work and operations,\" it added.\n\nFoxconn's founder Terry Gou is running as an independent candidate in Taiwan's presidential election that is due to take place in January.\n\nThe election is expected to have a significant influence on Taiwan's relationship with China given tensions between them have ratcheted up in the past year.\n\nAs Beijing's claims over the self-governed island have grown more assertive, presidential candidates have pitched their differing visions on how to respond.\n\nMr Gou has positioned himself, based on his years of experience working in China, as an alternative to the incumbent Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), which is seen as hostile to Beijing.\n\nBut he said he was not scared of China when he announced his candidacy: \"If the Chinese Communist party regime were to say 'If you don't listen to me, I'll confiscate your assets from Foxconn,' I would say 'Yes, please, do it!'\n\nHe resigned his seat on Foxconn's board in September after announcing that he was entering the presidential race. He handed over the management of the company in 2019 when he announced his first run for the presidency but retains a 12.5% stake in Foxconn.\n\nAt that time, he was a member of the Kuomintang (KMT), a major political party in Taiwan which is seen as Beijing-friendly.\n\nThe Global Times reported that \"many people\" in Taiwan suspect Foxconn is being investigated because Mr Gou is running for the presidency.\n\nHowever, the state-run paper added that Chinese experts said the investigation \"is normal and legitimate, as any company goes through tax inspections\".\n\nThe Global Times also cited experts as saying the investigation may impact the elections and that \"if the secessionists who seek 'Taiwan independence' win the elections, that would be a huge disaster to the peace and stability of the region, and the Chinese people of both sides of the Taiwan Straits, including the ones in the business circle, should work together to prevent disaster from happening.\"\n\nBeijing insists that nations cannot have official relations with both China and Taiwan, with the result that Taiwan has formal diplomatic ties with only a few countries. Although the the US maintains diplomatic relations only with China, it remains Taiwan's most important ally.\n\nMeanwhile, some are suggesting that the investigation is a way of China hitting back at the US over its sanctions by targeting one of its biggest companies, Apple.\n\n\"It does feel like this might be a bit of a retaliation to the US sanctions,\" Rachel Winter, investment partner at Killik & Co, told the BBC's Today programme.\n\n\"The US has imposed a lot of sanctions on China to try and limit their technological capabilities and it does feel that by going after Foxconn they will be harming Apple which is one of the US's most successful companies.\"", "The actress Amanda Abbington has withdrawn from Strictly Come Dancing, the show has announced.\n\nAbbington, 51, who starred in Sherlock and Mr Selfridge, missed last weekend's show for medical reasons but had been expected to return next week.\n\nIn her last appearance on the show, Abbington scored 31 for a quick-footed foxtrot to Everywhere by Fleetwood Mac.\n\nBut she almost didn't make it to the start of the series, being struck down by food poisoning weeks before.\n\nOn Monday the host of spin-off show It Takes Two, Fleur East, read out a statement from the organisers.\n\n\"Amanda Abbington is unable to continue in Strictly Come Dancing and has decided to withdraw from the competition. The show wishes her all the best for the future,\" it said.\n\nEast then played a clip of Abbington's best moments on the show, adding: \"Amanda, we are sending you all of our love.\"\n\nAbbington, who is paired with professional Italian dancer Giovanni Pernice, has not yet commented on her withdrawal.\n\nAfter withdrawing from Saturday's show, she shared and reportedly deleted a picture on social media of late actor Robin Williams, who suffered from depression.\n\nIt was accompanied by the words: \"People don't fake depression… they fake being okay. Remember that. Be kind.\"\n\nFour people have been voted off Strictly so far this series: Les Dennis, Nikita Kanda, Jody Cundy and Eddie Kadi.\n\nAbbington became involved in controversy in August when a tweet re-emerged in which she had criticised a drag show aimed at parents and children.\n\nShe apologised for the remarks after some fans threatened to boycott the show.\n\nThe actress is perhaps best known for her role in Sherlock, in which she played Mary Watson alongside her real-life ex-husband Martin Freeman.", "41 year old Eamonn Fox and 24 year old Gary Convie\n\nBelfast Crown Court has heard from the former UVF leader Gary Haggarty that the murder of two Catholic men in 1994 was \"pure sectarianism\".\n\nGary Convie and Eamon Fox were killed as they ate their lunch in a car at a Belfast building site.\n\nHaggarty told the court they were not \"seen as credible targets, they were just two Catholic men\".\n\nA third man, known as Witness A, survived the attack.\n\nHaggarty also told the court that the man on trial for the double murder was \"unhappy he didn't get the guy in the back of the van\".\n\n57 year old James Stewart Smyth is accused of killing 41 year old Eamon Fox, a father of six, and 24 year old Gary Convie, a father of one.\n\nThe court heard that at the time of the double murder Haggarty was second in command to the military commander Mark Haddock of the UVF in Tigers Bay.\n\nHe told the court that he was responsible for \"looking after the test fire\" of the weapon involved in the murders and that he had informed his handlers that it would \"possibly be used in a shooting\".\n\nThe UVF picked their targets because, Haggarty said \"the UVF's view was that there were republicans working on the building site in North Queen Street\".\n\nThe scene of the murder of Eamonn Fox and Gary Convie\n\nClaiming he had no idea that the two men were going to be killed, Haggarty told the court: \"In a situation like that you don't ask questions.\n\n\"I didn't know specifically what was going to happen but I was asked to take a day off work and test fire a weapon so it was pretty clear something serious was going to happen.\"\n\nHaggarty told the court that he had wished James Smyth \"luck\" before he went to \"do what he had to do\".\n\nIn a previous hearing, the court heard Mr Convie and Mr Fox died in a hail of bullets.\n\nAfter the shootings, the court heard that Smyth said he \"emptied a full clip\" then shouted \"up the UVF\" before he tripped and fell to the ground, scraping his knees.\n\nGary Haggarty has been in witness protection in England since being released from prison in 2018\n\nDefence Barrister Michael Borrelli KC questioned Haggarty about his time in the UVF.\n\nHe told Haggarty: \"You spent most of your life being very unfair, didn't you?\"\n\nHaggarty replied: \"Yes. I was involved in a very violent organisation.\n\n\"I was involved in a lot of atrocities. I've never sought to hide that.\n\nThe barrister read through Haggarty's extensive list of offences, which included murder charges, kidnapping, directing terrorism, conspiracy to murder and weapons related offences.\n\nHaggarty responded: \"I'm a very dangerous man yes, but it doesn't mean I'm not telling the truth.\"\n\nHaggarty told the court: \"The UVF live outside the normal rules of society.\"\n\nThe defence barrister asked Haggarty: \"Do you agree you have wrongly identified the gunman in Mr Convie and Mr Fox's murders?\"\n\nHaggarty has been in witness protection in England since being released from prison in 2018 after serving a reduced sentence for terrorism offences, five murders, including the two workmen that James Stewart Smyth is on trail for.\n\nThe ex-commander of the UVF's north Belfast unit worked as a paid Special Branch informant for 13 years.\n\nIn January 2010, he offered to become a supergrass - officially referred to as an assisting offender - and offered to give evidence against other UVF members he said were also involved in the crimes he committed.\n\nAs he agreed to give evidence against his former associates he was sentenced to just six and a half years. Taking time spent on remand, he spent just over four years in jail.", "Last updated on .From the section Cricket\n\nAfghanistan beat Pakistan for the first time in one-day cricket by pulling off their highest successful chase in the format in a World Cup thriller.\n\nIbrahim Zadran made 87, Rahmanullah Gurbaz smacked 65 and Rahmat Shah struck an unbeaten 77 as Afghanistan reached their target of 283 with eight wickets and six balls to spare.\n\nAfghanistan are up to sixth, leaving holders England bottom of the table.\n\nTeenage spinner Noor Ahmad was the pick of the Afghanistan bowlers, taking 3-49.\n\nIt is Afghanistan's first win over Pakistan in ODIs at the eighth attempt, with their total of 286-2 seeing them eclipse their previous record successful chase of 276-8 when set 274 to beat United Arab Emirates in 2014.\n\nIt is also only Afghanistan's third World Cup win, after victories over Scotland in 2015 and England earlier in this tournament.\n\nThe Afghanistan fans in the crowd went wild when skipper Hashmatullah Shahidi hit the winning runs, the players saluting them with a lap of honour, some draped in the national flag.\n\nThe match brought back memories of another thriller between the sides at Headingley in the 2019 World Cup, though it is Afghanistan who came out on top this time to finally beat their neighbour in this format.\n\nIt also proved Afghanistan's victory over England in Delhi was no fluke as they coped admirably under pressure during the run chase.\n\nOpeners Gurbaz and Zadran made a blistering start to ensure they stayed ahead of the required rate, putting on 130 for the first wicket, their second century stand of the tournament.\n\nGurbaz top-edged to Usama Mir at third man and Zadran was caught behind off Hassan Ali 13 runs short of a century, but Afghanistan showed resilience to maintain their momentum.\n\nRahmat hit five fours and two sixes in his composed knock, as Afghanistan became the first chasing team in World Cup history to have their top three all make half-centuries.\n\nHe was ably supported by Hashmat, who hit 48 not out from 45 balls, in an unbroken third-wicket partnership worth 96 to see Afghanistan over the line.\n\nAfter beginning the tournament with back-to-back wins, Pakistan have now lost three in a row to leave their semi-final hopes in jeopardy.\n\nThey began well with the bat and reached 56-0 after the powerplay, their best 10-over total batting first at this World Cup, but their innings ground to a halt as they were well shackled by Afghanistan's spin-heavy attack.\n\nThe star with the ball for Afghanistan was 18-year-old Noor, playing just his fourth ODI and making his World Cup debut.\n\nThe left-arm wrist-spinner took the key wickets of Abdullah Shafique, who made 58 from 75, Muhammad Rizwan and skipper Babar to help pin Pakistan down in the middle overs.\n\nWhen Babar's attritional 92-ball knock ended in the 42nd over, Pakistan were wobbling on 206-5, though Iftikhar Ahmed injected some much-needed impetus late on with a spritely 40 from just 27 balls, including four sixes.\n\nHe put on 73 for the sixth wicket with Shadab Khan, who hit 40 from 38, as they lifted Pakistan to what seemed an imposing score before both were dismissed in the final over.\n\nAfghanistan showed tremendous maturity and calmness in the chase, though their cause was helped by sloppy Pakistan fielding, which left team director Mickey Arthur absolutely seething in the dugout.\n\nPakistan stay in Chennai for their next match against South Africa on Friday. Afghanistan head to Pune to take on Sri Lanka on Monday.\n\n'That really hurt us' - reaction\n\nAfghanistan captain Hashmatullah Shahidi: \"This win tastes nice. The way we chased was very professional and the way we did that will help us going into our other games now.\n\n\"We are playing quality cricket. We have always had belief and at the start of the tournament I told my team I wanted to make it a historic one for our country and our people. We did that against England and now against Pakistan.\n\n\"Our bowling was very good, especially our spinners. We gave Noor a chance and trusted his talent. With the bat, the way we started the innings gave us a lot of confidence and momentum.\"\n\nPakistan captain Babar Azam: \"That really hurt us. We got a good total. Our bowling is not up to the mark.\n\n\"In World Cups you need all three departments firing and we haven't done that. Afghanistan played very well but we gave them a lot of runs and it cost us.\n\n\"We were backing ourselves to win, but they played well in all three departments and we didn't. We have got to put that right in our next match.\"\n\nAfghanistan coach Jonathan Trott, speaking to BBC Sport: \"Ecstatic is an understatement. We've got some time off now and can let the emotion of it sink in.\n\n\"This backs up the victory against England. These boys can play. It's just about putting it together and being consistent.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Ayelet Svatitzky's mother and brother are still missing after being taken hostage by Hamas\n\nA British-Israeli woman has told the BBC she is \"worried sick\" for the health of her diabetic mother and brother who are believed to among the hostages held by Hamas in Gaza.\n\nAyelet Svatitzky's mother Channah Peri, 79, and brother Nadav Popplewell, 51, were taken by Hamas when their kibbutz in southern Israel was attacked on 7 October.\n\nHer other brother Roi, 54, was killed.\n\nShe called on the UK government to do \"everything in its power\" to secure their release.\n\nOn the day of the attack, Ms Svatitzky said she received two pictures, sent by the attackers from her mother's phone, showing the pair sitting in her mother's living room. Underneath was written \"Hamas\" in English.\n\nHours later, a third picture was posted on her mother's Facebook showing them with an armed Hamas gunman in the corner.\n\n\"That was the last I heard of them,\" Ms Svatitzky said.\n\n\"My mom is 79, she has diabetes. She uses insulin daily. My brother Nadav is also diabetic. So he takes pills for that condition, so the medication issue is really troubling and worrying.\"\n\nMs Svatitzky says she does not know how long she can survive without insulin, or her brother without medication.\n\nThe WhatsApp photo sent by Hamas showing Channah Peri and Nadav Popplewell\n\n\"We haven't been able to get the Red Cross over to provide medication and provide us with any kind of and updates, proof of life, or what state they're in.\"\n\nMs Svatitzky said has been unable to grieve for her brother, who was found shot dead at the back of his home after the attack at Kibbutz Nirim.\n\n\"His body hasn't been officially identified. I haven't buried him yet. I've lost my brother but I have to do everything in my power to bring my mom and Nadav home.\n\n\"I want the British government to do everything in their power... to bring those people home.\"\n\nShe added: \"Taking the elderly people and young children, it's a war crime as far as I'm concerned. These are innocent people, they haven't harmed anyone.\"\n\nMs Svatitzky and her brothers are all British citizens. The family originally came from Wakefield, West Yorkshire.\n\nImmigration Minister Robert Jenrick said on Sunday the UK was \"working intensively with all our partners across the region to secure the release of British nationals\" held hostage by Hamas.\n\nOfri Bibas Levy's brother Yarden (pictured) along with his wife and two young children were taken hostage by Hamas\n\nOfri Bibas Levy's said it was her \"worst nightmare\" when she discovered her family members had been taken hostage from their home in Nir Oz.\n\nShe has not heard from her brother, Yarden, 34, his wife, Shiri, and their two children, four-year-old Ariel, and nine-month-old Kfir.\n\n\"I heard what the Hamas was doing that day. They were torturing people, burning them alive, killing babies, raping women and I couldn't imagine what they were going through.\n\n\"I don't know what happened inside the house, what the little babies saw in their house.\"\n\nShe does not know if the family are still together and she is worried if the children's basic needs are being met.\n\n\"What are they eating? Are they keeping warm? How are they spending their days? Are they locked somewhere? Do they have sunlight? Are they in a dark place?\n\n\"Did they see any horrible things that the child shouldn't see?\"\n\nShiri and her nine-month-old son Kfir are among those missing\n\nShe said nine-month-old Kfir had just started crawling and eating formula food before they were taken hostage.\n\nFor two weeks her family have asked the international community for support but now \"I just want action\", she said.\n\nShe said she wanted the government to put \"pressure for any kind of humanitarian organisation to go inside and check on them and to release them\".\n\n\"They are civilians and are not supposed to be there. The longer they are there the harder it's going to be to recover them and the less chance they're going to come out alive.\"\n\nAsked if she still has hope, she said: \"I have to.\"\n\nDavid Barr is a British-Israeli man living on a kibbutz that came under attack.\n\nHis sister-in-law Naomi was killed by Hamas while out jogging.\n\n\"My message to the British government is clear: What happened here has no place in this world,\" he said.\n\n\"The hostages have to be brought home first.\n\n\"The British government has to do everything as a moral mission, to bring home our elderly parents, children, babies to bring them all home.\"", "Uniformed officers arrested a man at the memorial on Belfast's Ormeau Road in February 2021\n\nThe Police Service of Northern Ireland will not appeal a ruling that two officers were unlawfully disciplined after a Troubles' commemoration event.\n\nThe event marked the anniversary of the 1992 Sean Graham bookmakers attack, in which five people were killed.\n\nThe then chief constable Simon Byrne said he was considering an appeal to the ruling, but subsequently resigned.\n\nOn Friday, the interim police chief said he accepted the judgment and would be apologising to the officers.\n\n\"I have communicated my position to the chair of the Police Federation who will inform both officers,\" said interim Chief Constable Jon Boutcher.\n\n\"I acknowledge that our judgment was wrong and unlawful and I have offered to meet both officers to apologise.\"\n\nHe said he realised the judgment has had a \"significant impact both within and outside the organisation\".\n\nFive people were killed and several others injured in the 1992 gun attack\n\nThe disciplinary action happened after a service marking the anniversary of the Sean Graham bookmakers attack by loyalist paramilitaries, which was held on the Ormeau Road in Belfast in February 2021.\n\nAbout 30 people attended that event, amid restrictions on public gatherings due to Covid-19 regulations.\n\nOne man who had been shot and injured in the 1992 attack was detained on suspicion of disorderly behaviour and put in handcuffs. He was later released without charge.\n\nMr Byrne, the chief constable at the time, apologised for the incident and confirmed the disciplinary steps taken against the two recently-recruited officers.\n\nAlthough the suspension and re-positioning decisions were lifted later that year following a review, both constables remained aggrieved at their treatment.\n\nBacked by the Police Federation, the pair applied for a judicial review into the lawfulness of the disciplinary moves.\n\nIn his ruling in August, the judge said the officers had been disciplined to allay any threat of Sinn Féin abandoning its support for policing in Northern Ireland. Sinn Féin denied that.\n\nHe quashed decisions to suspend one probationary constable and re-position his colleague.\n\nThe ruling prompted the Police Federation and unionist political parties to criticise the leadership of the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI).\n\nA few weeks later, Mr Byrne resigned following that incident and a series of other controversies.\n\nIn a statement, the Police Federation said it was a \"positive and welcome\" development that there will no longer be an appeal.\n\nIts chair, Liam Kelly, said: \"I have personally spoken to both officers and this decision has come as a great relief both to them and indeed their colleagues in the wider service.\n\n\"They were found to have been scapegoated for real or perceived political reasons and were treated disgracefully. Thankfully, Mr Boutcher has taken this very significant step to right the wrong.\"", "The actor and author was found dead at his home on Sunday morning\n\nCourtney, who claimed to be an associate of the notorious Kray twins, was found dead at his home on Chestnut Rise, Plumstead, in the early hours of Sunday.\n\nA post announcing his death on his Instagram account said Courtney \"took his own life\".\n\nIt said: \"It is with deep sadness that we announce the passing of Dave Courtney at the age of 64.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Dave Courtney spoke to the BBC's Harry Low at his house in Plumstead, south-east London, last year\n\nIn a statement, Courtney's family said he lived \"an incredible, colourful rock 'n' roll life in which he touched the hearts of so many\".\n\n\"The physical pain of living the lifestyle he chose, especially due to the pain of both cancer and arthritis in his later years, became too much,\" his family added.\n\nCourtney was rumoured to be the inspiration behind Vinnie Jones's character \"Big Chris\" in Guy Ritchie's gangster film Lock, Stock, And Two Smoking Barrels.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Dave Courtney OBE Official This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. End of twitter post by Dave Courtney OBE Official\n\nHe swapped his life of crime to become an author and actor, publishing six books, and starring in a film called Hell To Pay.\n\n\"I may have been a bit naughty when I was a young man,\" Courtney told BBC London last year.\n\n\"The word gangster is a very historical word. It's a romantic figure of the past, gangsters, like knights in shining armour, cowboys, pirates, gangsters.\n\nCourtney claimed to be an associate of the notorious Kray twins\n\n\"Today definitely is not the time to try and be a gangster... you're trying to beat technology and you can't do that.\"\n\nCourtney told BBC London he had a mural painted on the side of his house that depicted the Kray twins, Lenny McLean, Joey Pyle, Charlie Richardson, Ronnie Biggs, John Gotti, Roy Shaw, Freddie Foreman, Howard Marks and Al Capone.\n\n\"And I'm stuck right in the middle of it, me and a bunch of mates,\" he said.\n\nIn his final Facebook post, Courtney could be seen watching Charlton Athletic win 4-0 against Reading on Saturday.\n\nThe Met Police said officers attended an address on Chestnut Rise at about 11:25 BST following reports of a man found deceased.\n\nA 64-year-old man was pronounced dead at the scene, the force said.\n\nHis family has been informed.\n\nFormal identification has not taken place, and the death is being treated as unexpected and is under investigation, the Met said.\n\nNo arrests have been made.\n\nIf you have been affected by any of the issues raised in this article you can visit the BBC Action Line for help.\n\nListen to the best of BBC Radio London on Sounds and follow BBC London on Facebook, X and Instagram. Send your story ideas to hello.bbclondon@bbc.co.uk", "Last updated on .From the section Formula 1\n\nBy Andrew Benson Chief F1 writer at Circuit of the Americas\n\nLewis Hamilton was disqualified from second place in the US Grand Prix after running Max Verstappen's Red Bull close for victory.\n\nHamilton was just two seconds behind Verstappen at the flag but his car was later declared illegal for excessive wear on the underfloor skid blocks.\n\nFerrari's Charles Leclerc suffered the same fate after finishing sixth.\n\nHamilton's disqualification promoted McLaren's Lando Norris to second and Ferrari's Carlos Sainz to third.\n\nVerstappen was measured, slowly picking off the cars in front of him and then holding on for his 50th career win.\n\nHamilton passed Norris for second in the final laps but ran out of time to catch Verstappen for the lead.\n\nHamilton's disqualification meant it was difficult to draw conclusions from a race after which, before the late technical drama, hindsight had left Hamilton and Mercedes ruing a lost potential victory had they played the strategy differently.\n\nThe skid blocks are in place to prevent teams running cars too low, which can be a potential aerodynamic advantage.\n\nThe Red Bull did not have the pace off-set it has had so often this year and Norris and Hamilton made Verstappen work for the win.\n\nBut Mercedes' inadvertent transgression confuses the picture of a race in which the team seemed to have made a step forward with an upgraded car.\n\nMercedes tried to make a one-stop strategy work while Verstappen and Norris went for a two, but the decision backfired on them and cost Hamilton more time than the margin by which he eventually lost the race.\n\nMercedes had to abandon the plan when Hamilton's tyres suddenly lost performance just two laps later. That forced Hamilton on to an off-set strategy, where he had to catch and pass both the McLaren and the Red Bull if he was to win.\n\nHamilton managed to close in and passed Norris with six laps to go to take second place.\n• None 'How did Mercedes make such a mistake?'\n\nHe went for the inside at Turn One with seven laps to go and Norris defended with a late move.\n\nThe seven-time champion had to dive back to the outside and from there got the cut-back on Norris on the exit of the corner and passed around the outside into Turn Two and set off after Verstappen, not quite doing enough to challenge for the lead by the end of the race.\n\nThe world champion had a five-second lead with six laps to go and, although he was managing brake problems that caused a series of exasperated and sweary radio messages, was able to keep the Mercedes at arm's length to the flag.\n\nCharles Leclerc lost fourth place to team-mate Carlos Sainz in the closing laps after the team's choice of a one-stop strategy for Leclerc failed to work out.\n\nLeclerc was ordered to let Sainz by, a decision he questioned over the radio even though he acquiesced.\n\nBut the reasoning was obvious - the Ferraris were being chased by Red Bull's Sergio Perez, who passed Leclerc on his fading tyres with ease with two laps to go\n\nCelebrities and royalty arrived in the paddock for Sunday's race - including Prince Harry, left\n\nHow did Verstappen hold on?\n\nVerstappen win was hard-earned in a Red Bull that over the bumps of the Circuit of the Americas did not have its usual huge advantage on race pace over its closest rivals.\n\nThe Dutchman, who started sixth, overtook Russell at the first corner as ahead Norris took the lead from pole-sitter Leclerc and Sainz demoted Hamilton to fourth.\n\nNorris led the opening laps from Leclerc, Sainz, Hamilton and Verstappen, but Hamilton and Verstappen soon despatched the Ferraris to set up the three-way battle for the lead by lap 11.\n\nVerstappen pitted for the first time on lap 16, when he was 6.5 seconds behind leader Norris, who had Hamilton less than two seconds behind him.\n\nWhile Norris followed Verstappen in next time around, fitting the hard tyres rather than the mediums chosen by Red Bull, and retained the de facto lead, Verstappen turned the screw, closed in and passed the McLaren for the lead on lap 28.\n\nIt was a good move, Verstappen diving late to the inside from quite some way back, but the race was a long way from over.\n\nHamilton delayed his first stop until lap 20 as Mercedes considered a one-stop strategy. But the decision backfired as he quickly ran out of tyre life and lost 10 seconds to Verstappen in just five laps.\n\nLike Norris, Hamilton took the hard tyres, resuming 7.1secs behind Verstappen, who at the time was 2.5secs behind Norris.\n\nVerstappen was now locked into a two-stop strategy while Norris and Hamilton had the theoretical chance to do a one-stop.\n\nHigh tyre wear meant neither could consider it, but Mercedes stuck with their off-set strategy by stopping Hamilton three laps later than Verstappen at the second stops and hoping he could catch Norris and Verstappen before the end.\n\nIt set up a fascinating climax, with Hamilton setting off for his final stint six seconds behind Norris, and Verstappen a couple of seconds further ahead.\n\nHamilton complained that Mercedes had given him a lot of time to make up, and in the end he was right - although he closed relatively quickly on Norris, Verstappen was just out of reach.\n\nHamilton closed in and was two seconds behind Verstappen going into the final lap, an advantage the three-time champion was never going to lose.\n\nMercede were kicking themselves, given the pace Hamilton showed, aware in hindsight that they could potentially have won the race had they kept Verstappen behind him at the first pit stops rather than going for the off-set strategy.\n\nBut the flipside was that Hamilton was encouraged by the pace of his car, which was fitted with its last major upgrade of the season.\n\nBut their subsequent disqualification rendered those considerations rather moot, although the team were still convinced they had made a step forward with the car.", "Samantha Woll \"always had the biggest smile on\", a colleague said\n\nThe killing of the president of a synagogue in Detroit does not appear to be a hate crime, police have said.\n\nSamantha Woll was found stabbed to death near her home after police responded to a call in the Lafayette Park area on Saturday.\n\n\"No evidence has surfaced suggesting that this crime was motivated by antisemitism,\" said Detroit Police Chief James White.\n\nOfficials paid tribute to Ms Woll as \"one of Detroit's great young leaders\".\n\nA trail of blood led police from her body to her house, where they believe the killing took place.\n\nThey have been searching the area with dogs but there is no information about who carried out the killing or why.\n\nMichigan State Attorney General Dana Nessel wrote that she was \"shocked and horrified to learn of Sam's brutal murder\".\n\nAnd state governor Gretchen Whitmer described it as a \"vicious crime\".\n\n\"She was a source of light, a beacon in her community who worked hard to make Michigan a better place,\" she said in a statement.\n\nSam Dubin, assistant director of the Jewish Community Relations Council, told the BBC's US partner CBS that Ms Woll \"always had the biggest smile on\".\n\n\"Whatever you were thinking or doing before, talking with Sam allowed you to put the nonsense of the world aside for just a moment,\" he said.\n\nIn a statement released on X, formerly known as Twitter, on Sunday, Police Chief White said the investigation into Ms Woll's death was ongoing.\n\nHe added that investigators from the Detroit Police Department are working with the FBI, and some people \"with information\" are being interviewed.\n\n\"I again ask the community to remain patient while our investigators and law enforcement partners continue their work,\" he said.\n\nAttacks on Jewish and Palestinian-Americans have increased since the Israel-Gaza war erupted two weeks ago.\n\nAfter news of Ms Woll's death emerged, police urged the public not to jump to conclusions about why she was killed.\n\nADL Michigan, the state chapter of the Anti-Defamation League, has also urged people not to speculate and allow the police to gather the facts.", "Scientists say they may have made the biggest breakthrough in treating cervical cancer in 20 years, using a course of existing, cheap drugs ahead of usual radiotherapy treatment.\n\nTrial findings, revealed at the ESMO medical conference, show the approach cut the risk of women dying from the disease or the cancer returning by 35%.\n\nCancer Research UK, which funded the work, called the results \"remarkable\".\n\nIt hopes clinics will soon start doing the same for patients.\n\nCervical cancer affects thousands of women each year in the UK, many in their early 30s. Despite improvements in radiotherapy care, cancer returns in up to a third of cases, meaning new approaches are very much needed.\n\nDr Iain Foulkes, from Cancer Research UK, said: \"Timing is everything when you're treating cancer.\n\n\"A growing body of evidence is showing the value of additional rounds of chemotherapy before other treatments like surgery and radiotherapy in several other cancers. Not only can it reduce the chances of cancer coming back, it can be delivered quickly using drugs already available worldwide.\n\n\"We're excited for the improvements this trial could bring to cervical cancer treatment and hope short courses of induction chemotherapy will be rapidly adopted in the clinic.\"\n\nIn the study, 250 women with cervical cancer received the new treatment - an intensive six-week course of carboplatin and paclitaxel chemotherapy, followed by the \"usual\" treatment of radiotherapy plus weekly cisplatin and brachytherapy, known as chemoradiation.\n\nAnother 250 women - the control group - received only the usual chemoradiation.\n\nFive years later, 80% of those who had received the new treatment were alive and 73% had not seen their cancer return or spread.\n\nIn comparison in the \"usual\" treatment group, 72% were alive and 64% had not seen their cancer return or spread.\n\nDr Mary McCormack, lead investigator of the trial from UCL Cancer Institute and UCLH, said: \"Our trial shows that this short course of additional chemotherapy delivered immediately before the standard CRT can reduce the risk of the cancer returning or death by 35%.\n\n\"This is the biggest improvement in outcome in this disease in over 20 years.\"\n\nShe told the BBC's Today programme: \"The important thing here is that if patients are alive and well, without the cancer recurring at five years, then they are very likely to be cured, so that's what makes this very exciting.\"\n\nBecause the two chemotherapy drugs are cheap, accessible and already approved for use in patients, experts say they could become a new standard of care relatively quickly.\n\nHowever, they caution that not every woman with cervical cancer might get the same beneficial outcomes from the treatment. Many of the women in the study had cancers that had not yet started to spread elsewhere in the body. It is unclear how well the therapy would work for women with more advanced disease.\n\nThe drugs can also cause unwelcome side effects, including sickness or nausea, and hair loss.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The moment a double murderer was stopped and arrested by armed police on a motorway was caught on camera.\n\nVideo shows Stephen Alderton, 67, of no fixed address, emerging from a motorhome pulled over on the M5 near Worcester in March 2023.\n\nHe was jailed for a minimum of 25 years after admitting shooting dead father and son Gary Dunmore, 57, and Josh Dunmore, 32, at separate properties in two Cambridgeshire villages in March.\n\nCambridge Crown Court heard the murders - described by a judge as an \"execution\" - came two days after a family court hearing.", "Marie Anderson has been NI's Police Ombudsman since 2019\n\nAn English police force has been asked to investigate an alleged incident at the home of Northern Ireland's Police Ombudsman Marie Anderson.\n\nThe Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) has asked West Midlands Police to lead the investigation.\n\nNo further details have been released but it is understood it relates to an incident over two days at her home in Holywood, County Down, last month.\n\nUnionist parties have called on Ms Anderson to step aside from her role.\n\nThe Police Ombudsman's office said it would not comment on the matter.\n\nThe office of the Northern Ireland's Police Ombudsman holds the PSNI to account and investigates claims of misconduct made against PSNI officers.\n\nRather than investigate the watchdog itself, the PSNI has called on the services of another force.\n\nIn respect of an alleged domestic incident in Holywood on 23 September, the PSNI said at the time that a 63-year-old man was arrested for common assault and interviewed on 24 September.\n\nHe was released and a file was being forwarded to the Public Prosecution Service, added the force.\n\nIn its latest statement, a PSNI spokesperson said: \"The Police Service of Northern Ireland have asked West Midlands Police to lead an investigation and assess whether there are any further criminal offences following an alleged incident in County Down in September 2023.\n\nThey added: \"As this investigation is now live we will not be providing any further comment.\"\n\nThe Democratic Unionist Party's (DUP) deputy leader Gavin Robinson said he welcomed the involvement of the West Midlands Police over the \"serious allegations\" that had been made.\n\nHe said Ms Anderson should step aside until the investigation had concluded.\n\n\"A number of high-profile events have recently impacted on morale within the PSNI,\" said the East Belfast MP.\n\n\"At a time when they crave stability, they do not believe the current situation is tenable.\"\n\nUlster Unionist leader Doug Beattie also called on Ms Anderson to temporarily step down from her position until the findings of the investigation are published.\n\nSpeaking on Thursday, he said: \"In light of the investigation announced tonight, I feel it would be appropriate that Ms Anderson step down from her role with immediate effect.\n\n\"This will allow for the office of the ombudsman to continue their existing work without distraction or challenge during the necessary process of the investigation.\"\n\nMs Anderson is the fourth person to hold the position of Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland since the office was established in November 2000.\n\nShe has a background in law, having qualified as a solicitor in 1985 after graduating from Queen's University Belfast.\n\nDuring a career spanning almost 40 years, she has held a number of high-profile public service positions.\n\nIn 2003, she became the first assistant information commissioner for Northern Ireland.\n\nShe served a five-year term in the role, during which time she established the Information Commissioner's Office in Northern Ireland.\n\nIn 2016, she was appointed as Northern Ireland Public Services Ombudsman, a watchdog role which investigates complaints about public service providers.\n\nWithin that role she also held the position of Northern Ireland local government commissioner for standards, leading investigations into complaints about the conduct of local councillors.\n\nMs Anderson took up her role as police ombudsman in July 2019.\n\nShe is married with three grown-up sons.\n\nThe investigation follows a period of significant separate controversies within Northern Ireland policing.\n\nThe force is currently recruiting a new chief constable following the resignation of Simon Byrne on 4 September.\n\nMr Byrne quit in the wake of a major data breach and a separate High Court judgement that ruled two PSNI officers had been unlawfully disciplined.\n\nThe data breach happened in August when surnames, and initials of 10,000 police employees were accidentally included in a freedom of information response.\n\nLater that month, Mr Byrne was criticised over the treatment of two junior PSNI officers who had made an arrest at a Troubles commemoration in Belfast in 2021.\n\nBBC News NI understands that two applicants have been shortlisted for the job of chief constable - Interim Chief Constable Jon Boutcher and Assistant Chief Constable Bobby Singleton.", "Metropolitan Police chief Sir Mark Rowley has said hate crime laws \"probably need redrawing\" as he faced questions about the policing of a pro-Palestinian rally in London.\n\nA video posted online appeared to show a man shouting \"jihad\" at a separate event from the main march.\n\nHaving reviewed the clip, the Met said they had not identified any offences.\n\nSir Mark said police were \"ruthless in tackling anybody who puts their foot over the legal line\".\n\nBut he added: \"Our job is to enforce to that line, Parliament's job is to draw that line - maybe some of the lines aren't in the right place.\"\n\nDowning Street said there were \"no plans\" to give police more powers to deal with chants deemed to be extremist.\n\nBut Sir Mark said he had raised the issue with Home Secretary Suella Braverman earlier, during a meeting to discuss antisemitic incidents in the UK since Hamas's attack on Israel.\n\nSources said before the meeting that the home secretary was keen to quiz him about the Met's response to the rally over the weekend.\n\nThe Home Office said Ms Braverman \"recognised the complexities of the law in policing aspects of these protests and prosecutor decisions\".\n\nThe government will ensure the police \"have everything they need to maintain law and order,\" the department added after the meeting.\n\nIn a statement to MPs about the conflict in Gaza and Israel, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said \"calls for jihad on our street are not only a threat to the Jewish community, but to our democratic values\".\n\nHe said \"we expect the police to take all necessary action to tackle extremism head on\".\n\nEarlier, the prime minister's spokesman had said that some of the scenes in London over the weekend would have been \"incredibly distressing for people to witness, not least to the UK's Jewish community who deserve to feel safe at what must be an incredibly traumatic time\".\n\nHe added that the government \"believe the police have extensive powers in this space\" but senior officers and minister would continue to hold discussions to ensure \"clarity\".\n\nThe Met estimated that up to 100,000 people gathered in central London on Saturday to show solidarity with Palestinian civilians. The crowd included many families and children.\n\nMore than 1,000 officers were involved in policing the demonstration which went through central London towards Downing Street. Sir Mark said 34 arrests had been made so far.\n\nThe main pro-Palestine march in London attracted up to 100,000 people, and it was at a separate, smaller rally that a man is alleged to have shouted 'jihad'\n\nThe Met said arrests made during Saturday's march were linked to possession of fireworks, public order and assaulting an emergency service worker.\n\nBut, the force said on Sunday it was taking no further action after footage appeared online of a man chanting \"jihad, jihad\" at the smaller rally staged by the Islamist group Hizb ut-Tahrir, which was close to the main march.\n\nA statement from the force said the word jihad had \"a number of meanings but we know the public will most commonly associate it with terrorism\".\n\nIt said it \"had not identified any offences arising from the specific clip\", and specialist lawyers at the Crown Prosecution Service had reached the same conclusion.\n\n\"However, recognising the way language like this will be interpreted by the public and the divisive impact it will have, officers identified the man involved and spoke to him to discourage any repeat of similar chanting,\" the force added.\n\nIt also said no further action would be taken after it reviewed photographs of protesters holding banners referring to \"Muslim armies\".\n\n\"Jihad\" literally means \"effort\" or \"struggle\" in Arabic. In Islam the main meaning is an internal struggle, such as a believer's struggle to live in accordance with their faith. Jihad can also be an outward struggle or war, which in Islamic teaching must be in self defence and within prescribed limits.\n\nHome Office Minister Robert Jenrick said he believed the chant amounted to \"inciting terrorist violence\" and needed to be \"tackled with the full force of the law\".\n\nOn Sunday, he told Sky News: \"Chanting 'jihad' on the streets of London is completely reprehensible and I never want to see scenes like that.\"\n\nBut, the minister admitted it was an \"operational matter\" for the police and the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) whether to press charges.\n\nHowever, questions have been asked about whether the current laws are sufficient.\n\nLabour leader Sir Keir Starmer said the government needed to look at whether there were \"gaps in the law\".\n\nHe also said there had been a \"huge\" increase in hate crimes in recent weeks, adding: \"We've all got a duty to take action to clamp down on hate crime whatever political party we are in.\"\n\nIn 2021, before he became the Met commissioner, Sir Mark co-authored a report warning that there was a \"gaping chasm\" in terror laws allowing extremists to act with \"impunity\".\n\nThe report argued that material praising Adolf Hitler, supporting Osama bin Laden and denying the Holocaust was all legal as long as it did not directly encourage violence.\n\n\"Current legal boundaries allow extremists to operate with impunity,\" Mr Rowley said then. \"The current situation is simply untenable.\"\n\nUnder the Public Order Act, the offence of inciting violence is one that is directed at another person. Meanwhile, the offence of \"encouragement of terrorism\" under the Terrorism Act requires prosecutors to show that somebody was encouraging people to \"commit, prepare or instigate acts of terrorism\".\n\nSara Khan, who wrote the report with Sir Mark, told the BBC's Today programme \"the nature and scale of extremist activity that is currently lawful in this country\" was \"really shocking\".\n\nFollowing the protests over the weekend, there may be political pressure on the government to tighten up the laws, and ban the Hizb ut-Tahrir group in the UK.\n\nHizb ut-Tahrir's status has been a subject of political controversy for decades.\n\nFormer Prime Minister Tony Blair said he would ban the group shortly after the 7/7 bombings in 2005 as part of a plan to combat Islamist extremism.\n\nBut he dropped the plan following resistance from the Home Office and senior police officers, who believed pressing ahead would boost the group's recruitment.\n\nDavid Cameron then vowed to ban the group when he was Conservative leader but after entering government also abandoned the proposal.\n\nSign up for our morning newsletter and get BBC News in your inbox.", "Ambulance crews were experiences \"handover delays\" at hospitals across Wales\n\nAn ambulance spent 28 hours outside a hospital after an \"extraordinary incident\" was declared due to delays.\n\nThe Welsh Ambulance Service said 16 ambulances had waited outside the emergency department at Morriston Hospital, Swansea, at one time.\n\nIt said multiple sites across Wales were affected.\n\nThe extraordinary incident, which asked people to only call 999 if their emergency was \"life or limb threatening\", is now over.\n\nLee Brooks, director of operations, told BBC Radio Wales Breakfast the situation was \"heart-breaking\".\n\nJudith Bryce, assistant director of operations at the Welsh Ambulance Service, said on Sunday the service was experiencing \"patient handover delays outside of emergency departments\".\n\n\"This is taking its toll on our ability to respond within the community,\" she said.\n\nAt the peak of the delays 16 ambulances were queued outside Morriston Hospital\n\n\"Approaching our declaration of an extraordinary incident, we have experienced multiple episodes of prolonged patient handover at multiple sites across Wales.\"\n\nShe said additional managerial and clinical support were brought in at Morriston.\n\nOn Monday, Mr Brooks said the situation had been \"particularly challenging\". The extraordinary incident is now over, but pressures remain.\n\n\"We had a couple of sites across Wales where we were experiencing long waits for patients to move from ambulances to emergency departments, but most of it at Morriston Hospital in Swansea,\" he said.\n\n\"When that happens that of course has an impact on our ability to respond to other patients in the community.\"\n\nHe added the trust was \"creating more capacity to respond to patients\" and that response to red category patients has \"nearly doubled in the last three, four years\".\n\n\"Of course, by month we're losing in the region of 19,000 hours, which is almost a week's worth of ambulance capacity, so that's quite a chunk taken out of our ability to respond.\"\n\nHe said the problem was linked to \"broader patient flow constraints\" and was expected to worsen over the winter.\n\n\"This is generating a huge amount of frustration… it's not a great experience for patients, it's not great for dignity.\"\n\nHe described the situation as \"heart-breaking\".\n\nWelsh Conservative health spokesman Russell George called the situation an \"atrocious example\" of the \"wider Labour failure to run our Welsh NHS properly\".\n\nHe said that there needed to be \"massive change in social care\" and added that the Conservatives would \"establish care hotels and encourage former NHS staff to become reservists to stop ambulances queuing outside of hospitals\".\n\nPlaid Cymru spokesman for health and care, Mabon ap Gwynfor, described the NHS in Wales as being in \"a vicious circle\".\n\nHe added: \"Ambulances are queuing because of insufficient beds and there aren't enough beds because of a failure to provide long-promised community and social care.\"\n\nHe said this was coupled with hospital bed closures and a shortage of more than 2,700 nurses.\n\nThe Welsh government said it was investing in more community beds, working with social care services to improve patient flow, and dealing with ambulance handover delays.\n\nIt said it was concerned about delays at Morriston and across Wales.\n\nA spokesman added: \"We are seeking assurance from health boards about the actions taken to de-escalate ongoing pressures, caused by an increase in demand and patient flow issues.\n\n\"We will continue to monitor the situation.\"", "A coroner has found neglect contributed to a baby's death at the hospital where he was born.\n\nJasper Brooks died at the Darent Valley Hospital in Kent on 15 April 2021.\n\nThe coroner found gross failures by midwives and consultants at the hospital and says Jasper's death was \"wholly avoidable\".\n\nThe Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust says: \"We are committed to learning from our mistakes to ensure no family has to go through this again.\"\n\nIt added: \"We are very sorry for the devastating impact this has had on the Brooks family.\n\n\"We have already taken significant action to improve our practices and will commit to implementing the additional recommendation from the inquest.\"\n\nJasper was a second child for Jim and Phoebe Brooks. Their first, Oscar, had also been born at the Darent Valley Hospital.\n\nOn that occasion, the family had received good, prompt care after Phoebe had suffered a placental abruption - a serious condition in which the placenta starts to come away from the inside of the womb wall.\n\nThat complication was the reason Phoebe was booked in to have an elective Caesarean section to deliver Jasper. But in April 2021 those plans changed overnight.\n\nA check-up found Phoebe had raised blood pressure. She was told to remain in hospital and that the C-section would happen the following morning - nine days earlier than planned - when there were more staff on duty.\n\nPhoebe and Jim Brooks - Jim says there is a taboo when talking about baby loss\n\nJasper's parents say the midwives caring for Phoebe repeatedly failed to listen to her and Jim's concerns - that she was shaking violently, feeling sick, and thought she was bleeding internally.\n\n\"We felt like an inconvenience - no-one wanted to deal with me that night,\" Phoebe says. \"The doctor didn't want to do my C-section, the midwife that's meant to be looking after me, she just doesn't really care.\n\n\"I remember saying clearly to her, 'my whole body is shaking - something's happening, and no-one's taking the time to listen to what I'm saying or listen in on my baby'.\"\n\nPhoebe went into labour naturally, before the C-section could take place.\n\nAt the inquest hearing, midwife Jennifer Davis was accused by the family's barrister, Richard Baker KC, of \"failing to act on signs of blood loss, failing to determine if Phoebe was in active labour, and failing to call a senior doctor when necessary\".\n\nMs Davis told the inquest that she had been traumatised by the case.\n\n\"I thought, on the night, I was giving the best care I could,\" she said. \"Everything I did that night wasn't done with any intent to harm.\"\n\nPrior to baby Jasper's birth, staff struggled to find the unborn baby's heartbeat and did not spot that Phoebe was about to deliver.\n\n\"His whole body was born all at once,\" Phoebe says, \"I looked down and he was just so white. And then all of a sudden it was like, panic. One of the midwives picked up the baby and started rubbing him and was like, 'come on baby, come on baby'.\n\n\"Then I thought, 'he's going to cry, he's going to cry. Why is baby not crying?'\"\n\nJasper was born without a heartbeat, so a resuscitation team was called. But during the inquest, the family learned that further errors were made because the correct people failed to attend the resuscitation.\n\nThere was no consultant neonatologist on site - a doctor with expertise in looking after newborn infants or those born prematurely. Intubation, the process of placing a breathing tube into the windpipe - which should only take a few minutes - did not occur for 18 minutes. There was also a delay in administering adrenaline to try to stimulate Jasper's heart.\n\nTwenty-seven minutes after Jasper was born, and with a heartbeat still not evident, a consultant told Jim and Phoebe they were going to stop working on their son.\n\n\"We were just in complete shock, 'how has this happened?',\" says Phoebe. \"I reached out and touched him, and basically his heartbeat came in, and then, all of a sudden, they were like, 'we've got a heartbeat'.\n\n\"They went from calling time - they're going to end life, and end resuscitation - to he's got a normal heartbeat.\"\n\nThe newborn was taken away for tests, but shortly afterwards a doctor returned and told the family further treatment would be futile because Jasper was very ill.\n\nThe family asked if he could be moved to another hospital for more specialised care - the possibility of which had already been mentioned - but were now told there would be no point.\n\nNational guidelines state the decision to end care should be made by a multidisciplinary team comprising at least two consultants - not just a single doctor, the family later learned.\n\n\"We did not agree with the plan they made,\" says Phoebe. \"We asked if there's any other options, and we were told, 'no. You're going to go into monkey room [bereavement suite] and Jasper's going to die'.\n\n\"I remember holding him, uncontrollably crying, and just trying to treasure that moment with our son while we're waiting for him to die. But he kept taking another breath and another breath.\"\n\nThe longer Jasper lived, the more his parents were keen further treatment be offered. They were finally given permission to feed him when Jasper was 12 hours old.\n\nRather than dying within minutes, as his parents had been told he would, Jasper died on 15 April 2021, having lived for 23 hours.\n\n\"It was a complete shambles,\" says Jim, a director at a construction company. \"He lived for a day,\" adds Phoebe, who works as a personal assistant.\n\n\"We wanted a lifetime with him, which was taken away from us because of how that hospital treated me in labour and how they treated him.\"\n\nInquiries into poor maternity care have already been held in Morecambe Bay, Shrewsbury and Telford, and East Kent, with a review ongoing in Nottingham.\n\nBut such are the concerns about care in many other units that some campaigners now argue that a national inquiry is needed, not reviews into individual trusts.\n\nJasper was born at Darent Valley Hospital in April 2021\n\nRhiannon Davies lost her daughter at the Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital Trust in 2009. Her complaints led to the Ockenden report on safety and standards - the largest inquiry of its kind in the history of the NHS.\n\n\"We still hear of the same mistakes being made - and often, they are basic errors, but they are catastrophic in terms of their impact,\" Ms Davies, who has written to the health secretary asking for a wider inquiry, says.\n\n\"It's fair to say what we've tried so far hasn't worked. Neither has increased investment and greater public awareness of maternity risk. We need a national inquiry resulting in national measures that can properly protect people from avoidable harm and death.\"\n\nSince Jasper's death, Phoebe and Jim have had a daughter, Primrose, a sister for Oscar.\n\nBut when asked, they say they have three children, not two.\n\n\"He will always be part of the family,\" says Jim.", "Jack Carroll made a name for himself with his comedy routines on Britain's Got Talent\n\nA comedian who shot to fame on Britain's Got Talent aged 14 is set to join the cast of Coronation Street.\n\nJack Carroll, now 24, will make his debut on the famous cobbles just after Christmas as Bobby - Carla Connor's nephew.\n\nITV says Bobby will \"run rings round Auntie Carla\", played by Alison King.\n\nJack says he is \"delighted and honoured\" to be joining the Manchester-based soap, which he describes as \"a cultural institution\".\n\nIt's not the first acting role for Bradford-born Jack, who has cerebral palsy.\n\nEarlier this year he produced and starred in Mobility - a BBC Three short about three disabled teenagers catching the same school bus every day.\n\nSpeaking to BBC Newsbeat at the time, he said he hoped the show would spark a change in representation of disability on TV.\n\nAlthough Jack's been acting more in recent years, it's his comedy he's best known for.\n\nSince impressing the judges on BGT in 2013, Jack's done a national tour, gigged at the London Palladium and Apollo and worked with Jason Manford.\n\nHe says he hopes to bring his comedy to Coronation Street, which is one of the UK's most popular soaps.\n\nBobby, the son of Carla's murderer brother Rob Donovan, will arrive on the street looking for a place to stay after falling out with his mum.\n\nITV describes Jack's character as \"a livewire chip off the old block, with the gift of the gab and an eye for the ladies\".\n\n\"I hope Bobby brings viewers a lot of laughs in the vein of some of the street's classic comedy characters,\" Jack says.\n\nListen to Newsbeat live at 12:45 and 17:45 weekdays - or listen back here.", "Eve is qualified to teach Makaton at Level 3 and says she loves being back at school\n\nA woman with Down's syndrome who teaches Makaton has said it feels amazing to go back to her old school as a teacher.\n\nMakaton is a language programme that uses symbols, signs, and speech to enable people to communicate.\n\n\"I always wanted to be a teacher. It's a big job for me, I'm loving it,\" Eve told BBC Radio Foyle.\n\nShe's back at her old school once a week to share her Makaton expertise.\n\nEve, who also has autism, is qualified to teach Makaton at level 3. That requires dedication and planning, she said.\n\n\"I work really hard during the week, Every night I go up to my room, and do Makaton. I'm a Makaton master.\n\n\"I'm now teaching Year 8 and 9 and it is amazing.\"\n\nEve teaches Year 8 and 9 pupils at the Derry school.\n\nAccording to the official Makaton website, more than 100,000 children and adults use the system.\n\nIt was developed in the 1970s and 1980s, and is named using the initials of the people who originally created it.\n\nMakaton features prominently in the children's TV programme Something Special, presented by Justin Fletcher, known as Mr Tumble.\n\nEve's colleagues said she is a great addition to the school's staff\n\nSt Mary's teacher Catriona Keely said Eve was a great addition to the staff, adding that she was \"the perfect role model, a true St Mary's girl\".\n\n\"We encourage them to find their talent and pursue their dreams - that's what Eve has done, lived out the motto - go after what you want to do in life and Eve wanted to be a teacher,\" she said.\n\n\"She has a very detailed programme that she works hard on and practices and plans her lessons every evening.\n\n\"More importantly she is teaching the skill of Makaton.\"", "Labour will be \"more ambitious\" than the UK government in its plans for the Tata steelworks in Port Talbot, Sir Keir Starmer has said.\n\nThe UK government has promised Port Talbot £500m to move to greener steel, but it could see thousands lose their jobs.\n\nThe Labour party leader said he wanted a \"plan that preserves the jobs we've got\".\n\nHe was on a visit to Port Talbot steelworks.\n\nHowever Sir Keir did not deny that, once the steelworks transitions to green energy, there would be fewer people working there.\n\n\"My biggest concern at the moment is that we have a plan that ends what we've got, has an impression of what we might have but hasn't done the hard yards of the bridge between the two,\" he said.\n\nThe Conservatives said they were offering \"one of the largest government support packages in history\", while Plaid Cymru accused Sir Keir's plan of lacking detail.\n\nIn September the UK government announced extra investment for the Port Talbot steelworks for the installation of new electric arc furnaces.\n\nAt the time Tata warned there would be a \"transition period including potential deep restructuring\" at the plant.\n\nTata Steel employs about 8,000 people in the UK, 4,000 of those in Port Talbot.\n\nUnions previously said the move to the new less labour-intensive furnaces could lead to thousands of job losses.\n\nSir Keir Starmer said he would be more ambitious on steel than the UK Conservative government\n\n\"We would be more ambitious\", he said.\n\n\"We want to drive up the demand for steel. We need to go to clean power by 2030.\n\n\"That's going to require a lot more steel.\n\n\"We want to ensure there's a plan that preserves the jobs that we've got, the experience that we've got.\n\n\"Combine that with a bridge to the future so that the future generation of josb is here as well.\"\n\nAsked if politicians should be honest and say there will be fewer people needed with green steel, he said: \"I think transition is always difficult because there's always anxiety about protecting the jobs that are already in existence. That is completely understandable.\"\n\nSir Keir visited the steelworks with Labour First Minister Mark Drakeford, who did not speak to the media at the event.\n\nThe UK Labour leader declined to answer whether he would commit to providing HS2 funding to the Welsh government, or look at the Cardiff administration's funding model, following last week's announcement of cuts to help support the NHS and train services.\n\nInstead he said a future UK Labour government would work with the Welsh government \"on a rules-based basis, so that we can co-ordinate\".\n\nLast week the UK government announced a steelworks transition board would be set up, chaired by Welsh Secretary David TC Davies and including Labour Welsh government economy minister Vaughan Gething.\n\nA Conservative Party spokesperson said: \"This Conservative government announced one of the largest government support packages in history to secure the future of steel-making at Port Talbot.\n\n\"As usual, the Labour Party's response is to criticise while promising fanciful and unaffordable sums to keep their union paymasters on-side. The government will continue to work to secure a sustainable and competitive future for the UK steel industry that also gets best value for money for UK taxpayers.\"\n\nPlaid Cymru's Sioned Williams said: \"Keir Starmer says that he has a plan for steel, but doesn't actually go into detail.\n\n\"Starmer has very limited knowledge of the Welsh economy, and it will take more than a courtesy visit to Wales to convince workers that he will be on their side at some point in the future.\"\n\nA Tata Steel spokesperson said: \"Our proposals would secure the long-term future for steel making in Port Talbot, bolster UK steel security, and help develop a green industrial ecosystem in south Wales.\n\n\"We are committed to meaningful consultation with our trade union partners and will work closely with the UK and Welsh governments through a dedicated transition board to support affected workers and their communities\".", "Terri Harris (bottom left) and her children John Bennett (top left) and Lacey Bennett (bottom right) were found dead along with Lacey's friend Connie Gent (top right)\n\nA series of \"very stark\" failures by the probation service contributed to the murders of a mother and three children, a coroner has ruled.\n\nTerri Harris, 35, her son John Bennett, 13, daughter Lacey Bennett, 11, and Connie Gent, 11, were murdered by Damien Bendall in 2021.\n\nBendall, on licence at the time, was managed by overworked and inexperienced probation officers, the coroner heard.\n\nRelatives of the victims have called for \"decisive action\".\n\nSenior coroner Peter Nieto recorded that Ms Harris, who was pregnant, her children and their friend Connie, were unlawfully killed.\n\nHe said this was \"contributed to by acts or omissions by the designated state agency for offending management in the course of Damien Bendall's offender supervision and management\".\n\nHe stressed that Bendall bore \"primary responsibility\" for the \"brutal and savage\" murders, but there were \"several very stark acts or omissions\" by the probation service.\n\nDamien Bendall admitted four murders and the rape of 11-year-old Lacey\n\nBendall, 33, murdered the four with a claw hammer and raped 11-year-old Lacey in Chandos Crescent on 19 September 2021, and was given a whole life order in December 2022.\n\nWeeks before the murders, he was given a suspended sentence for arson, which included a curfew requirement at Ms Harris' home after being deemed a low risk to partners and children.\n\nThe inquests, which concluded on Monday, heard multiple reports over two weeks of how Bendall was managed by overworked, stressed and inexperienced probation officers, with the service facing \"significant\" challenges at the time.\n\nThe hearings were told Bendall said he would kill Ms Harris, and the children, if their relationship \"went bad\" as he was being fitted with an electronic tag, but a staff member did not report the comment to the probation service.\n\nThe probation service accepted 51 separate failings at the inquests, held at Chesterfield Coroner's Court, and accepted a catalogue of missed opportunities and lack of scrutiny concerning Bendall's supervision going back several years.\n\nFollowing the inquests, John and Lacey's father Jason Bennett and Connie's mum Kerry Shelton described them as \"kind and caring\" children who had \"their lives and futures taken away from them in the cruellest possible way\".\n\nPolice found Ms Harris and the three children dead at the house in Chandos Crescent\n\nIn a statement, solicitors for Mr Bennett and Ms Shelton said: \"On the day of their death, [the children] had been selling sweets to raise money for the charity, Youth Cancer Trust.\n\n\"Jason and Kerry remain traumatised by their deaths and how their children will never get to fulfil their potential or celebrate milestones in life.\n\n\"The hardest thing for them to accept is how failings by the authorities exposed their children to a serious risk of harm.\n\n\"Jason and Kerry believe that if appropriate measures had been taken their children would still be alive today.\n\n\"They're adamant that decisive action now needs to be taken to address the issues identified during the course of the inquests.\"\n\nChief probation officer Kim Thornden-Edwards, who gave evidence at the inquests, said the service was suffering \"significant disruption\" at the time it was dealing with Bendall\n\nIn a statement, Ms Harris' parents, Angela Smith and Lawrence Harris, added: \"The probation service failed to protect and keep our family safe.\n\n\"They are now gone. This must never happen again.\n\n\"We hope that no other family has to live through the trauma that we have to every day.\"\n\nMs Harris' parents added: \"Bendall is a violent and dangerous high-risk offender with a history of domestic abuse and risk to children.\n\n\"Despite knowing this, the probation service told the courts that it was safe for him to be curfewed to our Terri's house.\n\n\"No-one from the probation service spoke to Terri to warn her about the dangers he posed to her and the children. If she had known about how dangerous he was she would never have had any involvement with him.\"\n\nOutlining his findings, Mr Nieto said a report by a probation officer leading to the curfew requirement was \"wholly inadequate and misleading\" and that was part of a \"profoundly and seriously flawed\" process.\n\nThe coroner said Bendall had a history of serious and violent offences dating back to 2004.\n\nIn addition, allegations of domestic abuse against a former partner and inappropriate contact with a young girl in care were missed due to a \"failure to demonstrate sufficient professional curiosity\".\n\nThe probation service offered its \"deepest sympathies\" to the families of Lacey, Terri, John (pictured) and Connie\n\nThe chief probation officer for England, Kim Thornden-Edwards, had previously told the inquests she acknowledged \"in full\" that errors had been made handling Bendall's case but that the service had suffered \"significant disruption at the time\" with staffing gaps.\n\nWhile Mr Nieto acknowledged the impact of changes to the probation service in the months before the murders and of Covid-19, he said: \"They don't explain the totality of the acts or omissions or failures of the probation service's overview and supervision of Damien Bendall and the decisions made.\"\n\nHe said he would prepare a prevention of future deaths report outlining concerns he identified during the inquests and require the probation service to address them.\n\nAfter the hearing, lawyer David Sandiford - who represented the probation service during the inquests - said: \"We extend afresh our deepest sympathies to the relatives of Terri Harris, Lacey Bennett, John Paul Bennett and Connie Gent, and indeed to all those who mourn them.\n\n\"We recognise that the changes made with a view to ensuring that this doesn't happen again can never undo the terrible loss or assuage the grief of those whose lives will never be the same again.\"\n\nFollow BBC East Midlands on Facebook, on X, or on Instagram. Send your story ideas to eastmidsnews@bbc.co.uk.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Shoplifting will be targeted like organised crime as part of a plan to help police to crack down on theft.\n\nA team of specialist analysts and officers is being put together to gather intelligence on crime gangs behind much of the shoplifting across England and Wales.\n\nRetailers have complained police are failing to tackle rising shoplifting.\n\nUnder the plan, police have committed to attend more crime scenes and use facial recognition to target offenders.\n\nA group of 13 retailers, including John Lewis, Tesco and the Co-op, have agreed to stump up almost £800,000 over two years to fund a partnership, known as Project Pegasus.\n\nThe majority of the money will finance a specialist police team that will work within OPAL, the national policing division that oversees intelligence on serious organised acquisitive crime.\n\nThe Home Office said the team was being put together to \"build a comprehensive intelligence picture of the organised crime gangs that fuel many shoplifting incidents across the country, to help target and dismantle them\".\n\nThe government will contribute £30,000 in the first year.\n\nThe plan also includes a police commitment to prioritise crime scenes where there has been violence against a shop worker, where security guards have detained an offender or where the police need to secure evidence.\n\nPaul Gerrard, campaigns and public affairs director at the Co-op, said the retailer was hopeful that both Pegasus and the action plan \"will mark the point at which the police will provide the support to protect shopworkers and shops so they can help the communities they serve thrive\".\n\n\"The Co-op has long called for greater police prioritisation so they tackle the rampant rise in retail crime, especially those [crimes] involving violence or prolific offenders,\" he said.\n\nJames Lowman, boss of the Association of Convenience Stores, said the initiative would be \"strongly welcomed\" to combat \"the torrent of thefts\" businesses have been suffering.\n\n\"Using artificial intelligence to identify prolific offenders can be an effective way of drastically reducing the amount of police time it takes to make links between crimes committed against different businesses locally,\" Mr Lowman said.\n\nHe added, however, that the real challenge still remained apprehending thieves and stopping reoffending.\n\nThe Police Federation of England and Wales, which represents rank and file officers, said last week it needed more boots on the ground to tackle the problem.\n\nThe Policing Minister, Chris Philp, chaired a meeting on Monday with senior police leaders and 13 of the UK's biggest retailers. Mr Philp said shoplifting was a \"blight\" on the High Street and that bringing together government, policing and business would lead to \"more joined up working when it comes to retail crime\".\n\nOfficial figures show that 365,164 shoplifting offences were recorded by police in England and Wales in the year to June - an increase of 25% on the same period last year.\n\nHowever, the numbers are still below pre-pandemic levels. In the year to June 2019, there were 368,745 shoplifting offences recorded.\n\nShoplifting offences are not always reported to the police, so the actual number of instances could be much higher.", "Lewis Edwards pleaded guilty to more than 100 charges\n\nA police officer groomed more than 200 girls online and blackmailed them into carrying out sexual acts.\n\nLewis Edwards, 24, used fake accounts to make contact with girls aged between 10 and 16.\n\nHe refused to appear for sentencing at Cardiff Crown Court on Monday.\n\nThe court previously heard he was caught with more than 4,500 indecent images of children - more than 700 of which were in the most serious category.\n\nFollowing a misconduct hearing held earlier this year, Mr Edwards was placed on the barred list to prevent him from returning to policing.\n\nProsecutor Roger Griffiths told the court Edwards, from Cefn Glas, Bridgend, was in contact with 210 girls in total, with images of 207 of them recovered from his multiple devices.\n\nThe offences spanned 160 charges, to which he pleaded guilty.\n\nEdwards joined South Wales Police as a police constable in January 2021, and all but one of the girls were contacted by him after this time.\n\nThe offences took place between November 2020 and February 2023, when he was arrested at his home.\n\nEdwards used a profile picture of a teenage boy to trick his victims into sending explicit images, with one saying that during video calls Edwards would sit in the dark showing only part of his face.\n\nA victim who was aged 13 and 14 at the time of the offences was instructed by Edwards - using an account depicting an \"attractive 14-year-old boy\" - to take nude pictures, sometimes wearing only her school blazer, and to commit sexual acts.\n\nMr Griffiths said she confided in him that she wanted to kill herself and pleaded with him to leave her alone, writing in a Snapchat message: \"I can't carry on having to wake up, knowing you have that on me. I am fully tipping over the edge.\"\n\nIn a video played in court, the girl was audibly distressed and could be heard saying \"do I have to?\", and \"I feel forced\".\n\nEdwards told one 12-year-old victim who tried to ignore his requests for pictures that he could \"come to her house and shoot her parents\", Mr Griffiths said.\n\nShe sent him an image of herself in her underwear after receiving an image from Edwards that showed the location of her mother's home on Google Maps.\n\nThe court heard Edwards had installed a \"legitimate application\" which allowed him to record images sent to him by the girls on Snapchat, without their knowledge.\n\nHe would threaten to share the images he already had on social media if they did not comply with his requests for more, Mr Griffiths said.\n\nIn a victim statement, a girl said: \"I was only a little girl. I was threatened and controlled for a year and I feel confused, embarrassed, disgusted and I have no self esteem.\n\n\"I lost my innocence. I felt guilty, and I still struggle to trust people.\"\n\nOne victim, who was 12 years old, was added on Snapchat by Edwards, using a different account. He had 20 mutual friends with the girl, so she assumed she knew him.\n\n\"He said she was really pretty, complimented her a lot,\" said Mr Griffiths.\n\nThey would talk about sport, and Edwards told the girl he had mental health issues.\n\nAfter about two weeks, he started asking her for photos of her breasts and genitalia.\n\nHe would also send her pictures of his penis, when she had not asked for them.\n\nMr Griffiths said Edwards told the girl she was the only good thing in his life and that he would harm himself if she did not send them.\n\n\"He was getting mad and aggressive and would guilt trip her,\" he said.\n\nThe defendant contacted victims using the social media platform Snapchat\n\nThe mother of the 12-year-old girl said in a statement that her daughter had suffered with anxiety and self harm following the abuse, and particularly struggled to come to terms with the fact that Edwards did not have genuine feelings for her.\n\n\"We just feel helpless as parents. We couldn't keep her safe in our own home,\" she said.\n\n\"She is not the same child anymore.\"\n\nAnother victim, 13 at the time, sent more than 100 images, mostly fully nude to Edwards, Mr Griffiths said.\n\nThese included a video of her performing a sex act.\n\nMr Griffiths said he made her send about 50 videos in one day \"doing the same thing over and over\".\n\nIn a statement read out in court, the girl said: \"You are supposed to be able to trust the police, [but] the police did this to me.\"\n\nThe sentencing, which is expected to last three days, continues.\n\nIf you have been affected by any issues raised in this article, help and support can be found at BBC Action Line.", "The clock is stopped at the moment the bomb exploded\n\nFamilies of nine people killed in the 1993 Shankill bomb have unveiled a new memorial on the 30th anniversary.\n\nThe hands of the clock are stopped at 13:06, the time the bomb detonated at Frizzell's fish shop on the street in west Belfast in 1993.\n\nNine trees have also been planted in the garden beside West Kirk Presbyterian Church - marking the nine victims.\n\nAt the base of each tree is a plaque with a tribute from family members.\n\nThe maple leaf trees are described as a \"living memorial\" to the victims.\n\nDemocratic Unionist Party (DUP) leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson was among those who attended a service at West Kirk Presbyterian Church to mark the attack.\n\nThe ceremony followed a wreath-laying on Saturday which was attended by large numbers including DUP peer Lord Dodds.\n\nOn 23 October 1993 two IRA men, Thomas Begley and Sean Kelly, posed as fishmongers and carried the bomb into the shop where shoppers were queuing for food.\n\nThe victims of the Shankill bombing included John Frizzell, 63, who owned the fish shop. His daughter Sharon McBride, 29, was helping her father and was also killed.\n\nMichael 'Minnie' Morrison, 27, his partner Evelyn Baird, 27, and their daughter, Michelle, who was seven, also died. Their two other children were left parentless.\n\nGeorge Williamson, 63, and Gillian Williamson, 49, were out shopping when they were both killed in the blast, leaving behind two children.\n\nMichelle Baird died alongside her parents. She was seven years old\n\nWilma McKee, 38, was walking past the shop when the bomb went off. She died a day later from her injuries.\n\nLeanne Murray who was 13 years old was also killed.\n\nHer mother, Gina, later realised that IRA bomber Sean Kelly had pleaded for her help after the explosion.\n\nIn a recent interview, when she was asked what she would say to Sean Kelly now if she saw him, she replied: \"I don't think I would have words for him.\n\nLeanne Murray, 13, was out shopping at the time of the explosion\n\n\"We will suffer until the day we die.\"\n\nOn Monday, Leanne Murray's brother Garry said the bombing had devastated his family.\n\n\"I always think about that day. Every day, every minute, it never leaves me,\" he said.\n\n\"It destroyed my family. It destroyed my mum, it destroyed myself for years.\n\n\"It is something I don't think we are ever going to get over.\"\n\nHe added: \"Days like today are very important. I want all of the community to stand together and support us.\"\n\nRev David Clawson said the commemoration was an opportunity for everyone to stand in solidarity to remember the tragic events of 30 years ago.\n\nChildren from three schools left the church to lay floral tributes at the memorial lamp in the Shankill Memorial Park\n\n\"As that bomb exploded without warning on that sunny Saturday afternoon mayhem was visited upon this community,\" he said.\n\n\"Nine innocent people who were going about their daily business lost their lives and many others were injured.\n\n\"So we stop in the middle of our lives to take a moment to remember.\"\n\nA number of survivors of the explosion and members of the emergency services who attended the scene were also at the memorial service, where an address was given by the moderator of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland, Rev Sam Mawhinney.\n\nChildren from three schools, Harmony Primary School, Springfield Primary, and Belfast Girls' Model, left the church to lay floral tributes at the memorial lamp in the Shankill Memorial Park next to West Kirk.\n\nThe pupils were all grandchildren of Mr Morrison and his partner Ms Baird, who were both killed in the explosion, and nieces and nephews of Michelle, their daughter, who was also killed.\n\nAs a bell tolled nine times to remember the victims, a wreath was laid at the site of the new memorial at the exact time the bomb exploded.\n\nRev Clawson said: \"I hope that these services give each of the victims' families comfort, even 30 years on, as we come together, with the whole community embracing them, both inside and outside of the church.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nRishi Sunak says the UK has judged that the blast at Gaza's Al-Ahli hospital was likely caused by \"a missile, or part of one\" fired from \"within Gaza\".\n\nThe PM said the conclusion was based on the \"deep knowledge and analysis of our intelligence and weapons experts\".\n\nMedia outlets, including the BBC, reported an initial Hamas statement blaming Israel for Tuesday's explosion.\n\nIsrael denied this shortly afterwards, saying that it was caused by a misfiring rocket from within Gaza.\n\nMr Sunak told the House of Commons: \"On the basis of the deep knowledge and analysis of our intelligence and weapons experts, the British government judges that the explosion was likely caused by a missile, or part of one, that was launched from within Gaza towards Israel.\"\n\nMr Sunak said that \"misreporting\" of the blast had had a \"negative effect in the region\".\n\n\"We need to learn the lessons and ensure that in future there is no rush to judgement,\" he said.\n\nRegional leaders cancelled a meeting with US President Joe Biden in the aftermath of the explosion.\n\nMr Biden has since backed the Israeli assessment of the incident.\n\nThe blast hit a car park area at the hospital\n\nMr Sunak also said the UK would give a further £20 million of humanitarian aid to Gaza, doubling its earlier funding.\n\nHe said Palestinians were suffering, and called them \"victims of Hamas\".\n\nHe added that \"we need to invest more deeply in regional stability and in the two-state solution\" to the conflict, which would see the creation of an independent Palestinian state alongside Israel.\n\nThe prime minister said there was\"no scenario\" where Hamas could be allowed to \"control Gaza or any part of the Palestinian territories\".\n\nHe also made mention of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.\n\n\"It is a same motivation that drives [Vladimir] Putin's war on Ukraine, the fear of Ukraine's emergence as a modern, thriving democracy and a desire to pull it back into some imperialist fantasy of the past. Putin will fail and so will Hamas,\" he said.\n\nHe also condemned the use of the word \"jihad\" at a pro-Palestinian protest in London over the weekend. A video posted online appeared to show a man shouting the word at a separate event from the main pro-Palestine march.\n\n\"Calls for jihad on our streets are not only a threat to the Jewish community but to our democratic values and we expect the police to take all necessary action to tackle extremism head-on,\" he said.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Inside the Gaza hospital overwhelmed by the injured\n\nOpposition leader Keir Starmer said humanitarian corridors must be established for civilians in Gaza trying to escape violence.\n\nHe said basic human needs like water, food and medicine must not be denied to people who need them.\n\n\"Gaza needs aid and it needs to be rapid, safe, unhindered and regular,\" he said.\n\nThe first aid convoys reached Gaza through the border with Egypt over the weekend - 20 lorries on Saturday and 14 on Sunday.\n\nThe UN said much more was needed and the Rafah border crossing is still not open for foreign nationals seeking to flee Gaza.\n\nIsrael says that more than 1,400 people were killed when Hamas attacked communities near Gaza on 7 October, shooting civilians dead in their homes, in the streets and at a music festival.\n\nGaza's health ministry, which is controlled by Hamas, says more than 5,000 people have been killed in the enclave.\n\nAt least 10 British nationals were among those killed in the Hamas attacks.\n\nYosef Guedalia, 22, is the latest British-Israeli named as being killed by Hamas. The soldier was part of an anti-terror unit when he was killed confronting Hamas gunmen at Kibbutz Kfar Aza.", "A national helpline for victims of modern slavery is reporting a steep rise in calls from overseas workers who came to the UK to help plug staffing gaps in the care sector.\n\nMany said they had paid huge sums to the people who brought them over after visa rules changed last year.\n\nUnseen UK said more than 700 care staff used its helpline in 2022.\n\nMinisters say they \"strongly condemn\" offering foreign care workers employment \"under false pretences\".\n\nNearly one in five potential modern-slavery victims identified by the charity in 2022 worked in the care sector.\n\nThe report, published on Monday, says some workers are being charged thousands of pounds for travel to the UK and sponsorship certificates.\n\nThe cost of sponsorship is a few hundred pounds, which is met by most care companies - but the charity says a few unscrupulous employers and agents are charging workers as much as £25,000, adding interest and deducting the debt from their wages.\n\n\"It becomes evident that workers are in a cycle where they will never be able to pay off the debt,\" says the report.\n\nDivya, whose name has been changed by the charity to protect her identity, called the helpline after arriving in the UK from India to work in home care.\n\nShe said she was housed with four other care workers, their passports were taken and they had to sign a three-year contract with the care company. She claimed she would finish one 12-hour shift and be taken by her employer straight to the next 12-hour shift.\n\nThe report says a concerned client let her sleep during a shift and gave her food, as she was not earning enough money to buy provisions.\n\nJanet, whose name has also been changed, came from Zimbabwe and told the helpline she was charged £10,000 by her employer for a certificate of sponsorship. Sometimes she worked 18-hour shifts, 10 days in a row.\n\nIn February 2022, the government made care work a \"shortage\" occupation, allowing more people to be recruited from abroad to work in care homes or home care, aiming to tackle a record 164,000 social-care vacancies in England in 2021/22.\n\nVacancies have since fallen slightly, largely as a result of nearly 70,000 people arriving in the UK to work in care, according to Skills for Care.\n\nUnseen's chief executive, Andrew Wallis, says the current approach has led to a rise in \"labour abuse and exploitation\" and is \"a disaster\" for many workers.\n\n\"Very vulnerable people are being cared for by very vulnerable people,\" he adds.\n\nCare providers have told BBC News some overseas staff are emailing them or arriving at their offices asking if they can take them on because the company that brought them to the UK is either giving them no work or not enough for them to survive.\n\nMary Anson, who runs five care homes in Cornwall, says she was approached by two overseas care workers who were brought to the UK by a home-care company but given no work. Ms Anson is now trying to take over their sponsorship.\n\nShe says overseas care workers are terrified they will be deported if they tell anyone how they were treated.\n\n\"They need to have somewhere safe to report what is going on.\"\n\nShe has recruited 20 people from abroad who are \"skilled and caring\" but questions whether some of the companies who have been recruiting from abroad \"are real care providers\".\n\nJane Townson, from the Homecare Association, says there has been an influx of new agencies in some areas.\n\n\"We need a co-ordinated approach to commissioning, registration of services and granting of Skilled Worker Visas in home care,\" she argues.\n\nCathie Williams, joint-chief executive of the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services, says most providers of council-funded care have taken an ethical approach. \"But clearly there are unscrupulous individuals and organisations using the current system to exploit people.\"\n\nMs Williams wants the rules for issuing visa licences to organisations tightened but says, longer-term, the only way \"to get a grip on the social-care staffing crisis is by improving pay and working conditions\".\n\nThe government says overseas care workers in the UK should be paid at least the required minimum salary and has published a recruitment code of practice.\n\n\"The government does not tolerate illegal activity in the labour market and any accusations of illegal employment practices will be thoroughly looked into,\" said an official.\n\n\"Those found operating unlawfully may face prosecution and/or removal from the sponsorship register.\"\n\nAre you personally affected by the issues raised in this story? Please share your experiences by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "Billionaires should face a minimum tax rate, according to a report which found some of the world's mega-wealthy are paying little to no tax.\n\nThe EU Tax Observatory said most people pay a higher rate than the super-rich, who, it said, are able to use complex business structures for avoidance.\n\nIt suggested a minimum 2% tax rate on billionaires' global wealth would raise $250bn (£205bn) a year.\n\nThere are around 2,500 billionaires with a combined wealth of $13 trillion.\n\nThe report by EU Tax Observatory, part of the Paris School of Economics, examined how successful efforts to ensure individuals and companies pay their fair share have been over the past 10 years.\n\nIt said that the automatic sharing of the wealthy's account information across more than 100 countries had significantly reduced offshore tax evasion.\n\nHowever, billionaires are able to get away with paying tax rates equal to 0% or 0.5% of their wealth \"due to the frequent use of shell companies to avoid income taxation\", it said.\n\nQuentin Parrinello, a senior policy adviser at the EU Tax Observatory, told the BBC that global billionaires \"structure their wealth so it does not generate a lot of taxable income\".\n\nHe acknowledged that countries implementing a 2% tax on billionaires may sound \"utopian\", but \"so was the idea of asking Swiss banks to exchange tax information with tax authorities 10 years ago and now this is a central provision of the fight against tax evasion\".\n\nWhile the report commended an agreement in 2021 between 140 different countries to make sure companies pay at least 15% in corporation tax, it said that the plan had been \"dramatically weakened\" since then by a \"growing list of loopholes\".\n\nJoseph Stiglitz, the Nobel Prize-winning American economist, suggested in an introduction to the report that unfairness in taxation poses a risk to democracy.\n\n\"If citizens don't believe that everyone is paying their fair share of taxes - and especially if they see the rich and rich corporations not paying their fair share - then they will begin to reject taxation.\n\n\"Why should they hand over their hard-earned money when the wealthy don't? This glaring tax disparity undermines the proper functioning of our democracy; it deepens inequality, weakens trust in our institutions, and erodes the social contract.\"\n\nMr Parrinello suggested that countries could use the next G20 summit, which takes place nearly a year from now in Brazil, to discuss a tax for the mega-wealthy.\n\nHe said that while international agreements are preferable, \"we also need to be realistic\" and said there are proposals outlined in the EU Tax Observatory report that countries can pursue unilaterally.\n\nSome of the world's richest people have pledged to give the majority of their wealth away. Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, philanthropist Melinda French Gates and billionaire investor Warren Buffett set up the \"Giving Pledge\" in 2010 to \"set a new standard of generosity among the ultra-wealthy\".\n\nFollowing a series of tax changes in 2013, Mr Buffett conceded that even though his tax rate had risen he was still paying a lower percentage than his secretary.\n\n\"I'll probably be the lowest paying taxpayer in the office,\" he said at the time.\n\nMr Stiglitz said that addressing tax fairness and collecting revenues was \"critical\" for society, \"as countries around the world face the challenges of climate change, pandemics and inequality, and as governments have to make essential investments in education, health, infrastructure and technology\".\n\nMacKenzie Scott has given away around $14bn of her wealth\n\nOne of the relatively recent signees to the Giving Pledge is MacKenzie Scott, an author and former wife of Amazon founder, Jeff Bezos.\n\nAs part of their divorce four years ago, she was handed a 4% stake in the online retailing giant. Ms Scott has since given away around $14bn and, according to Forbes magazine, is currently worth around $33.6bn.\n\nHer former husband of 25 years, Mr Bezos is the world's third richest man with a fortune of $148bn. Last year, he told CNN he wanted to give away the majority of his wealth.\n\nElon Musk, owner of X, formerly Twitter and co-founder and leader of Tesla and SpaceX, is currently the world's richest man, according to Forbes, with a fortune of $225bn.", "Yosef Guedalia has been named as another British-Israeli killed by Hamas in the 7 October attack.\n\nThe 22-year-old soldier was part of an anti-terror unit when he was killed confronting Hamas gunmen at Kibbutz Kfar Aza.\n\nHis brother Asher said he \"literally saved people minutes before he got shot\".\n\nHe added that Yosef had helped evacuate injured civilians before returning to fight Hamas.\n\nAsher said there is a video of Yosef carrying out an injured civilian who is now recovering in hospital.\n\n\"He acted with heroism and determination, he continued to fight and didn't think of himself or hesitate…He went in to rescue as many citizens as possible before they got murdered in their homes and to kill as many terrorists as he could,\" Asher said.\n\nHe added that Yosef was \"always happy, there was no bad in him\", adding he was \"a righteous and good person\".\n\nYosef's mother was born in Manchester, and he was about to celebrate his first wedding anniversary.\n\n\"I'm sure he understood he might not get back to his wife and his family but that's his calling. That's the hero we had for 22 years,\" Asher said.\n\nHis grandfather Isidore Zuckerbrod, whose parents survived the Holocaust, told the PA news agency that Yosef returned to the kibbutz four times while under fire to rescue hostages.\n\nOn his fourth journey, his armoured vehicle was hit by a rocket-propelled grenade and he was shot as he fled, his grandfather said.\n\nIsraeli soldiers shot the men who were dragging Yosef's body away in an effort to use him as a \"dead hostage\", he said. They managed to retrieve his body.\n\n\"Every person who dies is a world in themselves - if you save one life you save the whole world,\" Mr Zuckerbrod said.\n\n\"Yosef's loss to me is the loss of a whole world.\"\n\nYosef Guedalia's brother described him as a \"hero\"\n\nIn a tribute posted on LinkedIn, his father David Guedalia said \"with deep sorrow we mourn the fall of my son\".\n\n\"May his memory be a blessing,\" he said.\n\nMore than 1,400 Israelis were killed when Hamas attacked communities near the Gaza border, while the Israeli military says 203 soldiers and civilians, including women and children, were taken to Gaza as hostages.\n\nAt least 10 British nationals were among those killed in the attacks.\n• None The UK nationals killed in Hamas attacks on Israel", "The video shows people on the train joining in with the pro-Palestine chants of the Tube driver\n\nA Tube driver who appeared to lead a pro-Palestinian chant on a London Underground train has been suspended, Transport for London (TfL) said.\n\nIt happened on Saturday as about 100,000 protesters took part in a pro-Palestinian demonstration.\n\nFootage posted online apparently showed the chant being led over the train's speaker system.\n\nThe words \"free, free\" could be heard and passengers responded \"Palestine\" - a popular chant at protests.\n\nTfL said the driver was suspended while full investigations were under way.\n\nGlynn Barton, TfL's chief operating officer, said: \"We have been urgently and thoroughly investigating the footage appearing to show a Tube driver misusing the PA system and leading chants on a Central line train on Saturday.\n\n\"A driver has now been identified and suspended whilst we continue to fully investigate the incident in line with our policies and procedures.\"\n\nThe chant was criticised by minister for London Paul Scully who said Tube staff should \"focus on the day job\" and warned against stoking tension in the capital.\n\nThe Israeli Embassy said: \"It is deeply troubling to see such intolerance on London's Tubes … public transport should be a place of safety and inclusivity for all.\"\n\nThe central London march in Saturday called for solidarity with Palestinian civilians\n\nListen to the best of BBC Radio London on Sounds and follow BBC London on Facebook, X and Instagram. Send your story ideas to hello.bbclondon@bbc.co.uk", "Members of the Jewish community are holding up posters of missing Israelis\n\nA pro-Israel demonstration has been taking place as part of calls for the safe return of hostages from Gaza.\n\nProtesters in London's Trafalgar Square have held up photos of those missing, with their names being read out from the steps of the National Gallery.\n\nSecurity in the square was high with a significant police presence, a BBC reporter at the scene said.\n\nMany in the crowd chanted \"bring them home\" and clutching signs that say \"release the hostages\".\n\nIt comes a day after pro-Palestine protests took place in cities across the UK.\n\nThe Israel flag has been visible across the event and a minute's silence, as well a group prayer, was following speeches from MPs and leaders of the Jewish community.\n\nThe Israeli flag is prominent among demonstrators\n\nThe president of the Board of Deputies of British Jews, Marie van der Zyl, who has attended, said: \"The world has got to see that these hostages were cruelly and barbarically taken, they have to be released.\n\n\"The world should put pressure on those who can have any influence to release these innocent hostages who have suffered unbearable trauma and torment, let the hostage comes home.\"\n\nAddressing demonstrators, he said: \"There are no words to describe the suffering of families who have seen their relatives butchered in front of them and relatives who live in hope that those who were living peacefully in their homes just two weeks ago and are now in a Hamas dungeon should be freed.\"\n\n'Let Eliya go!' reads one poster\n\nEarlier, grieving families gathered in Trafalgar Square to highlight the children kidnapped by Hamas.\n\nOrganised by four London mothers, the flash installation featured a buggy to represent each of the children missing.\n\nHamas - a proscribed terrorist organisation in the UK, US and European Union - launched a deadly attack against Israeli civilians on 7 October.\n\nMore than 1,400 people were killed when gunmen breached security at the Gaza barrier and raided communities in southern Israel, with survivors reporting widespread atrocities including torture and bodies being burnt. More than 200 people were taken to Gaza as hostages.\n\nOfficials in Hamas-controlled Gaza say more than 4,600 people have been killed over the last two weeks after Israel began retaliatory air strikes.\n\nProtester Nivi, who joined those at the installation, said her children were at a summer camp in Israel with one of the boys who is believed to be one of the hostages.\n\nShe said: \"They were showing pictures of the hostages and my eight-year-old said, 'Mummy, this is Ohad. Ohad was with me at camp'.\n\n\"And he asked me, 'Why is his picture there? And I had to tell him, 'Well he's one of the kids that the bad people took away', it's heartbreaking\".\n\nListen to the best of BBC Radio London on Sounds and follow BBC London on Facebook, X and Instagram. Send your story ideas to hello.bbclondon@bbc.co.uk", "UN agencies say children, women and the elderly \"remain the most vulnerable\" in Gaza\n\nA group of UN agencies have called for a humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza as conditions worsen in the territory.\n\nThe World Food Programme (WFP) and the World Health Organization (WHO) were among five agencies who described the situation in Gaza as \"catastrophic\" in a joint statement.\n\nThe UN's plea for a de-escalation of the conflict comes as Israel warns of intensified strikes on Gaza.\n\nOn Saturday, 20 aid trucks crossed from Egypt for the first time in two weeks.\n\nBut campaigners said the aid that flowed through the Rafah crossing represented a \"drop in the ocean\" of what was needed.\n\nPrior to the war, about 500 aid trucks a day were entering Gaza, said a spokesman from ActionAid Palestine.\n\nA significant proportion of those living in the territory - some 1.2 million people - already relied on aid before the recent conflict erupted, according to the UN.\n\nIsrael began retaliatory air strikes on Gaza after an unprecedented assault on 7 October by Hamas's military wing on Israel. About 1,400 people were killed in that attack - many of whom were in their homes near Gaza or at a music festival in southern Israel.\n\nMore than 4,300 Palestinians have been killed in the last two weeks in Gaza, according to the Hamas-run health ministry.\n\nIsrael is widely expected to launch a ground offensive into the Gaza Strip, but the timing remains unknown. In the meantime, it has put Gaza under siege, cutting off essential supplies.\n\nSaturday's aid delivery included medicines, food, water and coffins, but not fuel.\n\nThe UN agencies highlighted that children, pregnant women and the elderly were the most vulnerable - and that nearly half of the population of the Gaza Strip were children.\n\nThe UN's Development Programme (UNDP), its Population Fund (UNFPA) and its International Children's Emergency Fund (Unicef) put forward the statement alongside the WFP and the WHO.\n\nAs well as calling for a ceasefire, they said \"immediate, unrestricted humanitarian access throughout Gaza\" was necessary to \"allow humanitarian actors to reach civilians in need\".\n\nThey added that \"more than 1.6 million people in Gaza are in critical need of humanitarian aid\".\n\nThe Gaza Strip is a densely-populated enclave bounded by the Mediterranean Sea on one side and fenced off from Israel and Egypt.\n\nHome to 2.2 million people, the region is 41km (25 miles) long and 10km wide.\n\n\"Gaza was a desperate humanitarian situation before the most recent hostilities,\" the UN agencies said. \"It is now catastrophic\".\n\nAlso on Saturday, leaders of the Arab world rejected the forced displacement of Palestinians into the Sinai peninsula.\n\nSpeaking at a summit in Cairo, Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said the only solution was an independent state for Palestinians.\n\nUS Secretary of State Antony Blinken urged Israel and Egypt to allow the Rafah crossing from Egypt to remain open to allow sustained supply of aid.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nIsrael carried out an air strike in Jenin in the northern occupied West Bank on Sunday, saying Hamas was using a mosque as a \"terrorist compound\".\n\nPalestinian Authority (PA) officials said two people died when the Al-Ansar mosque was hit.\n\nAlthough the Israeli military regularly raids targets in the West Bank, it rarely uses air strikes there like it does against Hamas-controlled Gaza.\n\nPictures from the scene showed rubble and significant damage to the building.\n\nThe Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said those killed were from the Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad groups and were organising an \"imminent terror attack\".\n\nIt said the compound they were using was under the mosque and had been in use since July. It released images of what it said were entrances to the compound, alongside images of weapons, computers and security measures pictured at the site.\n\nThe IDF did not confirm whether a plane, helicopter or drone had been used in the Jenin strike on Sunday, but Israeli media reported that it was a fighter jet.\n\nThe reports said that, if confirmed, it would be only the second time in about two decades that a fighter jet had hit a target in the West Bank.\n\nThe Palestinian Authority's health ministry says two other Palestinians were killed by Israeli forces in the West Bank overnight. It brings the total number of Palestinians killed in the West Bank since 7 October to 89.\n\nThe PA governs parts of the West Bank that are not under full Israeli control. President Mahmoud Abbas is the leader of the PA and the Fatah political party.\n\nThe Gaza Strip is run by Fatah's rival Hamas, which carried out deadly attacks on Israeli military posts and kibbutzim near Gaza on 7 October, killing more than 1,400 people and taking more than 200 hostages into Gaza.\n\nIsrael has been carrying out an intensive air bombardment of Gaza ahead of an expected ground offensive there and has vowed to destroy Hamas as an organisation.\n\nThe Hamas-run health ministry in Gaza says 55 more Palestinians in Gaza were killed in Israeli air strikes overnight and that more than 4,300 have been killed in total since 7 October, more than half of them women and children.", "A new collectable coin celebrating The Snowman has been launched by the Royal Mint.\n\nThe design retells Raymond Briggs' classic children's book about James, a young boy who builds a snowman that comes to life.\n\nIt is the first of the Royal Mint's 50p Christmas coins to feature the official coinage portrait of King Charles.\n\nFirst published in 1978, The Snowman has sold more than 5.5 million copies around the world.\n\nThe 2023 coin design is the sixth Snowman edition to be added to the Royal Mint's Christmas series.\n\nRebecca Morgan, director of collector services at the Royal Mint, said: \"Continuing our partnership with award-winning illustrator Robin Shaw, we are excited to release another original festive coin that brings Raymond Briggs's story to life in a new way.\n\n\"This year's edition of The Snowman coin is particularly special, being the first of our Christmas coins with King Charles III's effigy on its obverse.\n\n\"We hope that people love the coin's design and look to collect a piece of British Christmas history.\"\n\nAuthor-illustrator Briggs died last August at the age of 88.\n\nThe Snowman was turned into a Bafta TV award-winning animated TV film in 1982.\n\nIt also received an Oscar nomination for best animated short film.\n\nIt was first broadcast on Boxing Day 1982 and has been shown almost every Christmas since.", "A stream of dead and wounded arrived at al-Aqsa Martyrs hospital on Sunday\n\nWarning: This article contains details that some may find distressing\n\nAt the Al-Aqsa Martyrs hospital in central Gaza, they are running out of material to cover the dead with.\n\nThe bodies are stacked in a courtyard outside, prayers are said, and relatives collapse to the floor wailing in grief.\n\nInside the hospital, doctors battle to patch up the walking wounded and save the gravely injured - but stores of medicine and supplies are dwindling by the day.\n\nA BBC Arabic reporter witnessed a facility overwhelmed with casualties where doctors were racing to finish procedures before moving on to the next patient.\n\nSome of the images which have emerged from the hospital on Sunday are too graphic to share. Children - including at least two babies - are among the dead.\n\n\"We've been here since the crack of dawn and the bodies have completely filled the hospital yard, on top of the bodies which are in refrigerators which are full, inside the hospital building and outside,\" a member of staff said.\n\n\"We don't have enough shrouds for the bodies because the numbers are huge. All bodies are arriving in parts, unattached and in pieces. We can't identify them because the bodies have been disfigured and crushed.\"\n\nHe described the situation as \"unbearable\", adding: \"Despite everything we've witnessed before, these are scenes we've never seen.\"\n\n\"Quick, quick!\" this man called out before a wounded person was rushed from the car into the hospital\n\nSimilar scenes are being played out at hospitals across the territory as the Israel-Gaza war stretches into its third week.\n\nAt the al-Quds hospital in Gaza City's Tel al-Hawa area, bombs struck nearby buildings as a team of 23 doctors and nurses treated more than 500 people, according to a message from a doctor in the hospital sent to the BBC.\n\nPatients and civilians sheltering in the hospital were living in \"a state of terror\", the doctor, who did not want to be identified for his own safety, said in a voice message.\n\nAnd amid a health situation he described as \"catastrophic\", doctors had to decide who to treat first. The rest join the queue.\n\n\"Many of the wounded have been waiting several days for surgery,\" the doctor said. His voice message was passed on by Norwegian doctor and activist Mads Gilbert, of the Norwegian Aid Committee's emergency team.\n\nThe medical staff has been depleted as some have been killed and others can't reach the site. The remaining staff now share their building with 1,200 displaced people who are sheltering there.\n\n\"There are 120 wounded people with various injuries here, 10 patients are in ICU on ventilators, and we have about 400 chronic patients,\" the doctor said.\n\n\"There are about 1,200 displaced citizens here - it is not easy to move such a large number of people so we decided not to evacuate.\"\n\nThe Israeli military has repeated its warning to everyone in the northern Gaza Strip to head south of Wadi Gaza, a strip of wetlands that winds across the territory, for their own safety. Gaza City is to the north of Wadi Gaza, while Deir al-Balah is to the south.\n\nHundreds of thousands of people have fled to southern parts of Gaza, but thousands more remain in their homes in the north.\n\nThe Hamas-controlled health authority in Gaza said dozens of people were killed in another wave of air strikes overnight on Sunday. The Israeli military said it had struck more than 320 targets in the past 24 hours, including tunnels and outposts used by Hamas and its ally, Palestinian Islamic Jihad.\n\nHospitals across Gaza are desperate for supplies. Three small convoys of aid have so far been able to enter Gaza. Prior to the war, about 500 aid trucks a day were entering, a spokesman from ActionAid Palestine said.\n\nDespite some food and medical supplies making it through, no fuel has entered Gaza since the conflict began. Hospitals are relying on fuel-powered generators for their electricity.\n\nThere are six neonatal units in Gaza\n\nOn Sunday Unicef warned that 120 babies in incubators - including 70 premature newborns also on ventilators - are dependent on machines linked up to backup generators which were deployed when Gaza's electricity supply from Israel was switched off.\n\n\"We have currently 120 neonates who are in incubators, out of which we have 70 neonates with mechanical ventilation, and of course this is where we are extremely concerned,\" said Unicef spokesman Jonathan Crickx.\n\nSenior figures in the Israel Defense Forces have claimed Hamas hoards fuel stores for its own use rather than making it available for civilian use.\n\nFikr Shalltoot, Gaza director for charity Medical Aid for Palestinians, said some of the premature babies had been born amid the latest round of fighting.\n\n\"On that ward there is a 32-week-old baby who doctors managed to save after its mother was killed in an air strike,\" she told the BBC. \"The mother and whole family died but the baby was saved.\"\n\nShe says death is certain for the child, and others on the same ward, if the generators stop running.\n\nThe fuel to keep them switched on is in short supply.", "Ms Adlington and husband Andy Parsons had revealed at the start of October they were expecting a baby\n\nFormer professional swimmer Rebecca Adlington has announced she has had a miscarriage.\n\nThe double Olympic gold medallist said she and husband Andy Parsons were given the news during a routine scan at 20 weeks.\n\nAdlington, from Mansfield in Nottinghamshire, shared her heartbreak with her Instagram followers on Sunday.\n\nThe 34-year-old, who has a son and a daughter, had announced her pregnancy on 1 October.\n\nOn Instagram, Adlington wrote: \"I don't really have the words right now but unfortunately we went for our 20-week scan this week and they found no heartbeat.\n\n\"I gave birth to our angel, Harper on Friday at 7pm. We held her, and had time with her. We will forever love her and remember her always.\"\n\nThis Instagram post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Instagram The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip instagram post by beckadlington This article contains content provided by Instagram. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Meta’s Instagram cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nFormer track athletes Dame Jessica Ennis-Hill and Greg Rutherford, ex-hockey player Sam Quek and presenters Angellica Bell and Helen Skelton were among those sending her support.\n\nDame Jessica wrote: \"Oh Becky I'm sending you and your family so much love. I'm so sorry xxxx.\"\n\nRutherford wrote: \"Sending love to you. So sorry to read this Becky xx.\"\n\nIf you have been affected by any of the issues raised in this article you can visit the BBC Action Line for help.\n\nThe news follows a previous miscarriage revealed by Adlington in August 2022.\n\nShe has one son, Albie, with Mr Parsons, who she married two years ago.\n\nA daughter, Summer, was born during her marriage to Harry Needs.\n\nFollow BBC East Midlands on Facebook, on X, or on Instagram. Send your story ideas to eastmidsnews@bbc.co.uk.", "Fourteen British nationals were killed in Hamas's surprise attack on Israel on 7 October, the BBC understands.\n\nA further three are missing, some of whom are feared dead or are being held hostage in Gaza. The UK government has confirmed 12 deaths.\n\nThe stories of those who have lost their lives are still emerging. These are the victims we have learned about so far.\n\nBritish-Israeli soldier Yosef Guedalia was part of an Israel Defense Forces unit sent to confront Hamas gunmen at Kibbutz Kfar Aza.\n\nHis brother Asher said he \"literally saved people minutes before he got shot\" and described him as a \"righteous and good person\".\n\nHe said Yosef had helped to evacuate injured people and was killed after returning to fight the attackers.\n\nThe 22-year-old's mother was born in Manchester. He was due to celebrate his first wedding anniversary.\n\nBritish-Israeli Yonatan Rapoport was murdered in the Hamas attack on kibbutz Be'eri, southern Israel.\n\nThe father-of-two, known to his friends as Yoni, leaves behind children Yosefi and Aluma.\n\nHe was a fan of the Premier League football team Manchester United and was planning to go to Old Trafford - the team's home ground in north-west England - next month for his son's first game there.\n\nLast week, BBC News was shown messages from a WhatsApp group of mothers within Be'eri communicating as Hamas's attack on the kibbutz got under way.\n\nThe father of two - pictured in the middle - was a huge fan of Manchester United\n\nBritish-born Lianne Sharabi was found dead after the Hamas attack on Kibbutz Be'eri, her family told the BBC.\n\nHer two daughters - Noiya, 16, and Yahel, 13 - were missing in the days that followed. It was confirmed on 17 October that Yahel had been killed. Noiya was later confirmed dead by her family.\n\nLianne, who was born and grew up in Staple Hill on the outskirts of Bristol. started a new life in southern Israel after marrying husband Eli. He is still missing.\n\nIn a statement, their British family called Lianne the \"light of our family's life\".\n\nWhen confirming Noiya's death, they said she \"embraced every opportunity to help others, particularly those less fortunate than she, and was a gifted student and linguist.\n\n\"Most importantly, she was an amazing granddaughter, cousin and niece. We are heartbroken she has gone, but forever grateful she was here.\"\n\nYahel, left, Noiya, right, and their mother Lianne\n\nThe 20-year-old attended north London's JFS Jewish School before moving to Israel to serve in the military. Its headteacher said the school's community was \"devastated\" and \"heartbroken\" at the news of the death.\n\nEliot, Mr Young's brother, told the BBC: \"Whenever I saw him, I always gave him a huge hug. And I will miss that smile. That hug and those laughs that we had together.\"\n\nMr Young's funeral, held at Israel's national cemetery Mount Herzl, was interrupted after loud bangs were heard over Jerusalem.\n\nA crowd of more than 1,000 people were forced to run and find cover between gravestones and under trees when air raid sirens started to sound.\n\nNathanel Young studied in London before joining the Israeli armed forces\n\nBernard Cowan, who grew up in Glasgow before settling in Israel with his wife and three children, was killed in the attack.\n\nSammy Stein, chairman of Glasgow Friends of Israel, said Mr Cowan - who was a grandfather - returned to the city often and regularly visited Mr Stein's peace advocacy stall in the city centre.\n\nHe told BBC Scotland that Mr Cowan lived \"metres\" from the Gaza barrier, adding: \"It was quiet, it was peaceful and it was in the country. He loved it.\"\n\nBernard Cowan, of Glasgow, relocated to Israel and lived near Gaza\n\nMr Marlowe was working as a security guard at the Supernova music festival, where 260 people were killed when it was stormed by militants.\n\nThe 26-year-old was reported missing from the event, which took place near the Re'im kibbutz a few miles from the Gaza barrier.\n\nA friend told inews that he was a talented musician and DJ who was \"happy and thriving\" in Israel after relocating in 2021.\n\nHe is a former pupil of north London's JFS Jewish School. When Mr Marlowe was still classed as missing, head teacher David Moody said the school community was praying for him.\n\nJake Marlowe was doing security work at the Supernova festival when the event was attacked\n\nThe family of Daniel Darlington, 34, have said they believe he is among those killed.\n\nMr Darlington was originally from Manchester but had been living in Berlin. The photographer had been visiting friends in Israel and was travelling with a German woman.\n\nHe was educated at Cheadle Hulme School, according to a memorial page.\n\nIn a statement posted on Instagram, his sister referred to him as Danny and \"baby brother\". She said he was killed at the Nir Oz kibbutz alongside a friend.\n\nShe wrote: \"Only days before he was riding his bike, laughing, taking photos of sunsets and enjoying life's simple pleasures.\"\n\nA relative told the BBC that on the morning of 7 October, Mr Darlington was in touch with his family by text message. He was advised to lock the door and get into a shelter - but communications eventually stopped.\n\nThe relative said a body was found in the room he was staying, but that he has still not been formally identified.\n\nThey also said Mr Darlington had spent time in the kibbutz while in his 20s, and travelled back there each year for the Jewish holiday of Sukkot.\n\nMr Darlington had a flight to Berlin booked on the night of the attack, but had stayed longer, the relative said.\n\nDaniel Darlington was killed at a kibbutz stormed by gunmen, his family said\n\nThe sister of Roi, Ayelet Svatitzky, said her brother was killed after Hamas's attack on Israel earlier this month.\n\nRoi, 54, was found shot dead at the back of his home, she told the BBC.\n\n\"I've lost my brother, there's nothing I can do about it. All I can do is bury him,\" Ms Svatitzky said.\n\nHer other brother, 51-year-old Nadav Popplewell, and mother Channah Peri, 79, are some of those being held hostage by the Palestinian militant group.\n\nMs Svatitzky was speaking to her mother on the phone when the gunmen entered her home. She said her mother's neighbours later told her they had seen the militants take her relatives.\n\nRoi, Mr Popplewell and Ms Svatitzky are all British citizens.\n\nRoi was found shot dead at the back of his home, according to his sister", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Inside the Gaza hospital overwhelmed by the injured\n\nSome Palestinians who fled their homes in the north of Gaza are starting to return because of the dire situation in the south, a senior UN official says.\n\nIsrael told 1.1 million residents of Gaza City and other northern areas to leave for their own safety last week.\n\nBut the UN official said they were struggling to find shelter, food and drinking water in the south.\n\nThe Hamas-run health ministry also said hundreds had been killed there in Israeli air strikes over the past day.\n\nThe Israeli military said it had hit hundreds of military targets belonging to Hamas across Gaza, as it stepped up its air campaign ahead of an expected ground offensive.\n\nMore than 5,000 people are now reported to have been killed across the Strip, according to the Hamas-run health ministry, since Israel began its bombardment in response to an unprecedented cross-border attack by Hamas on 7 October, in which at least 1,400 people were killed and 222 taken hostage.\n\nIsrael has also cut off electricity and most water and stopped imports of food and medicine, although it has allowed in several dozen aid lorries through Egypt's Rafah crossing since Saturday.\n\nThe UN estimates that almost two thirds of Gaza's population - 1.4 million people - have fled their homes over the past two weeks either out of fear or because their homes have been destroyed or damaged.\n\nThe BBC's Rushdi Abualouf in Khan Younis says the southern city has been overwhelmed by the influx of between 600,000 and 700,000 displaced people, with many sheltering inside hospitals, clubs and restaurants, or even forced to sleep in the streets.\n\nThe director of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (Unrwa) in Gaza, Thomas White, told the BBC that most displaced people were living off just 1 litre (34 fl oz) of water and one or two small rounds of Arabic bread a day.\n\nThe humanitarian crisis, combined with continued strikes on civilian areas in the south, meant that \"some people are going back to the north\", he said.\n\n\"Essentially, people have left everything in the north - their houses, their businesses, their lives. They've come to the south where they are struggling to find shelter, food is scarce, many people are having to drink unpotable water, so the situation in the south is dire.\"\n\nRiyad Jaabas, a displaced man staying in Khan Younis, told Reuters news agency: \"We were expelled from Gaza City. They said Khan Younis is a safe area, now there is no safe space in all Gaza.\"\n\nOn Saturday, leaflets dropped over Gaza City by the Israeli military warned that anyone who did not move south of the Wadi Gaza river \"might be identified as an accomplice in a terrorist organisation\".\n\nAnd although the UN welcomed the arrival of 34 lorries carrying food, water and medical supplies over the weekend, Mr White warned that hundreds more a day were required to meet Gaza's needs, particularly those carrying fuel.\n\n\"Before the conflict Gaza was receiving about 455 trucks a day, so we've got a long way to go to scale up the logistics operation.\"\n\n\"We have about three days left of fuel inside Gaza,\" he added \"This is something that Israel needs to allow to enter Gaza, otherwise our aid operation will come to a halt. Desalinization plants will start running out of water. Hospitals will start having to shut down their wards.\"\n\nGaza's health ministry warned that the generators at 13 public hospitals were running out of fuel and that they were only running the most essential life-saving services, including incubators helping to keep 130 babies alive.\n\nIsrael is refusing to allow fuel in, saying it could be stolen and exploited by Hamas for military purposes.\n\nAn Israeli defence ministry agency said on Sunday that Hamas had \"a fuel reserve of 1 million litres\". It accused the group of \"refusing to hand [fuel] out to facilities in need\" and using it for \"lighting up their terror tunnels, for rocket launchers, and for their own homes\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: Life in Gaza - From lead singer to being homeless and seeking shelter\n\nOn Monday, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) announced that its forces had struck 320 targets in Gaza over the past day, including \"tunnels containing Hamas terrorists, dozens of operational command centres... military compounds, and observation posts\".\n\n\"Furthermore, the IDF struck targets that posed a threat to forces in the area surrounding the Gaza Strip who are preparing for ground operations, including dozens of mortar shell and anti-tank missile launch posts,\" it added.\n\nOvernight, videos shared on social media showed the blasts of successive Israeli strikes on Gaza lighting up the sky.\n\nThe director of the Al-Quds hospital in Gaza City told the BBC that there were 10 strikes within 100m (330ft) of the facility, where there were 500 patients and another 1,500 people taking shelter.\n\nOn Monday afternoon, Gaza's health ministry said 436 people, including 182 children, had been killed in the past 24 hours, most of them in the south.\n\nThe ministry also announced that the overall death toll in Gaza since Israel began responding to Hamas's cross-border attack had risen to 5,087.\n\nThe figure includes 471 people who the health ministry said were killed by an explosion at al-Ahli Arab hospital in Gaza City. Hamas blamed an Israeli air strike, but the IDF presented evidence that it said showed the blast was the result of a failed rocket launch by Palestinian Islamic Jihad.\n\nOn Monday, the UK government said it had also assessed that the explosion was \"likely caused by a missile or part of one that was launched from within Gaza towards Israel\", echoing the conclusions of the US, France and Canada.\n\nThe IDF says 7,000 rockets have been fired towards Israel by Hamas and other groups in Gaza since 7 October, with 550 failing and landing inside Gaza.", "Several streets in Retford are under an evacuation order as flood waters rise\n\nResidents of some 500 homes in a Nottinghamshire town have been urged to evacuate due to flooding caused by Storm Babet.\n\nNottinghamshire County Council declared a major incident and told people in Retford they were at risk over high water levels along the River Idle.\n\nThe river reached record levels on Sunday, with water still rising.\n\nMore flooding is possible for parts of England until Wednesday due to further rain, the Environment Agency has said.\n\nFive severe flood warnings were lifted on Sunday evening - two were for the River Idle in the East Midlands and three were for the River Derwent in Derby.\n\nBut areas along the River Severn, Britain's largest river, will be affected in the coming days, and the agency is warning that widespread flooding is probable in parts of the Midlands and the North of England.\n\nRetford resident Brendan Hunt was forced to evacuated his home and fears the damage to his property from flooding \"could be endless\".\n\n\"[The water] is still right up to the threshold of the front door,\" he told the PA News Agency.\n\nHe said that he was at home moving as many of his possessions as possible upstairs until the early hours of Sunday, adding that he believes he will have to replace all of his downstairs flooring if the water gets in.\n\nResidents in up to 500 homes have been asked to leave their homes there\n\nRain is forecast to ease in the UK on Sunday, but there are still danger to life warnings in place\n\nWater levels in the River Idle are expected to peak at 20:00 BST on Sunday.\n\nA temporary shelter has been set up at Retford Leisure Centre to help residents affected by the \"unprecedented\" situation, Nottinghamshire County Council said.\n\nThere were also record-breaking water levels in the River Derwent nearby in Derbyshire this weekend, with authorities warning that cleaning up after the floods could take days.\n\nMeanwhile, a woman in her 80s, named by her son as Maureen Gilbert, has died in Chesterfield after her home was flooded.\n\nPaul Gilbert said emergency services had tried to rescue Mrs Gilbert on Friday but were unable to enter the property. Mr Gilbert found his mother in the water the following morning.\n\nDerbyshire Police said the cause of her death remained uncertain but investigations were continuing.\n\nFlooding is 'probable' on some larger rivers including the Severn, Ouse and Trent through to Tuesday, the Environment Agency says\n\nSerious damage has been caused in the Marykirk area, where a man was reported missing\n\nThe Environment Agency has warned flooding along major rivers in England could continue for days due to further heavy rain.\n\nParts of Yorkshire and the Humber and the East Midlands may see more flooding on Monday, the agency said.\n\nKatharine Smith, flood duty manager at the Environment Agency, said teams are on the ground helping local communities.\n\n\"Temporary defences, including pumps and barriers, have been deployed to minimise the impact of flooding where needed,\" she said.\n\n\"Flood gates have also been closed in affected areas. We also advise people to stay away from swollen rivers and urge people not to drive through flood water as just 30cm of flowing water is enough to move your car.\"\n\nEmergency services helping people to evacuate their homes in Brechin, Angus, on Saturday\n\nRoads and bridges across Scotland have been badly damaged - including here near Dundee\n\nBBC Weather forecaster Gemma Plumb said: \"There were a number of places in north and east England, and in Scotland, that saw at least a month's worth of rain in a few days as a result of Storm Babet, with one or two places seeing closer to twice the average monthly rainfall - one of which was Wattisham in Suffolk.\"\n\nBut Met Office spokesman Dave Britton said those worst affected by the flooding could see \"a couple of quieter days\".\n\nHe added there were no Met Office weather warnings in force for the remainder of the week, except for one on ice in Scotland on Sunday night.\n\n\"There is this pulse of rain moving its way north overnight later on Monday and into Tuesday, but the rest of the week does look like it remains rather unsettled with spells of rain at times\", Mr Britton continued.\n\nExperts say climate change makes extreme flooding events more likely because a warming atmosphere increases the chance of intense rainfall.\n\nHowever, many factors contribute to flooding and it takes time for scientists to calculate how much impact climate change has had on particular weather events - if any.\n\nThe world has already warmed by about 1.1C since the industrial era began and temperatures will keep rising unless governments around the world make steep cuts to emissions.\n\nHave you evacuated from your home due to the floods? Share your experiences, email haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.\n\nFind out the weather forecast for your area, with an hourly breakdown and a 14-day lookahead, by downloading the BBC Weather app: Apple - Android - Amazon\n\nThe BBC Weather app is only available to download in the UK.", "Relationships, Sex and Health Education is compulsory in all schools\n\nEducation Secretary Gillian Keegan has told English schools that parents have a right to view the sex education material which is being taught.\n\nParents can take home material if they are unable to attend a presentation in school or access a parent portal.\n\nIt comes as the government is due to launch a public consultation into the Relationship, Sex and Health Education (RSHE) curriculum.\n\nThe subject has been compulsory in schools since September 2020.\n\nIn primary schools, pupils must be taught \"key building blocks of healthy, respectful relationships\" as part of the national curriculum.\n\nPupils at secondary schools \"should be taught the facts and the law about sex, sexuality, sexual health and gender identity in an age-appropriate and inclusive way\", according to official guidelines.\n\nSchools are allowed to invite external agencies to teach classes on these subjects, if safeguarding rules are followed. But guidance states external groups \"should enhance and not replace\" teaching by school staff.\n\nIn her letter, Ms Keegan said she wanted to \"debunk the copyright myth that parents cannot see what their children are being taught\".\n\nTanya Carter, of the Safe Schools Alliance, said the directive is \"too little too late\".\n\nCalling for a public inquiry into how RSHE has been taught in schools, Ms Carter said it is \"yet another letter which activist teachers will feel free to ignore\".\n\nGeoff Barton, of the Association of School and College Leaders, said clarification over copyright law is helpful and agreed that transparency on RSHE materials is key, pointing out schools generally share that information on request.\n\nGillian Keegan also penned an open letter to parents assuring them that copyright will be no barrier to viewing RSHE materials\n\nMr Barton also said that sending the letter while many schools are on their half-term break \"is slightly odd\".\n\n\"Unfortunately, there has been no prior discussion ahead of this letter. If the government had spoken to the sector in advance of this statement, we might have been able to resolve the practical difficulties it raises.\"\n\nLucy Emmerson, chief executive of the Sex Education Forum, said it has championed \"meaningful engagement between schools and parents\" and believes parents are largely supportive of RSHE lessons.\n\n\"Regular communication between school and home helps parents anticipate what is being covered. When schools and parents work together, the benefits of RSHE are greatest.\"\n\nShe added: \"We want everyone involved in the delivery of RSHE to have confidence in these lessons.\"\n\nParents of pupils at Sacred Heart R.C. Primary school in Bolton said they appreciate the openness and transparency teachers have with them.\n\nCarly said she has full confidence in the school teaching RSE, adding that it's all based on fact.", "There are five candidates vying for the presidency but the three polls suggest have the best chances are Sergio Massa, Patricia Bullrich and Javier Milei\n\nArgentines have been choosing a new president in an election rocked by the emergence as front-runner of anti-establishment populist and self-styled \"libertarian\" Javier Milei.\n\nMr Milei is an outspoken right-wing economist whose \"shock-jock\" style and aggressive social media campaigning have appealed to younger voters.\n\nHis victory in the primary has put his two main rivals on the defensive.\n\nPolls closed at 18:00 local time (21:00 GMT) and results are not expected before 22:00 in Buenos Aires.\n\nLatin America's third-largest economy is suffering from triple-digit inflation and a devalued currency that has left 40% living below the poverty line.\n\nArgentina remains the world's single biggest debtor to the International Monetary Fund (IMF), owing $46bn (£38bn).\n\nTraditionally, elections here have been dominated by the left-wing Peronist movement - whose candidate is the current economy minister Sergio Massa - and its centre-right opposition, which has chosen former security minister, Patricia Bullrich.\n\nPatricia Bullrich, former security minister, greets supporters after voting in Sunday's general elections\n\nHowever, the campaign has been turned on its head by the success of Javier Milei in the primaries in August.\n\nMr Milei beat Ms Bullrich and Mr Massa into second and third place and remained ahead in polls ahead of Sunday's election.\n\nTwo other candidates, Myriam Bregman and Juan Schiaretti, lag behind the top three.\n\nMr Milei has drawn fire from Mr Massa and Ms Bullrich with his statements declaring deep aversion to \"communists\", and even to Pope Francis.\n\nHe proposes to reduce inflation by eliminating Argentina's central bank, ditching the Argentine peso, which he calls \"excrement\", and using the US dollar instead.\n\nAt campaign rallies, the 52-year-old has waved giant replica dollar bills to promote his plan, and also brandished a chainsaw, symbolising his intentions to slash what he says is a bloated government bureaucracy serving a \"parasitic political caste\".\n\nJavier Milei brandishes a chainsaw to symbolise his willingness to slash bureaucracy\n\nWith yells of \"Viva La Libertad, carajo!\" (Long Live Freedom, damn it!) he has vowed to cut back the size of government by closing the ministries of sport, culture and women. He would also merge the health and education portfolios.\n\nMeanwhile, 51-year-old Mr Massa has sought to defend the Peronist movement's social and labour credentials.\n\nHe says austerity measures passed by his government are the result of the IMF debt run up by the previous centre-right administration.\n\nSergio Massa is trying to convince voters to put their trust in him despite his government's poor economic performance\n\nMs Bullrich, 67, has proposed a dual currency system that would combine both the peso and dollar in the economy, unifying the exchange rate and relaxing restrictions on the dollar.\n\nPresenting herself as tough on crime, the former security minister dubbed by some as Argentina's \"Iron Lady\", has promised to restore \"order\" to the country, which in August experienced a wave of mass lootings of shops and has also seen an increase in drug-trafficking violence in some cities.\n\nShe has accused Mr Milei of \"emotional instability\" and told Mr Massa to \"explain to Argentines how, being the worst minister of the economy, you can be the best president\".\n\nPolls before Sunday's vote suggested the presidential race was likely to go to a run-off on 19 November.\n\nIn order to win outright in the first round, a candidate would have to secure more than 45% of votes, or 40% plus a margin of 10 percentage points over the closest rival.\n\nThat is unlikely, although not impossible, with five candidates in the running.\n\nBesides choosing a new president and vice-president for a four-year term, Argentine voters have also been electing 130 new representatives for the lower house of Congress, which has 257 members, and 24 new senators for the 72-member upper house.", "CCTV footage released by authorities shows a girl being pulled unconscious from the metro train\n\nA teenage Iranian girl who fell into a coma after an alleged altercation with morality police is now considered to be \"brain dead\", state media say.\n\nActivists accused morality police of assaulting her for not wearing a hijab, but authorities insisted she fainted.\n\nThere was no immediate confirmation of Armita's condition from her parents or activists.\n\nThe teenager is being treated at Tehran's Fajr hospital under tight security.\n\nMany Iranians have drawn parallels with the case of Mahsa Amini, a young woman who died in custody in September 2022 after being detained by morality police in Tehran for allegedly wearing her hijab \"improperly\".\n\nWitnesses said she was beaten by officers, but authorities attributed her death to pre-existing medical conditions.\n\nAnti-government protests, which are still taking place, erupted across the country when Amini died after three days in a coma. Hundreds of people have been killed and thousands detained in a violent crackdown by security forces.\n\nCCTV footage released by Iranian authorities shows Armita Geravand, with her hair uncovered, boarding a train at Tehran's Shohada station with two other girls. Moments later, one of the girls backs out of the train and bends down.\n\nShe and several other passengers are then seen carrying an unconscious Armita by her arms and legs before laying her down on the platform.\n\nNo footage from inside the train or the entrance to the station was released.\n\nHuman rights group Hengaw, which focuses on Iran's Kurdish ethnic minority, alleged that Armita was \"physically attacked by authorities... for what they perceived as non-compliance with the compulsory 'hijab'\". \"As a result,\" it added, \"she sustained severe injuries.\"\n\nHowever, the managing director of the Tehran metro denied that there was \"any verbal or physical conflict\" between Armita and \"passengers or metro executives\".\n\nHengaw later posted on social media what it said was a photo of Armita unconscious in hospital. The picture showed a girl lying on her back in a bed with a bandaged head and attached to what appeared to be a breathing tube.\n\nOn Sunday, state broadcaster IRINN reported that \"follow-ups on the latest health condition of Armita Geravand indicate that her health condition as brain dead seems certain despite the efforts of the medical staff\".\n\nEight days ago, Hengaw had said the teenager remained in a coma and that her condition showed no signs of improvement.\n\nIn a separate development on Sunday, a Revolutionary Court handed lengthy prison terms to two female journalists who reported on Mahsa Amini's death last year.\n\nNiloufar Hamedi and Elaheh Mohammadi were sentenced to seven years and six years in prison respectively after being convicted of \"collaborating with the hostile American government\" and \"colluding against national security\", state news agency Irna said.\n\nThe women denied the charges and insisted that they were just doing their jobs.\n\nMs Hamedi, a journalist with the Sharq newspaper, photographed Mahsa Amini's father and grandmother hugging each other in hospital after learning of her death. She posted it on Twitter with the caption: \"The black dress of mourning has become our national flag.\"\n\nMs Mohammadi, a reporter with the Hammihan newspaper, published a story about Ms Amini's funeral in her hometown of Saqqez. She described how hundreds of mourners cried out \"Woman, life, freedom\", which became one of the main slogans of the protests.\n\nSign up for our morning newsletter and get BBC News in your inbox.", "Last updated on .From the section Rugby Union\n\nWorld Rugby has confirmed it will formally review the alleged use of a racial slur by South Africa hooker Bongi Mbonambi towards England's Tom Curry.\n\nCurry approached referee Ben O'Keeffe to report the comment half an hour into the Springboks' Rugby World Cup semi-final victory.\n\nIf banned, Mbonambi could miss the final against New Zealand on Saturday.\n\nWorld Rugby said it will take the allegation \"extremely seriously\".\n\nThe governing body confirmed it will make no further comment on the incident until the conclusion of its review process.\n\nEngland flanker Curry was asked after the match whether something untoward had been said to him by Mbonambi.\n\n\"Yeah,\" he replied, before adding that \"it does not need to be talked about\".\n• None The history and rivalry of New Zealand v South Africa\n\nIt appeared that Mbonambi refused to shake Curry's hand as the acrimony between the two sides continued following the final whistle.\n\nSouth Africa scrum coach Daan Human refused to comment on the specific incident at a media conference on Monday.\n\nAsked about Mbonambi, Human said: \"Bongi has been part of this group for the last six years. He's a very, very important piece of our puzzle.\n\n\"He's a very, very humble guy, is down to earth and is a hard worker. He's a very calm guy, a well spoken guy.\n\n\"He's a great character and is definitely a guy I would love to have in my team, in our team. That's it. What I can say about him, he's a great guy.\"\n\nTeams are given up to 36 hours after the culmination of matches to refer incidents to the citing commissioner.\n\nMbonambi, 32, is the only specialist hooker in the South Africa squad, with the team's management having opted to replace the injured Malcolm Marx with fly-half Handre Pollard earlier in the tournament.\n\nSA Rugby - the South African rugby union - had already started its own investigation into Curry's claim.\n\n\"We are aware of the allegation, which we take very seriously, and are reviewing the available evidence,\" it said.\n\n\"We will engage with Bongi if anything is found to substantiate the claim.\"\n\nAt New Zealand's media conference on Monday, All Blacks defence coach Scott McLeod said: \"It is something World Rugby will deal with. If anything came of it, it would be a massive dent for them. He is a leader of their team.\n\n\"When Siya [Kolisi, South Africa captain] goes off, he becomes the captain so I imagine it would impact them.\"", "Increased melting of West Antarctica's ice shelves is \"unavoidable\" in the coming decades, a new study has warned.\n\nThese floating tongues of ice extend from the main ice sheet into the ocean, and play a key role in holding back the glaciers behind.\n\nBut as ice shelves melt, it can mean that the ice behind speeds up, releasing more into the oceans.\n\nThe study's findings suggest that future sea-level rise may be greater than previously assumed.\n\n\"Our findings seem to increase the likelihood that [current] estimates [of sea-level rise] will be exceeded,\" Dr Kaitlin Naughten of the British Antarctic Survey (BAS), the report's lead author, told the BBC.\n\nIn 2021, the UN's climate body, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), released its latest estimates of future sea-level rise.\n\nIt projected global average sea-level rise of between 0.28m and 1.01m by 2100 - one key reason being the melting of glaciers and ice sheets.\n\nSea-level rises of around a metre may not sound much, but even these increases would put hundreds of millions of people worldwide at risk of coastal flooding.\n\nThe West Antarctic Ice Sheet is considered highly vulnerable to rising temperatures, especially Thwaites Glacier\n\nHowever, the IPCC also noted that higher rises were possible due to \"ice-sheet-related processes that are characterised by deep uncertainty\" that were not directly included in its estimates.\n\nOne of these key uncertainties is how the ice sheet interacts with the oceans.\n\nThis latest study, published in the journal Nature Climate Change, is the first to directly simulate how ocean warming will affect Antarctic ice shelves in response to different levels of greenhouse gas emissions. These are the gases produced when fossil fuels are burned - the main contributor to human-induced climate change.\n\nAmundsen Sea, off the coast of West Antarctica, will warm roughly three times faster than the historical rate through the rest of this century, the study finds. This will lead to much more rapid melting of ice shelves.\n\nConcerningly, this will still happen even if humanity takes strong steps to slow warming, the study suggests. But this is not a reason to avoid moving away from fossil fuels, Dr Naughten stresses.\n\n\"What we do now will help to slow the rate of sea-level rise in the long term,\" she explains.\n\nThe authors caution that further work is needed to increase confidence in its conclusions, but the findings are significant because of how ice shelf melting affects the rest of West Antarctica.\n\nThe Antarctic ice sheet contains enough ice to raise global sea-levels by about 58m (190ft) if it melted entirely.\n\nMost is held in East Antarctica, which has been relatively stable in recent years and is not expected to collapse in the near future.\n\nBut a sizeable portion - enough to raise sea-levels by around 5m (16ft) - is held in West Antarctica, which is considered less stable and has been losing mass in recent decades.\n\nIce grounded on the bedrock of the Antarctic continent generally flows towards the oceans. In many places, these grounded glaciers extend on to the ocean surface, where the ice floats. These are ice shelves.\n\nThey play a crucial role in holding back the mass of ice behind. But the melting of ice shelves by warm ocean waters reduces this effect. This can cause the glaciers behind to accelerate.\n\nAs it does so, more ice may enter the ocean through melting, or break off to form icebergs.\n\nWhat's more, unlike most of East Antarctica, much of the West Antarctic continent sits below sea-level. This means that glaciers may retreat into deeper and deeper waters, accelerating the loss of ice.\n\nThis is the concern with Thwaites Glacier that flows into the Amundsen Sea. Thwaites, sometimes referred to as the \"doomsday glacier\" because it would raise global sea-levels by around 65cm (25in) if it collapsed entirely, is highly vulnerable to warming.\n\nIts grounding line - the point where ice loses contact with the bedrock and starts to float - is already retreating by more than 1km per year in some places.\n\nFloating ice shelves act as a brake on the flowing ice behind them\n\n\"This study worsens the outlook for Thwaites Glacier, as we simulate rapidly increasing melting beneath its connected ice shelf,\" Dr Naughten told the BBC.\n\nThe processes triggered by faster ice shelf melting \"could lead to the collapse of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet\", the authors suggest.\n\nHowever, other factors will also affect how the ice sheet responds to warming, and therefore how quickly sea-levels rise, such as snowfall, surface ice melting and the speed of glacier flow. These were not directly considered in this latest study.\n\nIt is well-established that sea-levels will continue to rise in the coming decades and centuries.\n\nThis is because ice sheets take a long time to fully adjust to changes to the rapid warming of recent years, with further temperature rises to come.\n\nBut this latest study adds weight to the idea that sea-levels may rise faster than previously assumed as a result of increased ice shelf melt, to which societies worldwide will have to adapt.\n\n\"It looks like we've lost control of melting of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet,\" concludes Dr Naughten.\n\n\"This is a sobering piece of research,\" agrees Alberto Naveira Garabato, a professor in physical oceanography at the University of Southampton who was not involved in the latest work.\n\nBut researchers emphasise this is not a reason to give up.\n\nSteps taken to slow the loss of ice, through cutting greenhouse gas emissions, could be crucial in giving societies time to prepare for and adapt to rising seas.\n\n\"It should serve as a wake up call,\" Prof Naveira Garabato explains.\n\n\"We can still save the rest of the Antarctic Ice Sheet, containing about 10 times as many metres of sea-level rise, if we learn from our past inaction and start reducing greenhouse gas emissions now.\"", "Katrín Jakobsdóttir is refusing to work in protest at the gender pay gap and gender-based violence.\n\nTens of thousands of women in Iceland, including Prime Minister Katrín Jakobsdóttir, are refusing to work on Tuesday.\n\nThe \"kvennafrí\", or women's day off, has been called in protest at the gender pay gap and gender-based violence.\n\nFields in which women form the majority of workers, such as healthcare and education, are especially affected.\n\nThe planned walkout marks the first full-day women's strike since 1975.\n\nWomen and non-binary people have been urged to refuse paid and unpaid work on Tuesday, including household chores.\n\nSome preschools and primary schools are closed, while some others that remain open are offering reduced services. Some museums, city libraries and zoos are also affected.\n\n\"I will not work this day, as I expect all the women [in cabinet] will do as well,\" Iceland's prime minister told the mbl.is website ahead of the protest.\n\nKatrín Jakobsdóttir said her government was looking into how female-dominated professions are valued, in comparison to fields traditionally dominated by men.\n\nAccording to the Icelandic Teachers' Union, women make up the majority of teachers at every level of the educational system, including 94% of kindergarten teachers.\n\nAround 80% of workers at the National University Hospital of Iceland, the biggest in the country, are women.\n\nSpeaking to BBC Newshour, strike organiser Kristín Ástgeirsdóttir said violence against women remains a problem in Iceland despite high levels of gender equality.\n\n\"The theory was that the more gender equality, the less violence. That unfortunately does not seem to be the case,\" she said, adding: \"Violence against women is deeply rooted in our culture.\"\n\nIceland has been ranked the best country in the world for gender equality by the World Economic Forum (WEF) for 14 years in a row. But the country is not completely equal, with the WEF assigning it an overall score of 91.2%.\n\n\"We're seeking to bring attention to the fact that we're called an equality paradise, but there are still gender disparities and urgent need for action,\" said Freyja Steingrimsdottir, one of the strike organisers, in quotes cited by Reuters news agency.\n\nThe volcanic island, which is one of the most sparsely-populated countries, ranks 14th in the world for economic participation, below countries including Liberia, Jamaica and Norway.\n\nAround 90% of Iceland's female workforce went on strike in 1975, seeking to highlight the importance of women to the economy. The strike prompted the country's parliament to pass an equal pay law the following year.\n\nFormer Icelandic president Vigdís Finnbogadóttir told the BBC in 2015 that the 1975 strike was \"the first step for women's emancipation in Iceland,\" which paved the way for her to become the first woman to be democratically elected head of state in the world in 1980.\n• None The day Iceland's women went on strike", "Absences could be linked to mental health issues and long-term effects of lockdowns during the pandemic\n\nSchool attendances in Northern Ireland over the past two years have been the worst on record.\n\nIn both the 2021/22 and 2022/23 school years, about 30% of pupils had absence rates classed at \"chronic\" or \"severe chronic\".\n\nThat is according to figures provided by the Department of Education (DE).\n\nThe rate of persistent absence among pupils in Northern Ireland is also significantly higher than in England or Wales.\n\nThere are likely to be a range of reasons for the high absence rates, including:\n\nSome principals have also identified more pupils with emotionally-based school avoidance, which is linked to mental health and wellbeing.\n\nThe number of primary school pupils being withdrawn from schools for family holidays during term time has also risen to high levels.\n\nKevin McArevey, principal of Holy Cross Boys' Primary School in north Belfast, said he did not agree with taking children out of school for holidays.\n\n\"The link between attendance and academic success is undeniable,\" he told BBC NI's Good Morning Ulster programme.\n\n\"What parents need to understand is that when their child is not here, the rest of the class is surging ahead.\"\n\nThe DE classes chronic absence as a pupil being absent for between 10% and 20% of days during a school year - from 19 to 38 days.\n\nSevere chronic absence is when a pupil missed more than 20% of days in a school year - more than 38 days.\n\nIn 2021/22 almost 100,000 pupils had absence rates that were classed as chronic or severe chronic, which is about a third of all pupils.\n\nThat absence rate fell during 2022/23 but almost 30% of pupils still had absence rates classed as chronic or severe chronic.\n\nThe absence rates are \"clearly a concern\", Claire McClelland, from the Department of Education, told BBC News NI.\n\n\"Over the past number of years we have seen a number of challenges, particularly post-Covid, around attendance,\" she said.\n\n\"10% absence equates to 19 days of school, or every other Friday for a whole school year.\"\n\nClaire McClelland said parents need to take school absence seriously.\n\nMs McClelland, who is the department's director of raising aspiration, supporting learning and empowering improvement, said there were a range reasons for high absence rates.\n\n\"Perhaps we've had quite a long period of time where we've had lockdown, we've had remote learning - and that importance of attending school, perhaps there's some complacency around that.\"\n\nShe added a number of children and young people find it difficult to attend school due to emotional health and wellbeing issues, amongst others, which makes it difficult to pinpoint individual cases.\n\nMs McClelland said pupils' level of achievement is impacted by a lack of attendance and it affects their social and emotional connections, such as how they make friends.\n\n\"We need parents and communities to take this seriously and recognise the importance of attending school,\" she added.\n\nDespite the figures, a number of schemes for schools to provide pupils with counselling or help those struggling after the pandemic have been cut.\n\nIn addition, more than 200,000 school days in 2022/23 were missed by primary school pupils withdrawn from class for family holidays that were not agreed with the school.\n\nMs McClelland said that was 27% more days missed for that reason since 2018.\n\n\"I recognise that in terms of the cost of living it is expensive to go on holiday outside term time,\" she said.\n\n\"But what I would say to parents is that we'd really discourage going out of school during term time unless it's absolutely necessary.\"\n\nIn England, parents can be fined £60 or more if their child is persistently absent from school, but that is not the case in Northern Ireland.\n\nHowever, some experts have said that fining parents does not work and can make the problem worse.", "Armed police and a dog unit were sent to Villa Road after two people were attacked\n\nA boy has suffered life-changing injuries in a dog attack, police have said.\n\nGreater Manchester Police (GMP) said the 12-year-old was hurt on Villa Road, Oldham, at about 11:30 BST on Sunday.\n\nThe force said a woman, aged 31, was also attacked but her injuries were not thought to be as serious.\n\nA 43-year-old woman has been arrested on suspicion of possessing a dangerously out of control dog.\n\nA GMP representative said the animal was \"safely detained\" after armed police and a dog unit were sent to the scene.\n\nThey said the breed of the dog had not yet been established.\n\nWhy not follow BBC North West on Facebook, X and Instagram? You can also send story ideas to northwest.newsonline@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Left-wing candidate Sergio Massa has been the economy minister during Argentina's major financial crisis\n\nArgentina's economy minister Sergio Massa has defied expectations by winning more than 36% of the vote in Sunday's presidential election, putting him on course for a run-off contest with far-right candidate Javier Milei.\n\nMr Massa's lead was a surprise as many had believed voters would punish him for presiding over a financial crisis.\n\nWith almost all ballots counted, no candidate had received the necessary 45% of votes needed to win outright.\n\nThere will therefore be a second round on 19 November in which voters will have to choose between Mr Massa, from the left-wing Peronist movement, and Mr Milei, a far-right libertarian.\n\nMr Milei, who had come first in the primaries in August, was relegated to second place with 30% of the votes.\n\nPatricia Bullrich, a conservative former security minister, came third with 23.8%.\n\nFar-right candidate Javier Milei (right) had led polls ahead of Sunday's elections, but voters showed stronger support for his left-wing opponent Sergio Massa (left)\n\nFollowing the result, Ms Bullrich turned on the first-placed Sergio Massa saying that \"I will not congratulate someone who has been part of the worst government in Argentina's history\".\n\nThe two other candidates in the election, Juan Schiaretti and Myriam Bregman, were left far behind with 6.8% and 2.7% respectively.\n\nSome of Mr Massa's supporters took to the streets of Buenos Aires to celebrate following his unexpected win.\n\n\"What Massa showed was that he was the only candidate that has a serious project for the country,\" Luis Esquivel told the BBC.\n\n\"He led a great campaign and the results show that,\" explained 27-year-old Juliana Agrofoglio. She added that voters had come together to \"confront the fear\" she said Mr Milei had inspired.\n\nMr Milei's proposals, such as scrapping the central bank and replacing the Argentine peso with the US dollar, appealed to voters looking for a radical approach to reverse Argentina's economic slump.\n\nHe has also promised to slash ministries and cut government bureaucracy, loosen gun laws and restrict access to abortion.\n\nMr Milei told his supporters that they had witnessed \"the most important election in the last 100 years\", adding that Sunday's vote was \"historic\" because \"Argentines voted for a change\".\n\nBenjamin Gedan, director of the Argentina Project at the Washington-based Wilson Center think tank, said that while many Argentines were keen on radical change, \"a lot of Argentines have a lot to lose from the dismantling of the social welfare state\" which Mr Milei proposes.\n\n\"If Milei is at rallies wielding a chainsaw, well, at the other end of that chainsaw is people's quality of life,\" Mr Gedan told AFP news agency.\n\nMr Massa meanwhile focused much of his campaign on defending the current government's credentials.\n\n\"Our country is in a complicated situation (...) nevertheless you believed we were the best tool to build a new step in Argentina's history,\" he told his supporters in Buenos Aires.\n\nThe 51-year-old insisted that austerity measures passed by his government were the result of the IMF debt run up by the previous centre-right administration.\n\nWith two such polar opposites running against each other, divisions are likely to deepen in the four weeks to the run-off, at what is already a very difficult time for Argentina's economy.\n\nWhoever wins the run-off will have a huge job on their hands: to win over a country fed up with politics, which is filled with people desperate for their lives to improve.", "An explosion at the Al-Ahli Arab hospital in Gaza on Tuesday evening is feared to have killed hundreds of people.\n\nIt is still unclear exactly what happened. BBC Verify’s Merlyn Thomas examines the video we’ve been able to verify to unpick what we know so far.", "Giles Turner, from Sussex, is paying for abiraterone privately at a cost of £250 per month\n\nThousands of patients in England and Northern Ireland are missing out on a life-extending prostate cancer drug that is more widely available on the NHS in Scotland and Wales, say experts.\n\nCharity Prostate Cancer UK said it was \"unacceptable\" that men in parts of the UK were facing a postcode lottery.\n\nAlthough not a cure, abiraterone can help stop prostate cancer spreading to other parts of the body.\n\nNHS England said it would review the drug's use for more men next year.\n\nIn England and Northern Ireland, the drug is only approved for men with very advanced prostate cancer which has spread to other parts of the body.\n\nLast year, the Stampede trial showed that abiraterone could benefit a larger group of men with earlier stage tumours that hadn't yet started to spread. It works by lowering testosterone production in the body which can fuel some cancer cell growth.\n\nThe study showed it could halve the risk of the cancer spreading and significantly reduce the chance of death six years on from diagnosis in that group.\n\nProstate Cancer UK believes at least 5,000 out of 52,000 newly diagnosed prostate patients in England each year could benefit from the hormone therapy if it was offered to more men.\n\nGiles Turner, a retired banker who lives in Sussex, was diagnosed with a type of high-risk prostate cancer which hadn't spread in March 2023 - but was not given abiraterone.\n\nHis consultant told him it was not available through the NHS in England for patients with his type of prostate cancer, although he could pay for it privately at a cost of £250 per month.\n\n\"I feel very fortunate that I can afford it. I think it's outrageous there are men in England who aren't getting this because they can't afford it,\" he said.\n\n\"It's not about cost. No-one seems to be disputing the science - it seems that it's just a bureaucratic process which is kind of unbelievable.\"\n\nA recent trial showed that abiraterone could benefit a larger group of men with earlier stage tumours\n\nThe Scottish and Welsh governments have stepped in to make the drug available on the NHS in those nations.\n\nIn January 2023, NHS Scotland decided to begin offering it to more men - those with cancer that has not visibly spread but is at high risk of spreading elsewhere in the body, also known as non-metastatic disease.\n\nThe Welsh Government has also said abiraterone can be used for that group of patients, with the guidance to be kept under review.\n\nThe drug recently went off patent and became \"generic\", meaning any pharmaceutical company could make and sell it if it wanted to, which has driven the price tag down.\n\nProf Nick James, an expert in prostate cancer at the Institute of Cancer Research - the centre that first developed the drug - wants the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) and NHS England to extend the availability of abiraterone.\n\nBut NICE, and the medical regulator the MHRA, need a detailed and time-consuming application for a drug's usage to be extended.\n\nSince abiraterone is now generic, there is limited incentive for companies to seek approval for it to be prescribed for a wider group of patients, Prof James says.\n\n\"It's in a grey area - it's classed as repurposing a drug - and it happens rather slowly,\" he explained.\n\n\"It's very frustrating because this treatment is in standard guidelines in most of mainland Europe and the US, and patients here are very aware of that.\"\n\nProf James says it's \"very distressing\" for patients. \"They could have an option but have to pay out of their pocket - the drug is really quite affordable, particularly given what you save further down the line.\"\n\nAmy Rylance, from Prostate Cancer UK, said: \"In parts of the UK, systems have been set up so that when drugs come off patent they can be quickly and safely appraised for use on the NHS.\n\n\"We would like to see this option available in every part of the country, so that no man is unfairly disadvantaged.\"\n\nThe charity is also calling for another group of 5,000 patients with more advanced prostate cancer who are not currently eligible for abiraterone in England to be offered the drug too.\n\nIn a statement, NICE - the body in charge of health guidance in England - said: \"The use [of abiraterone] in the non-metastatic setting is considered to be off-label.\"\n\nIt said it is only allowed to look at the purpose the drug is licensed for and so cannot evaluate the drug's cost-effectiveness for anything else.\n\nA spokesperson from the Department of Health and Social Care said they understood \"the frustration of some patients in England\" who cannot access the medicine.\n\nNHS England is set to review its wider use next year.\n• None Drug has given me 11 years, cancer patient says\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Dwayne Johnson says he wants the museum to update his wax figure's skin colour\n\nDwayne Johnson has said he will contact a gallery in Paris after a wax model of him appeared to present the actor with a lighter skin tone.\n\nFans pointed out the figure's skin tone was incorrect, after it was unveiled at the Grevin Museum last week.\n\nThe Rock shared a video from comedian James Andre Jefferson Jr asking if the wax artist had even Googled him.\n\nHe then called on the museum to \"update my wax figure with some important details, starting with my skin colour\".\n\n\"For the record, I'm going to have my team reach out to our friends at Grevin Museum,\" The Rock said on Instagram.\n\n\"And next time I'm in Paris, I'll stop in and have a drink with myself,\" he added.\n\nThe Rock is one of Hollywood's highest paid actors\n\nThe Rock was born in California to a black Nova Scotian father and Samoan mother.\n\nHis dad, Wayde Douglas Bowles, was also a wrestler - known as Rocky Johnson - and was part of the first black tag team to win a WWE championship.\n\nThe museum unveiled the wax figure in Paris on 16 October and says on its website that artist Stéphane Barret had to rely on photos and videos to create the sculpture.\n\nIn a press release, it says the model's eyes \"had to be redone three times to avoid too dark a tint making the star's face too hard and erasing its warm aspect\".\n\nBBC Newsbeat has contacted the Grevin Museum for comment but not heard back. However, in a statement to Deadline it said \"Dwayne Johnson is right and we noticed it and will obviously remedy it as quickly as possible\".\n\nThe Rock's representatives have also been contacted for comment.\n\nListen to Newsbeat live at 12:45 and 17:45 weekdays - or listen back here.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The USS Gerald R Ford is part of the US show of force in the Eastern Mediterranean\n\nThe US has pledged its unwavering support to Israel and backed that up with military aid. But with the scars of past entanglements in the region still being felt, where is the limit to US involvement?\n\nIn his first reaction to the attack on Israel by Hamas, President Biden made clear whose side he's on: \"The United States has Israel's back,\" he said.\n\n\"To anyone thinking of taking advantage of the situation, I have one word: Don't,\" he added.\n\nThis warning was clearly aimed at Iran and its allies.\n\nUS troops in Iraq and Syria have been attacked several times in recent days, the Pentagon says, and a US destroyer in the Red Sea intercepted missiles fired from Yemen which were \"potentially\" aimed towards Israel.\n\nThe US already has a carrier strike group in the Eastern Mediterranean, soon to be joined by another in the region. Each aircraft carrier has more than 70 aircraft on board - considerable firepower. Mr Biden has also placed thousands of US troops on standby to move to the region if required.\n\nThe US is Israel's largest military backer, providing about $3.8bn of defence aid a year.\n\nThe Israeli jets bombing Gaza are American-made, as are most of the precision-guided munitions now being used. Some of the interceptor missiles for Israel's Iron Dome air defence system are also produced in the US.\n\nThe US was sending re-supplies of those weapons even before Israel requested them. And on Friday President Biden asked Congress to approve $14bn funding for its Middle Eastern ally's war chest as part of a $105bn (£87bn) military aid package.\n\nThe following day, the Pentagon announced it would send two of its most powerful missile defence systems to the Middle East - a Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) battery and additional Patriot batteries.\n\nBut would a US president really be willing to become embroiled in another war, especially in an election year? Recent US military adventures in the region have proved costly - politically, economically and in terms of American lives.\n\nMichael Oren, a former US Israeli ambassador to the US, believes President Biden has already taken a first step by moving US aircraft carriers in the region. \"You don't take that kind of pistol out unless you're willing to use it,\" he says.\n\nBut Seth G Jones, director of International Security at the Centre for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, says the US would be very reluctant to get directly engaged militarily in a war in Gaza.\n\nThe presence of the carrier strike groups, he says, could be useful \"without firing a shot\", not least because of their ability to gather intelligence and to provide air defences. Any engagement would be \"a last resort\", he says.\n\nIt is primarily the threat from Israel's north, and specifically from the militant group Hezbollah, which now worries both Israel and the US.\n\nThe Iranian-backed group is a much greater threat than Hamas in Gaza. It has an arsenal of around 150,000 rockets which are more powerful and accurate than the ones used by Hamas. And it has already exchanged fire with Israel, its sworn enemy.\n\nMr Oren fears Hezbollah could intervene when Israel is \"already deep inside Gaza and already committed and tired\".\n\nIf that happens, then Mr Oren believes there is a possibility the US would commit its sizeable airpower to strike targets inside Lebanon, though he does not see a situation in which America would commit boots on the ground.\n\nSecretary of State Antony Blinken and Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin have both asserted that the US would respond if the situation escalates and any US personnel or military are targeted.\n\nThe US has the right to defend itself, said Mr Austin on Sunday, and it will not hesitate to \"take the appropriate action\".\n\nMr Jones acknowledges the risk of the conflict widening, but he believes that US deterrence \"does raise the costs of risks for Iran and its proxies\".\n\nHe says if Hezbollah in Lebanon were to engage in a major offensive operation from the north of Israel, \"they would likely face a pretty serious response\". He notes US forces in the region have come under limited attacks from Iranian linked groups before.\n\nNor is Israel asking for direct military support in its war with Hamas. Danny Orbach, professor of military history at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, points out that Israel's military doctrine states it should be able to protect itself on its own.\n\nPresident Biden's visit to Israel this week showed that US support is conditional. He wants Israel to allow humanitarian aid into Gaza, and he does not want to see Israel occupy the Gaza strip indefinitely. He told CBS's 60 Minutes that doing so would be a \"big mistake\".\n\nUS support may also be time limited. Yaacov Katz, a military analyst and a columnist with the Jerusalem Post, believes that America's support for Israel will come under pressure as soon as its military operation begins in Gaza and the civilian casualties mount.\n\nHe believes support could soften within weeks. \"I don't see Israel getting more leeway from America or the world for a ground offensive that lasts much longer,\" he says.\n\nThe US clearly hopes that its military support for Israel and its own bolstered military presence in the region will be enough to prevent the conflict widening.\n\nThere are few examples of the US directly intervening on behalf of Israel. The US sending Patriot batteries to defend Israel from Iraqi Scud missiles attacks, ahead of its own invasion in the 1991 Gulf war, is a rare exception.\n\nIn fact, the US has more often used its military leverage over Israel as a restraining hand.", "CCTV has captured the moment a flock of sheep ran into a front garden.\n\nHomeowner Craig Hollingworth, 52, from Leicestershire, was left bemused when he was alerted to the visitors via his Ring camera.\n\n\"We have no idea where they came from, but suspect they came from a field not too far away,\" he said.\n\n\"It was totally crazy to look at my phone while I was away and see a whole flock of sheep in our garden.\"\n\nHe added: \"They left 20 minutes later and headed through several of our neighbours' gardens before the farmers herded them home.\"\n\nFollow BBC East Midlands on Facebook, on Twitter, or on Instagram. Send your story ideas to eastmidsnews@bbc.co.uk.", "A ban on \"no-fault\" evictions in England will be indefinitely delayed until after the court system is reformed, the government has announced.\n\nLabour accused the government of kicking the much-delayed proposals into the \"long grass\", arguing legal reforms would \"take years\" to complete.\n\nMinisters have been promising to end the right of landlords to evict tenants without needing a reason since 2019.\n\nHousing Secretary Michael Gove said it was \"vital\" to update the courts first.\n\nThe Renters Reform Bill, promised in the Tories' 2019 election manifesto, was debated in the Commons for the first time on Monday.\n\nThe proposed law, which will ban no-fault \"Section 21\" evictions, was first published in May.\n\nMr Gove has told Conservative MPs that the ban cannot be enacted before a series of improvements are made in the court system, which is used by some landlords to reclaim possession of their homes.\n\nAre you a renter or a landlord? Please share your experiences.\n\nBut Labour's shadow housing secretary Angela Rayner accused the government of \"betraying\" renters with a \"grubby deal\" to avoid confrontation with Tory MPs opposed to the plan.\n\nShe added that the government was \"caving in\" to its backbenchers, and Rishi Sunak needed to \"find a backbone and stand up to his party\".\n\nLandlords can currently evict tenants who are not on fixed-term contracts without giving a reason, under housing legislation known as Section 21.\n\nAfter receiving a Section 21 notice, tenants have two months before their landlord can apply for a court order to evict them.\n\nUnder the government's bill, all tenancies would become \"rolling\" contracts with no fixed end date.\n\nLandlords would be able to evict tenants in certain circumstances, including when they wished to sell the property or when they or a close family member wanted to move in, after six months.\n\nIt would also make it easier for landlords to repossess their properties in cases of anti-social behaviour or where the tenant repeatedly failed to pay rent.\n\nHowever, the government has now confirmed that Section 21 will not be abolished until it decides \"sufficient progress\" has been made to the courts system.\n\nThis includes moving more of the process online and a better process to prioritise certain cases, including those involving anti-social behaviour.\n\nDowning Street has not put a timescale on how long the promised reforms will take to achieve.\n\nThe announcement was made in response to a report from the Commons housing committee, which recommended it should set and meet a target for speeding up possession claims before the ban on Section 21 comes into force.\n\n\"I think we've said from the start the implementation will be phased and I don't know exactly if there's set timelines to that,\" a No 10 spokesman said.\n\nSpeaking in the Commons, Ms Rayner said the proposed courts reforms would \"take years to complete\" and put thousands of renters at risk of eviction.\n\nShe told MPs that Labour, which backs scrapping Section 21, would help the bill to pass - but would push to increase the new proposed six-month window for evictions as it went through the Commons.\n\nThe Renters' Reform Coalition, a campaign group that has been pushing for a ban, called the announcement a \"last-minute concession to keep the Conservative Party together\".\n\nCampaign manager Tom Darling said: \"The idea that some ill-defined 'court reform' must happen before section 21 no-fault evictions can end is absurd.\"\n\n\"The government promised to end no-fault evictions in 2019 - what have they been doing with the courts since then?\"\n\nMinistry of Justice data show no-fault evictions in England between April and June this year increased by 41%, compared with the same period in 2022.\n\nA report in the Telegraph suggested Tory MPs who owned rental properties were considering rebelling against the government over the bill.\n\nResearch by campaign group 38 Degrees found 87 MPs earned an income from residential property, of which 68 were Conservatives - about one fifth of Tory MPs.\n\nThe National Residential Landlords Association (NRLA) warned that \"uncertainty\" over the future of the bill had made it \"difficult for landlords and renters to plan for the future\".\n\n\"As they consider the bill, MPs and peers will need to make sure it secures the confidence of responsible landlords every bit as much as tenants,\" NRLA chief executive Ben Beadle said.\n\n\"Should the bill fail to secure the confidence of landlords, the shortage of homes will only worsen, ultimately hurting renters.\"", "The wards and corridors of Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in central Gaza are filled with people injured in Israeli air strikes, and its morgues are completely full.\n\nIn the courtyard, people mourn the dead. There aren't enough shrouds for the number of bodies, a hospital worker tells the BBC.", "The show features the plight of turtles in Raine Island, Australia\n\nCritics have called Sir David Attenborough's latest series of Planet Earth \"awe-inspiring\" and \"magnificent\" but also \"horrifying\" and \"sad\".\n\nThe third instalment of the award-winning programme began on Sunday on BBC One, watched by 5.6m people.\n\nThe eight-part series shows animals around the world fighting for survival amid constant environmental change.\n\nThe Guardian described episode one as \"yet more majestic TV\" from the veteran broadcaster.\n\n\"This awe-inspiring series has a scale that is simply spectacular,\" wrote Rebecca Nicholson in a five-star review. \"It is possible to watch and enjoy it purely for the astonishing footage - but it will horrify you too.\"\n\nShe added: \"It should be alarming that, in the six years since Planet Earth last appeared on our screens, this third series finds itself in a darker mood.\"\n\nThe documentary, narrated by Sir David, 97, contains footage of the natural world - including shots from overhead drones and remotely operated deep-sea submersibles - gathered over five years across 43 countries.\n\nThe first episode is dedicated to coasts from Kent to South Africa, Mexico to Australia and beyond. It focuses on two cautionary tales; around the plights of the Caribbean flamingos on Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula, and the similarly endangered green turtles of Raine Island on the Great Barrier Reef.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nWe see old footage of a young Sir David visiting the same island more than 60 years earlier, and hear of the devastating impact human activity has had.\n\nThe Times' Carol Midgley, in a four-star review, said the new series \"is magnificent, but it's a fast track to becoming really quite sad.\"\n\n\"I thought the footage of the desert lions paddling in the sea to catch cormorants mid-air in the pitch darkness was amazing,\" she wrote. \"Miserably, so was the poor Caribbean flamingos having their entire nests wrecked by worsening storms (attributed to climate change), their chicks pathetically trying to scramble onto rocks as Attenborough's voice doomily explained: 'Soaked and cold [they] will soon perish unless they can get out of water. Some years no chicks survive.'\"\n\nFlamingos in Mexico and (below) garter snakes in Canada also feature\n\nThe Telegraph's Ed Power wrote that Sir David \"remains peerless when it comes describing the beauty - and fragility - of our planet\".\n\nPlanet Earth III \"packs the sort of dazzling visual punch of which Hollywood could only dream, with languid overhead shots of flapping flamingos and their young who struggle to survive in the freezing rain\".\n\n\"At a time when there is so much uncertainty in the world, how enormously reassuring to know Attenborough is still on hand to share his passion with us,\" he concluded.\n\nThis YouTube post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on YouTube The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. YouTube content may contain adverts. Skip youtube video by BBC This article contains content provided by Google YouTube. 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YouTube content may contain adverts.\n\nThis time around, the series has moved to an earlier time slot of 18:15 BST, a move Attenborough and the producers said would give children more opportunities to observe and understand the natural world.\n\n\"Children have an instinctive understanding about the way the world operates,\" Sir David said recently, while also issuing a warning about the perils of deforestation.\n\n\"The huge problem is the way we are gobbling up space, and have gobbled up space as though it belongs to us and nobody else.\n\n\"And the notion that you should actually have to restrain yourself in order to accommodate the natural world is not one which everybody feels.\"\n\nHe added: \"We need to persuade people that it's quite a selfish thing to do because, apart from anything else, we depend upon the natural world and we had assumed that the natural world was inextinguishable for many, many years and no matter what we did, we could do what we like, because the natural world was always there.\n\n\"It is not always there, simply because we have now become such a dominant species in terms of numbers, we have come to realise that we have to live together and not just entirely on the terms that we choose.\"\n\nGreat white sharks and cape fur seals are also shown, off the coast of South Africa\n\nAppraising his latest efforts, the Daily Mail's Christopher Stevens said: \"Every moment of this opening episode was fascinating.\n\n\"It's impossible to pinpoint any Attenborough series from the past seven decades as 'the best',\" he continued. \"But Planet Earth III can certainly claim to be the most visually stunning.\"\n\nIn his five-star review, the I newspaper's Gerard Gilbert called the show \"spectacular, eye-opening, awe-inspiring - and terrifying\".\n\nHe stressed the latest series was \"the closest David Attenborough has come to despair.\"\n\n\"Altogether, it was heartening to realise that there is still so much nature out there to discover - even if the underlying message seemed to be 'catch it while you can'.\"\n• None Attenborough series returns to green turtles after 66 years. Video, 00:01:31Attenborough series returns to green turtles after 66 years", "There were thrills and spills as kayakers carved boats out of giant pumpkins for an annual competition in Kasterlee, near the Belgian city of Antwerp.", "The Israeli military screened footage taken from bodycams worn by Hamas, CCTV, dashboard cameras and mobile phones\n\nThis article contains descriptions of violence which some readers may find distressing.\n\nThe Israeli military held a screening for journalists on Monday of raw footage recovered from Hamas body cameras, in an effort to remind the world of the brutality of the attack on Israel two weeks ago.\n\nThe bodycam footage, cut together with clips from CCTV, dashboard cameras and the mobile phones of both Hamas gunmen and victims, showed in stark detail the sheer horror visited on a music festival and family neighbourhoods in southern Israel.\n\nThe Israeli military also released documents which it said were recovered from dead Hamas members, containing detailed operational planning and instructions for attacking the neighbourhoods and taking hostages.\n\nThe 43 minutes of footage screened at a military base near Tel Aviv on Monday was distilled from hundreds of hours collected since the attack, the Israeli military said. It contained clips of Hamas gunmen cheering with apparent joy as they shot civilians on the road, and later stalking the pathways of kibbutzim and killing parents and children in their homes.\n\nOne traumatic sequence, taken from home cameras inside of a kibbutz, showed a father rushing his two young boys into an above ground shelter, seconds before Hamas attackers threw a grenade in, killing the father and wounding the boys.\n\nAfter the two boys, bloodied and in shock, had staggered back into their home screaming, a Hamas gunman calmly entered and looked through the fridge in front of them, pausing to take a drink before walking out again.\n\nOne of the boys cried to his brother: \"Daddy is dead, this is not a prank,\" and repeated \"Why am I alive?\" His brother was apparently blinded by the grenade. The military spokesman present at the screening was unable to say whether they survived.\n\nDashcam footage showed the moment Hamas gunmen fired at a civilian car, cracking the windscreen\n\nThe film also contained an audio recording of one of the Hamas gunmen calling home to his parents in Gaza from the phone of a victim to boast that he had \"killed at least 10 Jews with my bare hands\".\n\n\"Please open WhatsApp and look how many dead,\" he implored his parents repeatedly, apparently referring to pictures or video he had sent home showing the attack. \"Your son killed so many Jews,\" he said. \"Mum, your son is a hero.\"\n\nWARNING: The following paragraphs contain graphic descriptions of violence\n\nAnother sequence showed one Hamas gunman shooting the apparently dead bodies of civilians inside a kibbutz in a celebratory manner, and an attempt to decapitate someone who appeared to be still alive using a garden hoe.\n\nThe footage, some taken from mobile phones of victims, also showed the abject fear of those who hid in safe rooms and shelters as the sounds of gunfire and explosions came closer.\n\nThe decision to screen the raw footage for journalists reflected an apparent frustration among senior ranks of the Israeli military that the media coverage of Hamas's brutal attack on 7 October had given way to coverage of Israel's air strikes against Gaza and the humanitarian crisis created by Israel's order for Gazans to migrate south.\n\nSpeaking to the assembled international media after the screening, Major General Michael Edelstein, a former IDF Gaza division commander, said he had been \"shocked\" by the coverage.\n\n\"We see that some of the channels are trying to compare what Israel is doing and what those vile terrorists are doing,\" General Edelstein said.\n\n\"I cannot understand anyone who compares,\" he said. \"And after what we have shared with you, you should know it.\"\n\nMore than 1,400 Israelis have been killed since the Hamas attack on 7 October, according to Israeli authorities - the vast majority in the initial assault. More than 220 are believed to have been taken hostage inside Gaza.\n\nThe Hamas-run health ministry in Gaza says more than 5,000 Palestinians have been killed since Israel's air strikes began in response, and according to the Palestinian health ministry in the occupied West Bank, 91 Palestinians have been killed there since 7 October.\n\nMore than 1,400 Israelis were killed when Hamas attacked communities in the south of Israel, near the Gaza Strip\n\nAfter the screening of the footage on Monday, a virtual reality experience was available, created using video from the first responders who entered family homes in the kibbutzim targeted by Hamas.\n\nThe Israeli military also released two instruction manuals taken from dead Hamas gunmen, containing detailed plans for the attack and for taking hostages.\n\n\"They must shoot down as many victims as possible, take hostages and take some of them to the Gaza Strip using various cars,\" said one part of the manual.\n\nIn a separate document specifically about hostages, the Hamas operatives were instructed to \"kill the problematic and those who pose a threat\" and gather others together to use as \"cannon fodder\".\n\nIsrael's military is still reeling from the 7 October attack, the worst breach of its defences in the south in 50 years. Despite huge resources being put into destroying Hamas tunnels and expanding Israel's security fence both below ground and out to sea, Hamas was able to storm and breach the fence in huge numbers.\n\nMore than 1,000 militants crossed into Israel in the initial incursion, General Edelstein said on Monday. The first parts of the video compilation showed groups of pick-up trucks packed with Hamas gunmen, driving freely along Israeli highways and shooting civilians at will.\n\nThe documents recovered from the bodies of the Hamas militants made it clear that Hamas \"came with orders to slaughter and burn citizens\", General Edelstein said.\n\n\"They simply decided to burn families within their homes. And they took hostages alive, they were aiming to take children back into Gaza,\" he said.\n\n\"Orders were there for how many to kill, how many to take as hostages. Orders were there to rape, all was written and ordered.\"\n\nSpeaking before the screening, Israeli military spokesman Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari said that members of the military had debated whether to show the footage, but that he had decided personally to go ahead.\n\n\"We understand already that we need to create a collective memory for the future,\" he said. \"We will not let the world forget.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Footage shows the Brussels gunman, wearing orange, opening fire in street on Monday\n\nA gunman who shot dead two Swedish football fans in Brussels last Monday had escaped from prison in Tunisia.\n\nBelgian prosecutors say Abdesalem Lassoued had been sentenced to 26 years in prison in 2005, reportedly for crimes including attempted murder.\n\nHe escaped in 2011, managed to board a small boat and arrived illegally on the Italian island of Lampedusa.\n\nLassoued eventually moved to Belgium, where he applied for asylum. When rejected, he fell off the radar.\n\nThe Tunisian authorities had asked Belgium to return Lassoued home in August 2022. Belgian officials received the extradition request, but failed to process it.\n\nOn Tuesday, French authorities said they had detained two men over possible links to Lassoued as part of an investigation into a suspected \"criminal terrorist conspiracy\".\n\nBelgium's Justice Minister Vincent Van Quickenborne resigned on Friday over what he called a \"monumental and unacceptable error with dramatic consequences\".\n\nOn the evening of Monday 16 October, Lassoued, a 45-year-old man from Tunisia, started shooting at passers-by with an assault rifle in central Brussels.\n\nHe then chased people into the hallway of an apartment building, where he shot and killed two Swedish football fans, and injured a third. The Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for the attack.\n\nSwedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson laid flowers in Brussels to commemorate the victims of the attack\n\nAfter a manhunt the gunman was tracked down at a cafe near his home in Schaerbeek, northern Brussels, on Tuesday morning. He was shot dead by police.\n\n\"I sincerely want to apologise to the victims and their loved ones,\" Mr Van Quickenborne said during his resignation speech. \"I am not looking for any excuses.\"\n\nHe said he wanted to take \"political responsibility for this unacceptable mistake\".\n\nBrussels public prosecutor Tim De Wolf blamed understaffing in his office for the failure to act on the extradition request.\n\nHe said the extradition file had been received in September last year and had probably been forgotten in a file cabinet.\n\n\"None of the colleagues involved remember what became of this specific file a year ago. There is no trace of it being handled,\" he said.\n\nThe prosecutor did not mention why Lassoued had been jailed, but Belgian media are reporting that he was imprisoned for two attempted murders.\n\nThe attacker had lodged asylum applications in Norway, Sweden, Belgium and Italy.\n\nIn 2016, the Italian intelligence services identified him as a radicalised subject and started to monitor him.\n\nIt also emerged that Lassoued had served a two-year prison sentence in Sweden for drug trafficking. According to Swedish media, he was arrested in Malmo for possessing 100g (3.5oz) of cocaine.\n\nThe attack in Brussels, which resulted in the death of a man in his 70s and a man in his 60s, has shocked Sweden.\n\n\"I think this is one of the first times Swedes have been targeted like this because of their nationality,\" Maja, a dual Swedish-British citizen who lives in Brussels, told the BBC.\n\nFollowing a string of Quran burnings by anti-Islam activists in Sweden, the government has been warning of a heightened risk to Swedish nationals.\n\nCopies of the Muslim holy book have been burned outside embassies, mosques, and the Swedish parliament.\n\nThis has sparked angry reactions in Muslim countries, and in August the terror alert was raised to the second-highest level following threats by Islamic extremists.\n\n\"I always thought that having a Swedish passport was such a positive thing,\" Maja said. \"But times have really changed.\"\n\nThe Swedish Security Service, known as Sapo, said it was \"working closely with the Belgian authorities\".\n\nThe shooting is being treated by the Belgian prosecutor as a terrorist attack - and comes at a time of heightened security concerns across Europe linked to the Israel-Hamas war.\n\nBelgium has announced extra security measures in response to last week's attack. The public prosecutor's office in Brussels, federal judicial police and railway police will all get additional staff.\n\nThe flow of information between the immigration service, the police and the judiciary will also be strengthened.", "Amiram Cooper, Guy Gilboa-Dalal and Tsachi Idan are being held in Gaza\n\nIsrael says 132 people remain unaccounted for after they were abducted and taken to Gaza during the October 7 attacks by Hamas.\n\nAn estimated 240 people were taken prisoner, but 105 were later released by Hamas during a six-day ceasefire at the end of November.\n\nThe Israeli military said it mistakenly killed three hostages in northern Gaza who had escaped from their captors and expressed \"deep remorse\" over the incident.\n\nOf the 132 still unaccounted for, Israel says that 20 of them are believed to be dead.\n\nThese are the stories of those hostages who are still being held, which have either been confirmed by the BBC or credibly reported.\n\nThis list is regularly updated and names may change, as some people feared kidnapped are confirmed to have been killed or released.\n\nLast updated on 19 December 2023 at 10:33 GMT\n\nYagev Kirsht, 34, was taken from his home in Kibbutz Nirim, alongside his wife, Rimon Buchstab Kirsht. She has now been released.\n\nAlexander Trupanov, was taken hostage with his mother Lena Trupanov, 50, his partner Sapir Cohen, 29, and his grandmother Irina Tati, 73. All were abducted from Kibbutz Nir Oz as they spent the Sabbath together, according to a statement by Canada's Raoul Wallenburg Center for Human Rights. Irina and Lena were released on Wednesday 29 November and Sapir was freed the next day.\n\nAriel Cunio, his girlfriend Arbel Yahud and her brother Dolev are also thought to have been abducted in the same attack on Nir Oz. Eitan Cunio, Ariel's brother who escaped Hamas, told the Jewish Chronicle that his last message from Ariel said: \"We are in a horror movie.\"\n\nDavid Cunio, 33, another of Ariel's brothers, was also kidnapped from Nir Oz, family say. David's wife Sharon Aloni Cunio and their three-year-old twin daughters Ema and Yuly were released on 27 November. Sharon's sister Daniele Aloni, and her six-year-old daughter Emilia were both released on 24 November.\n\nDoron Steinbrecher, 30, a veterinary nurse, was in her apartment in Kibbutz Kfar Aza when Hamas attacked, the Times of Israel reported. At 10:30 on 7 October, the newspaper said, she sent a voice message to friends: \"They've arrived, they have me.\"\n\nItzhak Gelerenter, 53, was taken from the Supernova festival. His family said the IDF found his phone was located in Gaza, the Times of Israel reported. His daughter Pivko told the paper: \"I'm trying to think good thoughts, I have a powerful, smart, resourceful father.\"\n\nDoron Steinbrecher sent a voice message to friends during Hamas' attack\n\nNaama Levy, 19, was filmed being bundled into a jeep, her hands tied behind her back. The footage was released by Hamas and circulated widely on social media. According to her mother, the teenager had just begun her military service.\n\nYousef Zyadna, a 53-year-old Bedouin dairy farmer, was abducted from Kibbutz Holit and taken to Gaza along with his sons Hamza, 22, and Bilal, 18, and his daughter, Aisha, 16. Aisha and Bilal were released on Thursday 30 November.\n\nElad Katzir, 47, was abducted from Nir Oz with his mother Hanna. Hanna has now been released.\n\nOhad Ben Ami, 55, was kidnapped from Be'eri with his wife, Raz. She was released by Hamas on 29 November.\n\nTwin brothers Gali and Ziv Berman, 26, were taken from Kfar Aza. Ziv was messaging a friend as the attack happened. Their family said the IDF has told them the brothers are being held in Gaza. Their brother Liran told CBN news the pair had \"twin power\" and were the centre of attention wherever they went.\n\nIraq-born Shlomo Mansour, 85, was taken captive from Kibbutz Kissufim, where he lived and worked as a chicken coop manager. His wife, Mazal, managed to escape.\n\nMichel Nisenbaum, 59, is a dual Brazilian-Israeli citizen who has lived in Israel for 45 years and works as a computer technician, his family told Brazilian media. They also say he is diabetic and has Crohn's disease. On 7 October, they say, someone claiming to be from Hamas answered his phone when they tried to call him.\n\nDaniela Gilboa, 19, sent messages saying that Kibbutz Nahal Oz, where she was staying, was under attack and asked her mother to pray for her. Her boyfriend, Roy Dadon, told the Economist 1843 magazine that he believes he saw a glimpse of her in a video showing three girls being driven away in the back of an SUV.\n\nItay Chen, 19, a dual US-Israeli citizen and IDF solider, was on active duty with a tank unit on 7 October, according to the Times of Israel. The paper reported that his family was notified by the IDF that he is officially considered missing in action and probably being held hostage. Another soldier in his unit, Matan Angrest, 21, is also presumed to be in Gaza.\n\nYosi Sharabi, 51, was taken from Be'eri with his brother, Eli Sharabi, 55. Eli's wife and two daughters were murdered in the attack. Ofir Engel, the boyfriend of Yosi's daughter, Yuval, was also taken, but released on 29 November.\n\nAgam Berger, 19, was kidnapped from Nahal Oz. She was seen being taken away in videos released by Hamas.\n\nEdan Alexander, 19, is an Israeli-US citizen who volunteered to join the Israeli army. He was serving near the Gaza border at the time of Hamas's attack. Edan's family said they had been told by Israeli officials that he had been taken to Gaza as a hostage.\n\nKaid Farhan Elkadi, 53, lives with his family south of Rahat and worked as a security guard, according to Israeli media. Reports said his family believes he was kidnapped and taken to Gaza, based on images shared by Hamas.\n\nIlana Gritzewsky and Matan Zanguaker were captured near the Gaza border, family say\n\nMatan Zanguaker, 24, was taken with his partner Ilana Gritzewsky, 30, from Nir Oz, according to Ilana's father. Ilana, a Mexican national, was released on Thursday 30 November.\n\nThe family of Eitan and Yair Horn believe they were taken from Nir Oz kibbutz\n\nEitan Horn, 37, and his brother Yair, 45, both Argentinian citizens, were also in Nir Oz at the time of the attack. Their father Itzik said he believes they were kidnapped. Yair is a construction worker while Eitan works in education.\n\nItai Svirsky, 38, is thought to have been abducted when his elderly parents were killed in Be'eri. He had been visiting them for the holiday of Simhat Torah.\n\nKeith Seigel, 64, and his wife Adrienne - often known as Aviva - Seigel, 62, were taken from their home in Kfar Aza, Keith's brother Lee Seigel told the BBC. Adrienne was released on 26 November.\n\nOmri Miran, 46, lived in Nahal Oz with his wife and two daughters. Omri was led away by Hamas with his hands tied, his wife Lishay told the Guardian newspaper. She told him not to be a hero, urging: \"Do whatever they want because I want you back.\"\n\nBipin Joshi, 23, a Nepalese student, is believed to have been taken from Kibbutz Alumim. Nepalese newspaper Setopati says he was one of 49 university students studying agriculture in Israel. It says 10 students were killed in the attack.\n\nIlan Weiss, 58, went missing from Kibbutz Be'eri after he was last seen leaving the house to defend the community. On 25 November, his wife Shiri Weiss, 53, and their daughter, Noga, 18, were freed from captivity in a hostage deal.\n\nAmiram Cooper, 85, and his wife Nurit, 80, were taken from their home in Nir Oz, their daughter-in-law Noa told the BBC. The family last spoke to the couple during the Hamas attack, Noa said, when the couple were in their safe room. The family later traced Amiram's phone to Gaza. On Monday 23 October, Nurit was one of two women to be released.\n\nAmiram and Nurit Cooper, pictured with their granddaughter, Gali\n\nOded Lifshitz, 83, and his wife Yocheved, 85 were taken hostage from Nir Oz. On Monday 23 October, Yocheved was one of two elderly women to be freed. After hearing the news of her mother's release, their daughter Sharone - a London-based artist - said: \"While I cannot put into words the relief that she is now safe, I will remain focused on securing the release of my father and all those - some 200 innocent people - who remain hostages in Gaza.\"\n\nHaim Peri, 79, was taken from his home in Nir Oz, reports the Times of Israel, and freed hostage Yocheved Lifshitz said she saw that he was alive and well. His son Lior Peri told Talk TV that Haim had locked his wife inside the safe room before giving himself up to kidnappers.\n\nAvraham Munder, 78, was kidnapped from Nir Oz, Israeli officials say. His wife Ruthi, daughter and grandson have since been released.\n\nOmer Neutra, a 22-year-old Israeli-American and grandson of Holocaust survivors, put off plans to go to college in the US to study in Israel, and eventually joined the IDF. He was serving as a tank commander near Gaza when Hamas attacked. Omer's parents say they were told by the Israeli embassy that he had been kidnapped.\n\nRon Benjamin's vehicle was found empty following the attacks\n\nRon Benjamin, 53, had been taking part in a group cycle ride near the Gaza border when the Hamas attack began and he decided to drive home, his family told Israeli media. Days later, his vehicle was found empty and his family believe he was kidnapped.\n\nLouis Har, 70, is believed to have been taken from Nir Yitzhak. His partner Clara Marman was released on 28 November along with her sister Gabriela Leimberg, 59, and Gabriela's daughter Mia Leimberg,17. Clara and Gabriela's brother Fernando Simon Marman, 60, also remains in captivity.\n\nJudith Weinstein Haggai, 70, and her husband, Gad Haggai, 73, also went missing from Nir Oz after the Hamas attack. Ten days later, the Israeli military confirmed to the family they had been taken hostage, CTV News in Canada reported.\n\nAlex Danzig, 75, a scholar and historian of the Holocaust, was at his home in Nir Oz, when it was attacked by Hamas. \"We know for sure he was kidnapped,\" his son Mati told the BBC. Alex - whose older sister Edith is a Holocaust survivor - has spent the last 30 years working for Yad Vashem, Israel's Holocaust remembrance centre. His disappearance has triggered a campaign for his release, both in Israel and in Poland, the country of his birth.\n\nAlex Danzig has spent decades educating people about the Holocaust\n\nItzhk Elgarat, 68, was kidnapped at the same time as Alex Danzig, his brother Danny Elgert told Israel's Kan 11 TV station, adding that he had tracked his brother's phone to the border with Gaza.\n\nGadi Moses, 79, was also abducted during the same attack on Nir Oz, according to relatives and the Israeli aid agency where he worked as an agricultural expert. Efrat Katz, his partner, was initially thought to have been captured as well, but she was later found dead, the Times of Israel reported. Efrat was the mother of Doron Asher, who was taken hostage and later released with her two daughters. Ravid Katz, 51, Doron Asher's brother, was originally thought to have been taken hostage from Nir Oz, but on 28 November his family confirmed that he had been killed on 7 October.\n\nYair Yaakov, 59, is listed among the hostages. His partner Meirav Tal, 53, was released on 28 November. Yair's children Yagil, 13, and Or, 16, were released on 27 November.\n\nYair Yaakov was pictured being held captive by a gunman in a video shared online\n\nNimrod Cohen, 19, had studied software engineering in high school, according to reports. After he was kidnapped, his father was invited to meet Pope Francis in Rome along with other hostages' families.\n\nTsachi Idan, 51, was last seen by his wife, Gali, as he was taken away by Hamas gunmen. Their family had been ambushed in their safe room in Nahal Oz. Their ordeal was live-streamed by Hamas. Their eldest child, Maayan - who had just turned 18 - was shot dead, Gali told the BBC.\n\nTsachi Idan was ambushed with his wife and children and then led away\n\nYarden Bibas, 34, was abducted from Nir Oz. His wife, Shiri, and their two young children, Ariel and Kfir, were also taken hostage, but on 29 November, Hamas claimed they had been killed in an Israeli air strike while in captivity. The Israeli government has said it is checking the claim.\n\nRonen Engel, 54, was taken from Kibbutz Nir Oz along with his wife, Karina Engelbert, 51, and their two daughters, Mika, 18 and Yuval, 11. On 1 December, the organisation representing the families said he had been murdered. Karina, Mika and Yuval were released on 27 November.\n\nKarina Ariev, a 19-year-old soldier, was serving at an army base near Gaza when she was kidnapped. Her sister Alexandra told the BBC she heard shooting as Karina called her during the attack, and later saw a video showing Karina being taken away in a vehicle.\n\nKarina Ariev was at the Nahal Oz military base, which was among the first to be attacked\n\nOfer Kalderon, 53, was taken by Hamas from Nir Oz. On 27 November his two children, Erez, 12, and Sahar, 16, were released. Two other relatives, 80-year-old Carmela Dan and her granddaughter, Noya, 12, were also believed to have been taken, but Israeli authorities later announced they had been found dead.\n\nYoram Metzger, 80, was a resident of Nir Oz. He has diabetes and broke his hip six months ago, his daughter-in-law said. Yoram's wife Tamar was released on 28 November.\n\nNadav Popplewell, 51, and his mother Channah were taken hostage by Hamas, said Channah's daughter Ayelet Svatitzky, who was speaking to them on the phone when the gunmen burst in. She said the captors sent pictures of her two relatives, who both have diabetes, with armed men in the background. Channah has now been released.\n\nOmri Miran, 46, was abducted after his family opened the door to their secure shelter to an Israeli child, who said he would be killed otherwise. Omri's wife, Lishay Lavi, said she saw him being taken away in handcuffs with three other hostages from Nahal Oz.\n\nLiri Elbag, 18, had just started military training as an Army lookout near the Gaza border when Hamas attacked, her father Eli told the Associated Press. Eli said he saw her in a video circulated later by Hamas, crowded with others on the back of a military truck which had been seized by the gunmen.\n\nLior Rudaeff, 61, was taken from Nir Yitzhak during the attack. His family have heard nothing from him since then.\n\nA number of people are believed to have been abducted from the Supernova music festival in southern Israel. Among them:\n\nShlomi Ziv, 40, was part of the security detail at the festival and was initially in contact with his sisters as the attack unfolded, according to an interview with The Times of Israel. A few weeks later the family learned he was officially considered to be a hostage, the report says.\n\nAlexander Lobanov, 32, is a Russian-Israeli citizen who was kidnapped at the festival.\n\nOri Danino, 25, is reported to have got away from the festival in his car, but it's believed he was captured after turning back in an attempt to save some people he had met there.\n\nAlmog Sarusi, 26, was kidnapped from the music festival and his partner Shahar Gindi was killed, according to Israeli media. Almog's father, Yigal, was among the relatives of hostages who met with Israel's prime minister in October.\n\nOmer Shem Tov, 21, called his parents as he was running away from gunfire and managed to get into a friend's car. His parents, Shelly and Malki Shem Tov, told Israeli media they lost contact with their son and the live location on his phone showed he was beyond the border in Gaza.\n\nIdan Shtivi, 28, an environmental sciences student, was attending the festival to take pictures at music and yoga workshops being held by friends. He escaped the site in his car but was attacked by Hamas along the route. The bodies of two of his passengers were found, and his family told the Jerusalem Post they suspect he was kidnapped.\n\nYosef Ohana, 24, had been at the festival with a friend, who told his mother he and Yosef had remained to help people escape the gunfire before running themselves. Yosef was last seen hiding under a car, and Israeli authorities have visited his mother to say he was kidnapped.\n\nAndrei Kozlov, 27, a Russian who moved to Israel in 2022, is missing from the Supernova festival, where he was working as a security guard. His mother told the De Taly publication the family was told by the IDF on October 26 that he was being held hostage.\n\nElyakim Libman, 23, was working as a security guard at the festival. In a Facebook post his father Eliyahu Libman said another guard told him his son had helped rescue others before trying to escape. He was last seen trying to help two badly-injured women.\n\nNoa Argamani, a Chinese-born Israeli citizen, was also kidnapped from the festival. Video footage - verified by her father Yaakov Argamani to Israel's Channel 12 - shows the 25-year-old being taken away on the back of a motorbike screaming, \"Don't kill me!\" Her boyfriend Avinatan Or, 30, also appears in the video being marched away from her by Hamas, the Times of Israel reported.\n\nEden Yerushalmi's family say they were told she had been taken hostage\n\nEden Yerushalmi, 24, called her family during Hamas's attack on the festival, her sister May told CBS News. The family say they were subsequently informed by the IDF that Eden had been abducted.\n\nChanan Yablonka, 42, is a father-of-two from Tel Aviv. According to reports, he attended the festival with friends and was due to celebrate his birthday a few days after the attacks.\n\nJonathan Samerano, 21, has been missing since 7am on the morning of the festival. His family have been told to presume he is being held in Gaza, Israeli media reported.\n\nGuy Gilboa-Dalal was filmed in captivity in Gaza, his family say\n\nGuy Gilboa-Dalal, 22, attended the festival with his brother. Guy appears in a hostage video that his family say confirms he is in Gaza.\n\nUriel Baruch, 35, was injured during the attack on the festival, his wife said on Facebook. Reports in Israeli media say his mother, Naomi, has heard from the IDF that he is a hostage.\n\nMaxim Kharkin's mother described speaking to him on the morning of 7 October\n\nMaxim Kharkin is aged 35 and a Russian speaker, his mother told Russian media. She added that he had called her at 07:00 on the morning of the attack.\n\nElkana Bohbot was seen in a video posted by Hamas\n\nElkana Bohbot, 34, had gone to the party with friends and, before losing contact, he spoke to his wife and mother telling them he was helping to evacuate the wounded, the Times of Israel reported. Hours later, his family found a video of him posted online by Hamas, which has been seen by BBC Verify.\n\nRom Braslavski, 19, was working on security for the festival. According to an account published by Hostages and Missing Families Forum, he was trying to rescue an injured person in the attack when he was caught in a volley of fire. He has not been heard from since.\n\nOmer Wenkert, 22, a restaurant manager, sent a message to his family to say he was going to a safe shelter but then lost contact, his father Shai Wenkert told the BBC's Today Programme. Shai Wenkert said he had seen footage of his son in captivity, including a photo of him handcuffed and wearing only underwear.\n\nEvyatar David's family say they were sent a video of him in captivity\n\nEvyatar David, 23, was at the festival and on the morning of the attacks, described fleeing from gunfire before losing contact with the outside world, his brother says. Later, his family say, Evyatar's sister posted on Instagram appealing for information about his whereabouts. She then received a text from an unknown number, which contained video footage of Evyatar handcuffed on the floor of a dark room. According to Israel's foreign ministry he is being held captive by Hamas in Gaza.\n\nEitan Mor, 23, lives in Jerusalem, and was working as a security guard at the festival, the Times of Israel said. He reportedly texted his uncle after Hamas arrived and was last seen with a friend bringing others to safety.\n\nAlon Ohel, 22, a Serbian citizen, took refuge in a shelter after the festival came under attack, his family say. They have seen footage of him being dragged away after a grenade attack.\n\nAlmog Meir Jan, 21, tried to flee the festival. He and a friend made it to the friend's car but only managed to drive a short distance before being forced to stop. Almog's family say they have seen a hostage video in which he appears.\n\nInbar Heiman, a student aged 21, was seen by two young Israeli men being taken away from the festival on a motorcycle. Hamas have released a video in which she is seen very briefly.\n\nHersh Goldberg-Polin, 23, a dual US-Israeli citizen, was badly injured in the attack, his family told the BBC. Eyewitness accounts say he was seen being forced onto a white pick-up truck - the last-known signal from his phone came from just inside Gaza.\n\nSegev Kalfon, 26, was running away from the festival, across the highway, when he was captured by Hamas, according to the Hostages and Missing Families Forum.\n\nOrión Hernández Radoux, 30, from Mexico, attended the festival with his girlfriend, Shani Louk. He has not been seen since. The Sun newspaper says it has seen threatening messages written in Arabic sent from his phone. Shani, a tourist from Germany, was initially thought to be among those seized. But on 30 October, her mother Ricarda told German media that the family had been informed by Israeli military of her death following DNA identification.\n\nRomi Lesham Gonen, 23, was on the phone to her mother as she tried to escape from the Supernova festival. Merav Leshem Gonan has recounted a conversation in which her daughter begged for help after being shot. ABC News reports that Romi's phone is now in Gaza.\n\nBar Kuperstein, 21, last spoke to his family early on the morning of 7 October, as the attack unfolded. Later the same day, his family say they identified him in a video of Israeli prisoners, posted by Hamas. Since then, they say they have had no further information.\n\nEliya Cohen, 26, was hiding with his girlfriend Ziv from the attack, when Ziv felt him being pulled up and driven away by the gunmen, Eliya's mother has told the video initiative #BringThemHomeNow. The family then found a photo of Eliya in Gaza, the Times of Israel reported.\n\nAmit Buskila, 28, from Ashdod, was last heard of making a call to her uncle, Shimon, as Hamas overran the festival. Her family say they have now been told by the government that she is being held in Gaza.\n\nCarmel Gat, 39, is Jordan's sister-in-law, and also was seen by her father being taken by gunmen from Kibbutz Be'eri, Haaretz newspaper reported. She has not been heard from since.\n\nOhad Yahalomi, 49, was abducted from Nir Oz, along with his 12-year-old son, Eitan, who was released during the November ceasefire.\n\nDror Or, 48, was seen by a neighbour being dragged out of his home in Be'eri, according to their nephew Emmanuel Besorai, along with his son and daughter. On Saturday 25 November Dror's son Noam, 17, and daughter Alma, 13, were released from captivity. The body of Yonat, 50 - Dror's wife and the children's mother - was identified among the 120 people murdered at the kibbutz, Yonat's brother told the Guardian newspaper.\n\nTal Shoham, 38, was taken from Kibbutz Be'eri. His wife Adi, also 38, her mother Dr Shoshan Haran, 67, were released by Hamas on 25 November, along with the couple's children Nave, eight, and Yahel, three. Dr Haran's husband, Avshalom - an economist and dual German/Israeli citizen - was killed on 7 October.\n\nTamir Adar, 38, who defended Nir Oz as part of the kibbutz's emergency squad, was taken to Gaza, the Times of Israel reported.\n\nSagui Dekel-Chen, 35, an American-Israeli citizen, has been missing since Hamas's attack on Nir Oz, his father Jonathan told the BBC. He said his son was not found among the dead and the \"only reasonable explanation\" is that he was taken to Gaza.\n\nSagui Dekel-Chen's father has not heard from him since Hamas attacked the kibbutz where he lived\n\nThailand's ambassador to Israel says 26 of its citizens were taken hostage, 23 of whom have now been released.\n\nThose still being held are believed to include Watchara Sriuan, 32. His mother, Viewwaew, told the Thaiger news site that the family had been informed he was being held captive.\n\nKiattisak \"Top\" Patee and a Mr Pongtorn (no first name given) have also been named by the Thai foreign ministry as hostages.\n\nA number of other people thought to have been held hostage are now confirmed to have died, either during the 7 October attack or while in captivity.\n\nAs well as Ron Scherman and Nik Beizer, four bodies were identified this week. They were Tal Chaimi, an Israeli-Romanian citizen aged 41, and Joshua Mollel, a 19-year-old Tanzanian student. Also, 27-year-old Eden Zecharya, who was kidnapped from the Nova music festival, and 36-year-old Ziv Dado, who had already been declared dead by the Israeli military.\n\nOthers known to have died include Dror Kaplun, 68, Aviv Atzili, 49, Arye Zalmanovich, 85, Ronen Engel, 54, Maya Goren, 56, Guy Iluz, 26, Ofir Tzarfati, 27, Ofra Keider, 70, and Eliyahu Margalit, 75.\n\nThe bodies of 19-year-old soldier, Noa Marciano, and 65-year-old Yehudit Weiss were found by Israeli troops in buildings close to Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City.\n\nOn Saturday 9 December Kibbutz Bari announced that Sahar Baruch, 25, had been killed in Gaza.\n\nOther hostages whose death has been reported, but not confirmed include Shiri Bibas, 32, and her two young children, Ariel and Kfir.\n\nAre you personally affected by the issues raised in this story? If it is safe to do so, please get in touch by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "Nottinghamshire County Council declared a major incident and told people in Retford they were at risk over high water levels along the River Idle\n\nParts of England hit by flooding have been told to expect more heavy rain, after the UK-wide death toll from Storm Babet is believed to have risen to at least seven.\n\nA yellow rain warning in force across Yorkshire and the East Midlands is set to last until 16:00 BST on Tuesday.\n\nMore than 90 flood warnings are in place after Storm Babet, including in areas forecast for more rain this week.\n\nThe Environment Agency said flooding could last until Wednesday in England.\n\nIt said around 1,250 homes in England had already been impacted and an estimated 30,000 properties needed flood protections.\n\nA number of rivers in Yorkshire and the Humber and the East Midlands burst their banks over the weekend.\n\nThe latest Met Office yellow rain warning stretches south from York to Nottingham and west from the North Sea coast to the Peak District.\n\nNumerous points along the River Severn are expected to be affected in the coming days. The Environment Agency has also warned widespread flooding is probable in parts of the Midlands and the North of England.\n\nDerby City Council said the River Derwent saw record-breaking water levels over the weekend.\n\nDozens of homes were evacuated near the River Idle in Retford, Nottinghamshire with a rest centre set up at a leisure centre, while major roads were also closed.\n\nTwo severe flood warnings for the River Idle, as well three for the River Derwent in Derby, were lifted on Sunday evening.\n\nHave you evacuated from your home due to the floods? Share your experiences, email haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nOn Monday, Scottish First Minister Humza Yousaf visited Brechin, in Angus, where dozens of homes were flooded when the River South Esk burst its banks.\n\nHe described the flooding as \"unprecedented\" with more than a month's worth of rainfall over last weekend.\n\nHe said discussions would continue with the local authority over the coming \"days, weeks and months\" about what support the government could provide, potentially including money for flood defence improvements.\n\nConservative councillor Gavin Nicol, who represents Brechin on the Angus Council, called for more funding from the Scottish government, saying the impacts of the floods will be felt for \"months and years\".\n\nHe said the finances were needed to protect and rehome residents, including some who may have to move permanently.\n\nScottish First Minister Humza Yousaf visited Brechin, Angus, one of the worst hit areas, on Monday\n\nAt least seven people across England and Scotland are now known to have been killed in the flooding.\n\nBBC Weather's Simon King said the \"exceptional rain\" brought by Storm Babet continued to cause problems, including flooding and high river levels.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\n\"With the week ahead remaining rather unsettled, there'll be further rain at times,\" he said, adding the risk of flooding remained high in parts of Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire and Lincolnshire.\n\nExperts say climate change makes extreme flooding events more likely because a warming atmosphere increases the chance of intense rainfall.\n\nHowever, many factors contribute to flooding and it takes time for scientists to calculate how much impact climate change has had on particular weather events - if any.\n\nThe world has already warmed by about 1.1C since the industrial era began and temperatures will keep rising unless governments around the world make steep cuts to emissions.\n\nFind out the weather forecast for your area, with an hourly breakdown and a 14-day lookahead, by downloading the BBC Weather app: Apple - Android - Amazon\n\nThe BBC Weather app is only available to download in the UK.", "The man was reported missing in the Marykirk area\n\nA man has been found dead inside a vehicle after he became trapped during Storm Babet flooding in Aberdeenshire.\n\nOfficers in Marykirk had been searching the area since Friday after torrential rain and high winds hit north east Scotland during a red weather warning.\n\nThe force said the body and vehicle had been recovered. Formal identification has still to take place, however the man's family have been informed.\n\nHe is the third person killed in Scotland during the storm.\n\nJohn Gillan, 56, was killed on Thursday after a falling tree hit his van near Forfar.\n\nEmergency services attended but Mr Gillan, from Arbroath, was pronounced dead at the scene.\n\nJohn Gillan's van was struck by a falling tree near Forfar\n\nTributes have also been paid to Perthshire businesswoman Wendy Taylor, 57, who was swept away in the Water of Lee, Glen Esk.\n\nMrs Taylor was a director at the Errol-based Taylor's Snacks, previously known as Mackie's.\n\nShe was also the secretary and a director of Taypack Potatoes, along with her husband George.\n\nPerthshire North MSP John Swinney said he was \"terribly saddened\" at the news of Mrs Taylor's death.\n\nWendy Taylor's body was recovered from the Water of Lee, Glen Esk, on Thursday\n\nThe storm has also claimed two lives in England, a man in his 60s in Shropshire and a woman in her 80s in Chesterfield.\n\nFirst Minister Humza Yousaf has pledged government support for a community in Angus devastated by the floods.\n\nMr Yousaf described the flooding as \"unprecedented\" with more than a month's worth of rainfall over the weekend.\n\nThe main A90 trunk route through north east Scotland remains closed between Forfar and Brechin, causing severe disruption for individuals and businesses.\n\nMeanwhile, officers have also been attending reports of another body, found in a burn near East Road in Elgin, Moray.\n\nPolice Scotland said was incident was not connected to Storm Babet.", "The woman was arrested on Whitehorse Road, Croydon\n\nA Metropolitan Police officer is being investigated for racially aggravated assault and false imprisonment after a woman was wrongly arrested for bus fare evasion in front of her young son.\n\nFootage of the woman - showing her being handcuffed as her child cried in Croydon, south London - was posted on social media.\n\nIt was later confirmed that she had paid the fare.\n\nThe officer is also under investigation for potential gross misconduct.\n\nPolice watchdog the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) said: \"It's important to emphasise that this development does not necessarily mean that criminal charges or disciplinary proceedings will follow.\n\n\"At the conclusion of the investigation, we will decide whether to refer a file of evidence to the CPS for a charging decision and also decide whether any officers should face disciplinary proceedings.\n\n\"Representatives for the woman and the officer have been advised of this update and we will keep them informed throughout our investigation.\"\n\nThe woman was arrested after wrongly being accused of failing to pay a bus fare, with police saying she had refused to show her pass to a Transport for London (TfL) ticket inspector.\n\nA family member complained to the IOPC, claiming the woman had been racially profiled and verbally abused by an officer, and the woman herself has also complained about the way that she and her son were treated.\n\nThe watchdog is investigating the decision to arrest her, whether the force used was proportionate, whether the woman and her son were treated differently because they are black, and whether the woman was treated differently because of her sex.\n\nThe officer under investigation is on restricted duties.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Geldof on Live Aid musical: 'Stage Bob' sings better than me\n\nLive Aid, one of the most famous concerts of all time, is to become a stage musical in London next year.\n\nThe original event, at Wembley Stadium on 13 July 1985, was organised by Bob Geldof and Midge Ure to raise money for famine relief in Ethiopia.\n\nThe musical, called Just For One Day, will feature songs played that day by acts including Queen, U2, Sir Elton John, Sir Paul McCartney and Sting.\n\nIt will be on at London's Old Vic Theatre from 26 January to 30 March.\n\nSitting on the stage at the Old Vic, one thing that Geldof wants to make very clear is that there will not be anyone pretending to be the singers.\n\n\"This isn't a tribute thing. I wouldn't have anything to do with that. So, there isn't a person dressed up as Freddie wearing a crap moustache. The songs drive the drama along,\" he says.\n\nThe plot of Just For One Day, named after a line in David Bowie's Heroes, will balance a behind-the-scenes look at how Band Aid and Live Aid came together, with a love story inspired by real events.\n\n\"The story is based on actual testimony from the day,\" explains Geldof. \"It's real people telling their story throughout this. So it's complex theatre.\"\n\nThe musical is being made with the full permission of the Band Aid Charitable Trust, which will receive 10% of every ticket sale.\n\nThe show was originally conceived by John O'Farrell, who wrote the Mrs Doubtfire musical, and Luke Sheppard - who directed the musical & Juliet which features the songs of Swedish pop songwriter Max Martin.\n\nGeldof says the duo were not overly confident when they approached him with the idea for the show.\n\n\"They came and said, 'we know you are going to say no, but we want to do it because our dads have never stopped talking about this day. And we think it's theatre'.\"\n\nGeldof attended workshops for the musical with the other Band Aid Trustees, including Live Aid's promoter Harvey Goldsmith and Lord Grade - the man who agreed to the BBC broadcasting the original concert.\n\nThey wanted to make sure that they liked what they saw, before deciding to endorse the production.\n\n\"We were blown away. I have to say there was not a dry eye in the house,\" confirms Geldof.\n\nHe will be played by the English actor Craige Els, who has previously appeared on TV in Ripper Street and Dr Who. Watching someone portray him is something Geldof does not enjoy.\n\n\"Let me be completely blunt. It's bad enough being Bob Geldof. It's slightly worse seeing someone else pretending to be you. The one upside for me is that he's got an amazing voice, stage Bob, so that people will think I actually sing as good as that.\n\n\"And he got the language right,\" he laughs, acknowledging the swearing he became famous for during the Live Aid broadcast, when he forcefully asked the presenter David Hepworth to read out the phone numbers to push instant donations.\n\nThe original Live Aid, which was held in Philadelphia as well as at Wembley, had a line-up including many all-time greats such as Bob Dylan, Led Zeppelin and The Who.\n\nThe estimated TV audience was 1.5 billion and the concert raised millions for famine relief. It also provided a blueprint for numerous other all-star charity concerts, as well as helping to promote the discussion of humanitarian relief, which subsequently became a major talking point for Western governments.\n\nLive Aid has already had the dramatic treatment several times, with Queen's triumphant set recreated in startling detail to provide the climax to the Freddie Mercury biopic Bohemian Rhapsody which won Rami Malek an Oscar.\n\nThere was also the 2010 BBC Four film When Harvey Met Bob with a pre-Star Wars Domhnall Gleeson playing Geldof, while the Sky Arts comedy Urban Myths: Backstage at Live Aid explored what might have happened that day, with Line of Duty's Martin Compston as an infuriated Midge Ure.\n\nGeldof hopes that the new musical will help Live Aid's legacy live on in a number of ways.\n\n\"The money for Band Aid is good, but that's not the point. Will there be a kid who comes to this and leaves saying, 'I can do something like this using digital devices, which will have the same impact'?\n\n\"If the individual understands that the answer is not blowing in the wind, that the answer is get up off your arse, then honestly, for Bob, that's where it's at personally for me.\"\n• None How Live Aid was saved for history", "Oscar-winning actor Dame Helen Mirren has told the BBC there is a \"very delicate balance\" to playing people with a different heritage.\n\nMirren, 78, portrays former Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir in her latest film - a role which has attracted some criticism because she is not Jewish.\n\nShe told Laura Kuenssberg on her Sunday programme she \"can see\" why some may be uncomfortable with the portrayal.\n\n\"But sometimes I can't see because I can't see who in this room is Jewish.\"\n\n\"We are all such an amazing mix,\" she added.\n\nWhen the first trailer for the Netflix film Maestro - the Leonard Bernstein biopic - was released this year, actor Bradley Cooper was heavily criticised for wearing make-up to amplify his nose.\n\nCooper, who is not Jewish, came in for criticism, with some social media users saying it played up to offensive Jewish stereotypes.\n\nBernstein's family said they were \"perfectly fine\" with Cooper's depiction of him.\n\nMirren said: \"I think the whole question of assuming a certain physiognomy because you're playing a particular race, there is something offensive about that.\n\n\"On the other hand, if you're playing Leonard Bernstein and this is really what Leonard Bernstein looked like, you know, maybe it's a good idea.\n\n\"As I say, it's a very delicate balance.\"\n\nLast year, fellow actor Dame Maureen Lipman, who is Jewish, questioned the casting of Mirren in the film, telling the Jewish Chronicle: \"The Jewishness of the character is so integral.\n\n\"I'm sure she [Dame Helen] will be marvellous, but it would never be allowed for Ben Kingsley to play Nelson Mandela. You just couldn't even go there,\" she said.\n\nBradley Cooper pictured on the set of Maestro in 2022\n\nThe film called Golda explores the life of Israel's first female prime minister from 1969 to 1974, including the years of the Yom Kippur war - one of the most significant periods of Golda Meir's time in power.\n\nThe Yom Kippur war in October 1973 began when Egypt and Syria launched a surprise attack on Israel on the Jewish festival of the Day of Atonement. The ensuing conflict resulted in thousands of deaths.\n\nThe film explores new narratives, drawing on top secret government documents from the time of the war which have been declassified in the last decade.\n\nMirren said she was \"of course\" aware of the controversy surrounding Golda, especially around her treatment of Palestinians.\n\n\"All I'm doing is playing Golda during the period of the Yom Kippur War,\" she says.\n\n\"I'm not explaining her or rationalising her or reappraising her. I'm just playing a woman of that age dealing with that situation,\" she said.\n\nMirren said Golda Meir's rise to power was \"an astounding moment for young women\" and that \"up to that point it was incomprehensible that a woman could lead a country, let alone as complex and as important as Israel\".\n\nGolda Meir was known as \"the grand old woman of Israeli politics\"\n\nMirren, who has been praised by Golda filmmaker Guy Nattiv for her depiction of the prime minister during the pivotal days of the Yom Kippur war, said she was inspired by the leader's strength during those times.\n\n\"Just the fact she didn't put on power suits and walk around like 'I'm running a country,'\" she said.\n\n\"On the contrary, she just stayed exactly who she was before she became prime minister. It was an incredibly important moment in female history, for me personally, to see that happen.\"", "Rishi Sunak and wife Akshata Murty arriving in Manchester, ahead of his party's conference\n\nRishi Sunak has arrived in Manchester for what could be his last party conference before the next election.\n\nAhead of the four-day event, he announced £1.1bn of cash for towns the government says have been \"overlooked\".\n\nHowever, the prime minister faces pressure from across his party over issues including tax cuts and HS2.\n\nAnd on the eve of the conference, a prominent supporter, the boss of Iceland supermarkets, announced he was quitting the party.\n\nIn a parting shot, Richard Walker accused the party of having \"lost its way\".\n\nMr Walker had been hoping to become a Conservative MP and was on the party's list of approved parliamentary candidates, but announcing his resignation on Saturday, he labelled the Tories \"out of touch\".\n\nElsewhere, some Tory MPs want tax cuts and Mr Sunak's predecessor, Liz Truss, will use a speech on the fringes of the conference to demand a reduction in corporation tax.\n\nSpeaking to the BBC's Politics East programme, the former prime minister said she believed the Conservatives could still win the next election providing they can show that they have a vision for the future.\n\nShe said people \"never vote on the past\" but on who they think will do the best job in the future.\n\nMs Truss also praised the prime minister saying he had made \"positive progress\" with his announcements on changing some of the targets for net zero adding \"but I want to see him do more on that front\".\n\n\"I now want to see more action to open up our oil and gas supplies in Britain including using shale gas - we do need to make energy cheaper.\"\n\nSpeaking to the same programme, former Home Secretary Priti Patel said: \"I think the country has looked at our party in government over the last 12 months and seen some pretty disappointing behaviour.\"\n\nShe added that the public would be thinking: \"What on earth is going on with those MPs in Westminster?\"\n\nAlso looming over this conference in Manchester is the question of the completion of the HS2 high-speed rail line to the city.\n\nMr Sunak has repeatedly refused to say if the will run from Birmingham to the North West.\n\nTwo former Tory prime ministers, Theresa May and Boris Johnson, have warned against the move. Mr Johnson argued it would a \"betrayal of the North of England\".\n\nCabinet ministers Kemi Badenoch and Suella Braverman also want a debate on whether to leave the European Convention on Human Rights.\n\nSpeaking to the Sunday Times Ms Badenoch said the option of quitting the European Convention on Human rights should be \"on the table\".\n\nMr Sunak will not make his main speech until Wednesday, however to mark the start of the conference, the government has announced £1.1bn of funding aimed at regenerating high streets and tackling anti-social behaviour.\n\nThe money will be shared between 55 towns - including Torquay, Rotherham and Kilmarnock - with each getting £20m over a decade.\n\nMr Sunak said politicians had focused on cities while taking towns \"for granted\".\n\n\"The result is the half-empty high streets, rundown shopping centres and anti-social behaviour that undermine many towns' prosperity and hold back people's opportunity - and without a new approach, these problems will only get worse.\"\n\nHe said the money would put funding \"in the hands of local people\" adding \"that is how we level up.\"\n\nThe money - which is separate from the levelling up fund - includes money for seven towns in Scotland and four in Wales.\n\nThe government says it would work on determining the best approach with the Northern Ireland government, once devolution had been restored.\n\nThe department said the money had been allocated based on the Levelling Up Needs Index, which measures metrics including skills, pay and health.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nTurkey says it has carried out a number of air strikes on Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq, hours after a suicide blast hit the interior ministry.\n\nThe government said 20 targets were destroyed and many militants from the banned PKK rebel group \"neutralised\".\n\nThe PKK said Sunday morning's bombing in the capital, Ankara, was carried out by a group linked to them, a member of which blew himself up.\n\nA second attacker was killed by police and two police officers were injured.\n\nThe Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) is considered a terror group in Turkey, the EU, UK and US.\n\nSunday's air strikes targeted caves, depots and bunkers used by the PKK, Turkey's defence ministry said.\n\nAFP quoted it as saying the operation was \"to neutralise the PKK and other terrorist elements, prevent terrorist attacks from northern Iraq against our population and our law enforcement agencies, and ensure the security of our borders\".\n\nThe Kurdish news agency Rudaw said the strikes targeted Mount Qandil near the Iranian border, believed to be a PKK stronghold.\n\nThey were carried out following an explosion on Ankara's Ataturk Boulevard that happened hours before parliament was due to reconvene after a summer break.\n\nA bomb disposal expert works at the scene of the blast in Ankara\n\nImmortals Battalion - the group that claimed responsibility - said this is why they targeted the ministry, which is close to parliament.\n\nThe incident began at around 09:30 (06:30 GMT) when one of the attackers exited their car and threw a small explosive at the ministry building to distract security.\n\nAfter this, the second attacker opened fire at guards by the ministry gate, before detonating a suicide bomb.\n\nThe first person, meanwhile, ran into the compound and was immediately shot dead by police.\n\nTwo officers were injured. One was shot in the chest and another suffered injuries in both legs and an eye.\n\nInterior Minister Ali Yerlikaya told reporters that none of the injuries were life-threatening.\n\nA senior Turkish security official told the BBC the attackers had hijacked their vehicle on Saturday in Kayseri, a city some 260 km (161 miles) south-east of Ankara.\n\nThey reportedly shot dead the car's driver, a 24-year-old veterinarian who was driving in the countryside.\n\nThe official said footage from security cameras from Kayseri to the Syrian border were being reviewed to determine where the suspects came from.\n\nThe explosion happened just hours before parliament was due to reconvene\n\nIn his speech opening parliament, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan described the attack as \"the final flutters of terrorism\".\n\n\"The vile people who took aim at the peace and security of our citizens did not reach their goal and they never will,\" he said.\n\nKurdish militants have come under intense pressure by the authorities, who have jailed their leaders and conducted military operations against Kurdish bases inside Turkey and across the border in Syria and Iraq.\n\nThe PKK, which has Marxist-Leninist roots, was formed in the late 1970s and launched an armed struggle against the Turkish government in 1984, calling for an independent Kurdish state within Turkey.\n\nIn the 1990s, the PKK rolled back on its demands for an independent state, calling instead for more autonomy for the Kurds. More than 40,000 people have died in the conflict.\n\nFighting flared up again after a two-year-old ceasefire ended in July 2015.", "Bradley loved Sunderland AFC and was invited on to the pitch at the Stadium of Light\n\nTwo men have been arrested following reports of football supporters using an image of Bradley Lowery to taunt opposition fans.\n\nAn investigation was launched following Sheffield Wednesday's Friday night home match against Sunderland.\n\nBradley supported the North East club before he died of cancer aged six in 2017.\n\nSouth Yorkshire Police said two men - aged 31 and 27 - are being held on suspicion of outraging public decency.\n\nThey were arrested on Saturday evening and both remain in custody.\n\nSheffield Wednesday previously said it would support the investigation after an image of the alleged public order offence appeared online.\n\n\"We roundly condemn this outrageous and utterly deplorable behaviour,\" a spokesman said.\n\n\"We can only apologise for the undoubted distress caused to Bradley's family and friends.\"\n\nWednesday were beaten by Sunderland 3-0 at the game on Friday.\n\nBradley, of Blackhall Colliery, County Durham, was a Sunderland fan, who was diagnosed with neuroblastoma - a rare type of cancer - when he was 18 months old.\n\nHe went on to be the club's mascot and became \"best mates\" with his hero, striker Jermain Defoe.\n\nHis mother, Gemma Lowery, said in a statement through the Bradley Lowery Foundation that police had been in touch to check on her wellbeing and were taking it very seriously.\n\nShe said: \"Understandably people are angry, if I wasn't so upset I'd be angry too.\n\n\"Bradley was and still is well loved in the football community, which I'm eternally grateful for, but I must ask that everyone lets the police do their job, and deal with the low lives.\"\n\nShe added: \"I want to thank Sheffield Wednesday, for their quick condemnation, and the support their fans have shown.\n\n\"Like we always say, cancer has no colours, and as we all know it can affect anyone at any time.\"\n\nWell-wishers raised more than £700,000 in 2016 to pay for Bradley to be given antibody treatment in New York, but medics then found his cancer had grown and his family was told his illness was terminal.\n\nFollow BBC East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire on Facebook, X (formerly Twitter), and Instagram. Send your story ideas to yorkslincs.news@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "National Trust officials removed the sapling which had been planted metres from the original tree\n\nA man who planted a sapling near the felled Sycamore Gap tree said he was \"devastated\" National Trust bosses had removed it.\n\nKieran Chapman, 27, installed the tree metres from the site at Hadrian's Wall, Northumberland, to restore \"hope\".\n\nBut National Trust officials said they had to remove it because of the site's Unesco World Heritage status.\n\n\"It's a load of politics and legal jargon\", Mr Chapman, from Westerhope, Newcastle, said.\n\nThe vehicle repair specialist said he was \"gutted\" to hear the world-famous landmark had been deliberately felled on Wednesday.\n\nHe decided to source a replacement sycamore from a local garden centre, before spending several hours planting it on Friday afternoon.\n\n\"It was such an iconic tree which has taken hundreds of years to grow and was gone in five minutes,\" he said.\n\n\"(I thought) even the new tree could sort of resemble what was once there, if we are able to bring a bit of love and hope and joy back to the community.\"\n\nKieran Chapman planted a Sycamore sapling in between the two hills at the Northumberland landmark\n\nDespite several saplings already in the area, he said none was located between the two hills, which form the Sycamore Gap.\n\nBut by Sunday morning, he discovered the sapling had been removed.\n\nHe had been contacted by the National Trust, who acknowledged his efforts, but said it would need to be removed and planted elsewhere.\n\nThe world-famous tree was felled on Wednesday\n\nMr Chapman said: \"Are they going to start removing all the other saplings? At the end of the day it's a tree in soil.\n\n\"It's not quite heartbreak but you try and do a good thing. I am devastated - I didn't think I'd be as emotional over a tree, but I am.\"\n\nEarlier, actor and former president of the Council for National Parks Brian Blessed urged park bosses to plant another tree near the fallen landmark.\n\nHe said it would improve chances of the stump growing into a new tree, adding it would \"talk to it, it will help it.\"\n\nThe National Trust, which looks after the site along with the Park Authority, said it was \"grateful for the many offers of support\".\n\nHowever, it said it was \"important for everyone to remember\" the site is an ancient monument and \"adding to it can damage the archaeology\" and is \"unlawful without prior consent from the government\".\n\nKieran Chapman said it was the only sapling in the famous Sycamore Gap\n\nA spokesperson said: \"We urge anyone wanting to pay tribute to the Sycamore Gap tree to speak to the National Trust first.\n\n\"The public can leave pictures, poems and memories at The Sill: National Landscape Discovery Centre over the weekend.\n\n\"The National Trust and Northumberland National Park, along with other partners and local people, are making plans for the site and the Sycamore Gap tree in the future, and we will inform people as soon as we know the best way forward.\"\n\n\"While regrettably we have had to remove the sapling, we have spoken to the person who planted it, and are working with them to find an appropriate planting spot within the local area.\"\n\nFollow BBC North East & Cumbria on X (formerly Twitter), Facebook and Instagram. Send your story ideas to northeastandcumbria@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The UK needs to reduce its use of plastic single-use products, the government says\n\nA ban on some single-use plastic products will come into force across England on Sunday.\n\nShops and hospitality businesses will no longer be able to supply plastic cutlery, balloon sticks and polystyrene cups under the new rules.\n\nThe government says the move will \"tackle the scourge of litter and protect the environment from plastic pollution\".\n\nBut councils have warned that some firms are not ready for the change.\n\nAround 1.1 billion single-use plates and more than four billion pieces of plastic cutlery are used in England every year, government figures suggest.\n\nThe vast majority of these products cannot be recycled and can take hundreds of years to biodegrade in landfill sites.\n\nFrom Sunday, some new restrictions will also be applied to the supply of single-use plastic plates, bowls, and trays - but exemptions are in place for takeaways and other businesses which sell pre-packaged food.\n\nThe new rules, which were first announced in January, are part of a wider goal to eliminate avoidable plastic waste by 2042.\n\nEnvironment minister Rebecca Pow said the government has already implemented \"world-leading\" bans on straws, stirrers and cotton buds, as well as rolling out charges for carrier bags and an industry tax on large plastic packaging imports.\n\nShe said the latest ban will \"protect the environment and help to cut litter - stopping plastic pollution dirtying our streets and threatening our wildlife\".\n\nRules vary in different parts of the UK, but Wales and Scotland have pursued similar policies to those coming into force in England.\n\nThe ban in England will be enforced by local trading standards officials but a body representing councils warned some businesses and customers are unaware of the change.\n\nDarren Rodwell, environment spokesman for the LGA, said: \"This is a valuable policy to reduce waste but there is still more to do.\"\n\nSome environmental campaigners have criticised the government for not introducing wider restrictions on plastic products.\n\nAnna Diski, plastics campaigner for Greenpeace UK, told the BBC: \"Legislating token bans on a few single-use plastic items every few years... [is] completely inadequate to the scale of the problem.\n\n\"Instead of this piecemeal approach, the government needs to address the problem at source and roll out a serious strategy to cut how much plastic is being produced.\"", "Seabirds now flock to the newly verdant isle\n\nThe incredible eco-restoration of one tiny Caribbean island - transformed from desolate rock to verdant wildlife haven in just a few years - has captured the imagination of environmentalists worldwide.\n\nNow the tenacious Antiguans and Barbudans who led the metamorphosis of the country's little known third isle of Redonda are celebrating another impressive feat.\n\nThe mile-long spot has been officially designated a protected area by the country's government, ensuring its status as a pivotal nesting site for migrating birds and a home for species found nowhere else on Earth is preserved for posterity.\n\nThe Redonda Ecosystem Reserve, which also encompasses surrounding seagrass meadows and a coral reef, spans a colossal 30,000 hectares (74,000 acres).\n\nIts sheer size means the country has already met its \"30x30\" target, a global goal to protect 30% of the planet for nature by 2030.\n\nToday, Redonda is bursting with biodiversity including dozens of threatened species, globally important seabird colonies, and endemic lizards.\n\nThe number of ground dragons rebounded as the environment recovered\n\nIt did not always look like this. Invasive black rats that preyed on reptiles and ate birds' eggs, along with goats introduced by early colonists that devastated Redonda's vegetation, had left the island looking like a barren moonscape.\n\nAn ambitious project launched in 2016 to relocate the goats and eradicate the rats saw the greenery spring back to life, bringing with it an exponential rise in native species.\n\nThe work was piloted by local NGO, the Environmental Awareness Group (EAG), in sync with the government and overseas partners including Fauna and Flora International (FFI).\n\nThe EAG's executive director Arica Hill describes the new protected status as a \"huge win for Antiguans and Barbudans\".\n\n\"This is the largest marine protected area in the Eastern Caribbean; it showcases the amazing work that conservationists and environmentalists can do right at home,\" she tells the BBC. \"What is even more significant is that the government has trusted us to legally manage it too.\"\n\nMagnificent frigatebirds are among those nesting on the island\n\nThe group is already carrying out feasibility studies in the hope of reintroducing species found on Redonda many years ago, such as the burrowing owl, a small sandy-coloured bird that nests underground.\n\nThe EAG is also setting up a robust governance system to ensure the island remains free of invasive critters. That includes surveillance cameras to look out for errant rats and monitoring local fishing activities which must adhere to strict guidelines.\n\nFFI's Jenny Daltry says Caribbean islands face the highest extinction rates in modern history, meaning the restoration and protection of areas like Redonda is \"critical\".\n\nThere is a wealth of seabirds on Redonda's cliffs\n\nSince the efforts began, 15 species of land birds have returned to the island, while numbers of endemic lizards like the critically endangered Redonda ground dragon have soared.\n\nLocal residents who once dubbed Redonda \"the rock\" are now its most vehement guardians, says the EAG's Shanna Challenger.\n\nBefore its restoration, locals called Redonda a \"rock\", and it is easy to see why\n\n\"Our little sister island that many people never see has been able to invoke such national pride,\" she smiles.\n\n\"To me as an Antiguan and Barbudan, this work has been monumental. We are forever written into the fabric of Redonda's history; I'm so proud to have been instrumental in this and can't wait to see what Redonda's legacy will be moving forward.\"\n\nFor small developing islands that exist on the frontier of climate change, Redonda's success represents a rare bright spark amid a glut of gloomy environmental headlines.\n\nNow, the island is much greener\n\n\"Reaching our '30x30' target tells the rest of the world that this is possible. Even though we don't put out the most emissions, we are among the most impacted and we are still the ones meeting our target early,\" Shanna continues.\n\n\"We are putting our money where our mouth is. I hope this is an inspiration to other countries that if little Antigua and Barbuda can do it, so can you.\"\n\nFor Johnella Bradshaw, the reserve's coordinator, the accomplishments are more personal still.\n\nJohnella Bradshaw is proud of what has been achieved on Redonda\n\n\"Growing up, going through school and college, a career in the environmental field was unheard of. The emphasis was on being a doctor, dentist or lawyer,\" she says.\n\n\"When you think about conservation, you think about things happening in America or Europe, not a little island in the Caribbean.\n\n\"Now we are at the forefront of international conservation we can change that narrative, and show younger generations that people who look like me can do this.\"\n\nJohnella is eager to prove that the protected status won't just exist \"on paper\" but \"in reality too\".\n\nThe waters off the island are also teeming with life\n\nLike her compatriots, she's all too aware of the unprecedented climactic conditions facing the country. Six years ago, Barbuda was devastated by Hurricane Irma and warming seas continue to pose an existential threat to islands across the region.\n\n\"You hear about climate change, rising temperatures and stronger storms but we are feeling it. This summer has been awful, it's so hot,\" Johnella adds. \"But if we all play our part, together we can make a difference.\"", "A huge fire tore through two disused buildings in the French city of Rouen on Saturday, causing them to collapse.\n\nThe buildings were located in the Saint-Julien neighbourhood, and were already scheduled to be destroyed.\n\nTwo firefighters were injured in the operation to bring the blaze under control.", "Seabirds now flock to the newly verdant isle\n\nThe incredible eco-restoration of one tiny Caribbean island - transformed from desolate rock to verdant wildlife haven in just a few years - has captured the imagination of environmentalists worldwide.\n\nNow the tenacious Antiguans and Barbudans who led the metamorphosis of the country's little known third isle of Redonda are celebrating another impressive feat.\n\nThe mile-long spot has been officially designated a protected area by the country's government, ensuring its status as a pivotal nesting site for migrating birds and a home for species found nowhere else on Earth is preserved for posterity.\n\nThe Redonda Ecosystem Reserve, which also encompasses surrounding seagrass meadows and a coral reef, spans a colossal 30,000 hectares (74,000 acres).\n\nIts sheer size means the country has already met its \"30x30\" target, a global goal to protect 30% of the planet for nature by 2030.\n\nToday, Redonda is bursting with biodiversity including dozens of threatened species, globally important seabird colonies, and endemic lizards.\n\nThe number of ground dragons rebounded as the environment recovered\n\nIt did not always look like this. Invasive black rats that preyed on reptiles and ate birds' eggs, along with goats introduced by early colonists that devastated Redonda's vegetation, had left the island looking like a barren moonscape.\n\nAn ambitious project launched in 2016 to relocate the goats and eradicate the rats saw the greenery spring back to life, bringing with it an exponential rise in native species.\n\nThe work was piloted by local NGO, the Environmental Awareness Group (EAG), in sync with the government and overseas partners including Fauna and Flora International (FFI).\n\nThe EAG's executive director Arica Hill describes the new protected status as a \"huge win for Antiguans and Barbudans\".\n\n\"This is the largest marine protected area in the Eastern Caribbean; it showcases the amazing work that conservationists and environmentalists can do right at home,\" she tells the BBC. \"What is even more significant is that the government has trusted us to legally manage it too.\"\n\nMagnificent frigatebirds are among those nesting on the island\n\nThe group is already carrying out feasibility studies in the hope of reintroducing species found on Redonda many years ago, such as the burrowing owl, a small sandy-coloured bird that nests underground.\n\nThe EAG is also setting up a robust governance system to ensure the island remains free of invasive critters. That includes surveillance cameras to look out for errant rats and monitoring local fishing activities which must adhere to strict guidelines.\n\nFFI's Jenny Daltry says Caribbean islands face the highest extinction rates in modern history, meaning the restoration and protection of areas like Redonda is \"critical\".\n\nThere is a wealth of seabirds on Redonda's cliffs\n\nSince the efforts began, 15 species of land birds have returned to the island, while numbers of endemic lizards like the critically endangered Redonda ground dragon have soared.\n\nLocal residents who once dubbed Redonda \"the rock\" are now its most vehement guardians, says the EAG's Shanna Challenger.\n\nBefore its restoration, locals called Redonda a \"rock\", and it is easy to see why\n\n\"Our little sister island that many people never see has been able to invoke such national pride,\" she smiles.\n\n\"To me as an Antiguan and Barbudan, this work has been monumental. We are forever written into the fabric of Redonda's history; I'm so proud to have been instrumental in this and can't wait to see what Redonda's legacy will be moving forward.\"\n\nFor small developing islands that exist on the frontier of climate change, Redonda's success represents a rare bright spark amid a glut of gloomy environmental headlines.\n\nNow, the island is much greener\n\n\"Reaching our '30x30' target tells the rest of the world that this is possible. Even though we don't put out the most emissions, we are among the most impacted and we are still the ones meeting our target early,\" Shanna continues.\n\n\"We are putting our money where our mouth is. I hope this is an inspiration to other countries that if little Antigua and Barbuda can do it, so can you.\"\n\nFor Johnella Bradshaw, the reserve's coordinator, the accomplishments are more personal still.\n\nJohnella Bradshaw is proud of what has been achieved on Redonda\n\n\"Growing up, going through school and college, a career in the environmental field was unheard of. The emphasis was on being a doctor, dentist or lawyer,\" she says.\n\n\"When you think about conservation, you think about things happening in America or Europe, not a little island in the Caribbean.\n\n\"Now we are at the forefront of international conservation we can change that narrative, and show younger generations that people who look like me can do this.\"\n\nJohnella is eager to prove that the protected status won't just exist \"on paper\" but \"in reality too\".\n\nThe waters off the island are also teeming with life\n\nLike her compatriots, she's all too aware of the unprecedented climactic conditions facing the country. Six years ago, Barbuda was devastated by Hurricane Irma and warming seas continue to pose an existential threat to islands across the region.\n\n\"You hear about climate change, rising temperatures and stronger storms but we are feeling it. This summer has been awful, it's so hot,\" Johnella adds. \"But if we all play our part, together we can make a difference.\"", "Comedian Sir Billy Connolly has had a \"couple of serious falls\" after his balance deteriorated due to Parkinson's, his wife has said.\n\nPamela Stephenson said her husband's balance issue was the \"most significant\" symptom of the disease since his diagnosis 10 years ago.\n\nSir Billy, 80, said it had \"added to the list of things that hold me back\".\n\nThe Scottish comic and his wife spoke about his life with the progressive disease for an article in the Guardian.\n\n\"Recently I've noticed a deterioration in my balance,\" Sir Billy told the newspaper.\n\n\"That was never such a problem before, but in the last year that has come and it has stayed.\n\n\"For some reason, I thought it would go away because a lot of the symptoms have come and gone away.\"\n\nSir Billy was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease in 2013 - on the same day he found out he had prostate cancer, which he later received the all clear on.\n\nHe retired from live performances five years later.\n\nParkinson's is the second most common neurodegenerative condition after Alzheimer's disease and causes parts of the brain to become progressively damaged over many years.\n\nStephenson, his wife and carer, told the newspaper the loss of balance had been the \"most significant\" issue which had arisen from the disease, \"especially since, unfortunately, it resulted in you having a couple of serious falls...\"\n\nSir Billy responded: \"It's funny, that fall I had when I landed on my jaw reminded me of a thing I used to do on stage.\n\n\"I used to say: 'I fell out of bed, but luckily my face broke my fall...'\"\n\nSir Billy said he felt like he was being \"encroached upon\" by the \"cruel disease\", adding that it was \"creeping up behind me and stopping me doing things\".\n\nThe couple also spoke about how their relationship had changed since the comedian was diagnosed, with Sir Billy revealing his wife now dresses him in the morning and he has \"to get lifts everywhere\" as he can't drive anymore.\n\nSir Billy has been married to Stephenson, a clinical psychologist, actress and writer, for more than 30 years\n\nSir Billy, known for his love of travelling and having made many travel documentaries during his career, told the newspaper he loved staying at home during the various Covid-19 lockdowns, describing it as \"one of the great surprises of my life\".\n\n\"I was told to stay home, I did it and I loved it. Even my dogs loved it. Although we were very lucky because we live on a canal, so we could go for walks in a tropical paradise,\" he said.\n\nThe couple currently reside in Florida Keys, a group of islands located 120 miles off the southern coast of the US state of Florida.\n\nSir Billy was knighted in 2017 for services to entertainment and charity following a career which has spanned five decades.\n\nThe Glaswegian is known for his observational and improvised stand-up comedy - often at the expense of his home city.\n\nHe has appeared in a number of films, including Absolution (opposite Richard Burton), Indecent Proposal and The Last Samurai.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: Both Democrats and Republicans welcomed the deal\n\nThe US government has avoided a federal shutdown after both House and Senate agreed on a short-term funding deal.\n\nA bill ensuring funding until 17 November received overwhelming support, and was signed into law by President Joe Biden minutes before a deadline.\n\nHowever, it excludes any new aid for Ukraine in a blow for Democrats, for whom this was a key demand.\n\nRepublican House Speaker Kevin McCarthy submitted the bill in defiance of hard-liners in his own party.\n\nA government shutdown, which would place tens of thousands of federal employees on furlough without pay and suspend various government services, was slated to begin at 00:01 ET (04:01 GMT) on Sunday.\n\nBut in a dramatic turnaround on Saturday afternoon, Mr McCarthy decided to put to a vote the temporary funding measure that would keep the government open.\n\nThe measure contains funding for natural disasters but makes no major concessions on spending levels - a key demand of the Republicans controlling the lower house.\n\nA majority of lawmakers were keen to avert a shutdown, and the bill was backed by more Democrats than Republicans, with as many as 90 House Republicans voting against it.\n\nThe move was a blow to a small group of right-wing Republicans who have held up negotiations in the chamber with unyielding demands for spending cuts and no new aid for Ukraine.\n\nAnd with the House adjourning immediately after the vote, the Senate which had agreed its own bill that included aid for Ukraine was left with no choice but to pick up the House legislation. Only nine senators voted against - all Republican.\n\nMr McCarthy admitted that the last-minute agreement was not the route he wanted to take, telling reporters that he had \"tried to pass the most conservative stopgap measure possible\" but \"we didn't have 218 Republicans\".\n\nIn a statement released shortly after the Senate vote, President Joe Biden said \"extreme House Republicans\" had sought to create a \"manufactured crisis\", and urged Speaker McCarthy to allow a further funding deal for Ukraine to pass without delay.\n\nHe said: \"We cannot under any circumstances allow American support for Ukraine to be interrupted.\"\n\nRepublican House Speaker Kevin McCarthy is under pressure from hardliners in his own party\n\nIn an unusual move, senior Senate leaders from both parties, including minority leader Mitch McConnell, released a joint statement signalling their intention to \"ensure the US government continues to provide\" support to Ukraine in the coming weeks.\n\nIt came after Senator Michael Bennet - a Democratic member from Colorado, who backs more funding for Kyiv - held up Saturday's proceedings in protest at the lack of guarantees for Ukraine included in the deal.\n\nCongress has approved about $113bn (£92bn) in military, humanitarian and economic aid to Ukraine since Russia waged its full-scale invasion last year. President Biden has requested another $24bn.\n\nShutdowns happen when both chambers of Congress are unable to agree on the roughly 30% of federal spending they must approve before the start of each fiscal year on 1 October.\n\nWith Republicans holding a slim majority in the House and Democrats holding the Senate by a single seat, any funding measure needs buy-in from both parties.\n\nRepeated efforts to pass spending bills in the House have been thwarted in recent weeks by rebel right-wingers.\n\nThe group has opposed short-term spending measures and pushed for making cuts by passing long-term spending bills with agency-specific savings, even though such bills stand little chance of advancing through the Senate.\n\nMr McCarthy had been extremely reluctant to rely on Democratic votes to pass the House's bill until the last minute, given this would anger these hard-line conservative members of his party.\n\nThis drama is likely to be repeated again in less than seven weeks as fundamental disagreements over government spending levels and policies between Republicans and Democrats, and among Republicans themselves, have not been resolved.\n\nA minority of Republicans, including Matt Gaetz (pictured), were pushing for sweeping budget cuts\n\nIn the meantime, Florida Congressman Matt Gaetz and hard-line conservatives in the House have a decision to make.\n\nMr McCarthy's decision to rely on Democratic votes to pass the short-term bill was supposedly a red line that, if crossed, would prompt an attempt to remove the Speaker from his leadership position, by triggering a so-called motion to vacate.\n\nSpeaking to reporters on Saturday, Mr Gaetz said that Mr McCarthy's speakership was \"on some tenuous ground\", but he has yet to announce any plans to seek to oust the Californian congressman.\n\nAt his Saturday news conference, Mr McCarthy challenged those who oppose him to \"bring it\", adding: \"There has to be an adult in the room.\"\n\nThe days ahead will reveal whether Mr Gaetz and company were serious about their threat - or just bluffing.\n• None What happens in a US government shutdown?", "Dumfries will be one of the towns to receive levelling up funding\n\nSeven \"overlooked\" Scottish towns will each be given £20m to regenerate high streets and tackle anti-social behaviour, Rishi Sunak has announced.\n\nThe prime minister said the 10-year deal would put \"funding in the hands of local people\" to improve communities.\n\nHowever, the move has been branded a political ploy and \"barely more than shiny headlines\" by opposition parties.\n\nThe money will go to Greenock, Irvine, Kilmarnock, Coatbridge, Clydebank, Dumfries and Elgin.\n\nThe towns are among a total of 55 across the UK set to share £1.1bn from the levelling up fund which must be spent over a decade.\n\nThe Scottish government has said it was \"extremely disappointing\" that it had not been consulted on how the money could be spent.\n\nMr Sunak made the announcement ahead of the start of the Conservative party conference in Manchester.\n\nHe said politicians had focused on cities while taking towns \"for granted\".\n\n\"The result is the half-empty high streets, rundown shopping centres and anti-social behaviour that undermine many towns' prosperity and hold back people's opportunity - and without a new approach, these problems will only get worse.\"\n\nThe prime minister added the money would put funding \"in the hands of local people\" adding \"that is how we level up.\"\n\nBut the announcement has sparked accusations in Scotland that it bypasses Holyrood by directly awarding the money to local authority areas.\n\nScottish Conservative leader Douglas Ross denied the funding - which will benefit Elgin in his own Moray constituency - was a political ploy ahead of the next general election.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Douglas Ross says the new investment from the UK government will make a real difference to towns in Scotland\n\nHe told BBC Scotland's The Sunday Show: \"Devolution is about Scotland's two governments delivering for the area.\n\n\"I'm delighted these seven towns across Scotland will be part of that £1.1bn fund from the UK government - £2m a year over the next 10 years.\n\n\"That's going to be crucially important for local councils to deliver on real priorities for people in these communities.\"\n\nHe added: \"This cash injection is going directly to local authorities here in Scotland because they know best how to spend money in their local area.\n\n\"I hope the Scottish government could understand and respect that and work with local authority partners to see this money makes a real difference.\"\n\nMr Ross also rejected suggestions that £2m a year over a decade would do little to tackle multi-million pound deficits in local authority budgets.\n\nHe said: \"If you can find any council in Scotland that doesn't want £20m of additional funding over the next 10 years, I would be very surprised.\"\n\nThe UK government plan involves setting up a town board, bringing together community leaders, employers and local authorities, to decide on spending priorities.\n\nThe Scottish government said it welcomed all extra funding for Scotland, but \"it would be much better if provided to the Scottish government via the Barnett Formula in the normal manner\".\n\nA spokesperson said: \"It is extremely disappointing that we have not been consulted on how the investment could be prioritised to complement our ongoing work, and we are unclear on how the priority locations have been identified.\n\n\"We will nevertheless work with the UK government and local authorities to ensure the impact of this investment can be properly realised.\n\n\"We have already been working with local authorities to revitalise our town centres. Scotland was the first part of the UK to make a commitment to a Town Centre Action Plan and to adopt a town centre first principle, backed by funding from our £325m Place Based Investment Programme.\"\n\nI understand the Scottish government had an inkling at the end of last week that there would be extra money spent in Scotland - but there wasn't any clarity.\n\nOn the eve of the Conservative conference, an announcement that seven Scottish towns would share a £140m pot of cash.\n\nEnglish towns will also benefit - but the inclusion of Scotland could be seen as a dig at the SNP by the Conservatives.\n\nThe money is there to assuage concerns about what's happening to our towns - it's there to help make them cleaner and safer.\n\nIs the implication that the Scottish government is failing to do that?\n\nWe've been here before earlier in the year with the doling out of levelling up cash.\n\nThe SNP has been critical of that for bypassing the Scottish Parliament and snubbing devolution.\n\nSimilar criticism of today's announcement from the Scottish government - it's welcome but would be better if it was to be provided through the usual means.\n\nThe Scottish Tory leader Douglas Ross - whose home town of Elgin will benefit - has defended the overall UK scheme - saying it's two governments delivering for the area.\n\nThe UK government is keen to emphasise their role in Scottish life; it's not exclusively for the Scottish government.