it's newsday. hi singapore this is bbc news. it's newsday.— singapore this is bbc news. it's newsday. hi there. thank ou for it's newsday. hi there. thank you for being _ it's newsday. hi there. thank you for being with _ it's newsday. hi there. thank you for being with us. - it's newsday. hi there. thank you for being with us. if- you for being with us. if you're just you for being with us. if you'rejustjoining us, here's a quick update on the latest developments on the israel—gaza war. forthe developments on the israel—gaza war. for the first time since the conflict broke out, more than 400 foreign passport holders and injured palestinians have been allowed to leave gaza. the rafah border crossing, in the south of gaza, until today had only been opening to allow humanitarian aid for palestinians in. elsewhere, there's been another big air strike onjabalia in northern gaza, which israel has declared an evacuation zone. this, a day after an israeli attack killed dozens of people attack killed dozens of people at the refugee camp there. israel says another hamas commander was killed in the latest strike, but un human rights officials say it could be considered a war crime. hamas says at least 195 palestinians have died from both days' strikes, but the bbc hasn't been able to verify these claims. and in the united states, presidentjoe biden says his administration is working nonstop to get americans out of gaza as soon as and as safely as possible. jeremy bowen has our first report, which contains materials you may find upsetting. at last the gates of the rafah crossing were opened. some foreign citizens were allowed to leave gaza for egypt. forthe allowed to leave gaza for egypt. for the first time, since israel imposed its siege. convoys of aid trucks are moving into gaza, though not nearly as many as the un and aid agencies say are necessary. ambulances went in for the seriously wounded. in jabalia, at the opposite end of the gaza strip, more israeli raids. this time they said the target was a command centre. the un said gaza's civilian were being starved, traumatised and bombed to death. 0n the other side of the border wire, zails —— israelis are still in shock over the october 7 athletics —— attacks. this is a kibbutz directly facing gaza. her hopes of peace with her neighbours in gaza gone forever. stopping anything like this happening again is powering israel's determination to see this fight through to the end. adele showed me in place where he son—in—law saved her three granddaughters, all under the age of ten. tell me what happened here?- age of ten. tell me what happened here? that's their safe room- _ happened here? that's their safe room. that's _ happened here? that's their safe room. that's where - happened here? that's their safe room. that's where he | happened here? that's their - safe room. that's where he shot the terrorist. b5 safe room. that's where he shot the terrorist.— the terrorist. as it was under attack, hamas _ the terrorist. as it was under attack, hamas radio - the terrorist. as it was under i attack, hamas radio messages were intercepted, and the israeli army gave us this excerpt. the fence has been fixed, israel's security has not. so there's no doubt there was a lot of complacency about the risks that hamas posed to israel. and after the war there's going to be an inquiry. but, even now, the prime minister binyamin netanyahu is under a lot of pressure about his responsibility for the security lapses that led to hamas breaching the border. i took my kids. that _ hamas breaching the border. i took my kids. that day, - hamas breaching the border. i took my kids. that day, a - took my kids. that day, a retired israeli _ took my kids. that day, a retired israeli general, i took my kids. that day, a j retired israeli general, he drove down from tel aviv to rescue his son's family from hamas. as the hamas gunman surged forward, his mission was successful. he took a rifle from a dead israeli soldier and with others, fought his way in. i saw won terrorist, i pointed at him, i killed him. isaw another one, i think i warned him or killed him.— another one, i think i warned him or killed him. who do you hold responsible _ him or killed him. who do you hold responsible for _ him or killed him. who do you hold responsible for what - hold responsible for what happened?— hold responsible for what ha ened? , , , , happened? this is the biggest failure in the _ happened? this is the biggest failure in the history _ happened? this is the biggest failure in the history of- happened? this is the biggest failure in the history of the - failure in the history of the state of israel. it was a military failure, it was an intelligence failure. and it was a failure of the government. but i think the one that really in charge, and all the blame is on him, is the prime minister binyamin netanyahu.