Our breaking news, israeli prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has criticised the Uk Decision to suspend some Arms Sales to his country is shameful and misguided. Sales to his country is shamefuland misguided. In a series of posts on x, formerly twitter, he posted. Earlier prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has asked for forgiveness from israelis for failing to return six hostages found dead In Gaza on saturday. 97 hostages taken by hamas last october i still believed to be In Gaza. Its thought that 33 are no longer alive. The decision was taken because it was said that there was a clear risk. We are a staunch ally of israel, we remain a staunch ally of israel. Weve made this a legal judgment as a result of the process were required to follow. But our determination to stand with israel, to be part of the collective defence if they come under direct attack again as they have done before remains resolute and absolute. Lets speak to our correspondent James Landale who is injerusalem. This correspondent James Landale who is in jerusalem. Is in jerusalem. This decision comes as is in jerusalem. This decision comes as no is in jerusalem. This decision comes as no surprise is in jerusalem. This decision comes as no surprise to is in jerusalem. This decision comes as no surprise to the l comes as no surprise to the israeli government. The British Government has been talking about this and discussing this issue since before christmas, since before the election of the conservative government. I think the israelis have long known that this was a decision that at some point the British Government have had to have made, namely that companies selling to israel could be preaching International LawIn Gaza. The message was one of the tartan went and disappointment, but not that vocal, not that visceral. What youve just had from the prime minister, is a flow and an outburst of Anger And Indignation at the decision. He is a very busy man, hes had a huge amount to deal with comrie at a Press Conference last night, its almost as if he is come round to this and realise what happened, felt the need to push back, said it is a shameful decision by the British Government, he says its misguided, he says it will embolden hamas. We emphasise in a statement of fact that british citizens were killed by hamas in the October 7th to tax, he emphasises some hostages still being held have british citizenship. So, Mr Netanyahu really pushing back firmly on this. That is part of a piece. In the last few days he is pushed back on his domestic critics on the streets here Injerusalem And Israel in tel aviv, saying they disagree with his strategy, saying he is simply putting his own political survival ahead of a deal to get hostages out. Used in pushing back against his own ministers, hes even been pushing back against the us president , Joe Biden, who says he didnt think Mr Netanyahu is doing enough to get a deal. It is now the British Government was mcternan, it seems, for pushback, which has been very vocal. , pushback, which has been very vocal. ,. , pushback, which has been very vocal. ,. , vocal. They say the reason they made the vocal. They say the reason they made the decision vocal. They say the reason they made the decision is vocal. They say the reason they made the decision is because i made the decision is because there is a clear risk that equipment could be used in violations of International Law. Why are we not seeing anything similarfrom, for anything similar from, for example, anything similarfrom, for example, the united states . Good question. Its one of the reasons that privately the americans dont particularly like this decision by the British Government and find it unhelpful, because ask those questions about us Arms Sales to israel, which are the only ones that matter. The united states gives israel 3 Billion worth of arms every year, by law. Its required to do that by law us politicians. Its something that at the moment no us politician with authorities willing to end stitch, but it makes the difficult questions about what the weapons are being used for In Gaza right now, but i think the Uk Decision is not going to influence the thinking in the united states, in washington there, leaders on both sides of there, leaders on both sides of the political aisle have made very clear they are not going to change at the moment any idea of us arms going to israel. Many people have said, why does Mr Biden as president not use that lever, but at the moment is shown no willingness to do so. ,. , moment is shown no willingness todoso. ,. , to do so. James lansdale, in jerusalem. To do so. James lansdale, in jerusalem, thank to do so. James lansdale, in jerusalem, thank you. Britains Chief Rabbi has criticised the Uk Governments decision to suspend some Arms Export licences to israel. Ephraim mirvis said on x. Our political correspondent had more from westminster. Its more from westminster. Its clear the more from westminster. It� s clear the government is trying to walk a delicate tightrope here. Theyre trying on The One hand to demonstrate that they believe in upholding International Law and that they took this decision as a result of clear legal advice and that they are willing, Asjohn Healey was saying earlier, to deliver a tough message to a close ally, but on the other hand there are also stressing that this is just about 10 of the Arms Export licences that the Arms Export licences that the government grants to israel which have been suspended, the overall uk Arms Exports to israel are pretty minuscule anyway, and that they support israels right to self defence. Politically, the risk of walking the tightrope, the risk of the government doing just about enough to satisfy