Emergency and there are fears that some people, some evacuees may not be back in their homes until christmas. A full roundup until christmas. A full roundup of your headlines now with. Of your headlines now with. Tamsin pip. Thanks very much and good afternoon from the gb newsroom. Its 12 01. You United Nations its12 01. You United Nations secretary general Antonio Guterres said aid trucks need to move to gaza as quickly as possible as he arrived in egypt this morning. But the United States says details of a deal to send aid through the rafah crossing are still being discussed. Meanwhile while israeli troops are mobilising along the border of the gaza strip ahead of a possible Ground Invasion on tanks, troops and helicopters have been seen near the border this morning. An idf the border this morning. An Idf International Spokesperson , international spokesperson, richard hecht, says israel is monitoring gaza to see theres a lot of movement of forces. Were organising all the forces for our future stages and again, our goal militarily military wise, is to dismantle hamass capabilities all the way up to sinwar and the rocket attacks continue. Youre all here. Youre seeing them. The here. Youre seeing them. The humanitarian zone has already openedin humanitarian zone has already opened in the mahyar tousi area south of wadi gaza. South of wadi gaza. Israel says its ordered the evacuation of residents from a northern town close to the lebanese border. More than 20,000 people live in kiryat shmona, which is about a mile from the border fence. The decision to evacuate comes after days of clashes with hezbollah fighters. Meanwhile rishi sunak fighters. Meanwhile rishi sunak is travelling to egypt to prevent further expansion of the israel Hamas Conflict. The Prime Minister has already met with his israeli counterpart and saudi arabias crown prince in the talks today. Hes also the talks today. Hes also expected to stress the importance of preventing further loss of civilian life. At least nine british nationals have been killed and seven are missing since the attack by hamas on october the 7th. Here, labour leader sir keir starmer says preventing the escalation should be the top priority. Be the top priority. I think any effort to ensure there isnt any escalation is obviously welcome. I think there are two priorities now , urgent are two priorities now, urgent priorities. The first is hamas must release the hostages who are being held in gaza. And secondly , we urgently we need secondly, we urgently we need that humanitarian aid to get in the food, the water, the fuel , the food, the water, the fuel, the food, the water, the fuel, the medicines. Obviously, there have been some progress, but much more is needed. Its urgent. There are many innocent civilians in gaza. Civilians in gaza. Well, in other news and keeping with sir keir starmer, the labour leader, says his party has made history after overturning a conservative majority to win two by elections. A warning of flashing images coming up in tamworth. A warning of flashing images coming up in tamworth. Sarah coming up in tamworth. Sarah edwards secured a win, flipping a majority of more than 19,000. Meanwhile, Alastair Strathern claimed mid bedfordshire with a 20. 5 swing, marking the largest labour win in a by election since 1945. He says hes delighted people voted for change. We have been really humbled by how seriously people have taken this election, this opportunity to do Something Different, this chance to make sure we finally have an mp in parliament whos going to be on our side and i think its fair to say that after today, one to say that after today, no one is be taking us for is going to be taking us for granted here in bedfordshire ever again. Conservative well, conservative Party Chairman greg hands says labours so labours wins are not so significant. Labour hardly improved their vote at all and in fact went down in mid bedfordshire slightly. But i dont think that will have an impact on the general election. Clearly we need to recognise is that a large number of our conservative voters did not come out yesterday amid bedfordshire and tamworth, despite having excellent candidates in Festus Akinbusoye and in andy cooper. So we need to work harder. We need to make sure that people get the government message that we are delivering against the five priorities, making progress i more than 1600 suspected members of county lines drug gangs have been arrested in one week across england and wales. The operation sees class a drugs worth more than £1 million and cash of the same value. Around cash of the same value. Around 58 children have been referred to safeguard boarding services for possible exploitation by the gangs. The action also closed 250 phone lines and seized more than 400 weapons, including firearms and knives. Around 400 firearms and knives. Around 400 residents in brecon evacuated in storm babet may not be able to return to their homes by christmas, according to a local councillor in angus in scotland. Councillor in angus in scotland. Parts of the county are now only accessible by boat as the water level rises to waist height after the river, south esk broke its banks. A red weather warning remains in place for parts of scotland. Amber warnings for wind and rain remain for Northern England, the midlands and northern wales and a yellow warning has also been issued for Northern Ireland as the storm continues to sweep across the uk. This is gb news across the uk on tv in your car , on digital on tv in your car, on Digital Radio and on your Smart Speaker by saying play gb news thats it from me. Now its back to mark and. Pip tomson and. Pip tomson thank you. And lets update you with this breaking news were getting from the Israeli Defence force that has issued new information saying that the majority of the hostages are are alive. Theyve released that information in the past few minutes. Details in fact, where they