— prime minister binyamin netan ahu. , ., netanyahu. this was the funeral of 20-year-old _ netanyahu. this was the funeral of 20-year-old lavi _ netanyahu. this was the funeral of 20-year-old lavi lipshitz. - of 20—year—old lavi lipshitz. israelis are behind their troops, but increasingly they want to know how so much went wrong, and the pressure on the prime minister is going to increase. well, our correspondent inside gaza has spent the day at the rafah crossing. reporting from there is extremely difficult, but he started by explaining that while hundreds of people had gathered, only a small proportion were actually allowed to cross. i saw families with bags and they were waiting and waiting in the hall. 0ut they were waiting and waiting in the hall. out of the 545 people in the list, 345 people left. so 200 were not able to make it tonight. they publish the list again and they say they'll resume the opening of they'll resume the opening of the crossing tomorrow and allow those 200 people. they might issue another short list for people, because today was the first day. it was chaotic in the morning but manageable. we haven't seen any sort of fighting between the people, people came and suddenly they realised it's not open for everybody. it'sjust realised it's not open for everybody. it's just open for people who are on the list. and the list was sent by the egyptians, they put it on the wall and everyone should like find his name. and people in the crossing will check the passports and make sure they're — the name matches the list and then they cross. it was like spending all day talking to people there, really, some of them, they were happy because they were crossing. they're really sad at the same time because they left families behind here. and they don't know what's going to happen to them. but overall it's significant — significant the crossing was open today, not only for the citizen who have dual nationals, but for hundreds of people, patients who are waiting in this hospital to be treated outside, because the hospital is overwhelmed by the number of people with serious injuries. people with very severe injuries, they're waiting for their turn to go and be treated in egypt, not only the dual national citizens. as we've been hearing, many families have been waiting at the rafah crossing desperate to leave gaza. our special correspondent fergal keane, who is based in jerusalem has more. caught in the borderlands, in small space between war and peace. whatever is ahead has to be better than what is behind them. in this place of the list... the names of the lucky ones. that is if luck is having to flee your home. to say goodbye to family left behind under bombardment. moana has an australian passport. she told a bbc colleague of her anguish at leaving family behind. i’m bbc colleague of her anguish at leaving family behind.— leaving family behind. i'm not ha - at leaving family behind. i'm not happy at all. _ leaving family behind. i'm not happy at all, because - leaving family behind. i'm not happy at all, because i'm - happy at all, because i'm leaving my other part, my brothers and sisters, my whole family is still here. i wish they all meet in a safe place. the situation is terrible there. it's very, very bad. many of those who can't get to egypt are crowding into gaza's hospitals, believing they may be safe there. they bring their wounded and their questions. translation: the wounded and their questions. translation:— wounded and their questions. translation: the patients ask me if they should _ translation: the patients ask me if they should go _ translation: the patients ask me if they should go to - translation: the patients ask me if they should go to the - me if they should go to the south. but the south is being bombed and the hospitals in the south are crowded. should they stay in gaza? they ask me if they can stay in the hospital here, but it's also crowded and we have no place for them. we don't know how we can treat them. we feel sorry for them. because we can't provide them with any services although the hospital is open.— hospital is open. yazida suffers from _ hospital is open. yazida suffers from seizures i hospital is open. yazida - suffers from seizures made terrible by the horrors of war. this is the third time his sister has tried to get him across the border.- sister has tried to get him across the border. every time the situation, _ across the border. every time the situation, when _ across the border. every time the situation, when i - across the border. every time the situation, when i believe | the situation, when i believe it got to the worst, it keeps getting worse. i don't know. it's like we're trying to survive. we're not sure we're going to make it. we're trying to do anything we can to survive because we — i simply don't want to die at 24. basically. don't want to die at 24. basically-— don't want to die at 24. basically. don't want to die at 24. basicall . , ., ., ._ basically. they waited all day. but tonight — basically. they waited all day. but tonight tala _ basically. they waited all day. but tonight tala sent - basically. they waited all day. but tonight tala sent us - basically. they waited all day. but tonight tala sent us a - but tonight tala sent us a message saying they didn't make it out. they were back in the dark of their gaza apartment. i'm not sure how i feel any more. we came back to no electricity, no food for today, no clean water to drink or even washing water. i'm one more day closer to my brother running out of medication. it's night. they'll try again tomorrow. i spoke to a person whose father arrived in gaza the day before the 7 october attacks and has been stuck there ever since. he was on the list to be given passage out, but he's still there. my given passage out, but he's still there.