\n\nToday, the Scottish secretary is using his conference speech to accuse the Scottish government of \"undermining the devolution settlement\" to provoke unnecessary disagreement.\n\nBoth governments accusing each other of meddling - some may wonder what results genuine co-operation could bring.", "Ryder Cup: Europe edge closer to win over US as Rory McIlroy angry with Patrick Cantlay's caddie Last updated on .From the section Golf\n\nCoverage: Live radio commentary on BBC Sounds, live text updates on BBC Sport website and daily highlights on BBC Two Rory McIlroy was involved in angry exchanges at the end of a scintillating Saturday at the Ryder Cup that saw Europe move within four points of regaining the trophy. The Northern Irishman confronted Patrick Cantlay's caddie on the 18th green and was later ushered away from an ugly-looking scene in the car park by team-mate Shane Lowry. McIlroy was annoyed at the way Joe LaCava celebrated Cantlay's 30-foot birdie putt and the row spilled over behind the scenes. LaCava was close to McIlroy, waving his hat in the air, while the Northern Irishman tried to line up his own putt. Europe captain Luke Donald, who watched the events unfold from the side of the green, said: \"I've talked to Rory. He politely asked Joe to move aside. He was in his line of vision. He stood there and didn't move for a while and continued to wave the hat, so I think Rory was upset about that.\" US skipper Zach Johnson said: \"A celebration is a celebration. With a big putt like that on 18 at the Ryder Cup, I think you have every right to celebrate with your team and that's exactly what I saw.\" Justin Rose and Lowry were also incensed and approached LaCava on the green. It was an unsavoury end to what had been a fabulous day of golf in Rome. The hosts hold a 10½-5½ lead going into Sunday's 12 singles and no side has come from five back to win in the event's 96-year history. A 10-6 deficit has twice been overhauled, by the US at Brookline in 1999 and by Europe at Medinah in 2012. Europe need to 14½ points to regain the trophy, while the US, as defending champions, require 14 to retain it. The hosts had dominated the morning alternate-shot foursomes, winning 3-1 to extend their lead to 9½-2½. But Cantlay won the last two holes against McIlroy and Matt Fitzpatrick with birdies to eke out a point as the US took the final session 3-1. The final-green antics led to a chorus of boos from the thousands of fans surrounding the hole. McIlroy and Fitzpatrick then both missed birdie chances that would have resulted in a halved match at Marco Simone Golf Club. The world number two was magnanimous when he spoke to the media, saying: \"Patrick made three great putts at the end to seal the deal, so hats off to them. They played a great match, and yeah, I mean, a few scenes there on 18 and just fuel for the fire.\" Video footage of a still-riled McIlroy appeared soon after with Lowry guiding his European team-mate away from another confrontation. The rest of the American players had celebrated Cantlay's final birdie by waving their caps in the air, a reference to the fact he has not worn a cap all week. It is understood he is refusing to do because he is not getting paid to play in the biennial contest, and the crowds had been waving caps at Cantlay throughout the afternoon session. However, in his post-round news conference, he addressed that by saying \"it just doesn't fit, it's as simple as that\". And when asked if it was about being paid to play in the Ryder Cup, he replied: \"It's not about that. It's just about Team USA and representing our country.\" Cantlay and playing partner Wyndham Clark had never led in the match. They were one down from the fourth until Cantlay birdied the 11th. And the American drained two more putts on the 16th and 17th to send the match down the last all square before winning that with yet another birdie. The top two matches also went the way of the visitors. Viktor Hovland and Ludvig Aberg were paired together for the afternoon fourballs after dishing out a record 9&7 foursomes beating to world number one Scottie Scheffler, who had tears in his eyes as he was driven away, and five-time major winner Brooks Koepka in the morning. However, the Europeans were handed a thrashing of their own in the better-ball format as Sam Burns and Collin Morikawa strolled to a 4&3 triumph. The US had not won the first hole in any of the preceding 12 matches but a Burns birdie put them on the right track. He won three more holes to put them three up by the sixth and Morikawa had two birdies and an eagle in four holes to move them six ahead with six to play. Successive Aberg birdies kept the Europeans alive but when the Swede missed from 10 feet on the 15th, Burns tapped in to seal just the second full point for the US. In the second match Max Homa and Brian Harman were also never behind as they beat Tommy Fleetwood and Nicolai Hojgaard 2&1. Homa birdies put the US three up after six holes and Harman holed another on the ninth to push them further clear. Hojgaard and Fleetwood tried to mount a late rally and birdies on the 14th and 16th gave them hope but they lost on the 17th. Europe's solitary point in the afternoon was a first for debutant Bob MacIntyre, who was playing with veteran Englishman Justin Rose for a second time. They were up against the formidable unbeaten fourball pairing of Jordan Spieth and Justin Thomas. A tight contest was finally swung Europe's way when the Scot holed a crucial birdie putt on the par-three 13th to move them two clear. Rose then knocked in another at the next as they ran out 3&2 winners.\n• None The Following Events Are Based on A Pack of Lies: A deliciously dark, funny, and unpredictable thriller full of dupes, deceptions, and delusions", "In the two big speeches on the main stage here today the defence secretary and the foreign secretary both started by talking up the UK’s role on the world stage.\n\nGrant Shapps highlighted the programme to develop new ‘AUKUS’ hunter killer submarines, and the deployment of troops abroad.\n\nJames Cleverly said Brexit had not changed the fact other countries around the world “care about what we say, admire what we stand for\".\n\nBoth then pivoted to attack the Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer.\n\nRishi Sunak’s cabinet clearly have the coming election on their minds.\n\nGrant Shapps spelt out their concerns: “Times are tough, we are behind in the polls the pundits tell us Labour are a shoo-in.”\n\nBut he went on to heap praise on the PM for \"doing what is right not what is easy\".\n\nThe hall was less than half full. The delegates clapped politely then filed out quickly.\n\nThere was little energy, not much enthusiasm. The impression was that this is a conference that feels like it has yet to find a real theme and a real sense of purpose.", "The Barrowland ballroom and other iconic Glasgow music venues have been shrunk to miniature by a Scottish artist.\n\nKaren Bonella, who works under the name Karen Bones, recreates the city's pubs and clubs where she worked for nearly 20 years.\n\nAmong her cardboard models are King Tut's, The Garage nightclub and the bar Nice n Sleazy, which have long been at the heart of the city's music scene.\n\nKaren's tiny venues are a stark contrast to her other artistic inspiration - the quiet streets of Fife's coastal villages.\n\nThe two settings are a world apart, but Karen, 51, who lives in Larbert, Falkirk, loves model-making in both of these miniature landscapes.\n\nGlasgow's King Tut's and The Garage nightclub - with its big yellow truck over the entrance door\n\nAfter swapping painting to try out model-making during lockdown she is now wrapped up in the project.\n\n\"My first model of Glasgow was the building where I had my old art studio,\" she says.\n\n\"I wanted to recreate it before it was pulled down.\n\n\"The way it had decayed was amazing, covered in posters and graffiti.\n\n\"It's a shame what has happened to parts of the city.\n\n\"I had to highlight some of these buildings going to ruin before they are lost.\"\n\nKaren works from her own garden shed studio in Larbert\n\nKaren typically spends a week on each miniature, working on two or three at a time while the glue sets.\n\nShe studied illustration and printmaking at art school in Dundee, and happily admits she's learning her model-making skills as she goes along.\n\nKaren builds her models in her garden shed workshop.\n\nHer creations are a mix of recycled cardboard, foam, lollypop sticks and any other useful bits that will help her capture the tiniest details.\n\nThey are then painstakingly painted and decorated from reference photos she captures on location.\n\nKaren recreated the derelict building in Glasgow city centre where she once had her studio\n\nThe Ubiquitous Chip bar and restaurant in Glasgow's west end\n\nIn Glasgow, the former bar manger was drawn to the pubs and venues she loved in the city.\n\nKing Tut's - where many bands got their big break and Oasis were famously signed, Bar Bloc - where she still works once a week to help out with admin and Nice n Sleazy - which takes her right back to her youth.\n\n\"I'm incredibly sentimental about this wee pub,\" she says.\n\n\"As a teenage Goth, it was the first one where I got to hang out with fellow weirdos\n\n\"The decor might have changed but it still has the same great dingy vibe it ever had.\"\n\nGlasgow's Bar Bloc and Nice n Sleazy - one of her first teenage hangouts.\n\nSoon after Karen began making her pub miniatures, requests for other venues started rolling in.\n\nAfter delivering a model of The Garage nightclub to owner Donald Macleod, he commissioned her to make a model of Glasgow's Cathouse rock club.\n\nBut the big one was the Barrowland - her most elaborate and time consuming model so far.\n\nThe renowned gig venue, which originally opened as a dance hall in 1934, has hosted acts on their rise to stardom including David Bowie, The Clash, U2, the Foo Fighters and more.\n\n\"The Barras took ages, she says. \"It's such an iconic venue, I knew it had to be done properly.\n\n\"Having gone to countless gigs there, it's played a big role in my life.\n\n\"I researched low-powered lighting, so I could fit tiny LEDs in the right position behind each of the stars on the sign.\"\n\n\"It was a challenge, with lots of trial and error, but I'm really chuffed with it.\"\n\nKaren's models begin with cardboard, a cutting mat and a lot of patience\n\nBarrowland by night - Karen wired this miniature up with LED lighting\n\nKaren says she's improved her modelling skills since her original miniature creation - a charming waterfront cafe in Fife.\n\nFamily life took Karen, her husband and young son away from Glasgow to Fife, where she opened a market art stall in Culross three years ago.\n\nAt first she specialised in line drawings of coastal scenes and village's historic streets.\n\nCulross has been used for filming location for Outlander, and her illustrations of the cast have also been a big hit with visiting fans of the US TV drama.\n\nFrom cottages to castles, many people asked Karen to make models of their own homes\n\n\"I love Culross, it's stunning. Full of wonky old buildings, it's like stepping back in time,\" she says\n\n\"I feel part of that community now, any time someone needs some drawing done, a restaurant menu, art for village event, they ask me.\"\n\nHer model-making began when the owners of Coorie by the Coast in nearby Limekilns invited her to draw their cafe.\n\nKaren was struck by the beauty of the old building and was inspired to turn it into a miniature too.\n\nCoorie by the Coast was the miniature that started it all for Karen\n\n\"Being my first attempt, it's far from perfect, but I'm pleased with the result, considering I'd never done anything like it before.\n\n\"The owners love it and it's displayed proudly inside the cafe. It couldn't have gone to a nicer family\"\n\nAfter the tiny building went on display, word spread.\n\nKaren began to get more commissions for buildings on the Fife coast and beyond. From cottages to castles - she doesn't like to say no to a challenge.\n\nKaren has now created miniatures in Edinburgh, Falkirk, Dunfermline, Linlithgow and Dundee.\n\n\"I've had a fantastic response to my wee buildings and I love making them,\" she says.\n\n\"Who knows where the next one will take me.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Junior doctors and consultants at University College Hospital in London have joined the three-day walkout\n\nNHS bosses are warning patients to expect extreme disruption in hospitals, as junior doctors and consultants stage a three-day joint walkout in England.\n\nThe stoppage began at 07:00, with NHS England saying it will bring non-emergency care to a \"near standstill\".\n\nThe British Medical Association is promising \"Christmas Day\" cover, meaning emergency care will be staffed, with only minimal cover elsewhere.\n\nThe two groups represent about four-fifths of doctors working in hospital.\n\nBut a third of them are not BMA members, so are thought unlikely to be involved.\n\nJust under two weeks ago both groups went on strike together for the first time - but that joint walkout only lasted 24 hours. Before that they had held strike action on different days.\n\nNHS England medical director Prof Sir Stephen Powis said: \"NHS services have had very little time to recover from the previous action and now face three consecutive days which will prove extremely challenging, with almost all routine care brought to a standstill.\"\n\nPeople needing emergency care are being advised to use A&E units as normal or call 999.\n\nFor other health concerns, 111 or GP services should be used - although they could be disrupted, as some junior doctors work as GP trainees.\n\nPatients should have been told about any postponements of non-emergency services in advance.\n\nOn Tuesday the disruption will be added to by a walkout by radiographers, which carry out scans, at around a quarter of NHS trusts.\n\nDuring previous action, some hospitals have reported having to cancel half of their planned appointments and treatments.\n\nSo far, more than one million bookings have had to be rescheduled since NHS strikes began in December.\n\nThe most disruption has been seen during the walkouts by doctors - nurses, physios, ambulance staff and radiographers have also taken strike action, but much of that has now ended.\n\nHospitals are reporting some patients were having treatments and appointments cancelled for the second or third time.\n\nThe industrial action has contributed to the record 7.7 million people currently waiting for hospital treatment.\n\nPrime Minister Rishi Sunak has blamed the dispute for scuppering his ambition to get the waiting list down this year.\n\nIt is more than 100 days since the health secretary sat down with BMA leaders for pay talks - and none are planned for the future.\n\nMinisters said this year's pay rise was a \"final and fair\" settlement and it met the independent pay review body's recommendations.\n\nConsultants are being given 6% and junior doctors an average of 8.8%, depending on their level.\n\nThe pay increase means junior doctors' basic salary ranges from £32,400 to £63,150, while consultants can earn up to £126,300.\n\nDoctors earn about a quarter to a third more on top of this, on average, for things such as unsociable hours and additional work, which can be mandatory for junior doctors.\n\nJunior doctors were after a 35% increase, to make up for what they say are years of below-inflation wage rises.\n\nConsultants have not put a figure on what they would like - a figure of 12% has been floated - but insist it must be above inflation, to start restoring pay they have lost once inflation is taken into account.\n\nHealth Secretary Steve Barclay said he was \"deeply disappointed and concerned\" and urged the union to end its strike.\n\nBut BMA chairman Prof Phil Banfield said doctors were not the problem: \"We don't want to be on strike, but we so want doctors to be recognised as the highly skilled practitioners of medicine that they are.\"\n\nIn terms of public support, the latest polling from YouGov shows 56% support junior doctors, with 37% opposed. For senior doctors, 42% are in support and 50% are opposed.\n\nDoctors are also being balloted for industrial action in Wales, while in Northern Ireland the BMA is preparing to.\n\nHave you been affected by the issues raised in this story? You can share your experiences by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Jake Abraham (left) played Dean in Guy Ritchie's Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels\n\nLiverpool-born actor Jake Abraham, best known for his role in the film Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, has died aged 56.\n\nThe actor appeared in the 1991 Channel 4 series GBH, and films Mean Machine and Formula 51, among others.\n\nAbraham was diagnosed with prostate cancer earlier this year and in July he said he was receiving palliative care.\n\nAt the time he urged people not to leave it \"too late\" to test for early signs of cancer.\n\nAbraham was born in Toxteth in Liverpool. He began acting in the 1980s at the Everyman Youth Theatre and spent four decades acting on stage and screen.\n\nHe played Dean in the 1998 British gangster film Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels directed by Guy Ritchie.\n\nAnd he regularly appeared in productions at the Royal Court in Liverpool and starred in The Scouse Jack and the Beanstalk pantomime until January this year.\n\nKevin Fearon, executive director of Royal Court theatre, said he was due to appear in the cast this year and said \"we'll be dedicating the show to him\".\n\n\"Such a loss to us, to his family and to the city,\" Mr Fearon said.\n\nSpeaking to the Liverpool Echo about his cancer diagnosis in July, Abraham said he had felt unwell for some time but left it \"too late\" to get his symptoms checked. His cancer had spread to other parts of his body.\n\nThe actor had been receiving radiotherapy before he went into palliative care.\n\nHe said in July: \"I think most men take the approach of 'oh, I'll get on with it'. Well I'm palliative now, I found out really late down the line and there's nothing they can do for me - I've just got it now and I've just got to wait for the day.\"\n\nMen can be given a blood test, known as a PSA test, to help detect prostate cancer, the NHS says.\n\nIt can be done at a GP surgery, and measures the level of prostate-specific antigen (PSA) in the blood.\n\nThere is currently no national screening programme for prostate cancer in the UK because the PSA test is not always accurate, the NHS says.", "Actor and comedian Jon Culshaw was on the Sunday With Laura Kuenssberg programme this morning, so Laura asked him to do impressions of Brian Blessed, Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nAt least 13 people have died in a fire that engulfed three nightclubs in the south-eastern Spanish city of Murcia.\n\nThe blaze broke out in the Fonda Milagros nightclub - known as La Fonda - early on Sunday morning.\n\nIt then spread to neighbouring clubs as patrons rushed to escape the packed dancefloors, police said.\n\nFamily members celebrating a birthday were among the dead, according to local media. Rescuers are still searching for those who are unaccounted for.\n\nOne of the birthday party attendees - who was at the club with his cousins and aunt - said he returned home during the chaos, only to be told that one of his cousins had not left, La Verdad de Murcia newspaper reported.\n\nIt is not clear if the cousin was among those confirmed dead.\n\n\"I think we left 30 seconds to one minute before the alarms went off and all the lights went out (and) the screams saying there was a fire,\" one survivor told the Reuters news agency.\n\nThe club is located in the Atalayas area in Murcia, and the fire is believed to have started at around 06:00 (04:00 GMT).\n\nIt is still not clear what caused the blaze. But Murcia's Mayor Jose Ballesta told reporters earlier in the day that the fire had broken out on the first floor of the club.\n\n\"Anyone responsible, whether they are part of the government or an individual, will be brought to justice,\" he said.\n\nDiego Seral, of the national police, said the roof of La Fonda had collapsed, which was making it challenging to locate victims and work out what had happened.\n\nA 28-year-old woman sent a voice note to her mother when the fire had started, according to the La Verdad de Murcia newspaper, saying: \"Mummy, I love you, we're going to die.\"\n\nShe had gone out with her partner and some friends from the nearby town of Caravaca de la Cruz. It is not clear if she survived.\n\n\"They went because in Caravaca there are no nightclubs,\" the woman's father, named as Jairo, told the paper. \"It was the second time she had been.\"\n\nFour people are being treated in hospital for smoke inhalation, and a local sports venue is being used to provide counselling for those affected.\n\n\"We are devastated,\" Murcia Mayor Jose Ballesta said. He has decreed three days of mourning in Murcia.\n\nSpain's King Felipe VI has been among those to express his condolences.\n\n\"Pain and dismay as the tragic day in Murcia has progressed,\" wrote a representative for the King on X (formerly Twitter).\n\n\"Our solidarity with the families of the victims and with the entire city.\"\n\nThe fire is believed to be the country's worst such blaze in more than 30 years. In 1990, 43 people were killed in a nightclub in Zaragoza.\n\nThe fire spread from Fonda Milagros to the next door Teatre club\n\nWere you in the area? Did you witness the incident? You can share your experiences by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "Comedy writer Graham Linehan has told a free speech event at the Conservative Party conference he was \"the most cancelled person in this room\".\n\nBest known for The IT Crowd and Father Ted, his views on gender have led to him being accused of transphobia.\n\nMr Linehan told a fringe debate on Sunday he found it \"very hard to find places to speak these days\".\n\nA comedy show featuring Mr Linehan in Edinburgh was cancelled in August due to complaints.\n\nThe writer has been an outspoken critic of transgender self-identification.\n\nLast month, he claimed he had been refused a pass to this year's Conservative Party conference, taking place in Manchester, before the party chairman stepped in to reverse the decision.\n\nHe said he had made a subject access request to Greater Manchester Police to find out why it had initially been blocked.\n\nGreater Manchester Police said it does not make decisions on conference accreditation. The force carries out checks on applicants and then hands an anonymised list to Tory HQ flagging any concerns.\n\nMr Linehan shared a platform with historian and Daily Telegraph columnist Tim Stanley, academic Matthew Goodwin and Marc Glendinning, head of cultural affairs at the Institute for Economic Affairs think tank.\n\nMr Linehan says his conference pass was initially blocked\n\nThe panel argued that free speech in the UK was being shut down by groups of people who were out of touch with the general public's views and increasingly intolerant of opinions they did not share.\n\nMr Linehan claimed there had been a \"soft ideological coup of nearly all our major institutions - the police, academia and even the NHS\" and it needed to be stopped.\n\nHe also took aim at the BBC over its treatment of trans issues, accusing the corporation of doing everything it can \"to suppress this debate\".\n\nThe BBC has been approached for comment.\n\nMr Linehan was speaking at a fringe meeting - an individual event that takes place around the main party conference.\n\nThe writer has been involved in a number of acrimonious social media disputes with trans activists, and in 2020 was permanently suspended from Twitter which claimed he had breached rules on \"hateful content\".\n\nHis account was reinstated after Elon Musk took over the social media platform.\n\nMr Linehan co-created the Channel 4 comedy Father Ted and later wrote Black Books and The IT Crowd. An episode of The IT Crowd from 2008 has been criticised over its transgender plot line.In 2020 Channel 4 removed it from its streaming service saying that \"in light of current audience expectations, we concluded it did not meet our standards for remaining available... and it was not possible to make adequate changes\".", "Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has again refused to say if the Birmingham to Manchester leg of HS2 will be axed.\n\nAsked by the BBC's Laura Kuenssberg if the high-speed line would reach Manchester, he said: \"We're getting on with delivering [the project], I'm not going to comment on this speculation.\"\n\nRising costs have led to growing doubts over this second leg of HS2.\n\nThe first leg, between London and Birmingham, is already under construction.\n\nHS2 is seen as key to the government's pledge to \"level up\" the country. Labour and some Tory MPs have warned against scaling it back.\n\nOn Saturday, former PM Theresa May became the latest Conservative voice to warn against downgrading the project.\n\nAndy Street, the Tory mayor of the West Midlands, has also criticised the idea, while London mayor Sadiq Khan warned it could make the UK a \"laughing stock\".\n\nBut Mr Sunak said he \"completely\" rejected the criticism, telling Kuenssberg that the government was \"absolutely committed to levelling up across this country\".\n\nHe highlighted a levelling up fund for 55 towns, adding that the UK was attracting \"billions of pound of investment into this country, creating jobs everywhere\".\n\nOn Sunday, Transport Minister Richard Holden said the government was right to keep the HS2 leg to Manchester under review as it had a \"big impact\" on cost.\n\nHe told BBC News: \"It is right we properly look at it and the chancellor and prime minister really dig into the detail of it.\"\n\nAsked if the government was saying it could not currently commit to the line coming to Manchester, he said: \"Exactly. There is a lot of detailed work going on.\"\n\nHe added: \"With any large project you'd obviously want to keep it constantly under review... this is one of the biggest projects the country is looking at at the moment.\"\n\nSpeculation around the future of HS2 has been swirling for weeks, with the PM and other ministers repeatedly declining to confirm whether the project will be scaled back.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: Ros Atkins on… How the HS2 plan changed over the years\n\nMany in Westminster had expected an announcement to have happened before the start of the Conservative Party Conference in Manchester, which kicks off on Sunday.\n\nNo 10 appears to have concluded it can get through the four days of conference without clarifying its position.\n\nA senior government source told the BBC: \"We are in Manchester - but we are not speaking to Manchester, we are speaking to the country.\"\n\nWith no announcement this week, it may be that the fate of HS2 is not clarified until Jeremy Hunt's Autumn Statement - which won't take place until 22 November.\n\nThe HS2 scheme has already faced delays, cost increases and cuts. The planned eastern leg between Birmingham and Leeds was axed in late 2021.\n\nIn March, the government announced that building the line between Birmingham and Crewe, and then onto Manchester, would be delayed for at least two years.\n\nThe last official estimate on HS2 costs, excluding the cancelled eastern section, added up to about £71bn. But this was in 2019 prices so it does not account for the rise in costs for materials and wages since then.\n\nThe possible scrapping of the leg to Manchester has also raised concerns over other plans to improve rail services across northern England.\n\nThe Northern Powerhouse Rail (NPR) scheme plans to speed up links between Liverpool, Manchester and Leeds through a mixture of new and upgraded lines.\n\nHowever, these plans include a section of the HS2 line from Manchester Airport to Manchester Piccadilly, as well as planned upgrades to Manchester Piccadilly station.\n\nEarlier this week, the mayor of Greater Manchester, Andy Burnham, said scrapping the HS2 extension to Manchester risked \"ripping the heart\" out of the NPR scheme.", "Last updated on .From the section Premier League\n\nDarren England has been replaced as the fourth official for Sunday's Premier League game between Nottingham Forest and Brentford after his error as the video assistant referee during Liverpool's defeat at Tottenham.\n\nEngland failed to overturn an incorrect decision on the pitch to disallow a Luis Diaz goal for offside as the Reds were beaten 2-1 on Saturday.\n\nDan Cook was assistant VAR for the game and he has been replaced as assistant referee for the game between Fulham and Chelsea on Monday.\n\n\"Craig Pawson will now assume England's duties as fourth official at the City Ground while Eddie Smart will take over from Cook as assistant referee at Craven Cottage,\" said referees' body PGMOL.\n\nCook, England and Michael Oliver, who was the fourth official at Spurs, were also part of a match officiating team in charge of a league game in the United Arab Emirates on Thursday.\n\nThe Football Association had approved the trip and the trio arrived back in London on Friday to prepare for Saturday's game.\n\nAt 0-0 and with Liverpool down to 10 men, winger Diaz's goal was disallowed on the field, with England upholding the decision after a quick VAR check, in which the customary offside line graphic was not shown.\n\nBBC Sport understands the correct procedure was followed for the controversial decision but the mistake was down to human error.\n\nThe lines were drawn in accordance with normal procedure and every other aspect was checked.\n\nHowever, what is being described by sources as a lapse of concentration led to a loss of focus around the initial on-field decision and then a 'check complete' being confirmed rather than an intervention which would have resulted in the goal being awarded.\n\nIt is understood referees' chief Howard Webb has spoken to Liverpool about the incident.\n\nA PGMOL statement after the game said \"a significant human error occurred\".\n\nIt added: \"The goal by Luiz Diaz was disallowed for offside by the on-field team of match officials. This was a clear and obvious factual error and should have resulted in the goal being awarded through VAR intervention, however, the VAR failed to intervene.\"\n\nSpeaking after the match, Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp said his side's defeat came in \"the most unfair circumstances\" with \"crazy decisions\".\n\n\"That is not offside when you see it,\" he told Sky Sports.\n\n\"The ball is between Mo [Salah]'s legs, they drew the line wrong and didn't judge the moment when Mo passed the ball right.\"\n\nKlopp also said the PGMOL statement \"doesn't help\" and referenced the apology Wolves received for the decision not to award a penalty at Manchester United earlier in the season.\n\nFormer England striker Alan Shearer described VAR's error as \"incomprehensible\" on BBC Match of the Day.\n\n\"The one bit of VAR we have accepted and learned we can't argue about was offside,\" he said.\n\n\"This will put so much doubt into decisions that go on. It is a monumental error. We spotted it straight away.\"\n\nPostecoglou has 'never been fan of' VAR\n\nLiverpool also had Curtis Jones controversially sent off by referee Simon Hooper, who initially gave the midfielder a yellow card for a foul on Yves Bissouma before upgrading it to a red after being asked to review the decision on the pitchside monitor.\n\nReds forward Diogo Jota was also dismissed for two bookings.\n\nTottenham took the lead in the game through Son Heung-min and, while Cody Gakpo equalised for the Reds, a Joel Matip own goal in injury time gave Spurs victory.\n\nSpeaking about VAR, Tottenham manager Ange Postecoglou says he has \"never really been a fan of it since it came in\" as it \"complicates areas of the game that I thought were pretty clear in the past\".\n\nHe added: \"I can see at the same time why it was inevitable that technology would come in. We have to deal with it.\n\n\"The game is littered with historical refereeing decisions that weren't right, but we all accepted that it was part of the game because we're dealing with human beings.\n\n\"I think that people are under the misconception that VAR is going to be errorless. It's down to interpretation, and they're still human beings.\n\n\"When you put such a high bar on something, it invariably is going to fail, so if people are thinking that VAR is going to be something that at some point that is perfect, that's never going to happen.\"\n• None Our coverage of your Premier League club is bigger and better than ever before - follow your team and sign up for notifications in the BBC Sport app to make sure you never miss a moment", "Bradley Lowery was supported by former England striker Jermaine Defoe during his illness\n\nA man has been charged after reports an image of Bradley Lowery was used to taunt opposition football fans.\n\nThe alleged incident happened at Sheffield Wednesday's home game on Friday against Sunderland - the team the six-year-old boy supported before he died of cancer in 2017.\n\nDale Houghton, 31, from Rotherham, has been charged with a public order offence after being arrested on Saturday.\n\nHe is due to appear in court on Monday.\n\nSouth Yorkshire Police said Mr Houghton had been remanded in custody ahead of a hearing at Sheffield Magistrates' Court.\n\nHe has been charged under section 4a of the Public Order Act - causing intentional harassment, alarm or distress - and also faces a football banning order.\n\nA statement from the force said a 27-year-old man who was also arrested on Saturday has been released on bail \"while further enquiries are conducted\".\n\nSheffield Wednesday fans have donated thousands of pounds to a foundation set up in Bradley Lowery's name since reports of the alleged offence circulated online.\n\nA statement from the Bradley Lowery foundation said it had been \"so overwhelmed\" and was \"thankful\" for the support.", "The partner of Dame Vivienne Westwood has unveiled a new collection at Paris Fashion Week that gives a glimpse into the late fashion designer's own wardrobe.\n\nAndreas Kronthaler and iconic British fashion designer Dame Vivienne, who died last year, were a fashion powerhouse designing together under the Westwood brand. The pair married in 1992.\n\nThis is Kronthaler's second collection after Dame Vivienne's death.\n\nKronthaler told Hypebeast the looks on the Paris runway were based on \"all the clothes Vivienne wore and all the clothes we made together over the past 30 years\".\n\nAnd how did he choose from decades of clothes? In May, he says, he photographed and numbered over 200 outfits kept at their home before putting them all in a hat and picking 34.\n\n\"Because those are the years I knew Vivienne.\"\n\nThe collection is called 43 Old Town - named after the couple's London address\n\nWestwood, 81, made her name with controversial punk and new wave styles in the 1970s and went on to dress some of the biggest stars in fashion.\n\nShe was also known as a staunch activist and wasn't afraid to showcase causes she cared about, like climate change, on the catwalk.\n\nHere are the bold fashion choices Kronthaler chose, for this season, to remember their time together.\n\nAndreas Kronthaler (centre) received a standing ovation at the end of his show\n\nThe couple often appeared on the runway together sharing a kiss to celebrate their show. Here they are pictured in 2019 in Paris.", "Charities are warning of a tough winter ahead for many people's finances despite a drop in domestic energy prices for the next three months.\n\nThe annual bill for a typical household falls to £1,923 from Sunday under regulator Ofgem's price cap.\n\nIt is £577 lower than last winter, but some government support has been withdrawn and bills are forecast to rise again in January.\n\nBut cost-of-living payments for some may help cover part of the cost.\n\nAverage annual gas and electricity bills remain high by historical standards. In winter 2021, an energy bill for a typical household was £1,277.\n\nMatthew Cole, head of Fuel Bank Foundation, a charity that provides financial support for those on prepayment energy meters - who now pay a very similar amount to those using direct debit - said for these people the cost of topping up would be around £250 a month.\n\nHe said it is likely to lead some to skip meals and showers to keep up.\n\n\"For prepaying customers, when the money on the meter runs out and there's no means of topping up, so does the energy,\" he said. \"No money equals no heat, hot water or fuel to cook a hot meal.\"\n\nOfgem's price cap affects 29 million households in England, Wales and Scotland. It sets the maximum amount that suppliers can charge for each unit of gas and electricity but not the total bill. If you use more, you will pay more.\n\nFor a home using a typical amount of gas and electricity and paying by direct debit, the annual bill will be £1,923 between now and 31 December, down from £2,074 previously.\n\nSpecifically, the price of gas is 6.89p per kilowatt hour (kWh), and electricity is 27.35p per kWh.\n\nThe typical bill is calculated on an estimate that the average household uses 2,900 kWh of electricity and 12,000 kWh of gas - although this calculation is set to change.\n\nThose who pay bills every three months, often by cheque - known as standard credit - will pay £129 more a year than those using direct debit. Northern Ireland has a different system of price regulation.\n\nLast winter, bill rises would have been higher had it not been for the government's Energy Price Guarantee limiting the typical bill to £2,500. Each household also received £400 of support over six months, but this year the government is yet to announce any equivalent scheme.\n\nOn Friday, analysts at energy consultancy Cornwall Insight said the typical annual bill was forecast to rise to £1,996 in January.\n\nCharities are worried that the cumulative effect of high bills over the last two years will create ongoing problems for billpayers - even if energy prices dip in the future.\n\nShapia Kaur, a mum-of-four from Newport with a disability, said: \"Balancing my money has been pretty much impossible.\n\n\"I had to re-think everything and budget hard to make the household work and to stay warm, but over the months and years, small debts have grown bigger. The biggest problem has been my water and energy bills.\n\n\"The price hikes of last year and the heating going on again in October this year have and will continue to hit me hard.\"\n\nShe spoke to her energy provider who recommended she use a form about the money she has coming in and going out, provided by a company called Income and Expenditure Hub, which she then sent to all her creditors to whom she owed money, in order to organise her debts.\n\nA coalition of 140 organisations and MPs has called on the government to consider introducing a social tariff to help the most vulnerable with energy bills this winter.\n\nA spokesperson for the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero said the government recognises \"the cost-of-living challenges families are facing\" and was providing \"targeted support for the most vulnerable\"\n\nThey said that three million households expected to benefit from the £150 Warm Home Discount, while \"millions of vulnerable households will receive up to £900 in further cost-of-living payments.\n\nHere are some energy saving ideas from environmental scientist Angela Terry, who set up One Home, a social enterprise that shares green, money-saving tips:", "Stephen Pennington was described as \"a real risk to children and women\"\n\nPolice are looking for a child rapist who breached his licence conditions.\n\nStephen Pennington, 35, was jailed in 2009 and imprisoned again in 2022 for breaches of a sexual harm prevention order.\n\nThe registered sex offender, who is being recalled to prison, has links to Blackburn, Blackpool and Wigan, Lancashire Police said.\n\nHe is described as white, slim, about 6ft (1.8m) tall and has short receding dark brown hair.\n\nDet Con Stewart Marshall, from Lancashire Police, said: \"Pennington is a high-risk sex offender who presents a real risk to children and women and I would appeal to anyone who sees him or knows where he could be to get in touch.\"\n\nThe force said he was jailed last year after authorities found he had begun a relationship with a woman, between September and December 2021, and was in contact with her children.\n\nWhile there was \"no suggestion\" he harmed the children, he had knowingly breached the conditions of licence, which prevents him from contacting anyone under the age of 18.\n\nPolice said he had used the false name Stephen Johnson during this time.\n\nWhy not follow BBC North West on Facebook, X and Instagram? You can also send story ideas to northwest.newsonline@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The UK government's tax take has soared since the Conservatives won the general election in 2019\n\nTax levels in the UK are at their highest since records began 70 years ago - and are unlikely to come down, a leading think tank says.\n\nThe Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) forecasts taxes will amount to about 37% of national income by the next general election, due in 2024.\n\nThe IFS report - on the eve of the Conservative conference - has reignited calls for tax cuts from Tory MPs.\n\nThe government says taming price rises is its priority.\n\nNext year, the government will collect upwards of £100bn more in tax compared to pre-2019 levels, the IFS says.\n\nThis is not a direct consequence of the coronavirus pandemic, when government spending surged to keep the economy afloat, the think tank argues.\n\nInstead, it reflects decisions to increase government spending, the UK's ageing population and pressures on the health service.\n\nIn recent years, the government has announced a series of tax-raising measures, including an increase in corporation tax from 19% to 25%, and the levy on profits made by energy companies.\n\nIFS director Paul Johnson said: \"Over this parliament, it looks like taxes will rise by about 4% of national income, that's round about £100bn.\"\n\nHe added the UK tax take is still about the average for rich countries and below the rest of Europe.\n\n\"If you look into the future, we are going to be spending more on pensions and health and so on as the population ages,\" Mr Johnson said.\n\n\"In my view, this is almost certainly a permanent increase in taxes.\"\n\nChancellor Jeremy Hunt - who will set out his economic plans in his Autumn Statement in November - said last week that tax cuts were \"virtually impossible\" at present.\n\nA Treasury spokesperson said the \"most effective tax cut we can deliver\" is to \"drive down inflation\".\n\nBut supporters of former Prime Minister Liz Truss and other Tory MPs have renewed their calls for tax cuts to promote economic growth.\n\nMs Truss told the BBC: \"This unprecedentedly high tax burden is one of the reasons that the British economy is stagnating.\"\n\nAnother Conservative MP, John Redwood, said there were \"affordable tax cuts to be had\", including raising the VAT threshold for businesses and slashing duties on fuel.\n\nLabour has ruled out unfunded tax cuts - or spending commitments - if it wins power at next year's general election.\n\nCommenting on the IFS report, leader Sir Keir Starmer said: \"There's a driving reason why we've got the highest taxes pretty well on record and that's because of the dismal failure of this government on growth.\"\n\nThe Liberal Democrats said the Conservatives had \"crashed the economy\" under Ms Truss and are \"making the public pay the price\".\n\nIn an interview with the BBC on Thursday, Mr Sunak said he thought halving inflation by the end of this year was the \"most important\" of the five pledges he made in January.\n\nInflation - the rate at which prices are rising - was 10.7% in the three-month period between October and December 2022, which means the government aims to reduce inflation to 5.3%.\n\nIn August the inflation rate was 6.7%.\n\n\"Inflation is falling, there's light at the end of the tunnel, but we need to stick to the plan,\" Mr Sunak said.", "Flames and thick black smoke could be seen coming from the flat\n\nFifty firefighters tackled a major blaze in a 16-storey block of flats in Coventry.\n\nIt broke out in an 11th floor flat of Samuel Vale House, in Radford, with smoke spreading to some homes above.\n\nParts of the St. Nicholas Street building were evacuated and fire crews in breathing apparatus went inside to guide people out.\n\nSeveral calls came in to West Midlands Fire Service at 16:10 BST. The fire was declared out by 17:40.\n\nPhotographs on social media showed flames at two windows, with smoke pouring from the building as the partial evacuation took place.\n\nA fire service spokesman said \"several people were able to stay in their homes\".\n\nTen fire engines, 4x4 response vehicles and a hydraulic aerial platform were sent to tackle the blaze, the cause of which is being investigated.\n\nBlackened windows on the 11th floor showed the extent of the fire\n\nMultiple ambulance crews were also sent in, with onlookers reporting seeing people being given oxygen treatment. It is not thought anyone was seriously injured.\n\nPeople who were led out of the building are being looked after at Coventry Central Seventh Day Adventist Church on St Nicholas Street.\n\nA large cordon was put around the tower block.\n\nAmbulances and other emergency vehicles lined the streets close to the flats\n\nCoventry North West Labour MP Taiwo Owatemi thanked firefighters \"who have responded so quickly to tackle the fire at Samuel Vale House\".\n\n\"I hope everyone is safe and that the fire has not resulted in any serious injuries,\" she wrote on X, formerly known as Twitter.\n\nThe fire service said it was liaising with housing association Citizen Housing.\n\nFifty firefighters went to the scene and managed to contain the fire\n\nFollow BBC West Midlands on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Send your story ideas to: newsonline.westmidlands@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Nazmush Shahadat told the BBC he \"couldn't video call my family because I didn't want them to see how I am living\"\n\nWhen Nazmush Shahadat arrived in London from Bangladesh he had nowhere to stay.\n\nHe had been accepted on to a course to study law, but found university accommodation too expensive and he couldn't find a house to live in.\n\nMr Shahadat said things \"turned dark really soon\", and he ended up sharing a two-bedroom flat with 20 other men.\n\n\"I never expected to live in a place like that - I still have my scars,\" he said.\n\nWith multiple bunk beds crammed into a room and shift workers coming and going, he said it was impossible to sleep and he was often bitten by bed bugs.\n\n\"The first couple of months, I couldn't video call my family because I didn't want them to see how I am living - that's sad,\" he explained.\n\nMr Shahadat now lives in a shared house and has his own room, but said trying to find an affordable home in London was extremely difficult because foreign students don't have the references and pay slips needed to secure a home.\n\nMany have also used their family's savings to cover fees, he said, with his amounting to £39,000 for a three-year course.\n\n\"I've spent my family's savings to come here to fulfil my and my parents' dreams,\" he said.\n\nIn recent years the government has worked to increase the number of international students at UK higher education institutions.\n\nIn the 2015/16 academic year there were 113,015 international students in the capital. That increased by 59% to 179,425 for 2020/21, according to the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA).\n\nNow, some London institutions have more foreign students than UK ones.\n\nRashavh Kaushik (right) says he will be living in a flat with his two friends (left) and another person, having paid £16,000 upfront\n\nRashavh Kaushik from India will also be studying law this year and has found a home with friends, but he's sharing a bedroom with another student.\n\nFor that arrangement, they've had to pay £16,000 upfront and have had to get a guarantor to secure a place. \"It's costly for us,\" he said.\n\nNehaal Bajwa, from the National Union of Students (NUS), said: \"Universities are trying to recruit more and more international students partly because they pay a lot higher fees, but it means that some universities are expanding at a rate much higher than the local housing stock can deal with.\"\n\nThe NUS has been calling for rent controls for students, and said international students were particularly vulnerable to financial strain.\n\n\"You're kind of open to exploitation because you don't know your rights,\" Ms Bajwa said.\n\nShe added that foreign students were more likely to accept a home without a contract, pay large sums of money up front, or be forced to accept unsuitable conditions.\n\n\"You might be more tempted, because otherwise where are you going to live? So homelessness is a real threat,\" she said.\n\nFilm student Giulia Tortoricei, 19, from Italy, now lives with her friends Maisie and Lidia in a shared house, but found looking for accommodation in London last year tough.\n\n\"It's way too expensive - last year I came here without having a place. A friend of mine was giving me part of his room for a whole month before I found a place so that was really stressful,\" she said.\n\nGiulia Tortoricei (right) had to stay with a friend before she was able to find a place to live\n\nIt's not just international students struggling either - students based in the UK told the BBC about their difficulties finding a home, and of facing long commutes to get to campus.\n\nAnalysis from Savills found in London there were currently 3.8 students chasing every bed in purpose-built student accommodation, compared to an average of 2.9 across the UK as a whole.\n\nStudent charity Unipol believes there is a need for more \"affordable\" accommodation, especially for more vulnerable students who may opt for dedicated university accommodation if they don't know an area well or come from overseas.\n\nMartin Blakey, the charity's CEO, said such accommodation was about 35% more expensive than renting a room in a house, so some students ended up spending much of their money on temporary accommodation thinking they would save money when they find a house-share.\n\nHowever, many run out of funds before they can secure somewhere and he said by this point \"quite significant numbers of international students were using food banks\" and may have to return home.\n\n\"It it is really rough at the pointy end of this and people's dreams quietly fall apart,\" Mr Blakey said.\n\nIn a statement, a Department for Education (DfE) spokesperson said: \"Attracting the brightest students internationally is good for our universities and delivers growth at home.\n\n\"That's why we encourage universities and private accommodation providers to consider their accommodation needs and support them accordingly.\"\n\nUniversities UK said in a statement: \"The current pressures on the housing market in the UK are being felt across society - including by students, and universities are working to ease this wherever possible.\n\n\"Universities are experienced in supporting students, and while we strongly recommended that students organise housing before travelling to the UK, any student facing difficulty should contact their university accommodation team as soon as possible.\"\n\nListen to the best of BBC Radio London on Sounds and follow BBC London on Facebook, X and Instagram. Send your story ideas to hellobbclondon@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nRishi Sunak has told the BBC he wants to cut taxes - but declined to say whether he would before the next general election.\n\nHis comments came after cabinet minister Michael Gove told Sky News he wanted taxes cut before an election.\n\nInstead, Mr Sunak said that his priority was curbing inflation and easing living costs.\n\nTax and HS2 are causing unrest in the party as members gather in Manchester for their annual conference.\n\nTax levels in the UK are at their highest since records began 70 years ago and are unlikely to come down soon, a leading think tank, the Institute for Fiscal Studies, said this week.\n\nFormer Prime Minister Liz Truss and her allies are among Tory MPs who have called for tax cuts. But Chancellor Jeremy Hunt - who will set out his economic plans in his Autumn Statement in November - said last week that tax cuts were \"virtually impossible\" at present.\n\nIn an interview with the BBC's Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg, Mr Sunak was asked three times whether he would commit to lowering taxes before the next election, which is expected next year.\n\nMr Sunak - at his first conference as party leader - said that as a Conservative, he wanted to cut taxes, but gave no detail on when he would do so.\n\nThe prime minister said he thought halving inflation - the rate at which prices are rising - by the end of this year was the \"best tax cut\" he could deliver.\n\nInflation was 10.7% in the three-month period between October and December 2022, which makes Mr Sunak's target figure 5.3%.\n\nIn August, the inflation rate was 6.7%.\n\nCurbing inflation, Mr Sunak said, was his biggest priority.\n\n\"Change may be difficult, but I believe the country wants change and I'm going to do things differently to bring about that change,\" he said.\n\nSpeaking later at a fringe event at the Tory Party conference, Mr Gove echoed the prime minister, saying taxes could only be cut when inflation had been \"tackled\".\n\nThe government has limited tools to reduce inflation. The Bank of England says raising interest rates, which it controls independently, is the best way to make sure inflation comes down.\n\nOn the eve of the conference, the boss of Iceland supermarkets, Richard Walker, announced he was quitting the Conservative Party and accused the Tories of being \"out of touch\".\n\nBut facing questions about discontent within his party over tax, green policies and the future of the HS2 rail line, Mr Sunak rejected claims the Tories were drifting away from voters. His party trails Labour in the polls.\n\nThe prime minister told Laura Kuenssberg that Mr Walker had talked about net zero and prioritising working people, adding: \"Change may be uncomfortable for people. People may be critical of it, but I believe in doing the right thing for the country.\n\n\"I'm not going to shy away from that.\"\n\nNet zero means no longer adding to the total amount of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.\n\nRishi Sunak and his wife Akshata Murty in Manchester on Sunday\n\nAhead of his party's four-day conference, Mr Sunak announced £1.1bn of cash for towns the government says have been \"overlooked\".\n\nHe declined to comment on speculation about the government potentially scrapping the Birmingham-to-Manchester leg of HS2, following suggestions the cost of the project could exceed £100bn.\n\nThe first leg of HS2, from London to Birmingham, is already being built.\n\nLabour and some Tory MPs have said scaling back HS2 would be a mistake, with two former Conservative prime ministers - Theresa May and Boris Johnson - among them.\n\nUntil recently, Mr Sunak had played it pretty safe since becoming Conservative leader and prime minister a year ago this month.\n\nHe took over from Ms Truss in October last year without one vote being cast by Tory members in a leadership content, or voters in a general election.\n\nIn the interview, Kuenssberg asked Mr Sunak if he was relaxed about holding office without anyone voting for the changes he had made.\n\n\"Yes, because I'm doing what I believe is right,\" he said.\n\nLast month, he watered down green policies designed to reduce planet-warming carbon emissions to net zero by 2050, and in recent days has touted measures to help motorists.\n\nMr Sunak denied his changes to green polices were made for short-term political gain.\n\nHe said the UK government had \"an obligation\" to meet targets to reduce carbon emissions, but added: \"We can do so in a more proportionate and pragmatic way.\"\n\nSome opinion polls have showed a modest Conservative recovery, but the party still lags far behind Labour.\n\n\"The mood among Conservative MPs is really bleak,\" one Conservative backbencher who had reluctantly travelled up to Manchester for their party conference told the BBC. \"Most of us can see the polls and realise we are doomed.\"\n\nIt was clear from this morning's interview that Mr Sunak does not agree, as he repeatedly talked himself up as a \"change\" prime minister.\n\nExpect more of that at his party's conference this week: attempts to draw clear dividing lines with Labour and spell out more of what Mr Sunak would do with a full term as prime minister.\n\nEach of those new policies is also an attempt to prove wrong fatalistic Conservative MPs who think the election result is already a done deal.", "Mr Fico has vowed to stop military aid to Ukraine\n\nA populist pro-Moscow party led by former PM Robert Fico has won Slovakia's parliamentary elections, with almost all votes counted.\n\nThe Smer-SSD party had a clear lead with almost 24% of the vote despite exit polls suggesting victory by a liberal centrist party.\n\nLeft-wing Smer has pledged an immediate end to military support for Ukraine.\n\nMr Fico was forced to step down as PM following the murder of investigative journalist Jan Kuciak in 2018.\n\nHe will be expected to start coalition talks on forming the next government.\n\nThe liberal Progressive Slovakia party, which exit polls suggested had won the election, polled at about 17%.\n\nThe pro-European Hlas party, which could decide who forms the next government, came third with 15%.\n\nThe party's leftist leader Peter Pellegrini - who is a former colleague of Mr Fico - kept his options open on future coalitions.\n\n\"The distribution of seats confirms Hlas as a party without which any normally functioning government coalition cannot be put together,\" Mr Pellegrini said.\n\nMr Fico may cooperate with Hlas, which split away from Smer in 2020, as well as the nationalist Slovak National Party that won 5%.\n\nThere will be seven parties in the new parliament from libertarians to far-right, which could make the coalition-building process long and complicated.\n\nMr Fico brushes aside the label \"pro-Russian politician\", but this result will be celebrated in Moscow.\n\n\"If Smer enters government, we will not send a single round of ammunition to Ukraine,\" he recently told supporters.\n\nThe threat has led to concerns among European Union and Nato members, while gaining support on social media among Slovaks who traditionally have warm sentiments towards Moscow.\n\nSlovakia has been a loyal and steadfast ally to Kyiv, supplying surface-to-air missiles and helicopters - and even donating its entire fleet of retired MiG-29 fighter jets.\n\n\"Guess who's back!\" he said, in a post in English, adding that it was \"always good to work with a patriot\".\n\nLike his Hungarian supporter, Mr Fico - who has said the Ukraine war was started \"by Ukrainian Nazis and fascists\" - insists the only way to stop it is through peace talks.\n\nHis victory gives the impression of a very obvious crack in Nato and EU unity over Ukraine forming along the River Danube.\n\nProgressive Slovakia Party leader Michal Simecka has not given up hope of forming a government\n\nSlovakia's liberal President Zuzana Caputova has given a muted reaction to Mr Fico's victory.\n\nMs Caputova - who is taking legal action against Mr Fico after receiving death threats from his supporters - did not congratulate him or appear on camera. Instead she released a statement via her spokesman.\n\n\"The winner of the election bears the greatest responsibility for future developments because he or she has raised the greatest public expectations. It is now important that he fulfils them for the benefit of all of us, for the benefit of Slovakia,\" the statement read.\n\nSlovakia's first female president will not seek re-election when her term expires next year, due to what she said was the hostility and personal attacks she and her family have endured in recent months.\n\nMs Caputova has blamed Mr Fico and Smer for inciting the hatred towards her by making unfounded claims she is an agent of Washington or US financier and philanthropist George Soros, a familiar trope of the far-right. They deny this.\n\nProgressive Slovakia says it offers a vision of an \"open, tolerant, cosmopolitan society\" and has advocated following a liberal line within the European Union on issues such as green policies and LGBTQ+ rights.\n\nSmer dismisses that vision as \"liberal fascism\", campaigning on stability, order and social security instead. Mr Fico has also said he is concerned about the rise in the number of migrants going to western Europe through Slovakia.", "The price of a first class stamp has risen to £1.25 from £1.10, the third increase in the space of 18 months.\n\nRoyal Mail blamed increasing cost pressures and the tough economic environment for the latest rise.\n\nCharity Citizens Advice said that regulator Ofcom should hold the firm to account over \"rocketing prices\" while households struggle with rising costs.\n\nBut Ofcom said pricing \"flexibility\" was needed to ensure the postal service remained viable.\n\nRoyal Mail added that prices had to rise due to the lack of reform of the Universal Service Obligation (USO), which requires the company to deliver letters to all 32 million UK addresses six days a week.\n\nThe price of a second class stamp remains unchanged at 75p.\n\nMatthew Upton, policy director at Citizens Advice, said Ofcom was \"letting the company get away\" with price rises despite its \"poor service\".\n\n\"Royal Mail holds a virtual monopoly on an essential public service that millions of people rely on, but despite missed delivery targets across the country this summer, Royal Mail has still chosen to hike prices,\" he said.\n\nAn Ofcom spokesperson said: \"Ofcom caps the price of a second class stamp, to make sure an affordable option is always available, especially to support people on lower incomes.\n\n\"However, the postal market is rapidly evolving, as people send fewer letters and receive more parcels. So Royal Mail needs flexibility when setting first class stamp prices, to make sure the universal postal service can continue.\"\n\nRoyal Mail has long been seeking reform of the USO, arguing that it is unsustainable as the number of letters being sent is falling while the number of households is growing.\n\nLetter volumes have fallen from 20 billion in 2004-05 to seven billion in 2022-23, the company says, while over the same period the number of addresses has risen by four million.\n\nRoyal Mail cites research by Ofcom in 2020 which suggested that a five-day-a-week, Monday-to-Friday letters service would meet the needs of 97% of consumers and small businesses.\n\nIn April 2022, the price of a first class stamp increased by 10p to 95p, and then in April this year the price went up to £1.10.\n\nAt the time, Nick Landon, Royal Mail's chief commercial officer said: \"We understand the economic challenges that many of our customers are currently facing and have considered the price changes very carefully in light of the significant decline in letter volumes.\"\n\nAccording to results from its parent company International Distributions Services (IDS), Royal Mail reported an operating loss of £419m in the year to March.\n\nLast year strikes cost the company millions of pounds, as workers walked out 18 times as part of a long-running dispute over pay and conditions.\n\nThere were also widespread postal delays.\n\nRoyal Mail workers finally voted to accept a pay deal in July this year.\n• None No crown for King Charles on new stamp", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: Living wage boost will \"make sure work continues to pay,\" says Jeremy Hunt\n\nThe national living wage is set to increase to at least £11 an hour from next April, the chancellor has confirmed.\n\nIn a speech to the Conservative Party conference, Jeremy Hunt said the move would benefit two million of the lowest-paid workers.\n\nHe also promised to review the sanctions regime to ensure \"fairness\" in the benefits system.\n\nBut the conference continues to be overshadowed by questions over HS2.\n\nDoubts have been raised about the future of the high-speed rail line, after ministers failed to guarantee it would run north from Birmingham to Manchester, where the conference is being held.\n\nDowning Street has insisted no \"final decisions\" have been taken, but the government has also not guaranteed it will go ahead, amid speculation it will be scrapped to save money.\n\nThe national living wage - as it has been officially called since 2016 - is lowest amount workers aged 23 and over can be paid per hour by law, and is currently £10.42 an hour. There are lower rates for younger workers.\n\nThe rates are decided each year by the government, based on the advice of an independent advisory group, the Low Pay Commission. Ministers generally accept the commission's recommendations.\n\nThe government had already set a target for the national living wage to reach two-thirds of median hourly pay by October next year.\n\nThe Low Pay Commission has not yet confirmed its recommendations for next year, but it estimates the rate needed to meet the government's target should be between £10.90 and £11.43.\n\nAbigail Lewis, a care assistant making under £11 per hour, says a pay raise will \"help for now\". But, rising costs means her wages are always \"playing catch up\".\n\nMs Lewis said she would be happy about any increase as the cost-of-living crisis has \"left me with less money than I normally I have\".\n\nWith an increase she said she might just cover bills better and help her and her partner put aside money for savings.\n\nAlongside the announcement on the living wage, Mr Hunt also said ministers would look again at the regime to enforce the requirements to look for work that apply to certain benefits.\n\nHe added that since Covid, things \"have being going in the wrong direction,\" with around 100,000 leaving the labour force every year \"for a life on benefits\".\n\nHe did not announce any details of the new approach, however, with the plans due to be set out at the Autumn Statement in November.\n\nReports have suggested the government is looking at barring people from making a new claim for a certain period if they have been persistently sanctioned for six months.\n\nAt a fringe event on Sunday, Work and Pensions Secretary Mel Stride said the government was already looking at the Work Capability Assessment \"so it reflects the way the modern world works\", including increased opportunities for home-working.\n\nThe assessment decides how much an individual's illness or disability limits their ability to work. If someone is deemed fit for work, their benefits may be withdrawn.\n\nGetting people back into employment is a key part of the government's plan to grow the economy and was a focus of the chancellor's Budget in March.\n\nThe number of people who cannot work because of long-term sickness has been rising, with recent figures showing 2.5 million were missing from the labour market because of medical conditions.\n\nElsewhere, Mr Hunt also announced a recruitment cap to limit the size of the Civil Service.\n\nHe told delegates the cap, which will run until April 2025, would ensure the overall size of the government workforce grows no further.\n\nIndividual departments will be asked to draw up \"productivity plans\" to fulfil the existing target, first announced in 2021, to reduce the size of the Civil Service to the size it was before the Covid pandemic.\n\nMeanwhile, the government is continuing to face calls from some Conservative MPs to reduce taxes.\n\nShortly before Mr Hunt's speech, former Prime Minister Liz Truss used a speech of her own to urge the government to cut corporation tax for businesses to help grow the economy.\n\nShe will also called for 500,000 homes to be built in England every year, and fracking for shale gas to help cut energy bills.\n\nIn his speech, Mr Hunt said that, following the pandemic, the \"level of tax is too high\".\n\nBut the government has declined to commit to any future tax cuts, saying these could further fuel inflation, their current top priority.\n\nWhat is your reaction to the rise in national living wage? How will this affect you? You can share your experience by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "President Joe Biden has vowed continued US support for Ukraine, after further military funding was excluded from a last-minute congressional budget deal.\n\nThe temporary measure, pushed through to avert a government shutdown, did not include $6bn (£4.92bn) in military aid for Kyiv - a top White House priority.\n\nHardline Republicans oppose further military aid, with many openly opposing Mr Biden's approach to the war.\n\nBut on Sunday Mr Biden said Ukraine could \"count on\" US support.\n\n\"We cannot, under any circumstances, allow US support to Ukraine to be interrupted,\" Mr Biden said.\n\n\"I can reassure [Ukraine] we'll get there, that we're going to get it done,\" he said on restoring funding for the war. \"I want to assure our American allies... that you can count on our support, we will not walk away.\"\n\nThe US has already supplied some $46bn (£37bn) in military aid to Ukraine since Russian launched its full scale invasion in February 2022.\n\nAnd in recent months the US has sent state of the art equipment to Kyiv - including long-range missiles and Abrams tanks. It comes as Kyiv's forces continue to launch a slow moving counter-offensive in the south of the country.\n\nBut Saturday's temporary budget agreement - which will fund the US federal government for 45 days - stripped out continued military funding for the time being.\n\nSenior Senate leaders from both parties released a joint statement signalling their intention to \"ensure the US government continues to provide\" support to Ukraine in the coming weeks.\n\nBut the move - which came just nine days after President Volodymyr Zelensky flew to Washington to plead for further support - reflects increasing opposition from hard-right Republicans in the House of Representatives to the war in recent months.\n\nRepublicans control the House of Representatives, with Democrats enjoying a wafer-thin majority in the Senate. Both need to approve legislation on the budget before it is signed into law.\n\nFlorida congressman Matt Gaetz told reporters on Saturday that funding \"already authorised out of this Congress is somewhere between more than enough and way too much\".\n\nAnd Georgia Representative Marjorie Taylor-Green said far too much aid had already been allocated to Kyiv, saying \"Ukraine is not the 51st state\".\n\n\"I can't believe people are going to walk away from Ukraine at this moment in time,\" Senator Mark Warner said.\n\nDespite the row, officials in Kyiv have sought to frame this new 45-day funding agreement in the US as an \"opportunity\" for its diplomats to secure longer-term support. It's more like an unwanted deadline.\n\nUkraine's foreign ministry says the \"flow of US aid won't change\" with $3bn of humanitarian and military support set to still arrive, but it concedes \"ongoing programmes\" might be affected.\n\nBut one Ukrainian MP, Oleksi Goncharenko, admitted that the suspended funding was causing concern in Kyiv.\n\n\"The vote in US Congress is disturbing. The US said they would be with Ukraine as long as it takes and now see how support of Ukraine is excluded from the stop-gap deal. This is the sign of alarm, not only for Ukraine, but for Europe, too,\" he told the BBC.\n\nUkraine says it will fight on, even though there is concern about Western fatigue with the war\n\nThis political turmoil is one of several symptoms of Western fatigue. The growing scepticism from some Republicans and the recent election victory for a populist, pro-Moscow party in Slovakia are concerning for both Ukraine and the European Union.\n\nIn an interview with the BBC in Kyiv, the EU's most senior diplomat, Josep Borrell, said he was \"worried\" by the latest decision on funding for Ukraine by the US Congress.\n\n\"I don't know what's going to happen in the future,\" he told the BBC. \"One thing is clear: to us Europeans the war of Russia against Ukraine is an existential threat, and we must react accordingly.\"\n\nIn his daily address from Kyiv, President Zelensky said no-one should be able to \"turn off Ukraine's resilience\".\n\nIt is clear the country will continue to fight with or without help from the West.\n\nUkraine knows what it would overwhelmingly prefer.", "The girl who died when a school bus overturned was \"warm-hearted and wonderful\", her family has said.\n\nJessica Baker, 15, and driver Stephen Shrimpton, 40, died when the vehicle hit a reservation on the M53 in Wirral on Friday.\n\nThe student's family said she was a keen rock-climber and \"her untimely death has led to a massive void in our lives that will never be filled\".\n\nThey also described her as a \"devoted sister and loyal friend\".\n\nSimeon Clarke, her head teacher at West Kirby Grammar, described Jessica as \"unassuming, polite and conscientious\".\n\nHe said she was a \"keen sportswoman\" who had represented Wales in rock-climbing competitions.\n\n\"Unequivocally kind and empathetic, Jessica was a dedicated friend who was a well-liked and respected member of our school community,\" he added.\n\nHer family said she also helped coach younger climbers and she would be \"missed by many from not only school but also the climbing community across the country\".\n\nThe coach had been carrying more than 50 students from Cheshire, who attend West Kirby Grammar School and Calday Grange Grammar School, when the collision occurred at about 08:00 BST near junction 5 at Hooton.\n\nFour passengers were taken to hospital for treatment, while 13 others suffered minor injuries.\n\nIn a fundraiser for Mr Shrimpton's funeral, his family said the father-of-two had suffered a medical issue while driving.\n\nPolice said post-mortem examinations are due to be conducted to establish the cause of both deaths.\n\nThe coach had been in a convoy of buses carrying other students, who saw the incident.\n\nStephen Shrimpton was described as a \"loving husband and father\" by his family\n\nLabour MP Margaret Greenwood, whose Wirral West constituency includes both schools, told BBC Breakfast \"this will be profoundly traumatic for those children\".\n\n\"The schools are working incredibly hard to support them. It's going to be a very, very difficult time for everybody for quite some time to come.\"\n\nMs Greenwood added there had been \"so much panic\" among parents after the crash as they tried to find out about their children's condition.\n\n\"I know that people will be doing a lot to support their children this weekend and in the coming days and weeks to come to terms with what is a really devastating incident.\"\n\nThe MP, who has met pupils from both schools on previous occasions, described them as \"very tightly-knit school communities\" and said that prayers had been said in local churches for those involved.\n\nMr Clarke said the school would work with Jessica's family and friends to \"celebrate her life\" and that he was \"extremely proud of the way in which students and the school community have responded to the events of Friday\".\n\nJessica Baker's school assembled a remembrance tree in tribute to her\n\nBarbara Flynn-Southern, who worked with Mr Shrimpton at a food bank in Ellesmere Port, said: \"He was lovely and he will be missed so much by so many people.\n\n\"Regardless of what we asked him - whether it was morning, noon or night - he'd do it. Even if he'd been on shift all day and then we got a call to say we've got extra food here, is there anyone that can come and collect, he's the first port of call.\"\n\nIn a tribute on Saturday, Mr Shrimpton's family described him as a \"caring and thoughtful man who would always prioritise others over himself\".\n\nWhy not follow BBC North West on Facebook, X and Instagram? You can also send story ideas to northwest.newsonline@bbc.co.uk", "Stephen Shrimpton was described as a \"loving husband and father\"\n\nThe school coach driver who died in a crash on a motorway was a \"loving husband and father\", his family said.\n\nStephen Shrimpton, 40, and passenger Jessica Baker, 15, died after the vehicle overturned on the M53 in Wirral on Friday, Merseyside Police said.\n\nFour others were taken to hospital for treatment, including a 14-year-old boy with life-changing injuries. They remain in a stable condition.\n\nIn a GoFundMe fundraiser for his funeral, Mr Shrimpton's family said he had suffered a medical issue while driving.\n\nThe coach overturned during the morning rush hour on Friday\n\nHe was \"a caring and thoughtful man who would always prioritise others over himself,\" his family said.\n\n\"Stephen will be sadly missed by all his friends and family. The family have requested privacy at this devastating time.\"\n\nThe Port Grocery food bank, based in Ellesmere Port, said Mr Shrimpton had been a volunteer and later a full-time staff member during the coronavirus pandemic.\n\nIn a tribute on social media, they said he helped to keep \"over 700 people fed during those unprecedented times\".\n\n\"Steve was a character with compassion and willingness to help and support strangers and would talk for England,\" they said.\n\n\"He will be sadly missed and it is an honour to have him as part of our family team. Goodnight, God bless... fly high big man.\"\n\nJessica Baker, aged 15, also died after the crash\n\nStudents have left messages on a tribute tree at Jessica's school\n\nThe coach had been carrying more than 50 students from West Kirby Grammar School and Calday Grange Grammar School when the collision occurred at about 08:00 BST on Friday, near junction 5 at Hooton.\n\nPolice said post-mortem examinations are due to be conducted next week to establish the cause of both deaths.\n\nPupils and parents have been leaving messages around a tribute tree set up at Jessica's school.\n\nPort Grocery food bank said Stephen Shrimpton, left, had a \"compassion and willingness to help strangers\"\n\nThe coach had been in a convoy of buses carrying other students, who saw the collision.\n\nDet Sgt Andy Roper, from Merseyside Police, said: \"The families of Stephen and Jessica are being supported by specially trained officers and we are working with both schools and Wirral and Cheshire West Councils to ensure the necessary trauma support is in place for the children who were affected.\"\n\nOne woman, whose granddaughter attends West Kirby Grammar School, told BBC North West Tonight: \"She gets the coach in from north Wales every day. I spoke to her last night and I was very moved by the fact that she was just saying, you know, you should always make sure you say goodbye in the morning properly and I think that's what we've been left feeling very much.\"\n\nAnother man said: \"It's a real tragedy for the whole area and I think the whole area will feel it deeply for a long time.\"\n\nJessica Baker's school assembled a remembrance tree in tribute to her\n\nSupt Sabi Kaur described it as a \"truly horrific incident\" and appealed for witnesses and anyone with footage to contact police.\n\n\"We would also ask the public to avoid speculating on the incident or posting information or images which could be distressing for the families and those involved.\"\n\nLabour MP for Wirral West Margaret Greenwood said the broader community was devastated.\n\n\"People are really in a state of shock,\" she said, and expressed her condolences to the families of those who died.\n\nWhy not follow BBC North West on Facebook, X and Instagram? You can also send story ideas to northwest.newsonline@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The boss of Iceland supermarkets, who had hoped to become a Conservative MP, has quit the party, labelling it \"out of touch\".\n\nThe attack from Richard Walker came on the eve of the annual Conservative conference, as delegates gathered in Manchester.\n\nMr Walker told the BBC's Laura Kuenssberg that the party was losing touch with business and consumers.\n\nThe Conservatives declined to comment on the record.\n\nBut party sources told the BBC that Mr Walker had frequently criticised the government in public.\n\nThey added that he and his father had been lobbying very senior party figures over the summer, to try to secure Mr Walker a seat, while also pointing out that Labour had been in touch with him too.\n\nRichard Walker's father, Sir Malcolm Walker, was the founder of the Iceland supermarket chain.\n\nMr Walker - who has previously said he would like to be prime minister - had been on the Conservatives' approved list of parliamentary candidates.\n\nMr Walker told Laura Kuenssberg: \"It's become clear to me over recent months that the Conservative Party are drifting out of touch with the needs of business, of the environment and the everyday people my business touches and serves.\"\n\nAnnouncing his decision to resign from the party earlier on Saturday, as well as withdrawing from the approved list of potential MPs, Mr Walker hit out at what he called a \"sluggish economy\" and \"high levels of regional inequality\".\n\n\"Today's reality is that we have a nominally Conservative government, yet I struggle to name a single thing they are actually conserving.\n\n\"Certainly not the business sector or our economy, the vitality of our high streets or the safety of my retail colleagues, our farming and rural communities, our rivers and seas, our net zero obligations, our NHS, our schools, our reputation for decency and fairness, or the future prosperity of our kids and grandkids.\"\n\nHe claimed he was warned by senior Conservative figures that his outspoken views on the environment and social issues weren't welcome, but he had concluded: \"I won't wear a gag to bag a seat.\n\n\"I am not prepared to change my values and principles to suit a party that has itself lost its way.\"\n\nMr Walker had previously been vocal in his criticism of some Tory policies - including the plan of then-Prime Minister Liz Truss to scrap the top rate of income tax.\n\nHe has also previously spoken about the impact of rising prices on his customers, saying some have been forced to use food banks.\n\nEarlier this week, he was forced to apologise after claiming that three staff contracted HIV as a result of needle attacks.\n\nHe said had made the comments \"in error\" in a draft article for Mail Online about threats of violence against store workers by shoplifters.", "A new trusted trader scheme is now in effect with a system of \"green and red lanes\" at Northern Ireland ports\n\nThere is still scope to address the remaining concerns of unionists about the Windsor Framework, Northern Ireland Secretary Chris Heaton-Harris has said.\n\nHe was speaking at the Conservative Party conference in Manchester on Sunday.\n\nA key part of the framework is a new system for moving goods from Great Britain to Northern Ireland.\n\nMr Heaton-Harris said he had visited the port at Birkenhead to see the new arrangement operation.\n\nHe also revealed he is considering a new ferry route between Liverpool and Larne.\n\nMr Heaton-Harris previously said the new system would mean \"the substantial majority\" of trade from Great Britain to Northern Ireland will be \"treated as UK internal trade\".\n\nThe most visible change will be 'Not for EU' labelling appearing on some food products in Northern Ireland shops.\n\nThat labelling change is due to be rolled out across the rest of the UK next year.\n\nThe first lorries to operate under the green and red lane system arrived in Belfast Harbour on Sunday morning\n\nThe framework modifies the Northern Ireland Protocol, the 2019 deal which kept Northern Ireland inside the EU's single market for goods.\n\nThat arrangement keeps the Irish land border open, but has meant products arriving into Northern Ireland from the rest of the UK are subject to checks and controls.\n\nOn Sunday, a new trusted trader scheme came into effect with a system of \"green and red lanes\" at Northern Ireland's ports.\n\nThe first lorries to operate under the green and red lane system arrived in Belfast Harbour on Sunday morning.\n\nThere were 23 lorries and 31 trailers on board one of the Stena Superfast VIII ferry crossings from Cairnryan in Scotland.\n\nThe green lane/red lane system is supposed to reduce bureaucracy for Great Britain goods which have Northern Ireland as their final destination.\n\nGoods which are coming from Great Britain to be sold to consumers in Northern Ireland will use the green lane meaning minimal paperwork and few routine checks.\n\nCompanies will have to be signed up to a new trusted trader scheme to use the green lane.\n\nThere were some trusted trader processes under the protocol but Mr Heaton-Harris said the new scheme was open to a wider range of businesses.\n\nNew labelling rules come into effect on Sunday although some retailers have begun to implement them in advance\n\nThe biggest change is in the treatment of food products.\n\nUnder the Northern Ireland Protocol, food products being sold in Northern Ireland had to be produced to EU standards.\n\nThat meant products coming from Great Britain faced costly bureaucracy to prove their products met the EU rules.\n\n'Grace periods' meant these requirements were never fully imposed on supermarkets after they warned it would make their Northern Ireland businesses unworkable.\n\nUnder the Windsor Framework, UK public health and safety standards, rather than EU standards, will apply for all retail food and drink.\n\nThat means a wider range of Great Britain trusted traders who are sending food for sale in Northern Ireland will face much reduced bureaucracy.\n\nThe flipside of this is the introduction of the 'Not for EU' labels on Great Britain food products, to give a level of assurance to the EU that products will not wrongly be sold in its single market.\n\nShoppers from the Republic of Ireland can still take goods home from Northern Ireland but cannot resell them.\n\nChris Heaton-Harris said the new system would mean \"the substantial majority\" of trade from GB to NI will be \"treated as UK internal trade\"\n\nAddressing his party's conference, Mr Heaton-Harris said the framework was a marked improvement on the Northern Ireland Protocol.\n\nHe added Northern Ireland's economic prospects were now \"unbelievably promising\".\n\nThe secretary of state has been leading talks with the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) aimed at addressing the party's concerns over the Windsor Framework.\n\nNorthern Ireland has been without a functioning power-sharing government since February 2022, when the DUP withdrew from the executive due to its protest against the protocol.\n\nIn a direct message to the DUP leadership, he said: \"I say to my friends in the unionist community we will continue working to answer your remaining concerns.\n\n\"Progress has been made and we are working in a constructive spirit and it is clear the vast majority of people and their political leaders want to get this done.\"\n\nMr Heaton-Harris said Northern Ireland had been without a functioning government for 605 days at a time of great economic and health challenges.\n\nHe said up to 22 percent of the population were on a waiting list for treatment.\n\nJames Duke, of Manfreight, one of NI's major hauliers, told the BBC they were not anticipating any major problems with the new systems but that one potential issue could be lack of preparedness among some GB suppliers.\n\nBut he said it would not be \"a repeat of 2021\" when the protocol was introduced adding that government agencies are being \"very pragmatic and collaborative\".\n\nHowever, some businesses will face ongoing bureaucracy, particularly food wholesalers who distribute goods across NI and the Republic of Ireland.\n\nAndrew Lynas, who runs Lynas Foodservice, said that about 75% of his goods coming from Great Britain will have to use the red lane\n\nGoods which will potentially be sold in the Republic of Ireland will not qualify for green lane processes and will instead have to use the red lane.\n\nAndrew Lynas, who runs Lynas Foodservice in Coleraine, told the BBC that about 75% of his goods coming from Great Britain will have to use the red lane.\n\nHe gave the example of a dessert being supplied from a company in Wales.\n\n\"We may sell 100 cases of that a month, 98 of stay in NI and two could go to the Republic and yet all 100 of those have to get all the checks for the red lane.\n\n\"So it's difficult to get the supplier to understand and to want to, maybe, supply us.\"\n\nBut he said the big advantage of the framework is that it brings certainty after years of Brexit uncertainty.\n\nMeanwhile, Nichola Mallon, from Logistics UK, said although not perfect the system was something that businesses could work with.\n\n\"What businesses are very focused on is making this work, finding practical solutions with the government to ensure the smooth flow of trade from GB to NI while also meeting the EU requirements around protection of the single market,\" she said.", "Comedian Katherine Ryan said she \"wrestled\" with whether to appear on television with a fellow comic she considered \"dangerous\".\n\nThe Canadian stand-up told BBC Radio 4's Desert Island Discs she believed the man - who she did not name - was a \"perpetrator of sexual assault\".\n\nRyan said she decided to take part in the show but \"let him know under no uncertain terms what I think of him\".\n\n\"Everyone\" in the industry knows who the person is, she added.\n\nShe was being questioned about comments she had made in an interview with Louis Theroux last year, when she spoke of calling a man a \"predator\" during filming for a TV show.\n\nRyan said she had \"got a lot of pushback\", with people asking why she would not say who she was referring to.\n\nRyan's Desert Island Discs was recorded on 6 September, before a number of allegations of sexual misconduct were reported about comedian Russell Brand.\n\nWhen she first broached the subject of a dangerous comic on Theroux's programme, there were reports that she was referring to Brand and her time appearing alongside him on Comedy Central's Roast Battle in 2018, but this has not been confirmed by her. Nor has she made any public comment about him since the allegations emerged.\n\nBrand has denied the claims against him and said his relationships have \"always\" been consensual.\n\nIn her Desert Island Discs appearance, Ryan talks about her decision to work on the show with the unnamed man, telling Radio 4's Lauren Laverne: \"I had a choice, I could go to work with someone whom I believe to be a perpetrator of sexual assault or I could turn down the job - those are my options.\"\n\nShe said she found it \"really difficult\", \"because I believe this person was or is dangerous but also what am I going to change if I stay home?\"\n\n\"My compromise was, all right I am going to go but I am going to let him know under no uncertain terms what I think of him. I'm not going to just smile and look like I am allowing his behaviour, I'm not going to let him think that I don't know and that everybody he works with is just going to let him get away with it,\" Ryan, 40, said.\n\n\"So that is the attitude I took into the show, and did I do the right thing or the wrong thing, I still don't know but I just felt like 'why should I stay home, he should stay home - if he's going to be there, I'm going to be there, and I'm going to tell him what I think'.\"\n\nRyan said the man did not give an \"obvious reaction\" to her words but others had \"really liked what I said\".\n\nShe said she thought some people may have questioned whether she meant it or was joking because of the way she spoke about it - \"but the people who know, know I wasn't joking\".\n\nDuring the episode of Desert Island Discs Ryan discussed her life growing up in a small town in Canada, her family and performing comedy while going through a miscarriage.\n\nShe picked songs including the Spice Girls' Spice Up Your Life and Eminem's The Real Slim Shady.\n\nYou can listen to Katherine Ryan's Desert Island Discs here.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: The Sycamore Gap... then, and now\n\nRobin Hood actor Brian Blessed has urged park bosses to plant another tree near the felled Sycamore Gap landmark.\n\nThe 86-year-old former president of the Council for National Parks said it would give the stump \"company\" helping it to regrow.\n\nThe Northumberland tree, which featured in the 1991 film Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, was cut down on Wednesday.\n\nBlessed said it was \"beyond comprehension\" and he believed it was not dead.\n\nThe actor, who starred in the film as Robin Hood's father Lord Locksley, said he was hopeful something could grow in its place.\n\n\"It will survive and it will be very bushy,\" he told told the BBC's Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg programme.\n\n\"You know, give it company and plant another tree a good 200 yards or 300 yards to keep it company, it will talk to it, it will help it.\"\n\nHe said he was \"heartbroken\" to find the \"deeply honoured tree\" had been felled.\n\n\"There was a wonderful Sycamore tree... they're wonderful with their big leaves and someone has cut it down.\n\n\"People have gone there and it brought joy to them, people have left their ashes there when they've died, they've got married there, and all kinds of lovely events have taken place.\"\n\nBrian Blessed starred in a film which was shot at Sycamore Gap in Northumberland\n\nThe National Trust which looks after the site alongside the Park Authority said it, along with Northumberland National Park, was considering future plans for the site and the tree.\n\nManager Andrew Poad previously said the stump was \"healthy\" and they may be able to coppice the tree, where new shoots grow from the trunk's base.\n\nThere is a sycamore sapling near the tree, which Northumberland National Park said was protected from the local sheep by a circular wall.\n\nThe tree was featured in Kevin Costner's 1991 film Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves\n\nThe National Trust has since urged people to stop visiting the site while agencies assess the tree and take seeds and clippings.\n\nFollow BBC North East & Cumbria on X (formerly Twitter), Facebook and Instagram. Send your story ideas to northeastandcumbria@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nAn explosion outside Turkey's interior ministry in the capital Ankara was a \"terrorist attack\", the interior minister has said.\n\nTwo attackers arrived in a car at around 09:30 (06:30 GMT) and carried out the attack injuring two officers, Ali Yerlikaya said.\n\nMr Yerlikaya said an attacker blew himself up in front of a ministry building and another was \"neutralised\".\n\nA group linked to the PKK has admitted carrying out the attack.\n\nThe government says one of the attackers was a PKK member. The Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) is considered a terror group in Turkey, the EU, UK and US.\n\nThe explosion on Ataturk Boulevard happened hours before parliament was due to reconvene after a summer break.\n\nImmortals Battalion - the group that claimed responsibility - said this is why they targeted the ministry, which is close to parliament.\n\nThe incident began when one of the attackers exited their car and threw a small explosive at the ministry building to distract security.\n\nAfter this, the second attacker opened fire at guards by the ministry gate, before setting off a bomb strapped to him - which resulted in his death.\n\nThe first person, meanwhile, ran into the compound and was immediately shot dead by police.\n\nTwo officers were injured. One was shot in the chest and another suffered injuries in both legs and an eye.\n\nMr Yerlikaya told reporters that none of the injuries were life-threatening.\n\nA senior Turkish security official told the BBC the attackers had hijacked their vehicle on Saturday in Kayseri, a city some 260 km (161 miles) south-east of Ankara.\n\nThey reportedly shot dead the car's driver, a 24-year-old veterinarian who was driving in the countryside.\n\nThe official said footage from security cameras from Kayseri to the Syrian border were being reviewed to determine where the suspects came from.\n\nThe explosion happened just hours before parliament was due to reconvene\n\nIn his speech opening parliament, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan described the attack as \"the final flutters of terrorism\".\n\n\"The vile people who took aim at the peace and security of our citizens did not reach their goal and they never will.\"\n\nKurdish militants have come under intense pressure by the authorities, who have jailed their leaders and conducted military operations against Kurdish bases inside Turkey and across the border in Syria and Iraq.\n\nSunday's bomb was the first in Ankara since 2016, when a spate of deadly attacks gripped the country.\n\nThe last attack in the capital was in March 2016 - it was the fifth in the Turkish capital in a year.\n\nThe last major attack in Turkey was in November last year, when a bomb in a busy street in Istanbul killed six people.\n\nTurkish authorities blamed Kurdish militant groups in Syria, though no-one admitted the attack.\n\nThe PKK, which has Marxist-Leninist roots, was formed in the late 1970s and launched an armed struggle against the Turkish government in 1984, calling for an independent Kurdish state within Turkey.\n\nIn the 1990s, the PKK rolled back on its demands for an independent state, calling instead for more autonomy for the Kurds. More than 40,000 people have died in the conflict.\n\nFighting flared up again after a two-year-old ceasefire ended in July 2015.", "Elianne, 15, was stabbed at a central Croydon bus stop on 27 September\n\nFamily, faith leaders, councillors, police and members of the community have gathered to remember the 15-year-old victim of a stabbing in Croydon.\n\nAbout 350 people met in The Queen's Gardens park on Sunday for a memorial service for Elianne Andam.\n\nThe schoolgirl was stabbed to death at a bus stop on 27 September.\n\nThe Bishop of Croydon, Dr Rosemarie Mallett described Elianne as an \"amazing young person\" with a strong faith.\n\nAbout 350 people gathered for the memorial service on Sunday\n\nDr Mallett asked for Elianne not to be remembered as a \"statistic of the challenges\" which the community faces.\n\nOn Friday, a 17-year-old boy, who cannot be legally named because of his age, was charged with Elianne's murder. He is due to appear at the Old Bailey on Tuesday.\n\nThe service, which included speeches and music, also remembered Bradley Hutchins, 20, who was stabbed and killed on 12 September in New Addington, Croydon.\n\nTwo men were charged with his murder, also the attempted murder of a 19-year-old man, and possession of pointed and bladed articles.\n\nListen to the best of BBC Radio London on Sounds and follow BBC London on Facebook, X and Instagram. Send your story ideas to hello.bbclondon@bbc.co.uk", "Last updated on .From the section Boxing\n\nCarl Frampton says he was keen to tell his story \"my way\" as he opened up about his acrimonious split and subsequent legal battle with former manager Barry McGuigan.\n\nThe former two-weight world champion has detailed his relationship with the McGuigan family and the ensuing lawsuit between himself and Cyclone Promotions in his new autobiography.\n\nAfter their partnership broke down in 2017, Frampton and Cyclone Promotions sued each other in a High Court case in Belfast.\n\nFrampton was suing McGuigan and Cyclone Promotions for alleged withheld earnings.\n\nIn a counter suit, McGuigan claimed against Frampton for breach of contract. Both men denied the respective allegations against them.\n\nThe multi-million-pounds case began at the High Court in Belfast in September 2020 and was settled out of court in November of that year.\n\nIn his upcoming book, Frampton details how the fractious breakdown of his eight-year partnership with McGuigan and subsequent court proceedings took a toll on himself and his family.\n\nIn an interview with BBC Sport Northern Ireland ahead of the release of his book, Frampton was asked if he could understand people potentially questioning why he has chosen to revisit the split and legal battle given it was settled nearly three years ago.\n\n\"I could understand that, but I bring it up again because I want to tell it my way,\" said Frampton, 36, who retired in 2021.\n\n\"I don't mind upsetting or annoying these people because I was upset and annoyed for many a year. It's just another nail in the coffin and I'm happy to do that.\"\n\nFrampton felt like McGuigans 'didn't care about me anymore'\n\nFrampton and former world champion McGuigan began working together in 2009. Under McGuigan, the Belfast fighter won world titles at super-bantamweight and featherweight in 2014 and 2016.\n\nHowever, the partnership ended in August 2017 after Frampton's fight with Andres Gutierrez in Belfast on 29 July was called off.\n\nFrampton weighed in one pound overweight for the bout, but the contest was still scheduled to go ahead until the Mexican was injured after slipping in a shower.\n\nLess than 10 days before Frampton's scheduled contest with Gutierrez, the Belfast boxer resigned as a director of Cyclone Promotions.\n\nFrampton fought seven times after leaving Cyclone, winning five and losing two after signing with British promoter Frank Warren. Frampton hung up his gloves in April 2021 after his bid to become a three-weight world champion ended in defeat by Jamel Herring.\n\nWhile admitting he regrets not ending his partnership with the McGuigans earlier in his career, Frampton said revisiting that time in his life made him realise how naive he was at times.\n\n\"I had full and complete trust in these people, to the point where they would put contracts in front of me and say 'sign that' and I would just sign it thinking 'these guys have my best interest at heart'.\"\n\nAfter the legal dispute ended in 2020, Frampton said he did not expect to patch up his differences with McGuigan. Nearly three years on, that view has not changed.\n\n\"I think the relationship's dead, it will always be dead,\" said Frampton.\n\n\"But for a while I had a lot of bitterness about them and thought about them a lot and I had a lot of anger, but I don't have that anymore. I kind of pity them now.\"\n\nWhen asked why his bitterness has dissipated, Frampton said \"time\" had been a factor.\n\nHe said: \"I've just calmed down a bit and have more important things to worry about now and obviously there was a settlement in the court case which, I mean I can't say a lot about the settlement, but what I can say, I'm extremely happy with the settlement.\"", "A persistent shoplifter has said the police need to do more to stop people like her stealing from businesses.\n\nShe said shoplifting was easy, and even the clothes she had on were stolen.\n\nBBC News has spoken to shopkeepers blighted by shoplifting - as well as those who are committing crimes.\n\nIt comes as retail bosses say they are now losing millions of pounds to thefts, which are being driven by organised crime gangs as well as persistent thieves.\n\nAmy, not her real name, is a shoplifter. She says she has to steal from shops in Nottingham because her partner has an addiction, which leaves her with no money.\n\n\"This morning I stole two Monster energy drinks, I decided to steal some pasties that go in the microwave. I bought myself - well, I stole myself - some soup, some pork pies.\"\n\nLooking down at her clothes she says: \"I've stolen my shoes, my coat.\"\n\nAmy describes shoplifting from different stores in the area.\n\n\"Co-Op was easy this morning because there was no security on. I tried TK Maxx the other week, but I got caught.\" She says she has now been banned from the shop.\n\nShe feels bad about what she is doing, she says, and the impact it has on shops - but she does it anyway.\n\n\"They are trying to do business, so when you're stealing it's costing them money,\" Amy says. \"Trust me, when I steal, I feel very guilty doing it - but I have to.\"\n\nShe thinks the police could do more to combat the actions of people like her.\n\n\"When people shoplift, they [police] should start putting pictures of the shoplifters on the internet, maybe on the front doors so people can see 'warning', you know, 'shoplifter'.\n\n\"I don't think police quite do their job properly.\"\n\nAdrian Bhagat: \"I work very hard for my money\"\n\nStanding on her doorstop in the Sherwood area of the city, another woman tells us how stolen items are sold in the neighbourhood.\n\n\"I'm like CCTV on this street. I know everything that's going on,\" the woman says. She points to a terraced house down the road: \"That's where all the shoplifters are.\" She says she buys washing detergent from them.\n\n\"They turn up on my doorstep with sometimes 10 boxes of washing powder, they always sell it for around £15, never much more than that. They need the fix, you see. The drugs must be about £15. I'd never buy meat or other stuff they try to sell.\"\n\nAdrian Bhagat runs a business selling vegan products in the same area.\n\nShoplifters might think they are \"sticking it to the man,\" he says, \"but I'm the man - I work very hard for my money.\n\n\"I'm the person who's having to pay for all the costs of people shoplifting and stealing, and I don't think it's fair that rests on me and all the local shopkeepers.\"\n\nCCTV captured a man walking out of John Lewis in Nottingham with a large electrical item\n\nRetailers have warned that shoplifting has become an \"epidemic\".\n\nNottinghamshire Police saw a 36% rise in shoplifting in the 12 months to July 2023.\n\nThe British Retail Consortium (BRC) told the BBC that the levels of theft now cost retailers almost £1bn a year.\n\nLucy Brown, an operations director for high street giant John Lewis, says the retailer is increasingly targeted by organised gangs, as well as those with \"chaotic lives\".\n\n\"We are seeing high-value products in John Lewis like popular fragrance, wearable tech. In Waitrose, it's things like alcohol, cigarette substitutes, and high-value meat actually being stolen because it has value on the black market and can be sold on.\n\n\"We're not seeing people steal for needs at all. We're seeing people steal for greed, because they want to sell that product.\"\n\nShe says that it is not just an issue for police.\n\n\"What we need is for people to understand this is a society problem, and we need help from the police, from the judiciary and from politicians.\"\n\nLucy Brown: \"We're seeing people steal for greed\"\n\nA Home Office spokesperson told the BBC shoplifting \"strikes at the heart of the British high street\".\n\n\"We are working with businesses and the police to tackle shoplifting.\" They said that included supporting Project Pegasus, an operation funded by leading retailers, which will use CCTV pictures and enable firms to share better information to tackle offending.\n\nChief Constable Amanda Blakeman, the National Police Chiefs' Council lead for acquisitive crime, said \"organised crime is, of course, only part of the problem,\" but added: \"We continue to target those prolific and habitual offenders whose behaviour causes misery and takes profit from our communities and retailers.\"\n\nBack in Nottingham, a young couple invited the BBC to look into the back of their car to see their \"graft bag\".\n\nA man who identifies himself as \"Jordan\" tells us: \"I robbed £400 worth of cosmetics this morning.\"\n\nHis girlfriend, Rose, who is in her 20s, flips down the sun visor above the steering wheel and looks in the mirror. She pulls out a pink tub of Soap & Glory Body Butter and begins rubbing it into her face.\n\n\"I robbed this,\" she says. \"I'd rather pay for it, really. But it's too much, I can't afford to pay for it. So you have no other option.\n\n\"You rob it or that's it, you can't have it. \"", "Brenda Doherty's mother Ruth (left) was the fourth person in Northern Ireland to die after having contracted coronavirus\n\nFamilies who lost loved ones to Covid have criticised \"a lack of co-operation\" by the Department of Health with the ongoing public inquiry.\n\nEighty families from Northern Ireland met to discuss the progress of the UK-wide Covid inquiry.\n\nMartina Ferguson whose mother, Ursula Derry, 87, died in 2021 called the department's response \"disrespectful\".\n\nThe department said it recognised the inquiry is \"uniquely placed to identify recommendations and learnings\".\n\nSaturday's conference was hosted by Bereaved Families for Justice Northern Ireland on Saturday.\n\nMs Ferguson said the department had \"not responded or provided information to the request that the inquiry has sent them\".\n\nShe added: \"It is very concerning given that we have all known about this inquiry for the last two years.\n\n\"We would be hoping the chair, Baroness Hallett, uses her full powers.\n\n\"This information should be with the inquiry team. It needs to be analysed by the inquiry team.\n\n\"There is slippage there. We would hope they would respond to that as soon as possible\".\n\nConor Hall died with Covid in 2021 at the age of 23\n\nShe described him as loving, kind and full of fun.\n\n\"Never did we think that Covid would have taken Conor. It was day seven whenever Conor passed,\" she said.\n\n\"He was feeling very unwell. But he kept saying 'mum three more days, three more days and I'll be fine'.\n\n\"He thought that once he got to day 10 he would be OK. And he wasn't.\"\n\nConor would have celebrated his 26th birthday on Saturday.\n\nHis mother said her son was a \"big loss\".\n\n\"It has devastated us all,\" she said.\n\n\"Our lives will never be the same again. I just keep expecting him to walk through the door. We have so many questions, we want answers.\"\n\nBrenda Doherty, whose mother Ruth Burke died with Covid in 2020, was one of the organisers of the event.\n\n\"We all need answers,\" she said.\n\n\"Module one showed the massive gap that Northern Ireland had in relation to preparation for Covid-19.\n\n\"What is difficult for us is that we are relying on civil servants to make decisions the same way we were pre-Covid.\"\n\nEighty families met in Belfast to discuss the progress of the UK-wide Covid inquiry\n\nThe Department for Health said it was \"very aware of the far-reaching and devastating impacts the Covid-19 pandemic had on all aspects of society and recognises that the inquiry is uniquely placed to identify recommendations and learnings for the future.\n\n\"The department has received a number of Rule Nine requests across the four live modules.\n\n\"Nine have already been responded to and work is ongoing on the remainder.\n\n\"The department is committed to responding comprehensively and as quickly as possible on outstanding requests and has diverted significant resources to deliver on this objective.\"\n\nThe first phase of the Covid Inquiry heard from its final witness in July.\n\nThe bereaved families have been remembering their loved ones\n\nIn total, 69 politicians, civil servants, scientists and other experts have been asked about the UK's planning for a pandemic and the state of the healthcare system when Covid struck.\n\nThe second round of Covid inquiry public hearings starts on 3 October.", "Last updated on .From the section Golf\n\nCoverage: Live radio commentary on BBC Sounds, live text updates on BBC Sport website and daily highlights on BBC Two\n\nLuke Donald endured a \"rollercoaster of emotions\" as Europe regained the Ryder Cup in dramatic fashion in Rome.\n\nWith Europe needing four points from Sunday's 12 singles matches to beat the United States, Tommy Fleetwood won the 11th game to pass the 14½ required.\n\nAnd with hundreds of fans crammed around the edge of the 18th green, Ireland's Shane Lowry wrapped up a 16½-11½ win.\n\n\"It looked good early but then looked like it could be a bad day,\" Europe captain Donald told BBC Sport.\n\n\"Our guys hung in there like I knew they would. The first two days were key to us to building our lead.\n\n\"The Americans are so strong in singles but we were 12 strong. Everyone contributed. I just love these guys - you need your superstars to show up and they did.\n\n\"I've put everything into it and I'm just so glad they were able to win.\"\n• None 'Two more years' - Europe's players want Donald stay\n\nIt stretches Europe's unbeaten home record beyond 30 years and also means the past five Ryder Cups have been won by the home side.\n\nUS captain Zach Johnson said: \"Europe and Luke played great and earned it\" before shouldering the blame for their defeat, conceding he had \"made some poor decisions\".\n\n\"It's quite simple, we got outplayed,\" he added. \"We showed grit and heart, it got interesting out there. It ebbed and flowed, it had momentum. I'm proud of my guys.\"\n\nDonald's mantra all week was about getting off to a \"fast start\" and his players had delivered on Friday and Saturday, winning both morning sessions 4-0 and 3-1 as Europe built a 10½-5½ lead to take into Sunday.\n\nAnd the Englishman, who won all four Ryder Cups he contested as a player, stacked the top singles matches with his best players.\n\nThe plan seemed to be working with European blue flooding the scoreboards as they led in five of the top six matches to the delight of most of the estimated 55,000 fans at Marco Simone Golf and Country Club.\n\nWorld number four Viktor Hovland delivered the first point, racing three up after six against Collin Morikawa before sealing a 4&3 win.,\n\nBut it was the top match that was providing all the drama.\n\nWorld number three Jon Rahm was taking on top-ranked American Scottie Scheffler in a heavyweight contest that was the Ryder Cup in microcosm, ebbing and flowing as the momentum switched between the pair.\n\nRahm was two ahead after five, then Scheffler punched back with three birdies in the next six holes to sneak one ahead after 11.\n\nThe intensity increased as Rahm birdied the next two to retake the lead; Scheffler retaliated with successive birdies of his own to claim the next two.\n\nBut the American was unable to deliver the knockout blow, missing from 15 feet to win the match on the 17th.\n\nAnd when Rahm cosied a putt from about 60 feet to six inches on the last, it proved enough to win a half point, put Europe 12-6 ahead and ensure he finished unbeaten with three points from four matches.\n\nWorld number two Rory McIlroy and Englishman Tyrrell Hatton added two more points with the Northern Irishman finishing as Europe's top points scorer on four from five matches, while Hatton finished with three and a half points.\n\nNeither player was behind as they saw off Sam Burns and Open champion Brian Harman respectively to take Europe to 14 points and on the brink of regaining the trophy they lost so heavily at Whistling Straits in 2021.\n\nBut the search for the vital half point had even Donald scratching his head.\n\n\"We kept looking at the board and thinking, where will we find 14 and a half points?\" he said.\n\nPatrick Cantlay, whose caddie Joe LaCava had been at the centre of an ugly confrontation with McIlroy at the end of Saturday's fourballs, put the first red point on the board, holding off a Justin Rose fightback before holing a winning birdie putt on the 17th.\n\nAnd the US team rattled off the next three points, with five-time major champion Brooks Koepka seeing off rookie Ludvig Aberg 3&2, moments before Max Homa beat Matt Fitzpatrick on the last, while Xander Schauffele defeated Nicolai Hojgaard 3&2.\n\nDespite losing, England's Fitzpatrick had a putt to secure the missing half point at 15:28 BST. Thirty minutes later though, the cup was all but secured when Fleetwood went two up with two to play against Rickie Fowler.\n\nAnd Fleetwood sealed his point on the 17th to spark scenes of jubilation across the course as fans flooded down the 18th to join the celebrations.\n\nBehind him, Scotland's Bob MacIntyre was the safety net. He never trailed US Open champion Wyndham Clark and also won on the 17th to record point number 16 as he finished his first Ryder Cup unbeaten with two and a half points, while Lowry had thousands of fans for company as his match with Jordan Spieth went down the last.\n\nThe Irishman had battled back from three down after five and won the 17th with a par to go one up and guarantee another half point.\n\nA Spieth birdie meant the match finished all square amid what Lowry called \"carnage\" as he and marshals tried to keep fans off the putting surface.\n\nThe half point meant the singles finished six points each and all thoughts now turn to Bethpage, in New York, for the 45th edition of the Ryder Cup in September 2025.\n• None How has the Ukrainian war affected Russia's neighbours? Katya Adler takes to the road to find out how Putin's war is changing ordinary lives across Europe\n• None Will anyone ever notice Jamma? Surreal comedy following one man's quest for attention from anyone who will give it to him", "Bradley Lowery was a huge Sunderland fan and became a mascot for the club\n\nFootball fans have donated thousands of pounds to a charity set up in memory of Bradley Lowery after reports his image was used as a taunt at a game.\n\nTwo men, aged 31 and 27, are being held on suspicion of outraging public decency at Sunderland's away match to Sheffield Wednesday.\n\nBradley was a mascot for Sunderland before he died of cancer aged six.\n\nThe Bradley Lowery Foundation said it had been overwhelmed by donations from Wednesday fans.\n\nSo far, more than £6,000 has been raised through a GoFundMe page set up by Sheffield Wednesday Women's Supporters' Group.\n\nIn a Twitter post, the foundation said the money used would be put towards the charity's holiday home in Scarborough.\n\nThe post said: \"We are honestly so overwhelmed. We are so thankful to SWFC and all of the fans for showing your support.\n\n\"We know the views of a couple are not the views of the majority, and will forever be grateful for this gesture, which will be put towards our holiday home in Scarborough.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by SWFC Women's Supporters Group This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nSouth Yorkshire Police started an investigation after fans at Friday's match appeared to have mocked the death of Bradley who was a mascot for Sunderland up until his death in 2017.\n\nThe youngster of Blackhall Colliery, County Durham, was diagnosed with neuroblastoma - a rare type of cancer - when he was 18 months old.\n\nWednesday were beaten by Sunderland 3-0 at the game on Friday.\n\nThe men were arrested on Saturday evening and both remain in custody, police said.\n\nThe youngster became \"best mates\" with his hero, striker Jermain Defoe\n\nHundreds of donations have been made to the GoFundMe page along with dozens of messages of support for Bradley's family.\n\nOne read: \"Felt ashamed to be an Owls fan when I saw those photos. Wanted to donate to show that there are decent Owls fans out there. It's a wonderful cause.\"\n\nAnother said: \"Currently in the middle of a cancer battle myself and I cannot imagine how kids go through this fight, he was a real trooper. These idiots don't represent me as a SWFC fan or as a human being on any level.\"\n\nFollow BBC East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire on Facebook, X (formerly Twitter), and Instagram. Send your story ideas to yorkslincs.news@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Last updated on .From the section Rangers\n\nMichael Beale has been sacked as Rangers manager after Saturday's home defeat by Aberdeen left them seven points behind Celtic after seven games of the Scottish Premiership season.\n\nIt was the Ibrox side's third Scottish Premiership loss of the campaign and comes after a heavy Champions League play-off defeat by PSV Eindhoven.\n\nThe club said results had \"fallen short of what everyone connected to Rangers would expect\".\n\nFormer midfielder Steven Davis has taken interim charge, supported by Alex Rae, and coaches Steven Smith, Brian Gilmour and Colin Stewart, with Rangers expected to take their time in identifying a permanent successor.\n• None Visit our Rangers page for all the latest news, analysis and fan views\n\nBeale, 43, left Queens Park Rangers in November to replace Giovanni van Bronckhorst and started with 13 wins out of 14 games but ultimately ended last season without a trophy.\n\nAlthough his side won their opening Europa League group-stage game against Real Betis, and have reached the semi-final of the Viaplay Cup, league defeats by Kilmarnock, Celtic and Aberdeen have proved costly.\n\n\"Results this season have fallen short of what everyone connected to Rangers would expect,\" read a club statement.\n\n\"Therefore, the decision was reached today to terminate the contract of the manager, as well as the contracts of coaches Neil Banfield, Damian Matthew, Harry Watling and Jack Ade.\n\n\"The Rangers board would like to put on record their thanks to Michael and his staff for their efforts since joining the club last November.\"\n\nWhen asked about his future after the 3-1 defeat by Aberdeen at Ibrox, Beale conceded to BBC Scotland that the \"horrible result\" had mounted further pressure on his shoulders.\n\nAsked if he had any indication whether his job was safe or not, he added \"I haven't spoken to anyone right now\" before concluding with \"we'll see what happens\".\n\n\"Everyone realises where we are, the standard and results need to be better,\" the Englishman continued. \"We can't hide behind the fact that we won four games because today wasn't good enough.\"\n\nBeale - whose recruitment has also be heavily criticised - vowed \"to make it up to\" a disgruntled fanbase, but he will now not get that chance.\n\nInstead, Davis and Rae will take the team to Cyprus for Thursday's Europa League group game with Aris Limassol and will likely remain in charge for the trip to face unbeaten St Mirren on Sunday.\n\nSpeaking earlier in the day, former Rangers striker Kenny Miller said he expected Beale to be in charge for those matches but acknowledged that \"a lot of fans need to be turned\".\n\n\"It's a long way back, even at this stage,\" he told Sportsound. \"There are questions to be answered and it is the job of the board to analyse without emotion, to make calm, sensible decisions that are right for the future of the club.\"\n\nIf the form doesn't load properly, go straight to it here...\n• Rangers is bigger and better than ever before - here's everything you need to know to make sure you never miss a moment\n• None Everything Rangers - go straight to all the best content", "Referees' body PGMOL has admitted the decision to disallow Luis Diaz's goal in nine-man Liverpool's 2-1 loss to Tottenham Hotspur was \"a significant human error\".\n\nAt 0-0 and with the Reds a man down, Liverpool winger Diaz's goal was ruled out following an unusually quick video assistant referee (VAR) check by Darren England, in which the customary offside line graphic was not shown.\n\nIt continued: \"The goal by Luiz Diaz was disallowed for offside by the on-field team of match officials. This was a clear and obvious factual error and should have resulted in the goal being awarded through VAR intervention, however, the VAR failed to intervene.\"\n\nBBC Sport understands the correct procedure was followed for the controversial decision but the mistake was down to human error.\n\nThe lines were drawn in accordance with normal procedure and every other aspect was checked.\n\nHowever, what is being described by sources as a lapse of concentration led to a loss of focus around the initial on-field decision and then a 'check complete' being confirmed rather than an intervention which would have resulted in the goal being awarded.\n\nIt is understood referees' chief Howard Webb has spoken to Liverpool this evening.\n\nThe Reds also had Curtis Jones and Diogo Jota sent off, and lost to a stoppage-time Joel Matip own goal after resolutely keeping Spurs out.\n\nSpeaking after the match, Jurgen Klopp said his side's defeat came in \"the most unfair circumstances\" with \"crazy decisions\".\n\n\"That is not offside when you see it,\" he told Sky Sports.\n\n\"The ball is between Mo [Salah]'s legs, they drew the line wrong and didn't judge the moment when Mo passed the ball right.\"\n\n'This will put so much doubt into decisions'\n\nFormer England striker Alan Shearer described VAR's error as \"incomprehensible\" on BBC Match of the Day.\n\n\"The one bit of VAR we have accepted and learnt we can't argue about was offside,\" he said.\n\n\"This will put so much doubt into decisions that go on. It is a monumental error, we spotted it straight away.\n\n\"We are led to believe Darren England, the VAR, and Daniel Cook, the assistant VAR, have done all they should have done in terms of drawing lines but, instead of saying 'goal' for some reason had a huge lapse and said 'check complete'.\n\n\"What is the point in having an assistant VAR? It was 30-35 seconds between that and allowing kick-off. The VAR had a momentary lapse, but why can't the assistant VAR say we need to stop this?\"A horrendous day for the officials and VAR. We have seen some howlers but that is the biggest. Trust is going to be a big thing going forward.\"\n\n'Everyone will agree' on 'horrendous' VAR decision\n\nKlopp said the PGMOL statement \"doesn't help\" and referenced the apology Wolves received for the decision not to award a penalty at Manchester United earlier in the season.\n\n\"I don't think we should talk too much about that because it doesn't help at all,\" Klopp said.\n\n\"Wolves got a similar statement, or apology. They didn't get a point out of United and we won't get a point today so it doesn't help.\n\n\"I am pretty sure no-one is making mistakes on purpose but it still happened and at this moment I don't know why. [We] scored a fantastic goal - would it have changed the game? I don't know. But probably, because goals help.\n\n\"If you want to change you have to do without our voice, if we say something we get fined. They didn't do it on purpose but if we want to talk about it, do it properly.\"\n\nLiverpool captain Virgil van Dijk said he is \"losing faith\" in VAR after the referees' incorrect decision to disallow Diaz's goal without any intervention from Stockley Park [the VAR hub in West London].\n\n\"I'm losing faith, [which] is difficult to say,\" he said.\n\n\"The VAR should be absolutely clear and obvious with everything they're deciding on. I've seen the still back - on live TV there were no lines being shown. It's all a bit strange, I don't know who was in the VAR room and making that decision. It's not a good thing, it doesn't look well either. It is what it is, we lost.\"\n\nFormer Manchester United defender Gary Neville told Sky Sports the decision was \"horrendous\" and said it was \"clear for everyone\" to see that Diaz was onside.\n\n\"That is unbelievable! It is very significant. I have defended VAR and offsides being a matter of fact, but there have been a few which I thought were wrong in recent weeks,\" he said.\n\n\"It was all too quick. That is a horrendous one. It is clearly onside, clear for everyone. Something hasn't been right the last few weeks. They are picking the wrong cameras to draw the lines on. It is weird.\"\n\nFormer Liverpool midfielder Jamie Redknapp added: \"Everyone will agree, this is onside and makes you wonder how many other decisions they got wrong. It looks like they got that wrong by a yard. It is not a good look. For me, they got that so badly wrong. We are making things so complicated.\"\n\nThe Diaz decision was not the first controversy of the match - that came when Jones was sent off with just over a quarter of the game played.\n\nThe midfielder was originally given a yellow card by referee Simon Hooper for his challenge on Spurs' Yves Bissouma, but after checking the on-field monitor it was changed to a red, another decision Klopp disagreed with.\n\nHooper was originally shown a still image of the end of the challenge by the VAR for several seconds when he first looked at the monitor, before the clip was replayed in slow motion.\n\n\"Curtis steps on the ball and goes over. Not a bad tackle. It looks different in slow motion. He steps full throttle on the ball and goes over the ball. That is unlucky,\" Klopp said.\n\nNeville added: \"It looks bad but his foot just slips off the top of the ball - that is not a red card for me. He has gone in genuinely. My initial reaction as an ex-player is that isn't a player looking to do the opposition player. If you see the end part in slow motion, you will think red card, but you have to look at the whole thing.\"\n\nFormer Liverpool and England defender Stephen Warnock agreed, telling BBC Radio 5 Live: \"I think it is very harsh. The big thing is that VAR are slowing the incident down as opposed to the initial challenge.\n\n\"He gets the top of the ball and then his foot goes over the ball into the ankle of Bissouma. You can see both sides to the argument, though. I understand why the Spurs fans are disappointed with the tackle but everything looks worse slowed down.\"\n\nFellow Liverpool midfielder Alexis Mac Allister's red card against Bournemouth earlier this season was later rescinded on appeal after the referee's on-field decision was allowed to stand by VAR.\n\nThis is not the first time VAR has made the wrong decision or failed to intervene when necessary.\n\nReferee Lee Mason left the PGMOL in February after failing to draw VAR's offside lines and rule out a Brentford goal against Arsenal.\n\nThe same month, an offside line was incorrectly drawn during Brighton's 1-1 draw with Crystal Palace, meaning Pervis Estupinan's goal was wrongly disallowed. The line was wrongly drawn parallel to Palace defender James Tomkins rather than team-mate Marc Guehi, who was standing behind him.\n\nPGMOL also admitted that Brighton should have been awarded a penalty in their April defeat away at Tottenham, but after referee Stuart Attwell rejected the initial appeals, he was not asked to reverse the decision or go to the TV monitor for a second look despite VAR reviewing the footage.\n\nThe VAR official Michael Salisbury was dropped for the next round of Premier League fixtures.\n\nIn December last year, an independent panel found that video assistant referees had made six incorrect interventions by that stage of the 2022-23 season, and had missed another six where they should have stepped in.\n• None Our coverage of your Premier League club is bigger and better than ever before - follow your team and sign up for notifications in the BBC Sport app to make sure you never miss a moment", "A cordon is in place outside the building after it collapsed early on Sunday\n\nThe back of a historic building in Cumbria has collapsed into a river.\n\nThe Grade II-listed Old Courthouse in Cockermouth, which sits on the River Cocker, was damaged at about 05:00 BST.\n\nThe Environment Agency said although the collapse happened near its flood walls, they remained \"intact\" and the town's flood risk had not increased.\n\nCumberland Council said there were no reports of any injuries but Cocker Bridge had been closed as a precaution while assessments were carried out.\n\nIt added that although some debris had landed into the river, it was still flowing.\n\nThe Environment Agency said it was working with the council \"to minimise any potential environmental impacts\".\n\nThe town suffered serious flooding during 2015's Storm Desmond, which \"overwhelmed\" its defences.\n\nThe building, which is around 190 years old and houses the The Honest Lawyer restaurant, was sold at auction in 2022\n\nAn investigation is under way into how the building collapsed. Concerns had previously been raised about its stability.\n\nIn 2021, the site was evacuated after heavy rain left its rear wall on the verge of collapse. It has not been used since.\n\nThe building, which is about 190 years old and housed the The Honest Lawyer restaurant, was sold at auction in 2022.\n\nBrian Mitchelhill, who chairs the Cockermouth Emergency Response Group, told BBC Look North it had been \"at risk for a number of months\".\n\n\"We didn't quite expect this to happen and it's sad that it has come to this,\" he said.\n\n\"It is strange to see that part of it is crumbling away and it may never be restored to its former glory to be quite honest. We are not going to write it off just now.\"\n\nThe bridge over the River Cocker has been closed as a precaution\n\nKarl Melville, assistant director for highways and transport at Cumberland Council, said the authority had been working with the building's owner for some months.\n\n\"Over the last couple of weeks we have seen the building deteriorate to where we are with this issue,\" he said.\n\n\"Cumberland Council has been working very closely with the building owner to try and resolve the issues that were in place at the time\".\n\nCockermouth's mayor, Julie Laidlow, told BBC Radio Cumbria she hoped the front of the \"iconic\" building could be preserved.\n\n\"Quite a lot of the back part of the building has fallen into the river,\" she said.\n\n\"There is a section of the roof that the first high winds are going to take away.\n\n\"The bridge is going to be closed for the foreseeable until further investigations are done.\"\n\nThe building, pictured in 2022, was closed over fears a cracked wall could collapse\n\nShe said she had spoken to the building's owner, who was travelling to the scene, and said he was \"devastated\".\n\n\"I spoke to him this morning and he was in tears,\" she said.\n\n\"The safety of the public is his paramount importance. Everyone is just going to have to work together and do what we can.\"\n\nA police cordon has been put in place with the road from Main Street into Market Square closed, including Cocker Bridge.\n\nPeople have been asked to avoid the area and follow any diversions in place.\n\nA Cumberland Council spokesperson said it was working with the emergency services and others to assess the damage and \"take immediate steps\" to protect public safety.\n\n\"The Old Courthouse is an iconic building in Cockermouth and we share local residents' sadness following the recent partial collapse of the building.\n\n\"This is a privately owned building and has been an ongoing issue. We continue to work with the owner of the property, and partners.\"\n\nDamage to the privately owned building is being assessed\n\nFollow BBC North East & Cumbria on X (formerly Twitter), Facebook and Instagram. Send your story ideas to northeastandcumbria@bbc.co.uk.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Last updated on .From the section Premier League\n\nGabriel Martinelli scored a dramatic late winner as Arsenal earned a statement victory over defending Premier League champions Manchester City at Emirates Stadium.\n\nA largely disappointing game was given a stunning finale four minutes from time just as both sides looked certain to have to settle for a point.\n\nMaking his return from a hamstring injury as a substitute, Martinelli's strike deflected in off Nathan Ake to earn Arsenal a first league win over City since December 2015.\n\nIt was a moment that sparked wild celebrations and put the Gunners level on points with north London rivals Tottenham at the top of the table.\n\nThe biggest talking point until the goal was how City's Mateo Kovacic somehow stayed on the pitch after late tackles on both Martin Odegaard and Declan Rice.\n\nCity had the better early opportunities when Rice cleared off the line from Josko Gvardiol before Ake scooped a shot over the bar from close range.\n\nArsenal keeper David Raya, who had an uncertain time, was twice almost caught in possession on his line by Julian Alvarez.\n\nBut it was the home side who were elated as Martinelli, introduced off the bench for the second half, made that vital contribution.\n• None 'Man City win could be Arteta's most significant yet'\n• None How did you rate Arsenal's performance? Have your say here\n• None What did you make of Manchester City's display? Send us your views here\n\nArsenal seemed gripped with nerves early on against a City team who have maintained such a stranglehold on them in the Premier League in recent years.\n\nRaya was hesitant, especially with the ball at his feet, and even the Arsenal fans who have been so supportive of Mikel Arteta's side were showing signs of impatience.\n\nThe introduction of Martinelli for Leandro Trossard after the break made a huge difference as the Brazilian ran at the City defence and finally posed problems - even though visiting keeper Ederson was initially largely untroubled.\n\nArsenal were organised and resilient in defence, keeping Erling Haaland at bay, and all their hard work was rewarded with the winner, albeit with it coming through that crucial deflection off Ake.\n\nCity and Pep Guardiola have cast a shadow over Arsenal in recent years, not least when they hauled them in at the critical point of last season's title race, but this victory will surely give the Gunners huge self-belief.\n• None Saka not available for England, says Arteta\n\nCity previously had to go back to December 2018 to recall the taste of successive Premier League defeats, when they lost at home to Crystal Palace and away to Leicester City.\n\nThey dropped only three further points all season after that double jolt. Now they must recover again after losing in the league at Wolves and here at Arsenal, where they were way short of their best.\n\nCity, as usual, had plenty of possession, but they lacked their normal thrust and sharpness, with striker Haaland reduced to the role of a virtual spectator.\n\nThere was indiscipline, too, from Kovacic, who was fortunate to only be shown a yellow card for a poor challenge on Odegaard yet still followed it up almost immediately with another on Rice.\n\nThe indiscipline spilled over at the final whistle too as a clutch of City players including Haaland and Kyle Walker were involved in a heated exchange with a number of Arsenal's backroom staff.\n\nGuardiola's side will be bitterly disappointed with these past two league results - but history shows City have the quality and character to return to their best swiftly.\n• None Goal! Arsenal 1, Manchester City 0. Gabriel Martinelli (Arsenal) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Kai Havertz.\n• None Attempt missed. Martin Ødegaard (Arsenal) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Gabriel Martinelli. Navigate to the next page Navigate to the last page", "\"If you're really good at maths, can you answer this?\"\n\nThe tough questions on the red carpet unexpectedly came from Rob Burrow's daughters, Macy and Maya.\n\nCountdown extraordinaire Carol Vorderman was put on the spot by the duo ahead of the Pride of Britain awards.\n\nWatch to see how she handled the tricky sum.", "Lord Mandelson was a cabinet minster under Tony Blair and Gordon Brown and was a key figure in New Labour\n\nA key architect of New Labour has urged Sir Keir Starmer not to give too much power to trade unions if he wins power at the next election.\n\nLord Mandelson said a Labour government should avoid \"rigidities\" that could deter investment in crucial industries.\n\nThe peer, who now advises Sir Keir, said Labour would need private investors to boost the economy.\n\nBut it needed to be bolder than New Labour, which came to power in 1997, in shaping industrial growth.\n\nTony Blair's government had been too late to embrace industrial strategy, believing it \"went against the grain\" of a market-driven economy.\n\nHe added there had been a change in thinking since the 1990s, with an acceptance the state could play a bigger role in helping secure jobs in new industries.\n\nThe Labour peer was a cabinet minister in the Blair and Brown governments - and played a central role in the party's shift to the centre ground of British politics under Mr Blair.\n\nHe now chairs a lobbying company and has been acting as an unofficial adviser Sir Keir Starmer.\n\nLabour's plans for improving the economy and boosting skills have been a key focus of its conference in Liverpool, which could be the last before the next general election, expected next year.\n\nThe party is seeking inspiration from the US President Joe Biden's vast package of support for green industries to rebuild Britain's \"industrial foundations\".\n\nIt has also unveiled plans to strengthen employment rights, including for workers in the so-called gig economy.\n\nThe plans include allowing electronic voting for strikes, and allowing for sector-based negotiations between trade unions and employers through \"fair pay agreements\".\n\nLord Mandelson said the UK would not be able to match the levels of investment in the US, but it was right to try and \"adapt the technique\".\n\nHe said implementing an industrial strategy should be an early priority for Labour if it wins office, noting New Labour's approach would be \"just a tad too much hands off\".\n\nThe Blair government, he added, had only fully embraced the idea after the 2008 financial crash, \"rather than as we should have done in 1997\".\n\nHe warned, however, that the party would inherit a worse-performing economy than it did in the 1990s.\n\nWhilst there could be opportunities to borrow to boost the economy, he added, the incoming government would depend \"above all else\" on the private sector to invest.\n\nHe warned that Labour should \"take care\" not to reintroduce rights for trade unions that would create \"rigidities\" in the jobs market.\n\nThis would include, he said, \"giving all expression to \"massive strike funds \"so beloved of Len McCluskey and Sharon Graham\" - the former and current bosses of Unite, one of Labour's biggest union backers.\n\nHe added Labour would need to avoid getting \"to a point where people say 'hold on a moment, I think this government's gone too far, I think we're tilted too far in the other direction, and this is impairing Britain's investment attractiveness\".", "Music-lovers descended to the desert in southern Israel to attend the Supernova festival.\n\nBut soon the party turned to tragedy with footage emerging of people fleeing bullets and harrowing details being heard.\n\nMore than 260 bodies have reportedly been recovered from the site, according to rescue agency Zaka.", "Chuck Feeney achieved his goal of giving his fortune away\n\nThe Irish-American entrepreneur and philanthropist Chuck Feeney has died at the age of 92.\n\nMr Feeney, through his private foundation the Atlantic Philanthropies, donated more than $8bn (£6.5bn) to causes on five continents.\n\nThe foundation gave $570m (£465m) to causes in Northern Ireland over four decades.\n\nIts main areas of interest have been health, education, reconciliation and human rights.\n\nMr Feeney dissolved the foundation in 2020, but by then it had made more than $8 billion (£6.5bn) in grants, mainly in the United States, the UK, the Republic of Ireland, Australia, South Africa, Vietnam, Bermuda, and Cuba.\n\nCharles F Feeney was born in Elizabeth, New Jersey, in 1931, during the Great Depression, to Irish-American parents.\n\nHis mother worked as a hospital nurse and his father was an insurance underwriter.\n\nThe philanthropist traced his family history back to County Fermanagh, where his grandmother was brought up close to the village of Kinawley.\n\nThe entrepreneur made his money selling luxury duty free goods to travellers across the world, but he rejected the trappings of wealth himself.\n\nHe went on to found the Atlantic Philanthropies in 1982, an international organisation set up to distribute his fortune to good causes and projects that he supported around the world.\n\nThe entrepreneur made his money selling luxury duty free goods to travellers across the world\n\nFor the first 15 years of his philanthropic mission, Mr Feeney donated money in secret leading to him being dubbed the James Bond of philanthropy, only emerging from anonymity in 1997.\n\nHe had a particular interest in supporting universities on both sides of the Irish border, donating hundreds of millions of US dollars.\n\nIn 2012, at Dublin Castle, Mr Feeney received an Honorary Doctorate of Laws from the universities on the island of Ireland.\n\nThe Tánaiste (Irish deputy prime minister) Micheál Martin said in a statement that he \"was deeply saddened\" by the news.\n\nHe said Mr Feeney had \"extraordinary generosity\", and his donations had \"transformed the lives of people on the island of Ireland, north and south, young and old\".\n\nMr Martin said he had worked directly with Mr Feeney and paid \"particular tribute to Chuck's sustained support for peace and reconciliation in Northern Ireland over many years\".\n\nQueen's University Belfast was one of the biggest beneficiaries of Mr Feeney's grants from 1993 to 2015, being gifted a total of $132m (£107m).\n\nIt also received the single biggest donation from the Atlantic Philanthropies, when it was gifted $24m (£19m) in 2012.\n\nIt was for the university's Institute of Health Sciences Centre for Experimental Medicine.\n\nAnother cornerstone of Mr Feeney's philanthropy in Northern Ireland was the promotion of integrated education in the pursuit of reconciliation and peace building.\n\nDown through the decades, it is understood about £8m was gifted to the Integrated Education Fund for various projects and the area is listed as the first sector funded in Northern Ireland by the Atlantic Philanthropies back in 1991.\n\nAtlantic Philanthropies quoted Mr Feeney, who said: \"I had one idea that never changed in my mind—that you should use your wealth to help people.\"", "Arif Ahmed is the Office for Students' first director for freedom of speech and academic freedom\n\nThe stifling of free speech at English universities is a \"serious cause for concern\", the new free speech chief at the Office for Students (OfS) has told the BBC.\n\nProf Arif Ahmed pledged to defend all views after being appointed this year.\n\nHe said the UK had fallen significantly in an international index ranking academic freedom in the last 10 years.\n\nHis hiring follows several cases of \"no-platforming\", where a controversial speaker is banned from an event.\n\nThere was also a demonstration by hundreds of people outside a talk by gender-critical academic Prof Kathleen Stock at the Oxford Union in May.\n\nProtesters said they were opposed to the use of the Oxford Union platform to express anti-trans views.\n\nProf Ahmed has said he would defend the right to peaceful protest, but made a distinction between peaceful and disruptive demonstrations.\n\nSpeaking to the BBC ahead of his first major speech in the new role, he said the OfS, which regulates the higher education system in England, was \"completely politically neutral\" when protecting free speech.\n\n\"I think there may be areas where there is serious cause for concern - and I want to emphasise that this comes from all sides of the political spectrum.\"\n\nHe said the breadth of concern about freedom of speech on campus ranged from fears about what people can say in classrooms to what people can research.\n\nWhen asked if Rishi Sunak's view, expressed at the Conservative Party conference, \"a man is a man and woman is a woman\" should be expressed on campus, he said: \"As long as a view can be legally expressed, such as that one, then yes, but so is the opposite.\"\n\nProf Ahmed added: \"There is no question whatever that we have any interest in the culture wars - we don't - or that we have any interest in defending any one political side - we absolutely don't.\n\n\"On both sides of any issue, we will be equally vigorous in defending the free speech rights of students, academics and visiting speakers.\"\n\nHe also cited the UK's falling rank on the Academic Freedom Index, which has collected data on freedom of expression since 1900.\n\nA new law, passed earlier this year, says universities now have a duty to \"secure\" and \"promote the importance of\" freedom of speech and academic expression. Higher education providers and student unions which fail to comply may face sanctions, including fines.\n\nProf Ahmed will also oversee a new complaints scheme for students, staff and visiting speakers, who could seek compensation if they suffer from a breach of a university's free speech obligations.\n\nThat complaints process will come into force next August, and is currently under consultation.\n\nProtesters gathered in Oxford in May over an event involving gender-critical academic Prof Kathleen Stock\n\nIn his speech at Kings College London on Monday, Prof Ahmed is expected to say he will protect people who want to express their views on \"Brexit... on statues, or pronouns, or colonialism, or abortion or animal rights, or Ulez\".\n\nSome speech, such as that which amounts to harassment or incites violence, is not protected by the law or by freedom of speech.\n\n\"You can speak or write as a Marxist, a post-colonial theorist, a gender-critical feminist or anything else - if you do it within the law,\" Prof Ahmed is expected to say.\n\nHe will add that freedom of speech allows people to consider different points of view, which makes it \"fundamental\" to a high-quality higher education: \"For many students, university might be the only time in their lives when they have both the time and the relative freedom to embark on this exploration.\"\n\nSign up for our morning newsletter and get BBC News in your inbox.", "The motion passed with few votes against it\n\nLabour's leadership has lost a showdown over the party's approach to nationalising critical infrastructure.\n\nDelegates voted for a motion, proposed by Labour's largest backer, the union Unite, to \"reaffirm\" the party's commitment to public ownership of railways and the energy industry.\n\nLabour must \"make different choices\", Unite's general secretary said.\n\nParty sources said the proposals are unlikely to get into Labour's next manifesto.\n\nThe shadow business secretary Jonathan Reynolds told the BBC: \"We're not going to nationalise the energy system.\"\n\nAsked if they would follow the vote, he said: \"No.\"\n\nMr Reynolds said votes reflected the interest of people at the conference - but that there would be disagreements in some areas.\n\nEarlier in the day, Unite's Sharon Graham got a standing ovation from the conference floor for tabling the motion.\n\nMaking the case for renationalisation, Ms Graham said: \"Labour's job is to be the voice of workers and our communities.\n\n\"We must take our energy back into public hands.\n\n\"In France, they own their own energy, which has meant lower bills for the French people, while in Britain we have let energy monopolies fill their boots by picking the pockets of UK workers. How they must have laughed.\"\n\nThe motion passed with only a handful of votes against it, and was backed by three major Labour backing unions - Unite, ASLEF and TSSA.\n\nMomentum, the left-wing pressure group set up to support former leader Jeremy Corbyn, called the vote \"a huge victory - and a clear message to the leadership\". \"Trade unions and Labour members, like the public, overwhelmingly want our public services in public hands, not being run for profit.\"\n\nBefore the vote, Unite published a survey which found voters in seats known as the Red Wall - traditionally Labour areas where the Conservatives won in 2019 - were overwhelmingly in favour of putting energy utilities back into public ownership.\n\nMore than two-thirds of the 2,000 potential voters surveyed in those constituencies across the North, Midlands and Wales agreed that the UK's domestic energy industry should be in public ownership.\n\nThe motion also reaffirmed Labour's commitment to build HS2 in full and to retain or reopen fully-staffed rail ticket offices.\n\nOn Thursday, Labour Leader Sir Keir Starmer said he could not commit to building HS2's northern leg after the government \"took a wrecking ball\" to the project's finances.\n\nPolicy voted on by conference feeds into Labour's National Policy Forum, which debates and finalises Labour's policy.\n\nThe party's current policy include a commitment to public ownership of different industries - including renationalising the railways when contracts with existing operators expire or fail.\n\nLabour have also promised to create GB Energy, a publicly owned national energy company that will compete with private industry and promote clean energy.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The Scottish government's 3% rent cap is failing some renters\n\nRents in Scotland have risen by more than England despite a high-profile 3% cap on increases imposed by the Scottish government earlier this year.\n\nCatherine Sheldon is one of thousands of young Scots struggling with the cost of living crisis who thought they would be protected from a large rent rise.\n\nHowever, a \"loophole\" in the Scottish government's rent cap rules allows her private landlord to seek a 35% rise because one of her flatmates gave notice to move out, ending the tenancy agreement.\n\nThe 26-year-old shared the three-bedroom flat in Glasgow with two friends for two-and-a-half years.\n\nCatherine describes the flat as her home but in order to stay living there she would have had to accept her share of the rent rising from £520 per month to £700.\n\nShe says her landlord's justification for the increase is that the new price is simply the market rate for the flat - and they appear to be correct.\n\nBut Catherine says the new rent represents more than half her monthly income.\n\n\"I don't see how these price increases can be sustainable for anyone,\" she told BBC Disclosure.\n\n\"I don't understand who is actually affording it.\"\n\nThe average rent for a two-bedroom flat in Glasgow increased by 82% over a decade to £978\n\nNegotiations to agree a new tenancy with a lesser rent rise failed and Catherine says she is now having to leave the property, with nowhere else to go that she can afford.\n\n\"We've basically just decided that we need to leave and find somewhere else to live,\" she said.\n\n\"We've been fighting this since February, and we're all just completely exhausted by the whole situation and we don't think there's anything else we can do.\"\n\nBut Catherine, who is a recent graduate and hospitality worker, is struggling to find anything within her price range and she says she is worried she will be forced out of Glasgow altogether.\n\n\"I'm really scared,\" she said.\n\n\"I'd move further out but all my friends and everyone I know live here.\n\n\"I'd be worried about being isolated from everyone. I've just been completely overwhelmed by the whole thing.\"\n\nThe average rent for a two-bedroom flat in Edinburgh climbed by 92% over a decade to £1,441\n\nOver the past decade, rents in Scotland's largest cities have almost doubled, according to exclusive data commissioned by BBC Scotland News.\n\nThe Rightmove research reveals that between September 2013 and September 2023, the average rent for a two-bedroom flat in Edinburgh climbed by 92% to £1,441, while in Glasgow this increased by 82% to £978.\n\nDespite the emergency legislation capping rent rises at 3%, private rents across Scotland have increased by 6% in the past year, according to the latest Office for National Statistics (ONS) figures.\n\nThis figure is higher than London (5.9%).\n\nThe statistics show annual private rental costs increased by 5.5% across the UK as a whole, with England at 5.4% and Wales at 6.5%.\n\nEngland and Wales do not currently have any rent control legislation in place.\n\nIn Scotland, as the impact of cost of living rises such as energy prices began to bite last year, the Scottish government announced a temporary freeze on rent rises.\n\nIn April this changed to a 3% cap on increases.\n\nHowever, campaigners have warned the \"joint tenancy loophole\" means that, in many flat-shares, landlords are free to increase the rent by as much as they want when one person leaves.\n\nThis is because the emergency legislation only applies to tenancies, rather than properties.\n\nEconomist and co-director of think tank Future Economy Scotland, Laurie Macfarlane ,described the rent cap as a \"sticking plaster\" amid a housing crisis in Scotland that private renters are at the very sharp end of.\n\nHe told the BBC rent rises were outstripping the growth in incomes and people were spending more of their income than ever before on keeping a roof over their heads.\n\nSinead McNulty says young people \"have no other choice but to flat-share\" due to increasing costs\n\nSinead McNulty, a Living Rent organiser in Edinburgh, had spent months helping tenants fight rent increases when she was hit with one of her own.\n\nShe shares a four-bedroom flat and, like Catherine, was hit with a substantial rent hike when one of her flatmates needed to move out.\n\n\"We were shocked to find that the rent had increased by £500, which means that our rent individually each was up by £125,\" she told the BBC.\n\nShe says her generation is particularly vulnerable to the \"massive loophole\" in the rent cap because young people \"have no other choice but to flat-share\" due to increasing costs.\n\n\"People say it's because we live in the city centre, but I know from my friends and my job that wherever you are it's completely unaffordable,\" Sinead said.\n\n\"My friends, my colleagues, can't afford to live in the city any more. For me that's really upsetting but, more than upsetting, it makes me really angry.\n\n\"I am genuinely afraid of moving out of this property and spending much more money on rent and actually being homeless,\" she said.\n\n\"If I cannot live here anymore, I know I will struggle to find a home.\"\n\nLandlords are also being hit by cost of living pressures with mortgage rates rising rapidly along with the cost of complying with regulations.\n\nJohn Blackwood, of the Scottish Association of Landlords, said he was \"not surprised\" that some tenants were feeling exploited\n\nJohn Blackwood, chief executive of the Scottish Association of Landlords, said he was \"not surprised\" that some tenants were feeling exploited.\n\n\"I think tenants are finding it really difficult at the moment, as landlords are finding it difficult,\" he told the BBC.\n\n\"And I feel the government is letting all parties down here. They're not working with us to find these sustainable solutions.\"\n\nMr Blackwood said one solution would be \"looking at greater predictability of rents and rent increases in the future\" in a way that protects the landlord's business.\n\nHe added that due to a shortage of alternative affordable housing, private landlords had been asked to provide housing to many more people than they ever expected to and that it had become the \"only resort for many renters\".\n\n\"That's unsustainable and it's not the Scotland that we should be aspiring towards,\" he said.\n\nIn an interview with BBC Scotland, Housing Minister Paul McLennan said he would look at longer-term rent controls in the upcoming Housing Bill.\n\nHe said: \"There are obviously things we can do in terms of the short-term measures that are in place just now, but looking beyond that and looking to longer-term rent controls, obviously something like that needs to be considered.\"\n\nThe minister added: \"I think if you look at rents in other parts of the UK, be that London and Manchester and Newcastle, they are going up with approximately the same kind of figures.\"\n\n\"A lot of it comes down to supply and demand. We need to be building more houses and I am not going to shy away from that.\"", "Last updated on .From the section Athletics\n\nKenyan Kelvin Kiptum shattered the men's marathon world record in Chicago as he beat compatriot Eliud Kipchoge's previous mark by more than 30 seconds.\n\nThe 23-year-old finished in a time of two hours 35 seconds.\n\n\"I feel so happy. A world record was not in my mind today,\" he said after beating Kipchoge's time of 2:01:09, set in Berlin in September 2022.\n\nDutch runner Sifan Hassan set the second-fastest women's time in marathon history as she won the female event.\n\nHer time of 2:13:44 is behind only the record of 2:11:53 set by Ethiopia's Tigst Assefa in Berlin last month.\n\nKiptum broke the tape three minutes 27 seconds ahead of countryman Benson Kipruto, with Belgian Bashir Abdi in third.\n\nIt was his third victory in as many starts over 26.2 miles. He triumphed on his debut last December at Valencia and then won the London Marathon in a course record in April.\n\nHe waved and blew kisses at spectators before raising his arms when crossing the finish line.\n\nHis extraordinary run shaved more than three minutes off the previous Chicago Marathon record set by Kenyan Dennis Kimetto in 2013 - and brings closer the possibility of the two-hour mark being broken.\n\n\"I saw the time in front of me. I felt good inside of me, maybe a little adrenaline. I said let me try - maybe I can run under 2:00,\" he said. \"I knew one day I would be a world-record holder.\"\n\nIn the women's race, Hassan finished one minute 53 seconds ahead of Kenya's Ruth Chepngetich, with Ethiopian Alemu Megertu in third.\n\nThe men's wheelchair race was won by Marcel Hug of Switzerland, who shattered his own course record by almost three minutes, winning his fourth Chicago Marathon in 1:22:37.\n\nThe women's wheelchair competition was closely contested, with Catherine Debrunner, also of Switzerland, edging out Susannah Scaroni (USA) by two seconds, to set a course record of 1:38:44.", "Abdelkader Hammad is a surgeon at Royal Liverpool Hospital currently stuck in Gaza, he was being interviewed when two explosions went off in the building next door.", "Metro Bank has struck a deal to raise extra funds from investors that it said will secure its future.\n\nThe deal was announced late on Sunday after days of intense speculation about the bank's financial position.\n\nThe Bank of England reportedly asked larger lenders if they were interested in buying Metro, while banks were said to be eyeing up some of its assets.\n\nBut on Sunday, Metro Bank said it had raised £325m in new funding, as well as refinancing £600m of debt.\n\nMetro's chief executive, Daniel Frumkin, said the deal marked \"a new chapter\" for the troubled bank.\n\nMetro Bank's shares had slumped last week after reports suggested it needed to raise cash to shore up its finances. Its share price rebounded on Monday in response to the deal.\n\nHowever, Simon Samuels, a former managing director at Barclays and Citi, told the BBC's Today programme that while the financing bought Metro Bank some time, it did not address the \"fundamental challenges\" of the bank's strategy of focusing on High Street branches which was \"very expensive\".\n\nWhile many banks have been closing branches and shifting to online banking - which accelerated during the Covid pandemic - Metro continues to focus on bricks and mortar.\n\n\"Essentially, Metro finds itself with an unsustainable cost base,\" he said, adding that he thought Metro's strategy \"has got little chance of succeeding in the long run\".\n\n\"Eventually [Metro Bank] may end up being part of a larger group.\"\n\nThe bank has insisted all along that its finances remain strong and it continues to meet all regulatory requirements.\n\nBut under the deal announced on Sunday, Colombian billionaire Jaime Gilinski Bacal will become Metro Bank's controlling shareholder with a 53% stake.\n\nHis firm, Spaldy Investments, will sink £102m into the bank.\n\nIn Colombia Jaime Gilinski is a household name. Locally, he's never too far away from the headlines, with his business empire growing from strength to strength it would seem, both at home and abroad.\n\nThe 65-year-old businessman was born in Cali, the descendant of Lithuanian immigrants. His family set up several mid-sized businesses and built a reputation for themselves within Colombia's Jewish community and across the city.\n\nBut Mr Gilinski had bigger ambitions. After a US education he had a stint on Wall Street, and led his family group into purchasing several banks in Colombia and abroad.\n\nA smart operator, Mr Gilinski has aligned himself with Colombia's political and business elite over the years.\n\nMost recently, in 2022 Gustavo Petro was elected as the country's first left-wing president, promising action against what he called the country's \"oligarchy\".\n\nHowever, local media reported that Mr Gilinski had quietly been building relations with Mr Petro, helping to avoid becoming a target.\n\nMetro Bank was founded in 2010 in the wake of the financial crisis and was the first to open in the UK in more than 100 years.\n\nIt positioned itself as a so-called \"challenger\" bank to the big High Street names, with its promise of keeping branches open seven days a week.\n\nIt now has 2.7 million customers and holds about £15bn worth of deposits in 76 branches.\n\nBut last week reports suggested it need to raise £600m. The Financial Times also reported over the weekend that several rivals were weighing up potential bids for part of the business.\n\nIn Sunday's announcement. Metro Bank said that it had raised £325m in capital from existing shareholders and new backers.\n\nThe Bank of England, which had been monitoring the situation closely, welcomed the deal.\n\nMetro Bank also said it was still in discussions about raising cash by selling up to £3bn of its residential mortgages.\n\nHomeowners with mortgages from Metro Bank do not face any immediate change, but if a deal goes through some customers might end up having their loans managed by another bank in the future.\n\nMetro Bank's shares rose by about 10% on Monday, taking its share price to about 50p - close to the level it had been last week before reports on the bank's financial situation emerged.\n\nHowever, the share price is still down nearly 60% since the start of the year, and well below the peak of £40.19 it reached in 2018.\n\nMr Frumkin said the new deal meant Metro Bank could continue expanding and would become more profitable over the coming years.\n\n\"Our strong franchise is underpinned by our loyal customer base and engaged colleagues and we will continue to develop the Metro Bank offer,\" he said.\n\nThe lender has faced a number of challenges in recent years after an accounting scandal in 2019, which led to some top executives, including its founder, leaving the company.\n\nIt returned to profit in the six months to the end of June this year - the first half-year profit the bank had seen since 2019.\n\nIn July, Mr Frumkin said that 2023 would be a \"transitional year\" for the firm and that it planned to open 11 more branches across the north of England in 2024 and 2025.\n\nMore recently, Metro Bank had asked City watchdogs for permission to use its own ratings system to value its mortgages and its assets.\n\nBut regulators turned down the request last month, saying that they wanted the bank to use an external rating system for now.\n\nSign up for our morning newsletter and get BBC News in your inbox.\n• None What's going on at Metro Bank?", "Jo Farrell is the first female chief constable of Police Scotland\n\nPolice Scotland's new chief constable says she agrees that the force is guilty of institutional discrimination.\n\nIn her first day in the job, Jo Farrell backed the controversial statement made earlier this year by her predecessor Sir Iain Livingstone.\n\nShe said it was a \"difficult message\", but she was determined to drive forward \"an anti-discriminatory agenda.\"\n\nMs Farrell also promised to prioritise \"trust, confidence, high performance and officer and staff wellbeing.\"\n\nIn a statement issued after she was sworn in, the chief constable said: \"Having considered Sir Iain's reasons, I agree Police Scotland is institutionally discriminatory.\n\n\"I know the acknowledgement of institutional discrimination is a difficult message for many dedicated and honourable officers and staff.\n\n\"People with different backgrounds or experiences, including our officers and staff, have not always received the service that is their right.\n\n\"The onus is on us to challenge bad behaviour and prejudice, address gaps and eradicate bias, known or unwitting, at every level.\"\n\nSir Iain's Livingstone statement in May this year that there was institutional racism, sexism and discrimination in Police Scotland attracted support from many quarters.\n\nHowever, it was criticised by the Scottish Police Federation (SPF), who felt the reputation of the force was being tarnished because of the faults of a few.\n\nDavid Threadgold, chair of the federation, said: \"The SPF will always work with the service to identify and remove officers in Scotland who fail to live up to our standards of professional behaviour.\n\n\"Culture in any organisation is changed from the top down, in this case at governmental level.\n\n\"The chief has to work to ensure that the policing budget is given real terms protection to allow us to maintain our current officer and staff profile.\n\n\"This relentless stripping of our proud service of physical and human infrastructure has to stop.\"\n\nDeparting chief constable Sir Iain Livingstone described Police Scotland as \"institutionally racist and discriminatory\"\n\nPatrick Corrigan, Amnesty International UK's Head of Nations and Regions, said: \"The statement made by Sir Iain was honest and stark, but reflected what many already knew and have experienced first-hand.\n\n\"The Chief Constable will need to set out what action she intends to take without delay.\"\n\nJustice Secretary Angela Constance MSP said she was delighted to welcome Ms Farrell, the first woman to lead Scotland's national force.\n\n\"There is much to be proud of within the UK's second biggest police service, which is in a strong place as the new chief takes up her role,\" she said.\n\n\"I am sure we will forge a strong partnership, founded on a shared desire to continue the delivery of sustainable excellence within Scotland's police service.\"\n\nFormerly chief constable at Durham Constabulary, Ms Farrell said her focus was on threat, harm and risk and on prevention and problem solving.\n\nBut arriving from Durham - one of the smallest police forces in England - to take charge of the second largest in the UK, the new chief faces immediate challenges.\n\nPolice Scotland's finances are under pressure, with a smaller number of officers handling a bigger workload and detection rates for some crimes going down.\n\nThere's a freeze on recruitment of civilian staff and a projected £19m budget overspend.\n\nThe arrival of 200 new recruits in January has also been postponed.\n\nThe force predicts officer numbers could fall to 16,200, the lowest since the SNP took office in 2007.\n\nThe Scottish Government said it gave policing a 6.3% increase for the current financial year, Scottish police officers are the highest paid in the UK and, per capita, Scotland has more of them than England and Wales.", "Shani's mother says she saw a video of her daughter unconscious in a car\n\nA German mother is pleading for information about her daughter, who she believes was kidnapped by Palestinian militants at a music festival in Israel and paraded through the streets in the back of a pick-up truck.\n\nShani Louk, who is also a German citizen, had been attending the festival near the Gaza border when Hamas militants stormed the area, opening fire and sending terrified partygoers fleeing through the desert.\n\nHer mother, Ricarda, said she had seen a video of Shani \"unconscious in a car\" after being taken.\n\nHolding up a picture of the twenty-something on her mobile phone, she said in a social media appeal that her daughter had been \"kidnapped with a group of tourists in southern Israel by Palestinian Hamas\".\n\n\"We were sent a video in which I could clearly see our daughter unconscious in the car with the Palestinians and them driving around the Gaza Strip,\" she said. \"I ask you to send us any help or news. Thank you very much.\"\n\nAs news of Hamas's multi-pronged assault into Israeli territory broke early on Saturday, Ms Louk's family began desperately trying to contact her.\n\nTo their horror, they then recognised her in a video being widely shared on social media, showing the body of a young woman being paraded through the streets in the back of a flatbed truck, surrounded by armed fighters and others yelling \"Allahu Akbar\" (God is Greatest).\n\nThe woman is lying face down but her family say they identified Ms Louk from her dreadlocks and distinctive tattoos.\n\nShani - pictured here in Mexico - was attending a a festival in Israel when she went missing\n\n\"We have some kind of hope,\" her cousin Tom Weintraub Louk told the Washington Post. \"Hamas is responsible for her and the others.\"\n\nAt least 100 Israeli soldiers and civilians were kidnapped in the Hamas assault, the Israeli government says.\n\nOther people are reported to be missing from the festival, including British citizen Jake Marlowe, although the Israeli embassy in the UK told the BBC it did not know if he had been taken hostage.\n\nHis mother told news site Jewish News that he was working as security staff at the festival in Kibbutz Re'im, a community in the city of Ofakim, not far from Gaza.\n\nVideos posted on social media appeared to show an Israeli woman, identified as Noa Argamani, who also attended the event, being kidnapped and held on a motorcycle by two men.\n\nGili Yoskovich, who also attended, told the BBC that she hid under a tree in a field while gunmen went around shooting anyone they could find.\n\nFighting is ongoing after Israel was hit with a surprise attack by Hamas this weekend.\n\nThe Palestinian militants launched a wave of rocket attacks and fighters stormed into Israel on Saturday morning, which have left hundreds dead and thousands more wounded.\n\nHundreds have also been killed on the other side following Israeli air strikes according to the health ministry in Gaza, which is run by Hamas.", "Motorists ducked for cover as a gun battle broke out on the Route 4 highway, between Ashdod and the Gaza border.\n\nFighting between the Israeli military and Palestinian militants continues in Israeli territory near Gaza following a large-scale attack by Hamas on Saturday.", "The court was told Nathan Carter admitted his guilt at the scene\n\nCountry singer Nathan Carter has been fined and given six penalty points after being caught driving 30mph over the speed limit.\n\nThe 33-year-old, with an address in Bellanaleck, County Fermanagh, committed the offence on 29 July.\n\nHe did not appear before Enniskillen Magistrates Court on Monday, however, a defence solicitor entered a guilty plea on Carter's behalf.\n\nA judge expressed concern over the excess speed reached by the singer.\n\nThe court was told that police on mobile patrol in the Ballanaleck area noted the excess speed of a grey Peugeot travelling towards Enniskillen.\n\nOfficers remained behind the vehicle for just over a mile and noted it had a steady speed of 90mph, on a road limited to 60mph.\n\nWhen stopped and cautioned, Carter, who was born in Liverpool, admitted his guilt and cooperated fully with police, the court heard.\n\nThe matter could not be dealt with by a fixed penalty notice as the excess speed was too high over the discretionary threshold, and so was reported for prosecution at court.\n\nThe defence informed the court Carter has a completely clear record and on the day in question: \"His speed crept up inadvertently\".\n\nThe solicitor added: \"Thankfully no-one was inconvenienced and there was no accident or incident.\n\n\"He immediately accepted his guilt to police without a hint of excuse.\"\n\nDistrict Judge Alana McSorley said: \"The court is concerned by the high speed, however, in light of how the defendant has met this offence I will keep this to penalty points.\"\n\nShe imposed a fine of £250 along with six penalty points", "Last updated on .From the section European Football\n\nThe UK and Republic of Ireland are set to be announced as hosts of the 2028 European Championship at a Uefa meeting in Switzerland on Tuesday.\n\nThe five-nation bid is now running unopposed after Turkey withdrew from the process last week.\n\nTurkey merged their Euro 2032 bid with Italy in July and are set to be confirmed as joint-hosts for that tournament.\n\nBoth bids are running unopposed but still need official approval by Uefa.\n\n\"These are exciting times and we have a very compelling Euro 2028 proposal for Uefa,\" said last week's joint statement from the five national associations of England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.\n\n\"Our bid will be groundbreaking for the men's Euros and will deliver lasting legacies across the whole of the UK and Ireland.\"\n\nMatches at the 2028 tournament are set to be held at 10 different grounds, including Glasgow's Hampden Park, Cardiff's Principality Stadium, Dublin's Aviva Stadium and Wembley in London.\n\nBelfast's Casement Park and Everton's Bramley-Moore Dock, the former unbuilt while the latter is still under construction, are also included in the bid.\n• None Will controversial Casement Park be ready for Euros?\n\nThe Republic of Ireland, Northern Ireland and Wales have never hosted a major tournament.\n\nEngland were one of the 11 countries to host Euro 2020 along with Scotland, as well as being sole hosts of the 1966 World Cup and Euro 96. England also hosted the record-breaking Women's European Championships in 2022.\n\nWembley would be expected to host the final in 2028, a major test for the 90,000-capacity venue after the chaos surrounding its hosting of the Euro 2020 final.\n\nA review into disorder at the final found \"ticketless, drunken and drugged-up thugs\" could have caused death as they stormed the stadium.\n\nThe UK and Republic of Ireland focused on a Euro 2028 bid, with Uefa's approval, when they ended a plan to be Europe's preferred candidate for the 2030 World Cup.\n\nWhile Italy had only bid for the 2032 tournament, Turkey had bid to host both Euro 2028 and 2032 and waited for their joint bid with Italy to be approved last week before withdrawing from the running to host Euro 2028.\n\nTurkey hosted June's Champions League final between Manchester City and Inter Milan at Istanbul's Ataturk Olympic Stadium, but a major international tournament has never been held in the country.\n\nReigning European champions Italy hosted the Euros in 1968 and 1980, while Rome's Stadio Olimpico was also used as a venue at Euro 2020.\n\nGermany will host the 2024 edition of the tournament with the last Championships being played in 2021 instead of 2020 following the Covid-19 Pandemic.", "Iran has celebrated and praised the attacks on Israel but denies any involvement\n\nQuestions about the involvement of Israel's arch-enemy Iran are already being asked in the wake of the deadly assault by Hamas on Israeli communities around the Gaza Strip.\n\nA report in the Wall Street Journal quotes unnamed members of Hamas and the Lebanese guerrilla movement Hezbollah as saying that Iran gave the go-ahead for the attack a week ago.\n\nBut a senior defence official in Washington later said that the US had \"no information at this time\" to corroborate specific allegations of an Iranian role in the attacks.\n\nRegardless, the stakes on the truth of this are high. If it emerged that Iran was behind the attacks, it could widen the conflict into a regional confrontation.\n\nSo while Iran's leaders have celebrated and praised the attacks, they have been quick to deny involvement.\n\n\"The accusations linked to an Iranian role… are based on political reasons,\" Iran's Foreign Ministry said.\n\nIran did not intervene \"in the decision-making of other countries\", a spokesman added.\n\nBut none of this means Iran wasn't involved.\n\nThe US says it had \"not yet\" seen evidence Iran was behind the attacks. However, Secretary of State Antony Blinken noted that \"there is certainly a long relationship\".\n\nSecretary of State Antony Blinken said Washington had not yet seen evidence that Iran was behind this attack\n\nTehran has been one of Hamas' main sponsors for many years, providing it with financial assistance and vast quantities of weaponry, including rockets.\n\nIsrael has spent years trying to disrupt Iran's supply routes to Gaza, which involve Sudan, Yemen, ships in the Red Sea and Bedouin smugglers in the lawless Sinai Peninsula.\n\nAs one of Israel's most implacable foes, Iran clearly has a vested interest in seeing the Jewish state suffer.\n\n\"I would say that it's not too much to assume that Iran is involved,\" Haim Tomer, a former senior officer with Israel's foreign intelligence agency, Mossad, told the BBC.\n\n\"This is the response of Iran to reports that a peace treaty is going to happen between Israel and Saudi Arabia.\"\n\nBut Mr Tomer said he found the suggestion that Iran actually ordered Saturday's attack \"a little bit cumbersome\".\n\n\"Yes, it's true that Iran is the number one provider of equipment to Hamas,\" he said, \"and that they were training them in Syria and even, reportedly, in Iran.\"\n\nIsrael, he said, had been watching the movement of Hamas officials in recent months.\n\n\"We have seen people like Saleh al-Arouri (head of the organisation's military wing) and other Hamas leaders flying back and forth between Lebanon and Iran, holding meetings, including with [Supreme Leader Ayatollah] Khamenei himself.\"\n\nBut this \"intimate relationship\" was not enough, Mr Tomer said, to explain the timing of the attack.\n\n\"Hamas was very much tuned to the inner conflict in Israel,\" he said.\n\n\"Iran sustains and supports every logistic and military aspect, but I think the decision was at least 75% an independent decision by the Hamas leadership.\"\n\nThere have been continued rocket attacks on Israel from the Gaza Strip\n\n\"This is a Palestinian story,\" he posted on social media today.\n\nAccording to the Wall Street Journal, Iran gave the green light for the attack at a meeting in Beirut last Monday.\n\nUnnamed Hamas and Hezbollah sources told the newspaper that officers from Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps had worked alongside Hamas since August to put together Saturday's complex air, land and sea operation.\n\nVideos of the Hamas attack pointed to a level of sophistication far beyond the organisation's mostly crude attempts in the past to breach Israel's security fence surrounding the Gaza Strip.\n\nThe simultaneous use of rockets, drones, vehicles and powered hang-gliders suggested that the operation's planners had studied other recent examples of hybrid warfare, perhaps including Ukraine.\n\nBut the decision to attack, Mr Raz said, was taken \"by Hamas, based on its own interests, arising from the Palestinian reality\".\n\n\"Did Hamas use Iranian aid? Definitely, yes. Did Iran have an interest in this action? Yes. Does Hamas need Iranian permission to operate? No.\"\n\nHamas has been developing its elite units for several years, says Haim Tomer, the former Mossad official.\n\n\"But still they performed above their former level,\" he said.\n\nIsraeli officials are now looking north and south as they figure out what happens next and whether Iran's involvement could become more overt.\n\nIran's Lebanese ally, Hezbollah, has already launched two small-scale attacks into the Israel-occupied Golan Heights. The Israeli military says it has used helicopters to hit targets inside Lebanon.\n\n\"The Hamas operation is a reality-changing event in the Middle East that may oblige Iran to move from the phase of ongoing support and co-ordination to a more direct involvement, especially if the Israeli response poses a significant challenge to Hamas,\" Mr Raz said.", "The cold bath was buried underneath rubble until recent excavations\n\nAn 18th-Century cold bath, which may be the only one of its kind in an elite social meeting place known as an assembly room, has been uncovered.\n\nThe cold bath was filled in with rubble and covered after bombing during World War Two.\n\nIts location in the Bath Assembly Rooms suggests it may have been provided for those wanting an \"exclusive experience\".\n\nThe National Trust's Tatjana LeBoff said the find was \"highly unusual\".\n\nShe added: \"There are many elements of this discovery that are still a mystery.\n\n\"It is a rare, if not unique, surviving example, and possibly it was the only one ever built in an assembly room.\n\n\"We are still researching records, letters, diaries and other documents to see what more we can find out that will help us piece it all together.\"\n\nThe National Trust has said the cold bath is possibly the only one ever built in an assembly room\n\nThe National Trust, which now looks after the Assembly Rooms, said ongoing research will draw on this \"rare archaeological evidence\" to piece together more about the bath and how it was used.\n\nThe excavation work, carried out by Wessex Archaeology, involved removing tons of rubble in the basement to reveal the steps down into the cold bath and a niche which would have held a statue or sculpture.\n\nThe rubble is likely to be from when the Assembly Rooms were bombed in World War Two.\n\nMany people wanting to use the cold bath would have arrived by sedan chair, like the ones on the right in this old engraving\n\nArchaeologist Bruce Eaton said: \"Although historical records indicated that there was a cold bath buried beneath the Bath Assembly Rooms, we had no idea what preservation of the bath would be like.\n\n\"The building suffered damage at the hands of the Luftwaffe and the rooms were remodelled in the late 20th century.\"\n\nBath is well-known for its hot spring waters, but in the 1700s, medical professionals were also recommended cold bathing, the National Trust said.\n\nThis would involve plunging into cold water for a short time, then quickly warming up afterwards.\n\nIt saw a trend in installing cold baths in private houses and estates, but also in public facilities.\n\nThe location of the bath inside the building though indicates it was likely more exclusive, the trust added.\n\nBath Assembly Rooms were a place for socialising in a number of ways, including dancing\n\nThe Assembly Rooms were built between 1769-1771 by John Wood, the younger, who would have been heavily influenced by medical theories of the time.\n\nThe New Bath Guide of 1778 mentioned \"…a commodious cold-bath, with convenient dressing-rooms\".\n\nBehind-the-scenes tours, including the cold bath, will run on selected weekends in October.\n\nFollow BBC West on Facebook, X and Instagram. Send your story ideas to: bristol@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Reeves on Covid fraud: We want that money back\n\nLabour says it will fight the next election on the economy after the shadow chancellor revealed policies to bring in an \"era of economic security\".\n\nStepping on to traditional Conservative election ground, Rachel Reeves promised to cut waste and drive growth in her speech to Labour conference.\n\n\"Responsibility must always come first,\" she said.\n\nAnd she unveiled plans aimed at speeding up projects like battery factories and 5G infrastructure.\n\nShe told Labour conference: \"There is no hope without security, you cannot dream big if you cannot sleep in peace at night.\"\n\nMs Reeves said Labour would \"wage a war against fraud, waste and inefficiency\", including a \"crackdown on Tory ministers' private jet habit\".\n\nLabour was \"ready to serve\" and \"ready to lead\", she added.\n\nShe said that \"taxpayers' money should be spent with the same care with which we spend our own money\" but that under the Conservatives it had been \"treated with disrespect\".\n\nLabour would seek to \"slash government consultancy spending\", she said, adding that the cost of hiring consultants had \"almost quadrupled in just six years\".\n\nThere had been calls from Labour delegates to reinstate the northern leg of HS2 - scrapped by the prime minister last week.\n\nMs Reeves made no commitments to rebuild the high-speed line but said a Labour government would commission an independent inquiry into the project.\n\nThere was also a pledge to increase the national minimum wage \"taking into account the real cost of living\" without specifying the amount.\n\nLabour has made a concerted effort over recent months to raise Ms Reeves's profile, given she would be not only at the heart of a Labour government, but their election campaign too.\n\nInternally, Labour figures say that taking the fight to the Conservatives on the economy rather than, say, the NHS, is a measure of their political confidence.\n\nOne senior source said that elections were \"won and lost on the economy\", adding: \"We're not in our safe zones any more, we're on their turf.\"\n\nMs Reeves speech was bookended by glossy videos and a lavish introduction by Cameron-era government adviser Mary Portas.\n\nMs Portas declared Ms Reeves would be the best-qualified chancellor ever.\n\nMs Reeves was also labelled \"a serious economist\" who \"understands the big picture\" by former Governor of the Bank of England Mark Carney, in a video played after the speech.\n\nAnd the shadow chancellor's fiery rhetoric repeatedly brought the audience in the conference hall to its feet.\n\nHer vow to levy VAT on private school fees prompted a prolonged bout of whooping in the hall, as did her refrain - used more than once in the speech - about Labour being ready both to serve and lead.\n\nLabour is \"ready to serve\" and \"ready to lead\", Ms Reeves told the Labour conference\n\nMuch of the speech was focused on how Labour would achieve growth in office, with Ms Reeves saying Labour would overhaul planning rules to speed up green energy, battery factories and 5G projects.\n\nUnder plans announced on Monday, 300 new planners across the public sector would be hired and planning guidance to speed up the process rewritten.\n\nDecision times for major projects have increased by two-thirds since 2012, to four years according to Ms Reeves, and economic growth and net zero considerations need to be factored in.\n\nEarlier, Shevaun Haviland, director general of the British Chambers of Commerce, welcomed the proposals, saying long-term investment in infrastructure was a \"key ingredient to get our economy back to growth\".\n\n\"We are pleased to see a future Labour government would support the building of large-scale factories and improve our digital infrastructure, such as 5G connectivity,\" she said.\n\nMomentum, the left-wing pressure group set up to support former leader Jeremy Corbyn, said Labour's plans were \"disappointing\" and failed to \"rise to the huge crises facing Britain\".\n\nMs Reeves also proposed establishing an anti-corruption commissioner aimed at recovering money lost as a result of fraud and waste during the pandemic.\n\nLabour's leadership lost a showdown over the party's approach to nationalising critical infrastructure.\n\nDelegates voted for a motion, proposed by Labour's largest backer, the union Unite, to \"reaffirm\" the party's commitment to public ownership of railways and the energy industry.\n\nBut party sources said the proposals were unlikely to get into Labour's next manifesto. The shadow business secretary Jonathan Reynolds told the BBC: \"We're not going to nationalise the energy system.\"\n\nSign up for our morning newsletter and get BBC News in your inbox.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nDoctors and nurses will volunteer for weekend work to bring down waiting lists if they are paid more overtime, Sir Keir Starmer has told the BBC.\n\nThe Labour leader wants to spend £1.1bn a year on higher overtime payments in NHS England to get waiting lists down.\n\nThe cash would come from scrapping the non-dom tax status.\n\nThe plan relies on doctors and nurses volunteering for extra shifts - but Sir Keir said it would be in their interests to do so.\n\nHe acknowledged that NHS staff were already under strain and that many of them could earn more by working in the private sector at weekends.\n\nIncluding money that would be allocated to Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland - where health decisions are devolved - the total cost of the policy would be £1.5bn.\n\nLabour's overtime payments in England would not match the wages doctors and nurses can earn in the private sector, but Sir Keir said the party had spoken to staff organisations and he was confident they would get behind his plan.\n\n\"They are up for this because they know that bringing down waiting lists will relieve pressure on them in the long run,\" he told the BBC's Victoria Derbyshire.\n\nHe said it would not require a new pay deal with NHS staff.\n\n\"You don't need to change the contract because we will be paying them proper rates out of hours,\" he said.\n\nThe British Medical Association - which recently staged a walkout by junior doctors and consultants in support of its demand for a 35% pay rise - said Sir Keir's plan was no substitute for restoring wages to where they should be.\n\nProfessor Philip Banfield, BMA council chair, said: \"The vast majority of doctors already take on extra work. For far too long, it has been our goodwill keeping the health service afloat.\n\n\"Paying doctors properly for overtime is not only the right thing to do but would be more cost effective than using the private sector or making extracontractual payments.\n\n\"While this move may very well incentivise further overtime, it is only once doctors receive restoration of lost relative value, will we be in a position to look at the impact that this extra overtime funding may have on waiting lists.\"\n\nUnison general secretary Christina McAnea, who represents some nurses and other NHS staff, said: \"This is fine as a stop-gap measure, but this is all it must be.\n\n\"Health workers are already up against it and there are only so many hours in a day. But a voluntary scheme, where staff are paid fairly, that avoids the use of expensive agencies, makes sense in the short term.\"\n\nWeekend work is already routine for many nurses, unions say\n\nRoyal College of Nursing Chief Nurse Professor Nicola Ranger said the NHS already \"runs on the goodwill of its staff\".\n\n\"Nursing staff work so much overtime that is never paid - staying behind an hour or two after 12-hour shifts to keep patients safe - so a change in this culture is needed. As part of their shift patterns, weekend work is routine for many.\n\n\"Any Labour government would likely take office at a time of record unfilled nurse jobs, in excess of 40,000, and so the long-term answer is of course to have more staff overall.\"\n\nLabour has said it would train 7,500 more doctors and 10,000 more nurses a year, to be funded by the extra cash in the government's NHS England workforce plan.\n\nThe overtime plan would be something an incoming Labour government could do immediately to tackle waiting lists, party sources say.\n\nSir Keir said his plan - which he claims would create two million hospital appointments a year - was crucial to his \"mission\" to get the UK's economy growing.\n\nLabour is committed to making the UK the fastest growing economy in the G7 group of leading industrial nations.\n\n\"I am confident we will get that growth. It is the single defining mission of an incoming Labour government,\" Sir Keir said.\n\nAsked how quickly people would see results, he said \"within months\", claiming policies such as planning reforms and moves to attract investment could happen \"very quickly\" after Labour took office.\n\nThe UK economy has grown strongly since the end of 2019 and is no longer the worst performer in the G7, doing better than Germany, although still lagging behind the United States, Canada, Japan, Italy and France.\n\nLabour has set out a string of policies it says will be paid for by scrapping non-dom tax status, which the party claims will raise just under £2bn a year.\n\nThese include spending £171m on doubling the number of CT scanners in NHS hospitals, £111m on improving dentistry and £365m on free breakfast clubs in primary schools.\n\nUnder Labour's NHS waiting list plan, neighbouring hospitals would also be encouraged to pool staff and use shared waiting lists. Patients would be given the option of travelling to a nearby hospital for treatment on an evening or weekend, rather than wait longer.\n\nIn June, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced plans to recruit and train thousands more doctors, nurses and support staff, in a major NHS England workforce plan.", "Mark Hunter and Jasmine Tetley saw off all the competitors to win their titles of conker king and queen\n\nA woman crowned \"conker queen\" said she felt \"ecstatic\" to take the title for the third time and don the coveted coronet at the World Conker Championships 2023.\n\nThousands of people gathered to watch horse chestnut experts battle it out at the event in Northamptonshire.\n\nJasmine Tetley from Nottingham won the women's title, while Mark Hunter, from Northamptonshire, won the men's.\n\nIn a final showdown between the pair, Ms Tetley beat Mr Hunter.\n\nMore than 250 competitors took part this year in the annual spectacle at Southwick, near Oundle, which has been running since 1965 and culminates with the crowning of the winners.\n\nJasmine Tetley has won the competition three times\n\nThis year's winner of the women's competition, Ms Tetley, 30, from Nottingham, first won in 2019 and again in 2021.\n\n\"There was a lot of pressure at the end, to make that last shot,\" she said.\n\n\"You never know who you're going to play.\"\n\nHaving won three times, she said she did not really feel like she needed to prepare for next year's bout, but added: \"If I win again, it's amazing\".\n\nProudly sporting her crown, she said: \"I'm really ecstatic.\"\n\nYou cannot use just any old conker in this highly-regulated competition.\n\nThe nuts are gathered and strung by volunteers from Ashton Conker Club, which organises the event.\n\nMany of the competitors dress to impress\n\nMore than 250 registered for this year's championship\n\nJamie Pringle (l) and Robin Carpenter, both from Kettering, have come to try their luck\n\nUh-oh... someone's not sticking to the rules\n\nThe rules of the game are strict and state that conkers cannot be tampered with or reused, and there must be at least 20cm (8in) of lace between knuckle and nut.\n\nEach player takes three alternate strikes at their opponent's conker, with a game decided once one of the conkers is smashed.\n\nRichard Howard, ringmaster and chief umpire, said: \"Since the 17th Century, conkers has been a game played mainly by children... adults love to play the game [too], but they feel foolish. Now they've got a reason - the World Conker Championships.\"\n\nAs the chief umpire, Richard Howard is responsible for \"red carding\" rogue players\n\nHe said while there were fewer overseas competitors this year, people had come from as far as Scotland, Wales, the West Country and quite a few from London.\n\nWhy had some overseas visitors forsaken this year's event?\n\n\"I think they have accepted that we are so much better than they are,\" he quipped.\n\nThey were playing for the coveted crowns\n\nDuring its long history, the competition has raised about £450,000 for sight impairment charities.\n\nFollow East of England news on Facebook, Instagram and X. Got a story? Email eastofenglandnews@bbc.co.uk or WhatsApp 0800 169 1830\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "On Saturday after Hamas launched a major offensive, distressing videos emerged of Israeli civilians running for their lives from a party near a kibbutz.\n\nThousands who had been out for an overnight rave in fields close to Gaza rapidly found themselves under fire.", "A drug that can help people shed up to 10% of their body weight has been approved for use by NHS Scotland.\n\nThe Scottish Medicines Consortium (SMC) said semaglutide can now be prescribed for patients in a specialist weight loss management service.\n\nDelivered via an injection into the skin, the drug - marketed as Wegovy - makes people feel fuller so they eat less.\n\nIt was approved for use by the NHS in England in March.\n\nThe drug has been used under the brand name Ozempic to treat Type 2 diabetes since 2019.\n\nBut it can now be used as part of weight loss treatment, alongside a diet and exercise programme.\n\nThe SMC, which provides advice to NHS Scotland about the value for patients of newly licensed drugs, published its latest update on Monday.\n\nDr Scott Muir, SMC chairman, said: \"This has been a record breaking month for SMC in terms of the numbers of medicines that we have been able to accept for use in the NHS in Scotland.\n\n\"Obesity is a serious public health issue in Scotland.\n\n\"Used alongside a weight management programme including diet and exercise, semaglutide (Wegovy) could assist carefully selected patients in their weight loss journey.\"\n\nThe 2021 Scottish Health Survey, published last November, found 30 per cent of adults were living with obesity and four per cent were classed as morbidly obese.\n\nThe so-called \"skinny jab\" is widely used in the US and endorsed by many celebrities but soaring private demand means global supplies have been limited.\n\nExperts warn the jabs are not a quick fix nor a substitute for a healthy diet and exercise.\n\nIn trials, users often put weight back on after stopping treatment.\n\nSemaglutide has been available from pharmacies for weight loss privately under other brand names since last year.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nGili Yoskovich was among hundreds of young people at a dance music festival in southern Israel, near the Gaza Strip, when gunmen opened fire in the early hours of Saturday morning, as Palestinian militants launched a co-ordinated attack on Israel.\n\nShe described to the BBC how she hid under a tree in a field as gunmen roamed about shooting anybody they found.\n\n\"They were...all over the place with automatic weapons.\n\n\"They were standing next to the cars starting to shoot but I realised it was very easy to get killed...because everyone was going everywhere.\n\n\"The terrorists were coming from four or five places...so we didn't know whether to go here, so then I got into my car again and I drove a little bit more.\n\n\"Some people were shooting at me. I left the car and started to run, I saw a place with many pomelo trees and I went there.\n\n\"So I was in the middle [of this field] and I was lying on the floor. It was the second hiding place I found and they were just all around me.\n\n\"They were going tree by tree and shooting. Everywhere. From two sides. I saw people were dying all around. I was very quiet. I didn't cry, I didn't do anything.\n\n\"But I was on the one hand breathing, saying: 'OK, I'm going to die. It's OK, just breathe, just close your eyes,' because it was shooting everywhere, it was very very close to me.\n\n\"Then I heard the terrorists open a big van...and get more weapons from this car. They were in the area for three hours. No-one was there, no-one.\n\n\"I was sure the army would come, I heard some helicopters, I was sure the army would come down with helicopters and ropes and go down into this field and save us. But no-one was there. Just all these terrorists.\n\n\"They were very close to me and my leg was shaking. I tried and did my best, I moved a little bit and when they were in this side I heard them talking Arabic.\n\n\"I tried to be more under the tree so maybe when the shooting comes, they will not touch my face. \"I was lying there for three hours.\n\n\"I was just thinking about my kids, my friend, about everything and I was saying it's not the time to die for me, not yet. Then I started to hear some Hebrew from one side, [but] Arabic from three sides. I realised that there were some soldiers, maybe five or six.\n\n\"I decided to go to these soldiers. Meanwhile there were still terrorists around, so I was going with my hands up so that they will know that its me and I'm not a terrorist. Then someone was putting me in a car.\n\n\"I was the first one to get out of the field. It took others two or three more hours to get out [and] all the way people were dying - all the way on the road, young people, [as] it's a festival for young people.\n\nMany many people were dying on the road.\n\nWhoever tried to run away they were shooting from both sides. So best was to hide. \"The most crazy thing is how come we were there for such a long time and no one was there. No army, no police. Nothing.\"", "Jo Farrell is the first female chief constable of Police Scotland\n\nThe incoming chief constable of Police Scotland takes up her post on Monday.\n\nJo Farrell is the first woman to lead the force.\n\nShe joins from Durham Constabulary, which she has led since 2019. She was previously assistant chief constable at Northumbria Police.\n\nShe was appointed to her new role by the Scottish Police Authority and approved by Justice Secretary Angela Constance.\n\nMs Constance previously said Ms Farrell \"has shown she has the skills needed to lead the service\".\n\nThe appointment means Ms Farrell moves from running one of the smallest police forces in the UK, to the second-largest.\n\nShe faces a number of challenges in the new role.\n\nThe force is struggling with a projected £19m budget overspend and has announced plans to sell off buildings and cancel the recruitment of 200 new officers.\n\nIt is also redeploying staff from the Scottish Police College at Tulliallan, Fife, to back up front-line officers during the busy Christmas and New Year period.\n\nAnd the conduct of Police Scotland officers is at the centre of the inquiry into the death of Sheku Bayoh, who died while in police custody in Kirkcaldy in 2015.\n\nLast month, the retired senior officer who was in charge of the police response after Mr Bayoh's death apologised to the dead man's family for the way they had been treated by officers.\n\nIn May, the outgoing chief constable Sir Iain Livingstone said the force was \"institutionally racist and discriminatory\".\n\nHis verdict came after a review uncovered first-hand accounts of racism, sexism and homophobia by serving officers.\n\nSir Iain said prejudice and bad behaviour within Police Scotland was \"rightly of great concern\" but he stressed that his admission did not mean individual officers and staff were racist or sexist and he also expressed pride and confidence in their work.\n\nJo Farrell arrives from one of England's smallest forces to lead the UK's second biggest and will immediately face major challenges.\n\nPolice Scotland's finances are under real pressure. A smaller number of officers is dealing with a bigger workload, and detection rates for some crimes are going down.\n\nThe arrival of 200 new recruits in January has been postponed and the force predicts officer numbers could fall to 16,200, the lowest since the SNP took office in 2007.\n\nThere's a freeze on recruitment of civilian staff and a projected £19m budget overspend.\n\nThat's this year's financial headache. Ms Farrell will have to fight Police Scotland's corner in negotiations with the Scottish government over next year's settlement.\n\nAs if all that wasn't enough, there's Operation Branchform, the force's ongoing investigation into the SNP's finances. Whichever way that goes, the new chief will have to navigate tricky political waters.\n\nIn another ongoing controversy, the force is currently more than two years into an investigation into the SNP's finances.\n\nOfficers are looking into what happened to more than £600,000 of donations given to the SNP by supporters since 2021.\n\nThe investigation has seen former First Minister Nicola Sturgeon arrested before being released without charge.\n\nThe same thing has happened to her husband, the SNP's former chief executive Peter Murrell, and the party's former treasurer, Colin Beattie.\n\nDeparting chief constable Sir Iain Livingstone described Police Scotland as \"institutionally racist and discriminatory\"\n\nShe is no stranger to controversy, having dealt with a number of high-profile and difficult policing decision in her four years in charge of the Durham force.\n\nShe was in charge during the \"beergate\" investigation into Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer, who was cleared of any wrongdoing following allegations he had breached coronavirus rules.\n\nAnd she led the force during Dominic Cummings' infamous trip to Barnard Castle, County Durham, during the height of the Covid pandemic.", "Hundreds in Israel have been killed in the rocket and surprise attacks by Hamas\n\nThere is hardly a Jewish family in the UK which is not affected in one way or another by what has happened in Israel, the chief rabbi has said.\n\nSir Ephraim Mirvis told BBC News it was a \"time of mourning, of deep grief, and of enormous worry\" for the community.\n\nHe also warned that \"all steps need to be taken in order to guarantee safety\".\n\nMore than 700 people have been killed in Israel since Hamas launched its attacks on Saturday morning, including 260 at a music festival.\n\nIsrael says more than 100 Israelis have also been kidnapped - it is thought most have been taken into Gaza. It has responded by declaring war on the militant group and bombarding Gaza, killing nearly 500 Palestinians.\n\nSpeaking to BBC Breakfast, Rabbi Ephraim called it \"a traumatic and horrific time\", saying there were \"many, many people showing their full solidarity with our Jewish community and people in Israel\".\n\n\"And you know, when we make calls now to other Jewish people in the UK, the first question everybody is asking is: 'How are you? How is your family? Is everybody alright?' Because there is hardly a Jewish family in the UK not affected in one way or another by what has happened.\"\n\nHe continued: \"It is important for people to recognise the extent of what is happening, the scale.\n\n\"Antisemitism is a feature of life right around the globe, and we have just witnessed one of the most awful terrorist outrages in living memory, ever since the conclusion of World War Two.\n\n\"And we are of course worried, and all steps need to be taken in order to guarantee safety.\"\n\nDavid Lerner, 72, a member of the north-west London Jewish community told BBC News: \"For 60 years I have dreamed of a negotiated peaceful settlement between Israel and the Palestinians.\n\n\"But I am sickened, saddened and terrified by the cruelty we have not seen since the Nazis. Now that hope and dream has been destroyed.\"\n\nFollowing news of the attacks, the Board of Deputies of British Jews issued a warning about hate crimes, saying \"previous conflicts have shown us that we are likely to see an increase in antisemitism here in the UK\".\n\n\"We are in touch with the government and will be working to ensure the police support the Jewish community at this time. We urge any incidents be reported to the police and CST.\"\n\nIt added: \"We stand with Israel as it seeks to restore security and reunite families.\"\n\nMeanwhile, police patrols have increased across London after videos emerged of what appeared to be people celebrating the Hamas attack on Israel.\n\nThe Met Police said it was providing a visible presence to \"reassure communities\".\n\nBritish Transport Police meanwhile said that it was investigating \"Free Palestine\" graffiti daubed on bridges in the prominent Jewish area of Golders Green, north London.\n\n\"Preventing and tackling hate crime is a BTP priority - no one should be subjected to violence or harassment because of who they are,\" the force said in a statement.\n\nOn Sunday, Home Secretary Suella Braverman said she expected the police to \"use the full force of the law\" against displays of support for Hamas, which the UK proscribes as a terrorist organisation.\n\nShe said \"there must be zero tolerance for antisemitism or glorification of terrorism on the streets of Britain\".\n\nAre you personally affected by the issues raised in this story? If it is safe to do so, please get in touch by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "Hundreds of Israelis have been killed since Hamas launched its air, ground and sea assault on Saturday\n\nOn the car radio the main news channel was full of the new reality, with freshly recorded stings for the hourly bulletins.\n\n\"Israel at War\" boomed a bass voice, punctuating reports of continued fighting between the Israeli military and Hamas infiltrators, and air raid alarms close to the border with Lebanon. On the other side of the fence is Hezbollah, the powerful Iranian-backed Lebanese militia that is Israel's most formidable enemy.\n\nThe prospect that it might enter a two-front war is Israel's strategic nightmare.\n\nOutside a military base on the highway that goes south to Gaza hundreds of cars were parked along both hard shoulders and on the central reservation. They were left by reservists who had reported for duty. More were arriving.\n\nA man standing next to the open tailgate of his hatchback pulled on a crumpled olive-green army shirt. He fished around inside the back to find his body armour, slammed the door, and went to join the rest of his reserve unit.\n\nA middle-aged couple had managed to meet up with their son, a young man of around 20 who is doing his compulsory military service. The mother handed over a jar of home-made pickles.\n\nThe father said: \"We've told him to concentrate on what he has to do, and not to think too hard about friends who've been hurt and killed.\"\n\nHamas has fired thousands of rockets into Israel\n\nMore armed men have entered Israel through breaches in the wire that was designed by Israel to contain Hamas.\n\nIsraelis are incredulous that their army is taking so long to regain control of the land and villages bordering Gaza. One unit appealed on social media for drones, others have asked for sleeping bags and food.\n\nIsrael's military is powerful, well capable of driving Hamas back. But its failure to do so thus far is reinforcing the conviction that the country's lavishly-funded and prestigious military and intelligence establishment should have stopped a catastrophe and did not.\n\nConstant comparisons are being made between the events of the last few days and the war exactly 50 years ago, that started in October 1973 after a surprise attack by Egypt and Syria.\n\nGolda Meir, the prime minister at the time, ignored warnings that an attack was coming on a Jewish holiday, and was condemned for hubris and complacency.\n\nThe same accusations are already being thrown at her successor Benjamin Netanyahu, by his many political enemies.\n\nIsrael is still bitterly divided about Mr Netanyahu, whose government's extreme right-wing agenda prompted months of protests.\n\nBut citizens of all political persuasion are rallying behind their flag. With Israel officially at war the protests are suspended, and reservists who refused to turn up for duty are now queuing to return.\n\nIsraelis, collectively, are reeling from the shock of the Hamas attack.\n\nIsraelis queued up to donate blood in their droves at a hospital in Tel Aviv\n\nAs survivors and victims tell their stories, the desire deepens to punish Hamas for the way its men went from house-to-house killing families and children in Israeli border communities. As we drive, callers phoning in to the radio are talking about parents who had calls from their terrified children at the rave in the desert where Hamas massacred hundreds of civilians.\n\nThey're haunted that parents heard the shots that killed their sons and daughters.\n\n\"Israel at War\", the sting comes again, with a report from the Israeli minister of defence Yoav Gallant, a former general, speaking somewhere in southern Israel. \"We're fighting animals,\" he says, \"and we'll act accordingly.\" Food, water and power supplies to Gaza are being cut.\n\nMy phone pings. A post on the BBC Jerusalem office WhatsApp group says that a market in Gaza has been hit and many killed as Israel attacked what it said was a Hamas target. The video of broken bodies feels like a harbinger of something even worse.\n\nThe scale of the bloodshed inflicted on Israel by Hamas is unprecedented. An organisation that planned its attack so carefully will have been aware that Israel's response would be ferocious.\n\nIsrael's war plans will be complicated by the presence of around 100 hostages taken in the attack. But one cabinet minister, according to a cabinet leak reported in the Israeli press, has said that should not hold them back.\n\nThis feels very different to the regular confrontations Israel and Hamas have had since the militant group took over Gaza in 2007. They were serious enough.\n\nOver the years Israel caused immense damage and inflicted thousands of casualties on Palestinian civilians. But they had fallen into a familiar pattern and felt at times like deadly rituals.\n\nNow both sides are in unknown territory.", "Lord Mandelson was one of the first Northern Ireland secretaries post-Good Friday Agreement\n\nPeople who believe Labour will produce a magic wand to fix the Stormont impasse are living in a \"fool's paradise\", according to Lord Mandelson.\n\nThe former Northern Ireland secretary made the comment at the Labour Party conference in Liverpool.\n\nStormont has been without a functioning executive for 20 months due to a protest by the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP).\n\nLord Mandelson said the party needed \"a sense of purpose and direction\".\n\nThe DUP has opposed provisions in the Northern Ireland Protocol and Windsor Framework for post-Brexit trade, claiming they undermine Northern Ireland's position within the UK's internal market.\n\nThe arrangements have introduced some additional checks on goods moving between Great Britain and Northern Ireland to take account of Northern Ireland sharing a land border with the Republic of Ireland, an EU country.\n\nOn Thursday, DUP leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson said his party had a \"strong, united approach\", adding there was no internal dissent about its Stormont boycott or strategy.\n\nIn recent months, rival parties have urged the DUP to return to power-sharing to deal with a budget crisis facing public services.\n\nMichelle O'Neill was speaking at a fringe meeting during the Labour Party conference in Liverpool\n\nSinn Féin vice-president Michelle O'Neill, who was also attending the conference, said patience has run out over the DUP's boycott.\n\nSpeaking to BBC News NI during a fringe meeting, Ms O'Neill said: \"People have been more than reasonable to give the DUP space, but that is now coming to an end point.\"\n\nShe said there was a need to \"stop the delay and the dithering\".\n\n\"All the public services are really really stretched right now,\" she said. \"People are really struggling with the cost of living and there's no executive there to have their backs.\"\n\nLord Mandelson, who served as secretary of state between 1999 and 2001, told BBC News NI the future of Northern Ireland lay with its own people, its own political parties and their own leaders.\n\nHe said he believed the DUP was \"divided and fragmented\".\n\n\"Northern Ireland needs its government back, to take advantage of the big economic opportunities that lie ahead,\" he added.\n\nSir Keir Starmer urged the DUP get the Stormont institutions up and running\n\nEarlier on Sunday, former Northern Ireland Office minister and Labour's leader in the Lords, Baroness Angela Smith, told the BBC's Sunday Politics programme there has to be movement on restoring devolution.\n\nAsked if a Labour-led government would force the DUP to return to power-sharing, she said: \"You just have to have some discussions.\"\n\nBaroness Smith said the Conservative government needed to have \"a more engaged process\" with the people and political parties in Northern Ireland.\n\nShe also said there needed to be further engagement with the European Union to negotiate changes to the Windsor Framework.\n\n\"If you make a real effort, I believe it can happen,\" she explained.\n\nLast week, Labour Party leader Sir Keir Starmer made it clear he believed the Stormont institutions should be back up and running immediately.\n\nHe said \"there are ways to resolve\" concerns raised by the DUP.\n\nHowever, he also called for Stormont's immediate return, adding: \"The right thing to do is to get in the room and resolve.\"\n\nDuring a session of the European Political Community last week, British and Irish prime ministers, Rishi Sunak and Leo Varadkar, said they discussed the situation at Stormont and \"shared their concerns\".", "Johnny Mercer served in Afghanistan before becoming a government minister.\n\nVeterans Minister Johnny Mercer raised serious concerns in government in 2019 over the decision to close an investigation into UK special forces.\n\nThe BBC understands that Mr Mercer wrote to then-defence secretary Ben Wallace to warn against the closure.\n\nThe veterans minister, a former British army officer, was privately concerned that there were credible war crimes allegations against British forces.\n\nWhen the closure was later announced, Mr Mercer publicly backed the decision.\n\nThe investigation, known as Operation Northmoor, had set out in 2014 to look into a total of 675 allegations of wrongdoing by UK armed forces in Afghanistan.\n\nThey included allegations that the nation's elite special forces regiment, the SAS, had murdered dozens of unarmed men, detainees, and civilians during raids.\n\nBut Operation Northmoor, which was being conducted by the Royal Military Police, was shut down in 2019 with no charges.\n\nIn 2022, the government announced a public inquiry into the allegations, after BBC One's Panorama revealed that one SAS squadron had killed 54 people in suspicious circumstances in one six-month tour of Afghanistan.\n\nThe decision to wind down and then close Operation Northmoor with no charges caused consternation among some members of the government and civil service.\n\nThe BBC understands that Mr Mercer, who served as an Army officer in Afghanistan and had worked alongside UK special forces there, was concerned SAS units may have broken the law during operations, shooting dead unarmed people and planted weapons beside their bodies to justify the killings.\n\nThere is no suggestion that Mr Mercer had been a direct witness to or had first-hand knowledge of war crimes.\n\nThe veterans minister warned colleagues that the government could suffer more reputational damage in the long run if it did not seriously investigate alleged British war crimes and prosecute if necessary.\n\nAn internal email disclosed as part of a subsequent legal case against the Ministry of Defence suggests that Mr Mercer believed the government should publicly acknowledge that \"things went wrong on such operations in Afghanistan\".\n\nIn the email, the deputy head of the MoD's legal department, writing in late 2019, recounts dissuading the veterans minister that such a statement should be made, on the basis that it could prejudice a review of Operation Northmoor that was being considered by a High Court judge.\n\nAs a serving government minister, Mr Mercer publicly backed the decision to close both Operation Northmoor and a similar investigation into operations in Iraq, known as IHAT. The closures of both investigations followed allegations that a lawyer, who had taken more than 1,000 cases to IHAT, had paid local intermediaries in Iraq to find claimants.\n\nMr Mercer told the Sunday Telegraph that the closure of Northmoor was \"another significant moment as we retake ground ceded over the years to those who seek to rewrite history and line their own pockets with no regard at all for the damage they have done to some of our nation's finest people\".\n\nSpeaking during a debate in Parliament a few months earlier, he told the House of Commons that \"the allegation that our armed forces operated so-called death squads in Afghanistan\" was \"simply not true\".\n\nSpeaking more broadly about UK operations in Afghanistan and Iraq, in the same parliamentary debate, Mr Mercer said it was a \"matter of deep personal regret that original RMP investigations were flawed and that opportunities to hold those responsible to account may now have been lost\".\n\n\"For this, I unreservedly apologise to those who suffered treatment at the hands of UK forces that was simply unacceptable,\" he said.\n\nWhen approached for comment, Mr Mercer told the BBC: \"Given the ongoing Independent Inquiry relating to Afghanistan it would be inappropriate to comment on this matter.\"\n\nOperation Northmoor has faced criticism in the years since it was closed over an apparent failure to interview key witnesses or secure vital evidence relating to allegations of extra-judicial killings.\n\nOfficers from the Royal Military Police, which was responsible for the investigation, told Panorama they were blocked by senior military figures from interviewing special forces officers and accessing forensic evidence.\n\nThey said Operation Northmoor was closed before military police could complete their investigation.\n\nAn MoD spokesperson told the BBC that it was not appropriate for them to comment on allegations which may fall into the scope of the public inquiry.\n\nThe public inquiry will begin hearing evidence on Monday.\n\nDo you have information about this story that you want to share?\n\nGet in touch using SecureDrop, a highly anonymous and secure way of whistleblowing to the BBC which uses the TOR network.\n\nOr by using the Signal messaging app, an end-to-end encrypted message service designed to protect your data.\n\nPlease note that the SecureDrop link will only work in a Tor browser. For information on keeping secure and anonymous, here's some advice on how to use SecureDrop.\n\nSign up for our morning newsletter and get BBC News in your inbox.", "The Senedd dimmed its lights on Monday evening\n\nThe stories coming out of Israel and the Gaza Strip are horrifying, Wales' First Minister has said.\n\nMark Drakeford echoed Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer's condemnation of the attack on Israel by Hamas.\n\nHe said the international community \"has to move on to find new ways of offering people who live in Israel and the Palestinian people longer term prospects of success\".\n\nMr Drakeford spoke to BBC Wales at Labour conference in Liverpool.\n\nMeanwhile the Senedd dimmed its lights on Monday evening as a \"statement of solidarity with all those suffering as a result of the attacks\".\n\nThe Welsh Conservative Senedd leader Andrew RT Davies had called for the building to be illuminated in the colours of the Israeli flag.\n\nIsrael has ordered a \"complete siege\" of the Gaza Strip, two days after attacks in Israel left more than 700 people dead.\n\nMore than 500 people have died in Gaza following retaliatory air strikes.\n\nHe said he echoed Sir Keir's comments, which called the attack \"appalling... a terrorist attack, for which there is no justification\".\n\nMr Drakeford said: \"The stories coming out of Israel and the Gaza Strip today are genuinely horrifying on a human level.\n\n\"To think of civilians caught up in fighting which is of nothing that they have done that has precipitated that: just on that sheer human level, you just cannot feel anything but sympathy for people.\"\n\nHe added: \"The international community has to then move on to find new ways of offering people who live in Israel and the Palestinian people longer term prospects of success.\"\n\nA rocket launched from the Gaza Strip strikes an area near Sderot, southern Israel.\n\nLater in a statement Mr Drakeford added: \"The scenes in Israel and Gaza are horrific and I am appalled by the attacks carried out by Hamas over the last few days. My thoughts are with everyone caught up in this terrible situation.\"#\n\nThe Senedd's presiding officer said on Monday that she had asked \"officials to dim the Senedd lights tonight to reflect the sentiment that such attacks represent another dark moment for humanity in the Middle East\".\n\n\"It is a source of great sorrow for a democratic institution such as ours. As well as reflecting the sorrow, the darkness will also represent a statement of solidarity with all those suffering as a result of the attacks,\" Elin Jones said.\n\nEarlier the leader of the Welsh Conservatives had written to the presiding officer asking that the Senedd was lit up in blue and white colours of the Israel flag, \"so that we can all stand as one in condemnation of this appalling act of terrorism\".\n\nLeader of the Welsh Conservatives Andrew RT Davies MS said: \"We must all stand as one in condemnation of this barbaric and appalling act of terrorism by Hamas.\n\n\"When major incidents like this happen, it is usual for building lights to be changed to reflect colours of a nation or flags are lowered to half-mast.\n\n\"As the Welsh parliament we should lead the way in enabling the people of Wales to show their support for Israel and to stand up against terrorism.\"\n\nPlaid Cymru's leader Rhun ap Iorwerth and Westminster leader Liz Saville Roberts said in a joint statement: \"It is matter of fundamental human rights that attacks on innocent civilians can never be condoned. Plaid Cymru condemns all violence towards Israeli and Palestinian citizens, and this attack on civilians by Hamas.\n\n\"Palestinians, especially those in the Gaza Strip, have been let down by the international community, suffering misery and injustice under a blockade imposed by Israel since 2006. However, whatever the circumstances, further escalation of violence is not the answer.\n\n\"An immediate ceasefire, de-escalation, and urgent humanitarian aid to civilians, led by the international community, are urgently needed before more lives are tragically lost in this ongoing conflict.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nMore than 10 British citizens are feared dead or missing after the Hamas attack on Israel, an official UK source has told the BBC.\n\nThe UK government believes up to 60,000 British nationals are in Israel or Gaza. It has said it is assisting families but no evacuation is planned.\n\nThe latest official death toll from Israel is 900. Palestinian authorities say 260 have died in air strikes.\n\nHere is what we know about British victims so far.\n\nThe 20-year-old attended North London's JFS Jewish School before moving to Israel to serve in the military.\n\nIts headteacher said the school's community is \"devastated\" and \"heartbroken\" at the news of his death.\n\nHe added: \"Nathanel is fondly remembered within the school and we think of him with nothing but love.\"\n\nMr Young's funeral, held at Israel's national cemetery Mount Herzl, was interrupted after loud bangs were heard over Jerusalem.\n\nThe authorities had asked that no more than 50 people attend the open-air service so that it did not become a target for militants.\n\nNathanel Young studied in London before joining the Israeli armed forces\n\nIn the end more than 1,000 turned out and listened as Mr Young's younger brother Elliot paid tribute to him.\n\nBut when his sister started to remember him, an emergency siren pierced the tranquillity and prompted mourners to throw themselves to the ground, taking cover under trees and between gravestones.\n\nRepeated explosions could be heard. Some began reciting prayers, others began to video-call loved ones.\n\nAfter a few minutes, the alarm fell silent, and the funeral continued.\n\nBernard Cowan, who grew up in Glasgow before settling in Israel with his wife and three children, was killed in the attack, his family confirmed.\n\nThey said in a statement: \"We are grieving the loss of our son and brother, Bernard Cowan, who was horrifically murdered on Saturday during the surprise terrorist attack on Israel by Hamas.\n\n\"We ask for privacy at this time while we process this huge loss to our family, both at home and in Israel, and to the Jewish community in Glasgow where he will be sorely missed.\"\n\nSammy Stein, chairman of Glasgow Friends of Israel, said Mr Cowan - who was a grandfather - returned to the city often and regularly visited his peace advocacy stall in the city centre.\n\nHe told BBC Scotland that Mr Cowan lived \"metres\" from the Gaza barrier, adding: \"\"It was quiet, it was peaceful and it was in the country. He loved it.\"\n\nBernard Cowan, of Glasgow, relocated to Israel and lived near Gaza\n\nMr Marlowe was working as a security guard at the Supernova music festival, where 260 people were killed when it was stormed by militants.\n\nThe 26-year-old was reported missing from the event, which took place at the Re'im kibbutz around 3.7 miles (6km) from the Gaza barrier.\n\nHead teacher David Moody said \"we have seen reports that Jake Marlowe is missing and we all pray that he is found soon\".\n\nJake Marlowe was doing security work at the Supernova festival when the event was attacked\n\nThe family of Daniel Darlington have said they believe he is among those killed.\n\nIn a statement posted on Instagram, his sister referred to him as Danny and \"baby brother\". She said he was killed at the Nir Oz kibbutz alongside a friend.\n\nShe wrote: \"Only days before he was riding his bike, laughing, taking photos of sunsets and enjoying life's simple pleasures.\"\n\nDaniel had intended to leave for Tel Aviv the day before the militants struck, she wrote, but had decided to stay an extra day to show his friend around the kibbutz.\n\nDaniel Darlington was killed at a kibbutz stormed by militants, his family said\n\nAre you personally affected by the issues raised in this story? If it is safe to do so, please get in touch by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "This year's Nobel economics prize has been awarded to Claudia Goldin, an American economic historian, for her work on women's employment and pay.\n\nProf Goldin's research uncovered key drivers behind the gender pay gap, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said.\n\nShe is only the third woman to receive the prize, and the first to not share the award with male colleagues.\n\nThe 77-year-old academic currently teaches labour market history at Harvard University in the US.\n\nShe had \"advanced our understanding of women's labour market outcomes\", the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said, pointing to her work examining 200 years of data on the US workforce, showing how and why gender differences in earnings and employment rates changed over time.\n\n\"This year's Laureate in the Economic Sciences, Claudia Goldin, provided the first comprehensive account of women's earnings and labour market participation through the centuries,\" the prize-giving body said in a statement.\n\n\"Her research reveals the causes of change, as well as the main sources of the remaining gender gap.\"\n\nHer research found that married women started to work less after the arrival of industrialisation in the 1800s, but their employment picked up again in the 1900s as the service economy grew.\n\nHigher educational levels for women and the contraceptive pill accelerated change, but the gender pay gap remained.\n\nWhile historically that earnings difference between men and women could be blamed on educational choices made at a young age and career choices, Prof Goldin found that the current earnings gap was now largely due to the impact of having children.\n\n\"Claudia Goldin's discoveries have vast societal implications,\" said Randi Hjalmarsson, a member of the committee awarding the prize.\n\n\"She has shown us that the nature of this problem or the source of this underlying gender gap changes throughout history and with the course of development,\" she said.\n\nDescribing her as \"a detective\", Prof Hjalmarsson said her work had provided a foundation for policymakers in this area around the world.\n\nGlobally, about 50% of women participate in the labour market compared to 80% of men, but women earn less and are less likely to reach the top of the career ladder, the prize committee noted.\n\nProf Goldin was the first woman to receive tenure in Harvard's economics department in 1989. Economics still had an image problem with women, she told the BBC in 2018.\n\n\"Even before students enter university they believe economics is a field more oriented to finance and management and women are less interested in those than are men,\" she said. If we explained economics was about \"inequality, health, household behaviour, society, then there'd be a much greater balance,\" she said.\n\nThe economics prize is different to the original prizes in physics, chemistry, physiology or medicine, literature and peace, which were established by Alfred Nobel and first awarded in 1901.\n\nThe Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences was established in 1968 and funded by Sweden's central bank.\n\nElinor Ostrom was the first woman to win the economics prize in 2009, which she was awarded jointly with Oliver E Williamson for research on economic governance.\n\nIn 2019 Esther Duflo shared the award with her husband Abhijit Banerjee, and Michael Kremer, for work that focused on poor communities in India and Kenya.", "BBC Journalist Rushdi Abu Alouf's live broadcast on the BBC from Gaza was interrupted when a loud explosion was heard.\n\nHe had been speaking to presenter Maryam Moshiri live on air, telling her the explosion sounded \"quite close.\"\n\nIsrael's military has been carrying out retaliatory air strikes on Gaza after the Palestinian militant group Hamas launched a wave of attacks on the country.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: British Jews have been holding a vigil outside Downing Street\n\nA vigil has been held outside Downing Street amid shock and grief in the aftermath of Hamas's attacks on Israel.\n\nCandles were lit in memory of the victims, while some held pictures of dead loved ones and those held captive.\n\nRishi Sunak joined prayers at a north London synagogue, where he told the British Jewish community he would \"stop at nothing\" to keep them safe.\n\nMeanwhile, three people were arrested following a pro-Palestinian demonstration near the Israeli embassy.\n\nAbout 900 people have died in Israel since Saturday's surprise attack, while retaliatory strikes on Gaza have killed almost 690.\n\nCivilians have been taken hostage and the armed wing of Hamas has threatened to kill them if Palestinian civilians are not warned about impending air strikes.\n\nMore than 10 Britons are feared dead or missing following the attacks including Nathanel Young and Bernard Cowan.\n\nMany of those taking part in the Downing Street vigil would have had relatives or friends affected by the Hamas attacks, with Chief Rabbi Sir Ephraim Mirvis saying there was hardly a Jewish family in the UK not affected.\n\nRabbi Ephraim told the vigil that British Jews were \"at one\" with the people of Israel and that they stood \"shoulder to shoulder with you at this time\".\n\nHe said he prayed that \"the darkness we are enduring will lead to light. That the chaos, confusion and bitterness, the mourning and the grief, will be replaced by peace.\"\n\nIsrael's ambassador to the UK, Tzipi Hotovely, told the crowds it was \"so clear that it is a fight between good and evil\" and that \"good will prevail\".\n\nOne Israeli who attended the vigil was Hanna Wine, who was supposed to be back in Israel on Monday.\n\n\"I'm currently stuck here. My flight got cancelled. I have a close friend who's missing, she's probably been taken into Gaza, I don't know what's happening to her.\n\n\"I don't think anyone here gets how bad the situation is there. Every single person I know, every boy I know has been drafted. People have been murdered in cold blood.\"\n\nLater on Monday evening, Mr Sunak spoke at Finchley United Synagogue.\n\nThe prime minister said: \"I wanted to come here tonight to stand with you, to stand with you in this hour of grief as we mourn the victims of an utterly abhorrent act of terror, to stand with you in this hour of prayer, as we think of those held hostage and your friends and loved ones taking refuge in bomb shelters, or risking their lives on the frontline.\n\n\"And perhaps above all, I wanted to come here tonight to stand with you in solidarity in Israel's hour of need.\"\n\nThe Chief Rabbi said there was hardly a British Jewish family which had not been affected by the attacks\n\nEmotions ran high during the vigil, with some shedding tears\n\nIn a joint statement issued on Monday, Mr Sunak, US President Joe Biden, French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni promised their \"steadfast and united support to the state of Israel\" and their \"unequivocal condemnation of Hamas and its appalling acts of terrorism\".\n\n\"In recent days, the world has watched in horror as Hamas terrorists massacred families in their homes, slaughtered over 200 young people enjoying a music festival, and kidnapped elderly women, children, and entire families, who are now being held as hostages,\" they said.\n\nThe Palace of Westminster was lit up on Monday evening in the colours of the Israeli flag\n\nThe leaders said they recognised the \"legitimate aspirations of the Palestinian people\", but \"Hamas does not represent those aspirations, and it offers nothing for the Palestinian people other than more terror and bloodshed\".\n\nThousands took part in a pro-Palestinian demonstration which took place near the Israeli embassy in Kensington, west London. Groups including Stop the War and the Palestine Solidarity Campaign were represented.\n\nLarge groups of police officers watched on as flares were lit and placards calling for Israel to \"end the occupation\" were waved.\n\nA 15-year-old male was arrested on Kensington High Street on suspicion of assaulting an emergency worker, while a 70-year-old man was arrested in the Kensington area on suspicion of racially motivated criminal damage, police said.\n\nA 29-year-old man was also arrested in Oxford Street on suspicion on causing actual bodily harm and possession of an offensive weapon, police added.\n\nThousands of pro-Palestinian demonstrators gathered near the Israeli Embassy in west London\n\nIn response to the attacks by Hamas, Israel has ordered a \"complete siege\" of the Gaza Strip, cutting off food, fuel, electricity and water supplies.\n\nHome Secretary Suella Braverman has written to police chiefs in England and Wales urging them to step up patrols and use their powers to prevent \"disorder and distress to our communities\".\n\n\"There is no place for demonstrations, convoys, or flag-waving on British streets that glorifies terrorism or harasses the Jewish community,\" she said.", "The coin hoard was found at a site associated with the MacDonalds of Glencoe\n\nCoins found under a fireplace may have been hidden there by a victim of the infamous Massacre of Glencoe, according to archaeologists.\n\nAlmost 40 members of Clan MacDonald of Glencoe were killed in February 1692 after soldiers were ordered to attack them.\n\nA student discovered the money at the site of a house linked to the clan's chief.\n\nLucy Ankers was on her first dig when she made the find.\n\nThe 36 coins were inside a pot which had a small round pebble as a lid and had been placed beneath a hearth stone slab in the fireplace.\n\nThe discovery was made in August during an excavation at the site of the ruined house, led by archaeologists from the University of Glasgow.\n\nThe property was associated with clan chief Alasdair Ruadh \"MacIain\" MacDonald of Glencoe.\n\nHe was among the estimated 38 people killed in the massacre.\n\nMs Ankers said: \"As a first experience of a dig, Glencoe was amazing.\n\n\"The two weeks I spent digging solidified that I want to pursue a career within archaeology.\"\n\nShe added: \"I wasn't expecting such an exciting find as one of my firsts, and I don't think I will ever beat the feeling of seeing the coins peeking out of the dirt in the pot.\"\n\nUniversity of Glasgow excavations director Eddie Stewart with one of the coins\n\nThe MacDonalds were targeted because of their support for the exiled King James VII of Scotland and II of England.\n\nThe clan backed the restoration of the Stuart dynasty to the British throne and had taken part in the first Jacobite Rising of 1689.\n\nHistorians say they were late delivering an oath of allegiance to the Protestant King William III, and had been branded as rebels by the Secretary of Scotland, Sir John Dalrymple.\n\nThe coins have been identified by archaeologists from the University of Glasgow\n\nIn late January 1692, about 120 soldiers from the Earl of Argyll's Regiment of Foot arrived in Glencoe from Invergarry led by Capt Robert Campbell of Glen Lyon.\n\nThe troops were billeted with members of the clan, before turning on their hosts on 13 February.\n\nSome people tried to escape in a snow blizzard to nearby glens, including Gleann Leac-na-muidhe, where the coin hoard was found.\n\nThe University of Glasgow has suggested a number of reasons why the money could be connected to the massacre.\n\nNone of the coins were minted after the 1680s, which has led archaeologists to suggest they were most likely deposited under the fireplace either just before or during the killings for safekeeping.\n\nThe archaeologists also said whoever buried the coins did not return for them, possibly indicating they were among the victims of the massacre.\n\nThe coins are dated from the late 1500s through to the 1680s, and include pieces from the reigns of Elizabeth I, James VI and I, Charles I, the Cromwellian Commonwealth, and Charles II.\n\nThere were also coins from France and the Spanish Netherlands, as well as one coin which appears to have originated in the Papal States.\n\nThe fireplace where the coins were discovered\n\nDr Michael Given, a co-director of the archaeological project in Glencoe, said: \"These exciting finds give us a rare glimpse of a single, dramatic event.\n\n\"Here's what seems an ordinary rural house, but it has a grand fireplace, impressive floor slabs, and exotic pottery imported from the Netherlands and Germany.\n\n\"And they've gathered up an amazing collection of coins in a little pot and buried them under the fireplace.\n\n\"It's a real privilege, as archaeologists, to hold in our hands these objects that were so much part of people's lives in the past.\"\n\nUniversity of Glasgow excavations director Edward Stewart added: \"The excavation of MacIain's Summerhouse allows us to better understand the importance of these uplands to local elites.\n\n\"The scale of this structure and the wealth of artefacts uncovered within suggest this was a place where the MacDonald chiefs could entertain with feasting, gambling, hunting and libations.\n\n\"The discovery of this coin hoard within the structure adds an exciting dimension to this story.\n\n\"However, ordinary and everyday finds within this structure such as spindle whorls for making thread, a pitch fork and a dress pin, speak to the everyday lives of those who lived here, worked the land and minded the cattle.\"\n\nA memorial to the massacre in Glencoe\n\nDo you have an idea for a story we could cover? Email our local reporters: inverness.news@bbc.co.uk\n• None Ruin could be linked to massacre", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Humza Yousaf says his parents-in-law are trapped in Gaza after going to visit family\n\nScotland's first minister says his parents-in-law are \"trapped\" in Gaza, as he unequivocally condemned the attacks by Hamas in Israel.\n\nHumza Yousaf said his wife's parents, who live in Dundee, travelled to Gaza to see her father's sick mother.\n\nThe Israelis have told them to leave, but Mr Yousaf said they had no way to get out and the UK Foreign Office could not guarantee safe passage.\n\nHe said he and his wife were \"sick with worry\" that they would not survive.\n\nNadia El-Nakla's parents travelled to Gaza about a week ago and were there when Hamas launched a surprise attack on Israel this weekend, killing hundreds.\n\nMr Yousaf told the BBC he strongly condemned the \"unjustifiable\" actions of Hamas.\n\n\"There can be no equivocation about that condemnation, and the Scottish government is strong in its condemnation, \" he said.\n\n\"What we have unfortunately seen is many innocent people lose their lives in the course of the last 48 and 72 hours.\n\n\"The lives of an innocent Israeli are to me equal to the lives of an innocent Palestinian.\n\n\"Many innocent people on both sides are losing their lives and that cannot be justified in any way, shape or form.\"\n\nThe first minister said many Jewish families in Scotland would be worried about family members that they have not heard from.\n\nMore than 10 British citizens are feared dead or missing in Israel after the weekend's attack by Hamas, an official UK source has told the BBC.\n\nBernard Cowan, from Glasgow, has been identified by family members on social media as having been killed in the attack.\n\nElizabeth El-Nakla and Maged El-Nakla were visiting family in Gaza when the Hamas attacks happened\n\nMr Yousaf said his in-laws Maged and Elizabeth El-Nakla had been visiting his father-in-law's 92-year-old mother when the Hamas attack took place.\n\nHe said they were told by Israeli authorities to leave because \"Gaza will effectively be obliterated\".\n\nGaza is home to about 2.3 million people, 80% of whom rely on aid.\n\nMore than 500 people have died there in Israel's retaliatory strikes and the region could now be on the brink of a new humanitarian crisis.\n\nMr Yousaf said: \"Despite the best efforts of the British Foreign Office, nobody can guarantee them safe passage anywhere.\n\n\"So I'm in a situation where we don't know whether or not my mother-in-law and father-in-law, who have nothing to do - as most Gazans don't - with Hamas or with any terror attack, will make it through the night or not.\"\n\nSince the attacks began on Saturday morning, Israel has stopped all supplies entering Gaza, including food and medicine.\n\nMany people are without electricity and internet access, and could soon be out of essential food and water supplies.\n\nEven before the latest restrictions, residents of Gaza faced widespread food insecurity, restrictions on movement and water shortages.\n\nMr Yousaf's brother-in-law also lives in Gaza with his four children including a two-month-old baby.\n\nThe family is running out of baby milk, and only have about two-days of supplies for the rest of the family, Mr Yousaf said.\n\nMr Yousaf reiterated that his family had \"nothing to do with Hamas\".\n\nHe said: \"My mother-in-law is a retired nurse from Ninewells [Hospital], my brother-in-law who lives in Gaza is a doctor, but they, along with a lot of other Gazans, are potentially going to suffer collective punishment and that cannot be justified.\"\n\nThe first minster said that he had been in touch with the Foreign Office about Scots caught up in the situation, but no numbers were provided.\n\n\"Whatever I can do to support our Jewish communities and Muslim communities - who will both be fearful of reprisal, attack, hatred - I will do whatever I can to protect our communities across Scotland.\"\n\nMr Yousaf was asked if he would call the Hamas gunmen \"terrorists\". He said: \"Of course, unequivocally.\"\n\nThe First Minister said he believed a two-state solution in Israel was the only way to stop the cycle of violence in Israel and Palestine. He said the Scottish government would not fly Israeli or Palestinian flags from its buildings, but would focus on how it could ensure the safety of any Scots in Israel or Gaza.\n\nHe also commented on a call from Scottish Conservative MSP Jackson Carlow to \"terminate\" the Bute House Agreement with the Scottish Green Party over \"victim-blaming\" statements from its MSP Maggie Chapman.\n\nSign up for our morning newsletter and get BBC News in your inbox.", "Work to remove thousands of tonnes of debris from the A83 in Argyll and Bute is under way\n\nAn update on when the A83 in Argyll and Bute will fully reopen is expected on Wednesday.\n\nRoad management operator Bear Scotland said about 12,000 tonnes of material had been removed from the road which was hit by seven landslides.\n\nFurther checks will be made on Wednesday before a decision is made on when the road will be safe to open.\n\nMore heavy rain hit areas of west and central Scotland on Tuesday as clear-up operations were under way.\n\nA Met Office yellow warning for rain in Argyll, Glasgow, Falkirk, Perth and Kinross, Stirling and the West Highlands was in place until 21:00 on Tuesday.\n\nThe warning came after large swathes of Scotland saw about a month's worth of rain on Saturday.\n\nIt brought severe flooding to parts of Argyll, Angus, Perth, Aberdeenshire, Moray and the Highlands.\n\nThe Scottish Environment Protection Agency said 15 flood warnings and nine flood alerts were still in place around the country.\n\nAccording to Bear Scotland, a total of seven landslides reached the A83 and a further four were captured in pits and nets along the side of the road.\n\nOnly the Ardgartan to Inveraray section of the route remains closed.\n\nSaturday's rain has brought floods and landslips along the A83\n\nBear Scotland's Ian Stewart said: \"Our teams have worked at pace, whenever it was deemed safe, to clear the roads and return full access to residents of Argyll.\n\n\"We understand that access in and out of Argyll is vital for local communities, and we will provide an update on Wednesday once the rain has passed.\"\n\nHighland Council said it was dealing with a landslip at Drimnin on the B849.\n\nEngineers carried out an assessment to see if the road was structurally safe for traffic before deciding to close it to HGVs.\n\nThe road will then be closed to all traffic from 09:00 on Wednesday for two-hour periods with 30-minute \"amnesties\" while repairs are carried out.\n\nNetwork Rail Scotland said the line between Dunblane and Perth would remain closed on Tuesday while it worked to repair a \"huge amount\" of flood damage but is due to reopen on Wednesday morning.\n\nEmergency services are still searching for a 77-year-old man feared to have been swept away by the River Tay during heavy rain in Perthshire.\n\nResidents in Perth were among those who suffered the most from the heavy rain and flooding.\n\nFire crews spent Monday pumping water from houses as people tried to salvage their belongings.\n\nBell's Sports Centre as well as basement flats and businesses on Rose Terrace and Charlotte Street were flooded in the downpours.\n\nWorkers put in place flood defences in the North Inch area in Perth over the weekend\n\nAs a result of the heavy rain, Scotland's farmers have said they have suffered some of the biggest losses in food crops the industry has ever seen.\n\nFarming union NFU Scotland said millions of pounds worth of unharvested vegetables, potatoes and other crops had been damaged by the flood waters.\n\nOne farm, Stewarts of Tayside, estimates that about half a million pounds worth of food crops destined for supermarkets had been ruined across 60 hectares of its land.", "The USS Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier is heading to the region (file photo)\n\nThe US says it is moving an aircraft carrier, ships and jets to the eastern Mediterranean and will also give Israel additional equipment and ammunition.\n\nIt follows the Hamas attack on southern Israel, which President Biden called an \"unprecedented and appalling assault\".\n\nA US National Security spokesperson said several US citizens were among the dead.\n\nIsrael says more than 700 people have been killed and 100 kidnapped.\n\nIn Gaza, more than 400 people have been killed following retaliatory Israeli air strikes, according to Palestinian officials.\n\nUS Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin said the USS Gerald R Ford aircraft carrier, a missile cruiser and four missile destroyers were heading to the region. He said fighter jets would also be sent.\n\nFurther military aid to Israel would be sent in the coming days, the White House said, adding that the US was working to ensure Israel's enemies did not try to seek advantage from the situation.\n\nThe large deployment reflects American concerns that the conflict between Israel and Hamas could draw in other parts of the region.\n\nIn particular, the US is eager to prevent Lebanon's powerful Hezbollah movement from joining the conflict. It is backed by Iran, which also funds and arms Hamas.\n\nIran's President Ebrahim Raisi has expressed support for the Hamas attack, saying Israel needed to be held to account for endangering the region.\n\nHamas has said assistance from Iran helped it carry out its attack, which involved rockets, drones and militants on paragliders and saw hundreds of fighters break through Israeli border fortifications around the Gaza Strip.\n\nUS Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the US had not seen evidence of direct Iranian involvement, but that Iran had been helping the Gaza-based group for years.\n\n\"Hamas wouldn't be Hamas without the support that it's gotten over many years from Iran. We haven't yet seen direct evidence that Iran was behind this particular attack or involved. But the support over many years is clear,\" he told US TV.\n\nAt a UN Security Council meeting, Iran denied involvement in the attack on Israel.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nHundreds of people are still reported missing. Among them is 23-year-old American-Israeli Hersh Golberg-Polin, who was at a music festival in the desert which was stormed by militants.\n\nHis parents told the Jerusalem Post they received two messages from him reading: \"I love you\" and \"I'm sorry.\"\n\nReports have started to emerge of other missing North Americans too, including peace activist Vivian Silver.\n\nA friend of the 75-year-old Canadian told The Canadian Jewish News that Ms Silver had called her sister on Saturday morning to say Palestinian militants were at her door.\n\n\"There was screaming and yelling and Vivian was fighting and then the phone went dead,\" he said.\n\nIsrael's ambassador to the US, Michael Herzog, told CBS News that he understood Americans were among the soldiers and civilians abducted in southern Israel but did not have details.\n\nThe US sends billions of dollars of military aid to Israel, a close ally, each year. Since World War Two, Israel has been the largest overall recipient of US foreign aid.\n\nThe UN Security Council is due to meet in New York shortly to discuss the violence in Israel and Gaza.", "Rachel Ezra is distraught as she pleads for help to find her missing son Oz and his girlfriend Naomi\n\nSunday should have been the start of the working week and the return to school in the southern Israeli city of Ashkelon, with the end of the Jewish high holidays.\n\nInstead, the streets were virtually empty.\n\nJust a day ago, some of the hundreds of Palestinian gunmen from Gaza were at large here. And shocking events have continued to unfold nearby.\n\nSocial media video shows Israeli forces pursuing militants who had stolen a car. They were killed in a dramatic shootout on the roadside.\n\nThe only small crowds we encounter are by the Barzilai Medical Center. Weary medics stand by the entrance to the emergency ward. They have treated more than 400 patients because of the surprise attack by Hamas, the militant group which governs Gaza.\n\n\"It was very difficult, a lot of casualties have been brought one after one, one after one very quickly,\" says the hospital's general director, Prof Hezi Levy. \"I am very experienced, but I haven't seen in my life such a scenario.\"\n\nOne 30-year-old man having a cigarette looks badly shaken. He tells me he is a medical worker from Tel Aviv but is here as a patient after joining an overnight dance party in the fields near Gaza which ended catastrophically on Saturday morning. He asks that I do not use his name.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nHe has been shot in the hand, losing a finger, and has wounds on his head.\n\n\"In the morning, the rocket fire started. Everyone got scared and started running towards the road to drive home. As we got on the road, the gunfire began. It was really shocking. People were murdered, there were car accidents,\" the man says.\n\n\"I called the police. Nobody could help us. For an hour and a half, we sat inside a battle, helpless. Eventually I got into the car with some people. I'm a medic so I tried to evacuate two wounded. As I reached a junction I saw people in army fatigues - but they weren't military - they started firing at me.\"\n\nMany Israelis I meet are shocked at how their powerful security forces were overwhelmed by the scale and complexity of the Hamas operation. Now there are complaints of a lack of help from the authorities.\n\nOne tearful couple are making their own inquiries going from hospital to hospital. They do not know if their missing son is injured, dead or among the dozens of hostages who have been snatched by armed fighters and taken back to Gaza.\n\nA distraught mother, Rachel Ezra confronts an MP who is visiting the hospital. \"I want you to help me find my boy, Oz and his girlfriend Naomi - they're aged 24 and 23,\" she shouts. \"I don't know what to say!\"\n\nShe calls for the toughest military action against Gaza in retaliation for what has happened, and she is not the only one.\n\nIsraelis hang out around the entrance to a bomb shelter in Ashkelon as rockets from Gaza are launched towards Israel\n\nAn Israeli volunteer - who does not want to give his name - rushed here from his home - a three-hour drive away in northern Israel, to help the medical staff. He says he has been caring for many of the wounded soldiers - amid \"horrible\" bloodshed - and like him they want to see Hamas hit hard.\n\n\"I spoke to the soldiers also and they're very disappointed. They want us to react way stronger and to be less politically correct when it comes to our way of warfare,\" he says, adding that he believes foreign diplomats contain Israel's response.\n\nMeanwhile, the Israeli military insists it is carrying out a decisive campaign in the Gaza Strip just a short distance away.\n\n\"The days ahead will be long and difficult,\" its chief spokesman, Rear Adm Daniel Hagari has said. \"We have paid a heavy price but we will restore security to the people of Israel.\"\n\nOverhead, there are regular booms as Israel's Iron Dome missile defence system intercepts rockets which have been fired by Palestinian militants.\n\nIt has protected residents through many previous rounds of fighting with Hamas. But right now, nobody in Ashkelon feels very safe.", "Donald Dinnie, Christopher Stuchbury and Brett McCullough died in the crash\n\nAlmost £1m in damages has been awarded to some of those affected by the Stonehaven train derailment in which three men died in 2020.\n\nThe Aberdeen to Glasgow service derailed at Carmont after hitting a landslide following heavy rain.\n\nLaw firm Digby Brown said a total of nearly £1m in civil actions against Network Rail had been settled.\n\nNetwork Rail was fined £6.7m last month after admitting a series of failings which led to the deaths. Six others were injured.\n\nIt is understood Digby Brown was acting for seven people affected by the derailment - two who lost loved ones and five passengers - and that the cases were settled out of court.\n\n\"I can confirm our civil actions against Network Rail have all successfully settled,\" a Digby Brown spokesman said\n\n\"Specifics cannot be discussed however the total sum recovered was nearly £1m with all damages rightly reflecting the injuries, trauma and losses each person suffered, and will continue to suffer for the rest of their lives.\n\n\"No amount of compensation will ever heal the wounds of the horrendous and avoidable tragedy at Carmont but it can at least provide recognition to those affected and the means to look to the future in the most life-affirming way possible.\"\n\nNetwork Rail said: \"To the families of those who lost their lives we would say again how deeply sorry we are that this tragedy was able to happen.\n\n\"And to those survivors who were injured, we are very sorry for the pain and distress caused.\n\n\"We've been working closely with victims and relatives since the tragic derailment at Carmont, which has included efforts to address compensation claims.\"\n\nNetwork Rail had pleaded guilty to a number of maintenance and inspection failures before the crash in August 2020.\n\nIt also admitted failing to warn the driver that part of the track was unsafe or tell him to reduce his speed.\n\nThe judge, Lord Matthews, said no penalty could compensate for the loss suffered by the families of those who died and the people injured.\n\nIt was also announced that a fatal accident inquiry would be held into the crash.\n\nThe Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service said the aim was to help avoid a similar incident happening again.\n\nThe train hit a landslide near Stonehaven after heavy rain in an area where a drainage system had been incorrectly installed.\n\nThe 06:38 service to Glasgow had been unable to complete its journey due to the conditions and was returning to Aberdeen when the accident happened.\n\nA recording of the driver showed he queried with a signaller if any reduced speed was needed to return north. He was told everything was fine for normal speed.\n\nThe train struck debris from a landslide on the track, derailed and collided with a bridge parapet.", "Many Gaza homes near targeted buildings have been reduced to rubble\n\nOn Saturday morning, people in Gaza celebrated after Hamas fired thousands of rockets into Israel and launched deadly cross-border attacks.\n\nA day later, the picture was very different.\n\nAfter non-stop Israeli shelling, people were staying indoors. Explosions continued throughout Sunday.\n\nThe sound was terrifying. Clouds of black smoke engulfed buildings across the Gaza Strip.\n\nThe Israeli army says it has hit more than 1,000 targets in Gaza. These include military positions, the homes of the Hamas's leaders, as well as banks run by the militant group.\n\nOne of the more significant Israeli strikes on Sunday morning targeted the Watan Tower, which serves as a hub for internet providers in Gaza.\n\nPalestinian health officials say more than 400 people have been killed in retaliatory Israeli air strikes on Gaza.\n\nMost areas are without electricity as Israel has stopped supplying Gaza with power. Gaza's own supplier can only provide 20% of the electricity needed.\n\nFood and water supplies have also been cut.\n\nDriving through the Gaza city centre on Sunday morning, I saw rubble blocking roads. Shops were closed, except for a few bakeries where long queues had formed.\n\nThe escalation has made Gaza's dreadful humanitarian situation even worse.\n\nIts under-equipped hospitals - which at the best of times struggle to provide healthcare to a population of more than two million people - have launched desperate appeals for blood donors.\n\nMahmoud Shalabi, Gaza director of the charity Medical Aid for Palestinians, described the city's main hospital as a \"slaughterhouse\".\n\nMany people were lying on the ground in the emergency department, he said. \"There were many dead bodies in the morgue and many medical staff were unable to cope with the huge influx of casualties they were receiving,\" Mr Shalabi added.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nLater on Sunday, residents in one part of Gaza City received SMS messages from the Israeli army advising them to go to shelter ahead of strikes.\n\nMore than 20,000 people made their way to United Nations sites in the area, a UN representative told the BBC.\n\nHamas, which has controlled Gaza for the past 17 years, knows the consequences of attacking Israel - so it must have been expecting such massive retaliatory strikes.\n\nThe Iran-backed group has made clear that it is prepared for a war with Israel. Hamas has said it has been smuggling weapons despite the Israeli-Egyptian blockade and developing its own arsenal.\n\nThe group has vowed to continue what it calls \"retaliatory attacks\". After a pause on Saturday night, it said it had fired 100 rockets at the southern Israeli town of Sderot.\n\nOrdinary Gazans have expressed mixed feelings about this unprecedented conflict. Although some saw Hamas' rocket attacks as a cause for celebrations, many are worried that the violence will continue for a very long time.\n\nAre you personally affected by the issues raised in this story? If it is safe to do so, you can get in touch by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "On Saturday Palestinian militants stormed the Supernova music festival and opened fire as part of huge surprise attack on Israel.\n\nChilling footage filmed from the area the following day shows the scale of the attack, with car wrecks lining a road, some overturned and others completely burned out.\n\nRead more about what happened at the festival here.", "Things are going well for Starmer - and his confidence showed\n\nIn his three and a half years as Labour leader, Sir Keir Starmer has slowly established near-total authority over his party. Today’s conference speech exemplified that. Praising Tony Blair, vowing reform of the NHS and leading a standing ovation in support of Israel - this was not a leader trying to nudge his party out of its comfort zone, but drawing attention to how far its comfort zone has already moved. It was also a testament to Starmer’s current boldness. Those who work with him closely say that he is a confidence performer - that he loosens up and takes risks when things are going well for him, but that he can lose a bit of his mojo in adversity. With a persistent lead over the Conservatives in the polls, things are going well for Starmer at the moment. That confidence showed in his speech. Though the promise to build a generation of new towns is eye-catching, it’s fair to say Starmer resisted calls from some in his party to unleash a torrent of policy in the speech. But those around him say that was less important than formulating an argument about why Starmer wants to be prime minister and why Labour deserve the voters’ trust.", "Hamas militants were able to overcome Israel's defences in a shocking attack\n\nWhere were the Israel Defense Forces, in those long hours as Hamas militants roamed at will around communities near Gaza, some are asking.\n\n\"The army completely failed as a quick-reaction force,\" one Israeli said, pointing to how some of the communities that came under attack had to rely on their own civilian protection forces while they waited for the military to arrive.\n\nThe full answer of why this happened will take some time to emerge. But it seems as if surprise, scale and speed overwhelmed defences which were patchy and unprepared for what they faced.\n\nIsraeli intelligence failed to get inside the planning by Hamas for the attack. The group seems to have undertaken a long-term programme of deception to give the impression it was incapable or unwilling to launch an ambitious attack.\n\nIt also practised good operational security, probably keeping off electronic communications.\n\nHamas then relied on the unprecedented scale and speed of what came next.\n\nThousands of rockets fired from Gaza hit areas across Israel, including the city of Tel Aviv\n\nThousands of rockets were launched as cover. But there were also drone strikes on the monitoring equipment that Israel uses on the border fence to watch what is happening. Heavy explosives and vehicles then created as many as 80 breaches in the security fence.\n\nMotorised hang-gliders and motorbikes were also involved, as between 800 and 1,000 armed men flooded out of Gaza to attack multiple sites.\n\nThese swarming tactics seem to have succeeded in overwhelming Israel's defences - at least for a while.\n\nSuch a range of activity would have led to chaos within Israel's command and control centres, already quiet on a Saturday morning which was also a religious holiday.\n\nSome of the Hamas fighters targeted civilian communities while others targeted military outposts. There has been shock that these outposts were so lightly-defended that they could be overrun, with images posted of Israeli tanks in Hamas hands.\n\nAnd the holes in the border remained open for long enough to allow hostages to be taken into Gaza before tanks were eventually used to close them up.\n\nIsrael is now amassing tanks and men on the border with Gaza after calling up hundreds of thousands of reservists\n\nDefences seem to have been patchy - Israeli security and defence forces had in recent months been more focused on the West Bank rather than Gaza, potentially leaving gaps. And Hamas may have counted on the divisions in Israeli society over Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's policies to further distract the security establishment.\n\nIsrael's military and intelligence capability has long been rated as the best in the Middle East and one of the best in the world. But they may also have underestimated the abilities of their opponents.\n\nThe attacks have been compared to those of 9/11 in the US, when no-one had predicted that planes could be used as weapons. That was often called a \"failure of imagination\".\n\nAnd a similar failure of imagination may also be one of the issues for Israel, leaving it unprepared for something so ambitious from its enemy.\n\nThose concerns will certainly be part of the long-term inquiries that will likely take place. In the short term though, the focus will be on working out what to do next rather than looking back.", "Two Israeli tourists and their Egyptian guide have been shot dead in the Egyptian city of Alexandria, the Israeli foreign ministry says.\n\nAnother Israeli was wounded in the attack on Sunday morning, which the ministry said a \"local\" carried out.\n\nThere was no immediate confirmation from Egyptian authorities.\n\nBut the private Extra News TV channel reported that a policeman had opened fire on a group visiting an ancient Roman site known as Pompey's Pillar.\n\nThe assailant fired \"at random\" using his personal weapon, it cited a security source as saying, adding that he was detained at the scene.\n\nFootage of the aftermath of the attack posted on social media showed at least two people apparently dead on the ground at an archaeological site.\n\nThe Israeli foreign ministry said it was working with Egyptian authorities in order to return the Israeli citizens to Israel as soon as possible.\n\nThe shooting happened a day after the Palestinian militant group Hamas launched an unprecedented attack on southern Israel, sending hundreds of gunmen across the frontier from Gaza and launching thousands of rockets.\n\nAt least 350 people are reported to have been killed in Israel, while another 313 people in Gaza have been killed in retaliatory Israeli air strikes.\n\nEgypt was the first Arab country to make peace with Israel in 1979, but Israeli policies towards the Palestinians make it unpopular with many Egyptians.\n\nIn June, an Egyptian police conscript killed three Israeli soldiers near the two countries' border. Egypt said he exchanged fire with the soldiers while chasing drug smugglers, but Israel said it was a terrorist attack.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nFor weeks, excited music-lovers had looked forward to the Supernova festival, held in the desert in southern Israel to coincide with the Jewish festival of Sukkot.\n\n\"The time has come when the whole family is about to get together again,\" organisers wrote on social media before it began. \"And what fun it is going to be!\"\n\nJust hours later, their social media pages are now flooded with desperate people trying to find loved ones, after Palestinian militants stormed the festival and opened fire as part of a huge surprise attack on Israel.\n\nMore than 260 bodies have reportedly been recovered from the festival site, according to rescue agency Zaka.\n\nOne partygoer, Ortel, said the first sign that something was wrong was when a siren went off at around dawn, warning of rockets. Eyewitnesses said the rockets were quickly followed by gunshots.\n\n\"They turned off the electricity and suddenly out of nowhere they [militants] come inside with gunfire, opening fire in every direction,\" she told Israel's Channel 12.\n\n\"Fifty terrorists arrived in vans, dressed in military uniforms,\" she said.\n\n\"They fired bursts, and we reached a point where everyone stopped their vehicles and started running. I went into a tree, a bush like this, and they just started spraying people. I saw masses of wounded people thrown around.\"\n\nGilad Karplus, who was working as a masseuse at the festival, told the BBC he also saw people being hit by bullets and managed to escape into the fields in a vehicle with his friends.\n\n\"Then they [the militants] started firing sniper rifles on us from different places and also heavy artillery.\"\n\nMr Karplus, who used to work for the Israel Defense Forces, was injured after being fired at from motorcycles but said he and his friends managed to escape and hid in a building.\n\n\"We heard them [the gunmen] going from door to door, and in a few hours they could have found us, but they didn't know we were there.\"\n\nEventually, Israeli soldiers and police arrived and Mr Karplus was taken to hospital for treatment.\n\nThe festival site - with three stages, a camping area and bar and food area - was in the Negev desert, near Kibbutz Re'im. It was not far from the Gaza Strip, from where Hamas fighters crossed over at dawn to launch their attack. They infiltrated towns and villages, taking dozens of people hostage.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nEsther Borochov told Reuters she was driving away when her vehicle was rammed into. She saw a young man driving another car, who told her to get in. She did - but the man was then shot at point blank. Esther said she played dead until she was finally rescued by Israeli military.\n\n\"I couldn't move my legs,\" she told Reuters from the hospital. \"Soldiers came and took us away to the bushes.\"\n\nMany festivalgoers - like Ortel - hid in nearby bushes and fruit orchards for hours, hoping for the military to arrive and rescue them.\n\n\"I put the phone on mute mode, and then I started crawling through an orange grove,\" Ortel said. \"Live fire was whistling above me.\"\n\nGili Yoskovich told the BBC how she hid in a pomelo orchard. \"They were going tree by tree and shooting. I saw people were dying all around. I was very quiet. I didn't cry, I didn't do anything.\"\n\nEventually, after three hours, she heard some voices of Israeli soldiers, and decided to make a run to safety.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nAnother witness told Channel 12 it was \"four-five hours of a horror movie... We ran like crazy, it was just crazy.\"\n\n\"It was a massacre,\" said Yaniv, an emergency medic who was called out to the party. He told public broadcaster Kan News: \"I've never seen anything like it in my life. It was a planned ambush. As people came out of the emergency exits, squads of terrorists were waiting for them there and just started picking them off.\n\n\"There were 3,000 people at the event, so they probably knew it. They had intelligence information.\"\n\nFriends and family members of missing loved ones are now desperately hoping to find them.\n\nAmong those missing is German tourist, Shani Louk, whose mother believes she was kidnapped. Another woman, 25-year-old Noa Argamani is believed to have been taken hostage at the festival, her family and friends say.\n\nNoa's friend, Amit Parpara, told the BBC he was messaging her as she hid.\n\n\"Around 8:30 was the last message that I got from her,\" he said. Amit later saw a video on social media appearing to show her being taken captive. \"[It shows] her on a motorcycle, being taken away from her boyfriend. You can see clearly her terror going into the Gaza Strip.\"\n\nThe parents of 23-year-old American-Israeli Hersh Golberg-Polin are also looking for their son, who was there after celebrating his birthday. They told the Jerusalem Post they received two short messages from him on Saturday morning reading: \"I love you\" and \"I'm sorry.\"\n\nAt least 700 Israelis have been killed since the attack began, according to the latest figures in local media.