enough, most sides of this argument, is that they end up alienating the sides of the argument, and the political reaction to this within the Labour Party and the Labour Movement and the left more generally has moved from Yesterday Evening when it was announced, i think generally welcoming it, and i think to actually increasingly a position whether there are not that many outside the government to wholeheartedly embrace of the government has done, either because they think they should have gone further to ban all licenses or should not have done it all. If to ban all licenses or should not have done it all. Not have done it all. If you look at the not have done it all. If you look at the criticism not have done it all. If you look at the criticism from | look at the criticism from written� s Chief Rabbi, one of the important thing to mention is the legal requirement that the government is nodding to when they do this. Absolutely, that is something when they do this. Absolutely, that is something the that is something the government is stressing very much, though you mentioned when you came to me that Andrew MitchellThe Shadow Foreign Secretary has criticised conservatives more generally, has criticised this decision from the government, and that they will have been getting very similar legal advice when they were in government and they were in government and they didnt decide to do this, so theres clearly room for political Decision Making as well as legal decisions. This means it is a very hot button political issue, also, as you mention, with community in the uk, the statement from the Chief Rabbi very unusual, very direct, to separate slightly related issues that with Keir Starmer they have been trying to mend relations between labour and british dues, who saw the previous leadership as part providing a harbour for anti semitism, which their previous leadership would deny. Lots more reaction coming into this move by the uk government. You can find out all the latest on the Bbc News Website where there is a live page following all developments on there, from reaction across the political spectrum, newscast, and you can find out all the new details on the website. Around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. Youre watching bbc news. Pope francis has landed injakarta in indonesia, for the start of an historic and ambitious trip to asia. These are pictures of Pope Francis being greeted at the international airport in the capital. He was given a bouquet of local produce by two children. Indonesia is the worlds most populous muslim majority country, and the pope is due to visit a mosque and a neighbouring church during his three days there. The vatican says the focus of the trip is inter faith harmony. 87 year old Pope Francis has reduced his travel in recent years due to health problems, but this twelve Day Trip is his longest trip as pontiff. As well as visiting indonesia, he will also travel to Papua New Guinea, East Timor and singapore. He is set to travel nearly 33 Thousand kilometres during the trip and he is scheduled to attend more than a0 events. Our Correspondentjonathan Head has more on the Indonesia Stop of this tour. He is continuing a long Standing Policy of the vatican of upholding the best possible relations with a country which in many ways as a model of multi faith tolerance. I mean, indonesia does have the worlds largest muslim population, but it is not an islamic state, islam is not the official religion. There are significant minorities, including around 8 MillionRoman Catholics, and the indonesian modern state has always accepted a place for all faiths, and so i think its always seen, given that its such a large muslim population, as a sort of showcase of how relations between different faiths can be managed, and in general, most indonesian governments have stuck to the secular origins of the modern country when it declared independence and made a place for all these religions, and the vatican has kept significant diplomatic representation there. Its been 35 years since the last visit of a pope, so this pope, Pope Francis, visits a very different country from The One that his predecessor but one, Popejohn Paul ii, visited back in 1989. At that stage, indonesia was still an authoritarian government, the issue of East Timor, which is a roman catholic country, caused a lot of friction between the vatican and the then indonesian government. This time round, of course, Pope Francis will be celebrating the openness of indonesia, but that doesnt mean there arent problems between faiths in indonesia. Its always a sensitive issue, managing them, the issue of relations in different parts of indonesia between christian and muslim communities have been strained in recent years, where weve had the growth of, for example, islamic extremism in the region. Those are all factors that the pope will be very conscious of as he goes to these very symbolic, big meetings. The one at the Istiqlal Mosque tomorrow, the largest mosque in southeast asia, the main mosque injakarta, to highlight that sort of valuing these relationships between the different faiths, and then a big rally, a Big Mass to be held in one of the largest stadiums injakarta, to which Roman Catholics from all over indonesia, many of them are quite far flung islands, will travel to come and its probably for a once in a lifetime trip to see a pope. With me is our Religon Editor Aleem maqbool. This travel would be a lot for only 87 year old, let alone one in frail health. How serious are the concerns around his Well Being . Are the concerns around his wellbeing . Are the concerns around his wellbeina . ,. ,. , wellbeing . This time last Year Wellbeing . This time last year we talked about wellbeing . This time last