In gaza. He's asked for forgiveness, but ruled out new concessions to hamas to secure the release of those still being held. His comments came as intense street protests over his handling of negotiations entered a second night in israel, including these demonstrations outside his office injerusalem. Lucy williamson has more from jerusalem. Israel's protesters and their prime minister are old acquaintances. Calls for a hostage deal have brought long—established opponents onto the streets, but the shooting of six hostages in a gaza tunnel last week has broadened this movement, they say. And the mass demonstrations in tel aviv last night were a turning point. I think the news of the six hostages, the fact that they were alive and murdered right before they could have been saved, that broke it. After last night's mass protest, people are back on the streets again. There are growing public and political demands on israel's prime minister to make a deal, but benjamin netanyahu, protected by his parliamentary majority, isn't listening. Tonight mr netanyahu defied anyone to ask him to compromise now. These murderers executed six of our hostages, they shot them in the back of the head. That's what has changed. And now after this we are asked to show seriousness, we are asked to make concessions? what message does this send hamas? it says killed more hostages, murder more hostages, you'll get concessions. Kill. Mr neta nyahu isn't listening, but then much of the country isn't protesting. The one—day general strike today, largely unobserved, even in left—leaning tel aviv. These protests are part of the well—established opposition to israel's prime minister, say analysts, and so far little threat to him. I think that netanyahu knows better than i do. The best thing is to let it play as a safety valve. To do some ventilation, and let people say, we hate you, you are a murderer, enough is enough. Two of the protest�*s most vocal activists were not in the street today, but in the cemetery, the parents of a hostage, burying their son. For 23 years, i was privileged to have the most stunning honour to be hersh�*s mama. I will take it and say thank you. Ijust wish it had been for longer. Tonight they carried the burden of their prime minister through israel's streets. Empty coffins weighted with responsibility. But mr netanyahu is used to public protests. His speech tonight took aim instead at his defence minister, at the us president. Their demands for a deal much harder to ignore. Lucy williamson, bbc news, jerusalem. Meanwhile, the israeli government says it's disappointed by the uk's decision to suspend some arms exports to israel. The british foreign secretary, david lammy, said there was a clear risk the equipment might be used in serious violations of international humanitarian law but insisted the move did not amount to an arms embargo. His israeli counterpart, israel katz, said the only beneficiaries would be hamas and iran. Here in the us, presidentjoe biden criticised prime minister netanyahu's approach to ceasefire negotiations, and discussed next steps to secure the release of hostages and secretary of state antony blinken and us negotiators. Joining me now is former us national security council officialjaved ali. Great to have you on the programme. What you make of the address prime minister netanyahu gay today asking for forgiveness but he was clear he wasn't willing to make concessions to hamas. Will his address quell some of the pressure he is under? nice to be with yom _ pressure he is under? nice to be with you. Not _ pressure he is under? nice to be with you. Not surprised i pressure he is under? nice to be with you. Not surprised byj be with you. Not surprised by the remarks from prime minister netanyahu. It seems to follow his line of thinking over the past several months which i believe has only grown further to the edges. Everyone inaudible wants this to go, a ceasefire, but it is unsurprising to hear that israel's position will remain tough, he is not in the mood for thinking about a compromise or ceasefire and continues to say his ultimate goal and perhaps those of some other members of his political coalition are the complete destruction of hamas, even though that does not seem to be near now, so so many competing tensions. . , , near now, so so many competing tensions. . , ,. , , tensions. There was a big insistence _ tensions. There was a big insistence about tensions. There was a big insistence about an tensions. There was a big | insistence about an israeli presence in the strip of land in the gaza strip why has this become a sticking point now in these negotiations? that corridor is one _ these negotiations? that corridor is one of these negotiations? that corridor is one of these l these negotiations? that corridor is one of these parts of the physical geography in the gaza strip which is already small and densely packed which how mouse has previously explored on the ground to bring its equipment and weapons into the gaza strip, not the only place but a significant one. Looking at the fight over the last several months and the pressure israel has put on hamas may, this is probably another one of these parts of their battle space assessment they say if we can hold that order and continue to put pressure on other parts of hamas in this increasingly condensed physical terrain and the underground aspects of it too, that is a key point in the negotiation. On the flipside, apparently senior hamas officials have said that it is a nonstarter,, that they are not in the mood to negotiate or come to a resolution on the ceasefire, so you have these two very far apart positions are in this really narrow stretch of land, but it has been important in the past in terms of hamas's ability to operate as a terrorist organisation. fix, operate as a terrorist organisation. Operate as a terrorist oruanisation. �* , organisation. A sticking point but we heard _ organisation. A sticking point but we heard president organisation. A sticking point| but we heard president biden when asked by reporters on whether or not he thought enough was being done to reach a deal, he had a i—word answer. He simply said no. It definitely seems the white house has become increasingly frustrated at prime minister netanyahu personally and the state of the conflict especially