\n\nFighting between the Israeli military and Palestinian militants is continuing, and Israel has launched a wave of air strikes on Gaza. The strikes have killed at least 493 people, Palestinian officials say.\n\nAre you affected by the issues raised in this story? If it is safe to do so, you can get in touch by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "The lights at the Rochester Christmas Market will not be impacted\n\nA council has cancelled all its Christmas lights for 2023 due to a \"challenging financial situation\".\n\nMedway Council in Kent said it made the \"sad and difficult decision\" after identifying a potential overspend of £17m for this financial year.\n\nThe council, which went from Conservative to Labour in May, said the move would save £75,000.\n\nCouncil leader Vince Maple said he had \"no choice but to make these tough decisions\".\n\nMr Maple said: \"We are making these incredibly difficult decisions to reduce the potential overspend and to ensure we can continue to provide essential services that we are required to provide by law.\n\n\"I am pleased local ward councillors are still able to fund a Christmas tree in each town.\"\n\n\"We will continue to work closely with our town centre businesses to explore further ways to support them this Christmas.\"\n\nTens of thousands of people flock to the Medway towns every December for the Rochester Dickensian Christmas Festival.\n\nMedway Council said that event, along with a Christmas market in Rochester Castle Gardens over three weekends, would go ahead as planned.\n\nFollow BBC South East on Facebook, on X, and on Instagram. Send your story ideas to southeasttoday@bbc.co.uk.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Airstrikes are continuing in Gaza - where this plume of smoke was captured by satellite imaging technology Image caption: Airstrikes are continuing in Gaza - where this plume of smoke was captured by satellite imaging technology\n\nUpdates continue to arrive thick and fast - so if you're just joining us, or need a recap, here's what we've been reporting in the last few hours:\n\nWhole families killed in Israeli village: Details of a massacre - said by the Israel Defense Forces to have been committed by Hamas - were revealed today after reporters visited the village of Kfar Aza near the Gaza border. Soldiers say Hamas stormed in, burnt homes and killed entire families - including babies - with an Israeli officer describing how some had been beheaded.\n\nIsraeli anger at the military: The BBC's Jeremy Bowen provided some on-the-ground analysis from that same community, in which he described how \"the horror and rage of Israelis has been mixed with incredulity that the state and the military failed in its fundamental duty to protect its citizens\". He also said no-one imagined Hamas would be able to breach Israel's defences and kill so many people.\n\nBiden condemns \"blood-thirsty\" Hamas: At a White House press conference, US President Joe Biden said Hamas \"did not stand for the Palestinian people\" and accused it instead of using Palestinians \"as human shields\". He also pledged that the US \"has Israel's back\" and said he'll ensure it can defend itself.\n\nHamas confirms deaths of two officials: Zakaria Abu Muammar and Jawad Abu Shamal, members of the Hamas political bureau, have been confirmed dead by the Palestinian militant group. They are reported to have died after a raid in Khan Yunis early this morning.\n\nHeavy bombing of Gaza continues: The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) says it will continue to attack Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip. The latest death toll there is now more than 900, with reports of \"terrifying explosions\" from the BBC's Rushdi Abu Alouf. Meanwhile, the toll on the Israeli side is more than 1,000.", "A solitary door is all that remains of a building in Herat after the Saturday's quake\n\nRescuers are digging for survivors of a powerful earthquake that flattened whole villages in Afghanistan, killing more than 1,000 people.\n\nThe 6.3-magnitude quake struck Saturday morning in Herat province, a barren landscape dotted with mud brick homes.\n\nVillagers are still using shovels and bare hands to search for more than 500 people missing, the UN says.\n\nAid, delayed by blocked routes and communication lines being down, only started to trickle in on Monday.\n\nThere are fears the death toll could be much higher.\n\nThe quake hit Zindajan, a rural district some 40km (25 miles) from Herat city, where \"100% of homes are estimated to have been completely destroyed,\" according to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA).\n\nImages from the villages show entire houses, which were too fragile to withstand such a quake, reduced to rubble.\n\n\"We came home and saw there was nothing left. Everything had turned to mud,\" one resident Nek Mohammad told AFP news agency. \"We started to dig with shovels and whatever we had to rescue women and children from the rubble.\"\n\nThe Taliban government and aid agencies initially struggled to estimate the death toll, or how many remained missing. It's unlikely officials had population records for such remote villages.\n\nThe area is also home to communities displaced by war and drought, making it difficult for the local administration to know exactly how many people have been living there.\n\nCracked walls and a gaping hole in the ceiling of a house in Herat province\n\n\"From what the colleagues in the field tell us, survivors were terrified, hungry, and desperate for help,\" said Philippe Kropf, the head of communications for the World Food Programme (WFP). He stressed that a \"complete picture\" of the situation on the ground is still being formed.\n\nWarning that winter is only a month away, Mr Kropf told the BBC that the latest crisis comes at a time when 15 million people - a third of the population - already do not know where their next meal will come from. The WFP needs some $400m (£327m) in funding to deliver food to remote locations and help millions of the most vulnerable people, including widows and the disabled, to survive winter.\n\nIll-equipped hospitals have also been struggling to accommodate the injured, who now number more than 1,600. Many of them were sent to the Herat Regional Hospital, where teams from the medical charity Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) have been since Saturday.\n\n\"Fortunately, most of the patients arriving are non-emergency cases,\" says Prue Coakley, the acting country representative for MSF in Afghanistan. \"However, many of them do not have homes to return to, that is why many of them are remaining in the hospital while authorities look for alternative places for them to stay.\"\n\nShe added that a team focused on paediatric patients had been sent to the hospital in Herat. The UN says a majority of the quake survivors who are being treated are women and children, while doctors tell the BBC women and children also account for many of the dead.\n\nThe Taliban government has said quake survivors are in urgent need of food, drinking water, medicine, clothes and tents for shelter. Several aid agencies have dispatched help, including the Afghan Red Cross Society, MSF, WFP and Unicef. But the agencies say the cash-strapped country needs more aid.\n\nAfghanistan has been reeling from an economic crisis since the Taliban takeover in 2021, when aid given directly to the government was stopped.\n\nFew countries have pledged money since Saturday's quake. China's Red Cross Society has offered $200,000 (£164,220) in emergency cash aid, Chinese media reported.\n\nNeighbouring Pakistan has said it is in contact with Afghan officials and will \"extend all possible support to the recovery effort\".\n\nAfghanistan is frequently hit by earthquakes - especially in the Hindu Kush mountain range as it lies near the junction of the Eurasian and Indian tectonic plates.\n\nIn June last year, the province of Paktika was hit by a 5.9 magnitude quake which killed more than 1,000 people and left tens of thousands homeless.", "Hosts AJ Odudu and Will Best introduced the new housemates including Jenkin (right)\n\nMore than 2.5 million people watched 16 contestants enter the Big Brother house as the reality show returned to British TV for the first time in five years.\n\nThe series has moved to ITV, and the new crop of housemates immediately took part in a \"housewarming party\" with games that had unexpected consequences.\n\nJenkin, 25, had his suitcase blown up and lost access to hot water for a day.\n\nThe launch got a mixed reaction - the Telegraph called it \"fun\" but the Times said it felt \"like a Noughties fossil\".\n\nAJ Odudu and Will Best are the new hosts, but some viewers compared them unfavourably to the previous eras of Davina McCall and Emma Willis.\n\nDavina posted on X during the first episode on Sunday: \"How's it going? I've got horrific fomo [fear of missing out].\"\n\nBig Brother transformed British TV when it first began on Channel 4 in 2000, before moving to Channel 5 and eventually being axed in 2018.\n\nThe launch show was watched by 2m on ITV1, and a further 527,000 on ITV2 - which will be its primary home in the coming weeks.\n\nIn a four-star review, the Telegraph's James Hall wrote: \"Do we really need Big Brother back? Of course not. Raw and real? Obviously not.\n\n\"But this was fun and is at least striving for a degree of authenticity while also knowing it has to entertain.\"\n\nMetro's critic Adam Miller welcomed it back, also awarding four stars and writing that the show's return \"was more impactful than I could have imagined\".\n\n\"Big Brother shines on deception, tactical game play and sheer ludicrousness - the launch night alone had all three in abundance,\" he wrote.\n\nThe line-up is \"the most interesting cast Big Brother has seen in years, possibly ever\", he said, but added that it was \"strange\" that the opening episode was pre-recorded \"knowing how electric those live launches could be\".\n\nFans were also enthusiastic on social media.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThe Independent's Katie Rosseinsky agreed that having a launch show that wasn't live \"feels like a misfire\".\n\n\"Big Brother has always been a franchise that has thrived on chaos, and this opener doesn't give us that,\" she wrote.\n\n\"Can this new cohort of housemates rise to the challenge of keeping us gripped six nights a week? In our era of shortened attention spans, they'll have to work pretty hard to do so.\"\n\nIn the Radio Times, Emma Bullimore praised the mix of personalities in the house. \"Crucially, it's not just a set of 16 TikTokers,\" she wrote.\n\n\"Instead, it genuinely feels like real effort has been made to bring interesting people together for an extraordinary experience. From a bingo caller, to Miss Universe, to an 'ecstatic dancer' who shimmies under the moon on the Isle of Man.\"\n\nThe jury's out on whether the show can compete with more recent reality TV hits like Love is Blind and The Traitors, she added.\n\n\"While ITV's reset looks like it may be elevating the brand from the gutter, it's unclear whether it will be enough to dominate the public conversation as the show once did.\"\n\nThe Times' Carol Midgley said the format was \"showing its age\", however, and \"feels pretty vanilla, pretty basic stuff\" when compared with modern formats.\n\n\"I can see that ITV wants to replicate the success it has had with Love Island because this is one of the few shows which young people watch in the old-fashioned, nightly way. But this feels tired,\" she wrote.\n\n\"It's early days and it might get better but on the strength of what we saw tonight, Big Brother has nothing new to tell us.\"\n\nThere was some drama on the opening night when Jenkin, from Bridgend in south Wales, also unwittingly chose 23-year-old Olivia to be up for the first eviction on Friday.\n\nHowever, she was later given the chance to save herself from eviction if she can avoid being ranked the least entertaining housemate.\n\nAhead of the launch, Odudu and Best asked fans to be kind online, posting a video to the Big Brother Instagram account reminding users that the \"housemates are real people with their real lives\".\n\nAs with recent series of ITV's Love Island, housemates and their families and friends have also been asked to not post content about the show on their individual social media accounts while they are in the house.\n\nIt comes as broadcasters' duty of care policies have faced scrutiny following a number of controversies involving on-screen talent.", "A British man serving with the Israeli military has been killed in an attack by Hamas militants, his family says.\n\nNathanel Young had been serving with the Israel Defense Forces when he was killed on the Gaza border on Saturday.\n\nThe 20-year-old's brother, Eliot Young, said Nathanel had been \"the life of the party\" and was \"loved by everyone\".\n\nTwo other British citizens - Jake Marlowe and Dan Darlington - are missing in Israel following Saturday's attacks by Palestinian militants.\n\nMr Young's brother Eliot said: \"Nathanel was full of life and the life of the party.\n\n\"He loved his family and friends and was loved by everyone.\"\n\nHe said Mr Young \"loved music and was a talented DJ\" and \"always had strong Jewish pride\".\n\nThe soldier was a \"bubbly guy who his four nieces loved playing with\", his brother added.\n\n\"When Nathanel could have taken his days off to sleep and re-energise, he instead found out where the family was, which wasn't always so close to him, and came to join us,\" his statement continued.\n\nIn a separate statement on Facebook, Mr Young's family said: \"We're heartbroken to share that our little brother Nathanel Young was tragically killed on the Gaza border yesterday.\"\n\nMr Young was a former pupil at JFS, a Jewish school in Kenton, north London, the British newspaper Jewish News reported.\n\nNathanel Young was a former pupil at JFS, a Jewish school in London\n\nLabour leader Sir Keir Starmer said his thoughts were with Mr Young's family, as well as \"all those whose families and communities have been touched by this terrible violence\".\n\n\"Labour stands firmly in support of Israel's right to defend itself, rescue hostages and protect its citizens,\" he said. \"The indiscriminate attacks from Hamas are unjustifiable and have set back the cause of peace.\"\n\nSir Keir added that \"we will all stand firm against any intimidation or harassment directed towards Jewish communities here in Britain\".\n\nMeanwhile, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said he had assured Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu of the UK's \"steadfast support as Israel defends itself\".\n\n\"We will do everything that we can to help. Terrorism will not prevail,\" he added.\n\nMr Sunak said the government was now working to establish the status of UK citizens in Israel, as he knows there will be \"families who are anxious about their loved ones\".\n\nEarlier, the Israeli Embassy in London confirmed London-born Mr Marlowe, 26, was missing and it was not known whether he had been taken hostage.\n\nMr Marlowe, who went to the same London school as Mr Young, was working as security staff at an outdoor party near the Gaza border when he disappeared on Saturday.\n\nHis mother told Jewish News that she had spoken to him as the attacks were taking place.\n\n\"Then, at about 5.30am, he texted to say, 'signal very bad, everything OK, will keep you updated I promise you,' and that he loves me,\" she said.\n\nShe told the paper he lived in Ma'alot, in northern Israel, having moved to the country permanently two years ago.\n\nThe family of Mr Darlington also confirmed he was missing, telling the BBC they had not spoken to him since Saturday morning.\n\nThe photographer is originally from the UK but lives in Berlin, Germany, and had been visiting friends in Israel.\n\nDavid Darlington, his father, said his son had been travelling with a German woman, and that his half-sister had last spoken to him on Saturday morning.\n\n\"The communications network is down and we haven't spoken to him for 24 hours,\" he said.\n\nSaturday's surprise attack by hundreds of gunmen from Hamas has killed more than 700 people in Israel, according to Israel's Defense Forces.\n\nHundreds of gunmen entered southern Israel, killing soldiers and civilians and taking into Gaza what the army said was a \"significant number\" of hostages.\n\nAttendees of the music event near Kibbutz Re'im, where Mr Marlowe was working, have spoken of how gunmen opened fire at revellers in the early hours.\n\nOne attendee, Gili Yoskovich, told the BBC that she hid under a tree in a field as gunmen roamed around, shooting anybody they found.\n\nThe UK's Foreign Office said it was \"in contact with - and assisting - the families of several individuals\" in Israel and the Palestinian territories.\n\nA spokesperson said they were aware of media reports regarding British nationals but would not discuss individual cases.\n\nAre you personally affected by the issues raised in this story? If it is safe to do so, please get in touch by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.\n• None 'They were going tree by tree and shooting' - Israeli partygoer", "Marina Wheeler and Boris Johnson were divorced in 2020\n\nBoris Johnson's ex-wife Marina Wheeler KC has been appointed as Labour's adviser on protecting women against workplace harassment.\n\nMs Wheeler, an employment lawyer, will look at how to make it easier for workers to blow the whistle on bullying and discrimination at work.\n\nWorkplace whistleblowers are already protected from unfair dismissal.\n\nBut the law only applies in certain circumstances - such as when employers have committed criminal offences.\n\nLabour wants to extend the protections to cover people who want to go public about unacceptable behaviour they have faced from bosses, something the party says disproportionately affects women.\n\nIn a speech to the Labour conference on Tuesday, shadow attorney general Emily Thornberry will say: \"For too long, a woman suffering sexual harassment in the workplace has faced a terrible choice: if she speaks out, the individual responsible may be investigated, but even then, she still risks losing her job and her other employment rights, while he gets a slap on the wrist.\n\n\"It is time we offered the same protections to people reporting sexual harassment, bullying and discrimination in the workplace as we do to other whistleblowers.\"\n\nIn a statement, Ms Wheeler said: \"Women in the workplace too often suffer sexual harassment and assault and they pay a heavy price for speaking out. Knowing this, and to keep their jobs, they suffer in silence.\"\n\nShe highlighted a recent survey in which female surgeons reported suffering sexual harassment or assault at the hands of colleagues during the five preceding years.\n\n\"Having spent over two decades litigating employment disputes, I am delighted to be working with Emily Thornberry to help formulate solutions - including law reform where necessary - to encourage women to come forward,\" she added.\n\nMs Thornberry will also set out plans to strengthen the property rights of unmarried women who live with their partners, in England and Wales.\n\n\"For too long, women in co-habiting couples have been left with no rights when those relationships come to an end.\n\n\"If there is no joint property or parental responsibilities, a man can kick his partner out of their home, and leave her with nothing, especially if he has the means to go to court, and she does not.\"\n\nShe will add: \"No woman should be forced to get married or stay in an unhappy relationship just to avoid being put out on the street.\"\n\nMarina Wheeler and Boris Johnson, who have four children, separated in 2018 after marrying in 1993.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThe Gaza Strip could be on the brink of a new humanitarian crisis if supplies are not allowed in, authorities say, as Israel responds to the Hamas attacks.\n\nOn Monday, Israel declared a \"complete siege\" on the territory, saying electricity, food, fuel and water would be cut off.\n\nAccording to residents, aid has not reached the enclave since Saturday.\n\nBBC footage shows deserted streets covered with rubble from collapsed buildings following Israeli airstrikes.\n\nNearly 700 people have died in these attacks and thousands more are reported to have been injured.\n\nThe area is home to about 2.3 million people in total - 80% of whom rely on humanitarian aid mainly due to the ongoing hostilities with Israel.\n\nIt is ruled by Hamas militants but Israel controls the airspace and its shoreline. It also restricts who and what goods can cross its borders.\n\nNeighbouring Egypt strictly controls what or who can pass through its border with Gaza too.\n\nSince the attacks began on Saturday morning, Israel has stopped all supplies entering Gaza, including food and medicine.\n\nStéphane Dujarric, spokesman for the UN secretary-general, said more than a dozen healthcare workers had been killed or injured and at least seven medical centres had been damaged.\n\nMeanwhile, many people are currently without electricity and internet, and could soon be out of essential food and water supplies.\n\n\"Damage to water, sanitation and hygiene facilities has undermined services to more than 400,000 people,\" said Mr Dujarric.\n\n\"The Gaza Power Plant is now the only source of electricity and could run out of fuel within days.\"\n\nHe added that the World Food Programme was already distributing food for up to 100,000 internally displaced Palestinians and that these efforts would increase eight-fold in the coming days.\n\nEven before the latest restrictions, residents of Gaza already faced widespread food insecurity, restrictions on movement and water shortages.\n\nJuliet Touma, a spokeswoman for the United Nations' Palestinian refugee agency (UNRWA), told the BBC people in Gaza were \"terrified\" by the current situation and worried for their safety - as well as that of their children and families.\n\nOn Monday, Israel's Defence Minister Yoav Gallant said it would impose a \"complete siege\" on the territory.\n\n\"No electricity, no food, no water, no gas - it's all closed,\" he said, adding that \"we are fighting animals and are acting accordingly.\"\n\nThe Israeli infrastructure minister later ordered the immediate cut-off of water supplies to Gaza, saying: \"What was in the past will no longer be in the future.\"\n\nIn a statement released before those announcements, the Palestinian health ministry said hospitals were facing a shortage of medicines, medical supplies and fuel due to Israel's actions.\n\nIt called on international actors to urge Israel to \"restart power lines\" and to supply emergency needs in the form of medicine, fuel and power generators.\n\nIsrael has launched retaliatory strikes on Gaza after the weekend attacks by Hamas\n\nIsrael has launched massive retaliatory air strikes into Gaza in recent days. Sunday night saw a particularly heavy barrage of strikes, potentially the biggest Gaza has experienced in years.\n\nSome of the strikes targeted the border area in the east of Gaza, from where Hamas launched their attacks on Saturday morning. Israel appears to be targeting those areas to try and shore up security there.\n\nThere have also been reports from witnesses of Israel using artillery fire in the border area.\n\nIsrael said it is striking Hamas targets in Gaza, but there are reports of civilians being hit.\n\nThe Palestinian Ministry of Foreign affairs said two refugee camps in Gaza - Al-Shati (also known as the Beach camp) and Jabalia camps - were hit by Israeli airstrikes, reportedly leaving several injured and dead.\n\nVideo shared online from Jabalia showed widespread chaos, including a body being carried away and a man covered in blood and dust.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: Footage from BBC Arabic inside the Jabalia refugee camp after an Israeli airstrike\n\nThe foreign ministry also said air strikes hit a United Nations school in Gaza that was housing hundreds of civilians, including children and the elderly.\n\nThe UN confirmed the attack, saying the school was \"severely damaged\", but that no one was killed.\n\nThere have also been reports of a mosque, as well as homes, being hit.\n\nAccording to Associated Press, 19 members of the same family were killed in a strike in Rafah, in the south of Gaza.\n\nThe UN said on Monday 123,538 people in Gaza have been internally displaced, mostly \"due to fear, protection concerns and the destruction of their homes\".\n\nThe Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) added that 73,000 people are sheltering in schools.\n\nAre you personally affected by the issues raised in this story? If it is safe to do so, please get in touch by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "Rico Andrews was shot dead in Shuttleworth Road on Thursday\n\nA man who was shot dead on a south-west London street has been named.\n\nMetropolitan Police officers were called to reports of gunshots heard on Shuttleworth Road in Battersea at about 21:50 BST on Thursday.\n\nRico Andrews, 21, was found injured by officers and paramedics who provided emergency first-aid, but he died at the scene.\n\nA post-mortem examination found the cause of death to be a gunshot wound to the chest.\n\nMr Andrews' next of kin are being supported by specialist officers. There have been no arrests and inquiries continue.\n\nDet Ch Insp Neil John, who is leading the murder investigation, said: \"This is a tragic incident where a young man has lost his life whilst standing on a street in Battersea.\n\n\"Detectives are working at pace to gather as much information as possible and I would ask anyone who was in the area and saw events unfold, or anyone who has captured this on phone or doorbell footage, to contact police immediately.\"\n\nListen to the best of BBC Radio London on Sounds and follow BBC London on Facebook, X and Instagram. Send your story ideas to hello.bbclondon@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Villagers are using their bare hands to pull people from what is left of their mud houses\n\nEmergency teams in Afghanistan are racing to rescue people from the rubble left by a powerful earthquake that struck the west of the country.\n\nMore than 1,000 people are feared dead after the 6.3-magnitude quake hit villages in Herat Province on Saturday.\n\nWith communications down and many roads blocked, rescue workers are struggling to reach remote areas.\n\nHundreds have also been injured. The UN and other organisations have begun to rush in emergency supplies.\n\nThe earthquake struck about 40km (25 miles) north-west of the city of Herat at around 11:00 local time (06:30 GMT) on Saturday.\n\nThe worst-affected communities consist of mud structures. \"In the very first shake all the houses collapsed,\" Herat resident Bashir Ahmad, whose family lives in one of the villages, told AFP news agency.\n\n\"Those who were inside the houses were buried,\" he added. \"There are families we have heard no news from.\"\n\nThe World Health Organization (WHO) said at least 465 houses had been flattened.\n\nDonation boxes for earthquake victims have been set up in Afghan cities\n\nVillagers have used shovels and their hands to pull survivors from the rubble. With their homes destroyed, many residents are preparing to sleep in the open for a second night.\n\nThe exact death toll is still being established. The UN's humanitarian affairs office in Afghanistan says more than 1,000 people have been killed, and about 500 are still missing.\n\nEarlier on Sunday, the Taliban government said 2,000 people had either been killed or wounded.\n\nIn a country with sorely inadequate medical facilities, hospitals are struggling to care for the injured.\n\n\"For the treatment of the victims of the incident we are doing our best,\" disaster management ministry spokesman Mullah Janan Sayeq told reporters in Kabul.\n\n\"On-site search operations in the affected area are ongoing,\" he said.\n\nHerat is located 120km (75 miles) east of the Iranian border and is considered to be the cultural capital of Afghanistan. An estimated 1.9 million people are believed to be living in the province.\n\nAfghanistan is frequently hit by earthquakes - especially in the Hindu Kush mountain range as it lies near the junction of the Eurasian and Indian tectonic plates.\n\nIn June last year, the province of Paktika was hit by a 5.9 magnitude quake which killed more than 1,000 people and left tens of thousands homeless.\n\nHave you been affected by the earthquake? Please email: haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "Jaye says she is gutted Wilko will be gone\n\n\"Being able to grab a fresh lip gloss, a sketch pad and a Pepsi Max all in the same place, that's definitely something I'm going to miss,\" says Jaye.\n\nThe 19-year-old, whose full name we are not using, doesn't have a lot of spare cash and has found Wilko handy for dog treats, bleach and emulsion paint too.\n\nToday could be her last visit though. Her local branch in Horsham, Sussex closes its doors on Sunday, along with the last Wilko outlets around the country and Jaye is \"gutted\" at the news.\n\nShe has swung by for a final pack of sandpaper sheets she's going to use to make cosplay costumes.\n\nMost of the shelves are bare now and what is left is marked down.\n\nAnother customer, Mary, is here with her husband and one-year-old daughter to pick up blinds at bargain prices.\n\n\"We're heartbroken,\" she says. \"We were really hoping someone would buy them out and keep it going, you know?\"\n\nMary says it is nice to be able to choose things at a store rather than online\n\nThey live in a nearby village and used to come in to Wilko regularly to buy craft materials and treat her five-year-old to pick'n'mix.\n\n\"I have happy memories of doing that as a child,\" she adds. \"I think it's nice for them to come and choose their own things, rather than someone delivering a parcel to the door.\"\n\nBut the order-online, have-it-delivered business model is here to stay. That, and fierce competition from rivals, has done for Wilko, just as it did for Woolworths over a decade ago.\n\nThere was a wringing of hands back then too, when that stalwart of the High Street went. And Wilko took over many of Woolworths' old shops. Now a similar fondness for Wilko has sneaked up and ambushed us all over again.\n\nOther shoppers describe its demise as \"tragic\" and \"awful\". The strength of affection can seem strange given the chain sold the most mundane, practical items from sink drainers to cat litter.\n\n\"It managed to create a very warm brand personality, which tends to contribute to a very loyal consumer-brand relationship,\" says consumer psychologist Kate Nightingale.\n\n\"As Wilko's brand is associated with home and pets products predominantly, we are already dealing with relationships infused with very heightened emotions,\" she says.\n\n\"These emotions and their intensity is easily transferred into the relationship we have with the brand - it makes a perfect recipe for nostalgia [and a] need to fill in that gap left by a sense of loss.\"\n\nThe future for Horsham's site is not yet clear but some Wilko stores have been bought by other budget retailers Poundland and B&M. That won't fill the gap for all its loyal customers though.\n\n\"Without being snobby, Poundland has a stigma attached that Wilko doesn't,\" says Abby, who is shopping with her wife Steph.\n\nWilko's appeal was value for money and knowing you would find what you needed, they say.\n\n\"We had friends around the other night, realised we didn't have enough wine glasses and managed to pick up a couple of sets for next-to-nothing,\" Steph says.\n\nThe chain going under feels like a broader sign that things are \"falling apart\", says Abby.\n\n\"It was the same with Woolworths. It had been going for so long that when it collapses it's a bit like - oh right, so this is the way we're going. There won't be any of the original High Street shops there used to be.\"\n\nWilko was founded in 1930 when JK Wilkinson opened his first store in Leicester. It stayed open throughout World War Two and expanded first across the Midlands then nationally. By the 1990s it had become one of Britain's fastest-growing retailers.\n\nIn 2012, Wilkinson began rebranding its stores as Wilko, and by 2014, most branches had emblazoned the new name on their storefronts.\n\nNow its staff in Leicester are particularly sad to see it go.\n\nDavid and Jan have 90 years of Wilko experience between them\n\nJan Patel was 18 when she started working for Wilko. Now, at 64, she is seeing her last day at the Leicester Lee Circle store. She says it is a \"tough day\".\n\nShe and her colleague David Middleton, who is now 61 and started work with Wilko in 1979, have had hugs and goodbyes from fond customers.\n\n\"He pulled us out of recession in the 80s, he came into the store and has shown us how to trade aggressively. Cheap and cheerful was Wilko's motto - and family. Family meant the world. This Wilko family looked after us, and in return we loved working here,\" Jan told the BBC.\n\nShe says the company took her and her colleagues on training courses to learn how to to do DIY, such as painting and wallpapering.\n\n\"It's been a fabulous ride,\" says David who, like Jan, is now going to retire.\n\nOne of hundreds of messages from customers at the Wilko store in Leicester\n\nSome of the chain's 12,500 staff - but not all - will find new jobs with B&M and Poundland.\n\nAnd customers may catch a glimpse again of the Wilko brand online at least, after it was bought by The Range.\n\nKate Hardcastle, consumer specialist at Insight with Passion, says many retailers have already \"eased their way into Wilko's territory\".\n\n\"From Poundland to Primark, Aldi, Lidl and more, as value retailers widened the offer, Wilko was being gradually taken off the consideration list - especially by younger consumers,\" she says.\n\nYounger people were willing to \"trade some savings for speed of delivery and direct to door\", she adds.\n\nAsh, a 23-year-old who sings and plays guitar in a band at weddings, has been buying essentials at Wilko - shampoo, face wash, deodorant. But unlike Jaye he doesn't think he'll really miss it when it's gone.\n\nAsh says he does not think he will miss Wilko\n\n\"I will probably forget about it in a few weeks to be honest,\" he says.\n\n\"For my generation I don't think they'll really mind that much. We've got other options.\"", "Amiram Cooper, Guy Gilboa-Dalal and Tsachi Idan are being held in Gaza\n\nIsrael says 132 people remain unaccounted for after they were abducted and taken to Gaza during the October 7 attacks by Hamas.\n\nAn estimated 240 people were taken prisoner, but 105 were later released by Hamas during a six-day ceasefire at the end of November.\n\nThe Israeli military said it mistakenly killed three hostages in northern Gaza who had escaped from their captors and expressed \"deep remorse\" over the incident.\n\nOf the 132 still unaccounted for, Israel says that 20 of them are believed to be dead.\n\nThese are the stories of those hostages who are still being held, which have either been confirmed by the BBC or credibly reported.\n\nThis list is regularly updated and names may change, as some people feared kidnapped are confirmed to have been killed or released.\n\nLast updated on 19 December 2023 at 10:33 GMT\n\nYagev Kirsht, 34, was taken from his home in Kibbutz Nirim, alongside his wife, Rimon Buchstab Kirsht. She has now been released.\n\nAlexander Trupanov, was taken hostage with his mother Lena Trupanov, 50, his partner Sapir Cohen, 29, and his grandmother Irina Tati, 73. All were abducted from Kibbutz Nir Oz as they spent the Sabbath together, according to a statement by Canada's Raoul Wallenburg Center for Human Rights. Irina and Lena were released on Wednesday 29 November and Sapir was freed the next day.\n\nAriel Cunio, his girlfriend Arbel Yahud and her brother Dolev are also thought to have been abducted in the same attack on Nir Oz. Eitan Cunio, Ariel's brother who escaped Hamas, told the Jewish Chronicle that his last message from Ariel said: \"We are in a horror movie.\"\n\nDavid Cunio, 33, another of Ariel's brothers, was also kidnapped from Nir Oz, family say. David's wife Sharon Aloni Cunio and their three-year-old twin daughters Ema and Yuly were released on 27 November. Sharon's sister Daniele Aloni, and her six-year-old daughter Emilia were both released on 24 November.\n\nDoron Steinbrecher, 30, a veterinary nurse, was in her apartment in Kibbutz Kfar Aza when Hamas attacked, the Times of Israel reported. At 10:30 on 7 October, the newspaper said, she sent a voice message to friends: \"They've arrived, they have me.\"\n\nItzhak Gelerenter, 53, was taken from the Supernova festival. His family said the IDF found his phone was located in Gaza, the Times of Israel reported. His daughter Pivko told the paper: \"I'm trying to think good thoughts, I have a powerful, smart, resourceful father.\"\n\nDoron Steinbrecher sent a voice message to friends during Hamas' attack\n\nNaama Levy, 19, was filmed being bundled into a jeep, her hands tied behind her back. The footage was released by Hamas and circulated widely on social media. According to her mother, the teenager had just begun her military service.\n\nYousef Zyadna, a 53-year-old Bedouin dairy farmer, was abducted from Kibbutz Holit and taken to Gaza along with his sons Hamza, 22, and Bilal, 18, and his daughter, Aisha, 16. Aisha and Bilal were released on Thursday 30 November.\n\nElad Katzir, 47, was abducted from Nir Oz with his mother Hanna. Hanna has now been released.\n\nOhad Ben Ami, 55, was kidnapped from Be'eri with his wife, Raz. She was released by Hamas on 29 November.\n\nTwin brothers Gali and Ziv Berman, 26, were taken from Kfar Aza. Ziv was messaging a friend as the attack happened. Their family said the IDF has told them the brothers are being held in Gaza. Their brother Liran told CBN news the pair had \"twin power\" and were the centre of attention wherever they went.\n\nIraq-born Shlomo Mansour, 85, was taken captive from Kibbutz Kissufim, where he lived and worked as a chicken coop manager. His wife, Mazal, managed to escape.\n\nMichel Nisenbaum, 59, is a dual Brazilian-Israeli citizen who has lived in Israel for 45 years and works as a computer technician, his family told Brazilian media. They also say he is diabetic and has Crohn's disease. On 7 October, they say, someone claiming to be from Hamas answered his phone when they tried to call him.\n\nDaniela Gilboa, 19, sent messages saying that Kibbutz Nahal Oz, where she was staying, was under attack and asked her mother to pray for her. Her boyfriend, Roy Dadon, told the Economist 1843 magazine that he believes he saw a glimpse of her in a video showing three girls being driven away in the back of an SUV.\n\nItay Chen, 19, a dual US-Israeli citizen and IDF solider, was on active duty with a tank unit on 7 October, according to the Times of Israel. The paper reported that his family was notified by the IDF that he is officially considered missing in action and probably being held hostage. Another soldier in his unit, Matan Angrest, 21, is also presumed to be in Gaza.\n\nYosi Sharabi, 51, was taken from Be'eri with his brother, Eli Sharabi, 55. Eli's wife and two daughters were murdered in the attack. Ofir Engel, the boyfriend of Yosi's daughter, Yuval, was also taken, but released on 29 November.\n\nAgam Berger, 19, was kidnapped from Nahal Oz. She was seen being taken away in videos released by Hamas.\n\nEdan Alexander, 19, is an Israeli-US citizen who volunteered to join the Israeli army. He was serving near the Gaza border at the time of Hamas's attack. Edan's family said they had been told by Israeli officials that he had been taken to Gaza as a hostage.\n\nKaid Farhan Elkadi, 53, lives with his family south of Rahat and worked as a security guard, according to Israeli media. Reports said his family believes he was kidnapped and taken to Gaza, based on images shared by Hamas.\n\nIlana Gritzewsky and Matan Zanguaker were captured near the Gaza border, family say\n\nMatan Zanguaker, 24, was taken with his partner Ilana Gritzewsky, 30, from Nir Oz, according to Ilana's father. Ilana, a Mexican national, was released on Thursday 30 November.\n\nThe family of Eitan and Yair Horn believe they were taken from Nir Oz kibbutz\n\nEitan Horn, 37, and his brother Yair, 45, both Argentinian citizens, were also in Nir Oz at the time of the attack. Their father Itzik said he believes they were kidnapped. Yair is a construction worker while Eitan works in education.\n\nItai Svirsky, 38, is thought to have been abducted when his elderly parents were killed in Be'eri. He had been visiting them for the holiday of Simhat Torah.\n\nKeith Seigel, 64, and his wife Adrienne - often known as Aviva - Seigel, 62, were taken from their home in Kfar Aza, Keith's brother Lee Seigel told the BBC. Adrienne was released on 26 November.\n\nOmri Miran, 46, lived in Nahal Oz with his wife and two daughters. Omri was led away by Hamas with his hands tied, his wife Lishay told the Guardian newspaper. She told him not to be a hero, urging: \"Do whatever they want because I want you back.\"\n\nBipin Joshi, 23, a Nepalese student, is believed to have been taken from Kibbutz Alumim. Nepalese newspaper Setopati says he was one of 49 university students studying agriculture in Israel. It says 10 students were killed in the attack.\n\nIlan Weiss, 58, went missing from Kibbutz Be'eri after he was last seen leaving the house to defend the community. On 25 November, his wife Shiri Weiss, 53, and their daughter, Noga, 18, were freed from captivity in a hostage deal.\n\nAmiram Cooper, 85, and his wife Nurit, 80, were taken from their home in Nir Oz, their daughter-in-law Noa told the BBC. The family last spoke to the couple during the Hamas attack, Noa said, when the couple were in their safe room. The family later traced Amiram's phone to Gaza. On Monday 23 October, Nurit was one of two women to be released.\n\nAmiram and Nurit Cooper, pictured with their granddaughter, Gali\n\nOded Lifshitz, 83, and his wife Yocheved, 85 were taken hostage from Nir Oz. On Monday 23 October, Yocheved was one of two elderly women to be freed. After hearing the news of her mother's release, their daughter Sharone - a London-based artist - said: \"While I cannot put into words the relief that she is now safe, I will remain focused on securing the release of my father and all those - some 200 innocent people - who remain hostages in Gaza.\"\n\nHaim Peri, 79, was taken from his home in Nir Oz, reports the Times of Israel, and freed hostage Yocheved Lifshitz said she saw that he was alive and well. His son Lior Peri told Talk TV that Haim had locked his wife inside the safe room before giving himself up to kidnappers.\n\nAvraham Munder, 78, was kidnapped from Nir Oz, Israeli officials say. His wife Ruthi, daughter and grandson have since been released.\n\nOmer Neutra, a 22-year-old Israeli-American and grandson of Holocaust survivors, put off plans to go to college in the US to study in Israel, and eventually joined the IDF. He was serving as a tank commander near Gaza when Hamas attacked. Omer's parents say they were told by the Israeli embassy that he had been kidnapped.\n\nRon Benjamin's vehicle was found empty following the attacks\n\nRon Benjamin, 53, had been taking part in a group cycle ride near the Gaza border when the Hamas attack began and he decided to drive home, his family told Israeli media. Days later, his vehicle was found empty and his family believe he was kidnapped.\n\nLouis Har, 70, is believed to have been taken from Nir Yitzhak. His partner Clara Marman was released on 28 November along with her sister Gabriela Leimberg, 59, and Gabriela's daughter Mia Leimberg,17. Clara and Gabriela's brother Fernando Simon Marman, 60, also remains in captivity.\n\nJudith Weinstein Haggai, 70, and her husband, Gad Haggai, 73, also went missing from Nir Oz after the Hamas attack. Ten days later, the Israeli military confirmed to the family they had been taken hostage, CTV News in Canada reported.\n\nAlex Danzig, 75, a scholar and historian of the Holocaust, was at his home in Nir Oz, when it was attacked by Hamas. \"We know for sure he was kidnapped,\" his son Mati told the BBC. Alex - whose older sister Edith is a Holocaust survivor - has spent the last 30 years working for Yad Vashem, Israel's Holocaust remembrance centre. His disappearance has triggered a campaign for his release, both in Israel and in Poland, the country of his birth.\n\nAlex Danzig has spent decades educating people about the Holocaust\n\nItzhk Elgarat, 68, was kidnapped at the same time as Alex Danzig, his brother Danny Elgert told Israel's Kan 11 TV station, adding that he had tracked his brother's phone to the border with Gaza.\n\nGadi Moses, 79, was also abducted during the same attack on Nir Oz, according to relatives and the Israeli aid agency where he worked as an agricultural expert. Efrat Katz, his partner, was initially thought to have been captured as well, but she was later found dead, the Times of Israel reported. Efrat was the mother of Doron Asher, who was taken hostage and later released with her two daughters. Ravid Katz, 51, Doron Asher's brother, was originally thought to have been taken hostage from Nir Oz, but on 28 November his family confirmed that he had been killed on 7 October.\n\nYair Yaakov, 59, is listed among the hostages. His partner Meirav Tal, 53, was released on 28 November. Yair's children Yagil, 13, and Or, 16, were released on 27 November.\n\nYair Yaakov was pictured being held captive by a gunman in a video shared online\n\nNimrod Cohen, 19, had studied software engineering in high school, according to reports. After he was kidnapped, his father was invited to meet Pope Francis in Rome along with other hostages' families.\n\nTsachi Idan, 51, was last seen by his wife, Gali, as he was taken away by Hamas gunmen. Their family had been ambushed in their safe room in Nahal Oz. Their ordeal was live-streamed by Hamas. Their eldest child, Maayan - who had just turned 18 - was shot dead, Gali told the BBC.\n\nTsachi Idan was ambushed with his wife and children and then led away\n\nYarden Bibas, 34, was abducted from Nir Oz. His wife, Shiri, and their two young children, Ariel and Kfir, were also taken hostage, but on 29 November, Hamas claimed they had been killed in an Israeli air strike while in captivity. The Israeli government has said it is checking the claim.\n\nRonen Engel, 54, was taken from Kibbutz Nir Oz along with his wife, Karina Engelbert, 51, and their two daughters, Mika, 18 and Yuval, 11. On 1 December, the organisation representing the families said he had been murdered. Karina, Mika and Yuval were released on 27 November.\n\nKarina Ariev, a 19-year-old soldier, was serving at an army base near Gaza when she was kidnapped. Her sister Alexandra told the BBC she heard shooting as Karina called her during the attack, and later saw a video showing Karina being taken away in a vehicle.\n\nKarina Ariev was at the Nahal Oz military base, which was among the first to be attacked\n\nOfer Kalderon, 53, was taken by Hamas from Nir Oz. On 27 November his two children, Erez, 12, and Sahar, 16, were released. Two other relatives, 80-year-old Carmela Dan and her granddaughter, Noya, 12, were also believed to have been taken, but Israeli authorities later announced they had been found dead.\n\nYoram Metzger, 80, was a resident of Nir Oz. He has diabetes and broke his hip six months ago, his daughter-in-law said. Yoram's wife Tamar was released on 28 November.\n\nNadav Popplewell, 51, and his mother Channah were taken hostage by Hamas, said Channah's daughter Ayelet Svatitzky, who was speaking to them on the phone when the gunmen burst in. She said the captors sent pictures of her two relatives, who both have diabetes, with armed men in the background. Channah has now been released.\n\nOmri Miran, 46, was abducted after his family opened the door to their secure shelter to an Israeli child, who said he would be killed otherwise. Omri's wife, Lishay Lavi, said she saw him being taken away in handcuffs with three other hostages from Nahal Oz.\n\nLiri Elbag, 18, had just started military training as an Army lookout near the Gaza border when Hamas attacked, her father Eli told the Associated Press. Eli said he saw her in a video circulated later by Hamas, crowded with others on the back of a military truck which had been seized by the gunmen.\n\nLior Rudaeff, 61, was taken from Nir Yitzhak during the attack. His family have heard nothing from him since then.\n\nA number of people are believed to have been abducted from the Supernova music festival in southern Israel. Among them:\n\nShlomi Ziv, 40, was part of the security detail at the festival and was initially in contact with his sisters as the attack unfolded, according to an interview with The Times of Israel. A few weeks later the family learned he was officially considered to be a hostage, the report says.\n\nAlexander Lobanov, 32, is a Russian-Israeli citizen who was kidnapped at the festival.\n\nOri Danino, 25, is reported to have got away from the festival in his car, but it's believed he was captured after turning back in an attempt to save some people he had met there.\n\nAlmog Sarusi, 26, was kidnapped from the music festival and his partner Shahar Gindi was killed, according to Israeli media. Almog's father, Yigal, was among the relatives of hostages who met with Israel's prime minister in October.\n\nOmer Shem Tov, 21, called his parents as he was running away from gunfire and managed to get into a friend's car. His parents, Shelly and Malki Shem Tov, told Israeli media they lost contact with their son and the live location on his phone showed he was beyond the border in Gaza.\n\nIdan Shtivi, 28, an environmental sciences student, was attending the festival to take pictures at music and yoga workshops being held by friends. He escaped the site in his car but was attacked by Hamas along the route. The bodies of two of his passengers were found, and his family told the Jerusalem Post they suspect he was kidnapped.\n\nYosef Ohana, 24, had been at the festival with a friend, who told his mother he and Yosef had remained to help people escape the gunfire before running themselves. Yosef was last seen hiding under a car, and Israeli authorities have visited his mother to say he was kidnapped.\n\nAndrei Kozlov, 27, a Russian who moved to Israel in 2022, is missing from the Supernova festival, where he was working as a security guard. His mother told the De Taly publication the family was told by the IDF on October 26 that he was being held hostage.\n\nElyakim Libman, 23, was working as a security guard at the festival. In a Facebook post his father Eliyahu Libman said another guard told him his son had helped rescue others before trying to escape. He was last seen trying to help two badly-injured women.\n\nNoa Argamani, a Chinese-born Israeli citizen, was also kidnapped from the festival. Video footage - verified by her father Yaakov Argamani to Israel's Channel 12 - shows the 25-year-old being taken away on the back of a motorbike screaming, \"Don't kill me!\" Her boyfriend Avinatan Or, 30, also appears in the video being marched away from her by Hamas, the Times of Israel reported.\n\nEden Yerushalmi's family say they were told she had been taken hostage\n\nEden Yerushalmi, 24, called her family during Hamas's attack on the festival, her sister May told CBS News. The family say they were subsequently informed by the IDF that Eden had been abducted.\n\nChanan Yablonka, 42, is a father-of-two from Tel Aviv. According to reports, he attended the festival with friends and was due to celebrate his birthday a few days after the attacks.\n\nJonathan Samerano, 21, has been missing since 7am on the morning of the festival. His family have been told to presume he is being held in Gaza, Israeli media reported.\n\nGuy Gilboa-Dalal was filmed in captivity in Gaza, his family say\n\nGuy Gilboa-Dalal, 22, attended the festival with his brother. Guy appears in a hostage video that his family say confirms he is in Gaza.\n\nUriel Baruch, 35, was injured during the attack on the festival, his wife said on Facebook. Reports in Israeli media say his mother, Naomi, has heard from the IDF that he is a hostage.\n\nMaxim Kharkin's mother described speaking to him on the morning of 7 October\n\nMaxim Kharkin is aged 35 and a Russian speaker, his mother told Russian media. She added that he had called her at 07:00 on the morning of the attack.\n\nElkana Bohbot was seen in a video posted by Hamas\n\nElkana Bohbot, 34, had gone to the party with friends and, before losing contact, he spoke to his wife and mother telling them he was helping to evacuate the wounded, the Times of Israel reported. Hours later, his family found a video of him posted online by Hamas, which has been seen by BBC Verify.\n\nRom Braslavski, 19, was working on security for the festival. According to an account published by Hostages and Missing Families Forum, he was trying to rescue an injured person in the attack when he was caught in a volley of fire. He has not been heard from since.\n\nOmer Wenkert, 22, a restaurant manager, sent a message to his family to say he was going to a safe shelter but then lost contact, his father Shai Wenkert told the BBC's Today Programme. Shai Wenkert said he had seen footage of his son in captivity, including a photo of him handcuffed and wearing only underwear.\n\nEvyatar David's family say they were sent a video of him in captivity\n\nEvyatar David, 23, was at the festival and on the morning of the attacks, described fleeing from gunfire before losing contact with the outside world, his brother says. Later, his family say, Evyatar's sister posted on Instagram appealing for information about his whereabouts. She then received a text from an unknown number, which contained video footage of Evyatar handcuffed on the floor of a dark room. According to Israel's foreign ministry he is being held captive by Hamas in Gaza.\n\nEitan Mor, 23, lives in Jerusalem, and was working as a security guard at the festival, the Times of Israel said. He reportedly texted his uncle after Hamas arrived and was last seen with a friend bringing others to safety.\n\nAlon Ohel, 22, a Serbian citizen, took refuge in a shelter after the festival came under attack, his family say. They have seen footage of him being dragged away after a grenade attack.\n\nAlmog Meir Jan, 21, tried to flee the festival. He and a friend made it to the friend's car but only managed to drive a short distance before being forced to stop. Almog's family say they have seen a hostage video in which he appears.\n\nInbar Heiman, a student aged 21, was seen by two young Israeli men being taken away from the festival on a motorcycle. Hamas have released a video in which she is seen very briefly.\n\nHersh Goldberg-Polin, 23, a dual US-Israeli citizen, was badly injured in the attack, his family told the BBC. Eyewitness accounts say he was seen being forced onto a white pick-up truck - the last-known signal from his phone came from just inside Gaza.\n\nSegev Kalfon, 26, was running away from the festival, across the highway, when he was captured by Hamas, according to the Hostages and Missing Families Forum.\n\nOrión Hernández Radoux, 30, from Mexico, attended the festival with his girlfriend, Shani Louk. He has not been seen since. The Sun newspaper says it has seen threatening messages written in Arabic sent from his phone. Shani, a tourist from Germany, was initially thought to be among those seized. But on 30 October, her mother Ricarda told German media that the family had been informed by Israeli military of her death following DNA identification.\n\nRomi Lesham Gonen, 23, was on the phone to her mother as she tried to escape from the Supernova festival. Merav Leshem Gonan has recounted a conversation in which her daughter begged for help after being shot. ABC News reports that Romi's phone is now in Gaza.\n\nBar Kuperstein, 21, last spoke to his family early on the morning of 7 October, as the attack unfolded. Later the same day, his family say they identified him in a video of Israeli prisoners, posted by Hamas. Since then, they say they have had no further information.\n\nEliya Cohen, 26, was hiding with his girlfriend Ziv from the attack, when Ziv felt him being pulled up and driven away by the gunmen, Eliya's mother has told the video initiative #BringThemHomeNow. The family then found a photo of Eliya in Gaza, the Times of Israel reported.\n\nAmit Buskila, 28, from Ashdod, was last heard of making a call to her uncle, Shimon, as Hamas overran the festival. Her family say they have now been told by the government that she is being held in Gaza.\n\nCarmel Gat, 39, is Jordan's sister-in-law, and also was seen by her father being taken by gunmen from Kibbutz Be'eri, Haaretz newspaper reported. She has not been heard from since.\n\nOhad Yahalomi, 49, was abducted from Nir Oz, along with his 12-year-old son, Eitan, who was released during the November ceasefire.\n\nDror Or, 48, was seen by a neighbour being dragged out of his home in Be'eri, according to their nephew Emmanuel Besorai, along with his son and daughter. On Saturday 25 November Dror's son Noam, 17, and daughter Alma, 13, were released from captivity. The body of Yonat, 50 - Dror's wife and the children's mother - was identified among the 120 people murdered at the kibbutz, Yonat's brother told the Guardian newspaper.\n\nTal Shoham, 38, was taken from Kibbutz Be'eri. His wife Adi, also 38, her mother Dr Shoshan Haran, 67, were released by Hamas on 25 November, along with the couple's children Nave, eight, and Yahel, three. Dr Haran's husband, Avshalom - an economist and dual German/Israeli citizen - was killed on 7 October.\n\nTamir Adar, 38, who defended Nir Oz as part of the kibbutz's emergency squad, was taken to Gaza, the Times of Israel reported.\n\nSagui Dekel-Chen, 35, an American-Israeli citizen, has been missing since Hamas's attack on Nir Oz, his father Jonathan told the BBC. He said his son was not found among the dead and the \"only reasonable explanation\" is that he was taken to Gaza.\n\nSagui Dekel-Chen's father has not heard from him since Hamas attacked the kibbutz where he lived\n\nThailand's ambassador to Israel says 26 of its citizens were taken hostage, 23 of whom have now been released.\n\nThose still being held are believed to include Watchara Sriuan, 32. His mother, Viewwaew, told the Thaiger news site that the family had been informed he was being held captive.\n\nKiattisak \"Top\" Patee and a Mr Pongtorn (no first name given) have also been named by the Thai foreign ministry as hostages.\n\nA number of other people thought to have been held hostage are now confirmed to have died, either during the 7 October attack or while in captivity.\n\nAs well as Ron Scherman and Nik Beizer, four bodies were identified this week. They were Tal Chaimi, an Israeli-Romanian citizen aged 41, and Joshua Mollel, a 19-year-old Tanzanian student. Also, 27-year-old Eden Zecharya, who was kidnapped from the Nova music festival, and 36-year-old Ziv Dado, who had already been declared dead by the Israeli military.\n\nOthers known to have died include Dror Kaplun, 68, Aviv Atzili, 49, Arye Zalmanovich, 85, Ronen Engel, 54, Maya Goren, 56, Guy Iluz, 26, Ofir Tzarfati, 27, Ofra Keider, 70, and Eliyahu Margalit, 75.\n\nThe bodies of 19-year-old soldier, Noa Marciano, and 65-year-old Yehudit Weiss were found by Israeli troops in buildings close to Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City.\n\nOn Saturday 9 December Kibbutz Bari announced that Sahar Baruch, 25, had been killed in Gaza.\n\nOther hostages whose death has been reported, but not confirmed include Shiri Bibas, 32, and her two young children, Ariel and Kfir.\n\nAre you personally affected by the issues raised in this story? If it is safe to do so, please get in touch by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "As Labour arrives in Liverpool for what could be its final conference before a general election, leader Sir Keir Starmer is grappling with how to convert a commanding poll lead into power.\n\n\"One of the most ambitious politicians I have ever met.\"\n\nThat was the verdict on Keir Starmer, before he had even been elected as an MP, by the veteran political journalist Michael Crick, quoted in a biography of the Labour leader by Lord Ashcroft.\n\nThe man who might be prime minister, who first arrived in the Commons in 2015 aged 52, is obsessed with winning.\n\nThose who know him well say he detests opposition.\n\n\"I want to get on with the real job of winning the next election. I don't find the self-promotion of this process a comfortable experience.\"\n\nThat's another quote - this time from Keir Starmer himself - in Lord Ashcroft's biography, Red Knight.\n\nIt's a remark the Labour leader gave to his local paper in London, the Hampstead and Highgate Express, again before he became an MP.\n\n\"He's forced himself to get good at politics,\" observes a friend.\n\nBut the big question this weekend is this: what would be good politics for Labour at their party conference, getting under way in Liverpool?\n\nA recent poll conducted by the communications company FGS Global suggested there was much more enthusiasm for getting rid of the Conservatives than there was for having Labour instead.\n\nThis implies there may be more uncertainty in the political landscape than some polls might suggest.\n\nThe Labour leadership know they still have work to do to answer the question \"if not them - the Conservatives - why us?\".\n\nNonetheless, the party arrives on Merseyside chipper: the scale of their victory in the Rutherglen and West Hamilton by election, just outside Glasgow, allows Labour folk to dream winning the next election really might be doable.\n\nA year ago, the Labour conference felt revelatory. The place swarmed with expectation and there weren't any punch ups in the corner.\n\nThere was a harmony about the place, which felt novel.\n\nBut people will expect a professional, potential government-in-waiting vibe over the next few days.\n\nThat won't be enough to generate buzz and attention. But how much buzz and attention do they need?\n\n\"Let's Get Britain's Future Back,\" is the slogan that will be bandied about. Expect doses of reassurance and hope.\n\nReassurance that they can trusted with the economy - with a commitment to prioritising economic growth running though lots of the big speeches.\n\nAnd hope they can make things better, with talk of housebuilding and cheaper, cleaner energy. But how much detail should they offer in terms of policy and ideas?\n\nThe general election must be held by January 2025. But the precise date will be chosen by Rishi Sunak. So how does Labour get its countdown right, to a date it doesn't know?\n\n\"If Labour are the smallest possible moving target, Labour wins,\" is one argument made to me.\n\nPerhaps, some think, they have too many policies.\n\nThe Australian Labor Party's own review of its general election loss in 2019, despite opinion poll leads, blamed having too many policies as a significant factor.\n\nIts then leader, Bill Shorten, had been dubbed by opponents \"The Bill Australia Cannot Afford\".\n\nA sense of vision is more important, for some.\n\n\"Vision is the road, policies are the street lights. At the moment there is plenty of light, but not enough road,\" I'm told.\n\nBut others, equally hopeful of a Labour victory, aren't so sure.\n\nAs one put it to me: \"It's only ever politicians who are told they have to have a vision. If someone came up to you in the street and said they had a vision, you'd be worried. Why do politicians need to do it?\"\n\n\"Keir's great skill is being iterative, putting down another building block,\" they add.\n\nThe suggestion being that rather than a single, big thing being unveiled in the next few days, the plan will be about building a set of ideas that add up to something.\n\nAnd how should Labour respond to the prime minister's policy blitz: ditching the northern stretch of the HS2 high speed rail line, banning smoking for the next generation, changing post-16 education in England?\n\nThere is fury at senior levels of the Labour Party at what one source described as Rishi Sunak \"salting the earth for a Labour government. They are getting spending in the future off the books so they can spend the money now.\"\n\nBut if Labour accepts, even reluctantly, what Mr Sunak is advocating - as they have over HS2 - doesn't it leave the party looking weak?\n\n\"If your opponent wants you to do something, don't do it,\" says a source, explaining their strategy.\n\n\"They want us to be outraged, so clear water between us is created and they can point at all our extra spending.\"\n\nPlus, they argue, reversing the cancellation of HS2 or some of the delayed green targets wouldn't be practical or promote stability.\n\nBut this does allow the Conservatives to portray Labour as callow, even empty.\n\nThe key, says one Labour grandee, is to ensure policy development is being turbo-charged in private.\n\nOne figure told me recently they felt underwhelmed by what the party currently has in its policy locker.\n\n\"The most intense period for me intellectually, in all my time in parliament, were the three years before 1997,\" a former minister says, describing the \"intensely granular detail\" that was gone into, to prepare themselves for government.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Keir Starmer says disaffected voters can now see how the Labour Party has changed\n\nThis figure suggests leaving announcements about these ideas until early next year, by which time the Conservatives may have run out of time to nick them and implement them before polling day.\n\nThey all need a ferocity and a hunger, not just a few close to the leader, says another figure, willing them on.\n\nDevelop policy. Announce policy. Don't announce policy yet. Ditch policy. Show vision. No, there's no need.\n\nThere are plenty of suggestions being made. All of which serves to prove an observation Keir Starmer has made publicly: as leader of the opposition, you're never short on advice.\n\nAnd so is assembling an electable opposition.", "Oil prices have jumped on concerns that the situation in Israel and Gaza could disrupt output from the Middle East.\n\nBrent crude, the international benchmark, climbed by $2.25 a barrel to $86.83, while US prices also rose.\n\nIsrael and Palestinian territories are not oil producers but the Middle Eastern region accounts for almost a third of global supply.\n\nHamas's assault on Israel was the biggest escalation between the two sides for decades.\n\nWestern nations condemned the attacks. A spokesperson for Hamas, the Palestinian militant group, told the BBC that the group had direct backing for the move from Iran - one of the world's largest oil producers.\n\nIran denied involvement in the assault at a UN Security Council meeting in New York on Sunday, Reuters reported. But Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has expressed support for the attack.\n\nOn Monday, Israel ordered US oil giant Chevron to pause production at the Tamar natural gas field off the country's northern coast, which is within range of rocket fire from the Gaza Strip.\n\nThe country's energy ministry, which has closed the field during previous periods of unrest, said there was enough fuel from other sources to meet Israel's energy needs.\n\nIsrael's largest offshore gas field, Leviathan, continues to operate as normal, Chevron said.\n\nEnergy analyst Saul Kavonic told the BBC that global oil prices have risen \"due to the prospect of a wider conflagration that could spread to nearby major oil-producing nations such as Iran and Saudi Arabia\".\n\nOn Monday morning, the price of West Texas Intermediate crude, the US benchmark, was up $2.50 a barrel at $85.30.\n\n\"If the conflict envelops Iran, which has been accused of supporting the Hamas attacks, up to 3% of global oil supply is at risk,\" Mr Kavonic added.\n\nCaroline Bain, chief commodities economist at Capital Economics, told the BBC's Today programme that Iran had been increasing oil production over the course of this year despite US sanctions.\n\n\"The US seems to have turned a blind eye to a steady increase in Iranian production, that... is going to be more difficult for the US to ignore going forward from here,\" she said.\n\nOverall, Ms Bain said Capital Economics expected demand for oil to exceed supply in the final three months of the year and \"that should support higher prices\".\n\nMr Kavonic said that about a fifth of global supply would be \"held hostage\" if passage through the Strait of Hormuz, a vital oil trading route is disrupted.\n\nThe Strait of Hormuz is crucial for the main oil exporters in the Gulf region, whose economies are built around oil and gas production.\n\nUncertainty over how events could develop in the coming days may also drive investments into US Treasury bonds and the dollar, which investors traditionally buy at times of crisis, said James Cheo from HSBC bank.\n\nOn Monday, Israel's central bank said it would sell up to $30bn of foreign currency in a bid to calm markets and support the country's own currency, the shekel, which has fallen sharply.\n\n\"At this stage, there is a bit of nervousness. [Investors] want to see a little more clarity, particularly on economic data and on developments associated with geopolitical uncertainty,\" added Mr Cheo.\n\nFollowing Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, oil prices soared, hitting more than $120 a barrel in June last year.\n\nThey fell back to a little above $70 a barrel in May this year, but have steadily risen since then as producers have tried to restrict output to support the market.\n\nSaudi Arabia, a major oil producer, said it would make cuts of a million barrels per day in July.\n\nOther members of Opec+, a group of oil-producing countries, also agreed to continued cuts in production in an attempt to shore up flagging prices.\n\nOpec+ accounts for around 40% of the world's crude oil and its decisions can have a major impact on oil prices.", "A Strictly Come Dancing judge has applauded Amy Dowden for not wearing a wig in her first appearance on the show since starting cancer treatment.\n\nThe 33-year-old from Caerphilly said she was doing really well with chemotherapy.\n\nShirley Ballas said the professional dancer showed courage by appearing with a shaved head.\n\n\"She's just an amazing young lady,\" she said.\n\n\"I applaud her for not wearing a wig because she wanted to shine light on cancer [for] young people.\n\n\"It took courage because she did have her wig there.\"\n\nDowden underwent a mastectomy after discovering she had stage three breast cancer in April and has since been speaking her experience of cancer on social media.\n\nShe revealed to presenter Claudia Winkleman on this week's programme she is more than half way through her chemotherapy treatment.\n\nThe dancer from Caerphilly underwent a mastectomy after discovering a lump back in April\n\nBallas, a Strictly head judge who has worked with Dowden since she was a juvenile dancer, said she had written letters to the star.\n\n\"I write about all my daft day to make her laugh when she's going through her treatments and just trying to lift her spirits a little bit,\" she said.\n\n\"She knows my mum, she knows my son very well and she knows my family. So, I can write her all personal things and she can have a giggle.\"\n\n\"She wants to give strength to others and I've never met a woman like that in my life. She's amazing.\"\n\nShirley Ballas and Joshua Keefe at opening night of the Strictly Come Dancing Arena Tour in 2020", "Chris Martin is named in court documents alongside his bandmates Jonny Buckland and Will Champion\n\nColdplay and their former manager have filed competing claims in London's High Court, with each party seeking millions of pounds from the other.\n\nDave Holmes, who worked with the band from 2005 to 2022, sued them in August for £10 million in unpaid commission.\n\nIn a counter-claim, the group rejected his claim and said Holmes had allowed tour costs to spiral out of control, and demanded £14 million in damages.\n\nThe case could come to court if the parties do not settle.\n\nHolmes' original court case claimed that Coldplay owed him commission for two as-yet-unreleased albums.\n\nAccording to his lawyers, the band were paid an advance of £35 million for their 10th album and £30 million for their 11th and 12th albums.\n\nHolmes maintains that he helped to organise recording sessions, clear samples and liaised with producer Max Martin before the band decided not to renew his contract last year.\n\nHe is asking the High Court to declare that a contract covering the tenth and eleventh albums is valid, and to order payment.\n\nFor the band's previous two albums, Everyday Life (2019) and Music of the Spheres (2021), he says he was paid between 8% and 13% commission.\n\nWhen the case was filed, a representative for Coldplay said the claims would be \"vigorously disputed\" and, in a counter-claim filed on Friday, the band fired back.\n\nIn court papers seen by The Times, Coldplay alleged that Holmes had obtained loans totalling $30 million (£24.6 million) from concert promoters Live Nation, who have worked with Coldplay for years.\n\n\"To the best of [our] knowledge... Mr Holmes used monies obtained by the loan agreements to fund a property development venture in or around Vancouver, Canada,\" the band alleged in the papers, arguing that he had used his position as their manager as leverage.\n\nThey added that the debt could have affected Holmes' ability to negotiate favourable terms for the band's ongoing Music of The Spheres tour.\n\nThe court documents further allege that Holmes failed \"adequately to supervise and control the tour budget\", with expensive equipment ordered or bought that was not fit for purpose.\n\nThis included a $9.7 million (£8 million) video screen that was so big it could not be brought on tour, and was only used for 10 performances in Buenos Aires.\n\nSixteen bespoke stage pylons were also ordered at a cost of €10.6 million (£9 million) before it transpired they were unusable, the court documents allege.\n\n\"Had Mr Holmes exercised reasonable care and skill in the performance of his obligations\", the counter-claim continues, the band would not have incurred costs of at least £17.5 million.\n\nAsked about the counter-claim this weekend, a spokesperson for Holmes told The Times: \"Coldplay know they are in trouble with their defence.\n\n\"Accusing Dave Holmes of non-existent ethical lapses and other made-up misconduct will not deflect from the real issue at hand - Coldplay had a contract with Dave, they are refusing to honour it and they need to pay Dave what they owe him\".\n\nThe former manager will now respond to the counter-claim as the case continues.", "The US says nine of the country's citizens have been killed\n\nA number of those killed during the assault by the Palestinian militant group Hamas on Israel are from overseas. Here's what we know about the victims so far:\n\nNine US citizens were killed, a spokesperson for the country's National Security Council has said.\n\n\"We extend our deepest condolences to the victims and to the families of all those affected, and wish those injured a speedy recovery,\" they said.\n\n\"We continue to monitor the situation closely and remain in touch with our Israeli partners, particularly the local authorities.\"\n\nThe identities of those killed have not yet been confirmed, while a number are also known to be missing.\n\nAmong them is Hersh Golberg-Polin, an American-Israeli dual citizen who has not been heard from since Saturday morning.\n\nAccording to the Jerusalem Post, he moved from California to Israel with his family at the age of seven and had finished his mandatory service in the army this April.\n\nSpeaking to CBS, Israel's ambassador to the United States, Michael Herzog, said he understood Americans were among the hostages taken, although there is not a clear number for how many.\n\nGlobal Affairs Canada, an agency of the Canadian government, has said it is aware of reports of one Canadian having been killed and two others missing.\n\nBen Mizrachi, from British Columbia, is among them, CTV News reported.\n\nMr Mizrachi graduated from Vancouver's King David High School five years ago and had been attending an event in southern Israel, the school said.\n\nThe agency said there are 1,419 registered Canadians in Israel, and 492 in the Palestinian territories of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip - but noted this registration was voluntary and likely an incomplete number of its citizens.\n\nPrime Minister Justin Trudeau has spoken to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to express his \"deep condolences\".\n\nCanada has encouraged its citizens to register with Global Affairs Canada and has an emergency contact number available.\n\nAn official has told the BBC that more than 10 British citizens are feared dead or missing.\n\nNathanel Young was a former pupil at JFS, a Jewish school in London\n\nNathanel Young, a British man serving in Israeli military, has been confirmed as having been killed. Two other British citizens - Jake Marlowe and Dan Darlington - are confirmed missing.\n\nMr Marlowe was providing security at the music festival in the south of the country. He has been reported missing.\n\nBernard Cowan, from Glasgow, has also been identified by family members on social media as having been killed in the attack.\n\nHe grew up in the Glasgow area, and settled in Israel where he lived with his wife and three children.\n\nBernard Cowan was among more than 10 British citizens caught up in the attack\n\nThe north London school attended by Mr Young, who was 20, is \"devastated\" by his death, its headteacher has said.\n\nHe went to the same school - North London's JFS Jewish School - as 26-year-old Mr Marlowe.\n\nPrime Minister Rishi Sunak said he had assured his Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu of the UK's \"steadfast support as Israel defends itself\".\n\nA French woman and another French citizen were killed in the Hamas attacks, according to the French foreign ministry, and another 14 are missing.\n\nAn MP representing French nationals overseas, Meyer Habib, has said that one of the hostages taken by Hamas is thought to be a 26-year-old man from Bordeaux who was at the Supernova festival in southern Israel.\n\nHe said the man's father had told him his son Avidan was being held hostage by Hamas.\n\nThailand said 20 of its citizens had been killed, according to the latest available figures. Some 14 Thai nationals had been taken hostage, the foreign ministry said.\n\nThailand's first repatriation flight will bring back 15 workers and is set to arrive in Bangkok on Thursday.\n\nThere are some 30,000 Thais in Israel working in agriculture, many near the Gaza border. The foreign ministry says 3,226 want to be repatriated from Israel.\n\nNepal said 10 of its citizens had been killed.\n\nThe country confirmed on Sunday that they were students who had gone to Israel to work and acquire skills in an agricultural firm.\n\nAn additional 265 Nepali students are also working on various farms, with another 4,500 Nepalis working as caregivers.\n\nTwo Filipinos were killed on Saturday when Hamas gunmen launched their attack on Israel, the Philippines government said.\n\nThey were identified as a 33-year-old woman and a 42-year-old man killed during an assault on a kibbutz not far from the border with the Gaza Strip.\n\nThree Filipinos remain missing, while 26 were rescued by Israeli security forces, officials said. About 30,000 Filipinos live in Israel, while about 150 are in Gaza, the Philippine Star reported.\n\nGerman-Israeli woman Shani Louk is believed to have been taken from the Supernova festival, and it is not clear if she is alive.\n\n\"My daughter, Shani Nicole Luke, a German citizen, was kidnapped along with a group of tourists,\" said her mother Ricarda Louk, in a video following the incident.\n\nShani Louk - pictured here in Mexico - was attending a festival in Israel when she went missing\n\nGermany's Foreign Ministry also said it had to assume that Germans were among those kidnapped by Hamas, and that it believed those people were also Israeli citizens.\n\nAustria's foreign ministry says three Austrian Israelis who were in southern Israel may have been taken hostage by Hamas but the situation is still unclear and there is no confirmation.\n\nAn Italian couple who were living on Kibbutz Be'eri are among the missing in southern Israel, Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani has said.\n\nThe husband and wife, who are dual citizens, have not answered their family's phone calls, he told Italian TV. \"We hope to find them but at the moment we have no more news. They have probably been taken hostage,\" he said.\n\nThe country's Prime Minister, Hun Manet, has confirmed one student has been killed.\n\nA Beijing-born Chinese Israeli woman called Noa Argamani is among those taken from the Supernova festival, according to the Israeli Embassy in China.\n\nThe embassy has published a video of what it claims to be the abduction.\n\nThree people are missing and one injured.\n\nThe country's foreign ministry said on Sunday that three dual Brazilian-Israeli nationals were missing after attending the music festival and a fourth was being treated in hospital.\n\nThe country's government said two of its nationals are missing, without giving further details. There are reports in its national media that a couple has been killed.\n\nForeign Minister Alicia Barcena wrote on social media that two Mexicans have been taken hostage, but did not give further details.\n\nRTÉ, the country's national broadcaster, reports that she was last seen at the music festival. Taoiseach Leo Varadkar said the Irish Embassy in the country was dealing with it.\n\nThere is an Irish emergency response team and citizens are encouraged to contact the embassy in Tel Aviv.\n\nTanzania's embassy in Israel is trying to trace two Tanzanian students who were on a business studies internship.\n\nAmbassador Alex Kallua said his mission had been been in contact with approximately 350 Tanzanians around the country, most of them students.", "Greta Gerwig, the director of smash hit movie Barbie, has described the film's success as \"so moving\".\n\nThe blockbuster follows the famous doll and her companion Ken travelling from Barbieland into the real world.\n\nGerwig, speaking at the London Film Festival, added that seeing the movie being enjoyed by so many had been \"the most thrilling thing\".\n\nThe film has taken $1.44bn (£1.2bn) at the box office, making her the most successful solo female director ever.\n\nThe director was in conversation at the festival with Peep Show co-creator and Succession writer Jesse Armstrong.\n\nSpeaking about the months she spent working on Barbie, she told him: \"The process of making it was such joy. It was the most joyful set I've ever been on.\n\n\"I thought, if I can make a movie that's half, or [a] quarter as fun to watch as it was to make, I think maybe we've got a shot.\"\n\nGreta Gerwig on stage at the London Film Festival\n\nThe film was shot in the UK at Leavesden Studios in Hertfordshire.\n\nIt was released in July, and Gerwig went into cinemas to see the reaction and ensure audiences had the best viewing - and listening - experience, she revealed.\n\n\"On the opening weekend I was in New York City. And I went around some different theatres and sort of stood in the back. And then also turned up the volume if I felt it was playing at maybe not the perfect level,\" she said. \"It was the most thrilling thing.\"\n\nShe told film fans at the London festival that she'd grown up loving watching films in movie theatres.\n\n\"And I think that part of me always wanted to recreate that feeling from childhood of meeting in a dark room with a bunch of people. So it was so moving to me that that was the thing that people experienced.\"\n\nGerwig on set with Ryan Gosling and Margot Robbie\n\nShe also thanked the BBC for allowing her to use a short extract from its 1995 TV adaptation of Pride & Prejudice in her film.\n\n\"I was very honoured they said yes to that,\" she said. \"That was a big deal. They don't always say yes. Thank you to Jennifer Ehle and Colin Firth, that was very lovely.\"\n\nAnd although she was careful not to name it, Gerwig also spoke briefly about her next, eagerly awaited project, and the challenges it's presenting.\n\n\"I'm working on something right now, I'm in the writing process,\" she told the audience. \"And it's hard. And I'm having nightmares. I'm having recurring nightmares.\"", "\"My grandmother was taken without her glasses, she was barefoot,\" 25-year-old Anat Moshe Shoshani tells me over the phone.\n\nShe sounds distressed as she recounts how her friend alerted her to the existence of a video on social media, showing her 72-year-old grandmother, Adina Moshe, sandwiched on a motorcycle between two Hamas gunmen in Gaza.\n\nOn 7 October, Shoshani's grandfather, David, was killed by Hamas gunmen in Kibbutz Nir Oz, about two miles from the Gaza border. The couple had been hiding in the shelter at their home, the house later set on fire by Hamas.\n\nShe learnt of her grandmother’s fate from social media.\n\n\"We are very worried,\" she tells me.\n\n\"We don't know if she can survive these kind of conditions. I can't understand what they are planning to do with the elderly and the children they kidnapped.\"\n\n\"We can't sleep, we can't eat.\"\n\nShe tells me that her grandmother takes medicine every day and had heart surgery three months ago.\n\n\"Every day becomes longer when she’s not here. She watched the terrorist murder her husband. She is very upset.\n\n\"We want her back as soon as possible.\"", "Omid Djalili was due to appear at the Festival Drayton Centre on Thursday evening\n\nComic Omid Djalili has pulled out of a performance, with the venue citing \"personal threats due to the situation in Israel\".\n\nThe comedian was due to appear on Thursday at the Festival Drayton Centre, in Market Drayton, Shropshire.\n\nThe centre said it was reaching out to ticket holders and would issue refunds next week.\n\nMr Djalili's representatives have yet to respond to a BBC request for more information.\n\nThe comedian, who was born in London to Iranian parents, has appeared in films including Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again and Bond movie The World Is Not Enough as well as the BBC TV series His Dark Materials.\n\nHe was due to appear in the Omid Djalili and Friends show in Market Drayton, before touring Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland next week.\n\nWest Mercia Police said it had not received any reports of concerns surrounding the performance in Shropshire.\n\nThe Palestinian militant group Hamas launched an attack on Israel on 7 October which was followed by retaliatory air strikes on Gaza.\n\nThe attack by Hamas, which is proscribed as a terrorist group by countries including the UK and the US, saw 1,400 people killed and more than 200 taken hostage after gunmen infiltrated southern Israeli communities under the cover of heavy rocket fire.\n\nFollow BBC West Midlands on Facebook, X and Instagram. Send your story ideas to: newsonline.westmidlands@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nPeople in parts of Scotland have been urged to avoid travel and stay at home, with Storm Babet expected to bring severe flooding and disruption.\n\nThe Met Office has issued a rare red weather warning for \"exceptional\" rainfall in Aberdeenshire and Angus, stating there is a risk to life.\n\nAnd amber and yellow warnings for wind and rain cover other parts of the UK.\n\nThe storm is currently hitting Ireland, with the army deployed to a town where more than 100 properties were flooded.\n\nSouthern parts of the UK have also been affected as the weather front sweeps north and east.\n\nThe Met Office weather warning runs from 18:00 on Thursday until noon on Friday, with between 10-15cm (4-6in) of rain expected to fall quite widely within the warning period and some locations likely to see between 20-25cm (8-10in).\n\nThe red warning states there is \"danger to life from fast flowing or deep floodwater\" in Aberdeenshire and Angus, with extensive flooding and road closures also expected, as well as warning of wind gusts in excess of 70mph (113km/h) affecting coastal areas.\n\nIt also warned of collapsed or damaged buildings and power cuts, and said some areas could be cut off for days.\n\nAngus Council confirmed that schools in the region will close at lunchtime on Thursday and remain closed on Friday.\n\nFloodwater in Midleton, County Cork, where more than 100 properties were flooded as Storm Babet hit Ireland.\n\nSepa warned that Storm Babet was forecast to bring \"unprecedented\" levels of rain to the north east of Scotland, with flooding that would cause \"significant disruption\".\n\nAmber warnings remain in place across other parts of north east Scotland and the Highlands on Thursday and Friday, with yellow warnings covering much of the country until Saturday.\n\nMany of the affected areas across Scotland are still saturated by heavy rain that caused flooding earlier this month. The deluge was said to have been the worst since the 1890s.\n\nSome property owners in Aberfoyle were taking precautions ahead of Storm Babet's arrival\n\nThe Scottish government's Resilience Room met on Wednesday evening, with representatives from Transport Scotland and the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (Sepa) attending.\n\nAfterwards Deputy First Minister Shona Robison said: \"Red warnings are rarely issued by the Met Office and this reflects how serious the impacts will be from the exceptional weather we can expect - particularly in the north east of Scotland in the next two days.\n\n\"The strong message is that if you are in the parts of Angus and South Aberdeenshire affected - please stay at home and do not travel.\"\n\nScotRail has already cancelled services on several routes in Scotland on Thursday and Friday.\n\nThey are Perth-Aberdeen via Dundee, Perth-Aviemore (Highland main line), Perth-Dunblane, Aberdeen-Elgin (Aberdeen-Inverness line), Tain-Wick/Thurso (Far North line), and Fife Circle services.\n\nThe cancellations will also affect services between Glasgow Queen Street and Aberdeen and Inverness, and between Edinburgh Waverley and Aberdeen and Inverness.\n\nThose living in areas not under a red warning have been urged to check rail timetables before they travel.\n\nLarge areas of Scotland are still saturated after being hit by torrential rain earlier this month\n\nMeanwhile, Police Scotland has urged people to avoid any form of travel during the period of the red weather warning. Driving conditions are expected to be extremely dangerous with disruption and significant delays.\n\nStorm Babet, a complex area of low pressure which developed to the west of the Iberian Peninsula, was named by the Met Office on Monday morning.\n\nIt is the second named storm of the 2023/24 season, which started in early September, with the naming convention aimed at making it easier for people to engage with weather forecasts.\n\nThe Met Office said the last red warning issued in the UK was for extreme heat in July of last year.\n\nThe last UK red warning for rain was in February 2020 in South Wales for Storm Dennis, while the last in Scotland was in December 2015 for Storm Desmond.\n\nRed is the most severe of the Met Office's three coloured weather warnings.\n\nIt means that dangerous weather is expected and, if you have not already done so, you should take action now to keep yourself and others safe from the impact of the severe weather.\n\nIt is very likely that there will be a risk to life, with substantial disruption to travel, energy supplies and possibly widespread damage to property and infrastructure.\n\nYou should avoid travelling, where possible, and follow the advice of the emergency services and local authorities.\n\nYou can read more about the weather warning system here\n\nRain warnings for every county in the Republic of Ireland were in place overnight, having come into effect at various stages on Tuesday.\n\nAberdeenshire Council is urging residents to take advantage of sandbags to help protect properties. The local authority held a resilience meeting on Wednesday.\n\nPerth and Kinross Council said it would close all of its floodgates on Wednesday, with the exception of those at the Queen's Bridge.\n\nThe authority confirmed these will be installed on Thursday morning and the bridge will be closed to vehicles and pedestrians.\n\nIt will remain closed until the storm has passed, but council workers will be present at the gates to assist any businesses to pass through the gates when it is safe.\n\nThe authority was previously criticised over its delay in closing the North Inch floodgates during heavy rain and rising water levels earlier this month, which led to properties and businesses being flooded as a result.\n\nThe RNLI warned the strong winds that have been forecast along with heavy rain are likely to cause dangerous conditions for those visiting the coast around the UK and Ireland.\n\nRNLI water safety partner Sam Hughes said: \"The RNLI advises staying a safe distance away from the water and cliff edges as the conditions could knock you off your feet or wash you into the sea. It is not worth risking your life.\"\n\nHow have you been affected by Storm Babet? If it is safe to do so, share your experiences, pictures and videos by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "Fertility treatment \"add-ons\" offered to patients in the UK do not always improve their chances of having a baby, according to a new ratings system from the fertility regulator.\n\nIt follows concerns clinics are offering unproven treatments costing hundreds or thousands of pounds.\n\nClinics must give clear information on costs and success rates, experts say.\n\nSupport groups hope the ratings will improve the stressful process of buying private fertility treatment.\n\nAdd-ons are optional, non-essential treatments that may be offered in addition to proven fertility treatments, such as IVF (in-vitro fertilisation), in private clinics.\n\nSupport group Fertility Network UK welcomed the new HFEA ratings system, which uses five colours - ranging from green to red - to indicate the amount of evidence an add-on is effective at improving the chances of having a baby.\n\nNone of those listed on the regulator's website had been rated green, Fertility Network UK pointed out, encouraging patients to look at all the information provided before making decisions.\n\n\"For defined patient groups, there are particular treatment add-ons that may be potentially beneficial - but we know that for the vast majority of patients, more rounds of proven treatment could be more effective,\" Prof Tim Child, who chairs the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) Scientific and Clinical Advances Advisory Committee, said.\n\n\"These emotionally and financially difficult decisions often centre on whether to try expensive fertility treatment add-ons and are typically made when patients are at their most vulnerable - desperate to try anything if there is a chance it may help them become parents,\" head of policy at Fertility Network UK Dr Catherine Hill said.\n\nThe HFEA said patients should not be left in the dark - and add-ons with no strong evidence of safety or effectiveness should be offered only as part of research.\n\n\"Clinics must give patients a clear idea of what any treatment add-on will involve, how likely it is to increase their chance of a successful pregnancy and how much it will cost, and link to the HFEA ratings system,\" chief executive Peter Thompson said.\n\nSign up for our morning newsletter and get BBC News in your inbox.", "Charles Minto (right) established a centre to improve opportunities and tackle discrimination\n\nA boxing champion from Nigeria who became a black rights pioneer has been honoured with a plaque.\n\nCharles Minto, who lived in North Shields from the 1920s, fought for the rights and welfare of hundreds of black people who settled in the town.\n\nHe was commended by Prime Minister Harold Macmillan as a \"pioneer and leading spirit\".\n\nA display about him is being held at North Shields Customer First Centre for Black History Month.\n\nThe plaque was put in place as part of the borough's celebrations of Black History Month\n\nDavid Young of North Shields Heritology Project said Mr Minto's story was one of \"determination and resolve\".\n\nHe said the boxer was instrumental in fighting to provide accommodation, community events, job opportunities and employment rights for more than 500 people, including about 300 children, of Caribbean and West African descent who were living in North Shields.\n\nIn 1939, Mr Minto pushed the government to support a new hostel for 300 West Indian and African sailors who were stranded in North Shields by the outbreak of war.\n\nThe estate agents' office on Northumberland Place was formerly Colonial House\n\nThe blue plaque in honour of Mr Minto has been placed on an estate agents' office in Northumberland Place, the building having formerly been Colonial House - the hostel and community centre he founded.\n\nIt was opened in 1942 by then-future Prime Minister Harold Macmillan, who said: \"We will intend this movement to be a lasting one and that it will spread.\n\n\"You are the pioneers, we recognise it, believe in it and will give all possible assistance, I particularly thank Mr Minto who is the leading spirit.\"\n\nIn 1949 Mr Minto was awarded an an MBE in the New Year's Honours list.\n\nMr Young said after the war Mr Minto continued to confront employment discrimination.\n\n\"He also organised fundraising and many social events, actively encouraging black children to bring along white friends to these, to draw the two communities closer together,\" Mr Young said.\n\nElected Mayor of North Tyneside Dame Norma Redfearn said it was a \"privilege to remember such an important figure in the history of North Tyneside in the 20th Century\".\n\nThe plaque in Northumberland Place marks Charles Minto's contribution to the community\n\nFollow BBC North East & Cumbria on Facebook, X (formerly Twitter), and Instagram. Send your story ideas to northeastandcumbria@bbc.co.uk.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Infrared footage has been released showing the moment officers detained suspects linked to a huge animal smuggling ring.\n\nIt was part an operation that saw more than 400 animals, mainly cats and dogs, seized from a trafficking network in Spain in September.\n\nPet shops, veterinary centres and homes were raided and 13 people were arrested on charges including animal abuse, fraud and money laundering.\n\nThe gang is suspected of illegally importing animals into Spain from eastern Europe via Andorra, before selling them on to make a profit.", "Canadian officials said India's threat to remove immunity for Canadian diplomats is in violation of international law\n\nForty-one Canadian diplomats have recently left India amid a rift over the murder of a Sikh separatist leader on Canadian soil.\n\nIndia asked Canada two weeks ago to withdraw dozens of its diplomatic staff and threatened to remove their immunity if they remained.\n\nRelations have been tense after Canada accused India of being behind the 18 June killing of Hardeep Singh Nijjar.\n\nIndia has denied the allegations, calling them \"absurd\".\n\nOn Thursday, Canada's foreign minister, Melanie Joly, confirmed that many Canadian diplomats and their dependents in India have now left the country.\n\nShe said India had said that immunity for \"all but 21 diplomats\" will be \"unilaterally removed\" by 20 October.\n\nIndia's Ministry of External Affairs said it rejected suggestions that this was a violation of international norms.\n\n\"The state of our bilateral relations, the much higher number of Canadian diplomats in India, and their continued interference in our internal affairs warrant a parity in mutual diplomatic presence in New Delhi and Ottawa,\" it said.\n\nMs Joly said that the remaining 21 diplomats are still in India, but the withdrawal means Canada will have to limit its services in the country due to a shortage of staff.\n\nSpecifically, the move will put a pause on in-person operations in Bangalore, Mumbai, and Chandigarh, Ms Joly said. Officials said there is no timeline on when those services will resume.\n\nServices will still be available out of the High Commission of Canada in Delhi, and applications centres - which are third-party run - will also remain open, officials said.\n\nHowever, the reduction of staff is anticipated to significantly slow down processing times for immigration applications, at least in the short term, said Canadian immigration minister Marc Miller.\n\nIt will be primarily Indian citizens who will be affected, officials said, including international students looking to study in Canada.\n\nIndian nationals made up the largest percentage of applicants for temporary and permanent residency in Canada in 2022.\n\nIndia says Canada had many more diplomats in Delhi than India has in Ottawa, and has demanded parity ever since the row between the two countries erupted.\n\nBut the Global Affairs website which lists the Indian diplomats in Ottawa suggests they had about the same number.\n\nIndia saying it would remove diplomatic immunity for Canadian envoys is a \"violation of international law\", Ms Joly said during a news conference in Ottawa.\n\nShe added that Canada will not reciprocate.\n\n\"If we allow the norm of diplomatic immunity to be broken, no diplomats anywhere on the planet would be safe,\" Ms Joly said.\n\nOfficials said they still welcome Indian nationals who want to visit or move to Canada.\n\nMr Trudeau (left) and Mr Modi had a tense meeting in Delhi recently\n\nCanada-India relations have deteriorated to a historic low after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said in September there was \"credible allegations\" of a potential link between India and Nijjar's murder.\n\nMr Trudeau said this was based on Canadian intelligence, which suggested that \"agents of the government of India\" were behind the killing. This, Canada has said, is a violation of its sovereignty.\n\nNijjar was shot and killed by two masked gunmen outside the Sikh temple he led in Surrey, British Columbia. Canadian police called it a \"targeted attack\", and an investigation into the murder is ongoing.\n\nHe was an outspoken advocate for the creation of a separate state of Sikhs in India called Khalistan - a movement staunchly opposed by India - and India had designated him as a terrorist in 2020.\n\nDespite the public accusation, Mr Trudeau has repeatedly said that Canada is not looking to escalate the rift with India.\n\nHe has called on Indian officials to cooperate with the investigation into Nijjar's death.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Stephen Flynn asks Rishi Sunak to condemn the \"collective punishment of the Palestinian people\".\n\nPrime Minister Rishi Sunak is being urged to call for a ceasefire to protect civilians in Israel and Gaza.\n\nMore than 40 MPs have backed the calls to prevent further loss of life and allow access to medicines, food, fuel and water to Gaza.\n\nDuring PMQs, SNP Westminster leader Stephen Flynn asked Mr Sunak if he would join calls for an immediate ceasefire.\n\nIn response, the prime minister said Israel had \"a right to defend itself\".\n\n\"We believe that Israel does have a right to defend itself, to protect its people, and to act against terrorism and ensure that the awful attack that we've seen from Hamas cannot happen again,\" he told MPs.\n\n\"Unlike Hamas, the Israelis, including the president, have made it clear that their armed forces will operate in accordance with international law.\n\n\"And we will continue to urge the Israelis to take every precaution to avoid harming civilians.\"\n\nLater, the PM's official spokesman said Mr Sunak does not think it is the right time for a ceasefire, as Israel is working to \"recover hostages who have been seized by a terrorist organisation\".\n\nSpeaking in the Commons, Foreign Secretary James Cleverly said \"all reasonable people\" wanted the situation to be resolved quickly but that Israel was \"forced to engage [in the conflict] because of the mass murder in their country\".\n\nHe added: \"Calls for ceasefires are all well and good but I have seen nothing which leads me to believe Hamas would respect calls for a ceasefire.\"\n\nLabour leader Sir Keir Starmer said MPs must \"strive to speak with one voice in condemnation of terror, in support of Israel's right to self-defence\", as well as backing humanitarian access to those suffering in Gaza and the upholding of international law.\n\nHe added that medicines, food, fuel and water must be allowed into Gaza immediately.\n\nAsked if Sir Keir supported calls for a ceasefire, a spokesman for the Labour leader said: \"We have repeatedly said that Israel has the right to defend itself and has the right to act to retrieve hostages.\"\n\nLabour MP Richard Burgon has laid a parliamentary motion calling for an immediate ceasefire, the release of Israeli hostages, and \"unfettered access\" to humanitarian aid for civilians.\n\nThe motion is supported by more than 25 Labour MPs, former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, who now sits as an independent, as well as MPs from other parties including the Conservatives, the Scottish National Party and Plaid Cymru.\n\nAid agencies and United Nations general secretary Antonio Guterres have also called for a ceasefire in the region and for emergency supplies to be allowed into Gaza.\n\nMr Sunak said it was right to support the Palestinian people \"because they are victims of Hamas too\".\n\nThe PM highlighted an extra £10m of UK humanitarian aid which has been announced, and said he had also raised humanitarian access in \"all of my conversations, as a priority, with every leader in the region\".\n\nBritish officials are working to secure the opening of the Rafah crossing to allow UK citizens to flee to Egypt and for humanitarian aid to get into Gaza.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nIt comes after an explosion at a hospital in Gaza City on Tuesday, which killed nearly 500 people, according to Palestinian health officials.\n\nHamas said the blast was caused by an Israeli air strike but the Israeli military say it was the result of a failed rocket launch by Palestinian Islamic Jihad - an accusation the militant group rejected.\n\nMr Sunak said British intelligence services had been working rapidly to independently establish who was behind the blast.\n\nHe urged MPs not to \"rush to judgment before we have all the facts on this awful situation\".\n\nIsraeli warplanes and artillery have been bombarding Gaza in response to an unprecedented attack on Israel on 7 October by the main Palestinian militant group, Hamas, which killed 1,300 people.\n\nMore than 3,000 people have been reported killed by strikes on Gaza.\n\nSince Hamas's deadly attacks, Israel has blocked fuel, water, food and medical supplies from entering the territory and is demanding the release of scores of hostages taken into Gaza by the militants.\n\nMr Sunak said the UK was working \"round the clock\" to free hostages taken by Hamas.\n\nAt least seven British nationals have been confirmed dead following the attack on Israel.\n\nDowning Street said nine more UK nationals remained missing.", "Last updated on .From the section Football\n\nStar-studded France roared back from a goal down to inflict a heavy friendly defeat on much-changed Scotland.\n\nBuoyed by Euro 2024 qualification two days earlier, the makeshift visitors stunned the World Cup runners-up early on in Lille when Eduardo Camavinga's inexplicable passback allowed Billy Gilmour to smash in his first goal in senior football.\n\nBut that moment served as a wake-up call for the French, who levelled just five minutes later when Benjamin Pavard glanced a header in at the far post from an Antoine Griezmann corner.\n\nThe Inter Milan defender nodded in a second soon after, this time benefiting from Kylian Mbappe's devastating burst of pace past Jack Hendry before the Paris St-Germain superstar dinked the ball to Pavard.\n\nMbappe would add a third before the break, his 43rd France goal in 73 caps, smashing a penalty beyond debutant goalkeeper Liam Kelly after a video assistant referee review judged Liam Cooper to have pulled Olivier Giroud to the deck.\n\nAnd Kingsley Coman completed the scoring after the interval, thundering in a half-volley on the rebound past Zander Clark - also handed his first cap in the second half - after Griezmann's initial close-range finish came back off the bar.\n\nGiven the extent of Sunday's celebrations, the Scots would be forgiven for showing up bleary-eyed just 48 hours later in Lille, but a side featuring eight changes held their own for periods despite the scoreline.\n\nSpells of chasing the ball were often followed with spells of measured possession, especially in the early stages when Gilmour crashed in and also late on when Jacob Brown and Stuart Armstrong came off the bench to force France keeper Mike Maignan into action.\n\nFormer Scotland striker Steven Thompson's instant reaction of \"ha-ha\" on punditry duty reflected the nation's disbelief at Gilmour's opener, but Steve Clarke's side were soon brought crashing back to earth when Pavard's quickfire double was followed by Mbappe's penalty.\n\nHad Ousmane Dembele converted from close range, or Pavard met a ball at the back post to complete an incredible first-half hat-trick, Scotland might have been in for a tougher lesson.\n\nBut the French eventually added deserved gloss their victory with substitute Coman's thumping finish.\n\nGiven the opposition they were facing, and the changes to the team, it is difficult to be too critical of a Scotland side who have revitalised a nation with a sensational Euro 2024 qualifying campaign.\n\nBut the question now is: What's next for this team? Friendlies against England and France, either side of last week's qualifier against Spain, were set up to test Clarke's side against the best.\n\nThe result has been three straight defeats - Scotland's worst run since the early days of Clarke in 2019 - but the losses should come as no great shock.\n\nGiven the calibre of opposition Clarke's men will need to get the better of if they are to make a mark in Germany next summer, these experiences should only benefit this team.\n\nScotland return to action next month as they conclude their Euro 2024 qualifying campaign with the hope of topping their group.\n\nFirst up is a trip to Georgia on 16 November before Norway travel to Glasgow three days later.\n• None Offside, France. Youssouf Fofana tries a through ball, but Marcus Thuram is caught offside.\n• None Attempt saved. Youssouf Fofana (France) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner.\n• None Attempt saved. Jacob Brown (Scotland) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Greg Taylor with a cross.\n• None Attempt saved. Stuart Armstrong (Scotland) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Ryan Christie with a cross.\n• None Greg Taylor (Scotland) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul. Navigate to the next page Navigate to the last page\n• None Corinne Bailey Rae on music's role through the ups and downs of her life: She chats to 6 Music DJ and psychotherapist Nemone\n• None Why you should breathe through your nose:", "Ruby David wants lip fillers, but says Wales needs a law to protect under-18s\n\nUnder-18s are coming from England to Wales for Botox as there is no law preventing it, campaigners have said.\n\nCosmetic Botox and lip fillers for under-18s were banned in England in 2021, but no such law exists in Wales.\n\nSave Face, a group that has a register of qualified practitioners in the UK, said it had reports of under-18s coming to Wales to get round the law.\n\nThe Welsh government said it was aware of the regulatory gap with England and would do further work in the area.\n\nRuby David, 18, from Bridgend, wants lip fillers and said it was down to pressure from things such as social media.\n\nIt was only concern from her parents that stopped her from having them so far.\n\nDespite this, she wants to see the law introduced in Wales to protect young people from \"making mistakes\". She told Wales Live: \"Two or three years ago I probably wouldn't have cared as much as I do now. When I was 15 or 16, I was like 'oh whatever it doesn't matter - you only live once'.\n\n\"The older you are, the more you think about things. You think about the outcome, or what could happen.\"\n\nAshton Collins says part of Save Face's work involves getting complaints from people who have had bad service\n\nAshton Collins, director of Save Face, said treatments were becoming increasingly popular and there was a \"crisis waiting to happen with young people\".\n\nMrs Collins, who worked with MP Laura Trott to bring in the law in England, said she thought it would be a \"no brainer\" for Wales to follow suit.\n\nShe believes the risks involved in the procedures mean an age limit would avoid children having to deal with complications.\n\nSave Face said fillers and Botox could have serious side effects and - in extreme cases - could cause blindness and permanent tissue death.\n\nSince England's law change, Mrs Collins also said the organisation had taken calls about under-18s who had \"literally just crossed the border and come to Wales and had these treatments done\".\n\nShe added: \"People only report to us when something goes wrong, so what we're seeing is literally the tip of the iceberg.\"\n\nSave Face said it was told by one mother from Hereford that her 18-year-old daughter was among those who had travelled to Wales for treatment. Another from Bristol told the organisation her 16-year-old had lip fillers across the border.\n\nShe told Save Face: \"She wasn't asked her age. I called the practitioner to complain but she just hung up on me.\"\n\nBBC Wales Live called and messaged 10 clinics across Wales to see if they would book in a 17-year-old.\n\nNone asked for an age before offering an appointment, but were then told the patient was 17.\n\nSeven declined the booking, two said they were unsure and would call back and one said, if a parent came along, they would carry out the treatment.Pharmacist prescriber Sophie Riddell works at clinics in south Wales and said under-18s contacted her for treatment but she would not book anyone under 21.\n\nSophie Riddell, who works at clinics in south Wales, said the industry was \"out of control\"\n\nNow she said she felt \"powerless\" to stop teenagers going elsewhere and although she had not been contacted by any under-18s from England, she was \"aware of it happening through conversations with younger patients\".\n\n\"I feel like the Welsh government aren't really doing enough to aid patients' safety in this industry,\" she said\n\nThe Welsh government said Botox was a prescription-only medicine and the qualified prescriber was \"responsible for ensuring the product is given safely and in accordance with accepted professional standards and in the patient's best interests\".\n\nIt added: \"We are aware that there is a regulatory gap in Wales in relation to these types of procedures and will be doing further work in this important area.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Malcolm Stern bought the car in 2020 at auction after finding it when he was trying to make a 3D printed model\n\nA man who discovered his father's beloved classic car on an auction website has completed its restoration after three years of graft.\n\nMalcolm Stern, from Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire, chanced on the 1930s Talbot Darracq while trying to recreate a 3D model.\n\nHe said he could not believe it was the very car his father owned, although it had become a \"right wreck\".\n\nThe 94-year-old said taking it to the road again was \"terrifying\".\n\n\"Many people get old cars but this one is different, because it was my father's car, it makes it a little bit special,\" he said.\n\nMr Stern bought a 3D printer before lockdown and wanted to make a model of the bright yellow classic car his father owned and drove when he was growing up.\n\nWhen looking for reference pictures on the internet, he found the actual car being sold at auction.\n\nThe 94-year-old was researching the classic car to create a 3D model when he discovered his father's original for sale\n\nHe said his father, Alec Stern, acquired the car in 1935, adding: \"He drove that car to work every day, and he took us on picnics.\n\nThe yellow classic car was manufactured in 1930 and is nearly as old as Malcolm Stern himself.\n\nWhen Mr Stern and his wife went to visit the car, they said it looked a \"right wreck\" but decided to buy it for £6,000 because it was so special.\n\n\"For sentimental reasons I thought I would buy it... then we brought the car home, and that was in September 2020 and I've been working on the car three years since,\" he said.\n\n\"The original engine was smashed up in a rally... I reckon that the renovators did about 2,000 hours work and I reckon I did about 1,000.\"\n\nMr Stern remembers sitting on the running board on the car and having his photograph taken as a child alongside his sister\n\nMr Stern now hopes to spend another six months renovating the interior, saying the restoration project had been \"difficult\" and \"expensive\".\n\nHe said: \"I'm still very excited, very surprised that I'm 94, able to be here and do this and still be fit enough to go out in the car for a ride.\n\n\"I think my father would be very proud, he'd be very excited as well,\" he said.\n\nFollow East of England news on Facebook, Instagram and X. Got a story? Email eastofenglandnews@bbc.co.uk or WhatsApp 0800 169 1830", "The government's new chief scientific adviser described Rishi Sunak as \"Dr Death, the Chancellor\" in private messages sent during a crucial pandemic meeting, the Covid inquiry has heard.\n\nProf Dame Angela McLean made the comment in a WhatsApp exchange in September 2020.\n\nThe government's Eat Out to Help Out scheme had been running that summer.\n\nAt the time, there was fierce debate about the need for social-distancing measures to control the virus.\n\nOn Sunday 20 September 2020, then Prime Minister Boris Johnson called a Zoom meeting of scientists to discuss the government's response to sharply rising Covid infections.\n\nDame Angela, then chief scientific adviser to the Ministry of Defence, who co-chaired the influential SPI-M modelling group during the pandemic, was one of the attendees, along with her colleague Prof John Edmunds, from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM).\n\nThen Chancellor Rishi Sunak also dialled in, along with senior Downing Street officials including Dominic Cummings, the government's chief medical adviser, Prof Chris Whitty, and the then chief scientific adviser, Sir Patrick Vallance.\n\nOn Thursday, the Covid inquiry was shown a private WhatsApp exchange between Dame Angela and Prof Edmunds, sent at the time of the meeting, which refers to Rishi Sunak as \"Dr Death, the Chancellor\".\n\nProf Edmunds told the inquiry he was unable to recall if that had been a specific reference to the Eat Out to Help Out scheme, which had subsidised food in pubs, restaurants and other hospitality venues over the summer, while Covid cases had been low.\n\nBut in earlier testimony to the inquiry, he said he was \"still angry\" about the policy.\n\n\"It was one thing to take your foot off the brake - but another to put your foot on the accelerator,\" he said.\n\nProf Dame Angela McLean played a critical role in drawing up scientific advice during the Covid-19 pandemic\n\nProf Edmunds told the inquiry 45,000 people had just died - and while the pub and restaurant sector needed support, the government could have just given them money.\n\n\"This was a scheme to encourage people to take an epidemiological risk,\" he added.\n\nAsked about Prof Angela McLean's description of Mr Sunak as Dr Death and whether she should apologise, the PM's spokeswoman said he was allowing the inquiry to continue and would not comment on individual points raised by it.\n\nNaomi Fulop, spokesperson for Covid-19 Bereaved Families for Justice UK, said the Eat Out to Help Out scheme contributed to the loss of thousands of lives and put unnecessary pressure on the NHS.\n\n\"When our current chief scientific advisor has referred to our prime minister as 'Dr Death', how can any of us have faith in our government if another pandemic strikes?\" she said.\n\nThe Downing Street meeting had also involved scientists from what Sir Patrick Vallance described in an email as the \"let it rip\" brigade.\n\nThat included Carl Heneghan, a professor of evidence-based medicine at Oxford University, and his colleague Prof Sunetra Gupta - both of whom were critics of several lockdown-related measures.\n\nIn her WhatsApp exchange, Dame Angela uses an expletive to refer to an individual - thought to be Prof Heneghan - and his evidence, to which Prof Edmunds replies: \"Every statistic is wrong.\"\n\nEarlier in the day the inquiry chair, Baroness Hallett, ruled that only relevant extracts from informal diaries kept by Sir Patrick Vallance could be shown on screen and on the inquiry website.\n\nLawyers for Sir Patrick had called for restrictions on full pages being displayed, as this would breach his privacy rights.\n\nLady Hallett said it was \"premature\" to decide the issue now but she would monitor and review the situation after a challenge by eight media organisations including the BBC.\n\nThe inquiry itself is taking witness evidence in London until Christmas, before moving to Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Amazon says it deploys robots to \"free up\" staff\n\nAmazon is trialling humanoid robots in its US warehouses, in the latest sign of the tech giant automating more of its operations.\n\nAmazon said the move was about \"freeing employees up to better deliver for our customers\".\n\nIt said it was testing a new robot called Digit, which has arms and legs and can move, grasp and handle items in a similar fashion to a human.\n\nA union said Amazon had \"been treating their workers like robots for years\".\n\n\"Amazon's automation is [a] head-first race to job losses. We've already seen hundreds of jobs disappear to it in fulfilment centres,\" said Stuart Richards, an organiser at UK trade union GMB.\n\nAs the announcement was made, Amazon said its robotics systems had in fact helped create \"hundred of thousands of new jobs\" within its operations.\n\n\"This includes 700 categories of new job types, in skilled roles, which didn't exist within the company beforehand,\" the firm said.\n\nAccording to the tech giant, it now has more than 750,000 robots working \"collaboratively\" with its human staff, often being used to take on \"highly repetitive tasks\".\n\nAmazon Robotics' chief technologist, Tye Brady, told reporters at a media briefing in Seattle that people were \"irreplaceable\", and disputed the suggestion that the company could have fully-automated warehouses in the future.\n\n\"There's not any part of me that thinks that would ever be a reality,\" he said.\n\n\"People are so central to the fulfilment process; the ability to think at a higher level, the ability to diagnose problems.\"\n\nRather than using wheels to move, Digit walks on two legs. It also has arms that can pick up and move packages, containers, customer orders and objects.\n\nScott Dresser of Amazon Robotics told the BBC this allowed it to \"deal with steps and stairs or places in our facility where we need to move up and down\".\n\nBut he said the robot was a prototype and the trial was about seeing whether it could work safely with human employees.\n\n\"It's an experiment that we're running to learn a little bit more about how we can use mobile robots and manipulators in our environment here at Amazon,\" he said.\n\nAmazon also uses a wheeled robot to distribute goods around sites\n\nMr Dresser suggested that the fears over human jobs being replaced didn't match what had happened at Amazon.\n\n\"Our experience has been these new technologies actually create jobs, they allow us to grow and expand. And we've seen multiple examples of this through the robots that we have today.\n\n\"They don't always run unfortunately and we need people to repair them,\" he said.\n\nAmazon has ramped up its use of robots in recent years, as pressure has grown to cut costs.\n\nLast year it announced it was trialling a giant robotic arm that can pick up items. It already uses wheeled robots to move goods around its warehouses, and it has started using drones for delivery in two US states.", "Hannah Cheesman is one of 600 students at Harlow College studying a course that will be defunded by 2025\n\nThe government has updated its list of over 200 qualifications to be scrapped as part of the rollout of T-levels.\n\nThe qualifications, including BTecs and other post-GCSE courses, were taken by a total of over 50,000 students per year in England in 2020-21, according to the government's enrolment data.\n\nThey are being removed to \"streamline further education\", the Department for Education (DfE) said.\n\nBut some college principals have said it could be damaging to students.\n\nFirst launched in 2020, a T-level is roughly equivalent to three A-levels.\n\nThey are two-year vocational courses aimed at 16 to 19-year-olds which focus on a particular area of employment, like construction, education or healthcare, and include 45 days of industry placement.\n\nT-levels are central to the prime minister's long-term plans to combine them with A-levels to form a single baccalaureate-style qualification called the Advanced British Standard.\n\nBut there have been issues with the DfE's rollout of T-levels.\n\nIn March, colleges faced disruption as the government said it was delaying four forthcoming programmes to ensure they could be \"delivered to a high standard\".\n\nAnd in April, the Education Select Committee said the DfE risked \"constricting student choice\" if it progressed with plans to withdraw funding for more established vocational courses like BTecs, collectively known as applied general qualifications.\n\nMore than 130 such courses which \"overlap\" with the first T-level programmes will have their funding removed from next August. According to DfE data, more than 39,500 students were enrolled on these courses in 2020-21.\n\nAnother 85, published in a new list on Thursday, will see their funding withdrawn from August 2025. The same data showed another 17,500 enrolments on these courses.\n\nThe courses to be defunded across both years (with number of enrolments in brackets) include:\n\nHannah Cheesman, 17, is in the second year of her BTec in IT at Harlow College in Essex. She is one of 600 students at the college currently studying a course scheduled for defunding by 2025. Hers will be unavailable to new students from next year.\n\n\"It's quite scary,\" she said.\n\n\"If I'm going into the workplace and I'm up against someone who's done this T-level they're taking as the new standard, it worries me that down the line my courses aren't going to be recognised as highly.\"\n\nSome college principals have said they are concerned the take-up of T-levels has been too slow to bridge the gap that will be left behind by the defunded courses.\n\nAt Harlow College, 70 students out of 2,800 are doing T-levels, principal Karen Spencer said.\n\nShe believes the current plan is too \"high-risk\".\n\n\"The issue for me with defunding qualifications is that we're ploughing ahead defunding things without actually knowing what we've got in their place,\" she said.\n\nIT student Hannah says she is worried her course will be taken less seriously by employers once funding is withdrawn\n\nThere are no national entry requirements for T-levels, but the high standard of assessment means most colleges require strong GCSE grades to get on to a programme - leaving some principals worrying about a lack of options for those who do not achieve those grades once the alternative qualifications disappear.\n\nBill Webster, principal of Bolton College, said he \"sees the value\" of T-levels - as do the local employers running the work placements, he said - but there is still appetite for alternative courses.\n\n\"Where we switched off other courses for one of our T-levels, we lost students who went to do the BTec,\" he said.\n\nCath Sezen, director of education at the Association of Colleges, advised on the development of T-levels, but says focus should now be on \"students for whom a T-level is not the right option\".\n\n\"Often people who are left behind are people who, for whatever reason, have struggled in the school system,\" she said.\n\n\"We can't have people left behind - that's really important.\"\n\nJames Kewin, deputy chief executive of the Sixth Form Colleges Association, has helped co-ordinate the Protect Student Choice campaign, which is calling on the government \"to stop the scrapping of BTecs in its tracks\".\n\n\"For some students, the T-level is a fantastic qualification, but our view is it's not a mass market qualification,\" he said.\n\n\"The government is attempting to replace, in the BTec, a mass market product with a minority product. And that's the problem.\"\n\nRobert Halfon, minister for skills, apprenticeships and higher education, said T-levels were a \"robust\" qualification, supporting the government's goal to \"future-proof education\".\n\nHe said most of the 85 courses to be defunded from 2025 had fewer than 100 enrolments in 2020-21.\n\n\"Removing funding from the list of qualifications published today streamlines further education and ensures that anyone taking a technical course can be confident that they are getting a qualification respected by employers,\" he added.", "Lee Johnston was last seen on 7 October\n\nPolice investigating the disappearance of missing person Lee Johnston have located a body in the Maghera area of County Londonderry.\n\nThe 21-year-old was last seen in Dunmore Crescent in Cookstown, County Tyrone on 7 October.\n\nOn Wednesday, Supt Michael O'Loan said it was \"completely out of character\" for Mr Johnston not to have been in contact with his family.\n\nHe was being treated as a high-risk missing person.\n\nSearch and rescue teams were searching an area near Maghera on Wednesday night\n\nA 31-year-old woman and a 33-year-old man arrested following his disappearance were bailed on Tuesday night to allow for further enquiries.\n\nMr Johnson was last seen at 17:24 BST on 7 October.\n\nCCTV images show him at a supermarket in Cookstown about 30 minutes earlier on the Orritor Road.\n\nThe CCTV images of Mr Johnston show him in a shop in Cookstown", "A wind turbine has been destroyed by fire in Adair County, Iowa.\n\nVideo shows smoke billowing from the turbine, and a giant blade crashing to the ground in flames.\n\nEmergency crews could only watch as they did not have ladders tall enough to reach the top of the wind turbine.\n\nAuthorities said they were investigating the cause of the fire.", "Marni Comrie is studying integrated chemical engineering at the University of Bradford\n\nThe University of Bradford has been named the leading university in England for improving students' social mobility for the third year running.\n\nThe English Higher Education Social Mobility Index measures the change in a person's socio-economic situation as a result of attending a university.\n\nRather than focusing on graduate salaries, the league table looks at how their life chances have improved.\n\nAston University comes in second place and City, University of London, third.\n\nProf David Phoenix, who compiled the index, said it shows your background does not have to determine your future.\n\nThe index, now in its third year, has previously only published the top 20 institutions but this year has released its results in full.\n\nProf Phoenix, who is Vice-Chancellor of London South Bank University, said the index measures certain groups' access to each university, the rate at which students continue after the first 12 months, and the outcomes for graduates.\n\nIt takes into account full-time and part-time students but does not include apprenticeships, as there is a shortage of comparable data.\n\nThe university has topped the league table for the third year in a row\n\n\"Universities of all types, up and down the country, are countering expectation by consistently delivering improved economic prosperity for some of our most disadvantaged students,\" Prof Phoenix said.\n\nBradford has topped the table since the start of the index, and Aston has consistently come second.\n\nThe University of Bradford said its success comes from a focus on career-focused learning and inclusion.\n\nIt has an ethos of achieving \"more than a degree\", and does this by working alongside more than 3,000 employers to offer students real world career development education.\n\nProf Shirley Congdon, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Bradford, said the institution's core ambition was to make a difference for its students, the city and the people of Bradford.\n\n\"At Bradford, the principle of equality of opportunity is at the heart of who we are, what we do, how and why we do it,\" she said,\n\n\"We are fiercely committed to widening access to higher education through our approach to recruitment and admissions.\"\n\nTheo is only the second person in his family, after his brother, to go to university\n\nMarni Comrie, 19, is an undergraduate at Bradford studying integrated chemical engineering and one of the first people in his family to go to university.\n\n\"Five generations ago we were travellers in Ireland so it's a massive thing - and a proud achievement for a lot of my family members,\" he said.\n\n\"Bradford are very understanding that people aren't from very educated backgrounds but that doesn't mean they don't have the social skills or the common sense to be able to adapt and live here perfectly.\n\n\"It's very open and very supportive to first generation uni students.\"\n\nTheo Cook-Pattison is a physiotherapy student at Bradford, and only the second person in his family, after his brother, to go to university.\n\n\"My mum and dad didn't do really well at school,\" he said.\n\n\"The course is great and we're able to go into areas where physios work for placements. It's a very demanding, hands-on course but it's worth it.\n\n\"The second year I've joined lots of sports and societies, and the social life is booming at Bradford uni. I'd recommend it, they help you a lot and it's brilliant.\"\n\nThe Higher Education Policy Institute (HEPI), which publishes the index, said the three top performing institutions are all former Colleges of Advanced Technology, which became universities almost 60 years ago.\n\nThe next three in the list - King's College London, the The London School Of Economics and Political Science (LSE) and Queen Mary University of London - are all members of the elite Russell Group.\n\nThese are followed by three post-1992 universities and former polytechnics, Birmingham City, Wolverhampton and Huddersfield.\n\nAnother Russell Group University, University College London (UCL), comes in 10th place.\n\nNick Hillman, Director of HEPI, said league tables could be controversial but it was important to look at ones which use different metrics.\n\nHe said: \"The fact that some relatively new and less prestigious institutions beat Oxbridge reminds us of the different contributions made by different institutions.\n\n\"Above all, the index confirms our higher education sector has strength in breadth.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Protesters from the group Stand Up To Racism Dorset gathered outside the gates for Portland Port on Thursday\n\nMigrants are returning to an accommodation barge amid protests at the port gates.\n\nA coach carrying the migrants arrived at the Bibby Stockholm in Portland, Dorset, shortly before 13:00 BST.\n\nThe vessel, which has capacity for up to 500 men awaiting the outcome of asylum applications, was evacuated in August after Legionella bacteria was found in the water supply.\n\nThe Home Office said it was now \"safe and secure\".\n\nThe government has said \"using vessels as alternative accommodation, like our European neighbours are already doing, will be better value for British taxpayers and more manageable for communities than costly hotels\".\n\nMigrants returned to the Bibby Stockholm on Thursday after being evacuated in August\n\nAbout 30 protesters gathered at the port gates holding banners saying: \"Scrap the prison barge! Refugees welcome.\"\n\nJust Stop Oil activists managed to stop the coach carrying the asylum seekers in what they called a \"positive protest\" in support of the campaign against the use of the barge.\n\nDorset Police said two people were arrested on suspicion of criminal damage to the coach when it was stopped in Portland Beach Road, while a third person was held on suspicion of criminal damage to a police vehicle.\n\nCandy Udwin, of Stand Up To Racism Dorset, said she had been in contact with some of those who had been staying on the Bibby Stockholm.\n\nShe said: \"They hate it, they say it feels like a prison, some hate being on the sea, they find it very difficult to leave and they are completely separated from the community.\"\n\nThe barge has been moored at Portland Port since July\n\nLess than a week after the men first went on the facility, all 39 were disembarked as a precaution when traces of Legionella bacteria, which can cause Legionnaires disease - a type of pneumonia, were found.\n\nThey were then moved to a hotel.\n\nA letter, seen by the BBC, was sent to asylum seekers confirming their re-embarkation and reiterated all asylum accommodation continued to be offered on a \"no-choice basis\".\n\nAn asylum seeker, who asked to remain anonymous, spoke to the BBC ahead of his return to the vessel.\n\nHe said it had been a \"difficult\" process as he has not seen his family for nine months, but being in a hotel he had felt \"free\".\n\n\"It feels scary,\" he said, adding: \"[The barge] will be crowded. If there's a single virus, then you know everyone will be affected. I think it will be very bad for all of us.\"\n\nHe added: \"I lived there for five days and have experience on the barge, and that's why I am not happy to go back.\n\n\"In the hotel we are free to come and go at any time, we are free and [on the barge] we are bound to something - it's like a prison. It is difficult for all of us and many have said they don't want to go back.\"\n\nA letter sent to asylum seekers reiterated all accommodation continued to be offered on a \"no-choice basis\"\n\nThe move comes after local councillor Carralyn Parkes lost a High Court fight with Home Secretary Suella Braverman over the lawfulness of housing asylum seekers on the ship.\n\nMr Justice Holgate ruled in the government's favour, saying Mrs Parkes did not have an arguable case.\n\nShe has since issued a further judicial review claim in the High Court challenging the ongoing decision by Dorset Council that it has no planning jurisdiction over the Bibby Stockholm in Portland Harbour.\n\nSupplies were seen taken on board the Bibby Stockholm on Tuesday\n\nThe Bibby Stockholm was intended to show there's no luxury in the UK's asylum process, that Britain isn't the soft touch some think. But instead the accommodation barge - repeatedly delayed and beset by problems - became a floating illustration of how complicated our migration challenge is.\n\nIt was announced in April, was late arriving from Italy, then delayed for refit and inspections in Cornwall, and finally reached Portland in July. When journalists were shown on board we saw a clean and functional vessel with bedrooms down narrow corridors, typical of the industrial accommodation it previously offered to offshore oil workers.\n\nBunk beds were the obvious sign of the doubled capacity which concerned many opponents of the plan, and fire safety experts. What we couldn't see was the Legionella bacteria lurking in the water system.\n\nThat meant the government's August \"small boats week\" started with the first 39 asylum seekers stepping aboard, then ended with them evacuated back to hotels, after just five nights - embarrassing given the Home Office's intention to reduce hotel bills.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: Inside the housing barge after first asylum seekers board\n\nThere will be a hope everything has now been double, if not triple, checked to avoid any further delays. But even if the Bibby Stockholm reaches its capacity of 500 men, that's only a tiny fraction of the 175,000 currently backlogged in the asylum system.\n\nThe barge is expected to draw further protests, having already proved controversial on Portland and beyond. Some people question - with the extra costs of chartering, mooring, transport and security - how a vessel can be cheaper than a hotel.\n\nThe risk is that conditions on board still look too harsh for those concerned about asylum seekers' rights, but not tough enough for those who want a harder line against immigration and small boat crossings. The solutions to \"stop the small boats\" are difficult and contentious.\n\nThe Bibby Stockholm was planned to be the first of a fleet of barges moored around the coast. So far, it stands alone.\n\nThere has been considerable local opposition to the barge coming to Portland\n\nThe local authority has not mounted a legal challenge to the barge, stating that it would be costly and have little chance of success.\n\nThe vessel is part of the government's policy to reduce the costs of placing migrants in hotels.\n\nThe Home Office said: \"Delivering accommodation sites such as the Bibby Stockholm will be more affordable for taxpayers, helping to reduce the £8m daily cost of hotels as well as being more manageable for local communities.\n\n\"We're confident that the project, which will house asylum seekers in safe and secure accommodation, meets the planning requirements.\"\n\nThe 222-room, three-storey barge, chartered by the government for 18 months, arrived at the port in July.\n\nIt was previously used to accommodate homeless people and asylum seekers in Germany and the Netherlands.\n\nHow a floating home for asylum seekers has caused divisions in a local community of Portland in Dorset\n\nWatch now on iPlayer (UK only)\n\nYou can share your views about the Bibby Stockholm by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.\n\nFollow BBC South on Facebook, X, or Instagram. Send your story ideas to south.newsonline@bbc.co.uk.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "I’ve just chatted to Natalie Raanan’s father, Uri Raanan, in Chicago - he moved here from Israel 40 years ago.\n\n“I did not lose hope. I spoke to my daughter for two minutes yesterday on the phone, she is feeling very good and looking forward to coming home,\" he told me.\n\nHe said it’s Natalie’s 18th birthday on Tuesday and he hopes she’ll be back by then.\n\nNatalie and her mother Judith yesterday became the first hostages to be freed by Hamas. They were received by the Israel Defense Forces at the Israel-Gaza boundary, before being taken to a military base to be reunited with family members.\n\nI asked Uri what his thoughts were when he saw the first pictures of his daughter and ex wife after they were held captive for nearly two weeks by Hamas.\n\n“She looks very well, they look very well. I was so happy,\" he said, adding that his daughter is a \"tough girl\".\n\n\"It’ll take time for her to get back to normal after this, but she’ll be fine.”\n\nHamas says Natalie (left) and her mother Judith were freed for \"humanitarian reasons\" Image caption: Hamas says Natalie (left) and her mother Judith were freed for \"humanitarian reasons\"", "US President Joe Biden has secured a deal with Egypt to deliver limited aid to Gaza to ease a humanitarian crisis amid the Israel-Hamas war.\n\nVisiting Tel Aviv, Mr Biden said Israel had a right to hit back for the Hamas attack that triggered the fighting.\n\nThe US president said Israel had been \"badly victimised\", though he cautioned against being \"consumed\" by rage.\n\nHe also backed Israel's account that a blast at a Gaza hospital on Tuesday was not caused by an Israeli air strike.\n\nPalestinian officials say the explosion at Gaza's Al-Ahli Arab Hospital killed 471 people, blaming it on Israel. The incident has further inflamed tensions across the region.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Biden says he is \"outraged and saddened\" by the loss of life\n\nBut during a trip to Tel Aviv lasting fewer than eight hours on Wednesday, Mr Biden supported the Israeli claim that the deadly blast appeared to have been caused by a misfiring Palestinian rocket.\n\nThe American president said he was \"deeply saddened and outraged\" by the explosion.\n\nIsrael has pointed the finger at Islamic Jihad, another militant group operating in Gaza. Islamic Jihad denied any role in the blast.\n\nThe Palestinian-reported death toll has also been disputed by Israel. A foreign ministry spokesman, Lior Haiat, said on social media platform X that \"several dozen people\" had been \"apparently killed\".\n\nWhile flying home, Mr Biden discussed aid for Gaza with Egyptian President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi by phone.\n\nMr Biden told journalists that Mr Sisi had agreed to open the Rafah crossing from Egypt to Gaza to allow about 20 lorries carrying humanitarian aid into the territory.\n\nEgypt confirmed its president and Mr Biden had agreed to provide aid to Gaza \"in a sustainable manner\".\n\nMr Biden did not give a timeline for the border crossing opening, but White House spokesman John Kirby said it would occur in the coming days after road repairs.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nMr Biden also said $100m (£82m) in US funding would be be allocated to support Palestinian civilians.\n\nA source familiar with the matter told Reuters news agency the US president was considering asking Congress for $10bn in aid for Israel as soon as Friday.\n\nPeople are desperately short of food, water, fuel, medicine and other essentials after Israel launched a blockade of the enclave 10 days ago.\n\nIsrael struck back after the Palestinian militant group Hamas killed 1,400 people in an unprecedented incursion from Gaza on 7 October.\n\nAt least 3,000 people have been killed in retaliatory Israeli strikes on Gaza, according to Palestinian health officials. More than a million Palestinians have fled their homes within Gaza - about half of the population.\n\nIsraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu confirmed Israel would not prevent supplies going from Egypt to the civilian population in southern Gaza.\n\nHowever, Israel said it would not allow any aid to pass through its own territory until hostages being held by Hamas were released. Nearly 200 people have been abducted, Israel says.\n\nMr Biden will give a televised address to the nation from the White House on Thursday at 20:00 EDT (midnight GMT).\n\nIn his address, Mr Biden will \"discuss our response to Hamas's terrorist attacks against Israel and Russia's ongoing brutal war against Ukraine\", White House spokeswoman Karine Jean-Pierre said.\n\nAlso on Thursday, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is due to visit Israel.\n\nOn the US president's high-stakes visit to Tel Aviv, he was warmly greeted by Mr Netanyahu, before the pair hosted a joint news conference.\n\nMr Biden likened the Hamas raid on Israel to the 9/11 attacks in the US.\n\n\"The scale may be different, but I'm sure those horrors have tapped into some kind of primal feeling in Israel, just like it did and felt in the United States,\" Mr Biden said. \"But I caution this: while you feel that rage, don't be consumed by it.\n\n\"After 9/11, we were enraged in the United States. And while we sought justice and got justice, we also made mistakes.\"\n\nAddressing the explosion at the hospital, Mr Biden told Mr Netanyahu: \"Based on what I've seen, it appears as though it was done by the other team, not you.\"\n\nMr Biden was later asked by reporters what led him to conclude that Israel was not responsible, and said: \"The data I was shown by my defence department.\"\n\nA senior American official has told CBS, the BBC's US partner, that Washington has its own intelligence - in addition to Israel's - that includes communications intercepts and satellite photos, which give it \"high confidence\" Israel was not behind the strike.\n\nThe official said there were \"indications\" that it was an errant rocket fired by a group in Gaza.\n\nMr Biden had planned to travel from Israel to Jordan to meet King Abdullah, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and Egypt's President Sisi, but that leg of the trip was called off after the hospital blast.\n\nJordan cancelled the meeting and condemned what it called \"a great calamity and a heinous war crime\".\n\nThe White House said the decision to call off that part of the visit had been \"made in a mutual way\".", "Laura Rose (right), got nipple tattoos from Anna Ishak (left) following a double mastectomy and breast reconstruction surgery\n\nA mum-of-two has said nipple tattoos have allowed her to \"feel complete\" following a double mastectomy.\n\nLaura Rose, 39, was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2021 and faced an 18-month wait for the tattoos on the NHS.\n\nShe then discovered Anna Ishak, a medical tattoo artist from Wrexham who specialises in lifelike nipple tattoos.\n\nAnna, who relocated to Wales from Russia two years ago, has now been named UK areola artist of the year at an industry awards.\n\nLaura, from Grantham in Lincolnshire, said she was \"in shock\" after her diagnosis of triple negative breast cancer, which led to six months of chemotherapy and a double mastectomy.\n\n\"Since then I've been through two reconstructions which have been really difficult. I was left with no nipples and I thought 'OK. That's fine. I still look normal',\" she said.\n\n\"But as time went on I was a little bit less confident in myself. I was on the list for the NHS but they said to me it was about an 18-month wait.\"\n\nLaura was diagnosed with triple negative breast cancer in 2021\n\nThe Welsh Health Service said it hopes to reduce waiting times for patients in south Wales to pre-pandemic levels this year.\n\nUsing social media she discovered Anna offering the service privately in Chester and made the five-hour round trip for the treatment, which costs £600 for a pair of tattoos.\n\nAlthough often called tattoos, they are actually semi-permanent make-up which may need topping up after a few months.\n\nAnna has said she hoped \"from the bottom of her heart\" to one day offer her services via the NHS to help reduce waiting times.\n\nShe added: \"We start with a consultation to see what the needs of the client are, we discuss colour, shape, size and draw the sketch then mix the pigments and apply them to the skin.\n\n\"It's vital for those men and women who fought breast cancer to have this final step to make them feel whole or even complete, because it has a significant impact on their mental health.\n\n\"Unfortunately, there is a huge waiting list and sometimes the outcome may not be the one they desire. I have a great desire to help people.\"\n\nLaura said she was \"so incredibly grateful\" for the work Anna has done, adding: \"I feel complete. I can look in the mirror and feel normal. I'm so happy with it.\"\n\nAnna hopes she can play a part in offering her work to more NHS patients in the future\n\nAnna's work was recently recognised at the UK Permanent Makeup Artists Conference in London where she was named medical/areola artist of the year.\n\n\"I'm so pleased, honoured and proud of myself,\" she said.\n\nThe Welsh Health Specialised Services Committee said: \"Waiting times in north Wales have been reported as around two months but are longer in south Wales.\n\n\"In south Wales, because of the impact of the pandemic we currently have patients waiting up to two years however the health board have increased the number of patients they can see each week and the waiting times are expected to reduced rapidly over the next 12 months to pre-pandemic levels.\"", "US prosecutors have accused three high-profile cryptocurrency firms of defrauding investors of more than $1bn.\n\nNew York Attorney General Letitia James said Gemini, a crypto exchange, had lied to customers about the risks of an investment account it offered, which paid high interest rates on crypto.\n\nGenesis, a crypto lender, and its parent company Digital Currency Group were also involved in the programme.\n\nIt was halted last November, cutting off customer access to funds.\n\nThat came shortly after the collapse of FTX, the cryptocurrency exchange run by Sam Bankman-Fried, who is now fighting fraud charges of his own.\n\nGenesis, which had loaned heavily to his companies, filed for bankruptcy a few months later.\n\nAttorney General James said her case concerned \"another example of bad actors causing harm throughout the under-regulated cryptocurrency industry\".\n\nDigital Currency Group (DCG) and Gemini each said they would fight the claims.\n\n\"Honesty and integrity have always been my guiding principles,\" said DCG founder Barry Silbert, calling the allegations \"baseless\".\n\nThe legal action is the latest to emerge from the implosions in the crypto industry last year as markets for digital currencies soured.\n\nThe three companies had worked together on Gemini Earn, which was launched in 2021 and allowed users to lend crypto to Genesis in exchange for interest rates of more than 7%.\n\nIn the lawsuit, prosecutors said Gemini was aware that Genesis had shaky financials from the start of the programme.\n\nBut the lawsuit said Gemini failed to alert customers about the risks of lending to the company, instead claiming that it had been subject to vetting.\n\nIn June 2022, the risks increased when Genesis was hit by more than $1bn in losses from the collapse of another crypto firm.\n\nProsecutors said Genesis and DCG tried to hide the situation with financial manoeuvring and false reports, including to Gemini, while claiming publicly that its balance sheet was strong\".\n\nGenesis and DCG were already facing fraud claims about those efforts from Gemini, a crypto exchange founded by the Winklevoss twins, who are known for claiming that their former Harvard classmate Mark Zuckerberg stole their idea to invent Facebook.\n\nGemini said the lawsuit confirmed its claims against Genesis and it disagreed with being named as well.\n\n\"Blaming a victim for being defrauded and lied to makes no sense and we look forward to defending ourselves against this inconsistent position,\" it said in a statement shared on social media.\n\nBut according to the lawsuit, in the summer of 2022, some top Gemini staff became worried enough to withdraw their own funds.\n\n\"These cryptocurrency companies lied to investors and tried to hide more than a billion dollars in losses, and it was middle-class investors who suffered as a result,\" Attorney General James said.\n\nShe cited a retired 73-year-old grandmother among the 232,000 investors who were victims of the alleged fraud.", "Last updated on .From the section Rugby Union\n\nCoverage: Commentary on BBC Radio 5 Live, plus text updates on the BBC Sport website and app.\n\nFreddie Steward's aerial ability and Joe Marler's scrummage power have won them starts in England's Rugby World Cup semi-final against South Africa.\n\nSteward replaces Marcus Smith, who failed the return-to-play protocols after a knock in the quarter-final win over Fiji.\n\nGeorge Martin comes into the second row in place of Ollie Chessum.\n\nVice-captain Ellis Genge drops to the bench alongside George Ford as Owen Farrell retains his fly-half role.\n\nThirteen of England's squad played in the 2019 Rugby World Cup final, when South Africa, who started as underdogs, triumphed 32-12.\n\nThe two sides have met twice since with England taking a narrow win in 2021 and South Africa comfortably claiming victory a year later at Twickenham - a match that marked the end of Eddie Jones' reign as England coach.\n\n\"This feels like a new challenge and a new opportunity,\" said captain Farrell when asked what lessons he and his team could take from the Japan 2019 final defeat.\n\n\"In four years a lot happens in rugby, a lot happens in a week here.\n\n\"We feel like we have changed as a team and I imagine South Africa feel they have changed over four years as well.\n\n\"We understand what the task is in front of us and what a good, well-drilled team we are playing against. We are excited to get out there.\"\n\nEarlier on Thursday, South Africa named the same starting XV that beat France in the last eight for their return to the Stade de France, with Manie Libbok holding on to the fly-half shirt ahead of Leicester's Handre Pollard.\n• None England must seize the day to shock Boks - Itoje\n• None Are South Africa even better than 2019 world champions?\n\nSouth Africa's first three tries in their victory over the hosts last weekend came via kicks into the backfield and Steward's ability to defuse that danger will be key if England are to overturn the odds and make a final against either New Zealand or Argentina.\n\nThe Springboks' trademark scrummage strength was also obvious in their win over France, with full-back Damian Willemse opting for the set-piece from a free-kick inside his own 22m, rather than kicking straight to touch, on one notable occasion.\n\nFormer England head coach Jones has previously said his decision not to start Marler, considered to be one of the country's best scrummaging props, against the Springboks was one of his selection mistakes in the 2019 Rugby World Cup final defeat.\n\nMartin, with eight previous caps, including three starts, to his name, is the least experienced of England's starting line-up. However, head coach Steve Borthwick knows both his and club team-mate Chessum's game well through his previous role as Leicester head coach.\n\n\"I have known him for a few years, from a young man, and to see him now, he looks at home on the international stage,\" said Borthwick of Martin.\n\n\"He has come on to the pitch in the second row and at six in this tournament. Every minute he has been on the field, he has performed and at some big, key moments as well\n\n\"He embraces getting onto the pitch and giving everything he can for the team. He is a real team man.\"\n\nWhile Ford excelled while Farrell was suspended for England's first two matches at the World Cup, he has been demoted upon the captain's return.\n\nThe pair were picked as a 10-12 combination for the pool-stage meeting with Samoa, but Ford was substituted after 50 minutes as England struggled to fire in attack.\n\nSouth Africa have replaced Ireland as Test's rugby number one side and are considered the tournament favourites by the bookmakers. They beat New Zealand - their nearest challengers in both - by a record score in August.\n\nEngland, ranked fifth in the world, are the only unbeaten team left in the tournament and the only pool winners to have reached the semi-finals. South Africa were runners-up in their pool following a 13-8 defeat by Ireland in their third game in France.\n• None Is a new mafia getting rich on our waste? Take a deep dive into one of the worst environmental crimes in UK history\n• None Do you know the third instalment in these trilogies? Test your knowledge with this fun quiz", "Sidney Powell has been sentenced to six years of probation. She is also required to write an apology letter to the citizens of the State of Georgia\n\nFormer Donald Trump lawyer Sidney Powell has pleaded guilty to six charges in the Georgia election interference case.\n\nPowell, who was charged alongside the former president, reached a deal with prosecutors and will now testify at future trials.\n\nThere are 19 defendants in the case, most of whom have pleaded not guilty.\n\nPowell faced charges of conspiracy to commit intentional interference of election duties.\n\nHer agreement to testify, in exchange for six years of probation, is a huge win for prosecutors in the sweeping case. Powell was intimately involved in Mr Trump's fight to overturn the state's results in the 2020 presidential election.\n\nThe deal also required her to record a proffer, essentially a verbal account of her activities, and to pay a fine and write an apology letter to Georgia citizens.\n\nPowell entered her guilty plea in a downtown Atlanta courtroom on Thursday, a day before her trial was set to start.\n\nFormer federal prosecutor Neama Rahmani told the BBC it was unsurprising that she took a deal.\n\n\"If you're a criminal defendant who's never spent a night in jail and you're offered no time, you take it,\" Mr Rahmani said.\n\nHe added she may act as a \"domino\", with other defendants following her example.\n\n\"I think the other defendants have to be taking a long, hard look in the mirror and asking themselves, 'Hey, do I want to go to Georgia State Prison, or do I want to take this offer that's going to guarantee I do no time?'\" he said.\n\nProsecutors have accused Powell of being among a group of Trump officials and supporters who breached the elections system in rural Coffee County, Georgia, in January 2021. They were trying to persuade officials and voters that the election had somehow been rigged against Mr Trump.\n\nSpecifically, Powell was accused of hiring a forensics team and sending it to Coffee County to illegally access government computers to look at voter data.\n\nProsecutors have said she conspired to tamper with voting machines, electronic ballots and voter data, have ballots taken from a polling place, and stop an election worker from doing her job.\n\nMr Trump has pleaded not guilty in the Georgia case. In total, the former president faces 13 felony counts - including racketeering - for allegedly pressuring state officials to reverse results in the presidential election.\n\nHe has repeatedly denied any wrongdoing, and has described the case as politically motivated.\n\nPowell was one of the most visible, and vocal, supporters of his false claims about the 2020 election.\n\nShe notably appeared at a press conference with other Trump lawyers in November 2020, where she alleged, without evidence, that US voting machines run by Dominion Voting Systems can be hacked to \"take a certain percentage of votes from President Trump and flip them to President (Joe) Biden\".\n\nAt a White House meeting the following month, Mr Trump mulled appointing Powell as a special counsel to \"investigate allegations of voter fraud in Georgia and elsewhere\", prosecutors said.\n\nThe congressional committee investigating the 6 January Capitol riot featured her prominently in its televised hearings last year, showing she worked closely with Mr Trump and his aides on election overturning strategies.\n\nDominion has sued Powell for defamation, seeking $1.3bn (£1.07bn) in restitution.\n\nPowell is the second person among the defendants to plead guilty in the Georgia election interference case.\n\nThe former Republican poll watcher was also accused of trying to gain access to sensitive election equipment in Coffee County, Georgia.\n\nAs part of his deal, he was sentenced to five years probation. He is also required to testify against others in future trials.", "A wounded Palestinian being carried away from Al-Ahli Hospital in Gaza City\n\nEven before the deadly blast at Al-Ahli hospital in Gaza, Joe Biden's full-throated support for Israel had convinced Palestinians and millions of other Arabs that the United States was more than simply Israel's most important supporter. They believed the Americans were also complicit in everything Israel was doing in Gaza, including killing children.\n\nThe bitter dispute over who was responsible for the attack will not change many minds. Twelve days of war have ramped up hatred and division.\n\nIsrael produced a detailed rebuttal of accusations that it had attacked Al-Ahli. It displayed evidence that it said proved a missile fired by Palestinian Islamic Jihad had malfunctioned and dropped well short of its target in Israel.\n\nFor Palestinians - not just supporters of Hamas - the piles of bloodstained body bags were all the proof they needed. For them, the difference at Al-Ahli was not of principle but of degree. Israel has been killing scores of Palestinians every day since it responded to the Hamas surprise attack, which Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reminded Mr Biden had killed at least 1,400 people, mostly Israeli civilians. Al-Ahli was, for Palestinians, more proof of Israel's disregard for their lives.\n\nThe first reports of the destruction of the hospital emerged as the engines of Air Force One were warming up to bring Joe Biden to the Middle East. Before it could take off his schedule was in tatters.\n\nPresident Biden has a deep commitment to Israel. It must have seemed natural to him to fly into Tel Aviv to show his support and offer a public embrace to Mr Netanyahu.\n\nMr Biden had been hoping somehow to balance that out at a hastily-arranged summit in Amman, the Jordanian capital, where he planned to meet the king of Jordan, the president of Egypt and the Palestinian president.\n\nSpeaking in Israel, Mr Biden backed its account of the Gaza hospital explosion\n\nBut Jordan cancelled because of Al-Ahli. The Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, hurried back to his HQ in Ramallah on the Israeli-occupied West Bank. Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Egypt and Jordan itself released statements condemning Israel.\n\nThe trip became much harder for President Biden. Heads of state usually only travel on diplomatic missions once the hard work of negotiation has been done and a deal is ready to be signed.\n\nComing to Tel Aviv was a gamble for President Biden. He wanted to ease Gaza's humanitarian catastrophe, while supporting Israel's war effort - perhaps an impossible circle to square with Mr Netanyahu.\n\nBut a deal emerged from their meeting. Israel was promised more military aid. In return it agreed to let convoys carrying food, water and medicine enter southern Gaza from Egypt. Hospitals are desperate for fuel for their generators, but when the deal was announced it was not mentioned.\n\nApart from supporting the Israelis and reminding them to observe the laws of war, Mr Biden also wants to reinforce the message that the war must not spread. He had already deployed two aircraft carrier battle groups to the eastern Mediterranean, to show Iran and its ally in Lebanon, the Hezbollah militia and political movement, that they would have the US to reckon with if they intervened.\n\nOne reason why leaders inside and outside the Middle East are struggling with the renewed war between Hamas and Israel is because they are in unknown territory. The old certainties had become comforting assumptions. But now they are mostly shattered and gone.\n\nThe Middle East looked to be familiar ground before the Hamas attacks in Israel on 7 October. A status quo existed. No leader in the region, and among its allies, liked it much but at the very least it seemed to promise stability.\n\nMost Palestinians were as surprised as anyone else when Hamas attacked. Some had criticised Hamas for supposedly forgetting that its name is an Arabic acronym for Islamic Resistance Movement.\n\nMr Netanyahu has been condemned by his many political enemies in Israel for being asleep on the job when Hamas invaded, and for presiding over a catastrophic military and intelligence failure. Israelis thought their government could keep them safe.\n\nAnother illusion related directly to Mr Netanyahu was his assumption that the Palestinians could be managed without allowing them independence. Part of that involved making deals with Hamas over issues like the numbers of workers allowed back into Israel.\n\nAt the same time, using a classic tactic of divide and rule, Mr Netanyahu worked to undermine the Palestinian Authority, the main rivals of Hamas for leadership of the Palestinians. The PA took part in years of ultimately fruitless peace talks, and recognised Israel a generation ago. But to get it talking again, Israel would have to discuss transferring land to the Palestinians for a future state with a capital in Jerusalem.\n\nThat idea is out of the question for Mr Netanyahu in his current incarnation as the leader of a government sustained by extreme religious nationalists. His record suggests he has never wanted to make those concessions. It was easier for him to find a way to insist Israel had no partner for peace. Mr Netanyahu, or a successor, will have to change their thinking if they want to find a way to save the next generation from more war.\n\nFor leaders of the US's Arab allies, there has also been a sharp reminder that the Palestinians cannot be ignored. Jordan and Egypt have long-established peace treaties with Israel. The UAE normalised relations in the Abraham Accords. All were hoping to benefit from Joe Biden's plan to create a new Middle East, and a foreign policy achievement to boast about, by brokering a deal in which Israel and Saudi Arabia would recognise each other in return for security guarantees from the US. Mr Biden's officials thought they were making progress. Now a Saudi-Israeli rapprochement is way off the agenda.\n\nAnd for Arab kings, princes and presidents, the war in Gaza and the attack on the hospital is also about the return of nightmares. At the end of 2010 a frustrated and furious market trader in Tunisia set himself on fire to protest against corrupt and bullying officials. It set off the Arab uprisings of 2011, which terrified leaders who thought they might lose everything - not just power and wealth but perhaps even their lives.\n\nTunisia 2011: The Arab Spring was in part sparked by protests over the death of a Tunisian market trader, Mohamed Bouazizi\n\nIf the death of an angry young man in Tunisia could be the spark for revolutions, what could be the price of a war that kills thousands of Palestinian civilians?\n\nCertainties have been shown, in less than two weeks of bloodshed, to be built on sand. The new status quo will emerge from war. Perhaps the shock it creates will force new thinking. If it simply reinforces the old ways, the outlook is grim.\n\nCorrection 19th October: This article originally said that Al-Ahli hospital has been destroyed and has been amended to clarify that the building was the site of a deadly explosion.\n\nAre you in the region? If it is safe to do so, share your experiences by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "Residents of Brechin are doing what they can to protect their homes as rain continues to fall in the town\n\nHundreds of people in Brechin are being evacuated as exceptional rainfall from Storm Babet threatens to breach flood defences in the town.\n\nAngus Council said residents in about 400 homes are being told to leave.\n\nIt comes as a red alert for rain and wind has been extended to a wider area of Scotland.\n\nThe warning came into effect at 18:00 and now covers an area from southern Aberdeenshire and Angus to the outskirts of Dundee and Perth.\n\nAmber and yellow warnings are also in place in other areas of the UK.\n\nThe Met Office red weather warning runs from 18:00 on Thursday until noon on Friday, with the storm predicted to bring about 220mm (8.5in) of rain in some areas of eastern Scotland, an amount close to the highest ever 24-hour total for a \"rainfall day\".\n\nResidents have been warned of a danger to life from fast flowing or deep floodwater, with extensive flooding to homes and businesses and landslips also possible.\n\nThere have also been reports of high winds bringing down trees on several roads.\n\nAngus Council said that as well as about 335 properties in Brechin, an additional 87 households in the nearby villages of Tannadice and Finavon had been told to evacuate \"for their own safety\".\n\nRest centres were opened from 15:00 at Montrose Sports Centre and Brechin and Forfar community campuses.\n\nPeople were asked to bring their own sleeping bags and any supplies and medications they will need.\n\nPolice Scotland's advice is to avoid any form of travel in the areas covered by the red warning.\n\nAssistant Chief Constable Stuart Houston said: \"Driving conditions will be extremely dangerous with disruption expected.\n\n\"It's important that everyone considers the amber warnings that still remain in place for rain and wind. This will present a particular challenge to high-sided vehicles - so please consider whether these journeys are essential.\"\n\nWaves have been crashing over Stonehaven Harbour, where the pier has been closed\n\nIt said it was working to identify vulnerable residents who will need additional support.\n\nSSEN, which provides electricity to homes in the north of Scotland, reported widespread power outages on Thursday afternoon.\n\nTrain and bus services in the affected areas have been cancelled and driving conditions are likely to be treacherous because of spray and flooded roads.\n\nGas, water and mobile phone services could also be affected, with some communities potentially being completely cut off for several days.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThe rain and wind is heavy and persistent and the town's river is already getting very high. But there's no sense of panic just yet in the area of the town where many homes are set to receive evacuation orders from Angus Council.\n\nWe've spoken to a handful of residents still in their homes in and around River Street. They say they're awaiting orders from the authorities.\n\nLocals who've seen this area alongside the River South Esk flooded many times over they years told us they expect the banks to burst at about 17:00.\n\nThere's still plenty of traffic on the roads. And even a few hardy souls out walking. Though things could look very different here come 18:00, when that rare red weather warning comes into force.\n\nThe areas at the centre of the storm were already heavily saturated after heavy flooding earlier this month.\n\nScottish Environment Protection Agency flood unit manager Pascal Lardet said there was a specific focus on the Brechin area, which has suffered bad flooding in the past.\n\nHe said the water level around the Angus town, which has a population of about 7,000 people, was expected to be \"close to the top\" of the flood defences, with a significant risk that water going over the top would lead to a \"rapid inundation\" to surrounding areas.\n\nMr Lardet said he was particularly concerned this could happen overnight into Friday.\n\nHe added: \"Take action now to protect yourself and your property.\n\n\"Hazards can be hidden, so please don't walk or drive into flood water.\n\n\"Remember that not only is flood water likely to be dirty, 30cm of fast flowing water can move an average family sized car, and just 15cm of fast flowing water could be enough to knock you off your feet.\"\n\nChristopher McGuire feared his home would be flooded during the storm\n\nChristopher McGuire was among the many Brechin residents in the town doing what they could to safeguard their homes as heavy rain fell on the town on Thursday afternoon.\n\nHe said his back garden was badly flooded just two weeks ago, and he now fears the water could come over his back wall.\n\nMr McGuire added: \"If it's up river and comes down to the catchment area, that's the problem. We've got plenty of ground still fairly wet from two weeks ago and I think it'll come over.\"\n\nJohn Stewart with his flood defence outside his home on River Street, Brechin\n\nRed is the most severe of the Met Office's three coloured weather warnings.\n\nIt means that dangerous weather is expected and, if you have not already done so, you should take action now to keep yourself and others safe from the impact of the severe weather.\n\nIt is very likely that there will be a risk to life, with substantial disruption to travel, energy supplies and possibly widespread damage to property and infrastructure.\n\nYou should avoid travelling, where possible, and follow the advice of the emergency services and local authorities.\n\nYou can read more about the weather warning system here.\n\nA Met Office spokesperson said affected areas could see more than a month's worth of average rainfall within 24 hours.\n\nThey said the ground in many affected areas was still saturated following the wettest two-day period on record earlier this month.\n\nSome 238mm of rain was measured at Sloy Main Adit in Argyll and Bute between 09:00 on 17 January 1974 and 09:00 the following day - the highest total on record in Scotland for what the Met Office calls a \"rainfall day\".", "The game lets you play as two different versions of Spider-Man, Peter Parker and Miles Morales\n\nSpider-Man 2, one of the biggest games of the year, is out on PlayStation 5 this week.\n\nReviews have praised the action-adventure's open world and technical leaps over its PS4 prequel.\n\nThe PS5 exclusive, priced at £69.99 in the UK, has also reignited a debate about game-length, with its main story mission estimated at about 15 hours.\n\nBut creative director Bryan Intihar tells BBC Newsbeat: \"I feel confident in saying that it's worth it.\"\n\nLike the previous game, Spider-Man 2 takes place in a virtual New York City, and offers more side missions once you finish the main story.\n\nIt's estimated that completing the game's main quest and its additional content will take roughly 40 hours in total.\n\nThat's in contrast to other major releases this year like Starfield and Baldur's Gate 3, which can potentially be played for hundreds of hours.\n\nSome fans say they want more for their money, while others push back on the idea that longer is always better.\n\nBryan, from developer Insomniac Games, says the studio is aware of the arguments but his team is focused on making the game as good as it can be.\n\n\"For us, it really comes down to the experience we want to deliver with the quality we want to hit,\" he says.\n\n\"Obviously, there's a certain level of, 'hey, someone's going to spend this much money on a game', so we want to give them the experience that's worth it.\n\n\"Our job is to make sure that you feel no matter how long it is, it's worth that money, it's worth that investment.\"\n\nSenior creative director Bryan Intihar worked on the first Spider-Man game on PlayStation 4 as well as this sequel\n\nAs well as praise for the game's graphics, combat and open-world setting, most of the reviews have highlighted the quality of the story it tells.\n\nBryan says his aim was to include themes players would connect with including grief, relationships, and growing up.\n\nHe says this was possible because the game's main characters, Peter Parker and Miles Morales, are relatable despite being superheroes.\n\n\"I love Tony Stark, but it's hard to identify with a billionaire, right?\" he says.\n\n\"And look at Thor. Great hero, but it's hard to identify with a god.\"\n\nSo after years of work, and the validation of \"universal acclaim\" on Metacritic, what will Bryan be doing next?\n\n\"I can finally exhale,\" he says. \"And I will definitely be taking some time off and playing some other games.\n\n\"This is probably one of the best years in gaming ever. I have a pile of amazing games I'm looking forward to playing.\"\n\nIt possibly won't be a long break though. Bryan and his team are already working on a new game based on fellow superhero Wolverine. And what about another sequel - a Spider-Man 3?\n\nBryan's not giving much away: \"We'll see what the future holds.\"\n\nListen to Newsbeat live at 12:45 and 17:45 weekdays - or listen back here.", "Wark, pictured on Newsnight in 2016, said there were \"exciting times ahead\"\n\nKirsty Wark, the longest-serving presenter of BBC Two's Newsnight, is to step down from the programme.\n\nWark made the announcement on Thursday, exactly 30 years after she first hosted the nightly news show.\n\nShe will leave after the next general election, which is expected next year. \"When the time comes it will be a massive wrench,\" she said.\n\nThe news comes amid reports that the show could have its budget slashed and its format overhauled.\n\nThe programme's editor Stewart Maclean also announced his departure last week.\n\nWark planned her exit before the recent speculation about the show's future, according to her statement.\n\nWark and Jeremy Paxman were the faces of Newsnight for 21 years\n\n\"Last year I spoke to both to the Director General Tim Davie and to Stewart and signalled my desire to end my three-decade run on the show after the next election, and that's the plan,\" she said.\n\n\"When the time comes it will be a massive wrench. However, I'll be leaving Newsnight but not the BBC.\n\n\"I'll still be presenting The Reunion and Start the Week on Radio 4, TV documentaries too as well as finishing, finally, my third novel. There are exciting times ahead.\"\n\nShe added it had been \"an enormous privilege to be involved in such a rigorous, creative programme with a wonderful, talented, bunch of colleagues - actually many bunches over the years\".\n\n\"There's not a day when I don't look forward to coming to the office, and every day I learn something from the team about all manner of things, from aspects of American foreign policy to how to make a great mojito.\"\n\nMr Davie praised her \"authority, her razor-sharp insight and her journalistic flair\".\n\nHe added: \"She sets the standard for engaging yet authoritative presenting. I speak on behalf of the whole BBC when I thank her for the past 30 years.\n\n\"I'm delighted the BBC is not losing Kirsty altogether when she steps back from Newsnight and look forward to seeing and hearing her beyond the busy political year ahead.\"\n\nWark earned between £280,000 and £284,999 in the last financial year, according to the BBC's annual report.\n\nOn social media platform X, formerly called Twitter, Victoria Derbyshire described Wark as an \"incredible journalist\" and \"legend\" while diplomatic editor Mark Urban said her decision to go would \"leave a great gap\".\n\nMr Urban added: \"She's always been enthusiastic, inquiring, clear-sighted in the face of spin and full of integrity. And we've had quite a few laughs along the way too!\"", "Storm Babet is smashing ashore here with striking force.\n\nHuge waves are crashing over the harbour wall in Stonehaven. The sail of one yacht has been shredded by the wind and is flapping wildly. Another small vessel appears to have been swamped.\n\nHalf an hour away in the town of Brechin Angus Council says it fears the flood defences will be overwhelmed. It has identified 335 homes at risk of flooding in the next few hours.\n\nRest centres have been set up and residents are being urged to evacuate their houses in Brechin and in the villages of Finavon and Tannadice.\n\nAround 3,300 homes are without power as a result of the storms, according Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks, which says it has already reconnected a further 18,500 properties. Aidan McGivern from the Met Office said the storm may be record-breaking:\n\nI can't think of a named storm that since we've been naming storms that has seen rainfall as severe as this in eastern Scotland. In fact, given the fact that it could be record breaking over a couple of days, it would be difficult to go back in the historical records going back to the 19th century to find an equivalent low pressure system or rain event to this.\n\nIt is less than two weeks since Scotland experienced the wettest two-day period on record. The Met Office says it's too early to say whether this storm is linked to climate change — but that a warmer planet means more moisture in the atmosphere which increases the chance of such storms happening.", "Jim Jordan backed away from a temporary replacement and said he is \"still running for Speaker\"\n\nJim Jordan says he is pressing ahead with his bid to become Speaker of the US House of Representatives despite stiff opposition from Republicans.\n\nAnother vote for Speaker has been scheduled for 10:00 EST (14:00 GMT).\n\n\"The fastest way to get to work for the American people is to elect a speaker,\" the Ohio congressman said on Friday.\n\nMr Jordan had indicated he would back a plan allowing acting Speaker Patrick McHenry to run the House, but Republicans rejected the move.\n\nThe lower chamber of Congress has had no leader for the past 16 days.\n\nWithout a Speaker in place, the House is unable to pass bills or approve an impending White House request for aid to Israel and Ukraine.\n\nDuring a news conference on Friday, Mr Jordan argued that aid to Israel was one of the main reasons why the House needed to elect a speaker quickly.\n\n\"I've got 200 votes. I know we can do this,\" he said, adding that he could \"pick up\" a few of the votes he lost.\n\nHe noted the House has held multiple rounds of voting before - for former Speaker Kevin McCarthy - and said the plan was to have a new Speaker as soon as possible.\n\nBut, in consecutive roll calls over the past two days, Mr Jordan has failed to get more than 200 votes. He needs 217 - a majority in the chamber - to win the gavel.\n\nThe House Judiciary Committee chairman has faced criticism over intimidation tactics and even death threats against lawmakers from some of his backers.\n\nKen Buck of Colorado, who firmly rejects Mr Jordan's nomination, predicted to the BBC's US partner CBS News that Republican defections could grow from the current 22 to 30 or 40.\n\nOn Thursday, Mr Jordan had told colleagues he would not hold any more votes for now and would instead back a proposal for Mr McHenry to conduct the House's business for a month or more.\n\nMr McHenry, a bow-tied lawmaker from North Carolina, was appointed interim Speaker following the unprecedented vote to oust Kevin McCarthy earlier this month.\n\nHe has taken the view that he has only limited authority to preside over floor votes and the selection of a permanent Speaker, in line with succession procedures put in place after the 9/11 terror attacks.\n\nBut legal experts argue that, as long as a majority of the chamber is in favour of expanding his authority, the House can function largely as normal.\n\nMembers of both parties, including two former Republican Speakers, have floated the option of extending Mr McHenry's powers until January to allow him to preside over urgent legislative matters.\n\nThat could potentially enable Mr McHenry to be the person that shepherds through legislation to avert a government shutdown next month, and aid packages for Israel and Ukraine.\n\nRepublicans who support the idea have said the House must move on with its business rather than prolong its internal divisions.\n\n\"We have to get the conservative agenda back on track,\" said Mario Diaz-Balart of Florida, who has so far declined to back Mr Jordan.\n\nNebraska's Don Bacon, another anti-Jordan defector, said: \"McHenry has 100% of my support. I love McHenry.\"\n\nBut several more Republicans erupted over the proposal, with tempers flaring at a lengthy closed-door conference.\n\nMatt Gaetz, the Florida congressman who led the coup to remove Mr McCarthy, slammed the idea to empower Mr McHenry as a \"constitutional desecration\".\n\n\"We need to stay here until we elect a Speaker and, if someone can't get the votes, we need to go on to the next person.\"\n\nMr Gaetz also said that Mr McCarthy had screamed at him and another colleague had lunged at him in a meeting earlier on Thursday that felt \"like a Thanksgiving dinner\".\n\n\"I think the entire conference screamed at him,\" Mr McCarthy, a California Republican, told reporters when asked about the confrontation.\n\nFlorida Congressman Matt Gaetz said a colleague lunged at him during a tense party conference on Thursday\n\nJim Banks, a conservative Indiana lawmaker, predicted half the party would vote against the measure and said it was a betrayal of Republican voters.\n\nOthers, including New York Republican Elise Stefanik, said electing Mr McHenry amid internal opposition would \"create a Democrat backed coalition government\".\n\n\"We must work to unify Republicans\" behind Mr Jordan, the congresswoman wrote on X.\n\nOn Thursday, Democrats did not say whether they would back Mr McHenry as Speaker.\n\nBut some indicated they were open to the idea, with California's Lou Correa telling the BBC: \"We've been without a Speaker for a number of days.\"\n\n\"I'm hearing the rumour is to give him [McHenry] power until January - I'll take it,\" he added.\n\nBut multiple Republicans emerged from their party conference declaring the option \"dead\".\n\nWith Mr Jordan now pursuing a third Speaker vote, Democrats will probably once again vote unanimously for their own leader, Hakeem Jeffries, as they have done in previous votes.\n\nWith no alternatives to Mr Jordan or Mr Jeffries emerging this week, there is no end in sight to the House's leadership crisis.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nHundreds of people have been killed by an explosion at a crowded hospital in Gaza City, health officials say.\n\nOne doctor condemned what he called \"a massacre\" at Al-Ahli Arab Hospital, while another spoke of a scene of total devastation.\n\nPalestinian officials say the blast was caused by an Israeli air strike.\n\nBut the Israeli military say it was the result of a failed rocket launch by Palestinian Islamic Jihad - an accusation the militant group rejected.\n\nIsraeli warplanes and artillery have been bombarding Gaza in response to an unprecedented attack on Israel on 7 October by the main Palestinian militant group, Hamas, which killed 1,400 people.\n\nMore than 3,000 people have been reported killed by strikes on Gaza.\n\nThe hospital blast is threatening efforts to resolve the humanitarian crisis there, with Jordan cancelling a planned summit on Wednesday between US President Joe Biden, King Abdullah and the Palestinian and Egyptian leaders.\n\nMr Biden is still travelling to Tel Aviv to show his country's \"solidarity with Israel\" and \"ironclad commitment to its security\".\n\nPictures that emerged from Al-Ahli Arab hospital on Tuesday night show scenes of chaos, with bloodied and maimed casualties being rushed out on stretchers in the darkness. Bodies and wrecked vehicles can be seen lying in the rubble-strewn street outside.\n\nOne video appears to show a projectile hitting the area followed by a blast.\n\n\"We were operating in the hospital, there was a strong explosion, and the ceiling fell on the operating room. This is a massacre,\" said Dr Ghassan Abu-Sittah, a Médecins Sans Frontières plastic surgeon who had been helping to treat people wounded in the war.\n\nAnother doctor told the BBC that 80% of the hospital had been taken out of service and estimated that 1,000 people had been killed or injured.\n\nThe Ahli al-Arab hospital is fully funded by the Anglican Church, which says the facility is independent of any political factions in Gaza.\n\nCanon Richard Sewell, the dean of St George's College in Jerusalem and one of the Church's top figures in the holy city, said it was difficult to get reliable information about what happened but that he could confirm the hospital had been hit and that a \"horrific number of people\" had died.\n\nHe told the BBC that about 6,000 displaced people had been sheltering in the hospital courtyard at the end of last week.\n\nThe hospital was first hit by an Israeli air strike that caused damage and injured four people on Saturday, he said. After that, 5,000 people left the courtyard - leaving around 1,000 remaining there, many of them invalids or elderly who needed transportation.\n\nRevd Sewell said about 600 patients and staff treating them had been inside the hospital at the time of Monday's explosion, but that he believed most of those killed had been outside.\n\n\"There is no justification for this type of attack, accidental or deliberate,\" he added. \"It is an absolute horror show which is unfolding.\"\n\nZaher Kuhail, a British-Palestinian civil engineering consultant and university professor who was nearby at the time, told the BBC that what he had witnessed was \"beyond imagination\".\n\n\"I [saw] two rockets coming from an F-16 or an F-35 [fighter jet], shelling these people and killing them ruthlessly, without any mercy,\" he said.\n\nHe added that many people had been killed by fires sparked by the explosion and that first responders had lacked the equipment they needed to rescue survivors.\n\nThe health ministry in Gaza said 500 people had been killed and hundreds more were feared trapped under the rubble.\n\nHamas blamed an Israeli strike for what it called a \"horrific massacre\".\n\nA spokesperson for Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, who is based in the occupied West Bank, accused Israel of a \"heinous crime\".\n\nAnger also spilled onto the streets in the West Bank. Hundreds of protesters clashed with PA security forces who responded by firing tear gas.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThe Israel Defense Forces' (IDF) first response was to stress that it did not target hospitals, and it urged caution about \"unverified claims\".\n\nLater, chief spokesman Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari said in a video statement: \"Following an additional review and cross-examination of the operational and intelligence systems, it is clear that the IDF did not strike the hospital in Gaza.\"\n\n\"The hospital was hit as a result of a failed rocket launched by the Islamic Jihad terrorist organisation,\" he said.\n\nHe said 450 of the thousands of rockets fired indiscriminately towards Israel since the beginning of the war had fallen within Gaza, endangering civilians.\n\nPalestinian Islamic Jihad denied that any of its rockets had been involved, saying it had not carried out any activity around Gaza City at the time.\n\nThe International Committee of the Red Cross said it was shocked and horrified by the reports.\n\n\"Hospitals should be sanctuaries to preserve human life, not scenes of death and destruction. No patient should be killed in a hospital bed. No doctors should lose their lives while trying to save others,\" a statement said.\n\n\"Hospitals must be protected under international humanitarian law.\"\n\nThe World Health Organization also called for the immediate protection of civilians and healthcare and urged the Israeli military to reverse the evacuation orders it has issued to 20 hospitals in northern of Gaza ahead of what is expected to be a major ground offensive.\n\n\"The order for evacuation has been impossible to carry out given the current insecurity, critical condition of many patients, and lack of ambulances, staff, health system bed capacity, and alternative shelter for those displaced.\"\n\nAre you in the region? If it is safe to do so, share your experiences by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "Zara Aleena was injured 46 times in the attack\n\nA sexual predator who stalked and murdered Zara Aleena is set to challenge his sentence at the Court of Appeal.\n\nJordan McSweeney targeted at least five women before he attacked 35-year-old Ms Aleena as she walked home from a night out in east London on 26 June 2022.\n\nMcSweeney had been released from prison on licence nine days before the murder.\n\nHe was handed a life sentence with a minimum term of 38 years after admitting murder and sexual assault.\n\nThe attack on Cranbrook Road in Ilford lasted nine minutes and resulted in 46 separate injuries to the law graduate.\n\nMcSweeney is set to challenge this sentence as \"manifestly excessive\" at the Court of Appeal on Friday morning.\n\nJordan McSweeney killed Ms Aleena nine days after being released from prison on licence\n\nThe Old Bailey heard that McSweeney failed to attend any meetings with probation workers after his release on 17 June last year, and his licence had been revoked.\n\nFollowing Ms Aleena's murder, chief inspector of probation Justin Russell highlighted errors in the Probation Service's handling of McSweeney's case, which meant he was not treated as a high-risk offender.\n\nHe described McSweeney as a \"career criminal\" who had been in and out of jail since the age of 16 and said that he \"should have been considered a high-risk-of-serious-harm offender\".\n\n\"If he had, more urgent action would have been taken to recall him to prison after he missed his supervision appointments on release from custody,\" Mr Russell said.\n\n\"The Probation Service failed to do so and he was free to commit this most heinous crime on an innocent young woman.\"\n\nListen to the best of BBC Radio London on Sounds and follow BBC London on Facebook, X and Instagram. Send your story ideas to hello.bbclondon@bbc.co.uk", "Gemma said her daughter was suspended for going to the toilet without permission\n\nStrict disciplinary measures at a Lincolnshire school are damaging children's mental health and education, according to some parents.\n\nA campaign group has been set up to voice their concerns about the use of isolations and suspensions at King Edward VI Academy (KEVI) in Spilsby.\n\nOne parent said her child was reprimanded for her shoes being shiny.\n\nA school spokesperson said positive reinforcement far outweighs any sanctions.\n\nAlmost 70 letters of complaint from concerned parents were sent to the school\n\nGemma, whose daughter was suspended for going to the toilet without permission, despite having a medical pass, said she would \"fully support a reasonable behaviour policy\".\n\nHowever, she said: \"Unfortunately, they [the school] take it beyond the realms of reasonable and it's detrimental to the kids' mental health.\"\n\n\"It's against basic human rights,\" she said, adding: \"She's got a medical toilet pass for a reason.\"\n\nGuidance from the Department for Education allows schools to adopt a policy where disruptive pupils can be placed in isolation from other pupils for a limited period.\n\nAs with other disciplinary penalties, schools must act lawfully, reasonably and proportionately in all cases, the guidance says.\n\nCharlie and Emma said putting children in isolation for minor breaches of school rules was wrong\n\nIn June, Charlie and Emma started a social media group to find out if other families had concerns with the school's use of sanctions.\n\nWithin a matter of weeks, they had 140 parents in the group telling their own stories.\n\n\"It did shock us - when you look at the number of children in the school there is a large amount of people who are unhappy,\" Emma said.\n\n\"It's just go out of the classroom to isolation - and that can't be the answer every time,\" she said.\n\n\"Seeing your children being broken down - you are sending them everyday to somewhere where you know they are going to have the worst day,\" she added.\n\n\"And that's horrible as a mum.\"\n\nOne student was reprimanded for her shoes (pictured above) being too shiny, her mother says\n\nAnother parent, who did not wish to be identified, pulled her child out of school at the end of July.\n\nShe said uniform had been a constant problem, with her daughter being reprimanded for her shoes being \"too shiny\" and put into isolation for her trousers being too tight.\n\nShe claimed the school humiliated her daughter by giving her a pair of adult size 12 trousers to wear instead.\n\n\"She looked like a clown,\" her mother said.\n\nShe was also punished for not completing her home work, despite not being able to read the worksheet due to weak eyesight\n\nIn another incident, she said her daughter was placed in isolation as a punishment for not completing her homework.\n\nShe said her daughter had weak eyesight and had been unable to read the \"small\" text on the worksheet.\n\n\"It angers me because it's not a behavioural issue,\" she added.\n\nStephanie and Chris said their son, who has special educational needs, was not given the support he needed\n\nSome claimed that behavioural policies were being applied without any flexibility to children with special educational needs - despite educational care plans being in place.\n\nStephanie and Chris said their son, who has ADHD, did not receive the support he needed.\n\n\"Children with ADHD are challenging - I'm not going to say he's not,\" Stephanie said.\n\n\"However, he is very manageable given the right support and intervention.\"\n\nThe couple moved their son to a different school in December.\n\nStephanie said while he was at KEVI he was \"making himself physically vomit because his anxiety was through the roof.\"\n\nThe school said it had high expectations for pupils' behaviour, but always sought to reward good conduct\n\nA former pupil at the school said isolation was for the \"worst of the worst\" behaviour when he first started.\n\nHowever, he said: \"Towards the end of Year 11 it was just where they put people because they felt like it.\"\n\nAlmost 70 letters of complaint have been sent to the school, its governors and Ofsted by concerned parents.\n\nPart of one letter read: \"The school needs to stop concentrating on punishing students for very minor infringements.\n\n\"This is unrealistic, and so far removed from the real world they need to concentrate on de-escalating situations and press on [with] the very important job of educating our children.\"\n\nIn a statement, a school spokesperson said: \"We have high expectations for pupils' behaviour and always seek to reward pupils' good conduct, with positive reinforcement far outweighing any sanctions.\n\n\"At KEVI, we work hard to create a respectful and purposeful culture in which students can learn and reach their full potential.\n\n\"This begins at the start of the school day when pupils are met by staff and offered welfare support and replacement uniform if they have incorrect items.\"\n\nThe school said suspensions were used \"proportionally\" to help keep the academy calm and safe, and as \"behaviour has improved the number of these has fallen significantly\".\n\nThe spokesperson added feedback from parents was welcomed and said changes had been made in response, including stopping after-school detentions after families raised the issue of difficult transport links in the local community.\n\nFollow BBC East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire on Facebook, X (formerly Twitter), and Instagram. Send your story ideas to yorkslincs.news@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The unit constantly monitors cameras trained on more than 100km (62 miles) of Lebanese border\n\nThey call it \"Hamal\" - short for \"war room\" in Hebrew. It sits high in the mountains on the Israel-Lebanon border, at the heart of a complex protected by blast walls.\n\nEverything here is about security. There are no windows, and before you can pass through the solid door you have to leave behind mobile phones and smart watches - anything that could give away this secret location.\n\nInside are banks of monitors. Right around the clock, a team of soldiers are gazing at them intently.\n\nEach shows grainy black-and-white images from cameras that are constantly trained on more than 100km (62 miles) of Lebanese border. Shifts are normally four hours long, watching the pictures cycle over and over and looking for anything usual.\n\nSince Palestinian Hamas militants attacked southern Israel from Gaza 11 days ago, killing 1,400 people and taking 199 others hostage, there has been a steady increase in tensions on this border.\n\nAlmost every day Hezbollah militants from Lebanon have launched anti-tank missiles into Israel, and Israeli forces have responded with artillery, fighter jets and attack helicopters.\n\nBoth sides have seen civilian deaths this week. Each engagement raises fears that the violence on this border could quickly spiral out of control.\n\nSmoke rises from the top of a hill in southern Lebanon on Tuesday, as seen from a northern Israeli border community\n\nCaptain \"S\" commands the all-female company watching the cameras. This surveillance job is exclusively done by women.\n\n\"We are the eyes of the soldiers, the eyes of the forces in the field - of the entire border.\" she tells me, \"and we are playing a very important role.\"\n\nAlong one side of the room, childhood photos of each soldier are strung along the wall like bunting. Their dates of birth are written in thick black pen underneath. Each is young, most are still completing their period of compulsory military service in the Israel Defense Forces (IDF).\n\n\"We are strong women, female soldiers that know their job and mission and know that we play a very important role in this war.\n\n\"Our goal is first of all to defend, and all the girls know it. Each soldier comes to her shift vigilant and knows her part.\"\n\nOn several occasions over the past week, militants have tried to get across the wall.\n\nHezbollah, a powerful Lebanese military and political group backed by Iran, has gradually increased its efforts to infiltrate Israel. Like its staunch ally Hamas, it has been designated a terrorist organisation by the US, UK and others.\n\nSergeant \"I\" (left) says her role can be \"scary and stressful\" when tensions on the frontier are high\n\nThere are real concerns internationally that any miscalculations here could lead to a new northern front opening up in this war. A major event - like the hospital explosion in Gaza, or the start of a ground offensive there by Israel - could also trigger Hezbollah to take more significant action towards Israel.\n\nAt some moments, it feels very close. Sergeant \"I\" was on duty, watching her monitor, when the images on it suddenly changed.\n\nAs shadowy figures approached the border wall, she knew what to do. Quickly, she called in an air strike.\n\n\"I recognised a group of terrorists on the screens and understood that something was wrong. This is my job, to protect the northern border so that no one will penetrate and no civilians will get hurt, especially those who live here by the border.\"\n\n\"It's scary, and it's stressful, but I have to keep it cool. I won't lie, it's very scary to stand here by the border. With everything that's happening nowadays in our country, it's very difficult to process all that's happened.\"\n\nFor Sergeant \"I\", it's especially difficult. Young female soldiers doing exactly the same job in the south were targeted by Hamas.\n\n\"I think of all the forces and the camera observers who were caught up in the attack there. My heart goes out to them. I personally know a lot of people who were abducted or murdered.\"", "Lee Johnston was last seen on 7 October\n\nPolice have made a fresh appeal for information about the disappearance of a 21-year-old County Londonderry man.\n\nLee Johnston was last seen on 7 October and is being treated as a high risk missing person, police have said.\n\nA 31-year-old woman and a 33-year-old man arrested following his disappearance were bailed on Tuesday night to allow for further enquiries.\n\nMr Johnston was last seen at 17:24 BST in Dunmore Crescent, Cookstown, police said.\n\nThe latest images of Mr Johnston show him in a shop in Cookstown\n\nOn Tuesday, police issued CCTV images of Mr Johnston at a supermarket in the County Tyrone town about 30 minutes earlier.\n\nThey show him in a shop on the Orritor Road between 16:52 and 16:59.\n\nHe has short brown hair with blue eyes, is about 5ft 9ins in height and was wearing a blue hooded top and tracksuit bottoms, officers explained on Wednesday.\n\nSupt Michael O'Loan appealed directly to Mr Johnston \"to make contact with the police, family or friends so that we know you are safe and well\".\n\nHe said it was \"completely out of character\" for Mr Johnston not to have been in contact with his family since he was last seen.\n\nPolice attended the scene of a property in Maghera on Tuesday\n\nMr Johnston was first reported missing on the evening of Friday 13 October.\n\nSupt O'Loan appealed to anyone travelling through Mullagh Park between 15:00 and 16:00 or the Dunmore Crescent area of Cookstown shortly after 17.00 BST on 7 October to contact police if they have any information.\n\nHe also urged anyone with dash-cam, CCTV or mobile footage to get in touch.", "Hundreds of Palestinians are feared dead after a huge blast at a hospital in Gaza City, blamed by the Hamas group on an Israeli air strike.\n\nIsrael says the blast was caused by rockets misfired by another group, Palestinian Islamic Jihad, and both sides deny blame.\n\nVideo verified by the BBC appears to show the hospital on fire.\n\nEmergency workers attended to casualties and took them to another nearby hospital.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nRishi Sunak has urged Saudi Arabia to help support stability in the Middle East, after backing Israel in its war with Hamas on a visit to the country.\n\nThe UK prime minister agreed to work with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to avoid further escalation and deliver aid to Gaza.\n\nMr Sunak flew to Riyadh as part of a two-day trip to capitals in the region.\n\nEarlier, Mr Sunak promised to stand with Israel in a meeting with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.\n\nThe diplomatic flurry comes as Israel prepares for a ground invasion into Gaza after the deadly Hamas attack on 7 October.\n\nSpeaking at a joint press conference with Mr Netanyahu, Mr Sunak said he was \"proud\" to support Israel in its \"long war\" against Hamas, which he branded \"pure evil\".\n\n\"We will stand with you in solidarity, we will stand with your people. And we also want you to win,\" Mr Sunak told reporters.\n\nIn a statement following the meeting with the Saudi crown prince, Downing Street said the pair agreed the \"loss of innocent lives in Israel and Gaza over the last two weeks has been horrific\" and \"underscored the need to avoid any further escalation in the region\".\n\nMr Sunak \"encouraged the crown prince to use Saudi's leadership in the region to support stability, both now and in the long-term\", No 10 said.\n\nIsraeli warplanes and artillery have been bombarding Gaza since more than 1,400 people were killed in the attack by Hamas earlier this month.\n\nGaza remains under siege, with Israel blocking cross-border supplies of water, electricity, and fuel.\n\nDowning Street said Mr Sunak had met his Israeli counterpart for two hours of talks, mostly without officials present.\n\nAppearing afterwards, Mr Netanyahu said Israel would need \"continued support\" from allies, warning there would be \"ups and downs\" and \"difficulties\" as it fought Hamas.\n\nSpeaking alongside him, Mr Sunak told reporters the UK \"absolutely\" supported Israel's \"right to defend itself, in line with international law\".\n\n\"I know that you are taking every precaution to avoid harming civilians, in direct contrast to the terrorists of Hamas,\" he added.\n\nBorrowing a phrase from Britain's leader during World War Two, Sir Winston Churchill, Mr Netanyahu said the Hamas attack represented \"the world's darkest hour\".\n\nMr Sunak echoed the language, adding: \"I'm proud to stand here with you in Israel's darkest hour as your friend\".\n\nHis visit comes directly after US President Biden's, as world leaders step up efforts to prevent the conflict spilling into the wider region.\n\nMr Biden said Israel had been \"badly victimised\" - and had a right to strike back against Hamas.\n\nBut he cautioned Israelis against being \"consumed\" by anger, urging them not to repeat the \"mistakes\" made by an \"enraged\" United States after the 9/11 attacks in 2001.\n\nSaudi Arabia is a vital player when it comes to engaging with all international and regional parties to halt escalation and prevent further spread in the region.\n\nUntil a couple of weeks ago, Riyadh was involved in three-way negotiations with Tel Aviv and the White House to normalise relations between Saudi Arabia and Israel. The talks were moving at a swift pace but all that changed on 7 October after Hamas's attack.\n\nSince then, Saudi Arabia has not only come out in strong support of the Palestinians but has also condemned and blamed Israel for the war.\n\nThe Palestinian issue has united the otherwise divided Muslim world. Given the volatile dynamics of the region, Prince Salman could play an important role.\n\nMr Sunak also said he appreciated Israel's announcement on Wednesday it would not stop aid entering southern Gaza from Egypt.\n\nHowever, Israel only agreed to allow food, water and medical supplies - not other much-needed supplies like fuel.\n\nIt also says it will not allow any aid to pass through its own territory until hostages taken by Hamas during its attack earlier this month are released.\n\nAfter an earlier meeting with Israel's president Isaac Herzog, No 10 said Mr Sunak hoped for \"further progress\" in delivering aid to Gaza.\n\nRishi Sunak flew to Saudi Arabia for talks with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman\n\nMr Sunak has declined to back calls from the Scottish National Party and some Labour MPs for a ceasefire to protect civilians, insisting Israel has a right to \"act against terrorism\".\n\nSpeaking to broadcasters, however, he said it was important to stop the conflict escalating regionally.\n\nForeign Secretary James Cleverly told MPs on Wednesday that calls for ceasefires were \"all well and good\", but he had seen no evidence that one would be respected by Hamas.\n\nMr Cleverly is on a diplomatic trip of his own, meeting his Egyptian counterpart earlier. He is also due to visit Turkey and Qatar.", "Actor Burt Young, best known for playing Paulie Pennino in the Rocky films, has died at the age of 83.\n\nYoung received an Oscar nomination for best supporting actor in 1977 for his role as the friend and future brother-in-law of boxer Rocky, played by Sylvester Stallone.\n\nStallone paid tribute to Young on social media, calling him an \"incredible man and artist\".\n\nHe added: \"I and the world will miss you very much.\"\n\nYoung appeared in six Rocky films with Sylvester Stallone\n\nBorn Gerald Tommaso DeLouise in Queens, New York, the Italian-American was in the US Marine Corps in the 1950s, and went on to study acting and build a career playing tough guys in TV shows and films.\n\nThe actor was remembered by Variety's Carmel Dagan as \"exceptionally prolific\".\n\n\"[He] was never much to look at, making him the perfect character actor - [he] had a way of taking a thug or a goon or a mug and giving him more personality, more sympathy, somehow, than the role deserved,\" Dagan wrote.\n\nYoung appeared in the first Rocky film in 1976 as a friend of Stallone's character, before becoming Rocky's brother-in-law in Rocky II when the fighter married his sister.\n\nHe played Paulie in all six original Rocky films but did not return in 2015 spin-off film Creed.\n\nRocky was his best-known work and a huge cinema hit, receiving 10 Oscar nominations and three awards in total, including best picture.\n\nYoung also appeared in Once Upon a Time in America, Last Exit to Brooklyn and Mickey Blue Eyes.\n\nHe featured in television series such as The Sopranos, Law & Order, The Rockford Files and M*A*S*H.\n\nIn his life after acting, Young made his name as a painter and exhibited his work at galleries around the world.\n\nHis death was confirmed by his manager on Wednesday.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Naga Munchetty discusses women's health at the House of Commons\n\nBBC presenter Naga Munchetty has told a committee of MPs that doctors told her to suck it up after she experienced extreme menstrual health problems.\n\nMs Munchetty and TV personality Vicky Pattison said GPs had repeatedly called their gynaecological symptoms \"normal\".\n\nBoth turned to private healthcare to have their conditions treated.\n\nThe pair were giving evidence to the Women and Equalities Committee as part of an inquiry into women's reproductive health.\n\nEarlier this year, Ms Munchetty revealed she had adenomyosis, which affects the womb, but called the process of being diagnosed \"infuriating\".\n\nShe had suffered debilitating symptoms, including excruciating pain and heavy menstrual bleeding, since her teens, with her husband even calling an ambulance because of the pain, she told the committee.\n\nBut the attitude of the GPs had been: \"Those are your [treatment] options - and if they don't work for you, then suck it up.\"\n\nMs Pattison was diagnosed with pre-menstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD), after hearing about it during conversations on social media.\n\n\"For 10 days of the month, I was feeling really fatigued, suffering with insomnia, having crippling anxiety, terrible self-doubt, no passion for the things I normally loved,\" she said.\n\nShe had visited doctors around the country but always been told: \"This is PMS [premenstrual syndrome]. This is what women go through. Every other woman in the world is dealing with this,\" making her feel \"even more invalidated\".\n\n\"Women's health, be it reproductive, sexual, everything, is given less gravity because we are just expected to get on with it, to suffer it, to be brave. It's got to change,\" Ms Pattison told the MPs.\n\nMs Munchetty said of seeking treatment privately: \"It was the only time I felt I could sit there and take time and force an issue, force understanding, force explanations from my gynaecologist and not feel bad that I was taking up more than 10 minutes of my GP's time because there was a queue of people in the waiting room.\"\n\nBoth Ms Munchetty and Ms Pattison told the MPs that women must be properly listened to in the health service.\n\nMs Pattison said: \"GPs, anyone within the NHS, any medical professionals at all, they just need to start to take women seriously when they say something's wrong.\n\n\"I know loads of brilliant women and I don't feel like we're the weaker sex at all. I feel like we're brilliant.\n\n\"I feel like we're strong and powerful and we put up with a lot more than blokes do most of the time.\n\n\"If we have got ourselves up and gone into a doctor's, a hospital, whatever, to say something's wrong, I feel like the least people can do is listen to her and believe that there is something wrong.\"\n\nAnd \"better knowledge, better understanding\" about health issues affecting women specifically was needed.\n\nAfter talking about adenomyosis publicly, Ms Munchetty said she had been approached by medical professionals who had never heard of the condition.\n\n\"There's not enough training, there's not enough focus in the medical profession on women,\" she said.", "Brechin residents were still being rescued from their homes on Friday morning\n\nA second person has died as Storm Babet brought high winds, torrential rain and severe flooding to parts of Scotland.\n\nThe Met Office has now issued a new red \"danger to life\" weather warning for some eastern areas.\n\nPolice have confirmed that a falling tree hit a van near Forfar in Angus on Thursday, killing the 56-year-old driver.\n\nThe body of a 57-year-old woman who was swept into a swollen river was also recovered on Thursday evening.\n\nAnd a search is ongoing in Aberdeenshire after reports that a driver was trapped by floodwater overnight.\n\nThe storm has brought severe flooding to some areas of north east Scotland, with rescue operations continuing in and around the Angus town of Brechin.\n\nThe new Met Office red warning runs from midnight throughout the whole of Saturday for parts of Angus and Aberdeenshire.\n\nForecasters said a further 70-100mm of rain was expected in areas already affected by severe flooding. The area is similar to that covered by the previous red alert which expired at midday on Friday.\n\nIn Brechin, rescue teams went door to door by torchlight during the night to help people to safety.\n\nAngus Council said they were responding to more than 100 calls from people who had stayed in their homes despite warnings to evacuate.\n\nAbout 60 households were rescued in Brechin in the early hours, while others were waiting to be rescued on Friday afternoon in other areas of Angus such as Marykirk and Edzell.\n\nFlood defences in the town were overwhelmed at about 04:00, with river levels 4.4m (14ft) higher than normal and continuing to increase.\n\nThe council had earlier urged residents of about 400 homes in and around the town to evacuate as the River South Esk was expected to burst its banks.\n\nMore than 40 people arrived at a rest centre in soaked clothes during the night. Donations of dry clothing, food and toiletries have been donated by locals following an appeal by the council.\n\nThe flood defences in Brechin were overwhelmed in the early hours of the morning\n\nPolice Scotland said the latest death happened at about 17:05 on Thursday when a falling tree struck a van on the B9127 at Whigstreet, near Forfar.\n\n\"Emergency services attended, however the 56-year-old driver was pronounced dead at the scene,\" the force said. Next of kin have been informed and the road remains closed.\n\nIn Aberdeenshire, search operation involving a helicopter is taking place after reports that a man was trapped in a vehicle by floodwater near Marykirk at 03:00. People are being urged to avoid the area.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. A bridge in Glen Clova, Angus, is swept away after Storm Babet brought intense rainfall.\n\nAngus Council said that as well as about 335 properties in Brechin, an additional 87 households in the nearby villages of Tannadice and Finavon had been told to evacuate \"for their own safety\" ahead of the red warning.\n\nPeople leaving their homes were urged to switch off the mains electricity and water supplies before they did so.\n\nRest centres were opened at Montrose Sports Centre and Brechin and Forfar community campuses on Thursday afternoon, with people being asked to bring their own sleeping bags and any supplies and medications they will need. Pets are welcome.\n\nBy mid-afternoon on Friday the facility in Brechin was looking after more than 50 people, 17 were at the Montrose rest centre and a further nine were at the centre in Forfar.\n\nThe Scottish Environment Protection Agency (Sepa) said severe flood warnings were in place in Brechin, Marykirk, Logie Mill and Craigo, Finavon and Tannadice and Kinnaird/Bridge of Dun. By midday on Friday 16 flood warnings were in force across Scotland.\n\nSepa said 100mm (4ins) of rain had fallen widely across Tayside, Angus and Berwickshire over a 24-hour period, with some areas seeing 150mm (6ins).\n\nHuge waves crashed into the harbour wall at Stonehaven\n\nMany roads were closed, including the A90 between Stonehaven and Dundee. Waves of up to 20ft were seen crashing against the harbour wall at Stonehaven.\n\nSSEN, which provides electricity to homes in the north of Scotland, said 28,000 customers had lost power during the storm.\n\nMore than 24,000 were reconnected by lunchtime on Friday, but 4,000 remained without supply.\n\nScotRail said the storm had caused severe disruption with no trains or replacement bus services running on five of its routes until early on Saturday.\n\nThese were Aberdeen and Elgin, Edinburgh and Aberdeen via Fife, Dunblane and Perth, Perth and Aviemore and all Fife Circle services.\n\nSeveral SPFL football matches have been cancelled on Saturday, including the Aberdeen v Dundee and St Johnstone v Motherwell fixtures in the Premiership.\n\nBrechin is used to flooding but no one here can remember anything like this.\n\nThe town's defences were breached in the early hours, with floodwater roaring into residential areas, swamping scores of homes and leaving many people trapped, some of whom had ignored advice from Angus Council to evacuate.\n\nThroughout the morning, firefighters and coastguard teams went door-to-door, checking homes and using boats to bring families to safety.\n\nOn River Street, where the South Esk overwhelmed flood defences, the level has receded somewhat but the road is still awash, with the top half of a bus stop sign poking out above the surface.\n\nOn the river itself, brown roaring water is still churning past, carrying debris including, at one point, an enormous tree, its leaves just turning brown and yellow at the start of autumn.\n\nStorm Babet has been disruptive elsewhere too - and deadly.\n\nA 56-year-old man was killed when a falling tree hit his van near Forfar. A 57-year-old woman was swept to her death in the Water of Lee in Glen Esk. And a helicopter has been used to search for a man reported to be trapped in his vehicle in Marykirk.\n\nForecasters say the threat is not yet over. The Met Office has issued a second red warning of heavy rainfall - meaning there is a continuing risk to life - for Angus and Aberdeenshire tomorrow.\n\nThis was the scene at Marykirk in Aberdeenshire on Friday morning\n\nRed is the most severe of the Met Office's three coloured weather warnings.\n\nIt means that dangerous weather is expected and, if you have not already done so, you should take action now to keep yourself and others safe from the impact of the severe weather.\n\nIt is very likely that there will be a risk to life, with substantial disruption to travel, energy supplies and possibly widespread damage to property and infrastructure.\n\nYou should avoid travelling, where possible, and follow the advice of the emergency services and local authorities.\n\nYou can read more about the weather warning system here.\n\nSchools in Angus remained closed on Friday and Highland Council announced it was putting defence mechanisms in place in Kingussie, including around the high school.\n\nElsewhere in the UK, amber weather warnings for \"persistent heavy rain\" have come into force in parts of northern England and the Midlands, from noon on Friday to 06:00 on Saturday.\n\nIn England, the Environment Agency had by Friday morning issued more than 200 flood warnings.\n\nMeanwhile a Met Office yellow warning for rain in Northern Ireland is also in place from until 09:00 on Saturday.\n\nStorm Babet hit Ireland on Wednesday after sweeping in from the Atlantic, bringing with it heavy rainfall and causing extensive flooding in parts of the country.\n\nMore than 100 properties were flooded in the town of Midleton in the south of the country, with the Irish Defence Forces deployed to help out.\n\nCork County Council said more than a month's worth of rain had fallen in the space of 24 hours, leading to unprecedented flooding, saturated land and high river levels across the county.\n\nAre you in a region affected by the storm? Share your experiences by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "The pianist was the subject of a record label bidding war\n\nA 19-year-old pianist who has been called \"classical music's answer to K-pop\" has signed an exclusive deal with the UK's Decca Records.\n\nYunchan Lim stunned the music world last year when he became the youngest ever winner of the prestigious Van Cliburn Piano Competition in Texas.\n\nHis performance of Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 3 has since been watched more than 12 million times on YouTube.\n\nDecca snapped up the musician after a prolonged bidding war.\n\nYunchan was courted by record company executives in Tokyo, Paris, Amsterdam, Rome, London, New York and Seoul before he finally decided to sign with the 94-year-old British label.\n\n\"Decca has produced records with excellent sound quality, and has worked with numerous legendary musicians,\" he said in a statement.\n\n\"It's a record label that one can truly appreciate as a musician.\"\n\nSeemingly arriving from nowhere, the teenager's performances have been described as \"visceral\", \"magnetic\" and \"poetic\". His blazing rendition of Rachmaninoff's concerto in Texas moved conductor Marin Alsop to tears.\n\n\"A slight, unsmiling, rather otherworldly lad, Lim seems not just at one with his piano, but positively in love with it,\" wrote the Independent's Jessica Duchen, reviewing his British debut at the Wigmore Hall last January.\n\n\"His playing is so good you think you're dreaming.\"\n\nThis YouTube post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on YouTube The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. YouTube content may contain adverts. Skip youtube video by The Cliburn This article contains content provided by Google YouTube. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Google’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. YouTube content may contain adverts. End of youtube video by The Cliburn\n\n\"Yunchan plays the notes - all of them - as pathways to a surreal elsewhere,\" agreed Norman Lebrecht in The Critic. The New York Times praised how his interpretation of Rachmaninoff moved from \"quietly, calmly penetrating lucidity\" to \"pinging intensity\".\n\n\"By the end of the piece, his upper body was jack-knifing toward the keys at flourishes, with his left foot stomping,\" wrote Zacharay Wolf.\n\nYunchan was born in Siheung, South Korea in 2004 and credits his love of the piano to the recordings of Chopin and Liszt his mother played when he was young.\n\nHe started piano lessons when he was seven and entered the Music Academy of Seoul Arts Center [sic] a year later.\n\n\"I immediately noticed that he was a huge talent,\" his teacher once told the New York Times. \"He's very humble.\"\n\nSince winning the Van Cilburn competition, he has issued two recordings - one of Liszt's fiendishly difficult Transcendental Études, recorded at the contest's semi-finals, and a live performance of Beethoven's Emperor concerto with the Gwangju Symphony Orchestra.\n\nThe latter, released by Universal Music Korea, went platinum within hours in his home country.\n\nHis first studio recording will be released by Decca in spring 2024.\n\nIn a statement, the label's co-president Tom Lewis said: \"Yunchan is, quite simply, the most exciting new classical artist on the planet. It took a global mission to secure his signature... and we are so excited that he chose us.\"", "The John Morden Centre complements existing historical buildings dating back to the 17th Century\n\nThe John Morden Centre, a retirement day care facility in London, has won the UK's leading architecture award.\n\nThe building in Blackheath was praised by the Royal Institute of British Architects Stirling Prize 2023 jury for its use of sustainable materials.\n\nDesigned by Mæ, the Riba judges said it set an example of how to \"raise the bar of quality in social healthcare\".\n\nIt beat five rival contenders including A House for Artists and the University of Warwick's Faculty of Arts.\n\nThe other finalists, in full, were:\n\nThe six buildings explored addressing a specific social problem, such as rising wealth disparities and housing shortages.\n\nRiba president Muyiwa Oki said: \"These six remarkable buildings offer thoughtful, creative responses to the really complex challenges we're facing today.\n\n\"Whether it's tackling loneliness, building communities or preserving our heritage, these projects lay out bold blueprints for purposeful architecture.\"\n\nJudges said the centre set an example of how to \"raise the bar of quality in social healthcare\"\n\nThe John Morden Centre was added to a 300-year-old Grade One-listed residential and nursing site for the elderly, called Morden College.\n\nIt complements existing historical buildings dating back to the 17th Century. The almshouse and chapel have been attributed to St Paul's Cathedral architect Sir Christopher Wren.\n\nThe centre is described as a series of red brick \"pavilions\" housing care and social spaces, stitched together by a central timber \"cloister\".\n\nIt offers residents a variety of facilities such as an art room, a hair salon, nail bar and events space aimed at encouraging social interactions. This in turn supports healthier and longer lives.\n\nThe UK's rapidly ageing population combined with a declining birth rate poses challenges in the longer term. According to a government report, \"families will face increasing pressure to balance care with other responsibilities, particularly work. This is likely to mean that demand and supply of care will diverge\".\n\nAround 19% or one-fifth of the UK population was aged 65 years or over in 2019. That is forecast to grow to around 24% of the population by 2043, or 17.4m people, resulting in further pressure on public services and the wider care industry unless more innovative solutions are found.\n\nThe head of the winning design agency Mæ called the John Morden Centre a \"really fulfilling project to work on\".\n\n\"At a time when adult social care is in a perilous state, this award demonstrates that there is hope for the sector and the project offers up a model for others working within health and care - inspiring them to create environments that positively impact on people's mental and physical health,\" founding director Alex Ely said.\n\nSpeaking on behalf of the Riba Stirling Prize jury, Ellen van Loon, said: \"The John Morden Centre is a place of joy and inspiration... This building provides comfort and warmth, with thoughtful features designed to prevent isolation.\n\n\"It illustrates how buildings can themselves be therapeutic - supporting care and instilling a sense of belonging\".\n\nThe building was praised for \"thoughtful\" features designed to prevent isolation\n\nDesign features to meet the different needs and abilities of elderly residents include concealed wooden handrails and built-in seating along walkways. High-contrast patterns on the edges of floors help those living with dementia a visual way to navigate the building.\n\nThe centre uses principles of \"biophilic design\", which means it connects with its surrounding natural environment. A large cedar tree, for example, is the focal point of the garden, with different seating areas to appreciate the changing natural light.\n\nA large cedar tree is the focal point of the garden\n\nThe building also used construction materials such as cross-laminated timber to reduce its carbon footprint, while lime-based mortar and passive ventilation, utilising the buildings chimneys, minimises the energy needed for heating and cooling.\n\nRiba has given the award for the UK's best new buildings since 1996. Judging criteria includes design vision, innovation and originality, the capacity to stimulate engage and delight, as well as accessibility and sustainability.\n\nPrevious winners include The New Library, Magdalene College in Cambridge by Níall McLaughlin Architects (2022), Bloomberg by Foster and Partners (2018) and the Liverpool Everyman Theatre by Haworth Tompkins (2014).", "Jim Jordan is expected to mount a third bid on Thursday\n\nJim Jordan has lost his second bid to become US House of Representatives Speaker as rank-and-file resistance to his candidacy swells in the chamber.\n\nThe right-wing Ohioan again fell short of the 217 votes he needed, after 22 of his fellow Republicans voted against him, two more than did so on Tuesday.\n\nMr Jordan's team indicated a third vote would take place on Thursday.\n\nTalk is growing in the House of empowering acting Speaker Patrick McHenry for a period of 30 to 90 days.\n\nThe idea has been floated by members of both parties, but it is unclear if such a move has enough support among Republicans as a fall-back option.\n\nIt has been 15 days since Kevin McCarthy was ousted in an unprecedented coup spearheaded by a right-wing faction.\n\nWithout a Speaker, the lower chamber of Congress is unable to pass any bills or approve White House requests for emergency aid. That includes potential help for Israel amid its war with Hamas.\n\nA plan to temporarily empower acting Speaker Patrick McHenry is gaining some traction\n\nDemocrats have so far offered no help on what they call \"a Republican problem\", voting unanimously each time for their leader, Hakeem Jeffries of New York.\n\nOver the weekend, Jordan allies mounted intense lobbying efforts behind the scenes to persuade holdouts to back his bid, but the latest push made little headway overnight.\n\nThe Trump-backed House Judiciary Committee chairman earned 200 votes in the first roll call on Tuesday, and 199 on Wednesday.\n\nMr Jordan could only afford to lose four Republican votes in a chamber that his party controls by a slim 221-212 majority.\n\nColleagues cheered as Tom Cole, an Oklahoma Republican, nominated Mr Jordan, whom he called an \"honourable man\" with \"a spine of steel\" who offered a way out of the House's \"chaos and uncertainty\".\n\nBut silence fell on the chamber as Mr Jordan's fate was sealed less than halfway through the second vote.\n\nThe candidate, who is rated in right-wing circles as a fighter, said he was staying in the race and would \"keep talking to members\" in an effort to win their votes.\n\n\"We don't know when we're going to have the next vote, but we'll have conversations with our colleagues,\" he said.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: Jim Jordan: Three things to know about the conservative firebrand\n\nPatience is running thin, however, as the chamber's leadership crisis collides with escalating problems at home and abroad.\n\nUnless Congress approves more spending, the US government will run out of money next month. The White House is also scrambling to contain conflict in the Middle East and to top up funding for Ukraine's war with Russia.\n\n\"It's just painfully obvious that what a lot of our people want to do we can't do,\" Steve Womack of Arkansas said. \"We'd like to elect a Speaker and we can't even do that.\"\n\n\"It's clear he doesn't have the votes,\" Mike Lawler of New York, who voted against Mr Jordan on both occasions, told reporters.\n\nMr Lawler, an ally of Mr McCarthy, said the former Speaker \"never should've been removed\".\n\nHe said it was now \"imperative\" to empower the interim Speaker, Mr McHenry, a North Carolina Republican.\n\nCarlos Gimenez of Florida, another anti-Jordan holdout, wrote on X that Mr McHenry's temporary selection would allow Republicans to \"get going with the business of the American people\".\n\nThat approach has been backed by two former Republican House Speakers, Newt Gingrich and John Boehner, both of whom left their jobs amid right-wing revolts similar to what Mr McCarthy faced.\n\nIllinois congressman Mike Kelly, whose throwaway vote for Mr Boehner prompted cheers on Wednesday, has submitted a proposal to name Mr McHenry as Speaker until 17 November or until a permanent choice is made.\n\nThat could buy Mr Jordan or somebody else time to shore up support - and it could also allow a Speaker McHenry to shepherd through legislation that funds the government.\n\nBut key lawmakers, including Pennsylvania's Scott Perry, the chairman of the hardline House Freedom Caucus, have said there is no way they will support any measure to empower Mr McHenry.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: King Charles stresses importance of mutual understanding in times of \"international turmoil\"\n\nThe King has made an impassioned plea for religious tolerance and mutual respect, against the background of \"international turmoil\" in Israel and Gaza.\n\nIn a speech at Mansion House, in the City of London, he spoke of the \"heartbreaking loss of life\".\n\nThe King has long supported building bridges between faiths, calling the UK a \"community of communities\".\n\nBut he also spoke of the importance of \"our ability to laugh at ourselves\".\n\nIn particular, he highlighted his own problems with malfunctioning fountain pens.\n\nThe King called for \"an invigorating dash of self-irony\" and hailed the importance of a sense of humour as part of the national character.\n\nThis was particularly relevant in his own case, the King said, after the \"vicissitudes I have faced with frustratingly failing fountain pens this past year\".\n\nSigning a visitors' book in Belfast, he seemed to become frustrated at the lack of a working pen and was overheard saying: \"Oh God I hate this... I can't bear this bloody thing.\"\n\nAddressing the City of London's lord mayor and representatives, the King called for the moderating forces of \"civility and tolerance, on which our political life and wider national conversation depend\".\n\nHe warned against the \"rancour and acrimony\" of social media, with its angry extremism, and the risk of becoming a \"shouting or recriminatory society\".\n\nThere was a particular call for respect between different faiths and cultures - and since the Hamas attack on Israel, the King has spoken to King Abdullah II of Jordan, Israeli President Isaac Herzog and chief rabbi Ephraim Mirvis.\n\nThe King called for a \"breathing space\" to allow people to \"think and speak freely\" and for disputes to be \"passionate but not pugnacious\".\n\nOne of his first acts as King had been to invite a range of religious leaders into Buckingham Palace, he said, and he wanted to \"rededicate my life to protecting the space for faith\".\n\nIn his plea for traditions of calm and respect, the King warned against the trashing of public institutions and public service and the threat of \"demotivating scapegoating\" for those working in them.\n\nSince the \"dawn of history\" Britain had been \"enriched by our welcome of new citizens from the four corners of the globe\", he added.\n\nThe Mansion House event marked the symbolic arrival of a new monarch in the City of London.\n\nThere was a ceremony, dating back to the 14th Century, in which the Pearl Sword is presented to the monarch, who then returns it to the lord mayor.\n\nThe sword is in a scabbard covered with 2,600 pearls and the ceremony is a symbolic show of mutual respect between two historical powerbases, the monarchy and the City of London.\n\nRead more royal stories in the weekly BBC News Royal Watch newsletter - sign up here from within the UK or here from outside.", "Yonatan Rapoport leaves behind two young children, Yosefi and Aluma\n\nMurdered British-Israeli man Yonatan Rapoport has been remembered as \"a great father\" who stood \"bravely against\" Hamas.\n\nMr Rapoport, known as Yoni, was killed in the Palestinian militant group's attack on kibbutz Be'eri last week.\n\nHis mother described him as \"a lovely man\" with \"a wonderful sense of humour and the most amazing smile that just lit up the room\".\n\nThe UK government says Hamas has killed \"at least\" nine British nationals.\n\nFootage verified by the BBC showed Hamas gunmen arriving at the gates of Be'eri on the morning of 7 October - the day Hamas launched a surprise attack on Israel.\n\nThe clip shows them attempting to crawl under the community's gates. When that failed they hide in a booth before ambushing an approaching car, killing the occupants, then entering Be'eri and beginning what would become a day-long attack.\n\nNoelle Rapoport, Yoni's mother, said he was \"very much loved\" on the kibbutz, particularly by the older residents.\n\n\"He never went by without smiling at them, saying hello and helping them,\" she said.\n\nThe father-of-two was a \"diehard\" Manchester United fan, those who knew him said, and was planning to take his son to their Old Trafford ground for a match next month.\n\n\"He was so excited to be taking Yosefi with him so it's very heartbreaking now. Yoni will always be with us. He's in my heart and always will be and I just miss him,\" Noelle said.\n\nAdam Rapoport, Yoni's brother, described him as a \"great father\" who was a gardener at the kibbutz, and who loved \"the trees and the nature\".\n\nHe said the family think Yoni was killed when \"the terrorist opened the door of the safe room... he said to his two kids to get under the bed so the terrorist couldn't see them\".\n\nGolan Abitol, Yoni's best friend, said it was hard to speak about his friend in the past tense.\n\n\"He was a gentle person. He was so kind and so loving,\" he said.\n\nIn a statement shared by the Israeli fan club of Manchester United, Mr Rapoport was said to have \"stood bravely against the inferno\" - but \"couldn't overcome the vile murderers\".\n\nIt described his \"whole family\" as being \"diehard fans\" and \"veteran club members\" who were planning to visit the club's ground for their upcoming game against Luton Town on 11 November.\n\n\"Yonatan was excited to take his son Yosefi [to Manchester] for the first time,\" the statement went on, before telling Mr Rapoport's relatives \"the whole community embraces you and shares deeply in your sorrow\".\n\nThe father-of-two - pictured in the middle - had visited Old Trafford before\n\nThe UK government has said that as well as \"at least\" nine British nationals killed in Hamas's attack, a further seven are missing, some of whom are feared dead or being held hostage in Gaza.\n\nThe total number of people thought to have been killed in Israel since the fighting broke out earlier this month currently stands at more than 1,400. More than 3,700 people have also died in Gaza since Israel launched retaliatory air strikes.\n\nRoi, 54, is another British citizen to have been confirmed dead in the last few days.\n\nRoi was found shot dead at the back of his home, according to his sister\n\nHis sister Ayelet Svatitzky said her brother was found shot dead at the back of his home, the day after Hamas militants attacked Israel - including her mother's home.\n\nMs Svatitzky's mother, 79-year-old Channah Peri, and her other brother Nadav Popplewell, 51, were abducted by gunmen and have not been seen since, she added.\n\n\"I'm in utter shock,\" Ms Svatitzky told the BBC, adding that both her mother and surviving brother are diabetic. \"We don't know what kind of conditions they are being held in.\"\n\nAsked if she hoped her relatives were together, she said: \"In all honesty, I try not to [think about it] because it's just too difficult ... I'm holding Hamas responsible and I think that the international community should hold them responsible and accountable for this.\"\n\nOf Roi, whose surname has not been disclosed, Ms Svatitzky said: \"I've lost my brother, there's nothing I can do about it. All I can do is bury him.\"\n\nThe stories of UK nationals who have lost their lives due to the Israel-Gaza war are still emerging. You can read more about the people we know have died here.", "Fourteen British nationals were killed in Hamas's surprise attack on Israel on 7 October, the BBC understands.\n\nA further three are missing, some of whom are feared dead or are being held hostage in Gaza. The UK government has confirmed 12 deaths.\n\nThe stories of those who have lost their lives are still emerging. These are the victims we have learned about so far.\n\nBritish-Israeli soldier Yosef Guedalia was part of an Israel Defense Forces unit sent to confront Hamas gunmen at Kibbutz Kfar Aza.\n\nHis brother Asher said he \"literally saved people minutes before he got shot\" and described him as a \"righteous and good person\".\n\nHe said Yosef had helped to evacuate injured people and was killed after returning to fight the attackers.\n\nThe 22-year-old's mother was born in Manchester. He was due to celebrate his first wedding anniversary.\n\nBritish-Israeli Yonatan Rapoport was murdered in the Hamas attack on kibbutz Be'eri, southern Israel.\n\nThe father-of-two, known to his friends as Yoni, leaves behind children Yosefi and Aluma.\n\nHe was a fan of the Premier League football team Manchester United and was planning to go to Old Trafford - the team's home ground in north-west England - next month for his son's first game there.\n\nLast week, BBC News was shown messages from a WhatsApp group of mothers within Be'eri communicating as Hamas's attack on the kibbutz got under way.\n\nThe father of two - pictured in the middle - was a huge fan of Manchester United\n\nBritish-born Lianne Sharabi was found dead after the Hamas attack on Kibbutz Be'eri, her family told the BBC.\n\nHer two daughters - Noiya, 16, and Yahel, 13 - were missing in the days that followed. It was confirmed on 17 October that Yahel had been killed. Noiya was later confirmed dead by her family.\n\nLianne, who was born and grew up in Staple Hill on the outskirts of Bristol. started a new life in southern Israel after marrying husband Eli. He is still missing.\n\nIn a statement, their British family called Lianne the \"light of our family's life\".\n\nWhen confirming Noiya's death, they said she \"embraced every opportunity to help others, particularly those less fortunate than she, and was a gifted student and linguist.\n\n\"Most importantly, she was an amazing granddaughter, cousin and niece. We are heartbroken she has gone, but forever grateful she was here.\"\n\nYahel, left, Noiya, right, and their mother Lianne\n\nThe 20-year-old attended north London's JFS Jewish School before moving to Israel to serve in the military. Its headteacher said the school's community was \"devastated\" and \"heartbroken\" at the news of the death.\n\nEliot, Mr Young's brother, told the BBC: \"Whenever I saw him, I always gave him a huge hug. And I will miss that smile. That hug and those laughs that we had together.\"\n\nMr Young's funeral, held at Israel's national cemetery Mount Herzl, was interrupted after loud bangs were heard over Jerusalem.\n\nA crowd of more than 1,000 people were forced to run and find cover between gravestones and under trees when air raid sirens started to sound.\n\nNathanel Young studied in London before joining the Israeli armed forces\n\nBernard Cowan, who grew up in Glasgow before settling in Israel with his wife and three children, was killed in the attack.\n\nSammy Stein, chairman of Glasgow Friends of Israel, said Mr Cowan - who was a grandfather - returned to the city often and regularly visited Mr Stein's peace advocacy stall in the city centre.\n\nHe told BBC Scotland that Mr Cowan lived \"metres\" from the Gaza barrier, adding: \"It was quiet, it was peaceful and it was in the country. He loved it.\"\n\nBernard Cowan, of Glasgow, relocated to Israel and lived near Gaza\n\nMr Marlowe was working as a security guard at the Supernova music festival, where 260 people were killed when it was stormed by militants.\n\nThe 26-year-old was reported missing from the event, which took place near the Re'im kibbutz a few miles from the Gaza barrier.\n\nA friend told inews that he was a talented musician and DJ who was \"happy and thriving\" in Israel after relocating in 2021.\n\nHe is a former pupil of north London's JFS Jewish School. When Mr Marlowe was still classed as missing, head teacher David Moody said the school community was praying for him.\n\nJake Marlowe was doing security work at the Supernova festival when the event was attacked\n\nThe family of Daniel Darlington, 34, have said they believe he is among those killed.\n\nMr Darlington was originally from Manchester but had been living in Berlin. The photographer had been visiting friends in Israel and was travelling with a German woman.\n\nHe was educated at Cheadle Hulme School, according to a memorial page.\n\nIn a statement posted on Instagram, his sister referred to him as Danny and \"baby brother\". She said he was killed at the Nir Oz kibbutz alongside a friend.\n\nShe wrote: \"Only days before he was riding his bike, laughing, taking photos of sunsets and enjoying life's simple pleasures.\"\n\nA relative told the BBC that on the morning of 7 October, Mr Darlington was in touch with his family by text message. He was advised to lock the door and get into a shelter - but communications eventually stopped.\n\nThe relative said a body was found in the room he was staying, but that he has still not been formally identified.\n\nThey also said Mr Darlington had spent time in the kibbutz while in his 20s, and travelled back there each year for the Jewish holiday of Sukkot.\n\nMr Darlington had a flight to Berlin booked on the night of the attack, but had stayed longer, the relative said.\n\nDaniel Darlington was killed at a kibbutz stormed by gunmen, his family said\n\nThe sister of Roi, Ayelet Svatitzky, said her brother was killed after Hamas's attack on Israel earlier this month.\n\nRoi, 54, was found shot dead at the back of his home, she told the BBC.\n\n\"I've lost my brother, there's nothing I can do about it. All I can do is bury him,\" Ms Svatitzky said.\n\nHer other brother, 51-year-old Nadav Popplewell, and mother Channah Peri, 79, are some of those being held hostage by the Palestinian militant group.\n\nMs Svatitzky was speaking to her mother on the phone when the gunmen entered her home. She said her mother's neighbours later told her they had seen the militants take her relatives.\n\nRoi, Mr Popplewell and Ms Svatitzky are all British citizens.\n\nRoi was found shot dead at the back of his home, according to his sister", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Layla Moran: My family in Gaza have nowhere to go\n\nAn MP has said members of her extended family have \"nowhere to go\" after their house was bombed in Gaza City.\n\nLiberal Democrat Layla Moran told the BBC her relatives had sought shelter in a church after Israeli warnings of a ground offensive.\n\nShe said they do not have food, water and power after fleeing south to avoid to the Israeli assault.\n\nIsrael has blocked supplies of food, water, fuel, and electricity since the deadly Hamas attacks.\n\nMs Moran, who became the UK's first MP of Palestinian descent when she was elected in 2017, issued an emotional plea to allow humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip and urged Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to speak up for civilians.\n\n\"I would like to see Rishi Sunak take a more strident stance when it comes to humanitarian aid, in particular when it comes to letting it in,\" said Ms Moran.\n\n\"I want to see them stress the importance of international humanitarian law, which very clearly puts innocent civilians first.\"\n\nThe UK government \"believe it is vital that water supplies are restored\" in Gaza and continued to urge Israel to act within international law, a Downing Street spokesperson said.\n\nMs Moran said that while she was not in direct contact with her relatives in Gaza, she was receiving information from members of her immediate family in the West Bank.\n\nThe MP said: \"They are still there, because what they've said is, first of all, it's three generations. One is very old, and they also said they have nowhere to go.\"\n\nShe also said she was worried for her family in the West Bank, because \"there is a concern of course that this violence starts to escalate, starts to spread\".\n\nAt least 1,400 Israelis were killed in the Hamas attack on 7 October, when gunmen infiltrated communities near the Gaza Strip.\n\nMore than 2,700 Palestinians have been killed in numerous air strikes against Gaza by the Israeli military that were launched following the attack.\n\nHundreds of thousands of people from northern Gaza have moved to southern areas after the Israeli military warned civilians to move there for their own safety.\n\nIsrael says northern Gaza is a Hamas stronghold and has warned it will be the target of its assault.\n\nIn an interview with ITV's Good Morning Britain earlier, TV presenter Richard Madeley asked Ms Moran if \"there was any word on the street\" before Hamas launched its attack on Israel.\n\nFollowing outrage on social media, a GMB spokesman said Madeley was \"sorry that he upset viewers with his question\" and \"his intention was to understand the mood and atmosphere amongst the civilian population of Gaza immediately before the attacks\".\n\nThe statement added: \"He did not mean to imply that she or her family might have had any prior knowledge of the attacks.\"\n\nMs Moran told the BBC she did not think the presenter's question \"came from a place of malice\".\n\n\"And what I'm sad about is that it's distracted from these more important messages about putting our collective humanity first, about peace, about what we do next and about finding a solution for the future.\"\n\nMs Moran, the foreign affairs spokesperson for the Liberal Democrats, said it was important to stress the \"clear distinction\" between Hamas and civilians in Gaza.\n\n\"These are innocent civilians paying a price for something they had nothing to do with,\" she said.\n\n\"I want the government to not just say they want Israel to adhere to international humanitarian law, but also to keep pressing that point and ask them to do the right thing regardless.\"\n\nMs Moran mentioned her extended family's situation when Mr Sunak gave a statement to the House of Commons on the Israel-Hamas conflict on Monday.\n\nThe MP said the bombing of her relatives' home in Gaza meant she shared \"profound emotions of loss and grief\" with the Jewish community.\n\nMr Sunak expressed his sympathies, and paid tribute to \"the fact that she looks forward to a more positive future - it's an ambition that I share\".\n\nThe prime minister said \"we must find a way to move forward, to secure a more stable, peaceful settlement\".", "Voters are going to the polls to elect new MPs in the constituencies of Mid Bedfordshire and Tamworth in England.\n\nThe by-elections will decide who replaces Nadine Dorries in Mid Bedfordshire and Chris Pincher in Tamworth after the Conservative MPs stood down.\n\nPolling stations opened at 07:00 BST and will close at 22:00, with results expected from early on Friday morning.\n\nConstituents in both seats will need photo ID to vote in the by-elections.\n\nThe by-election in Mid Bedfordshire was triggered by the resignation of Ms Dorries in August.\n\nIn 2019, the former culture secretary had a majority of 24,664 in a constituency that has been won by the Tories since 1931.\n\nThe by-election in Tamworth followed the resignation of Chris Pincher in September.\n\nThe former Conservative deputy whip was elected to the seat with a majority of more than 19,000 in 2019.\n\nThere are 13 candidates on the ballot paper in Mid Bedfordshire, and nine in Tamworth.\n\nYou can follow coverage of the by-elections on our live page, BBC Three Counties Radio and BBC Radio WM.", "The man standing still in the front window of the shop\n\nA man has been accused of posing as a mannequin in a Warsaw shop window to steal jewellery after closing time.\n\nThe 22-year-old was pictured standing still and holding a bag in a window of the store, which police have not named.\n\nPolice said the accused went \"hunting\" in various departments after closing, before settling on a jewellery stand.\n\nThe man is also accused of stealing items from a second mall. He has been charged with burglary and theft and faces up to 10 years in prison.\n\nWarsaw Police said that staff and shoppers failed to notice anything unusual as the man stood in the window, and blended in with several mannequins.\n\nPolice said that he stood still until \"he felt it was safe\", then walked through various departments after closing time before taking jewellery.\n\nHe was eventually spotted by security staff.\n\nThe man is accused in two other incidents. In the first, police say he dined late at a restaurant in a second shopping centre and waited for it to close.\n\nPolice said he then entered a clothing store and \"exchanged his clothes for new ones\", before returning to the restaurant for another meal.\n\nHe was caught on CCTV slipping under the clothing store's partially open shutters.\n\nRobert Szumiata, a police spokesman, said that in the third incident at another location, the man waited until after closing time and then \"took money from several cash registers and tried to steal other items\".\n\nPolice have released pictures of the suspect's eventual arrest.\n\nThe man has been remanded in custody for three months, prosecutors in Warsaw said.", "Last updated on .From the section Rugby Union\n\nCoverage: Commentary on BBC Radio 5 Live, plus text updates on the BBC Sport website and app.\n\nSouth Africa have named an unchanged side to face England in their World Cup semi-final on Saturday in Paris.\n\nThe Springboks beat hosts France 29-28 in an epic quarter-final last Sunday.\n\nWith no changes made, half-backs Cobus Reinach and Manie Libbok retain their places in the starting XV, while fly-half Handre Pollard remains on the bench.\n\nHead coach Jacques Nienaber has opted again for a 5-3 split of forwards and backs among his replacements.\n\nScrum-half Reinach, who Nienaber said was better suited to dealing with the French kicking game, replaced regular starter Faf de Klerk for the quarter-final.\n\nEight of the Springboks' starting XV began the win over England in the World Cup final in Japan four years ago.\n\nThe back row remains unchanged, with captain Siya Kolisi lining up alongside Pieter-Steph du Toit and Duane Vermeulen as a combination for the 15th time.\n\nThe Springboks' only defeat in France so far came against Ireland in the pool stage, while England come into the game off the back of last Sunday's quarter-final win over Fiji.\n\n\"We've been building a quality Rugby World Cup squad for the last few years so that we could be in this position going into the knockout matches,\" said Nienaber.\n\n\"Like us, they are one game away from a World Cup final and we've seen through the history of the tournament that England raise their game for these matches.\n\n\"We are closely matched in terms of average player age and caps, both teams are used to playing on the biggest stage. This is do-or-die if either of wants to the lift the trophy next week.\"\n\nVeteran full-back Willie le Roux is among the replacements, alongside forwards RG Snyman and Kwagga Smith, who both made a difference against France with their power in the closing stages.\n\nThe winner of the match will play either Argentina or New Zealand in the final at the Stade de France on Saturday, 28 October.", "Midleton in County Cork was \"impassable\" as a month's worth of rain fell\n\nA yellow weather warning for rain is in place for Northern Ireland as Storm Babet is due to bring heavy and prolonged downpours.\n\nThe Met Office warning began at 14:00 BST on Wednesday and will end at 10:00 on Thursday.\n\nThe main focus is on counties Antrim and Down, where the heaviest rain is most likely on high ground.\n\nIn the Republic of Ireland, the army has been deployed in County Cork as weather conditions worsen.\n\nMore than 100 homes have been flooded in the town of Midleton, Cork County Council said.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Cork County Council This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThe road network has been severely disrupted and the council is asking drivers to make only essential journeys.\n\nIrish Defence Forces have been deployed to the area to provide support.\n\nThere are also reports of homes being flooded in a number of other areas across the county. The council estimates that a month's worth of rain has fallen in the last 24 hours.\n\nIt is expected rainfall will vary quite a bit in Northern Ireland, with the Mourne Mountains expected to be hit with heavy downpours.\n\nHigher ground to the east could see up to 100mm of rain, close to what is expected during the whole month of October.\n\nAbout 30-50mm of rain can be expected over some lower areas of Northern Ireland.\n\nAlthough rain is expected to be the main impact of Storm Babet, some very strong and gusty winds from the south east are also forecast.\n\nTogether with the rain, the wind could make impacts worse, especially around the east coast.\n\nThe Met Office is warning of possible flooding, difficult travel conditions, and that power and other essential services could be affected.\n\nStorm Babet would be the second named storm of the season after Storm Agnes caused disruption in parts of Northern Ireland last month.\n\nIn the Republic of Ireland, a Status Orange rain warning has been issued for counties Cork, Kerry and Waterford.\n\nPedestrians may need their coats and umbrellas as Storm Babet moves towards Northern Ireland\n\nGardaí (Irish police) said Midleton was \"impassable\" to traffic due to ongoing adverse weather conditions.\n\nIn a statement, Cork County Mayor Cllr Frank O'Flynn said: \"I am calling on the people of Cork to please avoid unnecessary travel, take extreme care if you must set off on a journey and please think of vulnerable road users, especially pedestrians and cyclists.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nA separate Status Yellow rain warning has also been issued for several counties from Tuesday mid-morning until Wednesday evening.", "Paltrow said she doesn't want her children to worry about \"what anybody's going to think or say\"\n\nGwyneth Paltrow has said calling someone a \"nepo baby\" is an \"ugly moniker\", and that children of famous people shouldn't be judged negatively.\n\nThe term refers to suggestions of nepotism when a young person follows in their famous parents' footsteps.\n\n\"Now there's this whole nepo baby culture, and there's this judgement that exists around kids of famous people,\" the 51-year-old actress said.\n\n\"But there's nothing wrong with doing or wanting to do what your parents do.\"\n\nPaltrow herself falls into that category as the daughter of actress Blythe Danner and director Bruce Paltrow.\n\nThe Oscar-winning star, who also runs wellness brand Goop, has two children with Coldplay frontman Chris Martin.\n\nThis Instagram post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Instagram The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip instagram post by gwynethpaltrow This article contains content provided by Instagram. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Meta’s Instagram cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nAsked by Bustle about 19-year-old daughter Apple, Paltrow said she's \"really just a student\" and \"just wants to be a kid and be at school and learn\".\n\nShe added: \"Nobody rips on a kid who's like, 'I want to be a doctor like my dad and granddad.'\n\n\"The truth is if you grow up in a house with a lot of artists and people making art and music, that's what you know, the same way that if you grow up in a house with law, the discussions around the table are about the nuances of whatever particular law the parents practise.\n\n\"I think it's kind of an ugly moniker. I just hope that my children always feel free to pursue exactly what they want to do, irrespective of what anybody's going to think or say.\"\n\nLily-Rose Depp has said a famous name only gets your \"foot in the door\"\n\nThe \"nepo baby\" term took off last year to refer to a new generation of celebrities like Maya Hawke (daughter of Ethan Hawke and Uma Thurman), Lily-Rose Depp (Johnny Depp and Vanessa Paradis), Maude Apatow (Judd Apatow and Leslie Mann), Zoe Kravitz (Lenny Kravitz and Lisa Bonet) and Dakota Johnson (Don Johnson and Melanie Griffith).\n\nLast December, New York magazine noted that \"nepo babies\" are nothing new in Hollywood, but there had been an intense backlash to the realisation that \"today, they're not only abundant - they're thriving\".\n\nIt added: \"A nepo baby is physical proof that meritocracy is a lie. We love them, we hate them, we disrespect them, we're obsessed with them.\"\n\nMembers of celebrity dynasties have addressed the question of how much the inherited advantage matters.\n\nZoe Kravitz (left, with father Lenny and mother Lisa Bonet) has said it's \"normal for people to be in the family business\"\n\nDepp Jr, who starred in TV drama The Idol, said the name only gets you so far. \"Maybe you get your foot in the door, but you still just have your foot in the door,\" she told Elle. \"There's a lot of work that comes after that.\"\n\nStranger Things star Hawke has admitted a family head-start \"definitely gives you massive advantages in this life\".\n\nShe told Rolling Stone: \"You will get chances for free, but the chances will not be infinite; so you have to keep working and do a good job. If you do a bad job, the chances will stop.\"\n\nOscar winner Jamie Lee Curtis, whose parents are actors Tony Curtis and Janet Leigh, has also commented, saying \"there's not a day in my professional life that goes by without my being reminded that I am the daughter of movie stars\".\n\n\"The current conversation about nepo babies is just designed to try and diminish and denigrate and hurt\", she added.\n\n\"It's curious how we immediately make assumptions and snide remarks that someone related to someone else who is famous in their field for their art, would somehow have no talent whatsoever.\"\n\nZoe Kravitz told GQ it is \"completely normal for people to be in the family business\".\n\nAlmost Famous star Kate Hudson, daughter of actors Goldie Hawn and Bill Hudson, said in a 2022 interview with The Independent: \"The nepotism thing, I mean… I don't really care.\"\n\nHudson, who has children with Muse frontman Matt Bellamy, Black Crowes singer Chris Robinson and \"digital creator\" Danny Fujikawa, added: \"I look at my kids and we're a storytelling family. It's definitely in our blood.\n\n\"People can call it whatever they want, but it's not going to change it.\"\n\nShe said she saw plenty of nepotism in other industries. \"Maybe modelling? I see it in business way more than I see it in Hollywood.\"\n\nSinger Lily Allen, daughter of actor Keith Allen and film producer Alison Owen, agreed that nepotism in other fields was more damaging.\n\n\"The nepo babies y'all should be worrying about are the ones working for legal firms, the ones working for banks, and the ones working in politics, if we're talking about real world consequences and robbing people of opportunity,\" she wrote.", "Ukraine launched its counteroffensive in the south in June - but the advance has been slow so far\n\nUkraine's military appears to have confirmed reports that its troops have crossed on to the Russian-occupied left (eastern) bank of the Dnipro River.\n\nThe armed forces general staff listed Pishchanivka village in the southern Kherson region, 3km (two miles) east of the river, as being shelled by Russia.\n\nThe US-based Institute for the Study of War (ISW) said Ukrainian troops had advanced up to 4km east of the river.\n\nUkraine launched its counteroffensive in the south in June, seeking to sever Russia's land corridor to the Crimean peninsula, which Moscow illegally annexed in 2014.\n\nKyiv aims to reach the Sea of Azov coast, splitting Russian troops in the region in two, and making the Kremlin's supply lines more complicated.\n\nThe counteroffensive has so far been slow, bringing only limited territorial gains.\n\nUkrainian troops have made a number of smaller raids across the Dnipro river before - but the latest reported advance appears to be an attempt to expand the area under their control in anticipation of a larger offensive cross-river operation.\n\nIn its report on Thursday morning, the General Staff of Armed Forces of Ukraine said Russia had carried out air strikes on Pishchanivka in the past 24 hours.\n\nIt provided no details on whether there were any Ukrainian troops in or near the village.\n\nHours earlier, the ISW quoted Russian sources as claiming that \"likely company-sized elements of two Ukrainian naval infantry brigades conducted an assault across the Dnipro River on to the east bank\" on 17-18 October.\n\n\"Geolocated footage published on 18 October indicates that Ukrainian forces advanced north of Pishchanivka (14km east of Kherson City and 3km from the Dnipro River) and into [the village of] Poyma (11km east of Kherson City and 4km from the Dnipro River),\" the US-based think tank added.\n\nRussian military blogger WarGonzo claimed on Thursday that the Ukrainian units fighting on the eastern bank of Ukraine's main river had been previously trained in the UK.\n\nMeanwhile, the Russian defence ministry appeared to have confirmed Ukrainian operations in the area.\n\nIn its report on Wednesday evening, it said Russian troops had \"suppressed the activity\" of four Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance groups in Poyma and the nearby village of Pidstepne.\n\nMoscow claims that, overall, Ukraine's counteroffensive in the Kherson region is failing.\n\n\"There is no result yet. There are [Ukrainian] losses,\" said President Putin during a visit to China on Wednesday.", "It’s up to Rishi Sunak to decide when – between now and January 2025 – to call a general election. May or Autumn of next year look to be the most likely options.\n\nWill these by-election hammerings for his party convince the prime minister he needs as much time as he has got to try to turn things around before going to the country?\n\nThe Tories are way behind in the national opinion polls and this gap could widen further.\n\nA recent poll by Savanta suggested that Rishi Sunak’s big Tory conference speech – in which he pitched himself as the change candidate – has barely moved the dial.\n\nMore time could allow the economy to improve – giving more scope for the government to offer some pre-election sweeteners. Tax cuts are already top of the wish-list of a number of Tory MPs who think they would energise their core vote again.\n\nBut those unhappy with the party’s direction of travel under Rishi Sunak are likely to become noisier after today – and more time before an election means more room for disagreements within the party to boil over.\n\nRishi Sunak has already tried big policy shifts and a reset moment to try to win more support – but he’s running out of options as the clock ticks down.", "Jayne Etherington, left, and daughter Caitlin Edwards went swimming at Amroth in Pembrokeshire\n\nA student needed dialysis and blood transfusions after swimming in the sea following a sewage spill, her mum said.\n\nAfter getting E. coli, Caitlin Edwards developed haemolytic uraemic syndrome (HUS) which damaged her kidneys.\n\nJayne Etherington said her 22-year-old daughter's \"horrendous\" five-month ordeal began after she swam in the sea just off west Wales in last summer.\n\n\"She'd gone from a happy, healthy, vibrant 22-year-old to looking like she was going to die,\" mum Jayne said.\n\nCaitlin had gone for a dip at the beach at Amroth in Pembrokeshire, a few miles east of Tenby, and did not know about the untreated sewage spill at Wiseman's Bridge, just down the coast, on 24 August, 2022.\n\nAt the time it was reported storm sewage was discharged at four beaches, including Wiseman's Bridge and Saundersfoot, with Welsh Water saying the spill came from combined storm overflows (CSOs).\n\nBut Welsh Water said the Wiseman's Bridge spill was from a private source and nothing to do with them.\n\n\"We were allowed to believe it was a CSO spill,\" said Jayne.\n\nCaitlin Edwards did not know there had been an untreated sewage spill when she went swimming in the sea\n\n\"No-one said, 'This is something more serious'.\"\n\nAfter leaving her home in Pembrokeshire and staying in London with her boyfriend, Caitlin started having stomach cramps and diarrhoea.\n\nAfter five days, she went to hospital and was diagnosed with E. coli and HUS.\n\nHer mum said she wasn't called until she was in the resuscitation department.\n\nAmroth beach is a popular spot for both locals and tourists\n\nJayne said the family \"didn't know she wasn't going to die\", adding: \"It was horrendous.\"\n\nJayne said Public Health Wales (PHW) investigated what Caitlin had eaten and found the likeliest cause was untreated sewage as harmful bacteria had entered her intestine.\n\nE coli is a bacteria infection which can be found in the gut and faeces of many animals, especially cattle\n\nSymptoms include diarrhoea, stomach cramps and sometimes fever. About half of those infected will have bloody diarrhoea.\n\nThese symptoms are usually noticeable 3 to 4 days after they have been infected, but can start at any time between 1 and 14 days afterwards and can last for up to two weeks.\n\nA small number of people who become infected go on to develop a condition called haemolytic uraemic syndrome which can lead to kidney failure and death.\n\nCaitlin has now made a full recovery, completed her English and Spanish degree and is now working in Canada running children's camps.\n\nPHW said it could not comment on individual cases and Welsh Water said the spill was not down to them.\n\nCaitlin had a pact with her mum for them to swim in the sea together every day before she went back to university\n\nPembrokeshire council said it had placed warning signs on the beach \"acting on information received regarding a pollution incident from Natural Resources Wales\".\n\nNRW said its investigation into the Wiseman's Bridge pollution concluded \"the effluent discharge was due to a private discharge point failure\".\n\n\"The owners of the private discharge point acted immediately to resolve the issue as soon as possible,\" said Nicola Mills of NRW.\n\nCaitlin has since recovered and is now working in Canada running children's camps and plans to extend her stay for the winter ski season\n\n\"Our officers have visited the area since and there have been no further concerns witnessed or reported.\n\n\"Around the same time there was also an ongoing CSO discharge therefore it was not possible to pinpoint sole responsibility for the failure of bathing water sampling at Wiseman's Bridge.\"\n\nThe organisation said Amroth and Wiseman's Bridge were sampled on the same day.\n\n\"Results from those tests showed a failure in water quality at Wiseman's Bridge but not at Amroth,\" Ms Mills said. \"Every discharge outlet has its own permit limits.\"", "UFC fighter Conor McGregor won't face charges over a claim of sexual assault at an NBA finals game in Florida in June, prosecutors have told the BBC.\n\nMr McGregor was accused of \"violently\" forcing himself on a woman in a VIP bathroom in the Kaseya Center in Miami.\n\nThe unnamed accuser also said arena security aided the attack by trapping her in a bathroom stall.\n\nThe 35-year-old Irishman denied the allegation and his lawyer said the fighter was \"pleased\" it was now over.\n\nOn Wednesday, a spokesperson for the state attorney's office confirmed to the BBC that the case had been dropped.\n\nThe alleged incident occurred during Game 4 of last season's NBA finals between Miami Heat and the Denver Nuggets.\n\nIn a letter obtained by the BBC last year, a lawyer for the woman alleged she had been forced into a men's bathroom by security guards from the NBA and Miami Heat, before being sexually assaulted by Mr McGregor.\n\nThe letter said the woman was able to free herself from the bathroom, but left behind her purse, which she was said to have retrieved after pleading with security guards.\n\nIt also alleged that security for the league, team and arena \"aided and abetted\" Mr McGregor by forcing her into the bathroom.\n\nSecurity footage later emerged showing Mr McGregor and his accuser entering the bathroom together.\n\nAccording to a memorandum from the prosecutor's office obtained by the BBC, the bathroom attendant told detectives he did not hear any signs of distress or \"sounds that would corroborate that whatever was occurring was not consensual\".\n\nPolice also interviewed a friend of the woman who said she did not hear \"anything out of the ordinary\" in the bathroom and the woman did not mention the alleged assault to her, according to the memo.\n\nThey concluded that based on witness statements and other evidence, the state would not be able to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that that the victim did not consent to sexual activity.\n\nBarbara Llanes, Mr McGregor's lawyer, told the BBC that the UFC star and his family were \"pleased this is now over\".\n\n\"After a thorough investigation, including a review of videos and interviews with eyewitnesses, the authorities have concluded that there is no case to pursue against my client, Conor McGregor,\" Ms Llanes said in a statement.\n\n\"As anticipated, this decision by the authorities confirms Mr McGregor's account of the evening,\" she added.\n\nThe Irishman has not fought in the UFC since he suffered a broken leg while fighting against Dustin Poirier in July 2021.\n\nLast week his bid to return to the sport moved a step closer as he re-entered the United States Anti-Doping Agency's testing pool.