Eastern mediterranean and bow street Fighter Aircraft presents. We stand ready to move on additional assets as needed. Let me say again, that any country, any organisation, anyone thinking of taking advantage of this situation, i have one word. Dont. Dont. Our hearts may be broken but our resolve is clear. Yesterday i also spoke to the leaders of france, germany, italy and the uk to discuss the latest development with our european allies and coordinate our united response. This comes on top of days of steady engagement with partners across the region. We are also taking steps at home in cities across the United States of america, Police Departments have stepped up security is around centres ofjewish life. The department of Homeland Security and the fbi are working closely with state and local authorities to stop any domestic threat that might occur from these horrific attacks. This is a moment for the United States to come together, to grieve with those affected. Lets be clear, there is no place for hate in america, not againstjews, not against muslims, not against anybody. What we reject as terrorism. We condemn the indiscriminate evil, just as we have always done. Thats what america stands for. Just over 50 years ago, i was thinking about it this morning, over50 i was thinking about it this morning, over 50 years ago as a young senator i visited israel for the first time as a newly elected senator. I had a long, long trip, a meeting with golden mayor in her office just before the yom kippur war. I guess she could see the consternation on my face as she described what was being faced. We walked outside, in the hallway outside our office to have some photos. She looked at me and All Of A Sudden said, would you like to have a photograph. So i got up and followed her out. We were standing there silent, looking at the press, she could tell i guess i was concerned. She leaned over and whispered to me and said, dont worry, senator biden, we have a secret weapon secret weapon here in israel. We have no place else to go. We have no place else to go. For 75 years. Let there be no doubt, the United States has israels back. We will make sure that thejewish and Democratic State of can defend itself today, tomorrow as we always have. It is as simple as that. The atrocities are sickening. Thank you. That was United States President Joe Biden speaking there are about the israel gaza conflict, He Wasjoined By Vice President Kamala Harris and anthony blinking. He spoke and said that to be crystal clear, the us stands with israel. He says that the people of israel lived through a moment of unadulterated evil this weekend. He also confirmed that at least 14 american citizens have been killed in israel and said that us citizens are among those held hostage by hamas. Lets go live tour north america correspondent. President joe biden said several times that he wanted to be crystal clear, the us stands with israel. Yes, that is what we were fully expecting from President Biden. He has always been very clear about his relationship with israel. If you think about it, his relationship with israel stretches back further than most living democrats. He talked about that time in 1973 when he met the then israeli prime minister, golden mayor. This is something, this was him speaking with absolute conviction. You could hear the anger in his voice, the words that are used, he said that this was stomach churning, it violated any coat of human morality. He said thats hamas does not stand for palestinian rights. He compared them to islamic state, who brutally murdered american citizens in syria and iraq. We did learn some new information, 1a americans have been killed, there were some reports that among the hostages that hamas have, there are americans and he has confirmed that is the case but we did not get any details on the numbers. The other thing that he emphasised was that he doesnt want anybody else to take advantage of this conflict. We can assume that is a warning to the powerful militant Group Hezbollah in lebanon. In terms of saying to others do not get involved, he said i have one word, dont. That was very clear and concise from him. He dont. That was very clear and concise from him. Dont. That was very clear and concise from him. He seemed to be deliverin concise from him. He seemed to be delivering a concise from him. He seemed to be delivering a message concise from him. He seemed to be delivering a message when concise from him. He seemed to be delivering a message when he concise from him. He seemed to be delivering a message when he said | delivering a message when he said this, it wasnt about Party Politics but the security of the world, this is a moment for america to come together. He seems to be delivering a message to americans. He together. He seems to be delivering a message to americans. Together. He seems to be delivering a message to americans. He is. This is a really important a message to americans. He is. This is a really important moment a message to americans. He is. This is a really important moment for a message to americans. He is. This is a really important moment for his| is a really important moment for his presidency. What