as we get to an election here in the us in a few months which as we all know. . . The israel—gaza issue as a foreign policy matter has probably become the most contentious in this election cycle, so this is something, at least for the biden white house, they would like to see a ceasefire sooner than later. It will not mean everything is perfect obviously, but that does not seem to be. . . The potential does not seem to be clear any time soon and you are hearing from netanyahu the fight will continue and he is no ——in no need —— mood to negotiate with hamas, so the prospects for a ceasefire seem remote. Pm prospects for a ceasefire seem remote. �*. ,. ,. , remote. An emotional day in israel. Remote. An emotional day in israel we — remote. An emotional day in israel. We saw _ remote. An emotional day in israel. We saw footage remote. An emotional day in israel. We saw footage and i israel. We saw footage and speeches at the funeral had some ——of some of the hostages who were not brought back from basel —— gaza. To what extent has this change the way people view this conflict and potentially the way this government will go ahead? the brutal murder _ government will go ahead? tie: brutal murder of government will go ahead? tue: brutal murder of the six hostages, such a tragic event and these other tragedies the past several months outside the daily brutality what has happened to the palestinian civilians, but aid workers have been killed, israeli soldiers have been killed, other hostages have been killed and in these moments, there was also the potential for may be some kind of political resolution or compromise but that has not materialised in the past and, unfortunately, as was mentioned in the clip before, i do not think the brutal death of these six hostages will lead to that moment either. I think this fight will continue until prime minister netanyahu feels the objectives have been met and right now that does not seem to be the case. We right now that does not seem to be the case— be the case. We also heard the prime minister _ be the case. We also heard the prime minister say _ be the case. We also heard the prime minister say how be the case. We also heard the prime minister say how mouse| prime minister say how mouse will pay a heavy price. He vowed to retaliate. —— hamas. Is there the potential this could affect the outcome or future deal if it is still on the table?— future deal if it is still on the table? ,. ,. , , , the table? israel apparently has already _ the table? israel apparently has already killed _ the table? israel apparently has already killed 17,000 i the table? israel apparently has already killed 17,000 hamas fighters and i know that is a very difficult thing to think about with your viewers, and thatis about with your viewers, and that is probably about a half of what was assessed as hamas fighter inaudible so captured or killed 17,000. Probably the other thing prime minister netanyahu want to do is to kill sinwar, even though he is the political chief and the chief of hamas in the gaza strip. If israel can do that, may it brings them closer to the negotiating table but sinwar has managed to survive, but i think that is another objective for prime minister netanyahu. We appreciate your time. Thank you forjoining us. Venezuela's opposition leader is facing arrest, just over a month after the presidential election he claims to have won. In the past hour, a judge in the latin american country issued a warrant for the arrest of edmundo gonzalez, who stood against incumbent president nicolas maduro injuly�*s general election. Prosecutors say mr gonzales usurped the function of venezuela's election authorities after his opposition coalition published a website with what it says are the true, detailed results of the election. That vote count showed an overwhelming victory for mr gonzales. Mr maduro's government published its own result showing a narrow win by the incumbent president, but it has not released a detailed vote tally. Few international observers were allowed to monitor the poll. Those that were said the election was neither free nor fair. I asked our latin america correspondent will grant how significant this arrest warrant is. I think it is a major ramping up of political tensions. We are talking about the man who stood against nicolas maduro a handful of weeks ago who the opposition called president elect gonzales, so sure are they of the electoral data they are published they say shows he won by more than 30%. This in essence is a step by a government backed, a government—controlled agency to say, we do not recognise those figures. We do not recognise edmundo gonzalez and we have no intention of stepping down, nor will we leave him in peace. He has been hiding since the national electoral council found president maduro to be the winner ofjuly's election. What will that mean for the protest movement? it has been more than a month since election results were announced. How does this fit in with what have seen from the maduro government in terms of its reaction, its crackdown on the movement? in that time, we have seen the government arrest key members of the opposition alliance's teams, leadership teams, their campaign teams, we have seen videos posted because people have been arrested saying, there is your arrest warrant? simply nothing given, no reaction from the security forces who storm in and take them. Obviously mr gonzalez has been in hiding during that time for fears of his own well being and on the streets when people turned down in protest of of the claimed election result by the maduro government, more than 1500 people were arrested, some for simply having material that was anti—government on their mobile phones, so i think this reiterates there is no position, whether or not it is another opposition figure, any member of the team, people on the streets. It doesn't matter who you are, if you are in opposition to the maduro government, the security forces and the government are prepared to arrest you, put you behind bars and double down in its position they won this election and has, as far as as i can see, very little intention of negotiating any exit or any other result other than the one they have already declared. In a separate development monday, us authorities seized a privatejet used by mr