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Returning to the middle east. Since the start of the Israel Gaza War in october, jewish settlers have increased the rate at which they have been setting up illegal outposts in the other palestinian territory, the West Bank. According to the un, in that time over 1,500 palestinians have been displaced from their homes. For over six mOnths, Bbc Eye investigatiOns has been following the activities of settlers living in illegal outposts and can reveal new details about support they have received from an israeli state linked organisatiOn. Emir nader reports. Here in the occupied West Bank ayesha and her Husband Nabeel say theyre being forced from their home. This is the man shes accusing a settler named Moshe Sharvit. But Moshe Sharvit paints a different picture of his presence here. He lives in an unauthorised settlement in the West Bank. Its whats known as an outpost, illegal under both israeli and Onal-law'>InternatiOnal Law, and outposts like moshe� s, which are often farms, give Settlers Access to huge areas of land. Its outposts like these that are rapidly expanding since the beginning of the war in gaza, and are increasingly linked to violence and the On'>Mass ExpulsiOn of palestinian families, while pushing israeli settlements deeper into the West Bank and taking cOntrol over vast swathes of land. Bbc Ons'>Eye InvestigatiOns has analysed data and verified the locatiOn of 196 outposts across the West Bank. Almost half were set up in the last five years. We join Ayesha And Nabeel again as they return home, two mOnths after they were forced to leave. Moshe sharvit, the settler who they say forced them out, appears again. Earlier this year, Moshe Sharvit was amOng a number of settlers sanctiOned by the uk and the us for violence against palestinians in the West Bank. Weve discovered how an israeli government funded divisiOn of the Onist-organisatiOn'>World ZiOnist OrganisatiOn has dealt with some of these settlers. Documents obtained by an Israeli Ngo show how the wzo has allocated large areas of the occupied West Bank to settlers. They forbid the building of any structures. But we found a pattern of settlers who have established their outposts On these lands. Its a body which runs very, very, very big part of a land which had been expropriated by the israeli authorities in the West Bank to defend israeli settlements or settlers. Neither the Onist-organisatiOn'>World ZiOnist OrganisatiOn nor the israeli government respOnded to our questiOns. Nor did Moshe Sharvit. So we went directly to his outpost. Weve spoken to a palestinian woman who says you put a gun to her head. No, it was. It was you, Moshe Sharvit, who sanctiOned internatiOnally. Will you let the palestinian families return to this area . Despite internatiOnal sanctiOns On settlers like Moshe Sharvit, they remain undeterred and increasingly powerful. Emir nader, bbc news. With me is Bbc Eyes emir nader. The settlers you have looked at, how has the support they have received changed over the years . Have received changed over the ears . ,. , years . TraditiOnally in the West Bank years . TraditiOnally in the West Bank we years . TraditiOnally in the West Bank we have years . TraditiOnally in the West Bank we have seen l years . TraditiOnally in the West Bank we have seen roughly half On'>A MilliOn israeli settlers living in these Big Urban Turnstile Settlements that often have approval from the israeli government and in recent years we have seen a real growth of what is known as outposts, legal under israeli law and Onal-law'>InternatiOnal Law and they have grown very much in they have grown very much in the past. We have looked in the past five years, the number has almost doubled and from those outposts, they are often engaged in violence with local palestinian communities. And we have seen some powerful groups in israel support the rise of these outpost settlers, including two ministers in the On-government'>CoalitiOn Government who are settlers themselves and have sought to legalise them retrospectively. Sought to legalise them retrospectively. Some of the settlers have retrospectively. Some of the settlers have been retrospectively. Some of the l settlers have been sanctiOned internatiOnally but how effective is that been . The severity of effective is that been . The severity of the effective is that been . Tue severity of the situatiOn effective is that been . Tte severity of the situatiOn in the West Bank is such that even the West Bank is such that even the head of the israeli Security Agency said we should not call their activities criminality, we should call It Terrorism and its pushing the West Bank to a very dangerous place. The us, uk and a number of countries have sanctiOned some sceptres for violence and putting palestinians out and i think the fact that what is happening in the hills and towns of the West Bank is drawing internatiOnal cOndemnatiOn shows you the severity of the situatiOn. In the course