And we also ask for the rest of the world to support israel to stand with us because there is no time. Protesters also took over the streets ofjerusalem, including outside prime minister netanyahu's office. 0ur middle east correspondent lucy williamson reports now from jerusalem. Hamas would protect them as assets, the argument went. These younger, fitter hostages were the ones who would survive. Instead, israel's army says they were shot by hamas in a tunnel under rafah as israeli forces battled above them. Almog seroussi, alexander lobanov, 0ri danino, eden yerushalmi, whose last words to her sister were, they've caught me. And hersh goldberg—polin, a 23—year—old us—israeli citizen, and carmel gat, a therapist who was described by other hostages as their guardian angel. Carmel�*s family said she and hersh were due to be released in a deal outlined in july. Her cousin today inconsolable. It's too late for us. It's too late for carmel. I will never hug her again. But 101 people can still hug theirfamilies. For them, make the deal. Save lives. As pressure on israel's prime minister builds, today, he blamed hamas for the failure to free the hostages. Translation: while israel is conducting intensive negotiations with the mediators in a supreme effort to reach a deal, hamas continues to firmly refuse any offer. He who murders hostages does not want a deal. A red flag at the protest today. A message to the prime minister. The last red line has been crossed. Hostages were dying, they said, as a direct result of the prime minister's failure to sign a deal. 0utside mr netanyahu's office today, they've been shouting murderer. Many people here think he simply doesn't want a deal. And if a deal is no longer possible, they say, then the hostages are no longer valuable to hamas. Hostages do not return when guns are shooting. The region does not go quiet the region does not go quiet for the time necessary for the time necessary to return hostages, to return hostages, when guns are shooting. When guns are shooting. The irony is that the irony is that fighting did stop in central areas of gaza today for the start of a nine—day rolling vaccine programme fighting did stop delivered by the un. The discovery of gaza's first case of polio in 25 years the only thing that's paused the only thing that's paused the fighting since november. The fighting since november. Thank god they've agreed on this, said um khalil. But we hope the war but we hope the war stops completely, and not stops completely, and not just for a couple of days. Just for a couple of days. We've suffered a lot. In tel aviv tonight, these six deaths sparked new life in the protest movement, for defence of democracies. Pushing for a ceasefire deal. Pushing for a ceasefire deal. Tens of thousands on the streets tens of thousands on the streets confronting benjamin confronting benjamin netanyahu with a choice. Netanyahu with a choice. Peace in gaza or war at home? peace in gaza or war at home? as lucy williamson mentioned, much of israel's workforce is expected to strike on monday. It's been called by israel's largest labour union, representing 800,000 workers. A one—day walkout is expected to begin from 6am local time, less than two hours from now. Tel aviv�*s ben gurion airport is expected to be closed from 8am local time. With me in studio is benham ben taleblu, a senior fellow at the foundation he think there is a deal that he would take? hamas said they agreed to a deal, the original parameter sets, agreed to a deal, the original parametersets, many agreed to a deal, the original parameter sets, many months ago by president biden. The thing netanyahu has done enough to maybe negotiate or backtrack on his dance to get more hostages out? i his dance to get more hostages out?. , , , his dance to get more hostages out?. , , u, , out? i am sure they could be one especially _ out? i am sure they could be one especially as _ out? i am sure they could be one especially as they out? i am sure they could be one especially as they have i one especially as they have been pauses and hostages lost before but right now i think what matters most is the facts on the ground of the battlefield in gaza, having the israeli military has a fair amount of success and they do not want to give the corridor, the key issue of ten ship with the key issue of ten ship with the defence minister who recently spoke to the secretary of defense about those hostages including the dual national israeli american individual, the young man you add earlier today, but i think in the short term the government is shaken but not stirred. Even how the israeli finance minister trying to head off some of the labour strikes are likely to no avail. Let's talk about hamas. Israel says these hostages, the body that are discovered, were likely killed a couple of days only before they were discovered. Just days before that there was another hostage discovered in tunnels by himself without any people guarding him. What do you make of this and what does it say about hamas itself? are they starting to potentially lose control? i starting to potentially lose control? ~. , ,. , control? i think that is more than control, _ control? i think that is more than control, the _ control? i think that is more than control, the walls control? i think that is more than control, the walls are l than control, the walls are closing in on them and the leadership is pushing further south, further intertidal, having their supply cut and most importantly having their leadership busted in multiple countries, notjust the gaza strip. They