year we talked about how wellbeing . This time last year we talked about how difficult i we talked about how difficult it was to travel because of his health problems, and later last year, in december last year, he cancelled a trip to dubai, it was a trip here cared about, to a Climate Change conference, and so at that time there were and so at that time there were a lot of predictions that the pope would be winding down his foreign travel, and here we are with him embarking on the longest trip of his papacy, he has got issues with mobility, he has knee problems, he has abdominal problems, part of his lung was removed in his 20s, so we had respiratory issues sometimes as well, but the vatican said that he seems to be in good enough health to carry out this, as i say, the longest trip of his papacy. fine longest trip of his papacy. One ofthe longest trip of his papacy. One of the main longest trip of his papacy. One of the main themes longest trip of his papacy. One of the main themes he will be addressing during this trip . One thing is interfaith harmony, that is an issue that has been very close to him throughout his papacy, but there are a couple of other themes, huge themes that have been the focus of a lot of his pgpgcy been the focus of a lot of his papacy that will come through during this trip, and one is something he talked about before he was pope, which is the importance of bringing into the importance of bringing into the fold or making feel closer to rome, those catholics in the periphery, so he is indonesia, where only 3 of the population is catholic, is going to Papua New Guinea where there are very few catholics as well, so its about catholics in the peripheries, but a few of the countries he is visiting her huge issues in terms of their vulnerability to rising Sea Levels and Climate Change throughout his papacy, has been extremely important to him. Interfaith harmony, visiting those in the peripheries, but also Climate Change, and then the final stop of his trip is another big theme, it started to come through particularly in the last couple of years, which is a relation with china. So he is a relation with china. So he is visiting singapore and he has started to make, over the last couple of years, overtures to china that he does want better relations, where they have been strained over missionaries and countries, where there have been a lot of pressures on catholics living in china, that would be another theme later in the trip. Briefly, given this taking in his age and his health, what does it tell us about the importance Of Asia To The Catholic Church . Catholic church . That is another catholic church . That is another thing catholic church . That is another thing thats catholic church . That is another thing thats coming through throughout his papacy, Real Recognition that while the numbers of catholics in europe may be on the decline, there are places where there is growth in catholicism. South america, for example, parts of africa, but also asia, his travel to the philippines and japan, so that is one of the things that has been clear throughout his papacy, that while perhaps some of his predecessors might have looked at the church which might have been becoming smaller in europe, because it was important to focus on smaller, purer church, if you like, with Pope Francis as it is about expansion and looking further than europe. Expansion and looking further than europe more than 120 prisoners have been killed during an attempted Jail Break in the democratic republic of congo. Fires were started in the Prison Hospital and in the Administration Building in the Capital Kinshasa overnight on sunday. Most of the victims were crushed or suffocated by smoke although 2a people died after being shot as they attempted to break out. An official said no prisoners had succeeded in escaping. Translation the provisional| Human Toll stands at 129 dead, including 2a by gunshot after warning. The others died byjostling, suffocation, and some women were raped. The commission has also identified 59 injured, currently being cared for by the government for appropriate medical care. Phone companies in the uk are to meet with Government Ministers to discuss measures to tackle crime, after the number of � Snatch Thefts more than doubled in england and wales over the last year. The government says the rise is down to an increase in demand for second hand smartphones both in the uk and overseas. Our correspondent Frances Read has the details. Audacious. Easy. A quick snatch, and its gone. Pins and facial recognition help, but theyre not a solution. And its often young people who are being targeted in places like parks and outside transport hubs. Theres been work to try to crack down on thefts, but Mobile Phones are now the most stolen items in england and wales, according to the latest figures. Shouting. There are at least 200 Snatch Thefts every day. Last year, 78,000 people had their phones or bags snatched. Yet less than 1 resulted in a charge, and more than 80 of Police Investigations were closed before a suspect was found. For a while now, there have been calls for more to be done. The governments asking Tech Companies and manufacturers to work with it to find solutions, and end the illegal market for stolen phones. Police chiefs will also be asked to gather intelligence on where the phones end up, in an attempt to end organised crime. Primarily, whats in it for them is data, of course these days weve got all our financial and banking apps on our phones and all manner of, you know, passwords saved, perhaps, for every service we engage with. And thats primarily what theyre after. That attracts a high price on the dark web as people who will pay many times the value of the handsetjust for