as a storm introduces heavy rain and severe gales in some parts of the country. details later. president biden will visit israel tomorrow, in a show of support after more than moo people were killed by gunmen from hamas, a group designated as a terror organisation by many western governments, including the uk. the trip was announced by the us secretary of state, anthony blinken, who also revealed that israel and the us had agreed to develop a plan to get aid to civilians in gaza. un agencies have warned of a deepening humanitarian crisis in the territory, where more than 2,700 people have been killed by israeli air strikes. our middle east correspondent yolande knell has the latest. israel says it is hitting hamas targets as barrages of rockets are still fired from gaza. but a world leader is heading this way. i wednesday, president biden will visit israel. he is coming here at a critical moment for israel. for the region and for the world. itruiith critical moment for israel. for the region and for the world.- region and for the world. with its military might — region and for the world. with its military might already _ region and for the world. with its military might already on - region and for the world. with its military might already on show. military might already on show nearby, the us is worried that events your spiral into a regional crisis. overnight, israel was also fighting against powerful hezbollah in lebanon. it welcomes the us support. translation: , ., , translation: the visit of president ofthe translation: the visit of president of the letter states _ translation: the visit of president of the letter states that _ translation: the visit of president of the letter states that strategic - of the letter states that strategic importance for the entire middle east and influencing that the most senior figure east and influencing that the most seniorfigure in the united states is coming to israel at a time of war, getting a review of the war situation. also, the steps that need to be taken. situation. also, the steps that need to be taken-— to be taken. there is also the hosta . e to be taken. there is also the hostage crisis _ to be taken. there is also the hostage crisis to _ to be taken. there is also the hostage crisis to discuss, - to be taken. there is also the| hostage crisis to discuss, with hamas now saying 250 people are being held in gaza. it is believed they include americans and maybe some of the ten british nationals still missing. the bbc doesn't generally publish hostage videos, but the family agreed pictures from the video could be shown. and the clock is ticking to come up with plans to alleviate the immense suffering of ordinary palestinians. israel put gaza under siege and told i israel put gaza under siege and told i million people to evacuate from the north to the south. this un school is now a shelter. they are a severe shortages of water and food. the un says the situation is desperate. the un says the situation is desperate-_ the un says the situation is deserate. ~ ., , ., the un says the situation is deserate. . ., , ., ., desperate. we have seen about a million peeple — desperate. we have seen about a million people move _ desperate. we have seen about a million people move from - desperate. we have seen about a million people move from the - desperate. we have seen about a i million people move from the north to the south due to the possible threat of israeli intervention in the north. arising out of the taking of those hostages. we need to get aid to those people for two reasons. number one, to make their movements safe to where they want to go, voluntarily. and two, to sustain them while they are there. the hope is that aid can _ them while they are there. the hope is that aid can be _ them while they are there. the hope is that aid can be brought _ them while they are there. the hope is that aid can be brought in - is that aid can be brought in through the rafah crossing on gaza's southern border. already lorry loads are all ready to enter. and on the other side there are crowds of palestinians with foreign passports, including british families, waiting to exit. meanwhile, israel continues its plans for a wider operation, which it says will eliminate hamas. its forces are expected to launch a ground offensive in gaza soon. the stakes forjoe biden�*s trip couldn't be higher. events in the middle east are expected to be high on the government's agenda when the cabinet meets later. our chief political correspondent henry zeffman joins us now from downing street. henry, talk us through the latest from the government. there is a parallel universe where here, the first cabinet meeting after mps have been away for a few weeks at party conferences, the cabinet might have been discussing the upcoming kings speech, the big moment were rishi sunak will unveil his government agenda, or the autumn statement, wherejeremy hunt will do effectively a mini budget. but instead they are meeting at a time of grave international crisis. and it's an international crisis, by the way with domestic implications. we saw that in the house of commons yesterday. you could have heard a pin drop during the minute's silence held. but when rishi sunak and keir starmer are united in condemning what happened, while also warning of the serious humanitarian situation in gaza. rishi sunak called the attack a pogrom, a term used for the mass killings ofjews in europe in the 1920s. that's a mark of how seriously he takes what happened. and why the government is committed to the israeli right to retaliate. at some serious warnings from government about israel not breaking international law by effectively targeting civilians in gaza. i think in the cabinet meeting you will hear some discussion of british citizens in this situation, british citizens who want to leave gaza, and british citizens, for example, two teenage girls among those missing having been attacked by hamas. there is also a level of humility in westminster. mps and advisers i bumped into yesterday simply saying they don't really know what is happening. the government will do its best, but this is a big international situation in which the uk isjust one international situation in which the uk is just one small part. international situation in which the uk isjust one small part.- uk isjust one small part. henry, thank you _ uk isjust one small part. henry, thank you very — uk isjust one small part. henry, thank you very much _ uk isjust one small part. henry, thank you very much indeed. - uk isjust one small part. henry, thank you very much indeed. we | uk isjust one small part. henry, - thank you very much indeed. we will be keeping right up—to—date with the latest of elements in the middle east and from henry in downing street throughout the morning. now let's get more of the news from john. ——jon. two swedish nationals have been shot dead, and a third person injured in brussels, in what prosecutors are treating as a terror attack. a football match in the city, between sweden and belgium, was called off at half—time, before supporters were temporarily held in the stadium. the attacker remains at large. vincent mcaviney has more. the scene on boulevard dieppe in brussels at around 7pm yesterday evening, as an arabic speaking man in an orange high viz vest chased passers—by with a gun, killing two swedish nationals and injuring a third person before escaping. police and emergency services cordoned off nearby roads as they searched the capital. a video on social media showed a man claiming he was the attacker. he said he was inspired by isis and he carried out the attack in the name of god. a spokesman for the federal prosecutor's office said there was no indication of a possible link with the israeli— palestinian situation. it's not yet known whether the victims were in brussels to watch their national team play a euro 2024 qualifier. but at the heysel stadium swedish players told uefa they didn't want to play the second half, with the belgian team agreeing to the match being abandoned. thousands of fans were held at the stadium to ensure they could return home safely. describing it as terrorism, the belgian prime minister alexander de croo tweeted he had offered "my sincere condolences to the swedish prime minister following tonight's harrowing attack on swedish citizens in brussels. our thoughts are with the family and friends who have lost their loved ones. as close partners the fight against terrorism is a joint one." following an emergency meeting of his belgian cabinet, the brussels terror alert was raised to level four, its highest, meaning the threat is extremely serious. with the suspect still at large, authorities have advised people in the city to stay at home and be vigilant. vincent mcainey, bbc news. we will be live in brussels later. counter—terror police have charged a man with murder after a 70—year—old man died in hartlepool. terrence carney was attacked on sunday. another man needed hospital treatment. ahmed alid — who's 44 — is due to appear before magistrates in westminster this morning. twelve people have been injured after a bus crashed into a cafe in manchester city centre yesterday. one woman is said to be in a life—threatening condition and is receiving treatment in hospital. the 64—year—old driver of the bus has been arrested on suspicion of causing serious injury by dangerous driving. scotland's first minister and leader of the snp, humza yousaf, is expected to announce plans to reduce nhs waiting lists today. it will be as he makes his first conference speech as party leader. we're joined now by political correspondent nick eardley. a big day for humza yousaf. what else are we expecting to hear from him? ~ ., ., ., , else are we expecting to hear from him? a, ., ., , ., him? morning. yeah, the idea is to live the him? morning. yeah, the idea is to give the nhs _ him? morning. yeah, the idea is to give the nhs in _ him? morning. yeah, the idea is to give the nhs in scotland _ him? morning. yeah, the idea is to give the nhs in scotland £100 - give the nhs in scotland £100 million a year extra to try and tackle waiting lists, bring them down. the snp hopes by 2026. they have gone up considerably in recent years, as they have in various parts of the uk. that is a pretty big ask, actually. but there is a broader context of what humza yousaf is trying to concentrate on today. having —— i have been coming to these conferences for years and the result was talk of independence from the leader. you will get some of that today. but i think the snp also wants to try to shift some of the focus in the party and say, let's notjust focus in the party and say, let's not just talk about independence, let's talk about those issues coming up let's talk about those issues coming up on the doorstep with voters. the nhs, and the big one the snp wants to focus on today, the cost of living, the thing that dominates so many of the big news stories, so many of the big news stories, so many of the big news stories, so many of our lives on a daily basis at the moment. and remember, the context to all of this for the snp is a really tough few months. they are down in the opinion polls, the chances are, according to those polls, they could use a number of seats at the general election. —— they could lose. they are facing some bitter discussions with former mps who have quit of the party, things like that. there's the police investigation into party funding. so i think what humza yousaf is trying to do today is to try to move on, get back on the front foot, talk about what they are offering voters. it is not going to be an easy ask though. he has, ithink, struggled to capture the political imagination since he got the job. to capture the political imagination since he got thejob. the to capture the political imagination since he got the job. the speech todayis since he got the job. the speech today is a big deal. it was interesting yesterday, nicola sturgeon turned up. we have not seen much of her in recent months. but she turned up at the conference and totally overshadowed everything else. she denied she was trying to overshadow humza yousaf. but she was followed about by the press all day. activists taking photos, some of them crying at seeing her. she is a big draw here. humza yousaf needs to stamp his own authority on his party today. stamp his own authority on his party toda . . ., stamp his own authority on his party toda . ., ~ i. stamp his own authority on his party toda . . ~' ,, x' stamp his own authority on his party toda. ., ., , gcse students in england could sit some of their exams on digital screens, rather than using pen and paper, by 2026. the exam board, aqa, said pupils would be offline during the tests, so could not look up answers online. the roll—out to digital would not be rushed, the aqa said. we are certainly not going to write the weather this morning because there is an important forecast from carol. it sounds like it could be quite dodgy in some places. that's right. we have storm babet coming our way this week. today it is fairly quiet weather—wise. many of us having a dry day. some showers around. some rain in the south—west. it is from tomorrow onwards, storm babet makes its presence felt, bringing windy weather, gales, even severe gales for some, heavy rain, but it will turn milder. if we look at the rainfall totals we are expecting, here is the key. you can see the darker blues coming in. widely we were looking at between 30 and a0 millimetres of rainfall. the area we are looking closely at is where the met office has a yellow weather warning out. that is north—east scotland, particularly angus and the south—east. grampians could have as much as 150 to 200 millimetres of rainfall. it is falling on saturated ground. could lead to flooding issues. also some disruption. back to the here and now. we do have some mist and fog across southern and central parts of scotland. a few showers across lincolnshire and yorkshire as well as cumbria. rain coming in across the south—west, getting to northern ireland later in the day. these are today's temps —— temperatures. 11 to 15 degrees. may be 17 in the channel islands. tonight the rain continues to advance northwards, getting into northern ireland, putting into scotland as well. then we have got further showers coming in across southern areas. it is going to be a blustery night, but it is not going to be a cold one. we are not expecting any frost. tomorrow, to be a cold one. we are not expectin- any frost. tomorrow, storm expecting any frost. tomorrow, storm babet started to show its hand. carol, thank you. there's lots going on with the economy this week. we'll be talking about inflation tomorrow, but this morning we'll be getting figures that tell us just how much people are earning. ben has got the details. good morning. this morning we get the latestjobs and pay figures. they give us a glimpse about the state of the economy. let me explain the details. it will tell us how much average wages went up between june and august. the story of the past couple of years has been pay rises failing to keep up with rising prices, meaning your money doesn't go as far. it buys you less when you spend it in the shops. that's why we saw so many strikes, with workers pushing for more pay. in the early summer, average wage rises finally started to catch up with the rate at which prices were rising. in may tojuly, pay, excluding bonuses, matched inflation at an average of 7.8%. but even so, many people will have been a bit disappointed when opening their payslip to find in reality a chunk of their pay rise got taken in tax, with them having to pay more than a year ago — in some cases when they hadn't been paying any at all. so here are the income tax bands for england, wales and northern ireland. scotland works differently. the government has frozen them until 2027 — they are not increasing with inflation. you can earn £12,750 before you start paying any tax. then you pay the basic rate of tax — that's 20% on anything you earn up to about £50,000. anything above that, you pay a0% tax, and the rate goes up again if you get paid more than £125,000. that means any pay rises could push you into the next tax band up, and you end up paying more. it's estimated that by 2027 5.7 million extra people will be in that situation. the majority — 3.2 million — having to pay the basic rate of income tax, having been within the exempt amount before. our cost of living correspondent colletta smith's met two people from calderdale in west yorkshire who've found there are other downsides to their wages going up. i first met corrie six months ago. and since then, she's had some good news. yes. a pay rise! it was nice to be acknowledged and be able to see that, all right, ok, to have that wage going up. but i don't think anybody�*s noticed the wage equalling out to the cost of expenses right now. if anything, it's about the same standard of living. i've not noticed there's an extra bit of money flying around. she works as a lunchtime supervisor at this rural primary school, doing ten hours a week on the national living wage. but because her pay rise was backdated, she got an extra lump sum one month, automatically knocking out her working tax credits. they actually took from me that month because i then had to reapply, and there were things that got taken off me, like my council tax reduction, which i was just unaware of. so, it's a different struggle, a really difficult struggle for those on lower incomes? so, sometimes per hour you could be losing six on the way back and you're thinking, well, i'd like to work a little bit more, but yeah, i'm earning less doing that. so it's a difficult choice to make. hannah has had a pay rise this year too. so i've had a pay increase by around 5% since, i think it was in april, but it's not really touched the sides. she works full time for an it recruitment company. i think things like child benefit, obviously, so when you hit a certain wage, i think that's something that people are mindful of, that's something that's affected us quite recently, which we weren't really aware of. and obviously, it's quite a significant amount when you've got two children. so, you were getting that child benefit, and now you don't? yeah, my husband got a pay rise and now i don't get child benefits. both of you have had a pay rise this last year, but it doesn't feel like you're any better off. yeah, it's not going towards things like holidays or, you know, things — days out or things like that. it's going towards the electricity, the petrol, the food shop and things that you don't really sort of get any enjoyment orjoy out of. it's just day to day living. colletta smith, bbc news. you can really see how on the face of it might seem like reasonable pay rises actually get chipped away at by various things, paying more tax etc. we get those wages figures — and details on how manyjob vacancies there are — at seven o'clock this morning. i'll bring those to you as soon as we've got them. thanks, ben mike. we will see you then. nearly 20 past six. let's take a look at today's papers. the guardian leads with the faltering of the us—led bid to ease the blockade of gaza. some two million palestinians are trapped, with water, food and medicine running out. the paper says it raises "the prospect of a humanitarian disaster". the times reports on the two british teenage sisters who are missing after the hamas attacks on israel. it says their mother was murdered, and their father is missing. the daily mirror claims to have seen battle plans found on hamas fighters that reveal israel's soldiers will face a "fierce defence of gaza". it says israeli troops are braced for a counter—assault in tunnels, and have been warned of booby traps and ambushes. and hundreds of prisoners will be freed early because jails are at bursting point, according to the daily mail. it says some criminals serving up to four years will have 18 days cut from their sentence under emergency measures set out by justice secretary alex chalk yesterday. there are some very interesting royal pictures in the papers this morning. you will remember this one. it is from the 1990s, the king, then prince of wales, with his young sons had bowled moral. we all remember that. but look at this. —— at bell moral. this is a scene from the latest series of the crown. dominic west in the starring role. very similar image. they have posed the picture deliberately to match it completely. rufus camper playing prince william, will powell on the right is a young prince harry. dominic west in the middle. i think it comes out next month. it does. it does. it is 6:21am. we've heard a lot about the 3 dads walking in a bid to make suicide prevention a topic that's taught to every child in school. well, nowa girl guiding group in cumbria — inspired by the dads — has created a badge dedicated to raising awareness of the issue amongst rainbows, brownies and guides. alison freeman went to meet the family of heather porter, a guide who inspired the campaign. we're making boxes and we're going to put a load of stuff in the boxes and you can open it when you're having a bad day. we've been filling in sheets. it's got how you feel when you're upset or you're happy. painting jars that are filled - with affirmations that we, like, feel about ourselves, _ or that other people feel about us. even though i'm covered in paint - and my mum is not going to be happy if i get it on myjumper, it makes you feel calm. | so i did some bunting. you put like a positive things on it. at this village hall in south cumbria, guides and young leaders from across the county have come together to create a new badge. it's named after one of their own, heather, who was 22 when she took her own life in april last year. i know that it's cheesy but she was my best friend before she was my sister. we got on like a house on fire, didn't we? children were just absolutely naturally drawn to her, won't they? when she held that rainbows, brownies and when she was with guides, she always had kids around her. this is my sister, heather porter. this is who we have created the badge for. the guiding community wanted to do something to remember her, which would reflect who she was. and so the idea of a badge which helped promote suicide prevention techniques was born. i'm always fearful that an award just gets put on the shelf and nobody remembers about it. well, a badge, you're going to wear it apart from anything else. so those girls that have won the badge, or have done the challenge, they will wear their badge. somebody may ask what it's about. and also, when they're crafting, they are nattering. the session was all about trying out which activities would be part of the badge, which is going to be called twinkle twinkle for heather, twinkle being her rainbow leader's name. heather's family have been key in its creation. i've heard she made such a positive impact on the girls that she worked with and her time and guiding. it's just helping to carry that on, isn't it? yeah. it's a beautiful way of recognising all of that and hoping that, you know, somebody will open the twinkle challenge pack and think... ..find something in there that helps them. the badge has also been inspired by the 3 dads walking push to get suicide prevention taught to every child in every school. young people have always talked about it. it's just the adults have got in the way. seeing this group create a safe space allowing young people to talk openly about a very challenging subject is fantastic. they will learn skills and knowledge through this that will help them and others save lives in the future. so, you have got the badge, it is going to be rolled out locally, nationally, possibly across the world. what do you think heather would make of that? yeah, i think she would be very proud of us, wouldn't she? i would hope so. i would hope so too, yeah. this yeah, i would like to think that she would be really proud. and obviously we'lljust always speak her name. yeah. won't we? yeah. but to think that other people, notjust those that met her and were touched by her, a kind of lasting memorial. brilliant, isn't it? yeah _ i think it's really important - from a young age for people to be included in talking about it and have places to go. - we don't know who needs help because people can hide it. i think it's quite good because it's like mindfulness and you're focused on something like relaxing. it means people can talk about it and share their feelings. - and that can be good because it can, like, save their life. _ alison freeman, bbc news, south cumbria. well done to heather's family and friends. that is what everybody is doing, talking about something we never used to talk about. that is what the 3 dads walking have been saying all along. absolutely. if you have been affected by any of the issues raised, help is available from the bbc action line website. 