Of artillery into southern lebanon. The Un Security Council will meet later on sunday President Biden has vowed Rock Solid Support for israel and warned against other countries taking advantage of the situation. One british citizen, jake marlowe, is missing he was working as security at an Outdoor Party near the gaza border when the attack happened. And in egypt, two israeli tourists and their egyptian tour guide were shot dead in alexandria, apparently by a policeman. Lets hear from us lets hearfrom us president joe biden. The United States stands with israel. We will not ever fail to have their back. We will make sure they have the help their citizens need and they can continue to defend themselves. You know, the world is seeing appalling images, thousands of rockets in the space of hours, raining down on israeli cities. I got up this morning and started this at 7 30am, 8am, taking my calls, Israeli Soldiers and civilians killed. In their streets, their homes, innocent people murdered, wounded, entire families taken hostage by hamas, just days after israel marked the holiest of days in thejewish calendar. It is unconscionable. When i spoke to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu this morning i told him the us stands with the people of israel in the face of these terrorist assaults. Israel has the right to defend itself and its people. There is never a justification for Terrorist Attacks. And my administrations support for israels security is rocksolid and unwavering. Let me say this as clearly as i can, this is not a moment for any party hostile to israel to explore these attacks to seek advantage. The world is watching. 0ur North America correspondent Barbara Plett usher told us what she thought the Biden Administration will be prioritising just now. The priority, as expressed by President Biden, is to stand strong with israel, give its support at every level, and he has directed his various agencies to do so from the secretary level on down to coordinate intelligence, Military Assistance and diplomatic efforts. And that was a very strong message he put out in a public statement. Another of their big concerns is that they dont want the conflict to spread beyond gaza. And there has been a lot of. A lot of calls have been made to countries in the region, at the foreign minister level, but also at the level of senior officials and on down trying to convince or to get people, any country, any government with any influence to ensure or to work at the conflict, not spreading, especially to lebanon, where hezbollah is situated. And because there is a fear that the there might be attack from israels northern border. So theyre working very hard to try to prevent a regional conflagration off the back of this conflict with hamas in gaza. Aaron david miller a Senior Fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for international peace, focusing on us Foreign Policy told us that no one would have predicted the scale of these attacks. Anyone who would admit i told you so or that they had information this was coming is simply not being honest. The fact is this was a failure of imagination on the part of the israelis. Much as � 73 was a failure of imagination. I do not think israeli planners believed hamas would dare undertake such a bold strategy. And i think it came at a time when in fact the israelis, Benjamin Netanyahu in particular, was trying to increase the number of palestinians working in israel to largely keep gaza quiet as he pursued his larger objective which is an israeli syrian normalisation agrteement. So i think a lot of this factored into this situation. The key question in my mind now is whether or not the conventional wisdom that israel would never launch a major ground incursion, land, sea and air, in order to eradicate hamas and its Military Leadership and essentially create a new set of circumstances in gaza that would make the kind of tragic wash, rinse and repeat cycle, almost inevitable to happen again, that is the key question. And i have listened carefully to the Israeli Military spokesmen, they are talking about this, i hate the word game changer but they are talking this as an extraordinary different, even transformative moment. And i leave you with the thought that if in fact that occurs, the blood is up and it is really going to be horrific. Lets get more on the breaking news, two israeli tour guides and an egyptian individual were shot dead in alexandria. A policeman is alleged to have carried out the shading and he is now in custody according to Security Sources speaking to the reuters news agency. We can join speaking to the reuters news agency. We canjoin our speaking to the reuters news agency. We can join our correspondent based in cairo. Thanks forjoining us. What more can you bring us . Earl . What more can you bring us . Early this morning what more can you bring us . Early this morning we what more can you bring us . Early this morning we have what more can you bring us . Eaty this morning we have heard news what more can you bring us . Ea� ly this morning we have heard news from alexandria north of egypt on the Mediterranean Sea that an incident occurred there while a group of israelis were visiting a site at the city and a police man reportedly opened fire on the grid, Killing Two Israelis On The