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. Mr netanyahu 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. 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, president joe biden criticised prime minister netanyahu's approach to ceasefire negotiations, and discussed next steps to secure the release of hostages in a white house situation room meeting with kamala harris and secretary of state antony blinken and us negotiators. For more i've been speaking to javed ali, a former senior us government counter—terrorism official. What do you make of the address at the prime minister netanyahu gave today, essentially asking for forgiveness but he was clear, wasn't he, that he was not willing to make any concessions to hamas. Do you think his address will quell some of the pressure he is under right now?— some of the pressure he is under right now? nice to be with you. — under right now? nice to be with you. As _ under right now? nice to be with you, as always. Under right now? nice to be with you, as always. I'm under right now? nice to be j with you, as always. I'm not surprised by the remarks from prime minister netanyahu. It seems to follow his line of thinking over the last several months that, of which i believe he has only grown further to the edges of the centre where he wants this conflict to go in terms of a ceasefire but it is not surprising to hear him say that israel's position will remain tough, that he does not seem to be in the mood for thinking about a compromise or a ceasefire and he continues to say that he and other members of his little coalition, their goals of the complete destruction of hamas even though that does not seem to be near right now. There are so many competing tensions and demands. Many competing tensions and demande— demands. There was an insistence _ demands. There was an insistence as _ demands. There was an insistence as well demands. There was an j insistence as well about demands. There was an i insistence as well about an israeli presence in the philadelphia corridor, a strip of land on the gaza egypt border. Why has this become a sticking point now between hamas and israel? sticking point now between hamas and israel? that corridor is one of the _ hamas and israel? that corridor is one of the parts _ hamas and israel? that corridor is one of the parts of— hamas and israel? that corridor is one of the parts of the is one of the parts of the physical geography of the gaza strip which is already small. And hamas has previously exploited both aboveground and mostly underground to bring so much of its equipment and weapons and materiel into the gaza strip. It is not the only place they have done that but it has been a significant one. So looking at the fight over the last few months and the pressure that israel has put on hamas, this is probably another one of the parts of the battle space assessment where they say if we can hold that border and continue to put pressure on other parts of hamas in this increasingly condensed physical terrain, the underground aspect as well, and that is a key point goes the asian. On the flipside, apparently, another senior hamas official has said it is a nonstarter, that if there are israel troops on that side of the border they are not in the mood to negotiate. Or come to a resolution on the ceasefire. So you have two very far apart positions on a really narrow stretch of land but it has been important in the past in terms of the ability of hamas to operate as a terrorist organisation. Aha, hamas to operate as a terrorist organisation. — organisation. A sticking point there but we _ organisation. A sticking point there but we did _ organisation. A sticking point there but we did hear organisation. A sticking point i there but we did hear president biden when asked by reporters whether or not he thought that prime minister netanyahu was doing enough here to reach a deal, he had a i—word answer, he simply said no. Deal, he had a1word answer, he simply said no. — he simply said no. Definitely seems like _ he simply said no. Definitely seems like the _ he simply said no. Definitely seems like the white he simply said no. Definitely seems like the white house | he simply said no. Definitely seems like the white house has become increasingly frustrated at prime minister netanyahu personally and at the state of the conflict, especially as we get to an election here in the united states in a few months which, as we know, has become a foreign—policy matter and has become the most contentious foreign policy issue in this election cycle. So this is something that for the biden white house that they would like to see a ceasefire sooner rather than later. It won't mean that everything is perfect, obviously, but the potential does not seem to be clear anytime soon. You give words from netanyahu that the fight will continue when he is in no mood to negotiate with hamas. I think the prospect for a ceasefire seem remote, unfortunately. 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. For more i've been speaking to maximo zaldivar — ina in a separate development on monday us authorities seized a private jet used by mr maduro. The plane was undergoing repairs in the dominican republic when it was impounded by american officials and then flown to florida. Law enforcement officials say the jet had been exported from the us into venezuela secretly and in violation of american sanctions. For more i've been speaking to maximo zaldivar — the regional director for latin america and the caribbean at the international foundation for electoral systems. If he were arrested what would that mean for the country? what that mean for the country? what would the reaction _ that mean for the country? what would the reaction be? that mean for the country? what would the reaction be? that would the reaction be? that evening. Yes, unfortunately what we are seeing now in venezuela with the escalation of oppression and the crackdown against the opposition