that the country would have "overall security "responsibility" for the territory. mr dermer told the bbc "overall security responsibility" did not mean reoccupy or govern the area — but that israel would ensure it remained demilitarised once the war ends. we've also heard from us officials on the matter — the national security council spokesperson, john kirby, had this to say. the president maintains his position, that a re—occupation by israeli forces is not the right thing to do. we'll let them speak to their intentions but we are definitely having conversations about what the post—conflict environment ought to look like, and what governance in gaza will look like. one thing there is absolutely no daylight on is hamas cannot be part of that equation. on tuesday evening, candlelit vigils were held across israel to mark a month since the attack by hamas. people gathered to remember the more than 1,400 people killed, and the hundreds of others taken hostage. israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, faces continued pressure to bring them home. earlier, he reaffirmed his government's position on the conflict. translation: gaza translation: gaza city translation: gaza city is translation: gaza city is encircled. we are operating inside it. we are increasing pressure on hammers inside it. we are increasing pressure on hammers every hour, every day- — pressure on hammers every hour, every day- we _ pressure on hammers every hour, every day. we have _ pressure on hammers every hour, every day. we have killed - every day. we have killed thousands of terrorists —— on hammers. —— on hamas. no ceasefire without release of our hostages. the israeli defence minister says his troops have now battled their way into gaza city, thought to be the stronghold of hamas, which is designated by several western countries as a terrorist organisation. israel's bombing raids have itensified in recent days. more than 20 people are reported to have been killed in two southern cities. our international editor, jeremy bowen, reports. hamas released video of their men fighting on the streets of gaza. they know they can't win a pitched battle, so they're using hit—and—run tactics. that will intensify as israel's tanks and troops move deeper into gaza city. after an israeli strike in khan younis, southern gaza, they were digging for survivors. the town is in the area israel has told palestinians to go to stay safe. but nowhere's safe. israel says this is self—defence. palestinians call it genocide. ahmed had 27 members of his family inside the house when it was hit. this is the bravery of the so—called israel. they show their might and power against civilians. babies inside, kids inside! and the elderly! it is the mighty vengeance promised by israel's prime minister when hamas attacked a month ago. in tel aviv, at the empty table set for the hostages in gaza, friends and families are mounting a 24—hour vigil. the national trauma israel suffered a month ago is not lessening. in fact, they're reassessing everything, notjust relations with the palestinians, but also with arab countries they thought they were getting closer to, and who are now condemning everything they're doing in gaza. and there's the issue of the safety ofjews in places around the world where the palestinians get a lot of support. so even though israel is more secure than a month ago — many more people are out and about — a real sense of threat, notjust from gaza, remains. israel insists that force, not negotiations, will bring the hostages back. shani louk�*s family hoped she was a hostage until she was confirmed dead a week ago. friends filled her family home with her portraits. she was at the music festival that was attacked. we got this horrible video that was shown all over. a friend of ours sent it to us and he said, "i recognise shani. "this is shani on the pick—up truck." this is where she was face down? yes, she was in a weird position, looks unconscious, blood on the head and the pick—up was driving inside the gaza strip, and people were shouting and celebrating and spitting on her, and it was terrible, and we were just in shock. do you think israel's doing the right thing now? i don't know what in the end will be, because there are really many innocent civilians also there in gaza and they shouldn't suffer, but there needs to be something radical with the terrorists to be done, because if not, we will be back in this in the next few years. they will get the weapons again and they will train again. israel's pounding of gaza has not stopped. neither has its rage diminished. jeremy bowen, bbc news, in southern israel. and we'll have more on the latest developments across the day, as we cross live to our correspondents in the region. in the uk, labour mp imran hussain has quit sir keir starmer�*s shadow ministerial team, over his desire to "strongly advocate for a ceasefire" in gaza. imran hussain, who has been an mp in bradford since 2015, said a ceasefire was essential to ending the bloodshed. he said he remained committed to labour's agenda but his view on gaza differed "substantially" from the position sir keir had adopted. sir keir has called for humanitarian pauses in gaza but has not supported calls for a ceasefire at this time. to the united states now. voters in ohio have approved a constitutional amendment, which guarantees the right to abortion in the state. ohio is the seventh state to back the right to abortion, following the supreme court's decision last year to remove it nationally. there have been elections across several states. the "deep red state" of kentucky, where donald trump won with a 26—point lead in 2020, has re—elected its democrat governor, andy beshear. and in philadelphia, cherelle parker has become the first woman mayor of the city. the votes are a chance for the major parties to test the public mood ahead of next year's presidential election. so live now to los angeles to can speak to our correspondent, peter bowes. hello to you, peter. just take us through what's happened overnight. us through what's happened overnight-— overnight. yes, and you mentioned _ overnight. yes, and you mentioned ohio, - overnight. yes, and you mentioned ohio, that l overnight. yes, and you l mentioned ohio, that was overnight. yes, and you - mentioned ohio, that was a very significant victory for supporters of reproductive rights in that state but also more broadly across the country, because this is a very significant national issue in ohio, enshrining the right of a woman to have an abortion if she chooses in that state, and thatis she