Time. Voiceover lise Indigenous People for the first time. Voiceover Indigenous People for the first time. Voiceover live from our studio in singapore, time. Voiceover live from our studio in singapore, this time. Voiceover live from our studio in singapore, this is studio in singapore, this is bbc news. Its newsday. Welcome to the programme. Starting with the latest from the Gaza Health Ministry which says more than 1,500 people have now been killed in israeli airstrikes since saturday. Meanwhile, israels top general has admitted that the armed forces failed to protect the state and its citizens when hamas launched its offensive. More than 1,300 israelis died during the attacks, most of them civilians. 0ur international editor, jeremy bowen, begins our coverage in southern israel. More of gaza has been flattened by israeli bombing. Israel insists its targets are all based on intelligence, to kill the men who massacred israelis and to continue the job of breaking hamas. But hundreds of civilians of all ages have also been killed. And israel has been accused of answering the war crimes of hamas with ones of its own. Antony blinken, us Secretary Of State, flew in. He offered solidarity, more military aid and assurances for benjamin netanyahu, israels Prime Minister, that america has israels back. We are here, we are not going anywhere. He compared hamas to the killers of Islamic State and said, the way israel fights them matters. The value that we place on human life and human dignity, thats what makes us who we are. And we count them among our greatest strength. Thats why its so important to take every possible precaution to avoid harming civilians. At this Police Station in tel aviv, israelis report relatives who have been missing since hamas attacked. Yonatan� s mother disappeared from kibbutz beeri, on the gaza border. His family believe that if peace diplomacy worked, the Americans Last tried 10 years ago, israelis and palestinians might have been spared this agony. Yonatan is here to give a dna sample, but hes hoping his mother is alive as a hostage. Vivian silver, his mother, is one of israels best known campaigners for peace with the palestinians. She was Holding Meetings only a few days before the hamas attacks. What do you think your mother would be saying about everything that is happening right now . That this is the outcome. This is the outcome of war, of not striving for peace. Weve been, you know, israelis have, lets say, living on our soil. And this is what happens. You know, its very overwhelming, but its not completely surprising. We couldnt. Its not. Sustainable to live in a state of war for so long. And now it bursts, it burst. Vivian was making light of it at first last saturday, until she couldnt. We may be witnessing a massacre. Enough sense of humour, im just telling everybody, telling you are love you. And i write back, i love you, mum. She writes, theyre in the house now. Isaid, i have no words im with you. She writes, i feel you. And that was it, thats the last message. Their kibbutz was one of the first targets of hamas last saturday, as its right on the border. They shot dead the people in this car, stormed in and set about killing israelis. By the time the army fought its way back into beeri, you can see the ferocity of the fight. It was too late to stop the massacre. The body bags of residents are still being brought out of the ruins. Volunteers from an organisation that recovers jewish dead for a religious burial took us to the house where Vivian Silver lived, horrified by everything theyve seen. Its not people. It cannot be people making Something Like that. It cant be it doesnt go with people theres not even a studio in hollywood that could make a horror movie as bad as what we have seen here. I cant understand, somebody take kids. They didntjust kill them, they mutilated, they burned, they. Severed. Its impossible to describe. The army didnt allow us much time in the street where Vivian Silver lived and brought up herfamily. She moved here long before hamas emerged, for space and country air. We hope to find out more about what happened to her. But if there were clues, they were consumed by fire. Vivians house and her neighbours were gutted. We dont know if shes alive or dead. Herfamily, like so many others, waits for news, good or bad. Its totally burned down. The remains of the house and destruction at the kibbutz are evidence for most israelis that it is dangerously wrong for Peace Activists like vivian to argue that a century of attempted military solutions to the conflict have failed. The survivors have left the kibbutz. Now it is a staging area as the army waits for the order to enter gaza. As the soldiers prepare, israels government vows that this time its forces will destroy hamas. Jeremy bowen, bbc news, kibbutz beeri. Gazas only Power Station has now run out of fuel and supplies of food, water, and medicine are dwindling. There are now reports of heavy shelling in areas of gaza thought to be safe for families. Jon donnison has more on the