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well, i don't know the answer _ offence. is she right? well, i don't know the answer to _ offence. is she right? well, i don't know the answer to your _ offence. is she right? well, i don't know the answer to your question, but i do know that when these demonstrations take place, and these protests take place, certainly when they wave hamas flags... that protests take place, certainly when they wave hamas flags. . ._ they wave hamas flags... that is a different thing, _ they wave hamas flags... that is a different thing, they _ they wave hamas flags... that is a different thing, they are _ they wave hamas flags... that is a | different thing, they are prescribed as terrorists by this government. indeed, but we saw a previously and we don't see it as much now, and that has been supplanted by the palestinian flags and the chant from the river to the sea is a hamas chant and it means to eliminate the israeli state. and jihad in this case does not mean to strive, it means to carry out acts of violence. these are all deliberately intended to inspire and to inspire hatred againstjews in our country and also to motivate people to intimidate jews. ., ., . , . ., ., jews. how would a prosecution go down if somebody _ jews. how would a prosecution go down if somebody were _ jews. how would a prosecution go down if somebody were simply . jews. how would a prosecution go - down if somebody were simply waving a palestinian flag? would that as it were cut the mustard in a court case? ~ , ,., , were cut the mustard in a court case? ~ , , ., were cut the mustard in a court case? ~ , ., ., ., were cut the mustard in a court case? r , , ., ., ., , case? absolutely not, not on its own. case? absolutely not, not on its own- thank _ case? absolutely not, not on its own. thank you _ case? absolutely not, not on its own. thank you both _ case? absolutely not, not on its own. thank you both very - case? absolutely not, not on its own. thank you both very much| own. thank you both very much indeed. that's all from us tonight. victoria will be here tomorrow. goodbye. breaking news from around the world, this is bbc news. john kirby recently said today that they are not calling for a ceasefire, a military pause. it's very interesting to see the diplomatic mood is going on right now. i think we are seeing more daylight, more distance between the us and its key allies because the numbers are so grim. 3200 children killed in the last couple of weeks. that surpasses the number of children killed annually in all of the world's conflicts worldwide. to give an example of this break with the us, the canadian foreign affairs minister said canada is now going to call for a humanitarian pause. they are not using the word ceasefire, but that is happening with more and more allies of the us. perhaps the pressure will build up and there will be more pressure on all sides to bring that pause.— will be more pressure on all sides to bring that pause. michael, thank ou so to bring that pause. michael, thank you so much _ to bring that pause. michael, thank you so much for— to bring that pause. michael, thank you so much forjoining _ to bring that pause. michael, thank you so much forjoining us. - turkey has strongly condemned what it said was an israeli air strike on gaza's turkish—palestinian friendship hospital. in a statement, the turkish foreign ministry said: they added that attacks and the blockade on gaza were clear violations of international law. this video, verified by the bbc, shows the hospital under fire, and engulfed in smoke. the israel defense forces have not responded to turkey's comments. dr medhat abbas, the health ministry director, sent through some video from inside the turkish—palestinian friendship hospital in southern gaza. he told us how patients were coping. this video's taken from the turkish hospital, with cancer patient? in the gaza strip, the only hospital treating cancer patients. the patients were inside the hospital with health staff. many damage happened to the hospital. partial damage, destroying windows and furniture of the hospital. in fact, those patients have nowhere to go. supposed to be having chemotherapy and the of very difficult conditions. if they go outside this hospital, they will certainly die. that is the situation in turkish hospital. 60 people were arrested after a large group stormed an airport in dagestan in southern russia looking for israeli citizens. video on social media showed a crowd running through the airport, some shouting anti—semitic slogans. israel has urged russia to protectjews. here's our russia editor steve rosenberg. outside makhachkala airport, the mob was determined to break in. they brought with them palestinian flags and hatred ofjews. once inside, they ran riot through the terminal building, searching for passengers from israel, furious that a flight from tel aviv was expected here. in the mainly muslim russian republic of dagestan, it had all the hallmarks of an anti—jewish pogrom. they cried in arabic, "god is greatest," and chanted anti—semitic slogans. as they pushed their way through the airport, there was no resistance. terrified staff could do little to stop this. back outside, disembarking passengers