do not need lake brewster me, swapping hostages, as grotesque as the analogy is, we are driven by a different psychology and a battlefield aspiration and indeed, terror, aspiration and indeed, terror, a group that means what it says is that its patron of the islamic republic that has mastered the art of positive diplomacy. This is not the this is sheer terror. — is sheer terror. You do a lot of study _ is sheer terror. You do a lot of study on _ is sheer terror. You do a lot of study on iran, _ is sheer terror. You do a lot of study on iran, a is sheer terror. You do a lot of study on iran, a backer. Is sheer terror. You do a lot| of study on iran, a backer of hamas, many of these groups in the region, still living in the background a threat of retaliation by iran against israel for previous strikes in the capital. What do you make of the role of a in all this and how do the interviews the events we have seen the in the last 2a hours? events we have seen the in the last 24 hours?— last 24 hours? particularly with domestic _ last 24 hours? particularly with domestic issues last 24 hours? particularly | with domestic issues inside israel between the factions even with the government there, no shortage of iran in state media, as well as resistance, the consolation of rocks is a part of the regime has, no shortage of their media as well, has been shy of hyping these divisions within the israeli society and the government. Right now are looking at the media use the stories about netanyahu and pretests, this is a tactic the regime has looked to employ which is magnify the division of its adversarial while trying to minimise their own massive state society chasm. — to minimise their own massive state society chasm. There was a sa s state society chasm. There was a says that _ state society chasm. There was a says that hezbollah _ state society chasm. There was a says that hezbollah had state society chasm. There was a says that hezbollah had been j a says that hezbollah had been holding off on as a retaliatory strike to see what might happen with ceasefire negotiations. Do you think iran is doing the same thing, do you expect some sort of attack by iran? it is still likely. — sort of attack by iran? it is still likely. I _ sort of attack by iran? it is still likely. I would sort of attack by iran? it is still likely. I would not sort of attack by iran? it is| still likely. I would not rule out. Were they benefit from it is after having fired overtly, directly from its own territory, making history on 13 april, striking israel, ithink they want to dangle the thread of over the future and other we're coming up at months of the war in gaza, the one month anniversary — the one year anniversary — the one year anniversary — the republic is quite content with the way things are going in the region and may not feel the need to introduce such a change by bringing the conflict potentially onto its own soil. A tragic anniversary coming up in about a month. Benham ben taleblu, senior fellow at the foundation for defence of democracies, thank you. Around the world and across the uk. This is bbc news. Let's look at some other stories making news. Airports in the eu and other schengen—zone countries which had scrapped the rule banning liquids of more than 100 millilitres to be taken onboard planes have been told they must put the restrictions back in place starting immediately. The european commission said it's a temporary measure to address a technical issue with new equipment but it's not said how long it will remain in place. The labour mp who's the biggest landlord in the house of commons has sacked the agency that manages his rental flats after a bbc investigation found black mould and ant infestations in some of the properties. Jas athwal, who was elected mp for ilford south injuly, said his tenants had been let down, and he pledged that repairs and maintenance work would be completed swiftly. The snp leaderjohn swinney has addressed his party conference in edinburgh, insisting he is learning the lessons of a tough general election. The snp lost 39 of their 48 mps at westminster injuly. The first minister said he wanted his government to end child poverty, reach net—zero targets, deliver strong public services and boost the economy. You're live with bbc news. Polls have closed in eastern germany where the far—right alternative for germany party is on course to win a big victory in the state of thuringa with almost 33% of the vote. The party is nine points ahead of the conservative cdu and is far ahead of germany's three governing parties. This will be the first regional election the afd has won, even though it's unlikely the party will be able to form a government as it does not hold the majority of the vote. The afd is anti—immigration, wants to replace the euro with the deutschmark, and opposes the national government's approach to the war in ukraine and climate change. Demonstrators against the afd�*s projected win gathered outside the thuringia state parliament in protest. Sunday's results are being viewed as a temperature check ahead of germany's federal elections next year. 0ur correspondentjessica parker has the latest. It's written on their faces how some people about the far—right winning the most votes in a state election for the first time in the post—war era. News of the results has just been announced here at this anti—afd demo — you can hear boos in the crowd, and just over there is the state parliament, where the far—right will now have greater influence. Right now, the fascists over here are winning. I'm