Solidarity i received from you. I wanted to inform you that i arrived to madrid today in the i wanted to inform you that i arrived to madrid today in the morning. My departure from morning. My departure from caracas was surrounded by caracas was surrounded by pressure, coercion and threats pressure, coercion and threats i would not be allowed to i would not be allowed to leave. I trust we will soon leave. I trust we will soon continue the fight for liberty continue the fight for liberty and the return to democracy in and the return to democracy in venezuela. A big hug for venezuela. A big hug for everyone. Everyone. Venezuela. A big hug for everyone venezuela. A big hug for everyone venezuela. A big hug for everyone. The venezuelan venezuela. A big hug for everyone. The venezuelan opposition _ everyone. The venezuelan opposition says _ everyone. The venezuelan opposition says its everyone. The venezuelan i opposition says its candidate won the presidential election opposition _ everyone. The venezuelan opposition says _ everyone. The venezuelan opposition says its everyone. The venezuelan i opposition says its candidate won the presidential election held onjuly held onjuly won the presidential election held on july 28th. Won the presidential election won the presidential election held on july 28th. Won the presidential election held onjuly 28th. The us, the held onjuly 28th. The us, the eu and other nations backed eu and other nations backed those voting figures. We heard those voting figures. We heard from the us secretary of state from the us secretary of state antony blinken who said nicolas antony blinken who said nicolas maduro must not be allowed to maduro must not to cling to power by force. He has maduro must not be allowed to cling to power by force. He has beenin beenin cling to power by force. He has been in powerfor ii cling to power by force. He has been in powerfor 11 years and cling to power by force. He has been in powerfor ii cling to power by force. He has been in powerfor 11 years and said he won the election and said he won the election and moved to crush protests and moved to crush protests and legal challenges to the legal challenges to the results, ultimately forcing mr results, ultimately forcing mr gonzales to seek protection. Gonzales to seek protection. Before leaving the country, he before leaving the country, he took refuge in the spanish took refuge in the spanish embassy in caracas. The embassy in caracas. The 75yearold facing prison time figures and other opposition figures and supporters, have faced huge political crackdowns before and after these very contended, disputed elections injuly. His life was at risk, this is something another opposition leader said last week at a press conference, saying one of the main challenges for both herself and mr gonzales was to stay alive and free. Their lives were basically at risk. These intimidation campaign is launched by the maduro government against the opposition have cultivated what the un have called a climate of fear. Tactics including kidnapping and multiple detentions. The american court of human rights has described it as state terrorism. It's not only ngos resting opposition figures, journalists at risk, but also civilians. Thousands of individuals detained since july 29, when the election results were announced. Given there was _ results were announced. Given there was an results were announced. Given there was an arrest _ results were announced. Given there was an arrest warrant. Results were announced. Given j there was an arrest warrant for mr gonzales, why do you think they let him leave. The mr gonzales, why do you think they let him leave. they let him leave. The arrest warrant was _ they let him leave. The arrest warrant was issued _ they let him leave. The arrest warrant was issued against i they let him leave. The arrest i warrant was issued against him, and if he was arrested, he would have faced up to life in prison. The opposition are saying he was granted. . . Inaudible. He has now been granted political asylum in spain. He arrived in madrid with his wife on sunday, having been given safe passage by the maduro government. This is something maduro is keen to make evident. His vice president roderigo said they gave safe passage for him to leave for political peace in the country. The attorney general went further, saying he has been given the opportunity to abandon the national territory, and that spain would receive him happily. Spain have stood firmly in their position against maduro, not recognising him as the valid winner of those elections, and really backing the opposition. The opposition are now split geographically, but united nonetheless. That is the message they have been loud and clear about today. clear about today. Israel has closed all clear about today. Israel has closed all its _ clear about today. Israel has closed all its land _ clear about today. Israel has closed all its land borders i closed all its land borders with jordan after three closed all its land borders withjordan after three israeli civilians were killed in a shooting at a border crossing between jordan and shooting at a border crossing betweenjordan and the occupied west bank. The prime minister sent his condolences to the families. Israeli security forces shot dead the attacker after the incident at the bridge crossing. Thejordan bridge crossing. The jordan interior ministry later identified the attack as a jordanian citizen. The victims were thought to be private security personnel. Jordan has launched an investigation. The two countries signed a peace treaty in 1994 and have close security and economic ties. Jordan has been critical of israel's actions in gaza. Our correspondent mike thompson reports from jerusalem. The day started with a deluge of 50 rockets fired into northern israel by lebanon's hezbollah. Then a 39yearold jordanian truck driver was said to have left his lorry at the bridge border crossing before opening fire on civilian border staff, killing three before being shot himself. The israel prime minister had this to say. In recent days, loathsome terrorists have murdered six of our hostages in cold blood and three israeli police officers. The killers do not distinguish between us. They want to murder at all. The gunman*s motives are unclear and israel's actions in gaza are widely criticised in jordan, actions in gaza are widely criticised injordan, home to many palestinian refugees. Mr netanyahu also called for unity, but that is something that's going to be hard to achieve in this deeply divided country. Although many agree with his repeated insistence that defeating hamas is the best way to get hostages back gaza, these people are not among them. Late on saturday, an estimated 750,000 protesters poured onto the streets of israel demanding their government agrees a ceasefire and hostage release deal. But with no such agreement yet in sight, the unrest looks likely to continue. Former us president donald trump and vice president kamala