Targets. The countrys defence minister, yoav gallant, has warned the Military Campaign against hamas, which is designated a Terrorist Organisation by the uk and other western governments, could take up to three months. Saying the focus now is on limited airstrikes. Officials in gaza say more than 5,000 people have been killed by air strikes in the just over two weeks since hamas massacred 1,400 civilians in southern israel. Hamas massacred civilians here in southern israel. While the war continues, israel has said it will continue to allow aid into gaza but not fuel. With electricity already cut many hospitals say they have only a few days of fuel left to power generators. With more, heres our correspondent wyre davies. You may find some of his report distressing. Its a part of gaza where people should have felt relatively safe, the southern part of the strip is for israel and ordered more than a million palestinians to play away from their targets in the north but last night was the worst so far in the town of khan yunis. There were devastating consequences for civilians. This lady lost 13 members of her immediate family, her surviving siblings traumatised. Translation i cannot understand how the four of us will live and how we will return to our home after 17 of us used to live together. Also stuck in the south of stephanie and her young family from blackpool, to gas a year ago and are now caught up in a war they did not bargain for. We ago and are now caught up in a war they did not bargain for. They did not bargain for. We have exnerienced they did not bargain for. We have experienced booming they did not bargain for. We have experienced booming and they did not bargain for. We have experienced booming and planes| experienced booming and planes flying over us and buildings destroyed, all sorts of horrible things. Its not been a good experience. Things. Its not been a good exerience. ,. Experience. There was Residence Unwillinu experience. There was residence unwilling or experience. There was residence unwilling or unable experience. There was residence unwilling or unable to experience. There was residence unwilling or unable to part experience. There was residence unwilling or unable to part of experience. There was residence j unwilling or unable to part of the strip also continue to suffer. In the absence of heavy machinery after another night of relentless shelling, risky work is done by hand. ,. , shelling, risky work is done by hand. ,. ,. , hand. Nowhere is safe really in gaza and will also hand. Nowhere is safe really in gaza and will also notice hand. Nowhere is safe really in gaza and will also notice people hand. Nowhere is safe really in gaza and will also notice people who hand. Nowhere is safe really in gaza | and will also notice people who were in the south emigrated and walked to the south and they are going back to the south and they are going back to the north because they have nowhere else to go because the shelters are overwhelmed. The else to go because the shelters are overwhelmed overwhelmed. The un has helped oruanise overwhelmed. The un has helped organise two overwhelmed. The un has helped organise two consecutive overwhelmed. The un has helped organise two consecutive days overwhelmed. The un has helped organise two consecutive days of| organise two consecutive days of around 20 trucks crossing the border between gaza and egypt and hopefully another today carrying basic medicine and food but a lot less than the 500 daily tracks the un says are needed. After more than a fortnight of performing that has reduced ports of gaza to rubble the israeli army is ready for the next stage, the anticipated Land Invasion of gaza to completely eliminate hamas as a future threat to israel. Translation we are using all the Time Available to us to improve our readiness and ability to carry out Ground Manoeuvres in the best possible way. As a life its right to self defence but Global Leaders coming here emphasised the need for restraint, concerned about a wider regional conflict and while Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu will not want to seem indecisive over his vow to crush hamas, he does have other considerations. With more than 200 israeli and International Hostages being held by hamas in gaza, some of their relatives won the Israeli Government to make a deal. The american President Joe Biden whose opinion matters in israel has called the release of hostages his highest priority. Trapped on a tiny sliver of land between the border and the see the fate of the hostages in gaza � s two point i see the fate of the hostages in gaza � s two pointi million residents hangs in the balance, dependent on what israel and hamas does next. Wyre davies, bbc news. Yolande knell and joins me now. We understand reports are coming in that a third convoy is crossing from a chipped through the crossing into gaza. ,. ,. , a chipped through the crossing into gaza. , gaza. The were planeloads of aid arrivin gaza. The were planeloads of aid arriving but gaza. The were planeloads of aid arriving but we gaza. The were planeloads of aid arriving but we have gaza. The were planeloads of aid arriving but we have heard gaza. The were planeloads of aid arriving but we have heard only | gaza. The were planeloads of aid j arriving but we have heard only a dozen lorries have made their way into gaza were with few details of what they had been carrying, in the past two days the aid that has gone and has been medicine, canned foods and has been medicine, canned foods and water. The un says there