we usually see when you see this sort of conflict in the middle east, and this is totally unprecedented as we know, that lawmakers in this country to rally behind the israeli flag, and so do american people, that is what he is hoping for. It is a real challenge for him because he wants to show support for israel. He has made that very clear. He wants to vanquish hamas, he made that clear as well, but he wants to preserve peace talks. Over the weekend the secretary of state, who was there next to him, anthony lincoln, said they are still hoping to normalise relations between israel and saudi arabia, that they still believe that is viable. They also want to pursue palestinian aspirations. That is something that President Biden mentioned in his statement yesterday. There are huge challenges here for him and in order to achieve that he does require people coming together. He requires lawmakers coming together. Already we are seeing, we know that it is always very divisive in this country and we have seen some members of the Republican Party is somehow claiming President Biden for what is happening in the middle east, but that was his opportunity to show that was his opportunity to show that as a leader he can manage this conflict, this conflict that he never expected, that is taken everyone by surprise, that he can manage it in real time. It everyone by surprise, that he can manage it in realtime. Manage it in realtime. It will not be an easy manage it in realtime. It will not be an easy task. Manage it in realtime. It will not be an easy task. If manage it in realtime. It will not be an easy task. If i manage it in realtime. It will not be an easy task. If i could manage it in realtime. It will not be an easy task. If i could pick i manage it in real time. It will not | be an easy task. If i could pick out two things he said, israel has the right and duty to respond, but he also said we uphold the laws of war, and already concerns are being raised about the legitimacy of israels response. Raised about the legitimacy of israels response. There is pressure on president israels response. There is pressure on President Biden. Israels response. There is pressure on President Biden. There israels response. There is pressure on President Biden. There are on President Biden. There are members of his party, the democratic party, Progressive Voices who are sympathetic to palestinians, who have put pressure on him in the past. In 2021 when we saw there was an incursion, when there was an incursion in gas by israel following these Rocket Attacks by hamas, there was a lot of pressure on President Biden at the time to call for a ceasefire, to ask for Benjamin Netanyahu to ask for a ceasefire. There are members of his party now who do express support for the palestinians, sympathy for the palestinians, sympathy for the palestinian people. Those voices i imagine will get louder as we see this conflict continue, this war play out. I think that is something that he might be conscious of. There is a balancing act. There was a poll earlier in the year which suggested that democrat voters have started to become more sympathetic to the palestinian cause. I should emphasise that was earlier this year, so way before this war. That is something he would be concerned about. President biden is unequivocally supporting israel and the message that we got there from him, is that whatever israel needs, america will deliver it. America will deliver it. Thank you so much. These are the live pictures as night falls in gaza. That bombardment by israel has been continuing. Israel says it is killed two top hamas officials. The group itself is not confirmed this. A bbc reporter said that this is the worst bombing he has seen in 20 years with entire neighbourhoods flattened. That is the night sky in gaza. You can still see the smoke rising there. Here in the uk the war. Very close to home for many communities. Ahmed najjar is an economist in london. He tells of bad news he received from the place he grew up, gaza. One of my cousins, we just found out that he was killed on saturday, in the evening. Ahmed says hes worried for the rest of his extended family with so many airstrikes. As you can imagine, the situation there is not easy to really find out how people were killed, or whether they are under the rubble, or whether they are still alive. Well, for so many people in this country, these horrors feel like theyre being played out much closer than in a distant land. And even if they dont have direct ties to the victims, in many cases, its still having an impact on daily life. Many britishjews have talked of a profound sense of Connection Tojews in pain, wherever they are. But there are also fears of a rise in anti semitism. Theres been an increase in security around a lot ofjewish schools. There is nothing left. Nothing is left. Sharon lifshitz is living a nightmare. Shes heard nothing from her parents since this Israeli Community was attacked and burnt to the ground, where entire families were gunned down and from which dozens have gone missing. Shes worried about reprisals if she shows pictures of her mother and her father, who spent his retirement driving palestinian