were told to reboard immediately for their own safety as the mob spilled onto the runway. the police seemed powerless and under attack themselves but eventually order was restored. vladimir putin summoned his senior aides and did what he does so often, he blamed the west. translation: of the events last l night were instigated through social networks, not least from ukraine, by the hands of the agents of western special services. only a few days ago, president putin had met with russian religious leaders to tell them that interfaith harmony was the basis of russian statehood. there were other anti—semitic protests in dagestan at the weekend. a crowd gathered outside a hotel where a jewish guest was believed to have checked in. they threw stones at the windows and a sign was hung on the door. it read, "entrance strictly forbidden to israeli citizens, tojews." steve rosenberg, bbc news. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. let's look at some other stories making news. the fiancee of an ice hockey player who was injured during a match and later died has paid tribute to her "sweet angel". nottingham panthers' adam johnson's neck was cut by a skate in the match against the sheffield steelers on saturday. the 29—year—old was taken to hospital where he was pronounced dead. police are still investigating his death. british athlete bianca williams says she is shocked by the amount of money that's been raised for two constables fired for gross misconduct. more than £130,000 has been donated tojonathan clapham and sam franks, who carried out a stop and search of ms williams and ricardo dos santos. a disciplinary panel found the officers lied about smelling cannabis in the athletes' car. parts of the uk are preparing for heavy rain and flooding over the next few days in the lead—up to storm ciaran. flood warnings are in place across parts of england, scotland and wales. there are also amber rain warnings in northern ireland. you're live with bbc news. the uk covid inquiry has heard that no updates on coronavirus were sent to then—prime minister boris johnson, and no emergency meetings were held, during a ten—day period in february 2020, just a month before the first lockdown. messages have also been revealed from the most senior civil servant, the cabinet secretary, accusing mrjohnson of changing strategic direction every day, and calling the government a tragicjoke. 0ur health editor hugh pym listened to proceedings. he was close to borisjohnson for much of the pandemic and usually in the shadows. today, martin reynolds, in the glare of the public inquiry, was challenged on what the government was doing in the weeks before lockdown. and nothing but the truth. did you have plans to deal with the crisis which had broken upon the united kingdom government? there is a standard set of protocols which are actually cabinet office protocols for dealing with crisis. where i agree with you is they were inadequate to deal with the crisis we were confronted with. lines from a diary kept by the chief scientific adviser, sir patrick vallance, were read out, including calling mrjohnson "weak and indecisive". in the face of a viral pandemic, if those views are right, that was a deeply unfortunate position to be in, was it not? er, yes. so what about the e—mail sent by mr reynolds inviting colleagues to drinks in the garden at number ten? i would first like to say how deeply sorry i am for my part in those events and for the e—mail message which went out that day. whatsapp messages were also shown. the head of the civil service, simon case, said of mrjohnson, "i'm at the end of my tether, he changes strategic direction every day." "it has to stop." "government isn't actually that hard, but this guy is making it impossible." and from the downing street aide dominic cummings, "totally agree, and he's careering around on whatsapp as usual, creating chaos and undermining everybody." another official, imran shafi, was asked about a note he'd taken about a meeting between mrjohnson and the chancellor, rishi sunak, just before lockdown. "why," it was said, "are we destroying the economy for people who'll die anyway soon?" mr shafi, who said those words? i can't say for sure. i think it was _ the former prime minister. tomorrow it'll be the turn of dominic cummings to give evidence, boris johnson's former key adviser. and later in the week, lord stevens, who used to run the nhs in england. as for boris johnson, he and other politicians at the time will get the chance to have their say later in the year. hugh pym, bbc news. international leaders and tech companies will meet in the uk this week, at a conference organised by the british government to discuss how to maximise the benefits, and guard against the dangers, of artificial intelligence. one issue they'll be considering is the use of so—called deepfakes — videos of people that have been altered or created using al to spread false information. their use is increasing in online scams and in general election campaigns, as fiona bruce reports. just ahead of the labour conference a few weeks ago, an audio clip was circulated of keir starmer berating an assistant. it is completely fake. and then there is this. britons won't have to work any more. elon