not a fan of saying history is repeating itself, because i don't think so, but history sometimes is similar, and that's what's happening over here right now. I am totally worried. Actually, of course, next year also, we have the total elections for the german parliament, so i'm kind of seeing this as, like, a test for how it will work next year as well. This is alternative fur deutschland's leader in thuringia, a lightning rod for controversy. Bjorn hocke has been fined twice for knowingly using a nazi slogan, something he denied. Here, he declares a historic victory. Celebrations and afd video footage, because the media wasn't allowed in — by a party that often claims it's being persecuted and smeared. In the former communist east, this region is an afd stronghold, where the party's policies of ending weapons aid to ukraine and a tough anti—immigration message are gaining traction. Translation: the politicians have promised a lot, particularly regarding migrants and foreigners, and nothing happened, nothing. Because of germany's history, some people are really worried about the rise of the far—right. Translation: germany's history? that's what it is, history. We live in the here and now. In thuringia's capital this weekend, a night run for the public. While the afd is on the march, it will probably be excluded from power, as other parties won't work alongside it. But the result�*s a marker for change in germany, by more than a flicker. For more on the situation, i've been speaking to dw news' political correspondent matthew moore. He's been following the regional election from germany. What has been the reaction where you are to these election results as they come in? results as they come in? there has been _ results as they come in? there has been so — results as they come in? there has been so much _ results as they come in? there i has been so much soulsearching has been so much soul—searching today because although the results have been forecast people have had time to prepare for this, the moment they went ahead and the result came in, you could tell the air seeped out of the crowd. I was outside and there were protesters and people were dejected, forlorn, and really epitomises the mood here and effort. The bigger picture, the politicians from all around germany see this as all around germany see this as a wake—up call, especially for politicians who are in the coalition government because this is a bad night for them, so they have been saying that is a time for us to take stock, digester results and figure out a way forward because as we know this is a milestone for germany, the far—right coming top in a state election, the first time since world war ii, so a moment for germany to reckon with where release is a country and also how it will proceed and move forward. fin proceed and move forward. On the other— proceed and move forward. 0n the other hand there are celebrations among the afd, is politicians and supporters there in thuringia. What have voters been saying what is the mood like in terms of this historic victory for the afd itself?. Historic victory for the afd itself? ,. , ,. , itself? on the street as a mixed result, _ itself? on the street as a mixed result, people itself? on the street as a | mixed result, people who itself? on the street as a mixed result, people who are upset about what is going on in the country and what they see is a troubling time for germany, and on the other hand you have 30% of people who voted for the afd, a moment of satisfaction for them, and the afd is looking around seeing people we work with, who can we form a government with, and that will be the tricky part for them because they are not friends with any other party, or the other parties have said we will have inaudible around the afd, we will not work with them because the moment you work with the afd, antidemocratic, the security services here have a far—right extremists, then you basically open the floodgates to more of that politics. It is a tricky mood and on the one hand the afd is feeling bullied but the result of knowing they still have a lot to work to do and if they will ever achieve power in germany. They now have a big chunky minority that they can wield in the state parliament, they could cause trouble even if they do not form a coalition, may talk down the line at the moment. Imagine this is a party _ line at the moment. Imagine this is a party that _ line at the moment. Imagine this is a party that many line at the moment. Imagine. This is a party that many other party cv people to work with. How controversial is the alternative for germany is? we had and i immigration rhetoric in the lead—up to the election and we know the top candidate in thuringia has been fined for using a nazi slogan?