Spot and winding a third file killing an egyptian guide according to reports. The assailant or suspect was arrested and escorted to the police after the incident and the whole area was cordoned off at the whole area was cordoned off at the moment by police for further investigation. Of course more Police Officers arrived at the area and pictures from the scene Show Ambulances were awaiting while two people were lying on the ground motionless while a third was being helped at the time. This is what was reported from the scene until this moment and there is a bbc reporter orjournalist who is trying to arrive at the area but it was still cordoned off until this moment. We have heard that there were reports also about another incident in sinai which was categorically denied by police about more killings there but police about more killings there but Police Sources denied these reports later. We got reports from the border of egypt and israel that work there was suspended, and a crossing is open for israelis to enter egypt without a visa since 1979 when the country signed a Peace Agreement and egypt can come there without a visa and stay in sinai especially in the south of the peninsula. And last year, numbers from the israeli side said that more than 850,000 israelis visited egypt more than 500,000 of them came from the crossings and earlier this year, egypt has allowed the israelis to visit the red sea resorts without a visa in a bid to promote the egyptian tourism. The incident in fact its not the first of its kind this year, earlier this year on the 3rd ofjune, Egyptian Police at the border in between killed three israelis as well which raised concerns. Killed three israelis as well which raised concerns. Thank you so much for bringing raised concerns. Thank you so much for bringing us raised concerns. Thank you so much for bringing us uptodate raised concerns. Thank you so much for bringing us uptodate on raised concerns. Thank you so much for bringing us uptodate on that l for bringing us up to date on that developing story. Well, as questions are raised about failures by Israeli Intelligence in anticipating the hamas attack, i spoke to our security correspondent Frank Gardner and asked him for his assessment. The attention of israel was focused primarily on the west bank, most of the gaza strip. Theres been an ongoing spat in the gaza strip, they have fired missiles into southern israel many times but i do not think the planners, Military Strategists thought that hamas would dare do this or even was capable of such a complex and well coordinated assault. That involved penetrating the Border Defence by air, land, and sea, using motorised paragliders, powerboats and cutting through and using bulldozers. It is shocking they were able to do all of this right under the noses of the Israeli Military intelligence which is supposed to have informants inside the gaza strip. If they were doing theirjob, then the warnings were not heeded by those further up the chain, and there will be an investigation about this but right now, the far bigger problem for israel is to dampen down violence across Palestinian Territories so to suppress any risk of it igniting in the west bank as well as gaza, and then of course really pressingly, the fate of these 100 or so hostages some of whom have been taken according to hamas including senior Israeli Military officers, some of them women, children, disabled taken across the border and held hostage in different locations in gaza. This will not be easy for israel, if it was one or two people being held in a location, you could mount a special forces operation, not easy but doable but you are talking about densely populated area, the most densely populated in the world, the gaza strip is 2 Million People packed into the biggest open prison in the world as it is known as. Conditions are not great. To put it mildly. They are pretty awful. A large number of very angry people who have had years of feeling they are oppressed by their neighbour. These are the People Holding these hostages. So its probably going to have to be done by negotiation and that could take years, took five years to get the captured israeli serviceman out of activity and the release of thousands of Palestinian Prisoners so hamas will demand a high price. We were talking about some of the intelligence failures but do you think the Israeli Government anticipated that hamas would have this much military capability, the arsenal to carry out what they did yesterday . Well they knew there were rockets, perhaps not as many as those. These things, a lot of them are crude and fairly easy to make, knocked up in Backstreet Workshops in the gaza strip, in some cases smuggling through the tunnels but they are easy to manufacture and it is an ongoing Cottage Industry in gaza for a lot of unemployed, angry young men. But definitely, there was a failure of command, leadership, intelligence and a failure of imagination here. So, you know, israelis right now are concerned about the fate of their fellow citizens who are being held in gaza but ultimately, they will turn towards the government and say, why didnt you see this coming . How with all your sensors, satellites, surveillance cameras, your informants, how did this happen . How is it that israel can allegedly assassinate