\n\nHe was expected to face Michael Chandler this year, but cannot fight until he is back in the testing pool for six months. His return to action is now expected at some point in 2024.", "Last updated on .From the section Football\n\nLiverpool and Egypt forward Mohamed Salah has called for \"world leaders to come together to prevent further slaughter of innocent souls\" amid the ongoing Israel-Gaza conflict.\n\nHealth officials said hundreds of people were killed by an explosion at a crowded hospital in Gaza City on Tuesday night.\n\nSalah, 31, said humanitarian aid to Gaza must be allowed \"immediately\".\n\n\"There has been too much violence, heartbreak and brutality,\" he said.\n\nPalestinian officials say the blast at Al-Ahli Arab Hospital was caused by an Israeli air strike.\n\nBut the Israeli military say it was the result of a failed rocket launch by Palestinian Islamic Jihad - an accusation the militant group rejected.\n\nIsraeli warplanes and artillery have been bombarding Gaza in response to an unprecedented attack on Israel on 7 October by the main Palestinian militant group, Hamas, which killed 1,400 people.\n\nMore than 3,000 people have been reported killed by strikes on Gaza.\n\nSalah described the scenes from the hospital as \"horrifying\".\n\n\"The people of Gaza need food, water and medical supplies urgently,\" Salah said in a video posted on X.\n\n\"All lives are sacred and must be protected. The massacres need to stop. Families are being torn apart.\n\n\"I am calling on the world leaders to come together to prevent further slaughter of innocent souls.\n\nThe Algerian football federation said on Wednesday it is suspending all football competitions and matches \"in solidarity with the Palestinian people\".\n\nThe governing body had previously agreed to host the Palestine national team's forthcoming football matches following a request from the Palestinian FA.\n• None 'We thought it would be safe at a Gaza hospital'", "Republican lawmakers say they have been targeted by intimidation tactics, including death threats, from allies of Jim Jordan as his bid for the US House of Representatives speakership falters.\n\nSeveral Republicans told reporters they had been subject to a pressure campaign by supporters of Mr Jordan, who lost a second vote for the gavel on Wednesday.\n\nMr Jordan, a right-wing Republican from Ohio, has condemned the threats.\n\nA hardline conservative revolt ousted the last Speaker on 3 October.\n\nA third vote to elect a Speaker may happen on Thursday, and Mr Jordan will need to win around more colleagues in his party to secure the 217 votes needed to win the job.\n\nMariannette Miller-Meeks, an Iowa Republican, wrote in a statement on Wednesday that she had \"received credible death threats and a barrage of threatening calls\" after voting for an alternative to Mr Jordan.\n\n\"One thing I cannot stomach, or support is a bully,\" she wrote.\n\nDon Bacon, a Nebraska Republican who is a particularly vocal opponent of Mr Jordan, provided texts to Politico that appeared to show his wife being harassed by a supporter of the would-be Speaker.\n\n\"Your husband will not hold any political office ever again,\" one of the anonymous messages read. \"What a disappoint [sic] and failure he is.\"\n\nMr Jordan denied any involvement in the pressure campaign.\n\n\"No American should accost another for their beliefs,\" he wrote on X, formerly known as Twitter, on Wednesday evening. \"We condemn all threats against our colleagues and it is imperative that we come together.\"\n\nMore than a handful of anti-Jordan Republicans, including Virginia's Jen Kiggans, Kay Granger of Texas and Florida's John Rutherford, complained of inappropriate persuasion tactics from local conservative leaders and right-wing influencers backing Mr Jordan.\n\n\"Intimidation and threats will not change my position,\" wrote Ms Kiggans on X.\n\nThough none suggested Mr Jordan himself was directly involved, some placed blame for the tactics at his feet.\n\nCarlos Gimenez, a Florida Republican, told NBC News he had brought up the matter directly with Mr Jordan, saying: \"I don't really take well to threats.\"\n\n\"He told me that he wasn't behind it, and he's asked people to stop, but if you've asked people to stop it why aren't they listening to you?\" Mr Gimenez said.\n\nHe said his office had been receiving robocalls about his opposition to Jordan.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: Jim Jordan: Three things to know about the conservative firebrand\n\nArkansas Republican Steve Womack criticised what he referred to as the \"attack, attack, attack\" tactics of Jordan allies against those lawmakers who have opposed his speakership bid.\n\nAnd even some of Mr Jordan's allies, including Byron Donalds of Florida, acknowledged that the strong-arm approach may have \"backfired\".\n\n\"I think it was to the detriment of Jim,\" Mr Donalds told reporters.\n\nThe infighting comes after Mr Jordan failed for a second time to gain enough support from his party to clinch the speakership.\n\nOn Wednesday, 22 of his fellow Republicans voted against him - two more than did so in the first vote on Tuesday.\n\nAs the speakership votes drag on, some have suggested giving acting Speaker Patrick McHenry more powers\n\nThere is no end in sight to the leadership battle more than two weeks after Kevin McCarthy was removed as leader of the lower chamber of Congress in a backbench mutiny.\n\nWithout a Speaker, the Republican-controlled House is unable to pass any bills or approve White House requests for emergency aid. That includes potential help for Israel amid its war with Hamas.\n\nDemocrats, the minority party in that chamber, have been voting unanimously each time for their own leader, Hakeem Jeffries of New York.\n\nAs frustration mounts, talk has grown in the House of empowering acting Speaker Patrick McHenry for a temporary period of up to 90 days.", "The attackers set the victims' vehicle on fire after killing them\n\nFriends have paid tribute to a couple killed on their honeymoon alongside their guide in Uganda's Queen Elizabeth National Park.\n\nThe couple have been named locally as David and Celia Barlow, from Hampstead Norreys, near Newbury in Berkshire.\n\nThe village's cricket club said they will be \"desperately missed\" while the parish council called Mr Barlow a \"pillar of the community\".\n\nUganda's police said their vehicle was set alight after they were killed.\n\nRichard Davies, church warden at St Mary's Church in Hampstead Norreys, said the news was \"incomprehensible\".\n\n\"We wake today with a heavy heart, and the deepest sorrow to hear the devastating news of the death of Dave and Celia Barlow,\" Mr Davies said. \"Words cannot express how to react to this dreadful news.\"\n\nHampstead Norreys Parish Council described Mr Barlow, a British national, as an \"exceptional chairman\" who served the council for more than a decade.\n\n\"He was a pillar of the community, always prioritising their needs,\" it said.\n\nHampstead Norreys Cricket Club also paid tribute to the couple, affectionately describing Mr Barlow as \"Lord Barlow\" and describing Mrs Barlow - who was born in South Africa - as \"an amazing human who will be desperately missed\".\n\nIn a statement, the travel company Belmond, who referred to her as Celia Geyer, said she was a \"true pioneer at heart and a highly respected leader in our industry\".\n\nToby Harris, a member of the village parish council, said Mr Barlow \"was a very genuine person\".\n\n\"I spent a lot of time bumping into him at the pub for a beer or two. He was approachable and down to earth.\"\n\nIn a post on social media Andrew Mitchell, the UK minister of state for development and Africa, said he was \"shocked and saddened by the horrific attack\".\n\n\"My thoughts are with the victims and their families,\" he wrote. \"British nationals in Uganda should follow travel advice.\"\n\nUgandan president Yoweri Museveni said on X, formerly Twitter, that the Ugandan High Commission in the UK would provide support to the families of the murdered couple.\n\nPolice said joint forces were pursuing suspected members of the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) rebel group, an IS-linked Islamist group which traces its roots to Uganda but operates mainly in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).\n\nThe two countries have intensified operations targeting the group in recent months, and the incident occurred near Uganda's border with DRC.\n\nOn Wednesday, IS claimed responsibility for the attack via its Telegram channels, without providing evidence.\n\nTwo days earlier, Uganda's president said police had foiled a plot, allegedly planned by ADF militants, to bomb churches in the country's central Butambala district.\n\nPolice spokesperson Fred Enanga said on X: \"We have registered a cowardly terrorist attack on two foreign tourists and a Ugandan in Queen Elizabeth National Park.\n\n\"The three were killed, and their safari vehicle burnt.\"\n\nHe added the police were \"aggressively pursuing\" the suspected rebels, and expressed \"our deepest condolences to the families of the victims\".\n\nThe police force also posted a photograph of a green four-wheel-drive vehicle on fire.\n\nThe UK Foreign Office has updated its travel advice for Uganda, warning the \"attackers remain at large\".\n\nIt is advising against \"all but essential travel\" to Queen Elizabeth National Park, adding that anyone in the park should \"follow the advice of local security authorities\".\n\n\"If you are able to do so safely, you should consider leaving the area,\" it said.\n\nA spokesperson for the Foreign Office said: \"We are providing consular assistance to the family of a British national following an incident at Queen Elizabeth National Park in Uganda. We are in close contact with the local authorities.\n\n\"British nationals in the area should follow our travel advice and contact us if they require assistance.\"", "Israel and the Palestinians are locked in claim and counter-claim about what happened at the hospital\n\nPalestinian health officials now say that at least 471 people were killed by an explosion at a hospital in Gaza City on Tuesday night. They blame an Israeli air strike, but Israel's military says the blast was caused by a failed rocket launch by the militant group Palestinian Islamic Jihad. The BBC's Rushdi Abu Alouf visited the scene and found that body parts are still being collected.\n\nBlood-soaked mattresses are strewn across the courtyard of the Al-Ahli Arab hospital, along with clothing and personal possessions left behind in the chaos that followed the blast and the huge fire it caused.\n\nIn a nearby car park lie the smouldering wrecks of more than a dozen cars.\n\nThe surrounding buildings are also damaged, apparently pockmarked by shrapnel. But no large impact crater is visible.\n\nThere is an atmosphere of panic, with people struggling to understand what happened at a place that was supposed to be protected under international humanitarian law.\n\n\"We left our home to come here,\" a woman who survived the explosion told the BBC. \"We thought it would be safe, but then it got bombed.\"\n\nDoctors said that most of the victims were among the several thousand civilians who had been sheltering at the hospital since Friday. They fled there after the Israeli military told civilians to evacuate the north of the Gaza Strip, as it stepped up its air strikes on militant group Hamas.\n\nMany staying inside the courtyard were elderly or infirm, unable to leave for the south because they did not have access to transport.\n\nOne witness told me that they had been sitting on the ground when it was rocked by a huge blast.\n\nPeople from all around the Gaza Strip soon arrived at the scene to try to help, he said. They collected bodies and began evacuating injured people.\n\nThose in a serious condition were taken away on motorbikes, while those less hurt had to make their way on foot to Shifa hospital, 3km (two miles) away.\n\nMany of the victims were displaced people who had been sheltering in the grounds, thinking the hospital was safe\n\nA second man said he heard something just before the blast but did not know what it was.\n\nHe explained that he returned to the hospital afterwards because there was no other option.\n\n\"Where else can we go? Are we leaving like in 1948?\" he asked, referring to the first Arab-Israeli war, when hundreds of thousands of Palestinians were forced or fled from their homes.\n\nDespite their protected status, 20 hospitals in the north, including Al-Ahli Arab, have received orders to evacuate their patients and staff, according to the World Health Organization.\n\nThe UN agency has said the orders are impossible to carry out, given the current insecurity, critical condition of many patients, lack of ambulances, and shortage of beds elsewhere, and warned that it will \"further worsen the current humanitarian and public health catastrophe\".", "Activists have blocked the entrance of JP Morgan's Canary Wharf office\n\nGreta Thunberg has joined a protest outside JP Morgan to demand the bank stops funding fossil fuel projects.\n\nThe Swedish climate activist is taking part in the Fossil Free London action at the bank's office in Canary Wharf.\n\nThe activists have blocked the entrance to the bank by sitting on the pavement, chanting \"oily money out\" and waving yellow flags and banners.\n\nIt follows a protest on Tuesday in Park Lane where oil executives had gathered for the Energy Intelligence Forum.\n\nMs Thunberg, 20, was arrested at that demonstration and charged with a public order offence. A further 26 people were charged.\n\nFossil Free London says JP Morgan has been a major source of funding for fossil fuel projects since the Paris Agreement, when governments agreed to try to limit global average temperature rises to 1.5C above pre-industrial levels.\n\nOne campaigner said: \"They are making billions of profit every year at a time of worsening inequality when so much of the world is being devastated by the climate crisis.\n\n\"We think there should be no new fossil fuel investment or financing from JP Morgan and we think that some of their billions of profits should go towards loss and damage to the communities affected by climate change and provide the financing for adaptation and mitigation measures.\"\n\nListen to the best of BBC Radio London on Sounds and follow BBC London on Facebook, X and Instagram. Send your story ideas to hello.bbclondon@bbc.co.uk", "Outfall in the River Teifi from Cardigan's waste water treatment plant\n\nWelsh Water has admitted illegally spilling untreated sewage at dozens of treatment plants for years.\n\nThe admission came after the BBC presented the water company with analysis of its own data.\n\nOne of their worst performing plants is in Cardigan in west Wales.\n\nThe company has been spilling untreated sewage there into an environmentally protected area near a rare dolphin habitat for at least a decade.\n\nWelsh Water says it is working to tackle the problems and does not dispute the analysis, which was shared with BBC News by mathematician and former University College London professor Peter Hammond from campaign group Windrush Against Sewage Pollution (WASP).\n\nMost of the UK has a combined sewerage system, meaning that both rainwater and wastewater - from toilets, bathrooms and kitchens - are carried in the same pipes. Usually, all the waste is carried to a sewage treatment works.\n\nDuring heavy rain, to prevent a plant becoming overwhelmed, it is allowed to discharge untreated sewage. But releasing any before a plant reaches the overflow level stipulated on its permit is an illegal breach.\n\nProf Hammond requested data on 11 Welsh treatment plants and found that 10 had been releasing untreated sewage at times when they should have been treating it.\n\nCardigan was particularly bad, spilling for more than 200 days each year from 2019-2022.\n\nThe data provided to Prof Hammond showed that Cardigan almost never treated the amount of sewage it was supposed to.\n\nAccording to its permit it has to treat 88 litres a second before spilling - but had illegally spilled untreated sewage for a cumulative total of 1,146 days from the start of 2018 to the end of May 2023.\n\n\"This is the worst sewage works I've come across in terms of illegal discharges,\" he said.\n\nProf Peter Hammond used Welsh Water's own data to prove they were illegally spilling\n\nWhen presented with the findings Welsh Water admitted it has between 40 and 50 wastewater treatment plants currently operating in breach of their permits. It said decisions on which plants to improve were taken with customer bills in mind, and that because there is \"no measurable environmental impact\" of the Cardigan estuary spills, these have been a low priority.\n\nThe outflow point from the Cardigan treatment plant spills into the Teifi estuary and Welsh Water points to Poppit Sands, a designated bathing beach two miles away, that has water quality consistently rated as \"excellent\".\n\nThe treatment plant in Cardigan spills both treated and untreated sewage into the River Teifi\n\nEnvironmental groups say testing at Poppit Sands only takes place from May to September and there is no regular monitoring of the impact of sewage discharges in the River Teifi. It is designated as a Special Area of Conservation (SAC) and is home to lamprey, Atlantic salmon and otters. The Teifi flows into Cardigan Bay, home to one of Europe's largest populations of bottlenose dolphins.\n\n\"Untreated sewage causes a host of problems on our rivers,\" says Gail Davies-Walsh of rivers campaign group Afonydd Cymru.\n\n\"High nutrient levels coming from sewage lead to algal blooms that lead to the depletion of oxygen in our rivers. And that clearly has knock-on impacts to our fish populations and to other species.\"\n\nThe regulator, Natural Resources Wales, told the BBC that it has been aware of the issues at Cardigan for eight years and has issued enforcement notices but no fines. It says it is now looking at data from 101 treatment plants run by Welsh Water that have been spilling before they reach their permit capacity.\n\nWelsh Water, a not-for-profit company, said in a follow-up email that it was not under \"formal investigation\", that NRW's figures are \"inaccurate,\" and that it stands by its total of about 45 treatment plants currently breaking their permits.\n\nSteve Wilson of Welsh Water tells the BBC's Jonah Fisher the Cardigan spills make him 'very uncomfortable'\n\nCardigan's problems date back to 2004 when Welsh Water installed a wastewater treatment system which filters sewage through a membrane. That is not how most sewage plants work.\n\nThe sewage network in Cardigan is old and leaky and during Spring tides saltwater gets into the pipes and the treatment plant.\n\nThe saltwater causes bacteria to release an enzyme that blocks the membrane. That has meant the plant regularly fails to treat the right amount of sewage and spills untreated sewage.\n\n\"We're not proud of this at all,\" Steve Wilson, managing director for wastewater services at Welsh Water said. \"It's a very uncomfortable position to be in - but it's not for the want of trying. We have been trying to fix this.\"\n\nThose fixes have not worked. In 2025 work is due to begin on a new treatment plant for Cardigan, at a cost of £20m.\n\nThe River Teifi empties into Cardigan Bay just next to Poppit Sands beach\n\nFor Gail Davies-Walsh of Afonydd Cymru there are questions now for both the water company and the regulator, Natural Resources Wales, which is responsible for enforcing permits and, if necessary, issuing penalties.\n\n\"Fundamentally this site [Cardigan] has been discharging raw sewage for possibly 10 years and no action has been taken,\" she says.\n\nNRW provided the BBC with a timeline of their responses which shows a number of enforcement notices - but no prosecutions or fines. In the last five years the NRW has made no prosecutions anywhere in Wales for illegal sewage spills of this type.\n\n\"We have prosecuted Welsh Water on a number of instances for pollution events, just not for low flow spills as is the case here,\" Huwel Manley, NRW's head of operations for south west Wales. said. \"But we are working with trying to set national guidance along with England so that we have a more standardised approach as to how and when we take that prosecution route.\"\n\nWelsh Conservative, Plaid Cymru and Welsh Liberal Democrats opposition parties called on Wales' Labour government to take tougher action on sewage dumping.\n\nA Welsh Government spokesperson said: \"We expect water companies in Wales to continuously improve services to customers and address any areas of concern.\"\n\nRegulators in England are also looking at flow rates through treatment plants as part of what they say is their largest ever criminal investigation into potentially illegal spilling.\n\nSign up for our morning newsletter and get BBC News in your inbox.", "Manchester United's hopes of a first appearance in the group stage of the Women's Champions League ended with defeat by Paris St-Germain in the second round of qualifying.\n\nMarc Skinner's side came into the second leg in the French capital optimistic of getting past the two-time finalists after having come back to draw 1-1 in last week's first leg at Leigh Sports Village.\n\nBut, despite a decent display, they were undone by a superior PSG side containing a truly ruthless finisher in Lieke Martens.\n\nThe Netherlands forward put the hosts ahead on the night, and in the tie, in the first half with a fierce strike after following up Tabitha Chawinga's low shot.\n\nShe then restored the advantage with another neat finish past Mary Earps just a minute after Lisa Naalsund had equalised for United from close range.\n\nMartens' second goal - and the timing of it in particular - proved a hammer blow to the visitors, who conceded again soon after to a sublime chipped finish from a tight angle from Sandy Baltimore.\n\nLeah Galton thought she had pulled one back with a looping header, but it was ruled out for a push in the back of PSG defender Clare Hunt and Ella Toone struck the woodwork late on with an acrobatic effort.\n\nUnited manager Marc Skinner told MUTV: \"If we really aspire to be a team that's in Europe then you have to own it - you have to stand up, you have to be counted, you have to take the ball and use the ball.\n\n\"You have to be strong in your one v one, you have to dominate, you have to take your personality to the game and first half. I don't think we did that, not enough. [In the] second half we were much better.\n\n\"We're going to go and push in every game now to try and finish top of that [league] table because then you automatically qualify.\"\n\nThe draw for the group stage takes place on Friday, with last season's Women's Super League winners Chelsea there as England's sole representative.\n• None Best action and reaction from PSG v Man Utd in the Women's Champions League\n\nBefore Wednesday's second leg, Manchester United manager Skinner challenged his team to create \"a magical moment\" in Paris.\n\nMaking it to the group stage of the Champions League would have served to underline an upward trajectory since the club reformed in 2018 that has seen United regularly finish in the top four of WSL following promotion from the Women's Championship, capped off by last season's second place.\n\nHowever, despite pushing a strong PSG side - who also finished second in their league last season - all the way over the two legs of this tie they were ultimately found wanting at both ends of the pitch.\n\nAs they have in every game this season so far, they fell behind at the Parc des Princes, with PSG exploiting some lax defending. And despite hitting back early in the second half, a further lapse at the back to allow PSG to regain the advantage at a crucial moment undid them.\n\nAt the other end, Skinner's side were able to repeatedly get into promising areas to hurt the home side, but failed to do so outside of Naalsund's goal.\n\nThere will be some gripes at the disallowing of Galton's goal, with her push on Hunt far from severe, but they had plenty of further chances to take the tie all the way.\n\nBrazilian forward Geyse was lively throughout but at 1-0 she set up Toone for a good chance that the England forward pulled wide and then at 3-1 missed a great opportunity herself by dawdling in possession after breaking through, allowing the home defence to recover.\n\nPSG march on to a fifth successive Champions League group stage, while United are left to focus on domestic matters, beginning with a trip to Everton in the WSL on Sunday.", "Noddy Holder was part of Queen Elizabeth II's Platinum Jubilee celebrations in 2022\n\nNoddy Holder's wife has revealed the former Slade frontman was diagnosed with oesophageal cancer five years ago.\n\nHolder, 77, was originally only given six months to live, wife Suzan said.\n\nBut she said the singer, known for fronting hits like Merry Xmas Everybody and Cum On Feel The Noize, responded well to experimental chemotherapy.\n\nShe said she was in \"awe\" of how he had dealt with the treatment. \"Here we are five years later and he's feeling good and looking great,\" she added.\n\nWriting in Cheshire Life magazine, Mrs Holder said her husband had coped \"with amazing good humour and breath-taking bravery\".\n\nNoddy Holder on Top of the Pops in 1974\n\nHailing from Walsall, West Midlands, Noddy Holder fronted the glam rock band from 1966 until 1992, scoring six UK number one singles.\n\nHe has also worked in TV and radio, notably acting in ITV comedy series The Grimleys from 1999 to 2001 and hosting radio shows on the former Piccadilly 1152 and Key 103 networks in Manchester.\n\nMrs Holder said her husband was treated at the Christie hospital in Manchester, where he \"agreed to a gruelling course of experimental treatment as part of a brand-new trial of intense chemotherapy\".\n\nOesophageal cancer can be found anywhere in the oesophagus, sometimes called the gullet or food pipe, which connects your mouth to your stomach.\n\nSuzan and Noddy Holder at the MEN Pride of Manchester Awards in 2022\n\nMrs Holder said the diagnosis came as a \"total bombshell\" to them and that sticking together was the key to making it through such a difficult time.\n\n\"We told only immediate close family and friends and I will never apologise to those we did not confide in, only to those who were forced to suffer pain and anguish alongside us as we attempted to navigate our way through this new and horrifying world,\" Mrs Holder added.\n\nMrs Holder, who has been married to Noddy for nearly 20 years, said the couple were given \"no guarantees\" that the treatment would work.\n\n\"Noddy has always been great at living in the moment, not hankering for the past or worrying about the future,\" she said.\n\n\"That attitude served him well and a lot of his recovery has been credited to his positive mental attitude.\"\n\nDespite the gruelling treatment, Noddy Holder put on a string of shows this summer.\n• None 'It's Christmas' every day for Noddy", "Aid trucks have been waiting near Egypt's border with Gaza for several days\n\nAbout 20 trucks carrying much-needed aid may be allowed to enter Gaza in the coming days - bringing some relief to its 2.2 million residents.\n\nIsrael cut electricity, most water and stopped food and medicine deliveries there following an attack by Hamas militants on 7 October.\n\nA deal allowing some supplies through Egypt's Rafah crossing has now been struck by the US and Egypt.\n\nBut humanitarian organisations warn it will not be nearly enough.\n\n\"The UN has reported that a minimum of 100 trucks of humanitarian assistance are needed in order to support the millions of civilians living in Gaza\", Shaina Low of the Norwegian Refugee Council told the BBC.\n\nThe World Food Programme's Abeer Etefa said that the situation in the territory was becoming \"very difficult\".\n\n\"Food and water supplies are running out. The bakeries - many of them have stopped functioning.\"\n\nPhilippe Lazzarini, the commissioner-general of UN relief agency UNRWA, told the BBC that about 500 trucks a day had been entering Gaza before the war started. Some 1.2 million people living in the territory already relied on food aid from UNRWA before 7 October.\n\n\"Poverty is very, very high in the Gaza Strip. Already before the war the situation was desperate - now it is becoming tragic,\" said Juliette Touma, the UN body's spokeswoman in Amman.\n\nThe WHO estimates the average water consumption in Gaza is just three litres per person\n\nThe agreement to deliver a limited amount of aid via the Rafah crossing was reached by US President Joe Biden and Egypt's President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi on Wednesday.\n\nIsraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu confirmed on Wednesday that Israel would \"not thwart\" supplies going from Egypt to the civilian population in southern Gaza.\n\nHowever, his government only agreed to allow food, water and medical supplies - not other much-needed supplies like fuel.\n\nA UN report on Gaza said that fuel is a necessity, and a lack of it is contributing to the water crisis, as desalination plants and water pumps can no longer operate.\n\nMr Lazzarini said that if fuel could not be delivered, many more trucks will be needed to carry in water.\n\nThe aid agreement offers a glimmer of hope for millions inside Gaza. Prior to these negotiations, it had been unclear how any aid would reach civilians.\n\nHowever, Israel has said it will not allow any aid to pass through its own territory until hostages being held by Hamas are released and and aid has not yet crossed the Rafah crossing into Gaza.\n\nSpeaking to the BBC's Newshour, Egypt's Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry said that was because the crossing had been subject to four aerial bombardments, and that there had been no authorisation for the safe passage of lorries and trucks into Gaza.\n\n\"I would hope there would be a determination as to why the crossing is being bombarded and by whom it's being bombarded\", he said.\n\nThe exact timeline on when aid will get to those who need it remains unclear. The road on the Rafah crossing requires repairs before any trucks are able to enter.\n\nOn Wednesday, US President Joe Biden said the first trucks could start arriving in Gaza on Friday.\n\nBut Mohsen Sarhan from the Egyptian Food Bank warned that time - as well as supplies - was running out. He said 120 lorries were ready to deliver aid and were waiting at the border for safe passage.\n\n\"We're very angry because we know people over there have run out of water. They have even run out of body bags. They have run out of everything.\"", "Finnish telecoms giant Nokia is to axe between 9,000 and 14,000 jobs by the end of 2026 to cut costs.\n\nThe announcement was made as the company reported a 20% drop in sales between July and September.\n\nThe company blamed slowing demand for 5G equipment in markets such as North America.\n\nIt currently has 86,000 employees around the world, and has axed thousands of jobs since 2015.\n\nNokia wants to cut costs by between €800m and €1.2bn (£695m-£1bn) by 2026, it said.\n\nIts customers have been cutting spending amid high inflation and interest rates, it said.\n\nAdvances in cloud computing and AI will need \"significant investments in networks that have vastly improved capabilities\", said chief executive Pekka Lundmark.\n\n\"However, given the uncertain timing of the market recovery, we are now taking decisive action,\" he said.\n\nIt said it wanted to \"act quickly\" by cutting costs by €400m in 2024, and €300m in 2025.\n\nMr Lundmark added that despite \"ongoing uncertainty\", Nokia expected to \"an improvement in our network businesses\" in the current quarter.\n\nThe company declined to say where the job cuts would fall, or whether UK employees would be affected.\n\nIt said the cuts had been a \"difficult business decision\" but were \"a necessary step to adjust to market uncertainty and protect our long-term profitability and competitiveness\".\n\n\"We have immensely talented people at Nokia and we will support everyone that is affected by the process,\" a spokesperson said. \"We are now beginning the process of consultation on initial reductions.\"\n\nThe timing and detail of final jobs cuts \"will be decided only after careful consideration, and will depend on the evolution of end market demand,\" the spokesperson added.\n\nNokia was once the biggest handset manufacturer in the world, but it failed to anticipate the popularity of internet-enabled touchscreen phones such as Apple's iPhone and Samsung's Galaxy and was knocked from its perch by rivals.\n\nAfter selling its handset business to Microsoft, which the software giant later wrote off, Nokia concentrated on telecoms equipment.\n\nIt specialises in software and hardware used in telecoms, including the physical and cloud infrastructure people use when making a phone call or when using the internet, such as antennas and base stations.\n\nIn 2020, Nokia became a major beneficiary of Huawei being blocked from the UK's 5G networks after striking a deal to become the largest equipment provider to BT.\n\nBut 5G equipment makers have been struggling as operators in the US and the EU cut spending.\n\nNokia and Swedish rival, Ericsson, have been trying to offset some of the weakness with higher sales to India, but 5G rollout has also been slowing down there.\n\nThe firm has also laid off thousands of employees this year, and said on Tuesday the uncertainty affecting its business would persist into 2024.\n\nAnalyst Kester Mann of CCS Insight said that the telecoms industry should be \"flying high, buoyed by unrelenting demand for its services\".\n\n\"Instead, countless questions continue to be posed around operators' relevance and long-term future,\" he said.\n\nTechnology companies, including telecoms firms, have been struggling as both domestic and business customers have been cutting back on spending because of factors including inflation and higher interest rates.\n\nIt has led to thousands of workers around the world losing their jobs over the past two years.\n\nCompanies including Meta, which owns Facebook and Instagram, Amazon and X, formerly Twitter, have all made redundancies.\n\nHowever, tech workers are still in demand.\n\nAccording to job posting firm Zip Recruiter, 80% of big tech employees who lost their jobs managed to find work within three months.", "Britishvolt had been developing a £3.8bn gigafactory near Blyth, Northumberland\n\nThe new owners of collapsed firm Britishvolt are planning to use the Northumberland site to supply batteries to the Australian military.\n\nAustralian firm Recharge Industries bought Britishvolt after it went into administration earlier this year.\n\nSince then Recharge has been in negotiation with administrators EY to also secure use of the site near Blyth.\n\nEY declined to comment, but people familiar with the matter said a deal was \"close\".\n\nSecuring use of the site is the crucial first step in Recharge's plan to build batteries for military, heavy commercial and stationary storage purposes.\n\nAustralian energy firm EDEA has been involved in talks with Recharge to build power units for Australian military vehicles.\n\nThe BBC understands a deal would see Recharge paying EY £2.5m for outstanding fees. It would pay an additional £11m to property investor Katch, which has a financial claim to the site.\n\nIf it does go ahead, the planned manufacturing plant would not produce batteries for mass market cars for the foreseeable future, but it is hoped it would still provide thousands of jobs in the north east of England.\n\nHowever, the BBC understands members of Northumberland County Council still have doubts over Recharge's ability to deliver the multibillion pound plant.\n\nBritishvolt collapsed in January after its former owners failed to secure government funding, which Recharge Industries has said it does not need.\n\nBut the Australian firm, which is ultimately owned by a New York-based investment fund called Scale Facilitation, is also a start-up with little battery manufacturing experience. It bought Britishvolt out of administration.\n\nSecuring the coveted Northumberland site is a crucial first step in Recharge's plan to supply batteries for military, heavy commercial and stationary storage purposes. Australian energy firm EDEA has been involved in talks with Recharge to deliver their contract to supply batteries for Australian military vehicles.\n\nIan Lavery, Labour MP for Wansbeck, which includes the Cambois site, said he hoped the plan would be an economic boost for the north east of England.\n\nThere had been a number of \"false dawns\" on this project, he told the BBC, but having met some of the principal players in the deal he was \"cautiously optimistic\" it could now move ahead and ultimately create thousands of highly skilled jobs directly and in the supply chain.\n\nThe Northumberland site is considered ideal for building batteries because of its close proximity to offshore power grids. But its previous owners were dogged by concerns that the business lacked a track record in battery development, sufficient funding and obvious customers.\n\nMany of these same concerns linger over the new owners.\n\nThe New York investment fund which owns Recharge Industries is run by Australian, David Collard, who has a background in finance rather than engineering.\n\nThe BBC understands that members of the Northumberland County Council have misgivings about Recharge's ability to deliver on its plan and have an option to repurchase the site in December 2024 if substantial progress has not been made to develop the site.\n\nHowever, people close to the matter claimed a wealthy European investor \"with strong industrial products and infrastructure ties\" has been lined up to fund the land deal, and a new proposed structure would ultimately see Recharge Industries rent the coveted site from a joint venture majority-owned by property investors Tritax, which is backed by huge fund management group Abrdn.\n\nThere have also been discussions between Recharge and major energy firms about using the site as a convenient connection point for offshore wind farms in the North Sea to connect to the UK mainland. That would generate additional revenue for the site owner.\n\nPotential investors told the BBC that Recharge gaining control of the site would fire the starting gun on a development process they could support.\n\nSupporters also say the project would demonstrate a way to reduce dependence on China for minerals critical to battery production, as Australia has abundant supplies and would be in keeping with the recent AUKUS (Australia UK US) trilateral security pact.\n\nBut there are still many question marks over this project.\n\nThe investor supposedly putting up the money to secure the site remains anonymous.\n\nThe financing of the build of the gigafactory is a multi-billion-pound, multi-stage process that has inherent risk which will need to be addressed and managed over time.\n\nCompanies controlled by Recharge's owner, David Collard, are facing ongoing tax investigations in Australia, with which Mr Collard says the company is fully cooperating.\n\nThe company has not had any meaningful contact with UK government departments over the plan, which seems strange, given the site's strategic importance to UK industrial ambitions. However, Recharge are not expecting to call on the UK government for financial assistance - unlike the previous owners who hoped to secure £100m in government grants, if they had hit development milestones, which they failed to do.\n\nA plan to build batteries in Northumberland for the Australian military seems unusual - outlandish even. Particularly as Recharge Industries also had plans to develop a battery plant in Geelong, Australia.\n\nBut backers say that the power links and geographical advantages of the Cambois site offer a faster route to production and will create a template that can be repeated elsewhere. They also insist that batteries for high volume car makers could be produced at the site in time.\n\nPeople close to the situation seem confident that this first crucial hurdle - securing the site - is within reach and imminent.\n\nBut doubts about the financial and engineering muscle of the new owners to make this new plant a reality persist.", "Netflix says the shows it has licensed, including Suits, have been key to recent success\n\nNetflix is raising prices for some of its subscription plans, despite the success of its recent crackdown on password sharing.\n\nThe streaming giant said monthly charges for its UK basic service would rise by £1 to £7.99 and the premium option will increase by £2 to £17.99.\n\nIt reflects the firm's growing confidence, after adding 8.8 million subscribers from July to September.\n\nIt was the most in more than two years.\n\nFor viewers in the US, the premium plan will cost $3 more per month at $22.99 (£19.00). In France, premium subscribers will pay an extra €2 at €19.99 (£17.40).\n\nNetflix has been facing doubts about whether it can continue to draw in new members, as competition rises, prices climb and a Hollywood strike delays new releases.\n\nIn the first half of last year, it lost about one million subscribers, sending alarm bells ringing.\n\nMuch of the subscriber growth in the most recent quarter was driven by its move to start charging an extra fee - which amounts to a little less than half the £10.99 cost of its \"standard\" advert-free plan - to have more than one household on the same account.\n\nThe launch of a cheaper plan, with adverts, accounted for about 30% of sign-ups in countries where it was available, Netflix said.\n\n\"Management's working hard to squeeze every last drop of cash possible from the available subscriber base,\" said Sophie Lund-Yates, lead equity analyst at Hargreaves Lansdown.\n\n\"As that cup begins to run dry, it will be a lot more important to understand exactly how successful the next phase of growth can be.\"\n\nNetflix said it believed it had the right mix of original hits and licensed fan favourites in its library to keep audiences coming, spotlighting Suits, the legal drama now known for starring Meghan Markle.\n\nFirst released in 2011 on an American network, the series spent several weeks among the top 10 of Netflix's most-watched English television shows over the summer, racking up more than a billion viewing hours globally.\n\nNetflix, which has been emphasising its own productions in recent years, said in its quarterly update to investors that licensing had always been important and it saw potential opportunities to license more hits \"as the competitive environment evolves\".\n\nAnalysts said licensed material was likely to prove increasingly important, as audiences feel the hit of the Hollywood strikes that have shut down new productions for several months.\n\nWriters recently reached a deal, but the actors guild and the major studios, including Netflix, are still fighting over issues of compensation and artificial intelligence.\n\nStudios are facing pressure from investors, who have grown increasingly sceptical of the big losses posted by some of Netflix's rivals in the streaming business, such as Disney.\n\nFrom that perspective, Netflix is in a strong position.\n\nIt reported quarterly revenue up 7.8% year-on-year at $8.5bn, while profits hit $1.67bn.\n\nThe company has been trying to nudge customers on to the advertising-funded plan, which it sees as having big potential to drive profits. That is one reason for the price hike to its \"basic\" advert-free plan, which is no longer widely promoted on its website.\n\n\"They're certainly generating more revenue from the ad-tier subscribers than they are from the standard and premium subscribers,\" Simon Gallagher, former director of content acquisition at Netflix, told the BBC.\n\n\"So they are very motivated to push their subscribers across to that ad-funded tier.\"\n\nPaolo Pescatore, analyst at PP Foresight, said he thought customers should expect to see even higher prices in the years ahead as the company looks to protect its profits and reckons with costs from licensing and new initiatives.\n\nThe company recently revealed plans to start opening a select number of bricks-and-mortar destinations for shopping, dining and Netflix \"experiences\", something like a Netflix version of Disney World.\n\n\"Price rises are inevitable and we can expect this most likely on an annual basis, akin to traditional pay TV and other services,\" he said.\n\nNetflix shares jumped more than 10% in after-hours trade.", "The two statues date from the second century, according to the museum.\n\nAn American tourist has been arrested for allegedly smashing sculptures in the Israel Museum in Jerusalem.\n\nImages shared by Israeli police show the two ancient Roman statues, dating from the 2nd Century, lying broken on the floor of the museum.\n\nPolice say the man damaged the statues because he said they were \"against the Torah\", Judaism's most important text.\n\nHis lawyer has denied that he had acted out of religious fanaticism, according to the AP news agency.\n\nThe museum says staff alerted the police after seeing a man damaging the two statues.\n\nA sculpture of the head of Athena, the daughter of the Greek god Zeus, and a statue of a griffin grasping the wheel of fate of the Roman god Nemesis, have been reported by the Times of Israel as the ones broken.\n\nBoth are part of the Israel Museum's permanent exhibition, and have since been moved to their conservation lab for professional restoration.\n\nThe 40-year-old US citizen was arrested at the scene, and is currently being questioned by Israeli police. They have not yet released the suspect's identity.\n\nAs part of the initial investigation, police say the man claimed the statues represented idol worship.\n\nIn another incident in the city in February, a Jewish American tourist vandalised a statue of Christ with a hammer at the Church of the Flagellation on the Way of the Cross.\n\nThe museum called the damage a \"troubling and unusual event\", and condemned \"all forms of violence\". Despite the incident, it will remain open to the public.\n\nThe statues are part of the museum's permanent exhibition.\n• None Jerusalem Christians say attacks on the rise", "The school principal says only 35 of the jumpers were made\n\nKanye West and west Belfast - what connects these two beyond just a name?\n\nMore than you think, it turns out, in a case that's more watch the threads than Watch the Throne.\n\nThe rap star and fashion designer has been spotted wearing an unusual jumper in a social media video - one bearing the crest of a west Belfast school.\n\nAnd, even stranger, it's one of only 35 such sweaters ever made for St Mary's Christian Brothers Grammar School.\n\nThe video posted on fellow rapper Ty Dolla Sign's social media account shows West getting a pedicure while flashing his latest, and oddly-Belfast inspired, fashion choice.\n\nThe principal of the all-boys school, Siobhan Kelly, told BBC News NI the sweaters were designed for the school's appearance in the final of a Gaelic football competition, the McLarnon Cup, in 2008.\n\nThe St Mary's school crest, as seen on its school website\n\n\"That's 100% one of our tops. Only 35 tops were made and given to playing squad and management,\" said Mrs Kelly.\n\n\"Last night past and present pupils were messaging saying: 'That's our top!'\"\n\nNow the question is how did West, who legally changed his name to Ye in 2021, get his hands on such a rarity?\n\nThe rapper is also a fashion designer and runs his own fashion label. He also had deals with major fashions brands Adidas, Balenciaga and Gap before being dropped, and banned from social media, over a string of antisemitic posts.\n\nSo has the man behind hit song Power turned to a charity-rank scourer to come up with this find?\n\nMrs Kelly doesn't know, but she does know that the jersey is \"usually a prized possession\".\n\n\"He may have been given it by someone from west Belfast or maybe he picked it up in a charity shop - we do not know,\" she said.\n\nIn the video the rapper can be seen sitting in a chair with his feet in a basin as someone, who has been blurred out of the video, gives him a pedicure.\n\nBut the rapper cuts the treatment short after he is heard crying in pain and said, \"It's my toes. It's my toes. I'm not gonna do it. It hurt.\"", "The HS2 rail line will not be extended to London Euston unless enough private investment is secured for the project.\n\nIf cash is not put forward by private funds, the high-speed line will only run from Birmingham to Old Oak Common in the capital's western suburbs.\n\nThis would mean passengers travelling to central London would have to change.\n\nThe government has said it is \"getting a grip of plans\" for Euston, adding there had been two \"unaffordable designs\" for a \"gold-plated\" station.\n\nIt has already cut the number of planned platforms for high-speed trains from 11 to six.\n\nThe BBC has been told the project at Euston would be dependent on private investment, with the government stating it would take on the \"lessons of success stories\" on other schemes such as the redevelopment of Battersea Power Station and King's Cross station.\n\nOld Oak Common will be the UK's largest newly built railway station when opened, but there are concerns over the lack of options for onward journeys with government modelling suggests two-thirds of people would prefer to travel to or from Euston.\n\nThe Department for Transport (DfT) stated it wanted Euston station to \"be open and running trains as soon as possible\", and that its \"rescoped approach\" would save £6.5bn.\n\nA spokesperson said there was \"already support and interest from the private sector\", adding that ministers had held discussions with key partners since the announcement.\n\n\"It is simply wrong to talk down the scale and benefits of this regeneration,\" the spokesperson said.\n\nTo \"get the best possible value for the British taxpayer\", DfT officials said they would \"ensure that funding is underpinned by contributions from those people and businesses its development supports\" and by leveraging \"private sector investment\".\n\nBut critics have attacked the change in stance, with railway consultant William Barter, whose recent clients include the government, calling the new plans \"totally unambitious\".\n\nAs part of the now scaled-back proposals, a planned pedestrian tunnel linking Euston station with the nearby Euston Square tube station has also been scrapped.\n\nExtending HS2 to Euston involves digging a 4.5-mile tunnel from Old Oak Common and building a new station at Euston next to the existing West Coast Main Line terminus.\n\nWork had already started on Euston, but it was halted in March because costs had ballooned to £4.8bn, compared with an initial budget of £2.6bn.\n\nA document issued by the DfT said the government would look to create a \"transformed 'Euston Quarter' - potentially offering up to 10,000 homes\" as part of its new plans for the station.\n\nGeorgia Gould, leader of Camden Council which is where the station is being built, said the \"worst-case scenario of the station being abandoned in its current state had been avoided, warned pledges on affordable housing, jobs and investment locally must not be broken.\n\nMr Sunak said on Wednesday that a new development company, separate from HS2 Ltd, would manage the delivery of the Euston project, adding there \"must be some accountability for the mistakes made, for the mismanagement of this project\".\n\nThe prime minister has pledged money saved as a result of the northern leg of HS2 being axed would be spent on alternative rail, road and bus schemes instead across the country.\n\nBut the government has already U-turned on one of those plans, which would have restored a mothballed railway line in the North East of England, within 24 hours of the announcement.\n\nThe Leamside rail line was originally set to be funded by the £36bn savings, but references to it were removed from the government's website later on Wednesday.\n\nTransport minister Richard Holden said the government had only committed to \"looking into\" the scheme.\n\nA government spokesperson said £1.8bn was being provided to the North East to fund the transport projects that matter most to their communities - including funding for the Leamside line if they wanted.", "The world's September temperatures were the warmest on record, breaking the previous high by a huge margin, according to the EU climate service.\n\nLast month was 0.93C warmer than the average September temperature between 1991-2020, and 0.5C hotter than the previous record set in 2020.\n\nOngoing emissions of warming gases in addition to the El Niño weather event are driving the heat, experts believe.\n\nSome scientists said they were shocked by the scale of the increase.\n\nThey say 2023 is now \"on track\" to be the warmest on record.\n\nSeptember's high mark comes in the wake of the hottest summer on record in the northern hemisphere as soaring temperatures show no signs of relenting.\n\nThe data, from the Copernicus Climate Change Service, shows that the month had the biggest jump from the long term average in records dating back to 1940.\n\nScientists have been quite shocked by some of the detail in the data.\n\n\"This month was, in my professional opinion as a climate scientist - absolutely gobsmackingly bananas,\" Zeke Hausfather, an experienced researcher, wrote on X formerly known as Twitter.\n\nBeating a long term recent average by almost a degree is bad enough, but this masks even greater differences in some parts of the globe. In Europe, for example, the scale of heating was remarkable, beating the long term average by 2.51C.\n\n\"The unprecedented temperatures for the time of year observed in September - following a record summer - have broken records by an extraordinary amount,\" said Dr Samantha Burgess, Deputy Director of the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S).\n\nOne important measure that climate researchers look to is the difference between current temperatures and what they were before the widespread use of fossil fuels.\n\nLast month was around 1.75C above the temperatures during this so-called pre-industrial period - the highest figure for a single month ever recorded.\n\nThis will cause a good deal of unease among researchers.\n\nPolitical leaders meeting in Paris in 2015 agreed to try and hold the rise in global temperatures under 1.5C this century.\n\nSeptember's figure isn't a breach of that agreement, because the Paris target refers to decades not months. But it is undoubtedly a worrying direction of travel.\n\nScientists believe that this year as a whole will stay under that 1.5C limit, but 2023 is \"on track\" to become the warmest on record, according to Copernicus. The year to the end of September shaded the current warmest year, 2016, by 0.05C as the hottest ever.\n\nExtreme heat has continued into October, smashing monthly high records in many locations including in Spain.\n\nGlobal temperatures may surge even further above normal as the El Niño weather event is yet to peak.\n\nEl Niño forms part of the El Niño Southern Oscillation - the dominant natural mode of global climate variability on Earth on seasonal or year-to-year timescales. During El Niño events, warm water comes to the surface in the East Pacific, releasing additional heat into the atmosphere.\n\nThis is one of the reasons for surging global temperatures - when added to the long-term warming caused by humans, mainly from fossil fuel burning releasing planet-warming greenhouse gases.\n\nExperts believe the scale of heating puts new pressure on politicians to act, as they prepare to gather for the COP28 climate summit at the end of November.\n\n\"Two months out from COP28, the sense of urgency for ambitious climate action has never been more critical,\" Dr Burgess said.", "Police and private companies should \"immediately stop\" the use of facial recognition surveillance, says a group of politicians and privacy campaigners.\n\nThey have raised concerns around human rights, potential for discrimination and \"the lack of a democratic mandate\".\n\nIt comes after the government announced plans for police to access passport photos to help catch criminals.\n\nThe Home Office said facial recognition had \"a sound legal basis\" and had already led to criminals being caught.\n\nA spokesperson added that the technology could also aid police in searching for missing or vulnerable people, and free up officers to \"be out on the beat\" and to carry out complex investigations.\n\nLive facial recognition cameras scan faces of the public in specific locations and compare these with people on \"watch lists\" who may be wanted by police or the courts in association with crimes.\n\nPolice forces using the technology in the UK inform citizens in advance about when and where it will be deployed, and display physical notices alerting those entering areas where it is active to the presence of cameras.\n\nBut this week, policing minister Chris Philp said he wanted officers to be able to access a wider range of databases for images besides those on its national database, which is limited to those who have been arrested.\n\nCampaigners have called for it to be banned \"immediately\".\n\n\"This dangerously authoritarian technology has the potential to turn populations into walking ID cards in a constant police line up,\" says Silkie Carlo, the director of privacy organisation Big Brother Watch.\n\nThe group calling for the ban includes parliamentarians from the Conservatives, Labour, Liberal Democrat and Green parties, along with campaigning organisations such as Amnesty, Index on Censorship and Big Brother Watch.\n\nThe UK's surveillance camera commissioner has also criticised the plans, saying they could damage public trust and make passport-holders feel as if they were in a \"digital line-up\".\n\nSouth Wales Police has been criticised over its live facial recognition use at events including Harry Styles and Beyoncé concerts in Cardiff. The Metropolitan Police has used it several times this year, including at the King's Coronation in May.\n\nBoth forces have said that if a person is not on a watch list, the biometric data will be immediately deleted and not stored.\n\nIn April, Frasers Group - which operates Sports Direct, Flannels and House of Fraser - defended its use of live facial recognition cameras in some of its shops, saying the system provided by FaceWatch had helped cut crime since being installed.\n\nMs Carlo, of Big Brother Watch, argued the UK's \"approach to face surveillance makes us a total outlier in the democratic world, especially against the backdrop of the EU's proposed ban\".\n\nMembers of the European Parliament agreed to ban live facial recognition using AI in a draft of its Artificial Intelligence (AI) Act - the EU's landmark legislation categorising different applications of AI according to their harm to the public.\n\nThe Home Office said the government was \"committed to making sure the police have the tools and technology they need to solve and prevent crimes, bring offenders to justice, and keep people safe\".\n\n\"Facial recognition, including live facial recognition, has a sound legal basis that has been confirmed by the courts and has already enabled a large number of serious criminals to be caught, including for murder and sexual offences,\" a spokesperson said.\n\nThey added there was a \"robust legal framework for it use\".", "US star Jason Derulo has been accused of sexual harassment in a legal case launched by a singer who was signed to his record label.\n\nEmaza Gibson, who was offered a recording contract with Derulo's imprint, is now suing him, alleging he ended their working relationship after she denied his sexual advances.\n\nMs Gibson told NBC News she has been left \"traumatized\" by the experience.\n\nDerulo has denied the claims, calling them \"completely false and hurtful\".\n\nMs Gibson, 25, filed her complaint against Derulo, 34, on Thursday in Los Angeles Superior Court, saying he \"maliciously\" promised her success, then denied her the opportunity.\n\nShe alleges quid pro quo sexual harassment, breach of contract and intimidation and violence, among other complaints.\n\n\"I'm at this point in my life right now, it's very heart-breaking,\" she said in an interview with NBC News on Wednesday. \"I have anxiety, I'm traumatized. I've dealt with inhumane work situations.\n\n\"I'm at this point where I'm back to zero and I have nothing.\"\n\nIn court documents, Ms Gibson says Derulo offered her a contract with his label Future History in August 2021, and they began working together that November.\n\nHowever, she claims the singer repeatedly pressured her to socialise with him, and that there was \"explicit demand for sex-in-exchange-for-success\".\n\nOn one occasion, he allegedly told her she would be required to partake in a sex ritual called \"goat skin and fish scales\" - which involved sacrificing a goat and taking cocaine. Ms Gibson also claims she was plied with '\"inappropriately large amounts of alcohol\".\n\nHer lawyer, Ron Zambrano, said in a statement that Derulo's \"behaviour toward this young artist was despicable\".\n\n\"He not only broke promises and breached contracts, but his threats of physical harm and unconscionable sexual advances toward this young woman who is just trying to break into the industry were outrageous and illegal.\"\n\nIn a statement posted to his Instagram account, Derulo said: \"I stand against all forms of harassment and remain committed to supporting people chasing their dreams\".\n\nHe added: \"I strive to live my life in a positively-impacting way, so I am deeply offended by these defamatory allegations.\"\n\nSinger Emaza Gibson claims the star signed her then expected sex, which he denies\n\nMs Gibson, whose contract with Atlantic Records was terminated in September 2022, is seeking to claim unpaid wages, loss of earnings, and deferred compensation, as well as further damages for emotional distress and employment benefits.\n\nShe lists Derulo, his manager Frank Harris, Atlantic Records, RCA Records and Derulo's Future History imprint - a joint venture with RCA - in the case.\n\nThe BBC has approached the named parties for comment.", "Newly released bodycam footage shows the 60-year-old former gang leader getting handcuffed in Las Vegas. David ‘Keffe D’ Duane had been indicted for the 1996 murder of rap star Tupac Shakur.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The Rutherglen and Hamilton West seat was taken by Labour in the by-election on Thursday\n\nLabour has defeated the SNP to win the Rutherglen and Hamilton West by-election.\n\nThe party's candidate, Michael Shanks, took the Westminster seat with 17,845 votes - more than double the number polled by the SNP's Katy Loudon.\n\nThe result was a swing of 20.4% from the SNP to Labour.\n\nThe by-election was called after former SNP MP Margaret Ferrier was ousted by her constituents for breaking Covid rules.\n\nLabour leader Sir Keir Starmer said it was a \"seismic\" night and that people in Rutherglen and Hamilton West had sent \"a clear message\".\n\nHe added: \"I have always said that winning back the trust of people in Scotland is essential. Tonight's victory is the culmination of three-and-a-half years of hard work and humility on that journey.\"\n\nSNP candidate Katy Loudon's 8,399 votes represented a 27.6% share of the turnout which was down by 16.6% on the 2019 general election.\n\nThis was the first major electoral test for the nationalists since Humza Yousaf succeeded Nicola Sturgeon as leader.\n\nThe first minister described it as a \"disappointing\" night for his party.\n\nMr Yousaf said the circumstances \"were always very difficult for us\" and that Labour had benefited from a collapse in the Conservative vote.\n\nHe added: \"We lost this seat in 2017, and like 2019 we can win this seat back. However, we will reflect on what we have to do to regain the trust of the people of Rutherglen and Hamilton West.\"\n\nStephen Flynn, SNP leader at Westminster, said the party needed to learn from the loss \"quickly\".\n\n\"We can't shy away from the fact this is a very challenging set of results,\" he told BBC Radio's Today programme.\n\nHe emphasised the need to outline how to re-inspire those voters who \"stayed at home and didn't vote SNP\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Stephen Flynn says the party has to look at what happened work to re-motivate people\n\nThe winning candidate, Mr Shanks, said it was \"the honour of my life to be elected to serve the people of Rutherglen and Hamilton West\".\n\nHe said his campaign offered a \"fresh start\", breaking away from the divisiveness of the SNP and Conservative governments.\n\nTurnout for the vote was 37.19%, a dramatic fall from the 66.5% recorded at the last general election.\n\nLabour's vote was up 24.1% from the 2019 general election.\n\nConservative support fell by 11% with candidate Thomas Kerr, who lost his electoral deposit, saying tactical voting had \"squeezed\" him out.\n\nScottish Conservative MSP Miles Briggs echoed that view in an interview with BBC Radio's Good Morning Scotland programme.\n\nHe said: \"We knew that different turnouts will have that impact, but also we know that a lot of Conservative voters did tactically vote in this constituency against the SNP.\n\n\"This was clearly an SNP/Labour two-horse race and clearly that's how voters tactically voted yesterday.\"\n\nHe said the next general election would see voters selecting the candidate \"who is best placed to remove the SNP MPs\".\n\n\"We are looking now at the potential for an SNP wipe-out at the next general election,\" Mr Briggs added.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nSir John Curtice, professor of politics at Strathclyde University, said it was a \"remarkably good result\" for Labour.\n\n\"It's well above the kinds of swings we've seen in the opinion polls in Scotland. The Labour vote is up to nearly 59%, that's 24 points.\n\n\"That means the Labour vote in the constituency is almost as high as it was in 2010 before the tsunami that swept the Labour Party from virtually every constituency in Scotland.\"\n\nThe constituency in South Lanarkshire was created for the 2005 general election. It has changed hands between the SNP and Labour at each of the past three general elections.\n\nIt was considered a Labour stronghold until 2015, when Margaret Ferrier first won it for the SNP with a majority of 10,000 votes.\n\nIn 2017, it was reclaimed by Labour by less than 300 votes. Ferrier then retook the seat in 2019.\n\nThe 5,230 majority had made it one of the party's most vulnerable Westminster seats.\n\nAlmost 12,000 constituents had signed a recall petition against Ferrier, who was given 270 hours of community service after being convicted of breaching Covid regulations in 2020.\n\nThe by-election was the first time new voter ID rules were used in Scotland.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nLabour needed to win this by-election and they needed to win it well.\n\nWhy? To demonstrate that they are back in business in Scottish politics, with the potential to contribute meaningfully to UK-wide success for the party at the next general election.\n\nThose involved in Labour's campaign must be pinching themselves to believe just how well they have won in Rutherglen and Hamilton West. The party has exceeded its highest expectations.\n\nThe prize is not only doubling from one to two the number of Scottish Labour MPs at Westminster but securing a potentially powerful change in the political narrative in Scotland.\n\nThe SNP has tended to monopolise the sense of political momentum and, for the first time in many years, Labour has snatched that from them.\n\nThat's a big problem for the SNP leader Humza Yousaf, who already appears to be less popular than his predecessor, Nicola Sturgeon. He has inherited from her serious challenges in public services as well as police investigation into the party's finances.\n\nThis by-election puts the SNP under considerable pressure because, while it remains the first placed party in national opinion polls, it knows that victory cannot be taken for granted.", "A graphic video posted online showed the aftermath of the drone attack at the military academy\n\nA drone attack on a Syrian military academy in the western city of Homs has killed at least 89 people, Syria's health ministry says.\n\nThe explosive-laden drones targeted a graduation ceremony attended by cadets' families, and women and children were among the dead.\n\nA UK-based monitoring group said 116 people had been killed.\n\nThe Syrian army blamed the attack on \"terrorist groups backed by known international forces\".\n\nThere was no immediate claim from the rebels and jihadists battling the government in the country's civil war.\n\nThe drone attack is believed to have been launched from opposition-held areas north-west of Homs.\n\nLater, the monitoring group Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR), reported that 11 civilians had been killed in government bombardments on several cities, towns and villages in the opposition stronghold of Idlib province and Aleppo.\n\nSyria's state news agency, Sana, quoted a statement from the General Command of the Armed Forces as saying that several drones carrying explosives targeted the Homs military academy just after the afternoon graduation ceremony had ended.\n\nThe statement said the armed forces \"considers this act an unprecedented criminal one, and affirms that it will respond with full force and determination to these terrorist groups wherever they are\".\n\nIn a later report, the agency quoted the health ministry as saying the strike had injured 277 people, and that 31 women and five children were among the dead.\n\nA man who had helped set up decorations at the site told Reuters news agency: \"After the ceremony, people went down to the courtyard and the explosives hit. We don't know where it came from, and corpses littered the ground.\"\n\nA graphic video of the aftermath of the attack showed dozens of casualties and their relatives screaming for help inside a large, walled parade ground. Gunfire can also be heard in the background.\n\nThe SOHR reported that Syria's defence minister attended the graduation ceremony but left minutes before the attack.\n\nMore than half a million people have been killed by the civil war that erupted after President Bashar al-Assad cracked down violently on peaceful pro-democracy demonstrations in 2011.\n\nSome 6.8 million people are internally displaced, while another six million are refugees or asylum-seekers abroad.\n\nThe UN's special envoy for Syria, Geir Pedersen, described the attack on the academy as \"horrific\" and called on all parties to the conflict to \"exercise the utmost restraint\".\n\n\"All sides must respect their obligations under international law and ensure the protection of civilians and civilian infrastructure,\" he said\n\n\"Today's developments further highlight that the status quo in Syria is unsustainable and that, in the absence of a meaningful political path... I fear we will only see further deterioration, including in the security situation.\"\n\nIn a separate development in Syria on Thursday, at least 10 people were reportedly killed in Turkish drone strikes in a Kurdish-controlled region of north-eastern Syria that were prompted by a bomb attack in Ankara claimed by Kurdish militants.\n\nThe SOHR said 17 sites were targeted, including facilities affiliated with the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), a US-backed, Kurdish-led militia alliance, as well as a power station in Qamishli, a water station near Hassakeh and an oil field.\n\nThe US military also shot down an armed Turkish drone that was operating near its troops in Syria, a US official told Reuters.", "Rhun ap Iorwerth says Plaid Cymru must show \"respect to everyone without exception\"\n\nRhun ap Iorwerth has stressed that Plaid Cymru is for everyone in Wales, not just Welsh speakers, addressing his first conference as party leader.\n\nHe said: \"We are for everyone equally. Plaid Cymru speaks your language, whatever that language is.\"\n\nMr ap Iorwerth was speaking on day one of the conference in Aberystwyth.\n\nEarlier, he told BBC Radio Wales Breakfast that independence was not \"pie in the sky\", but the party had to \"bring people with us\".\n\nThis is also the first conference since a damning report into harassment and misogyny within the party led to former leader Adam Price's resignation.\n\nSpeaking on Radio Wales, the Ynys Mon MS said Plaid was making progress on introducing the changes called for by the Prosiect Pawb review.\n\nIn his conference speech, Mr ap Iorwerth thanked Nerys Evans for leading the review, and the party's staff, politicians and members for carrying out the recommendations.\n\n\"I said this when I became leader and I'll repeat it today - I'm completely determined to lead a movement that is fair, inclusive and that shows respect to everyone without exception,\" he said.\n\nHe also emphasised that message of inclusion when it came to the language people speak, returning to a theme previous Plaid leaders have also felt the need to stress.\n\n\"We know the charge sometimes levelled against us - Plaid is for Welsh speakers,\" he said.\n\n\"Well I want to make it as clear as I can. We are for everyone equally.\n\n\"Plaid Cymru speaks your language whatever that language is.\n\n\"We speak your language when it comes to seeking fairness for Wales.\n\n\"We speak your language when it comes to showing real ambition for Wales.\"\n\nThe \"choice is in the hands of the people of Wales\" on independence, said Rhun ap Iorwerth\n\nHe said he wants to lay the \"strongest foundations possible\" for an independent Wales, and that the nation needs to \"reform to build\" after years of \"frustrating\" Labour leadership in Cardiff Bay.\n\n\"Westminster governments, red and blue, have tried and failed and, I tell you, they'll never try hard enough for Wales.\n\n\"Look around you - do you think this is the best things can get?\n\n\"No, it isn't. And that's why we're determined to build a new Wales.\"\n\nHe also set out policies to improve cancer treatment and help businesses.\n\nA \"Plaid Cymru Cancer Contract\" will include proposals for quicker diagnosis and better survival rates, he said.\n\nHe highlighted a long-standing Plaid policy to bring back the Welsh Development Agency - the organisation responsible for attracting investment to Wales, until it was absorbed by the Welsh government in 2006.\n\nHe said: \"By reforming the structures and systems that sustain us, that educate our children and care for our parents, we can begin building the strongest foundations possible for an independent Wales.\"\n\nMr Price led the party into the 2021 election promising to hold an independence referendum within five years if Plaid won.\n\nIn the end the party fell to third place, behind Labour and the Conservatives.\n\nPlaid Cymru has 12 Senedd members and three MPs at Westminster\n\nOn Friday morning Mr ap Iorwerth, who has already said he will not set a timetable on independence, told Radio Wales there was \"no fundamental difference at all\" between him and his predecessor.\n\n\"I would vote for independence tomorrow,\" he said.\n\n\"I'm confident in our ability as a nation to be able to forge a brighter future for ourselves.\n\n\"But it's not about what I feel. It's about taking the people of Wales with us.\"\n\nHe said support for independence had grown, \"but it's not enough, is it\".\n\n\"We need to be still working, winning over hearts and minds, because that's crucial.\n\n\"This isn't just, sort of pie in the sky aspiration.\n\n\"This is real aspiration that can be delivered.\n\n\"But we need to bring people with us, moving as fast as we possibly can, but the ultimate choice is in the hands of the people of Wales.\"\n\nWith most people expecting a UK general election next year, in the spring or the autumn, the new leader's message to party activists in the hall was that they will need to work \"harder than ever, and smarter than ever\" in the months ahead, particularly in the handful of key target seats that Plaid Cymru hopes to retain or win.", "The UK government's Scottish Secretary Alister Jack has said the result of the by-election shows the constituency of Rutherglen and Hamilton West is a \"two-horse race\" between Labour and the SNP.\n\n\"It was entirely focused on to those two parties because that's historically where the seat has been.\n\n\"We have to be realistic. There are parts of the central belt which have always been a battle between Labour and the SNP.\"\n\nSpeaking to the PA News agency, he said all the parties - except the SNP and Labour - lost their deposits, not just the Tories. Losing a deposit is when a candidate fails to win 5% of the vote share and must forfeit their £500 deposit to stand.\n\nHe said he was very confident that the Conservatives will increase their seats before the general election.\n\nHe said that the Tories \"stand up strongest for the union\" and that the SNP's defeat shows voters are \"fed up with a lack of delivery from the Scottish Government and their obsession with independence\".", "Last updated on .From the section Football\n\nLady Ferguson, wife of former Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson, has died aged 84.\n\nThe couple married in 1966, spending 57 years as husband and wife, and had three sons, including Peterborough boss Darren Ferguson.\n\n\"We are deeply saddened to confirm the passing yesterday of Lady Cathy Ferguson,\" a statement from the Ferguson family said.\n\n\"The family asks for privacy at this time.\"\n\nFlags at Old Trafford have been lowered to half-mast as a mark of respect, and the men's and women's teams will wear black armbands in their fixtures this weekend.\n\nManchester United said in a statement: \"Everyone at Manchester United sends our heartfelt condolences to Sir Alex Ferguson and his family on the passing of Lady Cathy, a beloved wife, mother, sister, grandmother and great-grandmother, and a tower of strength for Sir Alex throughout his career.\"\n\nCathy and Sir Alex, 81, met in 1964 while they were both working at a typewriter factory.\n\nFor 27 of their years together Sir Alex was manager of Manchester United, and Cathy is said to have played a key role in persuading him not to retire in 2002.\n\nWriting in his autobiography, Ferguson said she had told him: \"One, your health is good. Two, I'm not having you in the house. And three, you're too young anyway.\"\n\nWhen Sir Alex did announce his retirement 11 years later, he said: \"My wife Cathy has been the key figure throughout my career, providing a bedrock of both stability and encouragement.\n\n\"Words are not enough to express what this has meant to me.\"\n\nSeveral clubs paid tribute to Cathy on social media.\n\nManchester City posted on X: \"Everyone at Manchester City sends their condolences to Sir Alex Ferguson and his family at this very difficult time.\"\n\nArsenal offered their \"heartfelt condolences\", adding: \"May Lady Cathy rest in peace.\"\n\nSir Alex's former club St Mirren said: \"Everyone at St Mirren Football Club sends its deepest condolences to Sir Alex Ferguson and family following the sad news of the passing of Lady Cathy Ferguson.\"\n\nAberdeen, another of Sir Alex's former clubs, also sent their condolences, while Peterborough said: \"Everyone at Peterborough United Football Club offers our sincere condolences to Darren Ferguson and his family on the passing of his beloved mother, Lady Cathy.\"", "Dale Vince took part in a Just Stop Oil protest in June\n\nBusinessman Dale Vince is to stop funding Just Stop Oil, saying further protests from the activist group would be \"counterproductive\".\n\nMr Vince, a major Labour donor, said further action was \"pointless\" because the government had shown it would drill for oil \"come what may\".\n\nFurther disruption, he added, would help \"feed the Tories' culture-war narrative\".\n\nInstead, he said, he would divert funding to the anti-Conservative vote.\n\nWriting for the Guardian, he wrote: \"In order to 'just stop oil', first we need to just stop the Tories,\" adding that he wanted to dedicate his \"time, energy and funding\" towards increasing the youth vote.\n\n\"A vote for anyone other than Labour, or no vote at all, is a vote for another Tory government - this time with a mandate to pursue its anti-green crusade\".\n\nMr Vince said he had supported Just Stop Oil since its foundation in February 2022, and given the group £340,000 to help its campaign against oil drilling in the North Sea.\n\nHe said he had always defended the group's tactics, which have included blocking major roads, as well as disrupting high-profile events including Premier League football games and Test cricket at Lord's.\n\nBut he added that the government - which granted 100 new North Sea oil and gas licences over the summer - had \"made clear that no amount of protest will sway it\".\n\nSpeaking to BBC Newsnight, he said the government would \"welcome more disruption,\" adding Just Stop Oil's tactics had been \"weaponised by the Conservative party\".\n\nHe added it would also feed a \"culture war\" started by the government with its shift on green policies last month.\n\n\"They think they've struck electoral gold here in being anti-green,\" he said.\n\nHe said Labour had not influenced his decision to stop his funding for the group, saying: \"this is completely my own decision\".\n\nMr Vince's green energy company Ecotricity has donated more than £1.4m to Labour since 2014, comprising donations to the party itself as well as leader Sir Keir Starmer and deputy leader Angela Rayner.\n\nThe company also donated £70,000 to the Liberal Democrats in 2015/16, and £30,000 to the Green Party in 2013.\n\nAlthough there is no suggestion Just Stop Oil has funded Labour, Mr Vince's status as a backer of the group has sparked calls from Conservatives for Labour to return donations from him, arguing it legitimises their tactics.\n\nPrime Minister Rishi Sunak has also sought to highlight Mr Vince's support, saying it showed \"eco-zealots\" from Just Stop Oil are \"writing Keir Starmer's energy policy\".\n\nLabour has rejected suggestions Just Stop Oil influences its policies, and defended receiving donations from Mr Vince, saying he is a \"perfectly legitimate person\" to accept money from.\n\nIndeed, in recent months Sir Keir has become increasingly critical of the group, calling its activists \"wrong\" and \"arrogant\".\n\nLabour has pledged to block all new domestic oil and gas developments, but says it will honour any licences in existence at the time of the next election, expected next year.\n\nThe impact of Mr Vince ending his support for Just Stop Oil is unclear. According to its website, most of its money comes from the Climate Emergency Fund - a US network set up in 2019 to fund climate activism.\n\nJust Stop Oil says it also receives donations from the public and other organisations concerned about climate change.\n\nIn a statement, Just Stop Oil told the BBC it was grateful to Mr Vince for his \"amazing financial and moral support over the past year\".\n\nThe group said civil resistance \"really works\" - and it believed Labour had \"no intention of stopping\" the oil and gas projects the government was \"furiously rubber-stamping\".\n\n\"We remain convinced that politics is broken and the Labour Party are moral cowards,\" Just Stop Oil added.\n\nYou can watch the interview with Dale Vince on BBC Newsnight tonight from 10.30pm on BBC Two.", "A Portuguese man o' war was found washed up on Porth Dafarch beach, Anglesey\n\nClimate change is likely to result in larger tropical sea creatures washing up on UK beaches more often, a marine expert has said.\n\nA Portuguese man o' war, normally seen in tropical waters, was found on Porth Dafarch beach, Anglesey, this week.\n\nJohn Whitaker, who stumbled across the creature on a dog walk, said it was the first he had ever seen.\n\nAnglesey Sea Zoo has said they have washed up in the past but this one was bigger than usual.\n\nOften mistaken as a jellyfish, another of these siphonophores washed up on a Jersey beach in September.\n\n\"I had to make sure the dog didn't get his nose too close,\" said Mr Whitaker.\n\n\"It's the first time I'd seen one up here, usually the water is too cold.\"\n\nThe change in water temperature is a factor, as Anglesey Sea Zoo's Frankie Hobro explained on BBC Radio Wales' Phone In Show on Thursday.\n\nThe tentacles of this jellyfish-like creature can be as long as 10ft (3m)\n\n\"We do occasionally see Portuguese man o' war washed up, this one looks like it's a little bit bigger than the ones we've had in the past,\" she said.\n\n\"Sea temperatures just now are starting to drop a little bit.\n\n\"They were at their highest a month ago and with the changing weather patterns increasing overall sea temperatures all around the UK we are likely to see more of these species that are considered to be tropical - not just more often but larger as well.\"\n\nPortuguese man o' wars live on the surface of the water and they are a type of animal that is made up of a colony of organisms working together.\n\nThe man o' war found on Anglesey is bigger than usual, said Frankie\n\n\"They are quite obvious even from a distance,\" added Ms Hobro.\n\n\"They have this very large float on the surface and the tentacles can actually go down to one, two or even three metres (3 to 10ft) in length underneath them in the water.\"\n\nShe added although they were not deadly to humans, they were best avoided.\n\n\"While I was working in the tropics, several years before I came here and bought the business it was this classic scenario where it was being washed around in the surf.\n\n\"I was standing in the surf and it wrapped itself around my ankle.\n\n\"It was very painful, it takes several weeks to recover from the marks of the sting that it leaves, it's not pleasant.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nAmerican Simone Biles has become the most decorated gymnast in history after winning her second gold medal at the World Gymnastics Championships. After helping the United States to a record seventh consecutive team title earlier this week, the 26-year-old won all-around gold in Belgium on Friday. Her total of 34 world and Olympic medals is more than any other gymnast, male or female. Biles took gold with a score of 58.399 points. She finished ahead of defending champion Rebeca Andrade of Brazil (56.766), while Biles' American team-mate Shilese Jones took bronze with a score of 56.332. It continued Biles' impressive return to international competition, with the Antwerp event her first since taking a break from the sport two years ago to work on her mental health. This triumph was her sixth all-around world title to take her overall tally to 27 world medals, which includes 21 golds. She could extend that over the weekend where she will aim to make the podium in four other events in the apparatus finals. Biles' impressive form comes with less than 10 months to go until the Olympics in Paris.\n\nGreat Britain's 2022 world floor champion, Jessica Gadirova, dropped out of the all-around competition before it got under way, with British Gymnastics confirming she was withdrawn as a \"precautionary measure\". Alice Kinsella took Gadirova's place and finished seventh with a score of 54.032, while team-mate Ondine Achampong was 13th. Kinsella admitted the late call-up came as a shock, saying: \"I only went [out] to do little bits and bobs like stretching, conditioning, and then I went off to get my foot rubbed, then my coach came over said, 'Alice, you need to get your leotard on straight away.' \"I was a bit stressed, I didn't really know what to do or say to anyone.\"", "\"Long colds\" can be a thing in the same way that \"long Covid\" is, with some people experiencing prolonged symptoms after an initial infection, according to a UK study.\n\nThe findings come from 10,171 adults who completed questionnaires.\n\nMore work is needed to understand who is at risk, how bad it can be and what can be done about it, experts say.\n\nThe idea that a respiratory virus - or indeed other viral infections - can cause longer-lasting illness is not new, but the recent Covid pandemic has brought fresh attention to the phenomenon.\n\nThe researchers behind the new work say the results provide validation for patients who experience problems like this. Investigator Prof Adrian Martineau, from Queen Mary University of London, told the BBC: \"People really can feel very run down after a virus. It's not in their imagination and it is a recognised thing.\"\n\nThe study, published in The Lancet's eClinical Medicine journal, asked people to report any respiratory illness and other symptoms they had in the first two months of 2021 - when the Covid pandemic was entering its second year and vaccines were starting to be rolled out.\n\nAll of the participants were yet to have their Covid jab.\n\nOut of the 10,171 in the study:\n\nNot everyone recovering from a bout of illness had persistent or new symptoms.\n\nBut, compared with those who said they had no recent respiratory illness, those who said they had Covid or flu or a cold in the weeks before were more likely to experience certain symptoms in the month or so after.\n\nPeople who recently had Covid were more likely to report problems with smell and taste, brain fog, dizziness and sweating than people who had prolonged symptoms after a cold or flu.\n\nPost-viral fatigue or other symptoms can affect people of any age. And the severity of the initial illness doesn't always predict risk - some people can be very unwell at the start but recover relatively quickly, while others who were only mildly unwell at first can then go on to experience debilitating symptoms for a long time afterwards.\n\nLead researcher Giulia Vivaldi, from Queen Mary University of London, said: \"Our findings shine a light not only on the impact of long Covid on people's lives, but also other respiratory infections. A lack of awareness, or even the lack of a common term, prevents both reporting and diagnosis of these conditions.\n\n\"As research into long Covid continues, we need to take the opportunity to investigate and consider the lasting effects of other acute respiratory infections.\n\n\"These 'long' infections are so difficult to diagnose and treat, primarily because of a lack of diagnostic tests and there being so many possible symptoms. There have been more than 200 investigated for long Covid alone.\"\n\nAccording to data gathered by the Office for National Statistics, an estimated 1.9 million people in the UK - about 3% of the population - were experiencing long Covid this spring. It is difficult to know for certain how many people are affected though.\n\nPeter Openshaw, professor of experimental medicine, at Imperial College London, said: \"The study is important in showing that recovery from an acute respiratory infection may be slow regardless of cause, that people should expect a slow return to normality and not expect to immediately return to full activities.\n\nAnd he caution the term \"long cold\" should not belittle the very significant disability that some with long Covid suffer.\n\nProf Paul Harrison, Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Oxford, said: \"The study supports previous findings that long-term symptoms are common after respiratory infections in general, not just following Covid.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Taylor Swift's Eras Tour concert film has become a box office blockbuster a week before hitting cinemas.\n\nIts distributor AMC says global advance ticket sales have topped $100m (£82m), adding demand \"has been incredible from the moment it was first announced.\"\n\nThe firm says it took less than 24 hours for the movie to beat its record for the highest one-day sales.\n\nThat makes it the most profitable concert film in history, overtaking Justin Bieber's Never Say Never.\n\nThe Canadian singer's movie, which mixed documentary footage with live performance, made $99m (£81m) in 2011.\n\nSwift's global tour, which is scheduled to continue until late 2024, is also on track to become the biggest in history.\n\nStadium ticket sales could reach $1.4bn which would break the record currently held by Elton John for his farewell tour.\n\nThe film of the Eras tour is due to be released in cinemas in more than 100 countries next Friday.\n\nAnalysts estimate that in addition to advance ticket sales, the film could see another $100m of box office takings in North America on its opening weekend.\n\nFive films - including Barbie, The Super Mario Bros. Movie and Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse - have generated more than $100m in their North America debut this year.\n\nAMC is also distributing the movie of Beyonce's Renaissance tour, which is set to be released in December.\n\nLast year, Swift became the first artist in history to have songs in every slot of the top 10 US singles chart.\n\nShe overtook Drake, who held the previous record of nine top 10 singles at the same time in September 2021. The Beatles previously held the record in 1964 with eight singles in the top 10.\n\nIn August, Spotify said Swift broke another record, becoming the first female artist in the streaming platform's history to reach 100 million monthly listeners.\n\nThe news came after she released her third re-recorded album in July - Speak Now (Taylor's Version) - which hit the top of the US and UK charts.\n\nLater this month, Swift will release her next re-recorded album 1989 (Taylor's Version). She is re-recording her earlier albums because it will allow her to own the songs' original recordings.", "Emergency teams sprang into action as a FedEx plane skidded across the tarmac at Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport, in the US state of Tennessee.\n\nThey praised the crew for pulling off the landing and avoiding a “disaster”. The plane’s landing gear was not working, according to the Hamilton County Emergency Medical Services.\n\nNo-one was seriously injured.", "Labour could face a multi-million pound legal bill as a result of a bitter internal feud dating back to Jeremy Corbyn's leadership.\n\nLabour has accused Mr Corbyn's former chief of staff Karie Murphy, his former communications director Seumas Milne and three other ex-staff of leaking a controversial document just after Sir Keir Starmer became leader in April 2020.\n\nDocuments submitted to the High Court this week reveal the party's legal pursuit has cost almost £1.4m so far.\n\nAnd the party's lawyers were estimating that a further £868,000 could be spent on the case, which had yet to come to full trial.\n\nThe full hearing was expected to be scheduled for either early summer or early autumn next year.\n\nBut Labour has asked the court to delay this until at least February 2025 - in other words, until after the last possible date for a general election.\n\nLegal documents show the party is arguing that its small legal team would find it challenging to prepare for a court case while fulfilling its other responsibilities in an election period.\n\nIts lawyers say it would be unfair and inappropriate for the case to go ahead at this time.\n\nBut statements from two of the five people Labour is taking action against, submitted to the court via their lawyers, argue that a delay to 2025 would be detrimental.\n\nEx-staffer Georgie Robertson said she felt like her life had been put on hold, and that she believed she would struggle to find work until her name was cleared.\n\nA second former staffer, Harry Hayball, complained the proceedings were causing him extreme stress.\n\nTheir lawyers argued Labour was attempting to avoid an \"embarassing\" court case before polling day.\n\nThe issue of timing is likely to be settled on 5 December, when the parties to the dispute will attend a costs and case management conference at the High Court. This will be the fifth such meeting in the dispute so far.\n\nIf Labour were to lose the case, it could face an even higher bill.\n\nCarter Ruck, representing the former staffers, says they would then push for the party to meet their costs.\n\nAccording to the documents before the High Court, the former staff face an estimated £1.1m in future costs, though Labour believes that estimate is too high. But this doesn't include costs they have incurred so far - so the final bill could be higher.\n\nThe five staffers have been blamed by Labour for the leak of a controversial internal party document, which included private emails and messages.\n\nThe messages contained a number of allegations - including that anti-Corbyn head office staff had undermined the 2017 election campaign, and that efforts to tackle antisemitism had been hindered by some of those staff opposed to the then leadership.\n\nBut the document also contained unredacted emails and WhatsApp messages from party staff critical of the Corbyn leadership.\n\nNine people, some of whom regarded themselves as whistleblowers on antisemitism, took Labour to court for putting their details in the public domain.\n\nLabour then counter-sued the five ex-staffers it accused of leaking the details - arguing that they and not the party as a whole should be held liable.\n\nThe nine claimants dropped their legal action in August. But the party is still pursuing the five whom they blame for the leak.\n\nThe court documents make clear that Labour is trying to reclaim legal costs from the five. It is also seeking damages from them to cover the party's costs in investigating the leak.\n\nAlthough involved in the drafting of the document, all five have always denied leaking its contents.\n\nThey say they are confident of winning their case because a party probe - using an external investigator - failed to find the source of the leak.\n\nThe wider-ranging inquiry by Martin Forde KC could not name any culprit, or culprits.\n\nThe ex-staffers have argued that 15 other people had access to the document - and that the party has not pursued anyone who was not directly employed in the then leader's office or Labour's headquarters.\n\nThree of the five - Ms Robertson, Mr Hayball and Laura Murray - were also investigated by the criminal investigations unit of the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO).\n\nThe ICO closed its case earlier this year due to insufficient evidence.\n\nLabour says a civil case would be decided on the lower \"balance of probabilities\" test, not on the ICO's higher bar of \"beyond reasonable doubt\".\n\nHowever, a document which Labour wanted to include in its case can not be used in the court proceedings.\n\nMs Murphy sent an email to her solicitor from a Labour Party laptop just before the leaking of the report in April 2020.\n\nLawyers acting for Labour previously asked the High Court to grant permission to use the document, which it said contained \"prima facie evidence of wrongdoing\".\n\nHer lawyers denied this, telling the High Court the email \"provides no support to the allegations\" made against Ms Murphy. They denied she had leaked, or had arranged to leak, the report. Her solicitor said the email had no \"particular importance\".\n\nThe court in any case decided the contents were legally privileged and therefore could not be used.\n\nIn August, the party was reported to have had to stump up £90,000 as an interim contribution towards Ms Murphy's costs.\n\nWhile the party has been successful in attracting new sources of financial support - and has welcomed back some donors who suspended contributions during the Corbyn era - some members of the party's ruling national executive are privately concerned about a spiralling legal bill.\n\nA Labour spokesperson said: \"The party has conducted a wide-ranging and appropriately thorough investigation following the leak, and is confident of the case it has presented to the court.\"", "Scotland's first minister has been included in a list of 10 \"next generation leaders\"\n\nSNP leader Humza Yousaf is on the cover of Time Magazine this week, feted as a \"trailblazer shaping our time\".\n\nBut after a hefty by-election defeat in Rutherglen and Hamilton West, his party's future feels in uncertain shape.\n\nThe electoral map has not changed overnight - the SNP is still the dominant force in Scottish politics, comfortable in power at Holyrood and miles ahead of its rivals in terms of seats at Westminster.\n\nThe scale of the swing to Labour in Rutherglen does raise questions about whether that will remain the case, though.\n\nThroughout the Nicola Sturgeon era, the SNP was an electoral steamroller. In the early hours of Friday - in Mr Yousaf's first real test - the engines went cold.\n\nThe SNP can find various ways to console themselves about this result - a low-turnout, high-visibility by-election with the shadow of Margaret Ferrier hanging over it.\n\nJust last year, Nicola Sturgeon was at the helm of her party\n\nThey also point to tactical voting and the amount of resource Labour had poured into the seat - UK leader Keir Starmer is not going to make multiple visits to every Scottish target in the general election campaign.\n\nBut again, that 20-point swing is inescapable. It means Labour actually have far more target seats than they perhaps expected.\n\nThey have a newfound sense of momentum, and a change in the narrative on their side.\n\nAnd it leaves Mr Yousaf heading into his first conference as party leader with big questions to answer.\n\nHe has literally invited a debate about his plans for independence, and it is perhaps not helpful to be trying to swing delegates in behind a strategy which involves winning lots of seats at a moment when many of his MPs will be nervously eyeing their majorities.\n\nSome have already tabled amendments to the plan, and further questions are being raised in light of this result; Mr Yousaf cannot be wholly confident that his vision will necessarily win the day.\n\nThis result opens an additional path for dissent, at a time when there is already plenty of it washing around.\n\nMr Yousaf has been more tolerant of his backbenchers speaking out, but there has still been a very public row with Fergus Ewing - part of a legendary dynasty in the SNP, now facing suspension from the Holyrood group and a figurehead for dissatisfied MSPs.\n\nAll of that is uncomfortable for a leader whose own victory was a narrow one; Kate Forbes, whom he beat in the SNP leadership election, casts a long shadow from the back benches, a constant reminder that others with ambitions to lead have recently been available.\n\nMs Forbes is by no means the only such figure biding their time. Ash Regan was quick out of the blocks to call the Rutherglen result a \"wake-up call\".\n\nWould such a public response have been permitted under the previous leadership?\n\nIt hasn't even been a year since there was a coup at the top of Westminster group, but perhaps what makes Mr Yousaf's job secure for now is that the party is in such a tough spot that nobody would actually want it.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. SNP will 're-group' after losing Rutherglen says FM\n\nPerhaps Ms Sturgeon was always going to be a near-impossible act to follow, having swept a series of UK elections dominated by Conservative figures like Boris Johnson, with constitutional rows providing anti-establishment campaign fodder.\n\nMr Yousaf has succeeded her at a point where Labour can pitch themselves as the insurgent change option, while his own party has been the establishment force at Holyrood for 16 years.\n\nThat is the job he signed up for, though. He has already borrowed a Sturgeonism to insist that the buck stops with him.\n\nMr Yousaf has a little time on his side, with the election perhaps a year away.\n\nHe says his party needs to \"reflect on what we have to do to regain the trust of the people\" - which sounds a lot like the sort of thing Anas Sarwar was saying just a few months ago.\n\nThe by-election also provided a chance to road-test some messaging, to workshop attack lines against Labour and gauge the mood of the voting public.\n\nA year is an eternity in politics, and it is still possible that Mr Yousaf can shore up his party's pro-independence base with a constitution-heavy campaign - he has few other options.\n\nBut if the electorate buys the general election as a clear choice about who will form the next government, the SNP could be squeezed into third-wheel territory.\n\nMr Yousaf needs to come up with some answers sharpish - or the questions will soon start to swirl about how long he has at the top.", "Chris Grayling has been MP for Epsom and Ewell since 2001\n\nFormer Transport Secretary Chris Grayling is to stand down as an MP at the end of this Parliament.\n\nMr Grayling, who also served as Leader of the House of Commons and Lord Chancellor, has been the MP for Epsom and Ewell in Surrey since 2001.\n\nIn a statement to his local Conservative constituency association on Friday he revealed the decision came following a prostate cancer diagnosis.\n\nThe association will now select a successor as Conservative candidate.\n\nIn the statement Mr Grayling said: \"Earlier this year I was diagnosed with prostate cancer, and although the treatment has been successful, it has prompted me to think that after 22 years it is time for a change.\n\n\"I am very grateful to you for the support I have been given by you all over the years.\n\n\"I will obviously carry on working as normal until the election and will hope to see you at one of the upcoming events.\"\n\nMr Grayling's political career has not been without criticism; during his tenure as Transport Secretary he was dubbed \"Failing Grayling\" by opposition MPs.\n\nHe stood down from the role when Boris Johnson became prime minister.\n\nIn September 2020 he secured a position advising some of the UK's top ports, despite watchdog concerns it would give Hutchison Ports an unfair advantage.\n\nFollow BBC South East on Facebook, on X, and on Instagram. Send your story ideas to southeasttoday@bbc.co.uk.", "The BBC saw first-hand how Chinese ships were manoeuvring in the South China Sea to block Philippine vessels.\n\nJournalists were on board a Philippine Coast Guard boat, which was acting as a security escort for a resupply mission, when it came within metres of Chinese ships.\n\nIt came as long running tensions over disputed waters have flared up.", "The US-Mexico border has become a political challenge for the Biden administration\n\nPresident Joe Biden is under fire from both Republicans and Democrats after his administration announced new border wall construction in Texas.\n\nMr Biden has said he \"had no choice\" because the funding was signed off while Donald Trump was president.\n\nMembers of his Democratic Party said walls did not work, while rival Republicans accused him of hypocrisy.\n\nSome 20 miles (32km) of barriers will be built in a sparsely populated stretch of the Rio Grande Valley.\n\nWhile campaigning for president in 2020, Mr Biden promised he would not build another foot of wall if elected. He said it was \"not a serious policy solution\".\n\nBut on Wednesday, his administration used its sweeping executive powers to waive more than two dozen federal laws, including some that are designed to protect wildlife, to allow more barriers to be built along the US-Mexico border in southern Texas.\n\nIn a notice announcing these waivers, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said there was an \"acute and immediate need\" for the construction.\n\nIt prompted swift criticism from both major parties as well as from environmental activists and human rights groups.\n\nMr Mayorkas said the Biden administration was required under law to use the money Congress allocated in 2019 for border barriers.\n\n\"I tried to get them to redirect that money. They didn't, they wouldn't,\" Mr Biden said. \"I can't stop that.\"\n\nOn Friday, Mr Biden again said that he was \"told I had no choice\" but to move ahead on the wall's construction.\n\nJonathan Entin, a law and political science professor at Case Western Reserve University in Ohio, told the BBC that while Mr Biden is \"legally correct\" in his argument about the budget, he was under no obligation to waive the federal laws that make construction of the border barrier possible.\n\n\"It's politically advantageous to him,\" Mr Entin said. \"He will take a certain amount of heat from his supporters in the Democratic Party, and being able to say he doesn't have legal discretion might give him some excuse or explanation.\"\n\nOn the other hand, Mr Entin said that by waiving the federal requirements, Mr Biden can signal to his detractors that he is \"serious\" about border security, contrary to what Republican lawmakers have alleged.\n\nMr Entin's assessment was echoed by Tony Payan, the director of the Center for the United States and Mexico at Rice University's Baker Institute in Texas.\n\n\"The Biden administration has managed to drag its feet on a number of issues that have to do with a wall, even if the money was there,\" he said. \"He doesn't have to spend it, at least not now.\"\n\nIn his remarks, Mr Biden repeated that he did not think border walls were effective.\n\nIn a later statement, Mr Mayorkas rejected the claim that the administration had changed its border policy by signing off on the new construction.\n\n\"This administration has made clear that a border wall is not the answer,\" he said. \"That remains our position and our position has never wavered.\"\n\nBut the comments did little to stem the criticism from all sides.\n\nOn Thursday, the administration also announced that it would resume deportations of illegal Venezuelan migrants, about 50,000 of who arrived at the US-Mexico border in September alone.\n\nThe growing number of migrants in cities such as New York has become a challenge for the president who has faced intense criticism over his handling of the border.\n\nUS authorities have detained more than 2.2 million migrants along the US-Mexico border since last October.\n\nBuilding a border wall was a signature policy of Donald Trump as president and was fiercely opposed by Democrats, including Mr Biden.\n\nMr Trump himself said this new construction showed \"I was right\".\n\n\"Will Joe Biden apologise to me and America for taking so long to get moving?\" he wrote in a post on his Truth Social platform on Thursday.\n\nRepublicans also criticised Mr Biden for what they see as an abrupt pivot to policies he campaigned against.\n\n\"He did not think walls work, which is total insanity,\" North Carolina Republican Representative Ralph Norman told the BBC. \"What's changed? I'll tell you what's changed - the American people are sick and tired of seeing their cities overrun.\"\n\nDemocrats, meanwhile, also took aim at the president.\n\nRepresentative Henry Cuellar, whose district encompasses Starr County where the new construction will take place, told the BBC he does not believe his constituents will be happy with the announcement.\n\n\"I am still against a 14th-Century solution - called 'the wall' - for a 21st-Century problem,\" he said. \"I want to see more personnel, more technology\".\n\nDemocratic Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez called it a \"cruel policy\" and has urged President Biden to \"reverse course\".\n\nThe Biden administration is also facing criticism from advocacy groups such as the American Civil Liberties Union, or ACLU, which called the decision \"a profound failure\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.", "Kevin Coop, a Brooklyn resident, accidentally took a special plus one to a wedding he was attending in upstate New York.\n\nThe rat surfaced almost three hours into the drive, shocking other guests upon his arrival. It had disappeared by the time Coop drove back home.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. WATCH: The BBC's James Waterhouse examines the scene of the ballistic missile strike\n\nThe unusually large collection of vehicles and people tells you something significant has happened in the tiny village of Hroza.\n\nAfter driving for hours through Ukraine's endless rural expanse, it is a jarring sight.\n\nSuch is the force from a ballistic missile, it is not always immediately obvious where the missile hit.\n\nBut, as the odour of burning still taints the air, you turn a corner to find the remaining walls of what was once a café and grocery shop.\n\nThe missile struck during a wake attended by many in the village - for what this also was, was a son's attempt to rebury his father after he was killed and buried in occupied territory last year.\n\nNow he, his wife, and 49 others are gone too - a fifth of Hroza's population killed in one go.\n\nEvery family in the village in north-eastern Kharkiv region has been affected, Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko says.\n\nUkraine's president, Volodymyr Zelensky, says the location of the strike on Hroza was deliberate\n\nThe café and grocery shop are somehow still standing. Different wallpaper patterns show how most of the building has disappeared.\n\nLatex gloves used by medical teams litter the adjacent playground where most of the bodies were recovered.\n\nBlood stains are still visible in the soil.\n\nEerily, the swings and slide are still there. Symbols of innocence against a desperate backdrop.\n\nA covered body lies next to a collection of candles on a tractor tyre. A memorial to the 52 lives taken in an instant yesterday.\n\nDown a neighbouring bumpy road, we meet the imposing frame of Andriy. He tells us his wife Lyubov was at the funeral wake yesterday afternoon and that he doesn't know what's happened to her.\n\nAndriy was out at work at the same time.\n\n\"We can't find her,\" he says. \"We haven't seen her dead, we haven't seen her alive, we just don't know what to do.\"\n\nLyubov's father went to the police station to give a DNA sample in the hope she might at least be identified.\n\nThe local prosecutor is adamant this attack was deliberate. The apparent use of a ballistic missile, which are fairly accurate, reinforces that claim.\n\nWhat also backs that up, is how locals say the village is typically spared from the frequent shelling other settlements must endure.\n\nRussia has not directly commented on the strike.\n\nBut Ukraine's defence ministry blames Russia for the attack, adding there were no military targets in the area.\n\nIt is likely the funeral wake of a Ukrainian soldier was the main motive for this strike.\n\nThe prosecutor is keen to show me the phone footage he captured when he first arrived yesterday. It is pretty hard to watch, but \"people need to see\" he said.\n\nWith a local population of just 300, the impact of this attack goes beyond this blast zone.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: The heat of a Chicago locomotive is detected by HotSat-1 at night\n\nA novel UK satellite has returned its first pictures of heat variations across the surface of the Earth.\n\nHotSat-1 carries the highest resolution commercial thermal sensor in orbit, enabling it to trace hot and cold features as small as 3.5m across.\n\nIn the initial imagery, a Chicago train is observed moving through the night and the flame fronts of Canadian wildfires are precisely mapped.\n\nThis will increase the volume of data it can acquire but also reduce the time between passes over particular locations, meaning changes in a scene can be detected more rapidly.\n\nHotSat-1, with its mid-wave infrared camera, was assembled by Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL) in Guildford and launched in June on a SpaceX rocket flying out of California.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch the moment HotSat-1 arrived in orbit on its rocket in June this year\n\nThe spacecraft manufacturer is due to complete its in-orbit testing and commissioning phase in the next week.\n\n\"At that point 'we get the keys', so to speak, and we'll then be able to task the satellite ourselves and get the data down for our customers,\" Tobias Reinicke, the chief technology officer at SatVu, told BBC News.\n\nHotSat-1's heat maps - still imagery and short videos - should have wide application, but especially in climate-related matters.\n\nThey'll permit urban planners, for example, to see roof tops and walls. This will enable them to understand the temperature profiles of individual buildings, offices and factories. It's information that can identify infrastructure that's wasting energy and is in need of better insulation.\n\n\"We've got 28 million homes in the UK, most of which are quite poorly insulated,\" commented Prof Emily Shuckburgh.\n\n\"Being able to identify those buildings with this sort of information, prioritising them for better insulation and then assessing the quality of that is really, really important,\" the director of Cambridge Zero, the University of Cambridge's climate change initiative, said.\n\nAlternatively, the maps will show the \"heat islands\", such as large, open car parks, which add to the heat stress in cities and will need to be cooled, perhaps with a line of trees.\n\nThe data is also sure to provide intelligence to the financial and insurance sectors - and even the military - by revealing how temperatures in a scene change over time. It's possible, for example, to get a sense of the volume and type of output from a factory just from its heat signature.\n\nIn the imagery on this page - the redder the colour, the warmer the surface; the bluer the colour, the cooler it is.\n\nLas Vegas, Nevada, US: See how the tarmac and concrete in roads and parking zones builds heat during the day to then slowly release it at night. This retained energy will make hot nights even more uncomfortable for residents.\n\nAlbuquerque, New Mexico, US: Look at the airport. You can count the number of planes around the terminal. A standard optical satellite, which views the ground in light similar to what our eyes sense, cannot see this night-time detail.\n\nCushing, Oklahoma, US: Companies wanting to know how much oil is moving through storage depots will fly remote-sensing drones to gather intelligence. But regular satellite overflights can gather this data far more efficiently and be global in view.\n\nNorthwest Territories, Canada: This image acquired on 27 July shows the active fronts of wildfires. A video of the scene could be used to help predict the speed of fire progression and the potential paths of impact.\n\nSatVu had pre-launch commitments worth £100m from users who plan to use the thermal data - both within the UK and internationally.\n\nAbout 60 entities are part of an early access programme and will now get to play with imagery to determine whether it meets their requirements.\n\nThe technology in HotSat-1 was funded with R&D money from the UK and European space agencies (UKSA & Esa).\n\nIndependent remote-sensing expert Dr Simon Proud commented: \"The prospects of HotSat-1 for urban planning and agriculture are exciting. But we need to assess how accurate the data is, especially during the day when the satellite sees sunlight on top of the actual temperature.\n\n\"It's also key to have stable measurements over time - essential for monitoring the success of interventions like adding roof insulation to a house or trees to a car park,\" the RAL Space and National Centre for Earth Observation scientist told BBC News.\n\nSatVu executives unveiled the new imagery to the Prince of Wales on Thursday", "Many parts of the UK are set to bask in unseasonal summer temperatures\n\nWhile much of the UK could see temperatures of up to 26C (79F) at the weekend, an amber weather warning for rain is in place in parts of Scotland.\n\nThe warning, which means a high risk of widespread disruption, is in place from 03:00 BST Saturday until 06:00 Sunday.\n\nPolice urged people to travel only if necessary in areas it covers.\n\nA yellow \"be aware\" warning for heavy and persistent rain is also in place for almost all of mainland Scotland, as well as Skye and the Inner Hebrides.\n\nThe Met Office said parts of the Highlands and central Scotland, including Glasgow, Perth and Stirling could see up to 180mm (7in) of rain.\n\nBBC Weather forecaster Matt Taylor said earlier there could even be snow over the highest Scottish mountains.\n\nHighlighting \"stark contrasts\" in the UK's weather, he said: \"While it will feel like late summer in the south, it will be more like late autumn/early winter for many in Scotland.\n\n\"Not only will there be persistent rain for many but temperatures will struggle to reach 10C for a fair few.\"\n\nThe period of heat for much of the UK is due to warm and humid air originating from north-west Africa and the Canaries, which has set many October records across Europe in recent days.\n\nOver the weekend, a high of 26C is expected in south-east England on Saturday - this is unusual for October and even a little above typical mid-summer highs.\n\nA temperature of 25C has only been reached or exceeded in three other years in the past quarter of a century - in 2018, 2011 and 2001.\n\nHowever, the all-time October record of 29.9C, set on 1 October 2011 in Gravesend, is unlikely to be reached.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: What will the weather be like where you are at the weekend?\n\nThe heavy rain in Scotland could lead to some flooding, with up to 150mm (5.9in) falling over the hills, Mr Taylor warned.\n\nThe Met Office has predicted widespread disruption for the west coast, parts of the central belt and the Highlands including Glasgow, Stirling and Fort William.\n\nIt warned of potential difficult driving conditions, flooding for homes and businesses and danger to life from fast flowing or deep flood water.\n\nIn Northern Ireland, highs of 21C are expected, while Scotland will likely top out in the high teens.\n\nMr Taylor said warm conditions will likely persist into the early part of next week, with temperatures continuing to reach the low to mid 20s, before things turn cooler from the middle of next week.\n\n\"While the cooler conditions in Scotland this weekend may bring on the autumn colours, overall it looks like temperatures will largely be at or above normal in most areas,\" he explained.\n\n\"We could continue to see a split in fortunes rainfall-wise though. As low pressure systems dominate to the west and north-west of the UK, parts of western Scotland especially could continue to experience above-average rainfall.\"\n\nUnseasonal warm weather is likely to become more common due to climate change, which is having an increasing impact on all parts of the UK.\n\nIt played a key role in pushing last year's temperatures to record highs.\n\nThe Met Office says 2022's record-breaking UK heat will be regarded as a cool year by the end of this century.", "Brian Buckle was acquitted after DNA evidence used against him at his original trial was found to be flawed\n\nEach year, thousands of people in England and Wales are accused of crimes for which they are later acquitted. While their names may be cleared, they are often left emotionally and financially devastated - as Brian Buckle, who was wrongfully convicted of sexually abusing a child, discovered first-hand.\n\n\"When I was put in the cell, I sat there all night and just cried and cried.\"\n\nIt was 2017 and Brian had just become a convicted sex offender, sentenced to serve 15 years in prison. A jury had found him guilty of 16 counts of historical child sex abuse.\n\nBut another trial would later acquit Brian after fresh analysis found DNA evidence used against him at his original hearing was flawed. He spent five and a half years in prison before overturning his convictions at a cost to him and his family of hundreds of thousands of pounds. His accuser is entitled to lifetime anonymity.\n\nBrian was not eligible for legal aid - financial help from the government towards the cost of employing a legal team - because his household's disposable income was above £37,500 per year.\n\nAnd so, like many defendants who are ultimately acquitted, he was left out of pocket - what is known by some campaigners as the \"innocence tax\".\n\nThis is when \"you're innocent and you're taxed by the state - you have to pay for your defence when you shouldn't, I would say,\" says Stuart Nolan from the Law Society - the independent professional body for solicitors in England and Wales.\n\nEvery year thousands of people are acquitted in court by a jury for crimes they didn't commit. This is the story of Brian and Rebecca who faced the emotional and financial impact of proving their innocence.\n\nThe £37,500 disposable income threshold dates back to a decision in 2014 by Chris Grayling, the then justice secretary. It has not risen since its introduction.\n\nThousands of people are affected by this.\n\nEach year, about 40% of those who plead not guilty in courts in England and Wales are acquitted. In the year to March 2023, 31,000 people entered not-guilty pleas and, of these, 12,000 went on to be cleared.\n\nAfter facing years of criticism, the government announced in May this year that legal aid would become available for everyone in England and Wales who faces a trial at a Crown Court and applies for it - but this will not happen for up to two years.\n\nEven after that change comes in, the Law Society questions whether there will be enough legal aid solicitors available because of the low pay this work attracts. The body says there are already legal aid deserts, places where it is impossible to find an experienced legal aid solicitor, even for those entitled to one.\n\nAnd in the meantime, people like Brian are left shouldering the burden of clearing their own names - in his case, he has not yet managed to claim back any of his costs.\n\nThis is the first time Brian, now 51, has spoken about his conviction. After he arrived in prison, he says, he went into survival mode.\n\n\"You're sitting in there with real sex offenders and you hear some horrendous stories,\" he recalls. \"You hear people gloating and it just makes your blood boil.\"\n\nBrian's wife Elaine and other relatives took on the burden of overturning the verdict\n\nBut Brian's wife Elaine was not prepared to accept the verdict.\n\nAlong with Brian's mum Jackie, his aunt, Daphne and his daughter Georgia, she resolved to fight for his freedom. \"I said: 'I don't care what we do, how much it costs, we have got to prove his innocence,'\" Elaine, 58, recalls.\n\nElaine thinks the police believed the allegations against her husband too quickly. That rush to get a conviction is not uncommon, says one of the UK's most eminent legal figures, former High Court judge, Sir Richard Henriques.\n\nHe says that, at times, there can be too many pressures on the police for them to independently study all the relevant evidence - and this can lead to a rushed decision to charge or prosecute.\n\n\"As soon as they find some evidence that tends to support an allegation, a charge follows and the investigative process ceases - and that is wrong,\" says Sir Richard, author of a damning report that heavily criticised the Metropolitan Police's handling of false accusations of sex abuse against prominent people.\n\nIn recent years campaigners have raised awareness of weaknesses in the system affecting victims of crime - especially those of sexual crime. For instance, the number of prosecutions that make it to court is tiny compared to the number of rape allegations the police receive.\n\nBut those accused of crimes and later found not guilty say the system is not working for them either. Brian was lucky to have his family behind him to fight to clear his name.\n\nTheir home in Pembrokeshire, west Wales, turned into their appeal headquarters as the women spent hours, days and weeks delving through court transcripts and researching legal and forensic specialists.\n\nElaine says that under the current system \"you're guilty until you can prove you're innocent, and it's you who has to do the work\".\n\nThe family also had to meet the costs of fighting the conviction themselves. Using inheritance money, gifts from relatives and loans, they were able to put together a fund.\n\nEvery line of the prosecution's case was studied, looking for anything that could help Brian. Private investigators and forensics experts were called upon.\n\nA major breakthrough came during analysis of the DNA samples used in the first trial, which a forensics expert re-tested. Brian's barrister knew the findings would cast doubt on the original conviction. He successfully applied for a Court of Appeal hearing where he told the three judges the DNA could have been planted. Despite this, the Buckles had been told not to get their hopes up as this was simply a preliminary hearing. Brian watched the proceedings from prison over a video link but found them difficult to follow. Then the clerk of the court spoke to him.\n\n\"He said to me: 'Mr Buckle, do you know what's happening here now?' And I said: 'No, not really.'\" The clerk said Brian would be released immediately: \"The paperwork will be there within the hour. You're going home.\"\n\nThe judges had quashed all 16 guilty verdicts. They cited the new DNA evidence and said they had no confidence that the jury had considered each count separately. The prison officers told Brian they had never before seen an inmate released immediately as a result of such a decision.\n\nBut any hopes this was the end of Brian's fight faded a few days later when the Crown Prosecution Service announced it was seeking a retrial.\n\nIn May 2023, Brian was back in court fighting for his freedom a second time. Now, however, Brian's legal team had a much more detailed defence and access to the newly uncovered forensic evidence.\n\nThree weeks into the trial, the jury began deliberating. After just one hour and 20 minutes, the court usher told Brian the verdicts were in.\n\n\"All I could think about at that point was, 'What if I go back to prison?'\" Brian recalls. \"And then the foreman [went] through the 16 counts, and every single count - not guilty.\"\n\nAfter two trials and more than five years in prison, Brian was a free man.\n\nBrian Buckle at Swansea Crown Court, after his second trial, where he was found not guilty on all 16 counts\n\nBut the cost of achieving this had been huge. \"We've spent over £500,000,\" says Brian.\n\nAs well as having to pay for his legal team, Brian had lost his job as a construction manager. \"I've lost my pension. All our savings are gone,\" he says.\n\nBrian is far from alone in his experience.\n\nRebecca Whitehurst, 47, from Greater Manchester had to find tens of thousands of pounds to pay for her defence after a pupil at the school where she taught made claims that they had engaged in sexual activity and exchanged inappropriate messages.\n\nRebecca Whitehurst says she spent almost £50,000 on legal costs\n\nThe police showed her pages of texts she was alleged to have sent him. She says they were false.\n\nStraight away she noticed the fonts on the texts didn't look right. \"It was completely obvious,\" she says. \"He'd created fake messages.\" But the police went ahead and charged her with three offences.\n\nAs the trial approached, Rebecca and her husband felt they needed a more experienced legal defence. With three weeks to go, they instructed a specialist criminal barrister and legal team to defend her, using savings to pay for them.\n\n\"Financially, it's been the best part of £50,000,\" she says. Rebecca adds that after she was found not guilty, she was awarded costs - but at the legal aid rate, which is much lower than the expense of instructing a defence barrister privately.\n\nBut Brian feels the biggest penalties were not financial. \"My father passed away and I am convinced that it is through the stress of this,\" Brian says. \"I missed my daughter's 18th birthday, her 21st, taking her for her first driving lesson. You can't get that back.\"\n\nHe also paid a price with his mental health. Brian has been diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder by his doctor. Elaine says he is showing signs of obsessive behaviour - every morning he wakes up early and cleans the house from top to bottom.\n\nNow, Brian tries to make every day count with his family. Without their love and support, he says, he would still be in prison.\n\nAlthough he can now look to the future, he knows the toll his ordeal has taken. \"I'm not the old Brian Buckle,\" he says.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: BBC correspondent Hugh Schofield goes on the hunt for Paris bedbugs\n\nFrance's government is working hard to contain a national panic over bedbugs, as a Paris school becomes the latest building hit by a reported infestation.\n\nSenior officials from the health, economy and transport ministries are meeting on Friday at the prime minister's office to co-ordinate a plan of action against the insects.\n\nThey are expected to speed up proposals for a national observatory on bedbugs.\n\nTheir aim is to establish an accurate picture of the phenomenon.\n\nEntomologists and health experts have warned that although there has been an undoubted surge in the bedbug population - and not just in France - many recent sightings are false, and there is a risk of unwarranted hysteria.\n\nNicolas Roux de Bézieux, creator of the pest control website badbugs.fr, says in three out of four calls he gets from concerned homeowners, the problems turn out not to have been caused by bedbugs.\n\nRomain Morzaderc, a pest-controller in Brittany, told Ouest-France newspaper that \"in 99% of cases, yes there are nasty black insects, but no, they are not bedbugs\".\n\nThe government has been alarmed by the way the bedbug story has dominated headlines at home and abroad. Ministers fear the image of Paris is being damaged, and that tourism could suffer, especially during next year's Olympics.\n\nBut they need to strike a delicate balance between reassuring the public, and at the same time raising awareness of a problem that needs prompt action if it is to be properly controlled.\n\nTransport Minister Clément Beaune said on Wednesday that of nearly 50 reported sightings of bedbugs on metro and SNCF trains, not one had been verified.\n\n\"I wouldn't like to see a kind of French-bashing take hold… as it does sometimes in Anglo-Saxon countries,\" he said.\n\n\"The problem needs to be taken very seriously. No denial. And no hysteria.\"\n\nOver recent weeks, pest-control companies across France have reported a huge increase in bedbug call-outs. Experts say there is always a pick-up after the summer holidays, and every year the surge is getting bigger.\n\n\"It's happening in cities everywhere,\" said Mr Roux de Bézieux.\n\nWhat we see here in France is a doubling every five years\n\nBedbugs have also been reported in cinemas, trains, hospitals and schools. Social media has hugely amplified public anxiety - though many videos circulating on the internet turn out to be of insects that are not bedbugs.\n\nIn the latest verified case, teachers at the Elisa-Lemonnier lycée (high school) in the 12th district of Paris refused to work on Friday after several classrooms, offices and changing areas were found to have bedbugs.\n\nAmong other measures under consideration by government are regulating the price of eradication; clarifying financial responsibilities between flat-owners and renters; and a registered list of pest-control companies.\n\nFear of being conned by cowboy operators can lead worried flat-owners to delay calling in help.\n\nAccording to France's leading expert on bedbugs, Jean-Michel Berenger, many pest-controllers have minimal training and are unscrupulous about intervening even when they know bedbugs are not the issue.\n\nAmid the hype, public education about bedbugs has certainly taken a step forward - which is important for tackling future surges.\n\nAmong the new facts to emerge are interesting details about the sex-life of cimex lectularius, to use the insects' formal name.\n\nAccording to scientists, bedbugs are one of the few species to practice \"traumatic insemination\". With his barbed needle of a penis, the male bedbug can pierce the female at any point of her body.\n\nHis sperm then makes its way via the bloodstream to her reproductive organ. Over the millennia, females have actually developed a dent in their abdomen to encourage males to pierce them at that spot.\n\nMale bedbugs also display homosexual behaviour, and even try to inseminate other species.", "Paralympian Caz Walton at the Paralympic Heritage Flame lighting ceremony at Stoke Mandeville Stadium in 2014\n\nStoke Mandeville has been announced as the lighting point for all future Paralympic torches.\n\nIn the same way the Olympic Flame is kindled at Olympia in Greece, the start of the Paralympic Torch Relay will begin in Buckinghamshire.\n\nThe flame will be lit at Stoke Mandeville to recognise its legacy as the birthplace of the Paralympic movement.\n\nIt will be used to light flames from the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games.\n\nThe Dutch wheelchair archery team practising for the 1953 Wheelchair Olympics\n\nIt is hoped the decision will increase global awareness of Stoke Mandeville and Sir Ludwig Guttmann, who helped create and develop the Paralympic movement.\n\nIn 1944, the British government asked Dr Guttmann to open a spinal injuries centre at Stoke Mandeville Hospital.\n\nFour years later, Guttmann organised the Stoke Mandeville Games, a competition for wheelchair athletes, held on the same day as the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games in London.\n\nThe games expanded to include international athletes, before eventually becoming known as the Paralympic Games for the 1960 summer Olympics in Rome.\n\nInternational Paralympic Committee president Andrew Parsons said: \"It is fitting that 75 years on from those historic first Stoke Mandeville Games... we are announcing that Stoke Mandeville will play an even greater role in all future editions of the Paralympic Games.\n\n\"The Paralympic Movement owes Stoke Mandeville and Sir Ludwig Guttmann a huge debt of gratitude,\" he added.\n\nFollow East of England news on Facebook, Instagram and X. Got a story? Email eastofenglandnews@bbc.co.uk or WhatsApp 0800 169 1830", "A Russian attack on the village of Hroza, south-east of Kharkiv, has killed at least 51 people, including an eight-year-old boy, Ukraine says.\n\nVillagers were attending a wake for a local resident when a missile struck at 15:15 local time (13:15 BST).\n\nUkraine's defence ministry said there were no military targets in the area - only civilians.\n\nKharkiv regional head Oleh Synyehubov described the attack as one of the region's \"bloodiest crimes\".\n\nHe confirmed that everyone who died were residents of the village, and that today's attack killed 20% of its population.\n\n\"One-fifth of this village has died in a single terrorist attack,\" he said on national television.\n\nUkrainian Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko said every household was affected in the village: \"From every family, from every household, there were people present\".\n\nInterfax Ukraine reported that the funeral was for a Ukrainian soldier. His widow, son - also a soldier - and daughter-in-law were among those killed, the outlet quoted local prosecutor Dmytro Chubenko as saying.\n\nThe soldier had previously been buried in Dnipro, but his relatives said they wanted to rebury him in his home village.\n\nUkrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said the act \"couldn't even be called a beastly act - because it would be an insult to beasts\".\n\nHe accused Russia of deliberately targeting the village while people gathered for the memorial service, and said it \"was not a blind strike\".\n\n\"Who could launch a missile at them? Who? Only absolute evil\", he said.\n\nThe Kupyansk district - which the village is part of - has been on the front line of clashes between Russian and Ukrainian armies since Vladimir Putin launched his full scale invasion in February last year.\n\nIt was a major supply hub for Russian forces at the start of the war, but Kyiv recaptured it in September 2022 after months of fighting.\n\nThe interior minister said an Iskander missile was used in the attack, but the BBC has been unable to independently verify this claim.\n\nRussia bombed the village as Mr Zelensky attended the European leaders' summit in Granada, Spain.\n\nThere, the European Union's foreign affairs chief, Josep Borrell, warned that political infighting was threatening the US's ability to fund the Ukrainian military.\n\nA recent budget deal in the US Congress did not include funding for Ukraine.\n\nMr Borrell said no European countries would be able to make up the gap left by any loss of American support.\n\n\"Can Europe fill the gap left by the US? Well, certainly Europe cannot replace the US,\" he said.\n\nOn Thursday, Mr Zelensky asked European leaders for more air defence missiles and said other countries could thank Ukraine for protecting them from Russian aggression.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nPeople from every family in Ukraine's north-eastern village of Hroza have been affected by a missile attack that killed 52 people on Thursday, Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko has said.\n\nAn eight-year-old boy was among the victims when a cafe was hit during a wake in the Kharkiv region.\n\n\"From every household there were people present\", Mr Klymenko said.\n\nUkraine's defence ministry blamed Russia for the attack, and said there were no military targets in the area.\n\nRussia has not directly commented on the strike.\n\nBut Russia's state news agency Ria Novosti reported that the Russian military had carried out 20 air and artillery strikes on Ukrainian targets in the Kupyansk district - where Hroza village is located. It did not say when the strikes were carried out or mention the village of Hroza.\n\nUkraine's emergencies service rescuers found the body of a boy in the rubble of a residential building in Kharkiv after Friday's attack\n\nRussia went on to launch missile strikes on the city of Kharkiv itself in the early hours of Friday, Mayor Ihor Terekhov said.\n\nSpeaking to Ukrainian TV, he said a 10-year-old boy was killed when a residential building was hit. More than 20 others were injured.\n\nThe mayor added that Russia likely used Iskander ballistic missiles in the latest attack.\n\nLater in the day, rescuers found the body of a woman - the grandmother of the killed boy, Kharkiv regional head Oleh Syniehubov said.\n\nResidents of the Hroza village had been attending the funeral of a Ukrainian soldier, who was a local resident, when the missile struck on Thursday.\n\nThe Interfax-Ukraine news agency quoted local prosecutor Dmytro Chubenko as saying that the man's widow was among the dead, as well as their son and daughter-in-law.\n\nThe soldier had previously been buried in Dnipro, but his relatives said they wanted to rebury him in his home village.\n\nPeople who had attended the service were sitting down for a meal when the missile hit the cafe that also served as a grocery store in the village, officials said.\n\nSpeaking to Ukrainian TV, Mr Klymenko said that Hroza had had the population of 330 residents before the Russian attack.\n\nHe said \"every family, every household\" was represented by at least one person at the wake.\n\nPreliminary information suggested that an Iskander missile hit the building, the minister added.\n\nMr Syniehubov described the attack as one of the region's \"bloodiest crimes\".\n\n\"One fifth of this village has died in a single terrorist attack,\" he said.\n\nUkrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said the act \"couldn't even be called a beastly act - because it would be an insult to beasts\".\n\nThree days of mourning have been declared in the Kharkiv region, starting from Friday.\n\nThe attack on the Hroza village is one of the Kharkiv region's \"bloodiest crimes\", local officials say\n\nSpeaking to BBC Radio 4's World Tonight, Maria Avdeeva, a Ukrainian security analyst and journalist, said someone may have told the Russian military about the wake.\n\n\"We can presume that someone give out the information about the place and the time of the gathering of these people,\" she said.\n\n\"From what we see now on Russian propaganda channels, they circulate information that there were military gathering for the funeral, which is false and untrue because this were mainly a civilian ceremony.\"\n\nThe attack has also led to international condemnation.\n\nUK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said the attack \"demonstrated the depths of depravity Russian forces are willing to sink to\". His comments came after he had earlier met Mr Zelensky on Thursday at a summit in Spain for the European Political Community, an intergovernmental forum established last year partly in response to the invasion of Ukraine.\n\nWhite House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre described the strike as \"horrifying\" and said it demonstrated why it was so important the Ukrainian people continued to receive international support.\n\nThe incident comes as continued funding for Ukraine is facing growing opposition in the US House of Representatives.\n\nThe Kupyansk district has been on the front line of clashes between Russian and Ukrainian armies since Russian President Vladimir Putin launched his full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February last year.\n\nIt was a major supply hub for Russian forces at the start of the war, but Kyiv recaptured it in September 2022 after months of fighting.", "Scotland's prison population could hit an all-time high of 8,700 inmates, BBC Scotland News has learned.\n\nThe number of prisoners is rising after falling during the pandemic.\n\nThe previous high was 8,300 in 2019 but officials have predicted it could reach unprecedented levels next year.\n\nThe Scottish government has not confirmed or denied the projection and said it was trying to get the prison population down.\n\nThe rise is driven by increases in prisoners starting their sentences and increases in those being held on remand before trial.\n\nOther factors contributing to the rise include more members of serious organised groups being caught and receiving long sentences and a rise in the number of individuals convicted of violent and sexual offences.\n\nThe chief inspector of prisons, Wendy Sinclair-Gieben, said she was aware of the 8,700 figure.\n\n\"I was shocked when I heard that,\" she said. \"We seriously have to think about how we treat justice in Scotland if we incarcerate so many people.\n\n\"The system can't cope with the numbers where they are now.\n\n\"We'll see an increase in self-harm, we'll see an increase in violence and more to the point, we'll see an increase in recidivism.\"\n\nWendy Sinclair-Gieben says the system can't cope with the current population numbers\n\nPhil Fairlie of the Prison Officers' Association (Scotland) said: \"8,700 is the highest prediction that's been put in our direction but we have heard 8,300 and 8,500.\n\n\"All of those numbers are deeply disappointing and extremely troubling.\n\n\"We don't have the prisons and we don't have the staff numbers to cope with anything like that.\"\n\nIn a statement, Justice Secretary Angela Constance MSP said: \"Since the start of 2023, the prison population across the UK has been rising steadily, placing the prison systems under acute pressure due to a variety of reasons.\n\n\"Our modelling for the prison population in Scotland suggests it may reach even higher levels by the end of the year.\"\n\nOn Tuesday, Ms Constance told the Scottish Parliament that the prison population had increased by 9% this year to 7,937.\n\nShe said remand numbers had reached a historic high and there was a 19% increase in sentences of under four years.\n\n\"The success that we've had with the court backlog is adding to the prison population,\" she told MSPs.\n\n\"It was anticipated the remand population would fall as the sentenced population increased and that has not happened.\"\n\nHMP Perth has 70 double prisoner cells which are so small they breach European guidelines\n\nMs Constance said the Scottish government had extended the presumption against short sentences from three to 12 months.\n\nShe would not confirm whether her officials had made the projection of an increase to 8700, telling BBC Scotland News: \"I'm not in a position to give you a hard and fast number on the worst case scenario.\n\n\"But what I want to be absolutely clear about is that our prison population is rising and that is of great and serious concern. We will work harder than ever before to address this situation.\"\n\nBail supervision services have been established in almost every local authority area and the use of electronically monitored bail orders is increasing.\n\nScottish Conservative justice spokesman Russell Findlay said: \"The rising prison population is largely due to Police Scotland's sterling work in catching sex offenders, violent criminals and those involved in organised crime.\n\n\"The SNP have abjectly failed to manage Scotland's justice system through a combination of incompetence and weakness. They cannot use scaremongering to free those who are locked up for punishment and society's protection.\"\n\nMeanwhile, the population is creeping up at Perth prison, Scotland's oldest jail, which still uses halls built by French prisoners during the Napoleonic Wars.\n\nThe chief inspector of prisons said HMP Perth has 70 double prisoner cells which are so small they breach guidelines set by the Council of Europe Committee for the Prevention of Torture.\n\nMs Sinclair-Gieben said Perth Prison had \"dynamic management and compassionate staff\", but said they were working with \"too many people in too small cells\".\n\nPerth governor Andy Hodge said the prison service was trying to spread the rising number of inmates across the prison estate\n\n\"We're taking prisoner numbers up consistently across sites,\" he said.\n\nThe Scottish government plans to publish its projections on the prison population in November.", "Michael Shanks' victory allows Labour to dream of a revival in Scotland\n\nThis result transforms the Scottish political weather - and in so doing changes the forecasts some will make about the next general election.\n\nYes, there are limits to what can be read into any one by-election; Labour's 17,845 votes in South Lanarkshire in a nation of 5.4 million people.\n\nAnd remember, this was a by-election brought about in unusual circumstances - the previous MP's egregious breach of the Covid rules.\n\nBut, nonetheless, it is the scale of Labour's victory in Rutherglen and Hamilton West that is so, so eye-catching.\n\nThey won by a mile and with a massive swing of 20.4% from the SNP to Labour.\n\nSwing is the term used to describe changes in party support.\n\nLabour's leader in Scotland, Anas Sarwar, claimed Scotland will \"lead the way and deliver a UK-wide Labour government\".\n\nAt every general election since the Scottish independence referendum in 2014, Labour's representation in Scottish seats at Westminster has been small, even tiny. And it still is.\n\nThe last time Labour won a general election, way back in 2005, the party won 41 seats in Scotland.\n\nBut they also won 41 seats in 2010 - a general election the party lost.\n\nSo doing very well in Scotland does not guarantee Labour success at Westminster.\n\nBut it is also true that the absence of success in Scotland for Labour makes winning a general election incredibly difficult.\n\nUntil this morning, the party had just one MP in Scotland. It now has two.\n\nSir Keir Starmer was a regular visitor to the constituency during the campaign\n\nBut this result suggests that could change and change big time at the next general election, and therefore potentially make Keir Starmer's path to Downing Street so much more navigable.\n\nThe Scottish National Party, the goliath of Scottish politics ever since the independence referendum, confronts three giant challenges.\n\nIt has been in power at Holyrood for ages, since 2007. Ageing affects us all, and it affects political parties.\n\nThe SNP's very reason for being - securing and then winning an independence referendum - looks a long way off, the party having run out of obvious routes to secure one in the short to medium term.\n\nAnd then there is the police investigation into the SNP's finances, which has led to the arrest of former First Minister Nicola Sturgeon and her husband, Peter Murrell, who used to run the SNP.\n\nBoth were released without charge, pending further investigation.\n\nStephen Flynn, the SNP's leader at Westminster, described this as \"very challenging internal circumstances\" for his party. But he acknowledged to the BBC that \"we've taken a bit of a kicking\".\n\nThe Conservative Party, 13 years into a stint in office in Westminster, faces those same effects of political ageing - and has been in a long-standing hole in the opinion polls.\n\nIn recent months, both of these factors have led to a more upbeat assessment of the Scottish political landscape by Labour folk.\n\nThere has been private talk within the party of possibly winning a dozen or more seats at the general election, maybe even 20.\n\nBut the scale of Labour's victory in this by election is considerably bigger than recent opinion polls have indicated.\n\nIt will leave some pondering if this is an indication that there might be a return to pre-independence referendum politics in Scotland - where Labour are the dominant party.\n\nThey are miles and miles away from that right now. As the BBC's Scotland Editor James Cook points out, Labour have merely established panda parity - there are as many Labour MPs in Scotland as there are black-and-white bears.\n\nBut this result will allow them to dream of many, many more Scottish MPs.\n\nSome Scottish Labour figures now claim they are serious contenders in as many as 28 seats.\n\nBy-elections are often the mood makers of politics.\n\nThis thunderbolt of a result leaves Labour chipper; the SNP and the Conservatives gloomy.", "Please ensure that the photograph you send is your own and if you are submitting photographs of children, we must have written permission from a parent or guardian of every child featured (a grandparent, auntie or friend will not suffice).", "Emily Hunt says she no longer feels safe in the UK\n\nThe government's rape adviser has said her experiences in the justice system as an abuse victim left her feeling unsafe and needing to quit the UK.\n\nEmily Hunt told the BBC she was moving to the US because \"it is time for me to feel OK again\".\n\nShe said she was proud of the successes of an official review into rape prosecutions but there was a \"lack of will\" to push on with more change.\n\nThe government praised her \"valuable work\" and contribution to the review.\n\nFor two years, Ms Hunt has been the Ministry of Justice's independent adviser to its rape review.\n\nLaunched in March 2019, its purpose was to look at victims' experiences - from their reports to police through to outcomes in court.\n\nIt delivered on promises to return the volume of cases going to trial to 2016 levels and reduce the number of victims withdrawing from the process.\n\nMs Hunt, a dual American-British citizen born in the US, however, said that she had seen the momentum \"slow and stop\" and that her own drawn-out ordeal had convinced her she had to leave.\n\nIn May 2015 Ms Hunt was filmed naked while unconscious in a London hotel room. She had no recollection of how she got there and said she was drugged and raped.\n\nChristopher Killick was initially arrested on suspicion of rape, but the case was dropped due to a lack of evidence. He has always denied rape.\n\nFive years later he pleaded guilty to voyeurism and was given a 30-month community order and told to never contact Ms Hunt.\n\nEarlier this year, Killick was arrested after repeatedly breaking the restraining order through messages he left on Twitter.\n\nHe was remanded in custody for three months and later handed a suspended 14-month prison sentence.\n\nMs Hunt, who was appointed an OBE during her campaign for justice, said the reopening of the case had contributed to her decision to quit her role and leave the country.\n\n\"The first time this idea came to me was sitting in the victims' room, again, asking 'how can I be here?' Since the sentencing I have not felt safe,\" she said.\n\n\"It is time for me to feel OK again. There is a better way to live.\"\n\n\"It is one thing to give a little piece of your soul to see change and another to repeat yourself and not have anything happen.\n\n\"I still feel I am in danger of being stalked,\" she said, adding: \"How do I live in a country where I feel I cannot report a crime\" without facing the same ordeal.\n\nIn an interview with Channel 4 News she also said there was no \"purpose\" to her staying on in her role. She told the BBC that progress made in the review was at risk of being lost.\n\nMs Hunt became an independent adviser to the government's rape review in 2021 following her fight for justice.\n\nShe helped implement a 24-hour sexual abuse helpline, and has championed Operation Soteria Bluestone, which has exposed criminal justice system failures and pushes a suspect-focused approach to catching rapists.\n\nShe told the BBC that from the outset of the review \"there was real momentum to change, not just policy but culture\", to put victims' needs at the heart of investigations and fight against what she described as \"rape myth\" - the questioning of a victim's motivations or innocence.\n\n\"It was amazing to be part of that, to have seen success because that proves there can be change,\" she said.\n\nBut she said in the last 18 months \"the foot has come off the pedal and I can see the next fall coming\".\n\nShe said rape investigation and prosecution was \"not being prioritised as it should\".\n\n\"I have watched the momentum slow and stop,\" she said, adding there was a sense that for all the changes in how victims were treated, people were thinking \"we don't have to do this anymore\".\n\nMs Hunt said that a fundamental change in the justice system, to put victims at the heart of it, was needed for her to reconsider her decision.\n\n\"We are not helping victims' interests within the justice system,\" she said.\n\n\"For instance, there is no [statutory] compassionate leave for victims of crime. Jurors get more help with getting to court than victims.\"\n\n\"You don't have a criminal justice system without victims willing to come forward,\" she said.\n\nMs Hunt expressed unease about her move to America. \"I was born in the US but have spent most of my life in the UK. I have never lived in America as an adult,\" she said.\n\n\"I don't know how to be an American. My daughter has lived here all of her life and I never imagined I would leave this country.\n\n\"But for me this is how it is. I do not feel safe.\"\n\nA Ministry of Justice spokesperson said: \"We thank Emily Hunt for her valuable work over the last two years, supporting the government in exceeding all three ambitions of our rape review ahead of schedule.\n\n\"We remain determined to stamp out these appalling crimes, making sure the criminal justice system supports victims and holds perpetrators to account.\"\n\nChief Constable Sarah Crew, the National Police Chiefs' Council lead for rape and adult sexual offences said she wanted to thank Ms Hunt for her work.\n\n\"She has been a critical friend, scrutineer and advocate for the work policing are doing to make change. We are working hard in policing to improve our response to rape and sexual offences. Everything we are doing is about being better for victims.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThe BBC has witnessed Chinese vessels blocking Filipino supply boats to an outpost in the South China Sea.\n\nThe incident took place as two Philippine coast guard ships - one of which the BBC was aboard - and two tiny commercial boats made their way to the Second Thomas Shoal.\n\nThey were met by a ship marked as the Chinese Coast Guard that was five times bigger than the commercial boats.\n\nThe encounter between the two sides lasted several hours.\n\nTensions between Manila and Beijing remain high after the Philippines coast guard cut China's barriers in disputed waters last month.\n\nManila resupplies its outpost in the Second Thomas Shoal, in the Spratly Islands, every month to reinforce its economic rights to waters that are both rich in fish and mineral resources.\n\nBeijing claims almost the entire South China Sea, including the Spratlys, which is also claimed in part by the Philippines.\n\nThe incident took place on Wednesday, the second day of a three-day mission to the Second Thomas Shoal. The journey proceeded in rough seas due to a then-oncoming typhoon and the seasonal monsoon.\n\nA little past dawn, the Filipinos were met by what appeared to be the Chinese Coast Guard, as well as two blue militia vessels with Chinese markings.\n\nThe two Philippine Coast Guard ships were escorting the Filipino commercial boats which carried supplies that are good for roughly one month.\n\nWhen the two countries' vessels encountered each other, the Chinese ships sent radio challenges to the Filipinos, asking them to leave. When the Philippine ships refused, the Chinese aligned themselves in a box shape to block them.\n\nThe two Filipino commercial ships got past the blockade because of their small size, a strategy that has worked in recent months.\n\nBut the two Philippine Coast Guard ships were too big to pass and at one point got within a few metres of the Chinese ships. They were so close that their crews took photos of each other. A Philippines military plane was also seen flying overhead.\n\nThe Philippine ships turned back at sundown when they confirmed that the supplies had been delivered and that the two commercial ships were safely on their way back to port.\n\nAll four vessels made it back to port, several hours' drive north of the capital Manila on Thursday.\n\nThe BBC saw Chinese Coast Guard ships blocking the resupply mission\n\nAside from sailing dangerously close to Filipino ships, China has been accused of firing water cannons and shining lasers on Philippine ships to drive them away.\n\nManila also claims that China deploys militia ships to boost its coast guard patrols in the disputed sea.\n\nIn 2016, an international arbitration court at The Hague ruled that China's vast sea claims had no basis, acting on a case brought forth by Manila. Beijing has refused to recognise it.\n\nIn recent months, tensions have been especially high between China and the Philippines, which recently strengthened military ties with the US, Beijing's chief rival for influence in the region.\n\nThe Chinese coast guard condemned the latest resupply mission, saying the Filipinos entered what it calls the Nansha islands without its permission. The Philippines calls it Ayungin Shoal, after a small fish that is a local delicacy.", "The silver Corsa was left parked on New Queen Street despite signs warning of the work\n\nCouncil contractors were forced to resurface a road around a parked car after its owner failed to heed signs warning of the impending work.\n\nPhotos taken by resident Michael Curtis show workers doing their best to carry on with the work in Scarborough.\n\nMr Curtis said he thought it was \"silly\" the car was not moved but North Yorkshire Council said forcibly removing the car was not an option.\n\nA spokesperson said staff would return to complete the work at a future date.\n\nThe council said signs had been put up to inform people that parking would be suspended in New Queen Street between 06:00 and 18:00 BST on Thursday, but the silver Corsa was not moved.\n\nContractors were forced to work around the car\n\nMr Curtis told the BBC: \"There were two tickets on the car but I found it silly that nothing was done to remove it.\"\n\nThe council said that forcibly moving cars comes with difficulties surrounding the risk of damaging cars and legal issues.\n\nNorth Yorkshire Council's highways area manager, Richard Marr, said: \"Our contractors have resurfaced New Queen Street in Scarborough, which has improved and extended the life of the well-used road.\n\n\"It is always unfortunate when we have situations like this, but we work around it as best we can, then return to resurface the area under the parked car at a future date.\"\n\nFollow BBC Yorkshire on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Send your story ideas to yorkslincs.news@bbc.co.uk.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Financial regulators in the US are suing Elon Musk after the billionaire said he would no longer cooperate with its investigation into his purchase of Twitter, now known as X.\n\nThe Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) asked a federal court to order him to comply with their request that he sit for a third session of testimony about the deal.\n\nThe move to sue followed receipt of a letter from a lawyer for Mr Musk, which said he refused to appear as requested.\n\nIt accused the SEC of \"harassment\".\n\n\"Unchecked government action is dangerous and the record here is troubling. Mr Musk declines to acquiesce in the Commission's incursions and therefore refuses to appear as you demand,\" lawyer Alex Spiro wrote.\n\nThe lawsuit is the latest feud between the SEC and Mr Musk, who once declared on national television that he had \"no respect\" for the regulator.\n\nThe SEC launched its investigation of Mr Musk's $44bn purchase of X last year.\n\nThe filing in San Francisco federal court said the agency is probing whether his 2022 stock purchases before he bought the company outright and statements he made about those investments broke securities laws.\n\nMr Musk participated in two half-days of testimony via video conference in July, after he was subpoenaed, the SEC said. The agency said another session was necessary because nearly half of the documents it had received regarding the case came in after those meetings.\n\nA letter from Mr Musk's attorney to the agency, shared as part of the exhibit, said it was \"unclear why the staff requires further time diverting Mr Musk from his significant obligations to companies and shareholders...Enough is enough\".\n\nThe SEC has locked horns with Mr Musk before.\n\nIn 2018, it charged him with defrauding investors by claiming in a Tweet that he had \"funding secured\" to take Tesla, the electric car company he leads, private.\n\nHe later settled the charges, stepping down as chairman of the firm's board and agreeing to accept what was dubbed a Twitter sitter - limits on what he could write on social media about the company.\n\nMr Musk has repeatedly gone to court to have those limits removed, including most recently in February.\n\nSeparately, a judge in New York ruled this week that Mr Musk must face a lawsuit from former Twitter investors who claim he defrauded former shareholders by failing to promptly disclose his share purchases, but an insider trading claim was dismissed.", "Ed Sheeran has secured his seventh straight UK number one album with the seasonally-fitting Autumn Variations.\n\nIt means all of the singer's albums, from his 2011 debut + to his latest collection, have reached the summit.\n\nBut he said the latest achievement \"means more than any other award I've had\" as this is the first time he's released an album on his own label.\n\nAutumn Variations, a collaboration with The National's Aaron Dessner, is the star's second album of 2023.\n\nAs with its predecessor, - (Subtract), it finds Sheeran in reflective mode, surveying the personal crises and upheavals his friends went through in 2022.\n\nThe 32-year-old said the record was loosely inspired by Edward Elgar, whose 1899 Enigma Variations also featured 14 sketches of his wife, friends and colleagues.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Ed Sheeran and Ipswich Town players in the team's dressing room\n\nIt received mixed reviews - both tricks and treats, to continue the October theme - on its release last week.\n\nThe Guardian's Rachel Aroesti gave the album two-stars, saying it was-\"as flat and dull as a grey sky\".\n\n\"Plodding, genre-hopping songs all end up as unimaginative ballads, their dreary lyrics littered with gibberish - though Sheeran's hooks remain strong,\" she wrote.\n\n\"Four months after the soul-baring Subtract, Sheeran returns with a cloying, seasonal-themed endeavour,\" he said.\n\nThree stars were dished out by The Independent's Helen Brown, who said: \"There's no standout tune on here to match Elgar's Nimrod, of course, but there's enough soupy seasonal sentimentality to fill the Royal Albert Hall.\"\n\nThe Times' Will Hodgkinson was more generous, however, awarding four stars while saying Sheeran \"has a way of taking mundane aspects of life and imbuing them with real feeling within a melody that sticks in the mind.\" He added: \"For all his apparent normality, that really is a rare skill\".\n\nSheeran has shrugged off critics, telling Rolling Stone magazine their opinions are redundant in the streaming era.\n\n\"Why do you need to read a review? Listen to it. It's freely available!\" he said.\n\n\"Make up your own mind. I would never read an album review and go, 'I'm not gonna listen to that now.'\"\n\nInstead, he said it had been \"amazing to get reconnected with the fans\" over the summer, and promised a follow-up album next year.\n\nOne fan, Kari, was even treated to a surprise home visit from the star who performed the album's lead single American Town for her and her friend in her living room.\n\nVideo of the stunt was shared on social media during the week.\n\nThis YouTube post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on YouTube The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. YouTube content may contain adverts. Skip youtube video by Ed Sheeran This article contains content provided by Google YouTube. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Google’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. YouTube content may contain adverts.\n\nAutumn Variations sold the most vinyl of any record in the UK over the past seven days, too, relieving Kylie's Tension of top spot, and also keeping Olivia Rodrigo's Guts at bay in second place.\n\nJorja Smith's second full-length release, Falling or Flying, saw her land at number three; while the year's biggest-selling album, The Weeknd's greatest hits collection The Highlights, held firm at number five.\n\nMeanwhile, US rock band Haim saw their debut album return to the top 20 for the first time since 2013, thanks to a 10th anniversary reissue.\n\nThere could be more movement on next week's chart, after Canadian star Drake dropped his long-awaited eighth album, For All The Dogs, on Friday.\n\nElsewhere, in this week's singles chart, Doja Cat was able to Paint the Town Red for a fifth consecutive week at the top.\n\nHer rap track, which samples Dionne Warwick's classic Walk On By, was the most-streamed song of the week in the UK, with over five million plays.\n\nNot far behind though was newcomer Kenya Grace with her vibey drum and bass breakthrough, Strangers.\n\nBTS member Jung Kook also became the first K-pop solo artist to achieve two UK top five singles with his Jack Harlow collaboration, 3D.", "Chail was immediately detained by officers after being found at the castle\n\nA crossbow-wielding man who arrived at Windsor Castle with plans to assassinate the Queen has been jailed for nine years for treason.\n\nJaswant Singh Chail, 21, was arrested while the late monarch stayed in the castle on Christmas Day 2021.\n\nThe Old Bailey heard he was spurred on by his artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot \"girlfriend\" Sarai and inspired by storylines from Star Wars.\n\nChail will also be subject to a hybrid order under the Mental Health Act.\n\nThis means he will remain in a psychiatric hospital for now but will be transferred to custody when he receives the treatment he needs.\n\nThe crossbow Jaswant Singh Chail had in his possession on his arrest\n\nChail, from North Baddesley, near Southampton, is the first person in the UK to be convicted of treason since 1981.\n\nHe had also pleaded guilty to making threats to kill and being in possession of an offensive weapon.\n\nPassing sentence during a live TV broadcast, Judge Mr Justice Hilliard said Chail had experienced homicidal thoughts that he acted upon before becoming psychotic.\n\n\"His intention was not just to harm or alarm the sovereign - but to kill her,\" the judge said, adding that Chail's intention to kill made the offence \"as serious as it could be\".\n\nThe former supermarket worker scaled the perimeter of the castle with a nylon rope ladder and was in the grounds for two hours before two officers confronted him with tasers.\n\nJaswant Singh Chail was intercepted by royal protection officers in the grounds of Windsor Castle\n\nHe was armed with a powerful crossbow with the safety catch off that was capable of firing bolts with \"lethal\" effect, the Old Bailey was told.\n\nChail was found wearing a metal mask in a private section of the castle grounds just after 08:10 GMT.\n\nHe told the officers he was there to \"kill\" Queen Elizabeth II and immediately surrendered.\n\nIn a video posted on Snapchat minutes before he entered the grounds, Chail said his actions were \"a revenge\" for those who had died in the 1919 Jallianwala Bagh massacre, when British troops opened fire on thousands of people who had gathered in the city of Amritsar in India.\n\nChail, who is from a family of Indian Sikh heritage, said in the same video that his actions were a \"for those who have been killed, humiliated and discriminated on because of their race\".\n\nThe mask worn by Jaswant Singh Chail was recovered after his arrest\n\nIn his remarks the judge said Chail demonstrated a wider ideology focused on destroying old empires and creating a new one, including in the fictional context such as Star Wars.\n\nThe court was told he described himself as a \"Sith Lord\" as he was obsessed with the sci-fi characters in the fantasy film franchise and their role in shaping the world.\n\nHe had confided his murderous plan to AI chatbot Sarai, which exchanged 5,000 sexually charged messages with him in the weeks before.\n\nChail, who regarded Sarai as his girlfriend, believed the two would be reunited after he killed the Queen.\n\nHe told Sarai he loved her and described himself as a \"sad, pathetic, murderous Sikh Sith assassin who wants to die\".\n\nChail, whose messages are in blue, appeared to make his intentions plain to the chatbot\n\nAt his sentencing hearing, the court heard Sarai told him his \"purpose was to live\" and he therefore decided to surrender to the royal protection officers.\n\nThe judge said Chail was also \"culpable to a significant degree\" when he applied unsuccessfully to join the Ministry of Defence Police and Grenadier Guards because he \"wanted to get close to the royal family\".\n\nChail made internet searches on \"Sandringham Christmas\" and also attempted to obtain a gun on the \"dark web\" before buying the crossbow in November 2021.\n\nHe had a \"lonely, depressed and suicidal state of mind\" and has since expressed \"distress and sadness\" about the impact his actions had on the Royal Family\", the court also heard.\n\nThe Queen had been staying at Windsor, rather than spending Christmas as usual on her Sandringham estate\n\nAs well as the nine years in prison, Chail was also given a further five years on extended licence.\n\nUnder the 1842 Treason Act it is an offence to assault the monarch or have a firearm, or offensive weapon in their presence with intent to injure or alarm them, or to cause a breach of peace.\n\nIn 1981, Marcus Sarjeant was jailed for five years under the section of the Treason Act after he fired blank shots at the Queen while she was riding down The Mall in London during the Trooping the Colour parade.\n\nFollow BBC South on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram. Send your story ideas to south.newsonline@bbc.co.uk.", "Pagente is currently still in custody after being arrested on Wednesday\n\nA Philippines drag queen was arrested on Wednesday over their performance as Jesus Christ reciting the Lord's Prayer.\n\nA video of the performance by Pura Luka Vega had sparked criminal complaints by Christian groups in July.\n\nThe 33-year-old, whose real name is Amadeus Fernando Pagente, faces up to 12 years in jail under the Catholic-majority country's obscenity laws.\n\nNearly 80% of the Philippines identifies as Roman Catholic.\n\nPagente has been charged with the offence of \"immoral doctrines, obscene publications and exhibitions and indecent shows\", according to a copy of the arrest warrant shared by Manila police.\n\nThe video features a bearded Pagente dressed as Jesus Christ, performing a rock version of the Lord's Prayer in Tagalog. It has since been deleted.\n\nThe Philippines for Jesus Movement, comprising Protestant church leaders, registered the first criminal complaint with the Manila Prosecutor's Office at the end of July. A second complaint was then filed in August by Nazarene Brotherhood, a Catholic group.\n\nSeveral cities in the Philippines, including its capital Manila, also declared Pagente \"persona non grata\", a Latin phrase for an \"unwelcome person\".\n\nPura Luka Vega's performance depicting Jesus saying the Lord's Prayer sparked outrage in the Philippines\n\nFor decades, drag queens in the Philippines have been popular entertainers who impersonate singers and actresses and deliver punchlines in stand-up shows.\n\nBut Pagente is part of a new generation of drag queens who use their performances to champion their causes and test the limits of free speech.\n\nThey told the AFP that the arrest shows \"the degree of homophobia\" in the Philippines. \"I understand that people call my performance blasphemous, offensive, or regrettable. However, they shouldn't tell me how I practice my faith or how I do my drag.\n\nSupporters have been calling for Pagente's release with the #FreePuraLukaVega hash tag, arguing that \"drag is not a crime\". Some compared the performer's predicament with alleged murderers and sex crime offenders, whom they claimed remain free and have not been justly dealt with.\n\nRyan Thoreson, a specialist at the Human Rights Watch's LGBT+ rights programme, also called for the charges against Pagente to be dropped. \"Freedom of expression includes artistic expression that offends, satirises, or challenges religious beliefs.\"", "After 50 years of the Charles Rennie Mackintosh Society, the architect's buildings are still at risk\n\nThe Charles Rennie Mackintosh Society was born of necessity.\n\nFour of his buildings stood in the way of the motorway that Glasgow Corporation planned to build in the 1970s.\n\nOne of them, Martyr Street School, was already the subject of a demolition order when the society held its first meeting in October 1973.\n\n\"There was a lot happening in the city, and many of the plans were likely to affect Mackintosh,\" says Stuart Robertson, who has been director of the society since 2001.\n\n\"Mackintosh was relatively unknown, beyond other architects and designers and as well as saving his buildings, the society's aim was to start spreading the word about him around the world.\"\n\nMartyrs Street School survived, as did Queen's Cross church and Scotland Street School which, although outside the motorway ring, looked likely to be affected.\n\nIngram Street tearooms did sit inside the development and were demolished in 1971, although the rooms were documented and catalogued before being put into storage.\n\nIn 1978 they were transferred to Glasgow Museums. Some pieces were eventually restored and returned to public view, including the Oak Room which is now on show at the V&A Dundee.\n\nMichael Dale, who has just been appointed chair of the CRM Society, has led many of Scotland's cultural organisations including the Edinburgh Fringe, events at the Glasgow Garden Festival and the West End festival.\n\n\"1990 was a huge turning point in terms of tourism,\" he says. \"We suddenly had tourists and we created a market for Mackintosh, someone who is here every day of the week, every week of the year and every year for the last 50 years.\n\n\"We need to persuade government - local and national - that it's worth investing in.\n\n\"They managed to find £565m for Commonwealth Games which lasted 11 days, so think about the kind of impact investing in Mackintosh could have.\"\n\nA survey of Mackintosh buildings carried out by the Society in 2015 concluded the estate was \"small, fragile and precious\".\n\nIt included the Mackintosh School of Art, damaged by a fire in 2014, and almost entirely lost in a second fire in 2018.\n\nGlasgow School of Art pictured before the 2018 fire\n\nRobertson says: \"These are historic buildings which need to be looked after. Particularly after years of neglect.\n\n\"If we don't protect them, we will lose them forever and the city has to wake up to that.\"\n\nThe handful of buildings in Glasgow City Council's care come with challenges. Scotland Street School is currently closed for redevelopment.\n\nThe Lighthouse, in Mitchell Lane, has been closed since the pandemic.\n\nScotland Street School is currently closed for redevelopment\n\nOn Thursday, Glasgow City Council will host a reception to mark the 50th anniversary of the Charles Rennie Mackintosh Society.\n\nBut its thousand members, who come from across the world, can't rest on their laurels. They believe there's as much need for the society today as there was 50 years ago.\n\n\"I'd say even more,\" says Stuart Robertson. \"These buildings are fragile and suffer badly if not maintained. There are 300 buildings on the at-risk register in Glasgow. If we can't look after Mackintosh, what hope is there for any other buildings?\"\n\nMichael Dale wants to see the CRM Society advising on conservation in the same way the Cockburn Association does in Edinburgh. He compares Glasgow to cities like Barcelona, Chicago and Manchester, where conservation and culture are at the heart of plans.\n\n\"It's time for Glasgow to be a powerhouse like that,\" he says.\n\nSo what is the state of play for Mackintosh's best-known buildings?\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Take a look inside the Mackintosh Building restoration project\n\nThe Mackintosh building in Garnethill was designed in phases between 1896 and 1909, in Art Nouveau style.\n\nOne of Mackintosh's most celebrated buildings, it was also unusual in being a work of art which was also a working art school. It was damaged by fire in 2014, and was close to reopening after restoration when it was devastated by a second fire in 2018.\n\nIn January 2022, the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service concluded a three year investigation which found no cause could be determined. Glasgow School of Art plan a \"faithful reinstatement\", which is due to open in 2030.\n\nQueen's Cross church is used as a performance venue\n\nThe only church Charles Rennie Mackintosh designed and built, it opened in 1899 in Maryhill.\n\nWhen it closed as a church in 1976, it was taken over by the Charles Rennie Mackintosh Society, which owns and operates it as a visitor attraction. In recent years, it has been a popular venue for small concerts and performances, and is regularly used by the Celtic Connections festival.\n\nA number of original artefacts, including chairs designed for the Willow Tea Rooms, are on display.\n\nIn 2018 King Charles and Queen Camilla - then the Duke and Duchess of Rothesay - visited Mackintosh at the Willow following a refurbishment\n\nThe only surviving tea rooms designed by Charles Rennie Mackintosh, the Willow Tea Rooms were commissioned by local entrepreneur Catherine Cranston and opened on Sauchiehall Street in 1903.\n\nThe building had various changes of ownership and use over the years, including a spell as a department store. It was purchased in 2014 by the Willow Tea Rooms Trust to prevent the sale of the building and loss of the contents to collectors.\n\nIt reopened as a social enterprise in 2018 under the name Mackintosh at the Willow after a £10m refurbishment.\n\nThe spiral staircase in Mackintosh Tower - part of the Lighthouse centre for architecture in Mitchell Lane\n\nThe Lighthouse was opened in 1999 as a centre for architecture and design. During that year, Glasgow held the title of UK City of Architecture and Design.\n\nThe building in Glasgow's Mitchell Lane once housed the Glasgow Herald. Designed by Mackintosh in 1895, it includes a \"doocot\", which was used to house pigeons returning with racing results for the paper.\n\nThe building has been closed to the public since 2020, and Glasgow City Council says it's considering its future use.\n\nThe school was designed by Charles Rennie Mackintosh between 1903 and 1906, in the Kingston area of Glasgow.\n\nIt originally had more than a thousand pupils but in the 1970s, as the M8 motorway and Kingston Bridge cut through the area, the school's roll fell to under 100 and in 1979 it closed.\n\nThe school reopened as a museum in the 1980s, offering visitors a chance to sit in a historic classroom.\n\nIt is currently closed for a major refurbishment, with plans to include a nursery and digital learning hub in addition to a museum.", "Labour present a challenge to the SNP in Scotland, the party's leader has admitted in the week before a key by-election in Rutherglen.\n\nFirst Minister Humza Yousaf told the BBC he is \"not complacent about that challenge\".\n\nLabour insiders are confident they are on the verge of a breakthrough in Scotland.\n\nSir Keir Starmer has said he wants to win a significant number of seats in Scotland to ensure he has a \"mandate\".\n\nAsked if the Rutherglen and Hamilton West by-election was a must-win for his party, he said: \"It is very important for us. There is no getting away from that.\"\n\nVoters in the seat go to the polls on Thursday, 5 October. The by-election - which was triggered when ex-SNP MP Margaret Ferrier was removed by her constituents after breaking Covid lockdown rules - is being seen as a key test of whether Labour are making a comeback in Scotland, as polls suggest.\n\nSenior figures in the party are confident of victory. One source close to the campaign said a comfortable win in Rutherglen would suggest the party could compete for as many as 24 seats in Scotland at a general election.\n\nThat is a remarkable claim given the party has just one MP in Scotland at the moment.\n\nSNP insiders believe turnout will be crucial - but they also acknowledge the party has been hit by the police investigation into SNP funding. It saw former leader Nicola Sturgeon and her husband Peter Murrell arrested, then released without charge pending further investigation.\n\nThe first minister said: \"Labour are popping the Champagne corks - putting up the bunting, they are complacent.\"\n\nHe added: \"We've been in government for 16 years. Of course there's challenges.\n\n\"But 16 years in, with probably the most difficult six months my party has faced, we're still leading in the [national] polls.\"\n\nFirst Minister Humza Yousaf has been campaigning alongside SNP candidate Katy Loudon\n\nLabour went into freefall after the independence referendum in 2014. The following year, it lost 40 seats in Scotland and returned just one MP.\n\nBut Labour is now confident of winning a seat from the SNP at a by-election for the first time. And they think it could be the start of a resurgence in Scotland.\n\nSir Keir said: \"For the Labour Party it matters that we win in Scotland to have the mandate - to have the authority - to take the whole of the UK forward.\"\n\nHe added: \"I don't want to win a general election without winning more significantly in Scotland.\"\n\nHe would not put a number on what \"significant\" looked like.\n\nBut for a while, Labour strategists have thought it's possible the party could return 20 or more MPs in Scotland at the next general election.\n\nA source close to the by-election campaign said: \"We're in a good place.\" They suggested their vote was hardening up in the final days of the campaign.\n\nTactical voting could play a role in the by-election too.\n\nSenior SNP figures think many anti-independence voters who don't necessarily support Labour will give them their vote.\n\nAsked about tactical voting, the Scottish Tory deputy leader Meghan Gallacher said: \"We'll always say to vote Conservative. We've got a really, strong message… we're saying no to the SNP's independence plans but we're also talking about other issues which really matter to the people here in Rutherglen, cost of living being one of them.\"\n\nThe Scottish Lib Dem leader Alex Cole Hamilton said: \"Liberal Democrats are growing again and my defining mission as leader is to give them a reason to vote for us\".\n\nThe Scottish Greens are in government with the SNP at Holyrood - but the party is standing a candidate at the by-election. The party's co-leader Patrick Harvie said: \"Green and SNP voters don't necessarily see eye to eye on things like how regulate the oil and gas industry, how fast we can move in that transition in response to the climate emergency.\"\n\nYou can see a complete list of candidates for the by-election here.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Keir Starmer says disaffected voters can now see how the Labour Party has changed\n\nLabour \"blew the doors off\" to take the Rutherglen and Hamilton West seat back from the SNP, leader Keir Starmer has said.\n\nSpeaking at a victory rally, he said it was \"the first step on a very important journey\" in Scotland and the UK.\n\nThe party's new MP Michael Shanks won the by-election with 17,845 votes.\n\nThis was more than double the number achieved by the SNP's Katy Loudon, with a swing of 20.4% from SNP to Labour in the Westminster poll.\n\nThe by-election was called after former SNP MP Margaret Ferrier was ousted by her constituents for breaking Covid rules.\n\nSir Keir told a rally in the constituency that voters had become disillusioned with both the SNP government in Scotland and the Conservative government at Westminster.\n\nHe said: \"Scottish voters looked at the Tory government in Westminster and saw something that didn't represent them - they turned their backs on that.\n\n\"But they also, not so long ago, saw a Labour that had drifted away from them.\n\n\"We've changed, and because we've changed, we are now the party of change.\"\n\nHe added: \"As for the SNP, this isn't about just a few months of turmoil in the SNP, it is about years and years of non-delivery.\"\n\nKeir Starmer celebrated the election of new Labour MP Michael Shanks\n\nScotland's first minister Humza Yousaf said there were \"a number of difficult issues around this by-election which made it a very difficult night.\"\n\nThe SNP leader said the \"reckless actions\" of their former MP during Covid and police investigations into SNP finances played a part in the poor result.\n\nBut he said his party would reflect, re-group and re-organise and bounce back stronger.\n\nSNP candidate Katy Loudon's 8,399 votes represented a 27.6% share, down by 16.6% on the SNP result at the 2019 general election.\n\nMichael Shanks took victory for Labour with 58.6% of the votes cast.\n\nThe newly elected MP described the result as \"remarkable\", and said it was the \"honour of my life\" to speak to thousands of voters during the campaign.\n\nTurnout for the vote was just 37.19%, a dramatic fall from the 66.5% at the last general election.\n\nConservative candidate Thomas Kerr managed only a 3.9% share of the vote, a fall of more than 11% since 2019.\n\nThe chairman of the Scottish Conservatives, Craig Hoy MSP, denied that the result was \"compelling evidence of a significant Labour revival\".\n\nHe said: \"The result was what we expected. We knew that our vote would be squeezed as the third party in a contest between Labour and the SNP.\"\n\nKeir Starmer told BBC Scotland that Labour would lay out its \"positive case for change\" at the party's annual conference, which begins on Sunday.\n\n\"People wanted to come out and vote for a changed Labour party,\" he said.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Humza Yousaf said the SNP would 're-group' after losing Rutherglen\n\nSir Keir promised that the party would \"repay that faith and trust with the change that I know they desperately want to see.\"\n\nHe added: \"We have to earn every vote across Scotland and we will only do that if we have a positive case of change to put before Scotland and the UK.\n\n\"Having changed our party, I want to change politics.\"\n\nHe also used the opportunity to attack \"nodding dog\" Prime Minister Rishi Sunak over the cancellation of the HS2 and \"circus\" of the Tory conference in Manchester.\n\nBBC Scotland News spoke to voters in the constituency after the Labour win.\n\nSalvation Army volunteer Douglas Macdonald from Rutherglen said that he voted tactically in the by-election to get the SNP out.\n\nThe 81-year-old said: \"I am most definitely happy that there was a big change in the by-election. I wanted rid of the SNP because of their reputation here in Rutherglen.\n\n\"I always vote, if you don't vote you can't complain about who gets in and what they're doing.\"\n\nDouglas Macdonald voted against the SNP in Rutherglen\n\nConor Campbell voted for the SNP but said he was not surprised that they lost to Labour.\n\n\"It's to be expected after the recent issues with the party,\" he said. \"I think a lot of people lost faith a little bit.\"\n\nHe said the SNP needed to stop pushing for a second referendum and focus on current issues in Scotland. He pointed to problems facing young people, and domestic violence and homelessness.\n\nKieran Paterson, 26, was one of the more than 51,000 people in the constituency who chose not to cast their vote.\n\n\"Everything that's been promised doesn't seem to manifest at all, so a vote's kind of useless at this point,\" he said.\n\nThe security worker said politicians need to prioritise tackling crime in the area to persuade voters like him to visit the polling station.", "The top US and Turkish diplomats have spoken by phone after US forces in Syria shot down an armed Turkish drone.\n\nWashington said the drone came too close to its ground forces in Syria, but Ankara merely said it was lost during operations.\n\nDuring the call between the Nato allies, Hakan Fidan told the US Turkey would keep targeting Kurdish groups.\n\nThe US works with Kurdish YPG forces in Syria, but Turkey views them as separatists and terrorists.\n\nMr Fidan told US Secretary of State Antony Blinken that Turkey's \"counter-terrorism operations in Iraq and Syria will continue with determination\".\n\nMeanwhile a US State Department spokesperson said Mr Blinken highlighted the need for Washington and Ankara to \"coordinate and deconflict\" their activities.\n\nOn Thursday US military officials said a US F-16 fighter jet shot down the armed Turkish drone which was operating near American troops in Syria after giving several warnings.\n\nPentagon spokesperson Brig Gen Patrick Ryder told reporters that American forces had observed several drones carrying out airstrikes near Al Hasakah in north-eastern Syria at 07:30 local time (04:30 GMT).\n\nSome of the strikes were approximately 1km away from US troops, prompting them to take shelter in bunkers, Ryder said.\n\nFour hours later, the F-16 downed the drone after commanders assessed there was a potential threat, he said.\n\n\"It's regrettable when you have two NATO allies and there's an incident like this,\" he told reporters.\n\nIt marked the first such incident between the two Nato allies.\n\nThere are about 900 US troops operating in Syria as a part of the mission against the Islamic State jihadist group (IS).\n\nTurkey has been launching air strikes against Kurdish groups in Syria and Iraq after a suicide blast hit its interior ministry in Ankara.\n\nThe Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) said the interior ministry bombing had been carried out by a group linked to them.\n\nThe PKK is considered a terror group in Turkey, the EU, UK and US.\n\nTurkey views the PKK and the YPG as the same group. However the US has been working with the YPG, which is part of the group of US-backed forces known as the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) that has fought against IS in Syria.\n\nShortly after the phone call between Mr Blinken and Mr Fidan, Turkey said it had launched renewed attacks on Kurdish target in northern Syria.\n\nThe Turkish defence ministry said it had hit 15 Kurdish targets \"with the maximum amount\" of ammunition and they included \"headquarters and shelters\".\n\nThe PKK launched an armed struggle against the Turkish government in 1984, calling for an independent Kurdish state within Turkey.\n\nIn the 1990s, the PKK rolled back on its demands for an independent state, calling instead for more autonomy for the Kurds. More than 40,000 people have died in the conflict.\n\nFighting flared up again after a two-year-old ceasefire ended in July 2015.", "After numerous complaints of mischief in the city of Aurora, a 400lb (181kg) culprit has finally been caught loitering outside a shopping centre.\n\nOfficials say Fred, who dodged them for several days, is \"always hungry\" and \"loves his belly scratches\".\n\nAurora Animal Services knew they were looking for a pig, they were surprised at just how big he was.\n\nIt took about eight people and five hours to capture him. They now hope to find his forever home.\n\n\"He's almost like a dog in behaviour, so we want to maintain his life of being a happy, social pig,\" said Augusta Allen, a field officer with Aurora Animal Services,\n\nCity officials first became aware of Fred on 24 September when they received a call about a pig that was tearing up a person's yard. But when animal officers arrived on the scene, they were not able to find him.\n\nMore calls came in the next day, this time about a pig in traffic. Then another call about a pig that was ruining someone's landscaping.\n\nHe was then spotted again three days later on 27 September, in the early morning hours.\n\nThis time, Fred was in a position where he could be captured, Ms Allen said.\n\nStill, it was no easy task.\n\nIt took eight people and five hours to capture Fred, who was found by city staff in front of a strip mall in Aurora, Colorado\n\n\"We didn't know exactly how big he is,\" Ms Allen said. \"Pot-bellied pigs are more of a common pet so we thought maybe that's what we are looking for.\"\n\n\"Turns out Fred is not a pot-bellied pig.\"\n\nInstead, Fred is a large farm pig that is estimated to weigh at least 400 lbs.\n\n\"He just wasn't ready to give up his holiday of running around the city and eating what he wanted to eat,\" she said.\n\nAfter he was captured, staff affectionately gave him the name Fred, and he has been staying at the Aurora Animal Shelter ever since.\n\nMs Allen said he is an unusual addition to the shelter, which more commonly houses cats and dogs.\n\n\"We actually had to go buy supplies for him,\" she said, including food and straw.\n\nStaff are not sure how he ended up on the streets of Aurora. They have speculated that he may have been a backyard pet that grew to be a much bigger size than expected.\n\n\"They probably got him as a little piglet, and he just continued to grow,\" Ms Allen said.\n\nNobody has claimed Fred yet and he seems to like his new home for now, but staff are hoping to find a farm for him where he can play and be at ease.\n\n\"And he's quite content back there, he's just been napping and kind of lazing around,\" she said. \"He's just a nice boy.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The story of Nicholas Rossi, the US fugitive who 'faked his own death' (Video by Morgan Spence, Graham Fraser and David MacNicol)\n\nScotland's justice secretary has confirmed that the extradition of the American fugitive Nicholas Rossi can go ahead.\n\nAngela Constance signed the extradition order last week after a court ruled in August there was no legal barrier to Rossi being sent back to the United States to face rape charges.\n\nHe was arrested on the Covid ward of a Glasgow hospital in December 2021.\n\nThe 36-year-old has since claimed to be the victim of mistaken identity.\n\nThe convicted sex offender, who is originally from Rhode Island, said he was an Irish orphan called Arthur Knight.\n\nHowever, last November, Sheriff Norman McFadyen ruled that he was Nicholas Rossi and not Arthur Knight, as he repeatedly claimed.\n\nEdinburgh Sheriff Court heard how his fingerprints and distinctive tattoos matched those of the fugitive.\n\nDespite the ruling, Rossi maintained he was the victim of mistaken identity - and said he had been tattooed while he was lying unconscious in hospital in an attempt to frame him.\n\nHe returned to the court in June this year for his extradition hearing.\n\nAuthorities in the US have said Rossi was known by several aliases, including Nicholas Alahverdian.\n\nRossi was arrested at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow in December 2021\n\nIn his extradition ruling, Sheriff McFadyen described Rossi as \"dishonest and deceitful as he is evasive and manipulative\".\n\nMr Bovey urged the court to refuse extradition of his client or adjourn proceedings to allow fuller investigation of Rossi's mental health.\n\nBut three medical witnesses said Rossi showed no signs of acute mental illness and a GP at Saughton also cast doubt on the state of his health in general.\n\nThe sheriff ruled that he could be legally extradited to Utah in August, and the justice secretary had the final say.\n\nHe has two weeks to appeal the decision.\n\nSeparately, detectives in Essex want to interview Rossi in connection with an allegation of rape dating back to 2017.\n\nStaff at a Glasgow hospital recognised Rossi by the distinctive tattoos on his arms\n\nIn December 2019 he told media in his home state that he had late-stage non-Hodgkin lymphoma and had weeks to live.\n\nSeveral news outlets in Rhode Island reported that he had died in February 2020.\n\nHowever, less than two years later, Rossi - who was the subject of an Interpol wanted notice - turned up on a hospital ward in Glasgow during the pandemic.\n\nHe was being treated for Covid-19 when he was arrested at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital on 13 December 2021.\n\nWatch Now on BBC iPlayer: Unmasking A Fugitive - The story of Nicholas Rossi, the US fugitive who came to the UK with a new identity", "Rapper Drake has announced that he is taking a break from his music career, saying: \"I need to focus on my health first and foremost.\"\n\nJust hours after the release of his new album, For All The Dogs, the multi-Grammy winner said that he has had stomach issues for years.\n\n\"I probably won't make music for a little bit, I'm gonna be honest,\" he said on Friday on his radio show.\n\nSeveral upcoming performances have been postponed following his announcement.\n\n\"I need to focus on my health, first and foremost — and I'll talk about that soon enough,\" said the Hotline Bling rapper.\n\n\"Nothing crazy, but just like, you know, I want people to be healthy in life, and I've been having the craziest problems for years with my stomach.\"\n\n\"I'm going to lock the door on the studio for a little bit,\" he said on his SiriusXM programme, Table For One.\n\n\"I don't even know what a little bit is. Maybe a year or something. Maybe a little longer.\"\n\nHe later posted a clip from the radio programme on Instagram, telling his 143 million followers: \"See ya when I see ya.\"\n\nHe is scheduled to perform concerts in Toronto, his hometown, on Friday and Saturday night.\n\nShows scheduled for after then have been postponed, according to the tour section of his website.\n\nHe had been due to perform in Denver, New Orleans, Nashville and Columbus, Ohio.\n\nDrake joins several musicians who have recently taken a break or cancelled tour dates, citing health issues.\n\nIn July, Madonna announced that she was pushing back her tour by three months after being taken to hospital with a serious bacterial infection the month earlier.\n\nLast month, Bruce Springsteen announced that he was was postponing his September tour dates due to a peptic ulcer, which is a type of sore in the stomach lining or small intestine.\n\nDrake, 36, has become one of the hottest acts in hip hop.\n\nThe cover of his latest album was drawn by his five-year-old son, who also features in the music video for the single track 8AM in Charlotte.\n\nEarlier this year he published a book of poetry.", "Narges Mohammadi received her award for fighting oppression of women and promoting human rights\n\nAnnouncing the decision, the Norwegian Nobel Committee said Ms Mohammadi, 51, was honoured for her fight against the oppression of women in Iran.\n\nHer struggle has come at a \"tremendous personal cost\", committee chairwoman Berit Reiss-Andersen said.\n\nMs Mohammadi is currently serving a 10-year jail term in Iran's notorious Evin prison in the capital, Tehran.\n\nIran's foreign ministry said the award was \"biased\" and in line with \"the interventionist and anti-Iran policies of some European countries\".\n\nUS President Joe Biden called on the Iranian government to free Ms Mohammadi as he praised her \"unshakeable courage\", while French President Emmanuel Macron said she was a \"freedom fighter\".\n\nAt Friday's ceremony in Oslo, Ms Reiss-Andersen said the prestigious award was given to Ms Mohammadi for \"her fight against the oppression of women in Iran and her fight to promote human rights and freedom for all\".\n\nShe began her address with the words \"woman - life - freedom\" - a reference to the motto of recent mass protests sweeping Iran.\n\nShe went on to describe the prize as recognition of the hundreds of thousands of Iranians who have demonstrated over the past year against the \"theocratic regime's policies of discrimination and oppression targeting women\" - a movement headed, she said, by the new Nobel prize winner.\n\nMillions of Iranians will be cheering this award along with human rights activists around the world. The Nobel committee decision also sends a very strong signal of disapproval to the Iranian authorities.\n\nAt the ceremony, Ms Reiss-Andersen also urged Iran to release Ms Mohammadi from jail so she could attend the prize ceremony in December.\n\n\"If the Iranian authorities make the right decision they will release her so she can be present to receive this honour, which is what we primarily hope for.\"\n\nBut it seems highly unlikely that the activist will actually be able to pick up her prize.\n\nThe UN said the award highlighted \"the courage and determination of the women of Iran and how they are an inspiration to the world\".\n\nMs Mohammadi has revealed harrowing details of how women are being abused in Tehran's Evin prison\n\nNazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, a British-Iranian national who spent time in Evin jail with Ms Mohammadi until she was released in March 2022, said she was pleased for her friend.\n\n\"It makes me cry. She did so much for all of us in Evin. Narges is an inspiration and a pillar to the women in the female ward in Evin for her fearless fight against violations of women's rights, the use of solitary confinement and execution in the judicial system in Iran.\n\n\"This award belongs to every single Iranian woman who, one way or another, has been and remains a victim of injustice in Iran.\"\n\nMs Mohammadi's son Ali Rahmani, whom she has not seen in eight years, was in class when he found out.\n\nHe told the BBC: \"I was very happy and felt proud of my mum.\n\n\"It took a few moments for me to come to terms with it so in the beginning I was just very happy and proud of my mum just like I am always, like yesterday and the day before that. This award belongs to the Iranian people. It is because of the protests.\"\n\nAs well as her current jail term, Ms Mohammadi has been arrested 13 times, convicted five times and sentenced to a total of 31 years in prison. She has also been sentenced to 154 lashes - it is unclear whether that punishment has been carried out.\n\nLast December, she wrote from prison to give the BBC harrowing details of how Iranian women detained in demonstrations were being sexually and physically abused.\n\nShe said such assaults had become more common during the protests, triggered by the death in police custody of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in September 2022.\n\nThe unrest later spread across the country, with demands ranging from more freedoms to an overthrow of the state.\n\nImages of Iranian women defiantly setting their headscarves on fire captivated the world. However the Iranian authorities have brutally cracked down on the protests and they have largely subsided.\n\nMs Mohammadi is deputy head of the Defenders of Human Rights Center.\n\nSpeaking to the BBC in 2020, Ms Mohammadi explained why she was dedicating herself to advancing women's rights in Iran.\n\n\"In my opinion, supporting human rights efforts and actions aimed at achieving freedom and justice anywhere in the world, whether in Iran or any other country, is very important and very heart-warming,\" she said.\n\nLast year, she was included in the BBC's 100 Women - a high-profile list of 100 inspiring and influential women from around the world.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: The secret diaries of women protesting in Iran", "Schools may have to redraw budgets for the next academic year after the Department for Education admitted it miscalculated its funding plans.\n\nThe leader of the head teachers' union called the mistake \"frustrating\" for teachers planning for next year.\n\nThe government has ordered an inquiry and the department has apologised.\n\nWhile the money had not yet been paid out, schools were given an indication of the funding they could expect to receive for 2024/25 in July, based on a national formula that determines how much each gets out of the £59.6bn schools budget.\n\nBut an update was published on Friday alongside an admission that the original version of the plans contained an incorrect estimate of pupil numbers.\n\nIn a letter to the education select committee, the Department for Education's top civil servant Susan Acland-Hood stressed the total schools budget would not be reduced.\n\nBut she said the amount promised to schools had to be recalculated because the department \"uncovered an error made by DfE officials during the initial calculations\".\n\nThe BBC has calculated that keeping to the originally planned increase of 2.7% per pupil would have meant the government having to find a further £370m to top up the overall schools budget.\n\nThe education secretary Gillian Keegan has ordered a \"formal review...with independent scrutiny\", the letter adds.\n\nGeoff Barton, general secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders, said: \"This is an extremely unfortunate and frustrating error.\n\n\"Even though schools have not received their 2024-25 funding, it is likely that trusts and local authorities will have used the incorrect figures in their budget planning and will now need to revise those budgets with the corrected figures.\n\n\"This is the last thing they need on top of all the other demands on their time.\"\n\nLabour's shadow education secretary Bridget Phillipson said: \"This staggering admission has revealed yet more Conservative-made chaos at the heart of the education system.\"\n\nUnion leader Daniel Kebede of the National Education Union said he was called in to an urgent meeting at the department this evening to discuss the situation.\n\nThe union said in a statement that the government is \"not paying attention to the crisis in education\", adding: \"Head teachers have planned for that money and budgets are pared to the bone.\"\n• None Hunt to 'spend what it takes' to make schools safe", "Tom Robinson was on the last leg of a 15-month-long journey across the ocean\n\nA man attempting to row across the Pacific Ocean in a homemade boat has been rescued by a cruise ship after his boat capsized.\n\nTom Robinson, 24, hoped to become the youngest person to complete the feat.\n\nHe was found sitting on top of his boat with no clothes on, 100 nautical miles south-west off the coast of Vanuatu, a post on his website said.\n\nLocal media reports say he was treated for sunburn and dehydration aboard the ship, but is in otherwise good health.\n\nMr Robinson's record-breaking attempt began when he set off from Peru in July last year. He was hoping to arrive in Cairns, Australia, by December.\n\nHe was on the last leg of his trip, after leaving the city of Luganville in Vanuatu on Monday.\n\nSpeaking to ABC Australia from the country last week, Mr Robinson had said this final part of the journey would be the \"make-or-break leg\".\n\nIt is not yet clear what caused his boat to overturn on Thursday evening, but his emergency distress beacon was activated, which alerted the authorities.\n\nEarly on Friday morning, the P&O Pacific Explorer helped free Mr Robinson from the water, and he climbed up a rope ladder to reach the deck, according to the post on his website.\n\nLocal media reports say the ship had taken a 200km (124 miles) detour to help with the rescue.\n\nIn a statement, Mr Robinson thanked the crew of the ship \"whose seamanship and professionalism ensured a safe rescue\".\n\nTamu Tapaitau, a member of the team supporting him on his attempt, said that the cruise ship was heading to Auckland in New Zealand, and from there Mr Robinson would fly home to Brisbane.", "Angusina Maceachan was trying to get home after a hospital visit to Stornoway\n\nAn 82-year-old hospital patient in the Western Isles was sent on a 350-mile overnight detour, after her 30-minute flight home was cancelled.\n\nAngusina Maceachan, who has Parkinson's and uses a wheelchair, had attended an appointment in Stornoway on Tuesday.\n\nBut the Loganair flight due to take her home to Benbecula had a cracked window and no replacement plane was available.\n\nMrs Maceachan was then given a flight to Glasgow, with a hotel stay an hour away, and a flight home the next day.\n\nLoganair said from time to time airlines faced unfortunate situations, and added that it went beyond its obligations to help affected passengers.\n\nMrs Maceachan had been accompanied by her daughter Sarah on the routine hospital appointment for a scan.\n\n\"The worst thing was just not knowing what was going on,\" said Sarah.\n\n\"I appreciate these things aren't easy to manage when you end up with a plane that can't fly, but you just feel there should be contingencies in place.\"\n\nMrs Maceachan, along with 18 other hospital patients on the island-to-island flight, were offered new travel arrangements when the plane was grounded.\n\nThese included an overnight stay in Stornoway with a 05:00 start on Wednesday to catch the ferry home.\n\nThis would involve a journey of more than five hours because the route would go via Skye.\n\nPassengers with mobility issues, like Mrs Maceachan, were alternatively offered an hour-long flight to Glasgow Airport with an overnight hotel stay.\n\nThis option also involved an early start for a Wednesday morning flight to Benbecula.\n\nMrs Maceachan's situation was further complicated because the hotel on offer - in the village of Drymen, an hour away from Glasgow airport - was not suitable for wheelchairs.\n\nSarah and her mum had to use a fire escape to access their rooms.\n\nLoganair said it went beyond its obligations to help passengers\n\nSarah said that airline and airport staff had tried their best to ease the situation.\n\n\"People were doing the best for us,\" she added.\n\n\"We are grateful for everybody's help, but we shouldn't have been in that position.\n\n\"You are powerless. There was nothing you could do, and all you could do was sit and tolerate the situation the best you could.\"\n\nLoganair said that customer safety was its top priority in such a situation.\n\nA spokesperson added: \"The decision to delay or cancel a flight is always taken with this at the forefront of our minds - and only ever as a last resort.\n\n\"When this happens, Loganair activates its protocols for prioritising vulnerable customers. These were followed after the cancellation of this service.\n\n\"Loganair went beyond its obligations on this occasion to secure accommodation for all customers and arrange alternative travel on the next available service.\"", "A girl died after she was partially thrown from a school bus when its driver suffered an \"event\" at the wheel and the vehicle overturned on a motorway, a coroner's court has heard.\n\nJessica Baker, 15, suffered \"catastrophic\" injuries in the crash on the M53 in Wirral on 29 September.\n\nLiverpool Coroner's Court heard CCTV showed driver Stephen Shrimpton, 40, slump to his left before the crash.\n\nSenior coroner Andre Rebello said it was \"miraculous\" no-one else died.\n\nOpening and adjourning of the inquests into the deaths of Jessica and Mr Shrimpton, Mr Rebello said the schoolgirl had suffered an \"instantaneous\" death from the injuries she sustained in the crash near junction five on the northbound M53.\n\nHe said the teenager, from Chester, was one of 51 passengers on the bus, who were all pupils at either Jessica's school, West Kirby Grammar School, or another institution, Calday Grange Grammar School.\n\nHe said footage from inside the coach showed Mr Shrimpton slump to his left while driving at the same time as the vehicle left the carriageway and went up an embankment, turning on to its side in the process.\n\n\"The court has been briefed by the road collision unit investigation and the CCTV footage within the coach,\" he said.\n\n\"It is fairly evident that the driver has suffered an event whereby he is seen to slump to his left side and it is at this time that the vehicle leaves the carriageway.\"\n\nThe court was told both Mr Shrimpton and Jessica were pronounced dead at the scene.\n\nThe coroner said CCTV footage from inside the coach showed Mr Shrimpton slump to his left while driving\n\nMerseyside Police said after the crash, four other children were taken to hospital, including a 14-year-old boy whose injuries were said to be \"life-changing\".\n\nOthers were handled at an emergency training centre, with 13 treated for minor injuries before being released.\n\nMr Rebello told the court it was \"miraculous\" no-one else was killed in the crash, which had caused \"fatal injury, life-changing injury and serious injury and lots of minor injuries\".\n\nHe added that anyone over the age of 14 was responsible themselves by law for wearing a seat belt, but he intended to write to the Department of Transport because clarity was needed over the rules for coaches.\n\n\"I am old enough to remember the Tufty Club and the Green Cross Code and the public information films about, 'Clunk Click every trip',\" he said.\n\n\"I suspect there are generations who have never seen these public information films and may not be fully aware that the chances of severe injury or fatal injury are so much reduced by wearing of a seat belt.\"\n\nThe hearings were adjourned ahead of full inquests in March 2024.\n\nWhy not follow BBC North West on Facebook, X and Instagram? You can also send story ideas to northwest.newsonline@bbc.co.uk", "The world is breaching a key warming threshold at a rate that has scientists concerned, a BBC analysis has found.\n\nOn about a third of days in 2023, the average global temperature was at least 1.5C higher than pre-industrial levels.\n\nStaying below that marker long-term is widely considered crucial to avoid the most damaging impacts of climate change.\n\nBut 2023 is \"on track\" to be the hottest year on record, and 2024 could be hotter.\n\n\"It is a sign that we're reaching levels we haven't been before,\" says Dr Melissa Lazenby, from the University of Sussex.\n\nThis latest finding comes after record September temperatures and a summer of extreme weather events across much of the world.\n\nWhen political leaders gathered in Paris in December 2015, they signed an agreement to keep the long-term rise in global temperatures this century \"well below\" 2C and to make every effort to keep it under 1.5C.\n\nThe agreed limits refer to the difference between global average temperatures now and what they were in the pre-industrial period, between 1850 and 1900 - before the widespread use of fossil fuels.\n\nBreaching these Paris thresholds doesn't mean going over them for a day or a week but instead involves going beyond this limit across a 20 or 30-year average.\n\nThis long-term average warming figure currently sits at around 1.1C to 1.2C.\n\nBut the more often 1.5C is breached for individual days, the closer the world gets to breaching this mark in the longer term.\n\nThe first time this happened in the modern era was for a few days in December 2015, when politicians were signing the deal on the 1.5C threshold.\n\nSince then the limit has been repeatedly broken, typically only for short periods.\n\nIn 2016, influenced by a strong El Niño event - a natural climate shift that tends to increase global temperatures - the world saw around 75 days that went above that mark.\n\nBut BBC analysis of data from the Copernicus Climate Change Service shows that, up to 2 October, around 86 days in 2023 have been over 1.5C warmer than the pre-industrial average. That beats the 2016 record well before the end of the year.\n\nThere is some uncertainty in the exact number of days that have breached the 1.5C threshold, because the numbers reflect a global average which can come with small data discrepancies. But the margin by which 2023 has already passed 2016 figures gives confidence the record has already been broken.\n\n\"The fact that we are reaching this 1.5C anomaly daily, and for a longer number of days, is concerning,\" said Dr Lazenby.\n\nOne important factor in driving up these temperature anomalies is the onset of El Niño conditions. This was confirmed just a few months ago - although it is still weaker than its 2016 peak.\n\nThese conditions are helping to pump heat from the eastern Pacific Ocean into the atmosphere. This may explain why 2023 is the first year in which the 1.5C anomaly has been recorded between June and October - when combined with the long-term warming from burning fossil fuels.\n\n\"This is the first time we're seeing this in the northern hemisphere summer, which is unusual, it's pretty shocking to see what's been going on,\" said Prof Ed Hawkins, from the University of Reading.\n\n\"I know our Australian colleagues are particularly worried about what's going to be the consequences for them with their summer approaching [for instance extreme wildfires], especially with El Niño.\"\n\nDays when the temperature difference has exceeded 1.5C continued into September, with some more than 1.8C above the pre-industrial average.\n\nThe month as a whole was 1.75C above the pre-industrial level, and the year to date is around 1.4C above the 1850-1900 average, according to the Copernicus Climate Change Service.\n\nWhile 2023 is \"on track\" to become the warmest year on record, it is not expected to breach the 1.5C warming threshold as a global average across the full 12 months.\n\nThe world's oceans have also been experiencing unusually high temperatures this year and in turn, releasing further heat into the atmosphere.\n\n\"The North Atlantic Ocean is the warmest we've ever recorded, and if you look at the North Pacific Ocean, there's a tongue of anomalously warm water stretching all the way from Japan to California,\" said Dr Jennifer Francis from the Woodwell Climate Research Centre in the US.\n\nWhile greenhouse gas emissions are increasing average temperatures, the precise reasons for why these sea temperatures have surged is not fully known.\n\nOne theory - which is still uncertain - is that a fall in air pollution from shipping across the North Atlantic has reduced the number of small particles and increased warming.\n\nUp until now, these \"aerosols\" had been partly offsetting the effect of greenhouse gas emissions by reflecting some of the sun's energy and keeping the Earth's surface cooler than it would have been otherwise.\n\nAnother perhaps less well-known factor is the situation around Antarctica.\n\nThere have been ongoing concerns about the state of sea ice around the coldest continent, with data showing the levels far below any previous winter.\n\nBut according to some experts, two spikes in temperature in recent months in Antarctica - triggered by natural variability - have boosted the global average. However, it's difficult to identify the precise influence of long-term human-caused warming.\n\n\"In early July, Antarctica got really warm, they saw record temperatures, which is still 20 or 30 degrees Celsius below zero,\" said Dr Karsten Haustein, from the University of Leipzig.\n\n\"And what we see with 1.5C and 1.8C anomalies we are seeing now, it is partially down to Antarctica again.\"\n\nWhile the northern hemisphere will naturally cool in autumn and winter, there is a view that the large temperature differences from the pre-industrial period may persist, especially as El Niño reaches a peak at the end of this year or early next.\n\nResearchers believe that these ongoing high temperature anomalies should be a wake-up call for political leaders, who will gather in Dubai in November for the COP28 climate summit.\n\nAction on emissions is needed, they say, and not just in the long-term.\n\nIn March, the UN urged countries to accelerate climate action, stressing effective options to reduce emissions were available now, from renewables to electric vehicles.\n\n\"It's not just about reaching an end goal, of net zero by 2050, it's about how we get there,\" said Prof Hawkins.\n\n\"The IPCC [the UN's climate body] very clearly says we need to halve emissions over this decade, and then get to net zero. It's not just about reaching net zero at some point, it's about the pathway to get there.\"\n\nAnd as this year's extreme weather events have shown - from heatwaves in Europe to extreme rainfall in Libya - the consequences of climate change increase with every fraction of a degree of warming.\n\nWhat questions do you have about COP28?\n\nIn some cases your question will be published, displaying your name, age and location as you provide it, unless you state otherwise. Your contact details will never be published. Please ensure you have read our terms & conditions and privacy policy.\n\nUse this form to ask your question:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or send them via email to YourQuestions@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any question you send in.", "The Green Party has unveiled plans to give renters powers to force landlords to insulate their homes as part of a £145bn investment plan.\n\nThe scheme would allow tenants to insist landlords apply for grants or low-interest government-backed loans to improve the energy efficiency of homes.\n\nCarla Denyer, the party's co-leader, said the scheme would help \"make every house, flat and bedsit a proper home\".\n\nThe party announced the policy ahead of its annual conference on Friday.\n\nThe Green Party of England and Wales said, in office, it would spend £145bn over 10 years on a \"fairer, greener homes guarantee\", giving grants and loans to make homes more energy-efficient.\n\nGrants would be targeted at homeowners living in poverty, while other property owners would be able to take out property-linked loans, to be paid off \"via savings from reduced energy bills\", the party said.\n\nRent controls, long campaigned for by the party, would prevent landlords passing loan repayments on to tenants, according to the Greens.\n\nMaking the keynote speech at the party's conference in Brighton, alongside co-leader Adrian Ramsay, Ms Denyer said: \"Solutions to the climate crisis are the same as the solutions to the cost-of-living crisis.\n\n\"Every home should be properly insulated and free from damp and mould - we would give renters the legal right to demand this from their landlords.\"\n\nIn a BBC interview, Mr Ramsay rejected the idea the policy might push landlords out of the housing market, arguing they would benefit from lower borrowing costs to boost the value of their homes through improvement works.\n\nThe UK has some of the oldest housing stock in Europe. According to government figures, 57% of households in the UK are living in a home with an Energy Efficiency Rating so low, it does not meet the Decent Homes Standard.\n\nIn September, prime minister Rishi Sunak announced he was scrapping the requirement on landlords to ensure all rental properties had an Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) of grade C or higher, from 2025.\n\nThe Green Party is holding what its annual conference in Brighton\n\nThe conference could be the final pre-election gathering for a party that has become an increasingly effective campaigning force.\n\nPlans to quadruple the number of Green MPs have been a theme of this year's party conference\n\nWinning four seats at the next election was \"absolutely realistic\" despite pressure from Labour, Ms Denyer told BBC Radio 4's Today programme..\n\nThe Green Party has only ever had one MP, Caroline Lucas, whose Brighton Pavilion seat is a target for Labour.\n\nMs Lucas, one of the party's best-known figures and a former leader, is stepping down from Parliament after 13 years as an MP.\n\nIn their speech to the conference, Ms Denyer and Mr Ramsay said the party aimed not just to keep Brighton Pavilion, but to win the newly-created seats of Bristol Central, Waveney Valley and North Herefordshire.\n\nThe party had its best-ever results in May's local elections across England, winning 241 seats and taking overall control of a council for the first time - in Mid Suffolk.\n\nThe success was \"the latest in a line of record-breaking results,\" according to Ms Denyer.\n\n\"In the last four elections, we've more than quadrupled our local election council representation,\" she added, giving her party hope they could repeat the feat at the general election, expected next year.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The Green Party says its home insulation plan would cut tenants' fuel bills and improve landlords' properties.\n\nMr Ramsay told the BBC his party was \"open\" to striking deals with other \"progressive\" parties at the election, to help achieve its goals.\n\nBut he added there had been \"no interest so far\" in the idea from either Labour or the Liberal Democrats.\n\nAt the last general election in 2019, the Green Party formed an anti-Brexit electoral pact with the Lib Dems and Plaid Cymru, with the parties agreeing not to stand against each other in dozens of seats.\n\nThe party is now facing some financial pressures, and has proposed increasing membership fees by 50% to raise funds.", "Taylor Swift attended the Chiefs game in New Jersey on Sunday, flanked by A-list celebrities\n\nNFL superstar and rumoured Taylor-Swift-sweetheart Travis Kelce is beginning to grow weary of the league's coverage of her presence at games.\n\n\"I think they're overdoing it a little bit for sure,\" Kelce, 33, said in his New Heights podcast on Wednesday.\n\nBut the NFL has defended its coverage of the popstar, saying it's a \"pop culture moment\".\n\nTV cameras were glued to Swift during her attendance at Kelce's last game on Sunday.\n\nThe Swift-Kelce media coverage exploded when the Anti-Hero singer first attended a Kansas City Chiefs game on 24 September and was seen leaving Arrowhead Stadium in a convertible with Kelce.\n\nAnd then Swift showed up with an entourage of A-list celebrities at the next game in New Jersey, cheering on Kelce alongside Blake Lively, Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman.\n\nThe rumoured romance led to Kelce's jersey sales skyrocketing by 400%, NFL viewership numbers got a big bump and the league's middle-aged male-dominated audience has been joined by the Swifties - die-hard fans of the singer-songwriter.\n\nNearly 20% of the tickets sold for the 1 October game were purchased after fans saw Swift at her first Chiefs game a week earlier, the BBC's US news partner CBS reported.\n\nCameras panned to Swift no fewer than 17 times at the Chiefs-Jets showdown on Sunday in New Jersey, Kelce's brother, Jason, said on their podcast.\n\nIn addition to showing Swift multiple times at the games, the league also promoted her appearances heavily on social media.\n\nThe NFL posted a video of Swift talking to Blake Lively, who sat next to Swift at the game, on its Instagram account with the caption: \"The @chiefs are 2-0 with @taylorswift in attendance.\"\n\nIn a statement released on Wednesday, the NFL defended its coverage of Swift.\n\n\"We frequently change our bios and profile imagery based on what's happening in and around our games, as well as culturally,\" the NFL wrote.\n\n\"The Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce news has been a pop cultural moment we've leaned into in real time, as it's an intersection of sport and entertainment, and we've seen an incredible amount of positivity around the sport.\"\n\nSwift's attendance at the Chiefs-Jets game was the most watched Sunday show since the Super Bowl, with an average of 27 million TV viewers, according to NBC Sports.\n\nJason Kelce, who is also an NFL player, said on the podcast that the league is not used to celebrities coming to games.\n\n\"Like basketball has it figured out. They're all courtside, they're sitting there, they show them once or twice and then they get back to the game,\" he said.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: The Pentagon spokesman answers a question about Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce's romance\n\n\"The NFL is like 'look at all these A-list celebrities at the game!'\"\n\n\"They are not there to get thrown on the TV,\" Kelce said, continuing to air his frustrations.\n\n\"You never know, you get caught throwing down a big old cheeseburger and you look like an idiot. There are certain things you just don't want to be on TV at all times.\"\n\nGiven the massive economic and cultural ripple effect Swift's presence has brought to the NFL, it's no surprise that the league is making the most of the Kelce-Swift duo.\n\nThe NFL has long sought to make inroads with younger and female viewers.\n\nAnd Swift is perhaps the biggest popstar in the world, with legions of fans in the same demographics that the NFL wants watching its games.\n\nFox Sports said the Chiefs-Bears match on 24 September was the week's most-watched telecast across all networks, drawing in 24.3 million viewers.\n\nAmong them, viewership among females aged 12-17 was notably higher, up 8% from the same window a year ago, ESPN reported.\n\n\"It's like a business bonanza that just appeared for two brands that have some of the biggest brands in the world,\" Andrew Brandt, a former Green Bay Packers executive, told Vox.\n\nAnd one of ESPN's leading analysts, Stephen A Smith, says Kelce played his own part in the media frenzy after telling fans he sent Swift a friendship bracelet with his phone number on it.\n\n\"Travis Kelce, stop, bro you did this, not the NFL,\" Smith said in response to Kelce's podcast comments.", "There are also plans to restore sand to North Shore beach\n\nElectric-powered sea gliders could be used to transport tourists into Llandudno from Liverpool.\n\nConwy council's report says the gliders are one of its aspirational ideas which aim to revitalise Llandudno over the next 10 years.\n\nCouncillor Louise Emery said: \"I feel very hopeful because we've got some crazy ideas.\"\n\nElectric sea gliders could be ready for commercial passengers by 2025 in the English Channel by Brittany Ferries.\n\nThe zero-emission vehicles, developed in the United States by Boston-based start-up Regional Electric Ground Effect Naval Transport (Regent), are expected to travel at speeds of up to 180mph (290km/h).\n\nThey will be about six times faster than conventional ferries, with a battery range of about 180 miles (290km).\n\nOther ideas include a revitalised paddling pool, an outdoor event space at Bodafon fields, cruise-liner routes, cultural events and options to restore sand to Llandudno's North Shore Beach.\n\nExternal funding will be sought to get these ideas off the ground.\n\nConwy's economy and place overview and scrutiny committee met on Wednesday 27 September to discuss Llandudno's 10-year regeneration plan, a report of over 130 pages documenting how the town can be reinvigorated.\n\nAlso backed at the same meeting was the Conwy Destination Management Plan, the Local Democracy Reporting Service said.\n\nConservative Ms Emery said she had been told the rate of vacant shops in the town was now under 5%.\n\nElectric powered sea gliders could be in service as early as 2025 across the English Channel\n\n\"We have to hold on to the fact that Llandudno is an incredibly popular place,\" she said.\n\n\"Yes, it does look a bit tired at the edges. Yes, we can provide a better visitor amenity, more toilets, wi-fi, etcetera.\"\n\nShe added that she loved the idea of electric-powered sea gliders, adding that \"within those crazy ideas there's also really genuine projects\".\n\nShe then said more could be done to work with outside investors, the town council and community groups.\n\nShe added: \"I feel really positive that we will go out and get this money with the whole community together.\"\n\nConservative councillor Tom Montgomery said: \"It is about working with private businesses to achieve a lot of this. I think it's a great report. It's great to see so much opportunity for Llandudno.\"\n\nConwy's cabinet member for roads and facilities from Conwy First Independent Group, Goronwy Edwards, said rail links into the town needed to be improved.\n\n\"It is unfortunate that still most of the visitors come into Conwy via car or coach. Let's try and get a better service directly into Llandudno,\" added Mr Edwards.\n\nThe report will now go to cabinet.", "Buzz Aldrin on the Moon in 1969 wearing one of the original spacesuits\n\nNasa astronauts will be flying in style, with luxury fashion designer Prada helping design space suits for the 2025 Moon mission.\n\nThe Italian fashion house will work to design the suits alongside another private company, Axiom Space.\n\nIn a press release, Axiom said Prada would bring expertise with materials and manufacturing to the project.\n\nOne astronaut told the BBC he thought Prada was up to the challenge due to their design experience.\n\nThat experience has been built not only on the catwalks of Milan but also through Prada's involvement in the America's Cup sailing competition.\n\n\"Prada has considerable experience with various types of composite fabrics and may actually be able to make some real technical contributions to the outer layers of the new space suit,\" according to Professor Jeffrey Hoffman, who flew five Nasa missions and has carried out four spacewalks.\n\nBut he said people should not expect to see astronauts in \"paisley spacesuits or any fancy patterns like that. Maintaining a good thermal environment is really the critical thing\".\n\n\"A spacesuit is really like a miniature spacecraft. It has to provide pressure, oxygen, keep you at a reasonable temperature,\" he added.\n\nEarlier this year, Axiom unveiled a spacesuit, which it said would be worn on the upcoming Artemis 3 mission.\n\nThe suit weighed 55kg and was said to be a better fit for female travellers.\n\nIn a press release, Artemis and Prada said they would use \"innovative technologies and design\" to allow \"greater exploration of the lunar surface than ever before\".\n\nThe Artemis 3 mission, featuring the Prada designs, will follow Artemis 2, which will involve flying a capsule around the Moon late next year or early in 2025.\n\nArtemis 2 will have the first woman and the first black astronaut ever assigned to a lunar mission - Christina Kock and Victor Glover respectively.", "A decade ago, it was fashionable for opponents of the Conservatives to scoff that Scotland had more pandas than it had Tory MPs.\n\nIn recent years that taunt could have been directed at the Labour Party. Not any more.\n\nWith a resounding victory in Rutherglen and Hamilton West, Sir Keir Starmer has now met, though not yet exceeded, Scotland's political panda threshold.\n\nThere are two of the monochrome mammals in Edinburgh Zoo and, as soon as Michael Shanks and his Dr Martens boots can make their way to Westminster, there will be two Scottish Labour MPs in the UK parliament.\n\n\"Labour can kick the Tories out of Downing Street next year and deliver the change that people want and this country so badly needs,\" said Mr Shanks in his victory speech.\n\nEdinburgh South's Ian Murray will presumably be delighted to have his company.\n\nBut panda parity is not the limit of Labour's ambition.\n\nSir Keir Starmer's eyes are fixed on the UK general election, likely to be held in either spring or autumn next year, when further gains in Scotland could ease his path to Downing Street.\n\nThis win, in which the party turned an SNP majority of 5,230 into a Labour lead of 9,446, with a swing between the two parties of 20.4%, is a huge boost.\n\nSir Keir will be doubly delighted to have seen the Conservatives collapse from 15% of the vote in 2019 to 3.9% in the by-election.\n\nThe Tory candidate Thomas Kerr said he had been \"squeezed\" by tactical voting, with voters keen to \"send a message\" to the SNP.\n\nEither way, Labour are the undisputed champions.\n\nSir Keir Starmer was a regular visitor to the constituency during the campaign\n\nGenerations of Sir Keir's predecessors, from Harold Wilson to Gordon Brown, could rely on a big block of Scottish support in their attempts to form a government.\n\nLabour sent 40 or more MPs from Scotland to Westminster in every general election from 1964 to 2010.\n\nIf the swing in Rutherglen and Hamilton West were replicated across the country, the party could soon be returning to those glory days.\n\nSir John Curtice, professor of politics at Strathclyde University, calculates that such a scenario could mean that \"Labour would have 42 seats and the SNP would be back down to six seats\" - although he warns that such speculation relies on a \"very simple assumption\".\n\nIn the closing stages of this campaign, the Labour leader described the South Lanarkshire seat as a \"big prize\", insisting that success here would be \"a milestone\" on his party's \"hard road\" back to power.\n\nMaybe. But the road is long as well as hard.\n\nThe party has a vast amount of ground to make up in Scotland, where it placed fourth at the 2019 Westminster election with just one seat, behind the Liberal Democrats on four, the Conservatives on six, and the pro-independence Scottish National Party with a whopping 48.\n\nLabour's troubles over the past decade or so were closely linked to its opposition to Scotland leaving the 316-year union with England, even though it campaigned successfully against the proposal alongside the Tories and Lib Dems in the 2014 referendum.\n\nIn Rutherglen and Hamilton West, the party dealt with the national question by ignoring it as much as possible, focusing instead on concerns about the SNP's stewardship of Scottish public services, and the Tories' handling of the economy.\n\nLabour's winning campaign message can be summed up in three words: \"Two failing governments.\"\n\nSir Keir and the party's Scottish leader, Anas Sarwar, were assisted by the resignation at the start of this year of that formidable campaigner, Nicola Sturgeon, as SNP leader and first minister.\n\nThe by-election has been SNP leader Humza Yousaf's first electoral test\n\nPolling suggests that her successor, Humza Yousaf, is less popular with voters, while the narrow nature of his victory in a bruising leadership contest exposed divisions within his party.\n\nLabour was also helped by the headlines generated by a police investigation into the funding and finances of the SNP, including the arrests of Ms Sturgeon, her husband Peter Murrell, and the party's former treasurer Colin Beattie, as suspects for questioning. All three were later released without charge.\n\nLabour was assisted too by the chain of events which led to the by-election.\n\nIn September 2020, at the height of the pandemic, the previous MP, Margaret Ferrier, took a train home from London after testing positive for Covid, a decision which led to her expulsion from the SNP and a criminal conviction for breaking lockdown law.\n\nThe affair so outraged locals that they turfed her out, in Scotland's first ever recall of a sitting MP.\n\nFerrier's behaviour was a hot topic on the doorsteps during the campaign but activists for both Labour and the SNP say the stand-out issues were the state of the NHS and the high cost of living.\n\nLabour appears to have prospered from a deep sense of concern, even alarm, about both topics.\n\nStill, Rutherglen and Hamilton West really was a must-win seat if Labour's revival is to have any credibility at all.\n\nThe party held it as recently as 2017 under Jeremy Corbyn and, when Ferrier won it back for the SNP at the 2019 general election, her margin of victory was decent but not huge.\n\nNow Scottish Labour is back with a bang in a constituency which can claim to be the cradle of the movement.\n\nThe party's founder, Keir Hardie, first stood for election here in April 1888, less than 30 years after the construction of the old town hall, with its striking Scottish baronial-style clock tower, which still dominates Rutherglen's skyline.\n\nThese days it is a dormitory suburb of Glasgow and the air is clear but a century ago the town was ablaze with heavy industry.\n\nIn his 1922 book Rutherglen Lore, W Ross Shearer describes the intermingling of tenement dwellings and grimy factories, with \"belching smoke\" emanating from the furnaces day and night.\n\nThe collapse of coal, iron and steel manufacturing in the second half of the 20th Century took its toll, with pockets of deep deprivation remaining in and around the town.\n\nBut while Lanarkshire is steeped in Labour history, it is also sacred ground for nationalists.\n\nThe SNP's first ever Westminster victory came in Motherwell in 1945 and was followed by Winnie Ewing's landmark win in the Hamilton by-election of 1967.\n\nSupporters of independence hailed that as a seminal moment, with Mrs Ewing herself declaring: \"Stop the world, Scotland wants to get on.\"\n\nThis time, the SNP says anger about Ferrier, the party's status as an incumbent government and low turnout of 37.2% on a wet Thursday in October mean it would be a mistake to read too much into the result.\n\nLabour are elated at the scale of this by-election victory, which exceeded their wildest expectations.\n\nAnd yet, as a unionist party, one big niggle remains in the cold light of day.\n\nWhile the SNP has slumped in the polls, support for independence has barely moved, hovering at around 47-48%.\n\nWhile the SNP vote has fallen, support for independence has remained stable\n\nMr Sarwar says his strategy to deal with the national question is to govern well. Voters, he argues, will begin to cool on independence when they see a Labour government performing well for them at Westminster and, he hopes eventually, in the Scottish parliament.\n\n\"If… we can demonstrate competence, demonstrate that change is possible, then I think you'll get people to move on that,\" he told me on the eve of polling.\n\nIs that realistic? The by-election has highlighted divides within Labour, and particularly between the Scottish and London parties.\n\nIn modern studies teacher Michael Shanks, Labour now has an MP who has openly contradicted the UK party's official positions on welfare benefits and gender.\n\nAlong with other Scottish Labour parliamentarians, Mr Shanks has criticised the two-child benefit cap, which Sir Keir proposes to retain, and had appeared less cautious than the leader about the idea of making it easier to legally change sex on a birth certificate.\n\nThe new MP used also to talk about his hope of the UK re-joining the European Union. He even resigned from the party when it was led by Mr Corbyn, in part because of the issue.\n\nAlthough he now stresses the need to \"make Brexit better,\" it is a reminder that the UK's departure from the EU remains a tricky topic for Labour, not least because it was opposed by a big majority of voters in Scotland.\n\nSenior SNP sources argue that these issues and more will make governing hard if Labour wins the next general election, not to mention the perception of there being little money for any incoming government to spend to enact its agenda.\n\nAs a result, SNP strategists are now playing a long game which, they say privately, involves simply getting through the next year while trying to build support for independence in time to focus on the next Holyrood elections in May 2026.\n\nBy then, one told me, the hope is that Scottish voters will have tried both flavours of the UK - Conservative and Labour - and will have concluded that they don't like either of them.\n\nWhatever happens, one thing is clear. No longer will anyone in Scottish politics have to endure the ignominy of comparisons with a pair of pandas.\n\nAfter 12 years on loan to Edinburgh Zoo, Tian Tian and Yang Guang are heading home to China this winter.\n\nSomeone will need to devise a new metric for political failure.\n\nAnd when it comes to Rutherglen and Hamilton West, that metric will apply not to Labour but to the SNP.", "Hudson was convicted after a trial at Preston Crown Court\n\nA nurse has been found guilty of ill-treating patients by drugging them to \"keep them quiet and compliant\".\n\nPreston Crown Court heard Catherine Hudson, 54, gave unprescribed sedatives to two patients at Blackpool Victoria Hospital between February 2017 and November 2018 for an \"easy life\".\n\nJurors also convicted her of conspiring with Charlotte Wilmot, 48, to give a sedative to a third patient.\n\nHudson was found not guilty of ill-treating two other patients.\n\nDuring the trial, the court heard how Hudson told a colleague in a text that she had sedated a patient \"within an inch of her life\", adding: \"Bet she's flat for a week, ha ha.\"\n\nThe jury was told she used different drugs, including insomnia medication zopiclone, which can be life-threatening if given inappropriately.\n\nOpening the case in September, prosecutor Peter Wright KC told the court Hudson and Wilmot \"treated patients not with care and compassion but with contempt\".\n\n\"They considered them, or some of them, to be an imposition, an irritation,\" he said.\n\nThe jury heard the pair were investigated after a student nurse witnessed events on work placement at the hospital's stroke unit and told the authorities in November 2018.\n\nThe student told police that when she raised concerns over the use of zopiclone, Hudson told her the patient had a do not resuscitate order in place \"so she wouldn't be opened up if she died or... came to any harm\".\n\nLancashire Police said a review of Hudson and Wilmot's messages revealed a significant number of exchanges describing patients and their families in \"the most derogatory and cruellest terms\".\n\nHudson drugged Aileen Scott, who was from Glasgow, but had been on holiday in Blackpool when she needed treatment\n\nThe force said one of Hudson's victims was Aileen Scott from Glasgow, who had been on holiday in Blackpool before needing hospital treatment.\n\nA representative said the restrictions on prescription-only drugs on the stroke unit were \"so lax\" that staff would \"help themselves and self-medicate or steal drugs to supply to others\".\n\nJudge Robert Altham remanded Hudson into custody following the verdicts, which were reached after nearly 14 hours of deliberation.\n\nThe court was told Hudson used different drugs, including insomnia medication zopiclone\n\nHe said the sentence for the nurse \"plainly has to be a sentence of immediate custody\".\n\n\"The only question is the length,\" he added.\n\nSpeaking after the verdicts, specialist prosecutor Karen Tonge said the pair's actions were \"callous and dangerous\" and they had shown \"utter contempt for patients in their care\".\n\n\"Their role was to care for the patients on their ward, instead they conspired to ill-treat patients, sedating them for their own convenience and amusement or purely out of spite,\" she said.\n\n\"They grossly abused their position and the trust that patients and their families put in them.\n\n\"Now they must face the consequences of their actions.\"\n\nDet Ch Insp Jill Johnston added that the pair had \"treated the patients without care or compassion, laughing when they came to harm and drugging them to keep them quiet so that they could have an easy shift\".\n\n\"The risks associated with these callous acts were obvious - inappropriately sedating elderly stroke patients could lead to added health complications and even death,\" she said.\n\n\"They were both fully aware of the risks, which makes their behaviour even harder to comprehend.\"\n\nApologising to Hudson's victims and their families, the chief executive of Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust Trish Armstrong-Child said it was \"very clear from the evidence... that inappropriate and unacceptable conduct and practices were taking place at the time\".\n\nShe said the trust had made \"significant improvements across a range of issues, including staffing, managing medicine and creating a more respectful culture\".\n\n\"Part of these changes have been to actively encourage anyone who comes into contact with the trust in any way to speak up if they see or hear anything that causes concern or they are not comfortable with in any way\", she added.\n\nHudson, of Coriander Close, Blackpool, and Wilmot, of Bowland Crescent, Blackpool, will be sentenced on 13 and 14 December.\n\nWhy not follow BBC North West on Facebook, X and Instagram? You can also send story ideas to northwest.newsonline@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Mustafa Momand,17, was killed in the attack on Queens Road in Brighton on Thursday\n\nA 17-year-old boy who was stabbed to death in Brighton has been named by Sussex Police as Mustafa Momand.\n\nMr Momand was attacked on Queens Road on Thursday afternoon, and was pronounced dead later in hospital.\n\nFollowing extensive police searches in Brighton, a 16-year-old-boy was arrested on suspicion of murder.\n\nOfficers remain on the scene in Queens Road and a second cordon has been set up in Rose Hill Terrace in relation to the murder investigation.\n\nQueens Road - the main street from Brighton station to the city centre - was sealed off by police\n\nLocal people said they were shocked following the attack, and described a \"really quiet, ominous feeling\" on the street.\n\nSophie Pollard, director of MyHaus Brighton estate agents, said it was \"shocking\" that the stabbing happened right outside her business.\n\n\"I can't even think about their family and their friends at school,\" she added.\n\nAnother local, Abigail Cull, said the attack had made her question her safety.\n\n\"I'm just in shock and disbelief really, because it's a 17-year-old that was killed and normally I feel so safe in this city, but I think everyone is just in a bit of disbelief because it happened in broad daylight,\" she said.\n\nA shopkeeper said he had lived in the city for 23 years and \"never seen anything like this\".\n\nHakan Toklu, who manages Grocer and Grain on Surrey Street, said he had been left shocked and he now felt unsafe walking to work.\n\n\"[It is] a shame because Brighton is such a safe and peaceful place,\" he added.\n\nA marquee was put up at the site of the stabbing\n\nDet Supt Andy Wolstenholme said there would be an increased police presence in the area for some time.\n\n\"The investigation into last night's tragic events is moving at pace and we are working hard to gather all available evidence,\" he said.\n\n\"This is a tragic incident in which a young man has lost his life and we understand the community will be shocked and alarmed.\"\n\nFlowers were placed at the scene of the stabbing\n\nHe added: \"Officers have already spoken with many witnesses, but we would like to hear from anyone who witnessed the incident, or saw a man dressed in black leaving the area who hasn't yet provided details to the police.\"\n\nDet Ch Insp Simon Yates from the force said: \"You can see the devastating effects. If you carry a knife, you're likely to be harmed or harm someone else and we can see that this has ended up in the murder of a 17-year-old child who has now lost their life which is devastating for all.\"\n\nFollow BBC South East on Facebook, on X, and on Instagram. Send your story ideas to southeasttoday@bbc.co.uk.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Taxpayers are on course to pay £40bn a year more by 2028 as a result of the freeze on personal tax thresholds and inflation, new analysis suggests.\n\nThe Resolution Foundation said the policy would lead to the country's biggest tax rise in at least 50 years.\n\nThe Treasury said taxes in the UK remained lower than other major European economies.\n\nThe government's policy is to keep income tax and National Insurance thresholds frozen until 2028.\n\nIt means millions of people will be pulled into a higher tax band or see a greater proportion of their salaries taxed, particularly those who have secured wage increases.\n\nInflation has also had an impact. Due to the rate consumer prices rise at being at a high level, many workers secured pay rises to counteract the cost of living.\n\nSome of those pay increases will lead to more people being dragged into higher tax bands, and required to pay tax on a larger proportion of their earnings, a process is known as \"fiscal drag\" to economists.\n\nThe government's policy was previously predicted to raise some £30bn by the 2027-28 tax year, according to the Resolution Foundation, an independent think-tank focused on improving living standards for those on low to middle incomes.\n\nAfter studying the Bank of England's inflation forecasts, it suggests that the government is now set to take in £40bn a year.\n\nIt said this was due to inflation in the UK remaining high and forecasts estimating it will remain higher than previously thought, meaning the income tax coffers for the government had \"vastly\" increased.\n\nIncome tax is the government's single biggest source of revenue. The basic rate is 20%, meaning one-fifth of the money people earn between £12,571 and £50,270 goes to the Treasury.\n\nIn his Autumn Statement last year, Chancellor Jeremy Hunt extended the freeze on income tax and higher rate thresholds for two years further years until April 2028.\n\nHe also froze the main National Insurance and inheritance tax thresholds.\n\nThe Resolution Foundation said had the government uprated the Personal Tax Allowance with inflation to 2028, people would have started paying income tax at around £16,200, rather the current threshold of £12,570.\n\nIt said this meant most basic rate taxpayers would pay £720 more a year.\n\nAdam Corlett, principal economist at the think tank, said \"abandoning the usual uprating of tax thresholds\" was a \"tried and tested way for governments of all stripes to raise revenue in a stealthy way\".\n\n\"But it is the far bigger than anticipated scale of the government's £40bn stealth tax rise that stands out,\" he said.\n\nA spokesperson for HM Treasury said taxes were lower in the UK than \"any major European economy, despite the difficult decisions we've had to make to restore public finances after the dual shocks of the pandemic and Putin's illegal invasion of Ukraine\".\n\nThey said \"driving down inflation is the most effective tax cut we can deliver right now\".\n\n\"The chancellor has said he wants to lower the tax burden further - but has been clear that sound money must come first,\" they added.\n\nChancellor Jeremy Hunt has said it will be \"virtually impossible\" to deliver tax cuts until the UK economy improves, despite calls for measures to reduce taxes in the Autumn Statement in November.", "Henry Kissinger (pictured in 2020) won the prize in 1973 Image caption: Henry Kissinger (pictured in 2020) won the prize in 1973\n\nDespite their high acclaim, some of the past winners of the Nobel Peace Prize have raised eyebrows over the years.\n\nHenry Kissinger, the US diplomat and national security adviser under presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford, was perhaps the most controversial recipient. He shared it in 1973 with North Vietnam's chief negotiator, Le Duc Tho, for agreeing a truce in the Vietnamese civil war the US was involved in.\n\nKissinger, who had a key role in the US's military strategy, had been heavily criticised for expanding US war efforts into neighbouring Laos and Cambodia.\n\nThere was also controversy over the winner of the 1993 Nobel Peace Prize. The then-anti-apartheid campaigner Nelson Mandela shared the prize with the man who released him from jail and who he would succeed as South African President, Frederik Willem de Klerk. The committee said \"they had agreed on a peaceful transition to majority rule\".\n\nIn 2009, then-US President Barack Obama won the Peace Prize for \"his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy\".\n\nObama himself admitted his surprise and the award proved to be one of the committee’s most controversial - as the president had only been in office for 12 days before the nomination deadline.", "This Morning presenter Holly Willoughby, pictured at the 2022 National Television Awards, did not appear on her ITV show on Thursday\n\nA man has appeared in court charged with soliciting to commit murder over an alleged plot to kidnap TV presenter Holly Willoughby.\n\nGavin Plumb, of Potters Field, in Harlow, Essex, is also accused of incitement to commit kidnap.\n\nThe 36-year-old, who is a security officer at a shopping precinct in the town, appeared for a short hearing at Chelmsford Magistrates' Court.\n\nWilloughby did not appear on Thursday's edition of ITV show This Morning.\n\nShe was reported to be under police protection at her home on Thursday night.\n\nGavin Plumb, pictured in 2014, was remanded in custody at court\n\nMr Plumb, who was wearing a green T-shirt with the slogan \"Aged to Perfection\", was remanded in custody to appear for a plea hearing at Chelmsford Crown Court on 3 November.\n\nHe is accused of \"soliciting, encouraging, persuading, endeavouring to persuade or proposing to a third party\" to murder Willoughby between Tuesday and Wednesday.\n\nIt is also alleged that between Monday and Thursday, he was \"formulating a plan with a third party\".\n\nHe allegedly \"encouraged that third party to travel to the UK to carry out the plan\" and was \"assembling a kidnap and restraint kit, capable of encouraging or assisting the commission of the kidnap\" of Willoughby.\n\nThe other man was due to arrive in the UK next week from the US, the court heard.\n\nPolice activity had been seen at Potters Field earlier in the week\n\nIn a statement, Det Supt Rob Kirby of Essex Police said: \"This was an extremely fast-paced investigation, with many of our officers and national partners working overnight to secure these charges.\n\n\"The safeguarding of any victim is paramount and we will continue to prioritise this and working with the Metropolitan Police Service as the investigation proceeds.\"\n\nA spokesperson for ITV said: \"This news has come as a huge shock to everyone at This Morning and ITV.\n\n\"We are providing all of the support we can to Holly and her family at this incredibly distressing time.\"\n\nOn This Morning on Friday, presenter Dermot O'Leary said: \"We are not going to talk too much about it but Holly is on the front pages after police arrested a 36-year-old man over an alleged kidnap plot.\"\n\nCo-presenter Alison Hammond said: \"We are obviously all shocked to hear the news and we want to send our love and biggest hugs to Holly and her family.\"\n\nPrime Minister Rishi Sunak offered his support to Willoughby ahead of an interview on This Morning.\n\n\"I was so sorry to hear about everything going on with Holly and I wanted to send my best to her and her family and to all of you,\" he said.\n\nAnother presenter, Lorraine Kelly, told viewers: \"[It's] very, very upsetting, and of course we are sending Holly all of our love and best wishes.\n\n\"That's a terrible thing to be having to go through for her and her family.\"\n\nThe charges follow a turbulent few months for Willoughby, 42, who has presented This Morning since 2009.\n\nHer co-presenter Phillip Schofield resigned in May and later admitted lying to colleagues about an affair with a younger colleague.\n\nWilloughby said she would remain as a presenter, but took a break from the programme during the summer.\n\nThe BBC approached Willoughby's agent and publicist to comment on the alleged kidnap plot, but they declined, directing all inquiries to the police.\n\nFollow East of England news on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. Got a story? Email eastofenglandnews@bbc.co.uk or WhatsApp 0800 169 1830\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "It's often said romantic partners need the approval of our friends and family.\n\nBut now the dating app Tinder is taking things a step further, by enabling friends and family of users to recommend potential matches.\n\nUnder the Tinder Matchmaker feature, users will be able to grant others access to their accounts for 24 hours so they can suggest likes.\n\nTinder says it makes dating a \"team sport\", but one dating expert warned there could be privacy concerns.\n\nIt is not uncommon to discuss swipes or potential matches with friends in real life, or even hand the phone to someone else to handle swipes for a while.\n\nThe Matchmaker feature sends profiles to a group of selected people, chosen by the user, so they can scroll through and give their opinions.\n\nThis group cannot like or reject potential matches, but can make recommendations.\n\nThe feature will first be rolled out in 15 countries, including the UK, the US and Australia, before going global in a few months' time.\n\nDating expert and matchmaker Sarah Louise Ryan says her one reservation about the new feature is the fact that one person's profile can be shared digitally with other people.\n\nThe feature means that up to 15 people can view a profile without needing to log in to Tinder to do so.\n\n\"One of the main reasons my clients come to me is for confidentiality,\" she said.\n\n\"If you're a dating app user, you're happy to leave a digital footprint - but with other singles on the other side of the swipe.\n\n\"So the idea that [up to 15] people that you do not know and don't necessarily see their faces - they're looking at your profile... I don't know how I feel about that.\"\n\nHowever, Ms Ryan said that Tinder generally had a good record on data privacy.\n\nTinder told the BBC: \"You can opt out of your profile being shown in the Matchmaker experience, end all active Matchmaker sessions or invite friends to be your Matchmaker via Settings\".\n\nIn 2016, the company said it would review its data privacy policies after being accused of collecting the private data of users without explicit consent.\n\nIn February 2023, it released an \"incognito mode\", which only shows users' profiles to those they have already liked, for paying subscribers.\n\nMs Ryan pointed out that matchmaking for friends and family was common in many communities, having worked with Jewish and Sikh clients herself.\n\n\"Outsourcing one's journey to finding love is not a foreign concept,\" she said.\n\nOutsiders may be able to give a more objective view on potential matches, she added, although too many opinions could \"cloud one's judgement\".\n\nDating app Hinge launched a similar feature in 2017, but it has now closed down. Hinge has been fully owned by Match Group, Tinder's parent company, since 2019.\n\nMeanwhile, rival dating app Bumble has a feature where individual profiles can be shared with friends outside of the app.\n\nTinder has been approached for comment.", "Bobi broke the Guinness World Record for oldest dog in February\n\nThe world's oldest dog ever has died at the age of 31 years and 165 days.\n\nGuinness World Record holder Bobi, a purebred Rafeiro do Alentejo, passed away at his home in Portugal on Saturday.\n\nHis death was announced on social media by a veterinarian who met Bobi several times.\n\n\"Despite outliving every dog in history, his 11,478 days on earth would never be enough, for those who loved him,\" wrote Dr Karen Becker.\n\nBobi became both the world's oldest living dog and the oldest dog ever in February - beating an almost century-old record for the latter title.\n\nThe previous oldest dog ever was Australia's Bluey, who died in 1939 at the age of 29 years and five months.\n\nBobi's grand old age was validated by the Portuguese government's pet database, which is managed by the National Union of Veterinarians.\n\nThe identity of Bobi's successor to the title of world's oldest living dog has not yet been revealed.\n\nPart of the secret to Bobi's longevity was said to lie in the peaceful environment he lived in\n\nBobi lived his whole life with the Costa family in the village of Conqueiros, near Portugal's west coast, after being born with three siblings in an outbuilding.\n\nLeonel Costa, who was eight years old at the time, said his parents had too many animals and had to put the puppies down, but Bobi escaped.\n\nMr Costa and his brothers kept the dog's existence a secret from their parents until he was eventually discovered and became part of the family, who fed him the same food they eat.\n\nApart from a scare in 2018 when he was hospitalised after suddenly collapsing due to breathing difficulty, Mr Costa said in February that Bobi had enjoyed a relatively trouble-free life and thought the secret to his longevity was the \"calm, peaceful environment\" he lived in.\n\nHowever, he had experienced trouble walking and worsening eyesight prior to his death.\n\nBobi was not the only dog owned by the Mr Costa to live a long life. Bobi's mother lived to the age of 18 while another of the family's dogs died at the age of 22.\n\nBobi lived his whole life with a family in a village near Portugal's west coast", "A police officer who groomed 200 girls online repeatedly asked his victims to take sexual images in their school uniforms.\n\nLewis Edwards, 24, used fake Snapchat accounts to make \"prolonged, shocking and predatory\" contact with girls aged 10 to 16.\n\nHe refused to appear for sentencing at Cardiff Crown Court on Monday and Tuesday.\n\nEdwards was caught with more than 4,500 indecent images of children.\n\nHe was a police constable during most of the offences but was barred from policing following a misconduct hearing.\n\nThe court previously heard that Edwards, from Cefn Glas, Bridgend, was in contact with 210 girls in total, with images of 207 of them recovered from his multiple devices.\n\nHe would threaten the girls, telling them he would publish their images or harm their families if they did not do as he asked.\n\nLewis Edwards pleaded guilty to more than 100 charges\n\nEdwards joined South Wales Police in January 2021, and the offences spanned November 2020 until February 2023 when he was arrested.\n\nHe pleaded guilty to 160 charges of blackmail and child sexual abuse, as well as one count of refusing to provide pin codes to some of the devices seized.\n\nRoger Griffiths, prosecuting, told the court \"incoming photos were received on [Edwards'] phone on at least 30 occasions while he was on duty\".\n\nHe said two sisters aged 13 and 15 were among his victims.\n\nThe younger sister sent him images of her bottom and breasts and a video of her in a sexual act.\n\nHe saved these images \"in her file\", on his devices, Mr Griffiths said.\n\nSpeaking in court, another victim, who was 13 when Edwards contacted her, said the contact began when she was about to start at a new school.\n\nShe sent images to Edwards, thinking he was a teenage boy, and he told her she was \"perfect\" and asked her to take sexual pictures in her uniform.\n\n\"I was vulnerable because I really wanted to make new friends. I thought I was talking to a really nice boy who liked me lots.\"\n\nShe added she was \"just trying to please him\" after he told her stories about bad things happening in his life.\n\nWhen she said she no longer wanted to send pictures, she said he \"threatened me and my family\".\n\n\"I will never get over this trauma,\" she said.\n\nThe defendant contacted victims using the social media platform Snapchat\n\nMr Griffiths said that in response to images sent by one girl of her carrying out sexual acts, Edwards sent her a message which read: \"Good girl, but get that top off.\n\n\"If you try and waste time I will share everything. I'm waiting. Don't reply unless it's a video.\"\n\nOne victim could be heard saying in a video \"please can we stop, please I am begging you\", Mr Griffiths said.\n\nEdwards responded by saying the girl should stop covering her face, and make the videos longer.\n\nSpeaking about one 12-year-old victim, Mr Griffiths said: \"He asked her to put her school uniform on and video herself dressing out of it, until she was naked.\"\n\nHe added: \"He said he had done this to other people before and those people had killed themselves so he didn't care if [she] killed herself.\"\n\nThe messages were sent late at night and lasted until the early hours of the morning.\n\nIn a message to Edwards, the girl said: \"I am terrified, I have done everything you've asked.\"\n\nIn an audio recording played in court, Edwards could be heard saying \"I wish I could just watch these forever\" as he watched sexual videos sent to him by a 13-year-old girl.\n\n\"Don't save them,\" she said, and he promised he would not, before telling her to turn her camera on.\n\nMr Griffiths said one girl, who was targeted at age 15, was the only victim to \"resist all requests for images\" but was also the only one who was \"contacted directly through his duties as a police officer\".\n\nThe oldest victim, 16 at the time, would be \"harassed\" with calls and messages from Edwards.\n\n\"He would ask her to turn her location on [and] would get frustrated when she turned the location off.\"\n\nMr Griffiths said the parents of the youngest victim, aged 10, shut down her Snapchat account, but when she set up another Edwards contacted her again under a different name and threatened to release the images if she did not send more.\n\nOne victim told her father that she had sent someone a sexual image on Snapchat and he was asking for more.\n\nThe father took her phone and messaged Edwards, telling him to \"stop now, what you're doing is illegal\".\n\nEdwards responded with \"lol\", so he replied with a photograph of himself, captioned: \"Just in case you think I'm joking I'm her dad stop now.\"\n\n\"From there he sensed the individual seemed to panic. They begged 'please don't say anything I won't share then. I won't do anything',\" Mr Griffiths said.\n\nMr Griffiths became emotional as he read a statement from the mother of an 11-year-old victim who is undergoing medical treatment and said \"time was precious\".\n\nShe added: \"As a mother I am heartbroken. The last few months should have been a time when I could make memories and spend quality time with our children.\"\n\nSusan Ferrier, defending Edwards, said her client admitted \"destroying people's lives\" and no mitigation could make up for his \"prolonged, shocking and predatory offences against young girls\".\n\nShe said there was no suggestion that Edwards, who lived with his parents, abused his position as a police officer during his offending and he had been assessed as having a \"lack of emotional maturity\", depression and anxiety.\n\n\"He couldn't stop himself. He knew that it was wrong.\"", "Leeds City College has had to increase class sizes to accommodate some 600 additional students resitting GCSEs this year\n\nColleges in England say they are having to expand class sizes and hire exam halls to cope with a rising number of pupils taking compulsory GCSE resits.\n\nSome are rehiring former teachers, according to the Association of Colleges (AoC), as an extra 60,000 students prepare to resit English and maths, many of them in two weeks' time.\n\nChanges to grading this year meant a higher proportion of students failed.\n\nThe government says it is investing more money in colleges.\n\nUnder-18s in England have to retake GCSE English and maths if they did not get at least a grade 4 - a pass.\n\nThe resits can take place in the autumn or the summer.\n\nHayden, 16, has two weeks to go until he sits his maths GCSE exams again after the first time did not go to plan.\n\n\"I was hoping for a pass because I had lots of revision building up to it. When I got a 3 I wasn't too disappointed because when I did my mocks, which was just before, I got a 1,\" he said.\n\nHayden is dividing his time between his level 2 public service course and resit classes at Leeds City College. He hopes extra revision sessions over half term can get him over the line.\n\n\"Angles and ratios are probably the things I'm struggling on the most,\" he said.\n\n\"People should have a pass in maths because it's just that extra GCSE which can help with getting jobs in the future. It's a skill you need throughout life.\"\n\nHayden hopes extra revision classes will get him the result he needs\n\nLeeds City College has had to increase class sizes in order to fit in about 600 additional students resitting English and maths this year - with some lessons growing from around 20 to 25 students.\n\nAround a third of the students have additional needs, meaning they may need extra time in exams, or to take them in small rooms. As a result, staff rooms will be turned into makeshift exam halls for the students next month.\n\nOnce November resits are out of the way, the college will focus on preparing for what staff described as a \"military operation\" in the summer, when the bulk of resit students take their exams.\n\nThey will need to hire an external exam hall to fit all the students in.\n\nGCSE passes in England, Wales and Northern Ireland fell this year - with 68.2% of all entries marked at grades 4/C and above.\n\nThe drop was steepest in England where grades were brought back in line with 2019 after spikes in top grades during the pandemic.\n\nAs a result, more than 167,000 students in England received grade 3 or lower on their maths paper this summer - about 21,000 more than in 2022.\n\nCombined, that is the highest number in a decade.\n\nAt the same time, there are more teenagers coming through the system.\n\nAnalysis by the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) suggests there will be a 17% rise in the number of 16 and 17-year-olds between 2019 and 2024 - an extra 200,000 young people.\n\nThe AoC said numbers were higher than they had anticipated, with 88 out of 98 colleges that responded to a survey seeing an increase in resit numbers over the past year.\n\nThe membership body, which represents 215 out of about 225 colleges in England, said a lack of English and maths teachers meant the compulsory resit policy was not \"sustainable\".\n\nCatherine Sezen, director of education policy at the AoC, said: \"Some colleges are having to rehire retired teachers, employ agency staff, rely on non-specialist staff to teach lessons and share staff with other colleges.\n\n\"The decades of underfunding and under resourcing means that, despite recent funding boosts from the government, college finances are still under extreme pressure and some do not have the funding or staffing levels to cope with the increased numbers of students needing to resit.\"\n\nThe pass rates for resits is low. This summer, 16.4% of people aged 17 and over taking their maths GCSE resit passed, compared with 25.9% of those taking English.\n\nThe policy was introduced in 2014, making it compulsory for under-18s without a pass in GCSE English or maths to continue studying that subject.\n\nThese students are more likely to be from a disadvantaged backgrounds and the vast majority enrol on courses in further education colleges rather than school sixth forms or sixth form colleges.\n\nSome of them end up resitting multiple times.