chooses in that state, and that is in defiance of the decision of the supreme court last year, and this is particularly interesting, because ohio is a swing state. so we have roughly the same number of republicans and democrats, and this tells us that there are a significant number of republican supporters in that state to support reproductive rights, the right to have an abortion, and clearly disagree with what the supreme court decided last year. on the relevance of that is well, abortion will be a big issue, it will continue to be a big issue as we approach the general election, the presidential election in just under a year's time. the presidential election in 'ust under a year's time. the other big issue _ under a year's time. the other big issue of — under a year's time. the other big issue of course _ under a year's time. the other big issue of course is - under a year's time. the other big issue of course is will - under a year's time. the other big issue of course is will he . big issue of course is will he be there or won't he met former president trump. yes be there or won't he met former president trump.— president trump. yes and the si . ns president trump. yes and the signs are _ president trump. yes and the signs are at — president trump. yes and the signs are at the _ president trump. yes and the signs are at the moment - president trump. yes and the signs are at the moment that | president trump. yes and the i signs are at the moment that he won't be. that seems to be the strategy of donald trump, with these debates that he hasn't felt that he needed to, because he has been and continues to be so far ahead of the field. but that may change as time moves on, and perhaps legal problems that donald trump is facing become so intense that he feels he needs to out there. it is often said of donald trump that his favourite forum, the place he feels most comfortable is what we're doing now, in front of a television camera. that is where he feels as if he can get his message across to the electorate. so i would not be at all surprised if at some point he loosens his attitude towards not appearing alongside competitors in his own party. peter, for now, thank you very much indeed. peter bowes. to tokyo, where the gathering of forgeign ministers from the group of seven leading industrial nations is underway. earlier, japan's foreign minister said the group were "united" in their resolve to continue to provide "strong "support" to ukraine in its war with russia. the ministers are also expected to discuss the ongoing israel—gaza war. the us secretary of state, antony blinken, made the trip to tokyo following a brief tour of the middle east to discuss the conflict. the g7 group is made up of britain, canada, france, germany, italy, japan and the united states, with the european union also participating in the talks. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. let's look at some other stories making news. a murder investigation has been launched, after a 15—year—old boy was stabbed near a school in leeds. emergency services were called to town street in horsfoth, near st margaret's primary school. the boy, a former student at nearby horsfoth school, died in hospital. police say two teenage boys have been arrested in connection with the incident. king charles has delivered his first king's speech to parliament, outlining the uk government's priorities. there was a strong focus on crime, with tougher sentences for those who commit the worst crimes, and more rights for victims as well. new licences will be awarded for oil and gas projects in the north sea. the prince of wales has visited singapore to hand out awards in his earthshot prize. five environmental innovations have each won awards, worth £1 million. you're live with bbc news. a former director of engineering at the technology company, meta, whosejob once involved maintaining user safety on instagram, has told us politicians he believes the platform has failed to tackle the levels of sexual harassment that teenagers are exposed to on the app. arturo behar testified this afternoon in washington, saying he knew it meant he wouldn't work in the tech industry again. our technology editor zoe kleinman reports. the hours spent scrolling, posting stylish photos and messaging mates, the friendly face of one of the world's most popular social media apps, instagram. if you would stand, please? today, one of the developers behind the app, arturo bejar, told us lawmakers he had raised concerns with the firm's top bosses about the amount of harassment and unwanted explicit content sent to young teens. alarm bells rang when he saw first—hand the experiences of his own daughter and herfriends. it is unacceptable that a 13—year—old girl gets propositioned on social media. we don't tolerate unwanted sexual advances against children in any other public context. and they can similarly be prevented on facebook, instagram and other social media products. he claims that data about the amount of unwanted sexual and misogynistic content sent to is—is—year—olds has been ignored by the tech giant. he showed me e—mails to meta founder mark zuckerberg, flagging his concerns. you have to tap and hold a message to report it. arturo bejar thinks there should be a simpler way to flag anything you get that makes you feel uncomfortable. meta says, "working with parents and experts, "we have also introduced over 30 tools to support teams "and theirfamilies in having safe, positive experiences "online." one thing you can do right now is check your privacy settings. i would suggest that people constantly check the privacy, check your settings there, because that is always where there will be some information about how the information is shared, what content you want to see. but don'tjust do it once. keep doing it, because these settings change. in the uk, the new online safety act has tough penalties forfirms which fail to protect children, and there are already lawsuits in the us about the impact of social media on teen mental health. meta says its work in this area is ongoing. zoe kleinman, bbc news. an outage at australia's second largest telecommunications company has caused large scale disruption, with hospitals, public services and transport all hit. millions of australians have lost phone and internet services. the australian government said the crash was caused by a "deep fault" in the provider's network, and said it did not believe there had been a cyber attack. let's get more on this and cross live to sydney to speak to phil mercer. hello. first off, have services or are they being restored?