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Welcome to the daily global, where well bring you the top stories from around the world. First, were going to look at the new political situation in israel. The israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the Opposition Leader benny gantz have agreed to form an Emergency Government to manage the countrys response to saturdays attacks by hamas. The death toll from the attacks has reached 1,200. As israel continues its bombardment of gaza for a fifth day, there are concerns about the deteriorating humanitarian situation. Gazas Health Ministry says 1,100 people have been killed in air strikes. Gazas only Power Station has run out of fuel after israel announced it was cutting off Energy Supplies as well as food and water. 0utside gaza, the Israeli Military says hundreds of thousands of troops are gathering in preparation for would could be a Ground Invasion against hamas, which is regarded as a Terrorist Organisation by many countries, including the us, uk and egypt. For what could be. Sirens wail and at the other end of the country, sirens have been sounding out in towns and cities across Northern Israel amid reports that drones have been launched from lebanon. Let me take you to our various life camera positions. This one is that in the United States. The reason we are looking at this air base is because we are expecting the us� s helped implement Antony Blinken to be getting on a plane and heading to israel top diplomat. To show us support for israel. He may say a few words before getting on the plane, so thats why we are keeping our eyes across those live pictures. We also have Life Pictures of gaza this evening. It isjust also have Life Pictures of gaza this evening. It is just a also have Life Pictures of gaza this evening. It isjust a couple also have Life Pictures of gaza this evening. It is just a couple of minutes past 9pm there. The power situation, the Electricity Supply is running out. He will generally down to their own back up generators, their own back up solar Power Systems will be. Well be getting a little more details a little later. First, with all the latest, heres our bbc course on lucy williamson. Israels pain is being written onto gazas streets. Whole districts brought down in the aftershocks of this attack. Today, Power Ran Out. Gaza struck only station crumbling under israels siege. Today, Power Ran Out gazas only station crumbling under israels siege. Water, food and medicine could be next. They will become weapons of war. Translation ive lost my father, my brother, my uncle, two cousins, two Otherfamily Members and my pregnant wife. Im the only survivor. With Israeli Forces massing at the borders, this man has really at the borders, this man has already lost eight members of his family. In the israeli town of 0fakim near gaza, one neighbourhood is now known as the district of death. Those who stay on here live with the blood and bullet holes left behind after saturdays attack. These two film from their roof. As hamas militants came in, taking hostages and killing one resident outside the bomb shelter. This is where he was killed . The bullet holes in his house and car a reminder of how close he came. Translation all the children were with me, and i. Ave all the children were with me, and i gave everyone knives to protect themselves. 0n the lights, i turned off the air conditioning, so nobody would hear us. All the time, there was shooting around and bombing from all the sides. While hiding in the family safe room, he let his safe room, he les his while hiding in the family safe room, he led his children in Thejewish Prayerfor the dying. I thought he was dead and i was praying, i thought he was dead and i was praying, and i started to say prayers praying, and i started to say prayers for my head. And we pray something prayers for my head. And we pray Something Like this. He recounts a prayer. Something like that is that nobody would Something Like that is that nobody would hear us. The Foreign Secretary came to 0fakim today to hearfrom residents, to roar of his Anger Spilling out in response to media questions. We are living closel to inhuman people. And we are fighting and we will win. Are you considering British Military aid to israel and a humanitarian corridor . Im not going to speculate on what we might give. Im here to find out what we can give to israel. Minutes later, he was bundled towards a bomb shelter as sirens warned of an incoming rocket attack. And, as the number of dead on both sides rises, more dramatic stories of escape. These women trapped while militants battled soldiers on saturday. Along the gaza border, israel seems to be preparing for a major offensive. Its leaders haunted by the words of survivors, where was the army . Where were the police . Israel stands on its sense of security how much israel stands on its sense of security. How much destruction will be needed to prove its ability to protect . Lucy williamson, bbc news, southern israel. I want to take you inside gaza now for a sense of whats been happening throughout the day there. 0ur correspondent Rushdi Abu Alouf is there. We can watch israeli Artillery Fire hitting the coastal side of gaza. Israeli tanks are locating near the border with israel and they shell the western part of the city. The Health Officials saying that they are struggling to cope with the situation. They are struggling to cope with the number of people. They said, we are running out of medicine. We are running out to fuel to operate the generators we are running out of fuel to operate the generators that is providing power for the hospitals. The hospitals are completely overwhelmed. The hospitals completely overwhelmed. The compound of shifa hospital, which is gazas largest hospital, has become a refugee camp. Thousands of families are seeking refuge inside the compound of the hospital to try to escape the bombing. The local authority here is trying also to manage what is available. We understand that banks are not giving enough cash, only like 100 bucks for each user. The