6:26am. thank you forjoining us. coming up... his best—selling book the firm changed his life when it was made into a blockbuster starring tom cruise. nowjohn grisham's been chatting to breakfast about his sequel the exchange, and how he'd love the film star to step in to play the role again. is he going to? is he going to? i don't know. he teased me. he is dead keen to get tom cruise back on board. they're talking. if tom wants to happen, it'll happen. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. jane i'm asad ahmad. since the covid pandemic, the government and leaders at city hall have encouraged us to walk where possible to take pressure off roads and public transport. but a report, published this morning, says walking is being made difficult in london because of the "chronic clutter" on pavements. e—bikes, and advertising boards are examples given by the centre for london think—tank, which says it's making the capital a worse place to live, travel and work. plans have been approved to increase passenger capacity at luton airport. the government has approved a decision made by luton borough council to allow an extra million people to use the airport. it takes capacity to 19 million passengers a year. but some local groups feel the ongoing expansion will cause local pollution and increased carbon emissions. former one direction member liam payne has been banned from driving for six months, after he admitted speeding on the westway flyover in shepherd's bush. he was spotted travelling in a ford ranger pick—up truck at a3mph, in a 30mph zone. he was also ordered to pay £500 in a fine and costs. the world's leading mobile phone companies will meet with the mayor of london and the metropolitan police commissioner today to find out if they can make smartphones less attractive to thieves. apple, samsung and google will be there to see if they can collectively think of a way to reduce the one phone stolen in london every ten minutes. the police and the mayor say they want the industry to play their part in delivering "innovative technologal solutions." a busy river crossing over the thames, which dates back to the mid—1800s, has closed to traffic for 20 weeks for repairs. cookham bridge in berkshire has closed to motorists, who now face a long diversion. but pedestrians can still use the grade ii listed iron structure. let's take a look at the tubes now. there's a good service on the tubes this morning. the elizabeth line has severe delays. now on to the weather with katerina. hello there. good morning to you. not as cold out there this morning, but wind starting to pick up. so it will be breezy today with hazy spells of sunshine, but it does look to stay largely dry. but all eyes on storm babet tomorrow, expected to bring heavy outbreaks of rain. that rain looks to arrive later on in the day for us, accompanied by strong winds. but we could get quite a bit of rain in a short space of time. and it will be breezy through today, variable amounts of cloud through this morning. plenty of sunshine will develop into this afternoon, but that sunshine could be quite hazy at times with that high level cloud. temperatures today lifting ever so slightly, we're looking at highs of around 15 and celsius. now through this evening and overnight, it is going to stay quite breezy. there will be areas of cloud around with some clear spells. and we do stay frost—free tonight as temperatures dip to around 10 or 11 degrees. now, wednesday, those winds will strengthen even further. there will be a few showers, followed by longer spells of rain. this rain expected to arrive a little bit later on in the day. that's it from me for now. i'll be back in half an hour. hope you can join the ban. goodbye. hope you can 'oin the ban. goodbye. -- me then. — hello, this is breakfast withjon kay and sally nugent. let's return to our main story now, and the situation in the middle east where the us presidentjoe biden is due to arrive in israel tomorrow, amid fears the conflict there could escalate. the trip, which will see mr biden also visit neighbouring jordan, comes at the invitation of the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, and has been welcomed by israel's military leaders. the visit of the president of the united states has its strategic importance. the most seniorfigure of the united states is coming to israel at a time of war, getting a review of the war situation. it talks of different scenarios and the steps that need to be taken. overnight, israel has continued to strike hamas targets in gaza, but has also exchanged fire with the powerful hezbollah group, in lebanon. both are designated terrorist organisations by many western countries, including the uk. elsewhere, un agencies have warned of a deepening humanitarian crisis in gaza, after more than a million people are thought to have fled south, following a request to do so by israeli forces, ahead of a widely expected ground offensive in the coming days. this is a scene in gaza, live, where efforts continue to try to create a humanitarian corridor to get aid into the region, for the estimated two million people living there. the last couple of days there has been smoke rising but it looks more peaceful now. do been smoke rising but it looks more peaceful nova— peaceful now. do not let that disease you. _ peaceful now. do not let that disease you. the _ peaceful now. do not let that disease you. the situation i peaceful now. do not let thatj disease you. the situation on peaceful now. do not let that - disease you. the situation on the ground is said to be desperate. the race to get help in and people out is on. hospitals in the gaza strip are currently collapsing. the prime minister has confirmed six british people were killed in the hamas attacks on israel, and a further ten are missing, including two sisters. our special correspondent, lucy manning, has the details. noiya,16, on the left, yahel13 on the right. now missing after the hamas attack on israel. in between them, their mum lianne murdered by hamas. all are british. lianne's family said she led a beautiful life and enriched the lives of all those lucky enough to have known and loved her. she was a beloved daughter, sister, mother and aunt. the girl's dad, eli, is also missing. this is what happened to an entire family in israel. they lived on kibbutz be'eri, where the murderous gunmen slaughtered so many. noiya is 16 years old. she was happiness and she liked to... her hobbies. she liked to cook. yes, she was a funny girl. she was all... all the time, she like to hear music and singing for us, dancing. nathanel young, also british, also murdered by hamas. his brother eliot remembers a 20—year—old, who was a londoner, a music lover, a proud jew. nathanel, he just loved life. he had a lot of respect for my parents. he wanted to keep his people safe and defend this country. we're alljust broken. it's... we're still coming to terms with the news. at the funeral on monday, the mourning interrupted. air raid sirens pierced the grieving, as mourners were forced on to the cemetery ground to shield from incoming hamas missiles. it was terrifying. and, you know, the thing obviously that went through my head is the fact that, you know, even... even while i'm trying to say goodbye to my brother, they're trying to kill me. nathaneljust one of i,a00 murdered by hamas in one day. lucy manning, bbc news. you can get more news and analysis on the ongoing situation with a new bbc podcast. �*the conflict: israel—gaza' is presented by our chief international correspondent lyse doucet, and is available now on the bbc sounds app, or wherever you get your podcasts. the time is 6:36am. we know that scotland are heading to the euros next year. are england going to be heading there? we will find out tonight, i guess. we have a good chance. you might remember a couple of years ago england got to the final of the 2021 euros, lost on penalties to italy. tonight they might have a chance to get their own bag because they are playing italy. england can join scotland in qualifying for euro 202a this evening, if they win or draw against italy at wembley. jordan henderson is expected to start, despite being booed off after being substituted against australia on friday. the former liverpool midfielder now plays in the saudi pro league. manager gareth southgate is expected to make several changes for the game. it's the first time the sides have met at wembley since italy won the european championship final in 2021 on penalties. he defended henderson, after their friendly win last week and says he doesn't understand why fans would react like that to an england player. i don't understand why we would boo our own team. as i said earlier, what i do understand is that people would feel that the decisionjordan made to go and play there doesn't align with his strong support of the lgbtq community in the past. i would back him against pretty much everybody in the country in terms of what he stands for, what he believes in, but i accept that the decision to go and play there doesn't align with that. but i repeat, when we're playing for england, i feel as if everybody should be behind the team. but if people choose not to be, then we have to deal with that. scotland's friendly tonight against france will have a celebratory feel after steve clarke's side qualified for next year's european championship with two games to spare. spain's win over norway on sunday means scotland will finish in the top two of their group, with clarke becoming the first manager to lead them to consecutive euros. he says he's aware of the anticipation from the fans. now, i'm not sure germany is ready for 5 million scottish people to turn up, but it seems like that. it seems that everybody you speak to says that they're going to be in germany next summer. i'm sure... i'm sure it won't be 5 million, but obviously we want to go there. we want to be successful in the tournament. what is success for scotland is probably to be the first scottish national team to come out of a group stage at a major competition. so that's something that we can aspire to in the future, but lots of steps to take before we get to that. south africa will be hoping to keep up their perfect start at the cricket world cup when they face the netherlands later this morning. australia picked up their first win of the tournament after beating sri lanka by five wickets. the sri lankans made a quick start, reaching 125 without loss, before losing 10 wickets forjust 8a runs as they were all out for 209. adam zampa taking four wickets. in response, australia overcame an early wobble to reach their target with just under 15 overs to spare. sri lanka are winless from their opening three games. two—weight world boxing champion natasha jonas has made history, by becoming the first black woman to be granted a british boxing board of control manager's licence. the liverpudlian became britain's first female olympic boxer at london 2012. she'll begin working with her protege mikie tallon, who makes his professional debut later this month. the international olympic committee says it hopes to bring in an huge new audience of billions, by introducing cricket as one of five new sports at the 2028 games in los angeles. the new events also include squash, which has never featured at the games before, despite being at the commonwealths since 1998. la has also opted for flag football, a non—contact version of american football played by teams of five. lacrosse and baseball/softball will also feature in a move that could see 11,000 athletes at the games. so flag football is the five—a—side non—contact version of american football. so you just need a flag belt and a football, essentially. you have four attempts to get halfway to the field and then you've got another four attempts to try and score a touchdown. with la being the home city and the host, it makes total sense to have a sport that reflects a lot of the american culture there. doesn't hurt that it will give them a better chance of getting a medal, does it? thank you. there's been a sharp rise in complaints about social housing in england. the housing ombudsman service, which looks into the complaints, also found there has been a fourfold increase in the most serious types of failures or delays by landlords in the past year. 5,109 complaints were escalated for formal investigation in the year to march — a record high. the figures varied by region. london has the highest rate, followed by the south east. we're joined now by housing campaigner kwajo tweneboa. good morning to you. i suppose the first question has to be, what to make of these new figures? goad make of these new figures? good mornin: , make of these new figures? good morning, thank _ make of these new figures? good morning, thank you _ make of these new figures? good morning, thank you for _ make of these new figures? (13mg. morning, thank you for having me on. with these figures, i had to say i am not really surprised. i have residents complaining to me all the time and this year is no different. this year i have had a lot more complaints. what it does show is what i have been saying for a long time, there is a systemic issue in social housing at the moment when it comes to the way in which residents are dealt with, also their complaints with these severe maladministration findings. it shows housing providers are still failing to meet procedure and deal with complaints when residents come forward and make complaints. it is a huge issue and causing a lot of distress to residents.— huge issue and causing a lot of distress to residents. from the --eole distress to residents. from the people you _ distress to residents. from the people you hear _ distress to residents. from the people you hear from - distress to residents. from the people you hear from in - distress to residents. from the people you hear from in your. distress to residents. from the - people you hear from in your inbox, what are the main complaint is you are hearing about? what are the trends you are noticing? it is disrepair. — trends you are noticing? it is disrepair, mainly. _ trends you are noticing? it is disrepair, mainly. they- trends you are noticing? it 3 disrepair, mainly. they come to me because they often feel ignored. as if their complaints are not being dealt with correctly by landlords. issues ranging from damp and mould to ceiling collapses. sewage. you have cockroaches, mice, infestations. the list is absolutely endless. i have to say, i want to touch upon the really important point. some of the residents who come to me have disabilities or struggle with mental health. they are vulnerable groups of individuals. i have to say in terms of residents who do have disabilities, they are often treated the worst. in one case i had a resident who was fourth to defecate in plastic bags and throw them out every day for the space of ten months because they did not have their toilet that was broken fixed. ten months? ten their toilet that was broken fixed. ten months?— their toilet that was broken fixed. ten months? ., , ., ., ten months? ten months. i have had to disable tenants _ ten months? ten months. i have had to disable tenants in _ ten months? ten months. i have had to disable tenants in tears _ ten months? ten months. i have had to disable tenants in tears at - ten months? ten months. i have had to disable tenants in tears at the - to disable tenants in tears at the way they have been treated by the housing provider. it shows a systemic, deep—rooted, rotten culture within social housing i have been pushing for a very long time to change. even though we had changes with the social housing regulation bill and the ombudsman taking a tougher stance with naming and shaming. we have still seen that an increase in maladministration findings. we increase in maladministration findinus. ~ increase in maladministration findin . s. ~ ., increase in maladministration findin . s. ~ . , findings. we will all remember the heartbreaking _ findings. we will all remember the heartbreaking pace _ findings. we will all remember the heartbreaking pace of— findings. we will all remember the heartbreaking pace of the - heartbreaking pace of the two—year—old who died after being exposed to mould at a flat in rochdale, greater manchester. that was an inquestjust 18 months ago. as his case changed things significantly in terms of people recognising the dangers they might face and being prepared to come forward and make complaints in a way that previously they would have been too scared to? it is that previously they would have been too scared to?— too scared to? it is interesting. i would have _ too scared to? it is interesting. i would have said, _ too scared to? it is interesting. i would have said, a _ too scared to? it is interesting. i would have said, a lot— too scared to? it is interesting. i would have said, a lot of- too scared to? it is interesting. i would have said, a lot of people | would have said, a lot of people would have said, a lot of people would have said, after grenfell, six plus years ago, in regard to this case, there is a lot more emphasis on it. living in a home with damp and mould can, at worst, kill you or make you seriously ill. providers have had to take a more serious stance because of pressure by government. am i convinced they are doing everything absolutely necessary to sort the disrepair and damp and mould within homes of tenants at the moment? i would say no. the majority of complaints are with regard to residents living with damp and mould. still i am seeing horrible situations where it has not been taken seriously enough or where landlords, or social housing providers, are listening when they do a poorjob of fixing or remediating it. there are issues around damp and mould. the new law is coming into place and landlords should feel the result of that. is it enough? we will have to wait and see. it is worrying there has been an increase of 323% in severe maladministration findings by the housing ombudsman, very worrying. michael gove has said these findings, these figures are a wake—up call for social housing landlords. he is very much putting pressure on them to sort things out. you mentioned government. what do you thinkjicama ministers could do, to try to add to the pressure on landlords?— landlords? again, i think, constantly _ landlords? again, i think, constantly being - landlords? again, i think, constantly being vocal - landlords? again, i think, | constantly being vocal and landlords? again, i think, - constantly being vocal and speaking out and applying pressure. this is not an issue that is going to go away overnight and i think more pressure is going to have to be applied. the government will have to sort of, in the short—term and term, take into consideration, is this enough or do we need to go further? is naming and shaming enough or are we going to going to have to bring in more enforcement for landlords to be taken seriously? also to uphold the health and safety of residents. like i mentioned earlier, six and a half years after grenfell, it is appalling, absolutely shameful that we are seeing situations like this where residents are still ignored and having their health and safety put at risk. and having their health and safety ut at risk. ., ., and having their health and safety ut at risk. ., ,, and having their health and safety ut at risk. ., ~' ,, , . put at risk. thank you very much indeed for _ put at risk. thank you very much indeed for your _ put at risk. thank you very much indeed for your insight _ put at risk. thank you very much indeed for your insight this - indeed for your insight this morning. we are going to go to carol, who has the most beautiful, stunning image to show you. it is the most beautiful, stunning image to show you-— to show you. it is the calm before the storm- _ to show you. it is the calm before the storm. we _ to show you. it is the calm before the storm. we had _ to show you. it is the calm before the storm. we had a _ to show you. it is the calm before the storm. we had a storm - to show you. it is the calm before l the storm. we had a storm coming your way stop we have hazy sunshine with rain coming into a south—west later. tomorrow all change. storm babet is coming our way bring in windy conditions can gales for some us and torrential rain. it will be milder. this is the kind of rainfall totals we can expect to saturday. widely we had dark blues indicating roughly 1a millimetres of rainfall, which is a lot. you can see the white at the end of that chart. north east scotland, particularly angus and the south—east grampians. that amount of rainfall, 100 millimetres to 200 millimetres on ground could lead to disruption. widely across the uk, we are looking at roughly 13 millimetres to a0 millimetres of rainfall. we are starting with mist and fog across southern and central parts of scotland. through the day we will start to see some rain coming in across the south—west. in between there will be sunshine, albeit hazy at times, because there is a fair bit of high cloud around today. these are the temperatures, 11 to 17 north to south. a little bit up and where we wear yesterday. this evening and overnight, the rain continues to migrate north across the rest of northern ireland, wales, parts of north—west england and into scotland. then we start to the show is coming into the south and the wind is starting to pick up as well. there will be some clearer skies. it will not be a cold night. we are not into his abating any issues with frost. this is storm babet coming our way. you can see the weather fronts around it. we are looking at a blustery day with gusty winds. we start with the reigning scotland continuing to push north. all of this is wrapped up amongst storm babet. we will have heavy showers in the south which could also be thundery. heavy showers across northern ireland. a lot of dry weather. you will notice the wind picking up during the course of the day. these are the gusts, widely from 30 to the mid a0s. temperature wise, a little bit milder. we had ten to 19 degrees north to south. as we continue through the week, during thursday, we have heavy rain moving in if you remember across the grampians and angus. some heavy rain across north—east england. strong winds as well. in the west we are looking at a lot of showers. some of those will be heavy, potentially thundery. these are the temperatures, 11 to 17 degrees. we are not done with the wind and rain, even by thursday. there is more to come. ,, ., even by thursday. there is more to come. ,, ., , even by thursday. there is more to come. ,, ., , ., ~ even by thursday. there is more to come. ,, ., , . ~ even by thursday. there is more to come. ,, ., . ~ ., come. storm babet, thank you for nothinu. come. storm babet, thank you for nothing- it — come. storm babet, thank you for nothing- it is _ come. storm babet, thank you for nothing. it is not _ come. storm babet, thank you for nothing. it is not actually - come. storm babet, thank you for nothing. it is not actually her- nothing. it is not actually her foal! we had to blame somebody. —— herfault. he's the lawyer—turned—author with a8 consecutive bestsellers. and nowjohn grisham is returning to one of his best—known characters for a long—awaited