the international humanitarian agency, medecins sans frontieres, says 2 million palestinians are still trapped in gaza under shelling and more than 22,000 injured people remain with limited access to health care. our international editorjeremy bowen has more on the border�*s opening. a warning, his report contains distressing images. at last the gates of the rafah crossing were opened. some foreign citizens were allowed to leave gaza for egypt. for the first time since israel imposed its siege. convoys of aid trucks are moving into gaza, though not nearly as many as the un and aid agencies say are necessary. ambulances went in for the seriously wounded. injabalia, at the opposite end of the gaza strip, more israeli raids. this time they said the target was a command centre. the un said gaza's civilian were being starved, traumatised and bombed to death. on the other side of the border wire, israelis are still in shock over the october 7 attacks. this is nirim kibbutz directly facing gaza. for the first time adele was back to look and grab a few things. her hopes of peace with her neighbours in gaza gone forever. stopping anything like this happening again is powering israel's determination to see this fight through to the end. adele showed me in place where he son—in—law saved her three granddaughters, all under the age of ten. tell me what happened here? that's their safe room. that's where he shot the terrorist. as it was under attack, hamas radio messages were intercepted, and the israeli army gave us this excerpt. the fence has been fixed, israel's security has not. so there's no doubt there was a lot of complacency about the risks that hamas posed to israel. and after the war there's going to be an inquiry. but, even now, the prime minister binyamin netanyahu is under a lot of pressure about his responsibility for the security lapses that led to hamas breaching the border. i took my kids. that day, a retired israeli general, he drove down from tel aviv to rescue his son's family from hamas. as the hamas gunman surged forward, his mission was successful. he took a rifle from a dead israeli soldier and with others, fought his way in. i saw oen terrorist, i pointed at him, i killed him. i saw another one, i think i warned him or killed him. who do you hold responsible for what happened? this is the biggest failure in the history of the state of israel. it was a military failure, it was an intelligence failure. and it was a failure of the government. but i think the one that really in charge, and all the blame is on him, is the prime minister binyamin netanyahu. this was the funeral of 20—year—old lavi lipshitz. israelis are behind their troops, but increasingly they want to know how so much went wrong, and the pressure on the prime minister is going to increase. well, our correspondent inside gaza has spent the day at the rafah crossing. he told us more about the situation there. today was the first day, and it was chaotic but manageable. it was chaotic but manageable. it was open forjust people on the list. the list was sent by the egyptians, they put it on a wall and everyone should find their name. people in the crossing should check their passports and make sure the name matches the list, and then they crossed. i was spending all day talking to people there. people like, really, some of them, they were happy because they're crossing, but they're really because they're crossing, but they�* re really sad because they're crossing, but they're really sad at the same time because they left families behind here. and they don't know what's going to happen to them. but overall it's significant — significant the crossing was opened today, not only for dual nationals, but for hundreds of people, patients waiting in this hospital to be treated outside. because the hospital is overwhelmed by the number of people with serious injuries, huge pain, people with very severe injuries, they're waiting for their term to go and be treated in egypt. not only dual national citizens. why is the crossing itself so important? let's take a closer look. israeland important? let's take a closer look. israel and egypt have restricted the movement of goods and people in and out of gaza since hamas took control of the territory in 2017. the two countries say their blockade is needed for security reasons. egypt also fears a massive influx of palestinian refugees fleeing the war. even when it's not war time, it's not easy for palestinians to leave gaza through rafah. they need to register with authorities well in advance and can be rejected by either side. after hamas attacked israel on october 7, after hamas attacked israel on october7, israel after hamas attacked israel on october 7, israel crossed both of its crossings, leaving just the rafah crossing open for some aid to roll in. we've seen some aid to roll in. we've seen some flashes in the sky over gaza city in the past few minutes. we'll take in some pictures if we can. here's some pictures if we can. here's some pictures from the past through minutes. for more on the crossings partial opener, i crossing's partial opener, i spoke with nabil famy, an ambassador to the us. minister, we've seen hundreds of foreign passport