but, let's remember, signs where there. You must remember when there. You must remember when the supreme court validated the results of the election, they also said and requested to the prosecutor's office to initiate a criminal investigation against gonzalez. Also there was leading opposition leaders operate apprehended already such as the legal advisor of the opposition. Also important to know is the appointment, acute few days back of the minister of the interior in venezuela. That ministry is important because it oversees the federal police or the national bull of air and police in venezuela and it is interesting to see that such a strong main figure, a historic figure in the party who has never served under a cabinet under maduro is now taking over this ministry. It tells you that the repression isjust going to escalate. But what can happen, it will be difficult for the opposition, certainly. And it will be just another blow against the morale because the organisation. It can backfire because i think the more the repression is coming and targeting the leaders in the heads of the opposition, it could backfire to government because it could unite the opposition and the citizens and the people even more strongly for the opposition and against the regime. For the opposition and against the regime— the regime. How do you think gonzalez and _ the regime. How do you think gonzalez and the _ the regime. How do you think gonzalez and the leader the regime. How do you think gonzalez and the leader of. The regime. How do you think| gonzalez and the leader of the party may react to this? the a party may react to this? the party leader— party may react to this? the party leader has _ party may react to this? tie: party leader has already party may react to this? tue: party leader has already said that they will continue to fight, on the contrary that this will just fight, on the contrary that this willjust make them stronger and i think that is a very good answerfor stronger and i think that is a very good answer for this. Of course they must be very careful because of the repression and she could be the next one who could be issued a warrant against her. But i think this is very important for the world to see, to see how the regime is cracking down on opposition, illegally, and the world needs to see this. More and more action needs to be taken, more measures in my voices heard by the international community announcing what the regime is doing. D0 announcing what the regime is doinu. ,, ~' announcing what the regime is doinu. ~ , ,. , doing. Do you think this is now a new strategy _ doing. Do you think this is now a new strategy maybe doing. Do you think this is now a new strategy maybe from doing. Do you think this is now| a new strategy maybe from the maduro regime? we have seen the police forces in the streets during protests but now it seems to be a legal process using courts and government institutions against the opposition. — opposition. Definitely. Definitely _ opposition. Definitely. Definitely he opposition. Definitely. Definitely he is opposition. Definitely. | definitely he is seeking support from the courts. We saw that when he reached out to the supreme court to validate the elections and now he is cracking down on opposition leaders. He is using the system he has in place, the legal answers but all the courts in venezuela are not independent, they have been co—opted by the regime. You mention the crimes that gonzalez has been pointed out, the dissipation of functions related to the website as well as sabotaging electronic systems. If you look at the also mentions instigation to disobedience and conspiracy. So this willjust get heart of the opposition, certainly. Get heart of the opposition, certainly— certainly. The other news toda , certainly. The other news today. The _ certainly. The other news today, the us _ certainly. The other news | today, the us confiscating certainly. The other news today, the us confiscating this aeroplane, a jet that was used ijy aeroplane, a jet that was used by maduro. Beyond that, what can the united states do? what should international governments be doing here in response to this arrest warrant?— response to this arrest warrant? , ,. , warrant? very interesting, and the timing. _ warrant? very interesting, and the timing, right _ warrant? very interesting, and the timing, right after warrant? very interesting, and the timing, right after that the timing, right after that happened, the confiscation of the aeroplane so could be seen as retaliation by the regime. But i think the us can take this type of measure, of course, and maybe we see stronger measures like this. Maybe elimination of visas to people close to the regime or members of the regime, the confiscation of international accounts, bank accounts that they may have or in the united states many measures can be taken but, of course, i think that can be the only way, the stronger the regime oppresses the opposition. . . . 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 destroyed and across our nation, brothers mothers and sisters of labour have stood together to righteously demand their pay, better benefits and safe working conditions. Let me say, every person in our nation has benefited from that work. Everywhere i go i tell people, look, you may not be a union member but you better think a union member. Republican presidential nominee donald trump and his vice presidential candidatejd 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 her first 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 harris holding their first joint campaign event since kamala harris took over the ticket. How did they handle this with their roles being reversed here? it had the potential for an awkward situation but it turned out pretty seamless, remember a few things about pittsburgh and union halls. President biden lounged his bed in the city in another nearby location in 2019 lesser with a similarly friendly labour union