sequel. to one of his best—known characters i spoke to him about his career, his new book the exchange, and he told me how its predecessor, the firm, changed his life 30 years ago. it paved the way for future books. it allowed me to stop being a lawyer. i changed professions, which is a big, big deal. i stopped being a lawyer and became a full—time writer. and the firm allowed me to do that overnight. and i closed my law office immediately. i didn't turn off the lights. i walked out. i said, "i'm done. i'm done being a lawyer, and i can now write full—time." that was the big change in my life. it was tom cruise, who famously played mitch in the movie of the firm. lawyers at your firm sure seem accident prone. four dead lawyers out of a1 in less than ten years. i think you've got a serious problem. he made the sequel to top gun recently. do you think he will step in and play mitch in the sequel to the firm? is this another movie in the making? well, i hope so. it's not in the works yet. i hope if tom wants to do it, it's going to be done. if he doesn't want to do it, it probably won't be done. but when tom came out last year with maverick, which was the sequel to top gun and a really fun movie, he did a greatjob. he still looks 30 years old. i don't know how these hollywood people do that, but he doesn't age. and we have some fun conversations between my agent and my wife and, you know, just casual conversation about what would a sequel look like for the firm if tom did it? and that was about the time i got the story for the exchange and started writing a book. so, yeah, that was always a factor because people remember the firm, the book, but movies are much bigger than books. talking of movies, of course, there's been a big writers' strike in hollywood recently that's had a lot of coverage over here as well. and i know that was partly about the use of artificial intelligence. and you, as a writer, also have real concerns about al. how much of a threat do you think it is to writers like you? i'm not sure the threat can be truly appreciated or gauged or explained or predicted. we do know we filed suit a month ago. a bunch of lawyers... a bunch of writers filed a lawsuit against a1 — open ai. sojohn grisham, the writer of legal courtroom drama, is now involved in a real life legal drama of his own. a real plaintiff. yeah. i'm suing people. for 30 years, i've been sued by everybody else for slander, defamation, copyright, whatever. so, you know, i guess it's my turn to file suit. just looking at the figures about your book sales. a8 consecutive number one bestsellers, a00 million copies sold around the world. i mean, does it get to a point where the critics, the official reviews just don't matter anymore? yeah, about 30 years ago. when the firm came out 30 years ago, you know, the reviews were not... were generally bad. they hurt back then. i realised, look, when you write popularfiction, you're not going to get good reviews from the literary types and you don't really want them. that was a long time ago. i've long since realised and believe that i've so far too many books to worry about the critics. when you write fiction, you can aspire to win awards and literary awards. or you can you can hope for royalty cheques. i like the royalty cheques. so is that what motivates you to keep going? because i have to say, if i'd sold that many books, i think i'd probablyjust stay in bed every day. i wouldn't bother getting up and writing. i tried that. itried... it didn't work. 0k. it doesn't work. you can't quit. you can'tjust goof off and the rest of your life... and there are too many wonderful stories that i want to write about. serious stories about serious issues. wrongful convictions, death penalty, mass incarceration, environmental destruction, stuff i like to write about. those are serious novels in the context of a legal thriller. but also they're just books like the exchange, like the firm, just good old—fashioned suspense, entertainment, mystery, thriller. those are still a whole lot of fun to write, so i hope i got a few more of those left. i think he might have. i asked him if he had any tips for people entering the 500 word competition. he said 500 words, i could not write anything less than 100,000! he had no advice at all. john grisham's new book is called the exchange. it is out today. coming up... we'll meet the bedbug detector who's seen a rise in calls to pest controllers — and we'll find out how to make sure the bedbugs don't bite. we have a solution. they are coming here, apparently. we have a secret weapon in the uk. two. two fairy secret weapons. if you have a suggestion for beating bed bugs can get in touch in the usual ways this morning. we would love your tips and hacks. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. hello, good morning from bbc london. since the covid pandemic, the government and leaders at city hall have encouraged us to walk where possible to take pressure off roads and public transport. but a report published this morning says walking is being made difficult in london because of the chronic clutter on pavements. e—bikes and advertising boards are examples given by the centre for london think tank, who say its making the capital a worse place to live, travel and work. plans have been approved to increase passenger capacity at luton airport. the government has approved a decision made by luton borough council to allow an extra million people to use the airport. it takes capacity to 19 million passengers a year. but some local groups feel the ongoing expansion will cause local pollution and increased carbon emissions. former one direction member liam payne has been banned from driving for six months, after he admitted speeding on the westway flyover in shepherd's bush. he was spotted travelling in a ford ranger pick—up truck at a3 miles per hour in a 30 mile an hour zone. he was also ordered to pay £500 in a fine and costs. the world's leading mobile phone companies will meet with the mayor of london and the metropolitan police commissioner today, to find out if they can make smartphones less attractive to thieves. apple, samsung and google will be there to see if they can collectively think of a way to reduce the one phone stolen in london every 10 minutes. police and the mayor say they want the industry to play their part in delivering "innovative technologal solutions". a busy river crossing over the thames which dates back to the mid—1800s, has closed to traffic for 20 weeks for repairs. cookham bridge in berkshire has closed to motorists who now face a long diversion. but pedestrians can still use the grade ii listed iron structure. let's take a look at the tubes now. now onto the weather with katerina. hello there. good morning to you. not as cold out there this morning, but wind starting to pick up. so it will be breezy today with hazy spells of sunshine, but it does look to stay largely dry. but all eyes on storm babet tomorrow, expected to bring heavy outbreaks of rain. that rain looks to arrive later on in the day for us, accompanied by strong winds. but we could get quite a bit of rain in a short space of time. and it will be breezy through today, variable amounts of cloud through this morning. plenty of sunshine will develop into this afternoon, but that sunshine could be quite hazy at times with that high level cloud. temperatures today lifting ever so slightly, we're looking at highs of around 15 in celsius. now through this evening and overnight, it is going to stay quite breezy. there will be areas of cloud around with some clear spells. and we do stay frost—free tonight as temperatures dip to around 10 or 11 degrees. now, wednesday, those winds will strengthen even further. there will be a few showers, followed by longer spells of rain. this rain expected to arrive a little bit later on in the day. that's it from me for now. i'll be back in half an hour. good morning, welcome to breakfast withjon kay and sally nugent. our headlines today. us presidentjoe biden is to visit israel tomorrow, as the un warns of a deepening humanitarian crisis. the us says it will develop a plan with israel to allow more aid into gaza to help civilians. two swedish nationals are shot dead in the belgian capital brussels, in what prosecutors are treating as a terror attack. have wage increases finally overtaken the rate of rising prices? we get the latestjobs and pay figures this morning — and i'll explain the impact on the cost of living, and on your tax bill. england can join scotland in qualifying for euro 202a tonight. gareth southgate's side only need a draw against italy at wembley to book their place in germany next summer. good morning. today is going to be mainly dry. it will also bring some rain from the south—west and that introduces storm babet for the rest of the week, where we have some torrential rain and strong winds. severe gales for some. details later. good morning. it's tuesday, 17th october. president biden will visit israel tomorrow, amid fears the war with gaza, could develop into a wider conflict across the region. it comes as the un is warning of a deepening humanitarian crisis unfolding in the territory, with calls to urgently allow aid into the area, where more 2,700 people have been killed by israeli air strikes. the us president is making the visit in a show of support, after more than 1a00 people were killed by hamas, a group designated as a terror organisation by many western governments, including the uk. our middle east correspondent yolande knell has the latest. israel says it is hitting hamas targets as barrages of rockets are still fired from gaza. but a world leader is heading this way. on wednesday, president biden will visit israel. he is coming here at a critical moment for israel, for the region and for the world. with its military might already on show nearby, the us is worried that events could spiral into a regional crisis. overnight, israel was also fighting against powerful hezbollah militants in lebanon. it welcomes the us support. translation: the visit of - the president of the united states has strategic importance, for the entire middle east and influence in that the most seniorfigure in the united states is coming to israel at a time of war, getting a review of the war situation. also, the different scenarios on the middle east and the steps that will need to be taken. there is also the hostage crisis to discuss, with hamas now saying 250 people are being held in gaza. it is believed they include americans and maybe some of the ten british nationals still missing. the bbc doesn't generally publish hostage videos, but the family agreed pictures from the video could be shown. and the clock is ticking to come up with plans to alleviate the immense suffering of ordinary palestinians. israel put gaza under siege and told one million people to evacuate from the north to the south. this un school is now a shelter. there are severe shortages of water and food. the un says the situation is desperate. we have seen about a million people move from the north to the south due to the possible threat of israeli intervention in the north, arising out of the taking of those hostages. we need to get aid to those people for two reasons. number one, to make their movements safe to where they want to go, voluntarily. and two, to sustain them while they are there. the hope is that aid can be brought in through egypt's rafah crossing on gaza's southern border. already lorry loads are ready to enter. and on the other side there are crowds of palestinians with foreign passports, including british families, waiting to exit. meanwhile, israel continues its plans for a wider operation, which it says will eliminate hamas. its forces are expected to launch a ground offensive in gaza soon. the stakes forjoe biden's trip couldn't be higher. yolande knell, bbc news, jerusalem. our chief international correspondent lyse doucet is in southern israel, close to the border with gaza. we think president biden is going to be visiting israel tomorrow. can we assume there will not be any ground offensive until after he has been? in this moment you simply cannot say much with certainty. what we can say is that president biden, who has watched this come to for some 50 years, often close up, he knows that he has to notjust do something, but be seen to do something. his first statement, in which he gave israel a very strong signal that it would stand shoulder to shoulder with it, in defending its right to protect itself, huge billboard went up in tel aviv saying, thank you, mr president. unlike other american presidents before him in decades gone by who tried and failed to achieve a lasting israeli—palestinian peace, in effect he is coming as the us commander—in—chief. he wants to speak directly to israeli political and military leaders to see how they plan to prosecute this war. he shares their concern about hamas and the need to destroy its infrastructure. they need to destroy this organisation. but he also wants to remind them, to use the phrase thatis to remind them, to use the phrase that is being used in every capital, there are rules of war. he needs to minimise civilian casualties. he also wants to offer more military assistance, intelligence, to try to rescue those hostages. he knows this is, of course, a middle east issue, an issue that could spiral out of control, drawing in so many other crises. but it is also a domestic american issue. it is a risky visit though, because if the ground incursion goes wrong, if there are horrific images of casualties, that photograph ofjoe biden standing next to benjamin netanyahu will go viral. we are seeing live pictures from inside gaza where the skyline looks slightly quieter and more peaceful this morning. suddenly where you are in southern israel as well, not hearing the explosions we have heard in recent days when you have joined us. does it feel like things are slightly calmer right now, or is there isjust this slightly calmer right now, or is there is just this ongoing overriding tension still? for there isjust this ongoing overriding tension still? for the --eole of overriding tension still? for the people of gaza. _ overriding tension still? for the people of gaza, living _ overriding tension still? for the people of gaza, living under- people of gaza, living under bombardment, for the people of southern israel living under rocket attacks, which that was the case. just before we joined you they were loud blasts of artillery fire. there were the sounds of bombardment. you may see now, it is now a clear day, they were black plumes of smoke rising from gaza city behind us. there has been a lot of shelling this morning. behind us is gaza city, the biggest city in the strip, thatis city, the biggest city in the strip, that is the northern part of the gaza strip, where israel had issued the order for more than 1 million palestinians to leave. we have been hearing from some of those families who say they can't leave, they simply don't have the resources, they don't have anywhere else to go. they have been pushed from house to house while israel prepares. it is already conducting reconnaissance raids into that area and it continues to attack.- raids into that area and it continues to attack. lyse doucet, thank ou continues to attack. lyse doucet, thank you very — continues to attack. lyse doucet, thank you very much _ continues to attack. lyse doucet, thank you very much indeed. - events in the middle east are expected to be top of the government's agenda when the cabinet meets later. our chief political correspondent henry zeffman joins us now from downing street. iimagine i imagine they will be talking about next steps, monitoring the situation, and what on earth they might be able to do?— situation, and what on earth they might be able to do? that's right. when an international _ might be able to do? that's right. when an international crisis - might be able to do? that's right. when an international crisis is - might be able to do? that's right. | when an international crisis is this grave, it rockets to the top of the government agenda. whatever else is going on. i think it is going to dominate the cabinet meeting today because it is dominating the minds of people here in westminster and whitehall. i would expect rishi sunak will give a similar message to his top ministers as he gave to the house of commons yesterday, that he utterly condemns what hamas did, that he is worried about the risk of escalation, that he is trying very hard, as far as is possible, to extract, or help efforts, to extract the hostages, including those breaks still unaccounted for. i think we will also hear a bit more today, as we did yesterday, about the humanitarian situation in the gaza strip. the government yesterday announced £10 million more aid to go to gaza. and i think we will hear a little bit more from the government today about how it intends to distribute that. and a bit more urging of israel, which the government completely supports in its bid to degrade hamas and its capacity, a bit more about it, warning israel not to risk too much civilian life on it tries to do that. but there is also a lot of humility about the uk's place in the situation around westminster. when i was bumping into people yesterday, they said, look, i don't really know what is going to happen or how this will develop, and that is the reality of the top of government as well. , ., ., reality of the top of government as well. , ., ~ , ., reality of the top of government as well. , ., ~ i. g ., .,, ., well. henry, thank you. jon has more ofthe well. henry, thank you. jon has more of the news- — two swedish nationals have been shot dead, and a third person injured in brussels, in what prosecutors are treating as a terror attack. a football match in the city, between sweden and belgium, was then called off at half—time, with supporters temporarily held in the stadium. the attacker remains at large. vincent mcaviney has more. the scene on boulevard dieppe in brussels at around 7pm yesterday evening, as an arabic speaking man in an orange high viz vest chased passers—by with a gun, killing two swedish nationals and injuring a third person before escaping. police and emergency services cordoned off nearby roads as they searched the capital. a video on social media showed a man claiming he was the attacker. he said he was inspired by isis and he carried out the attack in the name of god. a spokesman for the federal prosecutor's office said there was no indication of a possible link with the israeli— palestinian situation. it's not yet known whether the victims were in brussels to watch their national team play a euro 202a qualifier. but at the heysel stadium swedish players told uefa they didn't want to play the second half, with the belgian team agreeing to the match being abandoned. thousands of fans were held at the stadium to ensure they could return home safely. describing it as terrorism, the belgian prime minister alexander de croo tweeted he had offered "my sincere condolences to the swedish prime minister following tonight's harrowing attack on swedish citizens in brussels. our thoughts are with the family and friends who have lost their loved ones. as close partners the fight against terrorism is a joint one." following an emergency meeting of his belgian cabinet, the brussels terror alert was raised to level four, its highest, meaning the threat is extremely serious. with the suspect still at large, authorities have advised people in the city to stay at home and be vigilant. vincent mcainey, bbc news. our correspondent sofia bettiza joins us now. the gunmen, it seems, still at large this morning?— this morning? that's right. the olice this morning? that's right. the police are _ this morning? that's right. the police are still— this morning? that's right. the police are still looking - this morning? that's right. the police are still looking for - this morning? that's right. the police are still looking for the l police are still looking for the government. there is a big surge operation going on this morning in brussels. now, this morning if the government was named. he is a a5—year—old man from tunisia who apparently was in belgium illegally. his name is abdul salam. we understand his house in brussels was searched. but he has not been found. just to remind you what happened, at about seven o'clock last night, the gunmen opened fire here in central brussels and killed two people from sweden. now, in terms of the motive of the attack, that still remains unclear at this morning. what i can tell you is the bbc has seen a video. and in that video of the gunmen filmed himself wearing an orange shirt, driving a scooter, speaking in arabic, and saying that he killed people in the name of god. now the belgian federal prosecutor believes the man in the video is the government. they say he has been inspired by the islamic state group and they are treating this as a terror attack. this morning in brussels some schools are closed. people are being urged to work from home, if they can. and the alert level has been raised to four, the highest level. that means a threat is imminent. thank you very much indeed for that update. while sophia was talking to us, that very moment something is dropped on the wires here at the bbc, which is that there has been an arrest in brussels in the few minutes. we will go back to sofia later in the programme to find out what more there is on that. counter—terror police have charged a man with murder after a 70—year—old man died in hartlepool. terrence carney was attacked on sunday. another man needed hospital treatment. ahmed alid — who's aa — is due to appear before magistrates in westminster this morning. we have got some news on the economy. in the last few minutes we've had the latest figures on jobs and pay. ben can talk us through them. good morning. we havejust found out that between june good morning. we havejust found out that betweenjune to august, average wages, excluding bonuses, rose by 7.8% compared with the same period a year earlier. that means they went up year earlier. that means they went up at the same rate they did in the previous period, may tojuly. it is on average, so that means some people would have got bigger pay rises, some will have got smaller pay rises. where you work makes a difference. pay rises in the public sector are an average 6.8%, the fastest rate of growth ever recorded, while those working in the private sector got 8%, on average. those sound like big pay rises, but you can't look at the pay rise figures alone. the real world value of any pay rise depends on how quickly prices are rising as well. in other words, what you get for your money when you spend your wages on goods and services. people have felt the cost of living pressures because for the past couple of years wages were not keeping pace with prices. that gap closed in the early summer, and what we found out this morning is that finally, finally, we are seeing pay rises overtaking price rises in that period between june and august. so, in real terms wages went up. but the bank of england worries that pay rises above inflation, which is what we saw in that period, could push prices even higher as businesses might pass on those higher wage bills to us as customers through the price —— price we pay for things. thank you. scotland's first minister and leader of the snp, humza yousaf, is expected to announce plans to reduce nhs waiting lists today, when he makes his first conference speech as party leader. we're joined now by political correspondent nick eardley. this is a really important moment for the new snp leader, isn't it? isn't itjust. he has been in the job for a few months and he has had a pretty torrid time of it with a police investigation into snp or funding, the drop the snp have seen in the polls, the rutherglen by—election where they were hammered by—election where they were hammered by labour. but i think humza yousaf has to try to do today is, yes, he will talk about independence, of course there is a lot of talk about independence, but he will try to say to his party, look, we need to talk about other things too. if we are going to make up those gaps in the polls, the fall in the polls, i should say, then we need to talk about the things that normal people are talking about. so, the cost of living, he will say the economy should be front and centre of future campaigns. also, the nhs. there is going to be extra money try and bring down some of the backlogs in scotland by 100,000 over the next three years or so. this is a really important speech for humza yousaf. because so far he has struggled to really capture the political imagination, to get on the front foot. yesterday we had nicola sturgeon, his predecessor, turning up. she was swamped by the media, swamped by activists. there were some people crying there were so happy to see her. she has always had that sort of political x factor that maybe he hasn't quite managed to find yet. so today, his speech is a chance to try and sell himself and sell his vision as leader. 