a few weeks when he is back for the scottish open- time for a look at the weather. here s darren bett. i want to focus on temperatures because over the weekend our heat came to an end, but we still have record breaking temperatures for a while in spain and france and that pushed its way across austria, switzerland, the czech republic and germany. but how things have changed because today we are forecasting 22 degrees, a drop of 20 degrees in san sebastian in biarritz and france. not only is it much cooler across good parts of europe, but we have got clusters of rain and thunderstorms affecting some areas as well. in the uk we are seeing more clout over the next few days, but ahead of that there is strong sunshine and light winds and temperatures will be rising, perhaps not quite reaching the 33 degrees we peaked at last week. but untiljust recently those high temperatures were in hampshire in the sunshine. a very pleasant 22 or 23 degrees in southern parts of england and wal
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Details later. Its thursday 19th october. Around 20 trucks of aid are expected to enter gaza after a deal announced by President Biden. Egypt has agreed to let the humanitarian supplies enter via the Rafah Crossing but its unlikely to happen until friday. Announcing the agreement, the us president warned that the aid would be stopped, if any supplies were taken by hamas, which is regarded as a Terrorist Organisation by the uk. Rishi sunak will also arrive in tel aviv this morning, as part of a two day visit to The Middle East. With the latest, heres our correspondent wyre davies. As trucks carrying aid queue on the egyptian side of the gaza egypt border, the un and aid agencies have been increasingly alarmed at the unfolding humanitarian crisis. On a visit to israel which lasted barely a day, while reaffirming his steadfast support, joe biden also pressed the case for aid for gazas 2. 5 million palestinian citizens many of whom are struggling to get access to food, water and medical su
And what some are saying is potentially a breach of International Law. Are you ok with israel potentially committing war crimes and youre providing full moral support regardless . Its important to remember why were in this very difficult situation, and thats because hamas, a proscribed terrorist organisation, committed an appalling act of barbarity and has killed over a thousand israelis, including women and children, in scenes that are, quite frankly, horrific and that we havent seen in decades. It is unequivocally wrong, and there is no moral ambiguity about that. Israel has every right to defend itself and take the action that is necessary to ensure protection and security of its citizens and that nothing like this can ever happen again. Even if some of those actions are not in line with International Law . No, of course, we should always and we are always having concerns of civilians paramount in our minds, something ive discussed with Prime Minister netanyahu myself, and underline
And microsoft gets the green light to buy up the makers of candy crush, one of the biggest deals of its kind in history. And coming up on bbc news england pick owen farrell ahead of george ford, with marcus smith preferred at full back for their world cup Quarterfinal Clash with fiji. Good afternoon from sderot in Southern Israel. We are less than a mile from the gaza border. There has been intense rocket fire this morning, fired from gaza. On the horizon, you can see the outline of gaza city, dark smoke rising in the air. Israel has told more than a Million People living in Northern Gaza to leave their homes and move to the south within the next 2a hours. Israel is massing troops on the gaza border ahead of an expected ground offensive. The un has called on israel to withdraw the evacuation order, saying its impossible for palestinians to fully comply it has also warned of a humanitarian disaster. Israel says so far 1300 israelis were killed by hamas. In gaza, more than 11100 people h