crowd. These two rarely, if ever, campaigned together in person back during the 2020 cycle because remember there was a pandemic that was raging at the time that she was selected so to even see them on stage doing this at all with crowds is a rare thing. It has been a rare thing over the last quarter years because they never really had an opportunity to do it together. Tonight you saw him, in essence, pass the torch yet again but with a key constituency and arguably the torch yet again but with a key constituency and arguably the most paddle —— important battle most paddle —— important battle ground estate in pennsylvania. Ground estate in pennsylvania. This western portion of the and but with a key this western portion of the state where electrical workers state where electrical workers and still workers and others and still workers and others are radicalfor turning out are radicalfor turning out their households, neighbours their households, neighbours and fellow workers to vote in and fellow workers to vote in an election that is always close. The president bestowing his trust on her in telling these people who supported him through the years that she has your back, she is able to do thisjob and you your back, she is able to do this job and you should be out there campaigning for herjust as hard as you would be if it was still on the ticket. find was still on the ticket. And the theme. _ was still on the ticket. And the theme, of— was still on the ticket. And the theme, of course, was still on the ticket. And the theme, of course, unions and labourand it the theme, of course, unions and labour and it is labour day here in america and harris is into different battleground states. T5 and harris is into different battleground states. Is still work to do? _ battleground states. Is still work to do? harris battleground states. Is still work to do? harris still battleground states. Is still. Work to do? harris still trails trump on the question of who is best equipped to handle the economy and she has spent much of the last several days and will again later this week talking about her economic plans ahead of the debate next week to try and put a little more detail out there. About gender increasingly cavernous gender gap between trump and her. She is double—digit now among women so she is fine there. When she would like to close the gap or at least ensure he does not entirely run away from it is with men and specifically white men. Who are they overwhelmingly in this part of the state? they are union members. There is an opportunity to come and check a few boxes and assure a more sceptical crowd about her prowess and ensure that they turn out as they might win when they go to the polls are getting in a few weeks. What is noticeable is watching her and the president campaigning together. He says hello to everybody and says hello to the husbands and wives and the kids, she has a particular and focus on those younger girls who show up with the fathers and their mothers knowing that there is an opportunity to perhaps not only win them over but win over their parents and mark the history of what is potentially unfolding here. As the campaign continues. But by doing this again here and as part of a state that is far more blue—collar and far more likely to be a union household and where there are people more sceptical of her chances in a state that she needs to win, these kinds of stops on the day that marks labour is 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, ukraine says it is on the attack but is waiting for greater backup from the west. 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 stop could bejoining the ukrainian incursion into russia. Translation: i think this is the right thing to do. I look how long they have been on our land. You cannotjust 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 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 more than 100 settlements and capturing 600 russian prisoners of war according to kyiv. The men here, filmed in action, are now back, regrouping. We met them just 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 — real kozaks. After quickly losing land at home, russia has been fighting back, targeting ukrainian positions. Kyiv had hoped 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 that greater western help must arrive with kyiv now fighting on yet another front. Nick beake, bbc news in northeastern ukraine. Let's take you live to jakarta, where pope francis is expected to arrive shortly for a 12—day tour of four countries in south asia. It's the longest trip yet by the 87—year—old pontiff, who is set to travel 33,000 kilometres, or 20,500 miles, throughout the visit. Pope francis will be in indonesia until friday before heading to papua new guinea, east timor and singapore. As each county faces danger from the warming global climate pope francis is expected to use the voyage to urge global action on climate change. Again we are looking at live pictures there from the airport in jakarta pictures there from the airport injakarta in indonesia. Pope francis is expected to begin a 12 day tour, the longest of his. . . . 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 on september1 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. That is 73 fahrenheit. 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. We'll have the headlines for you at the top of the hour, which is straight after this programme. Welcome to hardtalk. I'm stephen sackur. The impact of israel's war in gaza is often conveyed in numbers. Gaza's hamas—run health ministry puts the death toll at more than 40,000. The un says 90% of the population has been displaced, so there are powerful numbers. But then there are images, which maybe speak even louder. My guest is motaz azaiza, a young palestinian photographer whose work has been seen by many millions around the world. He left gaza after 108 days of war. What impact have his pictures had on him, and on us?