is a catastrophic humanitarian situation inside the gaza strip and to put this in perspective, prior to israel putting gaza under siege in this way after those atrocious hamas attacks just over two weeks ago, this is about 4 of the amount of supplies that were going into gaza on a typical day. Really a big increase is needed, the world is watching and waiting to see what happens. For house said having had a conversation with israel that there would be a continuous flow of aid but at the moment, it is still a trickle. Yolande, thank you. The United Nations has described the situation for Palestinian Civilians as a humanitarian catastrophe. Dwindling access to water, food and medicine as israel tightens its blockade of the territory. Our gaza correspondent, rushdi abu alouf, sent us this update. About 2,000 families are living in these tents, they are people displaced from northern gaza. This camp has been built by the unrwa. I was speaking to the families here. They said they are struggling to find water, they are struggling we understand six tracks of pure, they were stored in an oil tank near they were stored in an oil tank near the border and yesterday the un with a coordination with israelis and egyptians, they managed to get six trucks and how they are dividing them between the hospital to keep them between the hospital to keep the hospital running. This was because it was overrun by people who were injured but hundreds of families who are taking this hospital as refuge, sleeping on the ground, sleeping on the ground and it is getting a little bit cold in the evening so a very miserable situation for those people who are in the hospital but they have no other option, no other place to go. Overnight we have about 100 israeli airstrikes across the gaza strip including info this is called, a so called safe area. The most intense airstrikes were around the hospital in gaza city, and they received a call from Israeli Intelligence asking them to vacate the hospital. Such deep concern that this conflict could spell across the border and thatis could spell across the border and that is especially so when it comes to the border with lebanon. Daily crashes are a pain. Israel has evacuated dozens of communities and we come across to our correspondent in lebanon. Hugo bachega, whos in the south of the country. There was a warning last night not to open a second front but what is the situation now . To open a second front but what is the situation now . Several Hezbollah Taruets the situation now . Several hezbollah targets were the situation now . Several hezbollah targets were hit the situation now . Several hezbollah targets were hit by the situation now . Several hezbollah targets were hit by the the situation now . Several hezbollah targets were hit by the israeli the situation now . Several hezbollah targets were hit by the israeli army l targets were hit by the israeli army overnight as these cross border attacks continue between troops in lebanon including hezbollah and the israeli army. These attacks have intensified in recent days but so far they remain content. This morning we visited a number of villages along the border, many residents have left on one of those villages was completely deserted so a lot of people are concerned that the violence could spread, many remember the devastation brought by the war in 2006 between israel and hezbollah so all eyes are on hezbollah, this powerful military in social and Political Organisation supported by iran, considered a Terrorist Organisation by the uk. The israeli Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu warned hezbollah against escalating the situation promising what he described as an unimaginable response but its also important iran supports hezbollah but also groups in syria which borders israel, iraq, yemen, theres been a number of incidents in those countries in recent days so of the focus has been on what is happening along the border tensions are high across the region. Hugo, thank you. There you have it at this hour, a ball which is intensifying on many fronts, concerned that it could speu fronts, concerned that it could spell across borders, a humanitarian catastrophe that deepens by the day in casa and the anguish of families around the world about the hostages. This a little bit more than two weeks into a Military Campaign that the Israeli Defence minister has warned that could last for months. We will keep an eye on all the developments but now time to join ben brown in the studio. Thank you so much. The family of Yosef Gedalia have confirmed he is the 11th british israeli to have been killed by hamas during the attack on israel just over two weeks ago. The 22 year old was a soldier in an israeli anti terror unit, sent to the kibbutz kfar aza on October The 7th to confront hamas gunmen there. His family said he was a hero was managed to save several people before being shot. He was about to celebrate his first wedding anniversary. The Home SecretarySuella Braverman is to question the head of the metropolitan police about its response to pro palestinian demonstrations in london at the weekend. The met said it had not identified any offences in a video posted online showing a man chanting the word jihad at an Islamist Group rally separate from the main march. Our chief political correspondent, henry zeffman, is in westminster. What are the governments concerns here . This chant took place as you say at a separate protest to the main protest and that separate protest was organised by a group which operates in many countries all