holders and those who are badly injured now starting to cross from gaza into egypt. do you think this is a sign of something we'll see more frequently or is egypt still worried that we could see israel strike the area near the crossing? the egypts —— egyptians have two responsibilities here. one is to take care of human beings irrespective of nationality, gender, you name it. we opened the door to taking care of anyone who is injured or needs hospital care. the second thing is for dual nationals, or not palestinians who want to go back home, what we've done is collaborate with their embassies in egypt to ensure that as they cross the terminal at rafah, we work with their embassies to make sure that they have a health check and then it's managed so they leave and go back home as soon as possible. that's the humanitarian part. possible. that's the humanitarian art. ~ . h humanitarian part. what's the olitical humanitarian part. what's the political part _ humanitarian part. what's the political part of _ humanitarian part. what's the political part of it? _ humanitarian part. what's the political part of it? the - political part of it? the political _ political part of it? the political part _ political part of it? the political part of - political part of it? the political part of it - political part of it? the political part of it is - political part of it? tue: political part of it is we do not accept any attempt by israel to empty gaza from the palestinian population. they did this at the beginning of the creation of israel and they never allowed them back. and we don't accept they do it again now. either doesjordan, by the way, with respect to the west bank. ., , ~ way, with respect to the west bank. ., , ., , bank. let me ask you this, minister. _ bank. let me ask you this, minister, jordan _ bank. let me ask you this, minister, jordan recalled i bank. let me ask you this, | minister, jordan recalled its ambassador to israel. could we see egypt do the same? it see egypt do the same? if things keep getting worse, nobody knows. this is inhuman, not to be able to have a pause, for humanitarian purposes, and seeing 400 people killed every night. this is simply inhumane and unacceptable.— and unacceptable. "we'll not allow the _ and unacceptable. "we'll not allow the liquidation - and unacceptable. "we'll not allow the liquidation of - and unacceptable. "we'll not allow the liquidation of the l allow the liquidation of the palestinian course to have another nakba, referring to the mass uprooting of palestinians, at the expense of neighbouring countries." what does he mean by that? at the expense of a country like egypt?— country like egypt? they're forced out _ country like egypt? they're forced out of _ country like egypt? they're forced out of palestine, - country like egypt? they're i forced out of palestine, gaza, or the west bank, into the neighbouring country, because of humanitarian concerns. and then, the israelis never let them back and they have a long history of never letting them back. therefore, the ultimate result is the neighbouring countries take them on. because we'll always treat any refugees humanely. i5 we'll always treat any refugees humanely-— we'll always treat any refugees humanely. is egypt in this case willin: to humanely. is egypt in this case willing to take _ humanely. is egypt in this case willing to take a _ humanely. is egypt in this case willing to take a large - humanely. is egypt in this case willing to take a large numberl willing to take a large number of palestinian refugees? we're not willing _ of palestinian refugees? we're not willing to _ of palestinian refugees? we're not willing to make _ of palestinian refugees? we're not willing to make any - not willing to make any palestinian refugees because they're being pushed out of their homeland into other territories which, is different from someone who needs transit to go to his country or someone who needs medical treatment. we're treating palestinians, by the way. we're treating palestinians, by the wa . , ., we're treating palestinians, by thewa. h, �* the way. israel says we're auoin the way. israel says we're going to _ the way. israel says we're going to go _ the way. israel says we're going to go in _ the way. israel says we're going to go in and - the way. israel says we're l going to go in and eradicate hamas, and then we'll leave. they say they don't have an interest in occupying gaza. what's your response to that? first of all, palestinian civilians are not collateral damage. you cannot at the expense of hundreds and hundreds of people say i'm going in after hamas, but because i can't get to them easily, i'm going to kill everyone on the way. that's what we saw today. the latest attack on a palestinian camp, according to israeli statements, they were trying to liquidate a particular hamas leader or official. and they knew if they bombed the camp, there would be 3—400 lives lost. but they did it. that's not acceptable. let lost. but they did it. that's not acceptable.