— still there. my father is a transnlant _ still there. my father is a transplant surgeon - still there. my father is a transplant surgeon in - transplant surgeon in liverpool. forthe transplant surgeon in liverpool. for the last ten years, as part of a world health organization run charity, him and part of the transplant team in liverpool have been going to gaza to do some kidney transplants for free, for the patients there. they go three times a year to go those transplants. it happened he arrived on the sixth for this round of transplants and of course everything started on the seventh. and since then, really, he'sjust been seventh. and since then, really, he's just been trying to take shelter, trying to hide, trying to keep safe. we're showing our viewers of the pictures of — as we heard in fergal�*s report, the communication can be quite difficult. when is the last time you have managed to speak to him? ., , to him? over the last three weeks, communication - to him? over the last three weeks, communication has| to him? over the last three - weeks, communication has been really hard. the internet has been cutting in and out over the last three weeks, especially during the times of the communication blackouts which are imposed by israel. it was really difficult to get hold of him. when he evacuated from the north of gaza to the south of gaza, as per the idf orders, we lost him for a few days. because he didn't have any internet at all. and again, over the last 48 hours, we've been struggling to get hold of him. i managed to speak to him today a few times. because we had seen he was one of the lucky few on the list to be able to leave gaza. but i think as rushdie was saying, in the early report, it was chaos at the border. he wasn't able to leave today. the border. he wasn't able to leave today-— the border. he wasn't able to leave toda . ., , , , leave today. that must be very, very frustrating. _ leave today. that must be very, very frustrating. how _ leave today. that must be very, very frustrating. how are - leave today. that must be very, very frustrating. how are you i very frustrating. how are you and yourfamily very frustrating. how are you and your family coping? it’s and your family coping? it's been a and your family coping? it�*s been a roller—coaster of three weeks, really. sometimes it feels like a bit of a bad dream. we'rejust feels like a bit of a bad dream. we're just really stuck to our phones trying to find any hope of pauses, a ceasefire, to be able to get aid in and to get people out. of course, he has nothing to do with any of the politics there. and he was just there in a humanitarian kind of sense. and i mean really, we were hoping he would be able to leave about two or three weeks ago. but i mean, until now, he's still not been able to leave. and of course, over the last few weeks, just the rising hope that he might be able to leave and then of course like today to have it dashed again when he wasn't able to cross into egypt. it's quite difficult. meanwhile, israel's defence minister says the military has dropped more than 10,000 munitions on gaza city alone and it's on track towards its goal of eliminating hamas. but their leaders have warned of a long war. what do we know about its military operations so far and how realistic are its aims? our defence correspondent explains. our defence correspondent explains-— our defence correspondent exlains. , explains. israel says its goal is to destroy _ explains. israel says its goal is to destroy hamas, - explains. israel says its goal is to destroy hamas, wipe . explains. israel says its goal is to destroy hamas, wipe itj is to destroy hamas, wipe it off the face of the map. its tanks are now in gaza. what is still not clear, though, is how it will achieve that, with military means alone. so what do we know about israel's military campaign so far? this map gives an indication of the focus of israel's attacks on gaza. israel says it carried out more than 11,000 strikes over the past three weeks. yellow dots show the damage caused to buildings by air strikes and artillery since the start of the war. the red shows the most recent strikes since ground operations began. this now, israel has imposed strict reporting restrictions on both both the movement and location of its troops. but we do know that israeli ground forces have entered gaza from three directions — mainly from the north, but also from the east. these satellite images identified by bbc verify show the build—up of some israeli forces inside gaza. this appears to be a forward operating base with tanks, bulldozers and troop carriers parked up. as you can see, they're protected by berms of sand, the kind of base from where they launch further attacks. remember, israel has called this the second stage of what it says will be a long war, and they'll need much more than this if they're to try to isolate the city of gaza and clear all those hamas tunnels. israel has still not committed all its forces. this week, it released video of more of its tanks and armour massing on the border. that military build—up in gaza will take some time. but remember, israel can'tjust focus on gaza. it's also had to bolster its defences in the north, the borders of syria and lebanon, where it faces another threat from hezbollah. overall, israel's military strategy is still relatively opaque, nor is it clear how or even whether it can achieve its objective of destroying hamas. and then there's the question of time. a long war with mounting casualties will test the patience of even israel's staunchest allies. jonathan beale reporting there. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. windermere is one of the most studied leagues in the world, but concerns about its water quality are growing. sincejune last year hundreds of local people have been involved in one of the biggest water sampling projects ever seen in britain, but the latest survey, taken in august, was worrying. quite high rainfall before the survey, — quite high rainfall before the survey, which brought in a lot of water— survey, which brought in a lot of water to the catchment, and that brought in, we think, quite _ that brought in, we think, quite a _ that brought in, we think, quite a lot of phosphorus and nitrogen _ quite a lot of phosphorus and nitrogen and other things from the catchment, from septic tanks — the catchment, from septic tanks or— the catchment, from septic tanks or sewage discharges and agricultural run—off. the agricultural run-off. the samples _ agricultural run-off. the samples are _ agricultural run-off. the samples are brought - agricultural run—off. tue: samples are brought into lancaster university to be tested. . , lancaster university to be tested. ., , , ., ., tested. that gives us a real ability to — tested. that gives us a real ability to identify _ tested. that gives us a real ability to identify hot - tested. that gives us a real ability to identify hot spots | ability to identify hot spots in the _ ability to identify hot spots in the catchment where water quality — in the catchment where water quality is _ in the catchment where water quality is good, but also where it is poorer, and then we can use — it is poorer, and then we can use those _ it is poorer, and then we can use those hot spots of poor water — use those hot spots of poor water quality to direct further activity — water quality to direct further activity to try to work out why and to — activity to try to work out why and to address that through action _ you are live with bbc news. pakistan started deporting undocumented foreigners and dismantling their houses on wednesday — even before the midnight deadline passed for them to leave the country. more than 1.7 million are at risk of being forced to leave, according to the government's own figures — many of them afghans. the taliban government in afghanistan says that more than 130,000 people have returned from pakistan in the last two weeks. another life, a different world. on the afghan side of the border, new arrivals register and wait for what will happen next. in pakistan yesterday, lorries laden with life and lives queue. abdullah brought 22 of his family on board this truck from punjab. 20, he says, were born in pakistan. translation: | am | very angry and upset. i initially came here when the russian war started. i used to work in a brick kiln as a labourer. there are fewerjob opportunities in afghanistan. abdullah pulls out a bag of his entire family's id cards. these are recognised as official documents. translation: the government is telling us to just leave, - and they raided my house, arresting my sons. his family watched the road amongst the firewood and furniture. "we didn't do anything wrong," abdullah's wife tells me. "we're poor, we don't have anything." his family's packed out their entire lives. you can see beds, cooling, machine, stove, firewood — everything they have. and that one of the ladies here said that she hasn't been in afghanistan for over 20 years and they don't know what the life there is going to look like for them. while some afghans have been here for decades, others arrived since 2021, fleeing the taliban government. rahim — not his real name — worked for afghan forces and says he was beaten before he left for pakistan. translation: |f| go back to afghanistan, | our lives are in danger, both myself and my family. there is a certain risk of death. there'll be nothing else, only death. at the moment, the situation is like it was in afghanistan. we live in uncertainty. many, like rahim, say they face delays getting official documents. the pakistan government says the deportations have started, but that they are looking after the vulnerable. there will be no human crisis. we will handle them politely, the women especially, and the children and the elderly. so there'll be no human crisis. we are just focusing to strengthen our borders. the queue for the border kept growing as the sun set. on either side, none know how their lives may be about to change. caroline davis, bbc news, peshawar. in other news, donald trumer, the eldest son of the former us president, has started testifying in a civilfraud trial that threatens the family's business empire. donaldjr said he had little to do with preparing financial documents at the real estate company. he's due to return to the stand tomorrow. he and his brother, eric, are accused, along with their father, of fraudulently inflating the value of property owned by the trump organisation by billions of dollars. mr trump and his sons face potential penalties of 250 million dollars if they lose the case. they have denied the accusations. the world's richest man, elon musk, says he believes artificial intelligence is one of the biggest threats to humanity. he was speaking at the start of a two—day tech summit focused on how to minimise some of the risks posed by ai. here's our technology editor zoe kleinman. historic bletchley park was once home to the world war ii codebreakers. no doubt they'd have been very interested in what happened in their workplace today. delegates from around the world, including a member of the chinese government and, yup, elon musk, had agreed on one thing by lunchtime — keeping ai safe was the urgent priority. and here we are for the first time, really, in human history with something that's going to be far more intelligent than us. so, it's not clear to me we can actually control such a thing, but i think we can aspire to guide it in a direction that's beneficial to humanity. the prime minister wants the uk to be a global referee in making sure the tech is developed responsibly. is there a sense, though, that these big us tech giants who have their own commercial agenda are already exerting too much influence over these discussions? i think that's why it's important that countries are the ones in the driving seat. not only are we taking the lead, we really are developing the capability that we need to do all that testing of what these companies are doing so we can then make sure that people are kept safe. very simply, artificial intelligence is computers working things out in a similar way to the