over the world. An Islamist Group which wants sharia law to apply here and all over the world. The governments concern is that when the metropolitan police saw both in person and footage of this chant, they decided that no offence had been committed. The Home Secretary was already going to be meeting sir mark rowley the metropolitan Police Commissioner today, talking about the concerning rising anti semitism over recent weeks and this issue got wrapped into that meeting. The meeting hasjust wrapped into that meeting. The meeting has just broken up and saw mark rowley, the met commissioner has come out and said it is not the job at the met police taste or decency, it is theirjob to enforce the law and he said it is the job of parliament to set the boundaries of the law and perhaps they are not drawn in the right place in other words he says the reason offence were not seen to be committed by the met is because under the existing law, those are not offences and we know this has been history for some time because two years ago before he was running the met he wrote a review for the government in which he mourned Extremism Law was not tough enough to combat the sort of thing so i think you expect renewed pressure on the government, if it is serious about the sort of thing becoming an offence, to change the law. In a briefing just before the comments from sir mark rowley, a spokesman for the Prime Minister suggested the government would not do that so it is unclear but i think there will be pressure on the government from mps and others to find a way to crack down on this. Henry, thank you. Scotlands first minister, humza yousaf, has visited brechin after the town was devastated by flooding during storm babet. He said brechin faces a long road to recovery after the River South Esk burst its banks on friday during torrential rainfall. Across the uk four people are now known to have died as a result of the storm. Heres our scotland correspondent, alexandra mackenzie. Scotlands first mistake came to brechin to meet those impacted by the severe weather. He spoke to kim farrelly. She lives by the river south esque. Her house has been flooded four times, but she said this time was the worst. Es, this time was the worst. Tremendous lot of water came in. 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The first minister acknowledged that the meat can. The first minister acknowledged that the meat was can. The first minister acknowledged that the meat was great can. The first minister acknowledged that the meat was great but can. The first minister acknowledged that the meat was great but didnt i that the meat was great but didnt confirm how much Financial Aid would be provided. And the Environment Agency has said there could be further flooding in the north of england and the midlands after the torrential rains of storm babet. More than a hundred Flood Warnings are in place. Charlotte leeming reports now from in catcliffe in South Yorkshire where families have been evacuated from their homes. Submerged after the storm, 250 homes were flooded in catcliffe at the weekend, leading to a dramatic rescue operation. The nearby river rother overflowed unable to cope with the exceptional amount of rainfall. So the clean up begins and with the water gone the damage becomes clear. For Residents Chris and sophie its a moment they have been dreading. We have onlyjust been able to get back in an hour ago and its absolutely a scene of devastation, isnt it . I cannot believe the devastation in the kitchen. Weve got an american Fridge Freezer that has lifted up, put a hole in the ceiling and knocked all the Kitchen Cabinets down. My piano, cant replace that. My auntie just passed away this weekend and that was hers. Catcliffe is a community that has seen the dreadful impact of flooding before. Huge swathes of the village were underwater after a storm in 2007. The authorities said it was unlikely to happen again. We just heard a lady, shejust walked up, has lived here 60 years, and she confirmed these used to be council houses, they were knocked down because they flooded. People have bought after 2007. You cant tell me they bought knowing they were going to flood again. They must have been very secure, for the council to say, its safe. The Environment Agency said it is working hard with the local authority to support areas like catcliffe, but many residents feel angry and upset they are in this position once again. Kindness from neighbours is extremely welcome. A cup of coffee, lovely. But chris and sophie say they will now live in fear, worrying about when the next storm will arrive. Charlotte leeming, bbc news. Our top story this afternoon. Hamas Officials Say more than 5,000 people in gaza have been killed by israeli airstrikes. And still to come. Scientists say they may have made the biggest breakthrough in treating Cervical Cancer in 20 years. Coming up on bbc news. Ange postecoglu has praised his sides character and resilience ahead of their game against fulham tonight. Win, and they could go back to the top of the premier league. Now, argentina is one of the biggest economies in South America but after many financial crises, its now suffering inflation of almost 140 . Against that backdrop, its been holding a president ial election in which voters face a choice of visions for the countrys future. Sergio massa, whos the current Economy Minister in the centre left government, has unexpectedly won the first round against his populist right rivaljavier milei. Our South America correspondent katy watson reports from buenos