Iranian Nuclear scientists in Different Countries and yet they do not seem to have seen this huge 9 11 style attack coming and hitting them when they were asleep . We have been speaking to other people here on the bbc who feel things are likely to get worse before they get better. You talk about the possibility of hostages being held for weeks if not months. Where do you see things on the ground in the next few weeks and months . I think unfortunately gaza, things will play out as they always do. With high casualty tolls on both sides. One of the unusual things about this, interesting is the wrong word, one of the surprising things is usually when there is a conflict between israel and the palestinians, the casualties are far greater on the palestinian side because israel has all the firepower, the heavy weapons and the backing of the us but so far at this time, the casualties have been pretty similar, about 300 killed on both sides, 300 plus. That is unusual and that has been a real shock to israel essentially, the very high numbers on their sie but the Israeli Air Force will continue to target hamas positions inside gaza. And i cannot see tensions subsiding, if anything, it could potentially get worse, the palestinians on the west bank decide to join the call for violence and worse still for israel, if hezbollah in the north decides to open up a new front there which would leave israel fighting on three fronts. That was Frank Gardner there and we have plenty more on the developing story in The Middle East on the website and we have a live page which is updated regularly with the very latest information. Turning to another key global story. The taliban says that more than 2,000 people are now known to have been killed in an earthquake in afghanistan. The 6. 3 magnitude quake shook Western Afghanistan near herat on saturday morning, followed by a number of powerful aftershocks. Pictures from nearby villages show homes reduced to rubble and people trying to dig survivors out with their bare hands. Taliban Officials Say more than 9,000 are injured. Live now to our south asia correspondent Yogita Limaye whos monitoring the situation from mumbai. Very good to talk to you. Bring us up to date with the latest. This very good to talk to you. Bring us uptodate with the latest. This is an area, uptodate with the latest. This is an area. The uptodate with the latest. This is an area, the epicentre uptodate with the latest. This is an area, the epicentre was uptodate with the latest. This is an area, the epicentre was about i uptodate with the latest. This is l an area, the epicentre was about 40 an area, the epicentre was about a0 kilometres from the city pair at in a rural area so it will take time for the full scale of the impact to be assessed. This is not a mountainous part of the country, it is a flat part of the country however the homes are basically mad so they are not built to protect people against any kind of shocks, tremors, certainly not an earthquake of a magnitude 6. 3 which is why the pictures coming from herat showed these motorhomes reduced to rubble. People have been digging through the debris with their hands, trying to look for survivors. The provincial hospital in heron at four we have been to several times is inadequately resourced, it has really been struggling to cope with the disaster because a lot of the injured are being brought in. Thus far as we know, the taliban governments say they have rushed in rescue teams as well and we know that un agencies, other ngos like medicine are frontier are operating on the ground. Medicine are frontier are operating on the ground medicine are frontier are operating on the ground. Afghanistan is in the middle of a on the ground. Afghanistan is in the middle of a humanitarian on the ground. Afghanistan is in the middle of a humanitarian crisis on the ground. Afghanistan is in the middle of a humanitarian crisis for l middle of a humanitarian crisis for getting aid in already remains a challenge . Irate getting aid in already remains a challenge . Getting aid in already remains a challenue . ~. ,. , challenge . We have been to these areas several challenge . We have been to these areas several times, challenge . We have been to these areas several times, areas challenge . We have been to these areas several times, areas of areas several times, areas of poverty and hunger, the area has suffered drought in successive years and now to be hit by an earthquake on this scale is just another devastating blow. As far as the afghanistan appeal for even the un is massively underfunded so there is not sufficient money going in. They have had to cut eight to about 10 Million People which is between a quarter to a third of the population so this is a devastating blow in a country reeling under a crisis of hunger that is reeling under severe drought, where the hospitals are insufficiently resourced, they are not, they do not have sufficient resources to cope with a disaster like this. Its resources to cope with a disaster like this. � ,. ,. , resources to cope with a disaster like this. � ,. ,. ,. , like this. Its ust over a year since like this. Its ust over a year you like this. Itsjust over a year since you travelled like this. Itsjust over a year since you travelled to like this. Itsjust over a year since