musk has unveiled his new project in which he has already invested more than $3 billion. no other project has ever given this kind of opportunity. we asked elon musk about the news and here are his comments on it. spot the difference. that is not me. did you think it was me? it is pretty convincing, it's very disconcerting to find yourself deepfaked in this way. this is a financial scam trying to get people to hand over money and i was worried that people would fall for it. in fact, even people who know me, know me well, were taken in by it. my hairdresser was watching videos on his phone and saw something that suddenly looked familiar. you're reading the news and ijust thought, i just listened. and you thought that was me? 100%. and it was basically a scam to get money out of you. did you give them your information? i gave them my phone number. totally regret it because they bombarded me for days and weeks and, um... how many times a day were they calling? at least 20 times a day, sometimes more. it was shocking. creating a deepfake can take just minutes thanks to increasingly sophisticated ai websites, and it is hard to know who is behind them. how worried should we be? we are fundamentally unprepared to deal with the consequences of hyperrealistic deepfakes, whether that is audio, video or indeed images, partly because they are so convincing now, they have become so much more realistic, and to that end we have seen them increasingly over the last year being introduced into the political sphere in places like ukraine, sudan and venezuela. so how true is it that venezuela is such a poor country? this isn't a newsreader, it's an ai avatar spouting fake propaganda supportive of the government in venezuela ahead of the election, a blatant attempt to try to influence the vote. there we go. even the prime minister has fallen victim, faked to look like he can't pour a decent pint. from elections to financial scams, how can we know what to believe? the technology to tell if a video is real or a deepfake is still unreliable. viewer, beware. the cast of the hit television series friends has paid tribute to colleague matthew perry. that's all for now — stay with bbc news. hello there. once again, the weather is going to make the headlines over the next few days. we have another named storm following on from storm babette. this time it's ciaran, expected to arrive wednesday night into thursday. yes, damaging gusts of winds, but more importantly, widespread heavy rain falling on already saturated ground. that could cause some issues. before that, though, we've got an amber weather warning that remains in force until 9am this morning. we're likely to see this relentless feed of wet weather, with that easterly wind. so a further 70—100 millimetres of rainfall where we've already seen some flooding. so there could be some further issues this morning. we'll also see some wet weather as well spilling across parts of north—west england, down through lincolnshire, east midlands, over into the london area. south of that, slightly brighter skies for a time, but by the end of the afternoon, more wet weather starting to push into the south—west where we had flooding at the weekend. scotland, drier with some sunshine coming through, a few isolated showers, cooler here, 7—9 degrees. elsewhere, 12—15 celsius. so that wet weather will arrive during the early hours of wednesday morning and pushing its way steadily north. and as it bumps into that cold air on the leading edge, there will be some snow for a time. it will be a pretty wet affair on wednesday, and windy with it across scotland. elsewhere, it's a case of sunny spells and scattered showers. and temperatures, similar story, we're looking at around 7—15 degrees. let's take a look at storm ciaran, then. expected to intensify quite rapidly during the early hours of thursday morning. now, the position of this low still potentially subject to change, but basically circulating around that low, we've got that weather front once again, feed of relentless rain across eastern scotland, northern ireland and southern coastal counties as well. and in addition to that, it's the strength of the winds that's a cause for concern. widespread gusts 50—60 miles an hour inland, on exposed channel coasts, 80—90 mile an hour, maybe even stronger close to the channel isles. so we really do need to keep a close eye on the weather story wednesday in to thursday. even once that storm has cleared through, it stays pretty unsettled with further outbreaks of rain into the weekend. this is bbc news. we will have the headlines at the top of the hour as newsday continues straight after hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i'm stephen sackur. as the death toll from israel's military operation in gaza mounts, as the fate of the israeli hostages held by hamas becomes ever more uncertain, here's a bleak observation — this middle east crisis could get much more dangerous, much more costly very quickly. the key to a spread of the conflict lies on the israel—lebanon border. if that becomes a second front in a hot war, the entire region will then feel the heat. my guest is lebanon's foreign minister, abdallah bou habib. his government is on the front line, but is it powerless?