fuel in the fuel station is giving the people a very small amount of gas. Even the bakeries are not giving the people what they need, they only give a very small amount of bread for the people. So, they are trying to manage what is available, but very soon, if gaza is not supplied by what is needed, its going to be a catastrophic situation here. Thanks to that report. Earlier, i spoke to drjustin dalby, an icu doctor with Medecins Sans Frontier who has been based in gaza for the past six months. Yes. Look, i think were day five, halfway through day five of the conflict. And its just been constant violence, bombs, fighterjets, destruction everywhere. And its continues, whether its the day or the night. And it continues, whether its the day or the night. I think everyone associated with this conflict has not really had any sleep for the whole five days. You know, were seeing a lot a huge number of people who are displaced, over 260,000 people displaced from their homes. Were seeing the hospitals are being overwhelmed, the Emergency Departments working day and night. And were obviously seeing a siege on electricity, water, fuel, all these sorts of things. And thats thats just putting significantly more stress on what was already a chronically stressed health care system. So, just give us a flavour of what its like inside a clinic or hospital right now. Yes. I mean, look, not if you compare to perhaps normal times. I mean, look, if you compare to perhaps normal times. To perhaps normal times, theres obviously a significantly more patients coming in because the number of injured is absolutely immense by this point. The huge number of patients, children, women, men everywhere. And then these people are doing theyre the teams are all doing their work under the sound of bombardment, which is often extremely close to these hospitals and health care facilities. And if theyre not hearing that, they might be Hearing Fighter Jets overhead. And theyve obviously got a very stressed and concerned team, as well as patients and their caregivers and families. All over the place, its extremely difficult in whichever way you look at it. And what about the supplies . What do you need . Yes, look, the supply is a huge, huge issue. As i mentioned earlier, its already a chronically under resourced health care system. We need medicines to come in. We need to be able to have a corridor for humanitarian needs to enter both personnel as well as pharmaceutical resources. Theres a siege, obviously, also water and fuel. Many of these hospitals rely on diesel to run generators and many of these hospitals only have a few days left. So, if the hospitals only have a few days left, what does that mean . What does that mean for the ability to care for patients . Yeah, absolutely. So, look, if youre taking out the Electricity Supply in a hospital, it means not to mention obvious things like the lights go off but all your Monitoring Equipment and mechanical ventilators in the icu to use will no longer function operating theatres and their surgical equipment. Many of them electricity require electricity and they will no longer be able to function. Things like Oxygen Delivery gets impacted, infusion pumps, they get impacted. So, it really impacts every single aspect of our care in a hospital environment. And as more casualties come in, is there the physical room . Yeah. Look, this are the hospitals at the moment are already at their at their maximum. So, some hospitals, theyll need to start looking need to start looking at expanding in various areas as that as the demand goes up obviously. So, yes, the room is always going to is going to be a massive issue going forward. And can i ask you a personal question . I suppose just witnessing what youre witnessing, what does that do to you, seeing what youve been seeing . Yeah, look, ive been in gaza for six months, and for the majority of the time, obviously, this conflict would be. Other than there was a five day escalation in may. But outside of that, relatively speaking, life has sort of gone on as normal. First of all, the perception of time has changed. It feels like those six months were sort of like a week and this is now another week. So, this five days has felt extremely long, like a really long period of time. Obviously, a lot of people concerned, everyones concerned here for notjust ourselves, but our colleagues in gaza who are working, as well as their families. And were hearing every day about people who are getting their homes displaced or their friends or their families. Theyre losing their homes and theyre trying to find other parts of shelter. I think, of course, ourfamilies back home, our friends back home are very concerned. So, ithink. I mean, look, its obviously a very testing time mentally for everyone, everyone here in gaza. And justin, are you going are you going to stay . And justin, are you going to stay . Yeah. Look, at the moment, we have we have no room to move anywhere. The rafah border� s closed, the areas borders closed, and just due to where the conflict is at the moment, theres no means of going anywhere. So, for the time, staying in gaza city. If the opportunity were to arise to move out, ill have to assess that at the time, depending on the situation. Thanks to justin thanks Tojustin Dole be there. 