harris are about even in the polls, just two days before their upcoming televised presidential debate. With fewer than 60 days left before election day, republican presidential nominee mr trump leads his democratic rival ms harris 48 to 47 percent in the latest new york times and siena college poll of likely voters. The race is also very tight races among likely voters in us battleground states according to a cbs news and yougov poll. Harris leads by one point in michigan, and by two points in wisconsin within the poll's the two are tied among likely voters in pennsylvania. Both presidential candidates will participate in tuesday's ninetyminute debate. They will each be given two minutes to answer questions and make rebuttals. Trump will deliver the final statement of the debate after winning a virtual coin toss earlier this week. Kadia goba, a politics reporter for semafor. All the momentum seemed to be with kamala harris in august, why do you think that momentum has stalled, what's going on? i think she was making up a gap from where president biden was. Many people blamed him for dragging down the ticket, and i think she just come a part of that enthusiasm was just heard essentially catching up. A lot of the polling is very similar to where she was when she first entered the race. And when we look ahead to the debate that is taking place, would you say it's more important for ms harris to perform well? i think the burden is on her. She still largely, she is the underdog here. For one, people need to understand who she is and hopefully for her and her team, that comes out across, comes across in her debate. But she also has to make a distinction from the administration that she's been a part of for the past four years, and both of them have to answer a lot about what they are going to do to improve the economy. She's going to be well prepared, but mrtrump, we know, is unpredictable. How on earth should she prepare do you think, for the unexpected? what she's been doing is she's been practising with a faux trump, the same person who practised with hillary clinton in 2016. I think again, her burden is for her to tell her story and to make a distinction from this last administration. I have heard so many different views and opinions on this and i'd be very interesting to hear yours. What tactic do you think that she should pursue it when it comes to the debate? should she tackle him head on, should she make it personal or talk about policy orjust address the moderators? i don't dare to tell the campaign what they're doing. When i talk to democratic members of congress, many of them say that they want her to be on the deep on the defence, or on the attack rather. She wants to be the prosecutor they saw her being during her senatorial run and when she was, you know, talking or crossexamining some of the prospective supreme court candidates, they want her to be that person. But there are also some people that think that strategy could provoke donald trump into you know, doing something or being perceived as more aggressive. So i don't know. It's. . . It's interesting about how she will, it's interesting how she will approach this and it's not clear what is going to be the winning recipe. Other than telling people what they need to understand or what they need to hear about the economy. The economy is one thing but you also mentioned that she has a need to continue to introduce herself to the american people. How important do you think that is still at this stage? i think it is, a lot of. . . One thing i hear people say is they don't know who kamala harris is. I also hear that they are not clear what her policy strategies are. That was a big part of the new york times poll recently where people were just, you know, the kind of wanted a reason to vote for her but they are just not clear on where she stands. So articulating her policy and who she is is going to be, i think i'm a very important for kamala harris if she wants to gain any advantage in this race. And we all can't wait, of course, but how high do you think the interest his here in the us in this debate. Oh, it is very. . . I mean, we saw a similar interest when donald trump faced biden a couple of months ago and see how that turned out. So people are very interested, they want to know how the former president is going to react and again, they. . . I think they are very interested and i think this could be a defining factor for many people, especially independents out there. So you think this could really help swing opinion when there are those, quite a if you still, swing opinion when there are those, quite a few still, that are undecided? is not going to change the mind of either one of their bases. We see a groundswell of support for both candidates, but i think people who are, again, trying to understand what the specific policies each candidate offers, this will be a big moment for each one of them. Of course we will all be looking for those highlight moments where, you know, one person gets a good talking point in but again, i think the american people are making a decision about who to vote for are going to be very interested in what they are saying to move forward, away from the biden administration, away from the, you know, high tax. . . High grocery store prices and gas prices, i think that is very important. They want to hear that articulated. And, here on bbc news you'll be able to watch rolling coverage of the abc news presidential debate simulcast between the democratic and republican candidates, kamala harris and donald trump. 0ur coverage will start from 8pm us east coast time on tuesday that's1am wednesday if you're in the uk. Around the world and across the uk. This is bbc news. Let's look at another story making news in the uk. The internationally renowed specialist children's hospital at great 0rmond street in london, says it's reviewing more than 700 patients' cases, after concerns were raised about former surgeon yasarjabber. Nicky schiller has more. Now he is reported to be an expert in limb reconstruction. Now, so far, of the 39 cases reviewed, more than half were found to have been harmed, 13 of those patients severely. Now, lawyers representing some of the families treated by yaserjabber say that children as young as four months old were subjected to unnecessary surgery and suffered lifechanging injuries, with one child having to undergo an amputation that could possibly have been avoided if different treatment had been followed. Now, the solicitors representing seven now, great 0rmond street has said it is incredibly sorry for the worry and uncertainty that this has caused and that it has contacted all patients and families affected. Mrjabbar stepped down from his hospital position in september last year. You're live with bbc news. The paralympics have drawn to a close with a lavish threehour ceremony in paris. And what a games it's been for athletes representing great britain and the united states. The us men's wheelchair basketball team won a historic