patients from the gaza border to hospitals. There is a lot of forces that try to make us feel that the others are not human. And i think we have to go back to remembering that these are humans. This is my mum, but she could be your mum, you know, and she could be anyones mum. And i dont wish that on anyone. Sharon is still clinging to the hope her parents will be returned to safety. Aleem maqbool, bbc news. Today we are in the Clinical Skills lab. As you can see here we have a couple of the mannequins that we use to learn basic life support. I will demonstrate some cpr. We have two different manikins with two different manikins with two different skin tones. Weve got two different manikins of two different skin tones. This kind of emulates and encapsulates what weve been trying to do as part of our project, which is to really improve visual representation of different skin tones within our curriculum. The website shows an array of different skin conditions, on different skin types. Im nadia and i am a third Year Medical Student at the university of exeter. Its really important to be representative and for people to be represented. Health care as it means you have an equal level of competence when being treated, and you feel like you are being respected. More than 40 of our students under Medicine Programme are ethnic minority students. Its important for them to feel represented and seen, and on the bigger picture, we need to make sure that our students are competent and confident to treat a diverse population in the uk. Youre live with bbc news. Live now to the british palestinian mp layla moran in oxford. Miss moran is from the liberal democrats, representing the constituency of Oxford West And Abingdon and has just attended thejewish Community Vigil for israeli victims. I wonder what the atmosphere was like at the big chill. Like at the big chill. Incredibly mournful. Like at the big chill. Incredibly mournful, of like at the big chill. Incredibly mournful, of course. Like at the big chill. Incredibly mournful, of course. There i like at the big chill. Incredibly i mournful, of course. There were children there, we lit candles and there were prayers by rabbis. The overwhelming sense, and the words that i brought, was one of we stand as a Community Shoulder to shoulder, supporting each other through this incredibly difficult time. It is a sad thing to have in common, but what it is that we have in common is profound grief. The vigil itself then specifically made the call to release the hostages, that was to think that they really wanted to focus on today. I couldnt agree more. That is the first thing that needs to happen for us to even begin to start to move forward through this. It to start to move forward through this. ,. , to start to move forward through this. ,. ,. , this. It was incredibly moving. I understand this. It was incredibly moving. I understand you this. It was incredibly moving. I understand you have this. It was incredibly moving. I understand you have family this. It was incredibly moving. I understand you have family in i this. It was incredibly moving. I. Understand you have family in the west bank. What were you hearing from them . {iii west bank. What were you hearing from them . From them . Of course they are scared. From them . Of course they are scared they from them . Of course they are scared. They are from them . Of course they are scared. They are separated from them . Of course they are i scared. They are separated comes from them . Of course they are scared. They are separated comes to summer injerusalem, some in ramada, some injericho. They have stopped the movement through tojerusalem, so it is worrying the whole family can be together as you would want to be at this time, but thank goodness so far they are safe, but of course they are looking across at casa, and looking at that sky, as we saw in pictures earlier. The morning is deep from them and their friends, this is a huge tragedy, isjoe biden said and it affects all of us who have ties into the region, regardless of what your family heritages. It is a really sad time. Looking at one of your recent tweets, you said no community here in the uk or elsewhere should feel frightened or demonised because of world events. They have no part in. Just explain why you said that and whether, as an mp, youre saying some of what youre talking about here. ~. , some of what youre talking about here. ~. ,. ,. ,. , here. We are very well aware that there have here. We are very well aware that there have been here. We are very well aware that there have been horrific there have been horrific anti semitic attacks, particularly in london. We are lucky in oxford, touch wood, we have not seen any here, but i have been contacted by Friends Of Mine who are muslim who are very worried about the rise of phobia at this time. At the vigil this evening there were police and they were just there to make us all feel safer. We do need to send a very clear message now to the whole of the community that we stand in this together, that there is no room for hate anywhere, and that is incredibly important. This is a time for calming words, four words of reassurance. I would