of our investigatiOn we did not really see sanctiOns having much of an impact On their activities but there are some countries now looking to sanctiOn the organisatiOns supporting those settlers, some of whom we have looked at in our film and the film is available On the World Service Youtube Page. We available On the World Service Youtube Page available On the World Service youtube nae. ~. ,. , Youtube Page. We saw On excerpt from the film Youtube Page. We saw On excerpt from the film there. Youtube page. We saw On excerpt from the film there. Thank Youtube Page. We saw On excerpt from the film there. Thank you from the film there. Thank you so much. Here in the uk, an independent review has found that the body that inspects schools in england and wales, ofsted, was � defensive and complacent� in its respOnse to the death of Head Teacher Ruth perry. She died by suicide after learning that the watchdog was downgrading her school. Ofsted� s Chief Inspector has accepted most of the review� s recommendatiOns, as our On-editor-bra'>EducatiOn Editor Bra nwen jeffreys reports. Ruth perry had a happy family life, a job she loved. Last year, the primary Head Teacher took her own life. An ofsted inspectiOn an inadequate grade shattered her mental health. But ofsted was defensive and complacent, says this report. The On-secretary'>EducatiOn Secretary says it shows the need for change. It� s deeply cOncerning, and it underlines the view that i� ve held for some time about the need for wider reform of ofsted. The measures that i� ve set out in terms of moving away from those One word judgments are Only the first step in terms of the change that we need to see. And i� m determined to work with the new Chief Inspector to drive forward that change, and to have a culture that encourages openness and transparency. Ruth� s sister, julia, has campaigned for that change. In the mOnths after the death, ofsted made no attempt to cOntact the family. Its a complacent, On'>Defensive OrganisatiOn that has been incapable of self reflectiOn, that will not listen to criticism, and has been doing untold harm as a result and getting away with it. Do you think that the inspectiOn came to the right cOnclusiOn . I do. I think the findings were secure and i think the On-team'>InspectiOn Team worked with the Onalism-and-sensitivity'>ProfessiOnalism And Sensitivity that i would expect from our inspectors. Ofsted� s boss at the time was amanda spielman. She defended their approach. The bbc has asked her for an interview about this report, or any respOnse to its many criticisms of ofsted leadership at the time. She has refused both requests. Ofsted now has a new boss he says he wants change, and headteachers say he� s taken the first steps. Since the new leadership has taken over the reins at ofsted, we� ve seen a real Sea Change in their openness and their willingness to take On change, and we� re looking forward to working with Sir Martyn to make sure that we can co cOnstruct the future. This week, julia welcomed the scrapping of One or two word judgments the first step to a different system. Branwen jeffreys, bbc news. Speaking earlier to bbc breakfast in the wake of the findings, ofsted Chief Inspector Sir Martyn oliver said it was time to look towards the future. Proud to have commissiOned it. And although there are hard things there for us to hear, i did that On purpose so that we could actually accept the criticism and then build a better future. I want to reset our relatiOnship, focus On the positives now, and build a system which maintains, indeed raises standards for parents, but is reducing the pressure for the hard working teachers and staff out there. Let� s speak to our reporter ellie price. What practical changes might be expected in the wake of this . You have the outcome of the report into the death of Ruth Perry and essentially you had the ofsted report into essentially its own way of doing things On the findings were that ofsted needed to future focus On the behaviour of students. The attendance of students. And also school provisiOns for pupils with Onal-needs'>Special EducatiOnal Needs and disabilities, at the moment they say they haven� t looked into that enough so i think we will see a change in how On-schools'>Ofsted Reports On Schools and the values that schools find important and yesterday we heard the government is scrapping those One On'>Word DescriptiOns in Ofsted Reports of a school so what you would have as an inspector going into a school, the inspectors write the report and give the school if One On'>Word DescriptiOn and that could be anything for outstanding, good, or requires improvement but that has now been scrapped and it� s been welcomed by Ons'>Teaching UniOns but there� s more to come in the next year or so. The government says by next september there will be a report card, a very different look at how Ofsted Reports will look and essentially a broader look, more descriptiOn On some of these areas that a school needs to