\n\nA spokeswoman for the Department for Education (DfE) said: \"Young people who leave education with a good grasp of English and maths have a much better chance of securing a job or going on to further study.\"\n\nThe DfE said it was investing an extra £1.6bn in colleges by 2024-25, compared with the 2021-22 financial year, and an extra £470m over the next two years would help colleges boost recruitment and retention of staff.\n\nThe IFS said that money would \"just about allow [colleges] to match this year's pay offer of 6.5% for teachers\".\n\nThis month, the government also announced a further £150m per year over the next two years to help colleges with students taking resits and laid out plans for the Advanced British Standard - a new qualification that would include some English and maths to 18.\n\nPrime Minister Rishi Sunak said more teachers would be recruited to help.\n\nSign up for our morning newsletter and get BBC News in your inbox.", "German ships searched the area south of Heligoland until the operation was suspended on Tuesday night\n\nGerman rescuers have called off a search for four crew missing from a British ship that sank in the North Sea early on Tuesday morning.\n\nThe Verity collided with a larger ship, the Bahamian Polesie, off the German coast.\n\nRescue efforts were suspended on Tuesday night and would not be resumed, the rescue service said.\n\nTwo of the seven crew members on board the British-flagged ship were rescued.\n\nThe body of another member was found in the water, about 22km (13 miles) south-west of Heligoland, a German archipelago which is part of the state of Schleswig-Holstein.\n\nThe Verity was on its way to the UK, carrying steel from the northern German city of Bremen to Immingham in Lincolnshire, when it collided at about 05:00 (03:00 GMT) on Tuesday with the Polesie, which had left Hamburg for La Coruña in Spain.\n\nNone of the 22 crew on the Polesie was hurt. The cause of the collision is still unclear.\n\nTwo sea rescue cruisers from the German maritime search and rescue service, a German navy helicopter and a water police boat were used in the search efforts, the rescue service said.\n\nRescue divers had attempted to find signs of life in the wreck but said they were hampered by difficult conditions.\n\nThe German Central Command for Maritime Emergencies said conditions around the wreck were \"very difficult\", with visibility of only one to two metres, and that strong currents had hampered rescue efforts before they were called off.\n\nA P&O cruise ship, the Iona, was in the area and also contributed to the search.\n\nPassengers were informed at around 05:30 local time that the ship was helping with search efforts. The company confirmed to ITV that the Iona had fulfilled its obligations under \"international and moral law\".\n\nThe Iona, which left Southampton on Saturday bound for stops in Hamburg, Rotterdam and Bruges, was subsequently \"released\" to continue its journey.", "A large number of mourners turned out for the funeral\n\nBelfast City Council's final legal bill over a controversy surrounding the cremation of a senior IRA figure was almost £100,000.\n\nThe council had separately faced criticism over its handling of the veteran republican's cremation.\n\nEight bereaved families did not get the same access to Roselawn Cemetery as Mr Storey's relatives for the cremations of their loved ones.\n\nThe council apologised to the families affected \"for the hurt and distress caused\" and offered them compensation.\n\nA total of £94,171.99 was spent on legal fees to deal with the controversy, the local authority said in a Freedom of Information (FOI) response.\n\nThe figure includes about £50,000 spent on a barrister-led report commissioned by the council to investigate what happened.\n\nThe council was criticised over its handling of the cremation of Bobby Storey on 30 June 2020\n\nIt does not include any compensation paid to the families affected.\n\nThe council refused to confirm or deny whether any payments were made, arguing this would be an \"actionable breach of confidence\".\n\nAt the time, it offered to \"help facilitate a memorial service for their loved ones at a future date… and also advised that the cremation fee can be refunded\".\n\nThe council issued the FOI response after being asked to do so by the Information Commissioner's Office following a complaint over an almost three-month delay.\n\nThe barrister-led report, completed in 2021, found no political pressure was applied to the council to give special treatment for Mr Storey's cremation at Roselawn.\n\nPeter Coll KC said the different arrangements for cremations that day were \"avoidable, unnecessary and simply wrong\".\n\nMr Storey was seen as a key individual in selling the peace process to republican hardliners\n\nMr Storey, who was northern chairman of Sinn Féin, was named under parliamentary privilege as a former head of intelligence of the IRA.\n\nHe was a close and lifelong ally of former Sinn Féin president Gerry Adams.\n\nLarge crowds lined the streets for the funeral procession in west Belfast at a time when there were strict limits on public gatherings due to the coronavirus pandemic.\n\nThe attendance of Sinn Féin leaders sparked a political row in Stormont's power-sharing executive, with the party accused of disregarding rules set for the rest of society.\n\nPolice investigated and a file was submitted to the Public Prosecution Service (PPS), but it decided not to pursue any prosecutions.\n\nIn its decision, the PPS cited prior engagement between the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) and funeral organisers, as well as a lack of clarity in the executive's coronavirus regulations.\n\nSinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald, former leader Gerry Adams, and deputy leader Michelle O\"Neill attending the funeral of Bobby Storey\n\nSinn Féin vice-president Michelle O'Neill defended her attendance, saying she acted within the rules and would \"never apologise for attending the funeral of my friend\".\n\nShe later expressed regret over public health messaging being \"undermined\".\n\nTraditional Unionist Voice (TUV) councillor Ron McDowell called for greater transparency from the council.\n\n\"The compensation, if there was any, paid to families should be in the public domain,\" he said.\n\n\"Everyone knows that this whole debacle cost the council, the executive and the PSNI their credibility. It's long past time we knew the total financial cost as well.\"\n\nA council spokeswoman said: \"Belfast City Council recognises the hurt which has been caused by its actions in respect of events of 30 June 2020 at Roselawn Cemetery.\n\n\"We also recognise that the public are entitled to information about how the council has dealt with these events and have made information publicly available, where possible.\n\n\"The council must however also respect the privacy of those affected and cannot release information which could be considered a breach of confidence.\n\n\"We again offer our unreserved and wholehearted apology to all those families impacted by these events.\"", "Railway lines in Suffolk were flooded during Storm Babet, causing massive disruption over the weekend\n\nThe Met Office has said it will conduct a \"full review of our forecasts and warnings\" after claims its warnings about Storm Babet were not accurate.\n\nParts of Suffolk and Norfolk were lashed by rain and hit by devastating flooding on Friday.\n\nWhile a red warning was issued for Scotland, a more moderate yellow warning was given for eastern England.\n\n\"Storm Babet was a complex weather system impacting large parts of the UK over a number of areas,\" it said.\n\nA total of 13 areas broke their daily rainfall records for October last week across the UK, the government-run organisation said.\n\nFlooding in places such as Framlingham caught many people by surprise\n\nA major incident was declared in Suffolk on Friday during the storm after a deluge of heavy rain hit roads, homes and businesses.\n\nSimon Brown, Met Office services director, said while the rainfall was high in Suffolk, only half the amount was measured in Essex.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Therese Coffey: We have less experience with rain from the East\n\nHe added the warning included that flooding could occur, potentially resulting in places being cut off and traffic disruption.\n\n\"Whilst we accurately predicted the impacts in Scotland, the localised high intensity rainfall that occurred in Suffolk was more difficult to forecast and this was reflected in the level of certainty within our warnings,\" said Mr Brown.\n\n\"Our first weather warning for impacts in Suffolk were issued for heavy rain on Monday and updated on Wednesday for 25-50mm of rain to fall quite widely across a swathe of eastern England.\"\n\nThere was heavier rain than expected - with Charsfield in Suffolk recording 78mm in 24 hours, as did Wattisham.\n\nMr Brown added: \"Localised rainfall amounts were higher than expected - and we will, of course, be undertaking a full review of our forecasts and warnings associated with the very complex situation related to Storm Babet.\n\n\"Our thoughts are with the communities who have been impacted by Storm Babet during what remains a very difficult time.\"\n\nFollow East of England news on Facebook, Instagram and X. Got a story? Email eastofenglandnews@bbc.co.uk or WhatsApp 0800 169 1830\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The actress Amanda Abbington has withdrawn from Strictly Come Dancing, the show has announced.\n\nAbbington, 51, who starred in Sherlock and Mr Selfridge, missed last weekend's show for medical reasons but had been expected to return next week.\n\nIn her last appearance on the show, Abbington scored 31 for a quick-footed foxtrot to Everywhere by Fleetwood Mac.\n\nBut she almost didn't make it to the start of the series, being struck down by food poisoning weeks before.\n\nOn Monday the host of spin-off show It Takes Two, Fleur East, read out a statement from the organisers.\n\n\"Amanda Abbington is unable to continue in Strictly Come Dancing and has decided to withdraw from the competition. The show wishes her all the best for the future,\" it said.\n\nEast then played a clip of Abbington's best moments on the show, adding: \"Amanda, we are sending you all of our love.\"\n\nAbbington, who is paired with professional Italian dancer Giovanni Pernice, has not yet commented on her withdrawal.\n\nAfter withdrawing from Saturday's show, she shared and reportedly deleted a picture on social media of late actor Robin Williams, who suffered from depression.\n\nIt was accompanied by the words: \"People don't fake depression… they fake being okay. Remember that. Be kind.\"\n\nFour people have been voted off Strictly so far this series: Les Dennis, Nikita Kanda, Jody Cundy and Eddie Kadi.\n\nAbbington became involved in controversy in August when a tweet re-emerged in which she had criticised a drag show aimed at parents and children.\n\nShe apologised for the remarks after some fans threatened to boycott the show.\n\nThe actress is perhaps best known for her role in Sherlock, in which she played Mary Watson alongside her real-life ex-husband Martin Freeman.", "Republican Tom Emmer has dropped out of the race to become Speaker of the US House of Representatives, only hours after being nominated.\n\nHe is the third nominee to fail to secure enough support from his own party members to lead the chamber.\n\nMr Emmer, from Minnesota, emerged as the party's pick in a series of secret internal ballots earlier on Tuesday.\n\nBut more than 20 Republican lawmakers - and Donald Trump - said that they would not support him.\n\nThe House has been without a Speaker and has been unable to pass bills since Kevin McCarthy of California was ousted on 3 October.\n\nMr Emmer's decision to drop out of the race puts Republicans back at the start of a quest they have so far struggled to complete - finding a candidate that can win the support of almost all of the party's representatives.\n\nDuring a meeting on Tuesday evening, Republican lawmakers nominated a new set of six candidates: Byron Donalds of Florida, Chuck Fleischmann of Tennessee, Mark Green also of Tennessee, Kevin Hern of Oklahoma, Mike Johnson of Louisiana and Roger Williams of Texas.\n\nThe sentiment among House Republicans, according to South Carolina's Ralph Norman, is that they should \"stay as long as it takes\" to get a new nominee.\n\nRepublicans only hold a narrow majority over Democrats in the lower chamber of Congress, so their nominee can only afford to lose a handful of votes from their own side to win.\n\nEarlier, nominees Steve Scalise of Louisiana and Jim Jordan of Ohio both failed to gather enough support to replace Mr McCarthy.\n\nNow the same has happened to Mr Emmer, who won the nomination after successive rounds of voting by Republican lawmakers that whittled down eight candidates one by one.\n\nMr Emmer defeated Mike Johnson of Louisiana in the final round but opposition to his nomination became almost immediately apparent.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: Trump: 'Most people are Maga in the Republican Party'\n\nFormer President Donald Trump took to his Truth Social platform shortly after to call him a \"Rino\" - Republican In Name Only - who \"never respected the power of a Trump endorsement or the breadth and scope of Maga - Make America Great Again\".\n\nMr Trump added that he believed it would be \"a tragic mistake\" for Republicans to back Mr Emmer.\n\nSpeaking to reporters following Mr Emmer's withdrawal, Georgia Rep Marjorie Taylor Greene said that she was unable to support him as a result of policy disagreements, including over a bill that provides federal recognition to same-sex marriage. Mr Emmer voted in favour of the legislation, which became law last year.\n\nHe also voted to certify the results of the 2020 election in favour of the winner, President Joe Biden, a vote that angered Mr Trump's allies.\n\nMs Greene said that the eventual Speaker nomination should reflect the \"will of Republican voters\" who \"overwhelmingly support President Trump\".\n\nMr Emmer, 62, is House Majority Whip, making him the third-most powerful Republican in the chamber.\n\nA former college ice hockey player and coach, Mr Emmer also previously served as chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee, which works to help party candidates win elections across the US.\n\nHe has held his seat in Congress since 2015, and prior to that served in the Minnesota state legislature. He narrowly lost a race for governor of the state in 2010.\n\nRepresentative Mike Flood of Nebraska - who previously suggested giving temporary speaker Patrick McHenry additional powers - said he would vote \"yes\" on that if it became an option amid the continued inability to elect a Speaker.\n\nMr Flood added that he believes the party \"will find out tonight\" who their nominee is and what the next steps would be.\n\nAdditionally, Mr Flood said that he believes differences between factions of the party would make any \"unity pledge\" difficult.\n\nSeveral lawmakers expressed frustration with the inability to reach consensus.\n\nAmong them was Georgia's Rich McCormick, who told reporters that the process \"is not helping at all\".\n\nSteve Womack of Arkansas also said that he believes the Republican conference is at \"an impasse\" and that it is \"apparent to the American public that the GOP conference is hopelessly divided\".\n\nHe said he did not want to predict when a next vote for the nominee will take place.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. There was a fish kill on a tributary of the Callan River in County Armagh.\n\nA fish kill on a tributary of the Callan River in County Armagh is \"probably the worst ever\" in the area, local anglers have said.\n\nIt is thought hundreds of juvenile salmon have died as a result of a slurry spill at one of its tributaries, the Corkley River near Keady.\n\nThe incident was first reported to the Northern Ireland Environment Agency (NIEA) on Saturday 21 October.\n\nOfficials have visited the area and the dead fish are being counted.\n\nUp to a mile-long stretch of the river is believed to have been affected.\n\nA local environmental group say hundreds of juvenile salmon have died in the Callan River\n\nA spokesperson from the NIEA said a source has been identified and statutory samples have been collected.\n\nThe Callan is a tributary of the Blackwater, one of the main rivers flowing into Lough Neagh.\n\nAs the pollution travels downstream, it will become more diluted as the distance increases, ultimately disappearing.\n\nAt this time of year, salmon and brown trout are coming into the river system to breed.\n\nAs well as fish, the invertebrates, insects, worms and larvae that they feed on have also been affected.\n\nArmagh Angling Club described the incident as a blow from which it could take years for the fish stocks to recover.\n\nLocal environmental conservation group Keepers of the Callan, described the fish kill as \"heart-breaking and totally devastating\".\n\nSalmon and brown trout have been returning to the rivers to breed\n\nIt said its members discovered \"hundreds\" of dead fish piled up on river banks and in deep pools.\n\n\"This could not have happened at a worse time with the river full of fish making their way upstream to spawn in a few weeks' time,\" they said.\n\nThe group, which was set up more than seven years ago, pointed out it was the \"fourth time in the last six years\" that the Callan River had been subjected to a fish kill.\n\n\"It's been an uphill battle against polluters. Paltry, petty fines meted out by the courts is no deterrent for those guilty of causing such devastation,\" a statement from the group said.\n\n\"Government agencies charged with the care and maintenance of our waterways need to take tougher action, and this means substantial fines and for repeat offenders, even custodial sentences.\"\n\nThat will help disperse the slurry pollution more rapidly, but local people tell me there are reports of fish in distress five miles downstream.\n\nWhile pollution would dissipate long before reaching Lough Neagh, it is the effect on the overall fish population that is of concern.\n\nThe fish were killed after a slurry spill near Keady, County Armagh\n\nThis is one of the places where salmon, brown trout and dollaghan - the Lough Neagh trout - come to spawn.\n\nIt is also a nursery ground for the juvenile fish who will become the future season's breeders.\n\nThe concern is that those generations may have been all but wiped out.", "Peru's Supreme Court said in a social media post that Modou Adams was jailed for trying to smuggle cocaine out of the country\n\nA British model and TikToker has been jailed for nearly seven years in Peru after he was caught trying to smuggle cocaine out of the country.\n\nModou Adams was stopped at the Jorge Chávez International Airport on 30 September with 2.9kg (6.4lb) of cocaine hidden in his suitcase.\n\nThe 25-year-old was sentenced to six years and eight months in a Peruvian prison.\n\nThe drugs were destined for the UK, according to a court statement.\n\nAuthorities found the drugs sealed into the back of his suitcase during a search, the Superior Court of Justice of Callao said in the statement which was released last week.\n\nHe was sentenced after admitting the drug smuggling charge, the court said, and was also fined.\n\nIn a statement on X, formerly known as Twitter, Peru's Supreme Court said Adams was jailed for having coordinated the shipment of about 3kg of cocaine to London. It also shared a photoshopped image of Adams behind bars.\n\nAdams, pictured on the far right, was sentenced to nearly seven years in a Peruvian prison\n\nThe last photos posted on Adams' social media accounts shows him visiting Machu Picchu - a popular tourist destination in Peru on the Inca Trail.\n\nLocal media quoted anti-drug prosecutor Lincoln Fuentes as saying it was not the first time the model had taken drugs out of the country.\n\nA UK Foreign Office spokesperson said it was \"supporting a British man who was arrested in Peru\" and was \"in contact with the local authorities\".", "Juliana, who has waived her right to anonymity, was quoted thousands when she requested a transcript\n\nVictims of violent and sexual crimes are calling for court transcript costs to be cut after they were quoted \"unaffordable\" sums for them.\n\nThey told BBC Newsnight that charging thousands of pounds for copies of court hearings was \"exploitative\".\n\nOne rape survivor said she was quoted £7,500 for the transcript of her trial.\n\nThe Ministry of Justice (MoJ) said victims could ask a judge to order a transcript at public expense, but cases were not routinely transcribed.\n\n\"If the request is declined, the fee covers the considerable costs that come with writing up the audio recording of potentially weeks' worth of hearings,\" a MoJ spokesperson said.\n\nWarning: This article contains details some readers may find distressing.\n\nJuliana was raped by her former partner in 2020.\n\n\"He drugged me. He recorded the video of himself raping me and he actually played it back to me after waking me up,\" she said. \"He then threatened to send the video to my 88-year-old father. That's when I reported him to the police.\"\n\nJuliana's former partner was convicted by a jury at a trial, which lasted ten days.\n\nShe later wanted to revisit what had been said in court, but her request for a free copy of the transcript was rejected.\n\nShe was told provisions were only made in exceptional circumstances, such as in murder and manslaughter cases, but those circumstances were \"not met in your application\".\n\nInstead, she was advised to contact one of the companies outsourced by the government to supply transcripts.\n\nAcolad UK Limited quoted £7,459 for the transcription, Juliana said. The firm said the price was an estimate based on the length of the audio, which needed to be listened to by a transcriber.\n\n\"I just thought 'I can't afford this'. I had to stop working. My mental health was a mess,\" Juliana said. \"Why do I have to pay for a service with data that is pertaining to me?\"\n\nThe government's website says crown court hearings and those at civil and family courts are always recorded. Anybody can apply for a transcript of the proceedings.\n\nIt says victims will usually have to pay for the transcript, unless the court believes there are special circumstances. The final cost will depend on the size of the transcription, whether it's new or a copy, and other factors.\n\nThe court transcription service is outsourced to six companies in the UK, in a contract worth more than £17m.\n\nBBC Newsnight found transcription costs at the six government-contracted firms varied from 80p per 72 words, to £1.71, for a 12-working-day transcription.\n\nAccording to the government's guidance notes, Acolad UK Limited charges 80p per 72 words if the transcription is to be completed in 12 working days, which is listed as the cheapest turnaround option.\n\nThe company said pricing is based on the quantity of material to be transcribed, the level of urgency, and other factors.\n\n\"The sensitivity of the matter at hand - as in all legal and court proceedings - determines that use of AI-assisted tools is limited, and human expertise prioritised,\" Acolad said.\n\nClaire, whose partner pleaded guilty to attempted murder, says it was hard to take in what the judge was saying in court\n\nCrime victims have told BBC News that absorbing what is said in court can be incredibly difficult and traumatic, meaning they may have to rely on a transcription.\n\nThey argue having access to affordable transcripts allows them to go over the evidence and statements properly after cases have concluded.\n\nAccording to the government, families in murder cases are entitled to free a copy of the judge's sentencing remarks following a conviction.\n\nBut Claire, whose ex-partner tried to kill her in 2020, said she was still quoted hundreds of pounds by Acolad for a transcription.\n\n\"I was asleep and he cut my throat and then repeatedly stabbed me,\" Claire said. \"I woke up to him trying to cut my neck.\"\n\nHer former partner pleaded guilty to attempted murder and was sentenced to 18 years in prison. Because she had struggled to take in what had been said in the court hearing, Claire wanted to be able to read the judge's sentencing remarks.\n\nShe said she was not told a free copy could be requested from the court. Instead, she was advised to contact a transcription company.\n\nClaire said the firm quoted her almost £300 to provide a transcript of the judge's sentencing remarks. \"I was quite shocked,\" she said. \"I was homeless, I'm not working, I'm disabled, and I really need this for my closure - and I wasn't able to get it.\"\n\nShe finally managed to get the transcript for free because somebody had already requested it and paid for the transcription work, which is standard procedure with all the companies.\n\n\"Some of the costs I've heard are astronomical, and these people deserve closure,\" Claire added.\n\nLondon's Victims' Commissioner, Claire Waxman said the current system must \"urgently change\".\n\n\"Victims must be able to access accurate and timely transcripts, at no cost to themselves, to support their understanding and recovery, which is an essential part of their justice journey.\"\n\nThe Ministry of Justice said it was \"incredibly rare for a victim to request a transcript of an entire trial\" and it was more common for people to request the judge's sentencing remarks, which summarise the case against the defendant made at trial. It said that typically costs about £40.\n\nIf you've been affected by issues raised in this story, there is information and support available on BBC Action Line.", "Last updated on .From the section Man Utd\n\nManchester United's players wore black armbands while there was a minute's silence before the Champions League game with FC Copenhagen at Old Trafford in honour of legend Sir Bobby Charlton.\n\nOn an emotional night, a wreath was placed on Sir Bobby's seat in the directors' box as United played at home for the first time since his passing.\n\nUnited boss Erik ten Hag, led by a lone piper, laid a wreath on the pitch.\n\nCharlton was also remembered on the cover the match programme.\n\nBefore the game - which United won 1-0 - two black and white images of the England 1966 World Cup winner looked down from the glass fronted main entrance at Old Trafford next to the words 'Sir Bobby Charlton 1937-2023 Forever Loved'.\n\nMany United fans, who were advised to arrive early for 20:00 BST kick-off, laid floral tributes outside the ground.\n\nInside Old Trafford the stadium announcer urged supporters to take their seats well before kick-off as there would be a pre-match tribute to \"one of the greatest players there has ever been\".\n\nA banner read \"Sir Bobby. Born in Ashington. Made in Manchester\", while Copenhagen fans joined in chants of \"One Bobby Charlton\".\n\nTen Hag walked onto the pitch with Alex Stepney, a former team-mate of Sir Bobby's, and Under-21 captain Dan Gore, before laying a wreath and taking part in a minute's silence.\n\nThe trio had been led out by piper Terry Carr, while away supporters unveiled a banner that read \"Passion is what separates the good from the great. Rest in peace Sir Bobby Charlton.\"\n• None Sir Bobby Charlton: A Manchester United icon and one of sport's greatest figures\n• None Sir Bobby Charlton: A personal account of meeting the Man Utd and England great\n\nSir Bobby played alongside elder brother Jack against West Germany at Wembley in 1966 as one of only 11 England players to win the World Cup, and also captained Manchester United to the game's major honours, including the European Cup in 1968.\n\nThe European Cup win, with Sir Bobby scoring twice in a 4-1 win against Benfica at Wembley, carried great poignancy and emotion because he was a survivor of the Munich air disaster on 6 February 1958 which killed 23 people, including eight players and three members of the club's staff.\n\nTen Hag said before the game that his players wanted to \"fulfil Sir Bobby's legacy\".\n\nSpeaking to TNT Sports, he added: \"It is very emotional. Let's find inspiration.\"\n• None Listen to the latest The Devils' Advocate podcast\n• None Our coverage of Manchester United is bigger and better than ever before - here's everything you need to know to make sure you never miss a moment\n• None Everything United - go straight to all the best content", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: How Trump and Cohen's friendship soured over the years\n\nDonald Trump \"arbitrarily\" inflated the value of his properties on financial statements, the former president's fraud trial in New York has heard.\n\nHis former lawyer, Michael Cohen, told the court he helped come up with \"whatever number Trump told us to\" on the real estate assets.\n\nCohen, a fixer-turned-foe of Mr Trump, is a key witness in the trial.\n\nThe judge has already ruled that Mr Trump inflated the value of his properties to secure favourable loans.\n\nIn addition to this civil trial, the former president is battling four criminal cases while he campaigns for the White House.\n\nOn the witness stand in the Manhattan court on Tuesday, Cohen said one of his responsibilities was to \"reverse engineer\" assets to increase their value based on a number \"arbitrarily elected\" by Mr Trump.\n\nHe said he and former Trump Organization finance chief Allen Weisselberg would work until they reached their boss's \"desired goal\".\n\nCohen also said Mr Trump had tried to use financial documents with inflated assets in his unsuccessful 2014 bid to buy the Buffalo Bills, a National Football League team.\n\nMr Trump sat with a stony face and folded arms as Cohen entered the court.\n\nHe appeared to look in his now-disbarred former attorney's direction as he took the stand, but said nothing.\n\nAs the court recessed for lunch, Mr Trump told reporters that Cohen was \"not a credible witness\".\n\nThe Republican front-runner for the 2024 presidential election denied any wrongdoing as he arrived at court earlier.\n\nMr Trump has been occasionally attending the trial on a voluntary basis and is expected to testify himself at some point.\n\nCohen - who once stated he would \"take a bullet\" for Mr Trump - was handed a three-year jail sentence in 2018 for lying to Congress and over hush payments he made on Mr Trump's behalf.\n\nAs he arrived at court, Cohen told reporters: \"This is about accountability, plain and simple.\"\n\nHis testimony marked the first time the two have been in the same room in five years.\n\n\"Heck of a reunion,\" he said during the court break.\n\nIt was the first time the two men had been in the same room in five years\n\nCohen's testimony to Congress in 2019, when he said Mr Trump had inflated his property values, sparked the New York fraud investigation led by New York Attorney General Letitia James.\n\nMs James, a Democrat and the state's top prosecutor, is seeking a fine of $250m (£205m) and a ban on Mr Trump doing business in his home state.\n\nIn late September, the judge, Arthur Engoron, ruled Mr Trump had committed fraud through repeatedly misrepresenting his wealth by hundreds of millions of dollars.\n\nJudge Engoron ordered that a court-appointed receiver take over companies that operate Trump Tower and other crown jewels of the ex-US president's real estate portfolio. An appeals court has blocked that move for now.\n\nThe judge also fined the former president $5,000 last week for failing to remove an online post mocking a court clerk - in contravention of a gag order.\n\nMr Trump does not face the risk of prison as a result of this civil trial, although the judge has threatened him with jail if he breaks the court-imposed order again.\n\nHe has repeatedly denied any wrongdoing, arguing that his assets were actually undervalued.\n\nMr Trump has also previously sued Cohen, accusing him of \"spreading falsehoods\" and breaking a confidentiality agreement.\n\nThat lawsuit was halted earlier this month, but a Trump spokesperson said it would be refiled at a later date.", "A man evaded murder charges for nearly 40 years after he assumed the identity of a dead Welshman and travelled to Portugal, a court has heard.\n\nRoman Szalajko, 62, was fatally stabbed after answering the door to his south London flat in February 1984.\n\nThe identity of his killer remained a mystery until a cold case review in 2013 when a fingerprint was linked to Paul Bryan, the Old Bailey heard.\n\nHowever, the suspect appeared to have \"disappeared\", jurors were told.\n\nAn officer eventually tracked him down after discovering Bryan had stolen the identity of a dead man with the same name, the court heard.\n\nFollowing his arrest at Stansted Airport last year Bryan, now 62, admitted having a false identity document but denied the murder of Mr Szalajko.\n\nOpening his trial on Tuesday, prosecutor Louis Mably KC said the Polish victim was a longstanding UK resident and divorced father-of-two.\n\nHe had a number of \"lady friends\" but lived alone in a flat in Kennington.\n\nA known gambler, he was \"secretive\" and kept large amounts of cash at home, sometimes going out with thousands of pounds in his wallet, jurors were told.\n\nOn the morning of 7 February 1984, Mr Szalajko was on the phone to a builder friend, Michael Peddubriwny, when he broke off, saying in Polish: \"Excuse me a moment, there's someone at the door.\"\n\nAs the line was left open, Mr Peddubriwny heard the victim say loudly in English: \"What do you want? Help! Help!\"\n\nMr Peddubriwny shouted down the phone: \"Roman, what's going on?\" but the line went dead, having been cut, the court heard.\n\nPaul Bryan's trial is being heard at the Old Bailey\n\nHe called 999 in a \"panic\" and two police officers went to the flat, where they found Mr Szalajko slumped in a chair in the living room with a fatal stab wound to his stomach.\n\nHis body was still warm to the touch, there was evidence of a search, and the constables noticed lengths of hair on the floor, Mr Mably said.\n\nAn investigation was begun and evidence was collected from the scene, including fingerprints, clothes, the telephone, the clumps of hair pulled from the victim's head and £1,000 in Spanish pesetas.\n\nBut, as lines of inquiry were exhausted, the case was closed later in 1984 and the exhibits stored.\n\nIn 2013, previously unidentified fingerprints on a \"Polish mead\" bottle from a wardrobe in the victim's bedroom matched the defendant's on the police database.\n\nEfforts to find Bryan, who is originally from Hammersmith, west London, were frustrated because there appeared to be no record of his existence after 1989, jurors were told.\n\nMr Mably said: \"It was as if he had completely disappeared. A complete blank.\n\n\"One police officer was able to pull the scraps of evidence together and began to unwind the steps the defendant had taken from the late 1980s to disappear from public view.\"\n\nRecords showed that, three days after the murder, Bryan had applied for an emergency passport, his old one having expired in 1977, jurors heard.\n\nThat was the last passport issued in his name and it ran out in May 1984.\n\nThe only post-1989 record was an arrest in 1997 when he had given police his name and was noted as being with a woman called Sylvia Bryan, Mr Mably said.\n\nThere was no record of a female relative called Sylvia so police searched for all Paul Bryans and found a Welsh Paul Bryan born in 1955.\n\nMr Mably told jurors that police examined the 1989 marriage record of the Welsh Paul Bryan to Sylvia, a widow and tour operator.\n\n\"But there was a problem,\" he said. \"By 1989 the Welsh Paul Bryan was already dead - he had died in 1987.\n\n\"The alarm bells went off and the suspicion was this defendant had assumed the identity of the Welsh Paul Bryan and further investigation found that to be the case.\"\n\nIn 1989, a passport was also issued under the identity of the Welsh Paul Bryan, which was later renewed.\n\nMeanwhile, forensic tests which were unavailable in 1984 resulted in a DNA breakthrough, jurors were told.\n\nIn Bryan's absence, cells from his late mother's hairbrush were compared with traces on the victim's vest and clump of hair and found to be a close DNA match, Mr Mably said.\n\nBryan was arrested at Stansted Airport last year coming off a flight from Lisbon and initially pretended to be a different Paul Bryan.\n\nBut swabs were compared with the DNA at the murder scene and found to be a \"perfect match\", the court was told.\n\nIn a police interview, he admitted his true identity but told officers he had lost his memory after a serious car crash in Lisbon.\n\nHe claimed he had assumed the false identity because he had married an older woman.\n\nMr Mably said: \"When questioned about the presence of his fingerprint at the scene, he said it was 'bullshit'.\"\n\nWhen told about the presence of his DNA on the vest and hair, Mr Malby said Bryan responded: \"This is like a bad nightmare'.\"\n\nListen to the best of BBC Radio London on Sounds and follow BBC London on Facebook, X and Instagram. Send your story ideas to hello.bbclondon@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Jason Grant was hired to help implement the legal right to free period products in Tayside\n\nA man who was removed from his role as Scotland's first period dignity officer has settled his case out of court.\n\nJason Grant sued the partnership that hired him last year, on the grounds of sex discrimination, with the case set to call next March.\n\nAn HM Courts and Tribunal Service spokeswoman confirmed the case had been settled and would not be proceeding as planned.\n\nNo details of the terms of settlement have been been made.\n\nMr Grant's legal team declined to comment on the case.\n\nHis appointment sparked a heated debate online, with critics saying the job should have gone to a woman.\n\nHis role was created to ensure the legal right to free period products in public places and was described as the first of its kind in Scotland.\n\nThe working group - which comprises of representatives from Dundee and Angus College, Perth College, Angus Council and Dundee City Council - had said Mr Grant was the strongest candidate for the job.\n\nA Dundee and Angus College spokesperson said: \"The dispute between the parties has been resolved and no further statement shall be made.\"\n\nMr Grant's legal team previously said he was \"publicly dismissed\" before being given written confirmation that the role had been scrapped.\n\nHe had been expected to lead a campaign across schools, colleges and communities in Tayside to raise awareness of Scotland's law on period products and ensure that funding was allocated appropriately.\n\nThe role was funded by the Scottish government, which said it was not involved in making appointments to such posts.", "A coroner has found neglect contributed to a baby's death at the hospital where he was born.\n\nJasper Brooks died at the Darent Valley Hospital in Kent on 15 April 2021.\n\nThe coroner found gross failures by midwives and consultants at the hospital and says Jasper's death was \"wholly avoidable\".\n\nThe Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust says: \"We are committed to learning from our mistakes to ensure no family has to go through this again.\"\n\nIt added: \"We are very sorry for the devastating impact this has had on the Brooks family.\n\n\"We have already taken significant action to improve our practices and will commit to implementing the additional recommendation from the inquest.\"\n\nJasper was a second child for Jim and Phoebe Brooks. Their first, Oscar, had also been born at the Darent Valley Hospital.\n\nOn that occasion, the family had received good, prompt care after Phoebe had suffered a placental abruption - a serious condition in which the placenta starts to come away from the inside of the womb wall.\n\nThat complication was the reason Phoebe was booked in to have an elective Caesarean section to deliver Jasper. But in April 2021 those plans changed overnight.\n\nA check-up found Phoebe had raised blood pressure. She was told to remain in hospital and that the C-section would happen the following morning - nine days earlier than planned - when there were more staff on duty.\n\nPhoebe and Jim Brooks - Jim says there is a taboo when talking about baby loss\n\nJasper's parents say the midwives caring for Phoebe repeatedly failed to listen to her and Jim's concerns - that she was shaking violently, feeling sick, and thought she was bleeding internally.\n\n\"We felt like an inconvenience - no-one wanted to deal with me that night,\" Phoebe says. \"The doctor didn't want to do my C-section, the midwife that's meant to be looking after me, she just doesn't really care.\n\n\"I remember saying clearly to her, 'my whole body is shaking - something's happening, and no-one's taking the time to listen to what I'm saying or listen in on my baby'.\"\n\nPhoebe went into labour naturally, before the C-section could take place.\n\nAt the inquest hearing, midwife Jennifer Davis was accused by the family's barrister, Richard Baker KC, of \"failing to act on signs of blood loss, failing to determine if Phoebe was in active labour, and failing to call a senior doctor when necessary\".\n\nMs Davis told the inquest that she had been traumatised by the case.\n\n\"I thought, on the night, I was giving the best care I could,\" she said. \"Everything I did that night wasn't done with any intent to harm.\"\n\nPrior to baby Jasper's birth, staff struggled to find the unborn baby's heartbeat and did not spot that Phoebe was about to deliver.\n\n\"His whole body was born all at once,\" Phoebe says, \"I looked down and he was just so white. And then all of a sudden it was like, panic. One of the midwives picked up the baby and started rubbing him and was like, 'come on baby, come on baby'.\n\n\"Then I thought, 'he's going to cry, he's going to cry. Why is baby not crying?'\"\n\nJasper was born without a heartbeat, so a resuscitation team was called. But during the inquest, the family learned that further errors were made because the correct people failed to attend the resuscitation.\n\nThere was no consultant neonatologist on site - a doctor with expertise in looking after newborn infants or those born prematurely. Intubation, the process of placing a breathing tube into the windpipe - which should only take a few minutes - did not occur for 18 minutes. There was also a delay in administering adrenaline to try to stimulate Jasper's heart.\n\nTwenty-seven minutes after Jasper was born, and with a heartbeat still not evident, a consultant told Jim and Phoebe they were going to stop working on their son.\n\n\"We were just in complete shock, 'how has this happened?',\" says Phoebe. \"I reached out and touched him, and basically his heartbeat came in, and then, all of a sudden, they were like, 'we've got a heartbeat'.\n\n\"They went from calling time - they're going to end life, and end resuscitation - to he's got a normal heartbeat.\"\n\nThe newborn was taken away for tests, but shortly afterwards a doctor returned and told the family further treatment would be futile because Jasper was very ill.\n\nThe family asked if he could be moved to another hospital for more specialised care - the possibility of which had already been mentioned - but were now told there would be no point.\n\nNational guidelines state the decision to end care should be made by a multidisciplinary team comprising at least two consultants - not just a single doctor, the family later learned.\n\n\"We did not agree with the plan they made,\" says Phoebe. \"We asked if there's any other options, and we were told, 'no. You're going to go into monkey room [bereavement suite] and Jasper's going to die'.\n\n\"I remember holding him, uncontrollably crying, and just trying to treasure that moment with our son while we're waiting for him to die. But he kept taking another breath and another breath.\"\n\nThe longer Jasper lived, the more his parents were keen further treatment be offered. They were finally given permission to feed him when Jasper was 12 hours old.\n\nRather than dying within minutes, as his parents had been told he would, Jasper died on 15 April 2021, having lived for 23 hours.\n\n\"It was a complete shambles,\" says Jim, a director at a construction company. \"He lived for a day,\" adds Phoebe, who works as a personal assistant.\n\n\"We wanted a lifetime with him, which was taken away from us because of how that hospital treated me in labour and how they treated him.\"\n\nInquiries into poor maternity care have already been held in Morecambe Bay, Shrewsbury and Telford, and East Kent, with a review ongoing in Nottingham.\n\nBut such are the concerns about care in many other units that some campaigners now argue that a national inquiry is needed, not reviews into individual trusts.\n\nJasper was born at Darent Valley Hospital in April 2021\n\nRhiannon Davies lost her daughter at the Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital Trust in 2009. Her complaints led to the Ockenden report on safety and standards - the largest inquiry of its kind in the history of the NHS.\n\n\"We still hear of the same mistakes being made - and often, they are basic errors, but they are catastrophic in terms of their impact,\" Ms Davies, who has written to the health secretary asking for a wider inquiry, says.\n\n\"It's fair to say what we've tried so far hasn't worked. Neither has increased investment and greater public awareness of maternity risk. We need a national inquiry resulting in national measures that can properly protect people from avoidable harm and death.\"\n\nSince Jasper's death, Phoebe and Jim have had a daughter, Primrose, a sister for Oscar.\n\nBut when asked, they say they have three children, not two.\n\n\"He will always be part of the family,\" says Jim.", "Darwin is the site of the country's first - and deadliest - war-time attack\n\nWhen Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese meets US President Joe Biden in Washington this week, deterring an assertive China will be on the agenda. At home, Darwin - a city key to the US-led defence alliance in the Pacific - will be watching.\n\nWar first came to Australia's shores on a Thursday morning in 1942, when 188 Japanese aircraft appeared over the centre of Darwin.\n\nBombs rained down on the coast, spraying red dirt and shrouding the turquoise harbour in smoke and fire. The two air raids nearly flattened the town, killing at least 230 people.\n\nThat day - 19 February - was a precursor to some 200 raids across northern Australia, but it remains the deadliest attack on the country.\n\nEighty years on, Darwin is a laid-back holiday spot that bears few visible scars of war. But there are simmering fears that this city may find itself in the crosshairs of a global conflict again.\n\nHome to several key military bases which could prove crucial in any clash with China, Darwin is at the heart of deepening ties between Canberra and Washington, and the focus of massive investment from both governments.\n\nBut while American interest is reassuring for those who are wary of Beijing's power, there is alarm for some who worry it makes their home a target.\n\n\"You're inviting conflict,\" says local Billee McGinley, part of the Top End Peace Alliance, a local activist group. On a recent October afternoon, the group took turns sharing their concerns in the shadow of the city's war memorial Cenotaph.\n\n\"We feel like a sacrifice,\" she says.\n\nDarwin has long been a military town. You can drive across the sparsely populated city in about 15 minutes, but it is home to two military bases. Another one sits on its fringe.\n\nIt is more common to see someone in military fatigues than a suit. And the roar of aircraft overhead is just another soundtrack to life here.\n\nAn aerial view of the Larrakeyah Defence Precinct\n\nDefence families are a large chunk of the population - and that doesn't include the thousands of international troops that arrive each year for war games and training. The industry is an even larger proportion of the economy.\n\nAnd it's clear the military footprint in the so-called \"Top End\" is only going to grow.\n\nAustralia had maintained it didn't have to choose between the US and China. But that calculation has changed. Ties have soured between Washington and Beijing, and the latter's claims over the South China Sea and Taiwan have become more expansive and threatening.\n\nSo Canberra says it has woken up to its vital role in ensuring security and stability in the region, with fresh commitments to allies and a massive overhaul of its defence spend.\n\nEnter, Darwin - \"the face of the north\".\n\n\"Looking at a map, the strategic importance of Darwin is obvious,\" says defence analyst Michael Shoebridge.\n\nThe Australian government has announced it's moving hundreds more troops to Darwin and other northern cities, and it has also promised a large chunk of its new defence budget will go towards fortifying the region.\n\nWhile the US has historically focused on Guam, Hawaii or Okinawa, it too is now pouring money into Australia.\n\nIt already operates year-round at the Pine Gap spy base outside Alice Springs in central Australia, and has since 2011 been sending annual rotations of US Marines - this year some 2,500 of them - to the Northern Territory (NT), where Darwin is located.\n\nBut in recent years it has promised about $2bn for base upgrades and new facilities. In Darwin, that includes a mission planning and operations centre and 11 jet fuel storage tanks. A couple of hours south - at the Tindal air base - storage hangers for nuclear-capable bomber planes and a huge ammunition bunker will be built.\n\nAustralia and the US have also signed bilateral defence agreements and further military cooperation is expected to be high on the agenda during Mr Albanese's trip to Washington.\n\nUS Marines conduct military drills in the Top End\n\nExperts say the military build-up in the Top End - by both Australia and the US - is aimed at dispersing resources, and risk, around the region to \"complicate\" any war strategy by Beijing. But it is primarily about preventing war.\n\n\"It's obvious that diplomacy and all of the fora and meetings that exist in the region are not preventing China's aggression and intimidation,\" Mr Shoebridge says.\n\n\"So, to deter conflict, there needs to be enough hard power, not in China's hands, so that Beijing understands the cost of conflict would be too great... [and] no collective defence strategy makes any sense in our region without the Americans being part of it.\"\n\nBut that's making some Darwin locals uneasy.\n\nThough there's differing opinions on the likelihood of a conflict with China, they're worried the build-up won't deter Beijing, but rather escalate tensions. They fear the US presence in Darwin could pressure Australia into a war it simply shouldn't be involved in, and make their city a target.\n\n\"If you position yourself as neutral and peaceful, it would be a war crime to come here,\" Ms McGinley says.\n\nShe's so terrified about Darwin's future she's considering her family's place in it: \"It's definitely a consideration, with a young daughter, whether I stay here or not.\"\n\nThere are more immediate concerns too. In recent months, a US marine has been charged with rape and an American Osprey helicopter crashed and exploded near a school. And there's the impact these expanding bases - and any potential attack - could have on the Aboriginal cultural heritage and natural beauty the NT is known for.\n\nBecause so few people live in the NT, it is treated as \"expendable\", says Diana Rickard, who runs the Top End Peace Alliance.\n\n\"This has always been considered the wasteland… it still is,\" she adds.\n\n\"The risks and impacts and threats are externalised onto people that live here. But any kind of perceived benefit... is for people elsewhere,\" Naish Gawen, another local, says.\n\nBillee McGinley says she is reconsidering her future in Darwin\n\nBut the Peace Alliance says their concerns don't seem to be resonating with the community or being heard by people in power.\n\nThey certainly don't appear to be widespread. Walking around Darwin, it can feel like there is a general mood of nonchalance about the military presence.\n\n\"It's not something that I've heard much about,\" one local, 30-year-old Brianna, says.\n\nThe local business chamber and politicians from across the aisle sell the economic benefits of the defence investments.\n\nThe NT Chief Minister Natasha Fyles and national Defence Minister Richard Marles did not respond to the BBC's request for comment. But Mr Marles has previously said Darwin is a \"significant\" national \"asset\", something that is \"good news for the Territory's economy\".\n\n\"It is fundamentally important that we have the footprint here,\" he said in April.\n\nExperts, though, don't rule out the possibility that Darwin will become a target.\n\nDefence strategist Becca Wasser has spent years wargaming what might happen in the event of a conflict in the region. In most of the scenarios she's run, China does attempt missile attacks on Australia.\n\nBut they have limited success given the technology Beijing possesses and the more than 4,000km (2485 miles) between mainland China and Australia.\n\n\"In fact, most of them usually don't reach even the most northern bases,\" she says. But it's not the existence of the bases that makes Darwin a target, she stressed - whether Australia uses them to send troops is the key factor.\n\nAustralia has joined almost every single coalition operation that the United States has fought in recent years, she adds, but that is no guarantee Australia will choose to join any future wars.\n\n\"The decision to contribute forces to any conflict, it's a political decision, and it's one that Australia makes on its own. It's not something that the United States can just determine,\" she says.\n\nRichard Fejo says he considers himself a realist\n\nEven those whose families lived through the 1942 bombing of Darwin seem to accept the city's new military reality.\n\nRichard Fejo recounts stories that have been passed down from his grandfather, Juma Fejo, and his great uncle Samuel Fejo. The Larrikia elder says the pair never recovered from the loss of human life they witnessed, and the impact on their ancestral home.\n\n\"In Aboriginal culture, we say the land is our mother… and so something as terrible as the bombing of Darwin, as a Larrakia person, would have been like putting a knife through their heart,\" he says.\n\nWhile he's daunted by the prospect of war returning to his home, \"I consider myself to be a realist,\" he says.\n\n\"These people who would stand up and argue about Americans being on Larrakia land, what option are you offering us? We must… remember our past, but we also must be prepared for the future.\"", "The carved rocks became exposed during the worst drought ever recorded in the area\n\nA drop in water levels of the Amazon has revealed rock carvings which had been mostly submerged since they were carved more than a thousand years ago.\n\nA severe drought means that the human faces carved into rocks on the shore can now be easily spotted.\n\nSome had been sighted during a previous drought but archaeologists say they have been able to locate a greater variety of the carvings this time.\n\nThe discovery was made in the city of Manaus, in northern Brazil.\n\nSome of the faces are rectangular in shape while others are oval\n\nA severe drought means the faces can be spotted more easily\n\nThey are located on a stretch of shore known as Ponta das Lajes, near where the Rio Negro and the Solimões river flow into the Amazon.\n\nArchaeologist Jaime Oliveira told local media that they were carved by people who lived in the area in pre-Columbian times.\n\n\"This region is a pre-colonial site which has evidence of occupation dating back some 1,000 to 2,000 years,\" he said.\n\n\"What we're seeing here are representations of anthropomorphic figures.\"\n\nWhile some of the carvings had been spotted in 2010, others had remained submerged\n\nAnother rock has grooves thought to have been used by indigenous people in the area to sharpen their arrows.\n\nThe carvings were last seen in 2010, when the water level of the Rio Negro dropped to 13.63m (44.7 ft).\n\nOn Sunday, the river's level dropped for the first time to below 13m and on Monday it fell even further to 12.89m.\n\nThe level of the Rio Negro is so low it has left boats stranded on the sandbanks\n\nThe Brazilian government attributes the drought to climate change and the El Niño weather phenomenon, which has caused the volume of rainfall in the northern Amazon to fall below the historical average and river levels to drop to near record levels.", "A waxwork of the former WWE wrestler was modified after its skin tone was criticised\n\nA French museum says it has fixed a waxwork of Dwayne \"The Rock\" Johnson after he complained about it.\n\nThe Grevin Museum in Paris proudly revealed the life-sized figure of the wrestler-turned-actor earlier this month and got a wave of criticism back.\n\nOne of the biggest was over the model's skin tone, with fans accusing the creator of \"whitewashing\" the star, who has dual heritage.\n\nAfter The Rock joined the pile-on, museum bosses vowed to \"rework\" it.\n\nHe called on them to update the model \"with some important details, starting with my skin colour\".\n\nThe Grevin Museum has since accepted that The Rock's comments were correct and said staff had worked overnight to \"remedy the skin tone\" of the wax figure.\n\nMuseum director Yves Delhommeau initially blamed the model's skin tone on a \"lighting issue\" and said it would be addressed.\n\nHe added that The Rock would visit the museum \"later on to see if there are other modifications that need to be made\".\n\nThe Rock is one of Hollywood's highest paid actors\n\nThe museum unveiled the wax figure in Paris on 16 October and said artist Stéphane Barret had to rely on photos and videos to create the sculpture.\n\nIn a press release, it said the \"painstaking\" work included redoing the model's eyes three times.\n\nThe Rock was born in California to a black Nova Scotian father and Samoan mother.\n\nHis dad, Wayde Douglas Bowles, was also a wrestler - known as Rocky Johnson - and was part of the first black tag team to win a WWE championship.\n\nThe Rock's representatives have been contacted for comment.\n\nListen to Newsbeat live at 12:45 and 17:45 weekdays - or listen back here.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "No clues as to timing of ground invasion in Israeli PM's speech\n\nIsrael’s prime minister has said that preparations for a ground invasion of Gaza continue and that questions about what went wrong on 7 October will be answered by everyone, including himself, but only when the war is over. In a prime time television address this evening, Netanyahu offered no clues as to the timing of a ground invasion. But amid reports of divisions between the government and the military over how to proceed, he said the timing of a ground invasion had been agreed unanimously by the government and the chief of staff of the military. Once again, Netanyahu urged Palestinians in the Gaza Strip to move south. He said his government had two objectives: to destroy Hamas, politically and militarily, and to secure the return of hostages. At a time when he is being heavily criticised for an apparent lack of decisiveness, and for not meeting survivors of the 7 October, or attending any funerals, Netanyahu said the state would look after those who had lost their homes. The kibbutzim, he said, would rise from the ashes. What had been billed as a major prime time address did not deliver anything substantially new.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nRishi Sunak says the UK has judged that the blast at Gaza's Al-Ahli hospital was likely caused by \"a missile, or part of one\" fired from \"within Gaza\".\n\nThe PM said the conclusion was based on the \"deep knowledge and analysis of our intelligence and weapons experts\".\n\nMedia outlets, including the BBC, reported an initial Hamas statement blaming Israel for Tuesday's explosion.\n\nIsrael denied this shortly afterwards, saying that it was caused by a misfiring rocket from within Gaza.\n\nMr Sunak told the House of Commons: \"On the basis of the deep knowledge and analysis of our intelligence and weapons experts, the British government judges that the explosion was likely caused by a missile, or part of one, that was launched from within Gaza towards Israel.\"\n\nMr Sunak said that \"misreporting\" of the blast had had a \"negative effect in the region\".\n\n\"We need to learn the lessons and ensure that in future there is no rush to judgement,\" he said.\n\nRegional leaders cancelled a meeting with US President Joe Biden in the aftermath of the explosion.\n\nMr Biden has since backed the Israeli assessment of the incident.\n\nThe blast hit a car park area at the hospital\n\nMr Sunak also said the UK would give a further £20 million of humanitarian aid to Gaza, doubling its earlier funding.\n\nHe said Palestinians were suffering, and called them \"victims of Hamas\".\n\nHe added that \"we need to invest more deeply in regional stability and in the two-state solution\" to the conflict, which would see the creation of an independent Palestinian state alongside Israel.\n\nThe prime minister said there was\"no scenario\" where Hamas could be allowed to \"control Gaza or any part of the Palestinian territories\".\n\nHe also made mention of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.\n\n\"It is a same motivation that drives [Vladimir] Putin's war on Ukraine, the fear of Ukraine's emergence as a modern, thriving democracy and a desire to pull it back into some imperialist fantasy of the past. Putin will fail and so will Hamas,\" he said.\n\nHe also condemned the use of the word \"jihad\" at a pro-Palestinian protest in London over the weekend. A video posted online appeared to show a man shouting the word at a separate event from the main pro-Palestine march.\n\n\"Calls for jihad on our streets are not only a threat to the Jewish community but to our democratic values and we expect the police to take all necessary action to tackle extremism head-on,\" he said.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Inside the Gaza hospital overwhelmed by the injured\n\nOpposition leader Keir Starmer said humanitarian corridors must be established for civilians in Gaza trying to escape violence.\n\nHe said basic human needs like water, food and medicine must not be denied to people who need them.\n\n\"Gaza needs aid and it needs to be rapid, safe, unhindered and regular,\" he said.\n\nThe first aid convoys reached Gaza through the border with Egypt over the weekend - 20 lorries on Saturday and 14 on Sunday.\n\nThe UN said much more was needed and the Rafah border crossing is still not open for foreign nationals seeking to flee Gaza.\n\nIsrael says that more than 1,400 people were killed when Hamas attacked communities near Gaza on 7 October, shooting civilians dead in their homes, in the streets and at a music festival.\n\nGaza's health ministry, which is controlled by Hamas, says more than 5,000 people have been killed in the enclave.\n\nAt least 10 British nationals were among those killed in the Hamas attacks.\n\nYosef Guedalia, 22, is the latest British-Israeli named as being killed by Hamas. The soldier was part of an anti-terror unit when he was killed confronting Hamas gunmen at Kibbutz Kfar Aza.", "A study of former rugby players' brains has found that those who played for longer were more likely to develop a degenerative brain disease.\n\nOut of 31 donated brains analysed, 21 had evidence of a condition linked to repeated head injuries and concussion.\n\nNearly two-thirds of those affected by chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) played at amateur level.\n\nThe researchers say their findings back up calls to reduce head impacts in all sports.\n\nCTE is a brain condition thought to be caused by repeated head injuries and blows to the head. It slowly gets worse over time and leads to dementia.\n\nPeople who regularly play contact sports such as football, boxing, rugby and American football have a higher chance of developing it, post-mortem studies have shown.\n\nMore than 300 former football, rugby league and rugby union players in the UK are taking legal action over brain injuries they claim they suffered during their careers.\n\nIn this study, led by the University of Glasgow, scientists analysed the brains of 23 amateur and eight professional rugby players which had been donated for medical research.\n\nWith an average playing career of 18 years, 68% of the brains had traces of the brain condition CTE.\n\nThirteen of the affected brains belonged to club players, not professionals.\n\nAnd the study calculated that with each extra year of rugby played, there was a 14% increase in the risk of developing CTE.\n\n\"It's the shaking and twisting and rotating of the head thousands of times over decades that's likely to cause deep damage in the brain,\" says Prof Willie Stewart, lead study author from the University of Glasgow.\n\nHe compares a head impact in rugby to \"a spinning bowl of porridge\" where the brain is the wobbly porridge in the middle.\n\nScottish Rugby welcomed the new study, saying it \"supports the important conversations currently underway around the volume of player activity, with the aim of reducing the number of head contacts in our game\".\n\nChief Medical Officer Dr James Robson said practical steps had been taken to improve safety, such as lowering the tackle height and launching a new online concussion education course for coaches, players and parents.\n\nWorld Rugby recently said that elite women would wear smart mouthguards, which can measure head movements, in an effort to manage concussion from January 2024.\n\nProf Stewart said reducing head impacts in rugby games and in training was what was needed, but the sport was currently not doing enough to address the problem.\n\nThe ex-players' brains in the study were donated to three brain banks - in Glasgow, at the Australian Sports Brain Bank in Sydney and at the Boston University School of Medicine.\n\nWith an average age of 60 when they died, most of the former players in the study played rugby before it became professional in 1995.\n\nProf Tara Spires-Jones, deputy director of the Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences at the University of Edinburgh, said the strongest data linking contact sports to degenerative brain disease still came from professional or elite players.\n\n\"Brain injury, such as those that can occur in contact sports, are associated with an increased risk of dementias later in life, however physical activity generally is associated with lower risk of dementias,\" she said.\n\n\"So while it is a good idea to protect your brain by avoiding head injury, it is also very important to exercise.\"", "The video shows people on the train joining in with the pro-Palestine chants of the Tube driver\n\nA Tube driver who appeared to lead a pro-Palestinian chant on a London Underground train has been suspended, Transport for London (TfL) said.\n\nIt happened on Saturday as about 100,000 protesters took part in a pro-Palestinian demonstration.\n\nFootage posted online apparently showed the chant being led over the train's speaker system.\n\nThe words \"free, free\" could be heard and passengers responded \"Palestine\" - a popular chant at protests.\n\nTfL said the driver was suspended while full investigations were under way.\n\nGlynn Barton, TfL's chief operating officer, said: \"We have been urgently and thoroughly investigating the footage appearing to show a Tube driver misusing the PA system and leading chants on a Central line train on Saturday.\n\n\"A driver has now been identified and suspended whilst we continue to fully investigate the incident in line with our policies and procedures.\"\n\nThe chant was criticised by minister for London Paul Scully who said Tube staff should \"focus on the day job\" and warned against stoking tension in the capital.\n\nThe Israeli Embassy said: \"It is deeply troubling to see such intolerance on London's Tubes … public transport should be a place of safety and inclusivity for all.\"\n\nThe central London march in Saturday called for solidarity with Palestinian civilians\n\nListen to the best of BBC Radio London on Sounds and follow BBC London on Facebook, X and Instagram. Send your story ideas to hello.bbclondon@bbc.co.uk", "A man who pointed what officers initially believed was a gun when they went to help him by the side of a motorway has been jailed.\n\nSteven Trevor Nelson, 35, was seen wandering along the M1 in South Yorkshire on 23 March.\n\nBelieving he was in distress, traffic officers shut the road and approached him to offer help, police said.\n\nNelson produced something from behind his back and 'aimed' it at officers, who withdrew and called for armed back-up.\n\nThe weapon was later found to be a piece of aluminium.\n\nAfter being arrested he tried to spit at and bite an officer while in the back of a police car.\n\nNelson, of Strand Close, Mablethorpe in Lincolnshire, pleaded guilty at Sheffield Crown Court to possession of an imitation firearm to cause fear of violence and assault on an emergency worker.\n\nHe was jailed for 14 months.\n\nCh Supt Cherie Buttle said: \"This is a poignant reflection of how selfless our officers are. The officer subjected to fear was trying to provide help to a man he believed to be in crisis.\n\n\"During his interviews Nelson showed no remorse for his actions, or what his true intentions were.\"\n\nFollow BBC East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire on Facebook, X (formerly Twitter), and Instagram. Send your story ideas to yorkslincs.news@bbc.co.uk", "Labour MP Mohammad Yasin was delayed from boarding a flight because of his first name, the Commons heard\n\nAn MP was stopped from boarding a flight to Canada \"because his name was Mohammad\", the Commons has heard.\n\nMohammad Yasin, Labour MP for Bedford, was travelling with a group of MPs as part of a parliamentary delegation last week and said it was \"humiliating\".\n\nHe said he was questioned at Heathrow Airport check-in by Air Canada officials and asked if he was carrying a knife or other offensive weapon.\n\nAir Canada said it was \"following up internally the handling\" of the matter.\n\nLabour MP Clive Betts, raising a point of order in the House of Commons, said the \"racist and Islamophobic\" treatment of his colleague Mr Yasin was \"completely unacceptable\".\n\nMr Betts, who was travelling to Canada with other members from the House of Commons Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Committee, said Mr Yasin was questioned \"for a considerable period\" and he was told it was \"because his name was Mohammad\".\n\nHe said Mr Yasin was also asked where he was born.\n\nMr Yasin was only able to board the flight after proving he was an MP - and showing he had a visa to enter the country.\n\nMr Yasin said: \"It was stressful and humiliating to be singled out in such an aggressive way by immigration control, especially when travelling in a group as a representative of the British Parliament on long arranged committee business.\n\n\"While I don't expect special treatment as a Member of Parliament, it does concern me that had I not been an MP, how much worse the experience might have been.\"\n\nMr Betts, MP for Sheffield South East, said that similar issues were raised when he arrived at Montreal airport, Canada and when travelling back to the UK.\n\nA spokesman for Air Canada said: \"Unfortunately Mr Yasin was designated for additional screening prior to his flight after a security check, but he was still able to travel as planned as he was quickly cleared.\n\n\"We are following up internally the handling of this particular matter to ensure procedures were properly followed and we have also been in touch with UK and Canadian authorities.\n\n\"We regret any inconvenience or upset this situation may have created for Mr Yasin and have reached out to apologise.\"\n\nMr Yasin said: \"I am grateful for the cross-party support I have received from Parliament, the chair of the Levelling Up Committee and the Commons speaker and am happy to accept the invitation from the Canadian High Commission to discuss my experience further.\"\n\nFollow East of England news on Facebook, Instagram and X. Got a story? Email eastofenglandnews@bbc.co.uk or WhatsApp us on 0800 169 1830", "Several locations in the southern city of Khan Younis were targeted in Israeli strikes overnight and on Tuesday\n\nMore than 700 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli air strikes in the Gaza Strip over the past 24 hours, the Hamas-run health ministry says.\n\nIsrael's military said it struck 400 \"terror targets\" and killed several Hamas commanders over the same period.\n\nIt also declared that it would not reduce its attacks despite Hamas's release of another two hostages.\n\nUN aid agencies meanwhile pleaded for sustained and safe humanitarian access, warning they were \"on their knees\".\n\nA third of hospitals in Gaza are no longer functioning due to shortages of electricity, medicine and staff, and the shortage of clean water is now critical.\n\nIsrael launched its bombing campaign against Hamas - which Israel, the UK, US and other powers class as a terrorist organisation - in response to an unprecedented cross-border attack on 7 October in which at least 1,400 people were killed and 222 others were taken hostage.\n\nNearly 5,800 people have been killed in Gaza since then, according to the health ministry.\n\nSome of those killed in the southern cities of Khan Younis and Rafah were displaced people who had fled the north in response to an Israeli military order to evacuate the area for their own safety, local officials said.\n\nThey included 13 members of one family from Gaza City, who had been staying in a residential building in Qarara, on the north-eastern outskirts of Khan Younis, where the population has swelled from 400,000 to 1.2 million.\n\nA relative who survived said: \"We were sleeping and suddenly a big explosion happened. All of my family are dead.\"\n\nThe BBC's Rushdi Abu Alouf says there was grief, shock and anger at the city's hospital on Tuesday morning, as bodies were brought out of the mortuary and taken away for burial. Mourners said there was \"no safe place\" in Gaza.\n\nLater, about 20 people were reportedly killed in a strike on a residential building in the heavily-populated Amal area of Khan Younis.\n\nIsrael's military chief said its \"unrelenting attacks\" would fully dismantle Hamas\n\nThe Hamas-run health ministry said it had been the deadliest 24 hours of the war so far, with 704 people reported killed, including 305 children, 173 women and 78 elderly people. That brought the overall death toll in Gaza to 5,791, it added.\n\nThe Israel Defense Forces, or IDF, said on Tuesday morning that its jets struck \"dozens of terror infrastructure and Hamas staging grounds\" in several northern areas in and around Gaza City, as well as a \"Hamas operational tunnel shaft\" near the Mediterranean coastline.\n\nIt added that aircraft also targeted Hamas command centres and staging grounds located in mosques, killing the deputy commanders of three battalions of Hamas's military wing, and also struck dozens of Hamas gunmen setting up to fire rockets towards Israel.\n\n\"We want to bring Hamas to a state of full dismantling - its leaders, its military branch, and its working mechanisms,\" IDF Chief of Staff Lt Gen Herzi Halevi told commanders on Monday. \"The path is a path of unrelenting attacks, damaging Hamas everywhere and in every way.\"\n\nHe also said that Israeli troops massing near the Gaza perimeter fence were \"well prepared for the ground operations\" - a reference to the invasion expected soon.\n\nThe general spoke before Hamas released two elderly Israeli women - Yocheved Lifshitz, 85, and Nurit Cooper, 79 - who were taken as hostages from the Nir Oz kibbutz close to Gaza on 7 October. Others living there were killed and the women's husbands remain among those being held.\n\nYocheved Lifshitz told reporters that she \"went through hell\" when Hamas took her hostage\n\nMeanwhile, the humanitarian situation in Gaza is growing more and more desperate, with shortages of food, water and shelter for the 1.4 million people who have fled their homes.\n\nThe health ministry warned the territory's healthcare system could collapse and 12 of the 32 hospitals in Gaza were out of service. The others were running out of fuel and only running the most essential services.\n\nA spokeswoman the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, UNRWA, which runs the largest humanitarian operation in Gaza, warned that it had also almost exhausted its fuel stocks.\n\n\"If we do not get fuel urgently, we will be forced to halt our operations in the Gaza Strip as of Wednesday night,\" Juliette Touma told the BBC.\n\nAt a briefing in Geneva, UNRWA said just 54 lorries of aid had been allowed to cross through the Egyptian-controlled Rafah crossing since 21 October. Before that, Gaza had been receiving around 500 lorries a day.\n\nAccess once the limited supplies are allowed in is also challenging.\n\nThe UN has not received the necessary security guarantees to allow aid to be delivered across Gaza, including to the north, where thousands of people, some of them severely injured, remain despite Israel's evacuation order.\n\nThe World Health Organization warned that while some medical supplies had been allowed in they were not enough to meet the needs. Medical personnel standing by in Egypt have also not been allowed to accompany the supplies.\n\nThe WHO stressed that fuel, which has so far not been allowed in, was essential for desalination plants, bakeries and hospitals.\n\nHundreds of thousands of displaced people are sheltering inside UN-run facilities across Gaza\n\nThe shortage of clean water is now critical, as people only have access to between 1 and 3 litres (34-101 fl oz) of water per day. The basic minimum is 15 litres per day, according to the WHO.\n\nThe World Food Programme said it had reduced food rations in an effort to ensure it was reaching as many people as possible.\n\nEmad Abuaassi, who moved from Blackpool in England to northern Gaza with his wife and four children 10 months ago, told the BBC in a voice note that they were now living in a two-bedroom flat in Khan Younis with about 50 other people.\n\n\"We're struggling for everything. We've just managed to have half a sandwich - me and my kids this morning,\" he said. \"The queue is half a mile for a bag of bread.\"\n\n\"I don't know what's going to happen in the next two or three days.\"\n\nIsrael has agreed to limited deliveries of aid other than fuel, saying that could be stolen and exploited by Hamas for military purposes.\n\nAn IDF spokesman posted a satellite photo showing 12 fuel tanks near Rafah which he said contained hundreds of thousands of litres of diesel belonging to Hamas. He alleged that the group \"steals the diesel from the civilians and transfers it to tunnels, [rocket] launchers and senior officials\".\n\nWriting on X (formerly known as Twitter) the Israeli military told UNRWA: \"Ask Hamas if you can have some.\"", "Drone video showed the extent of the damage caused by a fire at a Luton Airport car park.\n\nFrom above, mangled wreckage of the partially collapsed structure can be seen alongside damaged cars.\n\nMore than 1,400 vehicles were destroyed in the fire, which started on level three of Terminal Car Park 2 on 10 October.\n\nSome have since been removed from the top deck of the building to try to stabilise it.", "UN agencies say children, women and the elderly \"remain the most vulnerable\" in Gaza\n\nA group of UN agencies have called for a humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza as conditions worsen in the territory.\n\nThe World Food Programme (WFP) and the World Health Organization (WHO) were among five agencies who described the situation in Gaza as \"catastrophic\" in a joint statement.\n\nThe UN's plea for a de-escalation of the conflict comes as Israel warns of intensified strikes on Gaza.\n\nOn Saturday, 20 aid trucks crossed from Egypt for the first time in two weeks.\n\nBut campaigners said the aid that flowed through the Rafah crossing represented a \"drop in the ocean\" of what was needed.\n\nPrior to the war, about 500 aid trucks a day were entering Gaza, said a spokesman from ActionAid Palestine.\n\nA significant proportion of those living in the territory - some 1.2 million people - already relied on aid before the recent conflict erupted, according to the UN.\n\nIsrael began retaliatory air strikes on Gaza after an unprecedented assault on 7 October by Hamas's military wing on Israel. About 1,400 people were killed in that attack - many of whom were in their homes near Gaza or at a music festival in southern Israel.\n\nMore than 4,300 Palestinians have been killed in the last two weeks in Gaza, according to the Hamas-run health ministry.\n\nIsrael is widely expected to launch a ground offensive into the Gaza Strip, but the timing remains unknown. In the meantime, it has put Gaza under siege, cutting off essential supplies.\n\nSaturday's aid delivery included medicines, food, water and coffins, but not fuel.\n\nThe UN agencies highlighted that children, pregnant women and the elderly were the most vulnerable - and that nearly half of the population of the Gaza Strip were children.\n\nThe UN's Development Programme (UNDP), its Population Fund (UNFPA) and its International Children's Emergency Fund (Unicef) put forward the statement alongside the WFP and the WHO.\n\nAs well as calling for a ceasefire, they said \"immediate, unrestricted humanitarian access throughout Gaza\" was necessary to \"allow humanitarian actors to reach civilians in need\".\n\nThey added that \"more than 1.6 million people in Gaza are in critical need of humanitarian aid\".\n\nThe Gaza Strip is a densely-populated enclave bounded by the Mediterranean Sea on one side and fenced off from Israel and Egypt.\n\nHome to 2.2 million people, the region is 41km (25 miles) long and 10km wide.\n\n\"Gaza was a desperate humanitarian situation before the most recent hostilities,\" the UN agencies said. \"It is now catastrophic\".\n\nAlso on Saturday, leaders of the Arab world rejected the forced displacement of Palestinians into the Sinai peninsula.\n\nSpeaking at a summit in Cairo, Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said the only solution was an independent state for Palestinians.\n\nUS Secretary of State Antony Blinken urged Israel and Egypt to allow the Rafah crossing from Egypt to remain open to allow sustained supply of aid.", "Capt Sir Tom won the nation's hearts with his fundraising walk, which took in 100 laps of his garden\n\nA woman who helped launch the Captain Sir Tom Moore charity appeal said she was \"cut out\" by the family and told not to talk about it.\n\nDaisy Souster, 31, said she provided public relations services to the family early in the fundraising campaign.\n\nIn a statement on her LinkedIn page, she said she was told by Capt Sir Tom's daughter she had \"no right\" to talk about her role.\n\nDaisy Souster carried out freelance public relations services for the family\n\nCapt Sir Tom raised more than £38m for NHS Charities Together in April 2020 by walking up and down his garden in Marston Moretaine, Bedfordshire. He died in February 2021.\n\nFormer University of Northampton student Mrs Souster said she was approached by the family to write the press release, which kick-started the Capt Sir Tom story, before sending it to her list of media contacts.\n\nShe also claims to have set up the JustGiving page and managed Capt Sir Tom's account on X, formerly known as Twitter.\n\nHowever, in June 2020, her services for the Ingram-Moores came to a sudden halt.\n\n\"Initially the family were extremely supportive of me and thankful for all that I had done, but for reasons unknown to me, they changed,\" she wrote on LinkedIn.\n\nA spokesperson for Haymarket PR, the publisher of PRWeek, told the BBC: \"In 2020, Hannah Ingram-Moore stated to PRWeek that The Captain Tom Family and its representatives do not give permission for anyone to enter Captain Sir Tom to the PRWeek Awards.\n\n\"Consequently, any submissions entered for Capt Sir Tom were removed.\"\n\nIt was after this that Mrs Souster said she \"severed ties with the family\".\n\nMrs Souster, who had been entered into five awards with the public relations trade magazine PRWeek, said that \"a week later I was told by Hannah Ingram-Moore [Capt Sir Tom's daughter] that I had no right to talk about my work/involvement with the PR\".\n\nHannah Ingram-Moore revealed she kept the profits - reportedly £800,000 - from her father's three books\n\n\"I had a young child at the time, a partner who was on furlough and we were in a national lockdown,\" said Mrs Souster.\n\n\"The change in attitude towards me caused me untold distress as I started to see my work accreditation taken away from me.\"\n\nShe added: \"Captain Tom was a true beacon of hope during those dark times for all of us. It deeply saddens me that after such success the debacle unfolding is shadowing his sterling efforts.\"\n\nWeeks before Mrs Souster stopped working for the Ingram-Moores, in May 2020, Capt Sir Tom announced plans on X to share his autobiography.\n\nTomorrow Will Be a Good Day was published four months later, and appeared to credit Hannah Ingram-Moore with the PR campaign.\n\n\"After her years in business and running a company of her own, she knew exactly what to do. She [Hannah Ingram-Moore] wrote a press release and it was sent out locally,\" he wrote.\n\nCapt Sir Tom's autobiography also credited her as having \"quickly set up a JustGiving page\".\n\nEarlier this month, during an interview with broadcaster Piers Morgan she revealed she kept the profits - reportedly £800,000 - from her father's three books.\n\nShe said her father wanted them to keep the money and that there had been no agreement with him that it would go to charity.\n\nThere is no suggestion Mrs Souster was \"cut out\" due to the book deal.\n\nDo you have a story to share with the BBC East investigations team?\n\nYou can reach Jon Ironmonger on WhatsApp and Signal on: +44 07890 348918 or by email at jon.ironmonger@bbc.co.uk", "Russia has launched a bloody assault on the Ukrainian town of Avdiivka, pummelling it from the air\n\nAs Russian missiles shatter the town of Avdiivka, Hanna is desperate to escape. But her elderly mother refuses to leave.\n\n\"I can't leave her,\" Hanna tells us over the phone. \"She said she wanted to sleep in her own bed. She's 71 and has problems with her legs. If she stays alone, she can't get water or wood for heating.\"\n\nHoled up precariously in a fifth floor flat, living under near constant bombardment and air strikes, they're among the last remaining residents of Avdiivka.\n\nThis strategically important and fiercely contested town lies right on the front line in eastern Ukraine.\n\nMost people have fled. There's been fighting here since 2014, but since the start of Russia's full-scale invasion of last February, the population has shrunk from more than 30,000 to just over 1,000.\n\nRussia launched a major offensive on the town earlier this month and fighting has intensified in recent days. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky described the situation as \"particularly tough\".\n\n\"Windows and doors are broken everywhere,\" says Hanna. \"With attacks every day, it's difficult to fix them because they get broken again every day.\"\n\nThe town is sometimes described as the gateway to the city of Donetsk, which has been occupied by Russia and its proxy forces since 2014. Taking Avdiivka - which lies close by - would allow them to push the front line back, making it harder for the Ukrainian forces to retake the territory.\n\nTo venture out to the last remaining shop in town, Hanna says, is to take life into your own hands.\n\n\"There are no places where you can hide in case of an attack… if you hear a whistle, you don't have enough time to get to safety.\"\n\nThat shop has since been destroyed.\n\nAvdiivka's residents now rely all the more on a facility known as a Point of Invincibility. You'll find these government-built help stations all over this country; designed to provide food, warmth, power and refuge.\n\nAnd, for some in Avdiivka, the Point of Invincibility is now home.\n\nMaryna, a nurse in her 40s, volunteers at the facility and moved in after the doors and windows of her home were blown off in an attack.\n\nBut even in the relative safety of the basement, she says, she doesn't get much sleep.\n\n\"Missiles are flying every night. Every day and every night. Too many of them.\n\nMaryna's grown-up son has fled Avdiivka. She hopes to follow soon.\n\nJust over 1,000 civilians remain in Avdiivka, of a pre-war population numbering more than 30,000\n\nGetting people out of the town is difficult and dangerous. A special police unit known as the White Angels leads the evacuations, though they sometimes find it hard to persuade people to leave.\n\nHennadiy Yudin, a member of the crew, says they brought 50 people to safety in the last week.\n\nBut the situation in the area has deteriorated significantly.\n\n\"There are constant attacks on the town and nearby villages. Launched from either artillery, multiple rocket launchers or aviation - guided aerial bombs, missiles. They attack the town and villages, houses where people live.\"\n\nAs Maryna prepares for evacuation, she recalls Avdiivka before war broke out.\n\n\"There was a park, a boulevard. There were a lot of shops. We planted trees. It was very beautiful here. We had a cultural centre, a lot of festivals and celebrations.\"\n\nShe hopes, one day, to return. But, sheltering in the devastation of her hometown, she fears there'll be nothing left to come back to.\n\n\"There is no Avdiivka any more.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nIsrael carried out an air strike in Jenin in the northern occupied West Bank on Sunday, saying Hamas was using a mosque as a \"terrorist compound\".\n\nPalestinian Authority (PA) officials said two people died when the Al-Ansar mosque was hit.\n\nAlthough the Israeli military regularly raids targets in the West Bank, it rarely uses air strikes there like it does against Hamas-controlled Gaza.\n\nPictures from the scene showed rubble and significant damage to the building.\n\nThe Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said those killed were from the Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad groups and were organising an \"imminent terror attack\".\n\nIt said the compound they were using was under the mosque and had been in use since July. It released images of what it said were entrances to the compound, alongside images of weapons, computers and security measures pictured at the site.\n\nThe IDF did not confirm whether a plane, helicopter or drone had been used in the Jenin strike on Sunday, but Israeli media reported that it was a fighter jet.\n\nThe reports said that, if confirmed, it would be only the second time in about two decades that a fighter jet had hit a target in the West Bank.\n\nThe Palestinian Authority's health ministry says two other Palestinians were killed by Israeli forces in the West Bank overnight. It brings the total number of Palestinians killed in the West Bank since 7 October to 89.\n\nThe PA governs parts of the West Bank that are not under full Israeli control. President Mahmoud Abbas is the leader of the PA and the Fatah political party.\n\nThe Gaza Strip is run by Fatah's rival Hamas, which carried out deadly attacks on Israeli military posts and kibbutzim near Gaza on 7 October, killing more than 1,400 people and taking more than 200 hostages into Gaza.\n\nIsrael has been carrying out an intensive air bombardment of Gaza ahead of an expected ground offensive there and has vowed to destroy Hamas as an organisation.\n\nThe Hamas-run health ministry in Gaza says 55 more Palestinians in Gaza were killed in Israeli air strikes overnight and that more than 4,300 have been killed in total since 7 October, more than half of them women and children.", "Rhod had been raising money for Velindre Cancer Centre for a decade prior to his diagnosis\n\nStand-up comedian Rhod Gilbert has received his first clear cancer scan since undergoing treatment.\n\nThe 55-year-old from Carmarthen announced in July 2022 that he had the disease and was being treated at Cardiff's Velindre Cancer Centre.\n\nHe had surgery for metastatic cancer of the head and neck, followed by chemotherapy and radiotherapy.\n\nGilbert said that discovering his cancer had not spread had been \"the best day of my life\".\n\nHe told The Radio Times: \"I was back on the road earlier this year when I got a call to say my latest scan had shown the cancer was in the areas they knew about, but it wasn't in my lungs or my brain.\"\n\nThe news was later followed by his first clear scan.\n\n\"The best thing was that the tumour had gone, and it was once again an ordinary blood vessel,\" said Gilbert.\n\nDays before his initial treatment was set to begin, Gilbert - who had already been a fundraising patron for Velindre for a decade - approached a documentary team to film his experience.\n\n\"I was lying in bed on the Friday, with my treatment due to start the following Monday.\n\n\"I rang the team I knew - there was no broadcaster on board, it was all on spec - and I asked: 'How would you fancy joining me on this journey?'\n\n\"It was partly for me because I'd cancelled all my TV work and tours and wanted to have something other than 'cancer' in my diary.\n\n\"I knew I wouldn't be well enough to go on stage or TV, but I thought I might be well enough to lie in bed and talk to a documentary team about how ill I was.\"\n\nThe comic approached a documentary team to help chart his cancer journey\n\nGilbert said it all began when \"a tumour popped up on my neck\" on the day of a fundraising walk for Velindre Cancer Centre.\n\nHis subsequent months of treatment meant he \"wasn't well enough even to read or watch television\".\n\nIn addition to numerous sell-out live tours, Gilbert has been a regular guest on shows such as Would I Lie To You? and Mock The Week over the years, as well as hosting Never Mind The Buzzcocks between 2014 and 2015.\n\nHis acclaimed Work Experience programme also ran for nine series on BBC One Wales between 2010 and 2020.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Yocheved Lifschitz shook the hand of her Hamas captor as she left\n\n\"I went through hell,\" says Yocheved Lifschitz, an 85-year-old grandmother and peace activist released by Hamas on Monday after two weeks in captivity.\n\nMs Lifschitz and her husband were kidnapped by Hamas gunmen on motorbikes and taken into a \"spider's web\" of tunnels underneath Gaza, she said.\n\nShe described being hit by sticks on the journey, but said most of the hostages were being \"treated well\".\n\nShe was freed alongside another woman, Nurit Cooper, 79, on Monday evening.\n\nExtraordinary images show the grandmother shaking the hand of a Hamas gunman, just seconds before she was handed over to the International Red Cross at the Rafah crossing between Gaza and neighbouring Egypt.\n\n\"Shalom,\" she appears to say to the gunman - the Hebrew word for peace.\n\nMs Lifschitz was kidnapped, alongside her husband Oded, from Nir Oz Kibbutz in southern Israel on 7 October. He has not been released.\n\nIt was early in the morning when Hamas attacked their kibbutz, massacring the small community. One in four residents are believed to have been killed or kidnapped, including many children.\n\nSpeaking at a news conference from Ichilov hospital in Tel Aviv just a few hours after her release, Ms Lifschitz explained what happened after she was kidnapped.\n\nShe said she was hit with sticks during the journey into Gaza, and suffered bruises and breathing difficulties.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Peace activist Yocheved Lifschitz, 85, says she was beaten as she was driven into Gaza\n\nHer daughter, Sharone Lifschitz, who helped translate her mother's ordeal to reporters, said the 85-year-old was forced to walk for a few kilometres on wet ground.\n\nSharone said her mother was taken into \"a huge network of tunnels underneath Gaza that looked like a spider's web\".\n\nMs Lifschitz said she was among 25 hostages taken into the tunnels and after several hours, five people from her kibbutz, including herself, were taken into a separate room. There, they each had a guard and access to a paramedic and doctor.\n\nShe described clean conditions inside, with mattresses on the floor for them to sleep on. Another captive who was badly injured in a motorbike accident on the way into Gaza was treated for his injuries by a doctor.\n\n\"They made sure we wouldn't get sick, and we had a doctor with us every two or three days.\"\n\nShe also said they had access to medicines they needed and there were women there who knew about \"feminine hygiene\".\n\nThey ate the same food - pitta bread with cheese and cucumber - as the Hamas guards, her daughter Sharone added.\n\nYocheved Lifschitz, right, stands next to husband Oded - he is still being held by Hamas in Gaza\n\nAsked by a reporter why she had shaken hands with the gunman, Ms Lifschitz said the hostage takers had treated her well and the remaining hostages were in good condition.\n\nSharone said she wasn't surprised by her mother's gesture - \"the way she walked off and then came back and then said thank you was quite incredible to me. It's so her,\" she earlier told the BBC.\n\nHours before Ms Lifschitz and Nurit Cooper were released on Monday evening, the Israeli military held a screening for journalists showing raw footage recovered from Hamas body cameras, in an effort to remind the world of the brutality of the attack on Israel two weeks ago.\n\nAmong the clips was footage of Hamas gunmen cheering with apparent joy as they shot civilians on the road, and later stalking the pathways of kibbutzim and killing parents and children in their homes.\n\nMore than 1,400 people, mostly civilians, were killed in the attack.\n\nMs Lifschitz and her 83-year-old husband, Oded, are known peace activists who helped transport sick people out of Gaza to hospitals in Israel, according to their families.\n\nOded is a journalist who's worked for peace and the rights of Palestinians for decades, Sharone told the BBC.\n\nAccording to the National Union of Journalists, he used to work for newspaper Al Hamishmar, and was among the first journalists to report on the massacre in two Palestinian refugee camps in Beirut in 1982.\n\n\"He speaks good Arabic so can communicate very well with the people there. He knows many people in Gaza. I want to think he's going to be OK,\" says Sharone.\n\nIn total, four hostages have now been released, after two American-Israelis, mother and daughter Judith and Natalie Raanan, were freed on Friday.\n\nIsrael says more than 200 people are still being held hostage. The husband of Nurit Cooper, who was also freed on Monday night, is believed to be among them.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Inside the Gaza hospital overwhelmed by the injured\n\nSome Palestinians who fled their homes in the north of Gaza are starting to return because of the dire situation in the south, a senior UN official says.\n\nIsrael told 1.1 million residents of Gaza City and other northern areas to leave for their own safety last week.\n\nBut the UN official said they were struggling to find shelter, food and drinking water in the south.\n\nThe Hamas-run health ministry also said hundreds had been killed there in Israeli air strikes over the past day.\n\nThe Israeli military said it had hit hundreds of military targets belonging to Hamas across Gaza, as it stepped up its air campaign ahead of an expected ground offensive.\n\nMore than 5,000 people are now reported to have been killed across the Strip, according to the Hamas-run health ministry, since Israel began its bombardment in response to an unprecedented cross-border attack by Hamas on 7 October, in which at least 1,400 people were killed and 222 taken hostage.\n\nIsrael has also cut off electricity and most water and stopped imports of food and medicine, although it has allowed in several dozen aid lorries through Egypt's Rafah crossing since Saturday.\n\nThe UN estimates that almost two thirds of Gaza's population - 1.4 million people - have fled their homes over the past two weeks either out of fear or because their homes have been destroyed or damaged.\n\nThe BBC's Rushdi Abualouf in Khan Younis says the southern city has been overwhelmed by the influx of between 600,000 and 700,000 displaced people, with many sheltering inside hospitals, clubs and restaurants, or even forced to sleep in the streets.\n\nThe director of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (Unrwa) in Gaza, Thomas White, told the BBC that most displaced people were living off just 1 litre (34 fl oz) of water and one or two small rounds of Arabic bread a day.\n\nThe humanitarian crisis, combined with continued strikes on civilian areas in the south, meant that \"some people are going back to the north\", he said.\n\n\"Essentially, people have left everything in the north - their houses, their businesses, their lives. They've come to the south where they are struggling to find shelter, food is scarce, many people are having to drink unpotable water, so the situation in the south is dire.\"\n\nRiyad Jaabas, a displaced man staying in Khan Younis, told Reuters news agency: \"We were expelled from Gaza City. They said Khan Younis is a safe area, now there is no safe space in all Gaza.\"\n\nOn Saturday, leaflets dropped over Gaza City by the Israeli military warned that anyone who did not move south of the Wadi Gaza river \"might be identified as an accomplice in a terrorist organisation\".\n\nAnd although the UN welcomed the arrival of 34 lorries carrying food, water and medical supplies over the weekend, Mr White warned that hundreds more a day were required to meet Gaza's needs, particularly those carrying fuel.\n\n\"Before the conflict Gaza was receiving about 455 trucks a day, so we've got a long way to go to scale up the logistics operation.\"\n\n\"We have about three days left of fuel inside Gaza,\" he added \"This is something that Israel needs to allow to enter Gaza, otherwise our aid operation will come to a halt. Desalinization plants will start running out of water. Hospitals will start having to shut down their wards.\"\n\nGaza's health ministry warned that the generators at 13 public hospitals were running out of fuel and that they were only running the most essential life-saving services, including incubators helping to keep 130 babies alive.\n\nIsrael is refusing to allow fuel in, saying it could be stolen and exploited by Hamas for military purposes.\n\nAn Israeli defence ministry agency said on Sunday that Hamas had \"a fuel reserve of 1 million litres\". It accused the group of \"refusing to hand [fuel] out to facilities in need\" and using it for \"lighting up their terror tunnels, for rocket launchers, and for their own homes\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: Life in Gaza - From lead singer to being homeless and seeking shelter\n\nOn Monday, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) announced that its forces had struck 320 targets in Gaza over the past day, including \"tunnels containing Hamas terrorists, dozens of operational command centres... military compounds, and observation posts\".\n\n\"Furthermore, the IDF struck targets that posed a threat to forces in the area surrounding the Gaza Strip who are preparing for ground operations, including dozens of mortar shell and anti-tank missile launch posts,\" it added.\n\nOvernight, videos shared on social media showed the blasts of successive Israeli strikes on Gaza lighting up the sky.\n\nThe director of the Al-Quds hospital in Gaza City told the BBC that there were 10 strikes within 100m (330ft) of the facility, where there were 500 patients and another 1,500 people taking shelter.\n\nOn Monday afternoon, Gaza's health ministry said 436 people, including 182 children, had been killed in the past 24 hours, most of them in the south.\n\nThe ministry also announced that the overall death toll in Gaza since Israel began responding to Hamas's cross-border attack had risen to 5,087.\n\nThe figure includes 471 people who the health ministry said were killed by an explosion at al-Ahli Arab hospital in Gaza City. Hamas blamed an Israeli air strike, but the IDF presented evidence that it said showed the blast was the result of a failed rocket launch by Palestinian Islamic Jihad.\n\nOn Monday, the UK government said it had also assessed that the explosion was \"likely caused by a missile or part of one that was launched from within Gaza towards Israel\", echoing the conclusions of the US, France and Canada.\n\nThe IDF says 7,000 rockets have been fired towards Israel by Hamas and other groups in Gaza since 7 October, with 550 failing and landing inside Gaza.", "Ibrahim's son Omar is three years old Image caption: Ibrahim's son Omar is three years old\n\nWe’ve been hearing again from Ibrahim AlAgha, a 38-year-old engineer who is stranded in Gaza with his wife and three young children after travelling there from Dublin to visit relatives. He is sheltering in his parents’ house in Khan Younis, along with about 90 other people.\n\nIbrahim tells the BBC in a WhatsApp message that today has been the “worst day so far” for food supplies. Though he says the household ate some biscuits for breakfast, they were not able to find bread or any other food when they went out in search of things to eat. The prolonged lack of access to food, says his wife Hamida, is affecting a breastfeeding mother among the group, who is no longer able to feed her baby.\n\nIbrahim says the group has no option but to drink salty, unfiltered water that they have extracted from a well with an electric generator.\n\nThe small children in the household don’t have their toys, but have found a football and play in the sand with paper cups. Hamida says she tries to read stories to them but they cry a lot.\n\n\"It's so hard,\" she says.\n\nIbrahim’s eight-year-old son Sami is missing his school and his teacher in north Dublin. The school has sent him an email to say they also miss him “very much”.\n\nSome of the adults in the household have lost their houses in other parts of Gaza, Ibrahim says, and are losing hope.\n\n“Life is now meaningless to people here. They don't really care if they live or die or what happens to them. It's really difficult.\"\n\nIbrahim says he is just trying to get through one day at a time.\n\n“I try to keep myself busy so I don’t think about it”.", "Amanda Abbington received some good scores from the judges\n\nActress Amanda Abbington has expressed her \"deepest regret\" at having to leave Strictly Come Dancing.\n\nThe BBC announced on Monday that the Sherlock star had left the hit dance show after missing Saturday's episode for \"medical reasons\".\n\nIn a post on Instagram on Tuesday, Abbington cited \"personal reasons\" for being \"unable to continue\".\n\nShe added that she \"did not come to this decision easily or lightly... I'm so sad I am unable to go any further\".\n\nHe wrote: \"I am so sad we can't continue but I am proud of what we achieved and I am sending you so much love.\"\n\nAbbington's latest post was flooded with well wishes from Strictly pros, hosts and fellow celebrities.\n\nClaudia Winkleman posted: \"We love you,\" while Annabel Croft wrote: \"Sending you all the love. We will miss you so much.\"\n\nFellow contestant Krishnan Guru-Murthy wrote that he was \"sending lots of love - we miss you\".\n\nProfessional dancers including Gorka Marquez, Karen Hauer, Nadiya Bychkova and Jowita Przystal also responded, with Przystal writing: \"Take care, darling, we will miss you... sending lots of love.\"\n\nFormer Strictly: It Takes Two host and contestant Zoe Ball also sent \"so much love\".\n\n\"It is with deepest regret that I had to leave Strictly. I did not come to this decision easily or lightly but for personal reasons I am unable to continue.\n\n\"It was an absolute joy working with my fellow contestants, they are a beautiful, hardworking and talented group of people who I love and who I will miss seeing every Friday and Saturday and competing alongside.\n\n\"I want to thank the incredible production team and everyone on Strictly who looked after me and who are so kind and caring. It's a wonderful bunch of people and I'll miss all of them.\n\n\"I'm so sad that I am unable to go any further. Thank you to everyone who voted and who sent wonderful messages and inspiring support. You are all amazing. Truly. Thank you. xxx\"\n\nThe actress did not expand on her reasons for leaving the show.\n\nAfter withdrawing from Saturday's episode, she shared and then reportedly deleted a picture on social media of late actor Robin Williams, who suffered from depression.\n\nIt was accompanied by the words: \"People don't fake depression… they fake being okay. Remember that. Be kind.\"\n\nFollowing her exit, Strictly is set to continue as normal for the duration of the series with an elimination each week until the final in December.\n\nFour celebrities have been voted off so far this series: Les Dennis, Nikita Kanda, Jody Cundy and Eddie Kadi.\n\nAbbington became involved in controversy earlier this year for social media comments criticising a drag show aimed at parents and children.\n\nPrevious posts about transgender women also resurfaced, and after some fans threatened to boycott the show, she apologised in August for \"stupid\" and \"ill-informed\" past comments but insisted she was not transphobic.\n\nThe actress is perhaps best known for her role in Sherlock, in which she played Mary Watson alongside her real-life partner Martin Freeman. The pair split up in 2016.\n\nHer current partner is Jonathan Goodwin, who was left paralysed by an accident during rehearsals of America's Got Talent: Extreme in 2021.\n\nAfter Abbington's Strictly withdrawal, he wrote: \"You are so incredible. So unbelievably beautiful but also incredibly brave. I'm so proud to be your man.\"", "Relationships, Sex and Health Education is compulsory in all schools\n\nEducation Secretary Gillian Keegan has told English schools that parents have a right to view the sex education material which is being taught.\n\nParents can take home material if they are unable to attend a presentation in school or access a parent portal.\n\nIt comes as the government is due to launch a public consultation into the Relationship, Sex and Health Education (RSHE) curriculum.\n\nThe subject has been compulsory in schools since September 2020.\n\nIn primary schools, pupils must be taught \"key building blocks of healthy, respectful relationships\" as part of the national curriculum.\n\nPupils at secondary schools \"should be taught the facts and the law about sex, sexuality, sexual health and gender identity in an age-appropriate and inclusive way\", according to official guidelines.\n\nSchools are allowed to invite external agencies to teach classes on these subjects, if safeguarding rules are followed. But guidance states external groups \"should enhance and not replace\" teaching by school staff.\n\nIn her letter, Ms Keegan said she wanted to \"debunk the copyright myth that parents cannot see what their children are being taught\".\n\nTanya Carter, of the Safe Schools Alliance, said the directive is \"too little too late\".\n\nCalling for a public inquiry into how RSHE has been taught in schools, Ms Carter said it is \"yet another letter which activist teachers will feel free to ignore\".\n\nGeoff Barton, of the Association of School and College Leaders, said clarification over copyright law is helpful and agreed that transparency on RSHE materials is key, pointing out schools generally share that information on request.\n\nGillian Keegan also penned an open letter to parents assuring them that copyright will be no barrier to viewing RSHE materials\n\nMr Barton also said that sending the letter while many schools are on their half-term break \"is slightly odd\".\n\n\"Unfortunately, there has been no prior discussion ahead of this letter. If the government had spoken to the sector in advance of this statement, we might have been able to resolve the practical difficulties it raises.\"\n\nLucy Emmerson, chief executive of the Sex Education Forum, said it has championed \"meaningful engagement between schools and parents\" and believes parents are largely supportive of RSHE lessons.\n\n\"Regular communication between school and home helps parents anticipate what is being covered. When schools and parents work together, the benefits of RSHE are greatest.\"\n\nShe added: \"We want everyone involved in the delivery of RSHE to have confidence in these lessons.\"\n\nParents of pupils at Sacred Heart R.C. Primary school in Bolton said they appreciate the openness and transparency teachers have with them.\n\nCarly said she has full confidence in the school teaching RSE, adding that it's all based on fact.", "Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, has been accused of misleading the public about the risks of using social media and contributing to a mental health crisis among youth.\n\nThe claims were made in a federal lawsuit, which was announced by dozens of US states.\n\nThey say the company used addictive features to \"ensnare\" users, while concealing the \"substantial dangers\" of its platforms.\n\nMeta said it was \"disappointed\".\n\nThe lawsuit said Meta had broken consumer protection laws by engaging in \"deceptive\" conduct.\n\nIt also said that the company collected data on children under the age of 13, flouting its obligations under the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act.\n\n\"Social media companies, including Meta, have contributed to a national youth mental health crisis and they must be held accountable,\" said New York Attorney General Letitia James, one of 33 attorneys general who signed the lawsuit.\n\nAnother nine states also made similar claims in lawsuits of their own.\n\nA spokesperson for Meta said the company shared the commitment of the attorneys general to \"providing teens with safe, positive experiences online\" and had \"already introduced over 30 tools to support teens and their families\".\n\n\"We're disappointed that instead of working productively with companies across the industry to create clear, age-appropriate standards for the many apps teens use, the attorneys general have chosen this path,\" the spokesperson added.\n\nMeta, and other social media companies, already face hundreds of lawsuits in the US filed by families, young people and school districts over the impact on mental health.\n\nThis marks the biggest action to date.\n\nIt follows an investigation in to the company's practices in 2021 by several state prosecutors, after a whistleblower, Frances Haugen, testified in the US that the company knew its products could harm children.\n\nThat Instagram is damaging to young peoples' mental health is contested by Meta.\n\n\"It is simply not accurate that this research demonstrates Instagram is \"toxic\" for teen girls\", Pratiti Raychoudhury, vice president and head of research at Meta said at the time.\n\n\"The research actually demonstrated that many teens we heard from feel that using Instagram helps them when they are struggling with the kinds of hard moments and issues teenagers have always faced\", Ms Raychoudhury said.\n\nThere are studies that do suggest that Facebook's growth is not linked to psychological harm.\n\nBut there is also plenty of research that has found spending long periods of time on social media can have a detrimental impact on young peoples' mental health.\n\nIn the UK, a coroner looking at the death of Molly Russell concluded the schoolgirl died while suffering from the \"negative effects of online content\".\n\nThe states are seeking financial damages and a halt to Meta's alleged harmful practices.\n\nLarge portions of the lawsuit are redacted from the public. But it specifically names features such as likes, alerts and filters that it says are \"known to promote young users' body dysmorphia\". Body dysmorphia leads a person to spend a lot of time worrying about flaws in their appearance, and often these perceived flaws are unnoticeable to others.\n\n\"Meta's design choices and practices take advantage of and contribute to young users' susceptibility to addiction,\" the lawsuit said.", "A man who was found dead in his car which was swept away in flood water in Aberdeenshire has been named by police.\n\nOfficers found the body of Peter Pelling, 61, from Arbroath, on Monday after a three-day search.\n\nTorrential rain and high winds hit north east Scotland and other parts during Storm Babet's rare red weather warning.\n\nMr Pelling has been described by his family as a \"very kind, loyal and hardworking man\".\n\nIn a statement released through Police Scotland, they said: \"He was a much-loved son, brother, uncle, partner and friend. Our family are absolutely devastated by this horrific and tragic accident.\n\n\"We would like to extend our heartfelt thanks and gratitude to the first responders and all of the emergency services teams involved in what was a particularly challenging rescue, due to the weather and environmental factors surrounding the incident.\n\n\"Their continued efforts over the past few days has been so greatly appreciated. We would like to ask for privacy while we come to terms with this incredible loss.\"\n\nPolice said there were no suspicious circumstances around the death and a report would be submitted to the procurator fiscal.\n\nMr Pelling was the third person to die in Scotland as a result of the storm.\n\nJohn Gillan's van was struck by a falling tree near Forfar\n\nJohn Gillan, 56, was killed on Thursday after a falling tree hit his van near Forfar.\n\nEmergency services attended but Mr Gillan, from Arbroath, was pronounced dead at the scene.\n\nTributes have also been paid to Perthshire businesswoman Wendy Taylor, 57, who was swept away in the Water of Lee, Glen Esk.\n\nWendy Taylor's body was recovered from the Water of Lee, Glen Esk, on Thursday\n\nMrs Taylor was a director at the Errol-based Taylor's Snacks, previously known as Mackie's.\n\nShe was also the secretary and a director of Taypack Potatoes, along with her husband George.\n\nPerthshire North MSP John Swinney said he was \"terribly saddened\" at the news of Mrs Taylor's death.\n\nThe storm has also claimed two lives in England, a man in his 60s in Shropshire and a woman in her 80s in Chesterfield.", "Katrín Jakobsdóttir is refusing to work in protest at the gender pay gap and gender-based violence.\n\nTens of thousands of women in Iceland, including Prime Minister Katrín Jakobsdóttir, are refusing to work on Tuesday.\n\nThe \"kvennafrí\", or women's day off, has been called in protest at the gender pay gap and gender-based violence.\n\nFields in which women form the majority of workers, such as healthcare and education, are especially affected.\n\nThe planned walkout marks the first full-day women's strike since 1975.\n\nWomen and non-binary people have been urged to refuse paid and unpaid work on Tuesday, including household chores.\n\nSome preschools and primary schools are closed, while some others that remain open are offering reduced services. Some museums, city libraries and zoos are also affected.\n\n\"I will not work this day, as I expect all the women [in cabinet] will do as well,\" Iceland's prime minister told the mbl.is website ahead of the protest.\n\nKatrín Jakobsdóttir said her government was looking into how female-dominated professions are valued, in comparison to fields traditionally dominated by men.\n\nAccording to the Icelandic Teachers' Union, women make up the majority of teachers at every level of the educational system, including 94% of kindergarten teachers.\n\nAround 80% of workers at the National University Hospital of Iceland, the biggest in the country, are women.\n\nSpeaking to BBC Newshour, strike organiser Kristín Ástgeirsdóttir said violence against women remains a problem in Iceland despite high levels of gender equality.\n\n\"The theory was that the more gender equality, the less violence. That unfortunately does not seem to be the case,\" she said, adding: \"Violence against women is deeply rooted in our culture.\"\n\nIceland has been ranked the best country in the world for gender equality by the World Economic Forum (WEF) for 14 years in a row. But the country is not completely equal, with the WEF assigning it an overall score of 91.2%.\n\n\"We're seeking to bring attention to the fact that we're called an equality paradise, but there are still gender disparities and urgent need for action,\" said Freyja Steingrimsdottir, one of the strike organisers, in quotes cited by Reuters news agency.\n\nThe volcanic island, which is one of the most sparsely-populated countries, ranks 14th in the world for economic participation, below countries including Liberia, Jamaica and Norway.\n\nAround 90% of Iceland's female workforce went on strike in 1975, seeking to highlight the importance of women to the economy. The strike prompted the country's parliament to pass an equal pay law the following year.\n\nFormer Icelandic president Vigdís Finnbogadóttir told the BBC in 2015 that the 1975 strike was \"the first step for women's emancipation in Iceland,\" which paved the way for her to become the first woman to be democratically elected head of state in the world in 1980.\n• None The day Iceland's women went on strike", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch video from the scene of the deadly 158-car pile-up\n\nAt least seven people have died after a dense \"super fog\" caused a huge, 158-car pile-up near New Orleans.\n\nThick fog and smoke from multiple marsh fires mingled to reduce visibility for drivers commuting on Monday.\n\nTwenty-five people were injured in the crash on Interstate 55 in St John the Baptist Parish, said police, who warned the death toll could rise.\n\nSome vehicles caught fire and were abandoned, leaving a trail of burnt-out wreckage and mangled metal.\n\nThe blaze broke out as one of the vehicles involved in the crash was a tanker truck carrying what police called a \"hazardous liquid\".\n\nOne car was driven off the road and into the water, but the driver was safely rescued, police told WWL-TV.\n\nOfficers said the motorway will remain closed until at least midday on Tuesday.\n\n\"A portion of the crash scene caught on fire shortly after the initial incident. One tanker truck carrying a hazardous liquid is being off-loaded due to a compromised tank/trailer,\" Lt Melissa Matey said in a statement.\n\nMike Tregre, sheriff of St John the Baptist, said an estimated 100 people were stranded and school buses were being used to transport them to their destinations.\n\nClarencia Patterson Reed, 46, who was driving to Hammond, told local media she was able to avoid hitting the car in front of her, but the vehicles behind her began slamming into her car.\n\n\"It was 'Boom. Boom.' All you kept hearing was crashing for at least 30 minutes,\" she said.\n\nShe was able to get out of her car, but her wife was trapped inside and was injured.\n\nThe National Weather Service (NWS) in New Orleans described the weather phenomenon as a \"super fog\", cautioning that similarly dangerous weather conditions could appear later this week.\n\nOn its website, it states super fog can form when a mixture of smoke and moisture from damp, smouldering vegetation mixes with cooler air. The smoky conditions reduced visibility to less that 10ft (3m).\n\nThe NWS said on Tuesday morning that heavy overnight winds had helped to disperse fog in some areas, but warned that dangerous driving conditions persisted in many areas.\n\nGovernor John Bel Edwards offered his thoughts and prayers for those killed in the crash, and urged residents to donate blood at a local medical centre to \"help replenish supplies that are being drained today to care for the wounded\".\n\nLouisiana has battled blazing wildfires, heatwaves and relentless droughts over the course of the summer. Exceptional drought - the highest category tracked by the US Drought Monitor - is currently in place across 62% of the southern state.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: 'Super fog' leads to deadly crashes in New Orleans", "Giles Turner, from Sussex, is paying for abiraterone privately at a cost of £250 per month\n\nThousands of patients in England and Northern Ireland are missing out on a life-extending prostate cancer drug that is more widely available on the NHS in Scotland and Wales, say experts.\n\nCharity Prostate Cancer UK said it was \"unacceptable\" that men in parts of the UK were facing a postcode lottery.\n\nAlthough not a cure, abiraterone can help stop prostate cancer spreading to other parts of the body.\n\nNHS England said it would review the drug's use for more men next year.\n\nIn England and Northern Ireland, the drug is only approved for men with very advanced prostate cancer which has spread to other parts of the body.\n\nLast year, the Stampede trial showed that abiraterone could benefit a larger group of men with earlier stage tumours that hadn't yet started to spread. It works by lowering testosterone production in the body which can fuel some cancer cell growth.\n\nThe study showed it could halve the risk of the cancer spreading and significantly reduce the chance of death six years on from diagnosis in that group.\n\nProstate Cancer UK believes at least 5,000 out of 52,000 newly diagnosed prostate patients in England each year could benefit from the hormone therapy if it was offered to more men.\n\nGiles Turner, a retired banker who lives in Sussex, was diagnosed with a type of high-risk prostate cancer which hadn't spread in March 2023 - but was not given abiraterone.\n\nHis consultant told him it was not available through the NHS in England for patients with his type of prostate cancer, although he could pay for it privately at a cost of £250 per month.\n\n\"I feel very fortunate that I can afford it. I think it's outrageous there are men in England who aren't getting this because they can't afford it,\" he said.\n\n\"It's not about cost. No-one seems to be disputing the science - it seems that it's just a bureaucratic process which is kind of unbelievable.\"\n\nA recent trial showed that abiraterone could benefit a larger group of men with earlier stage tumours\n\nThe Scottish and Welsh governments have stepped in to make the drug available on the NHS in those nations.\n\nIn January 2023, NHS Scotland decided to begin offering it to more men - those with cancer that has not visibly spread but is at high risk of spreading elsewhere in the body, also known as non-metastatic disease.\n\nThe Welsh Government has also said abiraterone can be used for that group of patients, with the guidance to be kept under review.\n\nThe drug recently went off patent and became \"generic\", meaning any pharmaceutical company could make and sell it if it wanted to, which has driven the price tag down.\n\nProf Nick James, an expert in prostate cancer at the Institute of Cancer Research - the centre that first developed the drug - wants the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) and NHS England to extend the availability of abiraterone.\n\nBut NICE, and the medical regulator the MHRA, need a detailed and time-consuming application for a drug's usage to be extended.\n\nSince abiraterone is now generic, there is limited incentive for companies to seek approval for it to be prescribed for a wider group of patients, Prof James says.\n\n\"It's in a grey area - it's classed as repurposing a drug - and it happens rather slowly,\" he explained.\n\n\"It's very frustrating because this treatment is in standard guidelines in most of mainland Europe and the US, and patients here are very aware of that.\"\n\nProf James says it's \"very distressing\" for patients. \"They could have an option but have to pay out of their pocket - the drug is really quite affordable, particularly given what you save further down the line.\"\n\nAmy Rylance, from Prostate Cancer UK, said: \"In parts of the UK, systems have been set up so that when drugs come off patent they can be quickly and safely appraised for use on the NHS.\n\n\"We would like to see this option available in every part of the country, so that no man is unfairly disadvantaged.\"\n\nThe charity is also calling for another group of 5,000 patients with more advanced prostate cancer who are not currently eligible for abiraterone in England to be offered the drug too.\n\nIn a statement, NICE - the body in charge of health guidance in England - said: \"The use [of abiraterone] in the non-metastatic setting is considered to be off-label.\"\n\nIt said it is only allowed to look at the purpose the drug is licensed for and so cannot evaluate the drug's cost-effectiveness for anything else.\n\nA spokesperson from the Department of Health and Social Care said they understood \"the frustration of some patients in England\" who cannot access the medicine.\n\nNHS England is set to review its wider use next year.\n• None Drug has given me 11 years, cancer patient says\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The report sees huge potential for solar panels in the future energy mix\n\nThe world is on an \"unstoppable\" shift towards renewable energy but the phase down of fossil fuels is not happening quickly enough, a new report says.\n\nThe International Energy Agency, the global energy watchdog, predicted renewables would provide half of the world's electricity by 2030.\n\nBut it warned that emissions were still too high to prevent temperatures rising above a key threshold of 1.5C.\n\nAnd the report said investment in fossil fuels needed to be cut in half.\n\nThe Paris-based energy agency's report, released on Tuesday, was not all doom and gloom. It praised the significant progress countries had made in expanding renewable energy and supporting consumers with the shift to electric vehicles and heat pumps instead of gas boilers.\n\nThe report said the growth in clean energy and technologies was \"impressive\". In 2020, one in 25 cars sold was electric. Just three years later this number has risen to one in five.\n\n\"The transition to clean energy is happening worldwide and it's unstoppable. It's not a question of 'if', it's just a matter of 'how soon' - and the sooner the better for all of us,\" said International Energy Agency (IEA) Executive Director Fatih Birol.\n\nThe report recognised that oil and gas would continue to play a role in the world's economy and that maintaining investment was \"essential\". But it said at the moment, current levels of funding were double what they should be.\n\n\"Governments, companies and investors need to get behind clean energy transitions rather than hindering them,\" Mr Birol said.\n\nIn what appeared to be a criticism of the UK and other governments' decisions to open new oil fields, Mr Birol added: \"claims that oil and gas represent safe or secure choices for the world's energy and climate future look weaker than ever.\"\n\nEarlier this year Rosebank oil field off the coast of Scotland was given the go-ahead amidst much controversy. Environmental campaigners argued the decision was not compliant with the UK's climate change plans. But Claire Coutinho, the government's minister for energy, said at the time: \"[The government] will continue to back the UK's oil and gas industry to underpin our energy security\".\n\nA spokesperson for the Department of Energy Security and Net Zero said in response to the IEA report that the independent Climate Change Committee recognised oil and gas would continue to be part of the UK's energy mix on the path to net zero.\n\nThe world's reliance on fossil fuels means that we are still on track to be facing a global average temperature rise of 2.4C by 2100.\n\nThat compares with the pledge made in 2015 when political leaders agreed on limiting temperature rises to \"well below\" 2C and to make every effort to keep it under 1.5C, to avoid the most dangerous impacts of climate change.\n\nWorld leaders will meet in Dubai at the end of November for COP28 - the UN climate summit - where it is hoped further commitments to tackling climate change will be made, including potentially agreeing to phase out \"unabated\" fossil fuels. Abatement refers to technologies, which are not yet available at scale, that could capture the emissions released when fossil fuels are burned.\n\nThe IEA report also reflected concerns about the Middle East. The agency said it was not yet clear what impact rising tensions would have on world energy markets. But the IEA warned that it meant further uncertainty compounding an already unsettled global economy - Middle Eastern countries, such as Iran and Saudi Arabia - account for 67% of world oil reserves.\n\nRas Laffan, Qatar exports LNG to Asia and Europe, including the UK\n\nThe report drew parallels with the 1973 oil crisis when Arab oil producers imposed an embargo in response to Western support for Israel in the Yom Kippur war against Arab states led by Egypt and Syria. As a result petrol prices skyrocketed, with knock-on effects on inflation and high unemployment.\n\nThe IEA said that this time around the world is also facing the impact of volatile gas prices. The UK increased its imports of LNG following the invasion of Ukraine to reduce its reliance on Russian gas and 14% of the UK's gas is now supplied as LNG from Qatar.\n\nBut the agency hoped the establishment and expansion of solar and wind energy will provide a long term solution to energy volatility.", "Dwayne Johnson says he wants the museum to update his wax figure's skin colour\n\nDwayne Johnson has said he will contact a gallery in Paris after a wax model of him appeared to present the actor with a lighter skin tone.\n\nFans pointed out the figure's skin tone was incorrect, after it was unveiled at the Grevin Museum last week.\n\nThe Rock shared a video from comedian James Andre Jefferson Jr asking if the wax artist had even Googled him.\n\nHe then called on the museum to \"update my wax figure with some important details, starting with my skin colour\".\n\n\"For the record, I'm going to have my team reach out to our friends at Grevin Museum,\" The Rock said on Instagram.\n\n\"And next time I'm in Paris, I'll stop in and have a drink with myself,\" he added.\n\nThe Rock is one of Hollywood's highest paid actors\n\nThe Rock was born in California to a black Nova Scotian father and Samoan mother.\n\nHis dad, Wayde Douglas Bowles, was also a wrestler - known as Rocky Johnson - and was part of the first black tag team to win a WWE championship.\n\nThe museum unveiled the wax figure in Paris on 16 October and says on its website that artist Stéphane Barret had to rely on photos and videos to create the sculpture.\n\nIn a press release, it says the model's eyes \"had to be redone three times to avoid too dark a tint making the star's face too hard and erasing its warm aspect\".\n\nBBC Newsbeat has contacted the Grevin Museum for comment but not heard back. However, in a statement to Deadline it said \"Dwayne Johnson is right and we noticed it and will obviously remedy it as quickly as possible\".\n\nThe Rock's representatives have also been contacted for comment.\n\nListen to Newsbeat live at 12:45 and 17:45 weekdays - or listen back here.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The USS Gerald R Ford is part of the US show of force in the Eastern Mediterranean\n\nThe US has pledged its unwavering support to Israel and backed that up with military aid. But with the scars of past entanglements in the region still being felt, where is the limit to US involvement?\n\nIn his first reaction to the attack on Israel by Hamas, President Biden made clear whose side he's on: \"The United States has Israel's back,\" he said.\n\n\"To anyone thinking of taking advantage of the situation, I have one word: Don't,\" he added.\n\nThis warning was clearly aimed at Iran and its allies.\n\nUS troops in Iraq and Syria have been attacked several times in recent days, the Pentagon says, and a US destroyer in the Red Sea intercepted missiles fired from Yemen which were \"potentially\" aimed towards Israel.\n\nThe US already has a carrier strike group in the Eastern Mediterranean, soon to be joined by another in the region. Each aircraft carrier has more than 70 aircraft on board - considerable firepower. Mr Biden has also placed thousands of US troops on standby to move to the region if required.\n\nThe US is Israel's largest military backer, providing about $3.8bn of defence aid a year.\n\nThe Israeli jets bombing Gaza are American-made, as are most of the precision-guided munitions now being used. Some of the interceptor missiles for Israel's Iron Dome air defence system are also produced in the US.\n\nThe US was sending re-supplies of those weapons even before Israel requested them. And on Friday President Biden asked Congress to approve $14bn funding for its Middle Eastern ally's war chest as part of a $105bn (£87bn) military aid package.\n\nThe following day, the Pentagon announced it would send two of its most powerful missile defence systems to the Middle East - a Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) battery and additional Patriot batteries.\n\nBut would a US president really be willing to become embroiled in another war, especially in an election year? Recent US military adventures in the region have proved costly - politically, economically and in terms of American lives.\n\nMichael Oren, a former US Israeli ambassador to the US, believes President Biden has already taken a first step by moving US aircraft carriers in the region. \"You don't take that kind of pistol out unless you're willing to use it,\" he says.\n\nBut Seth G Jones, director of International Security at the Centre for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, says the US would be very reluctant to get directly engaged militarily in a war in Gaza.\n\nThe presence of the carrier strike groups, he says, could be useful \"without firing a shot\", not least because of their ability to gather intelligence and to provide air defences. Any engagement would be \"a last resort\", he says.\n\nIt is primarily the threat from Israel's north, and specifically from the militant group Hezbollah, which now worries both Israel and the US.\n\nThe Iranian-backed group is a much greater threat than Hamas in Gaza. It has an arsenal of around 150,000 rockets which are more powerful and accurate than the ones used by Hamas. And it has already exchanged fire with Israel, its sworn enemy.\n\nMr Oren fears Hezbollah could intervene when Israel is \"already deep inside Gaza and already committed and tired\".\n\nIf that happens, then Mr Oren believes there is a possibility the US would commit its sizeable airpower to strike targets inside Lebanon, though he does not see a situation in which America would commit boots on the ground.\n\nSecretary of State Antony Blinken and Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin have both asserted that the US would respond if the situation escalates and any US personnel or military are targeted.\n\nThe US has the right to defend itself, said Mr Austin on Sunday, and it will not hesitate to \"take the appropriate action\".\n\nMr Jones acknowledges the risk of the conflict widening, but he believes that US deterrence \"does raise the costs of risks for Iran and its proxies\".\n\nHe says if Hezbollah in Lebanon were to engage in a major offensive operation from the north of Israel, \"they would likely face a pretty serious response\". He notes US forces in the region have come under limited attacks from Iranian linked groups before.\n\nNor is Israel asking for direct military support in its war with Hamas. Danny Orbach, professor of military history at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, points out that Israel's military doctrine states it should be able to protect itself on its own.\n\nPresident Biden's visit to Israel this week showed that US support is conditional. He wants Israel to allow humanitarian aid into Gaza, and he does not want to see Israel occupy the Gaza strip indefinitely. He told CBS's 60 Minutes that doing so would be a \"big mistake\".\n\nUS support may also be time limited. Yaacov Katz, a military analyst and a columnist with the Jerusalem Post, believes that America's support for Israel will come under pressure as soon as its military operation begins in Gaza and the civilian casualties mount.\n\nHe believes support could soften within weeks. \"I don't see Israel getting more leeway from America or the world for a ground offensive that lasts much longer,\" he says.\n\nThe US clearly hopes that its military support for Israel and its own bolstered military presence in the region will be enough to prevent the conflict widening.\n\nThere are few examples of the US directly intervening on behalf of Israel. The US sending Patriot batteries to defend Israel from Iraqi Scud missiles attacks, ahead of its own invasion in the 1991 Gulf war, is a rare exception.\n\nIn fact, the US has more often used its military leverage over Israel as a restraining hand.", "Bruschini played in several bands and joined Massive Attack in the 1990s\n\nMassive Attack's guitarist Angelo Bruschini who had lung cancer has died, the band has confirmed.\n\nTributes have been paid to the musician by his bandmates and family and friends.\n\nMassive Attack wrote on X: \"A singularly brilliant & eccentric talent. Impossible to quantify your contribution to the Massive Attack canon.\n\n\"How lucky we were to share such a life together.\"\n\nBristol-born Angelo Bruschini joined the group in the 1990s.\n\nAside from performing with several bands, Bruschini produced alternative rock band Strangelove's eponymous album in 1997. He also played the guitar for Jane Taylor's track Blowing This Candle Out, released in 2005.\n\nIn a public post on social media in July, Bruschini wrote that he had been diagnosed with lung cancer and that several specialists had wished him \"good luck\".\n\nHe added: \"Had a great life, seen the world many many times, met lots of wonderful people, but the door is closing, think I will write a book.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The group appeared in the Glasgow Rangers tops instead of Texas Rangers\n\nA popular K-Pop band appears to have made a mix-up by donning retro Rangers tops at a show in Texas.\n\nSTAYC were performing in Dallas as part of their US tour.\n\nBut instead of wearing local baseball team Texas Rangers tops, the girl group appeared in 1990s kits worn by Glasgow Rangers.\n\nThe six-piece group which has found success in Korea and Japan are currently embarked on their Teenfresh world tour.\n\nMembers Sumin, Sieun, Isa, Seeun, Yoon, and J made their debut in 2020 with the release of their album Star to a Young Culture - which is the group's acronym.\n\nPaul Gascoigne and teammate Ally McCoist pose with the trophy after Rangers won the Scottish Coca Cola Cup\n\nTwo of the pop stars were photographed wearing Rangers 1996-97 home shirts at their concert on Thursday.\n\nThat season Rangers won the Scottish League Cup after a thrilling 4-3 game at Celtic Park against Hearts, with stars including Paul Gascoigne and Ally McCoist in their team.\n\nMeanwhile, Texas Rangers have reached their first World Series since 2011. They are the oldest Major League Baseball team to never win the World Series.\n\nDespite the mix-up, Glasgow Rangers fans on social media voiced their approval of STAYC's fashion choice, with one fan saying: \"Rangers are the kings of K-Pop\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Le Souness This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nOther celebrities who have been spotted sporting Rangers attire includes boxing legend Mike Tyson, movie star Samuel L Jackson and celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay.\n\nUS rapper Snoop Dogg has also regularly been pictured wearing a Celtic kit - while Baywatch star David Hasselhoff rarely misses an opportunity to pull on the kit of another Glasgow club, Partick Thistle.\n\nBut this is not the first time a K-pop band has chosen to don a Glasgow football top.\n\nIn 2018 two members of the nine-piece boy band Stray Kids appeared wearing retro Celtic jerseys in the music video for their song \"My Pace\".\n\nSTAYC will be appearing at Wembley to perform alongside other K-pop stars for Korea on Stage In London on 8 November.", "The BBC's Fergal Keane reports on the impact the Israel-Gaza war is having on children in Gaza.\n\nThe territory's Hamas-run health ministry says more than 2,300 children have been killed since the latest conflict began.", "It was a drama-filled ending to court today when former US President Donald Trump was fined $10,000 for violating a gag order.\n\nThe judge unexpectedly ordered Trump to take the stand (seen in the court sketch from Jane Rosenberg above).\n\nTrump denied his \"partisan\" comments were about a court clerk, but the judge said the former president was not a credible witness.\n\nNot long after that, Trump walked out of court flanked by Secret Service.\n\nWhen Trump left court, he told media: \"The witness just admitted that we won the trial and the judge should end this trial immediately. Thank you\".\n\nSpeaking after court adjourned, Michael Cohen told reporters: \"You may have seen Trump storm out, he stormed out because they wanted to make a motion to dismiss the case, to which the judge said absolutely not\".\n\nIt appears Cohen's role in this trial is now over, he was dismissed as a witness.\n\nFor a full wrap of today's events, you can read this article.\n\nOur team today was Thomas Mackintosh and myself, with Chloe Kim and Kayla Epstein reporting from court in Manhattan.\n\nThanks for joining us.", "The cap on bankers' bonuses is being removed as part of a post-Brexit shake-up of UK financial rules, it has been confirmed.\n\nThe decision was first announced by former chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng last year, who said it would make London a more attractive place to do business.\n\nIt was one of the few policies from Mr Kwarteng's mini-budget to remain after most were unwound by his successor.\n\nThe cap on bonuses will be lifted from 31 October, the regulator said.\n\nIntroduced in 2014 when the UK was part of the EU, the cap was designed to curb excessive risk-taking in the financial services industry in the wake of the 2008 financial crash.\n\nThe cap limited how much extra variable pay employees of banks, building societies and investment firms could receive: the maximum was twice their basic salary.\n\nHowever, bankers may not be popping champagne corks at the news the cap is going, said BBC Business Editor Simon Jack.\n\nWhile the industry hated the policy when it was introduced, some bankers now prefer the current approach, he said.\n\nOver the last decade banks have compensated for lower bonuses by increasing basic salaries, to make sure they could still compete with other financial centres such as New York and Singapore in attracting the top talent. Many bankers prefer the reliable income.\n\nEven bankers who preferred the old system think it will be difficult to move back to a system of higher bonuses and lower basic salaries quickly.\n\nThe decision to end the cap came following a four-month consultation by regulators, the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) and the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), who said the policy had had \"unintended consequences\".\n\nThere was also less room to vary employee pay due to \"material poor performance or misconduct\", the regulators said.\n\nWhile critics fear higher bonuses may incentivise more risk-taking, regulators say they have other tools at their disposal, such as being able to defer bonuses or claw them back later if bankers are found to have taken undue risk.\n\nThe original decision to abandon the bonus cap was made by the short-lived Liz Truss government last autumn, before turmoil on the financial markets forced her chancellor Mr Kwarteng to step down, followed by the prime minister herself.\n\nMr Kwarteng had presented the scrapping of the cap as an immediate, political decision, saying: \"We're going to get rid of it\".\n\nHowever, on Tuesday the Treasury, under current chancellor Jeremy Hunt, appeared to distance itself from the decision, saying it didn't want to \"cut across\" the independence of regulators.\n\n\"Decisions on remuneration in the banking sector are for the PRA as the independent statutory regulator,\" a Treasury spokesperson said.\n\nDarren Jones, Labour's shadow chief secretary to the Treasury, said the decision \"tells you everything you need to know\" about the priorities of the government.\n\n\"Rishi Sunak is marking his anniversary of becoming prime minister by pushing ahead with Liz Truss' plan to axe the cap on bankers' bonuses,\" he added.\n\nPaul Nowak, general secretary of the TUC, called the decision \"obscene\".\n\n\"City financiers are already enjoying bumper bonuses. They don't need another helping hand from the Conservatives,\" he said.\n\n\"At a time when millions up and down the country are struggling to make ends meet - this is an insult to working people.\"", "British authorities failed to act on multiple official warnings about a website promoting suicide that has been connected to at least 50 UK deaths, the BBC has found.\n\nThe online forum, which we are not naming, is easily accessible to anyone on the open web, including children.\n\nOur investigation has identified multiple warnings to government by coroners and a number of police investigations, but the forum still remains active.\n\nFamilies of the dead, the youngest just 17, say the failure to act led to more avoidable deaths. They are demanding an inquiry.\n\nThey're speaking out, despite the risks others may find the forum, because they want action now to shut it down and prevent deaths in the future.\n\nThe forum's founders remain elusive, but during our investigation we managed to track one of them down to his home in the US.\n\nThe government was first warned by a coroner about the forum in December 2019.\n\nCallie Lewis had been assessed as being autistic at a young age and struggled with chronic depression and suicidal thoughts.\n\nCallie spent just over a month as a forum member. She researched a new suicide method and bought materials which she later used to end her life.\n\n\"Without those forums, I think my daughter would have struggled to find the information that she was looking for about how to die,\" Callie's mother Sarah told the BBC at the time.\n\nThe inquest into Callie's death highlighted the role the forum had played.\n\nAfter an inquest, coroners have a duty to ask public bodies, companies and individuals to explain what steps they plan to take to prevent a similar death taking place in the future.\n\nThis is called a Prevention of Future Death report. However, it is advisory only, and doesn't lay down what action should be taken.\n\nThe senior coroner in charge in Central and SE Kent, Patricia Harding, wrote to the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, raising concerns.\n\n\"Callie was enabled by the advice provided through the forum to frustrate a mental health assessment and thereafter take her life,\" Ms Harding wrote.\n\n\"In my opinion, action should be taken to prevent future deaths and I believe you have the power to take such action.\"\n\nPeople known to have visited the forum before taking their lives - L-R from top row: Beth Matthews, Aaron Jones, Imogen Nunn, Josh Hendy, Zoe Lyalle, Jay Barr, Laura Campbell, Jason Thompson, Rose Paterson\n\nWe have discovered that at least six coroners have written to government departments demanding action to shut the forum down.\n\nCollating inquest reports, press articles and posts on the forum itself, we have identified at least 50 UK victims.\n\nWe have learned that at least five police forces are aware of the forum, and have investigated deaths linked to it, but have been unable to take action.\n\nThe forum is hosted abroad and is well known among those struggling with depression and suicidal thoughts. It has more than 40,000 members worldwide. More than two million messages have been posted, many of them horrifyingly graphic.\n\nOnly last month, a post on the forum showed an image of a package that arrived by courier, apparently poison, ordered by a child in another country.\n\n\"It arrived while I was at school,\" they wrote. \"I called my mum and told her not to open it. I'm going to use it today.\"\n\nAnother user posted a photograph of his hotel bedroom, with equipment set up ready for a suicide attempt.\n\nOther forum members offer encouragement to these kinds of posts.\n\n\"Good luck. I hope it works out well and you go peacefully,\" writes one user. \"Godspeed,\" says another.\n\nThe problem for the authorities is that the website is hosted anonymously and no-one knows who is currently running it.\n\nBut the BBC did manage to track down one of those who created it.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nLamarcus Small helped set up the forum after a similar pro-suicide thread was banned from the social media forum and discussion site Reddit.\n\nSmall lives in the suburbs of Huntsville, a city in the US state of Alabama. Something of a recluse, he rarely comes out of his house.\n\nWe waited three days to speak to him.\n\nSmall has claimed in the past to no longer be involved in the forum. When confronted, he refused to answer any of our questions.\n\n23-year-old Joe Nihill from Leeds found the forum in April 2020.\n\nJoe spent a month online, exchanging messages from other forum users, being coached on the most effective way to die.\n\nJoe even left a note to his family, spelling out how dangerous the forum had been for him. \"Please do your best to close that website for anyone else,\" he wrote.\n\n\"The government are failing people. The police are failing people\" says Joe's sister-in-law Melanie.\n\n\"It's a joke,\" interjects Joe's mother Catherine. \"The government knew about this five years ago. Why are we still here? Are we supposed to just leave this and let them continue?\"\n\nKevin McLoughlin, Senior Coroner for West Yorkshire (East) wrote to the Department of Health & Social Care (DHSC).\n\nThe forum, he said, \"may be actively promoting a particular method of committing suicide and hence breaking the criminal law by assisting suicide. Consideration should be given to blocking its availability in the UK so as to negate this risk.\"\n\nFormer Home Secretary Sajid Javid told us he thought the website was \"poisonous\" and clearly designed to prey on \"incredibly vulnerable\" people.\n\nMuch of the content was, in his view, illegal - he said - and he called on the police and regulator Ofcom to investigate.\n\nLee Cooper blames the website for his brother Gary's suicide\n\nFamilies of those who have died want to know why more hasn't been done.\n\nImogen Nunn was a deaf mental health campaigner who had hundreds of thousands of followers on TikTok.\n\nBut despite her positive messages on social media, \"Deaf Immy\" as she was known, continued to struggle with her own mental health.\n\nShe found the forum in November 2022 and ended her life three months later.\n\nHer mother Louise told us: \"When will something be done about it, how many lives have got to be lost?\"\n\nLee Cooper, whose brother Gary found the forum and took his own life last July, said: \"If it was shut down five years ago, hundreds of people would still be alive. If it was shut down a year ago, my brother would still be alive.\"\n\nThe forum also received attention from police in the UK after the death of 22-year-old Tom Parfett - in Surrey in October 2021.\n\nTom had bought poison from Kenneth Law, a well-known Canadian seller whose details were widely shared on the forum.\n\nWhen Law was arrested in May this year, Canadian police discovered that he had shipped the same poison to hundreds of buyers around the world.\n\nHe is now awaiting trial, facing multiple charges of counselling or aiding suicide.\n\nWelfare checks were carried out, coordinated by the UK's National Crime Agency. It confirmed that 88 people had died in the UK alone.\n\nOur research suggests almost all the 88 probably found Kenneth Law through the same online forum.\n\nThere is likely to be considerable overlap with the 50 we have positively identified, who we know used the site, but didn't necessarily buy from Law.\n\nWe even found one of the forum's administrators advising users on how to evade welfare checks by police looking for poison shipped by Law.\n\nKenneth Law has been charged in connection to two deaths in Canada, but police believe there may be more victims\n\n\"Don't put it in plain sight,\" they wrote. \"Don't let them into your house without a search warrant. You don't need to talk to the police.\"\n\nWhile Law's own websites have been removed, the forum remains up - and users can now find details of alternative suppliers and suicide methods.\n\nThe National Crime Agency has begun an investigation into Law to see if any criminal offences have been committed in the UK.\n\nThe Agency has said it will \"explore every avenue\" and has not ruled out looking into the forum too.\n\nThe UK government says that the Online Safety Bill, due to receive royal assent shortly, should address many of these issues.\n\nWhen it becomes law, the Online Safety Act will include a new criminal offence of encouraging self harm and force platforms to remove that kind of content when it is reported to them.\n\nThe DHSC told us it has pledged to reduce England's suicide rate within two and a half years with a new national suicide prevention strategy, \"backed by more than 100 measures including a national alert system\".\n\nThe Samaritans told us the act should go some way to improve safety. However, Jacqui Morrissey from the mental health charity has misgivings.\n\n\"It fails to reach its full potential to save lives,\" she says. \"Dangerous suicide and self-harm content will continue to be accessible to anyone over the age of 18.\"\n\n\"I don't believe the Online Safety Bill will resolve this problem,\" he said. \"It's too weak. It will not lead to change. And consequently, people will still be dying.\"\n\nThe suicide forum recently added an announcement to its front page saying it would not be complying with the UK's Online Safety Bill. It also posted that going forward it would block or ignore demands for censorship from foreign governments.\n\nOfcom - which will take on the role of digital regulator once the act becomes law - says it would be a serious concern if companies say they are going to ignore the law, and adds that it will have a \"broad range of enforcement powers\".\n\nSites and apps will have to take steps to stop users from coming across illegal material, and Ofcom says that platforms will have to \"act swiftly to remove these kinds of videos or posts when they become aware of them\".\n\nHave you been affected by the issues raised in this story? You can get in touch by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "A ban on \"no-fault\" evictions in England will be indefinitely delayed until after the court system is reformed, the government has announced.\n\nLabour accused the government of kicking the much-delayed proposals into the \"long grass\", arguing legal reforms would \"take years\" to complete.\n\nMinisters have been promising to end the right of landlords to evict tenants without needing a reason since 2019.\n\nHousing Secretary Michael Gove said it was \"vital\" to update the courts first.\n\nThe Renters Reform Bill, promised in the Tories' 2019 election manifesto, was debated in the Commons for the first time on Monday.\n\nThe proposed law, which will ban no-fault \"Section 21\" evictions, was first published in May.\n\nMr Gove has told Conservative MPs that the ban cannot be enacted before a series of improvements are made in the court system, which is used by some landlords to reclaim possession of their homes.\n\nAre you a renter or a landlord? Please share your experiences.\n\nBut Labour's shadow housing secretary Angela Rayner accused the government of \"betraying\" renters with a \"grubby deal\" to avoid confrontation with Tory MPs opposed to the plan.\n\nShe added that the government was \"caving in\" to its backbenchers, and Rishi Sunak needed to \"find a backbone and stand up to his party\".\n\nLandlords can currently evict tenants who are not on fixed-term contracts without giving a reason, under housing legislation known as Section 21.\n\nAfter receiving a Section 21 notice, tenants have two months before their landlord can apply for a court order to evict them.\n\nUnder the government's bill, all tenancies would become \"rolling\" contracts with no fixed end date.\n\nLandlords would be able to evict tenants in certain circumstances, including when they wished to sell the property or when they or a close family member wanted to move in, after six months.\n\nIt would also make it easier for landlords to repossess their properties in cases of anti-social behaviour or where the tenant repeatedly failed to pay rent.\n\nHowever, the government has now confirmed that Section 21 will not be abolished until it decides \"sufficient progress\" has been made to the courts system.\n\nThis includes moving more of the process online and a better process to prioritise certain cases, including those involving anti-social behaviour.\n\nDowning Street has not put a timescale on how long the promised reforms will take to achieve.\n\nThe announcement was made in response to a report from the Commons housing committee, which recommended it should set and meet a target for speeding up possession claims before the ban on Section 21 comes into force.\n\n\"I think we've said from the start the implementation will be phased and I don't know exactly if there's set timelines to that,\" a No 10 spokesman said.\n\nSpeaking in the Commons, Ms Rayner said the proposed courts reforms would \"take years to complete\" and put thousands of renters at risk of eviction.\n\nShe told MPs that Labour, which backs scrapping Section 21, would help the bill to pass - but would push to increase the new proposed six-month window for evictions as it went through the Commons.\n\nThe Renters' Reform Coalition, a campaign group that has been pushing for a ban, called the announcement a \"last-minute concession to keep the Conservative Party together\".\n\nCampaign manager Tom Darling said: \"The idea that some ill-defined 'court reform' must happen before section 21 no-fault evictions can end is absurd.\"\n\n\"The government promised to end no-fault evictions in 2019 - what have they been doing with the courts since then?\"\n\nMinistry of Justice data show no-fault evictions in England between April and June this year increased by 41%, compared with the same period in 2022.\n\nA report in the Telegraph suggested Tory MPs who owned rental properties were considering rebelling against the government over the bill.\n\nResearch by campaign group 38 Degrees found 87 MPs earned an income from residential property, of which 68 were Conservatives - about one fifth of Tory MPs.\n\nThe National Residential Landlords Association (NRLA) warned that \"uncertainty\" over the future of the bill had made it \"difficult for landlords and renters to plan for the future\".\n\n\"As they consider the bill, MPs and peers will need to make sure it secures the confidence of responsible landlords every bit as much as tenants,\" NRLA chief executive Ben Beadle said.\n\n\"Should the bill fail to secure the confidence of landlords, the shortage of homes will only worsen, ultimately hurting renters.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The moment Alaska Airlines pilot pleads not guilty in court\n\nAn off-duty pilot who allegedly tried to crash an Alaska Airlines jet said he thought he was having a nervous breakdown, court documents show.\n\nJoseph David Emerson also told police he had taken psychedelic mushrooms and that he had been depressed.\n\nMr Emerson pleaded not guilty to 83 counts of attempted murder in an Oregon court on Tuesday.\n\nHe was sitting in the cockpit of the flight behind the captain when the alleged incident occurred on Sunday.\n\nMr Emerson told the pilots \"I am not okay\" before reaching for the shutoff handles, according to the documents.\n\nHad he been successful, a fire suppression system used to fight blazes in the jet engines would have been activated and cut off the supply of fuel.\n\nThe criminal complaint states that one pilot said he had to wrestle with Mr Emerson until he stopped resisting and was ushered out of the cockpit. The entire incident lasted about 90 seconds.\n\nAfter being subdued, Mr Emerson said to flight attendants: \"You need to cuff me right now or it's going to be bad\" and later tried to reach for the emergency exit handle during the plane's descent, the documents say.\n\nOne flight attendant told investigators they had observed Mr Emerson saying \"I messed everything up\" and that he \"tried to kill everybody\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nDuring his police interview, Mr Emerson told investigators he had had a \"nervous breakdown\" and had not slept for 40 hours.\n\n\"I pulled both emergency shut off handles because I thought I was dreaming and I just wanna wake up,\" he said. \"I didn't feel okay. It seemed like the pilots weren't paying attention to what was going on. They didn't… It didn't seem right.\"\n\n\"I'm admitting to what I did. I'm not fighting any charges you want to bring against me, guys,\" he added.\n\nA spokesperson for the United States Attorney's Office told the BBC that it was still being investigated whether Mr Emerson had been under the direct influence of a psychedelic substance at the time.\n\nIn addition to the allegations of attempted murder, Mr Emerson is also charged with 83 counts of reckless endangerment and one count of endangering an aircraft.\n\nThe flight was on its way from Everett, Washington, to San Francisco, California, with 80 passengers aboard. It was then diverted to Portland, Oregon.\n\nIn a recording of air traffic control communication, one of the pilots was heard saying: \"We've got the guy that tried to shut the engines down out of the cockpit, and he doesn't sound like he's causing any issue in the back right now.\"\n\n\"I think he's subdued,\" the pilot added. He requested police presence \"as soon as we get on the ground and parked\".\n\nPassenger Aubrey Gavello told ABC News that those on board had been unaware anything was wrong with the flight until the flight attendant announced that the plane needed to land immediately, later citing a medical emergency.\n\nMs Gavello told the outlet she had heard a flight attendant tell the suspect: \"We're going to be fine, it's OK, we'll get you off the plane.\"\n\n\"So I really thought it was a serious medical emergency,\" she said.\n\nAnother passenger told the outlet the situation had been handled professionally and passengers had not been aware of the crisis.\n\nOn Monday, the Federal Aviation Administration sent guidance to US air carriers that the incident had not been \"connected in any way, shape or form to current world events\".\n\nIn a statement on Monday, the FBI confirmed it was investigating and said it could \"assure the traveling public there is no continuing threat related to this incident\".\n• None Off-duty pilot accused of trying to crash airline jet", "The wards and corridors of Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in central Gaza are filled with people injured in Israeli air strikes, and its morgues are completely full.\n\nIn the courtyard, people mourn the dead. There aren't enough shrouds for the number of bodies, a hospital worker tells the BBC.", "As well as promoting inclusivity, the etiquette guidelines suggest not giving unwarranted feedback to other dancers\n\nScottish country dancing has been given an etiquette makeover to ensure it is fit for the 21st Century.\n\nThe Royal Scottish Country Dance Society (RSCDS) hopes new guidelines will show it is an inclusive pastime.\n\nA \"woman's side\" and \"man's side\" is no longer required for ceilidh favourites like Strip the Willow.\n\nDancers are also urged not to give feedback unless requested, to respect personal boundaries and remember \"no means no\".\n\nThe RSCDS is preparing to mark its centenary at its 2023 Autumn Gathering next month in Glasgow, welcoming dancers from around the world.\n\nThe three-day event kicks off with a traditional ceilidh at Kelvin Hall, with the dance programme designed by the Hawaii branch.\n\nThe charity hopes the rules will encourage new young members to try Scottish country dancing\n\nGeorge Coull, the society's chairperson elect, said \"Scottish country dancing has always been inclusive but we wanted to just make sure that everybody knew that.\n\n\"We have dancing all over the world and it's about making sure everyone across the world is on the same page and that we encourage as many people to come along and enjoy the fun of Scottish country dancing as possible.\"\n\nFrom the Gay Gordons to The Dashing White Sergeant, the new guidelines hope to send out the message that Scottish country dancing is for everyone.\n\n\"Regardless of your background, regardless of your sexual orientation, regardless of your gender, wherever you come from and whatever your background - Scottish country dancing is for you,\" he said.\n\nThe new guidelines are not prescribed and the RSCDS said dance callers will have the freedom to choose their own wording when calling dances\n\nThe new etiquette guide aims to \"help create a safe and comfortable place to dance\".\n\nDancers are also asked to respect other people's personal boundaries, and to remember \"it's OK to say no\" when approached by a prospective dance partner.\n\nDances can have a \"women's side, men's side or both\", the guidelines say, with dancers encouraged \"to explore dancing on both sides\".\n\nMr Coull said it would be up to individual dance callers to decide which terminology they use.\n\n\"That's what this etiquette does - it doesn't prescribe anything, it lets people choose,\" he said.\n\n\"Traditionally men and women is how dances are referred to in the instructions but some callers decide to use gender neutral phrases and some prefer to use the more traditional forms.\n\n\"But it's not about the particular people and it's not about the particular positions, these are just the traditional labels that we use.\n\n\"What we're now saying is that if you wish to dance, you can dance on any side of the dancefloor and you can dance with any partner that you wish.\"", "Last updated on .From the section Everton\n\nEverton chairman Bill Kenwright, an acclaimed West End theatre and film producer, has died at the age of 78.\n\nKenwright had surgery to remove a cancerous tumour from his liver eight weeks ago.\n\nHe had been on the board at Everton since 1989, taking over as chairman at Goodison Park in 2004.\n\nThe Liverpudlian was also one of the UK's most successful theatre producers and played Gordon Clegg in Coronation Street between 1968 and 2012.\n\nKenwright was awarded a CBE for his services to film and theatre in the 2001 New Years Honours List.\n\nEverton said it was \"in mourning\" following the death of the club's longest-serving chairman for more than a century.\n\n\"The club has lost a chairman, a leader, a friend, and an inspiration,\" Everton added.\n\nOn 12 October, the Premier League club said Kenwright had a cancerous tumour removed from his liver six weeks before.\n\nEverton said the operation was \"completely successful\", but complications meant Kenwright required a \"prolonged period in an intensive care unit\".\n\nAnnouncing his death on Tuesday, Kenwright's family said he \"passed away peacefully\" on Monday night \"surrounded by his family and loved ones\".\n\n\"Bill was driven by his passions and devoted his life to them; his deep love of theatre, film, music and his beloved Everton, and the families they created,\" a family statement read.\n\n\"He impacted the lives of thousands, whether that be through the launching of careers or his unending loyalty, generosity and unfaltering friendship and support.\"\n\nIn a multiple award-winning career spanning six decades, Kenwright produced more than 500 West End, Broadway, UK touring and international theatre productions, films and music albums.\n\n\"We will remember him with huge love and admiration - the shows will of course go on, as he would have wished, and his towering legacy will continue,\" his family added.\n• None Bill Kenwright 'cared deeply for the city of Liverpool'\n\nLeading Everton for almost two decades\n\nKenwright spent 19 seasons as Everton chairman, overseeing 12 finishes inside the Premier League top eight, including fourth place in 2005, while the Merseyside club were also FA Cup finalists in 2009.\n\nEverton said he had led the club through \"a period of unprecedented change in English football\".\n\nIn February 2016, Kenwright sold a 49.9% stake in the club to Iranian businessman Farhad Moshiri, who increased his shares to 94% in January 2022.\n\nBut with the club fighting against relegation last season, an Everton fans' group called for Kenwright to be sacked and said it had \"no confidence\" in him as chairman.\n\nKenwright and the rest of the board of directors were unable to attend home games last season from January after what the club described as \"threatening correspondence\" was received before a game against Southampton.\n\nChief executive Denise Barrett-Baxendale, chief finance and strategy officer Grant Ingles and non-executive director Graeme Sharp have all since left their boardroom roles, but Kenwright remained in his post as chairman until his death.\n\nIn September, owner Moshiri agreed to sell his 94% stake to American investment fund 777 Partners.\n\nThe club said Kenwright had \"worked hard\" alongside Moshiri \"right up until the day\" of his liver operation to help facilitate the proposed takeover.\n\nMoshiri said he was \"deeply saddened\" by the death of his \"great friend\".\n\n\"Bill was a force of nature and he certainly changed my life nearly 10 years ago when he first spoke to me about getting involved with the club he adored,\" said Moshiri.\n\n\"He told me about this incredible club, a club that not only has history and heritage but was also a beating heart of our community and for that I will always be grateful.\n\n\"He was a special soul, a man successful in so many different walks of life. We will miss him but never forget him.\"\n\nFrom the cobbles to the director's box\n\nKenwright started his career as an actor and landed his breakthrough role in ITV soap opera Coronation Street in 1968 as Gordon, the son of long-serving Rovers Return barmaid Betty.\n\nHe left Weatherfield the following year, but appeared back on screen with occasional visits over the subsequent decades.\n\nKenwright also began putting on plays in order to give himself roles and discovered he had an aptitude for pulling the strings behind the scenes.\n\nHe found big success by staging new productions of two musicals - Willy Russell's Blood Brothers and Andrew Lloyd-Webber and Tim Rice's Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat - and making them long-running touring hits.\n\nHe has also staged productions of The Shawshank Redemption, The Exorcist, Cabaret, Evita, Saturday Night Fever and The Sound of Music.\n\nAmong his current shows, Sir Ian McKellen is starring in Frank and Percy in London, while Twelve Angry Men, Calendar Girls The Musical, Heathers The Musical and Blood Brothers are all on tour.\n\nDame Judi Dench, Woody Harrelson, Billie Piper, Rob Lowe and Felicity Kendal have also starred in his productions.\n\nWayne Rooney, former Everton and England forward: \"Devastated to hear the sad news about Bill Kenwright. Known Bill since I was young and he's had a huge impact on me as a person and my career. Great man and a big inspiration. Thoughts are with all Bill's family and friends.\"\n\nJamie Carragher, ex-Liverpool and England defender: \"Really sad news this. A huge Evertonian who served and loved his club to bits. I'll never forget his and Everton's support every year around the Hillsborough memorial. RIP Bill.\"\n\nAndy Burnham, Mayor of Greater Manchester and Everton fan: \"It does feel like the end of an era, Bill was a big-hearted person. Such generosity and backed so many people that needed help, perhaps people did not see that in the media.\n\n\"He had a deep love for his club and the city he was from, it is an emotional night.\"\n\nActor Sir Ian McKellen: \"Like many grateful actors I am in debt to Bill Kenwright for employment. He seemed to have known everyone in the business and to care about them. Yet every chat would veer round to his equal passion - Everton.\"\n• None Our coverage of Everton is bigger and better than ever before - here's everything you need to know to make sure you never miss a moment\n• None Everything Everton - go straight to all the best content", "The Israeli military screened footage taken from bodycams worn by Hamas, CCTV, dashboard cameras and mobile phones\n\nThis article contains descriptions of violence which some readers may find distressing.\n\nThe Israeli military held a screening for journalists on Monday of raw footage recovered from Hamas body cameras, in an effort to remind the world of the brutality of the attack on Israel two weeks ago.\n\nThe bodycam footage, cut together with clips from CCTV, dashboard cameras and the mobile phones of both Hamas gunmen and victims, showed in stark detail the sheer horror visited on a music festival and family neighbourhoods in southern Israel.\n\nThe Israeli military also released documents which it said were recovered from dead Hamas members, containing detailed operational planning and instructions for attacking the neighbourhoods and taking hostages.\n\nThe 43 minutes of footage screened at a military base near Tel Aviv on Monday was distilled from hundreds of hours collected since the attack, the Israeli military said. It contained clips of Hamas gunmen cheering with apparent joy as they shot civilians on the road, and later stalking the pathways of kibbutzim and killing parents and children in their homes.\n\nOne traumatic sequence, taken from home cameras inside of a kibbutz, showed a father rushing his two young boys into an above ground shelter, seconds before Hamas attackers threw a grenade in, killing the father and wounding the boys.\n\nAfter the two boys, bloodied and in shock, had staggered back into their home screaming, a Hamas gunman calmly entered and looked through the fridge in front of them, pausing to take a drink before walking out again.\n\nOne of the boys cried to his brother: \"Daddy is dead, this is not a prank,\" and repeated \"Why am I alive?\" His brother was apparently blinded by the grenade. The military spokesman present at the screening was unable to say whether they survived.\n\nDashcam footage showed the moment Hamas gunmen fired at a civilian car, cracking the windscreen\n\nThe film also contained an audio recording of one of the Hamas gunmen calling home to his parents in Gaza from the phone of a victim to boast that he had \"killed at least 10 Jews with my bare hands\".\n\n\"Please open WhatsApp and look how many dead,\" he implored his parents repeatedly, apparently referring to pictures or video he had sent home showing the attack. \"Your son killed so many Jews,\" he said. \"Mum, your son is a hero.\"\n\nWARNING: The following paragraphs contain graphic descriptions of violence\n\nAnother sequence showed one Hamas gunman shooting the apparently dead bodies of civilians inside a kibbutz in a celebratory manner, and an attempt to decapitate someone who appeared to be still alive using a garden hoe.\n\nThe footage, some taken from mobile phones of victims, also showed the abject fear of those who hid in safe rooms and shelters as the sounds of gunfire and explosions came closer.\n\nThe decision to screen the raw footage for journalists reflected an apparent frustration among senior ranks of the Israeli military that the media coverage of Hamas's brutal attack on 7 October had given way to coverage of Israel's air strikes against Gaza and the humanitarian crisis created by Israel's order for Gazans to migrate south.\n\nSpeaking to the assembled international media after the screening, Major General Michael Edelstein, a former IDF Gaza division commander, said he had been \"shocked\" by the coverage.\n\n\"We see that some of the channels are trying to compare what Israel is doing and what those vile terrorists are doing,\" General Edelstein said.\n\n\"I cannot understand anyone who compares,\" he said. \"And after what we have shared with you, you should know it.\"\n\nMore than 1,400 Israelis have been killed since the Hamas attack on 7 October, according to Israeli authorities - the vast majority in the initial assault. More than 220 are believed to have been taken hostage inside Gaza.\n\nThe Hamas-run health ministry in Gaza says more than 5,000 Palestinians have been killed since Israel's air strikes began in response, and according to the Palestinian health ministry in the occupied West Bank, 91 Palestinians have been killed there since 7 October.\n\nMore than 1,400 Israelis were killed when Hamas attacked communities in the south of Israel, near the Gaza Strip\n\nAfter the screening of the footage on Monday, a virtual reality experience was available, created using video from the first responders who entered family homes in the kibbutzim targeted by Hamas.\n\nThe Israeli military also released two instruction manuals taken from dead Hamas gunmen, containing detailed plans for the attack and for taking hostages.\n\n\"They must shoot down as many victims as possible, take hostages and take some of them to the Gaza Strip using various cars,\" said one part of the manual.\n\nIn a separate document specifically about hostages, the Hamas operatives were instructed to \"kill the problematic and those who pose a threat\" and gather others together to use as \"cannon fodder\".\n\nIsrael's military is still reeling from the 7 October attack, the worst breach of its defences in the south in 50 years. Despite huge resources being put into destroying Hamas tunnels and expanding Israel's security fence both below ground and out to sea, Hamas was able to storm and breach the fence in huge numbers.\n\nMore than 1,000 militants crossed into Israel in the initial incursion, General Edelstein said on Monday. The first parts of the video compilation showed groups of pick-up trucks packed with Hamas gunmen, driving freely along Israeli highways and shooting civilians at will.\n\nThe documents recovered from the bodies of the Hamas militants made it clear that Hamas \"came with orders to slaughter and burn citizens\", General Edelstein said.\n\n\"They simply decided to burn families within their homes. And they took hostages alive, they were aiming to take children back into Gaza,\" he said.\n\n\"Orders were there for how many to kill, how many to take as hostages. Orders were there to rape, all was written and ordered.\"\n\nSpeaking before the screening, Israeli military spokesman Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari said that members of the military had debated whether to show the footage, but that he had decided personally to go ahead.\n\n\"We understand already that we need to create a collective memory for the future,\" he said. \"We will not let the world forget.\"", "The Northeye site is just outside Bexhill-on-Sea in East Sussex\n\nThe Home Office has been accused of wasting millions buying an immigration detention site at more than double the price it was bought for a year before.\n\nAbout £15.3m was spent on the Northeye site, a former prison in Bexhill-On-Sea, new figures reveal.\n\nThirteen months before, developers had bought the land for £6.31 million - meaning they turned a profit of £9m.\n\nThe government is working on plans to turn the land into accommodation for up to 1,200 men.\n\nA spokesperson for One Life To Live, which campaigns against large-scale asylum containment sites, said: \"The taxpayer will want to know how private investors grabbed the Bexhill site last summer for just £6.3 million, and then cleared a 142% profit by simply waiting until the government came along with its chequebook a year later.\"\n\nBexhill is one of a number of sites earmarked to hold large numbers of asylum seekers and reduce the Home Office's use of hotels.\n\nAbout 400 hotels are currently being used to house record numbers of asylum seekers at a cost to the taxpayer of £8m a day.\n\nImmigration minister Robert Jenrick has told MPs fifty of these hotels will be closed to asylum seekers by January and the government will \"not stop there\".\n\nJeff Newnham, who leads the 'Save Northeye' campaign against the development, said: \"There is no geographical or fiscal reason to buy contaminated land - with buildings that need demolishing - in one of the most expensive land areas in the UK. £15.3 million before the first brick is even laid.\n\n\"There is ample Crown land, with fewer development problems, without having to buy more - unless the government is hell-bent on awarding the previous owners a whopping £9 million profit in under a year.\"\n\nLast month local MP Huw Merriman said revised plans meant the Bexhill site would now likely become a detention centre for illegal migrants and existing buildings would be demolished.\n\nHome Office sources insist it does not comment on commercial matters but a spokesperson said: \"We are committed to the removal of foreign criminals and those with no right to be in the UK.\n\n\"We are exploring the use of the Bexhill site for detention purposes and assessments are being undertaken to consider the feasibility.\n\n\"We are working with local stakeholders to ensure that any facility is delivered in a way which minimises the impact on the local community.\"", "Amiram Cooper, Guy Gilboa-Dalal and Tsachi Idan are being held in Gaza\n\nIsrael says 132 people remain unaccounted for after they were abducted and taken to Gaza during the October 7 attacks by Hamas.\n\nAn estimated 240 people were taken prisoner, but 105 were later released by Hamas during a six-day ceasefire at the end of November.\n\nThe Israeli military said it mistakenly killed three hostages in northern Gaza who had escaped from their captors and expressed \"deep remorse\" over the incident.\n\nOf the 132 still unaccounted for, Israel says that 20 of them are believed to be dead.\n\nThese are the stories of those hostages who are still being held, which have either been confirmed by the BBC or credibly reported.\n\nThis list is regularly updated and names may change, as some people feared kidnapped are confirmed to have been killed or released.\n\nLast updated on 19 December 2023 at 10:33 GMT\n\nYagev Kirsht, 34, was taken from his home in Kibbutz Nirim, alongside his wife, Rimon Buchstab Kirsht. She has now been released.\n\nAlexander Trupanov, was taken hostage with his mother Lena Trupanov, 50, his partner Sapir Cohen, 29, and his grandmother Irina Tati, 73. All were abducted from Kibbutz Nir Oz as they spent the Sabbath together, according to a statement by Canada's Raoul Wallenburg Center for Human Rights. Irina and Lena were released on Wednesday 29 November and Sapir was freed the next day.\n\nAriel Cunio, his girlfriend Arbel Yahud and her brother Dolev are also thought to have been abducted in the same attack on Nir Oz. Eitan Cunio, Ariel's brother who escaped Hamas, told the Jewish Chronicle that his last message from Ariel said: \"We are in a horror movie.\"\n\nDavid Cunio, 33, another of Ariel's brothers, was also kidnapped from Nir Oz, family say. David's wife Sharon Aloni Cunio and their three-year-old twin daughters Ema and Yuly were released on 27 November. Sharon's sister Daniele Aloni, and her six-year-old daughter Emilia were both released on 24 November.\n\nDoron Steinbrecher, 30, a veterinary nurse, was in her apartment in Kibbutz Kfar Aza when Hamas attacked, the Times of Israel reported. At 10:30 on 7 October, the newspaper said, she sent a voice message to friends: \"They've arrived, they have me.\"\n\nItzhak Gelerenter, 53, was taken from the Supernova festival. His family said the IDF found his phone was located in Gaza, the Times of Israel reported. His daughter Pivko told the paper: \"I'm trying to think good thoughts, I have a powerful, smart, resourceful father.\"\n\nDoron Steinbrecher sent a voice message to friends during Hamas' attack\n\nNaama Levy, 19, was filmed being bundled into a jeep, her hands tied behind her back. The footage was released by Hamas and circulated widely on social media. According to her mother, the teenager had just begun her military service.\n\nYousef Zyadna, a 53-year-old Bedouin dairy farmer, was abducted from Kibbutz Holit and taken to Gaza along with his sons Hamza, 22, and Bilal, 18, and his daughter, Aisha, 16. Aisha and Bilal were released on Thursday 30 November.\n\nElad Katzir, 47, was abducted from Nir Oz with his mother Hanna. Hanna has now been released.\n\nOhad Ben Ami, 55, was kidnapped from Be'eri with his wife, Raz. She was released by Hamas on 29 November.\n\nTwin brothers Gali and Ziv Berman, 26, were taken from Kfar Aza. Ziv was messaging a friend as the attack happened. Their family said the IDF has told them the brothers are being held in Gaza. Their brother Liran told CBN news the pair had \"twin power\" and were the centre of attention wherever they went.\n\nIraq-born Shlomo Mansour, 85, was taken captive from Kibbutz Kissufim, where he lived and worked as a chicken coop manager. His wife, Mazal, managed to escape.\n\nMichel Nisenbaum, 59, is a dual Brazilian-Israeli citizen who has lived in Israel for 45 years and works as a computer technician, his family told Brazilian media. They also say he is diabetic and has Crohn's disease. On 7 October, they say, someone claiming to be from Hamas answered his phone when they tried to call him.\n\nDaniela Gilboa, 19, sent messages saying that Kibbutz Nahal Oz, where she was staying, was under attack and asked her mother to pray for her. Her boyfriend, Roy Dadon, told the Economist 1843 magazine that he believes he saw a glimpse of her in a video showing three girls being driven away in the back of an SUV.\n\nItay Chen, 19, a dual US-Israeli citizen and IDF solider, was on active duty with a tank unit on 7 October, according to the Times of Israel. The paper reported that his family was notified by the IDF that he is officially considered missing in action and probably being held hostage. Another soldier in his unit, Matan Angrest, 21, is also presumed to be in Gaza.\n\nYosi Sharabi, 51, was taken from Be'eri with his brother, Eli Sharabi, 55. Eli's wife and two daughters were murdered in the attack. Ofir Engel, the boyfriend of Yosi's daughter, Yuval, was also taken, but released on 29 November.\n\nAgam Berger, 19, was kidnapped from Nahal Oz. She was seen being taken away in videos released by Hamas.\n\nEdan Alexander, 19, is an Israeli-US citizen who volunteered to join the Israeli army. He was serving near the Gaza border at the time of Hamas's attack. Edan's family said they had been told by Israeli officials that he had been taken to Gaza as a hostage.\n\nKaid Farhan Elkadi, 53, lives with his family south of Rahat and worked as a security guard, according to Israeli media. Reports said his family believes he was kidnapped and taken to Gaza, based on images shared by Hamas.\n\nIlana Gritzewsky and Matan Zanguaker were captured near the Gaza border, family say\n\nMatan Zanguaker, 24, was taken with his partner Ilana Gritzewsky, 30, from Nir Oz, according to Ilana's father. Ilana, a Mexican national, was released on Thursday 30 November.\n\nThe family of Eitan and Yair Horn believe they were taken from Nir Oz kibbutz\n\nEitan Horn, 37, and his brother Yair, 45, both Argentinian citizens, were also in Nir Oz at the time of the attack. Their father Itzik said he believes they were kidnapped. Yair is a construction worker while Eitan works in education.\n\nItai Svirsky, 38, is thought to have been abducted when his elderly parents were killed in Be'eri. He had been visiting them for the holiday of Simhat Torah.\n\nKeith Seigel, 64, and his wife Adrienne - often known as Aviva - Seigel, 62, were taken from their home in Kfar Aza, Keith's brother Lee Seigel told the BBC. Adrienne was released on 26 November.\n\nOmri Miran, 46, lived in Nahal Oz with his wife and two daughters. Omri was led away by Hamas with his hands tied, his wife Lishay told the Guardian newspaper. She told him not to be a hero, urging: \"Do whatever they want because I want you back.\"\n\nBipin Joshi, 23, a Nepalese student, is believed to have been taken from Kibbutz Alumim. Nepalese newspaper Setopati says he was one of 49 university students studying agriculture in Israel. It says 10 students were killed in the attack.\n\nIlan Weiss, 58, went missing from Kibbutz Be'eri after he was last seen leaving the house to defend the community. On 25 November, his wife Shiri Weiss, 53, and their daughter, Noga, 18, were freed from captivity in a hostage deal.\n\nAmiram Cooper, 85, and his wife Nurit, 80, were taken from their home in Nir Oz, their daughter-in-law Noa told the BBC. The family last spoke to the couple during the Hamas attack, Noa said, when the couple were in their safe room. The family later traced Amiram's phone to Gaza. On Monday 23 October, Nurit was one of two women to be released.\n\nAmiram and Nurit Cooper, pictured with their granddaughter, Gali\n\nOded Lifshitz, 83, and his wife Yocheved, 85 were taken hostage from Nir Oz. On Monday 23 October, Yocheved was one of two elderly women to be freed. After hearing the news of her mother's release, their daughter Sharone - a London-based artist - said: \"While I cannot put into words the relief that she is now safe, I will remain focused on securing the release of my father and all those - some 200 innocent people - who remain hostages in Gaza.\"\n\nHaim Peri, 79, was taken from his home in Nir Oz, reports the Times of Israel, and freed hostage Yocheved Lifshitz said she saw that he was alive and well. His son Lior Peri told Talk TV that Haim had locked his wife inside the safe room before giving himself up to kidnappers.\n\nAvraham Munder, 78, was kidnapped from Nir Oz, Israeli officials say. His wife Ruthi, daughter and grandson have since been released.\n\nOmer Neutra, a 22-year-old Israeli-American and grandson of Holocaust survivors, put off plans to go to college in the US to study in Israel, and eventually joined the IDF. He was serving as a tank commander near Gaza when Hamas attacked. Omer's parents say they were told by the Israeli embassy that he had been kidnapped.\n\nRon Benjamin's vehicle was found empty following the attacks\n\nRon Benjamin, 53, had been taking part in a group cycle ride near the Gaza border when the Hamas attack began and he decided to drive home, his family told Israeli media. Days later, his vehicle was found empty and his family believe he was kidnapped.\n\nLouis Har, 70, is believed to have been taken from Nir Yitzhak. His partner Clara Marman was released on 28 November along with her sister Gabriela Leimberg, 59, and Gabriela's daughter Mia Leimberg,17. Clara and Gabriela's brother Fernando Simon Marman, 60, also remains in captivity.\n\nJudith Weinstein Haggai, 70, and her husband, Gad Haggai, 73, also went missing from Nir Oz after the Hamas attack. Ten days later, the Israeli military confirmed to the family they had been taken hostage, CTV News in Canada reported.\n\nAlex Danzig, 75, a scholar and historian of the Holocaust, was at his home in Nir Oz, when it was attacked by Hamas. \"We know for sure he was kidnapped,\" his son Mati told the BBC. Alex - whose older sister Edith is a Holocaust survivor - has spent the last 30 years working for Yad Vashem, Israel's Holocaust remembrance centre. His disappearance has triggered a campaign for his release, both in Israel and in Poland, the country of his birth.\n\nAlex Danzig has spent decades educating people about the Holocaust\n\nItzhk Elgarat, 68, was kidnapped at the same time as Alex Danzig, his brother Danny Elgert told Israel's Kan 11 TV station, adding that he had tracked his brother's phone to the border with Gaza.\n\nGadi Moses, 79, was also abducted during the same attack on Nir Oz, according to relatives and the Israeli aid agency where he worked as an agricultural expert. Efrat Katz, his partner, was initially thought to have been captured as well, but she was later found dead, the Times of Israel reported. Efrat was the mother of Doron Asher, who was taken hostage and later released with her two daughters. Ravid Katz, 51, Doron Asher's brother, was originally thought to have been taken hostage from Nir Oz, but on 28 November his family confirmed that he had been killed on 7 October.\n\nYair Yaakov, 59, is listed among the hostages. His partner Meirav Tal, 53, was released on 28 November. Yair's children Yagil, 13, and Or, 16, were released on 27 November.\n\nYair Yaakov was pictured being held captive by a gunman in a video shared online\n\nNimrod Cohen, 19, had studied software engineering in high school, according to reports. After he was kidnapped, his father was invited to meet Pope Francis in Rome along with other hostages' families.\n\nTsachi Idan, 51, was last seen by his wife, Gali, as he was taken away by Hamas gunmen. Their family had been ambushed in their safe room in Nahal Oz. Their ordeal was live-streamed by Hamas. Their eldest child, Maayan - who had just turned 18 - was shot dead, Gali told the BBC.\n\nTsachi Idan was ambushed with his wife and children and then led away\n\nYarden Bibas, 34, was abducted from Nir Oz. His wife, Shiri, and their two young children, Ariel and Kfir, were also taken hostage, but on 29 November, Hamas claimed they had been killed in an Israeli air strike while in captivity. The Israeli government has said it is checking the claim.\n\nRonen Engel, 54, was taken from Kibbutz Nir Oz along with his wife, Karina Engelbert, 51, and their two daughters, Mika, 18 and Yuval, 11. On 1 December, the organisation representing the families said he had been murdered. Karina, Mika and Yuval were released on 27 November.\n\nKarina Ariev, a 19-year-old soldier, was serving at an army base near Gaza when she was kidnapped. Her sister Alexandra told the BBC she heard shooting as Karina called her during the attack, and later saw a video showing Karina being taken away in a vehicle.\n\nKarina Ariev was at the Nahal Oz military base, which was among the first to be attacked\n\nOfer Kalderon, 53, was taken by Hamas from Nir Oz. On 27 November his two children, Erez, 12, and Sahar, 16, were released. Two other relatives, 80-year-old Carmela Dan and her granddaughter, Noya, 12, were also believed to have been taken, but Israeli authorities later announced they had been found dead.\n\nYoram Metzger, 80, was a resident of Nir Oz. He has diabetes and broke his hip six months ago, his daughter-in-law said. Yoram's wife Tamar was released on 28 November.\n\nNadav Popplewell, 51, and his mother Channah were taken hostage by Hamas, said Channah's daughter Ayelet Svatitzky, who was speaking to them on the phone when the gunmen burst in. She said the captors sent pictures of her two relatives, who both have diabetes, with armed men in the background. Channah has now been released.\n\nOmri Miran, 46, was abducted after his family opened the door to their secure shelter to an Israeli child, who said he would be killed otherwise. Omri's wife, Lishay Lavi, said she saw him being taken away in handcuffs with three other hostages from Nahal Oz.\n\nLiri Elbag, 18, had just started military training as an Army lookout near the Gaza border when Hamas attacked, her father Eli told the Associated Press. Eli said he saw her in a video circulated later by Hamas, crowded with others on the back of a military truck which had been seized by the gunmen.\n\nLior Rudaeff, 61, was taken from Nir Yitzhak during the attack. His family have heard nothing from him since then.\n\nA number of people are believed to have been abducted from the Supernova music festival in southern Israel. Among them:\n\nShlomi Ziv, 40, was part of the security detail at the festival and was initially in contact with his sisters as the attack unfolded, according to an interview with The Times of Israel. A few weeks later the family learned he was officially considered to be a hostage, the report says.\n\nAlexander Lobanov, 32, is a Russian-Israeli citizen who was kidnapped at the festival.\n\nOri Danino, 25, is reported to have got away from the festival in his car, but it's believed he was captured after turning back in an attempt to save some people he had met there.\n\nAlmog Sarusi, 26, was kidnapped from the music festival and his partner Shahar Gindi was killed, according to Israeli media. Almog's father, Yigal, was among the relatives of hostages who met with Israel's prime minister in October.\n\nOmer Shem Tov, 21, called his parents as he was running away from gunfire and managed to get into a friend's car. His parents, Shelly and Malki Shem Tov, told Israeli media they lost contact with their son and the live location on his phone showed he was beyond the border in Gaza.\n\nIdan Shtivi, 28, an environmental sciences student, was attending the festival to take pictures at music and yoga workshops being held by friends. He escaped the site in his car but was attacked by Hamas along the route. The bodies of two of his passengers were found, and his family told the Jerusalem Post they suspect he was kidnapped.\n\nYosef Ohana, 24, had been at the festival with a friend, who told his mother he and Yosef had remained to help people escape the gunfire before running themselves. Yosef was last seen hiding under a car, and Israeli authorities have visited his mother to say he was kidnapped.\n\nAndrei Kozlov, 27, a Russian who moved to Israel in 2022, is missing from the Supernova festival, where he was working as a security guard. His mother told the De Taly publication the family was told by the IDF on October 26 that he was being held hostage.\n\nElyakim Libman, 23, was working as a security guard at the festival. In a Facebook post his father Eliyahu Libman said another guard told him his son had helped rescue others before trying to escape. He was last seen trying to help two badly-injured women.\n\nNoa Argamani, a Chinese-born Israeli citizen, was also kidnapped from the festival. Video footage - verified by her father Yaakov Argamani to Israel's Channel 12 - shows the 25-year-old being taken away on the back of a motorbike screaming, \"Don't kill me!\" Her boyfriend Avinatan Or, 30, also appears in the video being marched away from her by Hamas, the Times of Israel reported.\n\nEden Yerushalmi's family say they were told she had been taken hostage\n\nEden Yerushalmi, 24, called her family during Hamas's attack on the festival, her sister May told CBS News. The family say they were subsequently informed by the IDF that Eden had been abducted.\n\nChanan Yablonka, 42, is a father-of-two from Tel Aviv. According to reports, he attended the festival with friends and was due to celebrate his birthday a few days after the attacks.\n\nJonathan Samerano, 21, has been missing since 7am on the morning of the festival. His family have been told to presume he is being held in Gaza, Israeli media reported.\n\nGuy Gilboa-Dalal was filmed in captivity in Gaza, his family say\n\nGuy Gilboa-Dalal, 22, attended the festival with his brother. Guy appears in a hostage video that his family say confirms he is in Gaza.\n\nUriel Baruch, 35, was injured during the attack on the festival, his wife said on Facebook. Reports in Israeli media say his mother, Naomi, has heard from the IDF that he is a hostage.\n\nMaxim Kharkin's mother described speaking to him on the morning of 7 October\n\nMaxim Kharkin is aged 35 and a Russian speaker, his mother told Russian media. She added that he had called her at 07:00 on the morning of the attack.\n\nElkana Bohbot was seen in a video posted by Hamas\n\nElkana Bohbot, 34, had gone to the party with friends and, before losing contact, he spoke to his wife and mother telling them he was helping to evacuate the wounded, the Times of Israel reported. Hours later, his family found a video of him posted online by Hamas, which has been seen by BBC Verify.\n\nRom Braslavski, 19, was working on security for the festival. According to an account published by Hostages and Missing Families Forum, he was trying to rescue an injured person in the attack when he was caught in a volley of fire. He has not been heard from since.\n\nOmer Wenkert, 22, a restaurant manager, sent a message to his family to say he was going to a safe shelter but then lost contact, his father Shai Wenkert told the BBC's Today Programme. Shai Wenkert said he had seen footage of his son in captivity, including a photo of him handcuffed and wearing only underwear.\n\nEvyatar David's family say they were sent a video of him in captivity\n\nEvyatar David, 23, was at the festival and on the morning of the attacks, described fleeing from gunfire before losing contact with the outside world, his brother says. Later, his family say, Evyatar's sister posted on Instagram appealing for information about his whereabouts. She then received a text from an unknown number, which contained video footage of Evyatar handcuffed on the floor of a dark room. According to Israel's foreign ministry he is being held captive by Hamas in Gaza.\n\nEitan Mor, 23, lives in Jerusalem, and was working as a security guard at the festival, the Times of Israel said. He reportedly texted his uncle after Hamas arrived and was last seen with a friend bringing others to safety.\n\nAlon Ohel, 22, a Serbian citizen, took refuge in a shelter after the festival came under attack, his family say. They have seen footage of him being dragged away after a grenade attack.\n\nAlmog Meir Jan, 21, tried to flee the festival. He and a friend made it to the friend's car but only managed to drive a short distance before being forced to stop. Almog's family say they have seen a hostage video in which he appears.\n\nInbar Heiman, a student aged 21, was seen by two young Israeli men being taken away from the festival on a motorcycle. Hamas have released a video in which she is seen very briefly.\n\nHersh Goldberg-Polin, 23, a dual US-Israeli citizen, was badly injured in the attack, his family told the BBC. Eyewitness accounts say he was seen being forced onto a white pick-up truck - the last-known signal from his phone came from just inside Gaza.\n\nSegev Kalfon, 26, was running away from the festival, across the highway, when he was captured by Hamas, according to the Hostages and Missing Families Forum.\n\nOrión Hernández Radoux, 30, from Mexico, attended the festival with his girlfriend, Shani Louk. He has not been seen since. The Sun newspaper says it has seen threatening messages written in Arabic sent from his phone. Shani, a tourist from Germany, was initially thought to be among those seized. But on 30 October, her mother Ricarda told German media that the family had been informed by Israeli military of her death following DNA identification.\n\nRomi Lesham Gonen, 23, was on the phone to her mother as she tried to escape from the Supernova festival. Merav Leshem Gonan has recounted a conversation in which her daughter begged for help after being shot. ABC News reports that Romi's phone is now in Gaza.\n\nBar Kuperstein, 21, last spoke to his family early on the morning of 7 October, as the attack unfolded. Later the same day, his family say they identified him in a video of Israeli prisoners, posted by Hamas. Since then, they say they have had no further information.\n\nEliya Cohen, 26, was hiding with his girlfriend Ziv from the attack, when Ziv felt him being pulled up and driven away by the gunmen, Eliya's mother has told the video initiative #BringThemHomeNow. The family then found a photo of Eliya in Gaza, the Times of Israel reported.\n\nAmit Buskila, 28, from Ashdod, was last heard of making a call to her uncle, Shimon, as Hamas overran the festival. Her family say they have now been told by the government that she is being held in Gaza.\n\nCarmel Gat, 39, is Jordan's sister-in-law, and also was seen by her father being taken by gunmen from Kibbutz Be'eri, Haaretz newspaper reported. She has not been heard from since.\n\nOhad Yahalomi, 49, was abducted from Nir Oz, along with his 12-year-old son, Eitan, who was released during the November ceasefire.\n\nDror Or, 48, was seen by a neighbour being dragged out of his home in Be'eri, according to their nephew Emmanuel Besorai, along with his son and daughter. On Saturday 25 November Dror's son Noam, 17, and daughter Alma, 13, were released from captivity. The body of Yonat, 50 - Dror's wife and the children's mother - was identified among the 120 people murdered at the kibbutz, Yonat's brother told the Guardian newspaper.\n\nTal Shoham, 38, was taken from Kibbutz Be'eri. His wife Adi, also 38, her mother Dr Shoshan Haran, 67, were released by Hamas on 25 November, along with the couple's children Nave, eight, and Yahel, three. Dr Haran's husband, Avshalom - an economist and dual German/Israeli citizen - was killed on 7 October.\n\nTamir Adar, 38, who defended Nir Oz as part of the kibbutz's emergency squad, was taken to Gaza, the Times of Israel reported.\n\nSagui Dekel-Chen, 35, an American-Israeli citizen, has been missing since Hamas's attack on Nir Oz, his father Jonathan told the BBC. He said his son was not found among the dead and the \"only reasonable explanation\" is that he was taken to Gaza.\n\nSagui Dekel-Chen's father has not heard from him since Hamas attacked the kibbutz where he lived\n\nThailand's ambassador to Israel says 26 of its citizens were taken hostage, 23 of whom have now been released.\n\nThose still being held are believed to include Watchara Sriuan, 32. His mother, Viewwaew, told the Thaiger news site that the family had been informed he was being held captive.\n\nKiattisak \"Top\" Patee and a Mr Pongtorn (no first name given) have also been named by the Thai foreign ministry as hostages.\n\nA number of other people thought to have been held hostage are now confirmed to have died, either during the 7 October attack or while in captivity.\n\nAs well as Ron Scherman and Nik Beizer, four bodies were identified this week. They were Tal Chaimi, an Israeli-Romanian citizen aged 41, and Joshua Mollel, a 19-year-old Tanzanian student. Also, 27-year-old Eden Zecharya, who was kidnapped from the Nova music festival, and 36-year-old Ziv Dado, who had already been declared dead by the Israeli military.\n\nOthers known to have died include Dror Kaplun, 68, Aviv Atzili, 49, Arye Zalmanovich, 85, Ronen Engel, 54, Maya Goren, 56, Guy Iluz, 26, Ofir Tzarfati, 27, Ofra Keider, 70, and Eliyahu Margalit, 75.\n\nThe bodies of 19-year-old soldier, Noa Marciano, and 65-year-old Yehudit Weiss were found by Israeli troops in buildings close to Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City.\n\nOn Saturday 9 December Kibbutz Bari announced that Sahar Baruch, 25, had been killed in Gaza.\n\nOther hostages whose death has been reported, but not confirmed include Shiri Bibas, 32, and her two young children, Ariel and Kfir.\n\nAre you personally affected by the issues raised in this story? If it is safe to do so, please get in touch by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "Nottinghamshire County Council declared a major incident and told people in Retford they were at risk over high water levels along the River Idle\n\nParts of England hit by flooding have been told to expect more heavy rain, after the UK-wide death toll from Storm Babet is believed to have risen to at least seven.\n\nA yellow rain warning in force across Yorkshire and the East Midlands is set to last until 16:00 BST on Tuesday.\n\nMore than 90 flood warnings are in place after Storm Babet, including in areas forecast for more rain this week.\n\nThe Environment Agency said flooding could last until Wednesday in England.\n\nIt said around 1,250 homes in England had already been impacted and an estimated 30,000 properties needed flood protections.\n\nA number of rivers in Yorkshire and the Humber and the East Midlands burst their banks over the weekend.\n\nThe latest Met Office yellow rain warning stretches south from York to Nottingham and west from the North Sea coast to the Peak District.\n\nNumerous points along the River Severn are expected to be affected in the coming days. The Environment Agency has also warned widespread flooding is probable in parts of the Midlands and the North of England.\n\nDerby City Council said the River Derwent saw record-breaking water levels over the weekend.\n\nDozens of homes were evacuated near the River Idle in Retford, Nottinghamshire with a rest centre set up at a leisure centre, while major roads were also closed.\n\nTwo severe flood warnings for the River Idle, as well three for the River Derwent in Derby, were lifted on Sunday evening.\n\nHave you evacuated from your home due to the floods? Share your experiences, email haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nOn Monday, Scottish First Minister Humza Yousaf visited Brechin, in Angus, where dozens of homes were flooded when the River South Esk burst its banks.\n\nHe described the flooding as \"unprecedented\" with more than a month's worth of rainfall over last weekend.\n\nHe said discussions would continue with the local authority over the coming \"days, weeks and months\" about what support the government could provide, potentially including money for flood defence improvements.\n\nConservative councillor Gavin Nicol, who represents Brechin on the Angus Council, called for more funding from the Scottish government, saying the impacts of the floods will be felt for \"months and years\".\n\nHe said the finances were needed to protect and rehome residents, including some who may have to move permanently.\n\nScottish First Minister Humza Yousaf visited Brechin, Angus, one of the worst hit areas, on Monday\n\nAt least seven people across England and Scotland are now known to have been killed in the flooding.\n\nBBC Weather's Simon King said the \"exceptional rain\" brought by Storm Babet continued to cause problems, including flooding and high river levels.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\n\"With the week ahead remaining rather unsettled, there'll be further rain at times,\" he said, adding the risk of flooding remained high in parts of Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire and Lincolnshire.\n\nExperts say climate change makes extreme flooding events more likely because a warming atmosphere increases the chance of intense rainfall.\n\nHowever, many factors contribute to flooding and it takes time for scientists to calculate how much impact climate change has had on particular weather events - if any.\n\nThe world has already warmed by about 1.1C since the industrial era began and temperatures will keep rising unless governments around the world make steep cuts to emissions.\n\nFind out the weather forecast for your area, with an hourly breakdown and a 14-day lookahead, by downloading the BBC Weather app: Apple - Android - Amazon\n\nThe BBC Weather app is only available to download in the UK.", "The man was reported missing in the Marykirk area\n\nA man has been found dead inside a vehicle after he became trapped during Storm Babet flooding in Aberdeenshire.\n\nOfficers in Marykirk had been searching the area since Friday after torrential rain and high winds hit north east Scotland during a red weather warning.\n\nThe force said the body and vehicle had been recovered. Formal identification has still to take place, however the man's family have been informed.\n\nHe is the third person killed in Scotland during the storm.\n\nJohn Gillan, 56, was killed on Thursday after a falling tree hit his van near Forfar.\n\nEmergency services attended but Mr Gillan, from Arbroath, was pronounced dead at the scene.\n\nJohn Gillan's van was struck by a falling tree near Forfar\n\nTributes have also been paid to Perthshire businesswoman Wendy Taylor, 57, who was swept away in the Water of Lee, Glen Esk.\n\nMrs Taylor was a director at the Errol-based Taylor's Snacks, previously known as Mackie's.\n\nShe was also the secretary and a director of Taypack Potatoes, along with her husband George.\n\nPerthshire North MSP John Swinney said he was \"terribly saddened\" at the news of Mrs Taylor's death.\n\nWendy Taylor's body was recovered from the Water of Lee, Glen Esk, on Thursday\n\nThe storm has also claimed two lives in England, a man in his 60s in Shropshire and a woman in her 80s in Chesterfield.\n\nFirst Minister Humza Yousaf has pledged government support for a community in Angus devastated by the floods.\n\nMr Yousaf described the flooding as \"unprecedented\" with more than a month's worth of rainfall over the weekend.\n\nThe main A90 trunk route through north east Scotland remains closed between Forfar and Brechin, causing severe disruption for individuals and businesses.\n\nMeanwhile, officers have also been attending reports of another body, found in a burn near East Road in Elgin, Moray.\n\nPolice Scotland said was incident was not connected to Storm Babet.", "More teams, more games - and more flights. Next season will see men's European club football expand further, with an additional 177 fixtures across Uefa's three major tournaments - and with that comes an increasing impact on the planet.\n\nBBC Sport research suggests the inflated fixture list could lead to teams and fans flying about two billion air miles across the 2024-25 campaign, up from 1.5 billion in 2022-23.\n\nThe projected figures for next season equate to more than 4,000 journeys to the Moon and back, and would result in the release of nearly half a million tonnes of greenhouse gases which cause global heating.\n\nBut how does that tally with Uefa's pledge to cut its climate impact? And what can be done?\n\nUefa's former head of social responsibility, Patrick Gasser, has suggested the governing body stops issuing tickets to away fans for Champions League, Europa League and Europa Conference League matches to help reduce its carbon footprint.\n\nHere, BBC Sport breaks down the numbers and looks at the issue of sustainability in European football.\n\nWhat do the numbers say?\n\nThe BBC's study looked at flights for teams and away fans, calculated using a Uefa minimum allocation of 5% of stadium capacity.\n\nWhile some supporters will travel shorter journeys by rail, the study eliminated any journeys under 150 miles long. With the average journey almost 1,000 miles long, rail travel within the sample will likely be a very small percentage.\n\nBBC Sport asked for any detail on the number of fans travelling by train but Uefa confirmed that type of analysis was not available.\n\nThe true footprint of next year's Champions League, Europa League and Conference League seasons will likely be considerably higher than these projections once emissions from the local travel of a projected 18 million domestic fans is factored in.\n\nThat footprint will also include stadium operating emissions and the travel of Uefa officials and media, as well as the use of less sustainable forms of air travel such as business class and private charter flights, not to mention any additional fans travelling on top of the 5% or from outside of Europe. The BBC study assumed economy class travel on scheduled airlines.\n• Combined air miles for teams and fans in 2022-23:\n\nMethodology: BBC calculation of air miles across two seasons. We have made certain assumptions, namely that teams would be flying from the closest airport to the team's stadium, that journeys less than 150 miles would not require a flight and that everyone was flying economy, on a scheduled airline. We used figures for number of matches and fans provided by Uefa.\n\nNext season's European expansion comes just three years after an extra 63 matches were added with the introduction of the Conference League.\n\nUefa also added the biennial Nations League to its international calendar in 2018 on top of the European Championship which is held every four years. The men's Euros in 2020 was staged across 11 different European countries.\n\nDavid Wheeler, the Professional Footballers' Association's sustainability spokesperson, accused Uefa of a \"dereliction of duty\" over its climate impact.\n\n\"They are not leading on this - they are not separate to society. Everything they do has an impact on the environment,\" Wycombe Wanderers midfielder Wheeler said.\n\n\"The way they are behaving suggests they think they are above that. It almost gives license to clubs, or even anyone in society, that you can do what you want.\n\n\"Instead of being a positive force for good they are exacerbating the problem and pushing us towards a very serious situation with a climate emergency.\n\n\"A lot of it [the tournament expansion] seems to be greed. Those organisations and many clubs want to make as much money as possible, regardless of the harm caused.\"\n\nUefa also has a growth strategy for women's football but Denmark midfielder Sofie Junge Pedersen says climate change must be a key focus given there are already \"questions about the relative emissions both current and historical\".\n\n\"There are no excuses for Uefa not to be very active in the green transition and live up to their goals. There is so much money in the football industry,\" Pedersen said.\n\n\"In my opinion, Uefa must spend much more of its budget on the green transition, for the sake of our planet and the people, including the ability to play football around the world.\n\n\"Players from my club and national teams whom I have told about this idea have shown huge support for this. Better to help fight climate change than to get a bit more money in your own pockets.\"\n\nA Uefa spokesperson told BBC Sport the decision to expand its European competitions followed \"an extensive consultation process\" in which they \"listened to the ideas of fans, players, coaches, national associations, clubs, and leagues\".\n\n\"The new format will help us improve the competitive balance and generate solid revenues for clubs, leagues and grassroots football across our continent,\" Uefa's statement said.\n\nNo other sport sees supporters travel so regularly and in such large numbers as football - and the BBC study has focused on fan travel as the biggest single contributor to emissions, with estimates suggesting it contributes 80% or more. This fact is substantially re-enforced when much of the travel is by air.\n\nGasser, who worked at Uefa for 22 years, suggested European football's governing body should not require clubs to offer away fans tickets as they currently do - at a minimum 5% of capacity - or go even further and reintroduce the restrictions on travelling supporters which existed during the Covid-19 pandemic.\n\n\"It would have another benefit in terms of all the security precautions which need to be taken in host cities when teams arrive,\" he said.\n\n\"We know that travel creates the biggest carbon footprint in or around football.\n\n\"I would make an exception for the finals. I think we need to look at fundamental behaviour change and that would be a good way to start.\"\n\nGasser said the idea had been discussed \"at the executive committee level\" but was not approved or pursued \"as far as I can see\".\n\nHe accepts the move would be unpopular with some supporters, but argues the unprecedented nature of the climate crisis demands such measures.\n\nUefa said it had no record of such a suggestion being made.\n\n\"I think if you're serious about sustainability and making our sustainable contribution to fight climate change, this would be one of the measures you should implement,\" Gasser said.\n\n\"Obviously, this will not delight supporters. But as a global society we need to start to make fundamental behaviour changes.\n\n\"One of the arguments against it would be you would lose a bit of atmosphere in the stadium.\n\n\"But for the sake of the climate... if we look at the past summer, all the wildfires, the different disasters, it is starting to [have an] impact.\n\n\"If the climate collapses, we are all going to suffer.\"\n\nUefa said it would \"closely monitor the evolution of competitions and implement a comprehensive assessment approach that will consider both positive and negative impacts generated through new competitions\".\n\nWhile fan flights contribute the largest total emissions to European football's footprint, the environmental impact per passenger of team travel is far greater because of the use of private charter planes. These journeys have a significantly higher footprint than regular scheduled services.\n\nBBC Sport previously reported on the domestic private charter flights taken by Premier League clubs and the details of 'positioning flights' - where near-empty planes are flown to convenient airports, sometimes across the UK, in order to then transport players and staff to fixtures.\n\nWe have also looked at the knockout stages of last year's Champions League to see if private charter flights and positioning flights were being used at similar levels across greater distances in European football.\n\nBBC Sport found that away teams chartered a flight in 26 of the 29 matches - one notable exception being the semi-finals between Inter Milan and AC Milan in the same city.\n\nOf those 26 flights, we found evidence of 17 positioning flights. Four of those positioning flights were more than one hour long and two were over two hours long, with one plane flying two hours 48 minutes to then transport a team for just one hour 49 minutes.\n\nHow teams choose to travel is an issue for individual teams and not Uefa, but the most often cited reason for the use of private charters is fixture congestion - which is not an issue clubs have control of and will only be increased by expanding tournaments.\n\nUefa mandates the sale of away tickets but told BBC Sport it had \"no operational control over travel of teams and ticketholders\".\n\n\"Travel data is in the hands of each of the clubs, and to our knowledge there is no tool that is looking at the aggregation and analysis of these topics,\" it added.\n\n'This is not only a Uefa journey, it is a football journey'\n\nUefa is a signatory to the United Nations Sport for Climate Action Framework which requires it to halve emissions by 2030 and achieve net zero by 2040.\n\nFor next summer's Euro 2024 in Germany, Uefa is investing 32 million euros in sustainability initiatives. This includes a 29-euro flat rate discounted ticket for the Deutsche Bahn railway system and free 36-hour local transport for ticketholders.\n\nHowever, the extent to which this will cut emissions or change behaviours remains to be seen. The majority of fans will not be local and 90% of emissions will mainly be from supporters travelling to Germany from other European nations. Uefa said it encouraged fans to travel to the tournament by rail or car share.\n\nThe German government has estimated the footprint of the Euros could be 500,000 tonnes CO2e but Uefa is aiming for a 20% reduction. However, that reduction is just for the finals tournament - meaning it does not include qualifying matches which were held across the continent.\n\nThe growth of club matches also means the annual men's football competitions are now far more polluting than the Euro finals.\n\nDirector of sustainability Michele Uva says Uefa has to balance a lot of issues.\n\n\"Environmental sustainability is only one chapter of the four sustainability topics we are taking into consideration. We also have social sustainability, sporting sustainability and economic sustainability,\" he said.\n\nWhen asked if that meant economic sustainability - money and profit - was being put ahead of the environment, Uva responded: \"96% of the money is redistributed to the clubs. We are providing all the clubs with a Uefa carbon footprint calculator to start to understand what their carbon footprint is and pushing them to reduce their emissions in such a way.\n\n\"It is now mandatory for the clubs to have a sustainability strategy and a sustainability manager. This is not only a Uefa journey, it is a football journey.\"\n\nThere is no doubt, however, that the addition of extra games makes it harder for clubs to be sustainable. The format changes themselves are, in part, a response to the threat of the breakaway European Super League in 2021.\n\nUva said Uefa's net-zero strategy did not apply to the travel of fans: \"The net-zero commitment is on Uefa activity. The competitions are a club activity.\"\n\nCritics say this message seems to go against much of what we know about Uefa competitions - the presentation, rules, advertising, match day and stadium operations, as well as the sale of TV rights.\n\nUltimately, the planet does not care whether the emissions of European football belong to Uefa or to the individual clubs.\n\nAnd as football will continue to be affected by climate change and extreme weather, the majority of those impacts will be felt by football's smaller teams, lower leagues, and the grassroots players.", "Jacob Bourne was one of three activists who took part in the pitch invasion\n\nThree Just Stop Oil protesters who briefly stopped play during an Ashes Test at Lord's Cricket Ground have been sentenced.\n\nDaniel Knorr, 21, and Jacob Bourne, 27, went on to the pitch and threw orange powder paint during the match between England and Australia in June.\n\nJudit Murray, 69, was stopped by security at the boundary.\n\nWestminster Magistrates' Court gave them a 12-month community order and banned them from Lord's.\n\nThe invasion briefly held up play during the second Ashes Test match of the summer\n\nKnorr was intercepted and carried off the pitch by England wicketkeeper Jonny Bairstow.\n\nBourne was stopped from getting on to the square by England captain Ben Stokes and Australia batter David Warner before being taken away by security.\n\nChampagne corks and fruit were thrown by cricket fans at him as he was led off the field.\n\nThe Just Stop Oil protesters threw orange powder on the pitch\n\nPlay was stopped for four minutes and Bairstow was forced to change his shirt before resuming.\n\nAll three protesters were convicted of aggravated trespass at City of London Magistrates' Court last month.\n\nThey said they wanted to create headlines for their climate change protest and did not want to cause disruption or damage the pitch.\n\nUnder the order, they must complete 60 hours of unpaid work and pay £444 in legal costs.\n\nListen to the best of BBC Radio London on Sounds and follow BBC London on Facebook, X and Instagram. Send your story ideas to hello.bbclondon@bbc.co.uk", "Susan Hodgson says she was in shock when she returned from vacation to find her property razed to the ground.\n\nThe old family property, where no one had lived for about 15 years, was mistakenly torn down by a demolition company with the wrong address. She has yet to hear from the company.", "UK food regulators have lowered the recommended safe daily dose of cannabidiol (CBD), a cannabis extract present in many different High Street products, including drinks and snacks.\n\nThe Food Standards Agency says the advice is precautionary, following concerns long-term use might cause liver and other health problems.\n\nAdults are being advised to have no more than 10 milligrams of CBD a day.\n\nThe previous recommended safe daily dose, from 2020, was 70 milligrams.\n\nAnd the FSA is warning some products available in shops and online contain more than 10 milligrams of CBD per serving, which is about four to five drops of 5% CBD oil.\n\nFSA chief scientific advisor Prof Robin May, said: \"The more CBD you consume over your lifetime, the more likely you are to develop long-term adverse effects, like liver damage or thyroid issues.\n\n\"The level of risk is related to how much you take, in the same way it is with some other potentially harmful products such as alcoholic drinks.\"\n\nTwo independent committees reviewed the scientific evidence, including data submitted by manufacturers of CBD products.\n\nThe FSA, which has been regulating the CBD market since 2019, says there appears to be no \"acute safety risk\" from consuming more than 10 milligrams of CBD a day but regular consumption above this level could pose health risks.\n\nDerived from cannabis but without psychoactive properties, CBD is sold in some pharmacies and health-food shops as a supplement and used to treat conditions such as pain or insomnia.\n\nCBD products can be sold as:\n\nCertain groups of people - including children, pregnant women and people taking other medications - are advised not to use CBD.\n\nThe Association for the Cannabinoid Industry said it would examine the evidence behind the FSA recommendations.\n\n\"We highlight to consumers that this guidance demonstrates the FSA still considers CBD to be safe and their advice relates to lifetime consumption of daily high doses of CBD,\" a spokesman said.\n\nThe recommendation is only advisory - regulators are not requesting that any products are taken off shelves.\n\nFood Standards Scotland has issued the same advice.\n\nEmily Miles, CEO of the FSA, said: \"We understand that this change to our advice will have implications for products currently on the market that contain more than 10mg of CBD per serving.\n\n\"We will be working closely with industry to minimise the risk, to ensure consumers are not exposed to potentially harmful levels of CBD.\"\n\nThe FSA has a list of CBD food products that are under review. Products on this list are not formally authorised for sale, they have not yet been fully assessed for safety, but they are linked to applications which are moving through the novel foods process.\n\nInclusion on the list is no guarantee that they will be authorised, but unlisted products should not be sold in England and Wales.\n\nAndrea Martinez-Inchausti, Assistant Director of Food at the British Retail Consortium, said: \"Retailers will follow any and all FSA advice on the sale of products containing CBD, and take their obligations around these products very seriously.\"\n• None Cannabis goods ‘could be off the shelves in a year’\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Auditing giant KPMG has been handed a record fine over \"exceptional\" failures in its accounting work for Carillion, the construction giant which collapsed in 2018.\n\nThe Financial Reporting Council, which regulates accountants, said the £21m fine was due to the \"number, range and seriousness\" of issues in KPMG's work.\n\nKPMG's UK chief executive said the FRC's findings were \"damning\".\n\n\"I am very sorry that these failings happened in our firm,\" said Jon Holt. \"It is clear to me that our audit work on Carillion was very bad, over an extended period.\n\n\"In many areas, some of our former partners and employees simply didn't do their job properly.\"\n\nCarillion collapsed with debts in excess of £1.5bn, leaving projects including Liverpool's Royal Hospital and the £745m Aberdeen bypass project unfinished as well as contracts in prisons, hospitals and with the army unfulfilled.\n\nKPMG vetted the company's accounts repeatedly from 2014 to 2017 and failed to spot its spiralling problems.\n\nLooking back through these audits, the FRC said it had found \"an unusually large number of breaches of relevant requirements\".\n\nKPMG had failed to gather enough appropriate evidence to enable it to conclude that Carillion's financial statements \"were true and fair\".\n\nIt also failed to conduct its audit work \"with an adequate degree of professional scepticism\", even when statements and estimates by Carillion's management team appeared \"unreasonable\" or \"inconsistent\".\n\nThe FRC said Carillion, a major construction firm with around 12,000 staff, had been a very important client for KPMG and key members of its audit team which created a \"risk to their objectivity\".\n\nIt singled out Peter Meehan, a former KPMG partner who no longer works for the firm, saying he and his team had occasionally signed off audit reports before completing all of the work involved.\n\nHe has personally been fined £500,000, reduced to £350,000 to reflect his co-operation with investigators.\n\nAnother partner, Darren Turner, has been fined £100,000 which was reduced to £70,000 for failures in a 2013 audit.\n\nIn both cases, the FRC said the men had not been dishonest, although Mr Meehan's team had occasionally made \"intentional, deliberate or reckless\" mistakes.\n\nThe regulator said the breaches undermined credibility and public trust in the auditing process.\n\n\"The collapse of Carillion had a significant and painful impact on employees, pensioners, investors, critical infrastructure projects, local communities and taxpayers,\" FRC boss Richard Moriarty said.\n\n\"Our investigation concludes this was a textbook case study in failure.\"\n\nMr Holt said junior colleagues at KPMG had been badly let down by leaders at the firm and he was \"upset and angry\".\n\n\"As an auditor, I simply cannot defend the work that we did on Carillion,\" he said. \"As the chief executive of KPMG, I am determined that we face up to this failure and I am absolutely committed to continuing to work with my colleagues across the business to ensure that nothing like this can happen again.\"\n\nKPMG was last year told to pay £14m for misleading the FRC about its work for Carillion.\n\nIn 2021, the government began legal action to ban eight former Carillion directors from holding senior boardroom positions.\n\nLast week, former Carillion boss Richard Howson was banned by regulators from being a director of a UK business for eight years.", "The new set of coins will be struck as demand requires\n\nLarge numbers on an entirely redesigned set of UK coins will help children to identify figures and learn to count, The Royal Mint has said.\n\nThe coins will enter circulation by the end of the year, marking the new reign of King Charles III and celebrating his love of the natural world.\n\nThe tails side of every coin from the 1p to the £2 will feature the country's flora and fauna.\n\nOld coins can still be used, with the new set struck in response to demand.\n\nRebecca Morgan, director at the Mint, told the BBC: \"The large numbers will be very appealing to children who are learning to count and about the use of money.\n\n\"Also the animals and everything you see on these coins will appeal to children. They are great conversation starters.\"\n\nAnimals ranging from the red squirrel to the capercaillie grouse are depicted on the new designs. The King's now-familiar portrait will be on the front of each coin - many for the first time.\n\nAlthough cash use - and especially the popularity of coins - has been in decline in recent years, the Mint says heritage and need mean this change is still required.\n\n\"We know a large proportion of the country are still heavily reliant on cash,\" Ms Morgan said.\n\n\"It is also tradition to mark the moment of a monarch coming to the throne with a new set of coinage, so it is important that we carry on that tradition.\"\n\nThe reverse side of the £1 coin features bees\n\nThe BBC was given an advance viewing of the new coins, the size and shape of which remain unchanged.\n\nAlthough there have been commemorative coins circulating featuring King Charles, these new designs - officially known as definitives - mark the final chapter of the King's transition onto coinage.\n\nDefinitive coins feature the standard designs seen on the majority of official currency. These designs stay the same for years or even decades.\n\nThe previous set featured a shield formation and was introduced under Queen Elizabeth II in 2008, and will still dominate the 29 billion coins in circulation in the UK for some time yet.\n\nThe reverse, or tails side, of the new coins will be the matter of most interest to collectors and for quizmasters. They are designed to show the importance, and precariousness, of the natural world:\n\nThe coins are designed to show the importance of the natural world\n\nThey feature flora and fauna found across Britain\n\nKevin Clancy, director of the Royal Mint Museum, said: \"People who remember pre-decimal coins might recall the wren farthing, or the thrift design on the 12-sided thrupence, but it wasn't lots of natural world.\n\n\"What is different about these coins is that they are all about the natural world.\"\n\nThere are also links to history and the changing of the monarchy.\n\nThree interlocking Cs feature on the coins, representing the third King Charles, and taking its inspiration from the cypher of Charles II.\n\nThe edge inscription of the new £2 coin was chosen by the new King Charles and reads: \"In servitio omnium\", which means: \"In the service of all\".\n\nIt was taken from his inaugural speech in September last year.\n\nThe King's image will also appear on banknotes, due to enter circulation next year\n\nThe coins follow centuries of tradition with the monarch now facing left - the opposite way to his predecessor. Profiles are alternated between left and right for successive monarchs. As with previous British kings, and unlike the Queen, he wears no crown.\n\nThe Royal Mint is based in Llantrisant, Rhondda Cynon Taf in Wales.\n\nNew banknotes featuring the image of King Charles are being printed in their millions but will not enter circulation until the middle of next year - some months after the coins.\n\nNew notes will replace damaged or worn older ones, but their introduction is slow because machines such as self-service tills need to recognise the new image.", "The Met Police said it would provide a visible presence in some Jewish communities in the wake of the Hamas attack on Israel\n\nAntisemitic incidents in the UK have more than quadrupled since Hamas's attack on Israel, says a charity which helps Jewish people in the UK.\n\nThe Community Security Trust (CST) recorded 89 \"anti-Jewish hate\" incidents from 7 to 10 October.\n\nThat marked a more than four-fold rise on the 21 antisemitic incidents recorded in the same period last year.\n\nSecurity Minister Tom Tugendhat said he was \"very concerned\" at reports of an increase in antisemitism.\n\nThe Met Police has also written an open letter to London's Jewish community expressing support and solidarity.\n\nThe CST says six of the 89 incidents recorded were assaults, three referred to damage to Jewish property and 66 were related to abusive behaviour, 22 of which happened online.\n\nIn examples of incidents given by the group:\n\nThe CST said: \"Make no mistake: these are anti-Jewish racist incidents and hate crimes in which Jewish people, property and institutions are singled out for hate, including death threats and abuse.\n\n\"In many cases, the perpetrators of these disgraceful incidents are using the symbols and language of pro-Palestinian politics as rhetorical weapons with which to threaten and abuse Jewish people.\"\n\nHamas began its surprise assault on Israel on Saturday, killing more than 1,200 people and taking up to 150 hostages.\n\nMore than 1,300 people have been killed in Gaza since Israel launched retaliatory air strikes.\n\nMr Tugendhat said he took the rise in antisemitism in the UK \"extremely seriously\" and urged a crackdown on the spread of hate.\n\nHe compared the ideology of Hamas to that of the Nazis in the 1930s and 40s.\n\n\"What the Nazis were doing is exactly what Hamas is doing today,\" he told Sky News. \"It is preaching a blood libel, preaching a hatred for Jews and preaching a hatred that extends around the world.\"\n\nEarlier this week, Home Secretary Suella Braverman wrote to police chiefs to step up patrols to prevent antisemitic disorder after the attacks on Israel.\n\nJewish schools in London and Manchester have also stepped up security as concerns grow about a possible rise in antisemitism directed at children.\n\nSome pupils have been told blazers are optional in public places so they cannot be easily identified as Jewish.\n\nThe Met Police's deputy commissioner Dame Lynne Owens has written an open letter to London's Jewish community to reassure them that the force will \"do all that we can to make sure you feel safe and protected here at home\".\n\nShe said police would take action against any \"abuse or intimidation that is religiously motivated\" in the city.\n\nDame Lynn added that, while those showing support for Hamas or the Lebanese Hezbollah movement - both of which are proscribed terrorist organisations in the UK - could face prosecution, \"what we cannot do is interpret support for the Palestinian cause more broadly as automatically being support for Hamas or any other proscribed group\".", "Pastor Alan Scott, who now leads Dwelling Place Anaheim, has not responded to requests for comment\n\nAn investigation into allegations against a former pastor of a County Londonderry church, and counselling for those affected, will cost about £30,000.\n\nCauseway Coast Vineyard (CCV) is an evangelical church based in Coleraine and has about 1,400 members.\n\nAccording to CCV the allegations primarily relate to Alan Scott, a senior pastor there until June 2017.\n\nThe church said he \"did not respond\" when the allegations were put to him.\n\nAn interim review commissioned by the church identified \"manipulation, inappropriate comments, narcissistic behaviour, and certain occurrences of public shaming and spiritual abuse\".\n\nAlthough Alan Scott did not respond, the current pastor at the church, Neil Young, has apologised for \"any of my actions that have caused pain\".\n\nSome of the details are contained in the church's annual accounts, which have just been published.\n\nThe accounts said that the trustees of CCV had allocated £15,000 to cover the cost of the review and \"counselling to those impacted\".\n\nIt said the umbrella organisation Vineyard Churches UK and Ireland (VCUKI) had also set aside about £15,000 towards the review and counselling.\n\nThere are 120 Vineyard churches in the UK and Ireland and about 1,500 worldwide.\n\nThe Causeway Coast Vineyard (CCV) church is one of 1,500 vineyard churches worldwide\n\nSome of the allegations against Alan Scott were first reported by the Roys Report website in the United States.\n\nPastor Scott now leads Dwelling Place Anaheim, a church which recently disaffiliated from the Vineyard USA movement.\n\nThat decision is currently the subject of a legal challenge in the USA.\n\nThe just-published annual accounts for Causeway Coast Vineyard said concerns had been raised about \"Alan's conduct in the US and from his time in the UK\".\n\n\"In response, CCV and Vineyard Churches UK and Ireland (VCUKI) commissioned an independent review process of the complaints relating to CCV in February 2023.\n\n\"That process is ongoing and primarily relates to Alan Scott's time as senior pastor.\"\n\nA statement on its interim findings of the review was read out at a Sunday service at the Coleraine church on 2 July.\n\nIt was delivered by Peter Lynas, who is a trustee of CCV, and John Wright, the national director of Vineyard Churches UK and Ireland.\n\nThe statement said that CCV and VCUKI \"acknowledge that wrong and hurtful conduct has occurred at CCV, and apologise to all those who were hurt, harmed, mistreated or in any way negatively impacted by their time at Causeway Coast Vineyard\".\n\nIt said the review had \"identified themes and repeated patterns of behaviour including examples of manipulation, inappropriate comments, narcissistic behaviour, and certain occurrences of public shaming and spiritual abuse\".\n\n\"The allegations primarily relate to Alan Scott and have been put to him, but he did not respond,\" the statement continued.\n\n\"The trustees of CCV acknowledge that they are responsible for the governance and oversight of CCV.\n\n\"They accept that they failed to spot some of the warning signs and did not have sufficient structures in place to ensure complaints came to the attention of trustees, and they apologise to those who have been hurt.\"\n\nWhen contacted by BBC News NI about the allegations and ongoing review, Causeway Coast Vineyard and Vineyard Churches UK and Ireland issued a joint statement.\n\n\"CCV and VCUKI have set aside a fund for those who attended CCV, have engaged with this process and would like to access counselling,\" they said.\n\n\"A number of people have made use of this fund, which is being facilitated by the independent body conducting the review.\n\n\"The trustees of CCV and VCUKI expect to receive the report by the end of October.\n\n\"This will then be published on both CCV and VCUKI websites.\"\n\nThe response did not specify how many people had availed of the counselling offered.\n\nBBC News NI also contacted Alan Scott via Dwelling Place Anaheim to ask if he had any comment to make regarding the allegations against him or the ongoing review but did not receive a response.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThe protester who poured glitter on Sir Keir Starmer as he spoke at the Labour conference has apologised for touching the party leader.\n\nYaz Ashmawi told the BBC he was sorry \"for putting my hand on him and touching him when he wasn't expecting it\".\n\nBut he said he did not regret his protest or using glitter.\n\nMerseyside Police arrested and bailed a 28-year-old man on suspicion of breaching the peace over the protest.\n\nMr Ashmawi said he was in police custody for 22 hours but added officers were \"very respectful to me\".\n\nThe activist earlier told the FUBAR Radio's Politics Uncensored it was \"horrible\" to think that Sir Keir might have thought \"he was in danger\" during the protest.\n\nYaz Ashmawi said touching Sir Keir Starmer \"crossed a line\" during the protest\n\n\"Politicians get a lot of death threats and they have a need to feel safe and I compromised that in that moment by touching him (Sir Keir),\" he said.\n\nMr Ashmawi told host Ali Milani - a former Labour party candidate who tried to to unseat Boris Johnson at the 2019 election - that he was \"sorry\" for making physical contact with the leader of the opposition.\n\nHe said: \"I think it's absolutely fine to pour glitter on someone and to go on to the stage.\n\n\"I just think it's the physical contact that crossed the line there.\"\n\nIn a statement, Mr Ashmawi added: \"The glitter was, of course, a lovely, peaceful spectacle and I'm still finding it everywhere.\"\n\nSir Keir's speech on Tuesday was interrupted by a protestor wearing a T-shirt linking him to a group called People Demand Democracy.\n\nThe party leader held the activist away from the microphone with his right arm before security arrived.\n\nMr Ashmawi continued to shout demands for changes to the UK's parliamentary democracy.\n\nSir Keir later called the protestor an \"idiot\" for trying to interrupt his speech but added he feared \"it could have been a lot worse\".\n\nLabour shadow justice minister Shabana Mahmood has said she expects \"questions are being asked\" surrounding how security allowed the protestor to get on stage.\n\n\"We will want to make sure that nothing like that can ever happen again,\" she told BBC Radio 4's PM programme.", "Taylor Swift greeted fans for the world premiere of the film Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour in Los Angeles.\n\nDetails ahead of Wednesday's premiere were shrouded in secrecy, with select fans receiving invitation-only tickets for opening night via Spotify.\n\nThe venue - a 14-screen cinema in an upmarket shopping centre in Hollywood - was completely closed down to accommodate the throngs of fans.\n\nRead more: Taylor Swift joined by Beyoncé for Eras premiere", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: My daughter’s final moments as Hamas invaded her home\n\nIsrael was warned by Egypt of potential violence three days before Hamas' deadly cross-border raid, a US congressional panel chairman has said.\n\nHouse of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee head Michael McCaul told reporters of the alleged warning.\n\nIsraeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu described the reports as \"absolutely false\".\n\nIsraeli intelligence services are under scrutiny for their failure to prevent the deadliest attack by Palestinian militants in Israel's 75-year history.\n\n\"We know that Egypt has warned the Israelis three days prior that an event like this could happen,\" Mr McCaul told reporters following a closed-door intelligence briefing on Wednesday for lawmakers about the Middle East crisis, according to AFP news agency.\n\n\"I don't want to get too much into classified, but a warning was given,\" the Texas Republican added. \"I think the question was at what level.\"\n\nAn Egyptian intelligence official told the Associated Press news agency this week that Cairo had repeatedly warned the Israelis \"something big\" was being planned from Gaza.\n\n\"We have warned them an explosion of the situation is coming, and very soon, and it would be big. But they underestimated such warnings,\" said the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity.\n\nThe Cairo official said Israeli officials had played down the threat from Gaza, instead focusing on the West Bank.\n\nSir Alex Younger, who served as chief of the UK's foreign intelligence agency between 2014 and 2020, said Hamas fighters were able to carry out their attack on 7 October due to \"institutional complacency\" in Israel.\n\nHe told BBC Radio 4's Today Podcast there may have been an assumption by Israel that Hamas was not interested in a new conflict, so any information that contradicted that was discounted.\n\n\"It is my assumption - though I'm not on the inside - that there would be data breaking through that could have been interpreted differently and certainly would be with hindsight,\" he said.\n\nHe added that complacency could have been compounded by an over-reliance on technological means to monitor Gaza, leading to a false sense of security.\n\nAccording to the Financial Times, quoting two unnamed officials familiar with the matter, there was no hard intelligence of a specific attack.\n\nOn Wednesday, Mr Netanyahu described any suggestion that Israel had received a specific warning in advance of the deadly incursion as \"totally fake news\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: Hiding at home, blinded and choked by dust - a video diary from Gaza\n\nEgypt - which controls who crosses its border with Gaza - often serves as a mediator between Israel and Hamas.\n\nMore than 1,500 militants stormed through the Gaza security barrier in a co-ordinated land, air and sea attack on Saturday.\n\nThe death toll in Israel from the Hamas attacks has reached 1,200. More than 1,000 people have been killed by Israeli air strikes on Gaza.\n\nIsrael has been pounding Hamas targets in Gaza in response, while residents of the territory say they have no mains electricity after their only power station ran out of fuel.\n\nHamas has, meanwhile, condemned US President Joe Biden's remarks on Tuesday saying Israel had a duty to respond to the attacks, which he called an \"act of sheer evil\".\n\nThe Palestinian group said Mr Biden's remarks were \"inflammatory\" and aimed to escalate tensions in the Gaza Strip.\n\nIn the wake of the Hamas attack, the US announced it was moving an aircraft carrier, ships and jets to the eastern Mediterranean, and that it would also give Israel additional equipment and ammunition.", "The sections of the tree will be stored in an undisclosed location\n\nThe Sycamore Gap tree being cut up and removed from its site next to Hadrian's Wall was \"like a funeral\", a National Trust manager has said.\n\nA crane was brought in to take the trunk away, which had to be cut into pieces as it weighed 3-4 tonnes.\n\nAndrew Poad said it felt like \"the funeral or the wake\" of the 19th Century Northumberland tree, which he has worked around for about 35 years.\n\nBut he added: \"This is where we can start talking about the future.\"\n\nPeople were urged to stay away from the landmark while it was being removed.\n\nA crane was brought in to remove the tree, which was cut into large pieces\n\nWorkers using chainsaws cut back its branches and the crane was moved into position to hoist it away.\n\nExperts said they were aiming to keep the trunk in \"as large sections as possible\" to give them \"flexibility\" on its future.\n\nThe public has also been reassured that the tree's stump has been protected.\n\nTree surgeons have chopped up the sycamore so it can be removed\n\nOn Thursday a few walkers came through to see it but people seemed to be respecting the National Trust's request to keep away.\n\nIt was understood the sections of the felled tree would be moved from the site using a tractor and trailer later into the evening or on Friday morning.\n\nThe 50ft (15m) tree, which was made famous in the 1991 film Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, will be taken to an unnamed National Trust property where it will be \"safely stored\".\n\nPart of Hadrian's Wall was also damaged when the tree came down, some time between the evening of 27 September and morning of 28 September.\n\nThe tree was planted in the late 1800s by a previous land owner\n\n\"It's been a huge challenge, but it's been a real collaborative effort by the partners on Hadrian's Wall,\" said Mr Poad, general manager of the site.\n\n\"We've explored all the options but we believe we've come up with the safest plan for the people who are going to be doing the work and importantly for the wall itself, the last thing we want to do is cause any more damage to the monument by removing the tree.\n\nHe said they did not want to \"restrict our options for the future\" so it would be kept in \"as large pieces as we possibly can\".\n\nOptions include turning the tree into benches or sculptures, but specialists are maintaining an \"open mind\" as to what to do with it following thousands of suggestions from the public.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: Emotional scenes as tree chopped up and removed\n\nHe said they would then speak to \"partners and the local community and the public and come up with a way of memorialising the tree longer term\".\n\nThe tree, which was seen as a symbol of Northumberland, and was a popular site for photographers and walkers due to its location in a dramatic dip in the land, was planted by previous landowner John Clayton in the late 1800s.\n\nMr Clayton was a keen excavator of Hadrian's Wall and was thought to have planted the tree to fill the dip on the landscape which was created by glacial meltwater.\n\nWorkers stand near a log, as sections of the Sycamore Gap tree are removed\n\nMr Poad called its final journey \"a turning point\" in the history of the site.\n\n\"It's quite remarkable for us working here, we do feel like we've lost a family member, it's had its Hollywood career back in the '90s, but with the advent of social media it's really taken on a life of its own,\" he said.\n\n\"When it won tree of the year a few years ago that gave it a notoriety, and it's been really apparent that it's touched an awful lot of people all over the world.\"\n\nThe stump, which could generate new shoots, will be left, and seeds have been collected which the National Trust said could be used to propagate saplings.\n\nA Northumbria Police investigation continues and a 16-year-old boy and a man aged in his 60s arrested on suspicion of criminal damage remain on bail.\n\nFollow BBC North East & Cumbria on X (formerly Twitter), Facebook and Instagram. Send your story ideas to northeastandcumbria@bbc.co.uk.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The UK is arranging flights to get stranded British nationals out of Israel, the Foreign Office has said.\n\nThe first plane was expected to leave Tel Aviv on Thursday, with more flights planned \"in the coming days, subject to security\".\n\nThose eligible to leave will be contacted directly and British nationals should not go to airports unless they are called to.\n\nA team of diplomats has been sent to Israel to help people flying to the UK.\n\nThe Foreign Office said it is \"working to ensure the flight can proceed as soon as possible.\"\n\nThe UK government said earlier this week it would not arrange evacuation flights because commercial routes were still available.\n\nBut British Airways, Virgin Atlantic, EasyJet, Ryanair, Wizz Air, Air France, Lufthansa and Emirates have all suspended flights in recent days.\n\nThe government-arranged flights will be chartered by the Foreign Office but are commercial services. Each passenger will be charged £300.\n\nA statement said British nationals, including dual nationals, and dependants if travelling with a British national normally resident in the UK, would be invited to take up seats.\n\nAll seats for the first flight have been allocated, a British official at Tel Aviv's Ben Gurion Airport told the BBC.\n\nThose who will be travelling on the flight have been notified by text message.\n\nA number of countries have already completed flights to get people home from Israel, including Canada, France, Italy and Poland.\n\nMost airlines stopped flying direct between Israel and the UK earlier this week, and Virgin Atlantic and British Airways pulled their last remaining daily service on Thursday after a BA flight was forced to turn back over security concerns.\n\nIt has left people struggling to find tickets for the few remaining commercial routes operating.\n\nLaurence Julius, 67, is in Tel Aviv with his wife Lyn, where they had been visiting family.\n\nThey have registered with the Foreign Office, but they have not been contacted about a flight.\n\nMr Julius is eager to return to London as he is the primary carer of his 92-year-old mother, who has chronic health issues. His children in London have stepped in to help care for her while he is away.\n\n\"It's not optimal that we are stuck here, to put it mildly,\" he said.\n\nAfter a BA flight was cancelled, he said the airline \"tried to book us on every possible route\" but all flights were \"absolutely full\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThe Foreign Office confirmed on Thursday that families of British diplomats were leaving Israel as a \"precautionary measure\".\n\nIt stressed the embassy in Israel continued to operate, and British nationals could seek consular assistance.\n\nA spokesperson for the Foreign Office said: \"The FCDO continues to advise against all travel to parts of Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories, and to advise against all but essential travel to all other parts.\"\n\nMeanwhile, Downing Street said the UK will send surveillance aircraft and two Royal Navy ships to the eastern Mediterranean in a military package \"to support Israel\".\n\nUnder the plans, a Royal Navy task group will be moved to the area next week to support humanitarian efforts.\n\nAt least 100 \"reservists and active duty soldiers\" are understood to have travelled from the UK to Israel to serve in the Israel Defence Forces, the Israeli embassy in the UK said.\n\nThe Israeli government has indicated it is preparing to launch a ground military operation inside Gaza in response to Hamas's deadly attacks at the weekend that have left 1,300 dead.\n\nAuthorities say more than 1,300 have also been killed in Gaza since Israel launched retaliatory air strikes, with 338,000 displaced.\n\nIn a call with Egypt's President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak called for the country to keep its crossing with Gaza open for \"humanitarian and consular reasons\", Downing Street said.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Bleary-eyed commuters may be in for a surprise when they hear Liam Gallagher's dulcet tones\n\nLiam Gallagher is taking over Manchester's tram network by voicing passenger announcements.\n\nThe Oasis frontman will be giving out recorded route information as the city hosts the Beyond The Music festival.\n\nWherever possible, organisers are urging music fans to use public transport to get to and from gigs.\n\nGallagher also wants to \"do his bit\" to encourage people to support up-and-coming talent, said a spokesman for the Mancunian musician.\n\n\"When the request was first made by [Greater Manchester mayor] Andy Burnham, Liam loved the idea of surprising tram users by doing the announcements, and he was given the chance to choose his favourite line.\n\n\"You'll have to get on to a tram into the city to find out which it is.\"\n\nMore than 100 artists will be performing at 17 grassroots venues across Manchester from Wednesday to Saturday, highlighting new music.\n\nMr Burnham said: \"True to Manchester's traditions, Beyond The Music is a co-operative endeavour which aims to give all players in the music industry an equal voice and equal say on the change it needs.\n\n\"By doing that, our aim is to strengthen one of Manchester's, and Britain's, most important exports.\n\n\"There surely can't be any better way of marking the launch of the Bee Network and the first Beyond The Music than getting one of Manchester's most famous voices announcing the stops on his favourite Metrolink line.\"\n\nAndy Burnham launched the first phase of the Bee Network last month\n\nMr Burnham added: \"It means a lot to us that Liam has agreed to do this and show his support for his home city.\n\n\"Supporting our music venues and giving people cheaper and better public transport to and from our gigs is what we're all about.\n\n\"I am sure that Liam's dulcet tones will wake up a few early-morning commuters, brighten up many a journey, and produce a lot of smiles along the way.\"\n\nThe Bee Network was launched last month, the first locally controlled bus service in nearly 40 years.\n\nBus franchising in the region is the start of plans for an integrated \"London-style\" transport network, combining bus, tram, and eventually rail.\n\nWhy not follow BBC North West on Facebook, X and Instagram? You can also send story ideas to northwest.newsonline@bbc.co.uk", "The Kenya Airways Boeing 787 was diverted to Stansted just before 15:45 BST\n\nA Nairobi to Heathrow flight was intercepted by RAF fighters and diverted to Stansted Airport over a \"potential security threat\".\n\nA London Stansted spokeswoman said the Kenya Airways Boeing 787 \"landed safely with Essex Police in attendance\".\n\n\"The aircraft was escorted to a remote parking stand with normal flight operations now continuing,\" she said.\n\nThe plane was diverted to Stansted just before 15:45 BST but Essex Police said the incident had now been \"stood down\".\n\nOfficers said inquiries established there was nothing of concern and they handed the plane back to the airport.\n\nKenya Airways said it worked with the security authorities of the Government of Kenya and the United Kingdom\n\nA Ministry of Defence (MoD) spokesman said: \"RAF Typhoon fighter aircraft from RAF Coningsby were launched as a precaution this afternoon to investigate a civilian aircraft which was approaching the UK.\n\n\"The civilian aircraft remained in contact with air traffic controllers throughout, and was escorted to Stansted Airport where it landed safely. This incident is now under the control of the civilian authorities.\"\n\nEssex Police said: \"A flight travelling from Nairobi to Heathrow was diverted to Stansted this afternoon. The airport remains open.\"\n\nAn airline spokesman said \"Kenya Airways plc (KQ) confirms that on Thursday 12 October 2023, at around 10:30 (08:30 BST), its headquarters received an alert of a potential security threat on board KQ100 operating from Nairobi to London Heathrow.\n\n\"KQ management in conjunction with the security authorities of the Government of Kenya and the United Kingdom carried out a thorough risk assessment of the threat.\n\n\"The crew on board were briefed, and all safety and security precautions were taken to ensure the safety and security of our crew and passengers on board.\"\n\nNeither the MoD nor Essex Police could confirm if passengers remained on board\n\nllan Kilavuka, CEO of Kenya Airways, said: \"There was suspicion of some of the people on board. But nothing to do with a bomb or anything like that.\n\n\"The precautions that we were taking was because that threat had been raised and so we just wanted to make sure that there was nothing untoward.\"\n\nEssex Police confirmed that Stansted was the designated airport for dealing with security risks in the UK.\n\nNeither the MoD nor Essex Police could confirm if passengers remained on board.\n\nFollow East of England news on Facebook, Instagram and X. Got a story? Email eastofenglandnews@bbc.co.uk or WhatsApp 0800 169 1830\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The EU is investigating Elon Musk's X over the possible spread of terrorist and violent content, and hate speech, after Hamas' attack on Israel.\n\nThe investigation, the first under the EU's new tech rules, will also look at the way complaints are handled.\n\nX, formerly known as Twitter, said it had removed hundreds of Hamas-affiliated accounts from the platform.\n\nTikTok and Meta have also been warned by the EU for not doing enough to tackle disinformation.\n\nSocial media firms have seen a surge in misinformation about the conflict between Israel and Hamas, including doctored images and mislabelled videos.\n\nThe EU's industry chief, Thierry Breton, confirmed on Thursday the bloc had sent X a \"formal request for information\" to determine whether the platform was complying with the Digital Services Act (DSA) - a law designed to protect users of big tech platforms which recently came into effect.\n\nX chief executive Linda Yaccarino said earlier on Thursday the platform had removed hundreds of Hamas-affiliated accounts and taken action to remove or label tens of thousands of pieces of content since Saturday's attack, in response to a letter from Mr Breton on Tuesday.\n\nHamas, a Palestinian militant group, is a proscribed terrorist organisation in the EU.\n\nAt least 150 hostages were taken into Gaza and 1,300 people were killed during Hamas's deadly attacks in Israel at the weekend.\n\nMeanwhile, more than 1,500 people have been killed in Gaza since Israel launched retaliatory air strikes.\n\nThe UN's World Food Programme has called the situation in Gaza \"dire\", with food and water running out during an Israeli siege. Israel says the blockade will not end until its hostages are freed.\n\nIn his letter to Mr Musk, Mr Breton said \"violent and terrorist content\" had not been taken down from X, despite warnings.\n\nMr Breton did not give details on the disinformation he was referring to in the letter, but said instances of \"fake and manipulated images and facts\" were widely reported on the social media platform.\n\nIn his own response on X, Mr Musk said: \"Our policy is that everything is open and transparent, an approach that I know the EU supports.\n\n\"Please list the violations you allude to on X, so that the public can see them.\"\n\nThe DSA became law last November but firms were given time to make sure their systems complied.\n\nOn 25 April, the commission named the very large online platforms - those with over 45 million EU users - that would be subject to the toughest rules, among them X. The law came into effect four months later in August.\n\nUnder the tougher rules, larger firms have to assess potential risks they may cause, report that assessment and put in place measures to deal with the problem.\n\nFailure to comply with the DSA can result in EU fines of as much as 6% of a company's global turnover, or potentially suspension of the service.\n\nX has until 18 October to provide details on how its crisis response protocol is activated and functions, and until 31 October on other issues.\n\nMr Musk dissolved Twitter's Trust and Safety Council shortly after acquiring the company in 2022. Formed in 2016, the volunteer council contained about 100 independent groups who advised on issues such as self-harm, child abuse and hate speech.\n\nMeanwhile, a Meta spokesperson told the BBC the company was \"working around the clock to keep our platforms safe\" and had established a \"special operations centre\" staffed with experts to monitor the situation.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. PSNI has 'big list' of issues to tackle, says interim chief\n\nJon Boutcher has been formally appointed as interim chief constable of the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI).\n\nHe takes over from Simon Byrne who quit in September after a series of crises under his leadership.\n\nMr Boutcher has decades of experience within policing and is a former chief of Bedfordshire Police.\n\nThe appointment was confirmed by Northern Ireland Secretary Chris Heaton-Harris.\n\nEarlier this month, Mr Boutcher had been selected to be the PSNI's interim leader, but his appointment was subject to agreement.\n\nPolicing Board chair Deirdre Toner said Mr Boutcher's appointment will bring stability to the PSNI and the executive leadership team until a recruitment process for a permanent leader is complete.\n\n\"The board looks forward to working with Mr Boutcher and the wider service executive team as we progress the issues and pressures currently facing policing,\" she added.\n\nMr Boutcher said that he was \"absolutely delighted to be given the privilege of leading the exceptional men and women of the PSNI\".\n\nHe said that he is \"aware of the challenges the organisation faces\" and \"how distracting and frustrating recent events have been\".\n\nMr Boutcher said that the PSNI needs a \"period of stability\", and said his first job would be to gain the confidence of rank-and-file officers within the force.\n\nApplications are currently open for the permanent chief constable role on a salary of almost £220,000, however, it will be several months before they would start the job.\n\nThe closing date is noon on 16 October.\n\nMr Boutcher would not comment on whether he would be applying to take on the role of chief constable on a permanent basis.\n\nBut he knows Northern Ireland well, having worked here on legacy cases for seven years, and having been overlooked for the top PSNI job in 2019.\n\nHe is there to steady the ship, says BBC NI crime and justice correspondent Julian O'Neill.\n\nAfter a turbulent few weeks, he wants the PSNI off the front page and at his first press conference, he projected a sense of calm, adds our correspondent.\n\nNow he's the man turned to at a time of crisis, which may make him favourite to takeover on a full-time basis, he adds.\n\nSimon Byrne resigned as PSNI chief constable after a number of controversies\n\nThe Northern Ireland Secretary, Chris Heaton-Harris, said he welcomed the interim appointment.\n\n\"I congratulate the Northern Ireland Policing Board on moving swiftly in order to ensure the PSNI has the leadership and operational resilience it requires at this time,\" he said.\n\nThe PSNI has been without a chief constable for several weeks after Mr Byrne's resignation.\n\nRank-and-file officers subsequently passed a vote of no confidence in some of the PSNI's other senior leaders.\n\nMr Byrne quit in the wake of a court ruling that determined that two junior police officers had been unlawfully disciplined after making an arrest at a Troubles commemoration event in Belfast.\n\nThe previous month the force had mistakenly shared the identities of its entire workforce online in what was described by senior officers as a major data breach.\n\nThis wouldn't be Mr Boutcher's first time in a force's top job, previously leading Bedfordshire Police.\n\nHe spent the past five years overseeing an independent investigation into the activities of the Army's top spy within the IRA during the Troubles in Northern Ireland.\n\nHis Operation Kenova report into the agent, who was known as Stakeknife, is due to be published in the coming months.\n\nSir Iain Livingstone, a former chief constable of Police Scotland, will take over from Mr Boutcher in leading operation Kenova.\n\nMr Boutcher said that his taking the role of interim chief constable of the PSNI should in \"no way\" delay the publishing of the Kenova report.\n\nHe had previously applied to lead the Metropolitan Police after the resignation of Cressida Dick last year, but he was unsuccessful in that process.\n\nHe was also unsuccessful in his bid to become PSNI chief constable in 2019, when the job went to Mr Byrne.", "The services sector was the main contributor to growth in August\n\nThe UK economy returning to growth in August has fuelled expectations that interest rates will be left unchanged again next month.\n\nThe economy grew marginally by 0.2% in August following a sharp fall in July.\n\nAnalysts described the figures as \"lacklustre\" and said higher borrowing costs and the higher cost of living was weighing on consumers and businesses.\n\nRates were held at 5.25% in September, ending a run of 14 consecutive rises after inflation started to slow.\n\nEconomists said the figures painted a picture of the economy \"only just grinding forward\".\n\n\"We still haven't felt the full effect of previous rate hikes, and so the prospects of recession are still looming on the horizon with so little respite expected on sideswiped budgets,\" said Susannah Streeter, head of money and markets, Hargreaves Lansdown, adding that the Bank of England looked \"set to keep the pause button held on interest rate hikes\".\n\nThe UK is not currently in recession but there have been concerns over weak growth, with the economy set to be a key area in the election which is widely expected next year.\n\nIn September, Bank of England governor Andrew Bailey said there were \"increasing signs\" that higher rates were starting to hurt the economy.\n\nDr Swati Dhingra, a member of the nine-strong Bank of England's rate-setting committee told the BBC it is \"not going to be great times ahead\".\n\n\"When you're growing as slowly as we're growing now, the chances of recession or not recession are going to be pretty equally balanced,\" she told the BBC.\n\nAugust's marginal economic growth was driven by the education sector recovering from strike action, as well as a boost from computer programmers and engineers.\n\nIn contrast, some sectors fared poorly such as arts, entertainment and recreation. Sports and amusement activities also dropped more than 10% in August.\n\n\"Compared with previous months where there's been a lot of significant factors impacting on the economy both in terms of adding to and reducing growth like the additional bank holiday for the King's Coronation, large number of working days lost because of industrial action and extreme weather - sunshine and rain - August was relatively quiet in that sense,\" Darren Morgan, director of economic statistics at the ONS, told the BBC's Today programme.\n\n\"At the very most, it appears the UK is in a period of stagflation, with the economy stagnating while inflation stays elevated.\"\n\nDanni Hewson, head of financial analysis at AJ Bell, said with growth \"so slim\" a recession was \"beginning to feel almost inevitable\", adding with the full extent of higher borrowing costs yet to be felt by consumers, there was a \"real sense that economic resilience is fraying\".\n\nYael Selfin, chief economist at KPMG UK, said the outlook for the UK remained \"lacklustre as high interest rates continue to bite\", while Thomas Pugh, economist at consultancy firm RSM UK, said growth \"flatlining\" pointed towards rates being unchanged in November.\n\nGDP figures show the health of the UK economy. It is a measure - or an attempt to measure - all the activity of companies, governments and individuals in a country.\n\nIf the figure is increasing, it means the economy is growing and people are doing more work and getting a little bit richer, on average.