— lost. but they did it. that's not acceptable. let me ask you one more _ not acceptable. let me ask you one more question, _ not acceptable. let me ask you one more question, we - not acceptable. let me ask you one more question, we have i not acceptable. let me ask you i one more question, we have seen in the us that two us senators have confirmed that talks are under way to establish a multinational peacekeeping force in gaza after israel achieves what it says its goal is, to uproot hamas. what do you think of that?— you think of that? again, will it be palestinian _ you think of that? again, will it be palestinian territory? i it be palestinian territory? then you need to talk to the palestinians. the pa.- then you need to talk to the palestinians. the pa. does the pa still have _ palestinians. the pa. does the pa still have authority? - palestinians. the pa. does the pa still have authority? not i palestinians. the pa. does the pa still have authority? not in| pa still have authority? not in gaza, certainly. it pa still have authority? not in gaza, certainly.— gaza, certainly. it doesn't have in — gaza, certainly. it doesn't have in gaza _ gaza, certainly. it doesn't have in gaza for _ gaza, certainly. it doesn't have in gaza for two i gaza, certainly. it doesn't i have in gaza for two reasons, one, america pushed to convene elections at a very inon —— inopportune time and hamas won the elections. and they put in multinational force, the elections. and they put in multinationalforce, who is going to authorise that? they have to be locals. the locals have to be locals. the locals have to be locals. the locals have to authorise that. you can't simply apply international force to everyone. again, internationalforce to everyone. again, i'm international force to everyone. again, i'm not internationalforce to everyone. again, i'm not in government, but i can tell you that i'm not aware there are discussions with our side regarding that kind of force at the present time. fik. regarding that kind of force at the present time.— the present time. 0k. very interesting. _ the present time. 0k. very interesting. minister, i the present time. 0k. very interesting. minister, our. the present time. 0k. very i interesting. minister, our time interesting. minister, ourtime is up, but it's been really good to get your perspective on the programme tonight. thank you so much. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. let's take a look at some other headlines. the us vice—president, kamala harris, called on all countries to address the risks posed by artificial intelligence. she is speaking in britain, where a global summit is happening on it. , , global summit is happening on it. , it. just as ai has the potential _ it. just as ai has the potential to - it. just as ai has the potential to do i it. just as ai has the i potential to do profound it. just as ai has the _ potential to do profound good, it also has the potential to cause profound harm. these threats are often referred to as the existential threats of ai. because of course, they could endanger the very existence of humanity. harris said a new — existence of humanity. harris said a new us _ existence of humanity. harris said a new us institution i existence of humanity. harrisl said a new us institution could act as a model for others to test the safety of ai. it follows britain's publishing of a declaration aimed at boosting global co—operation to ensure that artificial intelligence has appropriate safeguards. it was agreed to by 28 countries, including the us and china. you're watching bbc news. returning now to our top story, the israel—gaza war. us presidentjoe biden applauded the opening of the rafah crossing, saying it was the "result of intense and urgent diplomacy." �*result of intense and urgent diplomacy-"— diplomacy." we're in a situation _ diplomacy." we're in a situation where - diplomacy." we're in a situation where safe i diplomacy." we're in a i situation where safe passage for wounded palestinians and foreign nationals to exit gaza has started. the american citizens are able to exit today, as part of the first group of probably over 1,000, we'll see more of this progress going on in the coming days. working nonstop to get americans out of gaza as soon as and as safely as possible. hundreds of foreign passport holders, including a number of americans, were among those leaving gaza through the rafah crossing on wednesday. our state department correspondent has more. when know a handful of us citizens have managed to leave gaza and according to reports from employees, they were the next ago. the state department says it won't give daily numbers of people who managed to leave and they will not give out numbers until everyone who wants to go has been able to go. for operational security reasons, they say. but we know around 400 americans are registered and then together with their family members that will equal around 1000 people and they should have been getting e—mails from the state department with specific instructions about when to go and where to go. the state department says they expected to play out over a number of days so it doesn't look like all the americans will leave at once. we do know that this has been the result of intense us diplomacy over a number of weeks, very propagated because in a way it is a three way with egypt, israel, and hamas. they