the news from colombia, i did not get that personally. i normally get forewarned. i don't know. but everything gives us a little bit of hope, it is good. so we are waiting, actually, for the really good news. but that is it, pretty much, so i cannot really say what we will do because we just wait. where we can pick up the boy from and go from there but it is all about him. that he makes himself available or not and i will not force anything. afghanistan have beaten the netherlands by 7 wickets, to really boost their chances of making the semi—finals of the cricket world cup. azmattulah omazai and hashmattuh shahidi's partnership of 87 helped to their target 180. with just under 19 overs remaining. it means afghanistan jump to 8 points, level with new zealand who lie fourth, but behind on net run rate, with two games to play. well, holders england are enduring a torrid time in india, they're bottom of the table, and effectively out, after 5 defeats in 6 matches. they face australia on saturday, the champions demise a position few would have predicted, coming into the tournament. a little bit surprised. obviously got some class players and performed really well and these kind of tournaments over the last few years so, yeah, a bit surprised. in terms of what has gone wrong, i don't know. it is probably not for me to say but, yeah, these tournaments are pretty fickle. you see in tournaments around the world sometimes the best —looking teams just don't start off well and then find it hard to kind of gain ground. and a further blow for the england camp, ben stokes, will have knee surgery after the world cup. it's been a long—term problem for the 32,year—old, the all—rounder only able to play as a batter in the tournament. he stands by his decision to come back, and play for the one—day team. coming back you, you know. playing in the world cup for your country, you know, if we were in a better position, you know, iwouldn't you know, if we were in a better position, you know, i wouldn't be getting asked the question. is a very easy question to ask when things have gone wrong. in the right decision on that kind of thing but camilla, it is the right decision. it was the right decision and i have got no regrets whatsoever. there's another injury blow for new zealand at the tournament too, matt henry has been ruled out, with a torn hamstring. henry was injured the defeat to south africa, and could be out for a month. kyle jamieson will replace him in the squad, ahead of their crucial match match against pakiston on saturday, with top four hopes for both at stake. and that's all the sport for now. the israel—gaza war has taken a severe toll on journalists covering the conflict. although numbers vary, at least 31 journalists have been killed since the 7th october. according to reporters without borders, the first two weeks were the deadliest conflict forjournalists since 2000. i want to play you this video. it's a clip from palestine tv. a reporter on location talking to the studio just after their correspondent mohammed abu hatab was killed. shortly after reporting. it's gone viral after the tv channel posted it online. a warning; you might find the video distressing. nobody is looking at us and that the size of the disaster in gaza. not protection. no international protection, absolutely. no immunity to anything. these body armour is, do not resist it. they are only some sort of slogans that reporters are wearing them. we are here, victims. victims live on air. we are losing the soles, one after another, priceless souls. we the soles, one after another, priceless souls.— the soles, one after another, priceless souls. the soles, one after another, riceless souls. ~ , ., priceless souls. we focused on the human toll — priceless souls. we focused on the human toll of _ priceless souls. we focused on the human toll of that _ priceless souls. we focused on the human toll of that conflict. - priceless souls. we focused on the human toll of that conflict. it - priceless souls. we focused on the human toll of that conflict. it also | human toll of that conflict. it also underlined the dangers for journalists who are reporting on it. it also underlined the dangers for journalists who are reporting on it. i spoke to fiona o'brien, the uk director of reporters without borders, which is an organisation focused on safeguarding the right to freedom of information, and i asked her why there was such a lack of clarity around the numbers ofjournalists who'd been killed. first of all, just to underline what a distressing clip. and i am not surprised it has gone viral because it captures notjust the surprised it has gone viral because it captures not just the toll to journalists, the fact that journalists, the fact that journalists are being killed in this conflict but also the absolute devastation of those who are still there trying to do theirjob and feeling really abandoned by the international community. in terms of numbers, so, for rsf, the report to his death you just reported on there was for us the 35th journalist killed since this conflict began, 31 of those have been in gaza and at least 12 were killed while working. the reason for slight discrepancies between numbers at this stage is prodigious to do with how difficult it is to gather information on the ground. issues such as communications, the chaos of war, etc. you can imagine it is a very difficult task. some organisations have slightly different methodology so rsf, for example, we spent a long time each time we get a report of a journalist being killed, veritable, verifying if they are indeed a journalist, secondly, looking into the circumstances in which they died, to ascertain whether that was any line of work. whether they were killed, targeted in their home and the circumstances around it before we added to our tally. at this stage it is not surprising to see a small difference but the numbers are all pretty horrifying. i, yes, they are. and we focus on civilian deaths particularly in gaza right now given continued air strikes on the difficulty of course is that those journalists who are there, become civilians. because even when they are not working, they're having live there in amongst people in very difficult situations. what is it like for journalists difficult situations. what is it like forjournalists right now? you make a very good question. to your point about there being civilians. i would point out that i am a humanitarian lawjournalists, they humanitarian law journalists, they are humanitarian lawjournalists, they are entitled to the same level of protection