0k, sell his vision as leader. ok, thank you very much indeed. gcse students in england could sit some of their exams on digital screens, rather than using pen and paper, by 2026. the exam board, aqa, said pupils would be offline during the tests, so could not look up answers online. the rollout to digital would not be rushed, the aqa said. we need to talk to carol this morning because there is a storm heading our way and we need a warning. good morning. the met office has copious amounts of weather warnings out for storm babet, which is coming our way from tomorrow for the next few days. to show you the amount of rainfall we are expecting over the next few days from the storm, look out the blues and look at the keys up out the blues and look at the keys up here, widely 30 to a0 millimetres of rainfall. look at the white. that will be affecting anchors and also the south—east grampians. so here, we could have as much as 200 millilitres of rainfall on the hills. widely we are looking at 30 to a0 millilitres. there is a risk of disruption from the storm and the risk of flooding. couple that with large waves and some very strong winds, gales or severe gales for some. today it is a quieter day. we have got some mist and fog to clear from the southern and central scotland. some showers in yorkshire, lincolnshire and cumbria. through the day showers will move from the south—west of england into south—west of england into south—west wales and approaching northern ireland. for most of us it is going to be dry. they will be hazy sunshine. temperatures up a little bit on yesterday. through this evening and overnight at the rain continues to pull into northern ireland, getting to scotland, clipping north west england, and then further showers come into the far south. then further showers come into the farsouth. it then further showers come into the far south. it is going to be a blustery night but it is not going to be a cold one. we are not anticipating any issues with frost. tomorrow the rain continues across scotland. then we have heavy thundery downpours across england, wales and northern ireland. the wind is going to be a feature of the weather, gusty winds wherever you are. but a little milder with highs of ten to 19. we are not done with the wind and rainjust of ten to 19. we are not done with the wind and rain just yet. thank you. we are notjust warning about storms this morning. we are also talking about bugs. bed bugs. you've heard the saying, don't let the bedbugs bite. but according to pest controllers, there's been a rise in call—outs because of the creepy crawlies. it's after reports of infestations in paris in the last few weeks. bedbugs are mites — they're smaller than a grain of rice, and usually dark yellow, red or brown. despite their name, they're not just found in beds. they can live in other pieces of furniture or even behind loose wallpaper. they do bite! marks on your skin can be raised, itchy, and grouped together. if you can hear panting in the background, it is not us. we're joined now by garyjakeman, from k—9 detection services — and his two bedbug detectors, milo and kobie. good morning. just explain, a dog that can detect bedbugs?- that can detect bedbugs? that's riuht. that can detect bedbugs? that's right- they _ that can detect bedbugs? that's right- they are _ that can detect bedbugs? that's right. they are trained - that can detect bedbugs? that's right. they are trained at - that can detect bedbugs? that's right. they are trained at the i that can detect bedbugs? that's i right. they are trained at the same way as a police dog would detect drugs, firearms, money, any type of contraband. has drugs, firearms, money, any type of contraband-— drugs, firearms, money, any type of contraband. . , ., contraband. has he found some then?! he hasn't gone — contraband. has he found some then?! he hasn't gone for— contraband. has he found some then?! he hasn't gone for the _ contraband. has he found some then?! he hasn't gone for the sofa, _ contraband. has he found some then?! he hasn't gone for the sofa, which i i he hasn't gone for the sofa, which i am very relieved about. um? he hasn't gone for the sofa, which i am very relieved about.— he hasn't gone for the sofa, which i am very relieved about. why are we seeinr this am very relieved about. why are we seeing this sudden _ am very relieved about. why are we seeing this sudden influx _ am very relieved about. why are we seeing this sudden influx of- seeing this sudden influx of bedbugs? why do they seem to be more prevalent at the moment?— prevalent at the moment? basically is because international _ prevalent at the moment? basically is because international travel, i is because international travel, there's a lot more international travel going on. we had a bit of a lull during covid—19. now there is a lot more people on the move. so, we are starting to see them picking up. i am getting reports that are coming back from greece, a lot of the mediterranean countries, notjust mediterranean countries, not just france. mediterranean countries, not 'ust france. ., . mediterranean countries, not 'ust france. ., mediterranean countries, not 'ust france. . . ., ., mediterranean countries, not 'ust france. ., ., ., ., france. france has had a lot of attention _ france. france has had a lot of attention in — france. france has had a lot of attention in the _ france. france has had a lot of attention in the media - france. france has had a lot of attention in the media in i france. france has had a lot of| attention in the media in recent weeks. in paris there has been an infestation. it is easy to assume that they have come over from paris or france. but you say it is a bigger picture? it or france. but you say it is a bigger picture?— bigger picture? it is a bigger icture. bigger picture? it is a bigger picture- itut _ bigger picture? it is a bigger picture. but they _ bigger picture? it is a bigger picture. but they have i bigger picture? it is a bigger| picture. but they have always bigger picture? it is a bigger i picture. but they have always been in the uk as well. we have lived with bedbugs for thousands of years, since we lived in caves, basically. and during the 30s, we had a big explosion of them. and then, there was lots of insecticides available that we could get rid of bedbugs. now those insecticides have been taken off us. there has been a bigger explosion again. we taken off us. there has been a bigger explosion again. we know that kobe can find — bigger explosion again. we know that kobe can find them. _ bigger explosion again. we know that kobe can find them. if _ bigger explosion again. we know that kobe can find them. if we _ bigger explosion again. we know that kobe can find them. if we find - bigger explosion again. we know that kobe can find them. if we find them, | kobe can find them. if we find them, what we do to get rid of them? basically, i would say, contact a professional pest control. it’s basically, i would say, contact a professional pest control. it's that bad? diy, professional pest control. it's that bad? div, you — professional pest control. it's that bad? diy, you can _ professional pest control. it's that bad? diy, you can make - professional pest control. it's that bad? diy, you can make things. professional pest control. it's that. bad? diy, you can make things 100 times worse- _ bad? diy, you can make things 100 times worse. because _ bad? diy, you can make things 100 times worse. because if _ bad? diy, you can make things 100 times worse. because if you - bad? diy, you can make things 100 times worse. because if you don't l times worse. because if you don't know what you are doing, you literally can make things a lot worse. i literally can make things a lot worse. ., , ., literally can make things a lot worse. ., i. ,., literally can make things a lot worse. ., ,, ,, worse. i thought if you boilyour sheets, worse. i thought if you boilyour sheets. put— worse. i thought if you boilyour sheets, put them _ worse. i thought if you boilyour sheets, put them in _ worse. i thought if you boilyour sheets, put them in the - worse. i thought if you boilyour sheets, put them in the freezer| worse. i thought if you boil your. sheets, put them in the freezer or something? but sheets, put them in the freezer or something?— sheets, put them in the freezer or something? but you can't put your bed in the freezer. _ something? but you can't put your bed in the freezer. you _ something? but you can't put your bed in the freezer. you can - something? but you can't put your bed in the freezer. you can do i bed in the freezer. you can do little things like putting your sheets and your pillowcases in the freezer. but you can't put your bed, you can't put your sideboard in. they need professionally treating. that is one of the things people don't appreciate, it is notjust betting, is it? it is furniture. remote controls in a hotel. the bad side of things _ remote controls in a hotel. the bad side of things is _ remote controls in a hotel. the bad side of things is a _ remote controls in a hotel. the bad side of things is a little _ remote controls in a hotel. the bad side of things is a little bit - remote controls in a hotel. the bad side of things is a little bit of- remote controls in a hotel. the bad side of things is a little bit of a i side of things is a little bit of a red herring. we found them in the remote control of the tv. plug sockets. skirting boards. the ends of the curtains. anywhere there is a tiny crack. you're talking about an insect when it is fully grown, the size of an apple paper. squashed down. size of an apple paper. squashed down- gary. _ size of an apple paper. squashed down. gary, you're _ size of an apple paper. squashed down. gary, you're making i size of an apple paper. squashed down. gary, you're making us. size of an apple paper. squashed down. gary, you're making us allj down. gary, you're making us all completely paranoid. and you have got a nation scratching right now. do you get paranoid? if you are going into these situations all the time, you and kobe might be carrying all sorts xxx he has checked quite regularly, so you are ok. find all sorts xxx he has checked quite regularly, so you are ok.- regularly, so you are ok. and the wife normally _ regularly, so you are ok. and the wife normally meets _ regularly, so you are ok. and the wife normally meets me - regularly, so you are ok. and the wife normally meets me at i regularly, so you are ok. and the wife normally meets me at the i regularly, so you are ok. and the i wife normally meets me at the front to say, look, take your clothes off! and i'm sure the end of this rugby world cup there will be a lot of wives standing at the door waiting for their husbands did come back and say to them, ok, clothes off. back from france. suitcases going down by the bin and you are not coming in until you have stripped off. i am thinkin: until you have stripped off. i am thinking about _ until you have stripped off. i am thinking about all— until you have stripped off. i am thinking about all those - until you have stripped off. i am thinking about all those blokes coming back from france and their wives say, clothes off, and they think, 0k! wives say, clothes off, and they think, ok! kobe, lovely to see. is the aftermath sniffing dogs today? he is off today. he has been so good. he is the best of boys. look at that. he good. he is the best of boys. look at that. , ' ., , ., good. he is the best of boys. look at that-_ he i good. he is the best of boys. look at that-_ he is! at that. he is 17 months old. he is at that. he is 17 months old. he is a bab . at that. he is 17 months old. he is a baby- as — at that. he is 17 months old. he is a baby- as i _ at that. he is 17 months old. he is a baby- as i say — at that. he is 17 months old. he is a baby. as i say he _ at that. he is 17 months old. he is a baby. as i say he is _ at that. he is 17 months old. he is a baby. as i say he is going - at that. he is 17 months old. he is a baby. as i say he is going for. at that. he is 17 months old. he isj a baby. as i say he is going for his bedbu~s a baby. as i say he is going for his bedbugs foundation _ a baby. as i say he is going for his bedbugs foundation certificate i a baby. as i say he is going for his bedbugs foundation certificate in i bedbugs foundation certificate in the next few weeks. he gets assessed on a regular basis.— on a regular basis. have you not got a certificate? _ on a regular basis. have you not got a certificate? no. _ on a regular basis. have you not got a certificate? no. thank _ on a regular basis. have you not got a certificate? no. thank you. - on a regular basis. have you not got a certificate? no. thank you. stop l a certificate? no. thank you. stop xxx don't a certificate? fin. thank you. stop xxx don't make me h! if i ask you to name an olympic sport what do you think of? maybe swimming? running? highjump? how about lacrosse? or squash? they're among five new sports approved for inclusion in the 2028 olympic games. sarah rogers is at a lacrosse club in stockport for us this morning, and can tell us more. good morning, sarah. hello. yeah, people up really early. lots of energy before school. i have got some olympic torchbearers with this morning. bear with it, we spare no expense. we can't and flames to children. now the big reveal. what children. now the big reveal. what have we got _ children. now the big reveal. what have we got here? _ children. now the big reveal. what have we got here? a _ children. now the big reveal. what have we got here? a cricket bat. aj have we got here? a cricket bat. lacrosse have we got here? a cricket bat. a lacrosse stick. a _ have we got here? a cricket bat. a lacrosse stick. a squash _ have we got here? a cricket bat. a lacrosse stick. a squash racket. i lacrosse stick. a squash racket. what do they — lacrosse stick. a squash racket. what do they all— lacrosse stick. a squash racket. what do they all have _ lacrosse stick. a squash racket. what do they all have in - lacrosse stick. a squash racket. i what do they all have in common? they have all been named as new olympic sports. here, it is pretty full on. the children have to actually learn within a cage. just to make sure they are all right with all the equipment. then get —— then they can graduate to the field. there are more sport as well. cricket and flag football. not sure what that is. in about half an hour i will explain everything. i will also be speaking to some team gb hopefuls. also be speaking to some team gb ho efuls. ., . ~ ., ., ., ~' hopefuls. come back later. looking forward to it- _ time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. hello, good morning from bbc london. since the covid—pandemic, the government and leaders at city hall have encouraged us to walk where possible to take pressure off roads and public transport. but a report published this morning says walking is being made difficult in london — because of the "chronic clutter" on pavements. e—bikes and advertising boards are examples given by the centre for london think tank, which says it's making the capital a worse place to live, travel and work. plans have been approved to increase passenger capacity at luton airport. the government has approved a decision made by luton borough council to allow an extra million people to use the airport. it takes capacity to 19 million passengers a year. but some local groups feel the ongoing expansion will cause local pollution, and increased carbon emissions. former one direction member liam payne has been banned from driving for six months, after he admitted speeding on the westway flyover in shepherd's bush. he was spotted travelling in a ford ranger pick—up truck at a3mph in a 30mph zone. he was also ordered to pay £500 in a fine and costs. the world's leading mobile phone companies will meet with the mayor of london and the metropolitan police commissioner today to find out if they can make smartphones less attractive to thieves. apple, samsung and google will be there to see if they can collectively think of a way to reduce the one phone stolen in london every ten minutes. police and the mayor say they want the industry to play their part in delivering "innovative technologal solutions." a busy river crossing over the thames, which dates back to the mid—1800s — has closed to traffic for 20 weeks for repairs. cookham bridge in berkshire has closed to motorists who now face a long diversion. but pedestrians can still use the grade ii listed iron structure. let's take a look at the tubes now. elizabeth line has issues west of paddington after a signal failure. and minor delays on thejubilee line. minor delays on the central line too. now on to the weather with katerina. hello there. good morning to you. not as cold out there this morning, but wind starting to pick up. so it will be breezy today with hazy spells of sunshine, but it does look to stay largely dry. but all eyes on storm babet tomorrow, expected to bring heavy outbreaks of rain. that rain looks to arrive later on in the day for us, accompanied by strong winds. but we could get quite a bit of rain in a short space of time. and it will be breezy through today, variable amounts of cloud through this morning. plenty of sunshine will develop into this afternoon, but that sunshine could be quite hazy at times with that high level cloud. temperatures today lifting ever so slightly, we're looking at highs of around 15 in celsius. now through this evening and overnight, it is going to stay quite breezy. there will be areas of cloud around with some clear spells. and we do stay frost—free tonight as temperatures dip to around 10 or 11 degrees. now, wednesday, those winds will strengthen even further. there will be a few showers, followed by longer spells of rain. this rain expected to arrive a little bit later on in the day. that's it from me for now. i'll be back in half an hour. hello, this is breakfast withjon kay and sally nugent. let's return to our main story now. and the situation in the middle east, where the us presidentjoe biden is due to arrive in israel tomorrow, amid fears about the war with hamas expanding into a larger conflict. the trip, which will see mr biden also visit neighbouring jordan comes at the invitation of the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, and has been welcomed by israel's military leaders. antony blinken said the visit came at an antony blinken said the visit came atan important antony blinken said the visit came at an important time for the region and the world. the at an important time for the region and the world.— at an important time for the region and the world. the president of the united states _ and the world. the president of the united states will _ and the world. the president of the united states will confirm - united states will confirm solidarity with israel. president biden will make clear, as he has done unequivocally since the slaughter by hamas that israel has the right and duty to defend its people from hamas and other terrace and future attacks. overnight, israel has continued to strike hamas targets in gaza, but has also exchanged fire in the north — with the powerful hezbollah group, in lebanon. both are designated terrorist organisations by many western countries, including the uk. elsewhere, un agencies have warned of a deepening humanitarian crisis in gaza, after more than a million people are thought to have fled south, following a request to do so by israeli forces, ahead of a widely expected ground offensive in the coming days. this is the scene in gaza this morning, where there are continuing efforts to try and create a humanitarian corridor to get aid into the region, for the estimated two million people living there. potentially helping to get them out. we're joined now by foreign office minister, andrew mitchell. we have just given a summary of the situation as we know it now. 199 people currently being held hostage, that could include up to ten british citizens. what are you doing to try to locate them and what is the latest about where they might be? we do latest about where they might be? - do not know where they are and we are thinking of them all the time. of course, we are strongly supporting the attempt by israel to find them and release them. the british government will do everything it possibly can to get them back as soon as we possibly can. we mourn the six british hostages we know who have died and we are extremely concerned about the fate and the state of the other ten. we heard from rishi sunak, who promised an extra £10 million in humanitarian aid. how will that aid help if thousands of people, as we can see, i've gathering at the rafah crossing on the border with egypt and they cannot move? how does the age get to them? we and they cannot move? how does the age get to them?— age get to them? we are trying to work at the _ age get to them? we are trying to work at the resolution _ age get to them? we are trying to work at the resolution to - age get to them? we are trying to work at the resolution to that i work at the resolution to that problem, which is extremely difficult. the prime minister has announced a steep increase in british support for humanitarian relief and we are looking at bringing humanitarian supplies into the region. we have a significant depot up in dubai and we are also working very closely with the united nations. i spoke last night to martin griffiths, the senior british official at the un, responsible for humanitarian relief. the united nations are bringing aid into the airport slightly south of the rafah crossing. the hope is it can then be deployed to help those in the southern end of gaza, who are already beginning to face deep humanitarian problems. one of the issues which is often raised about this is how you do that. you can do it through having safe zones, where humanitarian relief can be placed and where people can go full safety. you had to be sure you have a full cooperation of everyone in order to do that. safe zones had a very chequered past. one thinks back to srebrenica and indeed to rwanda. if a safe zone can be achieved by that is the best way to deploy the aid. the aid is building up and we are working very closely with the united nations and martin griffiths, so we can play our part in bringing relief as soon as it is practical to do so. do safe zones rely on the rafah crossing being open?