be inspected On. We these areas that a school needs to be inspected On. To be inspected On. We heard reactiOn about to be inspected On. We heard reactiOn about the to be inspected On. We heard reactiOn about the changes i to be inspected On. We heardi reactiOn about the changes to the One word system, that has been welcomed by Ons'>Teaching UniOns but what is the reactiOn been from teachers and parents and uniOns to this review of ofsted and to their promise to be better in the future . Again, i think broadly be better in the future . Again, i think broadly supportive. Be better in the future . Again, i think broadly supportive. The | i think broadly supportive. The suggestiOn is that most of the uniOns i have heard from suggest this is movement in the right directiOn but they are cautiously optimistic. You hear the headline figures today, the realisatiOn that there were mistakes made in the case of Ruth Perry and the school that was otherwise rated good and most other areas had just received this One On'>Word DescriptiOn On the issue of safeguarding and if any school before received a negative report, an inadequate report On safeguarding, very important issue, the whole report would be downgraded. Ofsted harvester On that as an approach. Now what happens is that if a school receives an inadequate report On the issue of safeguarding ofsted go back within three mOnths to essentially see further improvements have been made to save the situatiOn, if you like. Ithink save the situatiOn, if you like. I think what has also been welcomed as a broader focus On mental Health Awareness of those being inspected, the cOnversatiOn coming out at the moment was that ofsted and the schools inspected, it was an adversarial relatiOnship, the schools and those inspected felt very cOncerned and very anxious about those inspectiOn so i think there� s a feeling from ofsted that that will have to change in the future, there needs to be more of a collegiate approach and the whole point of these inspectiOns is to raise standards and improve the standards and improve the standards for children learning in schools as well as telling parents exactly the state of the schools in which they Centre Children to. Thanks so much. Centre children to. Thanks so much two Centre Children to. Thanks so much. Two teenagers Centre Children to. Thanks so much. Two teenagers have i Centre Children to. Thanks so. Much. Two teenagers have been charged with the murder of a boy aged 13. They will appear in court alOngside a man in his 40s has been charged with assisting an offender. The deceased Boyce Family have described him as always smiling. Around the world and across the uk. This is bbc news. Thank you for being with us here On bbc news. Substantial cuts in public spending are expected to be announced in scotland later today. The scottish finance secretary, shOna robisOn, says the uk is entering a whole new era of austerity under labour. Our Ondent-katie'>Scotland CorrespOndent Katie hunter reports from glasgow. I lost my husband a year ago. Annie is a regular at this glasgow lunch club. I dOn� t get any benefits or anything, so it� s just whatever i� ve got. She� s likely to lose her winter fuel payment, following recently announced cuts. I come here every day now, because i� m also saving mOney with not having gas On or electricity On, and you get the company and you would just be sitting in the house with your heating On, costing you a lot of mOney not everyOne at the Daffodil Club will lose their winter fuel payment, but many are cOnscious of the cost of living. I sometimes fill a Water Bottle up and sit it On my knee if i feel a wee Bit Cold i do that sometimes. Recently announced cuts are being felt from local lunch clubs. Turn back the page. To well known theatres like the Dundee Rep. Arts body Creative Scotland has closed new applicatiOns for a fund supporting artists, musicians and producers because of cOncerns about Scottish Government budgets. Without those individual artists, we can� t do the work that we do. So angry doesn� t cut it, really it� s just taking a whole layer of funding and therefore a whole layer of artists out of the equatiOn. The Scottish Government says it� s taken many tough choices, and will do everything it can to protect people and public services from cuts. Here in the uk a corOner has written to Sat Nav Operators asking them to change unclear directiOns which led to the deaths of two women in buckinghamshire. They were killed when One of them mistakenly drove the wrOng way down a Slip Road into Oncoming traffic On the A5 In November Last year. Nick lyes is director of policy and standards at the uk charity, i am roadsmart. What is your reactiOn to this . What is your reactiOn to this . What the corOner has said is absolutely right. There is respOnsibility that needs to be placed On satnav providers but there is respOnsibility On drivers as well. Audible warnings are One thing but also there are Road Traffic signs that need to be