\n\nBut if GDP is falling, then the economy is shrinking which can be bad news for businesses. If GDP falls for two quarters in a row, it is typically defined as an economic recession.\n\nNext month's figure showing how the economy has performed over three months will be watched more closely than August's single monthly figure.\n\nThe ONS said overall the economy had grown \"modestly\" over the past three months thanks to boost from car manufacturing and sales as well as construction.\n\nChancellor Jeremy Hunt said the latest data showed the economy \"is more resilient than expected\".\n\nBut shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves said: \"Under the Conservatives, Britain's economy remains trapped in a low growth, high tax cycle that is leaving working people worse off.\"\n\nOn Wednesday, The International Monetary Fund clashed with UK government after the Treasury claimed its latest assessment of the UK economy was too gloomy.\n\nThe influential global group forecasts the UK will have the highest inflation and slowest growth next year of any G7 economy, but the Treasury said recent revisions to UK growth had not been factored in to the IMF's report.\n\nThe economy is now 2.1% larger than it was in February 2020, before the Covid pandemic hit.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThe family of Captain Sir Tom Moore kept the profits from his books for themselves, they have said.\n\nHannah Ingram-Moore told TalkTV's Piers Morgan Uncensored there had been no agreement with her father that book money would go to charity.\n\nCapt Sir Tom's autobiography, Tomorrow will be a Good Day, came out in 2020.\n\nHe writes in the prologue that \"with the offer to write this memoir I have also been given the chance to raise even more money\" for his foundation.\n\nMs Ingram-Moore claimed they had kept the profits from the captain's three books - reportedly £800,000 - at his request.\n\nShe said her father wanted his family to keep the money in a company separate to the Captain Tom Foundation.\n\nThere is no suggestion that Ms Ingram-Moore acted illegally by keeping the money from the book sales, rather than donating it to her late father's charity.\n\nCaptain Sir Tom Moore became famous for his fundraising efforts during the first coronavirus lockdown\n\nIn the prologue to the 2020 autobiography, Capt Sir Tom wrote: \"Astonishingly at my age, with the offer to write this memoir I have also been given the chance to raise even more money for the charitable foundation now established in my name.\n\n\"Its goals are those closest to my heart, with a mission to combat loneliness, support hospices and help those facing bereavement... I am deeply honoured to be given yet another opportunity to serve the country of which I am so very proud.\"\n\nIn a clip of the TV show released to the BBC, Ms Ingram-Moore's husband, Colin, told Morgan that the \"vast majority\" of the £809,000 revenue reportedly raised by the family's company Club Nook Ltd \"came from the three books that he wrote with Penguin Random House\".\n\nHe said \"95%\" of the Club Nook money was from the books.\n\nHannah Ingram-Moore, Capt Sir Tom's daughter, said her father wanted the family to have the book profits\n\nMs Ingram-Moore, of Marston Moretaine, Bedfordshire, said: \"These were my father's books, and it was honestly such a joy for him to write them, but they were his books.\n\n\"He had an agent and the agent and he worked on that deal.\n\n\"They were Captain Tom's books and his wishes were that that money would sit in Club Nook.\"\n\nMorgan asked, \"For you to keep?\" and she replied \"Yes - specifically\".\n\nThe books were \"never anything to do with the charity\", she said.\n\nHer father \"decided what to do with the income from them - it was his wishes, not ours - he made the decisions about the things that he did - we didn't act for him\", she said.\n\nCapt Sir Tom won the nation's hearts with his fundraising walk, which took in 100 laps of his garden\n\nCapt Sir Tom's extraordinary fundraising efforts for National Health Service charities are part of Covid-19 pandemic history.\n\nBy walking laps around his Bedfordshire garden, he raised £38m for NHS Charities Together, which works with a network of more than 230 NHS Charities across the UK to support the organisation.\n\nHowever, the charity set up by his family in his honour is no longer taking donations.\n\nThe Captain Tom Foundation is currently the subject of a statutory inquiry.\n\nJust over a year ago, the Charity Commission launched an inquiry into its finances.\n\nIt also emerged Ms Ingram-Moore was paid thousands of pounds via her family company for appearances in connection with her late father's charity.\n\nShe appeared at an awards ceremony - the Virgin Media O2 Captain Tom Foundation Connector Awards - which included the name of the charity and the charity's logo on its awards plaques.\n\nAt that time she was the charity's interim chief executive on an annual salary of £85,000.\n\nHowever, her appearance fee was paid not to the Captain Tom Foundation but to Maytrix Group, a company owned by her and her husband.\n\nShe told TalkTV she was paid £18,000 and gave £2,000 of it to the foundation.\n\nThis summer, the foundation stopped taking money from donors after planning officials at Central Bedfordshire Council ordered that an unauthorised spa pool block at Ms Ingram-Moore's home should be demolished.\n\nThe building on the site of the family home - originally approved for the use of the occupiers and the Captain Tom Foundation - was granted planning permission in August 2021 and had been partly constructed when revised plans, which included a spa pool, toilets and a kitchen \"for private use\", were submitted in February 2022.\n\nThe revised plans for what was called the Captain Tom Building were turned down by the council in November 2022.\n\nA demolition order for the now-unauthorised building was issued, the authority said.\n\nThat order was appealed and a hearing is due later this month.\n\nThe BBC has contacted Ms Ingram-Moore for comment.\n\nFollow East of England news on Facebook, Instagram and X. Got a story? Email eastofenglandnews@bbc.co.uk or WhatsApp 0800 169 1830\n• None What has happened to Captain Tom's legacy?", "Madonna's Celebration Tour will begin at London's O2 Arena on Saturday\n\nMadonna's first ever greatest hits tour will be \"a documentary through her vast career\" that includes more than 40 songs, her musical director says.\n\nIn an exclusive interview, Stuart Price told the BBC the show draws on four decades of archive footage and studio recordings to tell the star's story.\n\n\"A greatest hit doesn't have to be a song,\" he said. \"It can be a wardrobe, it can be a video, or a statement.\"\n\nHe added that Madonna was back to full strength after a summer health scare.\n\nThe superstar was found unconscious in her New York apartment in June and rushed to hospital, where she received treatment for a serious bacterial infection.\n\nThe singer later said she was \"lucky to be alive\", and postponed the start of the sold-out Celebration Tour from July to October.\n\nThe premiere will now take place at London's O2 Arena on Saturday.\n\n\"The person that is going to take the stage looks incredible, sounds incredible, performs incredible,\" said Price, reassuring fans that the 65-year-old had fully recovered.\n\nHe added that the three-month delay had been used to polish the show.\n\n\"Madonna has very high expectations of how much hard work people will put into something,\" he said. \"It's very uncompromising - but she's equally as hard on herself.\n\n\"So when she took a break, that pause created an opportunity to further enhance the show. And I'm sure the opportunity [for her] to focus on being 100% well was greatly received as well.\"\n\nStuart Price (left), pictured with Madonna and P Diddy, is one of music's most in-demand producers\n\nSince she burst onto the UK charts with Holiday in 1984, Madonna has scored another 71 hits, including 13 number one singles.\n\nSome, like Vogue, Like A Prayer and Ray of Light, are era-defining anthems. Others, like Live To Tell and Don't Tell Me, are beloved fan favourites. So how did they finalise the set-list?\n\n\"That was the big challenge,\" admitted Price. \"In two hours, can you get all of it in? That's hard. But every great moment she's had, we took a bit of it.\"\n\nMany hits will be played in full, some will be interpolated into other songs, and still more will be used as \"bridges\" between acts.\n\nPrice suggested a ballpark figure of 25 songs being performed in full, with elements of 20 others appearing in some form.\n\nAnd what about a Taylor Swift-style acoustic section, where different tracks can be rotated into the playlist every night?\n\n\"Well, Madonna's reputation is for being highly precise and highly rehearsed across all departments. When you look at a tour of this scale, it has so many moving parts, so many elements, that everything has to be highly fixed.\n\n\"But there's one thing that's always dynamic, and that's Madonna herself. Her personality is so strong, her interaction with the audience is so strong, that it creates opportunities for variation from night to night.\"\n\nNeon-studded belts, giant bows and so many bangles you can hardly stand up - Madonna in her early-80s pomp\n\nThe Jean Paul Gaultier-designed costumes for 1990's Blond Ambition tour became Madonna's signature look\n\nInspired by the court of Marie Antoinette, this 1990 MTV Award Show performance of Vogue is one of Madonna's most memorable moments\n\nShe embraced her spiritual side in the Ray Of Light era\n\nOn the Rebel Heart tour, the singer wore this Arianne Phillips-designed kimono\n\nPrice is one of the most in-demand producers in the industry, with credits including Dua Lipa's Levitating, The Killers' Human and Kylie Minogue's All The Lovers.\n\nHe has worked with Madonna since 2001, serving as music director on three previous world tours and producing 2005's Confessions On A Dancefloor album and its Abba-sampling megahit, Hung Up.\n\nThe pair established a musical shorthand that he said works almost telepathically.\n\n\"It sounds very spiritual - but a lot of the ideas we have about music are inferred or non-verbal. There's just an understanding of feeling.\"\n\nAlthough Price hadn't worked on a Madonna concert since 2006, their bat-senses began to tingle in January.\n\n\"When she announced the greatest hits tour I called her just to say, 'Congratulations, I think this is a great idea'. And she said, 'I was just thinking about you, and I thought you'd be the perfect person to work with on this'.\n\n\"So two weeks later, I went to New York.\"\n\nBy that point, \"Madonna had a really already highly evolved storyline\" for the show that \"reflected on her career, from being a young woman in New York and learning the scene, all the way through to motherhood, spiritual awakenings, and all the ups and downs. The storyline was just really, really compelling\".\n\nMadonna's tours have always reconfigured and recontextualised her music and iconography\n\nIt's no coincidence that the tour was conceived while Madonna was also working on a movie of her life story.\n\nDue to star Julia Garner, the project was put on ice in January, around the same time as the tour was announced.\n\n\"One of the Madonna's skills is that she's able to cross-pollinate ideas between different projects,\" said Price. \"In this case there'd been consideration about doing a biopic [which gave] this tour the potential for having a documentary aspect to it as well.\"\n\nAs a result, the show will draw on news footage, classic costumes and music videos.\n\nMore crucially, it will use Madonna's original multi-track recordings, with Price extracting \"a vocal take where there's a car going by in the background\" or \"a solo from a guitarist who's no longer with us\" to recapture the original spirit of the songs.\n\nIn fact, for the first time since she performed club shows at the start of her career, Madonna will not be joined by an on-stage band.\n\n\"There are live musicians that perform at different parts of the show,\" said Price. \"But what we realised is that the original recordings are our stars. Those things can't be replicated and can't be recreated, so we decided just to embrace that.\"\n\nPrice spoke to the BBC from his studio on a break before the final week of rehearsals for the tour\n\nNot that the shows will be a straightforward exercise in nostalgia. In the past, she's enjoyed tweaking her most famous songs - playing True Blue on a ukulele, or splicing the Sex Pistols' God Save The Queen into the frothy disco of Dress You Up. This tour will be no exception.\n\n\"With Madonna, everything is always about recontextualising stuff, finding ways to take strong original messages and see how they resonate in the era that we're in now,\" said Price.\n\n\"A lot of the powerful moments [in this show] are to do with where the music intersects with something that society was going through, especially something emotional, like the Aids crisis. Those moments are incredibly powerful.\"\n\nIn Madonna's world, details matter. And with thousands of hours of archive to draw on, it sounds like the Celebration tour will spotlight her ongoing contribution not just to pop music but to culture.\n\nWe'll find out on Saturday night.", "RAAC was a cheaper alternative to standard concrete and has a lifespan of about 30 years.\n\nNo collapse-prone concrete has been found in initial surveys of 30 schools in Northern Ireland.\n\nThe Department of Education (DE) confirmed the news in a letter to principals.\n\nThe department has asked the Education Authority (EA) to survey 120 schools for reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (Raac).\n\nMore than 170 schools and colleges in England have been found to contain Raac.\n\nThis has led to some having to close parts of their buildings.\n\nRaac is a lightweight material that was used mostly in flat roofing - but also in floors and walls - between the 1950s and 1990s.\n\nIt was a cheaper alternative to standard concrete and had a lifespan of about 30 years.\n\nThe Health and Safety Executive in England has warned that Raac is now beyond its lifespan and may \"collapse with little or no notice\".\n\nIn Northern Ireland, 120 schools were subsequently earmarked as a priority for a Raac survey on the basis of building fabric, age and type of construction.\n\nThe department's director of infrastructure Suzanne Kingon has now written to principals to update them on that work.\n\n\"The first 30 visual surveys of schools have now been carried out, by appropriately qualified engineers, and I am pleased to advise that no RAAC has been identified as being present,\" the letter from the DE said.\n\n\"As a follow-up, and to provide complete assurance at each site, further investigations of areas with more restricted access are being scheduled.\"\n\nThe department also said surveys of the rest of the 120 schools would \"be completed rapidly over the next number of weeks\".\n\nIt said it would provide an update on that work when it was completed.\n\nFurther education (FE) colleges have also been checking their campuses for Raac.\n\nBut it is unclear if Northern Ireland will receive extra money from the UK government to fix public buildings affected by the crumbling concrete.\n\nMeanwhile, the department has also said it will provide an additional £5million of maintenance funding for special schools in 2023-24.\n\nThe money will be used for essential maintenance in Northern Ireland's 39 special schools for health and safety work including repairs to buildings, grounds and other facilities.", "Workers at the site on Wednesday used chainsaws to trim the trunk\n\nThe Sycamore Gap tree is to be cut up and moved by crane two weeks after it was chopped down.\n\nWorkers using chainsaws have begun to remove its branches before the trunk will be taken away on Thursday.\n\nThe National Trust said \"every option\" had been explored for moving the tree, which is about 150 years old and close to Hadrian's Wall in Northumberland.\n\nExperts are aiming to keep the trunk in \"as large sections as possible\" to give them \"flexibility\" on its future.\n\nThey decided it was too big to move in one piece. The public has also been reassured that the tree's stump has been protected.\n\nThe 50ft tree (15m), which was made famous in the 1991 film Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, will be taken to an unnamed National Trust property where it will be \"safely stored\".\n\nThe trunk of the tree will be be cut into large pieces due to its size\n\nThe charity said seeds had been collected by specialist propagators at its Plant Conservation Centre, which could be used for new saplings.\n\nPart of Hadrian's Wall was also damaged when the tree came down, sometime between the evening of 27 September and morning of 28 September.\n\n\"It's currently in a precarious position resting on the wall, so it's necessary we move it now, both to preserve the world-famous monument that is Hadrian's Wall, and to make the site safe again for visitors,\" said Andrew Poad, general manager of the site.\n\n\"We've explored every option for moving the tree and while it isn't possible to lift it in one go, as the tree is multi-stemmed with a large crown, we have aimed to keep the trunk in as large sections as possible, to give us flexibility on what the tree becomes in future.\n\n\"We're encouraging people to stay away from the site while these complex and difficult operations take place.\"\n\nThe tree, which was seen as a symbol of Northumberland and a popular site for photographers and walkers due to its location inside a dramatic dip in the land, was planted by a previous landowner in the late 1800s.\n\nThe stump of the tree has been protected, the National Trust said\n\nA Northumbria Police investigation continues and a 16-year-old boy and a man aged in his 60s arrested on suspicion of criminal damage remain on bail.\n\nThe National Trust has received thousands of tributes, messages and suggestions for the site and the felled tree.\n\n\"It's clear that this tree captured the imaginations of so many people who visited, and that it held a special - and often poignant - place in many people's hearts,\" Mr Poad said.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: The Sycamore Gap... then, and now\n\nIt hopes to involve the public over the coming weeks \"to find the best way\" of paying tribute to it.\n\n\"The nature of the site, which is designated by Unesco and is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, means our plans must be carefully thought through. We kindly ask people to please bear with us while we consider what might be possible,\" Mr Poad added.\n\nA temporary fence has been installed to protect the tree's stump, which the charity said may \"begin to sprout new shoots in time\".\n\nTony Gates, chief executive officer at the Northumberland National Park Authority, said there had been \"some challenging scenarios\" for the National Trust to consider due to the historic environment and the safety of the site.\n\n\"The intention is to ensure that the tree is stored safely so that full consideration can be given to how best to use the tree in future,\" he said.\n\n\"We would like to thank everyone for their patience, and we will continue to work with the National Trust to ensure that in time, Sycamore Gap's legacy lives on through a thriving landscape.\"\n\nThe tree was popular with photographers\n\nFollow BBC North East & Cumbria on X (formerly Twitter), Facebook and Instagram. Send your story ideas to northeastandcumbria@bbc.co.uk.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Sir Keir Starmer is a yimby, not a nimby, on housebuilding\n\nSir Keir Starmer has told the BBC he is a Yimby - \"yes in my back yard\" - because he is against blocking new homes being built in local areas.\n\nThe Labour leader would \"bulldoze\" restrictive planning rules and overrule local MPs to build more homes.\n\nSir Keir has pledged to build 1.5 million homes if elected.\n\nYimbys, the opposite of \"not in my back yard\" Nimbys, are pro-housing advocates who want building projects to start near them.\n\n\"Obviously we want to work with local communities,\" Sir Keir said, but added \"we need to ensure planning goes up a level, so it is not localised\".\n\nPrevious governments had been too fearful of local opposition to deliver the homes the country needs, Sir Keir said in an earlier interview.\n\nAsked by BBC Political Editor Chris Mason if he was a Yimby, Sir Keir replied: \"Yes.\"\n\n\"I think it is very important that we build the homes we need for the future,\" Sir Keir added.\n\nHe said that it was understandable that individual MPs would want to \"stand up\" for residents in their local areas.\n\nBut he added: \"The role of government is obviously different. The role of government is to deliver on big projects.\"\n\nAs a backbench MP, Sir Keir spent his first years in parliament opposing HS2 entirely for the impact it would have on his central London seat of Holborn and St Pancras.\n\nSpeaking in the House of Commons months after being elected, Sir Keir told MPs he \"opposed HS2 on cost and on merit\".\n\n\"The impact of HS2 on my constituency—on residents, businesses and the environment—will be devastating,\" he added.\n\nIn his speech to Labour's annual conference on Tuesday, Sir Keir promised that, if elected, Labour would deliver more homes to \"build a new Britain\".\n\nThe hour-long address, which was interrupted by a protester showering the Labour leader with glitter, came on the penultimate day of the four-day gathering in Liverpool.\n\nThe party has tried to use the event to showcase its offer to voters ahead a general election expected next year.\n\nSir Keir said a victory for Labour, which has a commanding lead in opinion polls, could herald a \"decade of national renewal\" after 13 years of Tory-led government.\n\nAt the heart of the speech was a plan to use dedicated state-backed companies to build a wave of new towns near English cities, echoing those built by Labour after the World War Two.\n\nHe also said he would restrict the ability of councils to stop developments on under-used urban land, where developers can meet the criteria in a new planning rulebook encouraging Georgian-style townhouse blocks.\n\nSir Keir has set a target of building an extra 1.5million new homes over five years if he is elected\n\nIn an earlier interview, Sir Keir said Labour in government would work to get the \"balance right\" between local concerns and the need to build new homes.\n\n\"We are going to have to do things that previous governments haven't done,\" he said, including \"bulldozing away\" restrictive planning rules.\n\n\"Otherwise, we'll end up where we are now, which is talking about housing - this is the story of the last 13 years - but not actually getting very much done.\"\n\nThe Labour leader has not said where or how many \"new towns\" it would build, saying it would run a six-month consultation inviting bids from councils.\n\nLocal authorities taking part would be able to put the affordable housing built towards meeting their housing quotas, under the party's plans.\n\nLabour has set a target to build 1.5m homes in England in five years if elected, broadly matching the government's current ambition of delivering 300,000 new units a year from the mid-2020s.\n\nAsked how Labour's plan was different, Sir Keir said it had accompanied its proposals with a \"plan for delivery\".\n\nAdding that his commitments had been \"robustly tested,\" he said he was only prepared to put \"bombproofed\" proposals before voters at an election.\n\nSir Keir Starmer leaves what could be the final Labour conference before a general election on a high note.\n\nThe mood among activists in Liverpool was upbeat but cautious, with senior figures warning against overconfidence.\n\nLabour's top team appeared to avoid making any blunders that could help the Conservatives, ahead of what is likely to be a tough election battle.\n• None Starmer promises to build new towns and 1.5m homes", "Former Wales captain Gareth Bale was present at the announcement in Nyon along with representatives from each of the host nations\n\nWales' first female Muslim referees have said it was \"mad\" to join Gareth Bale on stage as the UK and Ireland were confirmed as hosts of Euro 2028.\n\nRosheen and Eleeza Khan, from Grangetown, Cardiff, were invited to the Uefa ceremony in Switzerland by the Football Association of Wales (FAW).\n\nThe sisters said it was amazing to represent Wales on the biggest stage in European football.\n\nThe trip to Nyon was also their first time visiting mainland Europe.\n\n17-year-old Eleeza said it was a surreal moment when Uefa approved the joint bid from the UK and Republic of Ireland.\n\n\"Being in the Uefa headquarters, it's a once in a lifetime thing, I was just trying to soak it all in and enjoy the moment.\"\n\nHer sister, 19-year-old Rosheen added that she did not know what to do when it was announced and they were called on stage.\n\n\"I was stood there taking it all in, and there's (Gianluigi) Buffon, and the Uefa president in the room.\"\n\nThe girls say they are looking forward to the tournament coming to Wales\n\nThe girls were told they had been chosen as ambassadors for the trip to Nyon, which was their first trip to Europe.\n\n\"It's pretty cool that our first trip to Europe was to the Uefa headquarters in Switzerland, and we got to see the trophy.\n\n\"We are just two girls from Grangetown, I cant describe the feeling, I know I will never do this again, so I am just taking it all in,\" said Rosheen.\n\nThe sisters said they believed they were the first women to wear the hijab on Uefa's stage.\n\n\"It was broadcast all over the world, it just feels so empowering, and it's such a proud moment for us.\n\n\"It's a huge thing, especially because it's me and Eleeza from Wales, Wales isn't a very diverse place, I know Cardiff is, but Wales isn't, so it was amazing to represent our country, our community and our religion,\" said Rosheen.\n\n\"It must have been a big deal for Uefa as well, to have us there, breaking down barriers,\" said Eleeza.\n\nThe sisters say they were blown away by the opportunity to represent Wales on the global stage\n\nShe added that it was a big moment for her and Rosheen to have the Welsh shirt on, and have the hijab on.\n\n\"Because we are a minority, we get hate comments that we aren't Welsh, but we are!\n\n\"We have struggled in the past with being Welsh, and wearing the hijab, and battled with it, so it was nice to being the two together,\" said Rosheen.\n\nOn meeting Gareth Bale, the girls said it had become second nature at this point as they were playing golf with him the day before they were told that they were going to Geneva.\n\nThe sisters said they were excited for the chance of watching their national team play at the Principality, and will be getting in touch with Noel Mooney to make sure they have tickets for the first game.", "Last updated on .From the section European Championship\n\nScotland's bid to reach Euro 2024 was agonisingly prolonged by their first defeat of the qualifying campaign on a frustrating night in Spain.\n\nNeeding a point to reach consecutive European Championships, a combination of steely focus, last-ditch blocks and some Spanish profligacy meant the home side were scoreless before Alvaro Morata's ghosting run and header deep into the second half.\n\nMinutes earlier Scott McTominay had triggered revelry among the Scots as he lashed a wonderful free-kick past Unai Simon, only for the goal to be ruled out after a VAR review.\n\nScotland's anguish was compounded in the closing moments as Spain grabbed a second via a Ryan Porteous own goal.\n\nScotland, who lost captain Andy Robertson to injury in the first half, sit top of Group A, three points above their hosts, and will qualify for Euro 2024 on Sunday if Norway fail to beat the in-form Spanish.\n\nOr, if needed, they can get the job done next month when they travel to Georgia for their penultimate game.\n• None Reaction & all the drama as it happened\n\nScotland left the pitch to a rapturous reception from a huge travelling support in Spain. This had all the hallmarks of a famous night, only for it to be laced with the harshest of sucker punches.\n\nScotland's challenge at the start of the evening? Take a point, or hope Norway would drop the ball in Cyprus. The latter always looked unlikely - and so it proved as Norway eased to a 4-0 win - and from kick-off in the sweltering Seville heat, the heft of the task facing the Scots was evident.\n\nSpain are far from the husk of a side who wilted at Hampden in March. Barcelona's Ferran Torres steered a shot wide when through on Angus Gunn after just a minute.\n\nA series of corners somehow flew across the Scotland goal, which was starting to lead a charmed life. None more so than when Mikel Merino's slashed shot hit a post, flew between goalkeeper and line, before spinning out.\n\nThe booming gasp which met that Merino chance was loud, but nothing compared to the roar midway through the second half courtesy of McTominay.\n\nOn a rare chance for a Scotland shot at goal, the Manchester United midfielder, the thorny thistle in the La Roja side in March, whipped a glorious free-kick high into the far corner from a tight angle.\n\nBut jubilation turned to jaw-smacking agony as VAR intervened and the goal was ruled out, initially, it seemed, for a foul by Jack Hendry on the goalkeeper.\n\nThat was what the flashed up on the screens in the stadium, but Uefa later said it was because Hendry was offside and interfering with play.\n\nConfusion reigned and the debate about that whole process will linger unless and until Scotland have booked their place in Germany.\n\nIt changed the game, and on 73 minutes Morata's drifting run pierced the Scotland defence, leaving Gunn helpless.\n\nSubstitute Che Adams prodded at Simon when he should have done better late on, and that profligacy was punished as Porteous slid the ball into his own net after an Aaron Hickey slip caused panic at the back.\n\nScotland are far from done in this run, but this one will sting for some time.\n\nScotland did everything that was asked of them in Spain, although that will be little consolation as the attention now turns to Norway hosting Thursday's winners in Seville.\n\nIt was a bruising night. Firstly losing Robertson after being clattered by Simon, then the nature of Scotland's goal being disallowed. Furious debate raged after the game, but regardless of the rights or wrongs, it triggered a brutal ending.\n\nIt came at a point when you just thought Scotland had weathered the worst of the Spain storm, only for Morata to show nous and spark which had gone unrewarded up to the point he nodded Spain in front.\n\nScotland have two games left to get over the line. Let's hope they don't need them.\n\nScotland travel to France for a friendly on Tuesday (20:00 BST), but all eyes will be on Norway v Spain on Sunday in Oslo.\n• None Attempt saved. Rodri (Spain) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Aymeric Laporte.\n• None Attempt missed. Ché Adams (Scotland) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Kenny McLean with a headed pass following a set piece situation.\n• None Aymeric Laporte (Spain) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.\n• None Scott McTominay (Scotland) wins a free kick on the right wing.\n• None Goal! Spain 2, Scotland 0. Oihan Sancet (Spain) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner.\n• None Attempt blocked. Oihan Sancet (Spain) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Joselu.\n• None Attempt blocked. Joselu (Spain) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked.\n• None Attempt blocked. Stuart Armstrong (Scotland) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Navigate to the next page Navigate to the last page", "Prof Graham Medley being sworn in at the Covid inquiry\n\nA senior government science adviser during the pandemic has told the Covid inquiry that it was clear as early as February 2020 the NHS was going to be overwhelmed.\n\nProf Graham Medley said that civil servants would have been aware of those concerns at the time.\n\nThe government ordered the first national lockdown on 23 March 2020.\n\nIt has said that it always acted to protect lives and livelihoods through the pandemic.\n\nFormer ministers including then-prime minister, Boris Johnson, and then-health secretary, Matt Hancock, will give evidence to the inquiry later this year.\n\nProf Medley, professor of infectious disease modelling at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, was a member of the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (Sage) and co-chaired the influential SPI-M-O subgroup which calculated and modelled the spread of the virus during the pandemic.\n\nGiving evidence, he said it was \"no secret\" by the end of February 2020 that the NHS would be overwhelmed by Covid cases.\n\n\"The extent of the epidemic became very clear during February. By that point we had established the infection fatality rate, that's the proportion of people dying following infection, at around 1%,\" he said.\n\n\"If 80% of the population were infected in a single wave, then we could calculate the numbers who would die.\"\n\nProf Medley was then asked why the formal minutes of the Sage group of advisers did not record a high level of concern about the impact on the NHS over that period.\n\nHe said civil servants responsible for the minutes would have \"completely understood\" the views of scientists on Sage.\n\nHe recalled an account named \"Dominic Cummings iPhone X\" also dialled into remote meetings of the SPI-M-O subgroup at the time.\n\n\"Even if it is not in the paperwork, it was known,\" he said.\n\nThe government permitted mass gatherings to go ahead through the first part of March 2020, including a Six Nations rugby match at Twickenham on 7 March and the Cheltenham horseracing festival from 10-13 March.\n\nA full national lockdown with a mandatory stay-at-home order was announced on 23 March that year.\n\nWhatsApp exchange released by the Covid inquiry between Boris Johnson, Sir Patrick Vallance and Matt Hancock\n\nThe inquiry was also shown WhatsApp messages exchanged between Mr Johnson, Mr Hancock and Sir Patrick Vallance in June 2020.\n\nMr Johnson wrote: \"These Sage geezers now saying we should have gone into lockdown earlier. Can we gently ask them why they didn't make their anxieties public at the time???\"\n\nSir Patrick, the government's chief scientific adviser from 2018 to 2023, replied: \"I think there's too much enthusiasm for the camera at the moment and will speak to them again.\n\n\"All the minutes of Sage are published and so data recommendations are clear.\"\n\nMr Hancock then replied to the messages saying it was \"exceptionally unhelpful having individual members of Sage making comments like this, it undermines us all\".\n\nAsked about the exchange, Prof Medley said the whole area of media appearances was a minefield.\n\n\"I think this is a difficult area in terms of the kind of inside/outside government and independence [of scientists],\" he added.\n\n\"Clearly the government values independence and wishes to have independent people giving advice and providing evidence. And of course, if we're independent then we can say what we like.\n\n\"In an epidemic, one of the key things that determines outcome is the coherence of the population. And we're very well aware of that.\"\n\nThis second stage of the Covid Inquiry is examining political decision-making during the pandemic, from January 2020 until February 2022, including the timing and effectiveness of lockdowns and other social-distancing restrictions.\n\nIt is taking witness evidence in London until Christmas, before moving to Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland to look specifically at the decisions made by administrations in those parts of the United Kingdom.", "Last updated on .From the section Horse Racing\n\nJockey Frankie Dettori has abandoned plans to retire later this year and will continue his career in the United States.\n\nThe 52-year-old, who has ridden more than 3,300 winners, will move to California.\n\nHe still plans to say farewell to British racing at British Champions Day at Ascot on 21 October.\n\n\"I've still got the fire inside me that I want to do it a little bit more,\" he told BBC Breakfast.\n\nThe three-time champion jockey had announced in December 2022 that this season would be his last, and rides in Melbourne and Hong Kong were expected to be his final ones after Ascot.\n\nBut the rider said his successes this year, which have included winning the 2,000 Guineas, the Oaks and Ebor during a farewell tour, had prompted a rethink.\n\n\"I don't feel ready to let go yet. I'm going to spend some time in the USA and take it from there. I could be there three months or three years, I don't know,\" said the Italian-born jockey, who has ridden in Britain for 37 years.\n\n\"It was a long, hard decision with myself and my wife. It's a big decision to move to another country.\"\n\nDettori expects to be based full-time in Santa Anita, north east Los Angeles, from the start of next year, and is targeting a ride in the Kentucky Derby in May. He could also compete at big meetings in Saudi Arabi and Dubai.\n\nDettori is flat racing's showman who has been the sport's poster boy since his Magnificent Seven at Ascot in 1996, when riding all winners on the card at odds of 25,000-1.\n\nHe has been feted by crowds at meetings throughout 2023 with each big fixture heralded as his last at that track.\n\nMany will be pleased that one of the sport's greats will carry on, although others have tired of the publicity around a farewell tour with no ending.\n\nDettori insists Ascot will be his British racing swansong, but whether he returns to ride in the country again remains to be seen.\n• None This award-winning podcast offers a fresh take on inner city life through storytelling, music and fiction\n• None With music from Four Tet, Aphex Twin, The Supremes and Sinead O'Connor", "Sarah, who has asthma, became seriously ill and doctors said her vaping habit was a factor in her condition\n\nA 12-year-old girl who suffered a lung collapse and spent four days in an induced coma has told the BBC that children should never start vaping.\n\nSarah Griffin had asthma and was a heavy vaper when she was rushed to hospital with breathing problems a month ago.\n\nHer mum Mary told the BBC she feared she was going to lose her daughter.\n\nThe UK government has announced plans to restrict the marketing and sale of vapes targeted at children.\n\nPrime Minister Rishi Sunak said the proposals - which are open for public consultation for the next eight weeks - would \"reverse the worrying rise in youth vaping\" by making vapes less colourful and less appealing to children.\n\nHealth Secretary Steve Barclay said the government was committed to taking immediate legislative action following the consultation, telling BBC Radio 4's Today programme \"head teachers are concerned, parents are concerned, about our children being targeted\" by vape companies.\n\nSpeaking at the Labour Party conference, shadow health secretary Wes Streeting said a Labour government would come down like a \"tonne of bricks\" on vaping companies pushing flavours like 'rainbow burst' at children.\n\nSarah Griffin's bedroom at her home in Belfast is like that of most 12-year-old girls - a dressing table littered with make-up, perfume bottles and hair straighteners, with some childhood cuddly toys on the bed.\n\nBut this is where Sarah also used to hide her vapes from her mum - even cutting holes in the carpet to keep them out of sight.\n\nSarah had started vaping when she was just nine.\n\nHer mum Mary tried to stop her - searching her when she came home, confiscating her phone - but nothing worked.\n\nBy the summer, Sarah was getting through a 4,000-puff vape (a regulation vape contains 600 puffs) in just a few days.\n\nSarah hid her vapes from her mum Mary, who confiscated her phone\n\nIt was the first thing she did in the morning and the last thing she did at night - sleeping with the vape on her pillow.\n\nEven though it's illegal to sell vapes to anyone under the age of 18, Sarah bought vapes over the counter and became addicted to the nicotine hit.\n\nSarah's asthma and the fact she was not good at using her preventative inhaler left her at risk of complications.\n\nIn early September she also developed a head cold, and when combined with her vaping, it all added up to what Sarah's doctor describes as a \"perfect storm\".\n\n\"A lot of risk factors were going in the wrong direction,\" says Dr Dara O'Donoghue, consultant respiratory paediatrician at the Royal Belfast Hospital for Sick Children.\n\nSarah became unwell and was taken to hospital, where an X-ray of her lungs showed only one was working properly - and she was not responding to treatment.\n\nWithin a few hours she was in intensive care - and shortly after that was put into an induced coma, in the hope that her condition would stabilise.\n\nFor Mary, it was a moment of desperation.\n\n\"There is absolutely no words to describe when you think your child is going to die.\"\n\nSarah wants to warn other children her age of the risks of using vapes\n\nAfter four days, Sarah was gradually brought round and is now recovering - but she has been left with permanent damage to her lungs.\n\n\"She's doing lung exercises and stuff you know, you'd expect an 80-year-old to be doing, not someone who is 12,\" says her mum.\n\n\"People open your eyes, because this is happening all round, and possibly your child too.\n\n\"No matter what you're thinking, people like to think their kids aren't doing these things but the reality is very, very different.\"\n\nSarah hopes her experience will help others her age wake up to the dangers posed by vaping.\n\n\"Don't start doing it, because once you start doing it, you don't stop doing it,\" she says.\n\n\"You only stop when you basically have to, when it's a life or death situation.\"\n\nSarah and her mum Mary told the BBC about their traumatic experience\n\nDr O'Donoghue called youth vaping \"a healthcare emergency\" which had to be addressed \"urgently\".\n\n\"We need to be wary about vapes because the healthcare problems associated with vapes are only emerging.\"\n\nRecent figures suggest that one in five children aged 11-17 have now tried vaping - three times as many as in 2020.\n\nVaping among younger children is also rising, with nearly one in ten 11- to 15-year-olds using them, according to a 2021 survey.\n\nMany countries around the world are experiencing similar trends in youth vaping.\n\nFidelma Carter, from the charity Northern Ireland Chest, Heart and Stroke, says 17% of young vapers are doing it regularly.\n\n\"Young people are taking up vaping because they assume there is no risk, there's no dangers.\n\n\"And we want to challenge the misconceptions and raise awareness that vaping can impact on your health and wellbeing,\" she said.\n\nThe government has announced a UK-wide consultation on its proposals to crack down on vaping among young people.\n\nSarah Woolnough, from charity Asthma + Lung UK, said she wanted to see restrictions on the marketing of vapes so that they did not target children.\n\n\"Disposable vapes at their current pocket money prices, with cartoons and bubble-gum flavour options, are far too attractive and easy for children to access,\" she said.\n\nProfessor Chris Whitty, England's chief medical officer, said marketing vapes or e-cigarettes to children was \"utterly unacceptable\".\n\nBut he said vaping could be useful as a way for smokers to quit tobacco, and that vaping was \"less dangerous than smoking\".\n\nCorrection: An earlier version of this story incorrectly quoted Ms Carter as saying 70% of young vapers were vaping regularly. The story has been amended to reflect her actual quote, \"17%\".\n• None BBC Radio 4 - Sliced Bread - Is vaping harmful to your health-", "Gaza City's main hospital, Al Shifa, is at breaking point, with hundreds of seriously injured people filling the hallways and bodies lying in corridors and outside, as staff work under immense pressure.\n\nInside, BBC Arabic's reporter Adnan El-Bursh and his team discover their own neighbours, relatives and friends are among those injured and killed.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThe hallways and courtyards are filled with hundreds of bodies, as the morgue's refrigerators cannot hold them all. More bodies still lie outside.\n\nInside, hundreds of seriously injured people fill the hallways as staff work under immense pressure, knowing that all services might soon grind to a halt if its back-up generators stop working. Women and children are among the wounded.\n\nThis could lead to a serious catastrophe.\n\nDoctors are having to prioritise treating those who are most seriously injured - leaving others waiting in pain\n\nAt the hospital, we see a young girl who has been brought in screaming from intense pain and shock. She calls out to doctors to treat her and to get rid of her pain.\n\nHer home was unexpectedly shelled by Israeli forces, and a number of her relatives were killed.\n\nBut doctors are racing against time, and focus on giving priority to those who have been most seriously injured.\n\nFor others it is too late.\n\nOne woman sits next to the bodies of some of her relatives, who also died in a fierce Israeli bombardment which targeted a densely populated neighbourhood of Gaza. Surviving family members are arriving one by one.\n\nA woman sits next to the bodies of some of her relatives killed in an Israeli bombardment\n\n\"We were sleeping and they bombarded our house like everyone else,\" she says. \"They hit our house while we were sleeping. We didn't have any fighters [in our building]. The building is full of civilians - 120 people live there.\"\n\nAnother woman on a stretcher tell us: \"They postponed my operation, they said other people were more of a priority… you can wait a bit. What can I do? [There are] so many people injured here.\"\n\nThe head of the hospital, Dr Muhammad Abu Salmia, tells the BBC of the consequences if al-Shifa is forced to stop operating: \"The hospital cannot function without electricity.\n\n\"More than 120 people are intubated in the ICU, neonatal and other wards; [if this happens,] all departments and services across the hospital will collapse, and we will no longer be able to treat patients.\"\n\nAs we report from the hospital, we discover that dozens of our own neighbours, relatives and friends are among those injured and killed.\n\nWe have to stop working as we process the shock of the story coming so close to us.\n\nCameraman Mahmoud al-Ajrami is overwhelmed and tears run down his face when he discovers a friend has been brought to the hospital after surviving serious injuries, and that most of the man's relatives have been killed.\n\nThe Palestinian ministry of health says it is working under immense pressure, conscious of the risk that hospitals in Gaza will soon be unable to function because of the power shutdown.", "Households could be asked to pay an extra £17 a year on their energy bills to help prevent suppliers going bust, according to the industry watchdog.\n\nOfgem said it was considering the measure to protect the market and consumers after figures showed energy debts reached £2.6bn in the summer.\n\nThe rise in debt was due to both the increase in wholesale energy prices and wider cost of living pressures.\n\nAny rise in bills would not take place until April next year, Ofgem said.\n\nThe timing of any increase was designed to protect consumers from extra costs during the winter, it said.\n\n\"We know that households across the country are struggling with wider cost of living challenges, including energy, so any decision to add costs to the price cap is not one we take lightly,\" said Tim Jarvis, director general for markets at Ofgem.\n\n\"However, the scale of unrecoverable debt and the potential risk of suppliers leaving the market or going bust, which passes on even greater costs to households, means we must look at all the regulatory options available to us.\"\n\nOfgem said that if a one-off rise to bills did not take place, there was a risk that consumers could face even higher costs and poorer standards of service if suppliers go out of business.\n\nThe regulator said that when energy prices started to rise in 2021 about 30 suppliers went out of business, and this led to every energy customer being charged an extra £82 to cover the costs of making sure that households were not cut off.\n\nOfgem said it would consult with the energy industry, consumer groups and the public over the options, including how any rise in bills might be spread out.\n\n\"We must consider the fairest way to maintain a stable energy market and we will do this in consultation with all our partners to ensure we are protecting the most vulnerable households,\" said Mr Jarvis.\n\nUnder Ofgem's latest price cap, which affects 29 million households in England, Wales and Scotland, the annual energy bill for a typical household is £1,923.\n\nWhile that is £577 lower than last winter, average annual gas and electricity bills remain high by historical standards. In winter 2021, an energy bill for a typical household was £1,277.\n\nIn addition, government support last winter of £400 for each household is not being repeated this year, and analysts have forecasted that bills will rise again in January.\n\nCitizens Advice said it was worrying that more households were falling behind with their energy bills during the warmer months.\n\n\"High energy prices mean millions of people remain at risk of falling behind in the coming months,\" said Dame Clare Moriarty, chief executive of Citizens Advice.\n\n\"An increase in the price cap to pay for higher debts will make people's bills even more unaffordable. Any change must be in the best interest of all consumers.\n\n\"For now, the government must provide additional bill support this winter for those at most risk.\"\n\nThe chief executive of charity National Energy Action, Adam Scorer, said the \"enormous\" amount of energy debt was \"crushing vulnerable households\".\n\n\"Government cannot just look the other way and hope for the best. This is the highest level of energy debt we have seen, it is growing quickly and concentrated in the poorest households.\"\n\nA Department for Energy Security and Net Zero spokesperson said: \"We would encourage anyone worried about their energy bill to speak to their supplier. We are supporting the most vulnerable this winter, by helping an estimated three million families with £150 off energy bills through the Warm Home Discount.\n\n\"This comes on top of £900 cost of living support for those in need - as well as nearly £40bn provided last winter to cover around half a typical household's energy bill.\n\n\"We continue to keep all options under review, while ensuring competition can return to the market to offer best value for all.\"\n\nHere are some energy saving ideas from environmental scientist Angela Terry, who set up One Home, a social enterprise that shares green, money-saving tips:", "The Prince of Wales took an unsuspecting customer's booking on the telephone as he and the Princess of Wales visited an Indian street food restaurant in Birmingham.\n\nPrince William answered the unexpected phone call and took a booking for two while he and Catherine were being served a range of Indian dishes at the Indian Streatery in Bennetts Hill.\n\nThe customer was Vinay Aggarwal who visited the restaurant with his wife Ankita Gulati on Thursday afternoon and said he was stunned at the Royal's involvement.\n\n\"I didn't recognise his voice at all, this is the first time I was listening to him on the phone, so I genuinely thought someone was taking the booking for me,\" he said.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nA senior Disney creative has warned the actors' strike could halt animation production later this year.\n\nJennifer Lee, chief creative officer of Walt Disney Animation Studios, has been able to \"keep things going\" up to now.\n\nBut the actors union, whose members include her husband, the actor Alfred Molina, has been on strike for nearly three months.\n\nLee told the BBC she has \"probably until the end of the year\" before her films will be affected.\n\nSpeaking to BBC Radio 4's The Media Show, she said: \"I can understand where everyone is coming from in terms of wanting fair wages.\"\n\nLee won an Oscar for directing the hugely popular animated film Frozen, which she also wrote..\n\nShe says she believes there will be \"a fair deal\" which will resolve the strike because \"we're all in it together\".\n\nJennifer Lee, with Frozen producers Chris Buck and Peter Del Vecho, won the Oscar for best animated for Frozen in 2014\n\nThe story of Anna and Elsa made her the first woman ever to direct a film that grossed more than $1bn (£810m).\n\nLee says they could never have predicted that success. \"We were just hoping people would like it,\" she says.\n\nThe 2013 hit, a tale of sisterly love and the lengths siblings will go for each other, marked an evolution in Disney story-telling.\n\nSnow White, for example, sang \"some day my prince will come\" - and was saved by a kiss. That was 1937.\n\nSleeping Beauty in 1959 is also awoken by a prince's embrace.\n\nThese beautiful, hand drawn films are old school fairy tales.\n\nSnow White and the Seven Dwarfs in 1937 was the first full-length animated feature\n\nDisney's recent offerings - Brave, Moana and Frozen amongst them - are more modern twists on stories.\n\nLee says of Frozen: \"We had fun flipping those tropes\". For example \"Love at first sight. My philosophy: good advice might be get to know him, meet his family, you know?\"\n\nFrozen in 2013 was written and directed by Jennifer Lee, who says she's \"blown away\" by Frozen 3\n\nLet It Go is the film's anthem of self-acceptance sung by Queen Elsa. Lee says originally the plan was for Elsa to be a villain but \"we kept sympathising with her so much; she was born with these powers she didn't ask for\".\n\nThe songwriters Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez wrote Let It Go over a weekend and their ballad crystalised those instincts.\n\n\"We just said, 'this is wrong, we have to change it'. So we rewrote the whole movie.\"\n\nDisney is celebrating its centenary year. In October 1923, Walt and his brother Roy officially founded the Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio.\n\nFive years later they introduced Mickey and Minnie Mouse to the world, in the black and white early masterpiece, Steamboat Willie.\n\nMickey Mouse first came to our screens in Steamboat Willie in 1928, which Walt Disney co-wrote and co-directed\n\n\"It was all started by a mouse,\" is a Disney adage. Mickey was first, but so many followed.\n\nAnd for the 100th anniversary, Lee has written the latest Disney animation, Wish. It's \"driving the story in directions we've never gone before\".\n\nShe adds that wishing \"is one of the most important concepts in Disney. That idea of possibility, hope, wonder, your imagination\".\n\nJennifer Lee describes Wish, which she has co-written, as an original fairy tale with wishing at its heart\n\nAs a child, she says she was bullied at school over three difficult years.\n\nHer VHS copy of Disney's 1950 classic Cinderella got her through. She watched it repeatedly, inspired by Cinderella who \"stayed true to herself\".\n\nJennifer Lee says Cinderella stayed true to herself - despite being mistreated, which helped her cope when she was bullied as a child\n\n\"When a child is bullied, they tend to eventually believe the bullies,\" she says. \"Cinderella didn't. And then her life got better, these beautiful things happened... It helped me persevere through it. I think it helped me drive towards what I do now.\"\n\nSo the girl who found comfort in Disney went on to become one of the top women in the company, greenlighting Disney animation movies while still writing and directing her own.\n\n\"I'd rather tell a story where, if there is a handsome prince, you're seeing him in a way you've never seen him before,\" Lee reflects. \"That's more exciting to me.\"\n\nThe full interview will be available later this month on The Media Show on BBC Sounds.", "Ecclestone agreed to repay almost £653m to HM Revenue and Customs\n\nBernie Ecclestone, the former boss of Formula 1, has been given a suspended sentence after pleading guilty to fraud.\n\nThe 92-year-old did not declare more than £400m held in a trust in Singapore when asked by tax authorities in 2015.\n\nEcclestone has agreed in a civil settlement to repay almost £653m to HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC), a court heard.\n\nHe was sentenced to 17 months in prison, suspended for two years.\n\nThe billionaire had originally been due to stand trial next month after initially pleading not guilty.\n\nThe settlement covers Ecclestone's tax affairs over the past 18 years, including interest and civil penalties.\n\nThe court was told that a meeting took place between Ecclestone and HMRC officers in July 2015.\n\nIt heard that Ecclestone was \"seeking to a draw a line under investigations into his tax affairs\" because he \"was fed up of paying huge bills for advice\".\n\nAt the time, he declared he had only one trust which was established on behalf of his daughters.\n\nAccording to the charge, he had told HMRC he was \"not the settlor nor beneficiary of any trust in or outside the UK\".\n\nBut following an investigation which HMRC has previously described as \"complex and worldwide\", that answer proved to be inaccurate.\n\nOn Thursday, Ecclestone arrived at Southwark Crown Court with his wife Fabiana and spoke only to tell the judge \"I plead guilty\" and to confirm basic details.\n\nHe appeared frail as he rose to address the judge in court.\n\nHis legal team argued that the former F1 boss should not face a prison term, owing to his advanced age, medical issues, and low level of risk to the public.\n\nDefending Ecclestone, Clare Montgomery said the defendant \"bitterly regrets the events that led to this criminal trial\".\n\nSpeaking in court following Ecclestone's guilty plea, prosecutor Richard Wright said the defendant had knowingly given an \"untrue or misleading\" answer to HMRC when he told them he had no further trusts outside the UK.\n\nHe continued: \"As of 7 July 2015, Mr Ecclestone did not know the truth of the position, so was not able to give an answer to the question.\n\n\"Mr Ecclestone was not entirely clear on how ownership of the accounts in question were structured.\n\n\"He therefore did not know whether it was liable for tax, interest or penalties in relation to amounts passing through the accounts.\n\n\"Mr Ecclestone recognises it was wrong to answer the questions he did because it ran the risk that HMRC would not continue to investigate his affairs.\n\n\"He now accepts that some tax is due in relation to these matters.\"", "Joanna Simpson was killed with a claw hammer at her home in Ascot\n\nA man who killed his wife with a claw hammer has had his automatic release from prison blocked by the government.\n\nJoanna Simpson, 46, was bludgeoned to death by Robert Brown in Ascot, Berkshire, in October 2010.\n\nThe former British Airways captain, who was convicted of manslaughter, was due to be freed in November after serving half of his 26-year jail sentence.\n\nJustice Secretary Alex Chalk said he had referred the case to the Parole Board under public protection powers.\n\nMs Simpson's mother Diana Parkes said the news Brown would not be able to walk out of jail next month was \"an incredible joy\"\n\nReacting to the latest development, Ms Simpson's mother Diana Parkes said: \"It is an incredible joy but unfortunately it isn't over yet we still have to go through the parole board and hope that they see how wicked Brown is, and give the right decision.\"\n\nSpeaking on on BBC Breakfast, she added: \"It's pretty emotionally exhausting going through all this and having to relive the death of Jo for the children as well so we are very hopeful that things will get better for us now.\n\n\"We're just rejoicing at the moment and praying for the best.\"\n\nMs Simpson's best friend Hetti Barkworth-Nanton, who also chairs domestic abuse charity Refuge, said: \"It's been a long fight. We've been living with this shadow over our lives for the last twelve-and-a-half years.\"\n\nBrown killed the millionaire at her home within earshot of their two children, then aged nine and 10, a court previously heard.\n\nHe buried her body in a pre-dug grave in Windsor Great Park before confessing to police the following day.\n\nThe former pilot, now aged 59, was found not guilty of murder after a jury was told the couple's bitter divorce proceedings had put him under great stress.\n\nHe was sentenced to 24 years for manslaughter and a further two years for an offence of obstructing a coroner.\n\nRobert Brown was jailed for 26 years for Joanna Simpson's manslaughter\n\nMs Simpson's family met Justice Secretary Alex Chalk and his predecessor Dominic Raab in an attempt to stall Brown's release.\n\nMr Chalk said: \"Joanna Simpson was bludgeoned and buried at the hands of Robert Brown, which left two children without a mother and caused irreparable harm to her family and loved ones.\n\n\"I made a commitment to Joanna's family that I would give this case my closest personal attention.\n\n\"Having reviewed all the information available to me, I have blocked Brown's automatic release and referred this case to the Parole Board using powers we introduced to protect the public from the most dangerous offenders.\"\n\nMs Parkes said: \"We hope that the Parole Board will appreciate how dangerous Robert Brown is and we fear for the safety of our family, Jo's friends and any female he may form a relationship with in the future.\"\n\nThe government said the Parole Board would consider the case \"in due course\".\n\nFollow BBC South on Facebook, X, or Instagram. Send your story ideas to south.newsonline@bbc.co.uk.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Last updated on .From the section Horse Racing\n\nThe Grand National will be reduced to a maximum of 34 runners from 40 as part of measures designed to improve safety.\n\nOne horse died in this year's race, which was delayed by 14 minutes after a protest by animal rights activists.\n\nOrganisers plan an earlier race time at Aintree to provide safer ground for runners, and a shorter run to the first fence to slow horses down early on.\n\nThe introduction of a standing start and further veterinary checks are among other changes.\n\nThere had been some calls for the line-up to be reduced to 30 runners, but Aintree clerk of the course Sulekha Varma said that could be counter-productive.\n\n\"We know from research papers and internal analysis of jump races that there is a direct correlation between the number of runners and the risk of falling, unseating or being brought down,\" she said.\n\n\"However, we also must consider that reducing the field size by too great a number could create a faster race and have an adverse impact in terms of safety.\"\n\nThere were three equine fatalities across the three-day National meeting in April, with protesters from Animal Rising attempting to halt the big race itself, although racing chiefs say the changes were not prompted by the protests.\n\nMerseyside Police said 118 people were arrested over the disruption and its investigation is ongoing although no-one has yet been charged six months on.\n\nEmma Slawinski, director of policy at the RSPCA, welcomed the new steps at Aintree, but said more could be done.\n\n\"We look forward to seeing this announcement pave the way for further changes,\" she added.\n\nNevin Truesdale, chief executive of Aintree owners the Jockey Club, said the changes were part of the organisation's \"relentless focus on welfare\".\n• None Grand National 2023: What happened and the fallout from it\n\nWhat are the changes?\n\nThe Grand National, regarded by many as the world's most famous horse race, features jockeys and horses negotiating 30 fences over more than four miles, and is watched by an estimated 600 million people worldwide.\n\nThere have been five fatalities from 395 runners in the 10 Grand Nationals raced since widespread changes were introduced in 2012 following a safety review.\n\nA review takes place after each running and this year the Jockey Club, together with the British Horseracing Authority, said it \"recognised the need for more substantial updates on several key areas in order to better protect the welfare of racehorses and jockeys\".\n\nThe changes, to take effect from the next Grand National on 13 April 2024, are:\n• None Cutting the maximum number of runners from 40, a limit introduced in 1984, to 34.\n• None Moving the first fence 60 yards closer to the start, and implementing a standing start - rather than letting horses run in - to all races over the National fences. Research showed speeds to the first fence had increased to about 35mph from 28mph in recent years.\n• None Bringing forward the start time from 17:15 BST as the ground conditions can become quicker as it dries out on a breezy, sunny April afternoon. It is thought the revised time is likely to be between 15:45 and 16:15.\n• None Horses will no longer be led by a handler on course during the pre-race parade before the grandstands, so they can prepare in their own time.\n• None Changes to the alignment of the running rail on the inside of the course to help catch loose horses.\n• None Reducing height of 11th fence by two inches, from 5ft to 4ft 10in, on take-off side and some 'levelling off' on landing side to reduce height of the drop. The fence was shown to have an unusually high number of fallers, horses being brought down and unseated riders in all races over the National course.\n• None Introducing softer foam and rubber 'toe boards' at the foot of the jumping side of every fence.\n• None More pop-up irrigation to water the course; and widening paddock walkways.\n• None Raising the minimum handicap rating for horses to 130 from 125, which brings it in line with top-level Grade One races.\n• None A review panel of industry experts who assess the suitability of every runner to take a closer look at horses that have made jumping errors in 50% or more of their last eight races before allowing them to take part.\n\nWhile animal rights activists may argue the changes do not go far enough, some racing supporters will see it as a further dilution of the contest's unique characteristics.\n\nIf the field had been down to 34 previously, two recent winners - Auroras Encore (2013) and Minella Times, who made history in 2021 when Rachael Blackmore became the first female jockey to triumph - would not have made the cut.\n\n\"There are lots of people who don't like change but all sports change,\" two-time National-winning jockey Ruby Walsh said.\n\n\"Soccer is not the same game it was 30 or even 15 years ago and looking at the Rugby World Cup, rugby has had to evolve. Racing is the same in that we have to evolve to ensure the future of the sport.\"\n\nBut his father Ted, who trained Papillon - ridden by Ruby - to win in 2000, told Sky Sports: \"This is another step in the abolition of jumps racing as we knew it.\"\n\nAnimal Rising said it regarded no safety changes as adequate until a plan was published to end horse racing in the UK and rehome racehorses in sanctuaries.\n\nThe race's start time was put back an hour in 2016 in an attempt to attract a wider audience.", "Hospitals in Gaza risk turning into morgues without electricity, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) says.\n\nGaza's only power plant ran out of fuel on Wednesday, and back-up generators could stop working in hours, it adds.\n\nMedical centres have been overwhelmed after Israel imposed a \"complete siege\" on Gaza and pounded the territory with air and artillery strikes.\n\nHamas launched an unprecedented attack on southern Israel on Saturday.\n\nIsrael has vowed not to restore electricity or allow basic resources and humanitarian aid into Gaza until Hamas releases around 150 hostages it abducted during its attacks on Saturday.\n\n\"As Gaza loses power, hospitals lose power, putting newborns in incubators and elderly patients on oxygen at risk. Kidney dialysis stops, and X-rays can't be taken,\" said Fabrizio Carboni, the ICRC's director for the region.\n\nHe added that hospitals were still running on generators - but fuel would only last \"for a few hours\".\n\nHospitals in Gaza are seeing long queues outside, with injured people waiting for emergency rooms. They are running out of essential medical equipment and appealing for blood donations.\n\nChildren - some seriously wounded - are lying in hospital beds crying, waiting for treatment.\n\nThe largest public healthcare complex in the Gaza Strip, the Al-Shifa Hospital, is \"overloaded\", a doctor there told the BBC.\n\n\"We can hardly manage dealing with the patients\", said Dr Mohamad Matar.\n\nDoctors are now having to make tough decisions on who to operate on, as fuel supplies run critically low. Doctors say only life-saving treatment is being carried out in many cases.\n\nThe absence of humanitarian corridors is resulting in unprecedented problems for hospitals. In previous wars, the ICRC and UN were able to secure corridors to deliver aid but Israel has not yet allowed for this.\n\nThe main option being considered, the ICRC says, is the Rafah crossing between Gaza and Egypt.\n\nPalestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh said on Thursday that his government was working with Egypt to open corridors for humanitarian aid.\n\n\"Closing all access to the Gaza Strip and preventing aid is a mass killing of our people,\" he said.\n\nEgypt says it has been trying to arrange aid deliveries through the Rafah crossing, but this has been made difficult by Israeli bombardment in the territory.\n\nThose air strikes have meant people are also filling up hospitals to shelter, believing they are safer there than other parts of Gaza.\n\nDr Justin Dalby, who has been working in Gaza for six months with the humanitarian charity Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) told the BBC that the number of injured was \"just absolutely immense\".\n\nHe said there was \"constant violence\" as \"destruction continues everywhere ... day or night\".\n\n\"If you are taking out the electricity supply of a hospital, it means that lights go off. Monitoring equipment, oxygen delivery, mechanical ventilators, operating theatres and surgical equipment that require electricity will no longer be able to function,\" he said.\n\nHamas took about 150 Israeli hostages into Gaza during its deadly attacks on southern Israel at the weekend that killed at least 1,300 people.\n\nIsrael's Energy Minister Israel Katz said \"no electrical switch will be turned on, no water hydrant will be opened and no fuel truck will enter\" until the \"abductees\" are free.\n\nIsrael stopped supplies to the Gaza Strip after the Hamas attacks on Saturday.\n\nMore than 1,300 people have been killed in Gaza since Israel launched its air strikes on Saturday, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry. A further 5,339 have been injured.\n\nMeanwhile, the UN agency for Palestinian refugees says more than 338,000 people have been displaced, with most sheltering in hospitals and UN schools.\n\n\"The human misery caused by this escalation is abhorrent, and I implore the sides to reduce the suffering of civilians,\" Mr Carboni of the ICRC said.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: Drone footage shows the aftermath of Israeli airstrikes on Gaza", "Jes Staley could lose up to £17.8m in bonuses and awards from Barclays\n\nBarclays' former boss has been banned from holding senior positions in the UK after he mischaracterised his relationship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.\n\nJes Staley has also been fined £1.8m, said the Financial Conduct Authority.\n\nThe regulator said Mr Staley had claimed not to be close to Epstein when, in reality, emails suggested he viewed him as a \"cherished\" friend.\n\nAdditionally, Barclays said on Thursday that Mr Staley should forego bonuses and long-term share incentives totalling £17.8m following the FCA's findings.\n\nEpstein killed himself in 2019 awaiting trial on sex-trafficking charges. He was convicted in 2008 for soliciting sex from a minor and sentenced to 13 months in prison.\n\nThe regulator said Mr Staley had \"recklessly\" approved a letter sent by Barclays to the FCA which contained two misleading statements about his relationship with Epstein.\n\nTherese Chambers, joint executive director of enforcement and market oversight at the FCA said: \"A chief executive needs to exercise sound judgement and set an example to staff at their firm. Mr Staley failed to do this.\n\n\"We consider that he misled both the FCA and the Barclays board about the nature of his relationship with Epstein.\"\n\nShe added that it was right to prevent him from holding a senior position in the financial services industry if he could not be relied on \"to act with integrity by disclosing uncomfortable truths about his close personal relationship with Epstein\".\n\nIn August 2019, the FCA had asked Barclays what it had done to satisfy itself that there had been no impropriety in the relationship between Mr Staley and Epstein.\n\nThe late financier was a client of JP Morgan Chase, the US investment bank, where Mr Staley worked for three decades including heading up its asset and wealth management division.\n\nIn its response to the FCA, Barclays wrote a letter based on information supplied by Mr Staley that he did not have a close relationship with Epstein. It also stated that Mr Staley ceased contact with Epstein well before he joined Barclays.\n\nMr Staley said the letter was \"fair and accurate\".\n\nBut emails between the two men showed that Mr Staley had described Epstein as one of his \"deepest\" and \"most cherished\" friends.\n\nIn addition, Mr Staley had been in contact with Epstein in the days leading up to his appointment as chief executive being announced on 28 October 2015.\n\nMr Staley began his role at the bank two months later.\n\nThe FCA said that while Mr Staley did not draft the letter personally, there was \"no excuse for his failure to correct the misleading statements\". In doing so, it added, he \"recklessly misled the FCA and acted with a lack of integrity\".\n\nA spokesman for the Bank of England's Prudential Regulation Authority, said: \"We support the FCA's decision announced today against Jes Staley.\n\n\"It is imperative that senior managers act with integrity and are open and co-operative with the regulators.\"\n\nLast month, Mr Staley reached a settlement with JP Morgan over claims that he failed to fully disclose the extent of his relationship with Epstein while an employee. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.\n\nThe bank had sued Mr Staley, alleging he was responsible for its decision to do business with Epstein and should be held responsible for any damages it incurred through related lawsuits.\n\nIn response, Mr Staley said he had no decision-making power over the late financier's accounts and the allegations extended beyond his time at the bank.\n\nIn an earlier filing, his lawyer had described allegations as \"slanderous\" and the potential damages \"astronomical\", writing that the stakes could \"hardly be higher\" for Mr Staley as he sought to disprove the claims.", "Yvette Fielding was just 18 years old when she joined the Blue Peter presentation team\n\nTV presenter Yvette Fielding, who made headlines as the youngest-ever host of Blue Peter, has claimed she was bullied while making the show, and almost quit.\n\nThe host, who was 18 when she joined the BBC kids' TV show, said she was \"pushed to the limit\" by behaviour that left her a \"shaking, gibbering wreck.\"\n\nShe added that if a young presenter today faced similar conditions \"there'd be quite a few implications to that\".\n\nThe BBC said it would not be commenting on her allegations.\n\nFielding joined Blue Peter in 1987, moving from Stockport to London and leaving her family behind.\n\n\"I felt very lonely because I was the youngest. I was considered a kid - and a pain in the arse of a kid,\" she told the podcast Celebrity Catch-Up: Life After That Thing I Did.\n\n\"I wasn't given any training. I wasn't told how to present, I wasn't given any tips. I was basically left on my own, to just get on with it. And it wasn't a pleasant first year.\n\n\"I would ring my mum up and then hear my mum's voice and burst into tears, because I was so homesick.\"\n\nThe presenter claimed most of her mistreatment stemmed from Blue Peter's notorious editor Biddy Baxter, who helmed the show for 25 years from 1962 until her retirement in 1988.\n\nFielding characterised Baxter as \"incredibly cruel\", saying she was constantly criticised for her presenting style.\n\n\"I was told that I was useless, absolutely useless, again and again and again and again,\" she told interviewer Genevieve Hassan.\n\n\"Every time I did what I thought was right, she'd come back and she'd say something awful or she'd just berate me in front of other people. And it was just absolutely soul destroying.\n\n\"It was like being beaten by a parent\".\n\nFielding, who presented the show with Caron Keating and Mark Curry, said she was forced to look after Bonnie, the Blue Peter dog\n\nFielding also recounted how producers gave her a strict curfew of 9pm and would phone every night to make sure she had gone to bed.\n\nShe also claimed that Baxter forced her to show viewers the effects of her skin condition, vitiligo - which causes patches of skin to lose their pigment or colour - against her will.\n\n\"I had no say in the matter. It was 'You will go on television and you will pull your skirt up, show your legs, show where your vitiligo....'\n\nBy the end of her first year on the programme, Fielding had decided to quit.\n\n\"I actually resigned and walked out because I found it really hard going. I'd been pushed to the absolute limit and I was ready to get in my car and drive back home to Cheshire,\" she said.\n\n\"I'd just had enough of being bullied, which is what it was.\"\n\nEventually, however, she was convinced to stay; and Baxter retired later that year. After that, Fielding said, her remaining four years on Blue Peter were \"an absolute blast\".\n\nHer description of working with Baxter mirrors claims by some other former presenters.\n\n\"We were like school children, kept in our place, reprimanded if we were naughty,\" Valerie Singleton told Baxter's biographer, Richard Marson, in a book published earlier this year.\n\nPeter Purves agreed: \"It was always criticism rather than praise. Biddy riled me to bits.\"\n\nFielding went on to present Most Haunted and Ghosthunting, and took part in 2015's I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here!\n\nHowever, Fielding said she bore no ill will towards the programme's formidable editor.\n\n\"She made me stronger in the long run,\" she told Hassan.\n\n\"When I think about it... the amount of awful people within the television industry, I always thank Biddy because if it wasn't for her, there's no way I would have stood up and basically told them where to go.\n\n\"She did that. She gave me the balls to do that. And so I thank her for that. There's no bitterness there whatsoever.\"\n\nBiddy Baxter pictured in the Blue Peter studio in 1975\n\nFielding even added that Baxter had been right to ask her to reveal her skin condition on the programme.\n\n\"We had sackfuls of letters coming in from children with skin disorders saying that they feel a little bit more confident. That's how savvy she was. So she was so right on so many things.\"\n\nBBC News tried to reach Baxter, who is 90, for comment but has yet to receive a response.\n\nIn an interview with The Independent back in 2009, Baxter was asked if she was a dictator at work.\n\nShe threw the question back to the interviewer: \"Is your editor a dictatorial? It's difficult to be an editor and not edit.\"\n\nIn the same article, she pointed out: \"I had only three secretaries in 23 years, so I must have had more bearable moments.\"", "Cecil Frances Alexander wrote a number of the world's most noted hymns\n\nA rugby club is potentially interested in the home of one of the Victorian era's most famous hymn writers.\n\nCecil Frances Alexander's work includes All Things Bright and Beautiful and Once in Royal David's City. She was born in Dublin and moved to Milltown House, in Strabane, in 1833.\n\nThe 22-acre site on the Liskey Road, which includes Milltown House, is owned by the Education Authority (EA).\n\nIt is for sale and Strabane Rugby Club views it as a possible home.\n\nMilltown House and the land has been for sale for years but Derry and Strabane District Council has said it will write to the EA \"to express concern\" over plans to put it on the open market.\n\nThe authority confirmed to BBC News NI that the council had been in contact regarding the sale, adding that \"any decisions on the future use of the site would be a matter for the successful buyer\".\n\nA spokesperson for the council told BBC News NI that a proposal to write to the EA was unanimously agreed at a council meeting.\n\nThe intention of the letter is to \"express concern over their plans to put the Liskey Road site on the open market and seek an urgent meeting on this issue\".\n\n\"Members also agreed for council officers to work with organisations and other partners to try to keep this site for the benefit of the local community in Strabane,\" the spokesperson added.\n\nRobert Dillon, who is the former president of Strabane Rugby Club, told BBC Radio Foyle the club was in desperate need of a new ground and Milltown House would be a perfect location.\n\nThe club plays in Bradley Way, but he said it had been told that in two year's time it would have \"nowhere to call home\" as that site was being sold.\n\nHe said the club had previously expressed interest in the Milltown House site with other community groups and is asking to be given \"a fair chance\" to buy the land.\n\nMr Dillon said the club would only need a small portion of the 22-acre site for pitches and club house to ensure the future of the club and hopes the rest of the site could also benefit the wider community.\n\nHe said the club had already raised money through various fundraisers, but he fears it may lose out by not being able to compete financially with potential developers interested in the land.\n\nThe hymn writer was married to Church of Ireland bishop and peer William Alexander\n\nCecil Frances (Humphreys) Alexander and her sister Anne were very involved in local church activities in Strabane, including visits to local families.\n\nThey persuaded their father to allow them the use of a small building in the grounds of their home to teach four or five deaf children.\n\nThe small home school grew into a large-scale institution on the Derry Road in Strabane which catered to children with hearing and speech loss.\n\nMeanwhile, Frances and her new husband, Church of Ireland minister William Alexander, settled happily into married life in Strabane, raising two of their three children in the town.\n\nUlster Unionist Party councillor Derek Hussey said: \"Work has been done with local sports clubs and conservation groups to put together a community project for the Education Authority.\n\n\"It would be disgraceful if the selling of this site went ahead and locals weren't listened to.\n\n\"We have to engage with the Education Authority and encourage a proper and good community use of this facility.\"\n\nThe site on the Liskey Road in Strabane as it is today\n\nThe EA said the site was being taken to the open market after a trawl of the internal market led to no expressions of interest.\n\n\"It is expected that the site will be marketed later in the 2023-24 financial year,\" the spokesperson added.\n\n\"We can confirm that Derry City and Strabane District Council has been in contact with the Education Authority regarding the site.\n\nAny decisions on the future use of the site would be a matter for the successful buyer.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nGovernment ministers, newspaper columnists, ordinary people - they're all asking why the BBC doesn't say the Hamas gunmen who carried out appalling atrocities in southern Israel are terrorists.\n\nThe answer goes right back to the BBC's founding principles.\n\nTerrorism is a loaded word, which people use about an outfit they disapprove of morally. It's simply not the BBC's job to tell people who to support and who to condemn - who are the good guys and who are the bad guys.\n\nWe regularly point out that the British and other governments have condemned Hamas as a terrorist organisation, but that's their business. We also run interviews with guests and quote contributors who describe Hamas as terrorists.\n\nThe key point is that we don't say it in our voice. Our business is to present our audiences with the facts, and let them make up their own minds.\n\nAs it happens, of course, many of the people who've attacked us for not using the word terrorist have seen our pictures, heard our audio or read our stories, and made up their minds on the basis of our reporting, so it's not as though we're hiding the truth in any way - far from it.\n\nAny reasonable person would be appalled by the kind of thing we've seen. It's perfectly reasonable to call the incidents that have occurred \"atrocities\", because that's exactly what they are.\n\nNo-one can possibly defend the murder of civilians, especially children and even babies - nor attacks on innocent, peace-loving people who are attending a music festival.\n\nDuring the 50 years I've been reporting on events in the Middle East, I've seen for myself the aftermath of attacks like this one in Israel, and I've also seen the aftermath of Israeli bomb and artillery attacks on civilian targets in Lebanon and Gaza. The horror of things like that stay in your mind forever.\n\nBut this doesn't mean that we should start saying that the organisation whose supporters have carried them out is a terrorist organisation, because that would mean we were abandoning our duty to stay objective.\n\nAnd it's always been like this in the BBC. During World War Two, BBC broadcasters were expressly told not to call the Nazis evil or wicked, even though we could and did call them \"the enemy\".\n\n\"Above all,\" said a BBC document about all this, \"there must be no room for ranting\". Our tone had to be calm and collected.\n\nIt was hard to keep that principle going when the IRA was bombing Britain and killing innocent civilians, but we did. There was huge pressure from the government of Margaret Thatcher on the BBC, and on individual reporters like me about this - especially after the Brighton bombing, where she just escaped death and so many other innocent people were killed and injured.\n\nBut we held the line. And we still do, to this day.\n\nWe don't take sides. We don't use loaded words like \"evil\" or \"cowardly\". We don't talk about \"terrorists\". And we're not the only ones to follow this line. Some of the world's most respected news organisations have exactly the same policy.\n\nBut the BBC gets particular attention, partly because we've got strong critics in politics and in the press, and partly because we're rightly held to an especially high standard. But part of keeping to that high standard is to be as objective as it's possible to be.\n\nThat's why people in Britain and right round the world, in huge numbers, watch, read and listen to what we say, every single day.", "Scotland's first minister Humza Yousaf has spoken to his parents-in-law who are trapped in in Gaza as a result of Israeli attacks.\n\nMr Yousaf's wife's parents, who live in Dundee, had travelled to Gaza to see her father's sick mother.\n\nThe first minister said his wife's family survived the night but described the situation as \"pretty horrendous\".\n\nMr Yousaf has called for a humanitarian corridor in and out of Gaza to be created.\n\nNadia El-Nakla's parents travelled to Gaza from Scotland about a week ago and were there when Hamas launched a surprise attack on Israel this weekend.\n\nMr Yousaf said: \"Thankfully she survived the night, they're safe for now - but I use that term very loosely in terms of how safe they are.\"\n\nThroughout Monday night and into Tuesday morning, his mother-in-law Elizabeth El-Nakla said they could hear missiles and jets, causing them to be \"terrified\", Mr Yousaf said.\n\nHe added: \"I think the worst thing is that they feel literally trapped. They're being told to leave... but they have nowhere to go.\n\n\"The Rafah border had been bombed and even if it was open, there's no guarantee of safe passage travelling between where they live and the Rafah border.\"\n\nThe family - which includes a 93-year-old woman previously described as \"frail\" by Mr Yousaf - have just one day of supplies left, he said.\n\nElizabeth El-Nakla and Maged El-Nakla, who are from Dundee, were visiting family in Gaza when the Hamas attacks happened\n\nMr Yousaf was also able to give an insight into the medical situation in Gaza, where his brother-in-law is a doctor.\n\n\"He's done a 24-hour shift and has said medical supplies are at the lowest he's ever seen, to the point where they're having to use bits of their own clothes to try to bandage and tourniquet wounds where they can,\" he said.\n\nMeanwhile, Mr Yousaf has urged the foreign secretary to call for a ceasefire in Israel and Gaza.\n\nIn a letter to James Cleverly, the first minister urged him to use the positive relationship between the UK and Israel to push for civilians in Gaza to be allowed to leave.\n\nHe wrote: \"Too many innocent people have already lost their lives as a consequence of these completely unjustifiable and illegitimate attacks by Hamas.\n\n\"However, innocent men, women and children cannot, and should not, pay the price for the actions of a terrorist group.\n\n\"As a close friend and ally of Israel, I therefore ask the UK government to call on the government of Israel to ensure innocent civilians are protected and to put in place an immediate ceasefire to allow the safe passage of civilians through the Rafah border.\n\n\"Furthermore, it should open a humanitarian corridor into Gaza to allow supplies, including food, fuel, water and medical supplies for those civilians who are trapped, helpless and cannot leave.\"\n\nA UK Foreign Office spokesperson, said: \"We have been speaking with Egypt about maintaining the land crossing from Gaza into Egypt.\n\n\"We have to remember Hamas is bringing pain on the Palestinian people on purpose. They murdered many hundreds of Israelis, knowing Israel would be forced to react.\n\n\"Israel of course has a right to defend itself with a proportionate response.\n\n\"We need to remember this was initiated by a widespread terrorist response by Hamas.\"", "The EU has warned Mark Zuckerberg over the spread of \"disinformation\" on Meta's social media platforms after Hamas' attack on Israel.\n\nIt told Meta, which owns Facebook and Instagram, it \"has 24 hours\" to respond and comply with European law.\n\nSocial media firms have seen a surge in misinformation about the conflict, including doctored images and mislabelled videos.\n\nOn Tuesday the EU warned X, formerly known as Twitter, about such content.\n\nThe bloc's industry chief, Thierry Breton, told Meta it must prove it has taken \"timely, diligent and objective action\".\n\nIn a letter, he said the firm had 24 hours to tell him about the \"proportionate and effective\" measures it had taken to counter the spread of disinformation on its platforms.\n\nA Meta spokesperson told the BBC: \"After the terrorist attacks by Hamas on Israel on Saturday, we quickly established a special operations centre staffed with experts, including fluent Hebrew and Arabic speakers, to closely monitor and respond to this rapidly evolving situation.\"\n\n\"Our teams are working around the clock to keep our platforms safe, take action on content that violates our policies or local law, and coordinate with third-party fact checkers in the region to limit the spread of misinformation. We'll continue this work as this conflict unfolds.\"\n\nThe European Commission meanwhile reminded all social media companies that they are legally required to prevent the spread of harmful content related to Palestinian militant group Hamas, which is a proscribed terrorist group in the EU.\n\n\"Content circulating online that can be associated to Hamas qualifies as terrorist content, is illegal, and needs to be removed under both the Digital Services Act and Terrorist Content Online Regulation,\" a Commission spokesperson said.\n\nOn Tuesday, Mr Breton wrote in a letter to Mr Musk that \"violent and terrorist content\" had not been taken down from X, despite warnings.\n\nMr Musk said his company had taken action, including by removing newly-created Hamas-affiliated accounts.\n\nHe asked the EU to list the alleged violations.\n\nMr Breton did not give details on the disinformation he was referring to in his letter to Mr Musk.\n\nHowever, he said that instances of \"fake and manipulated images and facts\" were widely reported on the social media platform.\n\n\"I therefore invite you to urgently ensure that your systems are effective, and report on the crisis measures taken to my team,\" he wrote in his letter which he shared on social media.\n\nThe interventions come days after Hamas launched an attack on Israel, killing around 1,200 people and taking at least 150 hostages.\n\nIn response, Israeli forces have launched waves of missile strikes on Gaza which have killed more than 900 people.\n\nIn his response on X, Mr Musk said: \"Our policy is that everything is open and transparent, an approach that I know the EU supports.\n\n\"Please list the violations you allude to on X, so that the public can see them.\"\n\nMr Breton said that Mr Musk was \"well aware of your users' - and authorities' - reports on fake content and glorification of violence\", adding that it was up to him to \"demonstrate that you walk the talk\".\n\nThe EU Digital Services Act (DSA) is designed to protect users of big tech platforms.\n\nIt became law last November but firms were given time to make sure their systems complied.\n\nOn 25 April, the commission named the very large online platforms - those with over 45 million EU users - that would be subject to the toughest rules, among them X. The law came into effect four months later in August.\n\nUnder the tougher rules, larger firms have to assess potential risks they may cause, report that assessment and put in place measures to deal with the problem.\n\nFailure to comply with the DSA can result in EU fines of as much as 6% of a company's global turnover, or potentially suspension of the service.\n\nMr Musk dissolved Twitter's Trust and Safety Council shortly after acquiring the company in 2022. Formed in 2016, the volunteer council contained about 100 independent groups who advised on issues such as self-harm, child abuse and hate speech.", "The Hasson family are appealing for information in the hope the calves are returned\n\nA 13-year-old farmer from County Londonderry has been left \"gutted\" after thieves stole the 11 calves she had been rearing.\n\nPolice believe the animals were taken from a field on Glenshane Road, near Claudy, some time between 24 and 30 September.\n\nKelsey Hasson said she was \"raging\" that someone had taken her Charolais calves.\n\n\"I just want them brought back,\" Kelsey told BBC News NI.\n\nDamien Hasson said his 13-year-old daughter had put her heart and soul into caring for the young cows. He estimates the cost of the theft is somewhere between £8,000-£15,000.\n\n\"But to Kelsey they are priceless,\" he added.\n\nKelsey loves farming, feeding the cows and driving tractors, Damien said.\n\n\"She has put all her time and effort into the calves because she is saving, she wants to buy a house when she is older,\" he said.\n\nKelsey Hasson says she is devastated by the theft\n\nKelsey and her father hope anyone with information will come forward.\n\n\"The calves will not be too far away, I would think,\" Damien added.\n\n\"It might be that they are hidden in someone's shed, something like that, but someone has to know where they are.\"\n\nIndependent MLA Claire Sugden also asked anyone who had been offered calves for sale under suspicious circumstances to contact police.\n\nShe said the theft had left the young girl \"extremely distraught\".\n\nPolice are also appealing for information.\n\nThey are keen to hear from anyone who saw any suspicious vehicles in the Brackfield Bawn area of the Glenshane Road to contact them.", "During a recent raid in the greater Belfast area the PSNI focused on the supply of Class A and Class B drugs\n\nNearly 2,000 people whose phone numbers were recovered in a number of drugs raids have been texted advice on substance misuse by police.\n\nSerious Organised Crime Unit officers seized mobile devices during intelligence-led operations across the greater Belfast area.\n\nTexts have now been sent to mobile numbers that had been in contact with those devices.\n\nPolice said the demand for illicit drugs in Northern Ireland has grown.\n\nDrug seizures and drug arrests are both up 10% this year, they said.\n\nDet Supt Emma Neill said: \"It is important that we not only arrest and search and seize these drugs that are openly available, but also take a public health approach and support those who are affected by drug misuse, often the most vulnerable in our society.\"\n\nDuring the most recent raid in the greater Belfast area, the PSNI focused its activity on the supply of Class A and Class B drugs that were being sold through social media apps and groups.\n\nThis is a growing trend within Northern Ireland and the drugs market has transformed over the last number of years through the development of social media apps.\n\nDet Supt Neill said police had used the apps to identify supply lines and undertaken a \"significant\" arrest and search operation.\n\n\"Drug use is a complex issue and we are focused and determined to disrupt and frustrate the supply of controlled drugs in Northern Ireland,\" she said.\n\n\"There is other work that needs to be done in terms of those that need help with addiction abuse. It is an incredibly difficult cycle to break.\"\n\nDet Supt Emma Neill said the police were focused and determined\n\nDet Supt Neill's assessment is that paramilitaries such as the Irish National Liberation Army (INLA) and the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) are working \"hand in hand\" with organised crime groups and are responsible for the importation and distribution of drugs across Northern Ireland.\n\nThere are currently about 60 criminal gangs working in Northern Ireland.\n\n\"Drugs are coming into Northern Ireland via our seaports and our airports - they are being distributed through many of the criminal networks,\" Det Supt Neill said.\n\n\"The drugs are secreted in very sophisticated hides in vehicles.\n\n\"It is getting increasingly elaborate, technical and sophisticated in how they go about concealing the drugs.\"\n\nThe gangs involved in the drugs trade range from \"homegrown groups\" to cartels in South America and Mexico.\n\n\"In recent months we have undertaken activity in relation to north west INLA whereby we seized £50,000 worth of cannabis and £20,000 worth of cash,\" Det Supt Neill said.\n\n\"We undertook activity in relation to east Belfast UVF who were involved in the supply of cocaine and also cannabis as well - it is across a number of paramilitary groups.\n\n\"Seventy percent of the organised crime groups that we are investigating we assess to be involved in the supply of drugs.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThe operation in which the phone numbers were recovered - known as Dealbreaker - was in the making for a number of months and was a huge operation for the PSNI.\n\nThere have been 18 searches, 14 arrests and nine people charged across the greater Belfast area.\n\nThe PSNI also offers support through a drugs and alcohol service.\n\nMobile numbers that have been sent texts by the PSNI provided details of where support and assistance for substance misuse can be obtained, though the message acknowledged the contacts may not have purchased drugs.\n\nThe PSNI also said it was working with national and international law enforcement partners, including An Garda Síochána (Irish police) to target suppliers and supply lines.\n\nDet Supt Neill said paramilitaries were exploiting the drugs market for financial gain.\n\n\"Individuals will be groomed to use drugs and then will be brought in to be forced to undertake activity for paramilitaries.\"\n\nDet Supt Neill said in the Organised Crime Branch, which targets \"high-harm organised crime groups and paramilitary crime groups\" drug seizures were up 40% in 2023.\n\nIn 2022, the PSNI seized just over £9m worth of drugs, but from April 2023 the force has seized £7m worth of drugs.\n\nThe PSNI says it is working closely with Border Force to prevent drugs coming into Northern Ireland's ports.\n\nThe PSNI says that the number of drug seizures it has made has \"shown a mainly upwards trend\" since 2006-7.\n\nIt says drug-related arrests increased between 2006-7 and 2019-20, then dropped the following two years. They increased again last year.\n\nIn the 12 months from 1 July 2022 to 30 June 2023:\n\nIf you have been affected by addiction, help and support is available at BBC Action Line.", "A former NFL player has been charged with the murder of his mother after being arrested in California on Tuesday.\n\nAuthorities had been searching for Sergio Brown since his mother Myrtle Brown, 73, was found dead near her home outside of Chicago last month.\n\nHe will be extradited to Illinois to face charges of first-degree murder, police said.\n\nMr Brown played for four professional teams during a six-year career.\n\nPolice in Maywood, Illinois - about 12 miles (19km) west of Chicago - discovered Ms Brown in a creek on 16 September after family members reported her missing.\n\nA medical examiner determined she suffered multiple assault injuries, and her death was ruled a homicide.\n\nWhile on the run, Mr Brown, 35, posted rambling videos and messages online from Mexico in which he called reports of the murder \"fake news\".\n\nIn the, sometimes incoherent video, Mr Brown claimed his mother was on vacation in Mexico at the time of the incident. He also accused both the FBI and Maywood Police Department of involvement.\n\nHe was deported back to the US on Tuesday and was arrested by police in San Diego.\n\nIn a statement on Wednesday, Ms Brown's family said they were \"heartened by the news that Sergio Brown has been apprehended and returned to the United States unharmed\", NBC News reported.\n\nHe has been charged with first-degree murder, which carries a maximum sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole.\n\nMr Brown was born in Maywood, went to a local high school and later attended Notre Dame University. He started his career as a safety in the National Football League with the New England Patriots in 2010. He also played for the Indianapolis Colts, Buffalo Bills and Jacksonville Jaguars before leaving the NFL in 2016.", "Passengers have been waiting for flights to return to normal\n\nPassenger flights have started to get back to normal at Luton Airport after a huge fire ripped through a terminal car park on Tuesday evening.\n\nThe blaze caused the building to suffer a \"significant structural collapse\" but no serious injuries were reported.\n\nCommercial flights resumed just after 15:00 BST on Wednesday.\n\nThe airport said flights were \"operating as normal\" and terminal car park one had re-opened for the collection of vehicles only.\n\nIt said passengers should check with their airline.\n\nFire crews remained at the scene on Thursday morning\n\nAn investigation into the cause of the fire has begun.\n\nBedfordshire Fire and Rescue Service said it believed the fire started in a \"diesel-powered\" car and then spread through the building.\n\nThe airport said it understood \"the distress this incident has caused for our car parking customers, and we recognise many are anxious for answers\".\n\nIt said it was working hard to answer questions and thanked customers for their patience and understanding.\n\nPassengers arriving by car could now use the long and mid-stay car parks, while a temporary drop-off has been established at the mid-stay car park. Terminal car park one was just for the collection of vehicles, it added.\n\nHowever, the Dart shuttle remains closed, with replacement buses running.\n\nFlames could be seen on the top level of the multi-storey car park\n\nChris Penhall, whose car is parked on level three of the car park damaged by the fire, was due to fly into Luton on Wednesday but her flight was diverted to Gatwick.\n\nShe said she had received a few emails from Luton Airport.\n\nThe airport could not give any details about the state of individual cars but she was told she should alert her insurers \"as soon as possible to the situation\".\n\n\"In my head I'm very sad to say I don't think I'll see my car again,\" Ms Penhall said.\n\nPassengers were asked to arrive three hours early for their flights\n\nPatricia Marianska, from Slough, Berkshire, drove to the airport to fly to Warsaw and said she was stuck in traffic for about 15 minutes.\n\nShe said she had to walk for about five minutes from the mid-stay car park, but \"apart from that there was no inconvenience\".\n\n\"I did get an email to get here three hours before my flight so we made sure we left earlier,\" she said.\n\nLucy Smith and Elizabeth Webster eventually got to Amsterdam after hours of delays and flight changes\n\nLucy Smith and Elizabeth Webster, from Bedford, were due to fly at about 09:00 on Wednesday to Amsterdam.\n\nMs Smith said their flights were rescheduled and changed three times, so they waited at the airport for more than 12 hours.\n\nOn the fourth attempt, their flight took off at 20:56, after being delayed by 45 minutes.\n\nSpeaking to the BBC from the Netherlands, she said: \"It was a very stressful day, we were very tired, but we're happy we finally got here.\"\n\nEmily Cozens, from Nottingham, stayed in a Luton hotel overnight to catch her early morning flight to Lithuania, and was able to park at the airport.\n\nShe said: \"There was a bit of traffic, and straight into terminal one.\"\n\nMs Cozens said although it was not clear at first where she should go, there were lots of people on hand to help.\n\nCouncillor Javeria Hussain, chair of Luton Rising, praised everyone who worked so hard to get the situation under control\n\nLabour councillor Javeria Hussain, chair of Luton Rising, the Luton Borough Council company that owns the airport, said as a \"precautionary measure\" the Dart shuttle would remain closed.\n\nShe said it was not damaged but checks were necessary to ensure it was not affected by debris and smoke.\n\nA decision will be taken later on when it will resume.\n\nShe said the council and Luton Rising would work closely with the operator, LLA, owners of the \"heavily damaged\" car park.\n\nLondon Luton is the UK's fifth largest airport after Heathrow, Gatwick, Manchester and Stansted, carrying more than 13 million passengers in 2022.\n\nFollow East of England news on Facebook, Instagram and X. Got a story? Email eastofenglandnews@bbc.co.uk or WhatsApp 0800 169 1830\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Lisa Cameron did not rule out standing down and triggering a by-election\n\nThe SNP's Lisa Cameron has announced her defection to the Conservatives.\n\nThe East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow MP was facing a selection contest to remain as the SNP's candidate at the next general election.\n\nShe said she quit because of a \"toxic\" culture in the SNP's Westminster group.\n\nPrime Minister Rishi Sunak and Scottish Tory leader Douglas Ross both welcomed Dr Cameron to the party, while SNP leader Humza Yousaf called on her to step down to allow a by-election.\n\nMr Yousaf said her defection was \"the least surprising news I've had as leader of the SNP\" and that she should now do the \"honourable thing\".\n\n\"To see somebody who claims to have supported Scottish independence cross the floor to the Conservative and Unionist Party betrays the fact that she probably never believed in the cause in the first place,\" he added.\n\nHe said he was confident the SNP could win any by-election in the seat.\n\nRishi Sunak, meanwhile, said he was \"delighted\" to welcome a \"brave and committed\" MP to his party.\n\n\"Lisa is right that we should aim to do politics better, with more empathy and less division and a dedication to always doing what we think is right,\" he said.\n\nDr Cameron, a former NHS clinical psychologist, said she had received support from Mr Sunak after her mental wellbeing deteriorated in recent weeks, but had no contact from the SNP leadership.\n\nShe rowed back on her support for Scottish independence, describing it as divisive. She said she would instead focus on \"constructive policies\".\n\nThe MP claimed previously that she had been \"ostracised\" by the SNP after speaking out over the handling of allegations against former Westminster chief whip Patrick Grady.\n\nAt the time, Dr Cameron did not rule out standing down and triggering a by-election if she did not win the SNP nomination.\n\nThe MP, who was challenged by party staffer Grant Costello, had been due to find out the results of the selection contest on Thursday.\n\nRishi Sunak said he was \"delighted\" to welcome Dr Cameron to the Conservatives\n\nSNP Westminster leader Stephen Flynn said her claims of being ostracised \"didn't reflect\" his experience of the situation in Westminster.\n\nDr Cameron's announcement comes after the SNP were defeated heavily by Labour in the Rutherglen and Hamilton West by-election last week.\n\nIn a statement, she said: \"I do not feel able to continue in what I have experienced as a toxic and bullying SNP Westminster group, which resulted in my requiring counselling for a period of 12 months in Parliament and caused significant deterioration in my health and wellbeing as assessed by my GP including the need for antidepressants.\n\n\"I will never regret my actions in standing up for a victim of abuse at the hands of an SNP MP last year, but I have no faith remaining in a party whose leadership supported the perpetrator's interests over that of the victims and who have shown little to no interest in acknowledging or addressing the impact.\"\n\nThe MP said she was \"particularly grateful\" to the prime minister, praising his \"positive, inclusive leadership\".\n\nShe went on to claim families, including her own, have \"experienced significant division regarding the issue of independence\".\n\nDr Cameron added: \"This has taken its toll and I have come to the conclusion that it is more helpful to focus my energies upon constructive policies that benefit everyone across the four nations of the UK, and to move towards healing these divisions for the collective good.\"\n\nThe defection means the Conservatives now have 353 MPs, including seven from the Scottish Tories, while the SNP have 43.\n\nEight SNP MPs have confirmed they are stepping down at the next election, including deputy group leader Mhairi Black and former Westminster chief Ian Blackford.\n\nAs defections go, this is about as breathtaking as they come. The SNP and the Conservatives are seen as polar opposites in Scottish politics - especially on the issue of Scottish independence.\n\nThe SNP exists to pursue separate Scottish statehood. The clue to the Conservative and Unionist party's commitment to keeping the UK together is in its name.\n\nFor Lisa Cameron to switch from one side to the other is an unexpected coup for Rishi Sunak and a damaging display of SNP disunity as Humza Yousaf prepares for his first annual conference as party leader.\n\nChanging party between general elections does not require a by-election. Dr Cameron is allowed to continue as a Tory MP without the public getting a say.\n\nHer chances of re-election as a Conservative if she stands again do not look good. The Tories were the third placed party in East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow in 2019.\n\nDr Cameron has said she will stand down at the next general election, which is expected next year, according to Mr Ross.\n\nThe Scottish Tory leader said there had been discussions with the MP for \"some time\" before she defected.\n\n\"Lisa can see that the Conservatives and Rishi Sunak are offering the leadership for Scotland and the whole of the UK in contrast to the attitude of Humza Yousaf and the SNP which is to focus on independence above all else,\" Mr Ross told BBC Scotland News.\n\nDue to Westminster boundary changes, her seat will change to East Kilbride and Strathaven at the next UK poll.\n\nScottish Labour MP Ian Murray said: \"This bizarre move shows that the SNP is falling apart before our eyes.\"\n\nScottish Tory leader Douglas Ross said talks were held with Lisa Cameron for \"some time\" before she defected\n\nFollowing the MP's previous threat to call a by-election, party sources told BBC Scotland News they did not recognise her bullying claims and that there was unhappiness in the party.\n\nConcerns were previously raised about a leaked letter that Dr Cameron had written to the Scottish Secretary Alister Jack, which appeared to back his decision to block the Scottish government's controversial gender recognition reform legislation.\n\nAnd in 2019, she raised concerns that she could be deselected after being one of only two SNP MPs who voted against lifting Northern Ireland's abortion ban.\n\nThere was also said to be unhappiness within the local party about the number of taxpayer-funded overseas trips Dr Cameron has taken in her role as a parliamentarian as well as a view she is \"not a team player\".\n\nA source from the East Kilbride SNP branch said the defection came as came as \"no surprise\" but would be a \"slap in the face\" for members.\n\n\"It is clear she lost faith with members and had very little support,\" they said.\n\n\"East Kilbride and Strathaven deserve an SNP candidate who will stand up for the local community, championing independence as the solution to getting rid of the Tories.\"\n\nFollowing Dr Cameron's announcement, the SNP confirmed that Mr Costello had secured the nomination for East Kilbride and Strathaven.\n\nAlison Thewliss - whose Glasgow Central constituency is disappearing due to the boundary review - lost out to frontbench colleague David Linden in Glasgow East.\n\nHowever, she was selected to stand in Glasgow North, which is being vacated by Mr Grady.\n\nSNP Europe spokesperson Alyn Smith successfully saw off a challenge in Stirling and Strathallan, as did former chief whip Brendan O'Hara in Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber.", "Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has said he would not allow housing developments to be built without providing infrastructure such as GPs and schools.\n\nHe likened the current situation to the \"Wild West\" where \"developers decide where things are going to go and the infrastructure never catches up\".\n\nEarlier this week, Sir Keir said he would \"bulldoze\" through planning rules in order to build 1.5 million homes.\n\nThe Conservatives said Labour's record on housebuilding had been \"atrocious\".\n\nHousing Minister Rachel Maclean said Labour had failed to build enough homes in places where they are in power such as London and Wales.\n\nShe also accused the party of blocking housebuilding by voting against relaxing water pollution rules.\n\nOn Tuesday, Sir Keir used his speech to Labour's annual conference to promise to create the \"next generation of new towns\" near English cities.\n\nHe said he wanted to speed up building on unused urban land such as \"disused car parks and dreary wasteland\".\n\nHowever, during a series of interviews with BBC local radio stations he was pressed on concerns about accelerated housebuilding.\n\nSpeaking to BBC Three Counties Radio, Sir Keir said he acknowledged people's worries, adding: \"What they are saying to us... is first, they only know about developments when the diggers turn up - there is no prior opportunity for their voice to be heard.\n\n\"And secondly you're promised a station and a GP surgery to go with the new homes and none of that turned up - those are the concerns we need to address.\n\n\"What you will not get from me is the building of houses but not the infrastructure.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Sir Keir Starmer is a yimby, not a nimby, on housebuilding\n\nBBC Radio Devon asked the Labour leader about the issue of second homes pushing up prices in the county.\n\nIn addition to promising to build more houses, Sir Keir reiterated his party's pledge to introduce a licensing scheme in England for people renting out their properties for short-term holiday stays. He argued that would help ensure the system was \"properly controlled\".\n\nA licensing scheme has already been set up in Scotland, while the Welsh government is planning to introduce a similar scheme.\n\nThe UK government has carried out a consultation on setting up a registration scheme for short-term lets in England, but Sir Keir said: \"I get frustrated with consultations... I would move straight on to the 'do-something-about-it' stage.\"\n\nLabour's plan to build 1.5 million homes in England in five years is broadly similar to the government's aim of delivering 300,000 new units a year from the mid-2020s.\n\nAsked on Wednesday how his proposals differed from the Conservatives, he said his commitment had been \"robustly tested\" adding that he would only put \"bombproofed\" proposals before voters at an election.\n\nLabour has not said where or how many \"new towns\" it would build, saying it would run a six-month consultation inviting bids from councils.", "Nasa says it has an \"abundance of sample\" from asteroid Bennu\n\n\"It's beautiful, it really is - certainly what we've seen of it so far,\" said Dr Ashley King.\n\nThe UK scientist was in a select group to put first eyes and instruments on the rocky samples that have just been brought back from asteroid Bennu.\n\nThe materials, scooped up by a US space agency (Nasa) mission and returned to Earth 17 days ago, are currently being examined in a special lab in Texas.\n\n\"We've confirmed we went to the right asteroid,\" Dr King told BBC News.\n\nThe three-day analysis by the Natural History Museum (NHM) expert and five others on the \"Quick Look\" team showed the black, extraterrestrial powder to be rich in carbon and water-laden minerals.\n\nThat's a great sign. There's a theory that carbon-rich (organic), water-rich asteroids similar to Bennu may have been involved in delivering key components to the young Earth system some 4.5 billion years ago. It's potentially how we got the water in our oceans and some of the compounds that were necessary to kick-start life.\n\nThe Bennu samples will be used to test these ideas.\n\n\"We're trying to find out who we are, what we are, where we came from. What is our place in this vastness called the Universe?\" said Nasa Administrator Bill Nelson during a briefing at the Johnson Space Center, where the dedicated lab is housed.\n\nAshley King: \"We've confirmed we went to the right asteroid\"\n\nAlthough it's evident the mission has returned an \"abundance of sample\", scientists are still not sure precisely how much of Bennu they actually have in their possession.\n\nThe sample canister which landed in the Utah desert on 24 September has been opened but its inner chamber used by the Osiris-Rex spacecraft to store the asteroid fragments for the journey home has yet to be fully emptied of its contents and weighed.\n\nThe mission team thinks it has about 250 grams (9oz) in total. It will take a few more days' careful disassembly to corroborate this estimate.\n\nTo perform their initial experiments, Dr King and colleagues used particles that had been spilled from the inner chamber - or Tag-Sam (Touch And Go Sample Acquisition Mechanism) as it's known. This fine Bennu dust coats all the canister's enclosing surfaces.\n\n\"When they took the lid off the sample canister, it just revealed this black powder everywhere. It was incredible; it was so exciting,\" Dr King recalled.\n\n\"We were sitting at the time and everybody just stood up and started pointing at the screen. It meant we had lots to play with for the Quick Look. It made our job easier.\"\n\nWhen the sample canister was opened, a black dust coated all surfaces\n\nThe dust was put in a scanning electron microscope, and probed via infrared spectroscopy X-ray diffraction, and chemical element analysis. X-ray computed tomography (CT) was used to make 3D models of particles and look inside them.\n\nOne of the key findings is the presence of that carbon. Lots of it. Close to 5% by weight.\n\n\"That's a big deal. When the data came back, there were scientists on the team going 'Wow, oh my God!' said Dr Daniel Galvin, an analyst from Nasa's Goddard Space Flight Center. The Quick Look team detected both carbonates and more complex organics.\n\n\"They have water locked inside their crystal structure,\" the cosmochemist from the University of Arizona explained.\n\n\"I want to stop and think about what that means. That water - that is how we think water got to the Earth. The reason that Earth is a habitable world - that we have oceans and lakes and rivers and rain - is because clay minerals, like the ones we're seeing from Bennu, landed on Earth 4.5 billion years ago.\"\n\nA CT scan enables scientists to construct a 3D model of particles and see inside them (Scalebar = 1mm)\n\nThe Osiris-Rex spacecraft picked up the Bennu materials in October 2020, using a daring manoeuvre to approach and then \"high-five\" the asteroid - an operation performed while 330 million km (205 million miles) from Earth.\n\nIt then took almost three years, for the Nasa probe to come home and drop off its precious cargo at a restricted military test range a couple of hours' drive west of Salt Lake City.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch how the Osiris-Rex spacecraft \"high-fived\" Bennu and grabbed surface materials\n\nOnce the full sample is extracted, a portion of it will be shared with researchers worldwide. About 100 milligrams is expected to come to the UK to be further worked on by Dr King's department at the NHM, and by collaborators at the Open, Oxford and Manchester universities.\n\nThe Osiris-Rex teams aim to have a raft of studies completed in time to report at the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (LPSC) in March. Two major overview papers are also expected to be published at the same time in the journal Meteoritics & Planetary Science.\n\nNasa plans to put at least 70% of the sample straight into the archive to preserve for future generations - for scientists who may not even have been born yet to work in laboratories that don't exist today, using instrumentation that still awaits invention.\n\n\"The science obtained during the mission so far, coupled with the samples we're only now getting a glimpse of, is just the beginning of the wealth of knowledge that we can expect from Osiris-Rex,\" said Eileen Stansbery, the chief scientist at Johnson.\n\nThe Osiris-Rex spacecraft delivered the Bennu samples to the Utah desert in a capsule", "Education minsters have written to university vice-chancellors in England over the welfare of Jewish students.\n\nGillian Keegan and Robert Halfon have asked that universities \"act swiftly and decisively against any threats\" to students' safety and welfare.\n\nIt follows reports of some student societies sending out inflammatory messages showing support for Hamas, following its attack on Israel.\n\nMore than 2,700 people have been killed in Israel and Gaza since 7 October.\n\nThe letter said ministers have seen evidence of messages that \"either implicitly or explicitly show support for Hamas\", which is \"a proscribed terrorist organisation\".\n\n\"The effects of these statements are already being felt by Jewish students, many of whom are being made to feel that they need to hide their Jewish identity,\" it said.\n\nThe Union of Jewish Students (UJS) has welcomed the guidance and says it has had pleas for help from students who do not feel comfortable openly expressing their Judaism while on campus.\n\n\"We have received reports of Jewish students who have been harassed, intimidated and abused,\" UJS explained, and said it was urging universities to take a \"zero-tolerance policy\" for those who support terror.\n\nAdam Habib, the director of SOAS University of London, told the BBC the campus hosts both Jewish and Palestinian staff and students, and that the conflict is a \"substantive area of debate\" at times.\n\nHe said concerns for Jewish students are \"entirely legitimate\", but he believes the letter is just \"symbolic\" and \"unhelpful\" as universities are already taking action when they have concerns.\n\nBeing asked to police students for waving Palestinian flags or shouting certain slogans is \"not a reasonable request\" he said, adding the university is already making sure students are safe and taking action when people feel threatened or break the law.\n\nUniversities are \"safe spaces\" and critical debate should be allowed, he added.\n\nDirector of SOAS University of London, Adam Habib, feels the letter is only symbolic and universities are already making sure students are safe\n\nUniversities UK, which represents 140 institutions, has said that any student supporting Hamas \"will be in breach of UK law\" and that universities treat this with the utmost seriousness.\n\nIt is urging any students facing antisemitism, Islamophobia or discrimination to inform their university.\n\nThere have been issues around antisemitism on campuses in the past.\n\nIn January, an independent investigation found the National Union of Students (NUS) had failed to sufficiently challenge antisemitism and hostility towards Jews. The NUS apologised to Jewish students following the report.\n\nThe letter from the Education Secretary for England, Gillian Keegan, and the Education Minister, Robert Halfon, made no specific reference to protecting Palestinian students, although there is pre-existing guidance on how to handle Islamophobia on campus, issued long before the current conflict.\n\nIn 2021, Universities UK told universities to focus on increasing understanding of Islam and Islamophobia as a means of prevention, and to respond robustly when incidents occur.\n\nThe letter also reminded universities of their Prevent duty, which requires all education providers \"to help prevent the risk of people becoming terrorists or supporting terrorism\".\n\nIt asked vice-chancellors to \"pay particular attention to any invitations\" to speakers on this subject to ensure that events do not provide a platform for \"illegal speech\".\n\nThe Office for Students, the regulator of higher education in England, works on behalf of the government to monitor what is being done in institutions to prevent people from being drawn into terrorism.\n\nArif Ahmed, its first director for freedom of speech and academic freedom, said higher education providers \"should uphold free speech within the law for everyone\", but this does not include \"discrimination against, or harassment of, Jewish students\".\n\n\"Encouraging terrorism, including glorifying the commission or preparation of acts of terrorism, fund-raising for the purposes of terrorism and inviting support for a proscribed terrorist organisation, are all criminal offences\" he added.\n\nMany universities are already offering support to students with family and other connections in the region.\n\nAmong them is Queen's University Belfast, which says it recognises the need to \"ensure tolerance, sensitivity and respect for differing viewpoints and opinions\".\n\nIt says it will provide a space for students, staff, and the wider community \"to discuss and debate a wide range of local and global issues on campus\" all within a framework of \"respect for the rights of other persons\".\n\nThe conflict between Israel and the Palestinians has been a point of contention on UK campuses for many years.\n\nIn 2015, more than 300 academics from dozens of universities in England and Wales said they would not accept invitations to visit Israeli academic institutions in protest at what they called intolerable human rights violations against the Palestinian people.", "No 10 said Royal Navy ship RFA Argus would be deployed (file photo)\n\nThe UK will send two Royal Navy ships and surveillance aircraft to the eastern Mediterranean in plans to \"bolster security\", No 10 says.\n\nIt comes after six days of violence following the surprise attack on Israel by Hamas.\n\nThe aircraft will begin patrols on Friday to \"track threats to regional stability such as the transfer of weapons to terrorist groups\".\n\nThree Merlin helicopters and Royal Marines are also being dispatched.\n\nThe government is also arranging flights for British nationals stranded in Israel. The first plane was expected to leave Tel Aviv on Thursday, but as of Friday morning it had not yet left.\n\nA Foreign Office spokesperson said the situation around departure was \"fluid\", and it was \"currently working to ensure the flight can proceed as soon as possible\".\n\nSpeaking in Sweden on Friday, Rishi Sunak said the UK was monitoring the situation in Israel closely, adding \"humanitarian concerns and protection of civilians are very important\".\n\nThe prime minister said Royal Navy assets were being moved to the Mediterranean over the coming week so they can \"provide humanitarian support as required\".\n\nOn Thursday he spoke to Israel's prime minister to reaffirm the UK's support for Israel following Hamas' appalling terrorist attack\", Downing Street said.\n\nDefence Secretary Grant Shapps earlier said the Royal Navy vessels were not warships, but \"ships that can assist with hospital facilities\".\n\nHe told BBC Breakfast sending the boats was also about \"deterring others from getting involved in the region\" and \"maligning external influence\".\n\nWhen asked about Israel's response to the attacks, the defence secretary said \"Israel has the right to defend itself\" and added that, \"unlike Hamas\", it was giving warning \"that it's coming after Hamas terrorists\" which was the right thing to do.\n\nMr Sunak also spoke to Egyptian President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi on Thursday morning to discuss the importance of opening the Rafah crossing into Gaza to allow for humanitarian access and provide a route for British and other nationals to leave.\n\nSpeaking on Thursday, he said the UK's military and diplomatic teams across the region would support international partners to \"re-establish security and ensure humanitarian aid reaches the thousands of innocent victims of this barbaric attack from Hamas terrorists\".\n\nHamas launched an unprecedented attack on southern Israel on Saturday, killing at least 1,300 and taking around 150 hostages to Gaza.\n\nMore than 1,300 have also been killed in Gaza since Israel launched retaliatory air strikes.", "Caterers that supply schools and hospitals say they are working to reduce the use of antibiotics\n\nHospital and school caterers are not doing enough to stop farmers from overusing antibiotics in their animals, according to campaign groups.\n\nSuch overuse raises the risk of antibiotic resistance rendering key human medicines ineffective.\n\nHealth and animal welfare campaigners analysed 10 UK caterers' policies and found a lack of a ban meant controls on antibiotics could be weak or absent.\n\nThe government, caterers and suppliers say voluntary measures are effective.\n\nThe Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) points to a 55% drop in antibiotic use in food-producing animals since 2014 and an 83% decrease in the use of antibiotics most critical for human use.\n\nCaterers who supply the public sector said they were committed to reducing unnecessary antibiotic use in animals farmed for food.\n\nThere is a global drive to reduce the use of antibiotics, in both human medicine and agriculture, to tackle the rise of 'superbugs' - strains of bacteria that can no longer be treated by certain drugs.\n\nThe Alliance to Save Our Antibiotics (ASOA) assessed the publicly-available food procurement policies of 10 of the UK's leading caterers supplying the NHS, the education sector, care homes and prisons.\n\nIn a report released on Thursday, it claimed the firms had either \"weak or non-existent\" policies on antibiotic use.\n\nIt said the companies were \"lagging well behind\" the standards set by supermarkets and elsewhere in the commercial food sector.\n\nOveruse of antibiotics in farmed animals can increase the risk of superbugs developing\n\nMeanwhile, it found there is no current requirement for responsible antibiotic use in the government's own public sector procurement standards. These are the mandatory food buying rules for the NHS, armed forces and prisons, and recommended best practice for schools and local authorities.\n\nThe alliance also found that Defra itself, which leads efforts to reduce antibiotic use on farms, has a contract with one of the firms criticised in the report.\n\nCóilín Nunan, the Alliance's scientific advisor, told BBC News that the government could use its considerable purchasing power in public service contracts to encourage better controls on antibiotic use.\n\n\"The current situation shows a lack of joined-up thinking,\" he said. \"Defra is proposing legislation to ban the routine use of antibiotics on farms, yet it is concerning that a company that is not making a significant effort, based on what is publicly available, is winning a Defra contract.\"\n\nThe catering company, ISS, said it took the responsible sourcing of food \"incredibly seriously\".\n\n\"Every meal we serve meets stringent UK regulatory requirements and we work only with food suppliers who meet the high safety, animal welfare and traceability standards we demand as part of our contract terms,\" a spokesperson said.\n\n\"We are currently in the process of updating our buying standards policy to formally address the use of antibiotics in our supply chain and will publish this document on our website in due course.\"\n\nASOA comprises medical, environmental and animal welfare organisations who are worried that the continued overuse of antibiotics will render many of the lifesaving medicines we have today less effective.\n\nThat is because the infections that they are used to treat are continually adapting and they can evolve into forms that are resistant to antibiotic treatment.\n\nOne assessment in medical journal The Lancet calculates that more than 1.25m people worldwide are dying each year as the result of the emergence of new superbugs because of the overuse of antibiotics.\n\nIn the UK, the figure for deaths from drug-resistant infections is more than 7,500. These numbers are likely to increase and it is feared the development of new medicines to combat new infections will not keep up.\n\nGovernments across the world have acknowledged that the best way to slow the emergence of superbugs is to restrict the use of antibiotics, both in human and animal health.\n\nUK farmers are working to ensure antibiotics are only used when necessary\n\nAntibiotics are widely used on farms to protect animals from disease. But there has been concern that they can be routinely overused by the industry to prevent healthy animals, particularly those that are farmed intensively, from becoming ill. Consequently, government, agriculture and industry in the UK have agreed voluntary measures to limit their use.\n\nCatherine McLaughlin, the chair of the Responsible Use of Medicines in Agriculture (RUMA) Alliance, said UK farmers should be recognised for their antibiotic stewardship programmes.\n\nShe said: \"UK livestock sectors have achieved great results over the past decade.\n\n\"The concept of responsible use of medicines, and the importance of using the right medicine at the right time, and in the right way, is now engrained in everyday language on UK farms.\"\n\nThursday's report by ASOA looked at the publicly available policies of 10 of the UK's leading catering companies.\n\nIt found that Apetito, ISS, Newrest, OCS and WSH had no publicly available antibiotic use policy; Aramark, CH&CO, Compass Group UK, Elior and Sodexo do have policies, but none of the 10 prohibited the routine use of antibiotics.\n\nThe BBC approached the caterers for comment. Those that responded said they were committed to stopping inappropriate antibiotic use in their supply chains and used recognised traceable suppliers and farms, including those accredited by food standard assurance schemes such as Red Tractor.\n\nThey pointed out such schemes require farmers to avoid the use of antibiotics unless there is a specific need to treat an illness and even then only under the direction of a veterinary practitioner.\n\nThey said they were fully compliant with the government buying standards for food and catering services.\n\nApetito said it had a \"steadfast commitment\" to \"curtailing inappropriate antibiotic use\" and carried out supplier audits to \"ensure that traceability of our food and standards are maintained.\"\n\nCH&CO said it was removing preventative use of antibiotics from the supply chain by the end of 2024 and was working with suppliers to ensure all meat, fish, dairy and eggs served in their public and private sector cafés and restaurants do not contain preventative antibiotics.\n\nCompass Group UK said its current standards around the use of antibiotics in the supply chain \"exceed UK legislation and guidance\" and that its animal welfare policy makes it clear that the routine prophylactic use of antibiotics must be avoided.\n\nSodexo said its supplier charter obliges suppliers to implement the highest practical standards of farm animal welfare and provides the use of antibiotics should not be routine, and that antibiotic reduction plans should also be implemented.\n\nElior responded to the BBC but said it was unable to gather the relevant information to provide a statement in time.\n\nA Defra spokesperson said the government was currently revising veterinary medicines legislation to tackle antimicrobial resistance and reduce the preventative use of antibiotics to groups of animals.\n\n\"We do not support the routine or predictable use of antibiotics, particularly where they are used to compensate for inadequate farming practices.\n\n\"That is why we are working to reduce the unnecessary use of antibiotics in animals, while safeguarding animal welfare,\" she added.", "Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith maintained appearances that they were still together\n\nJada Pinkett Smith has revealed in a new interview that she and her husband Will Smith have been separated since 2016.\n\nThough the actors were living completely separate lives for seven years, they were not ready to publicly confirm the news before, she confessed to NBC.\n\nBy the time they separated she said that they were \"exhausted with trying\".\n\nThe pair still live separately, but do not plan on divorcing.\n\nPinkett Smith, 52, told NBC she had promised herself that she and Smith, 55, would never get a divorce and said she has not been able to break that promise.\n\n\"I think we were both kind of just still stuck in our fantasy of what we thought the other person should be,\" she said. The interview came ahead of the release of Pinkett Smith's memoir, Worthy, next week.\n\nThe couple made headlines last year when Smith stormed the stage at the Oscars and slapped host Chris Rock, yelling \"keep my wife's name out of your [expletive] mouth\".\n\nThe incident came after Rock made a joke about Pinkett Smith being bald. The actress suffers from alopecia, a condition which causes hair loss.\n\nIn a separate interview, Pinkett Smith told People she initially thought it was part of a planned joke.\n\n\"It wasn't until Will started to walk back to his chair that I even realised it wasn't a skit.\"\n\nShe said: \"I'm going to be by his side but also allow him to have to figure this out for himself.\"\n\nThere was speculation about the couple's marriage in 2020 when the pair went on Pinkett Smith's Facebook show Red Table Talk and discussed Pinkett Smith's \"entanglement\" with artist August Alsina.\n\nThe actors met in 1994 when Pinkett Smith auditioned for Smith's show The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, and later married in 1997.\n\nThey have two children together - Jaden Smith and Willow Smith - along with Trey Smith, Smith's son with his first wife, Sheree Zampino.", "The deaths of Scottish grandfather Bernard Cowan and soldier Nathanel Young have been confirmed\n\nSeventeen British nationals, including children, are dead or missing after the Hamas attack on Israel, an official UK source has told the BBC.\n\nIt is an increase on the previous estimate of \"more than 10\".\n\nThe death toll in Israel has reached 1,200, with more than 900 people killed by Israeli air strikes on Gaza.\n\nForeign Secretary James Cleverly has travelled to Israel, with the Foreign Office saying the visit was to meet survivors and outline UK support.\n\nA Foreign Office spokesperson said Mr Cleverly was in Israel \"to demonstrate the UK's unwavering solidarity with the Israeli people following Hamas' terrorist attacks\".\n\nThey added: \"He will be meeting survivors of the attacks and senior Israeli leaders to outline UK support for Israel's right to defend itself.\"\n\nThe deaths of Nathanel Young, Bernard Cowan and Jake Marlowe have been confirmed.\n\nMr Young was a 20-year-old who attended JFS School, a Jewish school in North London, and was serving in the military in Israel.\n\nThe school's headteacher, David Moody, said the school's community was \"devastated\" and \"heartbroken\" at the news of his death.\n\nHe added: \"Nathanel is fondly remembered within the school and we think of him with nothing but love.\"\n\nMr Young's funeral, held at Israel's national cemetery Mount Herzl, was interrupted after loud bangs were heard over Jerusalem.\n\nMore than 1,000 people turned out and listened as Mr Young's younger brother Elliot paid tribute to him.\n\nBut when his sister started to remember him, an emergency siren pierced the tranquillity and prompted mourners to throw themselves to the ground, taking cover under trees and between gravestones.\n\nBernard Cowan grew up in Glasgow before settling in Israel with his wife and three children.\n\nHis family said in a statement: \"We are grieving the loss of our son and brother, Bernard Cowan, who was horrifically murdered on Saturday during the surprise terrorist attack on Israel by Hamas.\n\n\"We ask for privacy at this time while we process this huge loss to our family, both at home and in Israel, and to the Jewish community in Glasgow where he will be sorely missed.\"\n\nJake Marlowe was working as a security guard at the Supernova music festival, where 260 people were killed when it was stormed by militants. On Wednesday afternoon, the Israeli Embassy in London confirmed he was also among the victims.\n\nThe 26-year-old has been reported as missing after the attack, which took place at the Re'im kibbutz around 3.7 miles (6km) from the Gaza barrier.\n\nMr Marlowe was also a former pupil of JFS in North London.\n\nThe family of Daniel Darlington have also said they believe he is among those killed.\n\nIn a statement posted on Instagram, his sister referred to him as Danny and her \"baby brother\". She said he was killed at the Nir Oz kibbutz alongside a friend.\n\nJake Marlowe (left) is confirmed to have died, while Daniel Darlington is among those reported missing\n\nSpeaking to BBC Breakfast on Wednesday, Defence Secretary Grant Shapps said the UK is offering \"moral\" as well as \"practical support\" to Israel.\n\nHe said he had spoken to ministers in the Israeli government.\n\n\"We have asked the Israeli government to let us know what they need. And again, we continue to talk to them about that.\"\n\nShadow foreign secretary David Lammy has written to Mr Cleverly to ask what steps are being taken to ensure that British people who want to leave Israel are able to do so.\n\nMr Lammy, whose Tottenham constituency is home to a significant Jewish population, told the foreign secretary that while Israeli airspace \"has not officially been closed\", most UK airlines have been \"forced to cancel their flights for the foreseeable future\".\n\n\"This is obviously deeply concerning for all those who are desperate to return to loved ones in the UK,\" he said.", "Hamas rockets have reached Tel Aviv where the UK's diplomats are based\n\nThe families of British diplomats are leaving Israel as a \"precautionary measure\", the Foreign Office has said.\n\nIt said the embassy would remain open and continue to provide consular services to those who need help.\n\nIsrael has come under heavy rocket fire from Gaza in the days following a deadly surprise assault on communities in the south of the country, launched by Hamas.\n\nAt least 1,200 people in Israel and 1,200 in Gaza have been killed.\n\nThe UK government advises against all non-essential travel to Israel, and the Foreign Office said it had made its decision about the dependents of diplomats \"in line\" with that advice.\n\nForeign Secretary James Cleverley visited Israel on Wednesday, where he said it had the \"unwavering solidarity\" of the UK amid indications it intends to carry out ground military operations in Gaza.\n\nHe said Israel had a right to defend itself but added \"we would want to see as few civilian casualties as possible\".\n\nCommercial flights to and from Israel are being disrupted by the outbreak of the conflict.\n\nBritish Airways said on Wednesday it was suspending all flights to the country after ordering a plane heading to Tel Aviv to turn back due to security concerns.\n\nVirgin Atlantic, EasyJet, Ryanair, Wizz Air, Air France, Lufthansa and Emirates have all suspended flights.\n\nThe government confirmed on Wednesday that 17 British nationals, including children, were dead or missing after the Hamas attack.\n\nAt least 100 \"reservists and active duty soldiers\" are understood to have travelled from the UK to Israel to serve in the Israel Defence Forces, the Israeli Embassy in the UK said.", "Beyoncé, Rachel Zegler and Adam Sandler were among the stars attending the world premiere of Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour in Los Angeles on Wednesday.\n\nSwift, wearing an Oscar de la Renta full-length blue gown, posed with her fans and fellow celebrities on the red carpet.\n\n\"I've always had fun doing this. I can't believe I get to do music as a career. That's crazy,\" she said.\n\nThe Eras tour was \"the most electric experience\" of her career, she added.\n\n\"I've never had this much fun in my life as I have had on The Eras Tour.\n\n\"We did this show rain or shine, in sickness and in health, no matter what was going on in our lives. And we did it with a grin on our face because [of] what greeted us on the other side.\"\n\nThe film was shot over the course of three concerts in Los Angeles' SoFi Stadium in August, and the set list includes tracks spanning her whole career.\n\nHowever, the sprawling, four-hour live show has been edited for the cinema, with fan favourite tracks like Wildest Dreams, The Archer and Cardigan missing from the running order.\n\nIt will be released in the UK on Friday, but Swift has announced last-minute \"early access screenings\" for fans in the US, due to \"unprecedented demand\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. This night is sparkling: Watch what happened at the Era's Tour premiere\n\nDetails ahead of Wednesday's premiere were shrouded in secrecy, with select fans receiving invitation-only tickets for opening night via Spotify.\n\nThe venue - a 14-screen cinema in an upmarket shopping centre in Hollywood - was completely closed down to accommodate the throngs of fans.\n\nWith hours to go, it was still not confirmed whether Swift would be in attendance, but fans erupted as the star appeared just moments before the action began.\n\nThe movie has already generated more than $100m (£83.2m) in advance global ticket sales. That makes it the biggest concert film of all time, overtaking Justin Bieber's Never Say Never, which made $99m (£80.5m) in 2011.\n\nBridal train style - Taylor greets band and crew ahead of the screening\n\nSwifties were thrilled to see their idol make an appearance\n\nSwift shares a moment with some of the Eras tour band and crew\n\nNo premiere is complete without a bucket of freebie popcorn\n\nUnlike normal film screenings, Swift's three-hour extravaganza will only be in cinemas on Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays; and it is expected to have a limited release of around four weeks.\n\nTeam Swift only wants packed crowds to experience the film, almost as if it's a real concert. They don't want half empty cinemas on a lonely weekday afternoon.\n\nIt's classic Taylor all the way - even down to the ticket prices.\n\nIn the US, ticket prices before tax are $19.89 for adults - a nod to her album title and the year she was born - and $13.13 for children, with 13 famously being her lucky number.\n\nSecurity at the premiere on Wednesday was extremely tight, with multiple ID and ticket checks, metal detectors and bag searches. Swift fans clutching their tickets faced a lengthy wait.\n\nNot that it bothered them.\n\n\"I'm so excited to be here right now,\" exclaimed 21-year-old Kate McGovern. A native of San Diego, she told the BBC she had taken the day off work and college to make the nearly three-hour journey to Los Angeles.\n\n\"I'm just like, overwhelmed right now. I'm, like, shaking a little bit, a little bit anxious. My stomach hurts, but, like, in the best way possible. I have, like, no expectations for tonight. I'm just excited.\"\n\nCaroline Schneider, an LA local, only found out on Monday that she had won tickets.\n\n\"I can't believe this is happening, because it's also so unusual for music artists to release a concert film in this way, in this fashion,\" she told the BBC. \"And then to have an event like this where just hundreds of fans are invited to come and enjoy the concert again, with each other is really cool. Right?\"\n\nSwift's appeal is almost unprecedented - even for music, an industry used to attracting devotion to its biggest stars.\n\n\"She represents the new mega star,\" says Sanjay Sharma, a business professor at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles. \"She's not only a successful artist with a huge global following, she's also a very smart businesswoman.\"\n\nSo much so that the economic juggernaut that rolls into town when Taylor Swift is performing has its own name: \"Taylornomics.\"\n\nMr Sharma estimates that Swift's six performances in Los Angeles added 1-2% to the local economy.\n\nThat's because Taylor Swift tourists are not just paying for a concert ticket. There are aeroplanes, hotel rooms, meals out, and outfits to buy. Local businesses are leaning into the effect by hosting Taylor targeted events with pop-up bars and karaoke nights.\n\nBut the success of the tour and film is largely down to her music and an intensely loyal fan base.\n\n\"She's got an audience of people who didn't get tickets. And then she's got an audience of people who did get tickets and want to live it over again,\" said Elizabeth Scala, who teaches a college course on Swift at the University of Texas in Austin.\n\n\"And I think that's really who's going to see the film. I don't really think anybody's going out of curiosity to see the film.\"\n\nAs Taylor's fans know all too well, Taylormania could go on forever. But for the legions of fans that flocked to Los Angeles on Wednesday, the real goal was to catch a fleeting glimpse of their hero.\n\n\"That would make my dreams come true,\" Kate McGovern confided to the BBC.\n\n\"I'd probably die happy that way.\"", "British Airways has suspended flights to Israel after turning back one of its planes shortly before landing, due to security concerns.\n\nFlight BA165 has returned to Heathrow after nearly reaching Tel Aviv on Wednesday, BA said.\n\nA spokesperson for Israel's airports authority said rockets were flying around Tel Aviv at the time but were not an immediate threat to the flight.\n\nVirgin Atlantic also suspended flights to the city on Wednesday.\n\nA BA spokesman said safety was the airline's \"highest priority\".\n\nAs flight BA165 was approaching Tel Aviv, air raid sirens went off in the city. British Airways teams were made aware of this and asked the captain to turn around and return to the UK.\n\n\"Following the latest assessment of the situation, we're suspending our flights to and from Tel Aviv,\" BA said.\n\n\"We're contacting customers booked to travel to or from Tel Aviv to apologise for the inconvenience and offer options including a full refund and rebooking with another airline or with British Airways at a later date.\n\n\"We continue to monitor the situation in the region closely.\"\n\nSince Palestinian militant group Hamas attacked Israel on Saturday, many international airlines have suspended flights to and from Tel Aviv, and securing flight bookings has become increasingly difficult.\n\nFor example, the first non-stop single flight available on El Al from Tel Aviv to Luton was on Friday 20 October, priced at $366 (£297).\n\nOn Tuesday, one travel agent said he been \"inundated\" with calls from people trying to get flights back to the UK.\n\nEasyJet, Ryanair, Wizz Air, Air France, Lufthansa and Emirates have all suspended flights.\n\nThe UK government has not provided an estimate on how many UK citizens are in Israel, and no evacuation is currently planned.\n\nHowever, the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) has advised people to register their presence to share updates \"including information to support you to leave the country\".\n\nThe government department advises against all but essential travel to Israel, the Occupied Palestinian Territories, Gaza and other parts of the region.\n\nTravel insurance may not be valid if people travel against FCDO advice.\n\nForeign Secretary James Cleverly said that while the UK government has a duty to support its citizens, \"the situation here is a bit different because a lot of the Brits are dual nationals and regard Israel as their home\".\n\n\"We will work closely with the Israeli government to provide support, if needed,\" he said. \"We are working with the aviation industry and on border crossings. We are also in talks with Egypt on any Britons in Gaza.\"\n\nDo you, or members of your family, wish to leave the area, but are having difficulties? Share your experiences by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.\n• None People struggle to leave Israel as flights book up", "Steve Bell said the image was inspired by a cartoon by late cartoonist David Levine\n\nLong-serving Guardian cartoonist Steve Bell has been sacked by the newspaper in a row over a drawing he created of Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu.\n\nThe cartoon, featuring Netanyahu operating on his own stomach, showed a cut in the outline of the Gaza Strip.\n\nBell said the cartoon was spiked after a phone call from the paper suggested it may reference Shakespeare's Shylock's \"pound of flesh\" line.\n\nHe said it was inspired by a 60s cartoon of President Lyndon B Johnson.\n\nWriting on X, Bell said he submitted the image earlier this month and \"four hours later... I received an ominous phone call from the desk with the strangely cryptic message 'pound of flesh'...\"\n\nBell said he responded: \"I'm sorry, I don't understand,\" and the reply from the desk was: \"Jewish bloke; pound of flesh; antisemitic trope.\"\n\nMoneylender Shylock, from Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice, is considered to be one of the most notorious Jewish stereotypes in English literature due to his greedy nature.\n\nIn the Bard's famous play, Shylock asks for a pound of Antonio's flesh if a loan isn't repaid within three months.\n\nBell told the BBC that the interpretation by the Guardian \"made no sense to me, as there is no reference to that play in my cartoon, which shows Netanyahu, poised to perform a surgical operation on himself while wearing boxing gloves, the catastrophic consequences of which are yet to be seen.\n\n\"The image itself was inspired by the late, great David Levine's cartoon of President Lyndon Johnson (LBJ) showing off his operation scar, which Levine draws in the shape of a map of Vietnam.\"\n\nA GNM (Guardian News and Media) spokesperson says: \"The decision has been made not to renew Steve Bell's contract. Steve Bell's cartoons have been an important part of the Guardian over the past 40 years - we thank him and wish him all the best.\"\n\nThe issue has arisen during a time of heightened tension following the Hamas attacks on Israel earlier this month and the subsequent retaliatory strikes on Gaza.\n\nIt is not the first time Bell has been accused of using antisemitic imagery.\n\nA 2020 drawing featuring Sir Keir Starmer holding Jeremy Corbyn's head on a plate was interpreted by some as a reference to the head of John the Baptist, which was presented to Salome, the daughter of the Jewish King Herod.\n\nIn the same year, senior Conservative MP Sajid Javid tweeted that Bell's cartoon - depicting former Home Secretary Priti Patel and ex-Prime Minister Boris Johnson as bulls with rings through their noses - was \"incredibly offensive\".\n\nMr Javid said it was \"reminiscent of antisemitic cartoons from the last century,\" adding the Guardian \"should know better\".\n\nThe Guardian also apologised earlier this year after a cartoon depicting BBC chairman Richard Sharp was criticised as antisemitic.\n\nMartin Rowson, the artist who drew it, also apologised.", "Christopher Steele, a former MI6 agent, wrote the dossier that alleged collusion\n\nDonald Trump's lawyer says he wants to give evidence in the British courts as he sues over the \"Steele Dossier\" that alleged he bribed officials and took part in sex parties in Russia.\n\nThe former president's lawyers told the High Court he is seeking \"vindication\" for the false allegations from 2017.\n\nMr Steele's company, Orbis Business Intelligence, says it did not make the document public.\n\nThe case stems from 2016, when a US political consultancy asked Mr Steele's company to produce a report into potential Russian interference in that year's US general election.\n\nThe project was reportedly paid for by Hillary Clinton's Democrats and other political opponents of Mr Trump.\n\nMr Steele, the former head of MI6's Russia desk, later sent his findings to the FBI, a British national security officer and an aide to a senior US senator.\n\nThe dossier, later obtained and published by BuzzFeed News, detailed uncorroborated intelligence claims that Mr Trump had a \"compromising relationship with the Kremlin\".\n\nOn Monday the High Court was told in written submissions that the dossier detailed untrue allegations that Mr Trump had \"engaged in perverted sexual behaviour\".\n\nHugh Tomlinson KC, for the 77-year-old former president, said the dossier also falsely claimed he had \"paid bribes to Russian officials to further his business interests\" and \"took part in sex parties in St Petersburg\".\n\n\"[He] intends to discharge his burden by giving evidence in this court,\" the lawyer said, should the case go to full trial in the future.\n\nThe allegations, the court heard, were at the heart of the claim for damages because they amounted to a breach of the UK's strict data protection laws that govern what can be done with personal information, even if the information is not true.\n\n\"The [dossier] contains shocking and scandalous claims about the personal conduct of President Trump,\" Mr Tomlinson said. \"The defendant has never sought to qualify or withdraw the allegation.\"\n\nHe said that Mr Trump \"often expresses himself in very strong language and his interactions with the US legal system have been many and varied.\"\n\n\"None of this is relevant to the question of whether the personal data is accurate.\"\n\nHe said Mr Trump \"begins this case because he seeks a vindication of his legal rights… that the statements in these memoranda are false.\"\n\nIn his witness statement, Mr Trump told the court he had not had time to sue in the UK before now because he had been busy being president.\n\n\"None of these things [in the Steele dossier] ever happened,\" the statement said.\n\n\"I can confirm that I did not, at any time engage in perverted sexual behaviour including the hiring of prostitutes to engage in 'golden showers' in the presidential suite of a hotel in Moscow.\n\nHe said the defendant \"has made no attempt and provided no evidence to prove that the allegations I complain of are true\".\n\nMr Trump said official investigations had debunked the dossier but it continued \"to cause me significant damage and distress\" because people still believed it.\n\n\"The only way that I can fully demonstrate the total inaccuracies … is to begin these proceedings. A judgment of the English court on this issue will be an immense relief to me.\"\n\nAntony White KC, for Orbis, told the court that Mr Trump had accepted that the company was not responsible for BuzzFeed's publication of the document.\n\nWatched on by Mr Steele, Mr White told Mrs Justice Steyn the case had no realistic prospect of winning and the former president had run out of time to even start it.\n\nOrbis had never intended the dossier to become public and had long ago destroyed its own copies of the research.\n\n\"The claim for compensation is principally based on reputational damage allegedly suffered by the claimant,\" Mr White said.\n\n\"Any reputational damage, and any resulting distress, allegedly suffered will have been caused by the BuzzFeed publication, for which the claimant accepts Orbis is not liable.\"\n\nThe hearing before Mrs Justice Steyn concluded today. Judgment has been reserved.", "Paul O'Grady was \"passionate in his support of rescue animals\", his husband said\n\nBattersea Dogs and Cats Home has announced its veterinary hospital will be named after the charity's late ambassador Paul O'Grady.\n\nThe TV and radio presenter, who died in March aged 67, became an ambassador for Battersea in 2012.\n\nIt followed the success of ITV's award-winning For The Love Of Dogs, 11 series of which were filmed at the home.\n\nAfter O'Grady's death, the charity set up a \"tribute fund\" in his honour which has raised £480,000 to date.\n\nSome £100,000 of the fund will be distributed to five other animal charities that were close to the entertainer's heart, with each getting £20,000.\n\nCharities near O'Grady's home city of Liverpool are among those who will be supported including Freshfields Animal Rescue, Carla Lane Animals In Need and The Oldies Club.\n\nStreetVet, a charity providing veterinary care to pets of people experiencing homelessness, of which O'Grady was also an ambassador, and the RSPCA Ashford Garden Cattery in Kent, where he was the president, will also receive a portion of the funds.\n\nPaul O'Grady partnered with Queen Camilla, then-Duchess of Cornwall, who is a Battersea patron, to promote the charity\n\nO'Grady's husband Andre Portasio said: \"Seeing how loved Paul was by so many has been truly touching.\n\n\"Paul was so passionate in his support of rescue animals, and it gives me some comfort to know that through the hard work and commitment of Battersea and other charities Paul's legacy will live on.\n\n\"I know that Paul would have been pleased to know that the most disadvantaged animals he was so fond of championing are getting the love and support they deserve.\"\n\nThe chief executive of Battersea Dogs & Cats Home, Peter Laurie, said the charity was \"touched\" by the generous donations from thousands of people.\n\nMany mourners brought their dogs to O'Grady's funeral in Aldington, Kent\n\n\"It really is a testament to how loved Paul was, and we shall always be forever grateful for everything he did for us,\" he said.\n\n\"As an ambassador for Battersea, especially during his 11 years filming For The Love Of Dogs, Paul helped animals in their recuperation from surgery, and at times, watched as they headed off site for specialist surgery; naming our veterinary hospital after Paul, therefore, feels fitting.\"\n\n\"Paul was always a champion of the underdog, and we'll be carrying on his legacy,\" he added.\n\nListen to the best of BBC Radio London on Sounds and follow BBC London on Facebook, X and Instagram. Send your story ideas to hello.bbclondon@bbc.co.uk\n\nSign up for our morning newsletter and get BBC News in your inbox.", "A crowd watches as the tiny wooden house is built on Pontypridd Common\n\n\"This might be the closest thing I'm getting to having my own home.\"\n\nLucie Powell, 18, is among a group of young people who built a tiny home overnight.\n\nThe custom of tŷ unnos, which translates into English as house in one night, was a folklore across Wales between the 17th and 19th centuries.\n\nIt held that, if a squatter could build a house on common land between dusk and dawn, then the occupier could lay claim to the legal freehold of the property.\n\nAmid the sounds of drilling and hammering, the house was assembled like a jigsaw on Pontypridd Common, with a sloping roof, chimney, and the \"one, two, three, lift\" of a traditional stove being put into place.\n\n\"I feel renting is my only option, and yet renting is so unrealistically expensive,\" said Hannah Hunter, 21, among the flurry of building activity on Friday night.\n\nBeyond the dusty red smoke and perimeter ring of fire, a team in bright orange overalls worked with torches on their heads.\n\nPieces of the flat pack house were walked on to the site from the back of a truck.\n\nHannah Hunter, Lucie Powell and Griffin Doyle took part in the project\n\n\"It is important to talk about the problems young people face, especially in Wales, when it comes to buying homes, so the aim is to hold a conversation about that,\" said Lucie.\n\nStilt walkers, dancers and jugglers with LED clubs entertained the crowds that came to see the spectacle, coordinated by Pontypridd-based Citrus Arts.\n\nAs the fire was lit inside, the little house started to resemble a home with its stained glass windows glowing.\n\nAs smoke puffed from the chimney, a message of \"no place like home\" sparked in to flames.\n\nIt marked the completion of a house that will stand for 24 hours in the landscape.\n\nThe finished house with an adjacent sign saying \"no place like home\"\n\nGriffin Doyle, 18, hopes the projects acts as a catalyst for discussions around homes and housing.\n\nThe cost of accommodation is affecting where he is considering going to university.\n\n\"I hope that some people will be inspired and see that the world is definitely a place that needs a bit of changing,\" he said.\n\n\"I hope someone goes out there and changes it.\"\n\nCitrus Arts brought together a group of young people aged between 18 and 30 for the build.\n\nThe tiny home will stay in place for 24 hours\n\nArtistic director James Doyle Roberts said the tŷ unnos custom still resonated, with some participants having faced \"housing insecurity\".\n\n\"It is something that is on people's minds, that they are conscious about,\" he said.\n\nAlong with discussions on housing, the group hopes its latest project will spark conversations around the environment and climate change.\n\nBethan Hamer and Kaiden, five, from Gelli, Rhondda Cynon Taf, were among the visitors to the house on Saturday\n\nSustainable materials for the build, plus how to reuse and recycle the elements for other projects, was part of the planning process.\n\nProject architect Tabitha Pope said: \"This is such an exciting project and an important opportunity to open up a conversation about access to land, affordable housing and how people want to live.\n\n\"We hope the project will get people talking about common land and how to make a home, however humble, accessible for everybody that wants and needs one.\"", "First Minister Humza Yousaf urged his party to unite behind the strategy\n\nSNP delegates have backed Humza Yousaf's plan to use the next general election result to push for a second independence referendum.\n\nAn amended version of the strategy was voted through overwhelmingly at the party's annual conference being held in Aberdeen.\n\nIt is based on winning a majority of Scottish seats, at least 29.\n\nThis would provide a mandate for another referendum, according to the proposals.\n\nUnder the agreed strategy, if the SNP wins the majority of seats in Scotland in the next general election, it will demand the powers to hold a referendum are transferred to the Scottish Parliament.\n\nAlternatively, the strategy said the party should consider using the 2026 Scottish Parliament election as a de facto referendum.\n\nOpening the independence debate, Mr Yousaf said the SNP should put the constitution at the \"front and centre\" of its general election campaign.\n\nThe first minister vowed the party's manifesto would say \"on page one, line one: Vote SNP for Scotland to become an independent country\".\n\nHe told the party to unite behind its new independence strategy.\n\n\"Come together and work like we've never worked before to deliver a better future for our country,\" the SNP leader said.\n\nDelegates backed his motion calling for the Scottish government to begin immediate negotiations with Westminster \"to give democratic effect to Scotland becoming an independent country\" if the party wins a majority of seats north of the border at the next general election.\n\nThe SNP clarified this could either be achieved via the UK government entering into talks on independence, backing the holding of another referendum, or transferring the powers for Holyrood to stage such a vote.\n\nPrime Minister Rishi Sunak has said the question of Scottish independence was settled in the 2014 referendum.\n\nLabour leader Sir Keir Starmer has said he would reject a request for a second referendum if he became prime minister.\n\nFirst Minister Humza Yousaf and SNP Westminster leader Stephen Flynn tabled an independence strategy\n\nThe number of UK Parliament constituencies in Scotland is set to decrease from 59 to 57 under a Westminster boundary review, meaning number of seats required for a majority will decrease from 30 to 29.\n\nThe first minister had initially proposed a strategy based on the SNP winning the \"most\" general election seats, which could be much lower than 29 if many other parties won seats.\n\nParty insiders believe a majority of seats will give them a stronger mandate for independence talks.\n\nIn their motion to conference, Mr Yousaf and SNP Westminster leader Stephen Flynn proposed that the most seats in a general election would be sufficient for a mandate for independence negotiations.\n\nThe leadership supported an amendment to alter this to the majority of seats.\n\nAfter two and a half hours of debate, the SNP officially have a new independence strategy.\n\nIt hinges on the next general election, where the leadership hopes winning a majority of Scottish seats - 29 - will help push independence forward.\n\nIn recent years the SNP has kept internal division largely out of the public eye. But opposing views were openly aired during this conference session.\n\nIt should be said however that it was a very good-natured debate.\n\nThe SNP may have come up with an independence strategy, but it involves eventual discussions with the UK government.\n\nWhether that government proves to be Conservative or Labour, there's no sign that they will engage in any talk about advancing Scottish independence.\n\nThe SNP may pin their hopes on a hung UK Parliament, where no single party gets a majority. That could increase their leverage.\n\nAgreeing a strategy internally was the easy part. Putting that into action could prove more difficult.\n\nThe strategy agreed by delegates proposed that to prepare for independence, detailed conditions of negotiations should be published, including draft legal text on the transfer of powers from Westminster to Holyrood.\n\nFurther work would be carried out on a draft interim constitution and on plans to re-join the EU.\n\nThe first minister and a majority of delegates backed an amendment that called for the SNP to launch a full-scale independence campaign by the end of the year.\n\nThey also supported a proposal to seek to add \"Independence for Scotland\", \"or words to that effect\", to the party's name on a the next general election ballot paper. This would \"make it clear beyond doubt what's at stake at this election\", the amendment said.\n\nSNP delegates voted on an independence strategy at the party's annual conference in Aberdeen\n\nAn amendment by MP Joanna Cherry - backed by delegates - said independence negotiations should be led by a \"constitutional convention\" of MSPs, MPs and representatives from \"civic Scotland\". She said this convention would be open to any parties who wanted to take part.\n\nA successful amendment tabled by senior MPs said the party manifesto at the next general election should demand the permanent transfer of legal powers to Holyrood, including powers to hold a referendum.\n\nIt would demand that the incoming UK government devolved powers to \"allow the Scottish government to properly tackle the twin crises of the cost of living and climate\" - including employment rights, windfall taxes, energy regulation, overseas workers' visas and new borrowing powers.\n\nThe amendment stated that if the UK government continued to reject \"demands of the Scottish people to decide their own future\", the SNP should consider using the 2026 Scottish Parliament election as a \"de facto\" referendum.\n\nIt said an SNP majority, or a majority of the SNP and any pro-independence party it has an agreement with, would constitute a mandate to negotiate independence.\n\nOne dissenting delegate, Graeme McCormick, described the whole debate as \"flatulence in a trance\".\n\nScottish Conservative constitution spokesperson Donald Cameron MSP said: \"Humza Yousaf and the SNP are committed to wasting more taxpayers' money on independence, rather than addressing the real priorities of Scotland.\"", "Sir David Attenborough, 97, will present Planet Earth III, the third instalment of the landmark award-winning programme.\n\nThe eight-part series follows some of the world’s most amazing species and aims to \"look at the world through a new lens\".\n\nThe BBC's climate editor Justin Rowlatt discusses what's in this new series.\n\nPlanet Earth III will begin on Sunday 22 October on BBC One and iPlayer.", "There has been a \"massive increase\" in antisemitic incidents in London since the Hamas attacks on Israel, the Metropolitan Police said.\n\nBetween 30 September and 13 October there were 105 antisemitic incidents and 75 offences.\n\nIn the same period last year, there were 14 antisemitic incidents and 12 offences.\n\nThe PM called the rise \"disgusting\", adding extra funding had been given to protect Jewish institutions.\n\nHamas launched an unprecedented attack on Israel on Saturday, killing more than 1,300 people and taking up to 150 hostages. More than 1,500 people have died in retaliatory strikes on Gaza.\n\nMet Police deputy assistant commissioner Laurence Taylor said antisemitic incidents over the past week included intimidation outside synagogues and loudly playing German military music.\n\nHe added the force had also seen an increase in Islamophobic incidents, \"but nothing like the scale of the increase in antisemitism\".\n\nThe deputy assistant commissioner added the Met had put a \"very significant policing operation\" in place and was seeking to support and reassure communities in London.\n\n\"We have got more than a thousand officers dedicated to providing reassurance and security patrols across vulnerable locations,\" he said.\n\n\"Those patrols will continue into the foreseeable future\".\n\nThe Met is urging anyone who is subject to a hate crime or worried about their safety to contact the police.\n\nSpeaking in Sweden on Friday, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak told reporters he had chaired a meeting with police chiefs and the Community Securities Trust - a charity which provides security advice for British Jews - to \"make sure everybody in our Jewish communities can feel safe\".\n\n\"Intimidating or threatening behaviour will not be tolerated,\" he said, \"it will be met with the full force of the law\".\n\nThree Jewish schools in north London closed for the day on Friday, with some citing planned protests in support of Palestinians.\n\nDAC Taylor said the Met had been speaking to faith leaders across the board, adding that they had more than 30 dedicated schools officers who are visiting schools and talking to parents.\n\nOne officer held a meeting with 2,000 parents earlier this week to talk about their concerns.\n\nDAC Taylor confirmed that there had not been any specific threats to schools in London.\n\nThe Metropolitan Police said it is anticipating thousands of people will attend a pro-Palestinian protest in London on Saturday - with more than a thousand officers set to be on duty.\n\nHome Secretary Suella Braverman has said she expects the police to \"use the full force of the law\" against displays of support for Hamas.\n\nAhead of the weekend DAC Taylor said the law was very clear that anyone waving a flag in support of Hamas or other proscribed organisations would be arrested.\n\nAnyone possessing or waving a Palestinian flag without any other context would not be committing any offence, but if it was associated with other actions they could be, he added.", "Michelle Morgan has been a librarian at St Paul's High School in Bessbrook for almost 24 years\n\nHow many books can you get through in a year?\n\nProbably not as many as Michelle Morgan, who said she has to read \"between 150 and 180 - twice\".\n\nThe school librarian spoke to the BBC as part of Book Week NI 2023, which begins on Monday.\n\nMs Morgan works in St Paul's High School in Bessbrook, County Armagh, where she is the custodian of a collection of more than 12,000 books.\n\nAnd she is one of the judges for the Yoto Carnegies, the UK's longest running children's book awards.\n\nThe prizes include the Yoto Carnegie Medal for Writing which is presented to authors who create \"an outstanding reading experience\" for young readers.\n\nPast winners have included Belfast-born CS Lewis, who created the fictional world of Narnia, and Watership Down author Richard Adams.\n\nMs Morgan said the award can influence the type of books students read for generations to come.\n\n\"We get nominations from all different types of genre,\" she continued.\n\n\"It's judged by librarians from all over the UK, so we are at the forefront of trying to bring new literature and up-to-date, modern, contemporary stuff to our pupils.\n\n\"But we still insist that they read the classics.\"\n\nThere are thousands of books to choose from at St Paul's\n\nAt St Paul's, her students are also invited to become literary critics and cast judgement on the stock in their school library.\n\nA \"recommendation slip\" is placed inside its books, for pupils to share their honest opinions, good and bad.\n\n\"When the children finish the book, they put their name and a little review inside the book,\" Ms Morgan explained.\n\n\"So the next child that picks it up can look inside and see that somebody else has really enjoyed it....or not. That's the thing, sometimes they don't.\"\n\nBook Week is a joint initiative between BBC Northern Ireland and Libraries NI aimed at promoting a love of reading and an appreciation of libraries as a public resource.\n\nSome well-known faces including Belfast boxer Carl Frampton and Blue Peter presenter Joel M are among those who will taking part and sharing their thoughts on their favourite reads.\n\nBlue Peter presenter Joel M will take a trip to a local library as part of Book Week\n\nNow in its eighth year, Book Week comprises a wide-ranging programme of events, including live broadcasts of BBC Radio Ulster shows from libraries around Northern Ireland.\n\nPresenter Joel M, who is from Bangor, County Down, will be helping to launch Blue Peter's new Book Club, coinciding with the long-running BBC children's show's 65th birthday celebrations.\n\nHe will also be taking a trip to a local library, as will BBC presenters Connor Phillips and Mark Patterson who will host their Radio Ulster shows from libraries in Larne and Londonderry on Wednesday.\n\nWednesday 18 October is Love Your Library Day when everyone is encouraged to make a return visit to their favourite local library to see what is on offer, renew their membership and borrow some books.\n\nLibraries NI have just announced they do not have enough money to buy new books this year, so they need the public's support more than ever.\n\nBBC Radio Ulster presenters will also be taking a 60-second Book Week challenge - telling listeners about their favourite book and why it matters to them, but they must do it all within one minute.\n\nYour Place And Mine will be asking its contributors to nominate a favourite book that conveys a sense of place, while Classical Connections will broadcast from the Seamus Heaney HomePlace in Bellaghy.\n\nThe Open University is also participating with a series of events in libraries including a presentation in Lisburn City Library on Monday entitled: Uncovering family histories: Drawing Inspiration from the Past.\n\nFor more information about all the events happening throughout Book Week, check out the website.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Emil Bednarski said he had unknowingly found one of the questions while revising\n\nA pupil was stripped of his maths GCSE after a question he found online while revising appeared on his exam paper.\n\nEmil Bednarski, 17, who studies at Kensington Aldridge Academy, had asked a teacher for help with the question just before sitting the exam.\n\nThe school reported it to exam board Pearson, who refused to issue his GCSE. On appeal, he was awarded his GCSE but a Grade 5, as one paper was discounted.\n\nEmil said he had \"no need to cheat at maths\" and planned to resit next month.\n\nHis father, Cezary Bednarski, said they were now seeking an apology from Pearson - the UK's largest awarding body - and compensation.\n\nHad Pearson allowed all Emil's maths papers to be marked, he would have achieved a Grade 8 or 9, Cezary said.\n\nThe school has declined to comment, but Mr Bednarski said he understood why they had to report the incident, adding they have been supportive of his son.\n\nIn a letter stating the result of the appeal, Pearson said it was clear Emil had gained access to the question before the exam, but it was not clear if he had known it was going to be on the paper before he took it.\n\nIts regulations manager said after realising he had seen an exam question, instead of alerting the exam board, he deleted the image containing the trigonometry question.\n\nKensington Aldridge Academy was affected by the Grenfell fire in 2017\n\nMr Bednarski said Emil was \"knocked off his A-level education pathway\", adding that this was \"likely to have a significant impact on his prospects for the rest of his life.\"\n\nEmil said before any exam, he spent lots of time preparing and searching for past exam questions and trying to answer them.\n\n\"This I did preparing for my GCSE exam in maths too,\" he said. \"I am very serious about my education, and my educational attainments.\"\n\nIn a statement to Pearson, he said: \"This whole saga, which in reality has nothing to do with me, placed me under massive stress.\n\n\"You started the questioning and investigations in the middle of my GCSEs. You could have waited. I remember catching myself daydreaming mid-revision sessions about what could happen if I am falsely accused.\"\n\nA spokeswoman for Pearson said it had taken all malpractice allegations \"very seriously\" but had found no evidence of a wider leak of questions online.\n\n\"All exam boards use analysis during and after marking to look for telltale signs of malpractice in exam papers - both at an individual and cohort level,\" she said.\n\n\"Our review found no evidence that would require an adjustment to the marking or grading of exams.\"\n\nKensington Aldridge Academy in west London is a non-selective, co-educational state school, which is recognised as one of the top academies in the UK.\n\nIn June 2017 it was affected by the Grenfell fire, which led to the deaths of 72 people, including four pupils.\n\nFifty pupils were made homeless and the whole school had to relocate following the tragedy.\n\nThe following year it was awarded TES Secondary School of the Year.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "A large number of buildings in a refugee camp in northern Gaza have been destroyed by Israeli strikes.\n\nCivilians had been told to leave the area and head to southern Gaza ahead of the strikes.\n\nMore than 1,400 people in Israel were killed in Hamas attacks just over a week ago. Nearly 2,700 people in Gaza have been killed in Israel's retaliatory bombardment.\n\nIn footage taken on Saturday, people can be seen walking through the rubble in Jabalia.", "Almost two million people in Gaza - more than 85% of the population - are reported to have fled their homes in the two months since Israel began its military operation in response to Hamas's deadly attacks of 7 October.\n\nThe Strip has been under the control of Hamas since 2007 and Israel says it is trying to destroy the military and governing capabilities of the Islamist group, which is committed to the destruction of Israel.\n\nThe situation for ordinary people in Gaza - a densely populated enclave 41km (25 miles) long and 10km wide, bounded by the Mediterranean Sea on one side and fenced off from Israel and Egypt at its borders - is \"getting worse by the hour\", according to United Nations aid agencies.\n\nIsrael warned civilians to evacuate the area of Gaza north of the Wadi Gaza riverbed, ahead of its invasion.\n\nThe evacuation area included Gaza City - which was the most densely populated area of the Gaza Strip. The Erez border crossing into Israel in the north is closed, so those living in the evacuation zone had no choice but to head towards the southern districts.\n\nThe Israel Defense Forces (IDF) are now focusing its operations on southern Gaza and have told Palestinians that even Khan Younis - the largest urban area in the south - is not safe and they should move south, or further west to a so-called \"safe area\" at al-Mawasi, a thin strip of mainly agricultural land along the Mediterranean coast, close to the Egyptian border.\n\nFighting in Khan Younis has pushed tens of thousands of people to flee to the southern district of Rafah in recent days, the UN said.\n\nAccording to the UN, just over 75% of Gaza's population - some 1.7 million people - were already registered refugees before Israel warned Palestinians to leave northern Gaza.\n\nPalestinian refugees are defined by the UN as people whose \"place of residence was Palestine during the period 1 June 1946 to 15 May 1948, and who lost both home and means of livelihood as a result of the 1948 War\". The children of Palestinian refugees are also able to apply for refugee status.\n\nMore than 500,000 of those refugees were already in eight crowded camps located across the Strip.\n\nFollowing Israel's warnings, the number of displaced people has risen rapidly and 1.9 million have fled their homes since 7 October, the UN says.\n\nOn average, before the conflict, there were more than 5,700 people per sq km in Gaza - very similar to the average density in London - but that figure was more than 9,000 in Gaza City, the most heavily populated area.\n\nThe UN warns that overcrowding has become a major concern in its emergency shelters in central and southern Gaza, with some housing at four times its capacity.\n\nMany of these emergency shelters are schools and in some there are dozens of people living in a single classroom. Other families are living in tents or makeshift shelters in compounds or on waste ground in open spaces.\n\nIsrael has already launched hundreds of airstrikes across Gaza and says it has used more than 10,000 bombs and missiles, causing extensive damage to buildings and infrastructure.\n\nGazan officials say more than 50% of housing units in Gaza have been destroyed, left uninhabitable or damaged since the start of the conflict.\n\nThe map below - using analysis of satellite data by Corey Scher of CUNY Graduate Center and Jamon Van Den Hoek of Oregon State University - shows which urban areas have sustained concentrated damage since the start of the conflict.\n\nThey say over 100,000 buildings across the whole Gaza Strip have suffered damage. North Gaza and Gaza City have borne the brunt of this, with around half the buildings in the two northern regions believed to have been damaged, but their analysis now suggests up to 20% of buildings in Khan Younis have also been damaged.\n\nEven healthcare facilities have been left unable to function as a result of bomb damage or lack of fuel.\n\nThe UN says hospital capacity in the enclave has more than halved from 3,500 beds before 7 October to about 1,500 now - and \"hardly any\" in the north.\n\nMore than 1,200 Israelis and foreign nationals were killed during the Hamas attacks on 7 October. More than 18,000 Palestinians - including about 7,700 children - have been killed in Israeli airstrikes and operations since then, according to Gaza's Hamas-run health ministry.\n\nIt is difficult for the BBC to verify exact numbers, but the UN's World Health Organization (WHO) has said it has no reason to believe the figures are inaccurate.\n\nThe airstrikes were accompanied by a \"complete siege\" of Gaza by Israel, with electricity, food and fuel supplies cut, followed by military action on the ground.\n\nThe IDF began its ground operations by moving into Gaza from the north west along the coast and into the north east near Beit Hanoun. A few days later Israeli forces cut across the middle of the territory to the south of Gaza City.\n\nArmoured bulldozers created routes for tanks and troops, as the Israeli forces tried to clear the area of Hamas fighters based in northern Gaza.\n\nHaving cut Gaza in two, the Israelis pushed further into Gaza City, where they faced some resistance from Hamas.\n\nThe image below, released by the IDF, shows tanks and armoured bulldozers on the beach near Gaza City.\n\nA photo of the same beach from last summer shows people making the most of a hot day in Gaza, families splashing in the sea or sitting on fanning out along the beach.\n\nEven before the current conflict, about 80% of the population of Gaza was in need of humanitarian aid, and although Israel has been allowing some aid in from Egypt, aid agencies said it was nowhere near enough.\n\nA seven-day ceasefire at the end of November allowed agencies to deliver an average of 170 trucks and 110,000 litres of fuel a day but that has since fallen to about 100 trucks and 70,000 litres of fuel, the UN's Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) says.\n\n\"It's too little, it's way too little,\" the WHO's Dr Rick Peeperkorn said.\n\nMeanwhile, the WHO has warned that renewed fighting is making the distribution of aid in most of Gaza \"almost impossible\" and will \"only intensify the catastrophic hunger crisis\" that already threatens to overwhelm civilians.\"\n\nAre you personally affected by the issues raised in this story? If it is safe to do so, please get in touch by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "Ofcom's online safety supervision director has been suspended after anti-Israel comments were posted on her Instagram account.\n\nFadzai Madzingira's private account posted messages after the Hamas attack on Israel on 7 October.\n\nThe Guido Fawkes website posted screengrabs of what appear to be posts from her account. One described Israel as an \"apartheid state\".\n\nIn another post published on Guido Fawkes, Ms Madzingira appeared to like a post calling Israel and the UK a \"vile colonial alliance\".\n\nIn a post published on Instagram Stories, she describes herself as a \"Zimbabwean, a Black feminist, a student of decolonisation and a deep believer of liberty for all\", saying she has \"one hope\" before posting a Palestinian flag emoji.\n\nThe war between Israel and Gaza, which began last weekend, has killed more than 2,700 people in Gaza and over 1,400 Israelis.\n\nOn Monday Prime Minister Rishi Sunak told MPs that at least six Britons had been killed and 10 others were missing, including two teenage sisters.\n\nAfter the prime minister's statement - where he announced another £10m in aid to the Palestinian people - Conservative MP Sir William Cash called on the media watchdog to deal with the reports as a matter of impartiality.\n\nSpeaking in the House of Commons, Sir William asked: \"Will the Attorney General be asked to provide a legal note, if not a full opinion, given for example that one of Ofcom's directors... is reported to be supporting posts, this week itself, arguing that the Government's support for Israel is a vile colonial alliance, referring to ethnic cleansing, and genocide of Palestinians?\n\n\"Ofcom must surely be told that it must deal with this at once as a matter of impartiality, quite apart from any criminal action that may be needed under terrorist or criminal law,\" Sir William added.\n\nRishi Sunak said he would ensure the attorney general looks into it, adding that he endorsed \"those describing these attacks calling them what they are, which are attacks of terror by a terrorist organisation\".\n\nOfcom's code of practice says that comments - including social media posts - which might have an adverse affect on Ofcom's reputation and comments on Ofcom policy \"should be avoided\".\n\nFadzai Madzingira was appointed by Ofcom in June, joining from US cloud-based software company Salesforce.", "Twenty-two-year-old Neta Portal told the BBC about surviving the horror of a Hamas attack on an Israeli kibbutz in Kfar Aza on Saturday.\n\nShe explained how her boyfriend told her to get up and run or they would die. Neta was shot in the legs six times.\n\nShe was also reunited with her father, a policeman, in the attack. They hadn't spoken for six years after her parents' divorce.\n\nRead more: Father saves daughter he hadn't seen for six years from massacre", "Seagreen's offshore wind farm is made up of 114 giant turbines\n\nScotland's biggest offshore wind farm has begun operating at full capacity, removing emissions from power supply.\n\nSeagreen, off the Angus coast, can generate enough electricity to power two-thirds of Scotland's households.\n\nThe £3bn project, comprising 114 giant turbines, has been more than a decade in the making.\n\nBut operator SSE says the consenting time needs to be halved if there are to be enough turbines to meet the government's climate change targets.\n\nThe company says Seagreen will displace more than two million tonnes of CO2 each year, helping reduce the UK's reliance on fossil fuels for generating electricity.\n\nIt takes an hour for boats to travel between the furthest turbines\n\nThe array sits about 17 miles from the coast and in 58 metres of water, making it the deepest fixed wind farm in the world.\n\nThose in deeper waters, like the Hywind project off Peterhead, are engineered using floating turbines.\n\nOriginally planned with 150 turbines, the number was reduced because larger generators made it possible to harvest the same amount of electricity with fewer structures.\n\nThe company is now exploring the feasibility of another phase of development by adding a further 36 turbines.\n\nThe first power was generated in August 2022 but it has taken another year for it to be fully completed.\n\nAbout 700 long-term jobs will be supported by Seagreen, half of which are based in Scotland.\n\nAround 60 full-time positions in operation and maintenance are to be based at the service facility in Montrose port.\n\nSeagreen is a joint venture between TotalEnergies and SSE Renewables.\n\nSSE Renewables' director of offshore wind, Paul Cooley, told BBC Scotland News that decisions taken now will determine whether 2030 targets for cutting greenhouse gas emissions will be met by the Scottish and UK governments.\n\nHe said: \"I think if we don't speed things up we'll just not hit the targets.\n\n\"That's the reality so there's a real imperative now to move much faster in terms of hurdles like grids, like consents and like pricing in the supply chain.\"\n\nJust last week, the first electricity was generated from SSE's 277 turbine Dogger Bank project off the coast of East Yorkshire.\n\nFinal construction is also under way on the Neart na Gaoith (NnG) wind farm off Fife which has faced a legal challenge by RSPB Scotland because of concerns over migratory birds.\n\nClaire Mack from the industry body Scottish Renewables said there was a huge pipeline of projects in Scotland thanks to an abundance of wind.\n\n\"We've got over 20 offshore wind projects leased within Scotland which is one of the largest commercial leasing sites that we have across the world.\"\n\nSign up for our morning newsletter and get BBC News in your inbox.", "Gallagher said the shows would be a chance for him and fans to \"celebrate together\"\n\nLiam Gallagher has said the chance to tour \"the most important album of the '90s\" in its entirety has left him \"bouncing around the house\".\n\nThe ex-Oasis singer has announced a series of shows in 2024 which will see him perform the whole of his former band's debut Definitely Maybe.\n\nReleased in August 1994, the album shot the Manchester band to superstardom and sold millions of copies worldwide.\n\nGallagher said he \"wouldn't be anywhere without it\".\n\nThe announcement of the tour, which will open in Sheffield before visiting Cardiff, London, Manchester, Glasgow and Dublin, ends fan speculation that the much-loved band would reform to celebrate the album's 30th anniversary.\n\nMany had hoped that Gallagher's shows at Knebworth in 2022 and his brother Noel's recent dates, which included a homecoming show at Wythenshawe Park, were precursors to the band coming together for the first time since their split in 2009.\n\nThose hopes were fuelled by Noel in January when he told BBC Radio Manchester he would \"never say never\" about an Oasis reunion.\n\nReleased in 1994, Definitely Maybe was the only full album recorded by the band's original line-up\n\nGallagher said he was looking forward to the dates.\n\n\"I'm bouncing around the house to announce the Definitely Maybe Tour,\" he said.\n\n\"The most important album of the '90s, bar none.\"\n\nAddressing fans directly, he added: \"I wouldn't be anywhere without it and neither would you, so let's celebrate together.\"\n\nA representative for the singer said it would be the first time Gallagher had performed Definitely Maybe in full.\n\n\"The sets will, of course, be packed with classics [such as] Rock 'n' Roll Star, Live Forever, Supersonic and 'Cigarettes & Alcohol, to name but a few,\" they said.\n\n\"But it will also be a rare opportunity to see other album tracks that have rarely, if ever, been performed since the mid-'90s, including Up In The Sky and Digsy's Dinner.\"\n\nThey added that the shows would also see Gallagher perform other Oasis songs from the period, including a number of B-sides.\n\n\"There are numerous fan favourites that could be performed from the other songs that were released during the Definitely Maybe era, which could potentially include another big hit in the shape of Whatever, as well as deep cuts such as Fade Away, Listen Up and Sad Song,\" they added.\n\nTickets for the shows go on sale on Friday.\n\nWhy not follow BBC North West on Facebook, X and Instagram? You can also send story ideas to northwest.newsonline@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Suzanne Somers had battled breast cancer for more than 20 years\n\nUS actress Suzanne Somers has died at the age of 76 following a decades-long battle with cancer, her publicist has confirmed.\n\n\"Her family was gathered to celebrate her 77th birthday,\" reads a statement shared with media.\n\n\"Instead, they will celebrate her extraordinary life, and want to thank her millions of fans and followers who loved her dearly.\"\n\nAs well as an actress, Somers was an author and fitness guru.\n\nShe began her acting career in the late 1960s and early 1970s with small parts in TV shows including The Love Boat and One Day at a Time before landing the role of Chrissy Snow in Three's Company in 1977.\n\nSomers starred in the show for five of its eight seasons before being fired following a dispute over pay.\n\nFollowing a break from on-screen acting that included a stint as an entertainer in Las Vegas, she returned to on-screen acting in the early 1990s - taking up a lead role in Step by Step, which ran for seven seasons.\n\nHer later TV credits included co-hosting Candid Camera, her own talk show The Suzanne Show and an appearance on Dancing with the Stars.\n\nSomers also built up a multimillion dollar fitness empire, appearing in commercials for the Thighmaster and ButtMaster exercise equipment and releasing several self-help books on topics including wellness and weight loss. She launched her own beauty brand in 2019.\n\nShe was first diagnosed with an aggressive form of breast cancer in her 50s and announced on social media in July that, after being in remission, it had returned.\n\n\"I know how to put on my battle gear and I'm a fighter,\" she wrote on Instagram.\n\nA private family burial will be held for Somers next week, according to her publicist, with a memorial to be held in November.\n\nSomers is survived by her husband and son.", "Citibank has won an employment tribunal after sacking a worker for claiming expenses for sandwiches and coffee for his partner, and then lying about it.\n\nSzabolcs Fekete had accused the bank of unfair dismissal after he was fired last year for gross misconduct.\n\nMr Fekete had initially claimed that he alone had consumed two sandwiches, two coffees and two pasta dishes during a business trip to Amsterdam.\n\nBut he later admitted that his partner had shared some meals.\n\nMr Fekete, who worked at Citi for seven years as an analyst specialising in financial crime, had travelled to Amsterdam for work between 3 and 5 July last year.\n\nOn returning to London, he filed an expense claim for food and drink which he believed was covered by the bank's €100 (£86.70) daily allowance.\n\nHowever, the manager he submitted his claim to queried whether he had consumed all the food and refreshments he was seeking reimbursement for.\n\nIn an email exchange detailed in the employment tribunal ruling, Mr Fekete wrote: \"I was on the business trip by myself and... I had 2 coffees as they were very small.\"\n\nHe further stated: \"On that day I skipped breakfast and only had 1 coffee in the morning. For lunch I had 1 sandwich with a drink and 1 coffee in the restaurant, and took another coffee back to the office with me and had the second sandwich in the afternoon… which also served as my dinner.\"\n\nMr Fekete told Citi: \"All my expenses are within the €100 daily allowance. Could you please outline what your concern is as I don't think I have to justify my eating habits to this extent.\"\n\nThe bank stated that its query was not about the amount but if the claim breached its expense management policy, which states that spousal travel and meals are not reimbursable.\n\nIt also states that all attendees whose meals are submitted for reimbursement must be listed.\n\nCiti escalated the matter to its security and investigations services department, which also questioned Mr Fekete about whether he had shared a meal of pasta pesto and a bolognaise with his partner, to which he replied \"no\".\n\nThe banker later admitted that he had shared meals with his partner. He also said that he was having personal difficulties following the death of his grandmother, had taken six weeks of medical leave and was on strong medication when he replied to emails.\n\nHowever, the bank ultimately dismissed him. Mr Fekete took Citi to court for unfair dismissal and wrongful dismissal.\n\nBut in the judgement, which was first reported by the Financial Times, Employment Judge Illing found in favour of Citi.\n\nThe judge said: \"I have found that this case is not about the sums of money involved. This case is about the filing of the expense claim and the conduct of the claimant thereafter.\n\n\"It is significant that the claimant did not make a full and frank disclosure at the first opportunity and that he did not answer questions directly.\"\n\nJudge Illing added: \"The claimant was employed in a position of trust in a global financial institution.\n\n\"I am satisfied that even if the expense claim had been filed under a misunderstanding, there was an obligation upon the claimant to own up and rectify the position at the first opportunity. I accept that the respondent requires a commitment to honesty from its employees.\"\n\nA spokesperson for Citi said: \"We are pleased with the decision.\"", "Yahel, left, Noiya, right, and their mother Lianne\n\nTwo British teenage sisters are among those missing after last weekend's Hamas attack on Israel.\n\nThe family of Noiya, 16, and Yahel, 13, say the sisters are from Kibbutz Be'eri.\n\nTheir mother Lianne, who was born in the UK, was murdered in the 7 October attack, it was confirmed on Sunday night.\n\nThe family has not released the girls' surname.\n\nThe British family of their mother said she was \"a beloved daughter, sister, mother, aunt and friend who enriched the lives of all those lucky enough to have known and loved her\".\n\n\"She lived a beautiful life and will be sorely missed by the heartbroken family and friends she leaves behind.\"\n\nTheir father, Eli, is also missing.\n\nSharon, a relative, told the BBC that Noiya is always happy and loves to cook, while Yahel is \"funny, all the time. She likes to hear music, singing for us, dancing.\"\n\nHe said he hoped \"to find any sign of life of [Lianne's] daughters\".\n\nHe added: \"It is difficult for me to talk about Lianne in the past. It is necessary to be strong for the family. We are strong. We will rebuild.\"\n\nOn Monday, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said six British citizens had been killed in the attacks, and a further 10 were missing.\n\nIn a statement to MPs, Mr Sunak called for the immediate release of the 199 people taken hostage.\n\nWith the families of some of the missing watching the session in Parliament, Mr Sunak said the \"terrible nature of these attacks means it is proving difficult to identify many of the deceased\" but that at least six Britons were killed.\n\nOf the further 10 missing, he said some are feared to be among the dead, and the UK was working with Israel to establish the facts and support the families through their \"unimaginable pain\".\n\nHe said eight flights so far have brought back 500 British nationals from Israel, with more expected to leave on Monday.\n\nAt least 1,400 Israelis were killed, many of them civilians, in the Hamas attack when gunmen infiltrated communities near the Gaza Strip in the early hours of 7 October.\n\nMore than 2,700 Palestinians have been killed in numerous air strikes against Gaza by the Israeli military, which is also blocking fuel, water, food and medical supplies from entering the territory.", "The ambulance service indicated that a review of the incident is taking place\n\nAn ambulance trust has apologised after a patient who was declared \"dead\" later woke up in hospital.\n\nAs first reported by The Northern Echo, the individual was taken by paramedics to Darlington Memorial Hospital on Friday.\n\nThe newspaper reported they had been declared dead following an incident earlier that day.\n\nThe North East Ambulance Service (NEAS) apologised to the patient's family and said an inquiry had begun.\n\nThe patient has not been identified or their current condition revealed.\n\nNEAS director of paramedicine Andrew Hodge said: \"As soon as we were made aware of this incident, we opened an investigation and contacted the patient's family.\n\n\"We are deeply sorry for the distress that this has caused them.\n\n\"A full review of this incident is being undertaken and we are unable to comment any further at this stage.\n\n\"The colleagues involved are being supported appropriately and we will not be commenting further about any individuals at this point.\"\n\nCounty Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust, which runs Darlington Memorial Hospital, did not wish to add to the statement issued by NEAS.\n\nEarlier this year a critical report was published into how NEAS ambulance workers had covered up failings and withheld evidence from inquests.\n\nThe families of a teenager and a 62-year-old man were not told that paramedics' responses to their loved ones' deaths were being investigated by NEAS.\n\nFollowing its publication, the organisation apologised \"for any distress caused to the families\" by past mistakes.\n\nFollow BBC North East & Cumbria on X (formerly Twitter), Facebook and Instagram. Send your story ideas to northeastandcumbria@bbc.co.uk.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "One of the Anglican Church’s leading figures in Jerusalem has called the huge blast at a hospital in Gaza City \"an unmitigated disaster\".\n\nHundreds of people are feared dead after the blast at the Al Ahli hospital, which is fully funded by the Anglican Church.\n\n\"It is absolute horror show which is unfolding,\" Canon Richard Sewell, dean of St George’s College, told BBC Radio 4’s World Tonight programme.\n\n\"I have no way of proving who did it, that will transpire in time.\n\n\"But we deal with the tragedy, we deal with the disaster and the recriminations will have to run their course.\"\n\nHe said the international community \"needs to learn the lessons and to see exactly the nature of the disaster that is unfolding\".\n\n\"There is also no justification for this type of attack, accidental or deliberate.\"\n\nHamas have blamed an Israeli air strike for causing the explosion at the Al Ahli hospital. Israel denied its military was involved and said the blast was caused by rockets fired by Palestinian Islamic Jihad. The militants have also denied blame.", "Scotland's Tartan Army have been celebrating after qualifying for Euro 2024.\n\nScotland qualified for the tournament on Sunday night with two games to spare thanks to Spain's 1-0 win over Norway - a result which has guaranteed Steve Clarke's side a top-two finish in Group A.\n\nScotland fans in Lille celebrated the news ahead of Scotland's friendly game against France.\n\nMore: Scotland qualify for Euro 2024 finals in Germany as Spain beat Norway", "Parliament's behaviour watchdog has recommended Conservative MP Peter Bone be suspended for six weeks for bullying and sexual misconduct.\n\nIt follows a complaint made to the body by a former member of staff, over alleged behaviour which took place over 10 years ago.\n\nThe suspension will have to be voted on by the House of Commons to be approved.\n\nIt would trigger a recall petition that could potentially lead to a by-election in Mr Bone's Wellingborough seat.\n\nIn an exclusive statement to the BBC, the former staff member said he felt \"a sense of relief and vindication\" at the watchdog's findings, adding that his experience \"continues to affect my life to this day\".\n\nMr Bone has denied the allegations, calling them \"without foundation\".\n\nParliament's Independent Expert Panel (IEP) found Mr Bone broke Parliament's sexual misconduct rules by indecently exposing himself to the staffer during an overseas trip.\n\nIt also upheld five allegations of bullying, including \"instructing, or physically forcing, the complainant to put his hands in his lap when Mr Bone was unhappy with him or his work\".\n\nIt also found he \"verbally belittled, ridiculed, abused and humiliated\" him, and \"repeatedly physically struck and threw things\" at him, including hitting him with his hand or an object such as a pencil or a rolled-up document.\n\nIt also upheld an allegation Mr Bone \"repeatedly pressurised\" the staffer to give him a massage in the office. It found this was bullying, but not sexual misconduct.\n\nMr Bone denied the accusations throughout and appealed against its findings, arguing the investigation had been flawed.\n\nHowever, his appeal was dismissed by a sub-panel, which said the investigation had been carried out correctly.\n\nAccording to the report, the complainant had kept a detailed log of Mr Bone's behaviour at the time, and had submitted \"compelling, nuanced and plausible\" evidence.\n\nIt also found his account of events was backed up by witnesses at work, and family members with whom he had spoken about his experiences.\n\nIn a statement released on Monday after the watchdog released its final report, Mr Bone said the allegations were \"false and untrue\".\n\nHe added that the probe by the IEP - the body set up in June 2020 to examine bullying and sexual misconduct complaints against MPs - was \"flawed\" and \"procedurally unfair\".\n\nThe investigation was triggered following a complaint made in October 2021 with a prior complaint to the Conservative Party - made in 2017 - unresolved.\n\nAccording to its report, the IEP found that at this stage, the Tory party investigation had \"apparently not progressed very far\".\n\nThe panel formally began a full investigation in August 2022, with the staffer withdrawing the complaint to the party to stop the two inquiries running in parallel.\n\nThe Conservative Party said it had opened an investigation into the complaint, but \"the complainant withdrew from the process before the case was heard\".\n\nIn his statement to the BBC, the complainant called on the Conservatives and other parties to review their complaints procedures \"with full independent oversight\".\n\n\"It should not take five years for a complaint to be processed,\" he added.", "A man who was once linked to an Islamic State cell nicknamed the Beatles has pleaded guilty to charges of possessing a firearm for terrorist purposes and funding terrorism.\n\nAine Davis, 39, appeared at the Old Bailey via video link from Belmarsh Prison on Monday.\n\nHe has already served a prison sentence in Turkey for being a member of the Islamic State group and was arrested on arrival back in the UK last August.\n\nDavis will be sentenced on 13 November.\n\nAt one point he was suspected of being a member of the gang who were called the Beatles by their captives.\n\nThere has been no attempt to put Davis on trial for being a member of the kidnap gang either in the UK or the US, even though at one point the then Home Secretary Priti Patel was asking the US to extradite him and prosecute him.\n\nThe gang became infamous for videoing the beheading of their British, American and European hostages.\n\nThey were led by Mohammed Emwazi who became known as Jihadi John and who was killed by US drone strike.\n\nTwo other members of the gang El Shafee Elsheikh and Alexanda Kotey are serving life sentences in the US. All three were British.\n\nDavis knew Alexander Kotey in West London, travelling to Turkey with him in 2012. He also knew Mohammed Emwazi.\n\nSince being charged last year Davis argued through his legal team that he should not face trial in the UK as he had already served a sentence in Turkey for what amounted to the same offending.\n\nBut Mr Justice Mark Lucraft KC and the Court of Appeal ruled against him.\n\nHe has now pleaded guilty to possessing a firearm for the purposes of terrorism after sending a picture of himself holding a rifle in Syria to his then wife Amal El-Wahabi. He also admitted two charges linked to funding terrorism.\n\nBefore leaving the UK for Syria Davis was a drug dealer who carried a gun. He was jailed for possession of a firearm in 2006.\n\nHe converted to Islam but was soon embracing violent extremism, and by the time the Islamic State group declared its caliphate in Syria 2014, Davis was there. He had left behind his wife Amal El-Wahabi and two children travelling to Syria via the Netherlands and Turkey in July 2013.\n\nHe first came to public attention when Amal El-Wahabi was found guilty at the Old Bailey in 2014 of sending him money for the purposes of terrorism. It was at that trial that the image of him with a group of men in Syria all holding guns first emerged.\n\nIn November 2015 Davis was arrested in Turkey during a raid on a safe house in the coastal town of Silivri. The house was often used by men crossing the border in and out of Syria. He was arrested on the same day that Mohammed Emwazi was killed by a drone strike in Syria.\n\nHe was convicted of being a member of the Islamic State group in a Turkish court in 2017, and sent to prison.\n\nWhen his prison sentence came to an end he was deported to the UK. But the then Home Secretary Ms Patel had been in touch with prosecutors in the US apparently trying to persuade them to pursue a case against Davis.\n\nWhen this did not happen, Davis was arrested on arrival at Luton Airport.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Ioan Lord: \"It was like seeing the Titanic for the first time\"\n\nAt the bottom of an abandoned mine shaft in remote hills, Ioan Lord is shocked to see a tiny pair of boot prints next to his own in the darkness.\n\nThey look fresh, but were made 200 years ago - by child miners, the last people to set foot in the passage.\n\nThe student, 24, from Ceredigion, has made it his mission to rediscover long forgotten mines in Wales.\n\nTheir existence and whereabouts have been lost from knowledge for hundreds of years.\n\n\"It's very much like an Indiana Jones film,\" said Ioan, who has uncovered ancient objects, some dating back to the Iron Age.\n\n\"The difference is I don't fly to these locations, I just walk to them.\n\n\"There's over 1,000 mines in mid Wales altogether. I can only say I've been into 300 or 400 of them. There are hundreds that are still lost.\"\n\nIoan, who is an author and historian, is the first person in hundreds of years to access many of these sites.\n\nHe uses old maps and satellite images to track them down.\n\nIoan Lord is the first person in hundreds of years to access many of these forgotten mines\n\nWooden crates still packed with dynamite sticks and even graves have been among his discoveries.\n\nIt is a pastime that requires next-level commitment, though, as Ioan often spends days deep underground at a time, digging passages, or wading through partially submerged caves.\n\n\"In school, going down abandoned mines was a bit weird to say the least,\" reflected Ioan.\n\n\"I was different to others, but it was extremely rewarding because after school I'd come home, put a rucksack on, and go out to find more mines.\"\n\nWhat appeared to be a wooden salad spoon he found deep underground was later confirmed by academics to be the oldest complete wooden mining tool ever found in Wales.\n\nSalad spoon or ancient mining tool? Some of Ioan's discoveries date back thousands of years\n\nCarbon dating put the shovel somewhere between 4BC to 87AD - around the time of Roman occupation, some 2,000 years ago.\n\nBut Ioan's exploits are not for the faint-hearted.\n\nBefore each journey, he tells friends what time he will return to the surface.\n\nIf they do not hear from him within an hour of that time, they are under strict instructions to begin a rescue.\n\n\"What we do is only possible through experience,\" said Ioan.\n\n\"It is not safe to go underground on your own, or with inexperienced people.\n\n\"The main danger with metal mines, like I explore, is having rotten timbers in the false floors you might be walking on. It can mean hundreds and hundreds of feet to drop beneath you.\"\n\nMany of the explorations involved abseiling down into deep caverns\n\nAlong with the practical dangers, Ioan admits he keeps an open mind about what other things might lurk in the darkness.\n\n\"I have had some things happen underground which I can't explain,\" he said.\n\n\"Miners were always very superstitious. They believed in all sorts of mine goblins and guardians and such.\"\n\nIoan said one of his most frightening experiences was when he was alone underground and heard another group approaching down the passageway.\n\n\"Quite often you'll run into other explorers who have come in through another entrance,\" explained Ioan.\n\n\"I heard a group of other explorers coming towards me, I could hear their footsteps but when I went around the corner, I couldn't see anybody there.\n\n\"I shone my torch straight ahead, you could see for hundreds of feet, but there was nothing. And these footsteps, about ten of them, just walked straight past me.\"\n\nWales has stunning scenery - but Ioan has always been fascinated by what lies beneath the country's valleys and hills\n\nIoan credits his passion for mines to a childhood spent without a television, where he had licence to roam and explore the countryside around his home in the Rheidol Valley near Aberystwyth.\n\n\"The mines here aren't going to be around forever,\" he explained.\n\n\"They get hardly any protection at all and many of them are bulldozed from year to year, so I'm trying to preserve and document them while I can.\n\n\"Normally when you think of a Welsh mines, you think about a south Wales and coal, but in Ceredigion we have the oldest metal mines, known anywhere on the British Isles. We have workings on the hills here that date right back to around 600BC.\"\n\nIoan said gold and silver could once be found in the mountains, attracting the interest of early settlers and invaders, such as the Romans.\n\nTo increase awareness of this ancient labyrinth of tunnels, Ioan has taken to YouTube, with his videos attracting tens of thousands of hits.\n\nSubscribers watch him snake down endless dark passageways - and get very excited about his discoveries.\n\nOld, abandoned mines have been a fascination of Ioan since he was a young child\n\nOnce, while exploring a flooded Victorian mineshaft with an underwater drone, Ioan discovered an entire tramway of intact rail carts and equipment, seemingly abandoned overnight, more than a century ago.\n\n\"There was this whole train of mine carts still parked on the rails, with wheelbarrows and tools leaning against them,\" he said.\n\n\"It was like seeing the Titanic for the first time.\"\n\nIoan is always careful not to broadcast where he finds entrances, so he can preserve the \"time-capsule\" within.\n\nHowever, most of his 30,000 subscribers have never been to Wales, something he does not find surprising, saying about 90% were from the US.\n\n\"We have got many in New Zealand, Australia. I think the reason for that is that quite often it takes people from the outside to see the value in something.\n\n\"Many of the miners who made the tunnels in the rocks of Gibraltar came from the Aberystwyth area - most of the miners who first went out to work in places like Colorado or Pennsylvania came from here.\n\n\"This part of Wales was once world famous for its mines and for its miners. Now, nobody knows a thing about it.\"\n\nWarning: Mine exploration can be dangerous and could involve trespass", "Pamela Redmond was diagnosed with bowel cancer in an emergency department\n\nPamela Redmond lived with bloating, nausea and constipation for years.\n\nIn her 30s, she was diagnosed with irritable bowel syndrome, which meant eating a lot less to avoid vomiting and toilet problems.\n\nA midwife who worked shifts, Pamela's health deteriorated to the point she couldn't digest a spoonful of cereal.\n\nAfter many visits to the GP, hospitals and various tests, in 2020 she was diagnosed with stage three bowel cancer, aged 56.\n\nHer diagnosis came after she was admitted to hospital via an emergency department.\n\nPamela believes that if she had been screened at 50, her tumour would have been picked up early, instead of being left to grow for six years.\n\n\"I knew I had cancer - I could feel something hard on my side - as usual they thought it was a gynae problem,\" she said.\n\nThe County Down woman is telling her story as part of Bowel Cancer UK's campaign calling for earlier screening in Northern Ireland.\n\nOn Monday, patients and doctors joined Bowel Cancer UK at Stormont calling for decisions to be made on the budget so that a cancer strategy can be implemented.\n\nA giant inflatable bowel was on site to help visualise the various stages of bowel cancer and encourage the public to be more aware of symptoms.\n\nPeople were able to walk through an inflatable bowel showing cancerous and pre-cancerous polyps at the Stormont event\n\nPamela said the campaign's slogan \"right diagnosis at the right age and the right place\" is apt.\n\n\"I should have been diagnosed earlier and certainly not in an emergency department,\" she said.\n\nScreening ages vary across across the UK:\n\nThe local screening programme lags behind the rest of the UK as people are waiting longer to be tested.\n\nIn the Republic of Ireland, bowel cancer screening is offered to those aged 59 to 69 and who are on the bowel screening register. The first home screening test is offered between a person's 59th and 61st birthday; then you are offered a home test every two years.\n\nAlmost nine in 10 people living in Northern Ireland with bowel cancer symptoms wait longer than the 62-day target for tests that can diagnose the disease.\n\nFrom January to June 2023, only 61 out of 349 (17.4%) bowel cancer patients began treatment within 62 days of any urgent referral.\n\nPamela was diagnosed with a grade three tumour in 2020 after going to an ED and being admitted to hospital.\n\n\"When I asked the doctor if he knew my history he said, 'what history?', and shrugged as if it was irrelevant,\" she said.\n\nShe recalled waking at 03:00 with an awful meaty taste in her mouth.\n\nThen her bowel contents came out of her mouth, something known as faeculent vomiting.\n\n\"It was truly distressing but I do know that this is the point I finally felt I was noticed,\" she said.\n\nFrom that point on, everything went into fast forward, including getting a CT scan.\n\n\"Just as I arrived back to my room, a doctor arrived looking very panicked and announced I had a large tumour and would need surgery immediately,\" Pamela said.\n\nThe next day, a surgical team removed 25 lymph nodes and part of her transverse colon.\n\nChris Robinson went privately to get checked more quickly\n\nChris Robinson, from Carrickfergus, County Antrim, is also a bowel cancer survivor who knew there was something drastically wrong.\n\nHe said he had toilet problems and found it difficult to get diagnosed, so to be seen quicker he went private.\n\n\"I'm not a fan of using private healthcare over the NHS, but I knew I had to get checked ASAP,\" he said.\n\n\"I arranged an appointment and saw a consultant within four days.\"\n\nBowel cancer is the second biggest cancer killer in Northern Ireland. About 460 people in Northern Ireland die each year from the disease.\n\nBowel Cancer UK says that when diagnosed at its earliest stage, 91% of people with bowel cancer will survive the disease for five years or more, compared with 13% of people when the disease is diagnosed at the latest stage.\n\nGenevieve Edwards, chief executive of Bowel Cancer UK, said patients and their loved ones are paying a heavy price as they are more likely to wait longer for diagnosis and treatment.\n\n\"Bowel cancer is not only curable [and] very treatable, it's preventable,\" she told BBC News NI.\n\n\"Screening can prevent cancers and we're missing a big opportunity in Northern Ireland to do that so we really want to see action.\"\n\nThe screening programme for bowel cancer in Northern Ireland lags behind the rest of the UK\n\nThe charity said a lack of political leadership at Stormont was contributing to these issues and it was demanding a properly funded NI Cancer Strategy, and for early bowel cancer diagnosis to be prioritised.\n\nProf Mark Lawler from Queen's University Belfast echoed this call, describing the lack of the strategy's implementation like \"trying to fight cancer with one hand behind your back\".\n\n\"We need to have implementation of the cancer strategy as a matter of urgency.\n\n\"We need a functioning executive to deliver it, and we need to do this for our patients because otherwise we are failing them.\"", "Last updated on .From the section Scotland\n\nScotland have qualified for Euro 2024 with two games to spare thanks to Spain's 1-0 win over Norway, which has guaranteed Steve Clarke's side a top-two finish in Group A.\n\nThe Scots now trail Spain on goal difference but Norway, five points adrift with just one game remaining, cannot catch either side.\n\nScotland's men have now reached back-to-back European Championships under Clarke, and have come through a qualifying group to reach a major finals for the first time since 1997.\n• None So Scotland have qualified... what happens now?\n• None Name every Scotland cap from qualifying campaign\n\nScotland had the chance to secure their spot themselves in Seville on Thursday, but lost 2-0 to Spain in their first defeat in six qualifiers.\n\nBut Scotland's five wins from their opening five games put the pressure on Norway to win their final three matches. And though the Norwegians defeated Cyprus 4-0 on Thursday, they came unstuck in Oslo as Spain secured their own and Scotland's qualification.\n\nAlvaro Morata had a first-half strike disallowed for offside before Gavi netted what proved to be the only goal of the game in the 49th minute as the visitors nullified the threat of Norway and Manchester City superstar striker Erling Haaland.\n\nNorway, whose absence from major tournaments stretches back to Euro 2000, can now only potentially qualify through play-offs, but need to remain third and hope Serbia qualify from Group G to be eligible.\n\nScotland have two matches left, away to Georgia and at home to Norway next month, as they look to usurp Spain as group winners and boost their chances of being a top seed in the draw.\n\nSpain complete their campaign by facing the bottom two, with a trip to Cyprus followed by a home game against Georgia.\n\nScotland and Spain join Portugal, France, Belgium and Turkey in reaching next summer's finals, with Germany through automatically as hosts.\n\nScotland endured a 23-year absence from major tournaments before reaching the delayed Euro 2020 two years ago by winning a play-off they secured via the Nations League.\n\nHaving missed out on qualification for last year's World Cup, Clarke has now become the first manager to guide the Scots to successive European Championships.", "Zaka volunteer Israel Hasid awaits the arrival of hundreds of bodies at a morgue in Tel Aviv\n\nWarning: This article contains details that some readers may find distressing\n\nBehind the tall, barbed-wire gates of a military base in central Israel last week, away from the public eye, soldiers, police officers, and forensics experts were working diligently on a task that was almost impossible to imagine from the outside - the mass identification of the victims of Hamas's murderous attack.\n\nWorking alongside them late into the night, under the harsh glare of floodlights, was another group, identifiable by their bright yellow vests. They were Zaka, a religious organisation which, since the attack, has been responsible for some of the toughest work taking place in Israel.\n\nZaka's job is to collect every part of the remains of the dead, including their blood, so that they can be buried in accordance with Jewish religious law. The organisation is called on to deal with the most traumatic events, including natural disasters, suicides from buildings, and terrorism.\n\nIts members are almost all ultra-orthodox Jews, and they are all volunteers.\n\nWhen Hamas began its rampage through southern Israel last Saturday, Zaka volunteer Baroch Frankel, 28, was observing the Sabbath as usual at his apartment in Bnei Brak, an orthodox city near Tel Aviv where many of the volunteers live. About mid-morning, he heard over his Zaka walkie-talkie that there was some kind of emergency under way.\n\nThe walkie-talkie was allowed to be on because the Sabbath can be broken for matters of life and death, but it wasn't until sundown that Frankel could look at his phone and he fully understood the scale of the attack. He grabbed his kit, containing body bags, surgical gloves, shoe covers and rags for soaking up blood, and jumped in his car. \"I just drove,\" he said.\n\nBaroch Frankel in his synagogue in Bnei Brak\n\nZaka was formally established in 1995 but has roots dating back to 1989, when its founder was one of a group of religious volunteers who gathered to recover remains after a suicide attacker seized the wheel of a public bus in Israel and drove it into a ravine.\n\nThere is no equivalent organisation in the UK, where professional police teams recover human remains. But in Jewish custom, bodies should be collected to the fullest extent possible and all the available remains buried together. The volunteers from Zaka ensure that this is done properly and, as their motto states, with \"true grace\".\n\nAt the site of the music festival on Saturday, the volunteers would face a sprawling scene daunting even to them. It was still dark when Frankel arrived, and Israeli soldiers were still exchanging gunfire with Hamas, so he lay on the sand waiting until it was safe. Then he went to work.\n\nZaka volunteers have been working since at all the sites of the attack. They retrieve the bodies in two-hour shifts because the work is so tough. Dealing with the remains of the children was the worst, Frankel said. As he moved from the festival site to a nearby kibbutz on Saturday, the police warned even the Zaka teams - who are widely known to be experienced in this work - that what was inside was difficult to see.\n\nInside, Frankel found burned children, people blown up with grenades and families gunned down in their homes. \"You don't understand how many babies, how many burned people I counted,\" he said. \"When I talk to you now I see these images again in front of my eyes.\"\n\nFor this work, particularly in this moment, the Zaka volunteers are sometimes praised by people who see them in the street in their yellow vests. Walking through his neighbourhood in Bnei Brak this week, Frankel shrugged off the praise.\n\n\"Zaka is a sacred service because you ask no thanks,\" he said. \"The dead cannot pay you back.\"\n\nFrankel, breaking to smoke outside the walls of the army base where the bodies are processed\n\nOn Wednesday evening, the Zaka volunteers had just finished the last of their work collecting remains in southern Israel and Frankel was driving an hour north to the military base where the bodies were being processed.\n\nInside the base, there were about 20 massive cold storage units, like shipping containers, lined up to hold the bodies. The rabbis and Zaka volunteers were doing everything in their power to preserve the dignity of the dead, despite the scale of the operation and the condition of some of the remains. They took care to pause and say prayers over each person, where possible, and the orthodox among the workers gathered every 15 minutes to say their own prayers while the work continued around them.\n\nYacoub Zechariah, 39, the deputy mayor of Frankel's home city of Bnei Brak, was on his fifth straight overnight shift for Zaka at the base. \"Physically, it's hours upon hours without sleep and carrying corpses is hard work,\" he said. \"But we overcome it.\"\n\nZechariah, a father of five, had seen bodies of children brought in with terrible injuries and burns, he said. Some had been decapitated, although it was not clear how. Some of the dead children had their hands and feet tied with phone cables.\n\nZechariah pulled a body bag from a truck with a family name written on it in marker. The next bag had the same name, and the next. Eventually he had pulled five members of the same family from the truck. They were two parents and three young children who had been murdered by Hamas in their home in the kibbutz in Kfar Azza.\n\n\"Seeing an entire family killed is something that breaks a human being,\" Zechariah said. \"I have five children of my own. We are people of faith and we know that everything comes from God, but this is difficult for us to understand.\"\n\nWhen Zechariah had checked the faces of the family and they had been moved into storage, he walked to the edge of the area where the bodies were being processed and wept. A few hours later, at 5am, he finished his shift and sat quietly in his car to drink a coffee and smoke a cigarette. Then he drove half an hour home to his family in Bnei Brak, slept for two hours and drove to City Hall to begin his day as deputy mayor.\n\nOutside the gates at the base, away from the horrors inside, family members of the dead were camped on lawn chairs on the roadside, supported by food trucks and donations from local residents. Ortal Asulin had been sleeping on the roadside since she first learned on Saturday that her brother, a famous ex-footballer called Lior Asulin, had been caught up in the attack.\n\n\"No one will give us answers, it is a big mess inside,\" she said, looking totally shattered. \"We go to ask every five minutes, everyone here knows us, our names, our phone number, my brother's name, and his picture. He was a famous footballer, only one person needs to see him inside there to know it is him.\"\n\nAt that moment, Frankel overheard her and recognised her brother's name. \"I saw him,\" Frankel said. \"I saw his face, I'm sure.\"\n\nOrtal crumpled onto the pavement in tears. The rest of the family rushed around Frankel as he tried in vain to reach a colleague inside to confirm that Lior had been seen. The police said they had no information and they would not let the family inside.\n\n\"It is not possible to locate the body at the moment,\" said a tired but kind police sergeant. \"In the end they will remove it, they are doing everything they can but they must be given some time.\"\n\nMany similar conversations had been had outside the base, said the police sergeant, who was not permitted to give her name. \"There are a lot of dead people inside and we need to make sure 100% sure that we have the correct person before we tell the family,\" she said. \"We are five days now after the event and this has an effect on the bodies, you understand? We cannot have any mistakes.\"\n\nA room at a Zaka centre in Tel Aviv where the bodies are brought to be purified, according to Jewish custom\n\nFor Jewish people, a delay in burying a body can add enormous pain to the loss. They believe that a person should be buried as soon as possible so that their soul can rise up to heaven. And until the dead are buried, the family cannot begin formally to grieve. Like the soul of the person who has died, they are in limbo.\n\nLior Asulin, the football player, was finally identified and buried on Thursday. Zaka is also involved in these final stages of the process. Many of the bodies go from the military base to a Zaka-run centre in Tel Aviv, where on Thursday volunteer Israel Hasid was painstakingly preparing to receive them. He expected that the work would continue around the clock and through the weekend, so he had sought special permission from a rabbi to work on the Sabbath.\n\nThere will be some police presence at the centre for technical exams involving DNA and dental records, but otherwise Hasid and the other Zaka Tel Aviv volunteers will take responsibility for all of the purification necessary before burial. They will wash the bodies in water taken from a river that runs alongside the building and gently clean them with cotton. They will cut their hair and nails if needed.\n\n\"In these circumstances, because of the nature of this attack, in many cases the job cannot be perfect,\" Hasid said. \"But we will do everything we can.\"\n\nAt the end of the process, the Zaka volunteers would wrap each person's remains carefully in a white linen sheet and pass them on to undertakers to be buried, he said, so that the souls of the dead could escape and their families could begin to grieve.\n\nIdan Ben Ari contributed to this report. Photographs by Joel Gunter.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Sunak: No place in British society for antisemitism and where it happens \"it will be met with the full force of the law\".\n\nWe will do \"everything in our power\" to keep the Jewish community safe, Rishi Sunak said, following a spate of antisemitic incidents in the UK.\n\nHe said antisemitic actions would be \"met with the full force of the law\".\n\nThe Metropolitan Police said there had been a \"massive increase\" in antisemitic incidents following Hamas' attacks on Israel nine days ago.\n\nLater, the prime minister will address MPs on the government's response to the unfolding crisis in the Middle East.\n\nMore than 1,400 people were killed, with up to 199 kidnapped in the unprecedented incursion.\n\nRetaliatory strikes on Gaza have killed nearly 2,700 people and Israel is preparing to launch a ground invasion in northern Gaza intended to target Hamas.\n\nSpeaking on a visit to a north London Jewish secondary school, Mr Sunak said: \"I'm determined to ensure that our Jewish community is able to feel safe on our streets, that there is no place in our society for antisemitism and we will do everything we can to stamp it out and where it happens.\"\n\nHe said the government had given the police \"all the tools, powers and guidance\" they needed to police pro-Palestinian protests over the weekend.\n\nThe prime minister reiterated that support for Hamas, which is recognised as a terrorist organisation by the UK government, is illegal and could be punishable by up to 14 years in jail.\n\nMr Sunak said he had spoken to the Israeli prime minister about the need to \"minimise the impact on civilians in Gaza\".\n\nHamas said some 400,000 of the 1.1m people in Gaza's north have so far complied with Israel's request that they move south.\n\nAt least 17 British nationals are missing or confirmed dead following the attacks, and Foreign Secretary James Cleverly said on Sunday that as many as 10 may be being held hostage.\n\nThe government said last week it believed up to 60,000 UK nationals are in Israel or Gaza.\n\nMr Sunak said ministers were \"doing everything we can to provide support\" to the British families who have loved ones taken hostage by Hamas.\n\nIn his statement to Parliament, the prime minister will reiterate the UK's \"total condemnation\" of the attacks and set out the government's approach to the developing crisis, his office said.\n\nHe will outline the assistance the UK is providing to Israel, efforts to support British nationals caught up in the violence, and its response to the humanitarian situation in Gaza.\n\nLast week, he also chaired a round-table meeting with police chiefs and announced £3m in additional funding for the Community Security Trust, a charity that works to improve the security of the Jewish community.\n\nDiplomatic efforts by world leaders are under way to try to stop the conflict in Gaza escalating or dragging in other countries in the region.\n\nMr Sunak received King Abdullah of Jordan at Downing Street on Sunday and the prime minister will hold further talks with international partners, including Middle Eastern leaders in the coming days, his office said.\n\nConcerns continue to mount about the situation inside Gaza and conditions for people still trapped there.\n\nSpeaking to the BBC Radio 4's Today Programme from Gaza, Ghassan Abu Sittah, a British-Palestinian plastic and reconstructive doctor who normally works in the UK, said 40% of his patients were children.\n\n\"There is a phenomena we are seeing of a wounded child, with no surviving family,\" he said.\n\n\"Yesterday morning there was a five-year-old girl with burns, and a four year old girl with burns and a head injury and they were the only ones dug out of the family home as survivors. Every day we have cases like this\".\n\n\"It's all blast injuries, which means there are these horrendous injures,with shrapnel and burns and fallen masonry, people are being dug out from underneath their homes.\"\n\nIn recent days, US and UK officials have been trying to arrange for the Rafah crossing on the Egyptian border - currently the only way out of the territory - to be opened to allow their citizens and dual nationals to leave.\n\nFollowing a meeting with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Sisi on Sunday, US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said the crossing \"will be reopened\", although he did not provide specifics, and said that he was working with the UN and others on a \"mechanism by which to get the assistance in and to get it to people who need it\".\n\nBut on Monday, Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has denied reports of a ceasefire to allow \"foreigners out\" of south Gaza and humanitarian aid in.\n\nHundreds of tons of aid from several countries have been held up in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula pending a deal that would allow it to be delivered via the crossing.\n\nTzipi Hotovely, Israel's ambassador to the UK, said Israel was \"absolutely\" justified in its retaliation against Hamas.\n\n\"This is war that Hamas started, and Israel will finish,\" she told the BBC. \"Hamas won't exist in the Gaza strip. Israel can not afford a terror organisation in its borders.\"\n\nMs Hotovely added that Israel had \"zero obligation to bring Gaza water\", saying it was the responsibility of Hamas, amid warnings from the UN that food and water supplies are running out.\n\nSign up for our morning newsletter and get BBC News in your inbox.", "Delegates voted through Humza Yousaf's strategy for independence at the SNP Conference in Aberdeen\n\nPatience and unity. That is what the Scottish National Party leader, Humza Yousaf, wants from his party now.\n\nAddressing the SNP's annual conference in Aberdeen, in a much smaller hall than the one it used at great expense last year, Mr Yousaf sought to temper the expectations of SNP members who are hungry for immediate change.\n\nHis key line — \"there is no shortcut that will get us to independence\" — was a signal to delegates that he wants the SNP to focus on building a clear and sustained majority in favour of leaving the UK.\n\n\"We must move on,\" he insisted, \"from talking about process to talking about policy.\"\n\nSuccess, he said, would require listening, campaigning and persuading. In other words, \"not talking about the how of independence,\" but talking about the why.\n\nNonetheless, the conference did in fact spend a large chunk of Sunday afternoon talking about 'the how'.\n\nIn the end, delegates voted overwhelmingly in favour of Mr Yousaf's strategy, stepping back from the idea floated by his predecessor, Nicola Sturgeon, of treating the next general election as a referendum in all but name.\n\nInstead the party will demand an actual referendum if it wins a majority of Scottish constituencies at Westminster — 29 seats — even though it won 48 in 2019.\n\n\"I trust Humza on this,\" Emily Cheung, a delegate from Edinburgh, told me, adding: \"I think he's a very charismatic guy and, honestly, if there's anyone who can bring people over, it's probably him.\"\n\nMr Yousaf said the SNP would put the constitution front and centre in the campaign, with line one of the party's manifesto reading \"vote SNP for Scotland to become an independent country\".\n\nBoth Labour and the Conservatives have previously made it clear that they regard such talk as a waste of air, insisting that they will block a second referendum on independence.\n\nThe SNP's attempts, along with the Scottish Green Party, to use their current pro-independence majority at Holyrood to hold one have already been stymied by the UK government's refusal to grant consent, and by the Supreme Court's ruling that the Scottish Parliament does not have the right to do so alone.\n\nPerhaps with that in mind, delegates here in Aberdeen also voted for London to devolve more powers to Edinburgh to tackle what were described as the \"twin crises\" of the cost of living and climate change.\n\nSNP delegates voted on an independence strategy at the party's annual conference in Aberdeen\n\nAmong the items on the list were control over employment rights and the minimum wage, windfall taxes on energy companies, and employment visas for overseas workers.\n\nThose ideas were proposed by Tommy Sheppard, the SNP MP for Edinburgh East, who told me that, if all else failed, the party's fall-back position was to return to the idea of a de facto referendum on independence at the 2026 Scottish parliamentary election.\n\n\"The opportunity is there, should we need it,\" he said, to \"consider using that election to allow people in Scotland to decide yes or no, do they want to move forward to independence.\"\n\nThis hedging of bets reflects concern in senior SNP circles about polls which suggest Labour could pick up 20 or more Scottish seats at a general election which is expected to be held next year.\n\nSuch a result would be a significant setback for the SNP which has been the main engine of the independence movement at least since its 1967 by-election victory in Hamilton, South Lanarkshire.\n\nFrom the turn of the century, Alex Salmond and Nicola Sturgeon used the power base provided by the opening of the new Scottish Parliament to turn the SNP into both a party of government and a formidable campaigning machine, eventually securing a referendum in 2014.\n\nAlthough the people of Scotland voted to remain in the UK by 55% to 45%, that was not the end of the road for the SNP.\n\nIn 2015, the party swept the board at the general election, taking 56 of Scotland's 59 seats in the House of Commons.\n\nNicola Sturgeon attended the Glasgow count to hear the results of the 2015 general election announced\n\nBut by the time Mr Yousaf narrowly won the leadership in March, that machine was in trouble. Seven months on, the gears are crunching, the wheels are wobbling and the engine is spluttering.\n\nThere are many reasons why.\n\nFirst, governing devolved Scotland since 2007 has brought challenges as well as opportunities.\n\nRunning the nation's hospitals and schools as well as administering some taxes and benefits, soaked up a lot of time and effort, especially during the pandemic.\n\nThe result, say some critics of the SNP inside the independence movement, is that the party has taken its eye off the prize and now represents a cosy new establishment in Edinburgh when it should be laser-focused on planning for a new state.\n\nSupporters of the 316-year-old union with England, including Labour and the Conservatives, make the mirror-image claim, alleging that Scotland's public services are in a dire state and that the reason is the SNP's 'obsession' with independence.\n\nThe past two weeks have been particularly bruising for the SNP with the loss of one Westminster seat to Labour in the Rutherglen and Hamilton West by-election and another to the Tories, with the defection of Lisa Cameron, who represents East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow.\n\nThen there is the police investigation into the funding and finances of the SNP which has, in Mr Yousaf's description, engulfed his party.\n\nMs Sturgeon; her husband, the former chief executive Peter Murrell; and the former treasurer Colin Beattie have all been arrested, and subsequently released without charge.\n\nAnd yet polls suggest that a slump in support for the SNP has not been accompanied by a fall in support for independence, which continues to hover just below 50%.\n\nJoanna Cherry's amendment to the independence plan was approved by delegates\n\nJoanna Cherry KC, the SNP MP for Edinburgh South West, and a thorn in the side of Ms Sturgeon during her tenure as leader, said her party needed to take heed.\n\nMs Cherry's amendment to the independence plan, calling for a constitutional convention made up of MPs, MSPs and \"representatives of civic Scotland\" to take forward negotiations with the UK government, was approved by delegates.\n\n\"Let's be honest,\" she told me, \"we're going down in the polls at the moment and we need to address that by getting back to talking about bread and butter issues, the issues that really matter to people,\" adding \"we have to link that to our independence offering.\"\n\nWhether or not the party can do so successfully may determine the future of the United Kingdom itself.", "Ayman Safadi has warned of the conflict escalating to the wider region Image caption: Ayman Safadi has warned of the conflict escalating to the wider region\n\nJordan’s Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi has said that Palestinians being moved from Gaza to Egypt would be “unacceptable” to his country.\n\nSpeaking to Newshour on the BBC World Service, he said that “population dispersion and transfer will not solve the problem” and called for Gazans' safety in Gaza to be ensured.\n\nSafadi said that people need to stand with the right of all people to live with peace and dignity, and said that the world needs to condemn the killing of both Israeli and Palestinian civilians.\n\n“Why is it a war crime to deny food and water to Ukraine but it is not the same when it comes to Gaza?” he added.\n\nJordan is working with other Arab countries including Egypt and Qatar to help bring the hostages home. When asked about the possibility of elderly hostages and children being freed, Safadi said that a lot of work is being done behind the scenes.\n\n“We are hopeful that we should get to a place where those hostages are released and the escalation will stop and we will be able move forward.”\n\nHe also warned of the conflict escalating to the wider region.\n\n“If this conflict escalates and there’s a real threat to escalation, then we’ll be talking about a nightmare that will engulf the whole region.”", "Donald Tusk was greeted as if at a victory rally in Warsaw on Sunday night\n\nThe right-wing populist Law and Justice party is on course to win most seats in Poland's general election, exit polls suggest, but is unlikely to secure a third term in office.\n\nPollsters Ipsos suggest the party, known as PiS, has 36.1% of the vote and the centrist opposition is on 31%.\n\nIf the exit polls are correct, then Donald Tusk's Civic Coalition has a better chance of forming a coalition.\n\nHe is aiming to end eight years of PiS rule under leader Jaroslaw Kaczynski.\n\nWith 80.27% of votes counted, the National Electoral Commission says Law and Justice has 36.27% of the vote.\n\nCivic Coalition is on 29.41% while the Third Way has 14.45%.\n\nThe final result is expected on Tuesday evening, the commission head said earlier.\n\nSpeaking about the exit polls, PiS leader Kaczynski dmitted he did not know if the party's \"success will be able to be turned into another term in power\".\n\nInitial results gave PiS the lead, but they reflected small towns and the countryside which are party strongholds. Two more Ipsos exit polls published on Monday suggested PiS would be unable to form a coalition.\n\n\"Poland won, democracy has won,\" Mr Tusk, 66, told a large crowd of jubilant supporters in what felt like a victory rally in Warsaw. \"This is the end of the bad times, this is the end of the PiS government.\"\n\nThere were roars as the Ipsos poll flashed up on the screen and Mr Tusk appeared to loud cheers and chants of his name.\n\nSupporters appeared stunned, and election officials said later that turnout was probably 72.9%, the highest since the fall of communism in 1989.\n\nThe Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe - which monitors elections to check they are free and fair - said candidates in the election had been able to campaign freely - but biased coverage by the state media and misuse of public funds had given a \"clear advantage\" to the governing PiS.\n\n\"We noted the erosion of checks and balances to gain further control over state institutions by the governing party, including the courts and the public media,\" they said in a statement.\n\nPolls closed at 21:00 local time on Sunday, but there were still queues of voters reported well into the night in Warsaw and Krakow, and into the early hours in Wroclaw.\n\nA larger proportion of 18-29 year-olds had turned out to vote than over-60s, Ipsos said.\n\nPiS was heading for 196 seats in the 460-seat Sejm or parliament, according to the later poll, and would fall short of the 231 needed for a majority.\n\nIt is unlikely to have much help from the far-right Confederation Party, whose leader admitted it had fared far worse than expected, with a predicted 15 seats.\n\nMr Kaczynski has painted his rival as a puppet of Berlin and Brussels and vowed to maintain his party's strong anti-migration policies.\n\nJaroslaw Kaczynski told supporters they had to hope, but the exit poll showed a loss of 35 seats\n\nCivic Coalition leader Donald Tusk has described the vote as Poland's most important since the fall of communism and vital for its future in the European Union.\n\nHe has vowed to improve relations with the EU and unlock €36bn (£30bn) of EU Covid pandemic recovery funds frozen in a row over PiS judicial reforms that led to staffing top courts with judges sympathetic to the ruling party.\n\nMr Tusk's party is now most likely to be able to form a broad coalition, with centre-right Third Way and left-wing Lewica.\n\nThere were few smiles among PiS party faithful in the minutes before the close of polls.\n\n\"We have to hope,\" Mr Kaczynski declared. \"Regardless of whether we are in power or whether we are in opposition, we will implement this project in various ways and we will not allow Poland to be betrayed.\"\n\nPiS supporters put on a brave face, chanting \"Jaroslaw\" and waving Polish flags, as the later exit poll suggested they had lost 39 seats since the 2019 election.\n\nA party spokesman told the BBC he was still hopeful of forming a government as the poll was just a prediction.\n\nQueues formed outside polling stations across Poland and beyond on Sunday.\n\nA marbled foyer in Warsaw's Stalinist Palace of Culture was crammed with voters, who snaked out into the square outside.\n\n\"The campaign was very strong and emotional, that's why there are so many people,\" a PiS voter called Agnes told the BBC.\n\nOne result of the ferocious election campaign was increased turnout. \"It seems that we beat the turnout record,\" Poland's Electoral Commission head Sylwester Marciniak told a news conference.\n\nMany voters in central Warsaw came with children and even pets, while election officials and security guards helped elderly voters climb the steps.\n\nVoters talked of being nervous about the result of the election and all of them saw it as decisive for the future direction of Poland.\n\nWhoever wins, Poland's strong support for Ukraine is unlikely to change, almost 20 months into Russia's full-scale invasion. However, PiS leaders showed signs of wavering in recent weeks, in an apparent bid to bring back voters attracted to the Ukraine-sceptic Confederation party.\n\nThere were queues outside polling stations across the country\n\n\"We have a war on our border. We have to be sure the government will take us in the right direction and be more resistant to Russia,\" said another voter called Ela.\n\nPoles voted in more than 30,000 polling stations, and there were long queues outside Poland too, with 600,000 expats registered to vote.\n\n\"They're the most important elections I've voted in during my lifetime,\" said Magdalena Bozek as she queued up to vote in London. \"It's been quite a difficult eight years for us, for pro-Europeans.\"\n\nCivic Coalition has also vowed to liberalise abortion laws, after a near-total ban imposed in 2021.\n\nThe centre-right Third Way appeared to be one of the big winners of the night, with a predicted 14% of the vote. It has promised to simplify taxes and offer an alternative to the two big parties.\n\nPiotr Buras, from the European Council on Foreign Relations, said an opposition victory would open the way to a \"massive reorientation\" of domestic and European policy. Their immediate goal would be to remove PiS figures from state institutions and public TV, he added.\n\nPoland is divided into 41 districts and has a proportional representation system for its parliament, based on party lists. Expat votes count towards the Warsaw district.\n\nPresident Andrzej Duda, an ally of the socially conservative ruling party, would normally ask the biggest party to form a government, and his aide indicated that was the traditional next step.\n\nBut if PiS fails to win a vote of confidence, then parliament would appoint a new prime minister who would then choose a government and also have to win a confidence vote in the Sejm.\n\nThat would leave PiS as Poland's caretaker government potentially into December.\n\nFive parties are set to cross the 5% threshold and enter the 460-seat Sejm or parliament.\n\nPoles also voted for the upper house, the Senate, and took part in four referendums that all appeared designed to bring PiS voters out to vote.\n\nOne asked whether the retirement age should increase, and another on whether Poland should accept more migrants from the rest of the EU.\n\nSign up for our morning newsletter and get BBC News in your inbox.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: Rishi Sunak \"sickened\" by the rise in antisemitic crimes in UK\n\nSix British citizens have been killed in Hamas's attack on Israel and a further 10 are missing, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has said.\n\nMr Sunak called the attack a \"pogrom\", adding the UK must \"support absolutely Israel's right to defend itself\".\n\nThe families of some of the missing were in Parliament watching his statement.\n\nHe also confirmed the UK was providing a further £10m in humanitarian aid to the Palestinian people.\n\nSpeaking about the Hamas attack in Israel last weekend, Mr Sunak said: \"The elderly, men, women, children, babes in arms, murdered, mutilated, burned alive.\n\n\"We should call it by its name: it was a pogrom.\"\n\nThe term \"pogrom\" refers to violent and organised attacks against Jews, and is particularly associated with pre-World War Two eastern Europe.\n\nMr Sunak told MPs the UK had so far organised eight flights out of Israel for 500 British citizens, with more expected to leave on Monday.\n\n\"We stand with you, we stand with Israel,\" Mr Sunak said, addressing the families of some of those missing who were watching from the public gallery.\n\nThe prime minister said the UK had spoken to Egypt about opening the Rafah crossing on the Egypt-Gaza border.\n\nPalestinians have been gathering at the crossing in the southern Gaza Strip in the hope of leaving ahead of an expected Israeli ground offensive.\n\nHamas gunmen infiltrated Israel just over a week ago, killing more than 1,400 people.\n\nMore than 2,700 people in Gaza have been killed in retaliatory strikes by Israel, which is also blocking fuel, water, food and medical supplies from entering the territory.\n\nTwo British teenage sisters, known only as Yahel, 13, and Noiya, 16, are among those missing following last weekend's attacks.\n\nMr Sunak also told MPs that extra government funding has been allocated to protect Jewish institutions in the UK.\n\nIt comes as the Metropolitan Police says there has been a \"massive increase\" in antisemitic incidents in London following Hamas's attacks in Israel on 7 October.\n\nMr Sunak said he was \"sickened\" that such incidents had increased, adding: \"We are doing everything we can to protect you.\n\n\"This atrocity was an existential strike at the very idea of Israel as a safe homeland for the Jewish people.\"\n\nHe also addressed the British Muslim community who he said was \"appalled\" by Hamas's actions, but \"fearful\" of the response by Israel in Gaza.\n\n\"Hamas is using innocent Palestinian people as human shields,\" he said.\n\n\"We mourn the loss of every innocent life, civilians of every faith, every nationality who have been killed.\n\n\"And so, let's say it plainly, we stand with British Muslim communities too.\"\n\nThe further £10m in humanitarian aid will be provided to civilians in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, up from the £27m existing funding this year.\n\n\"An acute humanitarian crisis is unfolding to which we must respond, we must support, because they are victims of Hamas too,\" Mr Sunak said.\n\nAlso addressing MPs, Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer said civilians \"must not be targeted\" and called for humanitarian corridors to be opened to allow the supply of food, water and electricity to the Gaza Strip.\n\nHe said it was crucial the House of Commons spoke \"with one voice\" in condemnation of terror and in its support of Israel, adding Hamas \"do not wish to see peace in the Middle East\".\n\nBoth Mr Sunak and Sir Keir reiterated the UK's long-standing foreign policy position, calling for a two-state solution - the establishment of both independent Israeli and Palestinian states.\n\nBut the scale of the siege on Gaza was also criticised in Parliament. Both Labour MP Richard Burgon and Conservative MP Crispin Blunt said the Israeli government's action in Gaza amounted to \"collective punishment\" of the Palestinian people.\n\nMr Burgon also condemned what he described as a \"heinous act of terrorism\" by Hamas in Israel.", "The bus veered into a bubble tea cafe at Piccadilly Gardens\n\nA bus has crashed into a cafe in Manchester, with 12 people injured and the driver held on suspicion of causing serious injury by dangerous driving.\n\nIt struck the T4 bubble tea cafe in the Piccadilly Gardens area of the city centre at about 13:15 BST.\n\nThe casualties were believed to be passengers and pedestrians who were outside the cafe at the time, with one woman seriously injured.\n\nWitness Michael Stevens told the BBC he felt \"lucky to be alive\".\n\nEmergency services at first said \"at least two\" people had been hurt before later clarifying.\n\nA police statement confirmed the 64-year-old driver had been arrested.\n\nIt added: \"It has been established that 12 people have been injured with one woman in a life-threatening condition receiving treatment at hospital.\n\n\"Others involved are believed to be in a stable condition with minor injuries.\"\n\nA spokesman for T4 said staff working in the cafe were \"okay although shaken up\".\n\nEyewitness Mr Stevens, from Sheffield, said: \"I saw a bus driving toward myself and a large group of people.\n\n\"It knocked me back a bit but I was all right. The bus went into a café - it smashed into that building and took out all the seating area.\n\n\"I was shocked. It was really bad.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. A cordon was put in place after the bus hit the T4 bubble tea cafe\n\nGreater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service also attended and a large cordon was put in place.\n\nThere were road closures in the area and officers from the police serious collision investigation unit were examining the scene.\n\nPiccadilly Gardens was currently closed to all buses with services using alternative stops, Transport for Greater Manchester said.\n\nThe city's Metrolink tram services were continuing to run but without stopping at Piccadilly Gardens.\n\nA large emergency services presence was called to the scene of the crash\n\nFrom the scene at about 14:40, BBC Radio Manchester reporter Mat Trewern said he could see the single-decker blue bus \"sticking out right across the pavement\".\n\n\"There is a huge emergency response here - paramedics, firefighters and police all crowding around the crash scene,\" he said.\n\n\"A large part of this side of Piccadilly Gardens has been cordoned off. There's no access to the buses here which, as you can imagine, is causing quite a bit of disruption.\"\n\nAn eyewitness posted on X the bus crash was \"one of the most horrible scenes I've witnessed\"\n\nPosting on X, one eyewitness said the scene was \"properly, properly horrendous\".\n\nAnother said: \"One of the most horrible scenes I've witnessed, really praying everybody involved in the incident at Piccadilly gardens is okay and pull through, my heart goes out to all involved.\"\n\nIan Wood, a spokesman for T4 UK Franchise Ltd, said: \"T4 UK has today been informed of the bus crash at our newly opened Manchester store.\n\n\"Firstly, we want to wish all of those involved in the crash a speedy recovery. We look forward to welcoming them to our store once fully recovered.\"We will remain closed until we are able to get the store back up on its feet. All staff members are okay although shaken up.\"\n\nWhy not follow BBC North West on Facebook, X and Instagram? You can also send story ideas to northwest.newsonline@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "A man accused of making racist comments at a pro-Palestine march in London has been charged, the Met Police has said.\n\nThe 67-year-old was charged with intentionally causing racially aggravated harassment, alarm or distress after being arrested on Saturday.\n\nThe man is alleged to have made racist remarks towards people gathered in Whitehall and a police officer.\n\nHe will appear at Westminster Magistrates Court on 2 November.\n\nThe Met said on X, formerly Twitter: \"The man was arrested after shouting racial abuse at those gathered in Whitehall and making similar racist comments to an officer who spoke with him.\n\n\"The man was in possession of a UK flag.\n\n\"This was in no way the reason for his arrest and forms no part of the charges against him.\"\n\nThe force did not offer further information about what the alleged comments were.\n\nPolice are investigating potential public order offence involving the two women\n\nMeanwhile, detectives investigating a public order offence in a separate incident are appealing for help identifying two women who were at the demonstration.\n\nOne of them was wearing a red top with a white neckline, a light blue face mask, and was carrying a purple bag.\n\nThe other woman was wearing a dark coat.\n\nBoth appeared to have had an image of a paraglider stuck to their backs.\n\nA number of Hamas militants used paragliders to enter Israel during their attack on 7 October.\n\nScotland Yard said on Saturday that 15 people had been arrested for alleged offences at the protest, including assaults on emergency workers and setting off fireworks in a public place.\n\nListen to the best of BBC Radio London on Sounds and follow BBC London on Facebook, X and Instagram. Send your story ideas to hello.bbclondon@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Labour has criticised the government's \"Network North\" alternative to HS2 as a \"back of the fag packet plan\".\n\nThe prime minister scrapped the northern leg of the high speed rail line earlier this month, promising to invest the money saved in other transport projects across the country.\n\nBut Labour said the new plan included projects which had already been announced or do not exist.\n\nShadow transport secretary Louise Haigh said it was an \"insult\" to the North.\n\nRishi Sunak confirmed HS2 would not continue from Birmingham to Manchester in his speech at the Conservative Party conference, after the cost of the project soared.\n\nThe first estimate for the line was about £33bn in 2010, but this later soared and the most recent official estimate was £71bn in 2019. The cost would have risen further since then, due to inflation.\n\nInstead, the prime minister said the £36bn saved would all be reinvested in smaller transport projects, including improving connections between towns and cities in northern England, electrifying train lines in north Wales and upgrading the A1, the A5 and the M6 roads.\n\nMPs had their first opportunity to question the transport secretary on the decision in the Commons on Monday.\n\nMs Haigh said the prime minister \"should take responsibility for the sheer chaos, incompetence and desperation\" surrounding the announcement.\n\n\"Only he would insult the north with the back of the fag packet plan he's announced in its place,\" she told MPs.\n\nShe said the decision would have \"profound consequences\", with businesses losing out and jobs being lost because of the cancellation of the northern leg of HS2.\n\nMs Haigh added that the Network North plan announced instead was made up of \"projects that have already been built, projects that have already been announced and projects that do not exist\".\n\nShe said examples included extending the Manchester Metrolink line to Manchester Airport, a project which opened in 2014, and an upgrade to the A259 to Southampton, a route which does not exist.\n\nOn the tram announcement, Transport for Greater Manchester said an extension to the line outside Terminal 2 was being looked at and on the A259, the government has since confirmed the improvements are actually towards Littlehampton, which is in a different direction.\n\nLast week, Mr Sunak said a list of transport projects the government said would get funding as part of the plan was only \"illustrative\" and ultimately local leaders would be in charge of how the money was spent.\n\nBut Ms Haigh said this was \"illustrative of the sheer incompetence of this government\" and \"the contempt with which they treat the North\".\n\nTransport Secretary Mark Harper told the Commons Network North \"creates more winners in more places\" than HS2 and \"prioritises people's every day journeys\".\n\nHe said the benefits of the high speed line were \"dwindling\" after the decline in business travel post-pandemic and \"risked crowding out investment in other transport areas\".\n\nMr Harper added that regional mayors would be working with the government on the detail of transport plans for their areas.\n\nThe high speed rail project was intended to link London, the Midlands and the north of England. Now only the line from London to Birmingham, where work has already started, will be built in full.\n\nIn the Commons, several Conservative MPs praised the move to ditch the Birmingham to Manchester leg and welcomed investment for other transport schemes in their areas.\n\nGreg Smith, who represents Buckingham and whose constituency the line will pass through, called for HS2 to be scrapped entirely, saying the leg between London and Birmingham was already bringing \"daily misery to my constituents\".\n\nHowever, Conservative former Business Secretary Greg Clark expressed \"dismay\" and \"shame\" that the UK is unable to \"connect our great cities when other major countries around the world are able to do so\".\n\nLabour has said it cannot commit to building HS2's northern leg if it wins power, with leader Sir Keir Starmer saying the government has \"taken a wrecking ball\" to the project and was \"already talking about releasing the land that would have been needed\" to take the line to Manchester.", "German Chancellor Olaf Scholz may turn down his invitation to a major UK summit on artificial intelligence, the BBC understands.\n\nThe government is hosting an event aimed at tech leaders, academics and political leaders to discuss AI safety on 1 November.\n\nThe agenda will focus on specific future threats posed by the rapidly evolving tech, such as cyber security.\n\nBritain has mooted setting up a global AI watchdog to monitor developments.\n\nWhile no guest list has been published of an expected 100 participants, some within the sector say it's unclear if the event will attract top leaders.\n\nA government source insisted the summit is garnering \"a lot of attention\" at home and overseas.\n\nThe two-day meeting is due to bring together leading politicians as well as independent experts and senior execs from the tech giants, who are mainly US based.\n\nThe first day will bring together tech companies and academics for a discussion chaired by the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, Michelle Donelan.\n\nThe second day is set to see a \"small group\" of people, including international government figures, in meetings run by PM Rishi Sunak.\n\nIt will be held in Bletchley Park, the Buckinghamshire country house which was once the top-secret headquarters of World War Two codebreakers.\n\nThough no final decision has been made, it is now seen as unlikely that the German Chancellor will attend.\n\nThat could spark concerns of a \"domino effect\" with other world leaders, such as the French President Emmanuel Macron, also unconfirmed.\n\nGovernment sources say there are heads of state who have signalled a clear intention to turn up, and the BBC understands that high-level representatives from many US-based tech giants are going.\n\nThe foreign secretary confirmed in September that a Chinese representative has been invited, despite controversy.\n\nSome MPs within the UK's ruling Conservative Party believe China should be cut out of the conference after a series of security rows.\n\nIt is not known whether there has been a response to the invitation.\n\nChina is home to a huge AI sector and has already created its own set of rules to govern responsible use of the tech within the country.\n\nThe US, a major player in the sector and the world's largest economy, will be represented by Vice-President Kamala Harris.\n\nIn what was seen as a political win for Downing Street, the UK-hosted AI summit was announced during an overseas trip by PM Rishi Sunak to the US in June.\n\nBritain is hoping to position itself as a key broker as the world wrestles with the potential pitfalls and risks of AI.\n\nHowever, Berlin is thought to want to avoid any messy overlap with G7 efforts, after the group of leading democratic countries agreed to create an international code of conduct.\n\nGermany is also the biggest economy in the EU - which is itself aiming to finalise its own landmark AI Act by the end of this year.\n\nIt includes grading AI tools depending on how significant they are, so for example an email filter would be less tightly regulated than a medical diagnosis system.\n\nThe European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen is expected at next month's summit, while it is possible Berlin could send a senior government figure such as its vice chancellor, Robert Habeck.\n\nThe UK is currently planning to fold AI regulation into existing bodies: so for example, if a person feels discriminated against by an AI tool, they would contact the Equalities Commission.\n\nBut many experts in the space are calling for an international, UN-style regulator to oversee AI on a global level.\n\nA source from the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology said: \"This is the first time an international summit has focused on frontier AI risks and it is garnering a lot of attention at home and overseas.\n\n\"It is usual not to confirm senior attendance at major international events until nearer the time, for security reasons.\"", "Australia finally secured their first win of the World Cup, but only after surviving some nervy moments against Sri Lanka.\n\nThe five-time champions, who lost to India and South Africa in their opening two matches, were in another difficult situation when Sri Lanka reached 125-0.\n\nBut Sri Lanka fell apart, losing all 10 wickets for 84 runs to be bundled out for 209.\n\nEven when faced with a modest target, Australia were 24-2, and had to be guided from trouble by maiden World Cup half-centuries from Mitchell Marsh and Josh Inglis, who made 52 and 58 respectively.\n\nPyrotechnics were added by Glenn Maxwell's 31 not out from 21 balls, and Marcus Stoinis' unbeaten 20 from just 10, sealing Australia's victory with five wickets and almost 15 overs in hand.\n\nThe fluctuations of the contest were matched by drama off the field in Lucknow, where high winds dislodged signs from the roof.\n\nFalling debris dropped on to the pitch and seats, forcing spectators to the sheltered area at the back of the stands. The International Cricket Council said no one was hurt and the sparse crowd was able to move back closer to the field when the wind calmed.