desperate situation. In gaza, whole neighbourhoods have been reduced to rubble. Israel says these are precision strikes. For palestinians, it doesnt feel that way and they� re defiant. I will never leave this place, he says. I dont care what planes you send, i will never leave here. Outside the main shifa hospital, the bodies are being lined up. The morgue is full. We are expecting, if things are in the same manner and were still receiving the same number of injured and casualties that we have seen in the last four, five days, i think the whole medical sector and the Health Department maybe will collapse maybe in two or three days. I dont think they can manage it. The hospital is full of patients. Hospitals are also one of the few relatively safe places. In the grounds outside, the displaced are setting up makeshift camps. We are sleeping here with the bombing above us, 15 year old mohammed says. I hope that the world will have mercy. Some of those here have lived through half a dozen wars. They slaughtered our children and destroyed our houses over our heads and here we are in the streets, says this 65 year old man. Dead bodies are stacked over each other, children and toddlers, he goes on. In the south of gaza, theyre burying the dead wherever they can. And these funerals will not be the last. Many more will grieve before this war is over. Jon donnison, bbc news, injerusalem. Our team at bbc verify has been taking a look at what we know about the damage in gaza. Heres merlyn thomas. We have seen israeli air strikes continue on gossip with force and this is one of those locations in the refugee camp and this is the aftermath. Residents sifting through the rubble with their bare hands searching for survivors and bodies. Just on the coast from the gaza strip, the Third Largest refugee camp in the palestinian territories, according to the un. Gaza is one of the most densely Populated Areas on earth with over 2. 3 Million People just aikm long strip of land right now, closed borders and within that, theres at least refugee eight camps been trained to verify the extent of the damage of the extent of Refugee Camps and trying to find same before and after images by pinpointing and matching the exact streets is almost impossible because the destruction is so bad. The Satellite Image just a few days before the attack. And this is Drone Footage from reuters news agency. We do not know how many were killed by the Palestinian Ministry of health says that there was a large number. And for those who were injured, because gazas hospitals are not necessarily the safest place either. The Ministry Said seven hospitals were hit by israeli air strikes and we have been unable to verify that ourselves but we have been able to verify just one of those buildings and that is this one here. The International Eye hospital. This is before the attack. And this is what it looks like after. This is posted on X Formerly Twitter by a charity worker. The Israel Defense forces on this particular hospital, recently said they have intelligence to show that they hide inside hospitals andwe have not been able to independently verify that. Idf says they notified gaza when an air strike strike is imminent. We cannot verify the events happening right across the territory but this is one of the ways they do that. Sometimes they drop letters, these white specks are the letters so that people know when the strike is imminent. 0ur correspondent Rushdi Abualouf sent this video from this area stop this is what the letter says. This area stop this is what the lettersays. In this area stop this is what the letter says. In arabic it says there is an attack imminently, make sure you evacuate quickly and go to a shelter. Israel has consistently said that their bombs target military locations but as pictures continue to emerge from gaza of entirely neighbourhoods reduced to rubble, it is clear that it is causing widespread damage. The bbc has rare insight into whats happening in gaza because we have handful ofjournalists inside the territory. One of them is adnan elbursh, a bbc arabicjournalist. While reporting what has happened in his district, he came across friends and neighbours who had been killed. He sent us this report. And a warning it contains distressing images. My name is adnan elbursh, a reporter for bbc arabic and a resident of gaza. Here in shifa hospital, bodies lay everywhere. The injured scream for help. You can never forget these sounds. Among the dead and wounded my cameraman, mahmoud, has seen his friend, malik. Malik has managed to survive, but his family have not. This is my local hospital. Inside are my friends, my neighbours. This is my community. Today has been one of the most difficult days in my career. I have seen things i can never unsee. This young girls home was destroyed. Her relatives have been killed and she needs help. My daughter is the same age. I want to give her a hug. In the chaos, we try to understand what is going on. A mother sits next to the bodies of her family. Translation we were sleeping and they bombarded our house i like everyone else. We dont have any Resistance Fighters in our building. All the building is full of residents. 