human brain. these tools aren't conscious like we are, but, like us, they're excellent at spotting patterns. it can be fed huge amounts of information about a particular subject — more books than a human could ever read, more than there are in this entire library. and it doesn't have to be words. it could be x—rays or data about the weather. and then they're able to identify at lightning speed what should come next when prompted, like the answer to a question. generative ai is the type of the tech that produces content, like text, pictures, music and video, and makes me look like this. some delegates today feared the ai summit had the wrong focus. it's important to also ask who is talking about this existential threat, because people who actually work with people in communities are not concerned about that. we're more concerned about whether ai will deny people pensions. demis hassabis, founder of one of the uk's leading ai businesses, google deepmind, says the sector should remain cautious. i don't think we should move fast and break things, the typical silicon valley mantra, in this case. i think that has been extraordinarily successful to build massive companies and provide us with lots of great services and applications, but ai's too important a technology, i would say, too transformative a technology, to do it in that way. this time last year, few people had even heard of the ai chat bot chatgpt. there'll be more dramatic milestones to come. time will tell if the bletchley crowd got it right. zoe kleinman, bbc news. and before we go, scientists believe that they may have discovered the remnants of another planet, known as theia, which collided with about 4.5 billion years ago. —— earth. an international team of scientists used computer simulations to recreate the ancient collision and calculate the effects of the impact. geophysicists suggest that earth may have absorbed about 10% of theia, with vast amounts of rocky debris ejected to form the moon. that's all for now. thank you for watching newsday. hello there. we've got more heavy rain, more strong winds as we head into thursday, all due, of course, to storm ciaran. that's been tracking its way right the way across the atlantic, heading over the southwest of england. now, it will move eastwards towards east anglia. it will bring more heavy rain and given how wet it's been in october, that could lead to some flooding. the winds also could potentially be dangerous and hazardous, bringing some disruption. this is where we've got the amber wind warnings from the met office. the winds already picking up in the southwest, those stronger winds will transfer through the english channel to affect coastal areas in the southeast of england. the winds are likely to be even stronger for a while in the channel islands — gusts of over 90 mph, already had gusts of 100 mph along the coast of brittany. so, some really strong winds across the far south of the uk. could be quite windy in other areas, and around the storm, around that low pressure, we've got these showers of longer spells of rain. as the wind picks up in scotland, it will get wetter here. we may miss the worst of the wet weather in northern ireland. temperature—wise, well, of course, nothing to write home about — a cool 10—12 degrees. but at least during the afternoon, the winds in the southwest will start to ease, and that's because the storm is going to be tracking away, and at the same time, it will be weakening. so, as we get into friday, the area of low pressure, what was the storm, is going to be sitting out in the north sea. so, it's not going to be as windy on friday, it's not going to be as wet. there'll be some sunshine, but also some showers blown in, and there'll still be some blustery winds. the windiest weather, perhaps the wettest weather will be across eastern scotland and the northeast of england. and those temperatures may be a degree or so higher, but still only 12—13 degrees at best. now, as we head into the weekend, we see that area of low pressure continuing to fade away in the north sea. another one coming in from the atlantic — not expecting this one to be named because the winds aren't going to be as strong. the strong winds will still be through the english channel, but we've got more rain to come across southern parts of the uk, into wales, in the midlands, followed by some showers. further north, there'll be some sunshine and perhaps a few showers as well, and those temperatures not really changing a great deal. so, after all this very wet and very windy weather, we've got some more rain on saturday for the southern half of the uk and then we're all in the same boat on sunday — sunshine and showers and not as windy. the most recent strikes since ground operations began. america's central bank holds interest rates steady, but leaves the door open to further hikes to bring down inflation. plus, as covid fades in the rear view mirror, we take a look at the recovery of tourism and why some countries are doing better at attracting travellers. hi there. welcome to asia business report. we begin this hour with interest rates, because the us federal reserve has left the cost of borrowing unchanged at a 22—year high at their latest meeting. this is their latest meeting. this is the second straight meeting they have held rates steady, after 11 consecutive hikes. the central bank's job, after 11 consecutive hikes. the central bank'sjob, to after 11 consecutive hikes. the central bank's job, to tame inflation, has been complicated by unexpectedly strong growth in consumer spending. after aggressively raising interest rates for the last year and a half, the federal reserve believes it's in a place it can leave rates where they