also say it is a time for us as politicians to hold that true in what we are seeing in the conflict. It is really important that that Point Thatjoe Biden made in his interventionjust now about the International Rule of law is held to, because it is important that we are putting humanity first, and that is what that International Law is there to do, to protect the people, to protect innocent civilians, to make a distinction between those terrorists and the people who had no part to play. It is incredibly important now how we use our language and we are very mindful of each other as we move through these very, very difficult days and months ahead. Considering the complexity days and months ahead. Considering the complexity of days and months ahead. Considering the complexity of the days and months ahead. Considering the complexity of the history days and months ahead. Considering the complexity of the history and the complexity of the history and context of this conflict, you talk about the importance of language, how do you feel that the International Community should approach trying to find peace in the situation to resolve it . What approach trying to find peace in the situation to resolve it . Situation to resolve it . What a question situation to resolve it . What a question it situation to resolve it . What a question it is situation to resolve it . What a question it is firstly situation to resolve it . What a| question it is firstly important situation to resolve it . What a i question it is firstly important to acknowledge that that is where we want to get saved. I think that is important to be said. Somehow, at the very end of this, which feels incredibly difficult to move our eyes towards, that there is a political horizon that includes peace, potentially negotiation, two states, but we are very far away from that. Tonight, what i want to see, and we have started to see from joe biden, and i hope to see language echoed across the world, that he reminded Benjamin Netanyahu that he reminded Benjamin Netanyahu that only the terrorist disregard International Law, that it is important that what he does in his next steps adhere to humanitarian law, that means he needs to not engage in collective punishment in gaza, to restore electricity, water, basic food, medicines, allow humanitarian aid in and out. In the uki humanitarian aid in and out. In the uk i want to see our government committed to maintaining aids there, because it is so incredibly important to draw that distinction. This fight is not with the palestinian people, it is with hamas. � ,. ,. , hamas. Im so sorry, we have run out of time. Hamas. Im so sorry, we have run out of time that hamas. Im so sorry, we have run out of time. That is hamas. Im so sorry, we have run out of time. That is an hamas. Im so sorry, we have run out of time. That is an important hamas. Im so sorry, we have run out of time. That is an important point i of time. That is an important point and thank you for making it. The labour leader, sir keir starmer, put the theme of Rebuilding Britain at the centre of his Party Conference speech today. He said 13 years of conservative rule has ruined the country and he set out plans for a decade of National Renewal if labour wins power. Our political editor, chris mason, reports from liverpool. Whatever you do, dont get your placard upside down. Careful control of choreography. A big part of any Party Conference. A big part, that is, until the unexpected happens. Atjust the moment keir starmer was about to begin. A protester demanding a different Voting System soon found himself on the floor and horizontal, but still protesting. Keir starmer decided to dispense with his jacket and put up with the glitter on his shirt and in his hair. He thinks that bothers me. He does not know me. Next to what he had planned to say and his big picture message, his claim the countrys in a mess, but labour can sort it out. What is broken can be repaired. What is ruined can be rebuilt. Wounds do heal. This is a party that tore itself apart over antisemitism being condemned for being anti jewish under the last leader, jeremy corbyn. Keir starmer sought to be categoric and unequivocal about what he called the appalling events in israel in the last few days. I utterly condemn the senseless murder of men, women and children, including british citizens, In Cold Blood by the terrorists of hamas. Applause. This party believes in the two state solution, a Palestinian State alongside a safe and secure israel. From the world stage to back here. A big part of this speech was about building more homes, one and a half million of them in five years. Speeding up, planning, building on what he called the grey belt, car parks and scrubland and building new towns. Sometimes the old labour ideas are right for new times. Well get shovels in the ground, cranes in the sky, and build the next generation of labour new towns. What stood out today was not just the traditional tory bashing of a labour get together. Yes, he called rishi sunak, one of the shallow men and women of westminster, and said the conservatives had wrecked the economy. But there was this direct pitch to tory supporters to