120 people lived there. The corridors of the hospital are filled with bodies. The morgue can no longer cope. The bodies of the dead have to be laid on the floor outside the hospital entrance. You never want to become the story, yet in my city, i feel helpless as the dead were given no dignity and the injured are left in pain. Around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. Voiceover bbc, bringing you different stories from across the uk. All residents have Learning Disabilities or autism. It is not easy to recruit because retail and nhsjobs generally pay more. It worries me for the people that we support. It worries me whats going to happen to them and how are we going to make sure that we can keep recruiting and can keep supporting them to live their best life ever. The government has put an extra £2. 11 billion into social care but it is only enough to match the increase in inflation. Care worker pay is a really big issue. It is an issue that the local Government Association has lobbied hard on and to make a step change is difficult. It needs funding to councils to increase and, of course, it needs to increase in a way that it gets through to the care worker pay. Many at the summit believe that better wages will not solve everything but care organisations like karens say if staff were rewarded for what they do, there would be more personalised help to go around. Voiceover for more stories from across the uk, head to the bbc news website. Youre live with bbc news. As we heard earlier, us Secretary Of StateAntony Blinken has visited israel, assuring the country of washingtons unwavering support. Were strong here. Were powerful here, in this place, now with tel aviv and everywhere. Applause this was him meeting with survivors of the Music Festival attack which happened in southern israel on saturday. Now, on tuesday the first shipment of us weapons arrived in israel after President Biden pledged to have israels back in its war with gaza. The us has also deployed Gerald R FordCarrier Strike group to the eastern mediterranean. In terms of strategy and if 0s support, let us focus on that and speak to a Senior Fellow at the centre of the new american security, formerly a congressional staffer. He security, formerly a congressionalstaffer. Hejoins me from washington. Thank you very much for your time here on newsday. What is the biggest Military Support the us can provide to the rdf as it carries out its Counter Offence as we speak . Carries out its Counter Offence as we speak . As we speak . Currently the presence as we speak . Currently the presence of as we speak . Currently the presence of the as we speak . Currently the presence of the strike as we speak . Currently the | presence of the strike group as we speak . Currently the i presence of the strike group is providing deterrence and the primary objective is to keep any other potential actors to enter the fight and opening up otherfronts on israels other fronts on israels bottas. Primarily the concern is lebanese hezbollah. They appear to be deterred. They have not engaged fully. The other activity the us is concerned with is providing the israeli Defense Forces military supplies it needs to be able to prosecute its fight against hamas. It prosecute its fight against hamas. ,. , prosecute its fight against hamas. ,. , hamas. It is Military Posturing as well as hamas. It is Military Posturing as well as sending hamas. It is Military Posturing as well as sending a hamas. It is Military Posturing as well as sending a message | hamas. It is Military Posturing i as well as sending a message to the region of detriments. Could actually be in operations . That risk always actually be in operations . That risk always exists. Actually be in operations . That risk always exists. It actually be in operations . Trisgt risk always exists. It seems fairly unlikely. There are a few pathways the us military could become involved. For one, if they themselves indirectly attack, the us military maintains a right to defend itself. Anywhere in the world. Another is if is bella were to decide to open up on israel with thousands of rockets hezbollah. There are a thousand americans roughly in israel properly and President Biden has authority to protect americans, again also potentially unlikely but those are two primarily. Primary hypotheticals by which the us could potentially enter the conflict but no one is really thinking that way right now. Again, all of this Military Capacity at present is designed to prevent an expansion of this conflict to involve other actors. ,. ,. , conflict to involve other actors. ,. , actors. This is also a complex situation actors. This is also a complex situation where actors. This is also a complex situation where there actors. This is also a complex situation where there are situation where there are hostages involved. What kind of rock in the us play on that