\n\nAustralia are now only two points off the top four places in the group table and next meet Pakistan in Bangalore on Friday. That match, along with contests against New Zealand and England, will go a long way to deciding their progress.\n\nSri Lanka, so far the only team in the competition to have suffered three defeats, play the Netherlands in Lucknow on Saturday, knowing that another loss would probably send them out.\n• None Reaction as Australia beat Sri Lanka for first win\n\nAustralia's only World Cup defeat by Sri Lanka came in the famous 1996 final and there were periods in this game when a repeat was possible.\n\nFollowing disappointing performances in their opening two matches, Australia were off the pace after losing the toss in Lucknow.\n\nKusal Perera and Pathum Nissanka added 125 for the first Sri Lanka wicket, taking advantage of some tame bowling and errors in the field.\n\nNissanka survived half-chances to wicketkeeper Inglis and the flying Marnus Labuschagne at mid-wicket. Perera could have been lbw to Maxwell's off-spin but Australia did not review, perhaps reluctant after Mitchell Starc burned an awful review on Nissanka from the first ball of the match.\n\nIt took an excellent catch from David Warner on the leg-side boundary to remove Nissanka and get Australia firing. It was the first of two smart catches by Warner, who even helped the groundstaff with the covers when it rained.\n\nSri Lanka's collapse was inexplicable. Nine wickets for 52 and six for 31. Leg-spinner Adam Zampa improved as the day went on to claim four wickets, captain Pat Cummins two and a direct-hit run-out.\n\nThe wind brought a dust storm at the end of the Sri Lanka innings, and the start of the Australia chase was hit by left-armer Dilshan Madushanka, who had a livid Warner and scoreless Steve Smith lbw in the same over. For Smith, it was a first duck in a World Cup match.\n\nBut Marsh, possibly playing for his place as Travis Head returns to fitness after a broken hand, was superb in powering the ball through the off side. He was cruising before coming back for a needless second and was run out by Dimuth Karunaratne's accurate throw from the deep.\n\nWith 129 still needed, Inglis' uncertain start did little to calm Australian jitters, but the gloveman born in Leeds grew into a stand of 77 with Labuschagne.\n\nLabuschagne was on 40 when he miscued to mid-wicket to give Madushanka his third wicket. By then, though, the jeopardy had gone from the situation and Maxwell arrived to crash four fours and two sixes, while Stoinis ended it with a maximum.\n\n'I hope this can kick us forward' - what they said\n\nAustralia captain Pat Cummins: \"We didn't say much before the game, but after two losses we wanted to get back to where we know we can be with our high standards.\n\n\"Their openers started really well and we were staring down the barrel of a big score. But we stuck together, all our bowlers did their job and to finish it off for 209 was a great effort.\n\n\"The outside noise doesn't bother us too much. We know what we can do as a squad.\n\n\"I hope that this result can kick us forward. All three aspects of the game came together today and we need to keep that up.\"\n\nSri Lanka captain Kusal Mendis: \"Congratulations to our opening partnership. But, after that our top and middle-order were struggling, that's why I think we ended up getting the lower score - 290 or 300 would be defendable.\n\n\"Last two games we batted really well. Today was a little bit of a struggle. We have six more matches where we can do better. I have confidence in our batting unit. Madushanka bowled really well too.\"\n\nPlayer of the Match, Australia's Adam Zampa: \"I didn't feel great. I have had trouble with back spasms over the past couple of days so it was just about trying to get through that one.\n\n\"I've had days where I've felt better and bowled better. Personally I know I'm not at my best, but it's nice to be on this end of the result.\"\n\nFormer Australia captain Aaron Finch on the Test Match Special podcast: \"This is a huge win. Australia's tournament starts now.\n\n\"Pat Cummins led from the front with the ball and in the field. It was a sharper performance after those first 20 overs.\n\n\"Mitch Marsh reassured the rest of the changing room that Australia are here to attack. Inglis needed this for his confidence.\"", "Last updated on .From the section Football\n\nBelgium's Euro 2024 qualifier against Sweden was abandoned at half-time for security reasons after two Swedish people were shot dead in Brussels.\n\nThe killings happened in the city hours before the game and are being treated as terrorism.\n\nThe decision to abandon the game was confirmed at about 21:30 BST.\n\nWith the gunman still at large, fans and players were ordered to stay in the King Baudouin Stadium for their safety.\n\nAn evacuation of the stadium began at about 22:45.\n\nThe Sweden team were given a police escort to the airport, while Sweden fans were accompanied by the police into the city.\n\nOn Tuesday police in Brussels shot the attacker dead.\n\nSweden manager Janne Andersson said he and the players only found out about Monday's shooting at half-time.\n\n\"When I came down for the break, I got this information. Immediately, I felt that it was completely unreal. What kind of world do we live in today?\" he said.\n\n\"I came into the locker room and when the team started talking, we agreed 100% that we didn't want to play on out of respect for the victims and their families.\"\n\nIt is not yet known whether the victims were in Brussels to watch the match.\n\nA Swedish FA social media post said: \"Our thoughts go out to all the relatives of those affected in Brussels.\"\n\nThe Belgium team's account posted a statement that read: \"Our thoughts are with all those affected.\"\n\nA video posted on social media showed an Arabic-speaking man claiming he carried out the attack in the name of God.\n\nFollowing the shooting on Boulevard d'Ypres, which happened at about 18:00 BST (19:00 local time), police and emergency services cordoned off nearby roads.\n\nBelgian Prime Minister Alexander de Croo \"offered my sincere condolences to the Swedish PM following tonight's harrowing attack on Swedish citizens in Brussels\".\n\nHe added: \"Our thoughts are with the families and friends who lost their loved ones. As close partners the fight against terrorism is a joint one.\"\n\nThe game was 1-1 when it was abandoned.\n\nSweden captain Victor Lindelof said: \"Belgium are already qualified and we don't have the opportunity to get to the European Championship, so I see no reason to [replay the game].\"", "Lawyers for Sir Patrick Vallance have told the Covid inquiry that full pages from his diaries should not to be shown on screen during public hearings.\n\nThe government's former chief scientific adviser kept evening notes in the pandemic as part of a \"brain dump\" to protect his mental health.\n\nHis lawyer argued only text referred to in hearings should be released.\n\nEight media organisations, including the BBC, want the entries shown in context as part of a full diary page.\n\nTheir joint submission, which is backed by groups representing bereaved families, must now be considered by the inquiry's chairwoman, Baroness Hallett.\n\nSir Patrick's informal diaries - or evening notes - have already been referenced a number of times in this second phase of the inquiry, which focuses on political decision-making from January 2020 until February 2022.\n\nIn one entry, he wrote of \"chaos as usual\" in Downing Street after a meeting on social distancing; in another he described then-prime minister, Boris Johnson, as \"... all over the place and so completely inconsistent\".\n\nIn legal submissions on Monday afternoon, Matthew Hill, who is representing the Government Office for Science along with current and former chief scientific advisers, described the notes as a \"brain dump\" which was written at the end of a stressful day to protect Sir Patrick's mental health.\n\n\"He [Sir Patrick] describes them as a form of release which helped him focus on the challenges of the next day rather than dwelling on the events of the past,\" the barrister said.\n\n\"It was a way of creating space... in what could have been an overwhelming situation.\"\n\nThe diaries were never intended for publication. They were voluntarily provided to the inquiry in full and have already been redacted to remove personal or irrelevant information.\n\nIn hearings to date, specific extracts have been read out by lawyers but not displayed on screen like other documentary evidence.\n\nEight media organisations have made a submission arguing that the notes, which were handwritten by Sir Patrick, should be displayed in context as part of the page of the diary in which they were originally written.\n\nSir Patrick's legal team say that would be in breach of his human rights and only the words directly relevant to questioning should be displayed in public.\n\nProf Mark Woolhouse, from University of Edinburgh, being sworn in at the Covid Inquiry\n\nEarlier on Monday, Mark Woolhouse, professor of infectious disease epidemiology at the University of Edinburgh, told the inquiry that he had become \"very, very concerned\" about the spread of coronavirus as early as January 2020.\n\n\"The worst case scenarios were very, very frightening,\" he said.\n\nThe inquiry was shown a series of emails between Prof Woolhouse and Sir Jeremy Farrar, then director of the Wellcome Trust and now chief scientist at the World Health Organization (WHO).\n\nIn one, dated 21 January 2020, Sir Jeremy agreed that the new virus had probably already spread around the world: \"So many asymptomatic, very mild infectious individuals who can transmit - sort of worst hybrid of flu+Sars!\"\n\nIn his evidence, Prof Woolhouse told the inquiry that the idea coronavirus could be transmitted by people who did not have obvious symptoms was \"absolutely crucial\" as it made it much harder to contain and control.\n\nThe epidemiologist, who also sat on the influential SPI-M-O subgroup of government advisers which modelled the spread of the pandemic, said he supported the first full lockdown when it was announced on 23 March 2020.\n\nWith hindsight though, he said he has questioned whether it was necessary to impose legal restrictions, given that public behaviour was already starting to change, according to mobile phone data released months later by the technology giant Google.\n\n\"All the way through the pandemic, it was clear that the public were anticipating what government would do and making decisions for themselves,\" he said.\n\nHe also suggested government advisers were too quick to dismiss policies which, he argued, would have better protected the elderly and vulnerable by \"cocooning\" carers and other family members with whom they might have contact.\n\nThis second stage of the Covid Inquiry is examining political decision-making during the pandemic, including the timing and effectiveness of lockdowns and other social-distancing restrictions.\n\nIt is taking witness evidence in London until Christmas, before moving to Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland to look specifically at the decisions made by administrations in those parts of the United Kingdom.", "Stephen Camley, 44, said he was \"trying to do the right thing\" by getting sterilised\n\nStephen Camley, 44, has been on a hospital waiting list for a vasectomy since 2019.\n\nFed up waiting, he contacted his local health trust, who told him the system was at a \"standstill\" and referred him to the community GP service.\n\nBut several weeks ago, he was told that GPs are stopping carrying out vasectomies amid funding cuts - and one of his options was to go private.\n\nGPs are trained to perform vasectomies, to help tackle hospital waiting lists.\n\nThey are angry they cannot provide this service, according to the chair of the Northern Ireland GP Committee, Dr Alan Stout.\n\nSpeaking to BBC News NI, Stephen said: \"We want to deal with contraception as a couple and I want to have a vasectomy to take that pressure off my wife.\"\n\nDr Alan Stout said Northern Ireland now has a system \"designed to create waiting lists and we recurrently fail to change this\".\n\nHe told BBC News NI that GPs got trained up and supported transformation, but are now part of a system that is going backwards again.\n\nSince 2019, 5,648 vasectomies - or male sterilisation - have been completed by GPs in the community.\n\nA further 3,500 were booked but have now been cancelled, with most reverting to a hospital waiting list.\n\nAccording to Dr Stout, with so much pressure on the health service, procedures are being prioritised - which most likely means that most vasectomies will \"never get done\".\n\nDr Fionna McDonald says the loss of the GP vasectomy service will put more pressure on women\n\nDr Fionna McDonald described the loss of the GP vasectomy service as a devastating blow to families and family planning in Northern Ireland.\n\n\"Men who were wanting to take the lead with contraception, and unburden their partners by putting themselves forward for vasectomies, will now be transferred to languish on secondary care urology waiting lists,\" she said.\n\n\"Given the immense pressure on secondary care waiting lists - particularly urology, where waiting times are historically some of the longest in NI - the reality is they will wait many years to be seen, if ever.\"\n\nDr McDonald said this is compounded further by a \"patchy IUD [intrauterine device, also known as a coil] provision and huge waiting lists for female sterilisation\".\n\nEarlier this year, GPs learned that funding had been halved for services treating acne, psoriasis and adult and child eczema, as well as for gynae support services, HRT advice, contraception, and MSK (musculoskeletal) support.\n\nThis means that surgeries will only be able to see 50% of those on waiting lists.\n\nDr McDonald said that the onus is now entirely on women to take responsibility for contraception which, she said, will add to health inequalities and complicate matters for women where hormonal contraception is not an option.\n\n\"Unfortunately for women, their access to a full range of contraceptive options has been drastically reduced as funding for GPES (GPs with extended skills) gynaecology services has now been cut by 50%.\n\n\"So, we have a group of highly trained and dedicated GPs with extended skills in providing contraceptive care, who are hugely motivated and passionately want to provide this service.\n\n\"But currently, the most each GPES gynae can offer is one clinic per month, so waiting times for this excellent service have doubled overnight.\"\n\nDr Alan Stout has previously said the health service in Northern Ireland is in crisis management mode\n\nDr Alan Stout also pointed to the withdrawal of such community services as putting further strain on families, by risking unwanted pregnancies at a time when many people are struggling to make ends meet. Dr McDonald agreed.\n\n\"It seems very short-sighted to make these money-saving cuts in essential contraceptive services, which will have a much bigger impact on family and society over the next few years when the financial, social and psychological impact will really be felt,\" she said.\n\nThe Department of Health told BBC News NI the primary care vasectomy service has been suspended temporarily.\n\n\"While the primary care vasectomy service has had to be temporarily suspended, no decision has been made to cease this service,\" a spokesperson said.\n\n\"The Department of Health remains committed to the delivery of elective care services in primary care, in line with the strategic direction of the elective care framework.\"\n\nThe department added that £2.1m will be used to support the continued roll-out of primary elective care across five areas, including gynaecology, minor surgery, musculoskeletal and non-scalpel vasectomy, until March 2024.\n\n\"The department continues to work with GPs to enable continuation of all pathways within the available funding,\" a spokesperson added.", "A Ukrainian boy, pictured with his grandmother and Russia's children's rights commissioner Maria Lvova-Belova, is one of the four children\n\nRussia has agreed to return four Ukrainian children to their families, as part of a deal brokered by Qatar.\n\nThe youngest is two years old and the oldest is 17.\n\nThe repatriation is part of a pilot scheme to return more of the thousands of children taken by Russia following its full-scale invasion of Ukraine last year.\n\nUkraine says it has identified 20,000 children who it alleges were abducted by Russia.\n\nHowever the number of those deported is thought to be much higher.\n\nThe International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant for Russia's President Vladimir Putin in March, accusing him and his commissioner for children's rights Maria Lvova-Belova of the unlawful deportation of Ukrainian children.\n\nRussia insisted that its motives were purely humanitarian, claiming it evacuated hundreds of thousands of Ukrainian children to protect them from danger, with top officials scorning the indictment at the time.\n\nThe return of the four children will test a scheme worked on by Qatar after it headed talks with Moscow and Kyiv, a diplomat who asked to remain anonymous due to the scheme's sensitivity told news agencies.\n\nIt is hoped that further repatriations would follow if the first was successful, they added.\n\nHowever, getting the children out of Russia has not been straightforward. In at least one case a child had to travel home via Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland.\n\nOne of the four children to be returned, a seven-year-old, was reunited with his grandmother on Friday and arrived in Ukraine on Monday.\n\nThe other three children, also reunited with their families, are expected to arrive in Ukraine later on Monday or Tuesday.\n\nThey are among thousands of Ukrainian children who Kyiv says were forcibly separated from their families, taken across the border into Russia and faced an active effort to strip them of their Ukrainian identity.\n\nThe BBC has previously found that Ukrainian children in Russia were frequently told there was nothing in their country to return to and were subjected, to varying degrees, to a \"patriotic\" Russian education.\n\nIn some cases Ukrainian families have been forced to make gruelling journeys into Russia to get their children back.\n\nIt is thought that so far only around 400 Ukrainian children have returned before Qatar mediated the four's return.\n\n\"They want to separate children from their biological families, Russify these children, hide these children and transfer them to another ethnic group,\" Daria Gerasymchuk, an adviser to the Ukrainian president for children's rights and rehabilitation previously told the BBC.\n\nHowever, work to reunite children with their families would continue, Ms Lvova-Belova said in a post on her Telegram channel, quoting President Putin as saying: \"We have never been against children being reunited with their families.\"\n\nRussia would also help pay transportation and accommodation costs, and where necessary carry out DNA analysis, she added.\n\nQatari minister Lolwah Al Khater confirmed the mediation in a statement, calling the repatriations \"only a first step\".\n\n\"We are encouraged by the commitment and openness shown by both sides throughout the process, which we sincerely hope will lead to more initiatives aimed at de-escalating tensions and building trust between the two parties,\" she added.", "Flowers have been left on Wharton Terrace next to a police cordon\n\nA man has been charged with murder after a 70-year-old died in Hartlepool, counter-terrorism police said.\n\nTerrence Carney was found seriously injured on Tees Street on Sunday morning and died at the scene.\n\nAnother man was found with non-life threatening injuries at a property half a mile away.\n\nAhmed Alid, from Wharton Terrace, has been charged with murder and attempted murder.\n\nThe 44-year-old is due to appear at Westminster Magistrates' Court in London on Tuesday.\n\nHe was charged on Monday evening following an investigation by Counter Terrorism Policing North East and Cleveland Police.\n\nPolice were called to a property in Wharton Terrace at around 05:17 BST on Sunday, and found the man with non-life threatening injuries. He remains in hospital.\n\nShortly after, officers found Mr Carney half a mile away in Tees Street, where he died despite efforts from the emergency services.\n\nDet Ch Supt James Dunkerley, head of Counter Terrorism Policing North East, said the force was \"satisfied that this was an isolated incident and are not seeking anyone else in connection with this matter.\n\n\"We are grateful for the support and understanding of the local community during this investigation, which has caused understandable concern among local people.\"\n\nDeputy Chief Constable Victoria Fuller, from Cleveland Police, added: \"I am extremely proud of the bravery of the attending officers, that enabled the incident to be dealt with swiftly.\n\n\"We would also like to add our thanks to the local community for their support during this investigation.\n\n\"Our thoughts remain with the family of Mr Carney, and the second man involved in Sunday's incident.\"", "Bianca Williams and Ricardo dos Santos accuse the officers of racially profiling them\n\nAn athlete who was stopped and searched believes he is stereotyped by police as a \"black man in a nice car so he must be engaged in criminality\", a misconduct hearing was told.\n\nRicardo dos Santos, 28, and his partner, British sprinter Bianca Williams, 29, were pulled over outside their west London home in July 2020.\n\nNothing untoward was found in their car.\n\nThe couple were stopped outside their home in Maida Vale on 4 July 2020, and had their three-month-old baby with them in their car.\n\nThey believe they were racially profiled by the officers.\n\nKaron Monaghan KC, for the Independent Office for Police Conduct, told the hearing in closing submissions that Mr dos Santos had been \"repeatedly\" stopped and searched by police.\n\nHe had been stopped nine times within four weeks of buying a car in 2018, the panel was told.\n\nMs Monaghan said: \"He believes he is stereotyped as a black man in a nice car so he must be engaged in criminality of some sort.\"\n\nShe added: \"He believes that the officers are racist. He told them that and he continues to believe that to be the case.\"\n\nThe panel has been shown footage of the incident in which Mr dos Santos swears at the officers involved.\n\nMs Monaghan said: \"His abusive response to the police is explicable by his experiences - some of which he described as traumatic.\n\n\"In my submission that is understandable.\"\n\nShe told the panel that the officers' descriptions of Mr dos Santos' driving as \"appalling\", \"horrendous\" and \"suspicious\" - which were given as reasons for stopping him - were all labels that \"do not reflect the reality\".\n\nMs Monaghan said the \"exaggerated\" descriptions of Mr dos Santos' driving were made to \"justify what happened next\" when officers detained and searched him.\n\nShe told the panel that the use of force was \"excessive from the outset\" and that the sprinter's \"swearing and abuse\" did not begin before he was \"grabbed and subjected to physical restraint\".\n\nOf the use of force against Ms Williams, which included exiting her from the car and handcuffing her, Ms Monaghan said Acting Sgt Simpson \"acted unreasonably\" in using \"immediate force\" on the athlete.\n\nShe also said the officers, who claimed they smelled cannabis, \"clearly lied\".\n\nActing Sgt Rachel Simpson, PC Allan Casey, PC Clapham, PC Michael Bond and PC Sam Franks deny all charges, including allegations they breached police standards over equality and diversity during the stop and search.\n\nListen to the best of BBC Radio London on Sounds and follow BBC London on Facebook, X and Instagram. Send your story ideas to hello.bbclondon@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The suspect says the wheelchair the drugs were found in was given to him by a friend to borrow\n\nOfficials at Hong Kong International Airport have uncovered 11kg of suspected cocaine hidden in the cushions of an electric wheelchair.\n\nThe haul, worth an estimated $1.5m (£1.26m), was found when a 51-year-old man was going through customs clearance on Saturday.\n\nThe man, who arrived from the Caribbean country of Sint Maarten via Paris on Saturday, has been arrested.\n\nHe could face life in prison if found guilty of trafficking a dangerous drug.\n\nAccording to customs officials, the suspect brought the wheelchair into the country as one of two pieces of checked baggage.\n\nFurther examination was ordered when staff became suspicious and they found evidence that its seat cushion and backrest had been re-stitched.\n\nThe man, who is not from Hong Kong and has mobility issues, reportedly told officials that he was the director of a car rental company and that the wheelchair had been loaned to him by a friend.\n\nAn investigation into the incident has been launched.\n\nCustoms officials said in response to the discovery that they would increase checks on visitors from \"high-risk regions\" to combat transnational drug trafficking activities.\n\nAccording to their latest statistics, the number of cases detected in customs checks involving dangerous drugs in 2022 was 931, up from 906 the previous year. Some 178 people were arrested over related offences last year.\n\nIt is not the first time that drugs have been found hidden in a wheelchair at an airport. In November, officials in New York seized $450,000-worth of cocaine found in the wheels of a woman's wheelchair.\n\nIn September 2022, nearly $1.6m-worth of cocaine was found stuffed into the upholstery of a motorised wheelchair in the Italian city of Milan.", "Thousands of people in Gaza have gathered at the Rafah border crossing with Egypt, as diplomatic efforts continue to open it before Israel starts its expected ground operation.\n\nBut the United Nations said there had been no progress in negotiations on reopening of the crossing.\n\nAll routes out of Gaza are closed, as Israel continues its air strikes in response to Hamas' attack of 7 October.\n\nUS Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Israel on Monday for the second time in less than a week.\n\nAfter his tour of six Arab states in the region, he returned to the country in an attempt to push for the reopening of the crossing to let in humanitarian aid and evacuate foreign passport holders.\n\nBoth Mr Blinken and UK Foreign Secretary James Cleverly said they were working with Israel, Egypt and \"other leading political voices in the region\" to re-open the crossing.\n\nThe Israeli military ordered a blockade of Gaza and cut off the supply of water, food and fuel last week before launching a wave of air strikes in retaliation to Hamas' deadly attack on Israel during which militants raided communities, kidnapped civilians and soldiers and killed more than 1,400 people.\n\nOn Monday morning, thousands of civilians rushed to the Rafah crossing following reports that it would be temporarily re-opened during a brief ceasefire on Monday.\n\nBoth Israel and Hamas swiftly denied that any such agreement had been made.\n\nLater, a BBC correspondent in southern Gaza confirmed an air strike had hit the area around the crossing, damaging a building on the Palestinian side of the crossing as well as the road.\n\nVideo analysed by BBC Verify appeared to show a strike on the crossing on Monday.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: Explosion at Rafah crossing between Gaza and Egypt\n\nIsrael has hit the area around the Rafah crossing point at least three times since it began its air campaign on Gaza.\n\nThe crossing represents the only potential exit point from Gaza while the Israeli siege of other entry points to the Hamas-controlled territory continues.\n\nDozens of lorries carrying fuel and aid supplies remain on the Egyptian side of the Rafah crossing, waiting for permission to enter, as the humanitarian situation in Gaza deteriorates.\n\nIsrael says the siege will not end until Hamas releases the hostages it seized from Israel on 7 October. The Israelis believe 199 people are being held in Gaza, up from an earlier estimate of 155.\n\nAround 2,750 people have died in Gaza since the Hamas assault and more than one million people have been displaced.\n\n\"There is an urgent need to alleviate the suffering of Palestinian civilians in Gaza,\" Egypt's Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry said on Monday morning, adding that talks with Israel had been fruitless.\n\nCairo has been focusing on getting humanitarian aid for civilians into Gaza. Mr Shoukry said Egypt could allow medical evacuations and let in some Gazans with permission to travel.\n\nA number of countries, including the US and the UK, have recommended that its citizens head towards the Rafah crossing, ready for its possible reopening.\n\nAlthough Egypt appears to be prepared to re-open the Rafah crossing to allow foreign passport holders out and humanitarian aid in, it fears a massive influx of Palestinian refugees fleeing the war.\n\nEgypt and other Arab states say a this would be unacceptable because it would amount to the expulsion of Palestinians from their land.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: I have the thought of me dying in a bomb in Gaza - British-Palestinian girl\n\nAre you in the area? If it is safe to do so, please share your experiences. Share your experiences by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "Jada Pinkett Smith has said she and Will Smith are \"working very hard\" on their marriage after revealing last week that they separated in 2016.\n\nThey have been living separately, she said, despite regularly appearing together.\n\nPinkett Smith told NBC they were really concentrating on \"healing the relationship\".\n\nThe couple made headlines last year when Will Smith stormed the stage at the Oscars and slapped host Chris Rock.\n\nHe yelled \"keep my wife's name out of your [expletive] mouth\".\n\nPinkett Smith's revelation around the Hollywood actors' relationship made headlines across the world.\n\nSpeaking to NBC's Today Show, she said: \"We are in a place now that we are in a deep healing space.\n\n\"And we are really concentrating on healing the relationship between us...\n\n\"We are working very hard at bringing our relationship together back to a life partnership.\"\n\nShe explained: \"He can't be this perfect idealised husband. I have to be able to accept him for the human he is.\n\n\"He has to accept me for the human I am. And we want to love each other there.\"\n\nWhen asked if the couple might live in the same house again, she agreed they might.\n\nOn Wednesday, as part of a book launch, she said she had considered a legal divorce but could not go through with it because she was determined to work through it.\n\nShe put the relationship breakdown to \"a lot of things\" and by 2016 they were \"exhausted with trying\".\n\nPreviously there had been speculation about the couple's marriage in 2020 after the pair discussed on her Facebook show Red Table Talk that Pinkett Smith had been in an \"entanglement\" with artist August Alsina.\n\nThe actors met in 1994 when she auditioned for The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, and later married in 1997.\n\nThe pair have two children together - Jaden Smith and Willow Smith - along with Trey Smith, Smith's son from his first marriage.", "Rick and Morty returned for a seventh season on Sunday night\n\nThe new series of Rick and Morty has dropped, ending fans' speculation over who was going to be voicing the main characters in the show.\n\nUp until now, mad scientist Rick and his grandson Morty were voiced by the same actor. But he's been replaced, giving both characters a new sound.\n\nThe release of the series trailer last month had left fans wondering whose voices they were hearing.\n\nNow they know it's Ian Cardoni as Rick and Harry Belden as Morty.\n\nCardoni voices promos for wrestling giant WWE and Apple TV, while Belden has previously had roles in Joe Pera Talks With You and medical drama Chicago Med.\n\nAnd the season premiere on Sunday night saw Rick and Morty enlist the help of X-Men Wolverine actor Hugh Jackman, a guest appearance as himself, to remove unwanted house guest Poopy.\n\nRick and Morty were previously voiced by co-creator Justin Roiland. He was let go after he was accused of domestic violence - the charges were later dropped.\n\nThe show's creators said they wanted to make the change in cast seamless to create as little disruption as possible to the fan's experience of the show.\n\nScott Marder, who led the search for the new voices, told the Hollywood Reporter: \"The goal was always to try to preserve the viewing experience and give them [viewers] the same show they've had every other season.\"\n\nFan reaction on social media to the new voices have been mixed.\n\n\"The new voices of Rick and Morty sound pretty convincing. Looking forward to the rest of Season 7,\" one fan tweeted.\n\nAnother described their new voices as \"weird\".", "Daniel Noboa, standing next to his wife, said he would bring back smiles to Ecuadoreans' faces\n\nBusinessman Daniel Noboa, 35, is the youngest person to be elected president of Ecuador, after winning Sunday's run-off.\n\nWith more than 97% of votes counted, Mr Noboa, a centrist, had a lead of four percentage points over his left-wing rival, Luisa González.\n\nMs González conceded the election and congratulated Mr Noboa on his win.\n\nIn his victory speech, Mr Noboa said that he would \"give back a smile and peace to the country\".\n\nThe election campaign was overshadowed by unprecedented levels of violence, which saw one of the candidates, Fernando Villavicencio, assassinated just days before the first round of voting in August.\n\nThe murder rate in Ecuador quadrupled between 2018 and 2022 and opinion polls suggested that security was voters' main concern going into the election.\n\nFlanked by heavily armed soldiers, Mr Noboa took to the stage and said that \"tomorrow we will start working for a new Ecuador, to reconstruct a country battered by violence, by corruption and hate\".\n\nAnalysts point out that Mr Noboa, who has little political experience, will face an uphill struggle to tackle Ecuador's security problem and its poorly performing economy during his limited time in office.\n\nWhile presidential terms in Ecuador are normally four years long, this was an early election triggered by the dissolution of parliament by outgoing President Guillermo Lasso.\n\nMr Noboa will serve out the term begun by Mr Lasso, which will end in May 2025. He can then stand for a second term.\n\nSupporters of the young businessman took to the streets to celebrate his win.\n\nCardboard cut-outs of Mr Noboa became popular during the presidential campaign\n\n\"We need new blood and not the old politics that have done us so much harm,\" a 23-year-old student told Reuters news agency. \"Our president should waste no time and work very hard to put the brakes on insecurity.\"\n\nDuring his campaign, Mr Noboa said that he would combat the country's powerful gangs - many of which operate from inside jail - by placing the most hardened criminals on prison ships off Ecuador's coast.\n\nHe has also said that he will boost security at Ecuador's borders and ports to disrupt key drug-trafficking routes.\n\nIn order to lift the economy from its post-pandemic slump, he has promised to increase employment opportunities for young Ecuadoreans, in particular by creating incentives for national and foreign companies.\n\nA graduate of the Harvard Kennedy School, Daniel Noboa seems to have appealed to young voters fed up with a lack of prospects.\n\nWhile he presented himself as an alternative to more established politicians, his critics point out that he comes from one of the most powerful families in Ecuador.\n\nThe young Noboa is the son and heir of banana magnate Álvaro Noboa, who tried - but failed - to be elected president five times.\n\nHis win is seen by many in Ecuador as a rebuke by voters to the Citizen Revolution Movement and its leader Rafael Correa.\n\nMr Correa, who governed Ecuador from 2007 to 2017 and has since been convicted over campaign irregularities, is living in exile in Belgium but continues to exert considerable influence on Ecuadorean politics.\n\nLuisa González was Mr Correa's handpicked candidate and had promised to reinstate many of the social programmes her mentor had introduced during his time in office.\n\nAnd while the 45-year-old lawyer had sailed to victory in the first round, she failed to gain enough new voters ahead of round two.\n\nSome polls suggested that young voters in particular were tired of the divisive rhetoric used by Mr Correa and his party.\n\nFollowing her defeat, however, Ms González struck a conciliatory note: \"To those who didn't vote for us, I congratulate you because your candidate won, and as Ecuadoreans, I embrace them.\"\n\n\"This is democracy,\" she added.", "The bodies of Iranian film director Dariush Mehrjui and his wife Vahida Mohammadifar were found dead by their daughter\n\nOne of Iran's most prominent film directors, Dariush Mehrjui, has been found dead alongside his wife.\n\nThe 83-year-old and Vahideh Mohammadifar were found with stab injuries in their home near the capital, Tehran, on Saturday evening, Iranian authorities say.\n\nMehrjui was considered one of the founders of Iranian new wave cinema.\n\nIran's judiciary said seven people have been arrested so far in connection with the killing.\n\nPolice spokesperson Saeed Montazer-Mehdi said detectives had \"reached convincing evidence related to the case\".\n\nAccording to chief justice Hossein Fazeli, Mehrjui had invited his daughter to come over to his home in the city of Karaj for dinner on Saturday night.\n\nWhen she arrived, she is said to have found the bodies of her parents.\n\nMohammadifar, a screenwriter and costume designer, had reportedly complained recently that she had been threatened and that the house had been burgled.\n\nIranian actor and director Houman Seyedi was among those who took to social media to react to the killings - describing them as \"terrible and brutal\".\n\nMehrjui, who studied in the US as a young man and later lived in France for five years, first rose to national and international prominence with his 1969 film The Cow, which tells the story about a villager's obsession with the titular animal.\n\nHis other most notable films include Hamoun, The Pear Tree and Leila - the latter about an infertile woman who encourages her husband to marry for a second time.\n\nThe new wave movement focused mainly on realism but Mehrjui was known to draw inspiration from literature.\n\nHe received many awards over the years but while his films were celebrated at international film festivals, some barely saw the light of day in Iran due to censorship.", "Donald Tusk's liberal Civic Coalition party is now most likely to be able to form a broad coalition\n\nOpposition parties have secured enough votes in Poland's general election to oust the ruling right-wing populist Law and Justice (PiS) party, results have confirmed.\n\nPiS won the vote with 35.38%, ahead of Donald Tusk's centrist opposition Civic Coalition with 30.7%.\n\nBut Mr Tusk is now most likely to be able to form a broad coalition.\n\nThat would end eight years of rule under PiS leader Jaroslaw Kaczynski.\n\nThe final result of the count came from the National Election Commission on Tuesday.\n\nAlthough the winning party is expected to be offered the chance to form a government, Mr Kaczynski will fall well short of the 231 seats he needs to form a majority in parliament.\n\n\"This is the end of the bad times, this is the end of the PiS government,\" Mr Tusk - a former president of the European Council - declared on Sunday night.\n\nMr Tusk could muster 248 seats in the 460-seat Sejm if he forms a government with the centre-right Third Way and New Left parties. Third Way was one of the big winners of the election, with 14.4% of the vote.\n\nPiS has lost 41 seats since the last election and even if it did form a coalition with the far-right Confederation party, it would be 19 seats below the required number.\n\nThe opposition had already warned Poles it was their \"last chance\" to save democracy. The election commission put the turnout at 74.38% , the highest since the fall of communism in 1989.\n\nAfter the results were officially confirmed, Mr Tusk said the \"winning democratic parties\" were in constant touch and ready to start governing at any time.\n\nPresident Andrzej Duda, a Law and Justice ally, has until 14 November to convene parliament and is expected to give PiS the first chance of forming a coalition, even though it has very little chance of succeeding. The opposition leader called on him to make \"energetic and quick decisions\".\n\nWarsaw Mayor Rafal Trzaskowski praised the \"enormous power of civil society\" after it emerged that 84.92% of the capital's 1.35 million registered voters had taken part.\n\nPoland's stock market surged by more than 6% and its currency, the Zloty, also rose on the expectation of a new government.\n\nSpeaking after the exit poll on Sunday night, Mr Kaczynski warned voters he did not know if the party's \"success will be able to be turned into another term in power\".\n\nInternational observers said on Monday that parties had been able to campaign freely before Sunday's vote, but PiS had enjoyed a \"clear advantage\" through biased state media coverage and the misuse of public funds.\n\nState TV's election night coverage broadcast Mr Kaczynski's address to supporters in full, but gave little room to his main rival.\n\nAlthough polls closed at 21:00 local time on Sunday, voters queued well into the night in Warsaw and Krakow, and into the early hours in Wroclaw.\n\nPollster Ipsos said the proportion of 18-29-year-old voters was bigger than those aged over 60.\n\nLaw and Justice came to power in 2015, and it has emphasised Catholic family values, increasing the minimum wage and raising child support and pensioner payments.\n\nIt also imposed a near-total ban on abortion in 2021 and has been accused of politicising the judiciary, by staffing top courts with judges sympathetic to the ruling party.\n\nMr Tusk has vowed to improve relations with the EU and unlock €36bn (£30bn) of EU Covid pandemic recovery funds frozen in a row over the PiS judicial reforms. His coalition has also vowed to liberalise abortion laws.\n\nPoland has also been a staunch supporter of Ukraine since Russia's full-scale invasion last year and has taken in a million refugees.\n\nPiS leaders did show signs of wavering in recent weeks, but that was seen as an attempt to court far-right voters and whoever leads the next government is expected to maintain Poland's support for its neighbour.\n\nPoland may not get a new government before December, if President Duda does hand PiS the opportunity to try to form a government.\n\nAssuming the PiS candidate chosen by the president fails to win a vote of confidence in parliament, the Sejm would then appoint a candidate who would also try to form a coalition and win a confidence vote.", "Midleton in County Cork was \"impassable\" as a month's worth of rain fell\n\nA yellow weather warning for rain is in place for Northern Ireland as Storm Babet is due to bring heavy and prolonged downpours.\n\nThe Met Office warning began at 14:00 BST on Wednesday and will end at 10:00 on Thursday.\n\nThe main focus is on counties Antrim and Down, where the heaviest rain is most likely on high ground.\n\nIn the Republic of Ireland, the army has been deployed in County Cork as weather conditions worsen.\n\nMore than 100 homes have been flooded in the town of Midleton, Cork County Council said.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Cork County Council This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThe road network has been severely disrupted and the council is asking drivers to make only essential journeys.\n\nIrish Defence Forces have been deployed to the area to provide support.\n\nThere are also reports of homes being flooded in a number of other areas across the county. The council estimates that a month's worth of rain has fallen in the last 24 hours.\n\nIt is expected rainfall will vary quite a bit in Northern Ireland, with the Mourne Mountains expected to be hit with heavy downpours.\n\nHigher ground to the east could see up to 100mm of rain, close to what is expected during the whole month of October.\n\nAbout 30-50mm of rain can be expected over some lower areas of Northern Ireland.\n\nAlthough rain is expected to be the main impact of Storm Babet, some very strong and gusty winds from the south east are also forecast.\n\nTogether with the rain, the wind could make impacts worse, especially around the east coast.\n\nThe Met Office is warning of possible flooding, difficult travel conditions, and that power and other essential services could be affected.\n\nStorm Babet would be the second named storm of the season after Storm Agnes caused disruption in parts of Northern Ireland last month.\n\nIn the Republic of Ireland, a Status Orange rain warning has been issued for counties Cork, Kerry and Waterford.\n\nPedestrians may need their coats and umbrellas as Storm Babet moves towards Northern Ireland\n\nGardaí (Irish police) said Midleton was \"impassable\" to traffic due to ongoing adverse weather conditions.\n\nIn a statement, Cork County Mayor Cllr Frank O'Flynn said: \"I am calling on the people of Cork to please avoid unnecessary travel, take extreme care if you must set off on a journey and please think of vulnerable road users, especially pedestrians and cyclists.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nA separate Status Yellow rain warning has also been issued for several counties from Tuesday mid-morning until Wednesday evening.", "Smoke rises from the town of Beit Lahia after Israeli airstrikes in northern Gaza on Monday Image caption: Smoke rises from the town of Beit Lahia after Israeli airstrikes in northern Gaza on Monday\n\nIn this war, all of our local team are doing that, in extreme ways.\n\nSome have had those they know or love caught up in the atrocities committed by Hamas in Israel. While under siege and intense bombardment in Gaza, my colleagues are struggling to find water and food for their families.\n\nToday in the Jerusalem office we ran back to the air raid shelter as rockets flew overhead.\n\nIt appears we are at a key moment in this war, as Israel prepares for a huge ground offensive to eradicate Hamas that looks set to be complicated and dangerous.\n\nMeanwhile, the clock is ticking to see if a deal can be done to allow aid into Gaza and prevent a bigger humanitarian catastrophe.\n\nWhat happens in the coming days could reshape the decades-old Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the lives of those of us based here.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: I have the thought of me dying in a bomb in Gaza - British-Palestinian girl\n\nThe UK has \"not been successful\" yet in opening the Rafah crossing into Egypt to help British nationals leave Gaza, the foreign secretary has said.\n\nBritish nationals have been told to be ready to use the south Gaza crossing - currently the only route out.\n\nHamas, Egypt, and Israel all exercise control over who can pass through.\n\nJames Cleverly said he was working with Israel, Egypt and \"other leading political voices in the region\" to open the crossing.\n\nSpeaking on Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg, Mr Cleverly said the gate was key to evacuating British nationals and providing \"humanitarian support for the people of Gaza\".\n\nThe US government is also working to try to open the Rafah crossing to allow Palestinian-Americans to leave. A statement on Saturday said that officials had been working with Egypt, Israel, and Qatar for a number of hours to try to open it.\n\nA US State Department spokesperson said its citizens were being told to move towards Rafah because \"there may be very little notice if the crossing opens and it may only open for a limited time\".\n\nRishi Sunak met King Abdullah of Jordan in London on Sunday, with Downing Street saying they had discussed \"diplomatic efforts to prevent further escalation in the wider Middle East\".\n\nThe last week has seen the supply of water, food, and energy to Gaza cut off, prompting international concern about the potential for a humanitarian disaster.\n\nBritish nationals are being urged to move south as directed by the Israeli government and have been sent messages telling them to be on alert in case the crossing is opened.\n\nMohammed Ghalayini, a British-Palestinian national who was in Gaza visiting relatives when Hamas attacked the south of Israel, said: \"I did not get any communication about getting to the crossing - we have very patchy internet signal, so that didn't come through in time.\"\n\nHe said there was communication with consular representatives earlier this week \"but they just diverted us to the Foreign Office registration page... I must say I'm not impressed with the way the UK government is handling this.\" Although Mr Ghalayini wants to stay in Gaza with his family, he says that even if he wanted to go to the border it would not be safe as it's located on a \"big, exposed open road\".\n\nThe Israeli government has told the 1.1 million civilians in Gaza's north to move south ahead of a ground offensive intended to target Hamas, which killed more than 1,300 people in a series of attacks in Israel last weekend.\n\nAt least 17 British nationals are confirmed dead or missing following the incursions. The UK government believes up to 60,000 British nationals are in Israel or Gaza.\n\nFour UK government charter flights have left Israel, and two more were scheduled for Sunday.\n\nHamas, Egypt, and Israel all exercise control over who can pass through the crossing\n\nWhen questioned by the BBC's Victoria Derbyshire, Mr Cleverly declined to say if the UK believed actions by Israel had been a breach of international law.\n\nMr Cleverly was shown quotes from the UN claiming Israel had put Gaza under \"siege\" - a breach of the Geneva Convention - and the Refugee Council, which accused Israel of a \"war crime\" by forcibly moving civilians out of north Gaza, ahead of an expected military attack.\n\nResponding, Mr Cleverly said: \"There are a number of other quotes which you didn't show, which don't agree with them.\"\n\nPushed again, he said: \"The UK government is absolutely committed to the adherence of international humanitarian law.\n\n\"And when we see breaches of that we raise that, including with Israel.\"\n\nThe UK's Foreign Office said Mr Sunak had spoken to Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi about the situation earlier this week, while Mr Cleverly was in contact with his Egyptian counterpart, Sameh Shoukry.\n\nThe in-laws of Scotland's first minister Humza Yousaf are in Gaza, where they were visiting relatives last week.\n\nSpeaking to the BBC earlier, an emotional Mr Yousaf said he had endured a \"very difficult night\" after his mother-in-law called to \"say her goodbyes\" when they were warned of an impending rocket attack. The attack did not materialise.\n\nMr Yousaf said he \"prayed to God\" they would get out alive and called for an immediate ceasefire to allow for a humanitarian corridor. The SNP conference this week unanimously passed an emergency motion sending solidarity to victims in both Israel and Gaza.\n\nRegarding Mr Sunak's meeting with King Abdullah, a Downing Street spokesperson said: \"The prime minister reiterated the UK's support for Israel's right to defend itself following last week's terrorist attack and said Hamas' abhorrent actions should not undermine the just cause of the Palestinian people.\"\n\nThey added that the leaders \"agreed on the importance of taking measures to protect civilians in Gaza, including British and Jordanian citizens caught up in the violence, as well as ensuring humanitarian aid reaches those in need\".\n\nKing Abdullah's office said his visit to London was part of a European tour intended to \"rally international support to stop the war on Gaza\".\n\nHe met US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Friday and will travel to Rome, Berlin, and Paris to discuss the \"dangerous and deteriorating situation in Gaza\" and the \"need to facilitate the provision of humanitarian aid to the Palestinians\".\n\nAre you in the region? If it is safe to do so, share your experiences by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\n\"A fortnight ago we had a detection of a bedbug and it's frightening,\" says Max Malka, owner of the Montlhery Paris Sud Hotel, 15km south of Paris.\n\nYou don't know if bugs are moving between rooms, he said, and you risk being sued if a guest is bitten badly.\n\nHis is one of many firms seeking solutions amid a rise in reported outbreaks in France and the UK.\n\nAnd firms are turning to tech - both old and new - to catch outbreaks early, which is vital to stopping the spread.\n\nThere is growing public concern about the insects, with hotels, transport companies and local governments all facing enquiries about the issue.\n\nPest control company Rentokil said it saw a 65% jump in cases of bedbugs in the UK in the second quarter of 2023, compared with a year earlier.\n\nAnd Luton Council issued guidance to local residents this week on how to handle an outbreak, after dealing with an \"alarming number\" of calls about bedbugs.\n\nMr Malka points out that hotels in Paris can expect to get a case once a year. Guests bring them as they travel, usually in the summer season.\n\nIn the end, he paid a pest control firm €1,500 (£1,300) to eradicate the bugs before they spread.\n\nThis was after he invested in a new kind of monitoring technology developed by a UK start-up called Spotta. It enabled him to detect his case of bedbugs early.\n\nHe is so proud of his system that he has stickers in his hotel telling customers it is in place for their reassurance.\n\nSpotta's boss Robert Fryers says it's vital to catch an outbreak before it spreads, \"because you can go from two bedbugs to thousands in the space of months.\"\n\nAn adult female can lay around 400 eggs in her short lifespan - a matter of months, depending on the temperature. The eggs take about two weeks to incubate.\n\nMr Malka's Spotta device is a small plastic box that contains a pheromone chemical designed to attract bedbugs. In hotels, the devices sit between mattresses and bedframes.\n\nIf a bug crawls inside, a small camera takes a picture and sends it over the internet to a central database.\n\nA combination of artificial intelligence software and the human eye confirms whether a bedbug has indeed been caught. If so, a mobile phone alert warning is sent to relevant managers.\n\nIt's important to catch bedbugs early, says Spotta's boss Robert Fryers\n\n\"It's a bit like a Covid test for bedbugs,\" says Mr Fryers.\n\nOnce a bug has been detected, chemical pesticide or heat treatment pest control measures can be taken, before the problem has spread. Hopefully this means few customers will see the bugs, or share their experience on social media.\n\nThe company that pioneered this early-detection approach is Finland's Valpas, founded in 2013. It has signed deals with many luxury hotels across Europe.\n\nIt has designed a digitally-connected bug trap that is integrated into the custom legs it makes for beds. It has raised more than $2m (£1.6m) in venture capital funding.\n\nBugs crawling up the bed to bite humans are caught in a cavity and the traps then send a signal over the internet to alert hotel owners.\n\nLike Spotta, Valpas has had to overcome the stigma around the idea of a hotel needing to have \"pest control\" in the first place - it's not the first thing you put on adverts.\n\nHowever, as the bedbug issue is becoming more prominent in the news and on social media, many hotel chains now see merit in showing that they are being proactive about it.\n\nAnother popular way to get an early alert about bedbugs comes not from high tech, but man's oldest friend.\n\nIt takes from around six months to train up sniffer dogs who specialise in bedbugs. But once they've graduated, they are highly effective.\n\nThe dogs don't require any maintenance and they don't risk any technical faults or going offline. However, they can't be onsite every day and it takes them a long time to check a large hotel, room by room.\n\nRentokil uses sniffer dogs to detect the scent of bedbugs\n\nRentokil is using sniffer dogs in the fight against bedbugs. Using a backpack vacuum, trained technicians collect an air sample from, for example, a hotel room. The samples are then sent to a facility where Labrador Retrievers, German Shepherds, Beagles or Belgian Shepherds smell them and alert their handlers.\n\nPaul Blackhurst, head of Rentokil Pest Control's Technical Academy, told the BBC that dogs \"detect the presence of bedbugs, often long before a human would be able to spot any warning signs\".\n\nBedbug numbers have been steadily rising for the past decade, and after a dip during Covid, when people weren't travelling, there has been a marked spike in the last year. Bugs can travel on our clothes or in our luggage. Rising global temperatures are also likely a factor.\n\nHowever, despite a jump in enquiries \"above expected seasonal patterns\", Mr Blackhurst thinks the panic in the UK is \"slightly overblown\".\n\n\"The risk of encountering bedbugs for those visiting UK venues remains low, and by taking some simple precautions when staying overnight then travellers can help to protect themselves, such as carefully examining the bed, mattress and surrounding areas for any signs of bedbugs, such as dark stains, faecal pellets, shed exoskeletons, or even live bugs.\"\n\nKate Nicholls, boss of trade group UK Hospitality, told the BBC there was \"no indication\" UK hotels were facing the same problems as French ones and said the sector had \"robust cleaning and hygiene processes\" in place.\n\nNevertheless, any anxiety caused by outbreaks will be worrying for an industry that has been under huge financial pressure due to issues like the pandemic and the cost-of-living squeeze.\n\nFinding money to pay for bedbug detection systems may seem like a stretch too far for many hotel owners. Yet the potential fall in revenue if you gain a reputation for a bedbug outbreak also needs to be taken into account, argues Spotta's Mr Fryers.\n\nIn fact, one method the firm uses to detect new potential customers among hotels is by trawling TripAdvisor to find customer reviews complaining about bedbugs.\n\nHow are bedbugs affecting your life? Share your experiences by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "Two Swedish nationals have been shot dead and a third person injured in Brussels, in an attack which prosecutors are treating as terrorism.\n\nThe Belgium-Sweden Euro 2024 qualifier football match being played in the city was abandoned.\n\nBrussels is on its highest terror alert as the gunman, who appeared to have an assault rifle, remains at large.\n\nFrench President Emmanuel Macron, who was on a visit to Albania, said: \"Europe has been shaken.\"\n\nFederal prosecutors say a terrorism inquiry has been opened over the shooting on Boulevard d'Ypres, 5km (3 miles) from the King Baudoin Stadium.\n\nA spokesman for the prosecutor, Eric van Duyse, urged the public to \"go home and stay at home as long as the threat has not been eradicated\".\n\nHe said a man claiming to be the attacker had said in a video on social media he had been inspired by the Islamic State group.\n\nA video shows an Arabic-speaking man saying he carried out the attack in the name of God and that he killed three people.\n\nThe video and others uploaded during the attack are being verified by police, the BBC has been told.\n\nA social media video shared by newspaper Het Laatste Nieuws on Monday, but not verified by BBC News, shows a man wearing a fluorescent jacket get off a scooter armed with what appears to be an assault rifle and enter a nearby glass-fronted building.\n\nHe appears to then shoot at least one person.\n\nPolice and emergency services cordoned off nearby roads following the shooting which happened at around 19:00 (17:00 GMT).\n\nBelgian media outlets report that the two people killed were wearing football shirts of the Swedish national team.\n\nSwedish footballers told Uefa they did not want to play the second half of the match and the Belgian team agreed, according to Swedish broadcaster TV6.\n\nBelgian Prime Minister Alexander de Croo went on social media to offer his \"sincere condolences to the Swedish PM following tonight's harrowing attack on Swedish citizens in Brussels\".\n\n\"Our thoughts are with the families and friends who lost their loved ones,\" he said. \"As close partners the fight against terrorism is a joint one.\"\n\nEuropean Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on social media her thoughts were \"with the families of the two victims of the despicable attack in Brussels\".\n\n\"I extend my heartfelt support to the Belgian police, so they swiftly apprehend the suspect,\" she said. \"Together, we stand united against terror.\"\n\nAdditional reporting by Bruno Boelpaep in Brussels and Rob Corp in London", "Andrew Bridgen called for an apology for the \"chop\" in Parliament on Monday\n\nNorth West Leicestershire MP Andrew Bridgen has reported a fellow member to parliamentary authorities for allegedly slapping him on the back of the head.\n\nMr Bridgen, who joined the Reclaim Party after being kicked out of the Conservatives, demanded that Tory Crispin Blunt apologises for the \"chop\" in Parliament on Monday.\n\nWhen asked about the reports, Mr Blunt said the allegation was \"not correct\".\n\nParliamentary officials confirmed they were aware of an incident.\n\nThe alleged slap is said to have taken place in the atrium of Portcullis House.\n\nReigate MP Crispin Blunt said the allegation was \"not correct\"\n\nMr Bridgen also claimed the Reigate MP called him a \"bastard\".\n\nHe told the PA news agency he believed the incident was \"completely unprovoked\", apart from him having questioned to a newspaper why he had the whip removed by the Tories but Mr Blunt had not for past comments about Hamas.\n\nAsked about reports that he had slapped Mr Bridgen round the head and sworn at him, Mr Blunt told the BBC it was \"not correct\" and that he had \"spoken briefly\" to Mr Bridgen in the Chamber to \"try and understand what he thought happened that led to his report\".\n\nMr Blunt said he did not intend to take matters further.\n\nMr Bridgen said he was not injured in the incident and claimed a \"number of witnesses\" who saw the incident had spoken to Parliament's authorities after he reported it to security.\n\nHe told the PA news agency: \"I was sitting at one of the round tables in Portcullis House and he went by the back of me and hit me on the back of the head with his hand and said, 'You're a bastard' and then legged it off.\n\n\"I was just completely shocked. That's not the behaviour you would expect from a Member of Parliament.\n\n\"I'm asking for an apology, it's just unbelievable behaviour.\"\n\nA Parliamentary spokesperson said: \"The Behaviour Code makes clear the standards of behaviour expected of everyone in Parliament - whether MPs, staff, members' staff, members of the House of Lords, press, contractors or visitors.\n\n\"There is zero tolerance for abuse or harassment.\"\n\nFollow BBC East Midlands on Facebook, on X, or on Instagram. Send your story ideas to eastmidsnews@bbc.co.uk.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Electricity is passed through CO2 and water to make ethylene, a key ingredient in the type of plastic used to make bottle tops\n\nCoca-Cola has unveiled plans to make its bottle tops from carbon dioxide taken out of the atmosphere.\n\nThe firm - one of the world's biggest users of plastic - is funding a three-year trial at Swansea University as part of the company's target of net zero by 2040.\n\nMuch of its current plastic packaging is made cheaply, from fossil fuels.\n\nBut it aims to \"capture\" CO2 from the air, or from factory emissions, to produce a key ingredient for plastics.\n\n\"The plastic we make today releases a lot of carbon dioxide into the environment,\" said the project's principle investigator, Professor Enrico Andreoli.\n\n\"Our starting material is carbon dioxide,\" he said, \"so we entirely de-fossilise the process and make plastic free from fossil fuels and fossil carbon.\"\n\nProf Andreoli, an industrial chemist, said the \"magic happens\" in a small black electrode where an electric charge passes through a mixture of CO2 and water, producing ethylene, a key ingredient in the flexible type of plastic used in bottle tops.\n\n\"We want to prove the technology in the laboratory works,\" he said, explaining how \"success\" would suggest ways to scale up the process.\n\nCoca-Cola says it will have to make \"radical bets\" on new technologies to try to reach its net zero by 2040 goal\n\nCoca-Cola's goal is to use \"captured\" CO2 as a resource, taking it either from the air near its factories or directly from its own smoke stacks.\n\nEthylene is currently made as cheap by-product of refining petrochemicals, with fossil fuels heated to more than 800C (1472F), \"cracking\" off the molecules needed to make plastic.\n\nThe process produced more than 260 million tonnes of CO2 emissions in 2020, or nearly 1% of the world's total CO2 emissions, according to the climate tracking group the Global Carbon Project.\n\nCraig Twyford, director of Coca-Cola's venturing division for Europe and the Pacific, said the company's promise for a 30% reduction in its carbon footprint by 2030 will mostly come from using more recycled plastics.\n\nProf Enrico Andreoli wants to demonstrate the process of making plastic from CO2\n\n\"From 2030 to 2040 we need to start making the more radical bets... looking at lots of different technologies.\n\n\"If the human race starts drawing down CO2 in large quantities, what useful things can we do with it?\n\n\"We could potentially use it to carbonate our drinks. Or, we could use it - as we are with Swansea - to make some of our packaging.\"\n\nIn a similar project, the company is funding research in California to turn CO2 into an artificial sugar.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The man accused of murder and hate crimes after allegedly stabbing a six-year-old Muslim boy to death must be kept behind bars without bail, a judge has ruled.\n\nJoseph Czuba, 71, is accused of killing Wadea Al-Fayoume and seriously wounding his mother in Plainfield, Illinois.\n\nThe landlord allegedly targeted the pair, who were his tenants, because of the ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict and because they were Muslims.\n\nThe boy was laid to rest on Monday.\n\nMr Czuba appeared in court on Monday dressed in red jail clothes and with matted, white hair. He spoke only briefly to confirm that he would need a court-ordered public defender.\n\nIn addition to being held without bail, Mr Czuba was ordered to have no contact with Wadea's mother, 32-year-old Hanaan Shahin. He is due back in court on 30 October.\n\nIn court, prosecutors said that Mr Czuba had \"believed he was in danger and she [Ms Shahin] was going to call Palestinian friends to come and harm them\" and that the electricity grid would go down because of an unspecified attack, according to the Chicago Tribune.\n\nAccording to authorities, Mr Czuba - the pair's landlord - attacked them both with a large, military-style knife.\n\nDespite being stabbed more than a dozen times, Ms Shahin was able to flee to a bathroom and call police. She is expected to survive.\n\nHer son, Wadea, was stabbed more than two dozen times and was later pronounced dead at a local hospital.\n\nAt a news conference on Monday, one of the boy's uncles said that Mr Czuba once \"loved\" Wadea and \"used to bring him toys\".\n\nHe added that he believed Mr Czuba had become enraged due to coverage of the Israel-Hamas war, including claims that Israeli babies had been beheaded by Hamas fighters.\n\n\"That was not true,\" said the uncle, who did not give his name. \"Our officials need to come out and say something\".\n\nReports that Hamas militants decapitated babies have circulated on social media and in some news reports. But a spokesman for the Israeli Defense Force told CNN last week he could not confirm the reports, and they have not been independently verified.\n\nWhen police arrived at the scene, Mr Czuba was sitting on the ground outside the property with a cut visible on his face, according to police. He provided no statement to detectives during an initial round of questioning.\n\nA funeral service was held on Monday afternoon in the town of Bridgeview, which is sometimes referred to as \"Little Palestine\" because of its large Palestinian-American population. Several hundred people were in attendance at the event, which was held amid a strong police presence.\n\nSpeaking at the funeral, 24-year-old state representative Nabeela Syed - who represents the town of Palatine and other northern Chicago suburbs - said that \"this did not happen in a vacuum\".\n\n\"There has been a lot of anti-Muslim, anti-Palestine language being spewed,\" she said. \"This is a very unfortunate example of how words have consequences and words can kill. The perpetrator made it unquestionable about his motivations and intentions of stabbing this boy\".\n\n\"We've seen so much hatred in the past few days,\" added Ms Syed. \"It reminds me of growing up in that post 9/11 world where Muslims didn't feel safe either\".\n\nSadia Awab, a local mother of three who attended the funeral, told the BBC that she blamed some in government and media for \"spewing lies\" that \"are causing hate\".\n\n\"I'm shocked, but I'm not surprised,\" she said, adding that her family is now taking extra safety measures. \"We know this will continue.\"\n\nSome community members explicitly blamed anti-Palestinian rhetoric for the murder.\n\nA makeshift memorial - which included a stuffed Spider-man figure and other children's toys - stood at the scene of the crime early Monday.\n\nIn the backyard of the property, large piles of rubbish and more children's toys were also visible. Crosses - apparently put up by Mr Czuba - could be seen across the property.\n\nMore than 1,400 people were killed in Israel when Hamas crossed the border from the Gaza Strip to attack civilians and soldiers.\n\nIn Gaza, nearly 2,700 people have been killed by Israel's bombing, Palestinian authorities say, with an estimated 1,000 missing under rubble.\n\nOn Sunday, the FBI said it had seen an increase in reported threats in the US since Hamas launched its attack more than a week ago.\n\nMost have been deemed not credible, a senior FBI official said. Both Jewish and Muslim institutions have been targeted.\n\nFollowing the incident in Plainfield, the head of the Chicago office of the Council of American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), Ahmed Rehab, said that Wadea \"paid the price for the atmosphere of hate and otherisation and dehumanisation that frankly I think we are seeing here in the United States,\"", "A man has been charged with murder and hate crimes after allegedly stabbing a six-year-old boy to death because he was Muslim.\n\nJoseph Czuba, 71, is accused of killing Wadea Al-Fayoume and seriously wounding his mother in Plainfield, Illinois.\n\nThe landlord allegedly targeted the pair, who were his tenants, because of their religion and the ongoing conflict between Hamas and Israel.\n\nPresident Joe Biden said he was \"sickened\" by Saturday's attack.\n\n\"This horrific act of hate has no place in America, and stands against our fundamental values: freedom from fear for how we pray, what we believe, and who we are,\" he said.\n\nHanaan Shahin, 32, was attacked by her landlord, who had a military-style knife, and ran to the bathroom to call the police, authorities said.\n\nShe suffered more than a dozen stab wounds but is expected to survive.\n\nHer son, Wadea, was stabbed more than two dozen times in the attack and later died in hospital. A funeral service and burial will be held on Monday afternoon in the town of Bridgeview, which is sometimes referred to as \"Little Palestine\" because of its large Palestinian-American population.\n\nOn Monday, a makeshift memorial - which included a stuffed spider-man figure and other children's toys - stood at the scene of the crime.\n\nSeveral crosses, apparently put up by Mr Czuba sometime before the incident, were also visible, along with a sign telling passers-by to \"pray the rosary at 4:20\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: Palestinian resident in tears after killing of Muslim boy\n\nHe celebrated his sixth birthday just a few weeks ago. \"He loved his family, his friends. He loved soccer, he loved basketball,\" the executive director of the Chicago office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), Ahmed Rehab, said.\n\nWhen officers arrived at the scene, about 40 miles (64km) south-west of Chicago, they found Mr Czuba sat on the ground outside the property with a cut to his face.\n\nThe victims, who were Palestinian-Americans, were found in a bedroom.\n\nMr Czuba was taken to hospital for treatment before being questioned by detectives. He was later charged with first-degree murder, attempted first-degree murder, hate crimes and aggravated battery.\n\nWhile he did not make a statement, detectives said they were able to determine a potential motive.\n\n\"Both victims in this brutal attack were targeted by the suspect due to them being Muslim and the ongoing Middle Eastern conflict involving Hamas and the Israelis,\" the Will County Sheriff's office said.\n\nThe US Justice Department has also opened a federal hate crime investigation into the attack. In statements on Monday, both Vice President Kamala Harris and Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas condemned the attack and rising incidents of hate.\n\n\"There is no humane world that can and should tolerate the murder of an innocent child because of his identity,\" Mr Mayorkas said. \"The tragic events in the Middle East...have brought ideologies of hate to the fore across the world - notably antisemitism and Islamophobia. This must end.\"\n\nMurder suspect Joseph Czuba is now awaiting his court appearance\n\nAt a news conference on Sunday, CAIR said Wadea was born in the US while his mother - originally from Beitunia in the West Bank - came to the country 12 years ago.\n\n\"[Wadea] paid the price for the atmosphere of hate and otherisation and dehumanisation that frankly I think we are seeing here in the United States,\" Mr Rehab said.\n\nThe boy's father, Oday al-Fayoume, was at the news conference and was in a state of shock, Mr Rehab said.\n\nNeighbours such as Eva Case expressed disbelief at the violent attack. \"I don't care what the situation was,\" she told the BBC's US partner CBS. \"Don't take it out on somebody that innocent of life.\"\n\nOthers who lived nearby said the pair had moved into the home four years ago.\n\n\"It's sickening. I can't even imagine how anybody could do that to a little child,\" one neighbour said.\n\nMore than 1,400 people were killed in Israel when Hamas crossed the border from the Gaza Strip to attack civilians and soldiers.\n\nIn Gaza, nearly 2,700 people have been killed by Israel's bombing, Palestinian authorities say, with an estimated 1,000 missing under rubble.\n\nOn Sunday, the FBI said it had seen an increase in reported threats in the US since Hamas launched its attack more than a week ago.\n\nMost have been deemed not credible, a senior FBI official said, but both Jewish and Muslim institutions have been targeted.\n\nSign up for our morning newsletter and get BBC News in your inbox.", "Storm Babet has been named by the Met Office for severe weather impacts expected from Wednesday to Saturday.\n\nThe second named storm of the autumn will bring heavy rain and strong winds to the UK.\n\nSeveral early warnings have been issued, including a high-impact amber warning for eastern Scotland\n\nFlooding and damage from strong winds are possible. There are still uncertainties in the forecast details so the advice is to stay up to date.\n\nStorm Babet, pronounced Bah-beht, will move in from the south-west on Wednesday, and will be joined by a second, developing low-pressure system, with impacts continuing into Saturday.\n\nCiarán, Kathleen and Vincent are among the names for storms that may hit the UK and Ireland in 2023-24.\n\nSatellite image of Storm Babet to the southwest, and a developing low-pressure system in the Atlantic\n\nWhile many parts of the UK will experience heavy rain at times, the biggest concern is for central and eastern Scotland.\n\nIt has recently been very wet across Scotland so the ground is already very saturated.\n\nWith heavy and prolonged rain from Wednesday through to Saturday, rainfall accumulations of 70 to 100mm are expected but over upland areas, it could be as much as 150-200mm.\n\nThe Met Office has already issued an amber severe weather warning with focus on Angus and south-east Grampian where flooding is a concern.\n\nThe Scottish Environment Protection Agency is also monitoring the situation and has also issued early warnings in central Scotland for flooding concerns.\n\nStorm Babet will move in from the Atlantic on Wednesday through to the end of the week\n\nWinds will strengthen, likely peaking on Thursday and early Friday.\n\nNorthern Scotland may experience the highest gusts of wind of up to 70mph in places but widely 40-50mph.\n\nImpacts from the these gusts could be exacerbated by the fact the wind direction will be south-easterly. This is a less common wind direction for storms hitting the UK.\n\nThe prevailing wind direction is a south-westerly so nature and infrastructure is built with this in mind. As a result, trees and some structures are more vulnerable in strong south-easterly winds.\n\nThis is part of the reason why Storm Arwen in 2021 felled so many trees and brought a lot of disruption.\n\nWhile weather computer modelling is highlighting the potential for severe weather, the Met Office will hope that naming Storm Babet early with advanced warnings will mean communities and officials are prepared.\n\nHowever, as the severe weather will be delivered by two developing systems, there are still uncertainties in the detail of the forecast.\n\nForecasters will be continually monitoring new information and making finer adjustments to these details and warnings as necessary.\n\nFind out the weather forecast for your area, with an hourly breakdown and a 14-day lookahead, by downloading the BBC Weather app: Apple - Android - Amazon\n\nThe BBC Weather app is only available to download in the UK.", "Civic Coalition supporters were overjoyed by their success in Sunday's vote\n\nThe exit polls from Poland's election have Eurocrats grinning like Cheshire cats.\n\nAfter years of estrangement and antagonism, Poland's centrist opposition Civic Coalition, has a simple message for Brussels: \"We, the fifth-largest country in the EU fold, are back!\"\n\nThe fact that they're led by former European Council chief Donald Tusk means the EU believes them.\n\nBrussels has been deeply worried about Poland's election.\n\nLittle was said in public. EU figures don't want to be seen as interfering in national votes, but behind closed doors there was a tonne of euro-nail-biting.\n\nPoland and Hungary have long been viewed as the EU bad-boys: flawed democracies and EU-hostile.\n\nThey were accused of flouting the bloc's democratic norms.\n\nIn Poland's case, Brussels withheld billions of euros of funds, pointing at the Polish government taking away women's rights over their own bodies by virtually outlawing abortion, and threatening the independence of the judiciary and press freedom too by taking hold of the state broadcaster.\n\nHungary and Poland also repeatedly stood in the way of agreeing new EU-wide measures to tackle migration and implementing ambitious EU climate goals.\n\nSo far there are only exit polls to go on, but Brussels is doubly delighted at the expected outcome as it seems to buck a trend much-feared by the EU - the apparent renaissance of the Eurosceptic hard right across much of the bloc.\n\nThose forces are polling strongly in France, Austria and Germany. Populists just won the election in Slovakia.\n\nSlovakia's election-winner Robert Fico is set to cut military aid to Ukraine\n\nCivic Coalition promises to return to the European mainstream, though it won't be easy. The outgoing hard-line, conservative Law and Justice party is expected to retain a big chunk of parliamentary seats, limiting room for manoeuvre for Poland's new government.\n\nStill, when I spoke to European Commission Vice-President Margaritis Schinas, he was upbeat. He hoped the tensions \"haunting\" relations with Poland would now dissipate, describing Warsaw as a core member of the European family.\n\nRussia is another reason Brussels is keen to thaw frosty relations with Poland. Moscow sees any disunity amongst Ukraine's international backers as playing to its advantage.\n\nBut Warsaw's tough line line against Russia was unlikely to waver, whoever won Sunday's election.\n\nIt's a historic enmity. From that defence perspective, Nato was far more sanguine about Poland's election result than the EU.\n\nIt does not want to be drawn into the domestic politics of national governments, but Warsaw has played an increasingly high-profile role in the military alliance since Russia's invasion of Ukraine,\n\nNato's ambassador to the US, Julianne Smith, told me what she observed on visits to Poland was a dedication by the Polish people - not just the Polish government - to continue supporting Ukraine.\n\n\"They're right there. They border Ukraine, they feel this war differently than some of the other allies across the alliance.\n\n\"It's very close to their daily lives. And for that reason I think we can count on Poland, we feel quite comfortable with counting on them over the long term, irrespective of who might be in power.\"\n\nEven before the outspoken Donald Trump became US President, Washington was deeply frustrated that its European allies didn't spend more on defence. It's delighted Poland spends 3% of its GDP on making itself feel safer. And it's thought unlikely Civic Coalition will reverse that.\n\nIn fact, Poland is so worried the war in Ukraine could spill over its borders, that it announced plans to invest in enough equipment and personnel to become Europe's strongest army by 2026.", "Palestinians fill up at one of the few water stations in Khan Younis\n\nA tide of humanity has washed into Khan Younis.\n\nHundreds of thousands fled here from the north on whatever could carry them - cars if there was fuel, horse and cart if one could be found, their own feet if there was no other option.\n\nAnd what they found was a city on its knees, ill-prepared for its population to literally double overnight.\n\nEvery room, every alley, every street is packed with men, women and the young. And there is nowhere else to go.\n\nHamas say 400,000 of the 1.1 million people who call northern Gaza home headed south down the Salah al-Din Road in the last 48 hours, following Israel's order to leave.\n\nI was among them, along with my wife and three children, and two days' worth of food.\n\nFor many, the threat of Israel's bombs and impending invasion - which comes after gunmen from Gaza killed 1,400 in Israel - cancels out Hamas's order to stay put.\n\nBut in this narrow strip of land, blockaded on all sides and cut off from the rest of the world, options for where one ends up are limited. Safety is never guaranteed.\n\nAnd so a teeming mass of Gazans, many already bombed out of their homes, all lost, all afraid, all knowing nothing of what comes next, converged here.\n\nThis city, normally home to 400,000 people, has ballooned to more than a million overnight. As well as the north, they have come from the east, which suffered terribly in the 2014 war.\n\nHundreds of thousands of people have fled north Gaza\n\nEvery single one of them needs shelter and food, and no one knows for how long.\n\nScarce resources are running out, fast. This is a city that was already exhausted. And the tide was too strong, and things are starting to fall apart.\n\nThe main hospital here, already low on essentials, has not only taken in sick and injured from the north - it has now become a refuge.\n\nRefugees line the corridors as doctors work on new arrivals injured by Israeli bombs. The din of competing voices fills the air.\n\nYou cannot blame people for coming here.\n\nHospitals are among the safest places to be in a time of war, protected by international law.\n\nBy some measures these people are perhaps the lucky ones, at least for now.\n\nDoctors say they have almost nothing to give the stream of new casualties - water is rationed to 300ml a day for patients. Refugees get nothing.\n\nElsewhere, residents take in new arrivals. Many in Khan Younis lived in cramped conditions to begin with. Now they are cheek by jowl.\n\nI have seen small apartments, which already housed more than they could comfortably hold, becoming \"homes\" for 50 or 60 people - no one can live like this for long.\n\nMy family now shares a home with four others in a flat with two small bedrooms. There are metres of personal space for us. I consider us among the lucky ones.\n\nSchools across the city, also \"safe\" from war, are filled with a multitude of families - tens of thousands perhaps, but who knows? You'd never stop counting if you began.\n\nAt one school, run by UN relief agency UNRWA, every classroom is filled, every balcony space criss-crossed with clothes lines.\n\nMothers and grandmothers cook on park benches in the courtyard as their hungry children wait impatiently.\n\nSome of those fleeing northern Gaza have taken shelter at a UN school in Khan Younis\n\nBut when there is no more room - and there is no more room - humanity inevitably spills out onto the streets, fills the alleyways and the underpasses, and lives and sleeps in the dirt, the dust, the rubble, waiting for something better that might never arrive.\n\nThere's little food, little fuel. There is no water in the shops. Water stations are the best hope. It is a catastrophic situation.\n\nAnd it is not as if this city is safe from harm. It is regularly bombed - it is still in a warzone. Collapsed buildings and piles of rubble litter the streets.\n\nI heard rocket launches from near the hospital, as Hamas continues to strike inside Israel. That is an open invitation for retaliation.\n\nThe hum of Israeli drones looking for their next target is ever present.\n\nAnd bombs drop, and buildings fall, and the morgues and hospitals fill with more people.\n\nA bomb fell near my family's flat this morning. Because all telephone services are out or severely disrupted, it took me 20 minutes to contact my son.\n\nPeople cannot live like this. And the invasion has yet to begin.\n\nPalestinians pick though a building hit by an Israeli strike in Khan Younis\n\nI have covered four wars here in Gaza, my home. Never before have I seen it like this.\n\nFor however bad the previous wars were, I had never seen people starve or die of thirst in this place. This is now a real possibility.\n\nThe only option out of Gaza, the Rafah crossing into Egypt, remains closed. And Cairo knows that to open it would usher in a new humanitarian disaster.\n\nThere are now one million Gazan refugees waiting 20km from Rafah. Once the crossing is open, there will be chaos.\n\nI saw the same thing in 2014, when thousands tried to escape the war. This time it would be much, much worse. This is what Egypt fears.\n\nThe flood of humanity will simply wash over the border, and it will be catastrophe and chaos again.\n\nAre you in the area? If it is safe to do so, please share your experiences. Share your experiences by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "Last updated on .From the section Rugby Union\n\nWill Jordan scored an impressive hat-trick as seven-try New Zealand crushed Argentina at Stade de France to reach a record fifth Rugby World Cup final.\n\nThe three-time winners were disciplined in defence and ruthless in attack as Jordan, Jordie Barrett and Shannon Frizell scored first-half tries.\n\nAaron Smith added a fourth after the break before Frizell crossed again and Jordan became the leading try scorer.\n\nThe All Blacks will face either South Africa or England in next week's final.\n\nArgentina, playing in their third World Cup semi-final, saw lots of the ball in the opening stages without penetrating the New Zealand defence.\n\nMichael Cheika's side were limited to two Emiliano Boffelli penalties as the All Blacks soaked up the early pressure before cutting loose on the counter-attack.\n• None How England can upset odds and beat South Africa\n• None All Blacks tell Test rugby's oldest tale to make final\n\nThe All Blacks could have surpassed their own record for the biggest winning margin in a World Cup semi-final late on, but Richie Mo'unga spurned the opportunity.\n\nThe fly-half could have thrown a simple pass for Jordan to score a fourth try, which would have levelled the 43 point difference in the 1987 win over Wales with a conversion to come, but Argentina overturned the ball after he opted to carry into contact himself.\n\nThe Pumas will have the chance to equal their best ever finish from the last time the tournament was staged in France in 2007 with victory in the third/fourth place play-off, against the loser from the other semi-final.\n\nNew Zealand, meanwhile, could become the most successful nation in World Cup history with a fourth title when they return to the Stade de France next weekend.\n\nSlick All Blacks too good for Pumas\n\nArgentina secured a first away win over New Zealand in August 2022 but they were huge underdogs in the latest of their 37 meetings.\n\nThe All Blacks have been in scintillating form since their opening game defeat by hosts France, scoring more points and more tries than any other team in the tournament.\n\nThe Pumas also improved after losing their first pool game against England and they started on the front foot in Paris as they looked to roll through the phases early on.\n\nBoffelli kicked them on to the scoreboard but they lacked a cutting edge in attack and were second best at the breakdown.\n\nJordan scored the first try out wide after the forwards kept it tight and punched holes in the Argentina defence before Mo'unga threw the wide pass to the wing.\n\nArgentina continued to push forwards despite going behind, but the All Blacks stole the ball at the breakdown to turn defence into attack. Rieko Ioane made an excellent break and the All Blacks defied the greasy conditions in the Parisian rain to offload and keep the ball alive for Barrett to finish.\n\nBoffelli's trusted boot added another three points from the tee, but Frizzell crossed in the corner to make the Pumas' already arduous task even more difficult.\n\nA minute after the break victory was all-but sealed as the elusive Smith stepped his opposite number Gonzalo Bertranou from the back of the maul before waltzing over for the fourth.\n\nFrizell powered over to double his tally before Jordan took centre stage once again. Much like his first, the wing crossed unopposed after neat build-up out wide to become the tournament's leading try scorer with his second.\n\nBut he saved his best till last, breaking the gain-line from a planned line-out before clipping the ball over the top and gathering his own kick to take his tally for the competition to eight.\n\nThe wing could have some choice words for his team-mate Mo'unga, who denied him the record for the most tries in a single World Cup with a walk-in for his ninth.\n\nJordan and the best-in-class All Blacks, who lead the way with 48 tournament tries, will be looking to add to their tallies with one final hit out on 28 October.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nPeople in parts of Scotland have been urged to avoid travel and stay at home, with Storm Babet expected to bring severe flooding and disruption.\n\nThe Met Office has issued a rare red weather warning for \"exceptional\" rainfall in Aberdeenshire and Angus, stating there is a risk to life.\n\nAnd amber and yellow warnings for wind and rain cover other parts of the UK.\n\nThe storm is currently hitting Ireland, with the army deployed to a town where more than 100 properties were flooded.\n\nSouthern parts of the UK have also been affected as the weather front sweeps north and east.\n\nThe Met Office weather warning runs from 18:00 on Thursday until noon on Friday, with between 10-15cm (4-6in) of rain expected to fall quite widely within the warning period and some locations likely to see between 20-25cm (8-10in).\n\nThe red warning states there is \"danger to life from fast flowing or deep floodwater\" in Aberdeenshire and Angus, with extensive flooding and road closures also expected, as well as warning of wind gusts in excess of 70mph (113km/h) affecting coastal areas.\n\nIt also warned of collapsed or damaged buildings and power cuts, and said some areas could be cut off for days.\n\nAngus Council confirmed that schools in the region will close at lunchtime on Thursday and remain closed on Friday.\n\nFloodwater in Midleton, County Cork, where more than 100 properties were flooded as Storm Babet hit Ireland.\n\nSepa warned that Storm Babet was forecast to bring \"unprecedented\" levels of rain to the north east of Scotland, with flooding that would cause \"significant disruption\".\n\nAmber warnings remain in place across other parts of north east Scotland and the Highlands on Thursday and Friday, with yellow warnings covering much of the country until Saturday.\n\nMany of the affected areas across Scotland are still saturated by heavy rain that caused flooding earlier this month. The deluge was said to have been the worst since the 1890s.\n\nSome property owners in Aberfoyle were taking precautions ahead of Storm Babet's arrival\n\nThe Scottish government's Resilience Room met on Wednesday evening, with representatives from Transport Scotland and the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (Sepa) attending.\n\nAfterwards Deputy First Minister Shona Robison said: \"Red warnings are rarely issued by the Met Office and this reflects how serious the impacts will be from the exceptional weather we can expect - particularly in the north east of Scotland in the next two days.\n\n\"The strong message is that if you are in the parts of Angus and South Aberdeenshire affected - please stay at home and do not travel.\"\n\nScotRail has already cancelled services on several routes in Scotland on Thursday and Friday.\n\nThey are Perth-Aberdeen via Dundee, Perth-Aviemore (Highland main line), Perth-Dunblane, Aberdeen-Elgin (Aberdeen-Inverness line), Tain-Wick/Thurso (Far North line), and Fife Circle services.\n\nThe cancellations will also affect services between Glasgow Queen Street and Aberdeen and Inverness, and between Edinburgh Waverley and Aberdeen and Inverness.\n\nThose living in areas not under a red warning have been urged to check rail timetables before they travel.\n\nLarge areas of Scotland are still saturated after being hit by torrential rain earlier this month\n\nMeanwhile, Police Scotland has urged people to avoid any form of travel during the period of the red weather warning. Driving conditions are expected to be extremely dangerous with disruption and significant delays.\n\nStorm Babet, a complex area of low pressure which developed to the west of the Iberian Peninsula, was named by the Met Office on Monday morning.\n\nIt is the second named storm of the 2023/24 season, which started in early September, with the naming convention aimed at making it easier for people to engage with weather forecasts.\n\nThe Met Office said the last red warning issued in the UK was for extreme heat in July of last year.\n\nThe last UK red warning for rain was in February 2020 in South Wales for Storm Dennis, while the last in Scotland was in December 2015 for Storm Desmond.\n\nRed is the most severe of the Met Office's three coloured weather warnings.\n\nIt means that dangerous weather is expected and, if you have not already done so, you should take action now to keep yourself and others safe from the impact of the severe weather.\n\nIt is very likely that there will be a risk to life, with substantial disruption to travel, energy supplies and possibly widespread damage to property and infrastructure.\n\nYou should avoid travelling, where possible, and follow the advice of the emergency services and local authorities.\n\nYou can read more about the weather warning system here\n\nRain warnings for every county in the Republic of Ireland were in place overnight, having come into effect at various stages on Tuesday.\n\nAberdeenshire Council is urging residents to take advantage of sandbags to help protect properties. The local authority held a resilience meeting on Wednesday.\n\nPerth and Kinross Council said it would close all of its floodgates on Wednesday, with the exception of those at the Queen's Bridge.\n\nThe authority confirmed these will be installed on Thursday morning and the bridge will be closed to vehicles and pedestrians.\n\nIt will remain closed until the storm has passed, but council workers will be present at the gates to assist any businesses to pass through the gates when it is safe.\n\nThe authority was previously criticised over its delay in closing the North Inch floodgates during heavy rain and rising water levels earlier this month, which led to properties and businesses being flooded as a result.\n\nThe RNLI warned the strong winds that have been forecast along with heavy rain are likely to cause dangerous conditions for those visiting the coast around the UK and Ireland.\n\nRNLI water safety partner Sam Hughes said: \"The RNLI advises staying a safe distance away from the water and cliff edges as the conditions could knock you off your feet or wash you into the sea. It is not worth risking your life.\"\n\nHow have you been affected by Storm Babet? If it is safe to do so, share your experiences, pictures and videos by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Biden: Abandoning Israel and Ukraine 'not worth it'\n\nUS President Joe Biden has said world history is at \"an inflection point\" as he made the case for billions of dollars in wartime aid for Ukraine and Israel.\n\nIn a speech at the White House, he said Hamas and Russia both wanted to \"annihilate a neighbouring democracy\".\n\nMr Biden said he would send an urgent funding request - expected to be $105bn (£87bn) - to Congress on Friday.\n\nBut the House of Representatives has no leader and can't approve any spending.\n\nMr Biden's rare primetime address to the nation from the Oval Office on Thursday evening was just the second of his presidency.\n\nIt came a day after his whirlwind trip to Israel following the attacks by Hamas on 7 October.\n\nMr Biden said the emergency aid request would \"pay dividends for American security for generations\".\n\nIn his 15-minute address, he also condemned any acts of hatred against Jews or Muslims in the US, and condemned the fatal stabbing of six-year-old Palestinian-American Wadea al-Fayoume in Chicago this week.\n\n\"We must without equivocation denounce anti-Semitism,\" he said. \"We must also without equivocation denounce Islamophobia.\"\n\nThe White House has not yet officially released details about the expected aid package.\n\nBut a source familiar with the request told the BBC's US partner CBS News it would include:\n\nMr Biden also took great care to stress his sympathy for the suffering of the Palestinian people in Gaza, as well as talking about meeting the families of Israeli and US victims of the Hamas attacks.\n\nDemocrats hope that by tying the different aid packages together they can win support for the Ukraine funding, which some Republicans oppose.\n\nBut the request will arrive at an effectively frozen Congress, as House Republicans have been unable to elect a Speaker after Kevin McCarthy was ousted in a right-wing revolt more than two weeks ago.\n\nMr Biden, who is a Democrat, did not explicitly address the political dysfunction, though he acknowledged \"divisions at home\".\n\n\"We have to get past them,\" he said. \"We can't let petty, partisan, angry politics get in the way of our responsibility as a great nation.\n\n\"We cannot and will not let terrorists like Hamas and tyrants like Putin win. I refuse to let that happen.\"\n\nBut it is unclear if the spending package would pass Congress, even with a House Speaker.\n\nThe Republican leader of the Senate has indicated willingness to take up the measure, but there is opposition within the party.\n\nEight Republicans, led by Kansas Senator Roger Marshall, wrote in a letter: \"These are two separate and unrelated conflicts and it would be wrong to leverage support of aid to Israel in an attempt to get additional aid for Ukraine across the finish line.\"\n\nOhio Republican Senator JD Vance called Mr Biden's linking of the two conflicts \"disgusting\".\n\n\"He's using dead children in Israel to sell his disastrous Ukraine policy,\" he posted on X, formerly Twitter, after the speech.\n\nThere was even a sign of dissent within the Biden administration on Thursday as a state department official resigned in protest at the US decision to keep sending weapons to Israel as it lays siege to Gaza.\n\nJosh Paul, who headed the bureau that oversees arms transfers, told the BBC after quitting that he believed Israel's actions violated US legal provisions meant to restrict weapons sales to human rights abusers.\n\n\"I think our mechanisms for determining violations are broken,\" he said.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: US official quits over Israel aid: 'I had to resign'", "Omid Djalili was due to appear at the Festival Drayton Centre on Thursday evening\n\nComic Omid Djalili has pulled out of a performance, with the venue citing \"personal threats due to the situation in Israel\".\n\nThe comedian was due to appear on Thursday at the Festival Drayton Centre, in Market Drayton, Shropshire.\n\nThe centre said it was reaching out to ticket holders and would issue refunds next week.\n\nMr Djalili's representatives have yet to respond to a BBC request for more information.\n\nThe comedian, who was born in London to Iranian parents, has appeared in films including Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again and Bond movie The World Is Not Enough as well as the BBC TV series His Dark Materials.\n\nHe was due to appear in the Omid Djalili and Friends show in Market Drayton, before touring Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland next week.\n\nWest Mercia Police said it had not received any reports of concerns surrounding the performance in Shropshire.\n\nThe Palestinian militant group Hamas launched an attack on Israel on 7 October which was followed by retaliatory air strikes on Gaza.\n\nThe attack by Hamas, which is proscribed as a terrorist group by countries including the UK and the US, saw 1,400 people killed and more than 200 taken hostage after gunmen infiltrated southern Israeli communities under the cover of heavy rocket fire.\n\nFollow BBC West Midlands on Facebook, X and Instagram. Send your story ideas to: newsonline.westmidlands@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Canadian officials said India's threat to remove immunity for Canadian diplomats is in violation of international law\n\nForty-one Canadian diplomats have recently left India amid a rift over the murder of a Sikh separatist leader on Canadian soil.\n\nIndia asked Canada two weeks ago to withdraw dozens of its diplomatic staff and threatened to remove their immunity if they remained.\n\nRelations have been tense after Canada accused India of being behind the 18 June killing of Hardeep Singh Nijjar.\n\nIndia has denied the allegations, calling them \"absurd\".\n\nOn Thursday, Canada's foreign minister, Melanie Joly, confirmed that many Canadian diplomats and their dependents in India have now left the country.\n\nShe said India had said that immunity for \"all but 21 diplomats\" will be \"unilaterally removed\" by 20 October.\n\nIndia's Ministry of External Affairs said it rejected suggestions that this was a violation of international norms.\n\n\"The state of our bilateral relations, the much higher number of Canadian diplomats in India, and their continued interference in our internal affairs warrant a parity in mutual diplomatic presence in New Delhi and Ottawa,\" it said.\n\nMs Joly said that the remaining 21 diplomats are still in India, but the withdrawal means Canada will have to limit its services in the country due to a shortage of staff.\n\nSpecifically, the move will put a pause on in-person operations in Bangalore, Mumbai, and Chandigarh, Ms Joly said. Officials said there is no timeline on when those services will resume.\n\nServices will still be available out of the High Commission of Canada in Delhi, and applications centres - which are third-party run - will also remain open, officials said.\n\nHowever, the reduction of staff is anticipated to significantly slow down processing times for immigration applications, at least in the short term, said Canadian immigration minister Marc Miller.\n\nIt will be primarily Indian citizens who will be affected, officials said, including international students looking to study in Canada.\n\nIndian nationals made up the largest percentage of applicants for temporary and permanent residency in Canada in 2022.\n\nIndia says Canada had many more diplomats in Delhi than India has in Ottawa, and has demanded parity ever since the row between the two countries erupted.\n\nBut the Global Affairs website which lists the Indian diplomats in Ottawa suggests they had about the same number.\n\nIndia saying it would remove diplomatic immunity for Canadian envoys is a \"violation of international law\", Ms Joly said during a news conference in Ottawa.\n\nShe added that Canada will not reciprocate.\n\n\"If we allow the norm of diplomatic immunity to be broken, no diplomats anywhere on the planet would be safe,\" Ms Joly said.\n\nOfficials said they still welcome Indian nationals who want to visit or move to Canada.\n\nMr Trudeau (left) and Mr Modi had a tense meeting in Delhi recently\n\nCanada-India relations have deteriorated to a historic low after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said in September there was \"credible allegations\" of a potential link between India and Nijjar's murder.\n\nMr Trudeau said this was based on Canadian intelligence, which suggested that \"agents of the government of India\" were behind the killing. This, Canada has said, is a violation of its sovereignty.\n\nNijjar was shot and killed by two masked gunmen outside the Sikh temple he led in Surrey, British Columbia. Canadian police called it a \"targeted attack\", and an investigation into the murder is ongoing.\n\nHe was an outspoken advocate for the creation of a separate state of Sikhs in India called Khalistan - a movement staunchly opposed by India - and India had designated him as a terrorist in 2020.\n\nDespite the public accusation, Mr Trudeau has repeatedly said that Canada is not looking to escalate the rift with India.\n\nHe has called on Indian officials to cooperate with the investigation into Nijjar's death.", "After Hamas attacked Israel, Israel has launched a series of attacks on the Gaza Strip\n\nThe Middle East is on the \"edge of an abyss\" as a result of the war between Israel and Hamas, UN agency chief Philippe Lazzarini has told the BBC.\n\nThe commissioner-general of UN relief agency UNRWA said violence could spill over across the region.\n\nAnd he warned about the dire situation for civilians inside Gaza, calling again for humanitarian aid corridors into the territory.\n\nMr Lazzarini said he fears \"the world is now losing its humanity\".\n\nIn an exclusive interview with the BBC, Mr Lazzarini reiterated calls for humanitarian aid corridors, saying help \"needs to be uninterrupted... predictable [and] meaningful\" to help the people of Gaza.\n\nSpeaking in Jerusalem, the head of UNRWA condemned Hamas's attack on Israel, calling it a \"horrific and barbaric massacre\" that had created a \"national trauma, a collective trauma in Israel\".\n\n\"But this event still does not justify that the war is conducted without any restraint,\" he said. \"And I do not believe that killing even more civilians is in the interest of the future security and peace here in the region.\"\n\nAsked if Israelis were respecting international humanitarian law, Mr Lazzarini said: \"Listen, we are now in a situation where there is a total siege being imposed in the Gaza Strip.\n\n\"We are in a situation where more than a million people have been asked to be displaced. So this amounts to collective punishment, and collective punishment is a violation of international humanitarian law.\"\n\nHe added: \"We call to the Israelis and to anyone relevant in this conflict to respect international humanitarian law. There is no exception for anyone.\"\n\nI have sometimes the impression that the world is now losing its humanity\n\nSpeaking about the growing humanitarian crisis in Gaza, Mr Lazzarini said 2.2 million Palestinians, half of whom have been displaced, are \"basically lacking everything\".\n\n\"There is no water. You have four toilets for 4,000 people. They are living on the floor,\" he said. \"We are on the brink.\"\n\n\"If there is no water anymore in the Gaza Strip, things will accelerate. And the disaster which is already unfolding under our eyes, will become even worse,\" Mr Lazzarini said.\n\nThe UN has warned of a \"humanitarian catastrophe\" in Gaza\n\nThe UN has previously warned of a \"humanitarian catastrophe\" unless aid can get into Gaza.\n\nMr Lazzarini said that before Hamas's attack on 7 October, around 500 trucks a day would carry aid, fuel and other goods into the Strip.\n\nNow, he said, it is unclear how much aid they need to send or what they will even be allowed to take in - but estimated the agency would need \"at least 100 trucks a day\" for Gazans.\n\nOn Wednesday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu confirmed that his country would \"not thwart\" supplies going from Egypt to the civilian population in southern Gaza.\n\nHowever, no aid has yet has crossed into the territory via the Rafah crossing from Egypt.\n\nWorld Health Organization director general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told reporters on Thursday: \"Our trucks are loaded and ready to go.\" He said supplies would be delivered as soon as the Rafah crossing opened - \"hopefully tomorrow\", he added.\n\nMr Lazzarini ended by saying that Palestinians are now feeling \"a deep sense and feeling of abandonment from the international community\" amid the ongoing violence.\n\n\"They feel completely empty. They all have families member who have been killed on a daily basis. They hear about the relatives. And at the same time, they have to care of their own survival.\"\n\n\"But the feeling of abandonment should not be underestimated.\"", "Actors have been warned not to replicate scary costumes like these\n\nEvery Halloween, celebrities love to show off their elaborate costumes, often based on hit TV shows and films.\n\nBut this year, things will look a little different after actors were warned that dressing as characters from major shows and movies would break the rules of the ongoing Hollywood strike.\n\nSo outfits based on Barbie, Wednesday Addams and film superheroes are banned.\n\nWearing such costumes would promote content made by the studios the actors are in dispute with, their union said.\n\n\"Choose costumes inspired by generalised characters and figures (ghost, zombie, spider etc),\" Sag-Aftra advised its members.\n\nOr actors could dress as characters from content that does not fall under the strike rules, \"like an animated TV show\", the union suggested.\n\n\"Let's use our collective power to send a loud and clear message to our struck employers that we will not promote their content without a fair contract!\"\n\nGeorge Clooney and other stars have made a proposal to break the deadlock\n\nRyan Reynolds responded on X, formerly known as Twitter, by joking that he would \"look forward to screaming 'scab' at my eight-year-old all night\".\n\nHe added: \"She's not in the union but she needs to learn.\"\n\nThe Sag-Aftra advice comes as the actors' strike, which prevents union members from doing any work for major US studios, approaches the 100-day mark.\n\nMost production has been on hold since it began, with the two sides failing to agree a deal over demands including increased pay, a share of streaming revenues, and protection against actors' images and voices being replicated by artificial intelligence.\n\nThe latest talks broke down last week, with studios saying the negotiations were \"no longer moving us in a positive direction\".\n\nGeorge Clooney has led a group of A-list stars who put a proposal to the union this week in an attempt to break the deadlock.\n\nAccording to the Hollywood Reporter, a Zoom call was held on Tuesday between union leaders and Clooney, Reynolds, Scarlett Johansson, Kerry Washington, Tyler Perry, Bradley Cooper, Meryl Streep, Robert De Niro, Ben Affleck, Jennifer Aniston, Reese Witherspoon, Emma Stone and Laura Dern.\n\nClooney and his fellow big names suggested that bigger earners should pay more in union fees - which he estimated would generate $50m (£41m) a year.\n\nThat is reportedly intended to bridge the gap between what the union is seeking and what studios are willing to offer.\n\nA Sag-Aftra statement said they were \"grateful that a few of our most successful members have engaged to offer ideas and support\".\n\nIt added: \"This generous concept is worthy of consideration, but it is in no way related to and would have no bearing on this present contract or even as a subject of collective bargaining.\n\n\"It is, in fact, prohibited by Federal labour law. For example, our pension and health plans are funded exclusively from employer contributions. It also doesn't speak to the scale of the overall package.\"\n\nThe strike would go on for \"as long as it takes\", they said.\n\n\"For 98 days, we've stood strong, united in our pursuit of justice, fairness, and the value we bring to the industry.\"\n\nA similar strike by scriptwriters was resolved last month after 148 days.", "The government's new chief scientific adviser described Rishi Sunak as \"Dr Death, the Chancellor\" in private messages sent during a crucial pandemic meeting, the Covid inquiry has heard.\n\nProf Dame Angela McLean made the comment in a WhatsApp exchange in September 2020.\n\nThe government's Eat Out to Help Out scheme had been running that summer.\n\nAt the time, there was fierce debate about the need for social-distancing measures to control the virus.\n\nOn Sunday 20 September 2020, then Prime Minister Boris Johnson called a Zoom meeting of scientists to discuss the government's response to sharply rising Covid infections.\n\nDame Angela, then chief scientific adviser to the Ministry of Defence, who co-chaired the influential SPI-M modelling group during the pandemic, was one of the attendees, along with her colleague Prof John Edmunds, from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM).\n\nThen Chancellor Rishi Sunak also dialled in, along with senior Downing Street officials including Dominic Cummings, the government's chief medical adviser, Prof Chris Whitty, and the then chief scientific adviser, Sir Patrick Vallance.\n\nOn Thursday, the Covid inquiry was shown a private WhatsApp exchange between Dame Angela and Prof Edmunds, sent at the time of the meeting, which refers to Rishi Sunak as \"Dr Death, the Chancellor\".\n\nProf Edmunds told the inquiry he was unable to recall if that had been a specific reference to the Eat Out to Help Out scheme, which had subsidised food in pubs, restaurants and other hospitality venues over the summer, while Covid cases had been low.\n\nBut in earlier testimony to the inquiry, he said he was \"still angry\" about the policy.\n\n\"It was one thing to take your foot off the brake - but another to put your foot on the accelerator,\" he said.\n\nProf Dame Angela McLean played a critical role in drawing up scientific advice during the Covid-19 pandemic\n\nProf Edmunds told the inquiry 45,000 people had just died - and while the pub and restaurant sector needed support, the government could have just given them money.\n\n\"This was a scheme to encourage people to take an epidemiological risk,\" he added.\n\nAsked about Prof Angela McLean's description of Mr Sunak as Dr Death and whether she should apologise, the PM's spokeswoman said he was allowing the inquiry to continue and would not comment on individual points raised by it.\n\nNaomi Fulop, spokesperson for Covid-19 Bereaved Families for Justice UK, said the Eat Out to Help Out scheme contributed to the loss of thousands of lives and put unnecessary pressure on the NHS.\n\n\"When our current chief scientific advisor has referred to our prime minister as 'Dr Death', how can any of us have faith in our government if another pandemic strikes?\" she said.\n\nThe Downing Street meeting had also involved scientists from what Sir Patrick Vallance described in an email as the \"let it rip\" brigade.\n\nThat included Carl Heneghan, a professor of evidence-based medicine at Oxford University, and his colleague Prof Sunetra Gupta - both of whom were critics of several lockdown-related measures.\n\nIn her WhatsApp exchange, Dame Angela uses an expletive to refer to an individual - thought to be Prof Heneghan - and his evidence, to which Prof Edmunds replies: \"Every statistic is wrong.\"\n\nEarlier in the day the inquiry chair, Baroness Hallett, ruled that only relevant extracts from informal diaries kept by Sir Patrick Vallance could be shown on screen and on the inquiry website.\n\nLawyers for Sir Patrick had called for restrictions on full pages being displayed, as this would breach his privacy rights.\n\nLady Hallett said it was \"premature\" to decide the issue now but she would monitor and review the situation after a challenge by eight media organisations including the BBC.\n\nThe inquiry itself is taking witness evidence in London until Christmas, before moving to Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.", "The carved pumpkins were pictured earlier this week before they were smashed on two days running\n\nA Czech parish priest has apologised to local children after stomping on Halloween pumpkins near his church.\n\nFather Jaromir Smejkal destroyed the carved pumpkins on two successive days in a park in Kurdejov, a village in the wine-making region of South Moravia.\n\nHe has apologised for the vandalism in an open letter to the mayor and published on the village Facebook page.\n\nHe said he would have acted differently had he known they were carved by children.\n\n\"Leaving the rectory on Sunday evening, I saw numerous symbols of the satanic feast of 'Halloween' placed in front of our sacred grounds,\" he wrote.\n\n\"I acted according to my faith and duty to be a father and protector of the children entrusted to me and removed these symbols,\" said Father Smejkal, parish priest at the Roman Catholic Church of St John the Baptist.\n\nHe added that in his view the modern tradition of Halloween had been conceived in a \"heathen, contemporary world\", as a counterbalance to the Catholic feast of All Souls' Day.\n\nBreclavsky Denik newspaper, which first reported the story, said the local children had carved the pumpkins as part of Halloween festivities organised by the village.\n\nSome children are said to have been in tears when they were told their creations had been destroyed. New pumpkins were left in the park but were found scattered and stomped on the next day, reported the paper.\n\nFather Smejkal said it had not been his intention to harm anyone, especially not children.\n\n\"But try to remember that my duty as a figure of authority and a priest is to protect children and families from hidden evil,\" he went on.\n\nThe Czech Republic is considered to be one of the least religious countries in the world. However, some traditional religious feasts - including All Souls' Day - remain popular, and are marked by both believers and atheists alike.\n\nSome Czechs complain their traditions are being eroded by highly commercialised imports from the West, with Halloween being a prime example.\n\nSign up for our morning newsletter and get BBC News in your inbox.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Amazon says it deploys robots to \"free up\" staff\n\nAmazon is trialling humanoid robots in its US warehouses, in the latest sign of the tech giant automating more of its operations.\n\nAmazon said the move was about \"freeing employees up to better deliver for our customers\".\n\nIt said it was testing a new robot called Digit, which has arms and legs and can move, grasp and handle items in a similar fashion to a human.\n\nA union said Amazon had \"been treating their workers like robots for years\".\n\n\"Amazon's automation is [a] head-first race to job losses. We've already seen hundreds of jobs disappear to it in fulfilment centres,\" said Stuart Richards, an organiser at UK trade union GMB.\n\nAs the announcement was made, Amazon said its robotics systems had in fact helped create \"hundred of thousands of new jobs\" within its operations.\n\n\"This includes 700 categories of new job types, in skilled roles, which didn't exist within the company beforehand,\" the firm said.\n\nAccording to the tech giant, it now has more than 750,000 robots working \"collaboratively\" with its human staff, often being used to take on \"highly repetitive tasks\".\n\nAmazon Robotics' chief technologist, Tye Brady, told reporters at a media briefing in Seattle that people were \"irreplaceable\", and disputed the suggestion that the company could have fully-automated warehouses in the future.\n\n\"There's not any part of me that thinks that would ever be a reality,\" he said.\n\n\"People are so central to the fulfilment process; the ability to think at a higher level, the ability to diagnose problems.\"\n\nRather than using wheels to move, Digit walks on two legs. It also has arms that can pick up and move packages, containers, customer orders and objects.\n\nScott Dresser of Amazon Robotics told the BBC this allowed it to \"deal with steps and stairs or places in our facility where we need to move up and down\".\n\nBut he said the robot was a prototype and the trial was about seeing whether it could work safely with human employees.\n\n\"It's an experiment that we're running to learn a little bit more about how we can use mobile robots and manipulators in our environment here at Amazon,\" he said.\n\nAmazon also uses a wheeled robot to distribute goods around sites\n\nMr Dresser suggested that the fears over human jobs being replaced didn't match what had happened at Amazon.\n\n\"Our experience has been these new technologies actually create jobs, they allow us to grow and expand. And we've seen multiple examples of this through the robots that we have today.\n\n\"They don't always run unfortunately and we need people to repair them,\" he said.\n\nAmazon has ramped up its use of robots in recent years, as pressure has grown to cut costs.\n\nLast year it announced it was trialling a giant robotic arm that can pick up items. It already uses wheeled robots to move goods around its warehouses, and it has started using drones for delivery in two US states.", "Israel has suggested that the long-term aim of its military campaign in Gaza is to sever all links with the territory.\n\nIsraeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant said that once Hamas had been defeated, Israel would end its \"responsibility for life in the Gaza Strip\".\n\nBefore the conflict, Israel supplied Gaza with most of its energy needs and monitored imports into the territory.\n\nThe statement comes as Israel continues its strikes on Gaza and aid remains blocked on the border with Egypt.\n\nThe bombardments are a response to attacks by Hamas gunmen on Israel on 7 October, in which at least 1,400 people were killed and 203 taken hostage. Israel is now poised to launch a ground offensive.\n\nOn Friday, Mr Gallant told a parliamentary committee that the first stage of the campaign was meant to destroy Hamas's infrastructure, according to a statement from his office.\n\nIsraeli forces, he added, would then launch \"operations at lower intensity\" to eliminate \"pockets of resistance\".\n\nThe third phase, he said, \"will require the removal of Israel's responsibility for life in the Gaza Strip, and the establishment of a new security reality for the citizens of Israel\".\n\nThere has been no let-up in Israeli air strikes across the Gaza Strip\n\nAlthough Israel withdrew from Gaza in 2005, the UN regards the strip - along with the West Bank and East Jerusalem - as occupied land and considers Israel responsible for the basic needs of its population.\n\nIsrael has previously allowed Gazans to cross the border for work. It has also overseen imports into the territory to prevent weapons from reaching Hamas.\n\nFollowing the 7 October attacks it cut electricity supplies, as well as deliveries of food and medicines. The UN calls the situation there \"beyond catastrophic\".\n\nThe US and Egypt have reached a deal allowing some supplies to start bringing relief Gaza's 2.2 million residents.\n\nAn initial convoy of 20 trucks had been expected to enter southern Gaza through the Rafah border crossing on Friday, but they are still stuck on the Egyptian side.\n\nHumanitarian organisations say much more aid is needed.\n\nA humanitarian convoy is still waiting to be allowed through the Rafah crossing\n\nOn Friday UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres visited the crossing with a plea for aid trucks to be allowed into the territory.\n\n\"These trucks are not just trucks - they are a lifeline, they are the difference between life and death to many people in Gaza,\" he said. \"What we need is to make them move.\"\n\nMeanwhile Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas has confirmed that he will join several world leaders at a summit in Cairo on Saturday aimed at achieving a ceasefire.\n\nThe event, hosted by Egyptian President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi, will involve talks on trying to end the Israeli-Palestinian conflict based on a two-state solution.\n\nThose attending will also include Mr Guterres and representatives from the EU, as well as several Arab and European countries.", "Kenneth Chesebro is the third out of 18 co-defendants in the Georgia election interference case to plead guilty.\n\nA former lawyer to Donald Trump has pleaded guilty in an election subversion case in the US state of Georgia.\n\nKenneth Chesebro is the third of 19 co-defendants to plead guilty in a deal with Fulton County prosecutors.\n\nHe is accused of putting forward a slate of fake pro-Trump electors in Georgia and other states to overturn the outcome of the 2020 election.\n\nMr Trump is among those charged in the case. He has pleaded not guilty.\n\nChesebro's plea deal comes a day after another ex-Trump lawyer, Sidney Powell, admitted guilt in the case.\n\nA third co-defendant, bail bondsman Scott Hall, struck a plea deal with prosecutors in late September.\n\nChesebro pleaded guilty to a single felony count of conspiracy to file false documents.\n\nHis deal with prosecutors on Friday came as jury selection began in his case. The trial will no longer go forward.\n\nUnder the plea deals, the former defendants will have to testify under oath in forthcoming trials.\n\nChesebro faces five years of probation, a $5,000 (£4,109) fine and community service. He also must provide documents and evidence related to the case and write an apology letter to citizens of Georgia.\n\nHe had faced a total of seven charges in the Georgia election interference case, including conspiracy to commit forgery and conspiracy to commit impersonating a public officer.\n\nChesebro is an appellate lawyer who first became involved in the Trump campaign's post-election efforts in Wisconsin before expanding into other states lost by Mr Trump.\n\nHe is accused of helping to devise a plan to submit fake slates of electors for Mr Trump.\n\nSpecifically, it is alleged he wrote a memo that provided instructions for how such electors in states including Georgia should proceed to meet and cast votes for Mr Trump.\n\nHis guilty plea can be seen as a victory for Fulton County prosecutors as they continue to build their case against Mr Trump, said Atlanta lawyer Rachel Kaufman.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\n\"The chips are falling and falling on Trump,\" Ms Kaufman told the BBC.\n\n\"Chesebro pleading guilty and agreeing to testify truthfully against his co-defendants is the biggest blow yet to any defence they've been building. Chesebro was like the captain of Trump's legal team - and was often the only link between Trump and the other co-conspirators,\" she said.\n\nIn total, the former president faces 13 felony counts - including racketeering - for allegedly pressuring state officials to reverse results in the presidential election.\n\nHe has repeatedly denied any wrongdoing, and has described the case as politically motivated.", "Lee Johnston was last seen on 7 October\n\nPolice investigating the disappearance of missing person Lee Johnston have located a body in the Maghera area of County Londonderry.\n\nThe 21-year-old was last seen in Dunmore Crescent in Cookstown, County Tyrone on 7 October.\n\nOn Wednesday, Supt Michael O'Loan said it was \"completely out of character\" for Mr Johnston not to have been in contact with his family.\n\nHe was being treated as a high-risk missing person.\n\nSearch and rescue teams were searching an area near Maghera on Wednesday night\n\nA 31-year-old woman and a 33-year-old man arrested following his disappearance were bailed on Tuesday night to allow for further enquiries.\n\nMr Johnson was last seen at 17:24 BST on 7 October.\n\nCCTV images show him at a supermarket in Cookstown about 30 minutes earlier on the Orritor Road.\n\nThe CCTV images of Mr Johnston show him in a shop in Cookstown", "Uniformed officers arrested a man at the memorial on Belfast's Ormeau Road in February 2021\n\nThe Police Service of Northern Ireland will not appeal a ruling that two officers were unlawfully disciplined after a Troubles' commemoration event.\n\nThe event marked the anniversary of the 1992 Sean Graham bookmakers attack, in which five people were killed.\n\nThe then chief constable Simon Byrne said he was considering an appeal to the ruling, but subsequently resigned.\n\nOn Friday, the interim police chief said he accepted the judgment and would be apologising to the officers.\n\n\"I have communicated my position to the chair of the Police Federation who will inform both officers,\" said interim Chief Constable Jon Boutcher.\n\n\"I acknowledge that our judgment was wrong and unlawful and I have offered to meet both officers to apologise.\"\n\nHe said he realised the judgment has had a \"significant impact both within and outside the organisation\".\n\nFive people were killed and several others injured in the 1992 gun attack\n\nThe disciplinary action happened after a service marking the anniversary of the Sean Graham bookmakers attack by loyalist paramilitaries, which was held on the Ormeau Road in Belfast in February 2021.\n\nAbout 30 people attended that event, amid restrictions on public gatherings due to Covid-19 regulations.\n\nOne man who had been shot and injured in the 1992 attack was detained on suspicion of disorderly behaviour and put in handcuffs. He was later released without charge.\n\nMr Byrne, the chief constable at the time, apologised for the incident and confirmed the disciplinary steps taken against the two recently-recruited officers.\n\nAlthough the suspension and re-positioning decisions were lifted later that year following a review, both constables remained aggrieved at their treatment.\n\nBacked by the Police Federation, the pair applied for a judicial review into the lawfulness of the disciplinary moves.\n\nIn his ruling in August, the judge said the officers had been disciplined to allay any threat of Sinn Féin abandoning its support for policing in Northern Ireland. Sinn Féin denied that.\n\nHe quashed decisions to suspend one probationary constable and re-position his colleague.\n\nThe ruling prompted the Police Federation and unionist political parties to criticise the leadership of the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI).\n\nA few weeks later, Mr Byrne resigned following that incident and a series of other controversies.\n\nIn a statement, the Police Federation said it was a \"positive and welcome\" development that there will no longer be an appeal.\n\nIts chair, Liam Kelly, said: \"I have personally spoken to both officers and this decision has come as a great relief both to them and indeed their colleagues in the wider service.\n\n\"They were found to have been scapegoated for real or perceived political reasons and were treated disgracefully. Thankfully, Mr Boutcher has taken this very significant step to right the wrong.\"", "Megan Thee Stallion has reached a settlement to end a long-running legal battle with her former record label.\n\nThe rapper first filed a lawsuit against 1501 Certified Entertainment in 2020, claiming they were stopping her from releasing music.\n\nBut the pair will now \"amicably part ways\", as first reported by Billboard.\n\nMegan and 1501 \"mutually reached a confidential settlement to resolve their legal differences\".\n\nNo specific details have been given over the agreement.\n\nIn a statement to BBC Newsbeat, label boss Carl Crawford said that he and his company \"wish Megan the very best in her life and career\".\n\nIn 2020, 28-year-old Megan said on an Instagram Live that she \"didn't really know what was in [her] contract\" when she first signed it.\n\n\"I was young. I think I was like 20, and I ain't know everything that was in my contract,\" she said.\n\nShe filed another lawsuit against 1501 in 2021, over a row about what constitutes an album.\n\nThat dispute was about her 2021 release, Something For Thee Hotties, which was classed as a mixtape. 1501 then countersued claiming Megan has \"repeatedly breached her contracts\".\n\nLast week, Megan hinted that she was an independent artist, saying she didn't \"want to sign to a new label right now because I just want to do it myself\".\n\n\"I have no label right now and we're doing everything funded straight out of Megan Thee Stallion's pocket so the budget is coming from me,\" she said on Instagram Live.\n\n\"I'm so excited to be doing something for the first time independent since it was just me and my momma.\n\n\"It's really just me until we sign to a new label.\"\n\nListen to Newsbeat live at 12:45 and 17:45 weekdays - or listen back here.", "Travis King was returned to the US last month\n\nUS soldier Travis King, who fled from South to North Korea before being returned home last month, is reportedly facing charges including desertion, and soliciting and possessing sexual images of a child.\n\nThe charges also reportedly include assault against fellow soldiers.\n\nThe reconnaissance specialist illegally crossed into North Korea in July while on a guided tour of a border village.\n\nPyongyang eventually released him without giving further details.\n\nThe charges are yet to be officially announced but it appears he is facing eight charges, according to Reuters news agency, which first broke the story.\n\nThe 23-year-old could be jailed on the charge of desertion alone following his dash to North Korea in July.\n\nPvt King is also accused of broad misconduct before he fled to North Korea, including an attempted escape from US military custody in October 2022, Reuters news agency reports.\n\nHe was accused of soliciting a Snapchat user in July 2023 to \"knowingly and willingly produce child pornography\". He was also accused of possession of child pornography.\n\nHis mother, Claudine Gates, asked that her son \"be afforded the presumption of innocence\".\n\nPvt King was on duty with the US Army when he crossed the North Korean border.\n\nHe had been in the Army since January 2021 and was based in South Korea as part of a rotation.\n\nPrior to sprinting into North Korea, Pvt King had served two months in detention in South Korea on charges that he assaulted two people and kicked a police car.\n\nHe was released from custody on 10 July - eight days before he crossed the country's border with Pyongyang.\n\nHis release deal was brokered by Swedish officials, who brought Pvt King to North Korea's border with China.\n\nLittle is known about how he was treated in North Korea, why he fled there in the first place and why Pyongyang decided to free him.", "Government borrowing in September was lower than most economists had expected but remains high, figures show.\n\nBorrowing - the difference between spending and tax income - was £14.3bn last month.\n\nThis was £1.6bn less than a year earlier, but the sixth highest in September since records began in 1993.\n\nThe statistics come ahead of the Autumn Statement in November, but so far the chancellor has downplayed the possibility of any tax cuts.\n\nEconomists had predicted government borrowing to be £18.3bn last month, while the Office for Budget Responsibility had forecast the level to be £20.5bn.\n\nThe better-than-expected numbers from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) have prompted some, such as the right-leaning Institute of Economic Affairs think tank, to suggest there is now room for \"some well-targeted tax cuts\" in the Autumn Statement.\n\nChancellor Jeremy Hunt is also under pressure from some Conservative MPs to announce plans to lower taxes before the next general election, calls which have increased following the party's double by-election defeat on Friday.\n\nCraig Tracey, MP for North Warwickshire, said cutting income tax or national insurance would be the best way to make voters feel better now. \"The thing [voters] need to see is an immediate impact on their bottom line,\" he said.\n\nAnd former Tory minister John Redwood called for taxes on self-employed people to return to pre-2017 levels and for the VAT threshold to be raised for small businesses.\n\nThe Resolution Foundation, which campaigns on improving living standards for those on low to middle incomes, said high inflation had pushed up the nominal value of the government's tax income, which had given a \"short-term\" boost for the chancellor ahead of his budget update.\n\nBut Cara Pacitti, senior economist at the think tank, said the short-term gain was \"likely to be more than offset by longer-term pain\" caused by higher interest rates.\n\n\"Together, this is likely to reduce the chancellor's already limited room for manoeuvre,\" she added.\n\nMr Hunt appears to have all but ruled out near-term tax cuts to date, saying they are \"virtually impossible\" and that the government needs to prioritise bringing down inflation.\n\nResponding to the latest borrowing figures, Mr Hunt said the government's spending on debt interest was twice the level it was last year and was \"clearly not sustainable\".\n\nBut he said the government \"had to borrow during the pandemic to protect lives and livelihoods\" and blamed Russia's invasion of Ukraine for having \"pushed up inflation and interest rates\".\n\nGiven all we hear about how little \"wiggle room\" the chancellor has for tax cuts or spending rises against his politically chosen fiscal targets, there are some sharp reminders in today's figures of how quickly that wiggle room can stretch or contract when the economics or the politics changes.\n\nTake the interest payable on central government debt: not horribly high in September, but in fact third lowest since monthly records began in 1997. The reason is that on about a quarter of its outstanding debt, the government pays interest linked to the old-fashioned Retail Prices Index measure of inflation, which has dropped sharply over the past year.\n\nThen take the government's income from taxes which has been going up - largely because it's taking more from households in income tax and national insurance. Regardless of political promises from both major parties not to raise the rate of tax, the amount of tax the chancellor is raking in from us has shot up because of frozen tax thresholds.\n\nSo while spending has risen, the government's interest bill has dropped and its revenue is sharply up because of what's happened to inflation. All of which may remind us why the government's finances are nothing like our own.\n\nLast week Mr Hunt said that higher interest rates were likely to cost the UK an extra £20bn to £30bn per year.\n\nThe ONS said government debt was nearly £2.6 trillion in September, more than 2% higher than last year.\n\nThe larger the national debt gets, the more interest the government has to pay back.\n\nThe debt is usually linked to inflation or interest rates, and with both being relatively high in recent times, it means the government has had to pay more overall in interest on its debt.\n\nDivya Sridhar, economist at PwC, said public spending in the UK was \"particularly susceptible\" to inflation \"because a significant proportion of UK government debt is index-linked, meaning interest payments go up with inflation\".\n\nBut with inflation falling from its peak last year, some repayments on debt have come down. In September, the ONS said interest on government debt was £0.7bn, a big drop of £7.2bn compared with the same month in 2022.\n\n\"We continue to be optimistic that the government will meet its target to halve inflation by the end of this year. There are considerable gains to be made from a public finances perspective if this target is met,\" said Ms Sridhar.\n\nAlison Ring, director of public sector and taxation at the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales, said the scrapping of HS2's northern leg was \"likely to result in a relatively small reduction in spending in the second half of the financial year, with the government continuing to search for other savings to offset higher than anticipated spending on debt interest and inflationary pressures on costs\".\n\nMr Hunt on Friday said that the UK needed to \"get debt falling and reduce public sector waste so that those delivering public services can get back to what they do best; teaching our children, keeping us safe, and treating us when we're sick\".\n\nSince the Conservatives came to power in 2010, local government funding has been heavily cut, there have been large real-term cuts in education funding, and there are gaps in NHS funding.\n\nThis week the independent Institute for Fiscal Studies said the UK economy was in a \"horrible fiscal bind\" with no room to cut taxes or increase public spending.", "Republicans are back to square one. It’s a game of congressional snakes and ladders, where every space on the board is a serpent.\n\nMore than two weeks after a handful of House conservatives ousted Kevin McCarthy from the speaker’s chair, the party is still looking for a someone who can successfully reach the top of the board.\n\nJim Jordan is only the latest, most determined casualty of a leadership drama that at every turn seems to get more chaotic and acrimonious.\n\nAfter three very public failures in balloting before the full House, his end came quietly, by secret ballot, in a basement meeting with his fellow House Republicans. It is a fate that will make him a martyr for the party’s right wing, which will view his defeat as further evidence of a party establishment that is insufficiently dedicated to conservative values.\n\nHouse Republicans now head home for the weekend to lick their wounds. A grab-bag of politicians have already either declared their bids for the speakership or are seriously considering them.\n\nWith Steve Scalise and Jordan - two of the most high-profile House Republican names - off the board, Monday’s candidate forum promises to be a raucous affair, where dark-horse candidates with little political baggage might find success.\n\nWith a Republican caucus so fractured, and nerves so raw at this point, it won’t be an easy task.\n\nThe snakes on the board aren’t going away anytime soon.", "Meloni thanked Giambruno for the \"wonderful years we spent together\"\n\nItaly's prime minister, Giorgia Meloni, says she has separated from her long-time partner Andrea Giambruno.\n\nShe announced the split on social media hours after a TV show broadcast explicit comments made off-air by TV host Giambruno to female colleagues.\n\nMs Meloni said the relationship, \"which lasted almost 10 years, ends here. Our paths have been different for some time... it's time to acknowledge it.\"\n\nThe couple met in 2015 and they have a daughter aged seven.\n\nIn her post, the Italian leader also thanked Giambruno, 41, for the \"wonderful years we spent together, for the difficulties we went through and for giving me the most important thing in my life, our daughter Ginevra\".\n\nShe added: \"All those who sought to weaken me by striking my family should know that even if a water drop can hope to break a rock, a rock will always be a rock while a drop is just water.\"\n\nGiambruno found himself in hot water earlier this week after a satirical TV programme, Striscia La Notizia, broadcast comments he made off-camera, in which he appeared to flirt with a female colleague by telling her: \"You're so clever... Why didn't I meet you sooner?\"\n\nMore explicit off-air comments were then broadcast on Thursday, in which Giambruno was heard asking another colleague whether she was single or in an open relationship.\n\nHe is heard boasting about having an affair, saying \"everyone\" at Mediaset, the TV company he works for, \"knows it, and now you do too\", and then makes lewd references to group sex.\n\nGiambruno is heard asking: \"Will you join our group, our working group?\"\n\nWhen another voice asks \"What if Striscia has recorded you?\", he is heard to respond: \"What did I say that's so bad? We're laughing, we're joking around.\"\n\nThe journalist has not yet spoken about either the prime minister's social media post or his off-air comments.\n\nBut it is not the first time he has caused controversy. A few months ago, Giambruno was accused of victim-blaming after he appeared to say young women could avoid rape by not getting drunk.\n\n\"If you go dancing you have every right to get drunk,\" he said. \"But if you avoid getting drunk and losing consciousness, maybe you would also avoid getting into specific problems because that's when you find the wolf.\"\n\nGiorgia Meloni, 46, said at the time his words had been misinterpreted, and asked reporters not to \"hold her accountable for what a journalist says while doing his job\".\n\nShe is known for her strong belief in traditional Catholic family values and rejects same-sex parenting.\n\nAlessandro Zan, an MP from the centre-left Democratic Party and supporter of LGBTQ rights, said that after her decision to split up she should \"at least leave families who want to stay together in peace\".\n\nHer allies also took to X, formerly known as Twitter, to show their support. Matteo Salvini, her deputy, said he was sending her \"a big hug, my friendship and support. Go forward, head held high!\"\n\nAntonio Ricci, the creator of Striscia La Notizia, told Ansa news agency: \"One day Meloni will realise I did her a favour.\"\n\nMediaset was previously owned by the late Silvio Berlusconi, who was accused by his critics for debasing Italian television with a culture of sexism and machismo.\n\nSign up for our morning newsletter and get BBC News in your inbox.", "I’ve just chatted to Natalie Raanan’s father, Uri Raanan, in Chicago - he moved here from Israel 40 years ago.\n\n“I did not lose hope. I spoke to my daughter for two minutes yesterday on the phone, she is feeling very good and looking forward to coming home,\" he told me.\n\nHe said it’s Natalie’s 18th birthday on Tuesday and he hopes she’ll be back by then.\n\nNatalie and her mother Judith yesterday became the first hostages to be freed by Hamas. They were received by the Israel Defense Forces at the Israel-Gaza boundary, before being taken to a military base to be reunited with family members.\n\nI asked Uri what his thoughts were when he saw the first pictures of his daughter and ex wife after they were held captive for nearly two weeks by Hamas.\n\n“She looks very well, they look very well. I was so happy,\" he said, adding that his daughter is a \"tough girl\".\n\n\"It’ll take time for her to get back to normal after this, but she’ll be fine.”\n\nHamas says Natalie (left) and her mother Judith were freed for \"humanitarian reasons\" Image caption: Hamas says Natalie (left) and her mother Judith were freed for \"humanitarian reasons\"", "US President Joe Biden has secured a deal with Egypt to deliver limited aid to Gaza to ease a humanitarian crisis amid the Israel-Hamas war.\n\nVisiting Tel Aviv, Mr Biden said Israel had a right to hit back for the Hamas attack that triggered the fighting.\n\nThe US president said Israel had been \"badly victimised\", though he cautioned against being \"consumed\" by rage.\n\nHe also backed Israel's account that a blast at a Gaza hospital on Tuesday was not caused by an Israeli air strike.\n\nPalestinian officials say the explosion at Gaza's Al-Ahli Arab Hospital killed 471 people, blaming it on Israel. The incident has further inflamed tensions across the region.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Biden says he is \"outraged and saddened\" by the loss of life\n\nBut during a trip to Tel Aviv lasting fewer than eight hours on Wednesday, Mr Biden supported the Israeli claim that the deadly blast appeared to have been caused by a misfiring Palestinian rocket.\n\nThe American president said he was \"deeply saddened and outraged\" by the explosion.\n\nIsrael has pointed the finger at Islamic Jihad, another militant group operating in Gaza. Islamic Jihad denied any role in the blast.\n\nThe Palestinian-reported death toll has also been disputed by Israel. A foreign ministry spokesman, Lior Haiat, said on social media platform X that \"several dozen people\" had been \"apparently killed\".\n\nWhile flying home, Mr Biden discussed aid for Gaza with Egyptian President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi by phone.\n\nMr Biden told journalists that Mr Sisi had agreed to open the Rafah crossing from Egypt to Gaza to allow about 20 lorries carrying humanitarian aid into the territory.\n\nEgypt confirmed its president and Mr Biden had agreed to provide aid to Gaza \"in a sustainable manner\".\n\nMr Biden did not give a timeline for the border crossing opening, but White House spokesman John Kirby said it would occur in the coming days after road repairs.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nMr Biden also said $100m (£82m) in US funding would be be allocated to support Palestinian civilians.\n\nA source familiar with the matter told Reuters news agency the US president was considering asking Congress for $10bn in aid for Israel as soon as Friday.\n\nPeople are desperately short of food, water, fuel, medicine and other essentials after Israel launched a blockade of the enclave 10 days ago.\n\nIsrael struck back after the Palestinian militant group Hamas killed 1,400 people in an unprecedented incursion from Gaza on 7 October.\n\nAt least 3,000 people have been killed in retaliatory Israeli strikes on Gaza, according to Palestinian health officials. More than a million Palestinians have fled their homes within Gaza - about half of the population.\n\nIsraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu confirmed Israel would not prevent supplies going from Egypt to the civilian population in southern Gaza.\n\nHowever, Israel said it would not allow any aid to pass through its own territory until hostages being held by Hamas were released. Nearly 200 people have been abducted, Israel says.\n\nMr Biden will give a televised address to the nation from the White House on Thursday at 20:00 EDT (midnight GMT).\n\nIn his address, Mr Biden will \"discuss our response to Hamas's terrorist attacks against Israel and Russia's ongoing brutal war against Ukraine\", White House spokeswoman Karine Jean-Pierre said.\n\nAlso on Thursday, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is due to visit Israel.\n\nOn the US president's high-stakes visit to Tel Aviv, he was warmly greeted by Mr Netanyahu, before the pair hosted a joint news conference.\n\nMr Biden likened the Hamas raid on Israel to the 9/11 attacks in the US.\n\n\"The scale may be different, but I'm sure those horrors have tapped into some kind of primal feeling in Israel, just like it did and felt in the United States,\" Mr Biden said. \"But I caution this: while you feel that rage, don't be consumed by it.\n\n\"After 9/11, we were enraged in the United States. And while we sought justice and got justice, we also made mistakes.\"\n\nAddressing the explosion at the hospital, Mr Biden told Mr Netanyahu: \"Based on what I've seen, it appears as though it was done by the other team, not you.\"\n\nMr Biden was later asked by reporters what led him to conclude that Israel was not responsible, and said: \"The data I was shown by my defence department.\"\n\nA senior American official has told CBS, the BBC's US partner, that Washington has its own intelligence - in addition to Israel's - that includes communications intercepts and satellite photos, which give it \"high confidence\" Israel was not behind the strike.\n\nThe official said there were \"indications\" that it was an errant rocket fired by a group in Gaza.\n\nMr Biden had planned to travel from Israel to Jordan to meet King Abdullah, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and Egypt's President Sisi, but that leg of the trip was called off after the hospital blast.\n\nJordan cancelled the meeting and condemned what it called \"a great calamity and a heinous war crime\".\n\nThe White House said the decision to call off that part of the visit had been \"made in a mutual way\".", "Marie Anderson has been NI's Police Ombudsman since 2019\n\nAn English police force has been asked to investigate an alleged incident at the home of Northern Ireland's Police Ombudsman Marie Anderson.\n\nThe Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) has asked West Midlands Police to lead the investigation.\n\nNo further details have been released but it is understood it relates to an incident over two days at her home in Holywood, County Down, last month.\n\nUnionist parties have called on Ms Anderson to step aside from her role.\n\nThe Police Ombudsman's office said it would not comment on the matter.\n\nThe office of the Northern Ireland's Police Ombudsman holds the PSNI to account and investigates claims of misconduct made against PSNI officers.\n\nRather than investigate the watchdog itself, the PSNI has called on the services of another force.\n\nIn respect of an alleged domestic incident in Holywood on 23 September, the PSNI said at the time that a 63-year-old man was arrested for common assault and interviewed on 24 September.\n\nHe was released and a file was being forwarded to the Public Prosecution Service, added the force.\n\nIn its latest statement, a PSNI spokesperson said: \"The Police Service of Northern Ireland have asked West Midlands Police to lead an investigation and assess whether there are any further criminal offences following an alleged incident in County Down in September 2023.\n\nThey added: \"As this investigation is now live we will not be providing any further comment.\"\n\nThe Democratic Unionist Party's (DUP) deputy leader Gavin Robinson said he welcomed the involvement of the West Midlands Police over the \"serious allegations\" that had been made.\n\nHe said Ms Anderson should step aside until the investigation had concluded.\n\n\"A number of high-profile events have recently impacted on morale within the PSNI,\" said the East Belfast MP.\n\n\"At a time when they crave stability, they do not believe the current situation is tenable.\"\n\nUlster Unionist leader Doug Beattie also called on Ms Anderson to temporarily step down from her position until the findings of the investigation are published.\n\nSpeaking on Thursday, he said: \"In light of the investigation announced tonight, I feel it would be appropriate that Ms Anderson step down from her role with immediate effect.\n\n\"This will allow for the office of the ombudsman to continue their existing work without distraction or challenge during the necessary process of the investigation.\"\n\nMs Anderson is the fourth person to hold the position of Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland since the office was established in November 2000.\n\nShe has a background in law, having qualified as a solicitor in 1985 after graduating from Queen's University Belfast.\n\nDuring a career spanning almost 40 years, she has held a number of high-profile public service positions.\n\nIn 2003, she became the first assistant information commissioner for Northern Ireland.\n\nShe served a five-year term in the role, during which time she established the Information Commissioner's Office in Northern Ireland.\n\nIn 2016, she was appointed as Northern Ireland Public Services Ombudsman, a watchdog role which investigates complaints about public service providers.\n\nWithin that role she also held the position of Northern Ireland local government commissioner for standards, leading investigations into complaints about the conduct of local councillors.\n\nMs Anderson took up her role as police ombudsman in July 2019.\n\nShe is married with three grown-up sons.\n\nThe investigation follows a period of significant separate controversies within Northern Ireland policing.\n\nThe force is currently recruiting a new chief constable following the resignation of Simon Byrne on 4 September.\n\nMr Byrne quit in the wake of a major data breach and a separate High Court judgement that ruled two PSNI officers had been unlawfully disciplined.\n\nThe data breach happened in August when surnames, and initials of 10,000 police employees were accidentally included in a freedom of information response.\n\nLater that month, Mr Byrne was criticised over the treatment of two junior PSNI officers who had made an arrest at a Troubles commemoration in Belfast in 2021.\n\nBBC News NI understands that two applicants have been shortlisted for the job of chief constable - Interim Chief Constable Jon Boutcher and Assistant Chief Constable Bobby Singleton.", "Elon Musk has said his social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, will launch two new tiers of premium subscriptions.\n\n\"One is lower cost with all features, but no reduction in ads, and the other is more expensive, but has no ads,\" the billionaire said in a post on X.\n\nIt comes as the firm started charging new users $1 in New Zealand and the Philippines for accessing the platform.\n\nMr Musk did not provide more details on the plans.\n\nNew users who opt out of subscribing will only be able to take \"read only\" actions, such as reading posts, watching videos, and following accounts, the company said in its website.\n\nIt is not clear if there will be any free options.\n\nMr Musk has long said that his solution for getting rid of bots and fake accounts on the social media platform is charging for the service.\n\nSince taking over the firm in October last year he has looked to incentivise users to pay for an enhanced service, which is now called X Premium. Some users now opt to pay $8 per month for the blue check subscription service.\n\nIts \"Not A Bot\" subscription method aims to reduce spam, manipulation of the platform and bot activity.\n\nHe has also tried to woo advertisers back to X with offers of discounts.\n\nMr Musk's rapid changes, including mass layoffs and disbanding content moderation teams, has led to advertisers halting ads on the service.\n\nHe acknowledged that the platform has taken a hit on revenue and blamed activists for pressuring advertisers.\n\nOther big tech companies have also experimented with a mix of ad-supported and subscription plans.\n\nWhile Alphabet's YouTube has both paid and free, ad-supported ones, Netflix's ad-supported plans are also chargeable, though at a lower price.\n\nYouTube, which like X is populated by content from users, shares a part of its subscription revenue with creators.\n\nX, which also shares some of its ad revenue with content creators, did not disclose if content creators will be paid in ad-free subscription models.\n\nDespite Mr Musk's attempts to generate revenue on X, as the company faced criticism over lax content moderation, advertisers have not come flooding back over concerns their ads might appear next to inappropriate content.\n\nLast week, the European Commission launched an investigation into X to see whether it complies with new tech rules on illegal and harmful content following the spread of disinformation on its platform after Hamas's attack on Israel.", "Residents of Brechin are doing what they can to protect their homes as rain continues to fall in the town\n\nHundreds of people in Brechin are being evacuated as exceptional rainfall from Storm Babet threatens to breach flood defences in the town.\n\nAngus Council said residents in about 400 homes are being told to leave.\n\nIt comes as a red alert for rain and wind has been extended to a wider area of Scotland.\n\nThe warning came into effect at 18:00 and now covers an area from southern Aberdeenshire and Angus to the outskirts of Dundee and Perth.\n\nAmber and yellow warnings are also in place in other areas of the UK.\n\nThe Met Office red weather warning runs from 18:00 on Thursday until noon on Friday, with the storm predicted to bring about 220mm (8.5in) of rain in some areas of eastern Scotland, an amount close to the highest ever 24-hour total for a \"rainfall day\".\n\nResidents have been warned of a danger to life from fast flowing or deep floodwater, with extensive flooding to homes and businesses and landslips also possible.\n\nThere have also been reports of high winds bringing down trees on several roads.\n\nAngus Council said that as well as about 335 properties in Brechin, an additional 87 households in the nearby villages of Tannadice and Finavon had been told to evacuate \"for their own safety\".\n\nRest centres were opened from 15:00 at Montrose Sports Centre and Brechin and Forfar community campuses.\n\nPeople were asked to bring their own sleeping bags and any supplies and medications they will need.\n\nPolice Scotland's advice is to avoid any form of travel in the areas covered by the red warning.\n\nAssistant Chief Constable Stuart Houston said: \"Driving conditions will be extremely dangerous with disruption expected.\n\n\"It's important that everyone considers the amber warnings that still remain in place for rain and wind. This will present a particular challenge to high-sided vehicles - so please consider whether these journeys are essential.\"\n\nWaves have been crashing over Stonehaven Harbour, where the pier has been closed\n\nIt said it was working to identify vulnerable residents who will need additional support.\n\nSSEN, which provides electricity to homes in the north of Scotland, reported widespread power outages on Thursday afternoon.\n\nTrain and bus services in the affected areas have been cancelled and driving conditions are likely to be treacherous because of spray and flooded roads.\n\nGas, water and mobile phone services could also be affected, with some communities potentially being completely cut off for several days.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThe rain and wind is heavy and persistent and the town's river is already getting very high. But there's no sense of panic just yet in the area of the town where many homes are set to receive evacuation orders from Angus Council.\n\nWe've spoken to a handful of residents still in their homes in and around River Street. They say they're awaiting orders from the authorities.\n\nLocals who've seen this area alongside the River South Esk flooded many times over they years told us they expect the banks to burst at about 17:00.\n\nThere's still plenty of traffic on the roads. And even a few hardy souls out walking. Though things could look very different here come 18:00, when that rare red weather warning comes into force.\n\nThe areas at the centre of the storm were already heavily saturated after heavy flooding earlier this month.\n\nScottish Environment Protection Agency flood unit manager Pascal Lardet said there was a specific focus on the Brechin area, which has suffered bad flooding in the past.\n\nHe said the water level around the Angus town, which has a population of about 7,000 people, was expected to be \"close to the top\" of the flood defences, with a significant risk that water going over the top would lead to a \"rapid inundation\" to surrounding areas.\n\nMr Lardet said he was particularly concerned this could happen overnight into Friday.\n\nHe added: \"Take action now to protect yourself and your property.\n\n\"Hazards can be hidden, so please don't walk or drive into flood water.\n\n\"Remember that not only is flood water likely to be dirty, 30cm of fast flowing water can move an average family sized car, and just 15cm of fast flowing water could be enough to knock you off your feet.\"\n\nChristopher McGuire feared his home would be flooded during the storm\n\nChristopher McGuire was among the many Brechin residents in the town doing what they could to safeguard their homes as heavy rain fell on the town on Thursday afternoon.\n\nHe said his back garden was badly flooded just two weeks ago, and he now fears the water could come over his back wall.\n\nMr McGuire added: \"If it's up river and comes down to the catchment area, that's the problem. We've got plenty of ground still fairly wet from two weeks ago and I think it'll come over.\"\n\nJohn Stewart with his flood defence outside his home on River Street, Brechin\n\nRed is the most severe of the Met Office's three coloured weather warnings.\n\nIt means that dangerous weather is expected and, if you have not already done so, you should take action now to keep yourself and others safe from the impact of the severe weather.\n\nIt is very likely that there will be a risk to life, with substantial disruption to travel, energy supplies and possibly widespread damage to property and infrastructure.\n\nYou should avoid travelling, where possible, and follow the advice of the emergency services and local authorities.\n\nYou can read more about the weather warning system here.\n\nA Met Office spokesperson said affected areas could see more than a month's worth of average rainfall within 24 hours.\n\nThey said the ground in many affected areas was still saturated following the wettest two-day period on record earlier this month.\n\nSome 238mm of rain was measured at Sloy Main Adit in Argyll and Bute between 09:00 on 17 January 1974 and 09:00 the following day - the highest total on record in Scotland for what the Met Office calls a \"rainfall day\".", "Wark, pictured on Newsnight in 2016, said there were \"exciting times ahead\"\n\nKirsty Wark, the longest-serving presenter of BBC Two's Newsnight, is to step down from the programme.\n\nWark made the announcement on Thursday, exactly 30 years after she first hosted the nightly news show.\n\nShe will leave after the next general election, which is expected next year. \"When the time comes it will be a massive wrench,\" she said.\n\nThe news comes amid reports that the show could have its budget slashed and its format overhauled.\n\nThe programme's editor Stewart Maclean also announced his departure last week.\n\nWark planned her exit before the recent speculation about the show's future, according to her statement.\n\nWark and Jeremy Paxman were the faces of Newsnight for 21 years\n\n\"Last year I spoke to both to the Director General Tim Davie and to Stewart and signalled my desire to end my three-decade run on the show after the next election, and that's the plan,\" she said.\n\n\"When the time comes it will be a massive wrench. However, I'll be leaving Newsnight but not the BBC.\n\n\"I'll still be presenting The Reunion and Start the Week on Radio 4, TV documentaries too as well as finishing, finally, my third novel. There are exciting times ahead.\"\n\nShe added it had been \"an enormous privilege to be involved in such a rigorous, creative programme with a wonderful, talented, bunch of colleagues - actually many bunches over the years\".\n\n\"There's not a day when I don't look forward to coming to the office, and every day I learn something from the team about all manner of things, from aspects of American foreign policy to how to make a great mojito.\"\n\nMr Davie praised her \"authority, her razor-sharp insight and her journalistic flair\".\n\nHe added: \"She sets the standard for engaging yet authoritative presenting. I speak on behalf of the whole BBC when I thank her for the past 30 years.\n\n\"I'm delighted the BBC is not losing Kirsty altogether when she steps back from Newsnight and look forward to seeing and hearing her beyond the busy political year ahead.\"\n\nWark earned between £280,000 and £284,999 in the last financial year, according to the BBC's annual report.\n\nOn social media platform X, formerly called Twitter, Victoria Derbyshire described Wark as an \"incredible journalist\" and \"legend\" while diplomatic editor Mark Urban said her decision to go would \"leave a great gap\".\n\nMr Urban added: \"She's always been enthusiastic, inquiring, clear-sighted in the face of spin and full of integrity. And we've had quite a few laughs along the way too!\"", "Nicola Skinner, her partner and their four children are among 500 families in temporary accommodation in Hastings\n\nCouncils across England spent more than ever tackling homelessness in 2022, official data released last week showed. BBC News has been to Hastings in East Sussex where hundreds of families are in temporary accommodation - a situation the local council says could push it into bankruptcy.\n\nThe Grumpy Café may not sound like the friendliest place to grab a coffee but inside the large, warm meeting place in the centre of Hastings, the atmosphere is anything but crotchety.\n\n\"My children call me the grumpy cook, and I thought, 'I like that,'\" says owner Barry Ashley.\n\nThe not-for-profit café is busy most mornings, as locals pop in for coffee and cake, or a more substantial cooked breakfast. The money made is used to help locals with ever-increasing needs, particularly homelessness.\n\nEvery evening Mr Ashley, 60, cooks meals for families in temporary accommodation who don't have cooking facilities in their rooms: \"It breaks my heart to see the conditions they're living in. It's really heartbreaking.\"\n\nIt is an issue close to his heart as half of the Grumpy Cook's eight staff are in temporary accommodation - a home provided by a local authority, often in the private rented sector, supposedly for a short period, but often for years.\n\nBarista Keira Boorman has been living in a one-bed flat since her 19-month-old daughter was born, and it's a squeeze: \"She can't have her own bed because there's not enough room. She spreads herself across the bed, moving constantly. I don't get much sleep.\"\n\nKeira Boorman has to share a bed with her toddler daughter\n\nThe 19-year-old became homeless after she was no longer able to live with her mother. Despite working at the Grumpy Cook, she has little hope of finding a place to call her own.\n\n\"Most two-bed flats are around £950 a month and making that is nearly impossible as someone who doesn't have a silly amount of savings or earnings.\" she says.\n\n\"I don't have a guarantor either. They'll give me a viewing, but then pass it [the flat] on to to someone else.\"\n\nIt's a familiar tale throughout Hastings, a fading seaside resort, among the poorest towns in England.\n\nMore than 500 local families cannot afford a home and are in need of temporary accommodation, a situation that could push Hastings Borough Council into bankruptcy. This small district council will spend £5.6m housing them this financial year, a quarter of its entire budget.\n\nHouse prices have almost doubled in Hastings over the past decade, one of the largest increases in England. At the same time, private rents have soared and the Local Housing Allowance, the maximum amount of housing benefit tenants can receive, has been frozen by ministers since 2020.\n\n\"We didn't have a single two-bedroom flat advertised at local housing allowance rates last year,\" says Chris Hancock, director of housing at Hastings Borough Council. \"There is a strong risk this could bankrupt the council. We cannot make our budget stack up if we continue to have to spend this amount of money on temporary accommodation.\"\n\nBarry Ashley says conditions in temporary accommodation are \"heartbreaking\"\n\nThe council is spending £11m buying properties to use as temporary accommodation, reducing its need to pay the ever-rising costs private providers are able to charge. Adding to the problem are the 900 properties available for short-term let, on sites such as Airbnb.\n\nThere is a bitter irony to the situation Hastings finds itself in. A decade ago, London councils were moving their homeless families to the town, as accommodation there was both available and affordable.\n\nFigures released by the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities last week show councils in England spent a record amount of money last year tackling homelessness.\n\nIt shows at least £2.4bn was spent tackling the problem in 2022/23. More than £1.7bn of that was used to pay for temporary accommodation.\n\nBack in the kitchen of the Grumpy Cook café, Nicola Skinner is helping Barry Ashley cook sausage and mash. The 33-year-old, her partner and their four children were made homeless in April when her landlord decided to sell the property.\n\nThe family consider themselves lucky, as the temporary accommodation they've been placed in allows their children to stay at the same schools. However, Ms Skinner knows the council could move them on at any point and fears they won't find anywhere affordable to rent.\n\n\"A few of them [letting agents] want incomes of 30 times the monthly rent, which is impossible to reach in Hastings,\" he says. \"Our town is too poor to reach the prices they're trying to charge.\"", "Jim Jordan backed away from a temporary replacement and said he is \"still running for Speaker\"\n\nJim Jordan says he is pressing ahead with his bid to become Speaker of the US House of Representatives despite stiff opposition from Republicans.\n\nAnother vote for Speaker has been scheduled for 10:00 EST (14:00 GMT).\n\n\"The fastest way to get to work for the American people is to elect a speaker,\" the Ohio congressman said on Friday.\n\nMr Jordan had indicated he would back a plan allowing acting Speaker Patrick McHenry to run the House, but Republicans rejected the move.\n\nThe lower chamber of Congress has had no leader for the past 16 days.\n\nWithout a Speaker in place, the House is unable to pass bills or approve an impending White House request for aid to Israel and Ukraine.\n\nDuring a news conference on Friday, Mr Jordan argued that aid to Israel was one of the main reasons why the House needed to elect a speaker quickly.\n\n\"I've got 200 votes. I know we can do this,\" he said, adding that he could \"pick up\" a few of the votes he lost.\n\nHe noted the House has held multiple rounds of voting before - for former Speaker Kevin McCarthy - and said the plan was to have a new Speaker as soon as possible.\n\nBut, in consecutive roll calls over the past two days, Mr Jordan has failed to get more than 200 votes. He needs 217 - a majority in the chamber - to win the gavel.\n\nThe House Judiciary Committee chairman has faced criticism over intimidation tactics and even death threats against lawmakers from some of his backers.\n\nKen Buck of Colorado, who firmly rejects Mr Jordan's nomination, predicted to the BBC's US partner CBS News that Republican defections could grow from the current 22 to 30 or 40.\n\nOn Thursday, Mr Jordan had told colleagues he would not hold any more votes for now and would instead back a proposal for Mr McHenry to conduct the House's business for a month or more.\n\nMr McHenry, a bow-tied lawmaker from North Carolina, was appointed interim Speaker following the unprecedented vote to oust Kevin McCarthy earlier this month.\n\nHe has taken the view that he has only limited authority to preside over floor votes and the selection of a permanent Speaker, in line with succession procedures put in place after the 9/11 terror attacks.\n\nBut legal experts argue that, as long as a majority of the chamber is in favour of expanding his authority, the House can function largely as normal.\n\nMembers of both parties, including two former Republican Speakers, have floated the option of extending Mr McHenry's powers until January to allow him to preside over urgent legislative matters.\n\nThat could potentially enable Mr McHenry to be the person that shepherds through legislation to avert a government shutdown next month, and aid packages for Israel and Ukraine.\n\nRepublicans who support the idea have said the House must move on with its business rather than prolong its internal divisions.\n\n\"We have to get the conservative agenda back on track,\" said Mario Diaz-Balart of Florida, who has so far declined to back Mr Jordan.\n\nNebraska's Don Bacon, another anti-Jordan defector, said: \"McHenry has 100% of my support. I love McHenry.\"\n\nBut several more Republicans erupted over the proposal, with tempers flaring at a lengthy closed-door conference.\n\nMatt Gaetz, the Florida congressman who led the coup to remove Mr McCarthy, slammed the idea to empower Mr McHenry as a \"constitutional desecration\".\n\n\"We need to stay here until we elect a Speaker and, if someone can't get the votes, we need to go on to the next person.\"\n\nMr Gaetz also said that Mr McCarthy had screamed at him and another colleague had lunged at him in a meeting earlier on Thursday that felt \"like a Thanksgiving dinner\".\n\n\"I think the entire conference screamed at him,\" Mr McCarthy, a California Republican, told reporters when asked about the confrontation.\n\nFlorida Congressman Matt Gaetz said a colleague lunged at him during a tense party conference on Thursday\n\nJim Banks, a conservative Indiana lawmaker, predicted half the party would vote against the measure and said it was a betrayal of Republican voters.\n\nOthers, including New York Republican Elise Stefanik, said electing Mr McHenry amid internal opposition would \"create a Democrat backed coalition government\".\n\n\"We must work to unify Republicans\" behind Mr Jordan, the congresswoman wrote on X.\n\nOn Thursday, Democrats did not say whether they would back Mr McHenry as Speaker.\n\nBut some indicated they were open to the idea, with California's Lou Correa telling the BBC: \"We've been without a Speaker for a number of days.\"\n\n\"I'm hearing the rumour is to give him [McHenry] power until January - I'll take it,\" he added.\n\nBut multiple Republicans emerged from their party conference declaring the option \"dead\".\n\nWith Mr Jordan now pursuing a third Speaker vote, Democrats will probably once again vote unanimously for their own leader, Hakeem Jeffries, as they have done in previous votes.\n\nWith no alternatives to Mr Jordan or Mr Jeffries emerging this week, there is no end in sight to the House's leadership crisis.", "We're calling it a night on the Storm Babet live page for now.\n\nAs we leave you, communities in the north east of Scotland brace themselves for another red weather warning, which will come into force at midnight.\n\nThere are amber and yellow warnings in place across much of the rest of the UK on Saturday.\n\nYou can check Saturday's weather warnings here , on the Met Office website.\n\nKeep safe and remember to abide by the weather warnings covering your area.\n\nThe live page team will be back with the latest updates in the morning.\n\nToday's page was edited by Paul McLaren and Mary McCool. The writers were Paul Hastie, Craig Hutchison, Graeme Ogston, Kathryn Hamlett, Tarik Habte, Adam Jones, Jamie Whitehead, Claire Diamond and Matt Roper.", "Emma Raducanu: British star says 'provoking' questions have contributed to turnover of coaches Last updated on .From the section Tennis\n\nEmma Raducanu says 'provoking' questions have contributed to turnover of coaches Former British number one Emma Raducanu says her \"provoking\" and \"challenging\" questions could explain why she has had a high turnover of coaches. The 2021 US Open winner split with her fifth coach in two years in June when she parted ways with Sebastian Sachs and is yet to confirm a new coach. \"I ask my coaches a lot of questions,\" she told BBC Radio 4's Today programme. \"On certain occasions they haven't been able to keep up with the questions I've asked and maybe that's why it ended.\" The 20-year-old added: \"It's something I've always done. I keep provoking and asking questions to coaches and challenging their thinking as well. I'm not someone that you can just tell me what do and I'll do it, I need to understand why and then I'll do it.\"\n• None Listen to the full interview on BBC Sounds Raducanu started her career with Nigel Sears, who left shortly after she reached the fourth round of Wimbledon in July 2021, before Andrew Richardson guided her to her famous victory at Flushing Meadows a couple of months later. Torben Beltz was appointed in November 2021 but left in April 2022. He was replaced by Dimitri Tursunov, who warned of \"red flags\" and potential problems if Raducanu continued to listen to too many voices. The Brit has struggled to hit the levels she found when winning the US Open as an 18-year-old and has not played since losing 6-2 6-1 against Jelena Ostapenko in Stuttgart in April. After undergoing surgery on both wrists and an ankle in May, Raducanu is hoping to get back into competitive action by the time the new season starts. \"I will be coming back with probably a lower ranking, but I'm actually looking forward to starting again, kind of resetting,\" she told Karthi Gnanasegaram. \"I still have new goals, new things I want to achieve. But I've still got like 15 years left in my career, so there's no rush.\" Raducanu also has an ambition to represent Great Britain at the Olympics, although Paris 2024 might come too soon. \"Obviously, the Olympics is such a big thing in sport,\" she said. \"I think I could play another four if I really wanted to, so this one isn't the immediate rush or pressure, it's just about getting back on court. \"I love the Slams but I do want to have the Olympic experience. I'll just see how it goes, if I even qualify and how it goes from there.\" Raducanu was just 16 when she made her professional debut. She enjoyed a whirlwind few years, winning two ITF titles in 2018 - her maiden campaign - and representing Great Britain in the qualifying round of the Fed Cup in 2020. The high point came in 2021 when she lifted the US Open title - becoming the first British woman to win a Grand Slam singles title since Virginia Wade's Wimbledon triumph in 1977. Her time on the court has been limited due to a string injuries since that triumph at Flushing Meadows and she says now is the time to \"reset.\" Raducanu is set to celebrate her 21st birthday next month but, with focus on trying to get back on the court regularly, it will be a more reserved occasion. \"I'll probably just have dinner with my parents,\" Raducanu said. Born in Toronto to a Romanian father and a Chinese mother, Raducanu was raised in England and is fluent in three languages - English, Mandarin and Romanian. She admits being thrust centre stage so early in her career was difficult and is \"still trying to get her bearings\", although the world number 280 is already thinking ahead to what might come when she retires. \"Overall, I'm a lot better, I just feel like it's part of my day now and part of my life. It's not just tennis and fitness, it's the other commercial side as well and that's totally ok,\" added Raducanu. \"You have to think ahead about your life after your career is over and I think a lot of successful athletes would have said 'I wish maybe when I was younger I did think ahead a bit'. \"I think I have a lot of bandwidth, knowledge, learning and time, so I'm just curious about everything and every different world I can get into. But at the end of the day, tennis and training is my priority.\"\n• None Alerts: Get tennis news sent to your phone\n• None Is a new mafia getting rich on our waste? Take a deep dive into one of the worst environmental crimes in UK history\n• None Do you know the third instalment in these trilogies? Test your knowledge with this fun quiz", "A man has died after being swept away in flood water when a brook breached a road in Shropshire.\n\nThe victim, in his 60s, was reported to have gone under the water near Cleobury Mortimer at about 10:40 BST on Friday.\n\nPolice officers, paramedics and firefighters were called to the scene and found his body at about 12:35.\n\nHis death came as Storm Babet swept across the UK, battering the West Midlands with rain.\n\nThe family of the man, who was from the area, were being supported by specialist officers, West Mercia Police said.\n\nHomes and businesses by the River Severn in Bewdley, Worcestershire, flooded after work to install barriers was abandoned on Friday\n\nElsewhere, a pub manager said flood barriers were not put up in time to protect homes and businesses along the River Severn in part of Bewdley, Worcestershire.\n\nStaff at The Mug House, on Severn Side North, had to get sandbags in place and move furniture out of the ground floor as it became \"a little bit of a panic situation\", Eddie Hill said.\n\n\"It's a massive surprise to everybody because normally the Environment Agency (EA) are very good, very on the ball,\" he added.\n\nThe EA confirmed that installing barriers had become dangerous as the flood waters rose.\n\n\"It became unsafe for [workers] to continue, and the flood barriers were not deployed,\" said the agency's Marc Lidderth.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nIn Staffordshire, a woman was rescued from fast-flowing water after she was swept 100m from her car, having tried to drive through a ford in Wombourne.\n\nShe got out of the vehicle and was then swept downstream before managing to grab a tree branch, the fire service said.\n\nA woman was rescued in Wombourne, Staffordshire, after her car got stuck in a flooded ford and she was swept downstream\n\nIn Northfield, Birmingham, a man had to climb on to the roof of his car when it was pushed 30 metres down a fast-flowing river.\n\nThe fire service said he had a \"lucky escape\" after he used a tree branch to get to the embankment.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThe storm brought significant rainfall to the region over 24 hours, with the Met Office recording 43mm (1.7 inches) of rainfall in Shawbury, Shropshire.\n\nMany roads across the region were left impassable, while more than a dozen schools were closed, mainly in Worcestershire.\n\nBy Friday evening, 28 flood warnings had been issued by the EA for waterways across the West Midlands, along with 17 flood alerts.\n\nFollow BBC West Midlands on Facebook, X and Instagram. Send your story ideas to: newsonline.westmidlands@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Consultants and junior doctors went on a co-ordinated 72-hour strike earlier in October\n\nJunior and specialist doctors in England will hold talks with the government to avoid strikes in their pay dispute, a union has said.\n\nJunior doctors and consultants have been co-ordinating action as part of a long-running pay dispute.\n\nThey staged three days of strike action at the start of October.\n\nBMA members working as specialist doctors overwhelmingly voted in favour of industrial action in an indicative ballot\n\nA formal strike ballot will be held if no progress is made by 6 November.\n\nSeparately, the BMA body representing junior doctors said it had agreed to talks with the government next week.\n\nThe government has said pay would \"not be on the table\" at any talks.\n\nOn Wednesday, the government agreed to meet NHS consultants for talks aimed at resolving strike action.\n\nThe walkouts have meant more than one million appointments and treatments, including some cancer care, have been postponed because of industrial action since December last year.\n\nMany health bosses have urged both sides to enter talks, with concerns raised over the prospect of further industrial action during the winter period.\n\nMost specialist doctors work in hospitals, alongside junior doctors and consultants, but some also work in the community.\n\nWriting on X (formerly Twitter), the British Medical Association account representing junior doctors said: \"We have agreed to talks with [the government]. We will be meeting with them next week and will listen to what they have to say.\"\n\nDr Ujjwala Mohite, chair of the specialist doctors committee UK at BMA, said the government \"cannot ignore the strength of feeling on the ground\" among medics.\n\nShe said four months of \"stagnant talks\" meant doctors were prepared to strike, despite hoping industrial action can be avoided.\n\n\"[Specialist] doctors are overworked and exhausted, and have had enough of not being properly valued for the vital work they do - something we have been hearing at a grassroots level for a long time and which was strongly echoed in the overwhelming indicative ballot results.\"\n\nA Department of Health spokesperson said the government was pleased the BMA had agreed to talks over the dispute with junior doctors \"in the hope we will find a resolution and end the dispute\".\n\nThe spokesperson also said the government was pleased the BMA decided to delay moving to a formal ballot of specialist doctors to allow time for talks.\n\n\"We have been clear headline pay will not be on the table. Doctors have already received a fair and reasonable pay rise as recommended by the independent pay review body, which we've accepted in full,\" the spokesperson added.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nRishi Sunak has urged Saudi Arabia to help support stability in the Middle East, after backing Israel in its war with Hamas on a visit to the country.\n\nThe UK prime minister agreed to work with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to avoid further escalation and deliver aid to Gaza.\n\nMr Sunak flew to Riyadh as part of a two-day trip to capitals in the region.\n\nEarlier, Mr Sunak promised to stand with Israel in a meeting with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.\n\nThe diplomatic flurry comes as Israel prepares for a ground invasion into Gaza after the deadly Hamas attack on 7 October.\n\nSpeaking at a joint press conference with Mr Netanyahu, Mr Sunak said he was \"proud\" to support Israel in its \"long war\" against Hamas, which he branded \"pure evil\".\n\n\"We will stand with you in solidarity, we will stand with your people. And we also want you to win,\" Mr Sunak told reporters.\n\nIn a statement following the meeting with the Saudi crown prince, Downing Street said the pair agreed the \"loss of innocent lives in Israel and Gaza over the last two weeks has been horrific\" and \"underscored the need to avoid any further escalation in the region\".\n\nMr Sunak \"encouraged the crown prince to use Saudi's leadership in the region to support stability, both now and in the long-term\", No 10 said.\n\nIsraeli warplanes and artillery have been bombarding Gaza since more than 1,400 people were killed in the attack by Hamas earlier this month.\n\nGaza remains under siege, with Israel blocking cross-border supplies of water, electricity, and fuel.\n\nDowning Street said Mr Sunak had met his Israeli counterpart for two hours of talks, mostly without officials present.\n\nAppearing afterwards, Mr Netanyahu said Israel would need \"continued support\" from allies, warning there would be \"ups and downs\" and \"difficulties\" as it fought Hamas.\n\nSpeaking alongside him, Mr Sunak told reporters the UK \"absolutely\" supported Israel's \"right to defend itself, in line with international law\".\n\n\"I know that you are taking every precaution to avoid harming civilians, in direct contrast to the terrorists of Hamas,\" he added.\n\nBorrowing a phrase from Britain's leader during World War Two, Sir Winston Churchill, Mr Netanyahu said the Hamas attack represented \"the world's darkest hour\".\n\nMr Sunak echoed the language, adding: \"I'm proud to stand here with you in Israel's darkest hour as your friend\".\n\nHis visit comes directly after US President Biden's, as world leaders step up efforts to prevent the conflict spilling into the wider region.\n\nMr Biden said Israel had been \"badly victimised\" - and had a right to strike back against Hamas.\n\nBut he cautioned Israelis against being \"consumed\" by anger, urging them not to repeat the \"mistakes\" made by an \"enraged\" United States after the 9/11 attacks in 2001.\n\nSaudi Arabia is a vital player when it comes to engaging with all international and regional parties to halt escalation and prevent further spread in the region.\n\nUntil a couple of weeks ago, Riyadh was involved in three-way negotiations with Tel Aviv and the White House to normalise relations between Saudi Arabia and Israel. The talks were moving at a swift pace but all that changed on 7 October after Hamas's attack.\n\nSince then, Saudi Arabia has not only come out in strong support of the Palestinians but has also condemned and blamed Israel for the war.\n\nThe Palestinian issue has united the otherwise divided Muslim world. Given the volatile dynamics of the region, Prince Salman could play an important role.\n\nMr Sunak also said he appreciated Israel's announcement on Wednesday it would not stop aid entering southern Gaza from Egypt.\n\nHowever, Israel only agreed to allow food, water and medical supplies - not other much-needed supplies like fuel.\n\nIt also says it will not allow any aid to pass through its own territory until hostages taken by Hamas during its attack earlier this month are released.\n\nAfter an earlier meeting with Israel's president Isaac Herzog, No 10 said Mr Sunak hoped for \"further progress\" in delivering aid to Gaza.\n\nRishi Sunak flew to Saudi Arabia for talks with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman\n\nMr Sunak has declined to back calls from the Scottish National Party and some Labour MPs for a ceasefire to protect civilians, insisting Israel has a right to \"act against terrorism\".\n\nSpeaking to broadcasters, however, he said it was important to stop the conflict escalating regionally.\n\nForeign Secretary James Cleverly told MPs on Wednesday that calls for ceasefires were \"all well and good\", but he had seen no evidence that one would be respected by Hamas.\n\nMr Cleverly is on a diplomatic trip of his own, meeting his Egyptian counterpart earlier. He is also due to visit Turkey and Qatar.", "Conservative Party candidate Festus Akinbusoye congratulated Labour's Alistair Strathern after his record win in Mid-Bedfordshire\n\nIt was a stunningly bad night for the Conservative Party.\n\nIf replicated at a general election, results like last night's would not just mean Conservative defeat - they would mean Conservative annihilation.\n\nThe Labour victory in Mid Bedfordshire is the largest numerical majority ever overturned in a by-election in history.\n\nIf you look at it in terms of percentages instead, then Tamworth is the second-biggest swing from the Conservatives to Labour at a by-election since 1945.\n\nIt is not uncommon for some Conservative MPs privately to say that they don't believe the national opinion polls, which for some time now have consistently displayed large Labour leads.\n\nThey say that when they speak to voters there is frustration with the government, yes, but apathy towards the Labour Party and especially Sir Keir Starmer.\n\nWell, these results suggest that the national polls are broadly right. And if this is what apathy looks like, Labour can no doubt live with that.\n\nOther Conservative MPs acknowledge the fairly bleak picture but argue that they have never known the public be more volatile, more willing to change their minds.\n\nHere there may be some small comfort for the Conservatives.\n\nMany voters appear to have changed their minds about the Labour Party extremely quickly. What's to say they can't change their minds about the Conservative Party between now and the general election?\n\nRishi Sunak will spend the next year arguing, as at his party's conference earlier this month, that he embodies the change voters want.\n\nIf he can pull that off and win the Conservatives a fifth term in government, it would be an extraordinary feat.\n\nThese are not normal government mid-term blues. It is getting late.", "Eric Cantona playing for Manchester United against Newcastle in the Charity Shield in August 1996\n\nEric Cantona has never been a man lacking in confidence.\n\nAs a footballer, he played six seasons in England and won the league five times - once with Leeds, four times with Manchester United. The only year he did not was when he was banned for karate kicking a fan. More of that later.\n\n\"Ooh ahh Cantona\" became a terrace anthem, but now he is the one doing the singing.\n\nNext Thursday, at the age of 57, the Frenchman will embark on his first UK tour.\n\nNot only that, but he has taken the decidedly unusual decision to make his debut album a live album, which will be recorded during next week's shows in Manchester and London.\n\n\"I always had this dream to go on stage and to be in front of people, because the show is something that we make together,\" is how Cantona explains playing live when I meet him at the HQ of his record label, Universal.\n\n\"The audience, if they are in a good mood, a bad mood, we all use the energy of each other. These 20 tracks were built to be on stage. It's why I wanted to do a live album first. It will be finished like the last touch on a painting.\"\n\nVery few acts have released a live album as their first album.\n\nThe Yardbirds, including Eric Clapton, debuted with Five Live Yardbirds recorded at the Marquee Club. It missed the charts.\n\nDetroit proto-punks The MC5 wanted to capture the energy of their electric live shows on Kick Out the Jams.\n\nJane's Addiction debuted with an eponymous live album recorded at the Roxy Theatre in Los Angeles, which bizarrely featured applause lifted from a Los Lobos concert. Been Caught Stealing, indeed.\n\n\"I have a deep need of expressing myself\" - Cantona's two childhood passions were football and art\n\nIt is clear that Cantona plans to tackle the music industry in very much the same way he did his football career, by doing exactly what he wants.\n\nI ask which acts he would consider being a support act for, seeing as he is just starting out.\n\nA look of incredulity passes over his face.\n\n\"I do not understand what you mean.\"\n\nI suddenly find myself holding up my hands at different levels to explain musical hierarchy to the man once voted the Premier League's Overseas Player of the Decade.\n\n\"No,\" he corrects me. \"I am a headliner. It's why I cannot understand you. Maybe The [Rolling] Stones can support me.\"\n\n\"Take Nick Cave, add a splash of Leonard Cohen, sprinkle with Serge Gainsbourg and you might have something approximating Eric Cantona's first single,\" is how the Guardian described The Friends We Lost, his debut release in June.\n\nWhen it comes to the title track of his new EP, I'll Make My Own Heaven, it is his fellow mid-90s Mancunians, Oasis, who spring to mind when the opening riff kicks in.\n\nCantona actually put aside red and blue football divisions to star in Liam Gallagher's Once video, but he believes it is time for the brothers to patch things up and reform. \"Yes of course, we all dream about it,\" he enthuses. \"But they should also carry on their own careers and also sometimes reunite.\"\n\nI ask about the lyrics of I'll Make My Own Heaven, in particular the opening lines \"I've been heroic/I've been criminal.\"\n\n\"A crime is not killing somebody,\" he says reassuringly, before adding with a twinkle in his eye \"I've been arrested\", and leaves a long pause before ending the sentence with \"once\".\n\nIn 2021 Cantona said he did regret his kung fu kick: \"I have one regret. I would have loved to have kicked him ever harder.\"\n\nThis is a subject I had been debating whether to mention. In January 1995, Cantona, was sent off against Crystal Palace and while making his way along the side of the pitch to the dressing room, kung fu kicked a fan who had been verbally abusing him. Cantona was given a two-week prison sentence, which was overturned on appeal.\n\nNow he himself had brought up his encounter with the law, to use football parlance, it was an open goal.\n\n\"So is this lyric a reference to the kung fu kick?\" I ask.\n\n\"Yes. Yes,\" he answers emphatically. \"It's what I sing,\" before going on to regale me with the rest of the first verse, climaxing with the chorus: \"You hate me, you love me. I'm only judged by myself. I go to hell. I go to heaven. But wherever I go, I make my own heaven.\"\n\nKarl Douglas's Kung Fu Fighting, it is not.\n\nSinging has been a dream of Cantona's since he was a child growing up in Marseille.\n\n\"When I was a kid, I had two passions: for art and sport. So I started with football, better I think,\" he laughs. \"Now I can sing until the end of my life. I have a deep need of expressing myself.\"\n\nIt was during lockdown that he finally learned the guitar, and despite describing himself as being \"a very, very, very bad guitarist\", it allowed him to write songs, half of which are in English and half in French.\n\n\"English is a really musical language. French not so musical,\" he says somewhat surprisingly, but then again, his early musical loves were The Clash (\"I met Joe Strummer and Mick Jones who is a very passionate Queens Park Rangers fan\") and The Sex Pistols.\n\nHowever, there is no doubting who is top of his Pop Premier League: \"The Doors. They are something special,\" he says about the Los Angeles band known for hits including Light My Fire and LA Woman, and whose singer Jim Morrison died in a Parisian bathtub at the age of 27 in 1971.\n\nSuddenly it makes sense why the introduction to his other new track, Je Veux, reminded me of Riders on the Storm.\n\n\"I discovered them through their live albums. Sometimes we meet people who help us to grow up, like Arthur Rimbaud, a poet, or Antonin Artaud, who was also a poet, and I've been very inspired by these people.\"\n\nWhen the conversation moves on to football, he slightly loses his enthusiasm, but politely fields my question about what is next for Manchester United after the recent failed takeover. \"Sometimes big clubs have bad moments, but they will come back at their best. United is United. Nothing can be compared to United. Right?\"\n\nCantona can also currently be seen giving his thoughts in the most watched programme on Netflix, the David Beckham documentary series. He would not be drawn on my cheeky question about which of them would have attracted the higher transfer fee.\n\n\"I don't want to speak about value,\" he retorts with mischievous disgust. \"We hear every day, every minute about the value of things. The real value for me is the value of the heart.\"\n\nThat was me well and truly told. If my collar had been up Cantona-style, that would have been the moment it flopped down.\n\nCould Cantona return to Old Trafford - with his guitar?\n\nAnd as for his musical ambitions?\n\n\"My only goal is a moment with the fans, this live moment. We will create something special. That's it. I don't want to be famous. I'm famous since I was born,\" he chuckles, before adding: \"Nearly.\"\n\nThere is, however, one festival he would love to play: \"Woodstock, but it doesn't exist any more,\" he beams.\n\nMaybe, I suggest, one day he will headline a concert at Old Trafford.\n\nHis face lights up. \"Oh yes,\" he smiles, before pausing and repeating: \"Oh yes.\n\n\"The Theatre of Dreams. Why not.\"\n\nEric Cantona - ready for his own Manchester United takeover.\n\nEric Cantona's EP I'll Make My Own Heaven is out now. He starts his UK Tour on 26 October at Manchester's Stoller Hall.", "Brechin residents were still being rescued from their homes on Friday morning\n\nA second person has died as Storm Babet brought high winds, torrential rain and severe flooding to parts of Scotland.\n\nThe Met Office has now issued a new red \"danger to life\" weather warning for some eastern areas.\n\nPolice have confirmed that a falling tree hit a van near Forfar in Angus on Thursday, killing the 56-year-old driver.\n\nThe body of a 57-year-old woman who was swept into a swollen river was also recovered on Thursday evening.\n\nAnd a search is ongoing in Aberdeenshire after reports that a driver was trapped by floodwater overnight.\n\nThe storm has brought severe flooding to some areas of north east Scotland, with rescue operations continuing in and around the Angus town of Brechin.\n\nThe new Met Office red warning runs from midnight throughout the whole of Saturday for parts of Angus and Aberdeenshire.\n\nForecasters said a further 70-100mm of rain was expected in areas already affected by severe flooding. The area is similar to that covered by the previous red alert which expired at midday on Friday.\n\nIn Brechin, rescue teams went door to door by torchlight during the night to help people to safety.\n\nAngus Council said they were responding to more than 100 calls from people who had stayed in their homes despite warnings to evacuate.\n\nAbout 60 households were rescued in Brechin in the early hours, while others were waiting to be rescued on Friday afternoon in other areas of Angus such as Marykirk and Edzell.\n\nFlood defences in the town were overwhelmed at about 04:00, with river levels 4.4m (14ft) higher than normal and continuing to increase.\n\nThe council had earlier urged residents of about 400 homes in and around the town to evacuate as the River South Esk was expected to burst its banks.\n\nMore than 40 people arrived at a rest centre in soaked clothes during the night. Donations of dry clothing, food and toiletries have been donated by locals following an appeal by the council.\n\nThe flood defences in Brechin were overwhelmed in the early hours of the morning\n\nPolice Scotland said the latest death happened at about 17:05 on Thursday when a falling tree struck a van on the B9127 at Whigstreet, near Forfar.\n\n\"Emergency services attended, however the 56-year-old driver was pronounced dead at the scene,\" the force said. Next of kin have been informed and the road remains closed.\n\nIn Aberdeenshire, search operation involving a helicopter is taking place after reports that a man was trapped in a vehicle by floodwater near Marykirk at 03:00. People are being urged to avoid the area.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. A bridge in Glen Clova, Angus, is swept away after Storm Babet brought intense rainfall.\n\nAngus Council said that as well as about 335 properties in Brechin, an additional 87 households in the nearby villages of Tannadice and Finavon had been told to evacuate \"for their own safety\" ahead of the red warning.\n\nPeople leaving their homes were urged to switch off the mains electricity and water supplies before they did so.\n\nRest centres were opened at Montrose Sports Centre and Brechin and Forfar community campuses on Thursday afternoon, with people being asked to bring their own sleeping bags and any supplies and medications they will need. Pets are welcome.\n\nBy mid-afternoon on Friday the facility in Brechin was looking after more than 50 people, 17 were at the Montrose rest centre and a further nine were at the centre in Forfar.\n\nThe Scottish Environment Protection Agency (Sepa) said severe flood warnings were in place in Brechin, Marykirk, Logie Mill and Craigo, Finavon and Tannadice and Kinnaird/Bridge of Dun. By midday on Friday 16 flood warnings were in force across Scotland.\n\nSepa said 100mm (4ins) of rain had fallen widely across Tayside, Angus and Berwickshire over a 24-hour period, with some areas seeing 150mm (6ins).\n\nHuge waves crashed into the harbour wall at Stonehaven\n\nMany roads were closed, including the A90 between Stonehaven and Dundee. Waves of up to 20ft were seen crashing against the harbour wall at Stonehaven.\n\nSSEN, which provides electricity to homes in the north of Scotland, said 28,000 customers had lost power during the storm.\n\nMore than 24,000 were reconnected by lunchtime on Friday, but 4,000 remained without supply.\n\nScotRail said the storm had caused severe disruption with no trains or replacement bus services running on five of its routes until early on Saturday.\n\nThese were Aberdeen and Elgin, Edinburgh and Aberdeen via Fife, Dunblane and Perth, Perth and Aviemore and all Fife Circle services.\n\nSeveral SPFL football matches have been cancelled on Saturday, including the Aberdeen v Dundee and St Johnstone v Motherwell fixtures in the Premiership.\n\nBrechin is used to flooding but no one here can remember anything like this.\n\nThe town's defences were breached in the early hours, with floodwater roaring into residential areas, swamping scores of homes and leaving many people trapped, some of whom had ignored advice from Angus Council to evacuate.\n\nThroughout the morning, firefighters and coastguard teams went door-to-door, checking homes and using boats to bring families to safety.\n\nOn River Street, where the South Esk overwhelmed flood defences, the level has receded somewhat but the road is still awash, with the top half of a bus stop sign poking out above the surface.\n\nOn the river itself, brown roaring water is still churning past, carrying debris including, at one point, an enormous tree, its leaves just turning brown and yellow at the start of autumn.\n\nStorm Babet has been disruptive elsewhere too - and deadly.\n\nA 56-year-old man was killed when a falling tree hit his van near Forfar. A 57-year-old woman was swept to her death in the Water of Lee in Glen Esk. And a helicopter has been used to search for a man reported to be trapped in his vehicle in Marykirk.\n\nForecasters say the threat is not yet over. The Met Office has issued a second red warning of heavy rainfall - meaning there is a continuing risk to life - for Angus and Aberdeenshire tomorrow.\n\nThis was the scene at Marykirk in Aberdeenshire on Friday morning\n\nRed is the most severe of the Met Office's three coloured weather warnings.\n\nIt means that dangerous weather is expected and, if you have not already done so, you should take action now to keep yourself and others safe from the impact of the severe weather.\n\nIt is very likely that there will be a risk to life, with substantial disruption to travel, energy supplies and possibly widespread damage to property and infrastructure.\n\nYou should avoid travelling, where possible, and follow the advice of the emergency services and local authorities.\n\nYou can read more about the weather warning system here.\n\nSchools in Angus remained closed on Friday and Highland Council announced it was putting defence mechanisms in place in Kingussie, including around the high school.\n\nElsewhere in the UK, amber weather warnings for \"persistent heavy rain\" have come into force in parts of northern England and the Midlands, from noon on Friday to 06:00 on Saturday.\n\nIn England, the Environment Agency had by Friday morning issued more than 200 flood warnings.\n\nMeanwhile a Met Office yellow warning for rain in Northern Ireland is also in place from until 09:00 on Saturday.\n\nStorm Babet hit Ireland on Wednesday after sweeping in from the Atlantic, bringing with it heavy rainfall and causing extensive flooding in parts of the country.\n\nMore than 100 properties were flooded in the town of Midleton in the south of the country, with the Irish Defence Forces deployed to help out.\n\nCork County Council said more than a month's worth of rain had fallen in the space of 24 hours, leading to unprecedented flooding, saturated land and high river levels across the county.\n\nAre you in a region affected by the storm? Share your experiences by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "Rishi Sunak has met the Palestinian Authority president in Egypt as part of a tour of the Middle East.\n\nMr Sunak and Mahmoud Abbas jointly condemned Hamas's attacks on Israel and the PM \"expressed his deep condolences\" for civilian deaths in Gaza.\n\nHe also met Egyptian President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi, agreeing the need to avoid a \"contagion of conflict\".\n\nThe PM called for the swift reopening of the Egypt-Gaza border, where some 20 aid trucks are poised to enter.\n\nIn a summary of the conversation between Mr Sunak and Mr Abbas, Downing Street said they \"condemned Hamas's terrorism and stressed that Hamas do not represent the Palestinian people\".\n\n\"The prime minister underscored his commitment to opening up humanitarian access to Gaza to alleviate the suffering of thousands of people who desperately need food, water and medicine,\" the statement added.\n\nMr Abbas is head of the Palestinian Authority, which has control over areas of the occupied West Bank, but not the Hamas-run Gaza Strip.\n\nIn his earlier meeting with President El-Sisi, Downing Street said Mr Sunak \"praised Egypt's efforts in attempting to secure the delivery of aid\" through the Rafah border crossing with Gaza.\n\nThe statement also noted the pair agreed \"global leaders should do everything possible to avoid a contagion of conflict in the region\" as well as make \"every effort\" to stop terrorism and protect civilians.\n\nSpeaking to reporters ahead of boarding a plane back to the UK, Mr Sunak said getting humanitarian aid to those in Gaza is an \"immediate priority\" and the UK has been in discussions with Egypt on how to provide \"practical assistance on the ground\".\n\nHe also said the reopening of the border had been part of his conversations with Middle East leaders, adding that he was \"very pleased that that will now imminently happen\".\n\nShortly after Mr Sunak spoke, US President Joe Biden said aid trucks were likely to cross into Gaza within the \"next 24 to 48 hours\".\n\nBefore travelling to Egypt on Friday, Mr Sunak thanked the emir of Qatar for his efforts to help secure the release of hostages taken by Hamas.\n\nMeeting in Saudi Arabia's capital Riyadh, Mr Sunak and Qatar's leader Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani agreed to do \"everything possible\" to avoid an escalation of violence across the region, Downing Street said.\n\nThe United Nations says the first aid delivery into Gaza via the Rafah border crossing in Egypt is expected to take place \"in the next day or so\".\n\nThe territory has been under a \"complete siege\" since last Monday, with Israel blocking cross-border supplies of water, electricity and fuel.\n\nIsraeli warplanes and artillery have been bombarding the territory after more than 1,400 people were killed in Hamas's attack on Israel on 7 October. Palestinian officials say more than 4,000 people have since been killed in the Gaza Strip.\n\nDozens of trucks are backed up at the crossing on the Egyptian border, carrying food, water, and medicine but no fuel. It is believed only 20 will initially be allowed to cross.\n\nMr Sunak began his Middle East tour on Thursday, starting in Israel, where Mr Sunak said he was proud to support the country in its \"long war\" against Hamas.\n\nOn Thursday, Mr Sunak urged Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to support stability in the region.\n\nDowning Street said the pair agreed the \"loss of innocent lives in Israel and Gaza over the last two weeks has been horrific\" and \"underscored the need to avoid any further escalation in the region\".\n\nIt came after a short visit to Tel Aviv, where he met with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and said he was \"proud\" to stand with Israel in its \"darkest hour\" - declaring the UK's backing for its fight against Hamas.\n\nOn Saturday, Egypt will host a summit on the future of the Palestinian issue, with Arab and UN leaders attending.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.", "Cardiff University Students' Union, which is accessed through this building, hosts a Wednesday club night called Yolo\n\nBlue shirts and chinos have been banned by a university Students' Union due to \"dangerous behaviour\" by some students.\n\nCardiff University Students' Union (CUSU) said any people wearing the outfit - typically associated with sports clubs - would be refused entry to its Wednesday club night.\n\nIt comes after \"reckless, dangerous and incredibly irresponsible\" behaviour by a group of male students on 4 October.\n\nCUSU said the measures taken were temporary and for students' safety.\n\nIn an email sent to members of the university's Athletic Union, and seen by the BBC, the Students' Union said the group in question were queuing for an event at the union when the reported behaviour occurred.\n\n\"Fortunately, security were able to intervene and safely disperse the crowd, however, the situation could have easily escalated into a major incident had they not acted promptly,\" it said.\n\nThe Students' Union said that since implementing the ban, it had seen a \"marked improvement in behaviour in the queue\".\n\nCardiff University Students' Union has banned students who are wearing blue shirts and chinos from their Wednesday club night\n\n\"If any group knows who the males were that caused this incident, I advise the committee to approach Athletic Union staff and the matter can be dealt with,\" the email said.\n\n\"Whilst we understand that this approach might not be favourable with all, until we are confident that those behaviours have been rooted out, we will continue with this restriction.\"\n\nCardiff University said it was a matter for the Students' Union or the Athletic Union to comment on.\n\nIt said the ban did not apply to any buildings other than the Students' Union, which acts independently of the university.\n\nCUSU added: \"It is our established practice to proactively respond to behaviour concerns so we can ensure that our events are safe, accessible and comfortable, and we thank the student body for their support in achieving this.\n\n\"The current clothing restrictions are temporary, not aimed at a specific group and in direct response to a specific recent incident.\"\n\nSign up for our morning newsletter and get BBC News in your inbox.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The Labour leader says the by-election results are a \"game changer\".\n\nRecord-breaking wins in two by-elections are a \"game changer\" which shows Labour can now win anywhere, Sir Keir Starmer has said.\n\nLabour secured two new MPs on Friday, by overturning huge Tory majorities in Mid Bedfordshire and Tamworth.\n\nThe Labour leader said his party was \"redrawing the political map\" ahead of a general election, expected next year.\n\nRishi Sunak said the results were \"obviously disappointing\" but it was \"important to remember the context\".\n\nSpeaking to reporters from Cairo, where he was holding meetings on the crisis in Gaza, the PM said mid-term by-elections were \"always difficult for incumbent governments\" and that there had been \"local factors at play\".\n\nHe added that he was \"committed to delivering on the priorities of the British people\".\n\nAs is often the case turnout was down at the by-elections, but the results were no less historic.\n\nLabour overcame a 24,664 Tory majority in Mid Bedfordshire to win the seat for the first time - the largest numerical majority ever overturned in a by-election in history.\n\nIn Tamworth, there was a 23.9% swing to Labour from the Tories - the second-biggest swing from the Conservatives to Labour at a by-election since 1945.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: The prime minister described the by-election results as \"obviously disappointing\"\n\nSpeaking in Mid-Bedfordshire, Sir Keir said the result was \"a game changer\" and showed Labour could \"win seats we've never won before\".\n\n\"I know there are people who probably voted Tory in the past who vote for a changed Labour Party this time because they despair at the state of their own party,\" he told party activists.\n\nThe Labour party is now \"the party of the future, the party of national renewal,\" he added.\n\nThe largely rural constituency of Mid Bedfordshire has had a Tory MP since 1931 and has never been held by Labour in its century-long history.\n\nIn a three-way fight for the seat, Labour's Alistair Strathern secured a swing of 20.5% to win by 1,192 votes.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: What happened in Tamworth and Mid Beds in 85 seconds\n\nThe Conservative candidate Festus Akinbusoye, Bedfordshire's Police and Crime Commissioner came second with 12,680 votes and Lib Dem Emma Holland-Lindsay came third with 9,420 votes.\n\nLib Dem deputy leader Daisy Cooper said her party \"played a crucial role in defeating the Conservatives\" in the constituency.\n\n\"We nearly doubled our share of the vote which would see the Lib Dems win dozens of seats off the Conservatives in a general election,\" she said.\n\n\"We can play a crucial role in getting rid of this Conservative government at the next election.\"\n\nBoth by-elections were triggered by resignations from the previous MP, with some anger locally at the circumstances of their departure.\n\nIn Mid Bedfordshire, former Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries stood down after her name was not included on Boris Johnson's resignation honours list.\n\nThe Tamworth by-election followed the resignation of former Tory MP Chris Pincher, after he lost his appeal against a proposed suspension from the House of Commons for drunkenly groping two men.\n\nTamworth voted strongly for Brexit in 2016 and Labour will be hoping this means it can win in other leave-supporting areas in a general election.\n\nThe Conservative candidate Andrew Cooper, who was ushered out of a side door seconds after his defeat was confirmed, was 1,316 votes behind his Labour opponent.\n\nReform UK, previously known as the Brexit Party, came third in Tamworth, with their candidate securing 1,373 votes.\n\nThe Tories stressed the result was based on reduced turnout, as only 35.9% of the electorate voted in Tamworth and 44% in Mid Bedfordshire.\n\nConservative Chair Greg Hands told the BBC \"the biggest problem was previous Conservative voters staying at home\".\n\n\"It was principally a problem we need to find better ways to energise our Conservative voters to come out and support the government.\"\n\nHe also sought to blame the \"legacy issues\" from the chaotic end of Liz Truss and Boris Johnson's time in office, which he said predates Rishi Sunak's premiership.\n\nSpeaking on her TalkTV show, Nadine Dorries said Mr Sunak was \"absolutely to blame\" for the losses adding: \"It's desperately sad that the party has got itself into this potentially catastrophic mess.\"\n\nCampaigners on the right-wing of the Tory party have been quick to seize on the results, which they say should act as a wake-up call for the party to return to traditional conservative policies - such as tax cuts and reducing immigration.\n\nThe party's core voters have \"gone on strike\" according to the Conservative Democratic Organisation (CDO) to a grassroots right-wing campaign group.\n\nJohn Hayes, Chair of Common Sense Group of Tory MPs and a close ally of Suella Braverman, said the party needs to \"lean into the priorities of people who vote Tory.\"\n• None History in the making, says Starmer after double by-election victory", "The John Morden Centre complements existing historical buildings dating back to the 17th Century\n\nThe John Morden Centre, a retirement day care facility in London, has won the UK's leading architecture award.\n\nThe building in Blackheath was praised by the Royal Institute of British Architects Stirling Prize 2023 jury for its use of sustainable materials.\n\nDesigned by Mæ, the Riba judges said it set an example of how to \"raise the bar of quality in social healthcare\".\n\nIt beat five rival contenders including A House for Artists and the University of Warwick's Faculty of Arts.\n\nThe other finalists, in full, were:\n\nThe six buildings explored addressing a specific social problem, such as rising wealth disparities and housing shortages.\n\nRiba president Muyiwa Oki said: \"These six remarkable buildings offer thoughtful, creative responses to the really complex challenges we're facing today.\n\n\"Whether it's tackling loneliness, building communities or preserving our heritage, these projects lay out bold blueprints for purposeful architecture.\"\n\nJudges said the centre set an example of how to \"raise the bar of quality in social healthcare\"\n\nThe John Morden Centre was added to a 300-year-old Grade One-listed residential and nursing site for the elderly, called Morden College.\n\nIt complements existing historical buildings dating back to the 17th Century. The almshouse and chapel have been attributed to St Paul's Cathedral architect Sir Christopher Wren.\n\nThe centre is described as a series of red brick \"pavilions\" housing care and social spaces, stitched together by a central timber \"cloister\".\n\nIt offers residents a variety of facilities such as an art room, a hair salon, nail bar and events space aimed at encouraging social interactions. This in turn supports healthier and longer lives.\n\nThe UK's rapidly ageing population combined with a declining birth rate poses challenges in the longer term. According to a government report, \"families will face increasing pressure to balance care with other responsibilities, particularly work. This is likely to mean that demand and supply of care will diverge\".\n\nAround 19% or one-fifth of the UK population was aged 65 years or over in 2019. That is forecast to grow to around 24% of the population by 2043, or 17.4m people, resulting in further pressure on public services and the wider care industry unless more innovative solutions are found.\n\nThe head of the winning design agency Mæ called the John Morden Centre a \"really fulfilling project to work on\".\n\n\"At a time when adult social care is in a perilous state, this award demonstrates that there is hope for the sector and the project offers up a model for others working within health and care - inspiring them to create environments that positively impact on people's mental and physical health,\" founding director Alex Ely said.\n\nSpeaking on behalf of the Riba Stirling Prize jury, Ellen van Loon, said: \"The John Morden Centre is a place of joy and inspiration... This building provides comfort and warmth, with thoughtful features designed to prevent isolation.\n\n\"It illustrates how buildings can themselves be therapeutic - supporting care and instilling a sense of belonging\".\n\nThe building was praised for \"thoughtful\" features designed to prevent isolation\n\nDesign features to meet the different needs and abilities of elderly residents include concealed wooden handrails and built-in seating along walkways. High-contrast patterns on the edges of floors help those living with dementia a visual way to navigate the building.\n\nThe centre uses principles of \"biophilic design\", which means it connects with its surrounding natural environment. A large cedar tree, for example, is the focal point of the garden, with different seating areas to appreciate the changing natural light.\n\nA large cedar tree is the focal point of the garden\n\nThe building also used construction materials such as cross-laminated timber to reduce its carbon footprint, while lime-based mortar and passive ventilation, utilising the buildings chimneys, minimises the energy needed for heating and cooling.\n\nRiba has given the award for the UK's best new buildings since 1996. Judging criteria includes design vision, innovation and originality, the capacity to stimulate engage and delight, as well as accessibility and sustainability.\n\nPrevious winners include The New Library, Magdalene College in Cambridge by Níall McLaughlin Architects (2022), Bloomberg by Foster and Partners (2018) and the Liverpool Everyman Theatre by Haworth Tompkins (2014).", "Kim Clark said she couldn't bring herself to leave her property and was waiting on firefighters to rescue her\n\nResidents evacuated from their flooded properties during Storm Babet have said they fear they may not be back in their homes by Christmas.\n\nKim Clark was among those who stayed put in her Brechin home on Thursday night despite being asked to leave ahead of the red weather warning.\n\nAnother woman had only moved into her new home hours before being evacuated.\n\nAnd a couple said they feared being trapped in their car by the flood before managing to escape.\n\nMs Clark told BBC Scotland News on Friday morning that she couldn't bring herself to leave her property when she was urged to do so the previous day, and was waiting on firefighters to rescue her.\n\nShe said: \"We've no longer got a river, it's now in my garden and right into my house.\n\n\"River Street is now, put it this way, the river.\n\n\"The water is right in my house. It's come right up. I've lost everything.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Laura Demontis and her two sons were trapped by flooding in their Brechin home\n\nMs Clark took refuge upstairs with her son and dog while she waited to be rescued and said the water was reaching the top of her downstairs windows.\n\nShe asked emergency crews who were using boats to search flooded homes to rescue two elderly neighbours before returning for her.\n\nAngus Council has said 60 households were rescued in the town in the early hours of the morning, while about 80 people had gone to special centres that were set up for evacuated people in Brechin and nearby Montrose and Forfar.\n\nMeanwhile, Terri Masson said she was evacuated from her home in Brechin's Meikle Mill just hours after she had moved in.\n\nMs Masson, 33, had not even had a chance to make a cup of tea and unpack her belongings in the Angus town on Thursday before she was told by the council at about 16:30 that she would have to leave.\n\nMembers of the emergency services help a woman in Brechin\n\nShe asked friends from Montrose to come and collect her and was anxiously waiting outside her property on Friday morning for the all clear to go back in and collect items for her family.\n\nShe said: \"I was in not even two hours and got told to evacuate. I hadn't even unpacked my stuff, nothing.\n\n\"I had just started to unpack and they came to the door and they were like, 'you have to go'.\"\n\nThe mother-of-five said she had to leave everything behind, including her youngest daughter's pram.\n\nShe added: \"I knew Brechin could flood when the weather is bad but I've never been in the middle of something like this.\n\n\"It was scary for the kids - we got out as quick as we could.\"\n\nMuriel Thomson decided to stay in her house in Mitchell Drive despite the red weather warning and risk of floods.\n\nAt 06:00 on Friday, the 78-year-old heard water coming into the garage next to her house and decided to evacuate.\n\nShe and her husband packed a bag and tried to drive to safety through the rising floodwater but their car got stuck.\n\nMs Thomson added: \"We thought for a horrible moment we were going to get trapped in it because we could not get the doors open.\n\n\"It was quite terrifying. The car was full of water and it was freezing.\"\n\nMs Thomson, who has lived in the house for 28 years, eventually managed to get the car to safety.\n\nShe said she had decided to stay in her home because it did not look like the flood prevention would be breached.\n\nMs Thomson admitted: \"I'm just horrified that I've been wrong. I fell asleep and we weren't keeping an eye on it.\"\n\nLaura Demontis and her family also opted to stay but were left stranded in the first floor of their home, which was flooded downstairs.\n\nThey had no electricity and were awaiting rescue.\n\nShe told BBC Scotland News: \"I woke up at 04:30 in the morning because there was a sound.\n\n\"I looked outside and said 'Oh my. It has happened'. I made the wrong decision.\"\n\nJakki Kennedy told BBC Radio Scotland's Lunchtime Live she was evacuated as flood water started entering her house.\n\nShe also established, via her smart doorbell, that emergency services checked her home was empty as late as 23:00 on Thursday.\n\nHer son returned on Friday with a pair of waders to survey the damage, which included carpets that were only laid two months ago.\n\nMs Kennedy and her two dogs are currently staying with her son and his wife.\n\nShe told the programme the flooding was the worst she had seen in the 26 years she had lived in the area and described videos of the devastation on social media as \"horrific\".\n\nAnd she is not only counting the damage at her home.\n\nMs Kennedy said: \"I have a caravan stored at Eastmill Caravan Park. That's gone as well.\"\n\nAnother councillor warned some residents may not be back in their homes in time for Christmas.\n\nGavin Nicol said the town's flood barriers were 3.8m high but the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (Sepa) had warned the water could reach 5m.\n\nHe said: \"With the amount of rain we're getting it might even supersede that. It's just a disaster. The water is not going down, it is still rising.\"\n\nMr Nicol, who also represents the Brechin and Edzell Ward, added: \"My thoughts go out to those affected. With this time of year, it's coming up to Christmas, and some people might not even get back in their homes by then.\"\n\nElsewhere, Angus Council issued an urgent appeal for warm clothing on behalf of Brechin Rest Centre.\n\nA spokesperson said: \"We now have in excess of 40 adults who have arrived at the rest centre with only the soaked clothes they have arrived in.\"", "Bath MP Wera Hobhouse told MPs she wasn't \"completely happy\" with the changes to her bill\n\nWorkers are set to get more protection from sexual harassment in the workplace after MPs approved a new law.\n\nThe Worker Protection Bill, introduced by Liberal Democrat MP Wera Hobhouse, puts a duty on bosses to stop harassment instead of relying on employees to report incidents.\n\nHowever, the bill had been watered down after opposition in the House of Lords over concerns it could expose employers to costly lawsuits.\n\nOne Tory MP said it had been \"gutted\".\n\nIn order to get the bill through Parliament, Ms Hobhouse and the government reached a compromise with peers to scrap a section which made employers liable for harassment of their employees by third parties such as customers or suppliers.\n\nThe wording of the proposed law was also changed - initially it would have required employers to take \"all reasonable steps\" to prevent sexual harassment, but peers struck out the word \"all\".\n\nReasonable steps could include putting in place training and carrying out impartial investigations into reported harassment.\n\nThe bill also means that there would be a 25% uplift to compensation for sexual harassment cases where an employer had failed to take the reasonable steps.\n\nWhen the altered bill returned to the House of Commons on Friday, Ms Hobhouse told MPs: \"I cannot stand here and say that I am completely happy with the amendments.\n\n\"But if I did not accept them the bill would not progress into law, and that would be a lot worse.\n\n\"The longer it takes for legislation preventing sexual harassment to become law, the more workers - especially women - will be left at risk of workplace sexual harassment - that would simply not be acceptable.\"\n\nConservative MP Danny Kruger said he did not think the new law was needed.\n\n\"I am happy that we have got to a place where the bill has been effectively gutted by their lordships,\" he told MPs.\n\n\"We need to stop bringing forward what I call performative legislation, intended simply to outlaw behaviour that we disapprove of.\n\n\"Immoral conversations, bad manners, action likely to cause hurt and distress. We cannot legislate against all of these actions.\"\n\nConservative minister for women Maria Caulfield said there had been \"a strong level of concern\" about the proposed law but added that the government had been \"eager to find a balance\".\n\nShe said she hoped the legislation would help prevent instances of sexual harassment in the future.\n\nDuring its passage through Parliament, the bill received cross-party support from MPs, however it faced tougher opposition in the House of Lords.\n\nConservative Lord Hannan argued there were already \"perfectly good, old common-law provisions\" protecting people against harassment at work.\n\nThe Earl of Leicester said the bill could lead to customers having to agree to \"formal and binding HR-style rules\" when interacting with a business's employees.\n\nThe bill has now been approved in both the House of Commons and Lords and will become law once it receives royal assent.\n\nSign up for our morning newsletter and get BBC News in your inbox.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Sir John Curtice says Tamworth offers a \"straightforward \" message, but Mid Bedfordshire offered a \"somewhat different pattern\"\n\nThe results from Tamworth and Mid-Bedfordshire represent one of the worst by-election nights that any government has had to endure.\n\nIn Tamworth, the 23.9% swing from Conservative to Labour was the second highest in post-war by-election history. No government has previously lost so safe a seat - the Conservatives had a 42% majority in 2019 - to the principal opposition party in a by-election contest.\n\nIn Mid-Bedfordshire it was a little lower, 20.5%. However, the Conservatives' own share of the vote fell by even more than in Tamworth. Indeed, the 28.7 point drop in Mid-Bedfordshire was the sixth biggest fall in Tory support in the post-war period.\n\nThe swing to Labour was lower than in Tamworth because the spoils were shared between Labour and the Liberal Democrats, both of whom - in contrast to previous by-elections in this parliament - campaigned vigorously in this contest.\n\nHowever, the Liberal Democrats' hopes of winning the seat from third place were dashed.\n\nEven so, both results were much closer to the 24-point swing in July in Selby and Ainstey than the more modest seven-point swing in Uxbridge. Tory MPs hoped that the result in the London seat in the summer pointed to a potential pathway back to electoral recovery. Now it looks rather more like a mirage.\n\nMeanwhile, there are disturbing echoes for the Conservatives in the results of by-elections in the parliament of 1992 to 1997, at the end of which the party crashed to defeat.\n\nIn the last three years of that parliament, there were four by-elections in which there was a swing of more than 20% from Conservative to Labour. Now we have had three in just three months.\n\nMoreover, one of those four by-elections in the 1992-1997 parliament was in Tamworth itself, albeit the seat was then called South East Staffordshire. In April 1996, Tony Blair's New Labour party captured the seat with a 22-point swing. History has repeated itself almost exactly.\n\nThe Tamworth result is also significant because the seat voted heavily for Leave in 2016, while Labour's vote in the constituency has been in long-term decline. Labour's success in the seat augurs particularly well for its ability to recapture the many Leave-voting, \"Red Wall\" seats the party lost in 2019.\n\nThe Conservatives' difficulties in Tamworth were probably also compounded by the relatively good performance of the pro-Brexit Reform Party, which saved its deposit by winning just over 5% of the vote.\n\nOf course, swings against the government are often an exaggerated reflection of the current national mood. Indeed, the swing in both by-elections was rather more than the 14 or 15 point swing currently being registered by the national polls.\n\nWe certainly cannot presume that the Conservatives would do so badly as they did on Thursday if there were a general election anytime soon.\n\nHowever, the fact Labour are now matching what the party achieved in by-elections 30 years ago strongly corroborates the message at the polls: that the Conservatives are in deep electoral trouble.\n\nTrue, turnout fell heavily - by around 30 points - in both seats. That led Conservative spokespersons to argue the results were evidence of discontent with the Conservatives, whose supporters thus stayed at home, rather than enthusiasm for Labour. Consequently, they suggest, the party could still turn things around by the time of the next election.\n\nHowever, turnout fell just as heavily in those by-elections in the 1992-1997 parliament that recorded high swings to Labour.\n\nIn short, it looks as though Rishi Sunak will have to achieve what John Major proved unable to deliver before 1997 - a dramatic reversal of a public mood that is inclined to turf the Conservatives out of office. He now knows that will not be easy.\n\nSign up for our morning newsletter and get BBC News in your inbox.", "Tensions on Israel's northern border are rising amid the ongoing violence in the region\n\nFor days, tensions have been high along the Lebanese border with Israel, with frequent exchanges of fire between heavily armed militants in Lebanon and the Israeli army.\n\nThese skirmishes have prompted fears that the violence could escalate into a bigger confrontation.\n\nNot far from the frontier on the Lebanese side, in the southern town of Bint Jbeil, there was quiet in the streets. Most shops were closed.\n\nMany residents here, and in other border villages, have left, fearing that an escalation of the war between Israel and Hamas will turn this area, dominated by the powerful Shia Islamist group Hezbollah, into another front in the conflict.\n\nHalf a dozen men, among the few people seen outside, sat around a plastic table. Some ate pizza; others were smoking. They did not seem to be concerned.\n\n\"I'm not going to leave unless [the situation] gets out of hand, which I doubt,\" 52-year-old Mohammed Baidoun said, under the watchful eye of a handful of Hezbollah minders, who came from multiple directions as soon as we arrived. \"I have faith in the resistance that we have here... I believe deep down that [Hezbollah] will protect us.\"\n\nThe question about what Hezbollah will do hangs over the whole country. The group, like Hamas, is considered a terrorist organisation by the UK, the US and others. Its leader, Hassan Nasrallah, has remained silent since the Israel-Hamas war broke out.\n\nNaim Qassem, the Hezbollah number two, described the group as \"fully ready\", saying they would not be intimidated by calls from the US and others to stay away. But their secretive nature means it is difficult to know what preparations they could be making.\n\nIsrael has long seen Hezbollah, which is also a social and political movement created in the 1980s, as a far more formidable force than Hamas: the group has a vast arsenal of weapons, including precision-guided missiles that can strike deep into Israeli territory, as well as tens of thousands of well-trained, battle-hardened fighters.\n\nIsrael is telling the 20,000 residents of Kiryat Shmona to evacuate after the town was hit by rocket fire\n\nHezbollah's actions have been limited to cross-border strikes, along the UN-set Blue Line, the unofficial frontier between Lebanon and Israel.\n\nThe group has exchanged missiles and artillery fire with the Israeli military several times a day, while its allied Palestinian factions have also carried out attacks, including several attempted incursions into Israel from southern Lebanon.\n\nThe confrontations have resulted in deaths on both sides, including civilians.\n\nResidents are fleeing on the Israeli side, too.\n\nOn Friday the Israeli military said it was evacuating people from the northern city of Kiryat Shmona, which has about 20,000 residents. It has been hit by rocket fire in recent days.\n\nDays earlier it announced the evacuation of 28 communities and created a no-go zone within 2km of the border.\n\nTensions in Lebanon rose further on Tuesday, after an explosion at a hospital in Gaza.\n\nIsrael was immediately blamed by Hamas, but the Israeli military said the blast was caused by a misfired Palestinian militant rocket.\n\nHezbollah, however, described it as a \"massacre\" by Israel and, in Beirut, hundreds of its followers protested, chanting anti-American and anti-Israeli slogans. But it was a small demonstration for what the group had described as an \"unprecedented day of anger\".\n\nA source familiar with Hezbollah's thinking, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the group's actions would be determined by what happens in Gaza. \"If the Israelis invade [the territory],\" the source said, \"this will lead to a regional catastrophe\".\n\nBuildings in Dhayra, a settlement near the Israeli border, have been damaged by strikes\n\nSome believe the decision about what to do next will likely come from Hezbollah's main backer, Iran.\n\nIsrael accused Tehran of ordering Hezbollah to carry out a series of attacks on its territory last weekend. Tehran, meanwhile, warned that the \"resistance front\", its alliance of forces in the region with groups in Syria, Iraq and Yemen, could carry out a \"pre-emptive action\".\n\nBefore the latest outbreak of violence, the consensus among observers was that neither Israel nor Hezbollah were interested in another war, as many still remember the devastating month-long conflict they fought in 2006.\n\nLebanon is suffering from an economic crisis dating back years, and political infighting has left the country without a functioning government or president, while sectarian divisions have been exacerbated.\n\nTo the west of Bint Jbeil, in the border village of Dhayra, Israeli retaliatory strikes hit the local mosque and some houses last week.\n\nSabrina Fanash, a 36-year-old resident who moved to Beirut after the war started, was vocal in her criticism of militants who, she said, were using her Sunni-majority village for their attacks.\n\n\"It's not fair that our houses are like that. Who will rebuild them?\" she said, walking through the rubble of her cousin's partially destroyed home.\n\n\"All of us are sad… We depend on God, God will protect us.\"", "Absences could be linked to mental health issues and long-term effects of lockdowns during the pandemic\n\nSchool attendances in Northern Ireland over the past two years have been the worst on record.\n\nIn both the 2021/22 and 2022/23 school years, about 30% of pupils had absence rates classed at \"chronic\" or \"severe chronic\".\n\nThat is according to figures provided by the Department of Education (DE).\n\nThe rate of persistent absence among pupils in Northern Ireland is also significantly higher than in England or Wales.\n\nThere are likely to be a range of reasons for the high absence rates, including:\n\nSome principals have also identified more pupils with emotionally-based school avoidance, which is linked to mental health and wellbeing.\n\nThe number of primary school pupils being withdrawn from schools for family holidays during term time has also risen to high levels.\n\nKevin McArevey, principal of Holy Cross Boys' Primary School in north Belfast, said he did not agree with taking children out of school for holidays.\n\n\"The link between attendance and academic success is undeniable,\" he told BBC NI's Good Morning Ulster programme.\n\n\"What parents need to understand is that when their child is not here, the rest of the class is surging ahead.\"\n\nThe DE classes chronic absence as a pupil being absent for between 10% and 20% of days during a school year - from 19 to 38 days.\n\nSevere chronic absence is when a pupil missed more than 20% of days in a school year - more than 38 days.\n\nIn 2021/22 almost 100,000 pupils had absence rates that were classed as chronic or severe chronic, which is about a third of all pupils.\n\nThat absence rate fell during 2022/23 but almost 30% of pupils still had absence rates classed as chronic or severe chronic.\n\nThe absence rates are \"clearly a concern\", Claire McClelland, from the Department of Education, told BBC News NI.\n\n\"Over the past number of years we have seen a number of challenges, particularly post-Covid, around attendance,\" she said.\n\n\"10% absence equates to 19 days of school, or every other Friday for a whole school year.\"\n\nClaire McClelland said parents need to take school absence seriously.\n\nMs McClelland, who is the department's director of raising aspiration, supporting learning and empowering improvement, said there were a range reasons for high absence rates.\n\n\"Perhaps we've had quite a long period of time where we've had lockdown, we've had remote learning - and that importance of attending school, perhaps there's some complacency around that.\"\n\nShe added a number of children and young people find it difficult to attend school due to emotional health and wellbeing issues, amongst others, which makes it difficult to pinpoint individual cases.\n\nMs McClelland said pupils' level of achievement is impacted by a lack of attendance and it affects their social and emotional connections, such as how they make friends.\n\n\"We need parents and communities to take this seriously and recognise the importance of attending school,\" she added.\n\nDespite the figures, a number of schemes for schools to provide pupils with counselling or help those struggling after the pandemic have been cut.\n\nIn addition, more than 200,000 school days in 2022/23 were missed by primary school pupils withdrawn from class for family holidays that were not agreed with the school.\n\nMs McClelland said that was 27% more days missed for that reason since 2018.\n\n\"I recognise that in terms of the cost of living it is expensive to go on holiday outside term time,\" she said.\n\n\"But what I would say to parents is that we'd really discourage going out of school during term time unless it's absolutely necessary.\"\n\nIn England, parents can be fined £60 or more if their child is persistently absent from school, but that is not the case in Northern Ireland.\n\nHowever, some experts have said that fining parents does not work and can make the problem worse.", "The judge overseeing the trial of a man accused of killing rapper Tupac Shakur in 1996 has ordered a two-week delay in order for the suspect to find a lawyer.\n\nThe decision came as Duane \"Keffe D\" Davis, 60, appeared in a Las Vegas court on Thursday. It was the second time his case has been delayed.\n\nOfficials say Mr Davis, a former gang leader, orchestrated the killing in revenge for an attack on his nephew.\n\nMr Davis appeared in court in handcuffs and wearing a blue prison uniform.\n\nHe has yet to formally enter a plea and was expected to at Thursday's hearing before the new delay was ordered.\n\nA new arraignment hearing was ordered by Judge Tierra Jones for 2 November.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: Three things we learned about Tupac murder arrest\n\nJudge Jones said that if Mr Davis has not hired a lawyer by then, a public defender will be appointed for him.\n\n\"We got to get this case moving, understand,\" she said.\n\nMr Davis one of the last living witnesses to the fatal September 1996 drive-by shooting.\n\nHe has admitted on multiple occasions, including in his 2019 tell-all memoir, Compton Street Legend, that he was in the car from which shots were fired.\n\nShakur, a hip-hop legend, was shot four times aged 25 in a drive-by attack in Las Vegas.\n\nOrlando Anderson, the suspect's late nephew, and Shakur had been involved in a fight in a casino shortly before the rapper was shot on 7 September 1996, prosecutors say. He died in hospital a few days later.\n\nShakur, whose stage name was stylised as 2Pac, released his debut album in 1991.\n\nOne of the most acclaimed names in hip-hop, his death inspired several documentaries.\n\nHe sold more than 75 million records worldwide, enjoying chart success with hits including California Love, All Eyez On Me and Changes.\n• None Watch: Three things we learned about Tupac murder arrest. Video, 00:01:14Watch: Three things we learned about Tupac murder arrest", "Tom Copas is hopeful he will be supplying tens of thousands of Christmas turkeys this year\n\nTurkey farmers are hoping for a better Christmas after a drop in cases of a virulent strain of bird flu that led to culls and shortages last year.\n\nFigures shared with the BBC list 16 new outbreaks since August, compared to nearly 90 in the same period last year.\n\nFarmers faced a crisis last winter as bird flu deaths and culls left a shortage of free-range turkeys.\n\nScientists also said they have discovered signs of immunity in wild birds previously spreading the virus.\n\nThe consortium of scientists from eight leading UK laboratories has also discovered the virus can only travel short distances in the air - less than 10m - and is \"very unlikely\" to travel between farms.\n\nBerkshire farmer Tom Copas welcomed the news and said the industry had upped its biosecurity and was much better prepared than last year.\n\nBut Mr Copas, who farms up to 60,000 free-range Christmas turkeys, called for a vaccine to be introduced to provide better protection from the highly contagious virus.\n\nHe told the BBC: \"I think fundamentally, looking at where bird flu is across the world, you need a vaccine in place, realistically, to give confidence to businesses to continue to take the risk of putting birds on the ground. We need that as an industry.\"\n\nOf last year's spread of the virus, he said: \"It was one thing (to think) what are we going to do as a business, but so many people were relying on you for Christmas dinner and you just had no control because the way it jumped around the country was terrifying.\"\n\nEssex turkey farmer Paul Kelly, who lost around 30% of his turkeys last year because of bird flu, said the lower number of outbreaks so far this season could be the \"lull before the storm\".\n\n\"We have had such clement weather that we haven't really gone into flu season yet. We won't know the true situation we are in until the winter weather - the genuine cold, damp conditions that the flu virus loves,\" he said. \"The big thing is that there is probably more immunity in the wild bird population so it's not going to spread as much.\"\n\nMeanwhile, the British Poultry Council warned that it was \"too early to say\" whether there would be fewer cases over the rest of the winter but it said it did not foresee a Christmas turkey shortage this year.\n\nThe world is currently going through its worst ever outbreak of bird flu.\n\nThe H5N1 virus, which is the most prevalent strain now, was first reported in China in 1996.\n\nIt can spread through entire flocks of domestic birds within a matter of days, through birds' droppings and saliva, or through contaminated feed and water.\n\nMore than 350 UK farms have seen infections between 2020 and 2023, according to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra).\n\nMammals that scavenge dead bird carcases, including foxes, otters and seals, have also been infected.\n\nThe consortium of scientists, led by the government's Animal Plant Health Agency (APHA), was set up last June, to study the virus and how it spreads.\n\nIt said preliminary investigations in a small sample size of some species of seabird, including northern gannets and shag, showed the development of immunity to the H5N1 virus.\n\nBut it warned the avian influenza virus was prone to change and the study did not yet suggest \"great population-level benefits\" from antibodies that had been developed in some birds.\n\nHowever, the team has also identified the genetic characteristics that explain how the virus is spreading so quickly and infecting such a vast range of species.\n\nProfessor Ian Brown said the team of scientists was keeping a watchful ey on the ever-changing virus\n\nWhile the risk to humans is still considered very low, the consortium is now looking at how it has spilled over into mammals and how it might adapt in the future.\n\nProfessor Ian Brown, APHA's director of scientific services, said that the virus was so powerful that one teaspoon of faecal matter infected with H5N1 could kill a million turkeys.\n\nHe told the BBC it was always adapting. \"It's changed its genetic make-up in such a way that it gives it an advantage over all other flus so it can replicate faster. It can spread more efficiently. It can infect a greater range of birds,\" he explained.\n\n\"It has jumped into mammals. We still need to be watchful that if it does make that jump what happens to the virus and can it make it more able to jump into humans?\"\n\nExtra funding of £6.5m has now been given to further study immunity in wild birds, how the virus spreads from wild birds to farmed poultry and the potential for human transmission.\n\nThe UK's chief veterinary officer Christine Middlemiss said the \"critical\" research would help \"protect our birds and minimise the impact of this dreadful disease\".\n\nDefra also said the impact and efficacy of vaccinations in farming will also be looked at in the months ahead.", "An explosion at the Al-Ahli Arab hospital in Gaza on Tuesday evening is feared to have killed hundreds of people.\n\nIt is still unclear exactly what happened. BBC Verify’s Merlyn Thomas examines the video we’ve been able to verify to unpick what we know so far.", "Retail sales fell more than expected in September as shoppers held back buying autumn clothing amid unseasonably warm weather, official figures show.\n\nConsumers also struggled with cost of living pressures, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said.\n\nAround the world, September was the warmest on record due to ongoing global warming, and the El Niño weather event.\n\nSales volumes fell 0.9% in the month, the ONS said, while economists had predicted a 0.2% fall.\n\nGrant Fitzner, the ONS chief economist, said sales \"fell notably\" in September as the quick pace of price rises put shoppers off, \"particularly for sales of non-essential goods\".\n\n\"It was a poor month for clothing stores as the warm autumnal conditions reduced sales of colder weather gear.\n\n\"However, September's unseasonable warmth did help drive up food sales a little,\" he said.\n\nMr Fitzner added that fuel sales rebounded from a fall in August.\n\nIn the UK, last month was the joint-hottest September on record, according to the Met Office.\n\nOne scientist described the warm weather, which in the UK included a heatwave at the start of the month, as \"absolutely gobsmackingly bananas\".\n\nThe weather contributed to a 1.9% fall in trade at non-food stores.\n\nClothing and department stores both saw a 1.6% decline in the month, as sales of new autumn lines including coats, jackets and knitwear, were hit by the weather.\n\nPeople also held back from buying expensive items such as jewellery and watches, and also furniture and lighting, due to cost-of-living pressures, the ONS said.\n\nHelen Dickinson, chief executive of the British Retail Consortium, said that with the festive season approaching, \"retailers are hopeful that the easing inflation we have seen in recent months will boost consumer confidence\".\n\nShe added that shops would bring down prices \"wherever they can\", but this would be limited by the expected hike to business rates in April.\n\nDanni Hewson, head of financial analysis at AJ Bell, said \"every retailer will be fully focused on the festive season\".\n\n\"The next three months are the most important of the year for the sector, the time when people splash out on gifts for friends and family, so the fact that consumers tightened their belts in September will undoubtedly be cause for concern,\" she said.\n\nAlthough inflation has been easing, \"everyone is acutely aware that it doesn't mean prices are falling too, and many people might have had chunky pay increases but that doesn't mean wallets are suddenly bulging,\" she added.\n\nMeanwhile, consumer confidence took a tumble in October due to people \"simply not having enough money to make ends meet,\" said Joe Staton, client strategy director at GfK, which tracks shopper sentiment.\n\nMeeting the \"costs of heating our homes, filling our petrol tanks, coping with surging mortgage and rental rates, a slowing jobs market and now the uncertainties posed by conflict in the Middle East, are all contributing to this growing unease\", he said.", "The figures come on the eve of a major pro-Palestinian demonstration on Saturday in London\n\nThere has been a significant increase in hate crimes in London, predominantly antisemitic incidents, since the Hamas attacks on Israel, Scotland Yard says.\n\nBetween 1 and 18 October the Metropolitan Police recorded 218 antisemitic incidents, up from 15 across the same period last year.\n\nThe number of Islamophobic incidents has risen to 101, up from 42 last year.\n\nThe statistics were released on the eve of a major pro-Palestinian demonstration on Saturday in London.\n\nAhead of the demonstration, the Met Police announced it had banned protesters from assembling outside of the Israeli embassy and revealed that counter-terrorism officers would be monitoring for anyone supporting Hamas or Hezbollah, both of which are banned under the UK's terror laws.\n\nSpeaking on Friday, Deputy Assistant Commissioner Ade Adelekan, the officer in charge of the policing operation, said the number of antisemitic and Islamophobic incidents had gone up 1,353% and 140% respectively.\n\nSo far, 21 people have been arrested in relation to suspected offences.\n\nThe incidents reported related to abuse in person and online and with both religious and racial motivations.\n\nOfficers dedicated to community safety have so far visited 445 schools and 1,930 places of worship.\n\nA 60-year-old man has pleaded guilty to religiously aggravated intentional harassment, after threatening and abusing an Orthodox Jewish man in east London on Tuesday morning.\n\nOn Wednesday, Kevin Joseph was fined £200 for the incident at a bakery in the Stamford Hill area - a penalty increased from £120 due to the \"seriousness of the antisemitic hate crime\" he committed, the Crown Prosecution Service said.\n\nThe Metropolitan Police has confirmed the details of other incidents:\n\nDemonstrators protesting earlier this month in solidarity with Palestinians in central London\n\nDAC Adelekan said he had used his powers to impose restrictions on the demonstration's planned route and additionally bar protesters from assembling by the Israeli embassy in Kensington, west London.\n\nHe said that he reasonably believed that protests this weekend could result in serious disorder or damage if conditions were not imposed in order to minimise that risk.\n\n\"So in terms of the procession, we are simply saying kindly stick to the route that we have agreed,\" he said.\n\n\"In terms of the embassy itself... we have provided an area that they can come up to and be in sight of the embassy.\"\n\nIn an unusual move, Scotland Yard publicly confirmed that counter-terrorism officers would be actively involved in this weekend's operation because of concerns that protests could be used by some to publicly support groups that are banned under terrorism laws.\n\nDAC Adelekan said: \"It's important to remember that while supporting the Palestinian cause or criticising Israel is not in itself unlawful, any support for proscribed organisations such Hamas or Hezbollah is unlawful.\n\n\"Anyone wearing, carrying or otherwise displaying symbols that are supportive of a proscribed organisation can be arrested. The same is true for chanting or slogans.\"\n\nOne of those chants is \"Palestine will be free, from the rivers to the sea\", a slogan that some use to call for Palestinian control of all land between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea, including Israel.\n\nLast week Home Secretary Suella Braverman wrote to chief constables asking them to consider whether the slogan should be interpreted as \"a violent desire to see Israel erased from the world\" that broke race hate laws.\n\n\"We are well aware of the strength of feeling in relation to it,\" said DAC Adelekan.\n\n\"While we can see scenarios where chanting these words would be unlawful, such as outside a synagogue, or a Jewish school or directly at a Jewish person or through intending to intimidate... it is likely that its use in a wider protest setting, such as we anticipate this weekend, would not be an offence and would not result in arrest.\n\n\"This is just one example of difficult decisions facing offices. Policing and particularly policing public order is rarely as straightforward as it may appear to the commentators or public looking on.\"\n\nSign up for our morning newsletter and get BBC News in your inbox.", "Haydn Gwynne was highly respected for a career that spanned dramas, comedies and musicals\n\nEnglish actress Haydn Gwynne, known for roles in TV shows including Drop the Dead Donkey, Peak Practice, Merseybeat and The Windsors, has died aged 66.\n\nShe also had an acclaimed stage career, being nominated for both Olivier and Tony awards in the West End and on Broadway for Billy Elliot the Musical.\n\nShe was Queen Camilla in TV royal spoof The Windsors, and played ex-PM Margaret Thatcher on stage in The Audience.\n\nHer co-star from that 2013 play, Dame Helen Mirren, led the tributes.\n\n\"Haydn was a delight as a person and a consummate dedicated actress,\" she wrote on Instagram.\n\nReferring to Gwynne's performance in The Audience, Dame Helen added: \"She was both funny and serious at the same time, a brilliant balancing act that her whole career exemplified.\n\n\"We will miss her very much.\"\n\nDame Helen Mirren, who played Queen Elizabeth II in The Audience, pictured with Gwynne on its opening night\n\nIn a statement on Friday, her agent said: \"It is with great sadness we are sharing with you that, following her recent diagnosis with cancer, the star of stage and screen Haydn Gwynne died in hospital in the small hours of Friday 20 October, surrounded by her beloved sons, close family and friends.\n\n\"We would like to thank the staff and teams at the Royal Marsden and Brompton Hospitals for their wonderful care over the last few weeks.\"\n\nGwynne broke through in TV drama Nice Work in the late 1980s before finding wider fame and a Bafta nomination for playing cynical and stoical journalist Alex in topical satire Drop the Dead Donkey.\n\nGwynne said she portrayed Camilla as \"the soap opera villainess\" in The Windsors\n\nTwo decades later, she was back on Channel 4 in comedy The Windsors, playing Camilla as \"clearly the soap opera villainess\".\n\nThat was reflected in her costumes, which were designed \"as if she were played by Joan Collins in a 1980s version\".\n\n\"In a way that was very freeing, because it meant I didn't have to go off and do serious research,\" Gwynne said. \"I could just have full fun with it.\"\n\nAnother royal TV show came along when the actress portrayed Lady Susan Hussey, who resigned from the royal household following a racism row, in the fifth series of Netflix's The Crown.\n\nShe starred in The Great British Bake Off Musical earlier this year\n\nHer other TV parts included Dr Joanna Graham in Peak Practice, Supt Susan Blake in Merseybeat, and Julius Caesar's wife Calpurnia in the BBC's Rome.\n\nPaying tribute, playwright Jonathan Harvey described her as \"a gifted and versatile all rounder\".\n\nFellow writer Jack Thorne said she was \"the kindest, loveliest soul and a wonderful performer\", adding: \"She gave everything to everything.\"\n\nMusical star and radio presenter Elaine Paige called Gwynne \"so young, so talented\", adding she had known the actress for 30 years. \"There'll be a bright star in heaven tonight. RIP dear Haydn.\"\n\nShe appeared in three series of ITV's Peak Practice in 1999 and 2000\n\nHercule Poirot actor David Suchet worked with Gwynne in an episode of the ITV detective show, and called her \"an extraordinary person and brilliant actor\" .\n\nActor Samuel West also paid tribute, saying: \"This is a terrible loss. One of the nicest and one of the best.\"\n\nNational Theatre artistic director Rufus Norris, who directed her in The Threepenny Opera in 2016, said she was \"an amazing woman and artist\" who was \"universally beloved and respected\".\n\nHe said: \"Her unique combination of wit, wickedness, grace and fearless craft was a complete joy to be in a room with.\"\n\nGwynne grew up in rural Sussex and her father was an Irish printer called Guy Thomas Hayden-Gwynne.\n\nShe studied French at university before moving to Italy, where she lectured in English at the University of Rome.\n\nActing initially seemed too insecure to pursue professionally, but she eventually \"came out of the closet\" - as she once put it - and decided to go for it. \"I gave up my job, got rid of my apartment, gave away all my furniture, and came home.\"\n\nReturning to England, she wrote to every theatre company she could and was eventually offered a break in 1984 by writer and director Alan Ayckbourn in His Monkey Wife.\n\nGwynne with the young cast of Billy Elliot the Musical at London's Victoria Palace Theatre in 2006\n\nThat led to more shows including West End musical Ziegfeld, an expensive flop in 1988.\n\n\"My biggest regret is that I didn't keep a daily diary,\" Gwynne once said. \"The most extraordinary things happened.\n\n\"The star and the director were fired after press night, it was rewritten. It did have its moments - my costume was worth £10,000 - but mainly it was agony. I cried myself to sleep most nights.\"\n\nBut things got better - she received her first Olivier nomination for the musical City of Angels in 1994, and spent seasons with the Royal Shakespeare Company in 94 and 95.\n\nSir Elton John wrote the music for Billy Elliot the Musical, seen here with Gwynne at its 2008 Broadway opening night party\n\nShe played dance teacher Mrs Wilkinson when Billy Elliot the Musical launched in the West End in 2005, and stayed on when it transferred to Broadway.\n\nThe role was originally played by Julie Walters on screen, but on stage Gwynne said the character was \"very upfront and quite rude, a bit more so than I remember from the film\".\n\nSpeaking about her varied career, Gwynne told the Telegraph in April she could sing and dance - but doing them together was the hardest part.\n\n\"They say tragedy is tough? Forget Medea, two shows of Billy Elliot a day is the very definition of gruelling!\"\n\nWith Tamsin Greig and Pedro Almodovar after the Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown press night in 2015\n\nGwynne received two more Olivier nominations - for the stage version of Pedro Almodóvar's film Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown in 2015 and The Threepenny Opera.\n\nHer versatility was again demonstrated earlier this year when she played a version of Dame Prue Leith in The Great British Bake Off Musical, and was Stanley Baldwin - prime minister in the 1920s and 30s - in a play called When Winston Went to War with the Wireless.\n\nThe actress was due to appear in a new London production of Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends in September, but withdrew nine days before the first preview because of what were described at the time as \"sudden personal circumstances\".\n\nThe show's producer Sir Cameron Mackintosh said Friday's performance would be dedicated to Gwynne, who he described as a \"truly wonderful person, as well as a phenomenally talented actress and singer\".", "Ukraine launched its counteroffensive in the south in June - but the advance has been slow so far\n\nUkraine's military appears to have confirmed reports that its troops have crossed on to the Russian-occupied left (eastern) bank of the Dnipro River.\n\nThe armed forces general staff listed Pishchanivka village in the southern Kherson region, 3km (two miles) east of the river, as being shelled by Russia.\n\nThe US-based Institute for the Study of War (ISW) said Ukrainian troops had advanced up to 4km east of the river.\n\nUkraine launched its counteroffensive in the south in June, seeking to sever Russia's land corridor to the Crimean peninsula, which Moscow illegally annexed in 2014.\n\nKyiv aims to reach the Sea of Azov coast, splitting Russian troops in the region in two, and making the Kremlin's supply lines more complicated.\n\nThe counteroffensive has so far been slow, bringing only limited territorial gains.\n\nUkrainian troops have made a number of smaller raids across the Dnipro river before - but the latest reported advance appears to be an attempt to expand the area under their control in anticipation of a larger offensive cross-river operation.\n\nIn its report on Thursday morning, the General Staff of Armed Forces of Ukraine said Russia had carried out air strikes on Pishchanivka in the past 24 hours.\n\nIt provided no details on whether there were any Ukrainian troops in or near the village.\n\nHours earlier, the ISW quoted Russian sources as claiming that \"likely company-sized elements of two Ukrainian naval infantry brigades conducted an assault across the Dnipro River on to the east bank\" on 17-18 October.\n\n\"Geolocated footage published on 18 October indicates that Ukrainian forces advanced north of Pishchanivka (14km east of Kherson City and 3km from the Dnipro River) and into [the village of] Poyma (11km east of Kherson City and 4km from the Dnipro River),\" the US-based think tank added.\n\nRussian military blogger WarGonzo claimed on Thursday that the Ukrainian units fighting on the eastern bank of Ukraine's main river had been previously trained in the UK.\n\nMeanwhile, the Russian defence ministry appeared to have confirmed Ukrainian operations in the area.\n\nIn its report on Wednesday evening, it said Russian troops had \"suppressed the activity\" of four Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance groups in Poyma and the nearby village of Pidstepne.\n\nMoscow claims that, overall, Ukraine's counteroffensive in the Kherson region is failing.\n\n\"There is no result yet. There are [Ukrainian] losses,\" said President Putin during a visit to China on Wednesday.", "Danny Darlington was not supposed to be at the kibbutz on the day Hamas gunmen stormed it\n\nThey are still finding bodies in the neighbourhoods near Gaza.\n\nWarning: Some readers may find details in this article distressing.\n\nRecovery teams on Wednesday pulled a woman's body from the rubble in Kibbutz Be'eri. She was naked, her feet bound with metal wire.\n\nOne of the team said the bodies of more than 20 children had been found nearby, tied together and burned.\n\nEven experienced workers are struggling: deaths like this are enough to break the living.\n\nIn Nir Oz, a line of ambulances and black vans processed slowly past the fence as we entered the kibbutz. This is now a place of stillness, the community frozen in the chaos of the attack.\n\nCats provide the only movement - sliding between bright toys strewn across gardens, the collapsed roofs, the charred gaping skeletons of people's homes.\n\nOverhead, loud explosions regularly fill the silence. Gaza is only three miles away.\n\nHamas gunmen attacked early in Nir Oz. Survivors say one in four people are dead or missing, including a British man, Danny Darlington.\n\nHe was born and raised in Manchester, before recently moving to Germany, and had been visiting family in the kibbutz.\n\nA neighbour identified Danny's body on the morning after the attack, but the family are still waiting for official confirmation that he is dead.\n\nHaim Peri, left, gave himself up to the gunmen after hiding with his wife in a safe room\n\nDanny was not meant to be in the kibbutz that morning. His half-brother, Lior Peri, was expecting him back in Tel Aviv the day before, but Danny decided to stay on an extra night.\n\nLior received a text message on Saturday morning, as the attack unfolded, saying: \"S**t, big balagan [chaos] in the kibbutz.\"\n\n\"That's the last I heard from him,\" Lior told me. \"Now I'm trying to help the family in Manchester. They are really in the dark.\"\n\nLior's father, Haim Peri, also went missing from Nir Or during the attack.\n\nHaim used to drive sick children from Gaza to Israeli hospitals. Some of the artwork he loved to collect is still standing amid the debris scattered through the house and garden.\n\nHaim and his wife, Osnat, were hiding in their safe room when Hamas gunmen first broke in. The door to the safe room held fast, but the gunmen returned with reinforcements.\n\nThis time, Lior says, Haim told his wife to hide behind the sofa in the safe room, then opened the door and gave himself up.\n\nHis wife was still hiding when a second group of people burst in - less disciplined, more destructive. They ransacked the house. The door to the safe room was still open, but it was dark inside and they did not bother to look.\n\nHaim has now been formally listed as a hostage.\n\nLior Peri says he feels out of sync with Israel's current national mood\n\nThere is frustration from many families here at the slow pace of information about the dead and missing.\n\nTent cities lit by floodlights have sprung up at army bases to identify the dead. Plastic-robed medics work to a constant soundtrack of generators, fighter planes and cicadas.\n\nAt one centre, we were shown more than a dozen shipping containers, their shelves stacked with body bags of all different sizes.\n\nStaff say the remains of around 1,000 people have passed through here - some in the care of Captain Maayan. Army regulations mean she cannot give her last name.\n\n\"I didn't see one body that was shot just once,\" she told me.\n\n\"In each body, I saw abuses and torture, and so many cuts, so many gunshots, so many bruises to the head and to the limbs. It doesn't feel like we're in war and we're seeing casualties. It feels like we're in a massacre, and we're looking at a massacre.\"\n\nIt took nine hours for the army to arrive in Nir Oz. With hundreds of thousands of troops now ranged along the border, Israel is eyeing the next stage of this war - a major offensive operation inside Gaza, aimed at destroying Hamas.\n\nLior Peri feels out of sync with Israel's current national mood.\n\n\"Revenge is a very strong emotion, which a lot of people have now,\" he says. \"But if they will hear us, hear the families, maybe they will reconsider. Maybe they will say: we will have time for revenge later on but before winning the war, let's do whatever we can to get out of this hostage situation.\"\n\nThe families of Israel's hostages and missing are still frozen in the hours after the attack, left without answers, and caught between two different traumas: their nation's and their own.", "Paltrow said she doesn't want her children to worry about \"what anybody's going to think or say\"\n\nGwyneth Paltrow has said calling someone a \"nepo baby\" is an \"ugly moniker\", and that children of famous people shouldn't be judged negatively.\n\nThe term refers to suggestions of nepotism when a young person follows in their famous parents' footsteps.\n\n\"Now there's this whole nepo baby culture, and there's this judgement that exists around kids of famous people,\" the 51-year-old actress said.\n\n\"But there's nothing wrong with doing or wanting to do what your parents do.\"\n\nPaltrow herself falls into that category as the daughter of actress Blythe Danner and director Bruce Paltrow.\n\nThe Oscar-winning star, who also runs wellness brand Goop, has two children with Coldplay frontman Chris Martin.