Rainfall. But indications are that temperatures will be in the low to mid 20s for most parts of the uk. Thanks, helen. Now here, at the Tory Party Conference in manchester, the government appears to have lost control of the messaging on high speed rail to manchester. Were live from the conservative Party Conference here in manchester, where ministers keep repeating, when asked what the decision is on hs2, there are spades in the ground. Have you got any idea whats happening on hs2 . Have you got any idea whats happening on h52 . Have you got any idea whats happening on h52 . Happening on hst . Jeremy has ust discovered happening on h52 . Jeremy has ust discovered a happening on h52 . Jeremy has ust discovered a stonking i happening on h52 . Jeremy has ust discovered a stonking speech. H here for the government is treasury minister Gareth Davies. Also at conference today, the former pm liz truss, whose government this time a year ago was imploding, is urging her successor to cut the hig
hostages released today, a mother of three. her husband still in captivity. it comes as hamas claims a 10-month-old hostage, his 4-year-old brother, and their mother were killed in early israeli air strikes. the agonizing wait for their family as israel investigates. and the images from the west bank. palestinian health officials saying israeli forces shot two children during a raid. also tonight, the u.s. military aircraft crashing off japan, eight on board. at least one killed. the urgent search for survivors. the man charged in an alleged plot to assassinate an activist in new york city. the supposed link to india s government. the massive explosion caught on camera at an ohio body shop. three killed. what caused it? former president jimmy carter attending the funeral for his wife, rosalynn, as she s laid to rest in their hometown. after our reporting on deaths linked to infant loungers, what federal regulators are doing. and our annual nbc tradition, counting
face to face, finally. the presidents of two superpowers, playing nice after a year of tough talk. that is tonight on news night. good evening, i m abby philip in new york. tonight, president biden calls important progress between the united states, and china. the specifics may seem small, but the american president calls the areas of agreement, important. on fentanyl, on keeping the phones open between military s, and on artificial intelligence. today, we watched carefully orchestrated diplomatic theater between these two superpowers. a handshake, a walk outside, a hollywood mansion in woodside california, but the stakes are far more consequential than fiction. to take a tumultuous year and, basically, put it to the side. you and i understand each other clearly, leader to leader, with no misconceptions, or miscommunications. we must ensure that competition does not veer into conflict. only a short while ago, at a rare press conference, the president calle
we are here with the gaza skyline in the background and we have been hearing and seeing an intensifying bombardment from israeli forces since friday evening which has only grown in the last few days. the israel defence forces say that since that intensification started they have managed to attack, they say, more than 600 hamas targets. you can see these pictures now from the israel defence forces showing their troops now firmly inside gaza. they have infantry soldiers on the ground and artillery that has been moved in and artillery that has been moved in and stayed in over the weekend marking a significant step forward for the israeli military campaign, and what the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu called the second stage of what will be a long and difficult war. i can also show you these live pictures now, this is the skyline of gaza as you can see an can hear as i am speaking the sound of israeli artillery fire, we re very close to an israeli artillery point just v