0ur Correspondentjon Donnison is in jerusalem. Earlier, i asked him to outline the political changes that have taken place in israel today. Ever since the weekend, thered been talk of the possibility of a unity government being set up. Well, that seems to have come through today, with the leader of the opposition in israel, benny gantz, from the more centrist party, agreeing to sit on an Emergency Government alongside Benjamin Netanyahu. Mr gantz will sit in a special war cabinet, along with mr netanyahu and the defense minister, other senior ministers and that in theory, i suppose will get rid of the sense that israeli politics is divided, it will show unity and it will also allow decisions to be made more quickly. Jon, more broadly, we are hearing, of course, of the potential of a Ground Invasion. Is there any update . Well, weve heard from the idf today and it does sound like its getting closer. Yesterday, we had the defense minister, yoav gallant, suggesting as much. Today, the idf said that forces were massing on the border, including some 300,000 reservists, and they were ready for their mission, which they had been given by the government. So we dont know when some sort of Ground Invasion is going to happen. That will obviously be an incredibly complex operation. The Mission First to free those hostages, but then to remove hamas capability of governing in gaza. Hamas, of course, will be prepared for such an operation. They will not make it easy. We dont know when its going to happen, but the expectation is that it will. Jon, before i let you go, i just wondered if there had been any response yet. There have been calls throughout the day for things like humanitarian corridors, ways to get aid into gaza. We havent had any firm details on that either way, but i wonder if there had been any kind of response. Well, wejust had, i guess, the first glimmer of some positive news just in the last hour. A senior egyptian official has told the bbc that the Egyptian Government is in discussions with the two parties, that being israel and hamas. Its also speaking, it said, to the us and to the un about the possibility of setting up a humanitarian corridor out of gaza. There is some talk that that might be out of gaza into egypt, to allow food and supplies, aid to get in, maybe some people to get out and a talk of that Window Opening for six hours, as well. So that is just the beginning of talk of that, because as youve been hearing in lyces piece, because as youve been hearing in lucys piece, this humanitarian situation in gaza is getting truly desperate. Now, as you say, no power unless youve got a generator. Fuel for generators is running out. Theyre running low on medical supplies. People are queuing for food with food beginning to be rationed. 80 of gazans before this week were reliant on humanitarian aid and the un now saying that some half a million gazans have not had their food rations since the weekend. Thanks to john for that. John Thanks Tojohn for that. John is in jerusalem and ijust want Thanks Tojohn for that. John is in jerusalem and i just want to show you these Life Pictures from the us. We are expecting the us� s top diplomat to get on that plane soon and had to israel. Us Secretary Of State Antony Blinken expecting to head to israel to show the solidarity and support, and we expect potentially from words from him before he gets on the plane, so we willjust him before he gets on the plane, so we will just see him before he gets on the plane, so we willjust see if him before he gets on the plane, so we will just see if that does happen. Thats why were keeping across the Life Pictures for you. Live pictures. Ivejust been across the Life Pictures for you. Live pictures. Ive just been told some cars are coming into shock. This may potentially be Antony Blinken. And we havent got a guarantee that he will say anything to those cameras before he gets on the plane, but that is the expectation. Just to let you know in the last 20 minutes or so, we did have a briefing from the white house. John kirby with some interesting updates, basically saying the us is helping to restock israels iron dome defences. Thats the Air Defence System that israel has that shoots on rockets from hamas. Also from that briefing we heard that more supplies will be heading to israel from the us in the coming days. On that crucial issue of safe passage of civilians who are currently in gaza with no way out, he said the us is having conversations, actively working with partners who try and establish that. However, no announcement today on that and no formal agreement either way. Lets take a moment to pause now. This is the us Secretary Of State Antony Blinken. Lets take a listen. ~. ,. , ,. , state Antony Blinken. Lets take a listen. ~. , ~. , listen. We are heading as you know to israel and listen. We are heading as you know to israel and im listen. We are heading as you know to israel and im going listen. We are heading as you know to israel and im going with listen. We are heading as you know to israel and im going with a very i to israel and im going with a very simple and clear message on behalf of the president of the United States and the american people. That is that the United States has israels back. We have their back today, well have it tomorrow, we will have it every day. We stand resolutely against terrorism. Weve seen the almost undescribable acts committed by hamas against israeli men, women and children every day. Were learning more and it is simply heartbreaking. Not since isis have weve seen this kind of depravity, and we will continue to stand very resolutely against it. When im israel, ill have the opportunity to meet with Prime Minister netanyahu, the president and other senior officials. I look forward. Some Amnesty Teams as well that have been doing terrific work. Were determined to make sure israel gets everything it needs to defend itself. Already, significant assistance requested by israel is on the way on top of everything weve been doing for years, including the memorandum of understanding that was negotiated by president 0bama to make sure that israel has what it needs to defend itself. At the same time, we anticipate there will be further needs and requests. Weve already been working with congress and we look toward to continuing to make sure israel has what it needs. Second, we will be reiterating, reaffirming the very strong message that President Biden has delivered to any country or any party that might try to take advantage of this situation, and that messages dont. President has deployed the Worlds Largest Aircraft Carrier group to the region to make very clear our detent to enter intent to deter any further aggression against israel. Finally, were very focused on our own people, our own citizens. We lost 22 americans. That number could still go up and probably will. At