— do safe zones rely on the rafah crossing being open? they do. if you look at a map _ crossing being open? they do. if you look at a map and _ crossing being open? they do. if you look at a map and see _ crossing being open? they do. if you look at a map and see the _ crossing being open? they do. if youj look at a map and see the geography of the area, rafah is the only obvious place that aid can go through. we are looking at every possible option in order to play our part in the humanitarian relief that will undoubtedly be needed. we heard from the conservative _ will undoubtedly be needed. we heard from the conservative chair _ will undoubtedly be needed. we heard from the conservative chair of i will undoubtedly be needed. we heard from the conservative chair of the i from the conservative chair of the foreign affairs committee, saying there are meaningful questions about whether israel is now breaking international humanitarian law. it is israel breaking international law with how it has responded? the president of _ with how it has responded? tie: president of israel has been very clear that israel will abide by international humanitarian law. interesting to note that israel uses its military forces to defend its citizens. hamas uses its citizens to defend hamas. in this appalling situation, which the prime minister described to parliament yesterday as a programme, we are profoundly conscious that morejewish people have died on that last saturday since any time since the end of the holocaust and the end of the second world war. britain stands foursquare behind israel in its absolute right to defend itself and that is what israel is doing at this time. hagar israel is doing at this time. how concerned _ israel is doing at this time. how concerned are _ israel is doing at this time. how concerned are you _ israel is doing at this time. how concerned are you with - israel is doing at this time. how concerned are you with information from the israel defence force that it is striking has bella —— hezbollah targets in lebanon? lode it is striking has bella -- hezbollah targets in lebanon? we are doinu hezbollah targets in lebanon? we are doing everything _ hezbollah targets in lebanon? we are doing everything we — hezbollah targets in lebanon? we are doing everything we can _ hezbollah targets in lebanon? we are doing everything we can to _ hezbollah targets in lebanon? we are doing everything we can to stop i hezbollah targets in lebanon? we are doing everything we can to stop this i doing everything we can to stop this conflict spreading further. that is why the prime minister announced yesterday that british military assets were being moved to the eastern end of the mediterranean, both naval vessels and also aircraft, so we can see what is happening, we can try to interdict any movement of arms and do everything we can to contain what is a desperate situation where it is today. a desperate situation where it is toda . ~ ., , a desperate situation where it is toda . ~ . , , a desperate situation where it is toda . ~ ., , , ., a desperate situation where it is toda .~ ., , , ., we today. what will they be doing? we know out of — today. what will they be doing? we know out of raf _ today. what will they be doing? we know out of raf akrotiri, _ today. what will they be doing? we know out of raf akrotiri, the i know out of raf akrotiri, the aircraft are able to watch from the skies what is happening. having naval vessels in the far end of the mediterranean will give us the capability to interdict and see any attempts to bring arms into the area. so britain is playing its part, along with our allies, in trying to provide that reassurance and security. we trying to provide that reassurance and security-— trying to provide that reassurance and securi . ~ ~ ., ., , and security. we know that president biden is expected _ and security. we know that president biden is expected to _ and security. we know that president biden is expected to arrive _ and security. we know that president biden is expected to arrive in i biden is expected to arrive in israel tomorrow. what difference do you think you might be able to make? it is extremely important that he goes. he is responding to a request from the israeli government. i think it will act as a symbol from all of us in the western alliance that they stand absolutely foursquare behind israel. i think it will also give further time for the humanitarian plans we are all making to be progressed. i hope very much that his arrival in israel will send a very strong signal of support for israel at this time, as well as advancing plans on all fronts, both to hold on us to account for the terrible crimes this terrorist organisation has committed, but also to advance the plans for humanitarian relief and what comes after, which are so important. fihce after, which are so important. once the president _ after, which are so important. once the president has _ after, which are so important. once the president has left, _ after, which are so important. once the president has left, what are your concerns about what might happen next? has your concerns about what might happen next?— your concerns about what might happen next? as i say, israel has the absolute _ happen next? as i say, israel has the absolute right _ happen next? as i say, israel has the absolute right of _ happen next? as i say, israel has| the absolute right of self-defence the absolute right of self—defence and it is right that israel... indeed it is essential that israel exercises that right. as i said before, the humanitarian plans we and others are making, they should progress and we should find a means of getting support to the innocent victims of all of this, wherever they are and relieve the suffering, which is what humanitarians always try to do. which is what humanitarians always t to do. �* ~ . ., ., try to do. andrew mitchell, thank ou ve try to do. andrew mitchell, thank you very much — try to do. andrew mitchell, thank you very much indeed. _ just that latest bit of information we have. us presidentjoe biden visiting israel tomorrow. it is said to be briefed on israel's plans for war against hamas. thank you for joining us here on breakfast this morning. jane is here with the sport. a big night forfootball tonight. it sport. a big night for football toniaht. ., , ., ., . tonight. it would be a grudge match at wembley tonight. _ tonight. it would be a grudge match at wembley tonight. fantastic! i at wembley tonight. fantastic! always nice when there is a bit of edge to football. the last time england and italy played at wembley was in the final of the euros in 2021 and england lost on penalties to italy. of course i wanted england to italy. of course i wanted england to win! looks like england will be trying to get their own back tonight, won't they? england can join scotland in qualifying for euro 202a this evening, if they win or draw against italy at wembley. jordan henderson is expected to start, despite being booed off after being substituted against australia on friday. the former liverpool midfielder now plays in the saudi pro league. manager gareth southgate is expected to make several changes for the game, we'll hearfrom him in a moment on how world rankings don't always dictate an outcome. it's the first time the sides have met at wembley since italy won the european championship final in 2021 on penalties. defender kyle walker says that result still stings, so they might want to get their own back tonight. we fell short on that night and this is the _ we fell short on that night and this is the first— we fell short on that night and this is the first time they are coming back— is the first time they are coming back to — is the first time they are coming back to wembley. hopefully we can go out there _ back to wembley. hopefully we can go out there and put a good performance on maybe _ out there and put a good performance on maybe get a little bit of payback. we're in a strong position now and we've still got i a little bit to do. so we haven't done it yet. um, but yeah, qualification. it's like tournaments. we're watching a rugby world cup which is at four incredible quarterl finals, but the best two teams in the world have gone out i in terms of rankings. that's how hard it is you have to deliver at those moments. j so many things and i factors come into it. so that is the challenge i of international sport, really. scotland's friendly tonight against france will have a celebratory feel after steve clarke's side qualified for next year's european championship with two games to spare. spain's win over norway on sunday means scotland will finish in the top two of their group, with clarke becoming the first manager to lead them to consecutive euros. he says he's aware of the anticipation from the fans. now, i'm not sure germany is ready for 5 million scottish people to turn up, but it seems like that. it seems that everybody you speak to says that they're going to be in germany next summer. i'm sure... i'm sure it won't be 5 million, but obviously we want to go there. we want to be successful in the tournament. what is success for scotland is probably to be the first scottish national team to come out of a group stage at a major competition. so that's something that we can aspire to in the future, but lots of steps to take before we get to that. south africa will be hoping to keep up their perfect start at the cricket world cup when they face the netherlands later this morning. australia picked up their first win of the tournament after beating sri lanka by five wickets. the sri lankans made a quick start, reaching 125 without loss, before losing 10 wickets forjust 8a runs as they were all out for 209. adam zampa taking four wickets. in response, australia overcame an early wobble to reach their target with just under 15 overs to spare. sri lanka are winless from their opening three games. the british featherweight, connor coghill, is in hospital after a bleed on his brain was discovered following his defeat by hopey price earlier this month. the 28—year—old from hull was knocked down four times in his match on the leigh wood v josh warrington undercard in sheffield. coghill�*s trainer said on social media that the news was "devastating" but the fighter was now "stable and resting." the international olympic committee says it hopes to bring in an huge new audience of billions, by introducing cricket as one of five new sports at the 2028 games in los angeles. the new events also include squash, which has never featured at the games before, despite being at the commonwealths since 1998. la has also opted for flag football, a non—contact version of american football played by teams of five. lacrosse and baseball/softball will also feature in a move that could see 11,000 athletes at the games. it's been a long time coming, hasn't it? i think it was 2005 when we first spoke about the disappointment for missing out. so it's been a long road for the sport, but one which will be celebrated, of course, around the world. but also i think that because of those disappointments, it should stand the sport in good stead because everyone won't rest on their laurels. now, everyone will make sure that we're there to stay. thank you. here's carol with a look at this morning's weather. there is a storm heading our way. absolutely right. storm babet will be making its presence felt. today is dry out with brighter weather around. we will see rain coming in from the west later on. mid week it will turn that bit wilder. it will be windy. some of us will have gail's quest to it will turn milder. in the north of scotland there will be the heaviest rain. this chart runs from wednesday through to saturday. the key is here. a lot of us in this category between 30 millimetres and 50 millimetres of rainfall. you can see the white across angus and the south east grampian. on higher ground we are looking at between 150 millimetres and 200 millimetres of rainfall. there could be issues with flooding and disruption. big waves on the coast as well. there is —a at the moment in cornwall. a lot of dry weather. hazy sunshine, a bit of high cloud around today. xiao is pushing up from the south—west in the south west wales and eventually into northern ireland. —— shower is pushing up. we are looking at a top temperature of 17 degrees. overnight the rain will push north, clipping wales and the north west of england, moving into ireland and then scotland. further showers in the south and it would be a blustery night. it will not be cold. tomorrow, storm babet arrives. all tangled up in an area of low pressure. essentially it will bring in heavy rain and some strong winds. we start the day with a lot of dry weather. overnight rain will continue to advance north across scotland. in come the heavy downpours across england, wales and northern ireland. some of them could have thunder and lightning embedded in them. it will be windy wherever you are. these black circles represent the strength of the wind gust. temperatures up a touch on today, ten to 19 north to south. as we head into thursday, some very heavy rain across the north—east of scotland the heavy rain across north east england and a lot of heavy showers across the rest of england, wales and northern ireland. again it could well be thundery. torrential downpours in those. gales, severe gales across the far north of scotland. friday will be wet and windy once again wherever you are. northern ireland, again, seeing the rain coming in through the course of the day. temperature wise on friday, we are looking at a range nine to 17. as we go into the weekend, gradually, it will turn drier, less windy that chilly are once again. you think that is chilly. — chilly are once again. you think that is chilly, this _ chilly are once again. you think that is chilly, this is _ chilly are once again. you think that is chilly, this is chilly! i that is chilly, this is chilly! freezing in here. it is particularly cold. we are sitting among this scene because we are talking about about a british man has become one of the first people in history to kayak through the arctic�*s northern passage. mark agnew was one of four explorers, who took on one of the world's most dangerous expeditions. they kayaked more than 2,000 miles from baffin bay near greenland, along the canadian border, and crossed the finish line at the beaufort sea near alaska. let's take a look at his trip. # the snow is glistening. # what a beautiful sight to have here tonight. # paddling in a winter wonderland.# wow! mark is here with us now. you have just got back. that is the first time he has seen those images. you are quite moved by them. it made me well upper— you are quite moved by them. it made me well upper deck. _ you are quite moved by them. it made me well upper deck. i _ you are quite moved by them. it made me well upper deck. i found _ you are quite moved by them. it made me well upper deck. i found them i you are quite moved by them. it made me well upper deck. i found them and| me well upper deck. i found them and was part of it. it feels surreal already. feels like it almost never happens. i do not usually get revered like this. that is how recent it was. we got back on sunday morning. weird how quickly you snap back into real life. i had a particularly weird moment when on the second night i woke up in a0 mph winds. i had to dig the back of the tent out from snow. then i was getting annoyed at the hotel wi—fi because i was trying to upload the photos and it was not fast. where has my perspective gone? i photos and it was not fast. where has my perspective gone? i assume it has my perspective gone? i assume it has liven has my perspective gone? i assume it has given you — has my perspective gone? i assume it has given you a _ has my perspective gone? i assume it has given you a fresh _ has my perspective gone? i assume it has given you a fresh perspective i has my perspective gone? i assume it has given you a fresh perspective on | has given you a fresh perspective on the world. ., .. ., ., has given you a fresh perspective on the world. ., ., ., the world. you cannot do something like that without _ the world. you cannot do something like that without being _ the world. you cannot do something like that without being affected i the world. you cannot do something like that without being affected and | like that without being affected and changed. something as simple as that, that is part of the appeal. you need to find water. shelter is important, food is important. is the weather good enough to go there? there is no e—mails, deadlines, should i prioritise that? everything becomes clear. trying to remember that and taking it forward into life about what really is important. aretha; about what really is important. why did ou do about what really is important. why did you do it? _ about what really is important. why did you do it? did you do it for the solitude? what was the thinking behind it? mr; solitude? what was the thinking behind it? y ., ., ., . ., behind it? my motivation changed. the first time _ behind it? my motivation changed. the first time i _ behind it? my motivation changed. the first time i thought _ behind it? my motivation changed. the first time i thought about i the first time i thought about trying to get through the northwest as long as —— passage as long ago as 2016. the thing that motivated me was i was obsessed with stories of british explorers. norwegian explorers. i wanted to be like them, be a world first by the world record. overtime, be a world first by the world record. over time, that has changed. now i am less focused on the world record, world first aspect and now it is more about camaraderie and bonds you build with team—mates. if i found 50 bonds you build with team—mates. if ifound 50 miles bonds you build with team—mates. if i found 50 miles short and still had these amazing experiences in nature, who is to say that is a failure quest whenever i gave talks in schools and can i always try to make that point. do not baste everything on that one single outcome. that is dangerous because you can end up thinking you have failed when you have not. ., ., ., , ., have not. how tough was it at times? it was so have not. how tough was it at times? it was so tough- _ have not. how tough was it at times? it was so tough. every _ have not. how tough was it at times? it was so tough. every single i have not. how tough was it at times? it was so tough. every single day. i it was so tough. every single day. there were a lot of cracks moves. after you finish them you would think it is downhill from here. when the weather was bad and he went kayaking through it when it was tough. when the weather was good, it was tough because we had to push ourselves to the maximum to take advantage of the weather. sometimes a0 miles and then a0 miles the next day, 30 miles the next day. ultramarathon after ultramarathon. the toughest day is by far where the weather was so bad we could not kayak. you would be sitting in your tent, thinking, how many days to be had till winter comes? if we have another weather window like this, will be ran out of time? that is when you need to stay positive, focus on what you can control and rely on your resilience to back yourself when the weather does come, yourself when the weather does come, you have what it takes to take advantage of it and get going. you sa focus advantage of it and get going. you say focus on _ advantage of it and get going. you say focus on what you can control. in that situation, i would imagine there is not much you can control. there is always something you can control. when you sit in a tent but you could say, i will look after myself to eat properly and stay positive so i am in a good mood. you can pass the time doing crosswords. you are in the best position possible when the weather clears to go. if you get stressed out, do not look after yourself properly, think we can lie on to marry and stay up late when the weather comes. and you have a window. you are not in the best position to go for it. make as many miles as you could.- many miles as you could. always something _ many miles as you could. always something you — many miles as you could. always something you can _ many miles as you could. always something you can control. i many miles as you could. always - something you can control. someone gave us a crossword and it was the worst crossword that i have ever had the same answers over and again. you would answer the question. you still cut doing it. is it right that the reason you are able to do this, one reason you are able to do this, one reason you are able to do this, one reason you are able to do it is because the climate has changed so much? tell us about that. the because the climate has changed so much? tell us about that.— much? tell us about that. the most famous story _ much? tell us about that. the most famous story about _ much? tell us about that. the most famous story about the _ much? tell us about that. the most famous story about the north - much? tell us about that. the most famous story about the north west | famous story about the north west passage is franklin who tried to make it and his vote got 3's and m. along that eventually the crew ended up along that eventually the crew ended up eating each other. the bbc made a fictionalised drama about it and you fast forward almost 200 years and you can get through in a kayak over 100 and something days. that is because the ice is disappearing. it used to be ice free for a matter of weeks and now it is ice free for a matter of months. that is causing all sorts of problems with climate change because it is becoming potentially a trade route, that kind of thing. this is the expedition and should not have happened and it is crazy. other things that are more prevalent to us was people kept on telling us it is like a desert up there. it never rains but it is arid. it rained a lot. incredibly wet. by the time winter arrived, our claims would still be wet and we would have to snap them in the morning to get them on again. it is getting warmer so there is more humidity in the add more water evaporating. it is a rapidly changing region.— evaporating. it is a rapidly changing region. thank you for cominu changing region. thank you for coming so _ changing region. thank you for coming so soon _ changing region. thank you for coming so soon after - changing region. thank you for coming so soon after you - changing region. thank you for| coming so soon after you came changing region. thank you for - coming so soon after you came back. you have a baby, don't you? we have a one-year-old _ you have a baby, don't you? we have a one-year-old daughter _ you have a baby, don't you? we have a one-year-old daughter and - you have a baby, don't you? we have a one-year-old daughter and anotheri a one—year—old daughter and another on the way. she was her relic to facilitate me going on this adventure, which is amazing. —— heroic. coming up...his best—selling book "the firm" changed his life when it was made into a blockbuster starring tom cruise. nowjohn grisham's been chatting to breakfast about his sequel "the exchange" — and how he'd love the movie—star to play the main role again. but will he? we will find out. if he wants to. nobody is going to turn him down, are they? all the latest from the middle east in a moment. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. hello, i'm asad ahmad. since the covid pandemic, the government and leaders at city hall have encouraged us to walk where possible to take pressure off roads and public transport. but a report published this morning says walking is being made difficult in london because of the chronic clutter on pavements. e—bikes and advertising boards are examples given by the centre for london think tank, who say its making the capital a worse place to live, travel and work. the world's leading mobile phone companies will meet with the mayor of london and the metropolitan police commissioner today, to find out if they can make smartphones les attractive to thieves. apple, samsung and google will be there to see if they can collectively think of a way to reduce the one phone stolen in london every ten minutes. police and the mayor say they want the industry to play their part in delivering innovative technologal solutions. let's take a look at the tubes now. a look at the weather, and we should be in for another dry day today. some cloud and feeling a touch warmer than yesterday, with highs of 15 celsius. that's it. i'm back in half an hour. bye for now. good morning, welcome to breakfast withjon kay and sally nugent. our headlines today. us presidentjoe biden is to visit israel tomorrow, as the un warns of a deepening humanitarian crisis. the us says it will develop a plan with israel to allow more aid into gaza to help civilians. police in brussels shoot a man in their search for the killer of two swedish nationals who were shot in what prosecutors are treating as a terror attack. average pay has risen faster than average prices for the first time in two years — helping ease cost of living pressures for some. but many are seeing wage increases dented by bigger tax bills. i'll explain why. they only need a draw and england will be through to next years euros. gareth southgate�*s side play italy at wembley, wherejust one point will mean they're going to germany next summer. todayis today is going to be fairly quiet weather—wise. a lot of dry conditions with hazy sunshine. tomorrow into the weekend storm babet makes its presence felt. details later. good morning. it's tuesday, 17th october. president biden will visit israel tomorrow, amid fears the war with gaza, could develop into a wider conflict across the region. it comes as the un is warning of a deepening humanitarian crisis unfolding in the territory, with calls to urgently allow aid into the area, where more than 2,700 people have been killed by israeli air strikes. the us president is making the visit in a show of support, after more than 1400 people were killed by hamas, a group designated as a terror organisation by many western governments, including the uk. our middle east correspondent yolande knell has the latest. israel says it is hitting hamas targets as barrages of rockets are still fired from gaza. but a world leader is heading this way. on wednesday, president biden will visit israel. he is coming here at a critical moment for israel, for the region and for the world. with its military might already on show nearby, the us is worried that events could spiral into a regional crisis. overnight, israel was also fighting against powerful hezbollah militants in lebanon. it welcomes the us support. translation: the visit of - the president of the united states has strategic importance, for the entire middle east and influence in that the most seniorfigure in the united states is coming to israel at a time of war, getting a review of the war situation. also, the different scenarios on the middle east and the steps that will need to be taken. there is also the hostage crisis to discuss, with hamas now saying 250 people are being held in gaza. it is believed they include americans and maybe some of the ten british nationals still missing. the bbc doesn't generally publish hostage videos, but the family agreed pictures from the video could be shown. and the clock is ticking to come up with plans to alleviate the immense suffering of ordinary palestinians. israel put gaza under siege and told one million people to evacuate from the north to the south. this un school is now a shelter. there are severe shortages of water and food. the un says the situation is desperate. we have seen about a million people move from the north to the south due to the possible threat of israeli intervention in the north, arising out of the taking of those hostages. we need to get aid to those people for two reasons. number one, to make their movements safe to where they want to go, voluntarily. and two, to sustain them while they are there. the hope is that aid can be brought in through egypt's rafah crossing on gaza's southern border. already lorry loads are ready to enter. and on the other side there are crowds of palestinians with foreign passports, including british families, waiting to exit. meanwhile, israel continues its plans for a wider operation, which it says will eliminate hamas. its forces are expected to launch a ground offensive in gaza soon. the stakes forjoe biden�*s trip couldn't be higher. yolande knell, bbc news, jerusalem. our chief international correspondent lyse doucet is in southern israel, close to the border with gaza. president biden visiting israel tomorrow. how might that change things? i tomorrow. how might that change thin . s? ~ tomorrow. how might that change thins? ~ u, tomorrow. how might that change thins? ~ , things? i think it can be said with certainty that _ things? i think it can be said with certainty that an _ things? i think it can be said with certainty that an american - things? i think it can be said with i certainty that an american president would not risk such a high level visit at such a time of high intensity and high risk, unless he knows that he can come here and announce an achievement of some kind. antony blinken, the us secretary of state, gave a hint when he said they were developing, to use his word, a plan to get humanitarian aid into gaza. does that mean they believe that by the timejoe biden lands here in tel aviv that he can announce that the united states is standing shoulder to shoulder with israel, and defends israel's right to defend itself, but is doing everything possible to help israel abide by the rules of war? for the united states anything in israel is notjust united states anything in israel is not just a united states anything in israel is notjust a foreign policy issue, it is also a domestic issue at home. this is a veryjoe biden visit. he has been around this region, sometimes up close, for the past 50 years. over decades he has seen american presidents reaching for the prize of a lasting israeli—palestinian peace and failing. now he is coming as a commander—in—chief and in some ways a chief fireman to try to extinguish this flame, which could devastate this flame, which could devastate this immediate region, but also spread far and wide with unknowable consequences. irate spread far and wide with unknowable consequences-_ consequences. we are seeing a live icture consequences. we are seeing a live picture from _ consequences. we are seeing a live picture from gaza _ consequences. we are seeing a live picture from gaza with _ consequences. we are seeing a live picture from gaza with a _ consequences. we are seeing a live picture from gaza with a smoke - picture from gaza with a smoke rising on the right of the picture. we have heard from the gaza interior ministry that 49 palestinians have been killed in air strikes overnight. how do you assess things on the ground where you are in southern israel right now? let us first beain southern israel right now? let us first begin by _ southern israel right now? let us first begin by saying _ southern israel right now? let us first begin by saying that - southern israel right now? let us first begin by saying that where l southern israel right now? let us i first begin by saying that where we are, less than a mile from gaza, we can see on the horizon gaza city, that area of northern gaza where israel ordered more than a million palestinians to leave, and the un are saying the bombardment is continuing in the north. and even in the south, where more than a million palestinians have fled, and they are still finding there is no safe place to hide, there is no food, there is no water, fuel is running out. on this side of the border many of these communities, including where we are now, are largely empty. there are people still staying, saying they don't want to leave their homes, they can't leave their homes, but whole neighbourhoods are now lying empty because they have moved away from this border. israel has been urging them to go, worried about the rockets landing now, but even more the rockets which could multiply once that ground incursion begins. multiply once that ground incursion beains. , , multiply once that ground incursion beains. ,, . ., ~ multiply once that ground incursion beains. ,, . ., ., begins. lyse doucet, thank you for 'oinin: begins. lyse doucet, thank you for joining us- — events in the middle east are expected to be top of the government's agenda when the cabinet meets later. our chief political correspondent henry zeffman joins us now from downing street. we heard the prime minister guaranteeing another £10 million in aid just yesterday. what else might they be able to do, and what will they be able to do, and what will they be able to do, and what will they be discussing when they meet today? they be discussing when they meet toda ? �* , ., ., , today? any minute now, cabinet ministers are — today? any minute now, cabinet ministers are going _ today? any minute now, cabinet ministers are going to _ today? any minute now, cabinet ministers are going to start - ministers are going to start arriving for a cabinet meeting which takes place in the shadow of a grave international crisis. it will be similar to what rishi sunak has been saying in the house of commons. they will talk about standing behind israel's right to defend itself, the brits caught up in this, ten of the missing, two teenage girls thought to be held hostage, and also about the humanitarian situation in gaza, which appears to be deteriorating. there will be more discussion, i'm sure, by the best way the £10 million of aid rishi sunak announced yesterday could be distributed to the people of gaza. but i think one reflection i would like to share from talking to people in westminster yesterday is that a lot of people, very powerful people in the uk, except that they are actually not that powerful in the context of this international situation. a lot of people behind me are also, like us, watching and waiting to see quite how this will unfold. , ., .. waiting to see quite how this will unfold. , ., ~ , ., , waiting to see quite how this will unfold. , ., ~ i, , . unfold. henry, thank you very much indeed. unfold. henry, thank you very much indeed- henry _ unfold. henry, thank you very much indeed. henry zeffman _ unfold. henry, thank you very much indeed. henry zeffman reporting i unfold. henry, thank you very much i indeed. henry zeffman reporting from downing street this morning. some breaking news. a man has been arrested after two swedish nationals were shot dead in brussels last night. this follows a huge manhunt. there were some videos which showed a man believed to be the attacker firing at people in the city. the belgian interior ministry has just said the automatic rifle found at the scene is the same one used in the scene is the same one used in the attack last night and this man is likely to have been the suspect. you will have seen these pictures on the ten o'clock news yesterday evening. absolute panic on the streets of the belgian capital. two swedish nationals were shot dead. that meant that a football match went, which thousands of swedish fans were in brussels attending, was suspended half through because there was so much nervousness within the stadium. a lot of those football fans were told to stay put and rest there until their security could be assured. they were gradually escorted out. so what we know is that a man has been shot by police after that big manhunt in brussels. we can go live to our respondent in brussels. good morning. what more can you tell us? bring us up to date please? can you tell us? bring us up to date lease? ~ ., , ., please? morning. yes, we are getting some breaking _ please? morning. yes, we are getting some breaking news _ please? morning. yes, we are getting some breaking news about _ please? morning. yes, we are getting some breaking news about one - please? morning. yes, we are getting some breaking news about one man l please? morning. yes, we are getting i some breaking news about one man who has been shot and taken into an ambulance. the prosecutor's office has not confirmed the man's identity. but as you just said, we are pretty confident it is the suspected gunman, because the shooting happened in the area of schaerbeek in brussels, where the attacker is believed to be from and to have lived. and also, because, as you sent, the automatic rifle found close to the men shot was the same weapon as the one used on monday. the government was named this morning. he is believed to be a 45—year—old man from tunisia who was in belgium illegally. his name is abdeslam. in terms of what happened yesterday, the gunman opened fire in central brussels and killed two swedish nationals with an assault rifle. the prosecutor's office believe that he was inspired by the islamic group, the islamic state group rather, and they are treating this as a terrorist attack. this morning in brussels several schools are closed. public transport is working. but most buses are basically empty. people are being urged to work from home. the alert level has been raised to four for brussels, the highest level. that means that a threat could be imminent. thank you for that update. we will go back to severe as we get more news in the programme. counter—terror police have charged a man with murder after a 70—year—old man died in hartlepool. terrence carney was attacked on sunday. another man needed hospital treatment. ahmed alid, who's 44, is due to appear before magistrates scotland's first minister and leader of the snp, humza yousaf, is expected to announce plans to reduce nhs waiting lists today, when he makes his first conference speech as party leader. we're joined now by political correspondent nick eardley. this is a big moment for humza yousaf, isn't it?— yousaf, isn't it? isn't it 'ust. he has had a — yousaf, isn't it? isn't it 'ust. he has had a ..th yousaf, isn't it? isn't it 'ust. he has had a pretty torrid _ yousaf, isn't it? isn't itjust. he has had a pretty torrid time - yousaf, isn't it? isn't itjust. he. has had a pretty torrid time since he became leader. is the police investigation into snp finances. they have taken a hit in the polls. their dominance of scottish politics has been questioned for the first time in a decade or so. but i think what humza yousaf will do today's dry to move things on, set the agenda about. we have been covering these conferences for weeks. they are a chance for the parties to sell to the country. so, i think that, yes, this is an snp conference, they will be a lot of talk about independence later. there are always is from icing leaders. i think he is also going to say that we need to talk about the issues coming up on the doorstep. —— smp or. the key one as the economy. he will want to put that front and centre of snp campaigning. there will be extra cash for the nhs to try to bring waiting lists down. they are at a record high level in scotland and are going up like any other part of the uk. it will be an attempt to save for the country, to say to scotland, look, i have got some big ideas for what i want to do with the job. really interesting because nicola sturgeon turned up yesterday. it was a bit of a surprise that she turned up. she was followed everywhere by members, some people crying when she arrived they were so happy to see her. she sort of overshadowed what happened so far. todayis overshadowed what happened so far. today is humza yousaf�*s chance to try to grab back some of the limelight, but also, i think do something he has failed to do in recent months, grab the political agenda and say, here is what i want to do with the top job. agenda and say, here is what i want to do with the topjob._ to do with the top 'ob. thank you very much h to do with the topjob. thank you very much indeed. _ rolls—royce has announced plans to axe up to 2,500 jobs across the company. the derby based firm is famous for its cars but makes engines for aircraft and employs more than 40,000 people worldwide. the company's chief executive says the move will make rolls royce more streamlined and efficient business that is fit for the future. quarter past eight or. there is a lot of weather to talk about with carol this morning. some big warnings about a storm. good morning. that's right. we have storm babet coming our way from tomorrow right the way through until saturday. today pass forecast is a fairly quiet one. mainly dry with hazy sunshine. today's forecast. we are talking severe gales for some parts and torrential rain as well. this is the rainfall accumulation chart. it runs from wednesday to saturday. widely if we look at the key here, we have got 30 to 50 millimetres. where we have got the white, you can see that his 100 millimetres plus. so the met office has a weather warning out for angus and southeast grampians in scotland. we could have as much as 200 millimetres on higher ground. that is falling on saturated ground. there is the risk of flooding. big waves on the coast. and don't forget the winter. today it is a quiet start. a cold and frosty start in the north. milderfurther south. a bit more cloud. we are seeing showers coming in through the day across south—west england coming to south westwards, heading in the direction of northern ireland. the sunshine will be hazy. showers in lincolnshire, yorkshire and cumbria will fade. temperatures ii to about 70 degrees. north to south. this evening and overnight the rain continues to advance northwards. the wind will pick up. it will be more blustery and we will see more showers in the far south of england. with all of this going on, it is not going to be a cold start tomorrow. we are not anticipating any issues with roster but it is from tomorrow we start to see the arrival of heavy rain and much we start to see the arrival of heavy rain and much stron-er we start to see the arrival of heavy rain and much stron-er winds. rain and much stronger winds. thank you for now. five new sports have been given the go—ahead to appear in the la olympics from 2028. it means you'll be able to watch cricket and lacrosse alongside the likes of high jump and basketball. let's take a look at the new sports in action. all change for the los angeles olympics. moving sarah rogers is at mellor lacrosse club in stockport. they are getting ready for the olympics. i they are getting ready for the ol mics. ,, ., they are getting ready for the olympics-— they are getting ready for the ol mics. ,, ., ., , olympics. i know. look at this. so many games _ olympics. i know. look at this. so many games going _ olympics. i know. look at this. so many games going before - olympics. i know. look at this. so many games going before nine - olympics. i know. look at this. so - many games going before nine o'clock this morning. yes, lacrosse now an olympic sport. but where do start? you start in a cage until you can get used to all of the equipment. come over here. what you love about la crosse? i come over here. what you love about la crosse? ., , .. come over here. what you love about la crosse? . , ~ , ., la crosse? i really like it when you aet la crosse? i really like it when you net to la crosse? i really like it when you get to pass — la crosse? i really like it when you get to pass the _ la crosse? i really like it when you get to pass the ball— la crosse? i really like it when you get to pass the ball to _ la crosse? i really like it when you get to pass the ball to each - la crosse? i really like it when you get to pass the ball to each other. get to pass the ball to each other and its— get to pass the ball to each other and it's really fun. do get to pass the ball to each other and it's really fun.— and it's really fun. do you think ou and it's really fun. do you think you might _ and it's really fun. do you think you might want _ and it's really fun. do you think you might want to _ and it's really fun. do you think you might want to be _ and it's really fun. do you think you might want to be in - and it's really fun. do you think you might want to be in the - and it's really fun. do you think. you might want to be in the great britain team?— you might want to be in the great britain team?_ a - you might want to be in the great britain team?_ a bit - you might want to be in the great i britain team?_ a bit more britain team? probably. a bit more than that. yes! _ britain team? probably. a bit more than that. yes! off _ britain team? probably. a bit more than that. yes! off you _ britain team? probably. a bit more than that. yes! off you go. - britain team? probably. a bit more than that. yes! off you go. when l britain team? probably. a bit more l than that. yes! off you go. when you have got the hang of all that, you can then graduate to the field. multiple age groups. let's speak to the man who runs the club, martin. tell me what is going on behind us? we are doing some line drills for the younger boys, attack and defence for the _ the younger boys, attack and defence for the older boys. generally catching _ for the older boys. generally catching and throwing to sharpen their skills. 35m catching and throwing to sharpen their skills. �* , , . catching and throwing to sharpen their skills-— their skills. an olympic sport. is it popular? _ their skills. an olympic sport. is it popular? really _ their skills. an olympic sport. is it popular? really popular. - their skills. an olympic sport. is it popular? really popular. we l their skills. an olympic sport. is - it popular? really popular. we have 150 'unior it popular? really popular. we have 150 junior members, _ it popular? really popular. we have 150 junior members, boys _ it popular? really popular. we have 150 junior members, boys and - it popular? really popular. we have 150 junior members, boys and girls. for some _ 150 junior members, boys and girls. for some of— 150 junior members, boys and girls. for some of these younger guys and gals. _ for some of these younger guys and gals, to— for some of these younger guys and gals, to such an exciting opportunity for the future for them. -- guys _ opportunity for the future for them. -- guys and — opportunity for the future for them. —— guys and girls. we opportunity for the future for them. -- guys and girls-— -- guys and girls. we have got somebody _ -- guys and girls. we have got somebody from _ -- guys and girls. we have got somebody from team - -- guys and girls. we have got somebody from team gb - -- guys and girls. we have got somebody from team gb with | -- guys and girls. we have got. somebody from team gb with us. lindsey, he started a little bit late, some might say?- lindsey, he started a little bit late, some might say? yeah, a bit later than some _ late, some might say? yeah, a bit later than some of _ late, some might say? yeah, a bit later than some of the _ late, some might say? yeah, a bit later than some of the kids - late, some might say? yeah, a bitj later than some of the kids around here _ later than some of the kids around here i_ later than some of the kids around here i started— later than some of the kids around here. i started aged _ later than some of the kids around here. i started aged 18— later than some of the kids around here. i started aged 18 when- later than some of the kids around here. i started aged 18 when i- later than some of the kids aroundl here. i started aged 18 when i went to university — here. i started aged 18 when i went to university i _ here. i started aged 18 when i went to university. i played _ here. i started aged 18 when i went to university. i played lots - here. i started aged 18 when i went to university. i played lots of - to university. i played lots of other— to university. i played lots of other sport _ to university. i played lots of other sport prior— to university. i played lots of other sport prior to - to university. i played lots of other sport prior to that. - to university. i played lots of| other sport prior to that. you to university. i played lots of other sport prior to that. you think ou will other sport prior to that. you think you will be — other sport prior to that. you think you will be on _ other sport prior to that. you think you will be on team _ other sport prior to that. you think you will be on team g _ other sport prior to that. you think you will be on team g in _ other sport prior to that. you think you will be on team g in 2028? - other sport prior to that. you think you will be on team g in 2028? i i you will be on team g in 2028? i would absolutely love to be there. it has _ would absolutely love to be there. it has been — would absolutely love to be there. it has been a — would absolutely love to be there. it has been a dream _ would absolutely love to be there. it has been a dream of— would absolutely love to be there. it has been a dream of mine - would absolutely love to be there. it has been a dream of mine since| would absolutely love to be there. i it has been a dream of mine since i was it has been a dream of mine since i wasa— it has been a dream of mine since i was a little — it has been a dream of mine since i was a little child, _ it has been a dream of mine since i was a little child, watching - it has been a dream of mine since i was a little child, watching the - was a little child, watching the lipids— was a little child, watching the lipids when— was a little child, watching the lipids when i_ was a little child, watching the lipids when i was _ was a little child, watching the lipids when i was younger. - was a little child, watching the lipids when i was younger. i i was a little child, watching the - lipids when i was younger. i would be about— lipids when i was younger. i would be about 35 — lipids when i was younger. i would be about 35 i_ lipids when i was younger. i would be about 33. i am _ lipids when i was younger. i would be about 33. i am sure _ lipids when i was younger. i would be about 33. i am sure some - lipids when i was younger. i would be about 33. i am sure some of. lipids when i was younger. i would i be about 33. i am sure some of these kids will— be about 33. i am sure some of these kids will be _ be about 33. i am sure some of these kids will be giving _ be about 33. i am sure some of these kids will be giving me _ be about 33. i am sure some of these kids will be giving me a _ be about 33. i am sure some of these kids will be giving me a run _ be about 33. i am sure some of these kids will be giving me a run for- be about 33. i am sure some of these kids will be giving me a run for my. kids will be giving me a run for my money _ kids will be giving me a run for my mone . ~ . . kids will be giving me a run for my mone .