finally got the arrangement. the situation is very fluid but the state department is saying that it the state department is saying thatitis the state department is saying that it is important breakthrough. as we mentioned earlier, talks are under way between the us and its partners, according to politico, for a peacekeeping force if hamas is defeated. discussions are in the early stages and they say that any force is unlikely to include the us. i put that to chris murphy, a democrat, and we also talked about the border war. senator, i want to start with the israel— gaza war and we have seen reports in politico and bloomberg the two of your colleagues in the senate, chris van holland and vertigo have said they are under way to establish a multinational political force —— establish a multinational politicalforce —— peacekeeping political force —— peacekeeping force politicalforce —— peacekeeping force if it is rather i can't. i can't confirm those reports. they have been a number of discussions under way around what kind of facility could ultimately replace hamas inside gaza. that could be palestinian authority, could be multinational, but my sense is that those discussions are just beginning. obviously this has been a concern of the united states. it feels like you need to have a sense of what replaces hamas very soon and it has to be a realistic plan, not just a plan which looks good on paper. this is one of the most essential questions of the israeli ground operation. would ou find israeli ground operation. would you find that — israeli ground operation. would you find that to _ israeli ground operation. would you find that to be _ israeli ground operation. would you find that to be a _ israeli ground operation. would you find that to be a good i you find that to be a good idea, a multinational peacekeeping force, after israel were to leave gaza? the devil is in _ israel were to leave gaza? the devil is in the _ israel were to leave gaza? tie: devil is in the details. we would have to first and foremost make sure that we have commitments from other countries to be on the ground if the result of this incursion into gaza is that hamas grows stronger in part because of the civilian casualties, that force would be immediately met with ferocious resistance from what remains of or spin of terrorist groups. the viability of a post hamas government is in part dependent on whether the terrorist groups are defeated or entered getting stronger in numbers. that is something i worry about as i watched this operation unfold.— operation unfold. tells more about that. _ operation unfold. tells more about that. you're _ operation unfold. tells more| about that. you're concerned that the way it has it has been carried out by israeli forces could lead to strengthening her mass or spin of terrorist groups. the viability of a post hamas government is in part dependent on whether the terrorist groups are defeated or entered getting stronger in numbers. that is something i worry about as i watch this operation unfold. tells more about that. you're concerned that the operation, the way it has been carried out by israeli forces could lead to of our occupation but also because of the number of civilians that we have killed. it the number of civilians that we have killed.— have killed. it is difficult to eliminate _ have killed. it is difficult to eliminate a _ have killed. it is difficult to eliminate a terrorist - have killed. it is difficult to eliminate a terrorist group| eliminate a terrorist group through military means only. with this violence in gaza, evidenced with young people inside gaza that were previously on the sidelines joining the militancy, they could be a lasting problem for whatever government replaces hamas. i think this is something we need to talk to the israelis about, notjust because of the moral imperative to keep civilian casualties low but because of the strategic imperative to keep civilian casualties low.— casualties low. secretary blinking _ casualties low. secretary blinking is _ casualties low. secretary blinking is heading i casualties low. secretary blinking is heading again| casualties low. secretary i blinking is heading again to israel on friday. what you think you should set apart partners there? == think you should set apart partners there? -- secretary antony blinken. _ partners there? -- secretary antony blinken. we - partners there? -- secretary antony blinken. we need i partners there? -- secretary i antony blinken. we need --we antony blinken. we need ——we also don't have enough civilian aid arriving. civilians are dying because of mortar attacks on the fact that hamas hides inside civilian populations. but more will die if we don't get more fuel and food into gaza. it is a question for israel, and to question four is does back —— egypt. israel, and to question four is does back -- egypt.