— in thuringia has been fined for using a nazi slogan? what is a remarkable — using a nazi slogan? what is a remarkable aspect _ using a nazi slogan? what is a remarkable aspect of using a nazi slogan? what is a remarkable aspect of the using a nazi slogan? what is a| remarkable aspect of the result is the person who leaves the party is potentially one of the most influential politicians in the afd, but also one of the most hardline, someone who is friendly with neo—nazis, he was fined twice this year using nazi slogans, so it is not as anti—immigration, they want to actively immigration, so that can upset the total, while they have been successful, migration has been a front and centre, especially with the deadly attack last week where a syrian man who was here and had an application for asylum rejected carried out a stabbing, we have to see his a suspect, but that turbocharge the debate in the last week of the election which was already festering. But as the backdrop to which the afd got to the first place in survey. Got to the first place in survey— got to the first place in surve. . . . , , survey. That incident was attributed _ survey. That incident was attributed to _ survey. That incident was attributed to being survey. That incident was i attributed to being involved with the islamic say group as well. Looking nationally, germany as a whole, this is a coalition right now, centre left, the greens, pro—business, all struggling, what is this a victory forfar—right all struggling, what is this a victory for far—right party mean nationally with elections coming up in a year? it mean nationally with elections coming up in a year?— coming up in a year? it does two things. _ coming up in a year? it does two things. It _ coming up in a year? it does two things, it sets _ coming up in a year? it does two things, it sets the coming up in a year? it does two things, it sets the scene for the election next year but more immediately what will have now in the next few days and weeks and months are party in power in berlin, who will have reprisals, who was to blame, you have seen that tonight, people saying that this is a moment where we have to realise this coalition is not working for germany and so ultimately what we will have is more and more debate over whether coalition cancer five, more debate over whether coalition cancerfive, it more debate over whether coalition cancer five, it might mean that one party falls the plug because they cannot fancy going it alone, so as to the instability. This is the afd basically saying we have managed to break a milestone and lead a milestone of their success by coming first in a state election, trust us, and election next year, the ultimate goal is to reach power by 2029 so from their point the runner because these are for themselves. Runner because these are for themselves— themselves. Matthew moore there. Russian air strikes injured at least 41 people in the ukrainian city o kharkiv on sunday. Ukrainian officials said five children were among those wounded and accused moscow of aiming exclusively at civilian infrastructure in the city. Among the buildings damaged were a supermarket, a post office, shops, a sports complex, a shopping centre, and vehicles. The strike comes as russia's defence ministry says it repelled what it described as a massive ukrainian drone attack across 14 regions and the capital, moscow. Russia said it downed a total of 158 drones overnight. As a result of the attack, a fire broke out at an oil refinery in the capital and at a power station 100 miles north. Ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky responded to the strike in his nightly address. Translation: today russia has once again brutally attacked kharkiv and as of now nearly 50 people have been injured. Everyone is receiving the necessary assistance. Rescuers continue to clear the rubble and there are reports of people trapped beneath her. With our own drones and missiles, we are capable of accomplishing part of the assignments the real peace, real enterwar, is a multifaceted task and to cause russia into peace. The wreck of the titanic was found exactly 39 years ago, more than 70 years after she sank on her maiden voyage. Now, the latest expedition to the wreck has revealed the liner�*s slow decay, with the famous bow being changed forever. The expedition involved underwater robots, and our science editor rebecca morelle has been given exclusive access to the footage they brought back. Instantly recognisable, the bow of titanic looming out of the darkness of the depths of the atlantic. This footage was recorded in 2010 and you can see the railing on the deck is rusting but still intact. But a new expedition has discovered a large section is now missing. Our view of titanic has changed forever. With all the anticipation coming up on the bow, we were so excited. And then there's a moment of wait a minute, something's not right, and we could see that whole section of railing on the port side was gone. It's just iconic to see the bow of titanic. That's what you think of when you think of the shipwreck. Um, and it doesn't look like that any more. I'm flying. The story of titanic has been told many times, but this famous scene in the 1997 film fixed this part of the ship in all of our minds. Titanic was on her maiden voyage from southampton to new york in 1912, when she hit an iceberg and sank. 1,500 people lost their lives. After more than 100 years at the bottom of the ocean, the liner is gradually being lost to the sea. Microbes are eating away at the ship, creating stalactites of rust, and sea life is colonising the wreck. The team has been analysing how titanic is decaying. They used laser scans to study the bow. The section of railing that's gone was about 4. 