~ ., ., i. kids will be giving me a run for my mone .~ ., ., ,, ., money. what are your top tips for these youngsters? _ money. what are your top tips for these youngsters? number - money. what are your top tips for these youngsters? number one, | money. what are your top tips for - these youngsters? number one, have fun with it. these youngsters? number one, have fun with it- if— these youngsters? number one, have fun with it. if you're _ these youngsters? number one, have fun with it. if you're having _ these youngsters? number one, have fun with it. if you're having fun - fun with it. if you're having fun with— fun with it. if you're having fun with it. — fun with it. if you're having fun with it. you _ fun with it. if you're having fun with it, you will— fun with it. if you're having fun with it, you will always - fun with it. if you're having fun with it, you will always push i fun with it. if you're having fun| with it, you will always push on fun with it. if you're having fun i with it, you will always push on and develop _ with it, you will always push on and develop your— with it, you will always push on and develop your skills _ with it, you will always push on and develop your skills more _ with it, you will always push on and develop your skills more and - with it, you will always push on and develop your skills more and then i develop your skills more and then 'ust develop your skills more and then just immerse _ develop your skills more and then just immerse yourself— develop your skills more and then just immerse yourself in- develop your skills more and then just immerse yourself in the i develop your skills more and then. just immerse yourself in the game, enjoy— just immerse yourself in the game, enjoy it. _ just immerse yourself in the game, enjoy it. play— just immerse yourself in the game, enjoy it. play as— just immerse yourself in the game, enjoy it, play as much— just immerse yourself in the game, enjoy it, play as much as _ just immerse yourself in the game, enjoy it, play as much as you - just immerse yourself in the game, enjoy it, play as much as you can i enjoy it, play as much as you can and you — enjoy it, play as much as you can and you can't— enjoy it, play as much as you can and you can't go— enjoy it, play as much as you can and you can't go far— enjoy it, play as much as you can and you can't go far wrong. i enjoy it, play as much as you can and you can't go far wrong. bellaj and you can't go far wrong. bella come in. and you can't go far wrong. bella come in- of— and you can't go far wrong. bella come in. of course, _ and you can't go far wrong. bella come in. of course, i— and you can't go far wrong. bella come in. of course, i want- and you can't go far wrong. bella come in. of course, i want to i and you can't go far wrongm come in. of course, i want to show you some of these skills here. bella, come close to me. what do i have to do?— have to do? hold your stick like this. have to do? hold your stick like this- one _ have to do? hold your stick like this. one hand _ have to do? hold your stick like this. one hand at _ have to do? hold your stick like this. one hand at the _ have to do? hold your stick like this. one hand at the bottom, i have to do? hold your stick like i this. one hand at the bottom, one in the middle — this. one hand at the bottom, one in the middle. pull with your bottom hand _ the middle. pull with your bottom hand and — the middle. pull with your bottom hand and push with your top and on point _ hand and push with your top and on point with— hand and push with your top and on point with a — hand and push with your top and on point with a stick. -- hand and push with your top and on point with a stick.— point with a stick. -- top hand. read ? point with a stick. -- top hand. ready? pathetic. _ point with a stick. -- top hand. ready? pathetic. i— point with a stick. -- top hand. ready? pathetic. iwill- point with a stick. -- top hand. ready? pathetic. iwill leave i point with a stick. -- top hand. ready? pathetic. i will leave it| point with a stick. -- top hand. i ready? pathetic. iwill leave it to ready? pathetic. i will leave it to the experts. that was dreadful. it is not the only sport that has been added to the olympic roster. squash has as well. we have got the chief executive of england squash here with us. i believe you have been trying to do this very time? brute with us. i believe you have been trying to do this very time? we have been trying — trying to do this very time? we have been trying to _ trying to do this very time? we have been trying to get — trying to do this very time? we have been trying to get it _ trying to do this very time? we have been trying to get it in _ trying to do this very time? we have been trying to get it in for _ trying to do this very time? we have been trying to get it in for the i been trying to get it in for the past _ been trying to get it in for the past 15— been trying to get it in for the past 15 or— been trying to get it in for the past 15 or 20 years. it felt like it would _ past 15 or 20 years. it felt like it would never happen. as the new started _ would never happen. as the new started to — would never happen. as the new started to break in the past week or so, everybody started to get excited but there _ so, everybody started to get excited but there was some nervousness that we might— but there was some nervousness that we might get pushed out at the last minute _ we might get pushed out at the last minute. and yeah, when the vote went through. _ minute. and yeah, when the vote went through, yeah come on ending excitement.— through, yeah come on ending excitement. ~ , , excitement. absolutely delighted. what does it _ excitement. absolutely delighted. what does it make _ excitement. absolutely delighted. what does it make for _ excitement. absolutely delighted. what does it make for a _ excitement. absolutely delighted. what does it make for a sport i excitement. absolutely delighted. what does it make for a sport like| what does it make for a sport like squash, and la crosse, to get that olympic recognition? [10 squash, and la crosse, to get that olympic recognition?— olympic recognition? do you know what? ithink— olympic recognition? do you know what? i think recognition - olympic recognition? do you know what? i think recognition is - olympic recognition? do you know| what? i think recognition is exactly the right— what? i think recognition is exactly the right word. it's all about having — the right word. it's all about having a _ the right word. it's all about having a chance to show off or sport and our— having a chance to show off or sport and our amazing athletes to the world _ and our amazing athletes to the world and — and our amazing athletes to the world and be part of that global super— world and be part of that global super event, the olympic games. it is about— super event, the olympic games. it is about using it as a chance to get more _ is about using it as a chance to get more people aware of the sport, show people _ more people aware of the sport, show people what a great activity it is, and hopefully get more people playing — and hopefully get more people playing on the back of it as well. you are — playing on the back of it as well. you are any— playing on the back of it as well. you are any your team england kit. are you hoping to swap that for a team gb? , , . , team gb? definitely. when the news broke out yesterday _ team gb? definitely. when the news broke out yesterday morning, - team gb? definitely. when the news broke out yesterday morning, i i team gb? definitely. when the news broke out yesterday morning, i was i broke out yesterday morning, i was definitely— broke out yesterday morning, i was definitely thinking _ broke out yesterday morning, i was definitely thinking to _ broke out yesterday morning, i was definitely thinking to get _ broke out yesterday morning, i was definitely thinking to get my - broke out yesterday morning, i was definitely thinking to get my gp i definitely thinking to get my gp kate on— definitely thinking to get my gp kate on for— definitely thinking to get my gp kate on for 2028. _ definitely thinking to get my gp kate on for 2028. |_ definitely thinking to get my gp kate on for 2028. i would - definitely thinking to get my gp - kate on for 2028. i would substitute it for the _ kate on for 2028. i would substitute it for the england _ kate on for 2028. i would substitute it for the england kit. _ kate on for 2028. i would substitute it forthe england kit. [— kate on for 2028. i would substitute it for the england kit.— it for the england kit. i believe ou have it for the england kit. i believe you have been _ it for the england kit. i believe you have been accepted - it for the england kit. i believe you have been accepted to - it for the england kit. i believe l you have been accepted to some pretty prestigious universities. which ones? i pretty prestigious universities. which ones?— pretty prestigious universities. which ones? pretty prestigious universities. whichones? ., ., ., ., ., which ones? i got off at harvard and yale in america. _ which ones? i got off at harvard and yale in america. but _ which ones? i got off at harvard and yale in america. but you _ which ones? i got off at harvard and yale in america. but you have - yale in america. but you have decided to _ yale in america. but you have decided to stay _ yale in america. but you have decided to stay here. - yale in america. but you have decided to stay here. why - yale in america. but you have decided to stay here. why is l yale in america. but you have - decided to stay here. why is that? i have a great team at home. i went professional— have a great team at home. i went professional last _ have a great team at home. i went professional last season. - have a great team at home. i went professional last season. it - have a great team at home. i went professional last season. it is - have a great team at home. i went professional last season. it is my. professional last season. it is my first season — professional last season. it is my first season as _ professional last season. it is my first season as a _ professional last season. it is my first season as a professional - first season as a professional athtete~ _ first season as a professional athtete~ i_ first season as a professional athlete. i wouldn't _ first season as a professional athlete. i wouldn't change i first season as a professional athlete. i wouldn't change it. first season as a professional - athlete. iwouldn't change it. the offer— athlete. i wouldn't change it. the offer is _ athlete. i wouldn't change it. the offer is still — athlete. i wouldn't change it. the offer is still there. _ athlete. i wouldn't change it. the offer is still there. i _ athlete. i wouldn't change it. the offer is still there. i can- athlete. iwouldn't change it. the offer is still there. i can go- athlete. i wouldn't change it. the offer is still there. i can go next. offer is still there. i can go next yeah _ offer is still there. i can go next yeah but— offer is still there. i can go next year. but for— offer is still there. i can go next year. but for now _ offer is still there. i can go next year. but for now my— offer is still there. i can go next year. but for now my team - offer is still there. i can go next year. but for now my team at l offer is still there. i can go next- year. but for now my team at home is all i year. but for now my team at home is all i need _ year. but for now my team at home is all i need. ,., ., year. but for now my team at home is all i need. , a year. but for now my team at home is all i need. , .~' . year. but for now my team at home is all i need. , a . .,, year. but for now my team at home is alli need. . .,, ., alli need. good luck. we hope to see ou alli need. good luck. we hope to see you in — alli need. good luck. we hope to see you in 2028. _ alli need. good luck. we hope to see you in 2028. have _ alli need. good luck. we hope to see you in 2028. have you - alli need. good luck. we hope to see you in 2028. have you ever. all i need. good luck. we hope to - see you in 2028. have you ever heard of flag football? don't worry if you haven't, because we've got somebody from tgv —— team gb. haven't, because we've got somebody from tgv -- team gb.— haven't, because we've got somebody from tgv -- team gb. phoebe, explain it? it is a from tgv -- team gb. phoebe, explain it? it is a five — from tgv -- team gb. phoebe, explain it? it is a five aside _ from tgv -- team gb. phoebe, explain it? it is a five aside noncontact - it? it is a five aside noncontact version — it? it is a five aside noncontact version of— it? it is a five aside noncontact version of what you see on tv is 11 aside _ version of what you see on tv is 11 aside there — version of what you see on tv is 11 aside. there are fewer barriers to participation. we are looking at it from _ participation. we are looking at it from a _ participation. we are looking at it from a rules perspective. ultimately all you _ from a rules perspective. ultimately all you need is a football and a flagpole — all you need is a football and a flagpole. it all you need is a football and a flan ole. . ~ all you need is a football and a flan-ole. , ~ ~ flagpole. it is like american football really. _ flagpole. it is like american football really. that - flagpole. it is like american football really. that has - flagpole. it is like american i football really. that has been recognised as an epic sport. you didn't start playing till you were in manchester, how did that come about? i in manchester, how did that come about? ., " , . , in manchester, how did that come about? ., " , ., , ., ., about? i moved here 11 years ago. i have dual citizenship. _ about? i moved here 11 years ago. i have dual citizenship. i _ about? i moved here 11 years ago. i have dual citizenship. i was - about? i moved here 11 years ago. i have dual citizenship. i wasjust - have dual citizenship. i wasjust looking — have dual citizenship. i wasjust looking to — have dual citizenship. i wasjust looking to find friends. saw an ad on social— looking to find friends. saw an ad on social media. i have been thinkabte _ on social media. i have been thinkable ever since. 30 on social media. i have been thinkable ever since. so where is our thinkable ever since. so where is your allegiance, _ thinkable ever since. so where is your allegiance, team _ thinkable ever since. so where is your allegiance, team gb - thinkable ever since. so where is your allegiance, team gb or - thinkable ever since. so where is. your allegiance, team gb or team usa? 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follows breakfast on bbc one this morning. let's find out what they have in store with angela, gloria and julia. hi, sally and jon. we had a huge response to yesterday's programme — and today's show is just as packed! including, where to turn to for help to ease the burden of rising prices. rip off britain follows breakfast on bbc one this morning. - let's find out what they have in store with angela, new research has found that more than two thirds of the average wage goes on household bills — and if that's just too much for you to manage, we'll be revealing what support there is out there for you. plus, ebikes — they're all the rage and sales are surging. but beware — buy one from the wrong place and you could end up with this. look how quickly that is totally engulfed — look how quickly that is totally engulfed in— look how quickly that is totally engulfed in fire _ look how quickly that is totally engulfed in fire and _ look how quickly that is totally engulfed in fire and a - look how quickly that is totally engulfed in fire and a toxic- engulfed in fire and a toxic flammable _ engulfed in fire and a toxic flammable vapour- engulfed in fire and a toxic flammable vapour glass i engulfed in fire and a toxic- flammable vapour glass cloud. if engulfed in fire and a toxic— flammable vapour glass cloud. if you are in— flammable vapour glass cloud. if you are in that _ flammable vapour glass cloud. if you are in that environment _ flammable vapour glass cloud. if you are in that environment you - flammable vapour glass cloud. if you are in that environment you could . are in that environment you could potentially — are in that environment you could potentially be _ are in that environment you could potentially be overcome. - we'll be discussing calls to clamp down on the sale of cheap, substandard e—bikes and e—scooters online. and have you ever heard of the consumer duty? well, brace yourself, because while it might not sound like much, it could transform the way companies have to treat their customers, and it could make it a lot easier for you to make sure your voice is heard. and at the helm _ of our advice clinic today we've got a right old double act — i solicitor gary rycroft and consumer rights _ mastermind martyn james. so if you have a question you'd like their help with, send it - in to ripoffbritain@bbc.co.uk. and we'll see you back here at 9:15! see you then. it's a date, we will be there. it is important. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. hello, good morning from bbc london. i'm asad ahmad. since the covid pandemic, the government and leaders at city hall have encouraged us to walk where possible to take pressure off roads and public transport. but a report published this morning says walking is being made difficult in london because of the "chronic clutter" on pavements. e—bikes and advertising boards are examples given by the centre for london think tank, who say its making the capital a worse place to live, travel and work. plans have been approved to increase passenger capacity at luton airport. the government has approved a decision, made by luton borough council, to allow an extra million people to use the airport. it takes capacity to 19 million passengers a year. but some local groups feel the ongoing expansion will cause local pollution and increased carbon emissions. the world's leading mobile phone companies will meet with the mayor of london and the metropolitan police commissioner today to find out if they can make smartphones less attractive to thieves. apple, samsung and google will be there to see if they can collectively think of a way to reduce the one phone stolen in london every ten minutes. police and the mayor say they want the industry to play their part in delivering "innovative technological solutions." a busy river crossing over the thames, which dates back to the mid—18005, has been closed to traffic for 20 weeks for repairs. cookham bridge in berkshire has closed to motorists, who now face a long diversion. but pedestrians can still use the grade ii listed iron structure. let's take a look at the tubes now. severe delays on the central line due to an earlier faulty train. and minor delays on thejubilee line. the waterloo & city line has delays. there were issues on the elisabeth line and the dlr, they have now cleared up. now onto the weather with katerina. hello there. good morning to you. not as cold out there this morning, but wind starting to pick up. so it will be breezy today with hazy spells of sunshine, but it does look to stay largely dry. but all eyes on storm babet tomorrow, expected to bring heavy outbreaks of rain. that rain looks to arrive later on in the day for us, accompanied by strong winds. but we could get quite a bit of rain in a short space of time. and it will be breezy through today, variable amounts of cloud through this morning. plenty of sunshine will develop into this afternoon, but that sunshine could be quite hazy at times with that high level cloud. temperatures today lifting ever so slightly, we're looking at highs of around 15 in celsius. now through this evening and overnight, it is going to stay quite breezy. there will be areas of cloud around with some clear spells. and we do stay frost—free tonight as temperatures dip to around 10 or 11 degrees. now, wednesday, those winds will strengthen even further. there will be a few showers, followed by longer spells of rain. this rain expected to arrive a little bit later on in the day. if you want to see which one direction star has been banned from driving for six months due to speeding, take a look at the website. hello, this is breakfast withjon kay and sally nugent. let's get an update now, everything you need to know. and the situation in the middle east, where the us presidentjoe biden is due to arrive in israel tomorrow, amid fears about the war with hamas expanding into a larger conflict. iran has said it could take pre—emptive action against israel in the coming hours. the trip, which will see mr biden also visit neighbouring jordan, comes at the invitation of the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, and has been welcomed by israel's military leaders. the us secretary of state, anthony blinken said the visit came at an important time for the region, and the world. the president will reaffirm the united states solidarity with israel and our ironclad commitment with security. president biden will again make clear, as he has done unequivocally since the mass slaughter of over moo people, including at least 30 americans, that israel has the right and indeed the duty to defend its people from hamas and other terrorists and prevent future attacks. overnight, israel has continued to strike hamas targets in gaza, but has also exchanged fire in the north, with the powerful hezbollah group in lebanon. both are designated terrorist organisations by many western countries, including the uk. in an update this morning, the israeli military said it has killed four people attempting to enter the country from lebanon, branding them, terrorists. elsewhere, un agencies have warned of a deepening humanitarian crisis in gaza, after more than a million people are thought to have fled south, following a request to do so by israeli forces, ahead of a widely expected ground offensive in the coming days. this is the scene in gaza this morning, where there are continuing efforts to try and create a humanitarian corridor to get aid into the region, for the estimated two million people living there. that is