aires. A chance to kick back and celebrate. This wasntjust a victory for leftist sergio massa, but for all that came before him. Peronism, kirschnerism, the faces of the political movements that define argentina, as well as football of course. Translation our country| is going through a complex, difficult situation full of challenges and difficulties. I know that many of those who voted for us are the ones who are suffering the most. I will not fail them. His supporters happy that their politician prevailed. What matters is this is the only candidate that has a serious project for the country so basically the other candidates were, like, criticising him, and they were, like, offering things that were, like, not possible. Even for Sergio Massas fans here it was a bit of surprise. You might wonder how a man in charge of an economy with inflation running at nearly 1a0 could win this, but perhaps that says less about massa and more about the alternative. This was definitely a plot twist in argentinas election drama. Many saw far right javier milei as the star of the show after his Shock Victory Primaries just months ago. No longer, but he is not giving up. Translation two weeks ago if you had told us we would be| translation two years ago | if you had told us we would be completing in the second round with kirschnerism for the presidency of the nation we would not have believed it. We really are witnessing an historic event. When people want to vote on sunday the economy was the main thing on their minds. Few believe, though, that politicians can solve it. Translation there are more and more Millionaire Politicians and people are getting poorer and poorer. We need to change that equation. Its worrying that we cant. We have to really, really think about it and we dont have a really good option. I didnt come here and say, i know who i am going to vote, i was like, i dont really know, because nothing. I believe that nothing is good. The Party Continues and the hard work starts again later this week. There will be another month of uncertainty until argentina chooses a new leader. What is clear, though, is whoever wins will have a huge job on their hands turning around and economy and a population in crisis. Katie watson, bbc news, buenos aires. A helpline for victims of modern slavery says its seen a sharp rise in calls from overseas care workers who came to the uk to help Fill Staffing Gaps in the sector but feel exploited. Its been told some workers are expected to work extremely long hours and are charged thousands of pounds for visas and sponsorship certificates. Our social affairs editor, alison holt, is here. What sort of numbers are we talking about here . The Charity Unseen Uk that runs the modern slavery helpline has said it has seen a six fold increase in overseas care workers getting in touch since there were visa changes in february 2022. Those were introduced to make care worker shortage occupation because of the lack of the staff and the acute Staffing Problems and social care. The numbers, in 2021, before the visas came in, the modern slavery helpline had 15 cases involving 63 overseas care workers. In 2022, the number of cases rose to 106, and that involve more than 700 care workers. Since then they say the numbers have continued to rise. They heard from care workers who said they had passports taken away, or were being expected to work extremely long hours. One woman told them about how she was driven by her employer from 112 hour shift to another 12 hour shift. One of her clients was so worried about her, and that is someone she is there to support, that she said dont sleep on the ship, i will give you food. Another woman talked about working 18 hour shifts for ten days in a row and she paid £10,000 for coming over. Others talked about 25,000 for visa sponsorship. Most of those costs are a few hundred pounds and should be borne by the employers. Just briefly, what has been the response to this . Response to this . Most Care Providers response to this . Most Care Providers are response to this . Most Care Providers are horrified i response to this . Most Care Providers are horrified by i response to this . Most care | providers are horrified by this response to this . Most care i providers are horrified by this and they want more monitoring than about how overseas visas are used. A number i have spoken to are getting overseas care workers coming into them asking them to take over their overseas sponsorship. They will not go to the authorities because they are terrified of being thwarted. The home office says it strongly condemns framework under false pretenses and that it does not tolerate illegal activity in the labour market. Tolerate illegal activity in the labour market. ~. , labour market. Alison, thank you very much the former Prime Minister of pakistan, imran khan, has been charged with breaching the Official Secrets Act and damaging diplomatic relations. Hes already been in prison for more than three months. Lets get the latest from our pakistan correspondent, caroline davies, whos in islamabad. Carrie, talk us through these new charges . This all relates to march 2022, about a month before imran khan was ousted in power in a vote of no confidence. He appeared at a rally waving a piece of paper that he said was a letter from a foreign power that showed a conspiracy against his government. He said essentially the letter said that all will be forgiven for pakistan if imran khan is removed from power. He didnt state which country it was from, but he was subsequently incredibly critical