and that targeting a journalist is a war crime. a journalist is a war crime. a journalist still trying to work in gaza, doing such an incrediblejob, trying to bring as reports of what is actually happening on the ground, the situation is unspeakable. there are really practical difficulty so many to leave their homes. sometimes that involves leaving behind equipment and protective gear. there are enormous — equipment and protective gear. there are enormous beers _ equipment and protective gear. there are enormous beers for— equipment and protective gear. ti” are enormous beers for their family, of course. the journalist we started by talking about last ten members of his family in the same strike that killed him so the personal toll, the psychological toll is immense. then, added to the complications with things like lack of electricity, you know, to function as a journalist you need to be able to charge your devices. that becomes very difficult. how to contact sources when the internet is constantly down? how to gather that information. and then added to all of that you have a situation which for the quite rare in gaza which is that international press are not able to access the front foot of the not able to access the terrain. meaning that, as international audiences, we lose incredibly valuable witnesses to the conflict. it really points to the fact that what is happening here is very concerted attempt to suffocate journalism, to stop people from reporting on what is happening. the uk director of reporters without borders speaking to me a little earlier. the indian capital, delhi, is in the grip of thick smog. these pictures were shot in the centre of the city. the world health organization says it's recording almost 35 times the recommended number of tiny particles, known as �*pm 2.5�*, in the air. they are so small they can enter the bloodstream. state and private primary schools in delhi are being closed for the next two days as a precaution. our reporter in delhi, sachin gogoi, told me what it's like to live there right now. well, i am well, iam not well, i am not in a war zone. but it is no less dangerous. because, right now, i'm talking from the words most polluted city. according to who estimates, actually, the severity has gone up. according to the global weather authorities, right now, the pollution level in some parts of delhi, it stands at about 800 which is about 16 times more than a good level. therefore, the government has taken some emergency measures to come pollution. i may be talking about a pollution story but, instead, considering the developments taking place, it is turning out to be more of a political story, with all the important players fighting among themselves on the issue of curbing pollution. but the residents are paying a heavy price and there is a likelihood of a serious situation continuing for the next several days. we will have all the headlines for you coming up at the top of the hour. matthew is standing life. so stay with us here on bbc news. hello there. good afternoon. it's a much quieter looking day of weather today than yesterday following storm ciaran, of course, but still some heavy showers developing, including once more for the south coast. the center of that deep area of low pressure has pushed out into the north sea, that was the storm, but the associated fronts have been causing damage all over western europe, flooding across italy, strong, gusty winds. there's another deep low pushing in from the south—west over night tonight. but for the rest of today, still some blustery winds for eastern scotland. there's been some rain here. that rain gradually pushing a little further westwards. the winds are a lot lighter elsewhere and the north—westerly wind isjust pushing some more showers into northern ireland and down through western wales. wind isjust pushing some more showers into northern ireland and down through western wales. a few showers too further south and east, but also some sunny spells. temperatures peaking again between ten and 1a degrees celsius, so not moving very much at all there. meanwhile, at all there. that deep low approaches from meanwhile, that deep low approaches from the south—west. heavy and persistent rain here. temperatures dipped in mid single figures for a time, rising in the south with milder air associated with low pressure and here it is. you can see the squeeze on the highs of of us. strong gusty winds once again for the channel islands. we could see gales here tomorrow morning. gusty winds, 40—50 mph. perhaps that heavy rain that is way further north right across to the midlands and northern wales by the time we get to the afternoon but is weakening as it goes foot of heavy, thundery showers following on in its wake but for northern england, northern ireland and much of scotland away from the east should stay largely by tomorrow, temperatures again at 10—15 and those heavy thundery showers continue to watch the south, particularly the south coast and eastern areas as we had to a saturday evening. once again, the same sort of pattern, that diplo pushes away into the north sea and were now during in more of a north—westerly wind so the fog of the showers on sunday are likely to change out towards the north—west of the north—western areas of scotland, the north—western areas of scotland, the western isles, northern areas of northern ireland perhaps and through western parts of wales of england, further east it is a drier picture and we are likely to see quite a lot of cloud and brighter spells at times. bonfire night celebrations are going on over the weekend. sunday, probably the best night for most. soggy ground but clear spells with showers in the west. goodbye. live from london, this is bbc news. almost four weeks into the israel—hamas war, and the us secretary of state is in israel, pushing for a humanitarian pause. the protection of civilians must take place notjust in gaza but also in the west bank, where incitement and extremist violence against palestinians must be stopped. israel says its troops are involved in face—to—face fighting with hamas, as they completely surround gaza city. the leader of the proscribed terror group hezbollah praises hamas and says the possibility of �*total war is realistic�*. more foreign nationals get out of gaza — at the rafah crossing point into egypt. the bbc launches an emergency radio service for gaza, in response to the conflict. hello, i'm lyse doucet, with the latest from jerusalem. and with analysis of all of the top stories. hello, i'm matthew amroliwala. welcome to verified live.