— israel, and to question four is does back -- egypt. order talk about funding _ does back -- egypt. order talk about funding in _ does back -- egypt. order talk about funding in the _ does back -- egypt. order talk about funding in the us - does back -- egypt. order talk. about funding in the us because there is a debate in the house of representatives, as you know, over the funding package that president biden was as he pushed through, which would include more aid to israel, more humanitarian aid to gaza, but also to ukraine and taiwan. republicans want to split it up because they don't as a full conference support the aid for ukraine, or offset funding by cutting spending for the internal revenue services. if humanitarian aid is urgent, is that a compromise the democrats should be willing to think about? ., ., ~ ., , about? the aid for ukraine is no less urgent _ about? the aid for ukraine is no less urgent and _ about? the aid for ukraine is no less urgent and arguably. about? the aid for ukraine is| no less urgent and arguably is even more urgent given the fact that ukraine relies mostly on the united states and europe to fund its operations, whereas israel is looking for us to pick up a minority of the share. in ukraine there are certain not going to be bullets in the guns of ukrainian soldiers. so there is an urgency to both causes. and it is also not necessarily accurate to suggest that republicans are insisting that the funding for israel be offset. that is a term that traditionally means that you cut spending somewhere else or you raise revenue somewhere else to pay for this. in fact that isn't what they did in the house. they attached a provision that actually cost more money. they are cutting money that goes to the irs to hold more taxpayers at the higher end of the income spectrum accountable for paying their fair share of taxes. let me is this — their fair share of taxes. let me is this ukraine. the bbc spoke to your colleague in the senate, mike lee, yesterday. he told us that american support for ukraine is waning as the war stretches on. he said "we receive these pieces of evidence about widespread corruption in ukraine involving the money that we are giving them and you add to that the fact that ukrainian officials and our own officials are increasingly telling us we have to brace for close to a decade more of this with noah and insight and a reasonable explanation of what an ultimate victory looks like." what is your response about? to the extent there _ your response about? to the extent there is _ your response about? to the extent there is slightly i your response about? to the extent there is slightly less i extent there is slightly less support for ukraine in the united states, it is because mike lee and donald trump and tucker carlson and their crowd are spinning the united states public against ukraine. so the problem they identify is one of their own making. it isn't true that there is evidence that a military aid to ukraine is being diverted. it is true that ukraine has been a country for a long time that as a rule of law problem. just because a country in eastern europe has a corruption problem doesn't mean that they deserve to be invaded, attacked, and overtaken by russia. it doesn't mean that thousands of civilians and children inside ukraine deserved to die. no. this is the post—world war ii order been decided here. there are a lot of folks on the right who for whatever reason are, you know, arguing for a policy that would result in vladimir putin owning all of ukraine. that is a terrible outcome for ukraine and a terrible outcome for the united states. senator, we will have — for the united states. senator, we will have to _ for the united states. senator, we will have to leave _ for the united states. senator, we will have to leave it - for the united states. senator, we will have to leave it there. l we will have to leave it there. great to have your bbc news. thank you. great to have your bbc news. thank you-— great to have your bbc news. thank you._ and i great to have your bbc news. | thank you._ and you thank you. thank you. and you can find the _ thank you. thank you. and you can find the latest _ thank you. thank you. and you can find the latest on _ thank you. thank you. and you can find the latest on our- can find the latest on our website. we have news and analysis their policy that was the that is at bbcnews.com and also allow bbc news app. in other news, donald trumer, the eldest son of the former us president, has started testifying in a civilfraud trial that threatens the family's business empire. donaldjr said he had little to do with preparing financial documents at the real estate company. he's due to return to the stand tomorrow. he and his brother, eric, are accused, along with their father, of fraudulently inflating the value of property owned by the trump organisation by billions of dollars. mr trump and his sons face potential penalties of 250 million dollars if they lose the case. they have denied the accusations. nada tawfik is more. donjr is the most outspoken, call much of a scam, like his father hazard. the tone was light. today he joked sometimes. point thejudge asked him today he joked sometimes. point the judge asked him to slow down in responding to questions to questions to which he said "i apologise, your honour. i may have moved to florida but i have kept the new york pace." prosecutors say that don jr became a trustee after his father became president. he signed off, they said, to the accuracy of financial statements