looked at and the important thing from a Driver Point of view is that people cOntinue to focus On the road ahead and the Road Signs rather than perhaps over relying On Satnav Technology but given that the corOner has drawn from this that Satnav Operators need to change, does that indicate that the way that satnav is have their instructiOns and directiOns at the moment is not good enough . I would say there is an argument to that. Making sure that Satnav Operators had the most up to date technology. The best audible warnings that there could possibly be. I know thisjunctiOn there could possibly be. I know this junctiOn particularly well, it happens to be just down the road from where i live and i have first Hand Witness to other drivers making the same mistake so there� s clearly certain things that are at play here, whether it is the design at thejunctiOn, the here, whether it is the design at the junctiOn, the design of the road and obviously people listening to Satnav Warnings that perhaps are not as accurate as they should be. There is a multitude of things that need to be looked at. Mit . That need to be looked at. Why not amend that need to be looked at. Why not amend and that need to be looked at. Why not amend and change and improve a multitude of things . I hear that you say about signage needing to change but given that the corOner says satnav is need to change unclear directors what do you think Satnav Operators could do to help in these situatiOns . The first thing i would say is Satnav Operators should ensure their technology is up to date, they should review things as quickly as possible. I think also there has to be a little bit better work between the Police And Satnav operators so look at the Road Traffic collisiOn data, people going the wrOng way down a junctiOn or a road or a dual carriageway is not One of the things that is not One of the things that is listed as a cOntributory factor. Clearly we need to have dated there to understand just how Big A problem that is. We know this particularjunctiOn know this particular junctiOn the know this particularjunctiOn the corOner says there have been multiple instances of this happening and as i say it is Something Eyewitness first hand. But we need to have the dated there. Then what we need to do as the Police And Satnav operators. To do as the Police And Satnav operators to do as the Police And Satnav operators. Im afraid we must leave it there operators. Im afraid we must leave it there but operators. Im afraid we must leave it there but thank operators. Im afraid we must leave it there but thank you operators. Im afraid we must leave it there but thank you so | leave it there but thank you so much. Some breaking news. The On'>World Health OrganizatiOn says it has surpassed On'>Polio VaccinatiOn targets for children in gaza in the first few days of the On-roll'>VaccinatiOn Roll out. You are seeing live images from the hospital in gaza, vaccinatiOn is being given out to children and denote the target was to vaccinate just over 600,000 children against Polio Gaza and the who says it has surpassed the who says it has surpassed the target. You� re watching bbc news. From providing a warm space for communities to meet, to hosting activities, and of Course Offering free access to books libraries have lOng been a key part of many of our lives. But Bbc Analysis has found that since 2016, One in 20 libraries in the uk have been lost either completely closing or moving them to volunteer run groups. Our Reporterjayne Mccubbin reports. Save our libraries the fight back is well under way. Whose library . Our Library Library closures, shorter hours, staff cuts. Hands off our libraries and the poorest parts of the country have been around four times more likely to have lost their library than the richest parts of the country. People love libraries, but enough people to justify their existence when Council Budgets are tight . My favourite book . Oh, there are too many. Violet absolutely loves her library. I like the Diary Of A Wimpy Kid books. I like the bacOn books. But books arejust the beginning when it comes to libraries like this. And bunny vs mOnkey books and Dog Man books and stuff. Here in romford, there� s it support, a school uniform bank, a crochet club, a knit and natter club. Knitting like crazy they even arrange the town� s recycling bags. I watch the people come in and collect their orange bags. Where are they going to go for their orange bags if this shuts . But the future of this place hangs in the balance. I feel that theyve made a big mistake to shut them down, because its notjust adults that want to read, its children who want to read. Perhaps their mums and Dads Cant afford books. And to me, its letting everybody down. I enjoy myself mainly because of these ladies. And we all talk and we can talk about anything really, which is nice. And me and my positiOn in this, a lot of it is company for me. The council says no decisiOn has been made yet. It is still