maduro. The plane was undergoing repairs in the dominican republic when it was impounded by american officials and flown to florida. Law enforcement officials say the jet had been exported from the us into venezuela secretly, and in violation of american sanctions. Around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. Let's look at some other stories making news: the wife of a conservative councillor has pleaded guilty to stirring up racial hatred on social media, on the day that three young girls were stabbed to death in southport. Meanwhile, the sentencing of a 12—year—old boy who took part in rioting in manchester has been adjourned after his mother went on holiday to ibiza instead of attending court. Inspectors will no longer rate state schools in england with one—word grades such as outstanding or inadequate. A new system of school reports will be introduced by ofsted from next september. The family of head teacher ruth perry had lobbied for the change after she took her own life in 2023, following an inspection in which her school was given the lowest rating. Transport for london says it's dealing with what it has described as an ongoing cyber security incident. The organisation, which runs most of london's transport network, has said there's currently no evidence that customer data has been compromised. Public transport services across the capital don't appear to have been affected. You're live with bbc news. Monday is labor day here in the us, the holiday honouring the trade union movement is also the unofficial start of the final sprint to election day. The democratic nominee, vice president kamala harris, has been holding events in the crucial swing state of pennsylvania. She wasjoined by presidentjoe biden, theirfirstjoint campaign trip since he dropped out of the presidential race injuly. In keeping with the labor day theme, the president and vice president spoke to local electrical union members. Earlier, the vice president was in michigan, another swing state with strong links to the trade union movement. Here she is with auto workers in detroit. For generations in detroit and across our nation, the brothers and sisters of labour have stood together to righteously demand fair pay, better benefits and safe working conditions. And let me say, every person in our nation has benefited from that work. Everywhere i go, i tell people, you may not be a union member. You better thank a union member. Republican presidential nominee donald trump and his vice presidential candidate, jd vance, did not hold any events on monday. We're just over two months out from election day, and ms harris is expected to take part in herfirst presidential debate next week against trump. The stakes are high for that debate. Polling shows the election on a knife's edge, and the two candidates are looking to get whatever advantage they can. Ed o'keefe is the senior white house and political correspondent with our us partner, cbs news. And i spoke to him earlierfrom pittsburgh. President biden and vice president biden and vice president harris holding their firstjoint campaign event first joint campaign event since firstjoint campaign event since kamala harris took over the ticket. How did they handle this with their roles been reversed here? tt this with their roles been reversed here?— this with their roles been reversed here? it had the potential— reversed here? it had the potential for _ reversed here? it had the potential for an _ reversed here? it had the potential for an awkward | potential for an awkward situation but it turned out pretty seamless, yet there are a few things about pittsburgh and union halls. Praise didn't biden launched his 2020 bed in the city at another location, backin the city at another location, back in 2019 with a similarly friendly labour union crowd. These two rarely if ever campaigned in person previously because there was a pandemic raging when she was selected so to see them on stage doing this at all the crowds is a rare thing, has been a rare thing over the last four years because they never really had an opportunity to do it together, but you saw him tonight in essence pass the torch but with a key constituency and arguably the most important battleground state of pennsylvania coming here where electrical workers and steelworkers, others are critical to turning out their households, fellow neighbours in elections that are always close, the president bestowing his trust in her and telling his trust in her and telling his supporters she has their back and can do the job and they should be campaigning for herjust as hard as they would be if he was on the ticket. The theme, unions _ be if he was on the ticket. The theme, unions and _ be if he was on the ticket. The theme, unions and labour, it is labour day in america, kamala harris into different rust belt states. What does that say? do you think the harris campaign feels like it still has work to do to secure blue—collar votes? it does. She is trailing donald trump on the question of who is best equipped to handle the economy and she has spent several days and will again later this week talk about economic plans ahead of the debate next week to put a little more detail out there about what she would do should she become president but the other thing she is trying to do a shore up what is an increasingly cavernous gender gap between donald trump and her. She is a hugely double—digit among women will stop she is fine there, but where she would like to close the gap is with men and more specifically white men. Who are they overwhelmingly in this part of the state? union members. There is an opportunity to check a few boxes, assure a more sceptical crowd about her prowess and make sure they are turning out inaudible when when they go to the polls in a few weeks. It is notable watching the two campaign together and while he says hello to the husbands, the wise and the kids, she has a particular interest and focus on those younger girls that show up apps with their fathers and mothers knowing there is an opportunity to not only win them over but win over the parents and mark the history of what is potentially unfolding as the campaign continues but by doing this in a part of the state that is far more blue—collar and likely to be a union household there are people perhaps more sceptical of chances in state she needs to win, these kinds of things are critical. Russia has launched another barrage of strikes across kyiv, hitting this university sports complex, a metro station being used as a shelter, and a water treatment plant. Authorities say three people were injured. The ukrainian air force says it destroyed more than a0 missiles and drones targeting the capital. Two schools were also damaged, coinciding with the first day of school in kyiv. Ukraine's surprise incursion last month was the biggest military operation into russia since the second world war, but has so far failed to ease the huge pressure ukraine faces on its eastern home front, and kyiv now faces tough strategic choices about where to commit its troops. Nick beake travelled to the regions bordering russia and gained access to the latest ukrainian army recruits at a secret training camp as they prepare to join the battle. After 2. 