front . ,. ,. , front . Role. Us forces negotiators front . Role. Us forces negotiators and front . Role. Us forces| negotiators and advisers, people of that ilk from up from the us Are Working Side By side to advise the israeli counterparts. I have not heard of any planning of any sort of Rescue Operation however it is very unlikely that was such an operation to be successful we would hear it in advance. If it is successful, we would likely only hear about it once the hostages and trips going in to get them were out of harms way. So we cannot really know. In such a scenario seems on its face a little bit unlikely to me because of the high risk and theyre just being so many ways Something Like that could go wrong. Again, we may never know unless it happens. Unless it happens. Very briefly. Unless it happens. Very briefly, they unless it happens. Very briefly, they have unless it happens. Very briefly, they have been| briefly, they have been concerns about how this could turn into a broader conflict. If that is a possibility, what kind of role do you expect the us to play . fist kind of role do you expect the us to play . Us to play . At this point, do not think us to play . At this point, do not think anyone us to play . At this point, do not think anyone can us to play . At this point, do not think anyone can really l not think anyone can really know that. It is a fairly broad but ultimately, the movement for the Gerard R Ford strike group as well as the potential Movement Of A Second Strike group into the mediterranean would give President Biden a swath of options, militarily, and capacity should he choose to engage. Again, that is now 1s primary purpose or desired outcome here. Us forces are in the region to prevent this from escalating further beyond hamas. , escalating further beyond hamas. ~. ,. , hamas. Think of your persnective hamas. Think of your perspective your hamas. Think of your | perspective your time. The uk has confirmed it is sending a significant package to the mediterranean including aircraft and ships and marines. The Prime Minister that the ships will be on site next week and will prevent further escalation. Australia will go to the poles this weekend in a referendum the supporters say will allow Indigenous Australians to take a rightful place in their own country but opponents want it might permanently divide the country. If successful, the proposal known as the voice will recognise aboriginal and Torres Strait islander people in the constitution. It will also create a group for them to advise government on issues affecting their communities. So which way will australians vote . Katie watson begins her report in the far north of queensland. Celebrating the worlds oldest living culture, australia is often touted as a multicultural Success Story but this country is going through a historical reckoning, reflecting on its violent colonial past and looking towards a new future. find colonial past and looking towards a new future. And if there is one towards a new future. And if there is one thing towards a new future. And if there is one thing that towards a new future. And if there is one thing that is there is one thing that is going to change in this country, is that there are better quality outcomes for our people. Applause. The aim of the referendum is to empower. The aim of the referendum is to empower aboriginal. The aim of the referendum is to empower aboriginal and to empower aboriginal and Torres Strait islander people and help to narrow the inequalities on issues such as education, poverty and health. Suzanne andrews runs a Health Centre and knows all too well the four outcomes in communities like hers. ~ communities like hers. When you look at communities communities like hers. When you look at communities and communities like hers. When you look at communities and the look at communities and the conditions they are in, there is a housing issue, overcrowding and houses. You have multiple Health Conditions going on in that house. How do we start to tackle all of that . It is notjust fixing the house but fixing the individual and the family and the wider community. The family and the wider community. The family and the wider communi. ,. , community. Polls suggest a maori community. Polls suggest a majority of community. Polls suggest a majority of indigenous majority of Indigenous Australians want this proposal to pass but they make up little more than 3 of australias population. Ironically, those deciding the vote and the fate of Indigenous Australians are outsiders once again. This is meant to be a chance to unite the country and bring about reconciliation but it has been a bitter campaign, packed with misinformation, conservative voters feel the proposal is divisive. ~. , voters feel the proposal is divisive voters feel the proposal is divisive. ~. , ,. , divisive. We cannot set up an apartheid divisive. We cannot set up an apartheid regime. Divisive. We cannot set up an apartheid regime. I divisive. We cannot set up an apartheid regime. Ithink