switch to labour. So if you are a conservative voter who despairs of this, if you look in horror at the descent of your party, into the murky waters of populism and conspiracy with no argument for economic change, if you feel our country needs a party that conserves, you can join it. Its this labour party. A labour party that conserves, he claimed, and he sought to snatch more political clothes the conservatives often claim as their own. We say yes to sound money. Yes to cutting waste and debt. Embrace the need for stability. Fiscal responsibility is non negotiable. In other words, keir starmer is trying to persuade you that you can trust him with your money and labour with governing. Weve dragged this party back to service and we can do the same for politics. I grew up working class. I felt the anxiety of a cost of living crisis before and until your family can see the way out i will fight for you. Walk towards a decade of National Renewal. Britain can, britain will get its future back. Thank you. This was keir starmer dealing with the protests there and against a backdrop of horror in the middle east. Attempting to present himself as an alternative prime minister. Activists here are nervously confident. Confident because they hope they can win. Nervous because they know they have to overhaul a huge conservative majority. It was great. I mean, i was quite scared, ill be honest at the beginning with it, with the guy ran on and threw, i didnt know what they were throwing at him, but he just like he didnt get flustered by it and just went for it. Hes not promising the earth, but he is promising the change this country need. Im so glad that people who are looking in on the Labour Conference this week will see the keir starmer i know tough, gritty and in touch with the british people. The protester had a free ride away courtesy of merseyside police, raising questions about conference security. As keir starmer hopes hes provided some answers about who he is and what hed actually do if he wins. Now heres the weather with ben rich. Hello. For the fourth consecutive day temperatures climbed above 25 celsius the highest values in parts of eastern and south eastern england. But it wasnt like that everywhere. Further north and west, we had cloud. We had outbreaks of rain across parts of scotland, a bit of rain for Northern Ireland and Northern England too. You can see a couple of different weather features here on our earlier satellite picture. Its this one that becomes the main Weather Maker as it pushes southwards overnight a band of rain, that rain actually pepping up again from the west. But to the south of it, we stay in the warm air. So overnight lows of 1a, 15, 16 degrees. To the north of our Weather Front, well, some parts of the highlands will get quite close to freezing. As we head into tomorrow this Weather Front continues to act as a dividing line, bringing some outbreaks of quite heavy rain across some central parts of the uk. That Rain Moving Out of Northern England into wales, the midlands, parts of east anglia through the afternoon. To the north of that, sunny spells and scattered showers, quite a brisk wind. In fact, gales in the far north of scotland. To the south of our Weather Front, some sunny spells, just the odd shower and another warm day, temperatures again into the 20s, whereas further north it is going to feel quite a lot colder, although only really feeling as wed expect it to at this time of year. As we head through wednesday night into thursday, this Weather Front lingers across parts of southern england, south wales into the midlands, so some clouds, some splashes of rain at times here. Further north, sunny spells a few showers in the far north west and most of us into something cooler by this stage, but 19, 20, 21 for South West England and the channel islands. Friday looks set to start with some pretty wet weather across parts of england and wales. That then tending to pull Away Southwards through the day, but a brief resurgence of warmth into the south east corner at 20 degrees, but further north and west 12 for aberdeen and for glasgow, 13 for belfast. Its that that is a sign of things to come for the weekend because this Weather System in the south finally pulls Away Southwards. In its wake, it leaves us with this north westerly wind and some much colder air sinking its way southwards across all parts of the uk. Were looking at daytime temperatures between 9 11; degrees at best. A lot of dry weather, a few showers and at night there could be some frosts. Hello, im rajini vaidyanathan. Youre watching the context on bbc news. Its not a war. Its not a battlefield. You see the babies, the mother, the fathers in their bedrooms and how the terrorists killed them. Its not a war. Its not a battlefield. Its a massacre. This is an act of sheer evil. More than 1,000 civilians slaughtered, slaughtered in israel. Hamas said they would attack ashkelon starting half an hour ago. They were punctual. This is about the fourth series of attacks. I try not to imagine because its just too difficult and these are times where i break, and i dont want to break right now because i want to keep pushing for the release of my mum