of the United States of america. Now the authorities have charged him, saying he has leaked classified documents and that subsequently damaged diplomatic relations. The first charge, he can be imprisoned for up to two years, but the second, about damaging diplomatic relations, that can lead to a Life Sentence or even the death penalty. Imran khan has said not guilty on both of those charges. Just give us the broader picture here. He was Prime Minister only 18 months ago. What are the politics behind this . Behind this . Well, fairly crucially imran behind this . Well, fairly crucially imran khan behind this . Well, fairly crucially imran khan has behind this . Well, fairly crucially imran khan has fallen behind this . Well, fairly crucially Imran Khan Has Fallen Out behind this . Well, fairly crucially Imran Khan Has Fallen Out of i behind this . Well, fairly crucially i Imran Khan Has Fallen Out of favour with pakistans powerful political military. He blames the Military Leadership for the reason why he is currently injail and for leadership for the reason why he is currently in jail and for the court cases against him. A real Turning Point was when imran khan was arrested on the 9th of may and we saw protests around the country in response to that, some of which turned violent. That was a real Turning Point for the military, who then launched a dramatic crackdown on imran khan and his party. At the moment these court cases keep coming and the pendulum of support seems to have swung away from imran khan and the elections are expected at the end of january. The elections are expected at the end ofjanuary the elections are expected at the end ofjanuary. Caroline davies, our pakistan correspondence. Scientists say they may have made the biggest breakthrough in 20 years in treating Cervical Cancer. It involves using a course of cheap, existing drugs ahead of usual radiotherapy treatment. Cancer research uk, which funded the work, called the results remarkable. Our health correspondent, michelle roberts, is here. Michelle, tell us more. So these are existing drugs and that is what people are excited about because they are available now. Obviously, it will be up to the nhs whether they start doing things with this trial. The researchers who did the study say it has moved things on by decades. The treatment they are giving is six weeks of intensive chemotherapy before you give the usual standard treatment of radiotherapy and other drugs. When they did that, they found it improved survival by five years and also reduced the risk of the cancer returning. They are saying effectively if women are well after five years, you can almost Start Talking about a cure. It is really important because there are still thousands of women diagnosed with Cervical Cancer each year and it still kills hundreds. Still kills hundreds. Michelle, thank you still kills hundreds. Michelle, thank you very still kills hundreds. Michelle, thank you very much. A man in his 30s has been arrested in connection with a fire that caused a car park at Luton Airport to partially collapse. The blaze earlier this month saw nearly 1,500 vehicles damaged. Tens of thousands of passengers had their travel plans disrupted with a knock on impact at airports across the uk. Befordshire police say a man has been arrested on suspicion of criminal damage and released on bail. Its thought the fire could have been caused by an Electrical Fault or fuel line leak. Police are investigating the death of former london gangster turned author dave courtney. The 64 year old was found dead at home in plumsted yesterday. His face was covered with a pillow and he had a Gunshot Wound to his head. His family posted on social media to say hed taken his own life. Earlier in the day hed watched his Favourite Football Team charlton win and had been drinking with friends in the evening. Police say the death is unexpected and under investigation. Dave courtney is believed to have been the inspiration for vinnyjones character in the film lock, stock and two smoking barrels. The royal mint is paying tribute to the animated film the snowman on a 50p Coin Being released for christmas. The Design RetellsRaymond Briggs classic Childrens Book about a young boy who builds a snowman that comes to life. It is the first of the 50p Christmas coins to feature the portrait of king charles. Now, thereve been plenty of stories about Lottery Winners who blow their money, but not neiljones, a tiler when he and his partner won £2. 11 million on a £3 lucky dip neil spent some of his winnings on a pool table as he was looking for a new hobby. The pandemic meant he had plenty of time on his hands to improve his game. He got so good in fact that hes now set to represent england, as captain no less, at the European Pool Championships in malta. Well done him. Time for a look at the weather, heres louise lear. We have had some sunshine in scotland, but there has been some rain around. And dont we know it. In the Isles Of Scilly we have had some relentless rain this morning and in a six hour period we had just shy of six inches of rainfall. For most of us it was a chilly start and largely fine and dry. This is where the Front Producing Rain as it moves its way up through ireland and Northern Ireland and we will see rent eventually into the south west by the end of the day. Enjoy the sunshine if you have got it. A quiet story in scotland and northern england. Clouded over a little bit further south and by the end of the rain end of the afternoon there is that rain. Temperatures peaking around 11 to 16