cOnsulting over a possible closure and they say they are listening. Quite clearly from the meetings that i was at, people are very passiOnate about their libraries and they will find it very, very difficult in many cases to go to different libraries. You know, it� s all well and good, the government saying you have to provide these services by law, but if they dOn� t provide us with the resources to do so, it� s a big challenge. A Government Spokesman say they understand the pressures facing councils and are committed to giving stability back to local councils so services can best meet the needs of their communities. DOnt steal our libraries. For laura swaffield, this has been a lOng campaign. Its hOnestly a natiOnal disaster. When you think that in 2010 we had over 4,000 libraries where you can walk in and literally get almost almost anything free, all those 4,000 plus for £1 billiOn. Thats all. That is loose change for a government. But local authorities dOn� t seem to have any loose change, and more difficult decisiOns are On the way. 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 completed the 72. 8 kilometres that� s over 45 miles in 22 hours and 48 minutes, though the time is yet to be ratified. When asked how she did it she said keeping a positive mindset was vital. When i wasjust looking down the length of the lake, and i just remember feeling a complete sense of calm. At ten hours i actually felt really good, really smooth. Had loads of energy left. I remember thinking, right, just race The Sun and see how far you can get before sunset, because the more you can get dOne before sunset, the easier it� s going to be going into the night. The last 15k i was in agOny, ijust tried to just appreciate where i was. It was pitch black, the water was beautiful, still calm, like glass, and i was just trying to tell myself how lucky i was to be there, 4am in the middle of lake geneva, my best friends On the boat watching me, so ijust put my head down and kept turning until my hand touched the bottom, and then, yeah, got to my feet, managed to get out Onto the beach, stood up and just collapsed into a pile. I� ve never felt such relief to be On dry land. Positive mindset and then some i think it� s what you need. It is now time for a look at the weather with louise. Whether we like it or not, september is the mOnthly On-summer'>TransitiOn Summer into autumn and we are seeing the signs of that. Warm southerly breeze, but already a north westerly flow driving fresher air across the country and the middle part of this week temperatures revert back to where they should be at this stage of the year, 16 21. MOnday brought Heavy Rain across scotland especially, thatis across scotland especially, that is easing but still a trail of showers which will lingerfor some time On tuesday. We start across linger for some time On tuesday. We start across the midlands with some isolated showers. These could become more frequent as they drift eastwards, heavy and thundery into the afternoOn across the east. South west england, wales and northern destroyer, settled in sunny. Lovely start across scotland but then the clouds over with Rain Into The West and parts of Northern Ireland. 1418 but and parts of Northern Ireland. 14 18 but we could see 23 in east anglia. As we move into Tuesday Evening and the early hours of wednesday the showers across england and wales will fade and we have a cluster of showers pushing On across Northern Ireland. We could have a Cool Night in scotland, low single figures likely in rural areas, fresh start here first thing On wednesday. High pressure dry to build then but we have a weak Ont'>Weather FrOnt toppling across the High Pressure and that could be a nuisance. A band of cloud and scattered showers is that the pennines running down towards the south east. Not that much rain. Some Showery Rain Into Southern Scotland and Northern Ireland but On the whole, wednesday will be sunny spells, scattered showers and Once again the temperatures ranging from 14 21. Moving out of wednesday to The End of the week it gets messy. We have an area of low pressure drifting into france and it could merge with another spell of wet weather pushing up from the near cOntinent, all in all that could lead to quite unsettled weekend across central and Southern England but for scotland it looks drier and brighter as High Pressure lingers lOnger. Live from lOndOn. This is bbc news. Benjamin Netanyahu Benjamin Neta Nyahu denounces the Benjamin Netanyahu denounces the uk� s suspensiOn of someOne� s licenses to israel. Pope francis arrives in indOnesia at the start of his ground breaking 12 Day Trip to asia. Kamala harris and Joe Biden make theirfirst asia. Kamala harris and Joe Biden make their Firstjoint Campaign Appearance as she accepted the democratic Party President ial nominatiOn. The Uk Government has announced a crackdown On Street Crime as Snatch Thefts of bags and mobile phOnes hit their highest rate in more than a decade. Hello. Our