the same time, we have a number of americans remain unaccounted. We are working very closely with the government of israel to determine their whereabouts and if they have been taken hostage by hamas to work to secure their release. All of these things are on the agenda over these things are on the agenda over the next day or so with israel, but the next day or so with israel, but the main point is this we stand with israel, will not continue to do so. Thank you. With israel, will not continue to do s0 thank vom with israel, will not continue to do so. Thank you. We will continue. Mr secretary. So. Thank you. We will continue. Mr secretary, yesterday so. Thank you. We will continue. Mr secretary, yesterday they so. Thank you. We will continue. Mr secretary, yesterday they said l mr secretary, yesterday they said they talked to the israeli about getting they talked to the israeli about getting safe passage through gaza. Today. Getting safe passage through gaza. Today, jerome kirby said theyre still talking into officials. What is the still talking into officials. What is the hold up . Whats the obstacle . We are is the hold up . Whats the obstacle . We are talking about that. Were talking to israel about that, to egypt about that. Its an ongoing conversation. I cant get into the details. Some of this is, needless to say, understand the complicated, but we want to make sure to the best of our ability that civilians are not harmed, and im sure israel does too. Israel has to take steps to defend itself. I believe it has to make sure that, going forward, what happens doesnt happen again. Im knocking to get into the details but is ongoing. 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I think you are the president speak to Ashley Yesterday and his very strong and forceful comments to us yesterday. What separates israel in the United States and other democracies when it comes to incredibly difficult situations like this is our respect for international law. We do everything we can to make sure that the situations we avoid civilian casualties. That is in direct contrast with hamas, which uses people as human shields. It actually seeks to put Palestinian Civilians in situations where they could be harmed. This is very much part of their game plan. So, we know that israel will take all of the precautions that it can just as we would. Thats what separates us from hamas and terrorist groups that engage in the most heinous kind of activities. Thank you. Well have a chance to talk later. Thank you. Studio that was Antony Blinken. Us Secretary Of State speaking to press there before getting on that plane. He is now heading to israel. We saw him getting a board that plane. A couple of interesting points. Confirming his itinerary, that he will meet the Prime Minister of israel, confirming that steadfast support for israel. We stand against terrorism was quote was his words also working with the us to get the support israel needs. To stay with us. This is bbc news. Hello there. For those parts of the uk where it has been exceptionally warm over the last few days, there is something more autumnal on the way. That cooler feel already in evidence across northern areas. Further south today, weve had more in the way of cloud. That cloud has been producing some outbreaks of rain. You can see the division between that warm and actually rather humid air in the south with south westerly winds, and the north westerly winds bringing something cooler and more autumnal in the north. This Weather Front lies between those two air masses. Its been bringing quite a lot of rain for some of us during today. That front tending to slip its way southwards overnight. Still some quite heavy bursts of rain actually pushing across some southern parts of england, some rain left behind across the midlands, mid wales. Further north, though, clear, starry skies. Just a few showers in the far north. Temperatures dropping to about one degree in parts of Northern Ireland, Northern England and scotland, so A Touch Of Frost to start tomorrow, but with some spells of sunshine. Whereas, for the southern half of wales, parts of the midlands, east anglia, southern counties of england, there will be a lot of cloud. There will be some bits and pieces of rain at times. Just the odd shower in the far north of scotland, where it will be breezy, but perhaps not as windy as it was today. Temperatures of 10 degrees there in lerwick, 12 in aberdeen. It will not be as warm as it has been in the south, still 18, 19 or 20 degrees. But during thursday night, things will turn very, very wet across a good part of england and wales. This Weather System pushing up from the south. At the same time, a frontal system pushing down from the north, this cold front here. The two will essentially combine for friday to give some really heavy rain, at least for a time, across parts of england and wales. Further north and west, for the far north of england, more especially Northern Ireland and scotland, we will see plenty of sunshine. Some showers pushing back in on this brisk north westerly wind. Temperature wise, were looking at 12 degrees in glasgow, 13 in newcastle, 20 in london. But that will not last as we head into the weekend. Finally, we lose all these various frontal systems, they clear away southwards. We pick up a north or north westerly wind. As you can see from the blue colours, something colder spreading southwards. If anything, some of these temperatures actually below the average for the time of year by day and the nights will bring some A Touch Of Frost. This is bbc news. The headlines Israel Pounds Gaza for a fifth day, as gazas only Power Station runs out of fuel. The un Secretary General calls for aid to be let in. Food and water must be allowed into gaza. We need rapid and unimpeded humanitarian access now. Israel says 1,200 people are now known to have died in the attacks by hamas, as shocking details continue to emerge of a massacre in the kfar aza kibbutz. Israel continues to mass soldiers and hardware close to the gaza border ahead of a possible Ground Invasion