he argued it was in america s interest to defeat those who, he said, sought to annihilate a neighbouring democracy. more than 100 trucks with humanitarian supplies are waiting on the egypt side of the rafah crossing. it s hoped the first 20 will start moving into gaza today, but it is still unclear when. the entry of aid trucks was part of an agreement president biden brokered. during the night, israel continued its aerial bombardment of gaza. the united nations has warned that the initial supply of aid trucks would be nowhere near enough to help the more than a million displaced palestinians. it says at least 100 will be needed each day, because supplies of food, fuel and water are running dangerously low. let s go straight to our chief international correspondent, lyse doucet. we keep saying about this terrible humanitarian crisis inside gaza. so many injured people with the continued aerial bombardment, and those aid trucks are tantalisingly on the other side of the crossi
this is still very much an ongoing operation. these teams have so far rescued around about 50 residents this morning. no one knows for sure how long this water will remain here, but it is thought it might stay flooded for the next couple of days. and listen to this. just a0 miles up north in aberdeen winds of up to 70mph. along the coast, these homes were submerged and damaged. yesterday, the body of a 57 year old woman was rescued from a river in angus. within the last hour, police have confirmed the death of a 56 year old driver after a falling tree hit the van near forfar. some parts of scotland have now been issued a new red danger to life weather warning for tomorrow. but for today it has been downgraded to amber as it travels south. parts of northern england at the midlands are now bracing themselves for what is to come. fiona lamdin, bbc news. our reporter louise cowie is also in brechin and gave us this update. the rain has literallyjust stopped before we came on air,
eric cantona reinvents himself as a musician. also this hour, a palestinian restaurant in london says and coming up in sportsday later in the hour on bbc news. we ll get the latest from france and the rugby world cup semi finals, england are prparing to face the world champiosn south africa tomorrow. good evening. three people have been killed in the high winds and flood waters brought by storm babet and another danger to life red warning has been issued by the met office for the north east of scotland from midnight tonight. hundreds have had to be evacuated from their homes. you can see the areas worst affected by the heavy rainfall since midnight last night, and there s more to come with warnings in scotland in parts of angus and aberdeenshire. we ll be live with our correspondents in derbyshire and north yorkshire, but first, let s go james cook in brechin. this has been an extraordinary and exceptionally difficult day and tonight there is still a major operation under
when a score of a00+ had looked likely. in response, pakistan started brightly with an opening stand of 134 helped by some bad australian fielding. but the loss of set batters, including rizwan, threatened to tilt the contest in favour of australia again. this is the latest from bangalore. pakistan now 297 8 in the 45th over. we ve arrived at the semifinal stage of the rugby world cup. england take on south africa tomorrow, but less than three hours to go now until new zealand play argentina. the all blacks are heavy favourites to reach their third final in the last four tournaments and avoid a repeat of their defeat at this stage four years ago. from the experience, you learn a lot, and it is clear we ve got some outstanding leaders in the team. for the much all of them were there. and i know that that sort of loss is driving some of them. i know it is four years on, but you can still look back to that week and think about what you learned from it, and i guess make sure t
shelters are overcrowded and water cannot be pumped orfiltered because of his role s block on fuel and bottled water is now unaffordable for most families. rishi sunak will continue his tour of the middle east today amid growing fears in the region that the conflict in gaza could spread. chiara bleeders gallery in egypt ahead of the summit this weekend to discuss the crisis. in saudi arabia last night the prime minister met the crown prince. number 10 said the pair agreed that the loss of innocent lives in israel and gaza over the last few weeks has been horrific. he said he will encourage saudi arabia to use its influence in the middle east. as you have been hearing withjo votes continue to be counted in the mid bedfordshire and tamworth by elections. we could have declarations in the next hour. turnout in tamworth was 35.9% cent that is low even for a by election. the vote followed the resignation of the former conservative deputy whip chris pincher in september. our team