the live shot of the skyline of gaza. we're joined now by our correspondent rushdi abu alouf, who's in gaza. morning. if you could describe exactly where you are and what is going on where you are right now? i am in khann yunis in the south. —— khan yunis. they are telling people to come here, we took this journey to come here, we took this journey to the area. what happened overnight was a very worrying sign for those people who evacuated, as the local authority here said israel killed more than 100 people in three air strikes but most of them are refugees from the north coming to gaza. how people in this place can be convinced it is safe and we should stay. many people told me this morning, we are going to pack up this morning, we are going to pack up our stuff this morning, we are going to pack up ourstuff and this morning, we are going to pack up our stuff and go back to our homes. one person said, i am sleeping on the street for the last couple of days. i would prefer to die in dignity. this is a very serious situation down in khan yunis, now the city has to accommodate 600,000 people more. this city now has to accommodate, feed and feed more than i this city now has to accommodate, feed and feed more than 1 million people. feed and feed more than 1 million --eole. ~ ., feed and feed more than 1 million ..eole, . ., feed and feed more than 1 million --eole. ~ ., ., feed and feed more than 1 million n-eoler ., ., , feed and feed more than 1 million n-eole. ., ., , ., people. what sort of support and hel is people. what sort of support and help is available, _ people. what sort of support and help is available, if— people. what sort of support and help is available, if any? - people. what sort of support and help is available, if any? well, i help is available, if any? well, nothinr. help is available, if any? well, nothing- they _ help is available, if any? well, nothing. they managed - help is available, if any? well, nothing. they managed to - help is available, if any? well, | nothing. they managed to bring help is available, if any? -ii nothing. they managed to bring some of the water this morning from a store in gaza city, which is risky because there is no coordination with the israelis are no guarantee that the tracks are not going to be targeted. they are going into an operational area. people take the risk because the situation is at the edge of catastrophe. this is what the mayor of the city told me yesterday. we are facing a disaster. people are... thousands of people are sleeping in the streets, sleeping in public spaces. this is a courtyard at the hospital. i can see many families on the ground, under the sun. they don't have even something to cover their heads. no water. they will keep coming to us and ask for water. even though if they bring six tracks of water it won't be enough for over a million people who live in this place. more important, this is the second largest hospital in khan yunis. khan yunis is the second—largest city, after gaza city. now this hospital, they warned that they feel any generator will run tonight and we had to the operation overnight. they need the humanitarian corridor. it is about life—saving not life—support. life—saving. there was little hope yesterday when i were talking about egypt to open the rafah crossing. israel last night bombed the crossing are made it even more difficult to find a solution. i was able to see the damage, what happened to the crossing. it can be fixed in a couple of hours according to the local authority here. if egypt and israel agree on a ceasefire, there are a500 trucks now on the egyptian side waiting to bring food, medicine, fuel and water for the people who most need it here in the south as soon as they agree to any sort of deal. for now, very little progress, moving not to the area where they can see any significant breakthrough. thank you so much. significant breakthrough. thank you so much- our— significant breakthrough. thank you so much. our correspondent - significant breakthrough. thank you so much. our correspondent in - significant breakthrough. thank you | so much. our correspondent in gaza for us. over the last few months, we've heard a lot here on breakfast from the "3 dads walking". they've been campaigning to have suicide prevention a topic that's taught to every child in school. the dads of course lost their daughters to suicide. well, nowa girl guiding group in cumbria — inspired by the dads — has created a badge dedicated to raising awareness of the issue amongst rainbows, brownies and guides. alison freeman went to meet the family of heather porter, a guilde who inspired the camaign. we're making boxes and we're going to put a load of stuff in the boxes and you can open it when you're having a bad day. we've been filling in sheets. it's got how you feel when you're upset or you're happy. painting jars that are filled - with affirmations that we, like, feel about ourselves, _ or that other people feel about us. even though i'm covered in paint - and my mum is not going to be happy if i get it on myjumper, it makes you feel calm. | so i did some bunting. you put like a positive things on it. at this village hall in south cumbria, guides and young leaders from across the county have come together to create a new badge. it's named after one of their own, heather, who was 22 when she took her own life in april last year. i know that it's cheesy but she was my best friend before she was my sister. we got on like a house on fire, didn't we? children were just absolutely naturally drawn to her, weren't they? yeah _ when she helped at rainbows, brownies and when she was with guides, she always had kids around her. this is my sister, heather porter. this is who we have created the badge for. the guiding community wanted to do something to remember her, which would reflect who she was. and so the idea of a badge, which helped promote suicide prevention techniques, was born. i'm always fearful that an award just gets put on the shelf and nobody remembers about it. well, a badge, you're going to wear it apart from anything else. so those girls that have won the badge, or have done the challenge, they will wear their badge. somebody may ask what it's about. and also, while they're crafting, they are nattering. the session was all about trying out which activities would be part of the badge, which is going to be called twinkle for heather, twinkle being her rainbow leader name. heather's family have been key in its creation. i've heard she made such a positive impact on the girls that she worked with and her time in guiding. it's just helping to carry that on, isn't it? yeah. it's a beautiful way of recognising all of that and hoping that, you know, somebody will open the twinkle challenge pack and think... find something in there that helps them. the badge has also been inspired by the 3 dads walking's push to get suicide prevention taught to every child in every school. young people have always talked about it. it's just the adults have got in the way. seeing this group create a safe space allowing young people to talk openly about a very challenging subject is fantastic. they will learn skills and knowledge through this that will help them and others save lives in the future. so, you have got the badge, it is going to be rolled out locally, nationally, possibly across the world. what do you think heather would make of that? yeah, i think she would be very proud of us, wouldn't she? i would hope so. i would hope so too, yeah. yeah, i would like to think that she would be really proud. and obviously we'lljust always speak her name. yeah. won't we? yeah. but to think that other people, notjust those that met her and were touched by her, a kind of lasting memorial. brilliant, isn't it? yeah _ i think it's really important - from a young age for people to be included in talking about it and have places to go. - we don't know who needs help because people can hide it. i think it's quite good because it's like mindfulness and you're focused on something like relaxing. it means people can talk about it and share their feelings. - and that can be good because it can, like, save their life. _ alison freeman, bbc news, south cumbria. if you have been affected by any of the issues raised, help is available from the bbc action line website. thank you forjoining us here on breakfast this tuesday morning. it is going to get blustery and wet in a lot of places. there is a storm coming. carol, warning us. good morning. — coming. carol, warning us. good morning, everybody. _ coming. carol, warning us. good morning, everybody. there - coming. carol, warning us. good morning, everybody. there is. coming. carol, warning us. good morning, everybody. there is a i coming. carol, warning us. (ems morning, everybody. there is a storm coming our way, storm babet. morning, everybody. there is a storm coming ourway, storm babet. i morning, everybody. there is a storm coming our way, storm babet. iwill show you the rainfall totals chart between wednesday and saturday. the key is up here. we are looking quite widely at dark blues, between 30 millimetres and 50 millimetres of rainfall during that duration. look at the wait! that is 100 millimetres plus. the met office has a weather warning out in the moment for angus and the grampians where there will be 200 millimetres of rainfall. it could well lead to issues with flooding. there will be large waves on the coast. very windy in places with gales, even severe gales. today is quiet. for most of us it will be dry with hazy sunshine. showers moving across south—west england, clipping south west wales. a lot of hazy sunshine. temperatures ii to 17 degrees north to south. a little bit up degrees north to south. a little bit up and where we wear yesterday. this evening and overnight the rain continues to migrate north. getting into north wales, north western england, ireland and scotland. heavier showers following behind. it will be more blustery but not cold. we are not anticipating issues with frost. storm babet comes our way during wednesday. you can see the weather fronts tangled around a storm. from the isobars, the wind will be strengthening. initially we have the rain to move away from scotland clearing north. then a rash of heavy downpours moving across england, wales and northern ireland. some of those could prove across england, wales and northern ireland. some of those could prove to be thundery. the wind is picking up through the day but still a lot of dry wind gas quite widely from the strength of the wind gas quite widely from 30 mph to around a0 mph. temperature wise, we are into thursday, strong winds coming in from the north sea. torrential rain across the northeast. some heavy rain also across north—east england and a lot of heavy showers across other parts of england, wales and a view getting into northern ireland. some of those could also be thundery. temperatures ii to 17. we are not out of the woods, even by the time we get to friday, it will be wet and windy. you can see the strong winds coming in from the north sea. gales can even severe gales in places. as we head on into the weekend when it tends to dry conditions slowly, less windy but also chillier.— conditions slowly, less windy but also chillier. thank you very much indeed. confirmation from the authorities in brussels. a third person was shot dead overnight. one man, they have confirmed his identity as the gunman who opened fire in central brussels last night. he killed the two swedish nationals. authorities say he is a man of tunisian origin living in belgium and eagerly. that confirmation from brussels, confirmation from brussels, confirmation of the identity of a man shot in brussels. we have been talking about inflation and jobs. we have been talking about inflation andjobs. give we have been talking about inflation and jobs. give an idea of how much people are earning. the story of the past couple of years has been pay rises failing to keep up with rising prices, meaning your wages have bought you less when you spend them in the shops. ban has resulted in a cost of living crisis. finally, for the first time in two years, average pay has risen faster than prices. let me explain the details. that gap was starting to close and now we know from june to august, average wages excluding bonuses went up 7.8% compared with a year earlier — the important bit is this crossover. rising faster than inflation. 7.8% is on average. some people will got more, some will have got less. pay rises in the private sector, for example, were higher on average than in the public sector. and many people will have been a bit disappointed when opening their payslip to find in reality a chunk of their pay rise got taken in tax and having to pay more than a year ago. in some cases, when they hadn't been paying any tax at all. here are the income tax bands for england, wales and northern ireland. we will bring those up for you there. scotland works differently. you can earn £12,750 before you start paying any tax. then you pay the basic rate of tax — that's 20% — on anything you earn up to about £50,000. anything above that, you pay a0% tax and the rate goes up again if you get paid more than £125,000. the government has frozen these bands until 2027. they are not increasing with inflation. that means any pay rises could push you into the next tax band up, and you end up paying more. it's estimated that by 2027, 5.7 million extra people will be in that situation. the majority — 3.2 million — moving up into the basic rate of income tax, having been within the amount where they paid none before.0ur cost of living correspondent colletta smith's met two people from calderdale in west yorkshire who've found there are other downsides to their wages going up. i first met corrie six months ago. and since then, she's had some good news. yes. a pay rise! it was nice to be acknowledged and be able to see that, all right, ok, to have that wage going up. but i don't think anybody�*s noticed the wage equalling out to the cost of expenses right now. if anything, it's about the same standard of living. i've not noticed there's an extra bit of money flying around. she works as a lunchtime supervisor at this rural primary school, doing ten hours a week on the national living wage. but because her pay rise was backdated, she got an extra lump sum one month, automatically knocking out her working tax credits. it actually took from me that month because i then had to reapply, and there were things that got taken off me, like my council tax reduction, which i was just unaware of. so, it's a different struggle, a really difficult struggle for those on lower incomes? 50, sometimes per hour you could be losing six on the way back and you're thinking, "well, i'd like to work a little bit more, but yeah, i'm earning less doing that. so it's a difficult choice to make. hannah has had a pay rise this year too. so i've had a pay increase by around 5% since, i think it was in april, but it's not really touched the sides. she works full time for an it recruitment company. i think things like child benefit, obviously, so when you hit a certain wage, i think that's something that people are mindful of, that's something that's affected us quite recently, which we weren't really aware of. and obviously, it's quite a significant amount when you've got two children. so, you were getting that child benefit, and now you don't? yeah, my husband got a pay rise and now i don't get child benefits. both of you have had a pay rise this last year, but it doesn't feel like you're any better off. yeah, it's not going towards things like holidays or, you know, things — days out or things like that. it's going towards the electricity, the petrol, the food shop and things that you don't really sort of get any enjoyment orjoy out of. it's just day to day living. colletta smith, bbc news. he's the lawyer—turned—author with a8 consecutive bestsellers. and nowjohn grisham is returning to one of his best—known characters for a long—awaited sequel. very long. i spoke to him about his career, his new book, the exchange, and he told me how its predecessor the firm changed his life 30 years ago. it paved the way for future books. it allowed me to stop being a lawyer. i changed professions, which is a big, big deal. i stopped being a lawyer and became a full—time writer. and the firm allowed me to do that overnight. and i closed my law office immediately. i didn't turn off the lights. i walked out. i said, "i'm done. "i'm done being a lawyer and i can now write full—time." that was the big change in my life. you've written books every year since then. i mean, incredibly prolific. and yet it's taken 30 years, more than 30 years to come up with the sequel to the firm, the exchange, which is out now. why did it take so long? it all goes back to the story. you have to wait till there's a story. i cannot sit down and just force a story to happen. i can create some stories, but most of them don't work. i have to be inspired by something i see or hear or read about, to be inspired to write the novel. and i'll take something here about a read and change a few facts and change some characters, and before you know it, you've got a story. in the meantime, there were so many other books to write. i kept thinking about mitch and how much fun it would be to bring him back. i had no idea it would take so long cause it was tom cruise who famously —— of course it was tom cruise who famously played mitch in the movie of the firm. lawyers at your firm sure seem accident prone. four dead lawyers out of ai in less than ten years. i think you've got i a serious problem. he made the sequel to top gun recently. do you think he will step in and play mitch in the sequel to the firm? is this another movie in the making? well, i hope so. it's not in the works yet. i hope if tom wants to do it, it's going to be done. if he doesn't want to do it, it probably won't be done. but when tom came out last year with maverick, which was the sequel to top gun and a really fun movie, he did a greatjob. he still looks 30 years old. i don't know how these hollywood people do that, but he doesn't age. and we will have some fun conversations between my agent and my wife and, you know, just casual conversation about what would a sequel look like for the firm if tom did it? and that was about the time i got the story for the exchange and started writing the book. so, yeah, that was always a factor because people remember the firm, the book, but movies are much bigger than books. talking of movies. of course, there's been a big writer's strike in hollywood recently that's had a lot of coverage over here as well. and i know that was partly about the use of artificial intelligence. and you as a writer also have have real concerns about al. how much of a threat do you think it is to writers like you? i'm not sure the threat can be truly appreciated or gauged or explained or predicted. we do know we filed suit a month ago. a bunch of writers filed a lawsuit against ai, open ai. sojohn grisham, the writer of legal courtroom drama, is now involved in a in a real life legal drama of his own. a real plaintiff. yeah. i'm suing people. for 30 years, i've been sued by everybody else for for for slander, defamation, copyright, whatever. so i guess it's my turn to file a suit. of course, in the months ahead, we're going to have donald trump in various courtrooms, the kind of legal drama that you couldn't even have imagined in a novel. there's so much about donald trump that no—one could ever have imagined. the idea that the former president is now involved in three criminal trials. i'm not sure. no—one can predict what's going to happen. no—one knows which trial will go first, which trial might affect his campaign. if he wins, which trial could affect or imperil his presidency. it's all new territory. none of it's pleasant because... because he's such an unpleasant part of american history. what is it about the courtroom as an arena that draws you back to it time and time again? we live in a very violent society. and there's a lot of crime. a lot of serious violent crime. and we expect to go to court and get justice, see the wrong people, the bad people punished. but we have... we have an addiction to violence, guns, crime. it's very much a part of our culture. and that plays out in court. we just love big sensational trials. from what you're saying, it sounds like you are more pessimistic about the american justice system, about the court system, than you were when you were a young lawyer and starting to write 30 years ago. i'm more pessimistic because for the past 15 years i have served on two boards dedicated to exonerating innocent people who are in prison. i have come to realise over the years that there are thousands of innocent people in prison. they all go back to a bad verdict. they all go back to a bad unanimous verdict, 12—0, where a jury of average people believed everything the cops and prosecutors said. and the judge was probably asleep and delivered a bad verdict. just looking at the figures about your book sales, a8 consecutive number one bestsellers, a00 million copies sold around the world. i mean, does it get to a point where the critics, the official reviews just don't matter anymore? yeah, about 30 years ago when the firm came out 30 years ago, you know, the reviews were not generally bad. you know, the reviews were not... —— were generally bad. they hurt back then. i realised, look, when you when you write popularfiction, you're not going to get good reviews from the literary types and you don't really want them. that was a long time ago. i've long since realised and believe that i've sold far too many books to worry about the critics. when you write fiction, you can aspire to win awards and literary awards. or you can you can hope for royalty checks. i like the royalty checks. so is that what motivates you to keep going? because i have to say, if i'd sold that many books, i think i'd probablyjust stay in bed every day. i wouldn't bother getting up and writing. i tried that. i tried. it didn't work. well, it doesn't work. you can't quit. you can'tjust goof off and the rest of your life. and there are too many wonderful stories that i want to write about. serious stories about serious issues, wrongful convictions, death penalty, mass incarceration, environmental destruction, stuff i like to write about. those are serious novels. in the context of a legal thriller. but also they're just books like the exchange, like the firm, just good old fashioned suspense, entertainment, mystery, thriller. those are still a whole lot of fun to write, so i hope i got a few more of those left. john grisham's new book is called "the exchange". us president will visit israel and reaffirm support. the un one is the gaza health system is on the verge of collapse as israel continues its siege and air strikes aimed at destroying hamas. i siege and air strikes aimed at destroying hamas.— siege and air strikes aimed at destroying hamas. i am live on the israel northern _ destroying hamas. i am live on the israel northern border _ destroying hamas. i am live on the israel northern border with - destroying hamas. i am live on the| israel northern border with lebanon where tens of thousands of people have been evacuated from their homes and there are fears this could escalate into a regional war. escalate into a regionalwar. police in itrussets — escalate into a regionalwar. police in brussels searching _ escalate into a regionalwar. police in brussels searching for _ escalate into a regionalwar. police in brussels searching for a - escalate into a regionalwar. police in brussels searching for a gunman that killed two people have shot a man dead in a cafe. hello and welcome to bbc news. the us presidentjoe biden will visit israel on wednesday in a show of support after more than m00 people were killed by hamas gunmen last weekend. mr biden will be briefed on plans for war against hamas militants. the announcement about his visit

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