— off, have services or are they being restored? slowly optus services across _ being restored? slowly optus services across australia - being restored? slowly optus services across australia are l services across australia are coming back to life. the outage started very early in the morning local time and for many of optus's 10 million plus users, the problems have continued for almost all of the day stopped on top of that you have many, many businesses, hospitals, banks, train services, schools and other organisations who have not been able to communicate with each other. we did hear that at some stage landline telephones operated by optus, the telecommunications giant, were not able to call 000 which is australia's emergency number, so this has had a significant impact on many, many people. optus says that services are slowly being restored but it may take a few more hours for those full services to resume. one opposition lawmaker here in australia said that this was a catastrophic incident. in terms ofthe catastrophic incident. in terms of the cause. _ catastrophic incident. in terms of the cause, still— catastrophic incident. in terms of the cause, still waiting - catastrophic incident. in terms of the cause, still waiting to i of the cause, still waiting to find out that they were adamant that it was not caused by a hacker. fix, that it was not caused by a hacker. �* . ., ., hacker. a glitch rather than powerpiay _ hacker. a glitch rather than powerplay seems _ hacker. a glitch rather than powerplay seems to - hacker. a glitch rather than powerplay seems to be - hacker. a glitch rather than powerplay seems to be the j powerplay seems to be the prevailing view among optus and the australian government. authorities here believe that this is some deep—rooted software issue, right in the heart of the telecommunications network and that probably explains why the outage lasted so long because it is taken engineers and others a long time to find it. you have to remember it was exactly year ago give or take that optus suffered one of the biggest data breaches in australian history where the personal details of millions of its current and former customers were stolen online. the feeling is that this is not a data hike. this is not the work of cyber criminals but either way it has caused immense chaos all around the country —— data hack. around the country -- data hack. ., , , around the country -- data hack. . _ , ., hack. therapy number of ministers _ hack. therapy number of ministers that _ hack. therapy number of ministers that have - hack. therapy number of ministers that have been speaking. murray what he represents catherine king, the infrastructure minister, also spoke. with that in connection with what's taken place? is there an issue with tech infrastructure in australia? if you listen to belittle leaders in the country, the answer to thatis in the country, the answer to that is very much yes, we did hearfrom the that is very much yes, we did hear from the south australian state premier who were saying quite obviously that australia and its economy relies on its technical online services. the same could be said for other countries but politicians are asking what went wrong and what optus is going to do about it stop we have had from the company's chief executive and understandably she said that the firm was very apologetic and was doing all it could to restore services. there is talk of potential compensation for those businesses who have lost out because of this outage like cafes who only take credit cards and other plastic cards as payment. if there is no online services, they can sell the goods because nominative or feel people have cash these days —— can't sell. compensation will also come up as an issue but the moment optus is trying to find out exactly what went wrong, to restore services, and stop it happen again. restore services, and stop it happen again-— restore services, and stop it happen again. quickly, put into context for— happen again. quickly, put into context for us. _ happen again. quickly, put into context for us. in _ happen again. quickly, put into context for us. in the _ happen again. quickly, put into context for us. in the uk - happen again. quickly, put into context for us. in the uk we - context for us. in the uk we have the market, the likes of eve, vodafone, the big names. quickly, who are optus and how much the market if they have? they are the second biggest telecommunications company in australia. so this is a major player in the telecom industry and no doubt its reputation has taken a pretty big hit today and next few days and weeks you'd imagine that damage limitation would have to be front and centre of the company's mind as it tries to restore services and reassure customers that it knows what went wrong and it won't happen again. went wrong and it won't happen aaain. ~ . . ~ again. ok, phil mercer, thank ou ve again. ok, phil mercer, thank you very much _ again. ok, phil mercer, thank you very much indeed. - again. ok, phil mercer, thank you very much indeed. thank| you very much indeed. thank you. let's get some of the day's other news now. a protest organised by alt—right groups before the headquartes of the labour party in spain, and supported by far—right vox party, ends with the police charging against the protesters and using tear gas. nearly 7,000 people were claiming against the proposed law granting amnesty to catalan separatists. 39 people were injured while six people were arrested. the taliban authorities in afghanistan say at least seven people were killed and 20 others injured in an explosion in the capital, kabul. the explosion was on a bus in a neighbourhood dominated by the shia muslim hazara community. the islamic state group said it carried out the attack. the prime minister of portugal has resigned over a corruption scandal that's engulfed his government. antonio costa said he had not been named as a suspect, but believed the inquiry was incompatible with him staying in office. prosecutors are investigating concessions awarded for lithium mines and hydrogen production. the euclid telescope, which is trying to unlock some of the biggest mysteries of the universe, has released its first images. the project run by the european space agency is aimed at helping astronomers understand phenomena called dark energy and dark matter. they make up most of the universe but we know almost nothing about them. our science editor rebecca morelle explains. a stunning new view of the cosmos. the horsehead nebula — where stars are born. the