into banks and other institutions. prosecutors and the judge institutions. prosecutors and thejudge have institutions. prosecutors and the judge have agreed that those statements contain fraudulent on the stand today donjr said while he may have signed off on the documents, he relied on his accountants to keep accurate values. he said thatis keep accurate values. he said that is what he paid in full. he returns tomorrow in court to finish off his testimony and then we will hear from the other trump children. eric trump, responsible for the day—to—day operations of the company, and then evoke a trump, although her attorneys said today that they are appealing the ruling that she needs to attend to court and testify. —— ivanka trump. find testify. -- ivanka trump. and congressman _ testify. -- ivanka trump. and congressman george - testify. —— ivanka trump. and congressman george santos has survived to expel him by his fellow members of the us house of representatives. the vote failed by 179— 213, five short of the two—thirds majority needed to oust a house member. santos is accused of 23 charges including fraud and theft. the first time congressman denies any wrongdoing. the house really expels its members. it is only removed two congressmen in the last 100 years. that is all from us by now. i will be backin all from us by now. i will be back in 30 minutes with the latest headlines. stay with us here on bbc news. hello there. we've got more heavy rain, more strong winds as we head into thursday, all due, of course, to storm ciaran. that's been tracking its way right the way across the atlantic, heading over the southwest of england. now, it will move eastwards towards east anglia. it will bring more heavy rain and given how wet it's been in october, that could lead to some flooding. the winds also could potentially be dangerous and hazardous, bringing some disruption. this is where we've got the amber wind warnings from the met office. the winds already picking up in the southwest, those stronger winds will transfer through the english channel to affect coastal areas in the southeast of england. the winds are likely to be even stronger for a while in the channel islands — gusts of over 90 mph, already had gusts of 100 mph along the coast of brittany. so, some really strong winds across the far south of the uk. could be quite windy in other areas, and around the storm, around that low pressure, we've got these showers of longer spells of rain. as the wind picks up in scotland, it will get wetter here. we may miss the worst of the wet weather in northern ireland. temperature—wise, well, of course, nothing to write home about — a cool 10—12 degrees. but at least during the afternoon, the winds in the southwest will start to ease, and that's because the storm is going to be tracking away, and at the same time, it will be weakening. so, as we get into friday, the area of low pressure, what was the storm, is going to be sitting out in the north sea. so, it's not going to be as windy on friday, it's not going to be as wet. there'll be some sunshine, but also some showers blown in, and there'll still be some blustery winds. the windiest weather, perhaps the wettest weather will be across eastern scotland and the northeast of england. and those temperatures may be a degree or so higher, but still only 12—13 degrees at best. now, as we head into the weekend, we see that area of low pressure continuing to fade away in the north sea. another one coming in from the atlantic — not expecting this one to be named because the winds aren't going to be as strong. the strong winds will still be through the english channel, but we've got more rain to come across southern parts of the uk, into wales, in the midlands, followed by some showers. further north, there'll be some sunshine and perhaps a few showers as well, and those temperatures not really changing a great deal. so, after all this very wet and very windy weather, we've got some more rain on saturday for the southern half of the uk and then we're all in the same boat on sunday — sunshine and showers and not as windy. voiceover: this is bbc news. we'll have the headlines and all the main news stories for you at the top of the hour, straight after this programme. disney is celebrating its 100th birthday and i'm talking to one of the most powerful women in hollywood. # let it go, let it go... #_ jennifer lee changed cinema forever when she co—wrote and co—directed frozen. the film won her an academy award, and she became the first woman to co—direct a feature film that grossed more than $1 billion. she's now chief creative officer at walt disney animation studios, but continues to direct and write, including disney's latest release, the computer—animated musical wish. a disney obsessive who used to watch cinderella to cope with school bullies, she's risen to the top of one of the world's greatest entertainment companies. welcome to the media show. welcome to the media show, jennifer. thank you for having me. i'm really happy to be here. it's great to have you. and of course, happy birthday. what does disney mean to you? oh, i mean, i would say disney fights hopelessness with hope. and it's a place ofjoy, imagination.