say that more than 20 d of those being held in the gaza strip are children under the age of 18. Between 10 and 20 of them are over the age of 60. But to repeat their main line, they believe the majority of the hostages are alive. We will be going to our reporter Charlie Peters in tel aviv. Very shortly to get the latest on this. But the idf has also been stressing the extreme complexity that accompanies locating information about missing persons. As it says, it missing persons. As it says, it is still conducting operations to find and locate bodies near the area of the gaza strip. But just to repeat, the idf is saying that the majority of the hostages, over 200 of them, are believed to be alive. We will bnng believed to be alive. We will bring you more on that breaking news very shortly. Yeah, just to reassure you, the idf says its acting in full transparency, as it says, with the hostage families is with constant communication on every update that can be shared. They say with multiple teams in daily contact with the families of those hostage issues. And indeed, that is continuing. Clearly , as well continuing. So clearly, as well as the news organisations being told the hostage families were first that news as first to know about that news as sir keir starmer has hailed what he called his partys historic victory victories in the tamworth and mid beds bedfordshire by elections where labour has overturned two huge conservative majority edges, with swings of more than 20. Well , the conservatives well, the conservatives blaming low turnout and what they call legacy issues from what the tory chairman says were a chaotic premiership shapps of bofis a chaotic premiership shapps of Boris Johnson and liz truss for the defeats. But polling experts are. John curtice says these results show the tories are perhaps staring defeat in the face at a general election. Lets get more reaction with our Political EditorChristopher Hope, whos in bedfordshire , and jack carson in bedfordshire, and jack carson who is in tamworth. First to who is in tamworth. First to you, chris, in terms of the second significance of this, the third by election with a swing of more than 20, hence sir john curtice saying this is telling a story. Story. Its hard not to disagree as ever with sir john curtice. He gets these things right. As gets these things right. As recently as monday i was being told by some tories they could win both these seats. And the truth is the vote, the wins for labour were both very narrow in both tamworth and mid bedfordshire , just over bedfordshire, just over a thousand in both. And what the difficulty for rishi sunak is as he flies back from overnight from saudi arabia is that those the easy of one these seats had had it not been for this reform party that sits to the right of the tory party advocates some what you might call some kind of sour and conservative right wing views , as of the party views, as some of the Party Supporters might see it if that party wasnt there, they would have both seats. And have held both these seats. And i over next few days, i think over the next few days, were to see pressure on were going to see pressure on mr sunak to do something more to try that vote out, try and get that tory vote out, because as the Party Chairman, greg hands said, of greg hands said, the number of labour supporters voting for the party did fall in one of the seats and was barely up and the other one. And it seems to me that basically tory supporters sat on their hands and thats part of the problem. I think that mr sunak has got. Yeah, but we also just yeah, but should we also just reflect that despite some pretty vigorous the vigorous campaigning from the lib in mid bedfordshire , lib dems in mid bedfordshire, they failed move out of third they failed to move out of third place that labour is the choice for a change. If you like at this seat. Mark is very rare in being a pretty much a straight three party fight for it. I think Sheffield Hallam is the only one thats quite similar. Yes they were. They were behind on about 9400 seats votes compared to 12,000 plus for the tories, 13,000 for labour. But this is quite a rare thing for lib dems. Yeah, but no question they havent quite the big surge in the south that theyre looking to do under ed davey hasnt quite happened, but going back to this issue of the tory party has got i think i think i look for into next week from next wednesday mps start wednesday, tory mps can start putting letters of no putting in letters of no confidence in their leader, rishi because its one rishi sunak, because its one year since he became the leader of the tory party and i wonder whether they might and do whether they might try and do that a protest. That as much as a protest. I think the chances of finding a new candidate to replace him is almost negligible, almost unlikely. But may happen is unlikely. But what may happen is a protest by people unlikely. But what may happen is a on protest by people unlikely. But what may happen is a on the est by people unlikely. But what may happen is a on the right people unlikely. But what may happen is a on the right ofeople unlikely. But what may happen is a on the right of thee unlikely. But what may happen is a on the right of the to sitting on the right of the to party try and get the leadership to pursue some more right wing policies. And there are suggestions now, chris, that were seeing echoes of 1997 when we know that labour won by a landslide , that labour won by a landslide, that that thats right. You look at tamworth, which which jacks up there reporting on that today. Yes, no question thatis on that today. Yes, no question that is feeling that way. A big momentum towards labour. The difference for many is that the keir starmer is not tony blair. I mean he doesnt really pretend to be tony blair, but the idea that he can reach out and offer a positive message for the labour party isnt seen. It seems