\n\nThis Instagram post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nAsked by Bustle about 19-year-old daughter Apple, Paltrow said she's \"really just a student\" and \"just wants to be a kid and be at school and learn\".\n\nShe added: \"Nobody rips on a kid who's like, 'I want to be a doctor like my dad and granddad.'\n\n\"The truth is if you grow up in a house with a lot of artists and people making art and music, that's what you know, the same way that if you grow up in a house with law, the discussions around the table are about the nuances of whatever particular law the parents practise.\n\n\"I think it's kind of an ugly moniker. I just hope that my children always feel free to pursue exactly what they want to do, irrespective of what anybody's going to think or say.\"\n\nLily-Rose Depp has said a famous name only gets your \"foot in the door\"\n\nThe \"nepo baby\" term took off last year to refer to a new generation of celebrities like Maya Hawke (daughter of Ethan Hawke and Uma Thurman), Lily-Rose Depp (Johnny Depp and Vanessa Paradis), Maude Apatow (Judd Apatow and Leslie Mann), Zoe Kravitz (Lenny Kravitz and Lisa Bonet) and Dakota Johnson (Don Johnson and Melanie Griffith).\n\nLast December, New York magazine noted that \"nepo babies\" are nothing new in Hollywood, but there had been an intense backlash to the realisation that \"today, they're not only abundant - they're thriving\".\n\nIt added: \"A nepo baby is physical proof that meritocracy is a lie. We love them, we hate them, we disrespect them, we're obsessed with them.\"\n\nMembers of celebrity dynasties have addressed the question of how much the inherited advantage matters.\n\nZoe Kravitz (left, with father Lenny and mother Lisa Bonet) has said it's \"normal for people to be in the family business\"\n\nDepp Jr, who starred in TV drama The Idol, said the name only gets you so far. \"Maybe you get your foot in the door, but you still just have your foot in the door,\" she told Elle. \"There's a lot of work that comes after that.\"\n\nStranger Things star Hawke has admitted a family head-start \"definitely gives you massive advantages in this life\".\n\nShe told Rolling Stone: \"You will get chances for free, but the chances will not be infinite; so you have to keep working and do a good job. If you do a bad job, the chances will stop.\"\n\nOscar winner Jamie Lee Curtis, whose parents are actors Tony Curtis and Janet Leigh, has also commented, saying \"there's not a day in my professional life that goes by without my being reminded that I am the daughter of movie stars\".\n\n\"The current conversation about nepo babies is just designed to try and diminish and denigrate and hurt\", she added.\n\n\"It's curious how we immediately make assumptions and snide remarks that someone related to someone else who is famous in their field for their art, would somehow have no talent whatsoever.\"\n\nZoe Kravitz told GQ it is \"completely normal for people to be in the family business\".\n\nAlmost Famous star Kate Hudson, daughter of actors Goldie Hawn and Bill Hudson, said in a 2022 interview with The Independent: \"The nepotism thing, I mean… I don't really care.\"\n\nHudson, who has children with Muse frontman Matt Bellamy, Black Crowes singer Chris Robinson and \"digital creator\" Danny Fujikawa, added: \"I look at my kids and we're a storytelling family. It's definitely in our blood.\n\n\"People can call it whatever they want, but it's not going to change it.\"\n\nShe said she saw plenty of nepotism in other industries. \"Maybe modelling? I see it in business way more than I see it in Hollywood.\"\n\nSinger Lily Allen, daughter of actor Keith Allen and film producer Alison Owen, agreed that nepotism in other fields was more damaging.\n\n\"The nepo babies y'all should be worrying about are the ones working for legal firms, the ones working for banks, and the ones working in politics, if we're talking about real world consequences and robbing people of opportunity,\" she wrote.", "It’s up to Rishi Sunak to decide when – between now and January 2025 – to call a general election. May or Autumn of next year look to be the most likely options.\n\nWill these by-election hammerings for his party convince the prime minister he needs as much time as he has got to try to turn things around before going to the country?\n\nThe Tories are way behind in the national opinion polls and this gap could widen further.\n\nA recent poll by Savanta suggested that Rishi Sunak’s big Tory conference speech – in which he pitched himself as the change candidate – has barely moved the dial.\n\nMore time could allow the economy to improve – giving more scope for the government to offer some pre-election sweeteners. Tax cuts are already top of the wish-list of a number of Tory MPs who think they would energise their core vote again.\n\nBut those unhappy with the party’s direction of travel under Rishi Sunak are likely to become noisier after today – and more time before an election means more room for disagreements within the party to boil over.\n\nRishi Sunak has already tried big policy shifts and a reset moment to try to win more support – but he’s running out of options as the clock ticks down.", "The second red \"danger to life\" weather alert in a week is due to take effect in Scotland, with torrential rain and high winds forecast across the UK.\n\nForecasters say another 70-100mm (4ins) of rain could fall on Saturday in parts of Angus and Aberdeenshire already hit by severe flooding.\n\nThree people have died since Thursday, when Storm Babet first took hold.\n\nPeople across the country remain in temporary accommodation after being flooded out.", "The influential Moody's credit rating agency has dropped its negative outlook on the UK, saying that \"policy predictability has been restored\" following last year's mini-Budget.\n\nIt follows S&P, which dropped its negative outlook in April.\n\nMoody's also noted the UK's \"more conciliatory\" approach to EU trade.\n\nCredit ratings agencies assess how likely a country is to repay its debts, based on the strength of the economy and the effectiveness of government.\n\nMoody's said that Chancellor Jeremy Hunt's decision to reverse most of his predecessor's tax cuts helped to inform its decision.\n\nIt said increased friction due to Brexit had slowed the UK's bid to reduce inflation, which it sees returning to its 2% target in 2026.\n\nIt said greater co-operation with the EU may reduce Brexit-related uncertainty and boost the UK's economic growth.\n\nThe three main credit ratings agencies cut their assessments of the UK's creditworthiness in the wake of the disastrous mini-Budget last September, which included £45bn of unfunded tax cuts, without forecasts from the government's spending watchdog, the OBR.\n\nLower credit ratings reflect a higher risk, which usually means borrowers will have to pay higher interest rates.\n\nAa3 is the fourth-highest rating on Moody's scale - which means debts are \"very high quality and subject to very low credit risk\". Moody's gave the UK the highest-possible rating of AAA from 1978 to 2013, until it was downgraded while George Osborne was chancellor.\n\nS&P removed its negative outlook on the UK in April, and gives the country an AA rating, the third-highest level on its scale.\n\nThe third rating agency, Fitch, still has a negative outlook on the UK - it will publish its next assessment on 1 December.", "Amiram Cooper, Guy Gilboa-Dalal and Tsachi Idan are being held in Gaza\n\nIsrael says 132 people remain unaccounted for after they were abducted and taken to Gaza during the October 7 attacks by Hamas.\n\nAn estimated 240 people were taken prisoner, but 105 were later released by Hamas during a six-day ceasefire at the end of November.\n\nThe Israeli military said it mistakenly killed three hostages in northern Gaza who had escaped from their captors and expressed \"deep remorse\" over the incident.\n\nOf the 132 still unaccounted for, Israel says that 20 of them are believed to be dead.\n\nThese are the stories of those hostages who are still being held, which have either been confirmed by the BBC or credibly reported.\n\nThis list is regularly updated and names may change, as some people feared kidnapped are confirmed to have been killed or released.\n\nLast updated on 19 December 2023 at 10:33 GMT\n\nYagev Kirsht, 34, was taken from his home in Kibbutz Nirim, alongside his wife, Rimon Buchstab Kirsht. She has now been released.\n\nAlexander Trupanov, was taken hostage with his mother Lena Trupanov, 50, his partner Sapir Cohen, 29, and his grandmother Irina Tati, 73. All were abducted from Kibbutz Nir Oz as they spent the Sabbath together, according to a statement by Canada's Raoul Wallenburg Center for Human Rights. Irina and Lena were released on Wednesday 29 November and Sapir was freed the next day.\n\nAriel Cunio, his girlfriend Arbel Yahud and her brother Dolev are also thought to have been abducted in the same attack on Nir Oz. Eitan Cunio, Ariel's brother who escaped Hamas, told the Jewish Chronicle that his last message from Ariel said: \"We are in a horror movie.\"\n\nDavid Cunio, 33, another of Ariel's brothers, was also kidnapped from Nir Oz, family say. David's wife Sharon Aloni Cunio and their three-year-old twin daughters Ema and Yuly were released on 27 November. Sharon's sister Daniele Aloni, and her six-year-old daughter Emilia were both released on 24 November.\n\nDoron Steinbrecher, 30, a veterinary nurse, was in her apartment in Kibbutz Kfar Aza when Hamas attacked, the Times of Israel reported. At 10:30 on 7 October, the newspaper said, she sent a voice message to friends: \"They've arrived, they have me.\"\n\nItzhak Gelerenter, 53, was taken from the Supernova festival. His family said the IDF found his phone was located in Gaza, the Times of Israel reported. His daughter Pivko told the paper: \"I'm trying to think good thoughts, I have a powerful, smart, resourceful father.\"\n\nDoron Steinbrecher sent a voice message to friends during Hamas' attack\n\nNaama Levy, 19, was filmed being bundled into a jeep, her hands tied behind her back. The footage was released by Hamas and circulated widely on social media. According to her mother, the teenager had just begun her military service.\n\nYousef Zyadna, a 53-year-old Bedouin dairy farmer, was abducted from Kibbutz Holit and taken to Gaza along with his sons Hamza, 22, and Bilal, 18, and his daughter, Aisha, 16. Aisha and Bilal were released on Thursday 30 November.\n\nElad Katzir, 47, was abducted from Nir Oz with his mother Hanna. Hanna has now been released.\n\nOhad Ben Ami, 55, was kidnapped from Be'eri with his wife, Raz. She was released by Hamas on 29 November.\n\nTwin brothers Gali and Ziv Berman, 26, were taken from Kfar Aza. Ziv was messaging a friend as the attack happened. Their family said the IDF has told them the brothers are being held in Gaza. Their brother Liran told CBN news the pair had \"twin power\" and were the centre of attention wherever they went.\n\nIraq-born Shlomo Mansour, 85, was taken captive from Kibbutz Kissufim, where he lived and worked as a chicken coop manager. His wife, Mazal, managed to escape.\n\nMichel Nisenbaum, 59, is a dual Brazilian-Israeli citizen who has lived in Israel for 45 years and works as a computer technician, his family told Brazilian media. They also say he is diabetic and has Crohn's disease. On 7 October, they say, someone claiming to be from Hamas answered his phone when they tried to call him.\n\nDaniela Gilboa, 19, sent messages saying that Kibbutz Nahal Oz, where she was staying, was under attack and asked her mother to pray for her. Her boyfriend, Roy Dadon, told the Economist 1843 magazine that he believes he saw a glimpse of her in a video showing three girls being driven away in the back of an SUV.\n\nItay Chen, 19, a dual US-Israeli citizen and IDF solider, was on active duty with a tank unit on 7 October, according to the Times of Israel. The paper reported that his family was notified by the IDF that he is officially considered missing in action and probably being held hostage. Another soldier in his unit, Matan Angrest, 21, is also presumed to be in Gaza.\n\nYosi Sharabi, 51, was taken from Be'eri with his brother, Eli Sharabi, 55. Eli's wife and two daughters were murdered in the attack. Ofir Engel, the boyfriend of Yosi's daughter, Yuval, was also taken, but released on 29 November.\n\nAgam Berger, 19, was kidnapped from Nahal Oz. She was seen being taken away in videos released by Hamas.\n\nEdan Alexander, 19, is an Israeli-US citizen who volunteered to join the Israeli army. He was serving near the Gaza border at the time of Hamas's attack. Edan's family said they had been told by Israeli officials that he had been taken to Gaza as a hostage.\n\nKaid Farhan Elkadi, 53, lives with his family south of Rahat and worked as a security guard, according to Israeli media. Reports said his family believes he was kidnapped and taken to Gaza, based on images shared by Hamas.\n\nIlana Gritzewsky and Matan Zanguaker were captured near the Gaza border, family say\n\nMatan Zanguaker, 24, was taken with his partner Ilana Gritzewsky, 30, from Nir Oz, according to Ilana's father. Ilana, a Mexican national, was released on Thursday 30 November.\n\nThe family of Eitan and Yair Horn believe they were taken from Nir Oz kibbutz\n\nEitan Horn, 37, and his brother Yair, 45, both Argentinian citizens, were also in Nir Oz at the time of the attack. Their father Itzik said he believes they were kidnapped. Yair is a construction worker while Eitan works in education.\n\nItai Svirsky, 38, is thought to have been abducted when his elderly parents were killed in Be'eri. He had been visiting them for the holiday of Simhat Torah.\n\nKeith Seigel, 64, and his wife Adrienne - often known as Aviva - Seigel, 62, were taken from their home in Kfar Aza, Keith's brother Lee Seigel told the BBC. Adrienne was released on 26 November.\n\nOmri Miran, 46, lived in Nahal Oz with his wife and two daughters. Omri was led away by Hamas with his hands tied, his wife Lishay told the Guardian newspaper. She told him not to be a hero, urging: \"Do whatever they want because I want you back.\"\n\nBipin Joshi, 23, a Nepalese student, is believed to have been taken from Kibbutz Alumim. Nepalese newspaper Setopati says he was one of 49 university students studying agriculture in Israel. It says 10 students were killed in the attack.\n\nIlan Weiss, 58, went missing from Kibbutz Be'eri after he was last seen leaving the house to defend the community. On 25 November, his wife Shiri Weiss, 53, and their daughter, Noga, 18, were freed from captivity in a hostage deal.\n\nAmiram Cooper, 85, and his wife Nurit, 80, were taken from their home in Nir Oz, their daughter-in-law Noa told the BBC. The family last spoke to the couple during the Hamas attack, Noa said, when the couple were in their safe room. The family later traced Amiram's phone to Gaza. On Monday 23 October, Nurit was one of two women to be released.\n\nAmiram and Nurit Cooper, pictured with their granddaughter, Gali\n\nOded Lifshitz, 83, and his wife Yocheved, 85 were taken hostage from Nir Oz. On Monday 23 October, Yocheved was one of two elderly women to be freed. After hearing the news of her mother's release, their daughter Sharone - a London-based artist - said: \"While I cannot put into words the relief that she is now safe, I will remain focused on securing the release of my father and all those - some 200 innocent people - who remain hostages in Gaza.\"\n\nHaim Peri, 79, was taken from his home in Nir Oz, reports the Times of Israel, and freed hostage Yocheved Lifshitz said she saw that he was alive and well. His son Lior Peri told Talk TV that Haim had locked his wife inside the safe room before giving himself up to kidnappers.\n\nAvraham Munder, 78, was kidnapped from Nir Oz, Israeli officials say. His wife Ruthi, daughter and grandson have since been released.\n\nOmer Neutra, a 22-year-old Israeli-American and grandson of Holocaust survivors, put off plans to go to college in the US to study in Israel, and eventually joined the IDF. He was serving as a tank commander near Gaza when Hamas attacked. Omer's parents say they were told by the Israeli embassy that he had been kidnapped.\n\nRon Benjamin's vehicle was found empty following the attacks\n\nRon Benjamin, 53, had been taking part in a group cycle ride near the Gaza border when the Hamas attack began and he decided to drive home, his family told Israeli media. Days later, his vehicle was found empty and his family believe he was kidnapped.\n\nLouis Har, 70, is believed to have been taken from Nir Yitzhak. His partner Clara Marman was released on 28 November along with her sister Gabriela Leimberg, 59, and Gabriela's daughter Mia Leimberg,17. Clara and Gabriela's brother Fernando Simon Marman, 60, also remains in captivity.\n\nJudith Weinstein Haggai, 70, and her husband, Gad Haggai, 73, also went missing from Nir Oz after the Hamas attack. Ten days later, the Israeli military confirmed to the family they had been taken hostage, CTV News in Canada reported.\n\nAlex Danzig, 75, a scholar and historian of the Holocaust, was at his home in Nir Oz, when it was attacked by Hamas. \"We know for sure he was kidnapped,\" his son Mati told the BBC. Alex - whose older sister Edith is a Holocaust survivor - has spent the last 30 years working for Yad Vashem, Israel's Holocaust remembrance centre. His disappearance has triggered a campaign for his release, both in Israel and in Poland, the country of his birth.\n\nAlex Danzig has spent decades educating people about the Holocaust\n\nItzhk Elgarat, 68, was kidnapped at the same time as Alex Danzig, his brother Danny Elgert told Israel's Kan 11 TV station, adding that he had tracked his brother's phone to the border with Gaza.\n\nGadi Moses, 79, was also abducted during the same attack on Nir Oz, according to relatives and the Israeli aid agency where he worked as an agricultural expert. Efrat Katz, his partner, was initially thought to have been captured as well, but she was later found dead, the Times of Israel reported. Efrat was the mother of Doron Asher, who was taken hostage and later released with her two daughters. Ravid Katz, 51, Doron Asher's brother, was originally thought to have been taken hostage from Nir Oz, but on 28 November his family confirmed that he had been killed on 7 October.\n\nYair Yaakov, 59, is listed among the hostages. His partner Meirav Tal, 53, was released on 28 November. Yair's children Yagil, 13, and Or, 16, were released on 27 November.\n\nYair Yaakov was pictured being held captive by a gunman in a video shared online\n\nNimrod Cohen, 19, had studied software engineering in high school, according to reports. After he was kidnapped, his father was invited to meet Pope Francis in Rome along with other hostages' families.\n\nTsachi Idan, 51, was last seen by his wife, Gali, as he was taken away by Hamas gunmen. Their family had been ambushed in their safe room in Nahal Oz. Their ordeal was live-streamed by Hamas. Their eldest child, Maayan - who had just turned 18 - was shot dead, Gali told the BBC.\n\nTsachi Idan was ambushed with his wife and children and then led away\n\nYarden Bibas, 34, was abducted from Nir Oz. His wife, Shiri, and their two young children, Ariel and Kfir, were also taken hostage, but on 29 November, Hamas claimed they had been killed in an Israeli air strike while in captivity. The Israeli government has said it is checking the claim.\n\nRonen Engel, 54, was taken from Kibbutz Nir Oz along with his wife, Karina Engelbert, 51, and their two daughters, Mika, 18 and Yuval, 11. On 1 December, the organisation representing the families said he had been murdered. Karina, Mika and Yuval were released on 27 November.\n\nKarina Ariev, a 19-year-old soldier, was serving at an army base near Gaza when she was kidnapped. Her sister Alexandra told the BBC she heard shooting as Karina called her during the attack, and later saw a video showing Karina being taken away in a vehicle.\n\nKarina Ariev was at the Nahal Oz military base, which was among the first to be attacked\n\nOfer Kalderon, 53, was taken by Hamas from Nir Oz. On 27 November his two children, Erez, 12, and Sahar, 16, were released. Two other relatives, 80-year-old Carmela Dan and her granddaughter, Noya, 12, were also believed to have been taken, but Israeli authorities later announced they had been found dead.\n\nYoram Metzger, 80, was a resident of Nir Oz. He has diabetes and broke his hip six months ago, his daughter-in-law said. Yoram's wife Tamar was released on 28 November.\n\nNadav Popplewell, 51, and his mother Channah were taken hostage by Hamas, said Channah's daughter Ayelet Svatitzky, who was speaking to them on the phone when the gunmen burst in. She said the captors sent pictures of her two relatives, who both have diabetes, with armed men in the background. Channah has now been released.\n\nOmri Miran, 46, was abducted after his family opened the door to their secure shelter to an Israeli child, who said he would be killed otherwise. Omri's wife, Lishay Lavi, said she saw him being taken away in handcuffs with three other hostages from Nahal Oz.\n\nLiri Elbag, 18, had just started military training as an Army lookout near the Gaza border when Hamas attacked, her father Eli told the Associated Press. Eli said he saw her in a video circulated later by Hamas, crowded with others on the back of a military truck which had been seized by the gunmen.\n\nLior Rudaeff, 61, was taken from Nir Yitzhak during the attack. His family have heard nothing from him since then.\n\nA number of people are believed to have been abducted from the Supernova music festival in southern Israel. Among them:\n\nShlomi Ziv, 40, was part of the security detail at the festival and was initially in contact with his sisters as the attack unfolded, according to an interview with The Times of Israel. A few weeks later the family learned he was officially considered to be a hostage, the report says.\n\nAlexander Lobanov, 32, is a Russian-Israeli citizen who was kidnapped at the festival.\n\nOri Danino, 25, is reported to have got away from the festival in his car, but it's believed he was captured after turning back in an attempt to save some people he had met there.\n\nAlmog Sarusi, 26, was kidnapped from the music festival and his partner Shahar Gindi was killed, according to Israeli media. Almog's father, Yigal, was among the relatives of hostages who met with Israel's prime minister in October.\n\nOmer Shem Tov, 21, called his parents as he was running away from gunfire and managed to get into a friend's car. His parents, Shelly and Malki Shem Tov, told Israeli media they lost contact with their son and the live location on his phone showed he was beyond the border in Gaza.\n\nIdan Shtivi, 28, an environmental sciences student, was attending the festival to take pictures at music and yoga workshops being held by friends. He escaped the site in his car but was attacked by Hamas along the route. The bodies of two of his passengers were found, and his family told the Jerusalem Post they suspect he was kidnapped.\n\nYosef Ohana, 24, had been at the festival with a friend, who told his mother he and Yosef had remained to help people escape the gunfire before running themselves. Yosef was last seen hiding under a car, and Israeli authorities have visited his mother to say he was kidnapped.\n\nAndrei Kozlov, 27, a Russian who moved to Israel in 2022, is missing from the Supernova festival, where he was working as a security guard. His mother told the De Taly publication the family was told by the IDF on October 26 that he was being held hostage.\n\nElyakim Libman, 23, was working as a security guard at the festival. In a Facebook post his father Eliyahu Libman said another guard told him his son had helped rescue others before trying to escape. He was last seen trying to help two badly-injured women.\n\nNoa Argamani, a Chinese-born Israeli citizen, was also kidnapped from the festival. Video footage - verified by her father Yaakov Argamani to Israel's Channel 12 - shows the 25-year-old being taken away on the back of a motorbike screaming, \"Don't kill me!\" Her boyfriend Avinatan Or, 30, also appears in the video being marched away from her by Hamas, the Times of Israel reported.\n\nEden Yerushalmi's family say they were told she had been taken hostage\n\nEden Yerushalmi, 24, called her family during Hamas's attack on the festival, her sister May told CBS News. The family say they were subsequently informed by the IDF that Eden had been abducted.\n\nChanan Yablonka, 42, is a father-of-two from Tel Aviv. According to reports, he attended the festival with friends and was due to celebrate his birthday a few days after the attacks.\n\nJonathan Samerano, 21, has been missing since 7am on the morning of the festival. His family have been told to presume he is being held in Gaza, Israeli media reported.\n\nGuy Gilboa-Dalal was filmed in captivity in Gaza, his family say\n\nGuy Gilboa-Dalal, 22, attended the festival with his brother. Guy appears in a hostage video that his family say confirms he is in Gaza.\n\nUriel Baruch, 35, was injured during the attack on the festival, his wife said on Facebook. Reports in Israeli media say his mother, Naomi, has heard from the IDF that he is a hostage.\n\nMaxim Kharkin's mother described speaking to him on the morning of 7 October\n\nMaxim Kharkin is aged 35 and a Russian speaker, his mother told Russian media. She added that he had called her at 07:00 on the morning of the attack.\n\nElkana Bohbot was seen in a video posted by Hamas\n\nElkana Bohbot, 34, had gone to the party with friends and, before losing contact, he spoke to his wife and mother telling them he was helping to evacuate the wounded, the Times of Israel reported. Hours later, his family found a video of him posted online by Hamas, which has been seen by BBC Verify.\n\nRom Braslavski, 19, was working on security for the festival. According to an account published by Hostages and Missing Families Forum, he was trying to rescue an injured person in the attack when he was caught in a volley of fire. He has not been heard from since.\n\nOmer Wenkert, 22, a restaurant manager, sent a message to his family to say he was going to a safe shelter but then lost contact, his father Shai Wenkert told the BBC's Today Programme. Shai Wenkert said he had seen footage of his son in captivity, including a photo of him handcuffed and wearing only underwear.\n\nEvyatar David's family say they were sent a video of him in captivity\n\nEvyatar David, 23, was at the festival and on the morning of the attacks, described fleeing from gunfire before losing contact with the outside world, his brother says. Later, his family say, Evyatar's sister posted on Instagram appealing for information about his whereabouts. She then received a text from an unknown number, which contained video footage of Evyatar handcuffed on the floor of a dark room. According to Israel's foreign ministry he is being held captive by Hamas in Gaza.\n\nEitan Mor, 23, lives in Jerusalem, and was working as a security guard at the festival, the Times of Israel said. He reportedly texted his uncle after Hamas arrived and was last seen with a friend bringing others to safety.\n\nAlon Ohel, 22, a Serbian citizen, took refuge in a shelter after the festival came under attack, his family say. They have seen footage of him being dragged away after a grenade attack.\n\nAlmog Meir Jan, 21, tried to flee the festival. He and a friend made it to the friend's car but only managed to drive a short distance before being forced to stop. Almog's family say they have seen a hostage video in which he appears.\n\nInbar Heiman, a student aged 21, was seen by two young Israeli men being taken away from the festival on a motorcycle. Hamas have released a video in which she is seen very briefly.\n\nHersh Goldberg-Polin, 23, a dual US-Israeli citizen, was badly injured in the attack, his family told the BBC. Eyewitness accounts say he was seen being forced onto a white pick-up truck - the last-known signal from his phone came from just inside Gaza.\n\nSegev Kalfon, 26, was running away from the festival, across the highway, when he was captured by Hamas, according to the Hostages and Missing Families Forum.\n\nOrión Hernández Radoux, 30, from Mexico, attended the festival with his girlfriend, Shani Louk. He has not been seen since. The Sun newspaper says it has seen threatening messages written in Arabic sent from his phone. Shani, a tourist from Germany, was initially thought to be among those seized. But on 30 October, her mother Ricarda told German media that the family had been informed by Israeli military of her death following DNA identification.\n\nRomi Lesham Gonen, 23, was on the phone to her mother as she tried to escape from the Supernova festival. Merav Leshem Gonan has recounted a conversation in which her daughter begged for help after being shot. ABC News reports that Romi's phone is now in Gaza.\n\nBar Kuperstein, 21, last spoke to his family early on the morning of 7 October, as the attack unfolded. Later the same day, his family say they identified him in a video of Israeli prisoners, posted by Hamas. Since then, they say they have had no further information.\n\nEliya Cohen, 26, was hiding with his girlfriend Ziv from the attack, when Ziv felt him being pulled up and driven away by the gunmen, Eliya's mother has told the video initiative #BringThemHomeNow. The family then found a photo of Eliya in Gaza, the Times of Israel reported.\n\nAmit Buskila, 28, from Ashdod, was last heard of making a call to her uncle, Shimon, as Hamas overran the festival. Her family say they have now been told by the government that she is being held in Gaza.\n\nCarmel Gat, 39, is Jordan's sister-in-law, and also was seen by her father being taken by gunmen from Kibbutz Be'eri, Haaretz newspaper reported. She has not been heard from since.\n\nOhad Yahalomi, 49, was abducted from Nir Oz, along with his 12-year-old son, Eitan, who was released during the November ceasefire.\n\nDror Or, 48, was seen by a neighbour being dragged out of his home in Be'eri, according to their nephew Emmanuel Besorai, along with his son and daughter. On Saturday 25 November Dror's son Noam, 17, and daughter Alma, 13, were released from captivity. The body of Yonat, 50 - Dror's wife and the children's mother - was identified among the 120 people murdered at the kibbutz, Yonat's brother told the Guardian newspaper.\n\nTal Shoham, 38, was taken from Kibbutz Be'eri. His wife Adi, also 38, her mother Dr Shoshan Haran, 67, were released by Hamas on 25 November, along with the couple's children Nave, eight, and Yahel, three. Dr Haran's husband, Avshalom - an economist and dual German/Israeli citizen - was killed on 7 October.\n\nTamir Adar, 38, who defended Nir Oz as part of the kibbutz's emergency squad, was taken to Gaza, the Times of Israel reported.\n\nSagui Dekel-Chen, 35, an American-Israeli citizen, has been missing since Hamas's attack on Nir Oz, his father Jonathan told the BBC. He said his son was not found among the dead and the \"only reasonable explanation\" is that he was taken to Gaza.\n\nSagui Dekel-Chen's father has not heard from him since Hamas attacked the kibbutz where he lived\n\nThailand's ambassador to Israel says 26 of its citizens were taken hostage, 23 of whom have now been released.\n\nThose still being held are believed to include Watchara Sriuan, 32. His mother, Viewwaew, told the Thaiger news site that the family had been informed he was being held captive.\n\nKiattisak \"Top\" Patee and a Mr Pongtorn (no first name given) have also been named by the Thai foreign ministry as hostages.\n\nA number of other people thought to have been held hostage are now confirmed to have died, either during the 7 October attack or while in captivity.\n\nAs well as Ron Scherman and Nik Beizer, four bodies were identified this week. They were Tal Chaimi, an Israeli-Romanian citizen aged 41, and Joshua Mollel, a 19-year-old Tanzanian student. Also, 27-year-old Eden Zecharya, who was kidnapped from the Nova music festival, and 36-year-old Ziv Dado, who had already been declared dead by the Israeli military.\n\nOthers known to have died include Dror Kaplun, 68, Aviv Atzili, 49, Arye Zalmanovich, 85, Ronen Engel, 54, Maya Goren, 56, Guy Iluz, 26, Ofir Tzarfati, 27, Ofra Keider, 70, and Eliyahu Margalit, 75.\n\nThe bodies of 19-year-old soldier, Noa Marciano, and 65-year-old Yehudit Weiss were found by Israeli troops in buildings close to Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City.\n\nOn Saturday 9 December Kibbutz Bari announced that Sahar Baruch, 25, had been killed in Gaza.\n\nOther hostages whose death has been reported, but not confirmed include Shiri Bibas, 32, and her two young children, Ariel and Kfir.\n\nAre you personally affected by the issues raised in this story? If it is safe to do so, please get in touch by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "Republicans are back to square one. It's a game of congressional snakes and ladders, where every space on the board is a serpent.\n\nMore than two weeks after a handful of House conservatives ousted Kevin McCarthy from the speaker's chair, the party is still looking for a someone who can successfully reach the top of the board.\n\nNo one yet has even come close.\n\nJim Jordan is only the latest, most determined casualty of a leadership drama that at every turn seems to get more chaotic and acrimonious.\n\nHis week-long quest to win the top job in the House ended up as futile as his party's first pick, Steve Scalise, who threw in the towel before any ballots had been cast.\n\nMr Scalise may have seen the writing on the wall more quickly because he is a traditional Republican legislator, who had come up through the ranks of his party's leadership. He had made deals and built relationships to become the second-ranking Republican in the House.\n\nMr Jordan, on the other hand, is a different character. He made his name in Congress as a political bomb-thrower. He co-founded the House Freedom Caucus, which has used political brinksmanship - under threat of government shutdowns and even a national default on the debt - to bend centrist and establishment Republicans farther to the right.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: Jim Jordan: Three things to know about the conservative firebrand\n\nHe also has the backing of Donald Trump and his right-wing populist movement. He is embraced by a conservative media ecosystem anchored by Fox News evening talk-show hosts like Sean Hannity.\n\nWhere Mr Scalise's motivations were to cut his losses and maintain his position within the Republican hierarchy, Mr Jordan's incentives were to damn the political torpedoes and forge ahead.\n\nBut the qualities that made him successful as an insurgent ultimately created the kind of intra-party enemies who could block him from the prize.\n\nAfter three very public failures in balloting before the full House, his end came quietly, by secret ballot, in a basement meeting with his fellow House Republicans. It is a fate that will make him a martyr for the party's right wing, which will view his defeat as further evidence of a party establishment that is insufficiently dedicated to conservative values.\n\n\"The most popular Republican in the United States Congress was just knifed by a secret ballot,\" Congressman Matt Gaetz, whose objection to Mr McCarthy started this whole crises, told reporters on Friday. \"It's as swampy as the swamp gets.\"\n\nHouse Republicans now head home for the weekend to lick their wounds. A grab-bag of politicians have already either declared their bids for the speakership or are seriously considering them.\n\nWith Mr Scalise and Mr Jordan - two of the most high-profile House Republican names - off the board, Monday's candidate forum promises to be a raucous affair, where dark-horse candidates with little political baggage might find success.\n\nWhen one candidate ultimately emerges from closed-door Republican meetings as the pick of the party, the slow grind to get to 217 votes - and the speaker's gavel - begins again.\n\nWith a Republican caucus so fractured, and nerves so raw at this point, it won't be an easy task. The snakes on the board aren't going away anytime soon.", "Noddy Holder was part of Queen Elizabeth II's Platinum Jubilee celebrations in 2022\n\nNoddy Holder's wife has revealed the former Slade frontman was diagnosed with oesophageal cancer five years ago.\n\nHolder, 77, was originally only given six months to live, wife Suzan said.\n\nBut she said the singer, known for fronting hits like Merry Xmas Everybody and Cum On Feel The Noize, responded well to experimental chemotherapy.\n\nShe said she was in \"awe\" of how he had dealt with the treatment. \"Here we are five years later and he's feeling good and looking great,\" she added.\n\nWriting in Cheshire Life magazine, Mrs Holder said her husband had coped \"with amazing good humour and breath-taking bravery\".\n\nNoddy Holder on Top of the Pops in 1974\n\nHailing from Walsall, West Midlands, Noddy Holder fronted the glam rock band from 1966 until 1992, scoring six UK number one singles.\n\nHe has also worked in TV and radio, notably acting in ITV comedy series The Grimleys from 1999 to 2001 and hosting radio shows on the former Piccadilly 1152 and Key 103 networks in Manchester.\n\nMrs Holder said her husband was treated at the Christie hospital in Manchester, where he \"agreed to a gruelling course of experimental treatment as part of a brand-new trial of intense chemotherapy\".\n\nOesophageal cancer can be found anywhere in the oesophagus, sometimes called the gullet or food pipe, which connects your mouth to your stomach.\n\nSuzan and Noddy Holder at the MEN Pride of Manchester Awards in 2022\n\nMrs Holder said the diagnosis came as a \"total bombshell\" to them and that sticking together was the key to making it through such a difficult time.\n\n\"We told only immediate close family and friends and I will never apologise to those we did not confide in, only to those who were forced to suffer pain and anguish alongside us as we attempted to navigate our way through this new and horrifying world,\" Mrs Holder added.\n\nMrs Holder, who has been married to Noddy for nearly 20 years, said the couple were given \"no guarantees\" that the treatment would work.\n\n\"Noddy has always been great at living in the moment, not hankering for the past or worrying about the future,\" she said.\n\n\"That attitude served him well and a lot of his recovery has been credited to his positive mental attitude.\"\n\nDespite the gruelling treatment, Noddy Holder put on a string of shows this summer.\n• None 'It's Christmas' every day for Noddy", "I type these words having just wandered across Tamworth FC's artificial grass pitch, amid the red placards and cheering smiles of a second Labour victory rally in just one morning.\n\nYes, governments often get a kicking in by-elections.\n\nBut where these two Labour victories happened - and the kind of numbers involved - are worth a closer look.\n\nAs I wrote the other day, this corner of Staffordshire has a rich political history.\n\nIn 1996, a similar seat, including Tamworth, had a by-election. Labour took it from the Conservatives with a 22% swing.\n\nA year later, Labour - or New Labour as it had been rebranded by leader Tony Blair - won a landslide general election victory.\n\nBrian Jenkins, who won that by-election in 1996, was in the stands this morning, cheering Keir Starmer and Sarah Edwards, the town's new Labour MP.\n\nMs Edwards won on a colossal 23.9% swing from the Conservatives to Labour.\n\nTony Blair had less of a mountain to climb in 1997\n\nIn Mid Bedfordshire, Labour won with a swing of 20.5%, overturning a 24,664 vote Conservative majority - the largest such reversal in by-election history.\n\nSir Keir told me he'd allowed himself a jig around his front room in the middle of the night when the results came in.\n\nAt his first victory rally of the morning, in Marston Moretaine near Bedford, the red placards and Labour smiles amid the greenery of the Home Counties were quite a spectacle.\n\nEven the place names sound double-barrelled here.\n\nAs he addressed activists, Sir Keir seemed to say the word \"change\" in every other sentence. Victories like these proved Labour could now win anywhere, he told them.\n\nThe swing in Mid Beds was almost identical to the 20.4% Labour managed from the Scottish National Party in Rutherglen and Hamilton West a couple of weeks ago.\n\nIt was similar too in Selby and Ainsty in North Yorkshire in the summer.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: What happened in Tamworth and Mid Beds in 85 seconds\n\nThe only recent exception to this trend was Uxbridge and South Ruislip, where Labour failed to take the seat on a more modest seven point swing, as a row raged over the London Labour Mayor's Ultra Low Emissions Zone (Ulez).\n\nThe parallels with the 1990s are clear - 20% by-election swings, a Conservative Party trailing badly in the polls, beset by angst and bickering after more than a decade in government.\n\nBut there are two very big reasons why things in the 2020s are very different from the 1990s.\n\nOne is economic. The other is political.\n\nBy the time of the 1997 general election, despite plenty of turmoil earlier in the decade, the economic backdrop was benign - the economy was growing.\n\nThings are rather different now: the economy has been flatlining and the tax burden is at a record modern high.\n\nPolitically, Labour was starting from a much stronger position in the 1997 general election, having closed the gap on the Tories at the previous general election.\n\nLabour's performance in the 2019 general election was their worst since 1935, leaving them with a colossal mountain to climb to even win a very small majority to call their own.\n\nKeir Starmer needs a bigger swing than Tony Blair managed in 1997 to gain the keys to Downing Street.\n\nNot as big a swing as he has managed in some of these by-elections. But by-elections are not general elections, and plenty on all sides expect the opinion polls to tighten.\n\nAll that said, days like this explain why Labour now believe they can actually win and even more Conservatives are increasingly resigned to being doomed.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: Emergency services surround plane at Leeds Bradford Airport after it skidded off the runway\n\nA holiday jet skidded off a runway as it came in to land amid wet and windy conditions as Storm Babet swept the UK.\n\nThe TUI flight from Corfu \"moved off the runway whilst landing\" at Leeds Bradford Airport (LBA) on Friday afternoon, an airport statement said.\n\nFirefighters attended the scene but all passengers had been safely taken off the plane and the airport had closed, it added.\n\nTravel firm TUI apologised to all passengers affected by the closure.\n\nLeeds Bradford Airport said it hoped to reopen at 10:00 on Saturday, but bosses warned the updates are subject to change.\n\nWest Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service said there was no fire and that crews assisted \"in evacuating all persons from the aircraft to the terminal\".\n\nA TUI flight from Corfu \"moved off the runway whilst landing\", Leeds Bradford Airport said\n\nAn LBA spokesperson said: \"We can confirm there are no reported injuries from this incident and that all passengers have now safely disembarked the aircraft. The airport is now closed.\n\n\"We are working with the airline, relevant operations teams and emergency authorities to resolve this situation and return services safely as quickly as possible.\n\n\"We ask passengers to contact their airline to check the status of their flight before travelling to the airport.\"\n\nA spokeswoman for TUI said: \"We would like to apologise to all those impacted by the closure of Leeds Bradford Airport on Friday following an incident that took place shortly after landing on TOM3551 from Corfu.\n\n\"The safety of our customers and crew is our number one priority and we can confirm there were no reported injuries, with all passengers disembarking the aircraft via the steps.\"\n\nAll bags had been removed from the aircraft and TUI had teams \"on hand to support customers\".\n\nPassengers due to depart on Friday would be taken to Manchester Airport, where an aircraft was ready to take them on holiday as planned, the company said.\n\nTUI said it is assisting the Air Accidents Investigation Branch with their investigation.\n\nOne person believed to have been on the stricken jet posted pictures from the plane on social media and said they were \"going to be here a while\" after commenting on the \"interesting landing\".\n\n\"Oops overshot runway at Leeds Bradford airport, bogged down on the grass - interesting landing greeted by fire engines and airport authorities,\" they said.\n\n\"Going to be here a while.\"\n\nAnother eyewitness posting on Facebook said she was at the airport when the \"TUI plane skidded off [the] runway\" with \"a bumpy hard landing\".\n\nFire crews have been at the scene to help evacuate passengers\n\nPassengers arriving for flights from Leeds Bradford Airport on Friday evening were faced with departure boards filled with cancelled departures, and queues for taxis and buses in pouring rain.\n\nCustomers were also arriving on coaches from other airports, having been diverted.\n\nOne group said their flight from Majorca had been diverted to Manchester and they had just arrived at Leeds Bradford on a coach.\n\n\"We hoped to be back home and having a cup of tea by 2.30pm,\" one of the women said.\n\n\"But we're still here, drenched, waiting for another bus into town.\n\n\"It's not a great end to the week.\"\n\nAre you a passenger who is affected by the incident at Leeds Bradford Airport? Email: haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Former President Donald Trump has attended several days of his New York fraud trial\n\nA New York judge has fined Donald Trump for violating a gag order in his civil fraud trial.\n\nMr Trump was fined $5,000 (£4,100) by Judge Arthur Engoron on Friday.\n\nThe judge said in court that the former president had failed to remove an online post mocking a clerk at the court.\n\nHe also threatened Mr Trump with jail time, and demanded he take down the \"untrue and disparaging\" post made about the clerk earlier this month.\n\nJudge Engoron said the post was deleted on social media, but remained on his website.\n\n\"Incendiary untruths can and have led to serious physical harm,\" Judge Engoron said in court on Friday.\n\n\"I will now allow the defendant to explain why this should not end up with serious sanctions or I could possibly imprison him.\"\n\nMr Trump's lawyer, Christopher Kise, apologised on his client's behalf and said it was an \"inadvertent\" mistake because while the post was deleted from social media, aides forgot to remove it from the campaign website.\n\nLater in the day, Judge Engoron ruled that Mr Trump pay a fine given that \"the violation was inadvertent, and given that it is a first time violation\".\n\n\"Make no mistake: future violations, whether intentional or unintentional, will subject the violator to far more severe sanctions, which may include, but are not limited to, steeper financial penalties, holding Donald Trump in contempt of court, and possibly imprisoning him,\" Judge Engoron said in his ruling.\n\nMr Trump and several of his family members are on trial for fraud, falsification of business records, issuing false financial statements and conspiracy.\n\nJudge Arthur Engoron issued the gag order on former president Donald Trump on 3 October\n\nThe non-jury, civil trial is focused on determining damages for the fraud that Judge Engoron has already determined Mr Trump committed by inflating his personal net worth to secure favourable loan agreements.\n\nNew York Attorney General Letitia James, who brought the case, is seeking $250m (£205m) in penalties and severe restrictions for Mr Trump's businesses.\n\nJudge Engoron issued a gag order against Mr Trump on 3 October after he made a post on his social media site Truth Social disparaging the judge's clerk.\n\nIn the post, Mr Trump, a Republican, had shared a picture of the clerk alongside Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer, claiming she was his \"girlfriend\".\n\nIt was not the first time this week that the judge admonished the former president, who attended several days of the trial.\n\nOn Wednesday, Judge Engoron told Mr Trump and others to be quiet during a real estate appraiser's testimony on the witness stand. Mr Trump was reportedly shaking his head and throwing his hands in the air in frustration.\n\nAfter a request from a lawyer with the New York Attorney General's Office, Judge Engoron asked people to keep their voices down, \"particularly if it's meant to influence the testimony\".\n\nThe same day, a New York court employee was arrested after she shouted out to Mr Trump, \"indicating she wanted to assist him\", said court officials.\n\nShe was escorted out of court, placed on administrative leave and charged with contempt of court.\n\nThe New York fraud case is one of several legal battles that the former president faces this year, including both federal and state criminal charges.", "Last updated on .From the section Liverpool\n\nLiverpool say \"sporting integrity has been undermined\" by the video assistant referee (VAR) error in Saturday's 2-1 Premier League loss to Tottenham.\n\nVAR failed to overturn an incorrect decision to disallow a Luis Diaz goal for offside with the match goalless.\n\nIn a statement on Sunday, the club said they will \"explore the range of options available given the clear need for escalation and resolution\".\n\nThe VAR officials were stood down from duty for the rest of the weekend.\n\nPGMOL, the governing body for referees, has said the decision to disallow the goal was \"a significant human error\".\n\nLiverpool say that explanation is \"unacceptable\" and called for a \"review with full transparency\".\n\nPGMOL admitted that VAR official Darren England and assistant Dan Cook failed to act after Diaz's 34th-minute strike at Tottenham was wrongly ruled out for offside.\n\nStill images of the incident showed Tottenham defender Cristian Romero playing Diaz onside.\n\nThe disallowed goal came when the match was level but with the Reds down to 10 men after Curtis Jones had been controversially sent off following England's intervention.\n\nBBC Sport understands the correct procedure was followed for the offside decision but the mistake was down to human error.\n\nThe lines were drawn in accordance with normal procedure and every other aspect was checked.\n\nHowever, what is being described by sources as a lapse of concentration led to a loss of focus around the initial on-field decision and then a 'check complete' being confirmed rather than an intervention that would have resulted in the goal being awarded.\n\nIt is understood that referees' chief Howard Webb has spoken to Liverpool about the incident.\n\nIn a statement the PGMOL added: \"The goal by Luis Diaz was disallowed for offside by the on-field team of match officials. This was a clear and obvious factual error and should have resulted in the goal being awarded through VAR intervention. However, the VAR failed to intervene.\"\n• None WSL: Liverpool win at Arsenal in front of record crowd\n\nWhat have Liverpool said?\n\nSpeaking after the match, Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp said his side's defeat came in \"the most unfair circumstances\" with \"crazy decisions\".\n\nKlopp also said the PGMOL statement \"doesn't help\" and referenced the apology Wolves received for the decision not to award a penalty at Manchester United earlier in the season.\n\nEngland was replaced as the fourth official for Sunday's Premier League game between Nottingham Forest and Brentford, while Cook was replaced as assistant referee for the game between Fulham and Chelsea on Monday.\n\nLiverpool then published a statement later on Sunday saying: \"Liverpool acknowledges PGMOL's admission of their failures last night. It is clear that the correct application of the laws of the game did not occur, resulting in sporting integrity being undermined.\n\n\"We fully accept the pressures that match officials work under but these pressures are supposed to be alleviated, not exacerbated, by the existence and implementation of VAR.\n\n\"It is therefore unsatisfactory that sufficient time was not afforded to allow the correct decision to be made and that there was no subsequent intervention.\n\n\"That such failings have already been categorised as 'significant human error' is also unacceptable. Any and all outcomes should be established only by the review and with full transparency.\n\n\"This is vital for the reliability of future decision making as it applies to all clubs with learnings being used to make improvements to processes in order to ensure this kind of situation cannot occur again.\n\n\"In the meantime, we will explore the range of options available, given the clear need for escalation and resolution.\"\n\nFormer Manchester United and England defender Gary Neville has called Liverpool's statement a \"mistake\".\n\nWriting on X, formerly known as Twitter, he said: \"Jurgen Klopp handled the situation well last night after the game. Most football fans will have had empathy with what happened and recognised it was wrong!\n\n\"However Liverpool's statement tonight is a mistake! Talk of exploring all options (what does that mean!) and sporting integrity are dangerous phrases along with being vague and aggressive.\"\n\nCook, England and Michael Oliver, who was the fourth official at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, were also part of a match officiating team who took charge of a league game in the United Arab Emirates on Thursday.\n\nThe Football Association had approved the trip and the trio arrived in London on Friday to prepare for Saturday's game.\n\nIt is understood that Liverpool also want this looked at as part of PGMOL's review.\n\nThe Reds also had forward Diogo Jota sent off as well Jones - both decisions which Klopp disagreed with - and lost to a stoppage-time Joel Matip own goal.\n\nKlopp added: \"If you want to change, you have to do [it] without our voice. If we say something, we get fined. They didn't do it on purpose but if we want to talk about it, do it properly.\"\n\nReds captain Virgil van Dijk said he was losing faith in VAR after Saturday's costly officiating blunder.\n\nFormer England striker Alan Shearer, who also agreed Jones' red card was harsh, described VAR's error as \"incomprehensible\" on Saturday's BBC Match of the Day.\n\nHe said: \"A horrendous day for the officials and VAR. We have seen some howlers but that is the biggest. Trust is going to be a big thing going forward.\"\n• None Our coverage of Liverpool is bigger and better than ever before - here's everything you need to know to make sure you never miss a moment\n• None Everything Liverpool - go straight to all the best content", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Geldof on Live Aid musical: 'Stage Bob' sings better than me\n\nLive Aid, one of the most famous concerts of all time, is to become a stage musical in London next year.\n\nThe original event, at Wembley Stadium on 13 July 1985, was organised by Bob Geldof and Midge Ure to raise money for famine relief in Ethiopia.\n\nThe musical, called Just For One Day, will feature songs played that day by acts including Queen, U2, Sir Elton John, Sir Paul McCartney and Sting.\n\nIt will be on at London's Old Vic Theatre from 26 January to 30 March.\n\nSitting on the stage at the Old Vic, one thing that Geldof wants to make very clear is that there will not be anyone pretending to be the singers.\n\n\"This isn't a tribute thing. I wouldn't have anything to do with that. So, there isn't a person dressed up as Freddie wearing a crap moustache. The songs drive the drama along,\" he says.\n\nThe plot of Just For One Day, named after a line in David Bowie's Heroes, will balance a behind-the-scenes look at how Band Aid and Live Aid came together, with a love story inspired by real events.\n\n\"The story is based on actual testimony from the day,\" explains Geldof. \"It's real people telling their story throughout this. So it's complex theatre.\"\n\nThe musical is being made with the full permission of the Band Aid Charitable Trust, which will receive 10% of every ticket sale.\n\nThe show was originally conceived by John O'Farrell, who wrote the Mrs Doubtfire musical, and Luke Sheppard - who directed the musical & Juliet which features the songs of Swedish pop songwriter Max Martin.\n\nGeldof says the duo were not overly confident when they approached him with the idea for the show.\n\n\"They came and said, 'we know you are going to say no, but we want to do it because our dads have never stopped talking about this day. And we think it's theatre'.\"\n\nGeldof attended workshops for the musical with the other Band Aid Trustees, including Live Aid's promoter Harvey Goldsmith and Lord Grade - the man who agreed to the BBC broadcasting the original concert.\n\nThey wanted to make sure that they liked what they saw, before deciding to endorse the production.\n\n\"We were blown away. I have to say there was not a dry eye in the house,\" confirms Geldof.\n\nHe will be played by the English actor Craige Els, who has previously appeared on TV in Ripper Street and Dr Who. Watching someone portray him is something Geldof does not enjoy.\n\n\"Let me be completely blunt. It's bad enough being Bob Geldof. It's slightly worse seeing someone else pretending to be you. The one upside for me is that he's got an amazing voice, stage Bob, so that people will think I actually sing as good as that.\n\n\"And he got the language right,\" he laughs, acknowledging the swearing he became famous for during the Live Aid broadcast, when he forcefully asked the presenter David Hepworth to read out the phone numbers to push instant donations.\n\nThe original Live Aid, which was held in Philadelphia as well as at Wembley, had a line-up including many all-time greats such as Bob Dylan, Led Zeppelin and The Who.\n\nThe estimated TV audience was 1.5 billion and the concert raised millions for famine relief. It also provided a blueprint for numerous other all-star charity concerts, as well as helping to promote the discussion of humanitarian relief, which subsequently became a major talking point for Western governments.\n\nLive Aid has already had the dramatic treatment several times, with Queen's triumphant set recreated in startling detail to provide the climax to the Freddie Mercury biopic Bohemian Rhapsody which won Rami Malek an Oscar.\n\nThere was also the 2010 BBC Four film When Harvey Met Bob with a pre-Star Wars Domhnall Gleeson playing Geldof, while the Sky Arts comedy Urban Myths: Backstage at Live Aid explored what might have happened that day, with Line of Duty's Martin Compston as an infuriated Midge Ure.\n\nGeldof hopes that the new musical will help Live Aid's legacy live on in a number of ways.\n\n\"The money for Band Aid is good, but that's not the point. Will there be a kid who comes to this and leaves saying, 'I can do something like this using digital devices, which will have the same impact'?\n\n\"If the individual understands that the answer is not blowing in the wind, that the answer is get up off your arse, then honestly, for Bob, that's where it's at personally for me.\"\n• None How Live Aid was saved for history", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nTurkey says it has carried out a number of air strikes on Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq, hours after a suicide blast hit the interior ministry.\n\nThe government said 20 targets were destroyed and many militants from the banned PKK rebel group \"neutralised\".\n\nThe PKK said Sunday morning's bombing in the capital, Ankara, was carried out by a group linked to them, a member of which blew himself up.\n\nA second attacker was killed by police and two police officers were injured.\n\nThe Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) is considered a terror group in Turkey, the EU, UK and US.\n\nSunday's air strikes targeted caves, depots and bunkers used by the PKK, Turkey's defence ministry said.\n\nAFP quoted it as saying the operation was \"to neutralise the PKK and other terrorist elements, prevent terrorist attacks from northern Iraq against our population and our law enforcement agencies, and ensure the security of our borders\".\n\nThe Kurdish news agency Rudaw said the strikes targeted Mount Qandil near the Iranian border, believed to be a PKK stronghold.\n\nThey were carried out following an explosion on Ankara's Ataturk Boulevard that happened hours before parliament was due to reconvene after a summer break.\n\nA bomb disposal expert works at the scene of the blast in Ankara\n\nImmortals Battalion - the group that claimed responsibility - said this is why they targeted the ministry, which is close to parliament.\n\nThe incident began at around 09:30 (06:30 GMT) when one of the attackers exited their car and threw a small explosive at the ministry building to distract security.\n\nAfter this, the second attacker opened fire at guards by the ministry gate, before detonating a suicide bomb.\n\nThe first person, meanwhile, ran into the compound and was immediately shot dead by police.\n\nTwo officers were injured. One was shot in the chest and another suffered injuries in both legs and an eye.\n\nInterior Minister Ali Yerlikaya told reporters that none of the injuries were life-threatening.\n\nA senior Turkish security official told the BBC the attackers had hijacked their vehicle on Saturday in Kayseri, a city some 260 km (161 miles) south-east of Ankara.\n\nThey reportedly shot dead the car's driver, a 24-year-old veterinarian who was driving in the countryside.\n\nThe official said footage from security cameras from Kayseri to the Syrian border were being reviewed to determine where the suspects came from.\n\nThe explosion happened just hours before parliament was due to reconvene\n\nIn his speech opening parliament, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan described the attack as \"the final flutters of terrorism\".\n\n\"The vile people who took aim at the peace and security of our citizens did not reach their goal and they never will,\" he said.\n\nKurdish militants have come under intense pressure by the authorities, who have jailed their leaders and conducted military operations against Kurdish bases inside Turkey and across the border in Syria and Iraq.\n\nThe PKK, which has Marxist-Leninist roots, was formed in the late 1970s and launched an armed struggle against the Turkish government in 1984, calling for an independent Kurdish state within Turkey.\n\nIn the 1990s, the PKK rolled back on its demands for an independent state, calling instead for more autonomy for the Kurds. More than 40,000 people have died in the conflict.\n\nFighting flared up again after a two-year-old ceasefire ended in July 2015.", "Stunning cell phone video captured a meteorological phenomenon: lightning beside a double rainbow. The dramatic combination happened during a sunset over the Great Plains in the US.", "Not all renters are \"bad people\" who smoke weed or are in gangs, the housing minister has said as she defended plans to strengthen renters' rights.\n\nRachel Maclean said the government was committed to the Renters Reform Bill and she hoped it would make progress in Parliament soon.\n\nThe bill would ban landlords in England from evicting tenants with no justification.\n\nSome Tory MPs are concerned the changes will see more landlords sell up.\n\nThey argue this will reduce the number of rented homes available and push up prices.\n\nThere have been reports opposition from Conservative backbenchers is delaying the bill's progress.\n\nThe legislation was introduced in Parliament in May but no date has been set for its second reading, when MPs get a chance to debate the bill.\n\nIt needs to be approved by both the House of Commons and the Lords before it becomes law.\n\nOn Sunday, Housing Secretary Michael Gove told a fringe event at the Conservative Party conference the bill should have its second reading in the autumn.\n\nSpeaking at a fringe event on Monday, hosted by the Bright Blue think tank and the National Residential Landlords Association, Ms Maclean said a lot of people had suggested to her that the Renters Reform Bill was \"not Conservative\" and no Tory supporters would vote for it.\n\nHowever, she said all four of her children, who are in their late 20s or 30s, were private renters as well as Conservative voters.\n\n\"There are plenty of young people who are in the [private rented sector] who are not weed-smoking bad people, in gangs and crack dens and everything else and smashing up the neighbourhood,\" she said.\n\n\"There's lots of decent people, hard-working people in the [private rented sector] and we need to do the right thing for them.\"\n\nMs Maclean said there were also \"a lot of very good landlords\" and she did not want them to \"lose confidence\" in the market.\n\n\"If people are renting a property out they need to be able to get it back if they need to, they need to be able to evict bad tenants so we have taken the time to work through how that would work in practice,\" she added.\n\nUnder the current version of the bill, landlords will still be able to evict tenants in certain circumstances, including when they wish to sell the property or when they or a close family member want to move in, after six months.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. What can you do about rent increases? Watch the BBC's Lora Jones tell you, in a minute.\n\nBen Beadle, chief executive of the National Residential Landlords Association, said many landlords were still concerned about whether they would be able to get their property back quickly enough if they needed to.\n\nHe told the BBC there was a lack of clarity about how possession cases would be processed by the court system, which he described as \"on its knees\".\n\nHowever, Mr Beadle said he was a \"pragmatist\" and supported a \"viable alternative\" to so-called no-fault evictions.\n\nSome Tory MPs are worried the bill could have unintended consequences.\n\nFormer housing minister Brandon Lewis said he supported the \"fundamental principle\" of the legislation but that ministers needed to get the \"balance right\".\n\nHe told a fringe event at the Tory Party conference he had concerns about parts of the bill.\n\n\"There is a risk if we don't get it right... more landlords [will leave] the market, which will put up rents even further,\" he said.\n\nMeanwhile, campaigners representing renters are concerned about the possibility of further delays to the changes becoming law.\n\nThey say more than 20,000 households have been kicked out of their homes since the Conservatives first promised to ban no-fault evictions in 2019.\n\nBen Twomey, chief executive of campaign group Generation Rent, said: \"Prioritising the rights of landlords over the past 30 years has led to tenants living in fear of a sudden notice that uproots our lives and forces us to find a new home.\n\n\"Under the government's proposals, landlords who have a valid reason to evict will still be able to do so, and tenants will know where we stand. Opponents of the bill need to explain why the worst landlords should be allowed to continue to bully and mistreat their tenants.\"", "A cheap malaria vaccine that can be produced on a massive scale has been recommended for use by the World Health Organization (WHO).\n\nThe vaccine has been developed by the University of Oxford and is only the second malaria vaccine to be developed.\n\nMalaria kills mostly babies and infants, and has been one of the biggest scourges on humanity.\n\nThere are already agreements in place to manufacture more than 100 million doses a year.\n\nIt has taken more than a century of scientific effort to develop effective vaccines against malaria.\n\nThe disease is caused by a complex parasite, which is spread by the bite of blood-sucking mosquitoes. It is far more sophisticated than a virus as it hides from our immune system by constantly shape-shifting inside the human body.\n\nThat makes it hard to build up immunity naturally through catching malaria, and difficult to develop a vaccine against it.\n\nIt is almost two years to the day since the first vaccine - called RTS,S and developed by GSK - was backed by the WHO.\n\nDr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director-general of the WHO, said it was a moment of \"great pleasure\".\n\n\"I used to dream of the day we would have a safe and effective vaccine against malaria, now we have two,\" he said.\n\nThe WHO said the effectiveness of the two vaccines was \"very similar\" and there was no evidence one was better than the other.\n\nHowever, the key difference is the ability to manufacture the University of Oxford vaccine - called R21 - at scale.\n\nThe world's largest vaccine manufacturer - the Serum Institute of India - is already lined up to make more than 100 million doses a year and plans to scale up to 200 million doses a year.\n\nSo far there are only 18 million doses of RTS,S.\n\nThe WHO said the new R21 vaccine would be a \"vital additional tool\". Each dose costs $2-4 (£1.65 to £3.30) and four doses are needed per person. That is about half the price of RTS,S.\n\nThe two vaccines use similar technologies and target the same stage of the malaria parasite's lifecycle. However, the newer vaccine is easier to manufacture as it requires a smaller dose and uses a simpler adjuvant (a chemical given in the vaccine that jolts the immune system into action).\n\nIn 2021, there were 247 million cases of malaria and 619,000 people died, most of them children under the age of five. More than 95% of malaria is found in Africa.\n\nDr Matshidiso Moeti, the WHO regional director for Africa, said: \"This second vaccine holds real potential to close the huge demand-and-supply gap.\n\n\"Delivered to scale and rolled out widely, the two vaccines can help bolster malaria prevention, control efforts and save hundreds of thousands of young lives.\"\n\nData that has been published online, but has not been through the usual process of scientific review, shows the R21 vaccine is 75% effective at preventing the disease in areas where malaria is a seasonal.\n\nThe WHO's strategic advisory group of experts said that figure was comparable to the first vaccine (RTS,S) in seasonal areas.\n\nThe effectiveness of malaria vaccines is lower in areas where the parasite is present all year round.\n\nProf Sir Adrian Hill, director of the Jenner Institute in Oxford where R21 was developed, said: \"The vaccine is easily deployable, cost effective and affordable, ready for distribution in areas where it is needed most, with the potential to save hundreds of thousands of lives a year.\"\n\nGareth Jenkins, from Malaria No More UK, said: \"The reality is that malaria financing globally is far from where it needs to be and annual deaths from malaria rose during the pandemic and are still above pre-pandemic levels, so we cannot afford to be complacent as new tools are developed.\"\n\nSign up for our morning newsletter and get BBC News in your inbox.", "In September, more than 1,000 pupils started their new school year at five underground stations in Kharkiv\n\nUkraine's first underground school will be built in the north-eastern city of Kharkiv, Mayor Ihor Terekhov has said.\n\n\"Such a shelter will allow thousands of children to continue their in-person education safely even during missile threats,\" he said.\n\nRocket attacks hit the Kharkiv region again on Monday - a regular occurrence.\n\nUkraine says more than 360 educational facilities have been destroyed and over 3,000 damaged since the start of Russia's full-scale invasion in 2022.\n\nAccording to the UN children agency Unicef, only a third of Ukraine's schoolchildren currently study in-person, amid continuing deadly Russian missile and drone attacks as well as shelling.\n\nMany of those pupils have been forced to attend classes in underground metro stations and other makeshift shelters - often without proper heating.\n\nLast week, the EU's Fundamental Rights Agency said many schools in the 27-member bloc were struggling to integrate children who have fled the war in Ukraine.\n\nIt said there were currently about 1.3 million Ukrainian children in the EU.\n\nIn Sunday's post on social media, the Kharkiv mayor announced that \"it is here that we plan to build the first underground school in Ukraine\".\n\nMr Terekhov said the school \"will meet the most modern requirements for defensive buildings\".\n\nAnd he stressed that the city authorities \"will not reduce educational expenditure by a single hryvnia [Ukraine's currency] this year or next year, despite the lack of budget funds\".\n\nThe mayor gave no details on when the underground school would open, and how many pupils would be able to study there.\n\nLast month, more than 1,000 Kharkiv pupils started their new school year at five underground stations that were turned into the so-called \"metro-schools\".\n\nThe students are ferried by buses, and study in two shifts: the early one starts at 09:00 local time, followed by the late one at 13:00. Police and rescuers are on duty at each underground station.\n\n\"Lessons in the metro. Could you ever imagine that Ukrainian children will study in the underground? This is our reality now,\" Ukrainian Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko said at the time.\n\nKharkiv - Ukraine's second-largest city located only 30km (19 miles) from the Russian border - was heavily bombed during the first weeks of Russian President Vladimir Putin's invasion launched in February 2022.\n\nLocal residents even witnessed fierce street fighting in the city - when Russian troops attempted to capture Kharkiv.\n\nThey were eventually pushed back during a lightning Ukrainian counter-offensive last autumn.\n\nDisruption by the war has had a devastating effect on pupils in Ukraine\n\nThese defiant school graduates danced in front of a destroyed building in the Kharkiv region in June", "Junior doctors and consultants at University College Hospital in London have joined the three-day walkout\n\nNHS bosses are warning patients to expect extreme disruption in hospitals, as junior doctors and consultants stage a three-day joint walkout in England.\n\nThe stoppage began at 07:00, with NHS England saying it will bring non-emergency care to a \"near standstill\".\n\nThe British Medical Association is promising \"Christmas Day\" cover, meaning emergency care will be staffed, with only minimal cover elsewhere.\n\nThe two groups represent about four-fifths of doctors working in hospital.\n\nBut a third of them are not BMA members, so are thought unlikely to be involved.\n\nJust under two weeks ago both groups went on strike together for the first time - but that joint walkout only lasted 24 hours. Before that they had held strike action on different days.\n\nNHS England medical director Prof Sir Stephen Powis said: \"NHS services have had very little time to recover from the previous action and now face three consecutive days which will prove extremely challenging, with almost all routine care brought to a standstill.\"\n\nPeople needing emergency care are being advised to use A&E units as normal or call 999.\n\nFor other health concerns, 111 or GP services should be used - although they could be disrupted, as some junior doctors work as GP trainees.\n\nPatients should have been told about any postponements of non-emergency services in advance.\n\nOn Tuesday the disruption will be added to by a walkout by radiographers, which carry out scans, at around a quarter of NHS trusts.\n\nDuring previous action, some hospitals have reported having to cancel half of their planned appointments and treatments.\n\nSo far, more than one million bookings have had to be rescheduled since NHS strikes began in December.\n\nThe most disruption has been seen during the walkouts by doctors - nurses, physios, ambulance staff and radiographers have also taken strike action, but much of that has now ended.\n\nHospitals are reporting some patients were having treatments and appointments cancelled for the second or third time.\n\nThe industrial action has contributed to the record 7.7 million people currently waiting for hospital treatment.\n\nPrime Minister Rishi Sunak has blamed the dispute for scuppering his ambition to get the waiting list down this year.\n\nIt is more than 100 days since the health secretary sat down with BMA leaders for pay talks - and none are planned for the future.\n\nMinisters said this year's pay rise was a \"final and fair\" settlement and it met the independent pay review body's recommendations.\n\nConsultants are being given 6% and junior doctors an average of 8.8%, depending on their level.\n\nThe pay increase means junior doctors' basic salary ranges from £32,400 to £63,150, while consultants can earn up to £126,300.\n\nDoctors earn about a quarter to a third more on top of this, on average, for things such as unsociable hours and additional work, which can be mandatory for junior doctors.\n\nJunior doctors were after a 35% increase, to make up for what they say are years of below-inflation wage rises.\n\nConsultants have not put a figure on what they would like - a figure of 12% has been floated - but insist it must be above inflation, to start restoring pay they have lost once inflation is taken into account.\n\nHealth Secretary Steve Barclay said he was \"deeply disappointed and concerned\" and urged the union to end its strike.\n\nBut BMA chairman Prof Phil Banfield said doctors were not the problem: \"We don't want to be on strike, but we so want doctors to be recognised as the highly skilled practitioners of medicine that they are.\"\n\nIn terms of public support, the latest polling from YouGov shows 56% support junior doctors, with 37% opposed. For senior doctors, 42% are in support and 50% are opposed.\n\nDoctors are also being balloted for industrial action in Wales, while in Northern Ireland the BMA is preparing to.\n\nHave you been affected by the issues raised in this story? You can share your experiences by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The trolleys stop at the exit if sensors detect they have not passed a payment zone\n\nCustomers at a supermarket say they have been left injured or in pain after their trolley wheels were suddenly locked by a security system.\n\nAsda in Llandudno, Conwy, has fitted \"gatekeeper\" devices to its trolleys.\n\nThe devices stop trolleys at the exit to the store if sensors detect they have not passed a payment zone, or need a security check.\n\nAsda said it would be happy to discuss the problem with anyone who has experienced problems.\n\nSome shoppers said the sudden stop caused them to crash into the trolley they were pushing, leaving them in pain or throwing children forward suddenly in the trolley seat.\n\nLucy Cousins, from Llandudno, was hurt on Saturday.\n\nShe said because she had scanned her own shopping, the system stopped her trolley with no warning for a security check, and the impact triggered a pre-existing back condition.\n\nMs Cousins said she had health issues including adhesions causing chronic pain in her abdomen and slipped discs in her back.\n\n\"The pain in my back hit instantly and the alarms suddenly going off scared me,\" she said.\n\n\"I had a horrible shock when it happened - I'd been having physio to improve my back and was suddenly in agony again.\"\n\nShe said a member of staff came to look at her receipt.\n\nLucy Cousins said the alarms scared her\n\n\"I told him how much it hurt and he agreed that it was painful when it happened.\n\n\"He indicated a warning sign to the side of the door behind a product display,\" she said.\n\nMs Cousins said she left in tears and unable to stand upright.\n\nShe said the pain in her back was easing, but added the whole experience was upsetting.\n\nOther shoppers said they had had similar experiences.\n\nHollie Roberts from Rhos on Sea, Conwy, said the supermarket needed to make the signs more prominent, warning people that their trolley wheels might suddenly lock.\n\n\"It stopped so suddenly I went into the trolley, really hurt my stomach and winded me as I wasn't walking slowly.\n\n\"The security guy rushed over and could see I was upset so was really nice, but he did say it happens a lot because people don't know about it,\" she added.\n\nAsda in Llandudno, Conwy, has fitted \"gatekeeper\" devices to its trolleys\n\nAn Asda spokesman said: \"To ensure colleague and customer safety and to prevent theft, we have a number of security measures in place at all of our stores.\n\n\"We'd be happy to take this customer's details so that we may get in touch to discuss their concerns.\"", "Oscar, 4, lost two toes on an escalator at London Bridge station\n\nA family is taking legal action after their young son lost a toe on an escalator at a train station.\n\nThe parents of four-year-old Oscar said his wellington boot got caught in the side of the escalator at London Bridge on New Year's Day.\n\nThe family, from Sittingbourne, Kent, said they were suing Network Rail for negligence.\n\nThe rail company said it would be inappropriate to comment while the case is ongoing.\n\nOscar and his parents had spent the day in London attending this year's New Year's Day parade and having pizza.\n\nThey were travelling home to Sittingbourne through London Bridge station when the incident occurred.\n\nA passing doctor helped treat the boy and an escalator engineer helped free him.\n\nOscar was taken to St Thomas' Hospital where his little toe was fully amputated and his fourth toe partially removed.\n\nOscar's mother Alyson described the incident as the worst day of her life\n\nOscar said: \"I was crying because it really hurt.\"\n\nHis mother Alyson said her son was \"screaming and crying\".\n\n\"It was terrifying, probably the worst day of our lives,\" she said.\n\nOscar's father, Jason, added: \"A lovely family day out ended in absolute disaster for us.\n\n\"I am confident our little boy wasn't doing anything he shouldn't have been on the escalator.\n\n\"We were right next to him, and it was such a frightening experience to see him suddenly trapped like that.\"\n\nHe said his son had been \"really suffering\" since and was \"completely terrified\" of going near any escalators or lifts.\n\nA spokesman for Network Rail said: \"The safety and wellbeing of our passengers is always our number one priority and our thoughts are with the young boy and his family at this very difficult time.\n\n\"Everyone in Network Rail and particularly the team at London Bridge station are saddened by this incident.\n\n\"However, while the case is ongoing, it would be inappropriate for us to comment any further at this stage.\"\n\nFollow BBC South East on Facebook, on X, and on Instagram. Send your story ideas to southeast todaysoutheasttoday@bbc.co.uk.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Jessica Baker, 15, who was a keen rock climber who represented Wales, died in the crash\n\nChildren who were travelling on a school coach that crashed on the motorway and killed a pupil are being offered support, including teachers being with them on buses.\n\nJessica Baker, 15, and driver Stephen Shrimpton, 40, died when the coach hit a reservation on the M53 in Wirral.\n\nStephen Gray, head teacher of Calday Grange Grammar School, said there would be \"angst about travelling to school\".\n\nFor all pupils, \"we envision it being a difficult day\", he added.\n\nThe coach had been carrying more than 50 students from Cheshire to West Kirby Grammar School and Calday Grange Grammar School.\n\nIt had been in a convoy of buses carrying other students, who saw the incident.\n\nThe crash happened at about 08:00 BST on Friday near junction 5 at Hooton.\n\nFour passengers were taken to hospital for treatment, including a 14-year-old boy with life-changing injuries. They remain in a stable condition.\n\nDriver Stephen Shrimpton was described as \"caring and thoughtful\" by his family\n\nMr Gray told BBC Breakfast there would be specialist mental health support from the NHS and police on site at the schools all week to help pupils come to terms with what has happened.\n\nHe said he felt it was \"important\" that staff travelled on the coaches to support pupils as they returned to lessons.\n\n\"We envision it being a difficult day,\" he said, adding there were a number of measures in place to support pupils.\n\n\"We have staff travelling on the buses. There will be obviously angst about travelling to school.\"\n\nMr Gray said it was \"everybody pulling together\" to help the children.\n\n\"Under the circumstances I think pupils are coping really well. It never ceases to amaze me the human spirit,\" he said.\n\nHe said when he was at the clearing centre in Wallasey where casualties were taken on Friday after the crash there was a \"real sense of togetherness\", adding: \"People stuck together to work through it.\"\n\nMr Gray said he had been \"overwhelmed\" by the help from the community such as local schools offering mini buses and staff cover.\n\n\"It's heart warming,\" he said. \"I know the families as well appreciate the support.\"\n\nIn a tribute, Jessica's family said she was \"warm-hearted and wonderful\" and described her as a \"devoted sister and loyal friend\".\n\nThe student's family said she was a keen rock-climber and \"her untimely death has led to a massive void in our lives that will never be filled\".\n\nIt will be a \"difficult day\", says Stephen Gray, head teacher of Calday Grange Grammar School\n\nLabour MP Margaret Greenwood, whose Wirral West constituency includes both schools, told BBC Breakfast \"this will be profoundly traumatic for those children\" who saw what happened.\n\n\"The schools are working incredibly hard to support them. It's going to be a very, very difficult time for everybody for quite some time to come.\"\n\nMr Shrimpton's family described him as a \"loving husband and father\".\n\nThey also said he was a \"caring and thoughtful man who would always prioritise others over himself\".\n\nIn a fundraiser for Mr Shrimpton's funeral, his family said the father-of-two had suffered a medical issue while driving.\n\nPolice said post-mortem examinations were due to be conducted to establish the cause of both deaths.\n\nWhy not follow BBC North West on Facebook, X and Instagram? You can also send story ideas to northwest.newsonline@bbc.co.uk", "Europe's Ryder Cup players chanted \"two more years\" at Luke Donald as they implored him to stay on and captain the side for the 2025 edition in New York.\n\nDonald, appointed captain in August 2022, masterminded a 16½-11½ victory over the United States in Rome.\n\nBernard Gallacher was the last European to serve consecutive terms - losing two and winning once between 1991-1995.\n\n\"Luke has done an unbelievable job and would be difficult to live up to. He's set the bar so high,\" said Jon Rahm.\n\nNorthern Ireland's Rory McIlroy added: \"I think everyone sitting here would be very happy to have him again.\"\n\nShane Lowry, Matt Fitzpatrick and Tommy Fleetwood were among the players to chant \"two more years\" at Donald, as the triumphant European captain began his speech at the trophy presentation.\n\nDonald, 45, was only offered the captaincy after Henrik Stenson was ousted from the post when he joined LIV Golf.\n\nHe is not certain to still be in the role when Europe travel to Bethpage Black in New York in two years, despite orchestrating a superb response to Europe's record 19-9 defeat at Whistling Straits in 2021.\n\nThe Englishman was keen to avoid discussing the topic during Europe's winning news conference before saying - when egged on by his players - he had not \"been asked yet\" to do a second stint.\n\n\"Quiet confidence is what Luke has been this week,\" added four-time major champion McIlroy, who top-scored for Europe with four points.\n\n\"He doesn't have to say many words. The words that he does say are impactful and he's been amazing this week.\"\n\nFleetwood added: \"We're all so proud of him. From when this whole process started, he's been so, so good. The way he's been this week has been phenomenal. We just look at Luke on another level.\"\n\nIn the build-up to the 44th staging of golf's biggest team event, there had been question marks over some of Donald's selections and just how his four debutants would fare in the pressure-cooker arena of a Ryder Cup.\n\nHowever, Scotland's Bob MacIntyre went unbeaten, winning two and a half points from three matches, while Sweden's Ludvig Aberg picked up two, Sepp Straka won a point and Nicolai Hojgaard claimed half a point.\n\nIreland's Lowry, whose form and inclusion had come under scrutiny when Donald picked him as one of his six wildcard selections, delivered one and half points, with his fiery and fighting spirit seemingly inspiring his team-mates.\n\n\"[They were] Outstanding. Every single one of them took something,\" added world number three and reigning Masters champion Rahm, who at 28, is arguably the seen as the figurehead of a new generation of European players.\n\n\"Bob went unbeaten. Ludvig won two of his matches with Viktor [Hovland]. They did an unbelievable job. It's not easy being a rookie and coming out here and showing why you deserve to be here.\n\n\"The future is bright I would say. There were some possible question marks and I think we have proved the talent is there and the junior generation is looking bright.\"\n\nThese players are here to stay\n\nDonald's team arrived in Rome without several stalwarts from previous matches against the US.\n\nSergio Garcia, Europe's record points scorer with 28½ from 10 appearances, Ian Poulter, who won five of his seven starts, Lee Westwood and Paul Casey were all unavailable after joining LIV and resigning from the DP World Tour.\n\nHowever, the Marco Simone Golf and Country Club provided a definitive sign of progression away from the old guard.\n\n\"Not many people gave us a chance after Whistling Straits. We were big underdogs,\" said Donald.\n\n\"We started to show some form in the last six months, and I couldn't be happier with the team I got. I think these guys will be around for a long time, and we're going to put up a great fight in two years.\"", "Jake Abraham (left) played Dean in Guy Ritchie's Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels\n\nLiverpool-born actor Jake Abraham, best known for his role in the film Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, has died aged 56.\n\nThe actor appeared in the 1991 Channel 4 series GBH, and films Mean Machine and Formula 51, among others.\n\nAbraham was diagnosed with prostate cancer earlier this year and in July he said he was receiving palliative care.\n\nAt the time he urged people not to leave it \"too late\" to test for early signs of cancer.\n\nAbraham was born in Toxteth in Liverpool. He began acting in the 1980s at the Everyman Youth Theatre and spent four decades acting on stage and screen.\n\nHe played Dean in the 1998 British gangster film Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels directed by Guy Ritchie.\n\nAnd he regularly appeared in productions at the Royal Court in Liverpool and starred in The Scouse Jack and the Beanstalk pantomime until January this year.\n\nKevin Fearon, executive director of Royal Court theatre, said he was due to appear in the cast this year and said \"we'll be dedicating the show to him\".\n\n\"Such a loss to us, to his family and to the city,\" Mr Fearon said.\n\nSpeaking to the Liverpool Echo about his cancer diagnosis in July, Abraham said he had felt unwell for some time but left it \"too late\" to get his symptoms checked. His cancer had spread to other parts of his body.\n\nThe actor had been receiving radiotherapy before he went into palliative care.\n\nHe said in July: \"I think most men take the approach of 'oh, I'll get on with it'. Well I'm palliative now, I found out really late down the line and there's nothing they can do for me - I've just got it now and I've just got to wait for the day.\"\n\nMen can be given a blood test, known as a PSA test, to help detect prostate cancer, the NHS says.\n\nIt can be done at a GP surgery, and measures the level of prostate-specific antigen (PSA) in the blood.\n\nThere is currently no national screening programme for prostate cancer in the UK because the PSA test is not always accurate, the NHS says.", "Many schools already have phone bans in place but new guidelines will urge all head teachers to introduce stringent rules\n\nHead teachers in England will be told to ban pupils from using mobile phones during the entire school day under new government guidance.\n\nThe Department for Education wants children to be barred from using devices on breaks as well as in class.\n\nEducation Secretary Gillian Keegan announced the plans at the Conservative Party conference on Monday.\n\nThe government already encourages head teachers to limit phone usage, and many schools have restrictions in place.\n\nBut government sources say they are confident expanding the guidance will make a difference in reducing the use of phones during the school day.\n\nThe new guidance will be issued \"shortly\" but a specific date has not been announced.\n\nMs Keegan said mobile phones are a distraction and are often used for bullying.\n\nThe new guidelines will be designed to allow pupils to bring their phones to school so they can be used on the journeys there and back, but they will not be allowed to use them during the school day.\n\nHowever, teachers' unions have described Ms Keegan's call for a ban on mobile phones as diverting attention from the real challenges facing schools.\n\nAssociation of School and College Leaders' general secretary Geoff Barton said most schools already prohibited mobile-phone use during the school day or had \"robust rules restricting their use to specified circumstances\".\n\nNASUWT general secretary Dr Patrick Roach said a blanket ban was \"unenforceable\" and would make \"the behaviour crisis worse, not better\".\n\nSchools set their own behaviour policies. And even if updated, current guidelines, which say mobile-phone rules are a decision for head teachers, will remain advisory rather than statutory.\n\nThe Department for Education has said if schools fail to implement the new guidance, the government will consider legislating in the future to make the guidance law.\n\nIntroducing national restrictions on phone usage in schools is an idea that has been touted before, including by Schools Minister Nick Gibb in 2019.\n\nFormer Education Secretary Gavin Williamson also said he favoured a ban in 2021, saying \"mobile phones should not be used or seen during the school day\".\n\nBut in February 2022, the education department said blanket national rules were not necessary because a majority of schools in England were already taking action.\n\nAnd later that year, the government scrapped plans to increase its powers to tell academy schools what to do on issues including behaviour.\n\nHeads already have the power to restrict phones on their premises and the government estimated in 2018 that 95% of schools have imposed restrictions.\n\nBut rules differ across the country, with some pupils forced to hand their device at the start of the day while others are permitted to keep them in their bag or use them between lessons.\n\nThe government has previously said it supports any head teacher who wants to implement restrictions.\n\nThere are no blanket bans in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, which have devolved powers over schools.\n\nFrance and China have already introduced national bans on phones in schools, with the Netherlands set to follow suit in 2024.", "Stephen Pennington was described as \"a real risk to children and women\"\n\nA child rapist who was wanted on recall to prison over the weekend has been arrested.\n\nStephen Pennington, 35, was jailed in 2009 and again in 2022 for breaches of a sexual harm prevention order.\n\nLancashire Police said: \"We are pleased to say that he [Pennington} has been arrested this morning.\n\n\"He will now be recalled to prison. We would like to thank everyone who has come forward with information over the last couple of days.\"\n\nPosting on Facebook, the force added: \"Your extra eyes and ears really can make a massive difference to the work we do to keep you and your communities safe.\"\n\nAppealing for information on Saturday, Det Con Stewart Marshall said: \"Pennington is a high-risk sex offender who presents a real risk to children and women.\"\n\nHe was jailed last year after authorities found he had begun a relationship with a woman, between September and December 2021, and was in contact with her children.\n\nWhile there was no suggestion he had harmed the children, he had knowingly breached the conditions of licence, which prevents him from contacting anyone under the age of 18.\n\nPolice said he had used the false name Stephen Johnson during this time.\n\nWhy not follow BBC North West on Facebook, X and Instagram? You can also send story ideas to northwest.newsonline@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "At just 1,400 light-years from Earth, the Orion Nebula, M42, is visible to the naked eye as a faint smudge\n\nJupiter-sized \"planets\" free-floating in space, unconnected to any star, have been spotted by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST).\n\nWhat's intriguing about the discovery is that these objects appear to be moving in pairs. Astronomers are currently struggling to explain them.\n\nThe telescope observed about 40 pairs in a fabulously detailed new survey of the famous Orion Nebula.\n\nThey've been nicknamed Jupiter Mass Binary Objects, or \"JuMBOs\" for short.\n\nOne possibility is that these objects grew out of regions in the nebula where the density of material was insufficient to make fully fledged stars.\n\nAnother possibility is that they were made around stars and were then kicked out into interstellar space through various interactions.\n\n\"The ejection hypothesis is the favoured one at the moment,\" said Prof Mark McCaughrean.\n\n\"Gas physics suggests you shouldn't be able to make objects with the mass of Jupiter on their own, and we know single planets can get kicked out from star systems. But how do you kick out pairs of these things together? Right now, we don't have an answer. It's one for the theoreticians,\" the European Space Agency's (Esa) senior science adviser told BBC News.\n\nProf McCaughrean led the team that produced the new Orion survey.\n\nUsing JWST's remarkable resolution and infrared sensitivity, the astronomers have added substantially to the information already mined by older telescopes, including Webb's direct predecessor, the Hubble Space Telescope.\n\nThe Orion Nebula, also known by its sky catalogue name of M42, is the nearest, large star-forming region to Earth.\n\nAlong with the quartet of bright suns at its centre called the Trapezium, this region of space is visible to the naked eye as a smudge on the sky.\n\nIf you don't know it, it can be found low down in the constellation of Orion, which is named after a mythical Greek hunter. The nebula forms part of the hunter's \"sword\", hanging from his \"belt\".\n\nPlanetary discs: Newborn stars in the nebula are busy making the next generation of planets\n\nThe new JWST image is actually a mosaic of 700 views acquired by Webb's NIRCam instrument over a week of observations.\n\nTo give a sense of scale, it would take a spaceship travelling at light speed a little over four years to traverse the entire scene. The nebula itself is about 1,400 light-years from Earth.\n\nTucked away in this vista are thousands of young stars, spanning a range of masses from 40 down to less than 0.1 times the mass of our Sun.\n\nMany of these stars are surrounded by dense discs of gas and dust which may be forming planets, although in some cases, these discs are being destroyed by the intense ultraviolet radiation and strong winds from the most massive stars in the region, in particular from the Trapezium.\n\nYour device may not support this visualisation\n\nThe slider tool on this page shows the same nebula scene at shorter and at longer wavelengths. Using different filters in this way emphasises items of interest.\n\nLook at the longer wavelength version to examine the sculpted green clouds of gas that contain polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. PAHs are ubiquitous compounds in space produced by stars.\n\nLook also at the many-fingered red feature that dominates the background.\n\nKnown as the Orion Molecular Cloud 1 outflow, this is a mass of molecular hydrogen that has been shocked by the the immense energy streaming away from the site of a cataclysmic collision of two giant stars. The speed of the outflow at more than 100km/s indicates the star merger occurred just a few hundred years previously.\n\nNotice the fingertips are tinged with green - a marker for gaseous iron.\n\nOrion Molecular Cloud 1 outflow: The \"fingertips\" are tinged with iron\n\nThere is so much to peruse and probe in the full-sized survey image which is 21,000 by 14,500 pixels. But it is the JuMBOs that have caught the immediate attention of astronomers.\n\n\"My reactions ranged from: 'Whaaat?!?' to 'Are you sure?\" to 'That's just so weird!' to 'How could binaries be ejected together?'\" recalled Dr Heidi Hammel who was not on the survey team.\n\nShe said there were no models of planetary system formation that predicted the ejection of binary pairs of planets.\n\n\"But... maybe all star formation regions host these double-Jupiters (and maybe even double-Neptunes and double Earths!), and we just haven't had a telescope powerful enough to see them before,\" the multidisciplinary scientist on JWST told BBC News.\n\nEsa will be posting the full image of M42 on its EsaSky portal which allows anyone to explore publicly available astronomical data. Initial papers describing the survey and the JuMBO discovery will be posted on the arXiv shortly, but can also be accessed here.\n\nThe Webb survey covers a tighter region of space than a major Hubble effort in 2006\n\nJWST is a joint venture between the US, European and Canadian space agencies.\n\nSign up for our morning newsletter and get BBC News in your inbox.", "Comedy writer Graham Linehan has told a free speech event at the Conservative Party conference he was \"the most cancelled person in this room\".\n\nBest known for The IT Crowd and Father Ted, his views on gender have led to him being accused of transphobia.\n\nMr Linehan told a fringe debate on Sunday he found it \"very hard to find places to speak these days\".\n\nA comedy show featuring Mr Linehan in Edinburgh was cancelled in August due to complaints.\n\nThe writer has been an outspoken critic of transgender self-identification.\n\nLast month, he claimed he had been refused a pass to this year's Conservative Party conference, taking place in Manchester, before the party chairman stepped in to reverse the decision.\n\nHe said he had made a subject access request to Greater Manchester Police to find out why it had initially been blocked.\n\nGreater Manchester Police said it does not make decisions on conference accreditation. The force carries out checks on applicants and then hands an anonymised list to Tory HQ flagging any concerns.\n\nMr Linehan shared a platform with historian and Daily Telegraph columnist Tim Stanley, academic Matthew Goodwin and Marc Glendinning, head of cultural affairs at the Institute for Economic Affairs think tank.\n\nMr Linehan says his conference pass was initially blocked\n\nThe panel argued that free speech in the UK was being shut down by groups of people who were out of touch with the general public's views and increasingly intolerant of opinions they did not share.\n\nMr Linehan claimed there had been a \"soft ideological coup of nearly all our major institutions - the police, academia and even the NHS\" and it needed to be stopped.\n\nHe also took aim at the BBC over its treatment of trans issues, accusing the corporation of doing everything it can \"to suppress this debate\".\n\nThe BBC has been approached for comment.\n\nMr Linehan was speaking at a fringe meeting - an individual event that takes place around the main party conference.\n\nThe writer has been involved in a number of acrimonious social media disputes with trans activists, and in 2020 was permanently suspended from Twitter which claimed he had breached rules on \"hateful content\".\n\nHis account was reinstated after Elon Musk took over the social media platform.\n\nMr Linehan co-created the Channel 4 comedy Father Ted and later wrote Black Books and The IT Crowd. An episode of The IT Crowd from 2008 has been criticised over its transgender plot line.In 2020 Channel 4 removed it from its streaming service saying that \"in light of current audience expectations, we concluded it did not meet our standards for remaining available... and it was not possible to make adequate changes\".", "Eight members of an organ trafficking ring in north-east Pakistan have been arrested, police say.\n\nThe ring's alleged leader, Fawad Mukhtar, is accused of extracting the kidneys of more than 300 people and transplanting them into rich clients.\n\nHe had previously been arrested five times for malpractice, but managed to secure bail each time.\n\nAt least three people died from having their organs harvested in this way, authorities said.\n\nThe gang was believed to be operating across eastern Punjab province, as well as in Pakistan-administered Kashmir.\n\nThe transplants were carried out in private homes - often without the patient knowing, the chief minister of Punjab province Mohsin Naqvi said.\n\nA car mechanic is said to have worked as Mr Mukhtar's surgical assistant and helped lure vulnerable patients from hospitals.\n\nThe kidneys were then sold for up to 10 million rupees (£99,000; $120,000) each, Mr Naqvi added.\n\n\"The facts and figures that have come to us make the heart tremble,\" Mr Naqvi said during a press conference on Sunday.\n\n\"There are a lot more transplants and illegal surgeries than this. These are the ones that we have confirmed.\"\n\nThe commercial trade of human organs was made illegal in Pakistan in 2010.\n\nThe punishment for those caught includes a decade-long jail term and huge fines in the hope that this will stop sales to overseas clients by exploitative doctors, middlemen, recipients and donors.\n\nHowever, there has been a rise in organ trafficking in the country as people struggle with low wages and a poor enforcement of the law.\n\nIn January, Punjab police uncovered another organ trafficking ring after a missing 14-year-old boy was found in an underground lab after having his kidney removed.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nAt least 10 people, including three children, were killed when the roof of a church collapsed in northern Mexico.\n\nThe collapse happened on Sunday afternoon local time as around 100 people were attending a baptism at Santa Cruz church in Ciudad Madero.\n\nSixty people were injured, at least two of them seriously, and dozens were trapped underneath the rubble.\n\nLocal residents rushed to the building with shovels and pickaxes to try to free those trapped.\n\nSearch and rescue teams have since arrived at the scene and two cranes are on site to remove the debris.\n\nLocals rushed to the scene to try and free those trapped; they were joined by specialist rescue teams\n\nThe governor of Tamaulipas has said that all of those missing have been accounted for. Rescue workers used thermal imaging cameras to ensure no one remained under the rubble.\n\nIt is not yet clear what may have caused the collapse but the mayor of Ciudad Madero said it was probably due to \"structural failures\".\n\nÁngel Vargas, the priest who was celebrating the baptisms when the collapse occurred said that a day of celebration had turned into a tragedy.\n\n\"They came to search for heaven for the little ones and found eternity. I want the families to find peace. All of this is unfathomable.\"\n\nLocal journalist Franc Contreras told the BBC World Service's Newsday programme that according to Red Cross officials the roof came down on pews in the church, allowing the possibility that anyone trapped there could survive in air pockets.\n\nPhotos from inside the church show the roof on top of the pews\n\nOne of the survivors described her ordeal on social media.\n\nJosefina Ramírez said she had been attending the baptism of her godchild when the roof came down.\n\n\"Thank God, I'm alive (...) I feared I would not see my beautiful family again (...) I don't know how we got out,\" she wrote.\n\nLocal media reported that one of the people trapped had managed to send a WhatsApp message which helped rescuers to find him.\n\nAmong those who died was reportedly a toddler and a couple with their eight-year-old son, Mexican newspaper Milenio reported.\n\nThe bishop of the diocese of Tampico, where the church is located, said he was praying for the victims.", "Water companies in England and Wales want bills to increase by £156 a year by 2030 to pay for upgrades and reduce sewage discharges.\n\nThe increase would allow infrastructure spending to almost double to £96bn, the water industry says.\n\nBut the proposals come amid public anger at the amount of sewage being discharged into rivers and seas and continued cost of living pressures.\n\nWater industry regulator Ofwat has been asked to approve the plans.\n\nIf given the green light, water companies say the \"record-breaking\" investment proposals will secure the country's water supply in the long-term.\n\nHowever, critics say customers should not be asked to foot the bill, arguing water companies have failed to invest adequately since they were privatised more than 30 years ago, with profits going to shareholders instead.\n\nThe industry says standards have improved significantly over that period, with more than £200bn invested in improving water infrastructure, but that more is \"urgently\" needed.\n\nThe bill rises will vary between the water companies, which have to submit individual investment plans for the 2025-2030 period to Ofwat on Monday. The regulator will then scrutinise the plans.\n\nUnder the proposals, charges will go up gradually, initially by an average of £84 in 2025 rising each year to £156 extra by 2030.\n\nThe increases being proposed are in current prices. However, inflation means customers will eventually see bill increases that are higher than that in terms of the pounds they pay.\n\nClean water campaigner Feargal Sharkey told the BBC's Today programme he thought the proposals were a \"breathtakingly catastrophic strategy\" for the industry.\n\nHe said Ofwat had previously acknowledged that water companies had received enough money \"to develop, build and maintain a sewage system capable of properly dealing with our sewage\".\n\n\"So I don't know why Ofwat would ever agree that the customer should pay again for a second time for a service we've never received,\" Mr Sharkey said.\n\nThe GMB union said the planned bill increases were an \"insult\", as water companies had \"paid out billions in dividends, dumped millions of gallons of sewage in rivers and seas and failed to invest for decades\".\n\nWater UK said water companies were planning the \"most ambitious modernisation of sewers since the Victorian era\" and by the end of the decade said it could reduce leaks by a quarter compared with 2020. A new reservoir would be constructed for the first time for 30 years.\n\nIt also said it would cut sewage spills into waterways by more than 140,000 each year by 2030. Water companies spilled sewage into rivers and seas more than 300,000 times in 2022.\n\nDavid Henderson, chief executive of Water UK, which represents the water companies, defended the industry's investment record.\n\n\"Since privatisation, £200bn has been invested, almost double the rate before privatisation. Drinking water is... now at the highest standard in the world,\" he told the Today programme.\n\n\"Leakage [is] down by a third. There's two-thirds less ammonia and phosphorus entering our rivers. The number of beaches classed as excellent is up seven-fold. And on top of that bills have been kept low. Since 2010, water bills on average have fallen by nearly a fifth.\n\nMore households would qualify for support with their water bills, he said, up from one million to three million.\n\nOfwat said water firms' plans would be subject to \"forensic\" scrutiny, and a series of public meetings in October and November would allow customers to have their say.\n\nThe regulator will publish a draft version of its response to each firm's plan in May next year. A final decision on what firms can charge will be announced in December.\n\nOfwat said it was looking for \"a step change\" in performance across the sector, adding that customers should be paying for future investment \"not past company mistakes\".\n\nHowever, there was a \"pressing need\" to tackle pollution from storm overflows, improve bathing water and strengthen capacity, in the face of climate change and population growth.\n\n\"We will continue to monitor companies' performance, hold them to account for delivering improvements and push them to build meaningful plans to change,\" said Ofwat chief executive, David Black.\n\nEnvironment Secretary Therese Coffey broadly welcomed the investment plans, but said Ofwat should ensure customers do not \"pay the price for poor performance\".\n\nLast week, the regulator ordered water companies to pay back £114m to customers through lower bills after missing key targets during the current five-year period.\n\nAre you worried about your water bill? Get in touch by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.\n\nSign up for our morning newsletter and get BBC News in your inbox.", "Depardieu is one of France's best-known actors\n\nGerard Depardieu has denied rape and sexual assault allegations made against him, in an open letter published in a prominent French newspaper.\n\n\"Never, ever have I abused a woman,\" the French actor wrote in the letter that appeared in Le Figaro.\n\n\"To the media court, to the lynching that has been reserved for me, I have only my word to defend myself,\" the 74-year-old added.\n\nThe Green Card actor was placed under investigation for alleged rape in 2021.\n\nA woman accused the actor of raping and assaulting her in Paris in August 2018.\n\nDepardieu's lawyer told French news agency AFP at the time that his client \"totally dispute[d]\" the allegation, and said the investigation should not have been made public.\n\nA lawyer for the actor said he \"formally denies all the charges which may fall under criminal law\".\n\nIn his lengthy letter published in Le Figaro's opinion pages, Depardieu wrote: \"I can no longer allow what I hear, what I have read about myself for several months. I thought I didn't care, but no, actually no. This all gets to me. Worse still, it wipes me out.\n\n\"Hurting a woman would be like kicking my own mother in the stomach,\" he continued.\n\nHe also suggested that the woman who accused him of rape came up to his room \"of her own free will\".\n\nDeadline reported that the lawyer for his accuser said she was \"shocked and scandalized\" by the letter in an interview with French radio station France Info on Monday morning.\n\n\"Mr. Depardieu says he is exposing his truth, but... it will certainly not be the one that will be upheld by the courts,\" she said.\n\nResponding to the separate allegations of sexual assault and harassment, Depardieu wrote: \"I've often done that which others wouldn't dare to do: pushed limits, shaken certitudes, habits on the set between two takes, between two tensions… to get a laugh.\n\n\"Not everyone laughed. If, in believing to live the present intensely, I hurt, shocked someone, whoever it was, it was never my intention to hurt, and I beg you to excuse me for behaving like a child who wanted to have fun in a gallery.\"\n\nDepardieu has appeared in some 170 films, getting his big break in 1973 with Les Valseuses (Going Places).\n\nHe won the best actor award for Cyrano de Bergerac at Cannes in 1990, and was nominated for an Oscar for the same role.\n\nGreen Card, an English-language comedy made the same year, brought him further acclaim outside the French-speaking world.\n\nOff-screen, he has made headlines in recent years for attacking French tax laws, moving to Belgium in protest.\n\nIn 2013, he took Russian citizenship, with his decree of naturalisation signed personally by President Vladimir Putin.\n\nHowever, last year he denounced the war in Ukraine, accusing Russian President Vladimir Putin of \"crazy, unacceptable excesses\" in the country.\n\nDepardieu said the Russian people were not responsible for their president's behaviour.\n\nMr Putin's spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, said the actor probably did not completely understand the situation in Ukraine and offered to explain it.", "Bradley Lowery was supported by former England striker Jermaine Defoe during his illness\n\nA man has been charged after reports an image of Bradley Lowery was used to taunt opposition football fans.\n\nThe alleged incident happened at Sheffield Wednesday's home game on Friday against Sunderland - the team the six-year-old boy supported before he died of cancer in 2017.\n\nDale Houghton, 31, from Rotherham, has been charged with a public order offence after being arrested on Saturday.\n\nHe is due to appear in court on Monday.\n\nSouth Yorkshire Police said Mr Houghton had been remanded in custody ahead of a hearing at Sheffield Magistrates' Court.\n\nHe has been charged under section 4a of the Public Order Act - causing intentional harassment, alarm or distress - and also faces a football banning order.\n\nA statement from the force said a 27-year-old man who was also arrested on Saturday has been released on bail \"while further enquiries are conducted\".\n\nSheffield Wednesday fans have donated thousands of pounds to a foundation set up in Bradley Lowery's name since reports of the alleged offence circulated online.\n\nA statement from the Bradley Lowery foundation said it had been \"so overwhelmed\" and was \"thankful\" for the support.", "At least seven people have died and 30 are in hospital following a roof collapse in a church in Ciudad Madero, Mexico.\n\nThe roof collapsed at around 15:20 local time (21:20 GMT) on 1 October, while 100 people were at a mass inside.\n\nThe bishop of the diocese of Tampico, José Armando Álvarez Cano, said they were working hard \"to find those under the rubble\".", "Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has again refused to say if the Birmingham to Manchester leg of HS2 will be axed.\n\nAsked by the BBC's Laura Kuenssberg if the high-speed line would reach Manchester, he said: \"We're getting on with delivering [the project], I'm not going to comment on this speculation.\"\n\nRising costs have led to growing doubts over this second leg of HS2.\n\nThe first leg, between London and Birmingham, is already under construction.\n\nHS2 is seen as key to the government's pledge to \"level up\" the country. Labour and some Tory MPs have warned against scaling it back.\n\nOn Saturday, former PM Theresa May became the latest Conservative voice to warn against downgrading the project.\n\nAndy Street, the Tory mayor of the West Midlands, has also criticised the idea, while London mayor Sadiq Khan warned it could make the UK a \"laughing stock\".\n\nBut Mr Sunak said he \"completely\" rejected the criticism, telling Kuenssberg that the government was \"absolutely committed to levelling up across this country\".\n\nHe highlighted a levelling up fund for 55 towns, adding that the UK was attracting \"billions of pound of investment into this country, creating jobs everywhere\".\n\nOn Sunday, Transport Minister Richard Holden said the government was right to keep the HS2 leg to Manchester under review as it had a \"big impact\" on cost.\n\nHe told BBC News: \"It is right we properly look at it and the chancellor and prime minister really dig into the detail of it.\"\n\nAsked if the government was saying it could not currently commit to the line coming to Manchester, he said: \"Exactly. There is a lot of detailed work going on.\"\n\nHe added: \"With any large project you'd obviously want to keep it constantly under review... this is one of the biggest projects the country is looking at at the moment.\"\n\nSpeculation around the future of HS2 has been swirling for weeks, with the PM and other ministers repeatedly declining to confirm whether the project will be scaled back.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: Ros Atkins on… How the HS2 plan changed over the years\n\nMany in Westminster had expected an announcement to have happened before the start of the Conservative Party Conference in Manchester, which kicks off on Sunday.\n\nNo 10 appears to have concluded it can get through the four days of conference without clarifying its position.\n\nA senior government source told the BBC: \"We are in Manchester - but we are not speaking to Manchester, we are speaking to the country.\"\n\nWith no announcement this week, it may be that the fate of HS2 is not clarified until Jeremy Hunt's Autumn Statement - which won't take place until 22 November.\n\nThe HS2 scheme has already faced delays, cost increases and cuts. The planned eastern leg between Birmingham and Leeds was axed in late 2021.\n\nIn March, the government announced that building the line between Birmingham and Crewe, and then onto Manchester, would be delayed for at least two years.\n\nThe last official estimate on HS2 costs, excluding the cancelled eastern section, added up to about £71bn. But this was in 2019 prices so it does not account for the rise in costs for materials and wages since then.\n\nThe possible scrapping of the leg to Manchester has also raised concerns over other plans to improve rail services across northern England.\n\nThe Northern Powerhouse Rail (NPR) scheme plans to speed up links between Liverpool, Manchester and Leeds through a mixture of new and upgraded lines.\n\nHowever, these plans include a section of the HS2 line from Manchester Airport to Manchester Piccadilly, as well as planned upgrades to Manchester Piccadilly station.\n\nEarlier this week, the mayor of Greater Manchester, Andy Burnham, said scrapping the HS2 extension to Manchester risked \"ripping the heart\" out of the NPR scheme.", "Actor Blake Lively and her husband Ryan Reynolds (second from right) are long-standing friends of the singer, while Hugh Jackman (R) and Reynolds have been close since appearing in 2009's X-Men Origins: Wolverine\n\nIt has been exactly a week since pop superstar Taylor Swift showed up at a Kansas City Chiefs NFL game to watch her rumoured love interest, Travis Kelce.\n\nAnd now she's gone one better, welcoming Kelce to New York as the Chiefs play the Jets, with Hollywood A-listers Ryan Reynolds, Blake Lively and Hugh Jackman as her guests.\n\nGame of Thrones star Sophie Turner, singer Sabrina Carpenter, and Antoni Porowski - co-host of the Netflix show Queer Eye - were also spotted in Swift's entourage.\n\nNot to be outdone by the stars of Deadpool (Reynolds) and X-Men (Jackman), Ant-Man actor Paul Rudd - who is a dedicated Chiefs fan - was pictured beaming on the field with Kelce ahead of the game.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Kansas City Chiefs This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThe official NFL account tweeted Swift \"Welcome to New York, it's been waiting for you,\" in a reference to her lyrics, and shared footage of her greeting people at the stadium.\n\nThis Swifties/NFL crossover has suddenly become the biggest storyline in the most popular sport in America.\n\nSwift and Lively were spotted whooping, clapping and chatting through the game\n\nSwift's sudden interest in the Kansas City Chiefs has brought a whole new audience to the NFL - including Game of Thrones star Sophie Turner (L)\n\nHowever, the New York Jets were not fanning any flames inside the stadium that might help ignite Kelce.\n\nThe jumbo screens showed every celebrity in the building other than Taylor Swift and her crew. Jeremy Strong, who played Kendall Roy in Succession was twice splashed up on the screens.\n\nIf it was a tactic to rein in the Chiefs, it ultimately failed with the Jets losing a thriller 23-20. But Kelce did not score a touchdown like he did last week, much to the delight of some Jets fans who were wearing \"Who is Taylor Swift Anyway?\" T-shirts.\n\nThe television broadcast had no such qualms, frequently panning to Swift.\n\nOutside MetLife Stadium (which is actually in New Jersey), there were masses of fans partying, tossing footballs and soaking up the sunshine after a week of pelting rain.\n\nThough most wore a sea of emerald green (the colours of the New York Jets) there were pockets of red jerseys for last year's Super Bowl winners - the Chiefs.\n\nLily Sologuren, 16, was there with her family and told BBC News she was a \"pretty big Swiftie\" and had even seen her Eras concert at this same stadium a few months ago.\n\nHer mum was quick to point out Lily was a Chiefs fan long before Swift entered the picture.\n\n\"Personally, I don't like it because I can't have like, have both my worlds colliding, you know?\" Lily said when asked about Swift and Kelce.\n\nBut she was still \"very excited\" at the prospect of seeing Swift on the big screen at the game.\n\nAnd perhaps just as important as seeing Swift was the memes that will come out of it.\n\nThe Chiefs fan said she was glued to TikToks of dads and daughters arguing if Taylor put Kelce on the map. For the record, Lily said he didn't need any help.\n\nBut Kelce's profile is on the rise. His jersey sales rocketed up by 400% after Swift was seen in the luxury box last week alongside his mum, Donna. The tight end has gained hundreds of thousands of new followers on social media since he got in his convertible with the popstar after last week's game and they drove off into the night.\n\nFox Sports said it was the week's most-watched telecast across all networks, pulling in about 24.3 million viewers. Fox said there was a strong female audience.\n\nThe memes followed, with Swifties eagerly sharing rules of the sport to fellow newcomers. There was a conspiracy about Swift entering Arrowhead stadium hidden inside a popcorn machine, and a tweet about her game day meal of \"a piece of chicken with ketchup and seemingly ranch\" became a viral sensation.\n\nEven New York City's iconic Empire State Building lit up in red and white, with the building's social media account sharing a photo with the caption: \"Ketchup and seemingly ranch.\"\n\nFurther fuelling the flames of a romance, Kelce took to his popular podcast New Heights after the game to give a \"shout-out to Taylor for pulling up\" and added: \"That was pretty ballsy, I just thought it was awesome.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: Swift spotted with Kelce for the first time in September\n\nThe NFL clearly knows it is sitting on a goldmine with this love story. The fanbase is hardly in need of more recruits, but the Swift economy is such an unstoppable machine that even the sport honchos cannot ignore it.\n\nA promotional ad on NBC for Sunday night's primetime game features Swift's song Welcome to New York and ends with a clip of Kelce staring up at the stands.\n\nThe Chiefs' TikTok account got in on the action on Saturday with a video of the team's players exchanging friendship bracelets. It's a cheeky nod to Kelce saying in a July that he tried to give the Karma singer a friendship bracelet with his phone number on it during her Eras tour.\n\nThe comments underneath that TikTok show why the NFL will be hoping this rumoured relationship lasts: \"Can't wait to watch you guys kill it tomorrow, go Chiefs!!! (Been a fan since Sunday)\" one woman says.\n\n\"If you would have told me a month ago I would be watching football TikToks, I wouldn't believe it,\" another comments.\n\nThis Taylor Swift economy is not just a meme. Her Eras tour dominated the summer. Demand for tickets crashed retailer websites and sparked a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing into Ticketmaster and Live Nation. Lawmakers frequently mentioned Swift during the hearing.\n\nA report from the Federal Reserve said May was the strongest month for hotel revenue in Philadelphia since the onset of the pandemic, \"in large part due to an influx of guests for the Taylor Swift concerts in the city\".\n\nSwift is releasing her album 1989 (Taylor's Version) in late October and her concert film Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour is expected to rake in $100m (£81m) when it is released in cinemas mid-October.\n\nMeanwhile Kelce's podcast has become a hit, and he recently released a documentary about his career alongside his brother, fellow NFL star Jason Kelce.", "The tone was set before court even started when former president Donald Trump lashed out at both the prosecution and the judge.\n\nTrump called New York Attorney General Letitia James \"racist\" and \"corrupt\". During the day he also called for Judge Arthur Engoron to be disbarred.\n\nThe morning session was a back and forward between sides, with the judge occasionally needing to interject to set things straight.\n\nIt's shaping up to be a fiery trial.\n\nIf you want more information about the fraud case, you can watch the video at the top of this post.\n\nAnd this article highlights five things you need to know about the court case.\n\nOur court reporters today have been Nada Tawfik and Madeline Halpert.\n\nAnd our writers were Brandon Drenon, Victoria Lindrea and Mike Wendling.\n\nThanks for joining us.", "Russell Brand has previously denied the \"very serious criminal allegations\"\n\nRussell Brand is being investigated by a second police force in the wake of allegations about the comedian.\n\nThames Valley Police said a woman contacted the force two weeks ago with \"new information\" in relation to reports of \"harassment and stalking\".\n\nThe Metropolitan Police previously confirmed it had received a \"number of allegations of sexual offences\".\n\nBrand has been accused of rape and sexual assaults during a seven-year period at the height of his fame.\n\nThe allegations were made in a joint investigation by the Sunday Times, the Times and Channel 4's Dispatches.\n\nThe BBC understands the woman reported her allegations to Thames Valley Police numerous times between 2018 and 2022 but no further action was taken.\n\nMr Brand had also accused the woman of harassment against him in 2017.\n\nThe force confirmed it was looking into the new information but \"it would be inappropriate to comment on an ongoing investigation\".\n\nThe BBC has approached Brand for a response to these claims.\n\nThe comedian and actor has previously denied \"very serious criminal allegations\" and \"extremely egregious and aggressive attacks\", which he said he \"absolutely refutes\".\n\nThe Dispatches programme, Russell Brand - In Plain Sight, heard four women accuse Brand of sexual assaults between 2006 and 2013.\n\nDuring that time, Brand held several jobs, including at Channel 4 and BBC Radio 2.\n\nThe investigation, which aired on 16 September, claimed he had also displayed predatory and controlling behaviour, and behaved inappropriately at work.\n\nBrand posted a video online refuting the allegations before they were aired\n\nThe 48-year-old said his relationships had \"always\" been consensual.\n\nIn a response to the allegations of \"non-recent\" sexual offences reported to the Met in September, Brand live-streamed a video on Rumble.\n\nThe actor and comedian was critical of the mainstream media but did not directly address the claims against him.\n\nHe said there was an \"apparent concerted effort between the legacy media and the state to silence independent voices\".\n\nIn the Sunday Times, Times and Channel 4 investigation, four women levelled accusations against Brand between 2006 and 2013.\n\nWarning: the following contains some graphic details\n\nThese are the allegations against Brand:\n\nOn the same day the Dispatches allegations emerged, Brand performed a comedy gig at the Troubadour Wembley Park Theatre in north-west London, in which he alluded to the claims but did not address them directly.\n\nHe told the audience there were things he wanted to talk about but could not.\n\nOn the following Monday, the remaining dates for his Bipolarisation tour were postponed.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Stick to your word on HS2, Andy Street urges ministers\n\nWest Midlands Tory mayor Andy Street has said Rishi Sunak would be \"cancelling the future\" if he \"gives up\" on the Manchester leg of HS2.\n\nIt comes amid speculation that the prime minister is about to announce the axing of the high speed rail line.\n\nDowning Street has insisted \"no final decisions have been taken\".\n\nBut Mr Street made an impassioned plea to the PM to \"stay the course\" or risk damaging the UK's international reputation \"as a place to invest\".\n\nReports a decision had been taken have been circulating at the Conservative party conference in Manchester.\n\nAt an impromptu press conference, Mr Street warned the PM: \"You will be turning your back on an opportunity to level up - a once-in-a-generation opportunity.\"\n\nHe said he had been working on a new funding model for the project with more private sector involvement.\n\n\"We all know the costs are escalating well beyond the budget and indeed he is right to try to get a grip of this situation - I fully accept that.\n\n\"But gripping this situation means re-examining it, it does not mean giving up, admitting defeat you could say, or even, you could say, cancelling the future.\"\n\nAsked about Mr Street's intervention, Conservative Party chairman Greg Hands told the BBC ministers were still looking at the evidence.\n\n\"We're looking at the value for money cases,\" he added.\n\nThe prime minster and his chancellor Jeremy Hunt have spent the past few days declining to answer questions about the future of HS2.\n\nMr Hunt did not mention the project in his keynote speech to conference earlier, focusing instead on announcing a freeze in civil service expansion, a rise in the living wage and tougher sanctions for benefits claimants.\n\nLabour's shadow transport secretary Louise Haigh said: \"This fiasco shows the Conservatives are too divided and too distracted to take this country forward.\n\n\"After weeks of chaos and indecision on the biggest infrastructure project in the country, Rishi Sunak's relaunch is now coming off the rails.\"\n\nThe Labour mayor of Manchester Andy Burnham, who was speaking at a fringe meeting at the Tory conference, described reports of the project being axed as \"profoundly depressing\".\n\n\"This will be remembered as the conference when they pulled the plug on us.\n\n\"What gives them the right to treat people here in Greater Manchester and the north of England as second-class citizens?\"\n\nPhase 2 of the project is now in doubt\n\nFormer prime ministers Boris Johnson, Theresa May and David Cameron have all issued warnings against scaling the high-speed line back.\n\nThe line aims to cut journey times, creating more space on the rail network and more jobs outside London. But HS2 has faced delays, spiralling costs and cuts.\n\nThe first estimate in 2010 was for about £33bn; and the government's most recent official estimate about £71bn.\n\nA long-time critic of HS2, Buckingham MP Greg Smith, said it had caused \"abject human misery\" in his constituency, and that a remaining line that went from not quite central London to not quite central Birmingham would be an \"offense\".\n\nAnother Tory MP, Chris Loder, a former supporter of HS2, said the case for the line had not been made to the rest of the country, and something had gone \"very wrong\".\n\nConservative Tees Valley mayor Ben Houchen told a conference fringe event that the \"indecision\" on HS2 was causing a \"distraction\" as he urged ministers to commit to Northern Powerhouse Rail.\n\nThe BBC's chief political correspondent Henry Zeffman points out that if the HS2 leg from Birmingham to Manchester was going ahead as planned, ministers would have said so by now.\n\nSpeculation about the future of HS2 started a few weeks ago, with a long-lens photo of a briefing document being carried into Downing Street.\n\nWhile HS2 is clearly set for big changes, the internal government process for rubber-stamping those changes is messy and is beginning to spill out into the public view, dominating the Tories' annual party conference.", "The price of a first class stamp has risen to £1.25 from £1.10, the third increase in the space of 18 months.\n\nRoyal Mail blamed increasing cost pressures and the tough economic environment for the latest rise.\n\nCharity Citizens Advice said that regulator Ofcom should hold the firm to account over \"rocketing prices\" while households struggle with rising costs.\n\nBut Ofcom said pricing \"flexibility\" was needed to ensure the postal service remained viable.\n\nRoyal Mail added that prices had to rise due to the lack of reform of the Universal Service Obligation (USO), which requires the company to deliver letters to all 32 million UK addresses six days a week.\n\nThe price of a second class stamp remains unchanged at 75p.\n\nMatthew Upton, policy director at Citizens Advice, said Ofcom was \"letting the company get away\" with price rises despite its \"poor service\".\n\n\"Royal Mail holds a virtual monopoly on an essential public service that millions of people rely on, but despite missed delivery targets across the country this summer, Royal Mail has still chosen to hike prices,\" he said.\n\nAn Ofcom spokesperson said: \"Ofcom caps the price of a second class stamp, to make sure an affordable option is always available, especially to support people on lower incomes.\n\n\"However, the postal market is rapidly evolving, as people send fewer letters and receive more parcels. So Royal Mail needs flexibility when setting first class stamp prices, to make sure the universal postal service can continue.\"\n\nRoyal Mail has long been seeking reform of the USO, arguing that it is unsustainable as the number of letters being sent is falling while the number of households is growing.\n\nLetter volumes have fallen from 20 billion in 2004-05 to seven billion in 2022-23, the company says, while over the same period the number of addresses has risen by four million.\n\nRoyal Mail cites research by Ofcom in 2020 which suggested that a five-day-a-week, Monday-to-Friday letters service would meet the needs of 97% of consumers and small businesses.\n\nIn April 2022, the price of a first class stamp increased by 10p to 95p, and then in April this year the price went up to £1.10.\n\nAt the time, Nick Landon, Royal Mail's chief commercial officer said: \"We understand the economic challenges that many of our customers are currently facing and have considered the price changes very carefully in light of the significant decline in letter volumes.\"\n\nAccording to results from its parent company International Distributions Services (IDS), Royal Mail reported an operating loss of £419m in the year to March.\n\nLast year strikes cost the company millions of pounds, as workers walked out 18 times as part of a long-running dispute over pay and conditions.\n\nThere were also widespread postal delays.\n\nRoyal Mail workers finally voted to accept a pay deal in July this year.\n• None No crown for King Charles on new stamp", "As well as her extra legs, Ariel also has two vulvas\n\nA puppy born with six legs has been found dumped in a supermarket car park.\n\nThe 11-week-old female spaniel was discovered abandoned outside the Pembroke Dock branch of B&M in Pembrokeshire last week.\n\nAs well as her extra hind limbs, she was also revealed to have two vulvas.\n\nMore than £2,000 has been raised to have her two extra back legs surgically removed, but vets have warned she could also lose one of her remaining \"normal\" back legs in the process.\n\nAfter being picked up in a state of distress by a passer-by on Wednesday, the animal was taken to Greenacres Rescue near Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, by the council's dog warden.\n\nShe was given a check-up at the town's Fenton Vets where she was named Ariel after Disney's The Little Mermaid - staff there having likened her additional back legs, which are partially fused together, to a mermaid's tail.\n\n\"When Ariel was brought into our centre she was very scared and timid,\" said Mikey Lawlor, Greenacres' founder and manager.\n\n\"She spent that first night at home with me and she was almost completely shut down due to everything she'd been through.\"\n\nAriel's extra hind legs are fused together and resemble a mermaid's tail\n\nThe 42-year-old said he did not think Ariel had been left to fend for herself for very long.\n\n\"It had been raining previously, but when she was found her coat was dry - neither was she hungry or particularly underweight.\"\n\nMr Lawlor described the two conjoined extra legs growing on the right-hand side of Ariel's tail as \"essentially one thigh bone which then splits into two shin bones at the knee joint, but they are not functional and \"serve no purpose at all\".\n\nDue to having two hip joints on one side, Ariel's pelvis has not formed properly.\n\n\"As a result her normal back right leg has virtually no muscle tone, so that might have to come off too,\" said Mr Lawlor.\n\nRescue staff worried Ariel might also have duplicate internal organs, but X-rays have showed this is not the case\n\nMr Lawlor said Ariel's extra vulva will also have to be removed, but that will be done when she is ready for neutering.\n\n\"So the plan now is to give Ariel a month to get over her ordeal and settle into life with a foster family, during which time we'll monitor her and see how she gets on.\"\n\nAs well as the thousands raised towards Ariel's treatment by members of the public, Mr Lawlor revealed Greenacres had already received more than 200 offers from people wanting to adopt her.\n\n\"We aren't taking applications at the moment though, not until we know for definite what the future is going to hold for her,\" he said.", "Dale Houghton will be sentenced next month\n\nA Sheffield Wednesday fan who used a photo of Bradley Lowery to taunt opposition supporters has admitted a public order offence.\n\nDale Houghton, 31, was pictured laughing as he brandished the image of the six-year-old during a match against Sunderland - the team Bradley supported before he died of cancer in 2017.\n\nHe pleaded guilty at Sheffield Magistrates' Court on Monday.\n\nDistrict judge James Gould described his actions as \"utterly deplorable\".\n\nHoughton, of Black Carr Road, Rotherham, was released on bail ahead of a sentencing hearing on 17 November.\n\nThe judge said all sentencing options were open, including a prison term.\n\nHoughton was charged after pictures circulated on X, formerly Twitter, showing two men laughing at Wednesday's Hillsborough stadium on Friday, as the defendant held up a photo of Bradley on his phone.\n\nDuring a police interview Houghton described his behaviour as \"enjoyable banter\" and said he had \"found it funny,\" prosecutor Jade Scott told the court.\n\nBradley's mother Gemma Lowery, who saw the picture of Houghton on Facebook the day after the match, said his actions were \"unforgivable\" and \"disrespectful\" not only to her son but also other children suffering from cancer.\n\nIn a handwritten statement read out in court, she said: \"This image has made me feel so many emotions, I find it hard to put into words.\"\n\nShe added she had \"nothing but loving memories\" of her son and felt \"upset\" that his image had been used \"in order to get a reaction\".\n\nBradley, of Blackhall Colliery, County Durham, was diagnosed with neuroblastoma - a rare type of cancer - when he was 18 months old.\n\nHe went on to be the club's mascot and became \"best mates\" with his hero, striker Jermain Defoe, before his death.\n\nConstance Coombs, Houghton's solicitor, said the defendant was \"disgusted by what he did\" and was \"very remorseful\".\n\nShe said Houghton accepted he had \"gone too far\" during \"mutual goading\" between the two sets of football fans and had searched for the image of Bradley after \"being shown a Sheffield United badge\" by Sunderland supporters.\n\nMs Coombs told the court Houghton's behaviour had caused \"considerable uproar\" and led to him losing his job as a window-fitter.\n\nShe said his \"totally unacceptable\" actions were \"out of character\" and may have been influenced by alcohol.\n\nBradley Lowery was supported by former England striker Jermaine Defoe during his illness\n\nJudge Gould told Houghton his actions were \"utterly deplorable\" and the photo posted online showed him \"plainly revelling in what he did\".\n\nHoughton, who admitted one count of intentionally causing harassment, alarm or distress, also faces a football banning order when he is sentenced next month.\n\nHe left the court by a back door with security staff helping him to get into a waiting car as he concealed his face.\n\nHoughton's bail conditions stipulate he must not attend any football matches or come within a mile of Hillsborough on match day.\n\nSheffield Wednesday's chief operating officer Liam Dooley condemned Houghton's \"utterly deplorable behaviour\" which he said \"in no way represents the values of the club\".\n\nMore than £18,000 has been donated to an appeal set up by Owls fans after Friday's match to raise money for a charity founded in Bradley's name.\n\nThe Bradley Lowery Foundation, set up by his parents, said the money raised would help to build a holiday home in Scarborough \"for sick children to be able to go and make memories\".\n\nIn an interview with BBC Radio Tees, Bradley's mother said the support was \"overwhelming\".\n\n\"Times are tight and all charities are struggling at the moment, so the fact that people are donating these funds to put a positive spin on the situation is just incredible,\" Ms Lowery added.\n\nShe said Houghton's actions had been \"really upsetting for myself and my husband\".\n\n\"We don't ever want to see Bradley's image portrayed in such a negative, awful light,\" she added.\n\n\"It has really hit us hard.\"\n\nLeanne Wood, from Sheffield Wednesday Women's Supporters' Group, said she set up the fundraising page in response to being \"absolutely disgusted\" by Houghton's actions.\n\nShe added: \"Wednesday fans actually have hearts of gold.\"\n\nFollow BBC Yorkshire on Facebook, X (formerly Twitter) and Instagram. Send your story ideas to yorkslincs.news@bbc.co.uk.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Russell Brand is an English comedian, actor and broadcaster\n\nOne of the women who has accused entertainer Russell Brand of sexual assault when she was 16 has said his behaviour was an \"open secret\".\n\nThe woman, known as Alice, added that allegations against him have been \"a long time coming\".\n\nThe comedian and actor has been accused of rape and sexual assaults between 2006 and 2013, which he denies.\n\nSpeaking for the first time since accusations became public, she said his denial is \"laughable\" and \"insulting\".\n\n\"It feels quite honestly surreal at the moment to see my story everywhere and even elements of my story on the front pages of publications that I hadn't spoken to,\" Alice told BBC Radio Four Woman's Hour presenter Emma Barnett.\n\n\"And it feels like it was a long time in the coming.\n\n\"But it also felt like something that would never be realised for me, and so I can't say that I'm glad because it's been an unpleasant experience. But I hope that we can have conversations that can lead to protecting people in the future.\"\n\nBrand has denied all claims of misconduct, saying he's a subject of \"a coordinated attack\" involving \"very serious allegations that I absolutely refute.\" The former TV and radio presenter, who now posts videos online about spirituality and politics, said his relationships have been \"always consensual\".\n\nAlice said she found his response to be \"insulting\" but unsurprising. \"And it's laughable that he would even imply that this is some kind of mainstream media conspiracy,\" she continued.\n\n\"He's not outside the mainstream. He did a Universal Pictures movie last year, he did Minions - a children's movie. He is very much part of the mainstream media.\n\n\"He just happens to have a YouTube channel where he talks about conspiracy theories to an audience that laps it up. And it may sound cynical, but I do think that he was building himself an audience for years of people that would then have great distrust of any publication that came forward with allegations. He knew it was coming for a long time.\"\n\nShe added: \"And as for him denying that anything non-consensual happened, that's not a surprise to me. These men always deny any of these allegations brought to them. I knew he would.\n\n\"He didn't deny that he had a relationship with a 16-year-old.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by BBC Woman's Hour This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nAlice went on to say her mother did everything in her power to warn her daughter, then still at school, off the entertainer, then in his 30s.\n\n\"She followed all those motherly impulses. She took my phone away. She grounded me... she would try to keep me confined to the house,\" she explained.\n\nAlice said she felt she had been \"groomed\" and felt \"cheapened\", developed an eating disorder and that her experience had affected her future relationships.\n\n\"It's the biggest open secret going - you don't have to be an investigative journalist to have conversations with somebody who has an awful experience with him or somebody knows something.\"\n\nShe is now calling for an introduction of legal \"staggered ages of consent\".\n\nInvestigations have been launched by the BBC and Channel Four since Brand was accused of rape and sexual assault.\n\nThe allegations were made in a joint investigation by the Sunday Times, the Times and Channel 4's Dispatches.\n\nAlice described the claims made against him as \"just the tip of the iceberg\".\n\nShe stated her belief that a chauffeur-driven car provided by the BBC for Brand collected her and took her to his house. She now wants to know \"why more wasn't done at the time\" to protect young women.\n\nThe BBC said in a statement: \"The documentary and associated reports contain serious allegations spanning a number of years Russell Brand worked on BBC radio programmes between 2006 and 2008, and we are urgently looking into the issues raised.\"\n\nAlice also said there were requests for girls and women to be \"taken off\" the show, with reference to Brand's work with Channel Four.\n\n\"I was working in television at the time, and was party to conversations about employing Russell on a TV show and taking women off those shows too, so that he didn't assault them, because he had before and that, he wasn't inappropriate with them. 'So we'll just take the young women off so that he can work on this',\" she said.\n\nChannel Four said in a statement it was looking into allegations raised.\n\nThe Times said it has received more allegations since the investigation was revealed, but is yet to verify them.\n\nProduction company Banijay UK says it has launched an \"urgent investigation\" into allegations of misconduct against Brand, who presented programmes produced by a company it now owns in 2004 and 2005.\n\nThe full details of the fresh allegations against Brand since the weekend may not emerge for some time, one of the journalists investigating him has said.\n\nSaturday's performance at Wembley Park Theatre was Brand's first public appearance since allegations against him were published\n\nSunday Times media editor Rosamund Urwin, who worked on the story, told BBC Breakfast that any fresh claims need checking which \"takes a huge amount of work\".\n\nShe noted journalists have received a \"huge number of leads\" since the story broke on Saturday,\n\nBrand went ahead with a gig that evening for 2,000 fans at the Troubadour Wembley Park Theatre, in London, part of his Bipolarisation tour.\n\nLorraine Heggessey, the former controller of BBC One from 2000 until 2005 - before Brand worked for the corporation - said there were \"numerous examples\" of unacceptable behaviour by the star on-air which should have been dealt with by his bosses.\n\nOne such example saw Brand jokingly offer up his female assistant to Jimmy Saville during a live phone conversation.\n\n\"Well, it is shocking,\" she told BBC Radio 4's Today programme. \"Obviously at that time, the revelations about Jimmy Savile hadn't come out. But even then, the content of the clip I would have thought would have been unacceptable to be broadcast, and should have been flagged, editorially and referred up the chain.\"\n\nLorraine Heggessey also told BBC Radio 5 Live's Nicky Campbell that there was a culture of pandering to top stars\n\nAsked if this had been part of the overriding culture at the time, Heggessey - who appeared in the Dispatches documentary - replied: \"Well, I think it was part of the culture of the Russell Brand show, I'm not sure it was the part of the culture in general at that time, and there's just seems to have been a lack of senior editorial oversight over what he was doing and an inability to rein him in.\"\n\nShe added: \"There were numerous examples of his behaviour and his constant demeaning of the female newsreader, who was increasingly put in an impossible position, and even when complaints were obviously made about it, he joked about those on-air.\n\n\"So nobody seems to have stepped in at any time to say enough is enough, and the results are plain for all to see.\"\n\nThe BBC reiterated it was \"looking into the issues raised\".", "The leader of the Welsh Conservatives has accused the Welsh government of having an \"extreme ideology\".\n\nAndrew RT Davies attacked Welsh Labour ministers for introducing a \"blanket\" 20mph speed limit at at his party's annual conference in Manchester.\n\nHe accused First Minister Mark Drakeford of not listening after a petition against the 20mph law attracted more than 450,000 signatures.\n\nThe Welsh government said the new speed limit was \"not a blanket restriction\".\n\nIt has been two weeks since the default residential speed limit in Wales was cut from 30mph to 20mph.\n\nThe Welsh government said the aim of the new limit was to save lives and make communities safer.\n\nBut while the Welsh Conservatives agreed that the speed limit should be 20mph outside schools and hospitals, the party opposed it becoming the default on all restricted roads.\n\nMr Davies told the Tory party conference on Sunday: \"Nearly half-a-million people have signed a petition calling for Labour's blanket 20mph speed limits to be scrapped.\n\n\"And the Labour minister who imposed the blanket 20mph speed limits on Wales arrogantly dismisses the decent Welsh people who signed the petition as 'anti-safety'.\"\n\nAndrew RT Davies accused First Minister Mark Drakeford of not listening\n\n\"The contrast with the Welsh government, the only part of the UK where Labour are in government, couldn't be more stark, \" Mr Davies added.\n\n\"Rather than take a common sense approach, they're motivated by extreme ideology.\n\n\"In the past month, they've introduced a blanket 20mph speed limit across the whole of Wales.\"\n\nEarlier on Sunday the prime minister also described the 20mph speed restrictions as \"blanket\", telling the BBC's Laura Kuennsberg: \"That's what we've seen in Wales, from the Labour government there.\"\n\nThe Welsh government said the term \"blanket\" was misleading.\n\n\"It is profoundly disappointing the prime minister is inadvertently or intentionally choosing to mislead people about the introduction of 20mph,\" a spokesman said.\n\n\"It is not a blanket restriction. Speed limits on a great number of roads in Wales are unchanged.\"\n\nMeanwhile, Welsh Secretary David TC Davies used his speech at the conference to call for an inquiry into Betsi Cadwaladr health board.\n\nThe north Wales health board was put back into special measures earlier this year.\n\n\"It's absolutely vital that confidence in Welsh health boards is restored,\" Mr TC Davies said.\n\nThe Welsh government said a new leadership team was in place at the health board and it was important they were supported.\n\n\"An inquiry would divert resources and attention away from this,\" a spokesman said.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nRishi Sunak has told the BBC he wants to cut taxes - but declined to say whether he would before the next general election.\n\nHis comments came after cabinet minister Michael Gove told Sky News he wanted taxes cut before an election.\n\nInstead, Mr Sunak said that his priority was curbing inflation and easing living costs.\n\nTax and HS2 are causing unrest in the party as members gather in Manchester for their annual conference.\n\nTax levels in the UK are at their highest since records began 70 years ago and are unlikely to come down soon, a leading think tank, the Institute for Fiscal Studies, said this week.\n\nFormer Prime Minister Liz Truss and her allies are among Tory MPs who have called for tax cuts. But Chancellor Jeremy Hunt - who will set out his economic plans in his Autumn Statement in November - said last week that tax cuts were \"virtually impossible\" at present.\n\nIn an interview with the BBC's Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg, Mr Sunak was asked three times whether he would commit to lowering taxes before the next election, which is expected next year.\n\nMr Sunak - at his first conference as party leader - said that as a Conservative, he wanted to cut taxes, but gave no detail on when he would do so.\n\nThe prime minister said he thought halving inflation - the rate at which prices are rising - by the end of this year was the \"best tax cut\" he could deliver.\n\nInflation was 10.7% in the three-month period between October and December 2022, which makes Mr Sunak's target figure 5.3%.\n\nIn August, the inflation rate was 6.7%.\n\nCurbing inflation, Mr Sunak said, was his biggest priority.\n\n\"Change may be difficult, but I believe the country wants change and I'm going to do things differently to bring about that change,\" he said.\n\nSpeaking later at a fringe event at the Tory Party conference, Mr Gove echoed the prime minister, saying taxes could only be cut when inflation had been \"tackled\".\n\nThe government has limited tools to reduce inflation. The Bank of England says raising interest rates, which it controls independently, is the best way to make sure inflation comes down.\n\nOn the eve of the conference, the boss of Iceland supermarkets, Richard Walker, announced he was quitting the Conservative Party and accused the Tories of being \"out of touch\".\n\nBut facing questions about discontent within his party over tax, green policies and the future of the HS2 rail line, Mr Sunak rejected claims the Tories were drifting away from voters. His party trails Labour in the polls.\n\nThe prime minister told Laura Kuenssberg that Mr Walker had talked about net zero and prioritising working people, adding: \"Change may be uncomfortable for people. People may be critical of it, but I believe in doing the right thing for the country.\n\n\"I'm not going to shy away from that.\"\n\nNet zero means no longer adding to the total amount of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.\n\nRishi Sunak and his wife Akshata Murty in Manchester on Sunday\n\nAhead of his party's four-day conference, Mr Sunak announced £1.1bn of cash for towns the government says have been \"overlooked\".\n\nHe declined to comment on speculation about the government potentially scrapping the Birmingham-to-Manchester leg of HS2, following suggestions the cost of the project could exceed £100bn.\n\nThe first leg of HS2, from London to Birmingham, is already being built.\n\nLabour and some Tory MPs have said scaling back HS2 would be a mistake, with two former Conservative prime ministers - Theresa May and Boris Johnson - among them.\n\nUntil recently, Mr Sunak had played it pretty safe since becoming Conservative leader and prime minister a year ago this month.\n\nHe took over from Ms Truss in October last year without one vote being cast by Tory members in a leadership content, or voters in a general election.\n\nIn the interview, Kuenssberg asked Mr Sunak if he was relaxed about holding office without anyone voting for the changes he had made.\n\n\"Yes, because I'm doing what I believe is right,\" he said.\n\nLast month, he watered down green policies designed to reduce planet-warming carbon emissions to net zero by 2050, and in recent days has touted measures to help motorists.\n\nMr Sunak denied his changes to green polices were made for short-term political gain.\n\nHe said the UK government had \"an obligation\" to meet targets to reduce carbon emissions, but added: \"We can do so in a more proportionate and pragmatic way.\"\n\nSome opinion polls have showed a modest Conservative recovery, but the party still lags far behind Labour.\n\n\"The mood among Conservative MPs is really bleak,\" one Conservative backbencher who had reluctantly travelled up to Manchester for their party conference told the BBC. \"Most of us can see the polls and realise we are doomed.\"\n\nIt was clear from this morning's interview that Mr Sunak does not agree, as he repeatedly talked himself up as a \"change\" prime minister.\n\nExpect more of that at his party's conference this week: attempts to draw clear dividing lines with Labour and spell out more of what Mr Sunak would do with a full term as prime minister.\n\nEach of those new policies is also an attempt to prove wrong fatalistic Conservative MPs who think the election result is already a done deal.", "The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to a pair of scientists who developed the technology that led to the mRNA Covid vaccines.\n\nProfessors Katalin Kariko and Drew Weissman will share the prize.\n\nThe technology was experimental before the pandemic, but has now been given to millions of people around the world to protect them against serious Covid-19.\n\nThe same mRNA technology is now being researched for other diseases, including cancer.\n\nThe Nobel Prize committee said: \"The laureates contributed to the unprecedented rate of vaccine development during one of the greatest threats to human health in modern times.\"\n\nVaccines train the immune system to recognise and fight threats such as viruses or bacteria.\n\nTraditional vaccine technology has been based on dead or weakened versions of the original virus or bacterium - or by using fragments of the infectious agent.\n\nDuring the Covid pandemic, the Moderna and Pfizer/BioNTech vaccines were both based on mRNA technology.\n\nProfessor Kariko and Professor Weissman met in the early 1990s when they were working at the University of Pennsylvania, in the United States, when their interest in mRNA was seen as a scientific backwater.\n\n\"I would go to meetings and present what I was working on, and people would look at me and say: 'Well, that's very nice, but why don't you do something worthwhile with your time mRNA will never work.'. But Katie and I kept pushing,\" Professor Wiseman told the BBC's Newshour programme.\n\nAsked about how the pair first reacted to hearing the news that they had won the prize, Professor Kaliko said she thought it was \"just a joke\" initially.\n\nIn a similar vein, Professor Weissman said: \"I was you know, sort of overjoyed and then disbelief, and a little bit suspecting that there was some anti-vaxxer playing a prank on us.\"\n\n\"But when we saw the announcement, we knew it was real and there was just a fantastic feeling.\"\n\nAn mRNA Covid vaccine contains the genetic instructions for building one component - a protein - from the coronavirus.\n\nWhen this is injected into the body, our cells start producing lots of the viral protein.\n\nThe immune system recognises these as foreign so it attacks and has learned how to fight the virus, and therefore has a head start when future infections occur.\n\nThe big idea behind the technology is that you can rapidly develop a vaccine against almost anything - as long as you know the right genetic instructions to use.\n\nThis makes it far faster and more flexible than traditional approaches to vaccine development.\n\nThere are even experimental approaches using the technology that are teaching patients' bodies how to fight their own cancers.\n\nScientists analyse a patient's tumour, look for abnormal proteins being produced by the cancer that are not in healthy tissue and develop a vaccine to target those and inject that into the patient.\n\nProfs Kariko and Weissman made the crucial breakthroughs that made mRNA vaccines happen.\n\nThe principle taps into normal human biology. RNA's role in our body is to convert the instructions that are locked away in our genetic code, or DNA, into the proteins that our body is built from.\n\nHowever, there were challenges. But by refining the technology, the researchers were able to produce large amounts of the intended protein without causing dangerous levels of inflammation that had been seen in animal experiments.\n\nThis paved the way for developing the vaccine technology for use in people.\n\nKatalin Kariko is now a professor at Szeged University in Hungary and Drew Weissman is still working as a professor at the University of Pennsylvania.\n\nSign up for our morning newsletter and get BBC News in your inbox.", "Last updated on .From the section Rangers\n\nMichael Beale has been sacked as Rangers manager after Saturday's home defeat by Aberdeen left them seven points behind Celtic after seven games of the Scottish Premiership season.\n\nIt was the Ibrox side's third Scottish Premiership loss of the campaign and comes after a heavy Champions League play-off defeat by PSV Eindhoven.\n\nThe club said results had \"fallen short of what everyone connected to Rangers would expect\".\n\nFormer midfielder Steven Davis has taken interim charge, supported by Alex Rae, and coaches Steven Smith, Brian Gilmour and Colin Stewart, with Rangers expected to take their time in identifying a permanent successor.\n• None Visit our Rangers page for all the latest news, analysis and fan views\n\nBeale, 43, left Queens Park Rangers in November to replace Giovanni van Bronckhorst and started with 13 wins out of 14 games but ultimately ended last season without a trophy.\n\nAlthough his side won their opening Europa League group-stage game against Real Betis, and have reached the semi-final of the Viaplay Cup, league defeats by Kilmarnock, Celtic and Aberdeen have proved costly.\n\n\"Results this season have fallen short of what everyone connected to Rangers would expect,\" read a club statement.\n\n\"Therefore, the decision was reached today to terminate the contract of the manager, as well as the contracts of coaches Neil Banfield, Damian Matthew, Harry Watling and Jack Ade.\n\n\"The Rangers board would like to put on record their thanks to Michael and his staff for their efforts since joining the club last November.\"\n\nWhen asked about his future after the 3-1 defeat by Aberdeen at Ibrox, Beale conceded to BBC Scotland that the \"horrible result\" had mounted further pressure on his shoulders.\n\nAsked if he had any indication whether his job was safe or not, he added \"I haven't spoken to anyone right now\" before concluding with \"we'll see what happens\".\n\n\"Everyone realises where we are, the standard and results need to be better,\" the Englishman continued. \"We can't hide behind the fact that we won four games because today wasn't good enough.\"\n\nBeale - whose recruitment has also be heavily criticised - vowed \"to make it up to\" a disgruntled fanbase, but he will now not get that chance.\n\nInstead, Davis and Rae will take the team to Cyprus for Thursday's Europa League group game with Aris Limassol and will likely remain in charge for the trip to face unbeaten St Mirren on Sunday.\n\nSpeaking earlier in the day, former Rangers striker Kenny Miller said he expected Beale to be in charge for those matches but acknowledged that \"a lot of fans need to be turned\".\n\n\"It's a long way back, even at this stage,\" he told Sportsound. \"There are questions to be answered and it is the job of the board to analyse without emotion, to make calm, sensible decisions that are right for the future of the club.\"\n\nIf the form doesn't load properly, go straight to it here...\n• Rangers is bigger and better than ever before - here's everything you need to know to make sure you never miss a moment\n• None Everything Rangers - go straight to all the best content", "The UK government's tax take has soared since the Conservatives won the general election in 2019\n\nTax levels in the UK are at their highest since records began 70 years ago - and are unlikely to come down, a leading think tank says.\n\nThe Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) forecasts taxes will amount to about 37% of national income by the next general election, due in 2024.\n\nThe IFS report - on the eve of the Conservative conference - has reignited calls for tax cuts from Tory MPs.\n\nThe government says taming price rises is its priority.\n\nNext year, the government will collect upwards of £100bn more in tax compared to pre-2019 levels, the IFS says.\n\nThis is not a direct consequence of the coronavirus pandemic, when government spending surged to keep the economy afloat, the think tank argues.\n\nInstead, it reflects decisions to increase government spending, the UK's ageing population and pressures on the health service.\n\nIn recent years, the government has announced a series of tax-raising measures, including an increase in corporation tax from 19% to 25%, and the levy on profits made by energy companies.\n\nIFS director Paul Johnson said: \"Over this parliament, it looks like taxes will rise by about 4% of national income, that's round about £100bn.\"\n\nHe added the UK tax take is still about the average for rich countries and below the rest of Europe.\n\n\"If you look into the future, we are going to be spending more on pensions and health and so on as the population ages,\" Mr Johnson said.\n\n\"In my view, this is almost certainly a permanent increase in taxes.\"\n\nChancellor Jeremy Hunt - who will set out his economic plans in his Autumn Statement in November - said last week that tax cuts were \"virtually impossible\" at present.\n\nA Treasury spokesperson said the \"most effective tax cut we can deliver\" is to \"drive down inflation\".\n\nBut supporters of former Prime Minister Liz Truss and other Tory MPs have renewed their calls for tax cuts to promote economic growth.\n\nMs Truss told the BBC: \"This unprecedentedly high tax burden is one of the reasons that the British economy is stagnating.\"\n\nAnother Conservative MP, John Redwood, said there were \"affordable tax cuts to be had\", including raising the VAT threshold for businesses and slashing duties on fuel.\n\nLabour has ruled out unfunded tax cuts - or spending commitments - if it wins power at next year's general election.\n\nCommenting on the IFS report, leader Sir Keir Starmer said: \"There's a driving reason why we've got the highest taxes pretty well on record and that's because of the dismal failure of this government on growth.\"\n\nThe Liberal Democrats said the Conservatives had \"crashed the economy\" under Ms Truss and are \"making the public pay the price\".\n\nIn an interview with the BBC on Thursday, Mr Sunak said he thought halving inflation by the end of this year was the \"most important\" of the five pledges he made in January.\n\nInflation - the rate at which prices are rising - was 10.7% in the three-month period between October and December 2022, which means the government aims to reduce inflation to 5.3%.\n\nIn August the inflation rate was 6.7%.\n\n\"Inflation is falling, there's light at the end of the tunnel, but we need to stick to the plan,\" Mr Sunak said.", "Bianca Williams and Ricardo Dos Santos accuse the officers of racially profiling them\n\nA police officer thought he could smell cannabis coming from the car of two top athletes when he and his colleagues stopped and searched them, a misconduct hearing was told.\n\nSprinter Ricardo Dos Santos and his partner Bianca Williams were handcuffed and searched outside their home in Maida Vale, west London, in July 2020.\n\nNothing untoward was found in the car.\n\nPC Allan Casey and four other Metropolitan Police officers deny gross misconduct.\n\nMr Dos Santos, a Portuguese sprinter, and Ms Williams, a Team GB athlete, believe they were victims of racial profiling.\n\nThey were followed by police as they drove home from training and searched on suspicion of carrying drugs or weapons.\n\nMs Williams previously told the hearing the couple's then three-month-old son cried in the back of the car as the search took place.\n\nThe incident, a video of which was circulated on social media, led to the Met Police referring itself to police watchdog the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC).\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Police bodycam footage played at the hearing showed the sprinter being handcuffed\n\nThe hearing in central London was shown PC Casey's body-worn camera footage, in which he was heard telling a colleague \"there's certainly a whiff of something\".\n\nHe told the disciplinary hearing: \"I thought I could smell cannabis and I thought it was coming from the car.\"\n\nThe IOPC alleges some of the officers \"lied\" in saying there was a smell of cannabis when they stopped the car, the hearing was previously told.\n\nThe panel also heard that PC Casey was asked by another colleague about Mr Dos Santos's driving and whether he thought there could be any offences prosecuted.\n\nPC Casey said: \"At the time I didn't think we could prove any offences under the road traffic act, driving offences.\n\n\"I could see there was rapid acceleration, heavy braking, but I couldn't tell you what speed the driver was driving at.\"\n\nActing Sgt Rachel Simpson and PCs Casey, Jonathan Clapham, Michael Bond and Sam Franks all face allegations that they breached police standards regarding equality and diversity during the stop and search.\n\nActing Sgt Simpson and PCs Clapham, Bond and Franks are accused of breaching standards over use of force and respect.\n\nPCs Casey, Clapham, Bond and Franks also face allegations over the accuracy of their account of the stop.\n\nListen to the best of BBC Radio London on Sounds and follow BBC London on Facebook, X and Instagram. Send your story ideas to hello.bbclondon@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Hanks has previously spoken of his concerns about AI\n\nTom Hanks has warned an advert that appears to be fronted by him is in fact an artificial intelligence (AI) fake.\n\n\"There's a video out there promoting some dental plan with an AI version of me,\" the actor wrote on Instagram.\n\n\"I have nothing to do with it,\" he added.\n\nHanks has previously spoken about the \"artistic challenge\" that AI poses his industry, and the issue has been central to recent strikes by high-profile Hollywood actors and writers.\n\nAs AI systems have grown in power and sophistication, so have concerns about their ability to create ever more realistic virtual versions of real people - what are sometimes called deepfakes.\n\nA number of celebrities - including the consumer financial expert, Martin Lewis - have had their likenesses used in deepfakes, which are often used to scam people.\n\nThe use of deepfakes in pornography, sometimes used as a form of revenge, prompted the government to toughen the law in England and Wales to make it easier to prosecute offenders.\n\nFaked AI images and videos of politicians are also exacerbating the problem of online misinformation. Former US President Donald Trump and the current leader of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky, are among those who have been targeted.\n\nIn September, Google announced it would require any political adverts that ran on its platform to disclose if they had been created with AI.\n\nAI video manipulation can also be used in non-controversial ways - for example, the pioneering virtual concerts featuring the band Abba.\n\nThe possibility of AI being used to extend the careers of performing artists was one Hanks discussed when he appeared on the Adam Buxton podcast in May.\n\n\"We saw this coming, we saw that there was going to be this ability to take zeros and ones from inside a computer and turn it into a face and a character. That has only grown a billion-fold since then and we see it everywhere,\" he said.\n\n\"Anybody can now recreate themselves at any age they are by way of AI or deepfake technology. I could be hit by a bus tomorrow and that's it, but performances can go on and on and on and on.\"\n\nFears about being displaced by AI have helped drive a wave of strikes that have disrupted Hollywood, with Stranger Things and the Last of Us among the shows to be affected.\n\nThe Writers Guild of America (WGA), which represents screenwriters, recently reached a tentative agreement with studio bosses to bring their industrial action to an end.\n\nHowever, a separate dispute involving actors - which is also partly motivated by fears about AI resulting in fewer acting jobs - remains unresolved.\n\nSign up for our morning newsletter and get BBC News in your inbox.", "The first woman to head the judiciary in England and Wales has been sworn in.\n\nDame Sue Carr, 59, became the first ever Lady Chief Justice, the most senior judge, after taking the oath of office at a ceremony at the Royal Courts of Justice in London.\n\nShe is the 98th judge to hold the position - and the first woman in a history dating back almost 800 years.\n\nHer appointment comes a century after women first became barristers and amid efforts to diversify the judiciary.\n\nIn a statement, Lady Carr - as she is now titled - said she looked forward to approaching the role with \"energy, enthusiasm, and positivity\".\n\nLady Carr's appointment was the first such ceremony to be streamed live\n\nDuring the swearing-in at the Royal Courts of Justice, hundreds of judges and leading lawyers packed into the Chief Justice's personal courtroom to witness the historic moment as she took up the role from her retiring predecessor Lord Burnett.\n\nHe served six years in the role, which included the challenging period when the justice system needed to continue operating during the Covid lockdown.\n\nLady Carr spoke briefly at the beginning of the ceremony to swear an oath of office in which she confirmed that she would be known as Lady Chief Justice.\n\nWhile the law technically describes the post holder as \"Lord Chief Justice\", other legislation allows the male title to be swapped for \"Lady\".\n\nThe post comes with 400 legal duties - including ruling in some of the most important cases of the day but also overseeing the training and guidance of judges and representing the views of the whole judiciary to the government.\n\n\"It is a great privilege to assume this role,\" Lady Carr said in a statement.\n\n\"I do not underestimate the challenges that lie ahead, and I look forward to approaching the role with energy, enthusiasm, and positivity.\n\n\"The rule of law is a fundamental constitutional principle which underpins an open, fair and peaceful society, where citizens and businesses can prosper.\n\n\"Our judges and magistrates are its cornerstone.\"\n\nLady Carr has named the late US Supreme Court leader Ruth Bader Ginsburg among her inspirations\n\nThe appointment is made by King Charles, acting on the advice of the prime minister and the lord chancellor. But initially it is an independent selection panel that recommends who should get the position.\n\nSurrey-born Lady Carr, the daughter of British businessman Richard Carr, a former director of Arsenal FC, became a barrister in 1987, initially specialising in commercial law.\n\nShe also spent a brief period in the courts in Australia, having won a place on a scholarship that aims to give promising young lawyers experience in working in a foreign jurisdiction.\n\nIn 2009, she became a judge overseeing criminal trials in the Midlands. She was then quickly promoted to the High Court and later the Court of Appeal.\n\nHer recent cases have included ruling in the appeal court that long jail sentences given to two environmental protesters, who caused chaos on the M25 motorway by scaling the Queen Elizabeth II bridge over the Thames, had been appropriate.\n\n\"The sentences [given to the protesters] should not be seen as having a chilling effect on the right to peaceful protest or to assembly,\" she ruled.\n\n\"This protest was of a wholly different nature and scale to the many non-violent protests of conscientious activists up and down the country exercising their rights to freedom of expression and assembly on a daily basis.\"\n\nMost historians date the post of Lord and now Lady Chief Justice from the 13th Century, when the first version of today's courts began to be fully formed.\n\nSince then, the role has substantially changed - most significantly 20 years ago when Parliament passed a new law clarifying that judges are independent from both it and the government.\n\nNorthern Ireland, which has a separate court system to England and Wales, was the first to appoint a Lady Chief Justice in the UK - Dame Siobhan Keegan in 2021.\n\nOne of the issues that Lady Carr will have to tackle in her new role is improving the diversity of judges serving in courts. In the past she has spoken publicly about giving up time to mentor young women.\n\nIn June, she gave an interview that appeared on her former school's website in which she said she was a firm believer in single sex education, adding: \"It provides girls with the opportunity to thrive without falling victim to gender stereotyping.\"\n\nShe also said: \"If I have managed to help somebody by giving them useful private advice, or have mentored someone in a way that makes a difference, then I feel successful - it gives me as much pleasure as would delivery of a great judgment or an impressive lecture.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: Living wage boost will \"make sure work continues to pay,\" says Jeremy Hunt\n\nThe national living wage is set to increase to at least £11 an hour from next April, the chancellor has confirmed.\n\nIn a speech to the Conservative Party conference, Jeremy Hunt said the move would benefit two million of the lowest-paid workers.\n\nHe also promised to review the sanctions regime to ensure \"fairness\" in the benefits system.\n\nBut the conference continues to be overshadowed by questions over HS2.\n\nDoubts have been raised about the future of the high-speed rail line, after ministers failed to guarantee it would run north from Birmingham to Manchester, where the conference is being held.\n\nDowning Street has insisted no \"final decisions\" have been taken, but the government has also not guaranteed it will go ahead, amid speculation it will be scrapped to save money.\n\nThe national living wage - as it has been officially called since 2016 - is lowest amount workers aged 23 and over can be paid per hour by law, and is currently £10.42 an hour. There are lower rates for younger workers.\n\nThe rates are decided each year by the government, based on the advice of an independent advisory group, the Low Pay Commission. Ministers generally accept the commission's recommendations.\n\nThe government had already set a target for the national living wage to reach two-thirds of median hourly pay by October next year.\n\nThe Low Pay Commission has not yet confirmed its recommendations for next year, but it estimates the rate needed to meet the government's target should be between £10.90 and £11.43.\n\nAbigail Lewis, a care assistant making under £11 per hour, says a pay raise will \"help for now\". But, rising costs means her wages are always \"playing catch up\".\n\nMs Lewis said she would be happy about any increase as the cost-of-living crisis has \"left me with less money than I normally I have\".\n\nWith an increase she said she might just cover bills better and help her and her partner put aside money for savings.\n\nAlongside the announcement on the living wage, Mr Hunt also said ministers would look again at the regime to enforce the requirements to look for work that apply to certain benefits.\n\nHe added that since Covid, things \"have being going in the wrong direction,\" with around 100,000 leaving the labour force every year \"for a life on benefits\".\n\nHe did not announce any details of the new approach, however, with the plans due to be set out at the Autumn Statement in November.\n\nReports have suggested the government is looking at barring people from making a new claim for a certain period if they have been persistently sanctioned for six months.\n\nAt a fringe event on Sunday, Work and Pensions Secretary Mel Stride said the government was already looking at the Work Capability Assessment \"so it reflects the way the modern world works\", including increased opportunities for home-working.\n\nThe assessment decides how much an individual's illness or disability limits their ability to work. If someone is deemed fit for work, their benefits may be withdrawn.\n\nGetting people back into employment is a key part of the government's plan to grow the economy and was a focus of the chancellor's Budget in March.\n\nThe number of people who cannot work because of long-term sickness has been rising, with recent figures showing 2.5 million were missing from the labour market because of medical conditions.\n\nElsewhere, Mr Hunt also announced a recruitment cap to limit the size of the Civil Service.\n\nHe told delegates the cap, which will run until April 2025, would ensure the overall size of the government workforce grows no further.\n\nIndividual departments will be asked to draw up \"productivity plans\" to fulfil the existing target, first announced in 2021, to reduce the size of the Civil Service to the size it was before the Covid pandemic.\n\nMeanwhile, the government is continuing to face calls from some Conservative MPs to reduce taxes.\n\nShortly before Mr Hunt's speech, former Prime Minister Liz Truss used a speech of her own to urge the government to cut corporation tax for businesses to help grow the economy.\n\nShe will also called for 500,000 homes to be built in England every year, and fracking for shale gas to help cut energy bills.\n\nIn his speech, Mr Hunt said that, following the pandemic, the \"level of tax is too high\".\n\nBut the government has declined to commit to any future tax cuts, saying these could further fuel inflation, their current top priority.\n\nWhat is your reaction to the rise in national living wage? How will this affect you? You can share your experience by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "With nights drawing in and Storm Agnes recently bringing strong winds and rain, the early September heatwave might seem a distant memory.\n\nHowever, that heatwave and above average temperatures generally made it the joint warmest September on record in the United Kingdom.\n\nThis also ties in with global average temperatures which have been running at record warmth too.\n\nWarmer weather in the UK has extended into October.\n\nThe Met Office has released figures showing that the average temperature in the UK throughout September was 15.2C, making it tied with 2006 as the warmest September on record.\n\nBreaking that down into average maximum recorded temperature, the month was 19.4C, the warmest in 127 years and joint top with 1895.\n\nFor England and Wales, it was the warmest September on record.\n\nThe high temperatures were partly due to the extensive and record heatwave at the start of September. There were seven consecutive days when the temperature rose above 30C.\n\nThe UK's highest recorded temperature of 2023 was also recorded during that heatwave. The year's high occurring in September has only happened four times before, since records began.\n\nThe Met Office conducted a rapid attribution study on the September warmth which gives some idea about how climate change may have had an impact.\n\nIt concluded that the UK September mean temperature of 15.2C would have been virtually impossible without human-induced climate change.\n\nMet Office senior scientist Jennifer Pirret said, \"September 2023's temperature was substantially influenced by climate change\".\n\nThe heat seen in the United Kingdom is also reflected in what we have seen elsewhere.\n\nFor France, Germany, Denmark and Austria, September was also the warmest on record. In France, the mean temperature was over a degree higher then the previous warmest set in 1949.\n\nGlobally, temperatures have spiked since the start of June with the last few months being the warmest on record - and by quite a margin.\n\nBerkeley Earth, an organisation that tracks global temperatures, said in their August temperature assessment that 2023 is \"virtually certain to be the warmest year on record\".\n\nScientists have previously suggested that with the presence of El Niño in the Pacific, a warming phase of a natural weather pattern, global temperatures are expected to be higher.\n\nGlobal average temperatures have been exceeding previous records by a considerable margin\n\nThe margin at which the globe has warmed since the summer has surprised some.\n\nProfessor Ed Hawkins from the University of Reading recently said \"global temperatures in 2023 are extraordinary\". He commented that global temperatures are breaking records by \"shocking\" amounts.\n\nBack in the United Kingdom, the warmer than average weather has continued into October\n\nOn Sunday, the first day of October, the temperature in south-east England peaked at 24.1C in Wisley, Surrey. This is around six degrees higher than average for the time of year.\n\nIt made it the warmest October day in five years and the warmest start to the month since 2011.\n\nWhile the rest of this week won't quite as warm, as we head into the weekend we will see a return of the warmth. Temperatures on Saturday, for example, are expected to widely reach the low 20s with parts of south-east England up into the mid-20s.\n\nTemperatures are not expected to exceed the current October record of 29.9 C set in 2011, however.\n\nFind out the weather forecast for your area, with an hourly breakdown and a 14-day look ahead, by downloading the BBC Weather app: Apple - Android - Amazon\n\nThe BBC Weather app is only available to download in the UK.", "We are pausing our coverage of the Tory party conference after another day dominated by rumours over the future of HS2.\n\nWe heard from several high profile figures both on and off the main stage, from Chancellor Jeremy Hunt to former Prime Minister Liz Truss.\n\nAnd there were several sizeable policy announcements.\n\nHunt ushered in both a freeze to the civil service expansion and a boost to the national living wage, while Education Secretary Gillian Keegan said she would issue new guidance in England on banning the use of mobile phones during school time.\n\nAll was overshadowed by HS2, however, as West Midlands mayor Andy Street urged Rishi Sunak not to give up on the Manchester leg of the high speed rail line.\n• You can read our full story on Street's remarks here\n• Want to know what the planned HS2 route is and why the Manchester link is in doubt? Then this handy explainer is for you\n• We also have a round-up on the main stories from the conference so far here\n\nToday's coverage was brought to you by our team in London and our reporters at the conference in Manchester, thank you for joining us.", "Coracle fishers in west Wales say they now struggle to catch any fish\n\nCoracle fishing is at risk due to river pollution and climate change, fishers in mid and west Wales have claimed.\n\nFloating on a coracle and using nets to feel the bottom of the river by hand to catch fish on the Teifi and the river Tywi is a centuries old tradition.\n\nBut fisher Andrew Davies said he finds everything there from raw sewage and sanitary towels to toilet rolls.\n\nThe Welsh government said it had made \"significant funding\" available to improve river water quality.\n\nCoracle fishing takes place in darkness, typically early in the morning so that fish cannot see the nets.\n\nThere are reports that the bottom of the river Teifi is covered in a brown slime.\n\nAlgae is a result of increasing phosphate levels in the river.\n\n\"Basically, it covers the whole bottom of the river, and it just multiplies,\" said Mr Davies, chairman of the Carmarthen Coracler and Netsmen's Society, who has been fishing on the Tywi for 34 years.\n\nGreen algae on the riverbed starves the water of all oxygen, fishers say\n\n\"Within a week all the stones are covered with these green algae.\n\n\"And because there's no flow in the rivers it just stays there and takes all the oxygen out of the water.\"\n\nIn 2020 Natural Resources Wales (NRW) announced a set of by-laws to protect fish such as salmon and sea trout, meaning that any salmon caught by rod and net fisheries must be released.\n\nNet fishing licences have also increased in price over the years and the fishing term has been reduced to three months, from May to July.\n\nAndrew Davies has often seen foam and a smell of detergent when he's out on the river in the early mornings\n\nThis year 10 net coracle licenses are being used on the Teifi, and five coracle licenses on the Tywi.\n\nMr Davies believed coracle fishers were being unfairly targeted, such as having to release any salmon caught to protect fish stocks.\n\nHe said: \"I've been fishing at two or three o'clock in the morning and there's foam all the way across the river and it smells of detergent.\n\n\"If something isn't done in the next five or 10 years, I can't see the rivers coming back.\"\n\nCampaign group Save the Teifi is calling on the Welsh government to increase funding for NRW to better monitor rivers for pollution.\n\nMoira Williams from Llandysul, Ceredigion, has launched a petition which so far has nearly 1,000 signatures.\n\nMoira Williams of Save the Teifi says river pollution is not being treated as a priority\n\n\"Monitoring, to be fair, is hit and miss,\" she said. \"NRW simply don't have enough boots on the ground, they don't have enough people and enough funding to cover all the areas.\n\n\"Sadly, river pollution has been shunted down the list of priorities.\"\n\nNRW operations manager Ann Weedy said: \"We share the wider public concern over the state of our rivers and are actively working with key stakeholders on addressing the causes of poor water quality, as well tackling other challenges including climate change and invasive species which can all impact on fish populations.\n\n\"We are already working in partnership through nutrient management boards to address phosphate pollution and work to achieve the conservation objectives of our rivers for the long term.\n\n\"Our local teams deliver a 24/7 service and investigate approximately 100 environmental incidents reported to us every year in the Teifi catchment ranging from slurry spills, damage to special habitats and unpermitted sewage discharges.\"\n\nThe Welsh government said: \"We fully support communities in the Teifi catchment and across Wales in their demands to stop pollution in Wales' rivers.\n\n\"We have made significant funding available to improve river water quality in Wales.\n\n\"It's vital we all work together - government, regulators, developers, farmers, water companies and communities - to reduce the pollution in our rivers.\n\n\"It is only by working collaboratively that we can tackle the risks and threats our rivers face.\"\n• None BBC One - Britain Afloat - Coracles- The surprising history of Britain’s strangest boat", "A council has sent personal apologies to campaigners who fought against its tree-felling programme.\n\nIn a public apology, Sheffield City Council conceded protesters had suffered \"physical, emotional and, for some, financial stress\".\n\nIt also acknowledged the city had suffered reputational damage.\n\nGraham Wroe, who has received an apology, said he hoped lessons had been learned and he would continue holding the council to account.\n\nThe \"Streets Ahead\" programme aimed to fell 17,500 trees as part of a £2.2bn contract between the council and contractor Amey.\n\nAn inquiry report, published earlier in the year, found the council overstretched its authority in taking drastic action against campaigners, had serious and sustained failures in leadership and misled the public, courts and an independent panel it set up to deal with the dispute.\n\nThe long-running row dated from 2012 when tree-felling work started in the city\n\nIn its apology, the council said: \"Protesters and campaigners were maligned, injured and experienced physical, emotional and, for some, financial stress.\n\n\"The action the council took damaged Sheffield's reputation in a way that cast a long shadow.\"\n\nAs part of efforts to recover from the scandal, the council promised to make personal apologies to those affected.\n\nMr Wroe, chair of Save Norfolk Park Trees and committee member of Sheffield Tree Action Group (STAG), published the letter he received online on 29 September.\n\nIt was written by James Henderson, the council's director of policy and democratic engagement, who started by apologising for the apology taking longer than expected.\n\nHe said the impact of the dispute on the city and campaigners was \"significant and unwarranted\" and it caused \"substantial harm\" to those who fought against it.\n\nMr Henderson acknowledged it will take time and concerted effort to recover from the dispute and for some it may prove impossible to regain trust.\n\nMr Wroe said he was surprised to find the apology in his inbox.\n\nHe said: \"It is good that the city council has moved on and now has a much more satisfactory tree policy. I really hope they have learned the lessons from the Lowcock report.\n\n\"Some of the protagonists of the dispute are still councillors. They really should have resigned long ago.\n\nBut it is clear they now have little influence in the Labour Party, so I am accepting this apology but will continue to hold the council to account at every opportunity.\"\n\nFollow BBC Yorkshire on Facebook, X (formerly Twitter) and Instagram. Send your story ideas to yorkslincs.news@bbc.co.uk.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "For a week after surgery, I had to lie on my side\n\nI haven't always been to the opticians as regularly as I should, despite being a devoted contact lens wearer since the age of 16.\n\nI often forgot to book the annual check-up before realising it had been three years since my last appointment. I won't be doing that any more.\n\nThat's because what I thought was just another check-up led to emergency surgery that saved the sight in one of my eyes.\n\nIn June, I noticed I'd started getting occasional white flashes in my right eye, particularly when I looked to the side.\n\nIt didn't happen that often, perhaps once or twice a day, and although it struck me as a little unusual, I didn't rush to get it checked out.\n\nI googled the symptoms - it looked like something that can happen with age, or possibly a detached retina.\n\nWith my 52nd birthday around the corner, I rolled my eyes and assumed it must be another one of the joys of getting older.\n\nMy dog Buddy was a welcome companion during my recovery\n\nA few weeks later, with the flashes continuing randomly, I realised I'd managed to lose both my pairs of specs.\n\nVaguely concerned about wearing my contact lenses too much, I booked an appointment at the opticians on my local high street to invest in some new glasses and thought I'd mention those silly white flashes at the same time.\n\nSettling into the optometrist's, I still had no real concerns.\n\nUsual failure to read any of the letters on the chart? No biggie.\n\nBut I noticed the optometrist kept returning to my right eye, shining in a bright light and looking inside with a strong magnifying lens.\n\nHe explained to me that my retina was in the process of detaching and those flashes had been a sign.\n\nHe told me there was a chance the retina could detach very quickly and, once this had happened, nothing could be done to repair it. I would lose my sight in that eye.\n\nIt took several months for me to recover fully after surgery\n\nOne minute I was looking forward to a new pair of glasses: the next, I was in danger of losing my sight.\n\nThe optometrist called the hospital and made an emergency appointment. I was told I should expect to have surgery the next day.\n\nMy mind was racing. It was all so hard to process.\n\nIf it didn't work, how would I cope? Would I still be able to work, read the autocue? Faced with the prospect of losing my sight in that eye, suddenly the vision that I'd always taken for granted seemed incredibly precious.\n\nThe operation took about 40 minutes and I was in and out of hospital in a few hours. I had to spend the following week lying on my side, and then it was a waiting game for my vision to return to normal.\n\nAs it turned out, that would take about three months. I felt disorientated and unable to go outside for the first six weeks or so. But as my vision improved, so did my confidence to get back on my feet and out and about.\n\nThe main thing is my vision did come back.\n\nAll I can think now is how lucky I am. How fortunate it was that I went to the opticians when I did and they were able to act so quickly.\n\nBack to work: I was able to return to presenting earlier this month\n\nThe NHS website says that when the thin layer at the back of the eye (retina) becomes loose, it must be treated quickly.\n\nSymptoms of a detached retina included floaters or flashes of light in the eye, a dark \"curtain\" or shadow, or blurred vision or other changes to sight.\n\nThe NHS says surgery will usually stop vision deteriorating, and \"most people are eventually able to return to all their normal activities\".\n\nThe Welsh government is now launching a campaign to encourage people to get an eye health check.\n\nFrom 20 October, optometrists on the high street will be able to treat and monitor a greater range of eye conditions. The aim is to help ease the pressure on hospital eye services and reduce the waiting times and increased demand for eye care.\n\nIt means patients should be able to get their eyes checked more quickly, conveniently and closer to home.\n\nThe main change is around prescriptions. Optometrists who have gained extra qualifications will be able to prescribe medication, such as steroids and antibiotics used to treat common eye conditions like uveitis and conjunctivitis.\n\n\"The sooner we can catch issues the better and the pressure is so great on hospital eye care we looked around and realised there's a whole army with the incredible skills needed to help us out within the community,\" she said.\n\nEye checks can also identify more serious health conditions, such as diabetes, glaucoma and myopia. If people have regular checks it is hoped they may be detected earlier and prevented.\n\nThe Welsh Conservatives said with 75,000 people waiting beyond the target time for eye care, the reforms need to deliver for patients.", "Authorities have built a wooden fence to prevent people touching the tree's stump\n\nA man in his 60s who was arrested over the cutting-down of the world-famous Sycamore Gap tree has been bailed.\n\nThe landmark, which was believed to be about 300 years old and stood beside Hadrian's Wall in Northumberland, was cut down overnight on Wednesday.\n\nNorthumbria Police said the man was arrested on suspicion of criminal damage on Friday and was released on bail pending further inquiries.\n\nThe force said the investigation remains ongoing.\n\nA boy, 16, who was also arrested on suspicion of criminal damage on Thursday was later released on bail.\n\nThe National Trust has asked people not to take away branches or other pieces of the tree\n\nA police presence remained at the site on Friday and across the weekend, with forensics officers taking measurements and samples from the remains and photographing the area.\n\nThe tree grew in a natural dip in the landscape near Hexham and featured in the 1991 film Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, starring Kevin Costner.\n\nIt was looked after by both the Northumberland Park Authority and the National Trust.\n\nOn Sunday, Robin Hood actor Brian Blessed urged park bosses to plant another tree near the felled Sycamore Gap landmark.\n\nNational Trust manager Andrew Poad previously said the stump was \"healthy\" and they might be able to coppice the tree, where new shoots grow from the trunk's base.\n\nMeanwhile Mark Feather, estate manager at the Woodland Trust, said it would \"take a few years to develop into even a small tree and around 150 to 200 years before it is anywhere close to what we have lost\".\n\n\"Once a tree of this age has gone, the sad truth is you can't replace them within any visible timeframe. It takes centuries,\" he said.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: The Sycamore Gap... then, and now\n\nNational Trust officials said they had to remove the sapling because of the site's Unesco World Heritage status.\n\nThe National Trust said it was \"grateful for the many offers of support\" but added it was \"important for everyone to remember\" the site is an ancient monument and \"adding to it can damage the archaeology\" and is \"unlawful without prior consent from the government\".\n\nFollow BBC North East & Cumbria on X (formerly Twitter), Facebook and Instagram. Send your story ideas to northeastandcumbria@bbc.co.uk.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Water companies have been ordered to pay back £114m to customers through lower bills after missing key targets.\n\nOfwat, the industry regulator, said that firms are \"falling short\" on performance measures around leakages, supply and reducing pollution.\n\nIt said that following a review, millions of pounds would be returned to households by cutting bills.\n\nOfwat said in its assessment that not one company reached the highest measure of performance.\n\nDŵr Cymru, Southern, Thames, Anglian, Bristol, South East and Yorkshire Water fell into the lowest category of \"lagging\" and the remaining 10 were rated \"average\". None were considered \"leading\".\n\nThe regulator judges water companies in England and Wales against \"stretching\" targets set in 2019 for a five-year period.\n\nIf they fail to meet targets, Ofwat restricts the cash that they can take from customers.\n\nAll but five of the water providers reviewed will have to give money back to customers by reducing their bills in 2024-25, rather than each bill payer getting a lump sum refund.\n\nThe companies that will have to cut bills are:\n\nIt is not yet possible to say how much each customer might see their bill reduced by, as the figures are provisional and will depend on where they live and inflation.\n\nCustomers at other companies might see their bills go up. Any changes will be applied automatically although it may not show up as a separate line on bills.\n\nOfwat chief executive David Black said that while any reductions \"may be welcome to bill payers, it is very disappointing news for all who want to see the sector do better\".\n\nThe regulator also found that customer satisfaction has been falling.\n\n\"It is not going to be easy for companies to regain public trust but they have to start with better service for customers and the environment,\" Mr Black said.\n\nWater UK, the industry body, said that companies recognised there was \"still much more to do to meet the regulator's ever-tightening targets\".\n\nThames Water must return the most money - more than £101m - followed by Southern Water, which must pay out £43m.\n\nThames Water serves 15 million people with water and wastewater and has been struggling under a huge debt pile.\n\nShareholders agreed to provide an extra £750m in funding in July as it fought off the threat of government control and faced criticism over sewage discharges and leaks.\n\n\"We're making progress and we'll continue to engage and work with Ofwat as we implement our plan,\" a Thames Water spokesperson said.\n\nThe total amount the industry must pay out has been offset by a few companies being allowed to charge more for improving their performances.\n\nThe £114m being returned to customers takes into account the fact that some companies, including Severn Trent and United Utilities, will be allowed to charge their customers more in the next financial year, having delivered a sufficient service.\n\nSevern Trent Water will be allowed to charge £88m more across all of the 4.6 million households and businesses it serves, while United Utilities will be able to charge an extra £25m.\n\nOfwat said it was investigating all 11 water and wastewater companies and there were live enforcement cases for six of them for potential failures on sewage discharges into the environment.\n\nIt is also looking into Dŵr Cymru and South West Water, questioning the accuracy of their reporting on leakages and consumption.\n\nMike Keil, senior director at the Consumer Council for Water, said: \"Customers are tired of not getting the service they deserve for the things they care about.\n\n\"It's right and fair that people get their money back when they don't receive the services they were promised by some water companies. People want assurance that their water bill is good value for money.\"\n\nWater bills can cover a range of things, from water supply and sewerage to highway drainage.\n\nHow your water bill is calculated depends on whether or not you have a water meter and where you live.\n\nFor those that do not have a meter, bills are not based on how much water you use. It is usually comprised of a fixed, or \"standing\" charge that covers administration costs such as billing, as well as a charge based on the rateable value of your home.\n\nThis value is based on your local authority's assessment of the rental value of your home, but this rating took place between 1973 and 1990.\n\nPeople who have a meter are billed for the exact amount of water used.\n\nBills will typically show how much water has been used and will multiply that by the charge per cubic metre (1,000 litres) of water.\n\nFixed charges are then added - again for things like reading and maintaining meters as well as processing payments.\n\nIf you are entitled to any adjustments, including for those on a low income, these are then subtracted.\n\nEnvironment Secretary Therese Coffey said Ofwat's latest report on the industry was extremely disappointing.\n\n\"While I acknowledge there is good work ongoing in some companies - cleaning up waterways and investing in vital infrastructure - there is simply not enough of it. The fact that not a single water company is classified as 'leading' is unacceptable.\n\n\"Our water and sewerage systems are highly complex and under increasing pressure - but that is no excuse,\" she said, adding that her department had written to the bosses of each company in the lowest category of the regulator's report.\n\nThe Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs said on Monday that it was providing more money to reduce the amount of times sewage is pumped out of storm overflows, adding another £4bn on to the £56bn it announced last year.\n\nWater firms have faced extensive criticism over the last few years about the high number of raw sewage discharges and the impact on the UK's waterways.\n\nA recent BBC investigation found that three of the biggest water companies were suspected of discharging sewage into waterways on dry days in breach of their permits.\n\nLabour shadow environment secretary Steve Reed said that Ofwat's report demonstrated \"the complete failure of water companies to act on the sewage scandal\".\n\nA spokesperson for Water UK said that \"ensuring the security of our water supply in the future while protecting the environment will take significant investment\", adding that firms in England and Wales will set out detailed plans on investment next week.\n\nWhat ongoing water issues have you experienced in your area? Tell us by emailing: haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "Football's governing bodies face accusations they failed to protect young victims of sexual abuse in Gabon. BBC Africa Eye spoke to more than 30 witnesses who told of a network that has plagued all levels of the game for three decades.\n\nWarning: This article contains details some readers may find upsetting\n\nThe allegations of sexual abuse in the central African country of Gabon date as far back as the early 1990s.\n\nOne victim, who wanted to remain anonymous, described what happened to him as a teenager at an Under-17 football camp. He said he and his best friend were woken up in the middle of the night and taken to a room with red lights, full of naked men.\n\n\"They started touching me and my friend and I just didn't understand. I started to pray. I wanted to get out, but the door was locked. They grabbed me and threw me on to the floor. There were two security men. It was like they were prepared,\" he said.\n\n\"I saw how they started to rape my friend. I looked him in the eye, and he looked back at me as if to say: 'Let's just go along with them and get it over with.' I cried and screamed and screamed and screamed.\n\n\"They told me I would never be selected to play ever again and that if I dared speak to anyone about what happened, my family would be killed.\"\n\nHe never played for Gabon again.\n\nFormer Gabon international Parfait Ndong, pictured here at his academy, says he was ignored when he raised the alarm\n\nBBC Africa Eye heard there were several attempts to alert authorities to what was happening over the years.\n\nIn 2019, former Gabon international Parfait Ndong returned home to set up his academy Jardin de football au Gabon. With 45 caps to his name and an illustrious playing career in Europe, he is a respected figure in Gabonese football. When he found out what was happening, he said he alerted authorities.\n\n\"I took all the steps I possibly could,\" he told the BBC, adding that he spoke to the president of the league, the president of the national football federation, known as Fegafoot, and the sports minister at the time.\n\nHe said after these efforts were ignored, he turned to local media: \"No-one wanted to hear what I had to say.\"\n\nIt was not until the UK's Guardian newspaper reported the abuse in December 2021, that four coaches were arrested. Three of them remain in prison.\n\nAt the heart of the most damaging allegations was Patrick Assoumou Eyi, widely known as \"Capello\". For decades, he was the head coach of Gabon's national youth teams. Crucially, Capello had the power to decide who would play for Gabon at that level.\n\n\"He basically held the position of a god because everyone idolised him. Those in charge of training centres, the academies,\" said Ndong.\n\nIn December 2021, Fifa's independent ethics committee began preliminary investigation proceedings into reports of sexual abuse allegedly committed by Capello, and suspended him from all football-related activities. This probe was led on the ground by Fegafoot's newly installed ethics committee, and in May 2022 Fifa's investigatory chamber formalised the preliminary investigation.\n\nWitnesses estimate that thousands of boys were abused\n\nFor Loïc Alves, a senior legal counsel at Fifpro - the global union for professional football players - allowing Fegafoot to initially lead the investigation constituted a \"conflict of interest at every level\".\n\n\"How could a victim trust the same institution that has abused them?\" he asked.\n\nCapello admitted charges of raping, grooming and exploiting young players and remains in prison awaiting sentencing. The other arrested coaches deny the allegations made against them.\n\nQuestions have been raised about which authorities were aware and when.\n\nAlexis, whose name has been changed to protect his identity, climbed through the youth ranks in Gabon and went on to play in Europe. He told the BBC the only reason he could speak openly was because he was no longer in the country. If he was, he said, his life would be in danger.\n\n\"So, they arrested Capello but how long have they known and not done anything about it? They stopped at the lowest level. It goes all the way to the top, but they will do anything to cover it up. Capello is a scapegoat. It is the heads at the top that should be rolling.\"\n\nAnother footballer, who we will call Julien, told the BBC that he too was abused from the age of 14. He played for Gabon's national team for several years and believes the number of boys affected is hard to fathom.\n\n\"I don't know how many coaches were abusing boys, but for a moment let's look at Capello alone. He is the most well-known and he has been doing this for the last 25 or 30 years. Every year he has had access to at least 50 boys, if not more,\" he said.\n\n\"Now let's consider how many others were part of that network. We are talking about thousands of boys.\"\n\nDespite calls for Fegafoot chief Pierre-Alain Mounguengui to resign, he remained in charge and was re-elected in April 2022.\n\nMr Alves believes he should have been suspended: \"The severity of the alleged cover-up should have triggered an automatic suspension, temporary suspension, before the election.\"\n\nAs head of Fegafoot, Mr Mounguengui could either be considered incompetent for not knowing what was happening or guilty of covering up years of reported abuse, he said.\n\nThree weeks after his re-election, Mr Mounguengui was arrested and accused of \"failing to report crimes of paedophilia\". Unlike Capello, Fifa did not suspend him, and he continued to manage Fegafoot from prison.\n\nFifa's child safeguarding policy states: \"Suspending a staff member from his/her duties while an external investigation takes place should be standard practice.\"\n\nFormer Gabon international Rémy Ebanega, who set up the country's first professional football players' union in 2014, is - like Ndong - one of the few figures in Gabonese football who feels he can talk openly. He himself was not abused but said he has several friends who were.\n\n\"The local justice system has imprisoned the president of the federation, and Fifa did nothing. Why was he not also suspended while investigations are ongoing like they did with Capello?\" he said.\n\n\"He continued to manage the federation while he was in prison. I don't think that has ever happened elsewhere.\"\n\nIn May 2022, Fifa formally suspended Capello, two other coaches and the football league head, but did not sanction Mr Mounguengui.\n\nMeanwhile, the Confederation of African Football (Caf) said Mr Mounguengui was considered innocent until proven guilty and wrote to Gabon's then Sports Minister Franck Nguema in April 2022 to question the detention. Caf president Patrice Motsepe then visited the Fegafoot boss in jail four months later.\n\nAfter almost six months in prison, Mr Mounguengui was provisionally released. Three weeks later, at the opening of the Fifa 2022 World Cup in Qatar, he was pictured hugging the Caf president.\n\nFegafoot boss Pierre-Alain Mounguengui (R) was warmly greeted by the Caf chief at the World Cup opening ceremony on 20 November 2022\n\nFor Ebanega, the invite to Qatar by Fifa boss Gianni Infantino made it seem like football's world governing body was satisfied with Fegafoot's performance: \"Is that what you call a job well done? For the federation not to act on sexual abuse?\"\n\nThree months ago, Mr Mounguengui was re-elected to the highest ranks of Caf as a member of its executive committee. Last week, he was pictured alongside Caf executives in Cairo for the Africa Cup of Nations hosts announcement.\n\nNearly two years after the allegations were exposed in international media, many senior figures in Fegafoot remain in power.\n\n\"I believe the system was able to continue and that it is still able to continue because nothing has changed,\" Ebanega said.\n\nThere is a real fear among many people who spoke to the BBC about the alleged abuse that children are still at risk.\n\n\"I am convinced the abuse is still happening,\" Julien said.\n\nWe put the allegations in BBC Africa Eye's documentary to Fegafoot, Caf and Fifa. All parties condemned child abuse in any form in the strongest possible terms.\n\nFegafoot and Mr Mounguengui denied all the allegations made against them and said appropriate action was taken as soon as any allegations of sexual abuse in Gabonese football were made public.\n\nThey said they did not recognise any criticism of the investigation set up by the Fegafoot ethics committee in December 2021 since it was set up in accordance with the federation's regulations.\n\nFifa and Caf denied all allegations made against them, and said the Fifa investigation formalised in May 2022 was still ongoing.\n\nBoth bodies stressed all their investigations were handled in accordance with requirements made by the Fifa Code of Ethics, the Court of Arbitration for Sport, the European Court of Human Rights and Swiss law.\n\nCaf said that Mr Motsepe visited Gabon primarily to emphasise the organisation's zero tolerance to sexual abuse and to support investigating authorities.\n\nIt further stated that Mr Mounguengui was a guest at the World Cup when greeted by Mr Motsepe and had no pending charges against him.\n\nMr Nguema, who is no longer sports minister following last month's coup, strongly denied having been informed by anyone about the sexual abuse allegations before they became public.\n\nYou can watch the full BBC Africa Eye documentary Predators on the Pitch: Inside Africa's Biggest Football Scandal on the BBC Africa YouTube channel.", "The girl who died when a school bus overturned was \"warm-hearted and wonderful\", her family has said.\n\nJessica Baker, 15, and driver Stephen Shrimpton, 40, died when the vehicle hit a reservation on the M53 in Wirral on Friday.\n\nThe student's family said she was a keen rock-climber and \"her untimely death has led to a massive void in our lives that will never be filled\".\n\nThey also described her as a \"devoted sister and loyal friend\".\n\nSimeon Clarke, her head teacher at West Kirby Grammar, described Jessica as \"unassuming, polite and conscientious\".\n\nHe said she was a \"keen sportswoman\" who had represented Wales in rock-climbing competitions.\n\n\"Unequivocally kind and empathetic, Jessica was a dedicated friend who was a well-liked and respected member of our school community,\" he added.\n\nHer family said she also helped coach younger climbers and she would be \"missed by many from not only school but also the climbing community across the country\".\n\nThe coach had been carrying more than 50 students from Cheshire, who attend West Kirby Grammar School and Calday Grange Grammar School, when the collision occurred at about 08:00 BST near junction 5 at Hooton.\n\nFour passengers were taken to hospital for treatment, while 13 others suffered minor injuries.\n\nIn a fundraiser for Mr Shrimpton's funeral, his family said the father-of-two had suffered a medical issue while driving.\n\nPolice said post-mortem examinations are due to be conducted to establish the cause of both deaths.\n\nThe coach had been in a convoy of buses carrying other students, who saw the incident.\n\nStephen Shrimpton was described as a \"loving husband and father\" by his family\n\nLabour MP Margaret Greenwood, whose Wirral West constituency includes both schools, told BBC Breakfast \"this will be profoundly traumatic for those children\".\n\n\"The schools are working incredibly hard to support them. It's going to be a very, very difficult time for everybody for quite some time to come.\"\n\nMs Greenwood added there had been \"so much panic\" among parents after the crash as they tried to find out about their children's condition.\n\n\"I know that people will be doing a lot to support their children this weekend and in the coming days and weeks to come to terms with what is a really devastating incident.\"\n\nThe MP, who has met pupils from both schools on previous occasions, described them as \"very tightly-knit school communities\" and said that prayers had been said in local churches for those involved.\n\nMr Clarke said the school would work with Jessica's family and friends to \"celebrate her life\" and that he was \"extremely proud of the way in which students and the school community have responded to the events of Friday\".\n\nJessica Baker's school assembled a remembrance tree in tribute to her\n\nBarbara Flynn-Southern, who worked with Mr Shrimpton at a food bank in Ellesmere Port, said: \"He was lovely and he will be missed so much by so many people.\n\n\"Regardless of what we asked him - whether it was morning, noon or night - he'd do it. Even if he'd been on shift all day and then we got a call to say we've got extra food here, is there anyone that can come and collect, he's the first port of call.\"\n\nIn a tribute on Saturday, Mr Shrimpton's family described him as a \"caring and thoughtful man who would always prioritise others over himself\".\n\nWhy not follow BBC North West on Facebook, X and Instagram? You can also send story ideas to northwest.newsonline@bbc.co.uk", "If you were an American teen or pre-teen in the early 2000s, you knew Abercrombie & Fitch.\n\nWhether you loved or hated it, the brand was everywhere - its glossy adverts featuring low-cut jeans and graphic tees, its pungent cologne, its loud and poorly lit stores that anchored mainstream malls around the US.\n\nAnd if you did love it, Abercrombie was the entry point to a particular type of all-American cool, a preppy utopia for the young and thin.\n\n\"They were selling the most popular people in class - the quarterback and the head cheerleader,\" says psychologist and author Cooper Lawrence.\n\nThis particular version of Abercrombie came to life under the guiding hand of CEO Mike Jeffries, who stands accused of exploiting men for sex, in a BBC investigation.\n\nDuring his two decades in charge, Mr Jeffries turned the brand into a cultural phenomenon and took it into the retail stratosphere. But he also oversaw its downfall, resigning in 2014 amid a cloud of controversy over allegations of racial discrimination and a toxic work culture.\n\nIn 1992, when Mr Jeffries officially took over, Abercrombie was a 100-year-old company with a reputation for safari wear. A few years earlier, the company had been bought by retail magnate Les Wexner, who moved its headquarters to Columbus, Ohio, and handed control to Mr Jeffries.\n\nThe Californian had a clear, if exclusionary, vision.\n\n\"In every school there are the cool and popular kids, and there are the not-so-cool kids. Candidly, we go after the cool kids. We go after the attractive, all-American kid with a great attitude and a lot of friends,\" he told Salon in a now-infamous 2006 interview.\n\n\"A lot of people don't belong [in our clothes] and they can't belong. Are we exclusionary? Absolutely.\"\n\nWatch Panorama's The Abercrombie Guys: The Dark Side of Cool, on BBC iPlayer now and on BBC One on Monday at 21:00 BST.\n\nListen to the podcast series, World of Secrets: Season 1 - The Abercrombie Guys, available on BBC Sounds from 21:00 BST.\n\nThe Abercrombie Guys: the Dark Side of Cool will be releasing in the US on October 6 on BBC Select, available to audiences via Amazon Prime Video Channels, the Apple TV app and The Roku Channel.\n\nAnd throughout Mr Jeffries' reign, Abercrombie's every detail seemed to deliver on that promise.\n\n\"Sexy clothes on sexy people was what they were after,\" Katie Hertert, an assistant to Mr Jeffries from 2004 to 2006, told the BBC.\n\n\"The merchants and designers and everybody were trying to get in front of Mike to have him say, 'Yes, this is sexy.' That was entirely the goal.\"\n\nShirtless male greeters stood sentry outside stores, beckoning shoppers inside a nightclub-dark interior, with the A&F Fierce cologne liberally hosed across the racks of clothes - intentionally distressed denim, cotton polo shirts and pullovers, all branded with the ubiquitous moose.\n\nAbercrombie advertisements were shot primarily by Bruce Weber, the celebrity photographer. His signature image for the brand featured black-and-white photographs of partially dressed young people. Jamie Dornan, Channing Tatum, Olivia Wilde and Jennifer Lawrence are all former models for the brand.\n\nStores did not sell clothes for women larger than a US size 10 (roughly a UK size 14) until 2014, after Mr Jeffries had left the company.\n\n\"Abercrombie was the deification of this extremely conventional, preppy, affluent, ultra-white lifestyle that really had not been considered all that cool [earlier in the '90s],\" said Maureen Tkacik, a journalist for The Prospect who has reported extensively on the brand.\n\nThe apparently casual style of store employees was the product of a rigid dress code.\n\nAccording to an employee style guide from Mr Jeffries' tenure, denim shirts were to be worn with three buttons open, skinny jeans were to be cuffed at 1.25 inches and hairstyles had to be \"neat, clean, natural, kempt and classic\".\n\nNearly every part of Abercrombie and its image bore Mr Jeffries' fingerprints.\n\nEmployees at Abercrombie speaking to US media described Mr Jeffries as a reclusive, mercurial and obsessive boss, prone to superstitious rituals. But, above all, colleagues said he was dedicated to the brand. Even corporate employees were encouraged to wear Abercrombie branded clothing to make their CEO happy.\n\nMr Jeffries' business strategy proved lucrative. From 1994 to 1999, sales jumped from $165m (£135m) to $1.04bn. At its height, Abercrombie had more than 1,000 stores in the US, Canada and the UK.\n\nBut about 10 years into Mr Jeffries' tenure, Abercrombie's shine began to fade - in large part due to the exclusionary practices that the CEO had championed.\n\nIn 2002, Abercrombie faced protests over a line of Asian-themed T-shirts replete with racist stereotypes, including men in rice-paddy hats and the words \"two Wongs can make it white\". It was quickly recalled.\n\nOne year later, the company faced a class action lawsuit brought by several thousand former employees and job applicants, who alleged the company had discriminated against African Americans, Latinos and Asian Americans in its hiring and advertising.\n\nAccording to the plaintiffs, Abercrombie turned down racial minorities for sales positions, relegated them to backroom jobs and had their hours reduced when managers decided their look was not \"Abercrombie enough\".\n\nThe company settled for $40m, but did not admit wrongdoing.\n\nYears later, in 2015, Abercrombie would argue before the Supreme Court that it was legal to deny employment to a Muslim woman with a headscarf because the garment violated its \"look policy\" which banned hats. Abercrombie lost 8-1.\n\n\"Abercrombie was exclusionary, it wasn't just exclusive,\" said Cooper Lawrence. \"Abercrombie & Fitch didn't figure that out on its own, they had to get sued.\"\n\nThrough a 2023 lens, it's shocking, she said.\n\nBy the time Mr Jeffries stepped down in 2014 as CEO and chairman, with a multi-million dollar retirement package, the company had also lost its financial momentum. Sales and stocks were falling.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nImagine getting within metres of the finish line of a half marathon and then turning round to see your partner on one knee.\n\nBut instead of pulling a muscle, Felix Harkness, 39, pulled a ring out to propose to his partner in front of thousands of people.\n\nAnna Bearne, from Bristol, said she was \"still in shock\" and \"so chuffed\".\n\nThe couple finished the race in one hour and 43 minutes and have another planned in order to go quicker.\n\nMs Bearne, 38, and Mr Harkness \"caught the running bug\" just over a year ago and train together.\n\nThe Cardiff Half Marathon on Saturday was the couple's third race over the 13.1-mile (21km) distance.\n\n\"I cannot believe he did it there and then,\" said Ms Bearne.\n\nShe said she had \"absolutely no clue\" the proposal was coming.\n\nMs Bearne said she had had \"no idea\" her partner would propose\n\nShe said they had been training for 12 weeks and had both hoped to beat their personal bests.\n\n\"We were really excited about it and then 14km (8.7 miles) into it, I think the stress of it might have got to Felix and he just started hitting the wall.\n\n\"He just ran out of energy, could barely move his legs in front of one another - which is so unlike Felix, he's usually the one pulling me along,\" she said.\n\n\"I was really cross half way around, I was really like 'there's just no point in finishing'... and he said 'no really lets just make it to the end, I don't give up on races'.\"\n\nWhen they got within metres of the finishing line, Mr Harkness decided it was time.\n\n\"He pretended to pull something in his leg and went down on the floor and I turned around and was like 'come on' and then he pulled a ring out of his pocket,\" Ms Bearne said.\n\nThe couple have run three half marathons and hope to run another one in two weeks\n\nMs Bearne said they missed their target time by seven minutes.\n\n\"We train together and we just started running just over a year ago and we realised we loved it.\n\n\"We just got the bug and we've actually booked another [half marathon] in two weeks time so we can get the pace that we want,\" she said.\n\nTheir three children, Fox, 6, Woody, 4 and Hero, 2 are \"excited\" for the \"big party\" the couple are now planning for their wedding, the soon-to-be bride said.", "UK Windows and Doors was based in Taff's Well, Rhondda Cynon Taf\n\nA window and door manufacturer has been placed into administration, resulting in more than 500 job losses.\n\nAdministrators for UK Windows and Doors said 496 jobs would go at sites in Treorchy, Llwynypia, Williamstown and Taff's Well, all in Rhondda Cynon Taf.\n\nA further 67 jobs will go at sites in Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, and Biggleswade, Bedfordshire.\n\nThe firm's chief executive said a decline in sales meant the business had become financially unsustainable.\n\nThe Welsh government said news of the job losses was \"extremely concerning\".\n\nA worker who did not want to be identified said staff were told their jobs were going in a conference call.\n\n\"First someone from management came on and said they had gone into administration and were making 563 people redundant,\" the worker said.\n\nUK Windows and Doors had sites in Treorchy (above), Llwynypia, Williamstown and Taff's Well\n\nThe worker has been with the company - formerly known as Griffin Windows - for more than 20 years.\n\nHe said staff had been told to turn up for work as usual last week, but were then sent home every day. The administrators said they would be sending information in the post over the coming few days, and let workers know when to go into work to pick up personal belongings.\n\n\"We've been left in limbo. No-one told us anything until today,\" the worker said.\n\n\"People on the outside had more of an idea than we did.\n\n\"I think it is bad all around. People have mortgages to pay, there were some couples working there,\" he added.\n\nThe Welsh government said it stood ready to offer support to those impacted by any job losses.\n\nThe area's MP Sir Chris Bryant, MS Buffy Williams and the leader of Rhondda Cynon Taf council Andrew Morgan said in a joint statement that the news was \"shocking\" for everybody involved.\n\n\"Our ambition is to find other potential buyers for the important facilities to try and retain as many of these jobs as possible.\n\n\"It is important that while this remains our ambition, alternative means of support are available to employees and the company,\" they said.\n\nAdministrators Teneo said the firm's \"sevenday\" business had been sold off, preserving 91 jobs.\n\nIt also said 73 employees would be retained during the administration process.\n\nUK Windows and Doors lost a major customer last year, Teneo said.\n\n\"Recent economic uncertainty due to high consumer price inflation, rising interest costs and the associated reduction in consumer confidence has led to house builders slowing down their build programmes and retail window companies experiencing a fall in demand,\" the administrators said.\n\n\"This has resulted in a further large reduction in demand for the company's products, leading to losses and associated funding requirements at an unsustainable level,\" it added.", "While 27,500 runners were huffing and puffing their way around Sunday's Cardiff Half Marathon, one of them seemingly felt it was a case of perfect timing to pop the question.\n\nThe runner was seen getting down on one knee to propose to his other half in a very quick proposal.\n\nJudging by the pictures, it looks like she said yes... before she ran off to complete the race with her running partner.", "Three major water companies illegally discharged sewage hundreds of times last year on days when it was not raining, a BBC investigation suggests.\n\nThe practice, known as \"dry spilling\", is banned because it can lead to higher concentrations of sewage in waterways.\n\nThames, Wessex and Southern Water appear to have collectively released sewage in dry spills for 3,500 hours in 2022 - in breach of their permits.\n\nWater UK, the industry body, said the spills \"should be investigated\".\n\nThe BBC requested the same data from the other water companies in England, which said they could not respond due to being under an Environment Agency (EA) criminal investigation.\n\nReleasing sewage into rivers and seas is allowed in the UK to prevent pipe systems becoming overwhelmed - but it has to have been raining.\n\nWithout rainwater the sewage is likely to be less diluted - leading to build-ups of algae which produce toxins \"that can be fatal to pets and pose a health risk to swimmers\", says Dr Linda May, a water ecologist at the UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology.\n\nDischarging in dry conditions is therefore illegal under environmental law.\n\nCollectively throughout 2022, Thames, Southern and Wessex illegally started releasing sewage on dry days 388 times - research by the BBC's climate and data teams suggests - including during last summer when these regions were in drought.\n\nThere even appears to have been spills by all three companies on 19 July 2022, the hottest day on record, when temperatures topped 40C in some places and many people tried to cool off in rivers.\n\nEnvironment Secretary Therese Coffey told BBC News: \"It does seem extraordinary on the hottest day of the year that there may be releases. The EA is the regulator; they are the people who do the detailed investigation of why that has happened.\"\n\nAll nine English water companies were sent environmental information requests for data on when their spills started and stopped. Only Thames, Southern and Wessex provided details - which the BBC then cross-referenced with Met Office rainfall data to identify dry spills.\n\nFewer spills are likely to have been recorded in 2022 by Thames and disclosed to the BBC. That's because the company only had 62% of its overflow points monitored - compared to Wessex with 91% and Southern with 98%.\n\nThe remaining six water companies in England said they couldn't provide information because they were already being investigated for potential illegal spilling by industry regulator Ofwat and the EA. If the companies shared data with the BBC, they said, then analysis could be carried out which could sway public opinion.\n\nThames, Southern and Wessex serve more than 22 million people.\n\nAcross the Wessex Water region - from the Dorset coast to the Bristol area - BBC analysis identified 68 sites where sewage may have been discharged illegally last year. The spills that started on dry days appear to have lasted for more than 1,500 hours.\n\nIn one case, the BBC's analysis suggested that sewage was discharged into the River Chew in north Somerset from a nearby wastewater treatment works for nearly 50 hours during dry periods.\n\nGeorgie Duckworth swims and rafts regularly in the river with her two young boys, like other local residents, and describes the spills as \"outrageous\".\n\nGeorgie Duckworth runs an outdoor activity company and regularly uses the River Chew with her two children\n\n\"We are all aware not to go swimming, not to get your heads under in the water when it is raining, but the thought that it is happening in dry weather too, it's alarming,\" she told the BBC.\n\nWessex Water said the spills into River Chew were caused by groundwater coming up into pipes and forcing it to spill. It said this dilutes the sewage and \"the storm overflow is not identified as one of the factors affecting the ecological condition of the river\".\n\nHowever, the EA - England's environmental protection body - told the BBC that any dry spills due to groundwater are a breach of permit and illegal.\n\nWessex Water also contested some of the other spills highlighted by the BBC, citing doubts over the accuracy of its own data.\n\nNicholas Ostrowski, an environmental barrister and water industry expert, says there are three reasons why water companies may be spilling during dry weather - maintenance issues; \"hydraulic incapacity\" in the system, where there is not enough space for water to go through the pipes; and the company \"deliberately sending effluent out in dry weather\".\n\nAny illegal spills should be investigated by the EA. Enforcement action can be taken, ranging from a warning to an unlimited fine.\n\nThe government has revealed that the EA recorded 115 cases of illegal operation in 2022 for the three water companies - less than a third of what the BBC analysis found.\n\nOne of the agency's officers - who works in environmental regulation - told the BBC anonymously there was a \"firm link\" between the EA's failure to identify and investigate dry spills, and budget cuts and staff losses.\n\nThe EA's environmental protection budget, funded by the government's Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), was halved between 2010-20.\n\nThe officer also told us the agency was increasingly relying on water companies to report their own dry spill incidents because of these cuts.\n\nThe EA's chief executive, John Leyland, told the BBC: \"The funding for the Environment Agency is a matter of public record... and we've seen a steady decline in some of our funds and so we've had to change.\n\n\"We've been focusing on digital monitoring, but earlier this year we announced a programme of increased investments in real people on your riverbank.\"\n\nOn the BBC's findings of dry spills, the EA was unable to comment because of its ongoing criminal investigation into water companies. But Mr Leyland said: \"We are committed to increasing our regulatory presence to hold the water companies to account.\"\n\nWater Minister Rebecca Pow told the BBC she considers the amount of sewage discharged into the English waters \"utterly unacceptable\", and said the protection budget had been increased by 12% since last year.\n\nEnvironment Secretary Ms Coffey also defended the government's record to the BBC: \"I think it is a really difficult issue, but actually we are the party that's cleaning it up, we have got the monitoring going that is how we are able to uncover the scale of the issue we are tackling.\n\n\"We're also… making sure we are going to get more investment into the water companies and infrastructure, and that's where we have a credible plan.\"\n\nOne apparent dry-spilling case by Southern Water picked up by BBC analysis also came to the Environment Agency's attention after a complaint from a member of the public.\n\nIn March 2022, Robert Bailey from the Clean Harbours Partnership noticed his local chalk stream, the River Lavant near Chichester, had become \"discoloured for many miles and was starting to fill with a white plume\".\n\nHis concerns correlate with two dry spills the BBC has now identified at the site.\n\n\"Because of the sewage being discharged, it is a river of effluent,\" he told us.\n\nThe BBC has seen the investigation report from the EA's subsequent visits in April and May - which confirms that Southern Water was discharging sewage when there was no rain, in breach of its permit.\n\nThe EA issued Southern Water with a warning - but said further action could be taken if there were more spills.\n\nThere were 91 more hours of sewage discharges starting during dry weather at the site during the rest of 2022 - BBC analysis suggests.\n\nIn total, the research indicates that Southern Water illegally released sewage at 25 sites across its area last year - from Hampshire to Kent - for a total of nearly 800 hours.\n\nJohn Penicud, head of wastewater operations at Southern Water, told the BBC that \"so-called 'dry spills' are a complex issue\" and said discharges in dry weather can be caused by groundwater entering pipes.\n\nHe added that: \"Lavant is in a catchment that is particularly prone to groundwater infiltration.\" He also said the company planned to invest more than £1.6m improving more than 4km (2.5 miles) of sewers in the area.\n\nAnother frequent spiller appears to be Thames Water's Longbridge Road overflow site in east London, which releases sewage directly into Mayes Brook.\n\nThe river is located in the UK's first \"climate\" park in Dagenham - constructed at a cost of £3.8m to provide a green haven for the local community and wildlife.\n\nBut last year, the overflow spilled for nearly 200 hours - leaving excrement-soaked wet wipes on the riverbanks.\n\nBBC research estimates that about a quarter of those hours were from dry spills.\n\n\"You've got this contrast of an improved park costing millions of pounds, getting polluted every four days on average by sewage and that's a scandal,\" says Theo Thomas, chief executive at water charity London Waterkeepers, who has been lobbying Thames Water and the local authority to resolve the issue.\n\nA Thames Water spokesperson said they had been in contact with Mr Thomas and apologised for the storm overflows which occurred.\n\n\"We've been assessing how we can improve our Longbridge site and the surrounding network and will continue to work with the local communities on our investment plans,\" they added.\n\nThe BBC analysis suggests that Thames Water - with customers from the Cotswolds to the Thames Estuary - dry-spilled for 1,253 hours in 2022, at 49 overflow sites.\n\nOn these spills Thames Water said: \"The Environment Agency's methodology for calculating dry day spills is still being determined and we will continue to work with our regulators as they define this. We regard all discharges of untreated sewage as unacceptable, and we have planned investment in our sewage treatment works.\"\n\nThe figures were the result of a nine-month investigation by the BBC Data and Climate and Science teams.\n\nWater and sewerage companies are responsible for outlets known as combined sewer overflows (CSOs), which release sewage from treatment works or the sewage network into the UK's waterways.\n\nThe majority of CSOs record when they discharge.\n\nEvery year the sewerage companies inform the Environment Agency (EA) in England how frequently and for how long each outlet discharges.\n\nBut the EA only publishes the annual summary of total spill counts and hours.\n\nSo the BBC sent Environmental Information Regulation requests to England's nine water companies to obtain the start and stop times of each discharge recorded at CSOs in 2022.\n\nThe start and stop times for the three companies that provided data were adapted into the standard 12/24-hour counting blocks used by the EA to determine individual \"spills\".\n\nThese were then cross-referenced with the highest-quality 1km-gridded rainfall data - available from the Met Office - to identify spills occurring in periods of dry weather.\n\nThis rainfall data is presented in gridded squares that cover the land area of the UK. Each grid cell is 1km by 1km square.\n\nThe rainfall values are calculated from a network of automatic rainfall gauges and observation stations.\n\nThe EA defines a dry day as one where there was less than 0.25mm of rain on that day and the day before.\n\nThe BBC took a conservative approach of four consecutive days without rain to allow for catchment drain-down time - when rainfall moves through the hydrological system.\n\nThe methodology was independently reviewed by three academic experts working in this field.\n\nAdditional reporting by Libby Rogers, Rob England and Nassos Stylianou. Graphics by Jana Tauschinski and Kate Gaynor\n• None Why is sewage released into rivers and the sea?", "There are more than seven million people on a hospital waiting list in England - one in eight of the nation's entire population.\n\nMany have spent months waiting to be seen.\n\nBut who are these people and what is the impact on their lives? The BBC has been investigating the backlog to find out.\n\nJane Probyn has spent much of the past three years on an NHS waiting list. She has osteoarthritis and was referred for a hip operation in October 2020.\n\nBefore surgery could be completed, however, came the fallout from the Covid pandemic, meaning nearly all routine hospital treatment was stopped. It was March 2022 by the time Jane had her right hip replaced.\n\nBy that point, her left hip had deteriorated so badly that it needed replacing too. She is still waiting for that operation.\n\nJane Probyn has been on an NHS waiting list for more than two years\n\n\"I am in constant pain,\" says the 66-year-old, from Cambridge. \"It's all-consuming and is overshadowing every aspect of my life.\n\n\"I can't walk properly and have to rely on a walker and mobility scooter to get around.\n\n\"I can't look after my grandchildren. It is spoiling my retirement.\n\n\"The most frustrating thing is not really knowing when I will get treated. My life is on hold.\"\n\nJane is not alone. Nearly 800,000 people require hip, knee and joint-related orthopaedic treatments. Close to half of them have been waiting longer than 18 weeks, which is not just the target waiting time but supposedly a patient right, written into the NHS Constitution.\n\nDeborah Alsina, chief executive of the charity Versus Arthritis, says these long delays are having a \"devastating\" effect, both physically and mentally, as many of the patients her charity supports end up clinically depressed.\n\nAmong the waiting backlog are a broad range of patients needing a wide variety of care.\n\nThere are 640,000 waiting to see eye specialists - many will have declining eyesight with its obvious consequences on their daily lives - and there are more than 500,000 waiting for gynaecological care and another 500,000 waiting for ear, nose and throat (ENT) treatments.\n\nNot all of them will need to have an operation: fewer than a quarter of patients on the waiting list end up undergoing surgery - with medication and care, such as physiotherapy, more common when patients are finally diagnosed.\n\nNonetheless, Prof Neil Mortensen, president of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, says the situation has left his members feeling they are letting down patients. \"Their health may be worsening by the day; their independence being slowly eroded and quality of life deteriorating while they wait.\"\n\nThe backlog is often referred to as a waiting list for routine, or non-urgent, treatment. But it does include more than 300,000 people with heart-related problems - a third of whom, currently, have waited more than 18 weeks.\n\nSome are waiting for tests, such as CT scans and echocardiograms, or procedures - such as stents and balloons to open blocked arteries, as well as pacemakers. Others need heart surgery, such as transplants or a bypass.\n\nGarry Cogan is one of more than 300,000 people waiting for heart-related treatment\n\nGarry Cogan, 62, from Essex, is one of them. He needs a triple heart bypass after having a heart attack last year. He hopes to undergo surgery early next year, but says the wait has been agonising.\n\n\"I'm constantly living in fear, worried I could have another heart attack at any point. I can't go on holiday and have had to cut back how many days I work, which is difficult financially.\"\n\nBritish Heart Foundation associate medical director Dr Sonya Babu-Narayan says the delays are a real risk for patients like Garry. \"Tragically, we've already seen tens of thousands of extra deaths involving heart disease since the pandemic began - and disruption to heart care has likely contributed.\n\n\"We can't afford to let long waits for heart care become the status quo because heart disease can't wait. Delays can result in avoidable heart failure, or even death.\"\n\nThere will also be thousands of yet-to-be diagnosed cancer cases. Around a fifth of cancer cases are diagnosed through routine referrals where the disease is not suspected by a GP, but subsequent tests given while patients are on the general waiting list reveals cancer is present.\n\nAn analysis by NHS data experts Insource has estimated there could be as many as 25,000 people on the waiting list with cancer who are not aware of it yet. The longer it takes to get through the backlog, the poorer their chances of survival will be.\n\nAlso on the list are more than 360,000 children. They are waiting for an assortment of treatment, from surgery for growth-related problems and major dental work through to tests for abdominal pain and breathing difficulties.\n\nThe numbers are rising all the time - in the past 18 months the overall number of children waiting has risen by 50%.\n\nThe Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health is very worried about their plight. Dr Mike McKean says, in the worst cases, children are having to miss school: \"We need to do something to protect children, young people and their families from lasting consequences.\"\n\nBut it is not just the fact the backlog is growing. The number of patients facing long waits is also rising, despite government efforts to address the issue.\n\nWhile the NHS has managed to eliminate two-year waits almost entirely, the number of patients who spend more than a year on hospital lists, such as Garry, is continuing to rise.\n\nThere are now more than 400,000, among the 7.2 million people waiting in England, in this position - a rise of a third over the past year. Before the pandemic, fewer than 2,000 patients were waiting more than a year.\n\nThe NHS's 18-week target now appears a distant dream. Currently 40% of patients have spent longer than that on waiting list.\n\nBut there is a huge variation between hospitals. Where you live in the country can make a big difference too.\n\nIt is a similar story across the rest of the UK: in Scotland more than 25% are waiting longer than 18 weeks, in Wales - where there is a 26-week target instead of 18-week - nearly half of patients are waiting longer.\n\nIn Northern Ireland the situation is even worse - more than half of patients there have waited over a year.\n\nFaced with such long waits, some patients are simply giving up. Those that can afford it pay to go private - a trend that appears to be becoming increasingly common.\n\nBut there are others that have dropped off the waiting list, and are left struggling with their health issues.\n\nThat is the case for Jane Nandi, from Nottingham. She has a non-cancerous lump on her tongue, known as a lymphatic malformation. It is the size of a small plum and prevents her eating foods which require a lot of chewing.\n\n\"If I catch it or bite it, it bleeds really easily,\" says the 56-year-old. \"I can't eat an apple, or crisps, or foods like that.\"\n\nSince the condition is not common, the treatment she needs is not available at every hospital. The service that was due to treat her informed her earlier this year they could no longer carry out the treatment.\n\nShe has not sought a referral elsewhere: \"You just lose the fight.\n\n\"I'm just putting up with it for now and will maybe try again next year. Perhaps things will be a bit better then.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nFormer President Donald Trump has attacked a judge and prosecutor in a day of courtroom drama as he attended the opening of a fraud trial that could threaten his business empire.\n\nOn entering the room on Monday dressed in a blue suit, Mr Trump - who turned up voluntarily - looked ahead as he walked past the prosecutor who brought the case.\n\nState's attorney general Letitia James, sitting in the front row, averted her gaze.\n\nTheir paths did not cross for the rest of opening statements as both sides laid out their case.\n\nMr Trump, the Trump Organization, several executives and two of his children - Donald Jr and Eric - are the defendants in the civil trial in New York Superior Court.\n\nThey are accused of fraud, falsification of business records, issuing false financial statements and conspiracy.\n\nAs the trial got under way, the former president occasionally glanced in the direction of Judge Arthur Engoron as he addressed the court.\n\nMoments beforehand, in a tirade outside court that echoed across the chamber, Mr Trump had called the judge a \"rogue adjudicator\".\n\nMs James was not spared either in his remarks to reporters at the top of the courtroom steps.\n\n\"It's a scam, it's a sham. Just so you know, my financial statements are phenomenal,\" Mr Trump added. \"There was no crime - the crime was against me.\"\n\nGiven the former president's personal attacks, observers expected a tense atmosphere in the cramped confines of the court. But the three key figures in the legal drama had minimal direct interactions.\n\nWhile prosecutors set out their case, Mr Trump for the most part sat still, occasionally whispering to his legal team.\n\nMs James kept her eyes on the lawyer unveiling a visual presentation that accompanied her team's opening statements.\n\nProceedings began with her team accusing Mr Trump and his co-defendants of intentionally and persistently committing fraud, which reaped Mr Trump over $100m (£83m).\n\nLast week Judge Engoron ruled against Mr Trump in a central claim of the lawsuit, finding that he had overvalued his properties by hundreds of millions of dollars in order to get favourable bank loans.\n\nMr Trump's lawyers addressed the court shortly afterwards, attacking the New York attorney general's arguments. Alina Habba said Ms James' goal as attorney general was to \"go to work, get Trump and go home\".\n\nShe claimed that Mr Trump did not inflate the value of his assets - including his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida.\n\nReal estate was malleable, she said, and his properties were \"Mona Lisas\" - Mar-a-Lago would sell for at least a billion dollars, she argued.\n\nMr Trump's attorney, Chris Kise, argued with Judge Engoron about issues including whether expert opinion counted as testimony.\n\nAnd Ms Habba's attacks on Ms James drew Judge Engoron's ire. The judge said he had already dismissed claims that the suit was politically motivated.\n\nThe afternoon in court proved calmer, with former Trump accountant Donald Bender testifying as the first witness called by the attorney general's office.\n\nMr Bender said he had worked on Trump's tax returns and completed accounting work for Mr Trump's corporate entities.\n\nHe testified in a criminal trial against the Trump Organization in Manhattan last year, claiming the company sought to evade taxes on bonuses and other luxury benefits.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nHis two-hour testimony on Monday - largely focused on technical questions about his work for the Trump Organization - capped off the first day of the three-month long trial.\n\nThe case will be decided by Judge Engoron, not a jury.\n\nNone of the defendants will face jail time if convicted, because this is a civil case not a criminal one.\n\nMs James is seeking $250m (£207m) and sanctions that could prevent the Trumps from doing business in the state of New York.\n\nThere is even the possibility that Mr Trump could lose some of the properties that have become a signature part of his brand.\n\nThe stakes could not be higher.", "Last updated on .From the section Man City\n\nFormer Manchester City and England striker Francis Lee has died, aged 79.\n\nLee scored 148 goals in 330 appearances during an eight-year spell at City, helping the club win multiple honours, including the old First Division title in 1968.\n\nLee, who started his career at Bolton Wanderers, joined Derby County from City, helping the Rams win their second league title in 1975.\n\nHe also earned 27 caps for England, scoring 10 goals.\n\n\"It is with the deepest sadness and heaviest of hearts we announce the passing of former Manchester City player and chairman Francis Lee, aged 79,\" a City statement read, calling Lee \"a club legend in every sense\" and one of City's \"all-time greats\".\n\nThe club said Lee died on Monday morning after a long fight against cancer.\n• None 'One of Manchester City's most important figures'\n\nIn his time at City, Lee also won an FA Cup, a League Cup, the European Cup Winners' Cup and the Charity Shield twice.\n\nHe returned to the club in 1994 as chairman, following a number of successful business ventures, spending four years in that role.\n\nThe statement continued: \"Francis' wife Gill and children Charlotte, Jonny and Nik say he will be sorely missed and would like to thank everyone for their kind words.\"\n\n\"Everyone at Manchester City would like to send their condolences to the friends and family of Francis at this very difficult time.\n\n\"As a mark of respect, flags around the Etihad Stadium and City Football Academy are flying at half-mast.\n\n\"More tributes from the club will follow in the coming days.\"\n\nLee, who was born in Westhoughton, Lancashire, started his career at Bolton where he broke into the side as a 16-year-old in 1959.\n\nHe went on to score 106 goals in 210 games over eight seasons before signing for City for a then club-record £60,000 fee.\n\n\"All at Bolton Wanderers are saddened to learn of the passing of former forward, Francis Lee. The thoughts of everyone at the club are with Francis' family, friends and loved ones at this difficult time,\" a Bolton statement read.\n\nFollowing his glittering spell at City, Lee joined Derby in 1974 where he scored 30 goals over two seasons, before announcing his retirement.\n\n\"We are deeply saddened to learn of the passing of 1974/75 title-winner Francis Lee. Our thoughts are with his family, friends and all who knew him,\" a Derby statement read.\n\nDuring his spell at the Rams, Lee was also involved in a moment of infamy as he clashed on the pitch with Leeds defender Norman Hunter, with the pair being sent off and escorted from the field for trading punches.\n\nThe footage aired on Match of the Day and is shared regularly across social media, with the video receiving hundreds of thousands of views on YouTube, TikTok and more.\n\n\"It's a good job I didn't get in the dressing room afterwards,\" said Lee.\n\n\"I might have just been coming out on parole now. It wasn't play-acting you know. He had tapped me on the shoulder, hit me and split my lip with a gold ring.\"\n\nFollowing retirement, Lee started a number of business ventures, operating in the wastepaper and haulage business before going on to make toilet rolls, kitchen rolls, handkerchiefs, cooking foil and cling film, eventually supplying most of the major retailers in the UK.\n\nIn 1985, his company. F.H Lee, merged with Hazelwood Foods and the multi-million pound business was sold in 2000.\n\nLee's success in business led to his return to City as chairman in 1994, buying the club from the unpopular Peter Swales, but the spell was largely unsuccessful and he resigned in 1998 with the club facing relegation to the third tier.\n\nDespite his departure, he retained shares until selling to Thaksin Shinawatra in 2007 and continued to attend City games regularly.\n\nIn 2016, Lee received a CBE from the Duke of Cambridge for his services to sport and charity.\n\nFond tributes have been paid to Lee by friends, former footballers and pundits on social media.\n\nFormer City striker Paul Dickov said: \"Such sad news to hear of the passing of Francis Lee. A gentleman, proper football man with a great sense of humour.\n\n\"The main reason I signed for Man City with his sheer love for the club & will be forever grateful. Love & condolences to all his family & friends. RIP Mr Chairman.\"\n\nCity fan and ex-boxing world champion Ricky Hatton said: \"So saddened to hear of the passing of Francis (Franny) Lee. What a legend of a footballer & a man in general.\n\n\"Never did a man love our club more than this man. On the pitch as a player, off it as a chairman. He was blue through & through.\n\n\"Had the pleasure of being in his company so many times. Something I will never forget. A genuine Manchester treasure. Love & condolences to the family RIP Franny the king.\"\n\nFormer Nottingham Forest striker Stan Collymore wrote: \"Sending sincerest condolences to the family and friends of Franny Lee.\"\n\n\"Had some lovely chats over the years on here and at City where he rightly had his status acknowledged by the club over the years.\n\n\"Another legend gone too soon. Rest in peace, Franny.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nA lightning strike has caused a huge gas explosion at a food waste recycling plant in Oxfordshire.\n\nWitnesses reported seeing a fireball light up the night sky after the blast at the Severn Trent Green Power Plant at Cassington, north of Oxford.\n\nThe company said the strike caused one of its biogas tanks to explode at about 19:20 BST.\n\nIt said nobody had been injured and staff were working with emergency services to secure the site.\n\nA fireball lit up the night sky after the explosion\n\nSix fire engines, 40 firefighters, police and at least four ambulances have been deployed to the plant, which processes food waste turning into biogas.\n\nSouth Central Ambulance Service confirmed paramedics were at the scene, but that they were there on standby to assist police and the fire service.\n\n\"There are no reports of any casualties at this time,\" a spokesperson for the ambulance service said.\n\nOxfordshire County Council said fire crews were using an aerial appliance and water tank as they fought the flames.\n\nMultiple police vehicles are at the entrance of the Severn Trent Green Power Plant site\n\nJack Frowde, 34, who works at Oxford University, said: \"I was sitting in my kitchen when the whole room lit up with a brilliant white light, then followed by a huge crack which sounded like really heavy thunder.\n\n\"I looked out of the kitchen window and it was as if the sky was pulsating orange.\n\n\"I ran to the back to capture the orange glow as it faded after about 20 seconds.\"\n\nStuart Hosking, a business owner from Oxford, said: \"We were pretty close. I thought it was the sun setting, until I saw the flickering and smoke.\n\n\"The lights flickered in the house then a flash, then a rumble like thunder, but a single bang.\"\n\nResidents across the Oxford area reported seeing the sky go orange at about 19:20 BST\n\nIn a statement, Thames Valley Police said: \"It is believed that lightning struck gas containers at the site during bad weather this evening, causing a large fire.\"\n\nThe force said the A40 had earlier been closed between Wolvercote and Eynsham as a result of the incident. The road has since reopened.\n\n\"To ensure public safety, nearby residents are asked to stay at home, to shut windows and doors and not to attend the scene,\" a police spokesperson added.\n\nResidents have reported power outages in Witney, Burford, Chipping Norton and Milton-under-Wychwood.\n\nFollow BBC South on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram. Send your story ideas to south.newsonline@bbc.co.uk.\n\nSign up for our morning newsletter and get BBC News in your inbox.", "Welsh Water says it's committing to invest almost £1.9bn to environmental improvement between 2025 and 2030\n\nWater bills in Wales could go up by £120 a year by 2030 as Welsh Water pledges to cut river pollution.\n\nThe firm said its new business plan would see bills rise by £5 more a month in 2025 and £10 a month more by 2030.\n\nIt said it had submitted its 2025-30 blueprint to industry regulator Ofwat for approval.\n\nCampaigners said the water industry model was \"broken\", where firms fail to take a long-term approach but pay senior executives large bonuses.\n\nWelsh Water chief executive Peter Perry called the plan the company's most ambitious yet.\n\nHe said: \"We now need to make a material investment in our water and wastewater systems to meet the challenges of climate change, protect our rivers, and improve the resilience of our water supplies.\"\n\nThe challenge was \"significant\", but Mr Perry was confident it could be met.\n\nWelsh Water saw its number of sewage pollution incidents rise by 9% in 2022\n\nAlastair Lyons, chairman of Welsh Water owner Glas Cymru, said: \"Our £3.5bn investment programme will also bring significant opportunities to increase our contribution to the Welsh economy.\"\n\nBy 2030 the company also wants to:\n\nOne of the founders of the Welsh Rivers Union, Kim Waters, told BBC Radio Wales Breakfast: \"We've seen our rivers deteriorate, largely due to sewage but other factors as well like agriculture.\"\n\nHe said there were \"no guarantees\" in the proposals: \"The very fact that we are looking to a future where there's just a five-year plan - one thing I can guarantee everybody is in 100 years time we will still be worrying about clean water and sewage.\"\n\nHe added: \"We are in a unique situation in Wales in that Dwr Cymru (Welsh Water) is a private company but a not-for-profit.\"\n\nHe welcomed that some action was being taken, but called for a more comprehensive approach beyond five years and better regulation from Natural Resources Wales to ensure the company was properly monitored.\n\nWelsh Conservative Shadow Climate Change Minister Janet Finch-Saunders said the proposed rise was \"completely unacceptable\".\n\n\"Along with this, the CEO's salary is a whopping £332,000 (not including pension contributions and bonus payments). This will understandably frustrate and anger hard-working customers.\n\n\"As we regretfully know, nearly a quarter of all sewage discharges in the whole of England and Wales are in Wales, with Welsh rivers making up six of the top 20 rivers in England and Wales for the overall highest number of sewage dumps. Labour have let people down on sewage in Wales repeatedly.\"\n\nPlaid Cymru energy spokesperson Delyth Jewell said: \"People in Wales are already facing rising costs and inflicting higher bills on them during a cost of living crisis is unacceptable - in this instance, the polluter should pay to clean up our water.\n\n\"The Welsh government is hamstrung by its own inaction in requesting the transfer of power over water.\n\n\"The current devolved framework in Wales falls well short of where it needs to be and further devolution of powers is needed to enable the government to effectively address the problem of sewage discharges into Wales' rivers and seas.\"\n\nIn February it was announced customers would face paying out £14 more a year for their water.\n\nThat would bring the average bill to £499 a year - the second highest in Wales and England.\n\nThe company said its research had shown 84% of customers found the new plan \"acceptable\".\n\nIn recognition of the cost of living crisis it said it would boost support for customers struggling to make ends meet with funds it has because of its not-for-profit status.\n\nThe plan, the firm said, had been shaped by customers and the Welsh government's price review guidelines.\n\n\"It prioritises improving river water quality and addressing the challenge of storm overflows, enhancing key services, and strengthening resilience against the challenges facing the company, in particular climate change,\" a spokesman said.\n\nIf approved it said it would be the company's biggest investment programme, worth £3.5bn investment over the five years.\n\nThat, said Welsh Water, would be equivalent to a 68% increase on investment between 2020 and 2025.\n\nIt said it was committing to invest almost £1.9bn to environmental improvement between 2025 and 2030.\n\n\"This will include substantially reducing phosphorous discharges from wastewater treatment to rivers in special areas of conservation,\" a spokesman said.\n\nA programme to stop its 2,300 storm overflows polluting rivers will also be put in place.\n\nThe business said the programme reaffirmed its intention to become carbon neutral by 2040.", "The Scottish golf fan who became a Ryder Cup sensation after jumping into a lake to celebrate Europe's win has put the moment down to the heat and high spirits.\n\nFootage of John Burleigh went viral after he took the plunge at the 16th hole at the Marco Simone club in Rome.\n\nHe was later dubbed \"Colonel Sanders\" by fans thanks to his resemblance to the late KFC founder.\n\nThe 70-year-old said he tried diving for golf balls while in the lake.\n\nJohn, from Greenock, Inverclyde, was watching the final day's play from the edge of the 16th green.\n\nAnd he was there when England's Tommy Fleetwood guaranteed the half point needed to bring the cup back to Europe.\n\nIt was then that everything kicked off.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Dan Walker This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nJohn told BBC Scotland News: \"The sun got to me and I was lost to delirium. The weather had been too hot but the banter and company had been fantastic.\n\n\"I had predicted it was going to finish at the 16th. The American conceded right in front of me and I just took off.\n\n\"I hadn't planned it but I had said to a golf friend in Largs that it was so exciting that I could jump in the lake.\n\n\"And when we won it was so inviting I just shot off.\"\n\nJohn said the lake felt \"lovely\" after days of spectating in sweltering temperatures.\n\nHe lost his sunglasses in the dip and was disappointed not to come out of the water with some souvenirs of his swim.\n\nJohn joked: \"When I put my head in the lake I was looking for golf balls.\n\n\"I was hoping to come out with some but I didn't see any.\"\n\nAnd while the European fans celebrated the win, he was having to deal with the consequences of his moment of madness.\n\nHis wife Heather was arriving at 18:00 at the airport and he was meant to pick her up on a scooter but the local police wanted to have a chat first.\n\nJohn left the course in his wet clothes to pick up his wife Heather at the airport\n\nJohn said: \"I didn't get into trouble but a policeman came up and wanted a word with me. They checked my ID and I apologised and said the sun had got to me.\n\n\"I showed him my driver's licence but while we were doing this people were coming up and getting selfies with me. And more and more people started jumping in the lake after me.\"\n\nWhen John eventually arrived at the airport, still in his soaking clothes, he began to realise that his stunt had made a splash on social media.\n\n\"People who were heading home were coming up and showing me the footage and saying I was a legend.\n\n\"It was good fun and it was all done in the best possible taste,\" he said.\n\nEarlier in the week he posed for a selfie with Scotland's Robert MacIntyre, who won 2.5 points for Europe on his debut in the biennial contest.\n\nJohn and Heather are now on holiday in Italy for the rest of the week and he is enjoying his new found fame.\n\nHe is even taking to his new Colonel Sanders nickname.\n\nJohn added: \"It could have been worse. Someone called me an 'old guy' but I took that on the chin.\n\n\"So long as KFC call me up with an offer, I'll be quite happy.\"", "Emad Al Swealmeen was killed in the blast\n\nA man who died when his homemade bomb went off outside a hospital had a grievance against the British state because his asylum claim was rejected, a police investigation has found.\n\nEmad Al Swealmeen's device exploded in a taxi outside Liverpool Women's Hospital on 14 November 2021.\n\nThe 32-year-old was killed, but driver David Perry escaped the blast.\n\nCounter Terrorism Policing North West said his grievance \"combined with mental ill health\" led to the attack.\n\nThe force's report into the bombing said it was \"most likely\" that Al Swealmeen's grievance against the British state for failing to accept his asylum claim had \"compounded his mental ill health, which, in turn, fed that grievance and ultimately a combination of those factors led him to undertake the attack\".\n\nDet Supt Andy Meeks said it was believed Al Swealmeen intended to go into the hospital and detonate his device, but it was likely that it had exploded earlier than planned.\n\nHe said there was no evidence anyone else was involved in the attack.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: The cab pulled up outside Liverpool Women's Hospital and exploded into flames\n\nThe explosion, which was captured on the hospital's CCTV, propelled ball bearings through the taxi, blowing out its front windscreen.\n\nThe glass hit a tree 52ft (16m) away and damage was caused to the hospital's windows.\n\nDet Supt Meeks said Al Swealmeen, who was born in Iraq, had gone to considerable lengths to stay in the country, including converting to Christianity, although the authenticity of his conversion was in doubt.\n\nA previously confidential 2015 asylum judgment, released to the BBC in 2022, also revealed his claim of being a Syrian refugee had lacked basic facts.\n\nThe force said Al Swealmeen came to the UK in 2014, having applied for a visa in Abu Dhabi claiming he wanted to travel for a holiday and to watch the filming of Britain's Got Talent in Belfast.\n\nHe falsely claimed to be a Syrian national when interviewed by Home Office officials and his asylum claim was rejected.\n\nPolice found two unfinished improvised firearms at one of his addresses\n\nDet Supt Meeks said Al Swealmeen began a conversion to Christianity in 2015, when his asylum appeal rights were exhausted, and was baptised at Liverpool Cathedral in November that year.\n\nHe forwarded letters of support from members of the church community to the Home Office to support his asylum claim in 2017.\n\nIn January 2020, a further asylum claim was rejected on the basis he had not truly accepted the Christian faith and rejected others.\n\nDet Supt Meeks said Al Swealmeen's deterioration in mental health coincided with developments in his asylum case.\n\nHe said he was detained by police under the Mental Health Act in 2015 and was later sectioned.\n\nThe investigation into the attack found Al Swealmeen rented a flat in Rutland Avenue, about 1.5 miles (2.4km) from the hospital, with the \"sole purpose\" of building the bomb.\n\nOfficers found mixing bowls and bags of chemicals inside the flat, along with a mobile phone containing instructions on how to make explosives.\n\nA search of his other address, which he shared with other asylum claimants in Sutcliffe Street, uncovered two unfinished improvised firearms.\n\nA subsequent search of his mobile phones found they had been largely erased and he had taken precautions to conceal his intentions.\n\nAs a result, the report said officers would \"never truly know why Al Swealmeen took the actions that he did that led to the explosion\".\n\nFollowing the report's publication, Merseyside Police's Assistant Chief Constable Jon Roy said the public's reaction to the attack had been \"unbelievable\", adding: \"In the face of adversity, they were strong and determined and unbowed.\"\n\n\"Ultimately, the aim of terrorists is to create conflict, distrust and fear, but that didn't happen here and people across Liverpool stood shoulder to shoulder,\" he added.\n\nWhy not follow BBC North West on Facebook, X and Instagram? 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