5 years of defence, it says it is prepared but is waiting for greater backup. A month ago these new recruits were on the farm, on the building site far from the trenches. Now they're being fast tracked to the front line and next up could bejoining the ukrainian incursion into russia. Translation: i think this is the right thing to do. Look how long they have been on our land. You cannot just sit there while they are capturing our territory. What will we do then? will we become their slaves? the ukrainian military, anxious that the location of this training remains secret, asked to see our footage before broadcast, but it did not see our script. Ukraine is on the back foot in key parts of the battlefield at home, but the recent incursion into russia has given a big morale boost and it has also given this war a new dimension. More troops are being recruited and trained but at the same time ukraine now faces tough strategic decisions. Will they be sent to the east of ukraine where moscow is seizing more land by throwing tens of thousands of troops into battle? or will they be sent to russia's kursk region to hold the recent gains? these were the first ukrainian soldiers to go into kursk, helping to seize over 100 settlements and capturing 600 russian prisoners of war. The men are now back, regrouping. We met them a few miles from the russian border. Translation: we went far into the kursk region. We were alone as the forward team. We were on foreign soil and we felt like foreigners. Do you know how long you will be on russian territory when you go back? we will be there as long as we are told to. If we have in order to move forward, we can get to moscow and we will show what ukraine is all about, what our guys are like. After losing land at home russia has fought back, targeting ukrainian decisions. Kyiv and hope moscow would divert thousands of troops from the east of ukraine to defend kursk, but that has not happened. Through taking the fight into russia, ukraine galvanised its public. And worried some allies, fearful of president putin's response, but president zelensky warns time is not on their side and greater western help must arrive with kyiv now fighting on yet another front. Nick beake, bbc news in northeastern ukraine. Finally, a british endurance swimmer is thought to have set a new world record for the fastest female swim across lake geneva. 31—year—old sam farrow from wigan, completed the 45 miles in 22 hours and 48 minutes, though the time is yet to be ratified. She said a large part of her achievement was keeping her thoughts positive. I think you need positive thoughts to swim 45 miles. Very impressive. More coming up. Stay with us here on bbc news. Hello there. Whether we like it or not, september is the month where we transition from summer into autumn and we are already seeing the first signs of that. We had a warm southerly, a humid feel but already a north—westerly flow drives fresh air across the country. By the middle part of this week temperatures will revert back to where they should be at this stage, generally from 16 to 21 celsius. Monday brought a day of heavy rain across scotland in particular and that eases away but still a trail of showers will linger for quite some time during tuesday. So we will start off across the midlands with one or two isolated showers. These could become more frequent as they drift east. Heavy and thundery into the afternoon across eastern england. Dry, settled and sunny and after a lovely start across scotland it will cloud over with showery outbreaks into the west and parts of northern ireland. 14—18 degrees is the high but we could see 23 in east anglia. As we move through tuesday evening into the early hours of wednesday morning, the showers across england and wales will tend to fade. We will have a cluster of showers pushing in across northern ireland and we could have a coolish night in scotland with low single figures likely in rural areas. So a particularly fresh start here first thing on wednesday morning. High pressure is trying to build in but we have a weak weather front toppling across the high and that could bring a little bit of a nuisance. A band of cloud and a few scattered showers east of the pennines running down towards the south—east. Not much rain on it, a little bit of showery rain into southern scotland and northern ireland but on the whole wednesday will be a day of sunny spells, scattered showers and temperatures ranging from 14—21 celsius. As we move out of wednesday towards the end of the week it gets a little bit messy. We have an area of low pressure, a front drifting down into france and that could merge with another spell of wet weather pushing up from the near continent. All in all, that could lead to quite an unsettled weekend across central and southern england, but for scotland, it looks drier and brighter as high—pressure lingers longer. Voiceover: this is bbc news. We'll have the headlines for you at the top of the hour, which is straight after this programme. This week, lara's sniffing around the scientists who are bringing historic smells back to life. So, i guess ijust put my nose in here. Yes. Hmm. Delightful. We're on the high—tech farm in iceland where they're turning algae into something more appetising. This is hummus, and it's blue. It's not a bad thing. But it is blue. Anyway, we'll also meet the actors who say their voices