the data thats on them. The advice for now avoid using your phone on the street if you can, look around you if you cant avoid it, and that youre less likely to be targeted if you look confident and know where youre going. Easier said than done, but it mightjust stop you from being the next victim. Frances read, bbc news. To the united states. Joe biden and Kamala Harris have held their first joint Campaign Event since she accepted the democratic president ial nomination. The pair appeared at a local Union Hall in pittsburgh in the Swing State of pennsylvania. Mr biden sang Kamala Harris� praises, touting her as a leader who would support workers. She would be a historic pro union president. So, folks, we got one more job to do together let me ask you are you ready to fight . yeah. Are we ready to win . Yeah are you ready to elect Kamala Harris the next President Of The United States . Cheering and applause and. In the process, are you ready to make Donald Trumpa Loseragain . yeah i have never been more optimistic about america. We have to remember who we are we are the usa, theres nothing, i mean this from the bottom of my heart, theres nothing beyond our capacity. Kamala harris took the stage immediately after returning the president s praise. I have spent more time with this extraordinary Human Being when the cameras were not in the room, when the stakes were high, when the heat was intense, and Joe Biden has always stood with the workers of America And Labour unions of america. Applause. Always Kamala Harris, there, and staying with that, multiple car is travelling in the motorcade for her running mate Tim Walz have crashed in milwaukee. He was not hurt. Kamala harris and President Biden found him to check that he was ok. At least one person was injured. It was not clear what caused the crash. 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 thats 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 get done before sunset, the easier its 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. Ive never felt such relief to be on dry land. Making it sound so easy finally, this half hour it was a green, rather than a red carpet, for the premiere of nicole kidmans latest mini series. The actress was in london to promote the new six Part Murder Mystery the perfect couple in which she plays the matriarch of a wealthy american family with plenty of secrets. Kidman was tight lipped about the plot� s twists, but its adapted from the 2018 novel of the same name. I havent seen one like this for a while, so it was really exciting to be a part of it, and to be able to produce it as well, and pull it together, because, you know, it was a rocky start, just getting everybody in there, then we had the strike and we had to shut down, then we had to come back, all of those things, and finally we are here, so thats fun. Ijust i just was taking out a hospital In Gaza where the Polio Vaccination Roll out is taking place. We have new updates on the world health organization, who say the Roll Out is going better than expected, and they have now vaccinated more than children under the age of ten in the first two days of its campaign, and thats better than the planned hundred and 50,000. Hello, brighter out there and it was yesterday, showers out there, especially across eastern in the far west of the country, but overall a much better day than we saw through yesterday. Showers this afternoon mainly will be across parts of East Anglia and the South East, some across Western Scotland and northern ireland, it will continue to brighten up. East of scotland, north of england, Western Parts of wales, many places dry to this afternoon, and with dry winds we will still feel pleasant out there even though we have Fresh Air rushing in. Any lengthy brighter breaks, we could see temperatures between 2a and 26 degrees. This evening and overnight, some showers continue, for Southern Scotland in the North East of england we could see clearer skies, the lowest of the temperatures into tomorrow morning, may be down tomorrow morning, may be down to 4 or 5 degrees, not quite as humid either. We have the coolest of the weather to begin with, best of The Sunshine, enjoy the Morning Sunshine because there will be more showers cropping up as you go through the day. East anglia, South East east are more widely across scotland and northern ireland, Western England in particular. Temperatures beginning to drop a bit more as well, if Anything A Notch down from where you want early september. It looks like well see low temperatures develop, strengthening the easterly winds, bringing rain across the southern half of the uk, but also introducing, reintroducing, more in the way of humid air, and we will see temperatures creep up as we head towards the weekend. Not quite there on thursday, thursday is almost a transition day, outbreaks of rain across england and wales, heavy across central and southern areas, the slight quality showers, brightness and the north west, temperature creeping up here compared to what we have seen in the next couple of days. It will go towards The End of the week, while the rain continues and off in southern parts, it looks like increasing amounts of sunshine north west, and we can see temperatures rising in the low to mid 20s. Take care. This is bbc news. Your headlines. Tom took an tat will shortly launch his leadership for the conservative party. Ofsted is accused of being defensive and complacent in response to the suicide of Head Teacher Ruth perry. Israeli prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has called the uk s suspension of thirty Arms Licenses to israel � shameful� and � misguided. A Bbc Investigation finds a Record Number of illegal outposts were set up in the West Bank last year