you travelled to afghanistan to cover an earthquake there last year. Tell us about infrastructure rebuilding. Is there at the means to rebuilding. Is there at the means to rebuild peoples homes, did anything happen in great detail after the earthquake last year . The earthquake last ear earthquake last year . The earthquake last year was earthquake last year . The earthquake last year was in earthquake last year . The earthquake last year was in eastern last year was in eastern afghanistan, and the terrain was much more difficult, extremely mountainous which is why Redevelopment Efforts in that area, those are difficult because in a lot of these places you have to carry material uphill whether or not even roads so that is an extremely difficult task. The terrain here is mostly flat land, it is relatively easy to access from herat city, the Third Largest city in the country however they need right now, there are a lot of people sleeping out in the open because there have been at least 3 by powerful after shocks so people are scared to sleep indoors and the talybont government says it needs everything, food, drinking water, medicines and blankets, tents and all happening at a time where the onset of another winter is imminent. The onset of another winter is imminent the onset of another winter is imminent. ,. , , imminent. Thank you for bringing us untodate some more reaction to events in The Middle East from here in the uk. The opposition labour leader, sir keir starmer, has spoken to the bbc as his partys conference gets underway in liverpool. Victoria derbyshire asked him what he thought about the attack on israel. This is an appalling attack on israel, a Terrorist Attack for which there is nojustification. And israel has every right to defend herself. And the perpetrators of this have deliberately pushed back the prospect of Peace Agreements, peace talks, and so an appalling act of terrorism. And i think everybody is shocked. I spoke to my counterpart, the leader of the Israeli Labour Party last night, and heard for myself the anxiety, the concern. As we were on the phone, the siren went off and she had to go down into the shelter, taking her papers with her. So its an appalling act of terrorism. It needs to be called out across the world. 0ur political correspondent, ione wells told us more on keir starmer� s comments on the situation in The Middle East. He was asked about this this morning and it follows the government condemning the attacks calling them Terrorist Attacks. Sir keir starmer was interviewed on the bbc and we heard it described as an appalling Terrorist Attack and israel had the right to defend itself. He has beenjoined by The Shadow Foreign Secretary david lammy who has spoken to the bbc condemning what has happened, keir starmer made a point later in the interview of saying when it comes to issues of National Security and terrorism that is something he and the Prime Minister and the government will be working together on and in agreement on but certainly a troubling International Context to this labour Party Conference. Of course the focus for the labour party will go beyond talking about the situation in The Middle East. Tell us what we can expect this week and what we have been hearing so far . Thats right. This is really potentially the Labour Party Last conference before the General Election, a chance to set up their stall and today the big announcement keir starmer was talking about this morning is their plan to try and cut nhs Waiting Lists. One of the ideas labour has come up with is to pay nhs staff extra to work overtime to try and cut those waiting less. Keir starmer said by paying nurses and doctors to do additional appointments in their overtime, they could fill about 2 million extra appointments every year and he said currently nhs Waiting Lists have 7. 7 Million People waiting and this would be one of the ways to cut back. He said this would be paid for by scrapping the so called non dom tax status which allows people who are earning money overseas not necessarily pay tax on those earnings in the uk. Keir starmer said that money will be used to pay nhs staff overtime. He faced quite a lot of questions about what people really want to do this, would nhs staff who are already tired and burned out want to work more hours . Particularly if they could work in the private sector for more money . Keir starmer defended the position saying he had engaged with nhs staff and that working overtime for extra money was something they wanted to do because tackling nhs Waiting Lists were something they also expressed an interest in doing in order to bring down the pressure they are facing. As you say the Party Conference comes ahead of an expected General Election in about a year or so. We see behind you lots of delegates streaming in from across the uk. What is the mood amongst Party Members . Certainly there an optimism at the conference so far, it is yet to properly get underway and we have not had a major speech as yet but labour went on to properly get underway and we have not had a major speech as yet but labour went into this feeling pretty positive after winning the seat in scotland, rutherglen, from the snp with a big swing and that gave many members and members of the Shadow Cabinet which is largely being seen as pretty key