divisive. We cannot set up an| apartheid regime. I think that is wrong and unfair and it is really sad. We not a racist people here, we feeding him australians. People here, we feeding him australians. Everyone is able. Pro osal australians. Everyone is able. Proposal also australians. Everyone is able. Proposal also expose australians. Everyone is able. | proposal also expose divisions within the indigenous community. Many say it has heightened discrimination. The vice is about heightened discrimination. Tue vice is about assimilating heightened discrimination. Tte vice is about Assimilating Us Into The Colonial Constitution to make us nice and neat little Indigenous Australians that will continue to be Oppressed Ljy will continue to be oppressed by the coloniser. The amount of money that is going on at this referendum while our people are hungry and homeless and suicide rates are through the roof, i think just rates are through the roof, i thinkjust shows you just how wrong this country is and how they think that they can fix they think that they can fix the aboriginal problem. B5 the aboriginal problem. As australia has towards a weekend, it is looking like the no vote will win and with that will come much reflection about how this country values all of its people, past, present and future. Katie watson, bbc news, in north queensland. Just before we go, a quick update from the us. Steve scalise, one of the front runners for the post of us House Speaker has just confirmed he has dropped out of that race. Remember, there is a political vacuum in us politics which we have been looking at closely. That is all for now. All other stories on the bbc website. Thank you for watching. Hello. Well, so far this month, many parts of the country have been experiencing unseasonably warm weather but now the transition to something colder is upon us and before that happens, a lot of rain through the early hours across many parts of england and wales. The Colder Weather has already reached scotland and Northern Ireland. The colder winds are coming in from the north, so clearer spells here and colder in the morning, but across the bulk of england and wales its overcast, outbreaks of rain heavy at times. This is the Weather Front and once it clears away, that Colder Weather will sweep in from the north. So still a very mild morning in the south, the mid teens. And then its difficult to summarise the weather through friday across england and wales because it will change quite a bit from heavy rain to sunny spells, perhaps some thunderstorms, gusty winds. Its about 50 miles an hour on the south coast. So really changeable picture on friday across england and wales. But scotland and Northern Ireland hear different story, scattered clouds, a few showers, windy, cold winds in the north and temperatures around 12 degrees there in edinburgh. So once that Weather Front clears away friday night into saturday, it opens up the doors to those cold winds coming in from the north. Nothing particularly unusual for the time of the year. Its just that its going to be quite a shock to the system, especially for those of us that have been experiencing these high temperatures so far this month. So here it is saturday. The winds are coming in from the north now for a change rather than from the south. And these are the temperatures on saturday 1a. So a degree maybe also around the average, colder than average i think in aberdeen around eight degrees celsius. And then saturday night into sunday, the winds will fall light in the centre of the country and with clear skies, that means cold weather, a touch of frost, i think even barely above freezing in rural spots in the south of the country. But with that and with an area of High Pressure building over the uk, its going to be fabulously sunny apart from some showers in the northwest of scotland, but below average temperatures i think across the board, whether youre in the north or the south, itll be around say ten, ten to 13 degrees. And that High Pressure is with us monday and into tuesday. Were right in the middle of that high. That means light winds, perhaps a touch of frosts and murky, foggy mornings. But i think towards the end of the week, it looks as though things could turn a little more unsettled and once again, a little milder. Thats it for me. Bye bye. And the injured are left in pain. The World Trade Organization warns of a real impact On Global Trade if the war in The Middle East speads through the region. Makers of personal computers see a rebound in sales after a two year slump. But growing geopolitical uncertainties could stop their momentum. Hello and welcome to Asia Business report. Im arunoday mukharji. We begin with a warning from the head of the World Trade 0rganisation that the war in The Middle East could have a Really Big ImpactOn Global Trade flows if it speads througout the region. Ngozi 0konjo iweala is in marrakesh this week for annual meetings of the International Monetary fund and world bank. She told our Business Editor faisal islam the latest