more hes saying im not the other lot, not the tories, and thats why i think the tories do think theyve got a chance they enthuse this chance if they can enthuse this base. And why the tory base. And thats why the tory party Morning Party is saying this morning that things tory that if things get the tory voters out again and that may happen an election campaign, happen at an election campaign, dont elections are dont forget by elections are not as a national poll, not the same as a national poll, then be enough. Then it might just be enough. But does look completely dire but it does look completely dire for now. For that party right now. What you make of the what do you make of the assessment . The tory assessment . Greg hands the tory chairman talking about disillusionment boris disillusionment with Boris Johnson and also liz truss, the legacy issues, i mean, it does again, tell of you know, a real unease within the party itself. Unease within the party itself. You cant keep saying that. I think the problem with that is that rishi sunak, as you know, was appointed by a tory mp a year ago. A year ago, the year ago. A year ago, the leaders who were actually wanted by membership , thats boris by the membership, thats Boris Johnson truss both johnson and liz truss are both forced out by the mps. The mps forced out by the mps. The mps engineered it to get in someone they that person they wanted and that person has now the now been rejected by the membership and thats a real problem i think going fonnard. You cant keep going back on the record. What it does record. I think what it does mean, mark and is mean, though, mark and pippa is that chances of an early that the chances of an early Election Year fast election next year are fast receding sunaks receding into rishi sunaks rear view mirror. We were rear view mirror. We were looking at maybe may and june as a date, but i think a possible date, but i think they might go long into the autumn year to try and put autumn next year to try and put as much distance as they can between liz between as they see it. Liz truss and Boris Johnson, and allow more time for the economy to then theres allow more time for the economy to to then theres allow more time for the economy to to go. Then theres allow more time for the economy to to go. It then theres allow more time for the economy to to go. It lookstheres allow more time for the economy to to go. It looks likees nowhere to go. It looks like a late autumn election now increasingly. Chris, thanks very much. Jack, are coming you in jack, we are coming to you in tamworth a moment, but tamworth in just a moment, but we do want to bring you some breaking news, which is that a second person died during second person has died during storm babet this is in scotland, a falling tree hit a van near forfar in angus last night, a 56 year old driver has died. According to police scotland. According to police scotland. And yesterday afternoon, we know a woman died after being swept into a river amid the evacuation of some 400 homes. A red weather warning that was due to expire around about now has been extended for parts of scotland. Extended for parts of scotland. The situation remains so serious and so dangerous. Yeah Angus Council saying they now expect the conditions to deteriorate well into to the weekend. Well update you with our correspondent there in angus shortly. But as we said, lets just go back to tamworth now and speak to jack there where again a lot of number crunching going on. Jack, an and i guess the assessment did some sit on their hands, stay at home and therefore what is the picture for a general election there. For a general election there. Well certainly that is the case. I well certainly that is the case. I mean the conservatives vote share dropped as well, down to 40. Labour won 45. 8 of the vote here in that by election yesterday. And certainly it is the case from just people that ive spoken to here on the street this morning that there were conservative voters and just didnt want to go out and vote, didnt that the party vote, didnt feel that the party deserved vote and deserved deserved their vote and deserved their support. At the moment, its to its certainly going to be a wake call for the government wake up call for the government and rishi sunak these both these by Election Results theres by Election Results that theres still work to do here. Still a lot of work to do here. But of course this seat in tamworth is not that labour tamworth is not one that labour have admitted today that have openly admitted today that theyve really been targeting. Its they saw its not something that they saw themselves to win, of themselves being able to win, of course. 2019 at course. Chris pincher in 2019 at that election got that general election got a 19,000 majority. It has been conservative since cameron became Prime Minister back in 2010 and that vote share has ever increased for the conservatives. But more recently here in this constituency , the here in this constituency, the local Council Elections more labour councillors were elected onto the council and of course today the constituency itself has turned red. So maybe there is a slight change and a slight swing as weve seen, 24 over the last of course by election there is a swing to more labour voters and this constituency has traditionally gone with the way the country goes. It was a red and labour with blair and brown and labour with blair and brown and then of course, as i said, it changed to to blue the conservatives when David Cameron came in with 2010. So its a good litmus test of how people are feeling here, which is relevant to across country relevant to across the country and something that and actually its something that keir mentioned. Keir starmer mentioned. He has visited he met visited tamworth. He he met with, course, those party with, of course, those Party Members and colleagues that had helped run this ca