if they were to win the next General Election. I think one of the challenges keir starmer will have at this Party Conference is really spelling out what he stands for. Some of the criticism from unions and some delegates is he is not being bold enough, labour is too cautious, not wanting to make spending commitments as they try to reassure people they are the party of government in waiting but i think there is pressure on the leadership to really spell out what they stand for and i am told by labour insiders, some of the areas they are hoping to draw big dividing lines with the conservatives are Climate Policy and that evil but also housing, something the Prime Minister rishi sunak did not mention in his Conference Speech earlier this week. Springer updated figures. A00 Palestinian Militants have been killed, listening Officials Saying more than 300 israelis have been killed with hundreds more wounded. Plenty more on this story online. Marianne machineryjoins us next. Hello. Impacts from this weekends rainfall in scotland will be felt all the way into the start of the coming week. But out there today, the met Office Amber Warning is in force around the grampians towards the moray coast. Its here where they expect the greatest risk of further flooding and disruption, but there will be further impacts elsewhere. River levels continuing to rise and respond to the rain weve already seen today. Some of the heaviest has been this morning. Through the afternoon, the rain will turn a little bit patchier. Therell still be some heavier bursts mixed in, but not quite as extensive, the widespread heavy rain. To the north of it, shetland stays dry and bright but brighter to southern scotland, Northern Ireland this afternoon and northern england, although still some areas of cloud around, sunniest of all Central Southern England and wales, away from some western coast. And its here another warm day expected, temperatures into the mid 20s for some, not as chilly across parts of scotland as we saw through yesterday. Now into this evening and overnight, far north of scotland continue to see some rain to begin with and then we could see some heavier bursts return through central scotland, but not to the level or extent youve seen through recent days. Some of that also affecting northern england, maybe the far north of Northern Ireland, but away from that, most will have a dry night. Some areas of mist and low cloud, more especially towards the irish sea and a very mild night, temperatures 16 to 17 degrees to start tomorrow morning for some in northern england. A lot of low cloud here, though, and Northern Ireland, southern scotland, some bursts of rain. The odd heavier one. To the north of it, isolated showers, some sunny spells. Better day than weve seen through this weekend. To the south of that Weather Front, more dry and sunny weather, although it could remain quite misty and foggy around some western coasts. Another warm one across central southern areas. Temperatures in the mid teens further north. Now, as we go into tuesday, a windier spell for much of the northern half of the uk. Outbreaks of rain return across scotland, some of which should be heavy and thundery. But rainfall amounts will vary widely. Some heavy showers into northern england, north wales and Northern Ireland too during the day. For the south and east we stick dry, sunny and unseasonably warm. But thats the last of the very warm days. Just about. Through into midweek low pressure which will bring the windy weather across scotland will work its way eastwards, throwing a Weather Front southwards which will wriggle around southern counties as we go for the end of the week. So after starting the week with that north south split still in place, youll notice by the time we get to wednesday, even things out a little bit, outbreaks of rainjust about anywhere and it will feel cooler across the south. Take care. Live from london, this is bbc news. A day after hamas militants stormed into israeli territory the death toll from the fighting has risen to more than 1,000. Israels military says residents near gaza will be evacuated within the next 2a hours, as it intensifies its response to saturdays attack. We speak to one eyewitness who fled for her life when the assault by hamas fighters began. They were going three by three and shooting pa pow, pa pow, pa pow everywhere from two sides and i saw many people were dying, like, allaround. The pope calls for an end to the fighting, and the Un Security Council will meet later to discuss the crisis. Hello and welcome. Im maryam moshiri. The total number of dead from the conflict between israel and the palestinians has risen to more than 1,000, a day after hamas militants stormed into israeli territory from gaza. The Israeli Military says the country is still at war in its efforts to take full control of israeli territory and communities from hamas. Here are the Key Developments this hour. Israeli tv is now putting the number of israeli civilians dead at more than a00, with Palestinian Health Officials Saying at least 320 people have died in israeli airstrikes on gaza. The israeli army also says more than a00 Palestinian Militants have been killed after infiltrating southern israel, with dozens more captured
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