5m long, and it was lost at some point in the last two years. And you can see it here lying on the sea floor next to the ship where it fell. The expedition spent 20 days in the north atlantic using two underwater robots to image the wreck site. They focused on the debris field where items from the ship spilled out as the liner split in two. And this is one remarkable discovery found amongst the thousands of artefacts. A bronze statue called the diana of versailles that once adorned the first class lounge. The centrepiece of that room was this bronze statue. Unfortunately for diana, when titanic split in two, the lounge got ripped open. And in the chaos and the destruction, um, diana got ripped off her mantle and she landed in the darkness by herself in the debris field. And the odds of finding it are just truly unbelievable. These latest pictures are a reminder that the wreck is decaying. Titanic is slowly returning to nature. Rebecca morelle, bbc news. A beluga whale suspected of being trained as a spy by russia has been found dead off the norwegian coast. The animal, nicknamed hvaldimir, was first spotted in norwegian waters five years ago with a camera attached to a harness that read equipment of st petersburg. This sparked rumours the mammal could be a spy whale — something experts say happened in the past. Moscow never responded to the allegations. Before we go, the streets of el salvador burst into flames, part of an annual festival marking a volcanic eruption in 1658. Crowds held flaming rags soaked in gasoline at each other, an event with deep religious roots that some believe hot lava flow from the volcano and was caused by christian saints fighting the devil. You can track elitist stories on our website. Back with more of the top of the other. Hello there. Wiggonholt in west sussex was the country's hot spot on sunday, with temperatures hitting 30 degrees celsius, making it the hottest day of september so far. Not that we're very far into the month, of course. There was plenty of sunshine for east anglia and south east england, but rather cloudy skies for some, turned quite murky here in mousehole in cornwall. We've also seen showers and thunderstorms break out. This clump of storms that went through the north—west midlands earlier brought 14mm of rain in just the space of one hour, and over the next few hours, those heavy downpours will continue to drive northwards across northern england and into scotland as well. Probably another batch of heavy rain then developing behind that into parts of wales. All the while it will stay quite warm and muggy. Well, that takes us into monday, and monday is dominated by low pressure. We're expecting showers or some longer spells of rain. The heaviest downpours will be across northern england and scotland. Probably some thunderstorms mixed in, so there could be some localised surface water flooding. Bit of rain crosses northern ireland, brighter from western counties later in the afternoon. Probably quite murky around some of our irish sea coasts. Maybe staying dry across east anglia and south east england, where it will continue to feel quite humid and very warm. Now beyond that, as we head into tuesday, eventually we're going to start to get northwesterly winds moving back across the country, and they will bring fresher air and some slightly lower temperatures as well. Now, tuesday will probably start off with some bits and pieces of rain, probably murky weatherfor some across eastern areas to clear out of the way. Then some sunshine. A few showers followed to scotland, northern ireland and maybe one or 2 for the northwest of both england and wales. Temperatures 18 to 21. Feeling fresher, pleasant in the sunshine. From wednesday onwards, though, there's a lot of uncertainty in the weather forecast. Two scenarios — one is that we continue to see showers work into north—western areas, with the driest weather across the south and east of the uk, where we've got a ridge of high pressure. In this scenario wednesday, thursday, friday, temperatures wouldn't change very much. High teens to low 20s. A pleasant spell of weather for many. However, there is a different scenario where the weather patterns get completely flipped on their head. In this second scenario, the driest weather would end up being to the north—west of the uk, and instead towards the south—east. We could end up seeing low pressure form and wet and windy weather moving in. So there's a lot of uncertainty. Don't be surprised if the forecast changes then over the next few days. Concerns about china's economy grow as manufacturing and housing data continue to weaken. And why the uk's largest homeware retailer is on the lookout for older workers. Hello and welcome to business today. I'm steve lai. Let's begin in china, where manufacturing activity has contracted in august for the fourth straight month. That's according to the latest official data. Meanwhile, sales of new homes continue to fall, despite efforts by the government to prop up the market. The month of september will also be closely watched by investors, with the us federal reserve due to meet in a few weeks. Jameelahmad, chief analyst at gtc, started by telling us what the latest data means for the chinese economy. Doesn't make for good reading at all. I should point out it's the sixth straight decline. More concerning is the fourth straight month below 50. The number 50 is the line in the sand separating growth contraction and clearly the china manufacturing sector is still in contraction but we should also take somewhat of a glass—half—full approach. We do know china is trying to transition this economy into more high—end products, technology and other sectors, actually the non—manufacturing pmi came in above 50 so does show some growth. Nonetheless the question to ask now is whether this number alongside the previous numbers puts doubts into the 5% government growth gdp target. In september we can't really answer this with any confidence. But if the manufacturing pmis continue to lead and point down that road below 50, then fears are going to grow its going to continue into the end of this year. Let's turn our attention to us as well and talk about the us