a very warm welcome. president biden has warned that a continuation of the conflict in gaza would only play into hamas s ideology. in what appears to be a softening of the us stance, mr biden said on social media, and without mentioning israel, that continuing down the path of terror, killing and war is to give hamas what they seek. it comes as intelligence chiefs from the us, israel and egypt are continuing talks in qatar to try to further extend the current six day pause. earlier, 12 more hostages were released from gaza bringing the total number now freed to more than 80. tuesday s hostage handover included 10 israeli citizens, and two thai nationals. in return, israel has released another 30 palestinian prisoners. theyjoin the 150 other palestinians, mostly women and teenage boys, who have so far been released from israeli jails, since the truce began on friday. tal heinrich, spokesperson to israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu, told the bbc, the israelis are willing
the court at the time. cot. extraordinary stories coming from the channel islands which are suffering the worst of the storm. all areas of the uk seem to be suffering and some way and 68 flood warnings in place at the moment and hundred 67 flood warnings across the uk. 68 flood warnings. we will bring you plenty more. rishi sunak spoke to reporters in the last few minutes about the ai summit. , ., ., , , ., ~ ., summit. great to speak from bletchley summit. great to speak from bletchley park summit. great to speak from bletchley park which - summit. great to speak from bletchley park which is - summit. great to speak from | bletchley park which is where summit. great to speak from - bletchley park which is where the great scientist alan turing broke the enigma code.. today it is focusing on al safety. ai has the potential to transform all their lives and thanks to the actions we have taken this week the uk has the chance to be the forefront of that change. d0 chance to
the boats there. these pictures are from this morning in milford on sea on the hampshire coast. you can see the swell this system is creating, which has forced the closure of the beach. the system has already been over north west france, bringing gale force winds. the country s transport minister says a lorry driver was killed when a tree fell on his vehicle in the ayn region. our reporter, aruna iyengar, has the very latest. waves crashing over the sea wall in devon. a car is washed into the sea. this is penzance in cornwall. and there is heavy rainfall and flooding across the country. areas of northern ireland have been flooded. this is the scene in newry. storm ciaran is unleashing its power across the country. hampshire county council has declared a major incident for residents in hampshire and the isle of wight. many schools are putting safety first and will be shut in hampshire, southampton and devon. amber wind warnings, the second highest level of alert, are in place
glastonbury looks dry this year. here in kew gardens, lots of sunshine. i will have the weather for you later. it s wednesday the 26th june. with just over a week to go until polling day, the prime minister rishi sunak and labour s sir keir starmer are preparing to go head to head in their final leaders debate of the election later. it comes as members of both main parties continue to face difficult questions about betting allegations. our political correspondent iain watson reports. the second and final head to head clash between rishi sunak and the man who wants hisjob keir starmer takes place tonight on the bbc. and it s worth a bet that one of the topics might just involve gambling. the conservative campaign has been buffeted by allegations that two candidates, two party officials, and now a member of the welsh senedd had bet on a date of the general election, and were facing inquiries from the gambling watchdog. it s an independent process with the gambling commissio